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// Arc3 Chapter31: What is Lost... 
// Story: Our Name Across The Multiverse: 10 years later 
// by DATONETWIxDASHFAN 
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Cozy screamed out in pure rage and punched the street crack road, creating a small crater as her hair was covering her face. She looked up, and the group could see tears were flowing down her cheeks.

"That blockhead! What a stupid thing to do! I swear..." She clutched her fist hard but felt someone touching her shoulders; she could see it was the girl that she met before saving Braver and another girl... "...who are you?" In fact, she looked back at the group and noticed the human counterparts of Twilight's friends, but there were a few; that she had no idea who they were.

Wallflower smiled at her. "My name is Wilma, but everyone calls me Wallflower, and you are?" she asked, but Twilight answered her question as she walked past them, looking up at the cracking sky, which is covered in billions of rifts, and within those rifts were different universes.

"She's Cozy Glow, from my universe, and one of Braver's friends." Twilight kept looking up at the sky but finally turned to her, giving her a puzzled look. "I'm surprised to see you here, Cozy. In fact, how did you get here? Wasn't the prism window destroyed after Dawn unleashed that explosion attack in that realm of between?".

Dash walked over to the Twilight side and looked down at Cozy. "So shortly, are the others with you, or is it just you?"

Cozy eyes turned red, and powerful magical energy came out of her, as she didn't like being called short. "Excuse me? Don't call me short. I might be short in this stupid form, but I'm just as tall as Braver, you know."

Dash smirked, as she enjoyed seeing Cozy being all hot-headed. "Right, so, are the others with you?"

Cozy shook her head. "No, it's just me. Someone had to get through that dummy, and JA said only I could do it...for reasons." Cozy blushed but quickly snapped out of it as she could see Dash trying to hide her laugh. "ANYWAY! I got here because of that mirror thing that Cadance had in her treasure vault."

Twilight's eyes went wide when she heard that, and she quickly started to walk back and forth. "Wait, wait, wait! You said you came through that mirror!? The one that Sunset was looking for, but we stopped her from finding. That mirror? I remember Luna telling me about it, believing it's a gateway to another world, but it never activated....Wait, ever since..."

"Since I stopped looking for it?" finished Sunset, making Twilight look at her and finally realized something about Sunny.

"...wait, are you my...no..." Twilight got closer, and Dash joined in by looking at her, and both realized it. "You are! Sunset, you came through the mirror as well, going by the universe rules..."

"You and Sunny became one! Like when Twi and I became one with our counterparts ten years ago." Dash said as she poked Sunset's cheeks. "So, who's in the driver seat in there? When you become one, new personalities emerge from it. So, who is it? I'm betting it's Sunny. You did act like you still knew Blitz."

Sunset brushed off Dash's finger. "I'm still me! Sunset!". Twilight and Dash looked at each other and then back at her, asking for her full name and what her universe is like. Sunset looked at them, confused. "My name is Sunny Shimmer! My universe is called Equestria, and the planet we're on is Earth. Blitz is your daughter. Wait..." Sunset held her head, and she felt like something wasn't right. "No, that's not right. I do remember I'm a fusion. Our memories are merging."

"Sunny?" whispered Wallflower as she and their friends looked at her with great worry, but Sunset just gave them a thumbs, trying to act like she was okay.

"It looks like the fusion isn't fully complete yet. Both of you are in the driver seat, it seems," explained Twilight, putting her hand on Sunset's shoulder. "But listen to me, you will become a new personality, and like what you said just now, your memories will become one, mixing with each other, making a new setting and life for the new you." She could see Sunset looking at her with a bit of worry.

Tempesta was being helped by Faith, as she was still pretty hurt from the fight, and she asked Twilight if Sunny was going to be like that forever or if this was a temporary thing.

"Yes, it's only temporary," replied Twilight as she looked back up at the sky, as she couldn't really look at them in the eyes.

Dash eyed Twilight a bit, knowing the truth. The truth is that it wasn't a temporary thing; it was a permanent thing.

"When I was fused with Dashie, our memories were merging, and the new personality did come, but it quickly disappeared as Rainbow Sky took the wheel, and the only reason the fusion undid itself was because of Sky and Nightfall. Without them, we would have been still together," thought Dash as she watched Twilight lie through her teeth to Sunny and the others, wondering how the fusion would undo itself. "Huh?" She noticed that Sunny was giving Twi a look, like if she knew...

"Anyway, can you show us where you came from, Cozy?" demanded Twilight, as she and everyone could see the rifts getting bigger. "Because we need to get back home and get Twilah and Dashie and then follow the twins!"

Cozy nodded and led them back to where she came from. On the way back, she answered Twilight questions about the mirror she came out of. "Wasn't a mirror, per say? It looked like I came out of the base of a statue. I have no idea where I was, but it looks like a big building with this ugly horseshoe in the front."

"That's Canterlot high!" shouted Rachel, trying her hardest to keep up with the group, since was wearing high heels as everyone was running back to the school, but Sunny horn started to glow and teleported everyone back to the warehouse, making everyone who's not used to magic land on their faces or rears. "WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?" shouted Rachel, quickly getting up from the grassy ground.

Faith helped her up, while AJ dusted herself off and spoke. "I think...we teleported? Yeah, that sounds right."

"Correct. We teleported, thanks to Sunny here. Mine Sunset is a unicorn, and even in this fusion form, her magic is still around." explained Twilight, walking ahead and entering the warehouse, where she could see the base of the statue. She got closer and could see the mirror-like surface.

Sunset walked to her side and spoke to her. "This is where Sunset came through. She was trapped inside after what happened in the Crystal Empire." Twilight gave her a worried look, but Sunset just brushed it off by saying she would understand when they went back to Equestria.

"Alright! Let's go then, because things are getting worse up there!" shouted Dash, as she and others could see the rifts getting larger and they could see within them. "Look!" she pointed at one. 





In a universe, after a battle against the Combine, a rainbow-haired female human stopped a buggy and looked up at the sky as rifts started to appear.

"What is that!?" asked Alex, this universe Rainbow Dash, as she pointed to the sky and could see another universe.

Another woman and this universe Twilight, wearing orange hazard suit armor and black glasses and short purple hair, walked over with a high-tech weapon in her hands and said "..." as she and the resistance looked to the sky...until a female woman, this universe Luna, wearing a black suit and flowing long night-like hair, appeared to them.

"Ms. Freemen, you are needed. For an upcoming war." she told her as she created a gateway and fixed her tie.





In another universe, within a floating city called Sanctuary, a group of colorful characters were standing outside and looking up at the sky as rifts started appearing.

"I'm guessing this isn't good." asked this universe version of Rainbow Dash, Atena, wearing a soldier uniform and hooded scarf, who is tied up to a pole. "Right?"

A big and tall, strong-looking red-skinned man turned to her and just said, "Eeyup."

A pink-haired young teenager girl is running around in circles, screaming at the top of her lungs. "RUNNIN, RUNNIN, I'M RUNNIN OVRT HERE! RUN, RUN, RUN!".

"Doesn't matter! Fire!" shouted this universe version of Spitfire, known as the Lilit the FireRaven, to the armored soldiers that were pointing their guns at Atena. Lilit friends were against it, but it was too late, as the soldiers fired, only for the bullets to stop mid-flight and drop to the ground. "What!?"

Walking out of thin air was an alien creature wearing white armor who spoke as whispers could be heard within the group's minds. "Now is not the time for bickering, Vault Hunters. War is coming." It pointed to the rifts in the sky. "And you will need all the vault hunters you can get." It created a small rift behind itself and turned toward it. "Search for the vaults and their treasures. They will be needed in the upcoming war."

Lilit created flames around her body, ready for a fight. "War!? What war are you talking about!?".

The alien looked back and spoke once more. "War for all creation. The multiverse is crumbling, the trees are dying, and the one that we call 'Reader', is writing the true ending."

Atena looked up at the sky and asked who they were talking about and what the hell was going on.

"In time, you will know. In time..." was all it said before disappearing into the rift, leaving the Vault Hunters to wonder what its warning meant.





Dash lowered her arm, and each rift became larger, to the point they could see within them. "What are causing these rifts!? Does it have to do with-" Her and everyone looked at the largest rift in the sky, seeing the twins fighting Rainbow Dawn. 

"Maybe. Remember what Rainbow Dawn said? She wanted to restart the multiverse after eating the twins, but that's been bothering me for awhile. How will she restart the whole multiverse?" Twilight walked out of the warehouse to watch the fighting but noticed the planet-sized tree in the distance of where the twins and Dawn were fighting. "Is it because of that tree?".

Cozy pushed through them, walking towards the mirror. 

"Whatever, we need to find a way to get to Braver and her sister. There has to be a way to get to that place, like magic or something. Hurry up!" With that said, Cozy leapt through the mirror and vanished as the surface glowed bright white. 

Twilight and Dash nodded at each other and turned to the others, about to say goodbye, but noticed Sunset and the others were ready to follow them.

"Oh no, you can't follow us! If you go into Equestria, our universe, you will start to merge with your counterparts, and I can't let that happen. I'm sorry, but you can't-" Twilight couldn't finish as AJ and the rest of the girls walked past her. "Wait, stop!"

AJ turned to her while the rest of her friends walked towards the mirror. "Sorry, sugar cube, but we're not going to sit on our hands and not help save Blitz! She's like a niece to us, and what kind of aunts will we be if we don't help her or her twin sister? Not a very good one, that's for sure. We know the risks, but if we stay here, we will regret this decision for the rest of our lives." With that said, AJ ran towards the mirror, pushing Faith and Rachel through it, while Penny held her breath and cannon-balled herself into the mirror, making the surface glow bright white again.

Dash walked over and could see Twilight crying but also smiling. No matter the universe and the different lives their friends had, they were always the same. Always themselves. Dash didn't want to bother Twilight when she was like this, but she didn't have a choice as she tapped her shoulder.

"Twi, they're not the only ones..."

Twilight turned her head and followed Rainbow's stare, and she could see Blitz friends readying to go. She knew she couldn't talk them out of it, even if she tried. She wiped away her tears and smiled.

"Go ahead."

Sunset and the others nodded and ran to the mirror and jumped through it, but the only one that didn't go through was Sunset, as she heard her name being called. It was her mother who ran up with Fizzlepop and Asteria.

"Mom?" whispered Sunset, running up to her mother and hugging her. "I'm sorry..."

Helena held her daughter tight and whispered. "I know, but where are you going? What's going on in the sky!? Why are Blitz and her sister fighting that person from before?" she asked, while pointing to the rift.

Sunset let her go and gave her the most confident smile she could muster. "I'm going to help Blitz. That's why I'm going to go and save her." Helena didn't say a word but patted her daughter's head and nodded. Allowing her to go. "Don't worry, mom; I'll be fine, and so will everyone else. I'll come back."

"I know. Go and save Blitz and her sister!" smiled her mom, watching as Sunset slowly backed away and her hand went through the mirror, turning her into a bright light, and then she was gone. "Blitz...Braver..." Helena looked at the sky, watching the battle unfold in the distance, and knew her daughter and her friends would save them.

Asteria walked over to Twilight and took out her hand. Twilight turned her head, looked down at her hand, and took it. "What is it?"

Asteria didn't say a word and just let go, making Twilight look at it again. It was a device with a screen on it, and it came to life, revealing two emote faces. That's when Twilight knew what this was.

"You are giving me the AIs? The Alicorn androids? Why?"

Asteria looked up and could see more of the rifts getting wider as more cracks appeared between them.





In one universe, in this world, New York City, four female ghost busters looked up at the sky as the so-called god they were going to fight also looked up at the sky.

This universe Twilight fixed her glasses and scanned the rifts with a device. "Girls, this isn't their doing! This is something or someone else is doing, and whoever is doing this is destroying our universe...and others.".





In another universe, in the town of Ponyville at night, Twilight and Scootaloo got out of the Delorean and stared at the rifts.

"...doc!?" yelled Scootaloo, looking at the sky. "Doc! Are you seeing this?!".

Twilight removed her goggles, and her eyes went wide. She quickly got back in the car and put her goggles back on, putting the Delorean in drive and zooming away, while yelling at Scootaloo to hold on and not to let go. "GREAT SCOTT! Something is interfering with the timelines and multiverse! WE NEED TO GO BACK IN TIME SCOOTY!" she told her as the car reached 88 MPH and disappeared in a flash, leaving behind a fire trail.





Asteria looked back at Twilight and gave her a very serious look. "You are going to need all the help you can get," she explained.

Twilight nodded, held the device tightly, gave her farewell to the two women, and headed back to the mirror. Dash waited for her and could see her putting something in her pocket.

"What's that?"

"Just a bit of backup."

"Okay? Let's go!" 

Dash watched as Twilight jumped in first, and she soon followed behind. As they disappeared into the mirror surface, it glowed cyan and purple before finally going dim and becoming a normal mirror surface as Asteria touched it. Within the reflection, she could see what's behind her and Helena, which looked like her daughters, but when she turned to look at them, they weren't her daughters but someone else. They looked like human female androids...

"...Can't be?"





"WHOA!" shouted Dash and Twilight as they landed on top of each other as they exited out of the mirror, looked up, and could see they were at the Crystal Empire.

"We're home?" whispered Twilight, trying to stand up by using her hands but quickly realizing something was off. She looked at her hands and could see it were gone and her normal hooves were there now and she could see she is still wearing her human outfit, but that quickly ended as her body tore through it because her current size was much bigger than her human form. "My hooves!?" she looked at them but quickly remembered the device and pulled the device out of jean pocket and teleported it away.

"My back..." groaned Dash as Twilight was back in her tall Alicorn form, was crushing her.

Twilight looked down and blushed hard. "Oh, sorry, Dash!" she said, quickly getting off her wife and helping her up.

"Thanks," replied Dash, as she cracked her back and felt it pop, feeling good afterwards and realizing she was a pony again. She ripped her human clothes off. "Happy to see you girls again!" She stretched her wings out and felt them. 

As the two were happy to be ponies again, they didn't notice the freak-out yelling coming to their sides. They turned to see their friends trying to calm down Twilah and Dashie friends as they became ponies.

Faith was hiding in her mane as she looked at Rachel, who was freaking out the hardest, but not just for her new form, but because her magic was out of control, sending sparks everywhere.

"CALM DOWN, RACHEL!" shouted April, dusting off her trucker hat after Rachel's magic hit her as she tried to calm her down.

"I'M A PONY! A freakin pony! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" screamed Rachel, shooting off sparks.

Twilight and Dash could see Twilah and Dashie happy to see their friends, but at the same time, panicking.

"WHY DO WE LOOK LIKE THIS!?" asked Faith, peeking out of her mane and looking at her hoofs.

Twilah transformed into her anthro form, used her magic to create a bubble around Rachel, placed her next to the others, and hugged them all.

"It's okay. I don't know why you girls look like this, but I'm happy to see you all!" She then transformed into her pony form, making Rachel finally calm down.

"Twilah..." said Rachel, looking at her and smiling.

Twilah could feel her friends hugging her back and crying, crying for joy as they finally got to see her again. It's a happy sight, as everyone looked on, but Twilight noticed something and asked Dashie a question.

"Wait, where's Penny?"

Dashie smirked and pointed to Twilight's own friends, who were watching Penny and Pinkie do a very odd handshake, but stopped as Pinkie and the girls noticed Twilight and Dash and hurried to their sides, dogpiling them and hugging the daylights out of them.

"You two are fine and well! Thank the stars!" cried Rarity, hugging Dash and then Twilight.

Applejack let go and pointed to the sky. "We saw the battle! You two were humans, right?" she asked, getting nods from them.

Fluttershy and Pinkie let go as well, but they looked super sad.

"Braver and her sister," whispered Fluttershy, looking up at the cracking and rift-filled sky.

Pinkie turned to Cozy and the others, who were talking to Blitz friends, as Twi and Dash could see that Tempesta became a unicorn and looked just like their Tempest, just wearing a jacket and speaking of Tempest. They could see her talking to her counterpart and not weirded out at all, but they could tell she was giving Brishen a cold stare, as he became the Storm King but were wearing jeans and sneakers than the black armor.

"Why is the Tempesta pony version giving me that death stare?" he thought as he felt a shiver down his back. Making him look away and towards his other friends and realizing something. "Wallflower and Sunset, why are you two still looking like humans...ish and not another creature like us?"

He pointed at himself, and then Tempesta, who took notice, walked over and asked the same question. The two girls looked at each other, not knowing the answer themselves, but before they could say anything to them, Cozy shouted at them to shut it.

"Enough talking! We need to reach Braver and her sister as fast as we can! We're wasting time with this stupid talk!"
Her words echoed throughout the group, and Twilight and Dash nodded, understanding.

"Yeah," said Dash, flying up in the air and looking at the battle that her daughter was having.

Twilight did the same, wanting to think of something but noticing the damage around the empire. She wanted to know what was going on, but Flutterheart called out to her from behind and was quickly hugged by her.

"Aunty! You and Dash are alright!" she cried.

Twilight smiled and hugged her back before letting go and asking her questions, "Flutterheart, what's going on? What happened here? Your father and mother, are they okay!?"

Flutterheart was happy to see Twilight was okay and answered her question, "Mother and father are having a meeting with Celestia and other world leaders about what's going on. The empire looks like this because mom and dad became infected by dark magic by some evil human. They look like how Twilah and Dashie look when they transform, but thanks to Twilah and your and Braver's friends, they were able to save mom and dad, and we were able to restore the empire." She looked around, seeing the dying flames and smoke of the ruined area. "Well, in time, it will be restored." 

"Wait, a human/pony hybrid did this? Could it have been?" asked Twilight, looking at the damage but turning to Twilah, who flew up next to her. "Twilah?"

Twilah gave her a nod. "Yes, you two didn't meet her, but this hybrid unicorn girl, wearing all black, appeared as you two entered the prism window and scattered it. It was why we couldn't follow you."

Twilight placed her hoof on her chin. "By chance, was this unicorn girl wearing a black jacket with a grey fuzz collar?" She turned to her, waiting for an answer.

Twilah looked surprised as she nodded. "Yeah, wait! Did you meet her in my universe?"

"Yes. She appeared and was the one who turned Braver into Breaker. After that, Sunset fought her, but I have no idea what happened to her after that."

Twilah frowned and closed her eyes. "So, the girl did that to her as well, huh?" All of them looked up into the sky and could see the twins losing their fight against Rainbow Dawn, as their battle was getting more intense. "We have to hurry and get to them. If we can stop Rainbow Dawn, we might be able to save the multiverse!"

Dashie flew next to her and asked her one simple question. "But how? Without a prism window, we can't follow them."

Twilah looked at her and smirked. "No, we can't, but there is a way!"

Dashie gave her a puzzled look, and so did Dash. Dash turned to Twilight, hoping she could give an answer. Twilight turned and looked down at Sunset, as she and the others were all looking up at them, waiting for them to come back down and hoping they had a plan.

"Twi?"

Twilight gave a smirk, understanding what Twilah was thinking, and nodded. "It's a very huge risk, but it's the only way. If we're successful, then we can stop Rainbow Dawn and save our daughters."

Dash crossed her arms. "Okay, I don't know what you two are thinking, but please stop keeping us in the dark and explain!"
Dashie asked the same question, making both Twilight and Twilah look at them. Twilah went first.

"Even though it was Braver who made the rainbow shards, it was her parents who empowered them. With their elements and a bit of Braver's own power, it allowed them to cross into our universe all those years ago. If we can recreate that power and create another," Twilah looked at Twilight, who took over in explaining. "Create another rainbow shard; we can blast through the walls in between and follow where our daughters went, but to do that..."

Twilight and Twilah looked back down and looked at Sunset, making both Dash and Dashie understand what they meant by huge risk.

"If we do that, we won't be ourselves anymore," whispered Dash.

Dashie looked down and sighed. "Even when we fuse again, our fusion won't know how to make a rainbow shard, even with our elements." She touched her chest, and it started to glow blue.

"That's where you are wrong, Dashie," replied Twilight, making both girls look at her with a bit of shock. "They're here, remember?"

Dashie and Dash quickly remembered what happened when JA and her friends appeared when they shot out of the Braver core.

"HOLY COW! I FORGOT! NIGHTFALL AND SKY ARE HERE!" shouted Dash, turning around, flying down, and landing on the ground.

Everyone looked at her, not getting what was going on.

"Nightfall and Sky! Where are they!?" she asked her and Braver's friends, who only gave her blank stares.

Fluttershy walked up and spoke. "You mean the ghost versions of your counterparts, right? The ones that appeared along with Flutterwonder and the others?" She looked at the rest of the group, who all gave shrugs. She looked back at Dash with a sad look. "...ummm, now I think about it...did we just leave them back at Ponyville?"

Dash's eyes widened, as she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"WHAAAT!? You didn't bring them!?"

AJ shook her head. "Sorry, we were kind of busy saving and dealing with that black water. We didn't have the time to grab them." AJ lowered her hat. "Well, to be honest, I thought someone here would have grabbed them when we left Ponyville." 

She finished talking, and everyone started asking why they hadn't grabbed them and started making excuses among each other.

"WHAT!?" screamed Dash, grabbing AJ but quickly letting go and asking what she meant by leaving Ponyville.


After a quick explanation about how the black water was spreading throughout the land and burning it, Twilight and Dash were fully caught up in what happened after they left. Twilight walked back and forth, thinking of what to do. 

"Okay! Don't panic. You girls said their friends were with you and disappeared into the elements, but both Sky and Nightfall weren't there when that happened, right? It means they're still here and no doubt in Ponyville, correct?"

They all nodded, then shrugged, as they truly didn't know if the two were still there. Twilight looked around, noticing all their looks, and sighed out loud.

"Then we need to head back to Ponyville and find them. I hope they're still there where we left them."

Twilah walked to her side and patted her shoulder. "Hey, everything's going to be okay. I'm sure that Nightfall and Sky are still there."

Twilight looked at her and nodded as the two horns started to glow, teleporting everyone back to Ponyville.





Meanwhile, within the realm of between, Blitz and Braver ran out of the rift and couldn't look back as they could hear their parents and friends calling out to them to stop.

They were now trapped within the realm, unable to return home, and could only see a rainbow tree before them. Blitz looked behind her, seeing that the rift had disappeared. Her and her sister were panting hard, trying to catch their breaths, and their eyes were on the rainbow tree and Rainbow Dawn as she was walking towards it.

"What now, Blitz? Do we just talk to her?" asked Braver, looking at her sister and looking for an answer. "Will she even talk to us!? We might have to fight her! ...again..."

Blitz took a deep breath, calming herself down, and looked ahead. "I don't know. We need to keep our guards up and don't lose focus." She looked back at Braver, placing her hands on her shoulders and looking deeply into her eyes. "Just do what I say, and we'll have Dawn's back, okay?"

Braver nodded as the two walked towards Rainbow Dawn and the Rainbow Tree. As they got closer, the white water slowly became black, and they could feel something was off about it.

"This water, isn't this the same water that Rainbow Dawn and your Dawn created?" asked Blitz, lowering herself and touching said water. "It doesn't feel like water. What is this stuff?"

Braver touched it as well. "I don't know, but it's not burning us, so it's not the same water, I think? Still, if it starts to burn us, we need to take the skies and fly."

Blitz stood back up and looked forward. "Agreed."

The twins ran towards Dawn, who almost reached the rainbow tree but stopped as she turned around and smiled at them.
"So, you two followed me? Are you here to stop me from making you exist in every universe? Why stop me? Aren't you two tired of fighting me?"

The sisters stopped before her, and Blitz was the first to speak.

"Yeah, we followed you because what you are doing is beyond wrong!"

Dawn tipped her head to the side, like she didn't understand her.

"Is it really? How?"

Braver steps forward. "You are going to kill trillions! Restarting the multiverse will erase all current life and start anew! You can't just start a new multiverse and expect the next one to be the same! Heck, the next multiverse might not even have us again! You don't even know yourself, right? Why risk all those lives for us!? For a version of us? Our lives, or a version of us, are not worth billions and more lives! What is the point of all this!?"

Dawn closed her eyes and sighed out loud.

"The point?" Her chest started to bleed out more rainbow liquid. "THE POINT!?" She opened her eyes, and within seconds, she was behind them without them noticing.

Blitz was the first to react and turned around to see Dawn smiling, her arms open, and grabbing them as her arm clamped onto them and lifted them up.

"THE POINT IS THAT I WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! Is it that hard to understand?" She screamed as she hugged them tight and smothered them into her breasts, making the twins gasp. "I DON'T CARE ABOUT TRILLIONS OR BILLIONS OF LIVES! I DON'T CARE IF THE NEXT MULTIVERSE WILL HAVE YOU TWO OR NOT!" She started to shake, and tears fell from her eyes. "I just want to see you again in my life. You are my everything, my spark." Her eyes became darker and her smile more wicked. "My life is nothing without you, and if I must restart the multiverse to see you again, even if it fails, then so be it." She looked at them, her eyes full of darkness and her smile a twisted grin.

Braver tried to break free with her overwhelming strength but couldn't at all, as Dawn was holding on tightly.

"If that means I will be the destroyer of the multiverse, so be it! If I am the villain in this story, then I will become one. Just like 'she' said, I was meant to be."

Blitz was able to pull her face out of Dawn's breast and look at her with worry. "She?"

Dawn chuckled and shook her head. "You don't need to know, and you'll never see her. I'll make sure that never happens again. No matter what happens, she can't reach us in here."

Dawn pulled the sisters closer, making the twins close their eyes as their cheeks and noses were being pressed into her breasts, and she giggled.

"But enough about her. I want to enjoy this moment." She leaned in, kissing Blitz on the lips, making Braver's eyes go wide, before she too would get a kiss on the lips. "I can't believe you are actually here. It's like a dream come true." She finally let them go and slowly walked backwards from them. "Within all my nightmares, there was a small spark in the darkness. A dim spark of hope; hope that you'll save me again." The darkness around her body disappeared, and she was normal-looking again. "Please, my love, kill me. End my suffering, end my pain and madness that 'she' wrote on to me! Let me finally rest, so we can finally be together. Please, I'll finally ask you just this once... I need your help."

Blitz and Braver were shaking their heads, as they couldn't. They wanted to save her, not kill her.

"I...can't," said Braver, shaking her head. "Even more so, you have our Dawn's within you. We're here to save them."

Blitz looked at her with sad eyes. "And you, Rainbow Dawn. Whatever happened to you to make you like that, we are going to save you, no matter what! We won't kill you, ever. My Dawn asked me to listen to your story, saying that not everyone is truly bad. Everyone can be given a second chance!" She held her hand on her chest and looked towards her sister. "Like us, we were given a second chance in life. After the evil things we did, 'they' gave us a second chance." She gave Braver a smile and looked back at Dawn. "They made us move forward in life, to be better, to make others happy, and to see that we are not bad people."

Dawn chuckled and shook her head. "That is why I love you; you always know what to say and do to make everyone happy, no matter the cost."

Braver walked to her sister's side and held her hand. "Then let us help you. Let us know your story and how you became like this, because, by the sound of things, someone forced you to be like this. Right?"

Dawn's eyes went dark, and her mouth twisted into a twisted smile. "...right..."

Blitz felt her sister squeezing her hand and looked at her. "Sis?" She could feel her fear as her hand was shaking.

Braver smiled. "She's way stronger than me, ME, who can scatter the walls of the universe, and I can't move at all, even with all my power. That shows how powerful she is, which scares me, sister!" She let go of her sister's hand, and her eyes became bright purple. "But something within me doesn't want to back down! I don't know why; I can feel my blood is boiling, and it wants to fight!" She was shaking as her eyes became more purple and her magical power was overflowing out of her horn.

Blitz nodded her head, and her eyes became blue.
"Same; I can feel it within me as well." They turned to Dawn, who was covered in darkness. "It's our spark, telling us not to give up and that we can help her, no matter what!"

Braver and Blitz nodded and took battle stances as Dawn looked at them and opened her wings, unleashing a powerful blast of gust that blew the sisters away.

Dawn giggled and shook her head. "Always moving forward..." her horn started to glow, and she raised her hand, pointing at them. "Always, no matter what waits ahead of you."

A beam of rainbow light fired from her hand, shooting at the sisters, who were able to dodge the attack.

The sisters looked at each other, giving each other a nod, and they charged towards her.

Blitz was the first to reach her and tried to kick her, but Dawn just easily moved a bit to the side, grabbing Blitz's leg, punching her in the face, and then tossing her aside as Braver created a powerful and glowing punch as she hit her.

"BREAKER!"

But Dawn just simply grabbed her fist and held it with ease, shocking Braver, as behind Dawn was a powerful reality shockwave as the force of the punch was breaking the area around them.

"You always told me I was so strong that you looked up to me, but in truth, you were always more powerful than me or anything in my universe. When you finally told me about your life, how you scattered your universe and killed your parents, that's when I learned you've always been holding back," said Dawn, crushing Braver's fist and sending her flying with a simple slap to the cheek, making her crash into the water below, creating a large crater.

"I can feel the darkness almost taking me over again, so listen well." Dawn held her head in pain as she smiled. "Stop holding back. I can't be saved like you are hoping for. Not everyone can be saved. I don't even want to be saved anymore, so just kill me."

Braver slowly stood up from the crater as it was filling up with water. She held her cheek and spit out blood.

"You know, you sound just like us back then. We wanted to be killed because we thought we couldn't be saved, but we were proven wrong, and now look at us!"

"You're right, you're so right! But unlike me, I'm beyond saving. No matter what you do, no matter what you say, you can't change..." Dawn was gone and quickly reappeared in front of Braver, and she started to punch her face without stopping. "FATE! My story has no happy ending! EVEN WITH YOUR SECOND CHANCE, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO!"

Blitz appeared behind her and was about to attack, but the moment she got close to Dawn, the wings on Dawn's back quickly reacted, becoming sharp like blades and slicing Blitz's chest a bit, blood splashing out and flying into the water.

Dawn grabbed Braver's face and looked back at Blitz, who was on one knee now as she held her bleeding wound. "I can't tell if you two are brave or stupid. She was both, so brave and so freaking foolish in helping people. To be honest, if she never helped me that day, I wouldn't be here right now; none of this will be happening," she started to crush Braver's face, who started to scream in pain. "For once, I wish she didn't move forward that day. She should have let me be alone. I should have been all alone, no friends, no love."

Blitz's eyes glowed bright blue as she was now back on her feet. "BULLSHIT!" she screamed, making Dawn turn to her and look shocked. "YOU SOUND LIKE SUNNY! THINKING SHE SHOULDN'T HAD ME OR EVEN HELP HER! BUT I SAW THE GOOD IN HER LIKE A WARM SUNSET!" The air around her started to change as a dim rainbow appeared. "THE VERSION OF US SAW THAT IN YOU! THEY SAW SOMETHING WITHIN YOU THAT MADE THEM WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND AND LOVE YOU!" The dim rainbow light became brighter and started to take form.

Dawn gave an emotionless look as she tried to attack Blitz with another rainbow beam, but Braver grabbed her hand and grabbed the other hand that was crushing her head and screamed at her. 

"I don't know which version of us you met, me or my sister; it doesn't change the fact that they wanted to be with you! THEY SAW YOUR LIGHT THAT YOU DIDN'T!"

Dawn eyed her and turned back to Blitz, who was glowing rainbow colors. She could only tilt her head to the side.
"Version of one of you two? What are you talking about? There was only one, and you two are nothing-" Before she could finish, Blitz unleashed a sonic rainboom and collided into her, while Braver held her back from attacking. 

As the smoke cleared, it revealed that Blitz was being held back by Dawn's hand, who smirked at her. "Like her. You two are just shadows of who she was. Even if you had the same power, you're nowhere near her level." She tossed Braver into Blitz, knocking the two to the side, but Blitz, still in the sonic rainstorm speed, crashed into the water, sending water everywhere as Dawn stood there, glaring at them.

"Crap..." coughed Blitz, trying to get up but feeling her body being pushed back down. She looked and could see Braver on top of her, using her horn magic to create a barrier around them, as Dawn blasted another rainbow beam at them.

"You might be fast! You might be able to break universes! BUT THAT'S NOTHING TO HER!" screamed Dawn, increasing the beam power and opening her wings. "SHE GOES BEYOND THAT! SHE'S FASTER THAN YOU, AND SHE CAN WIPE AWAY ANY UNIVERSE IF SHE WANTED!"

"Dawn, please..." shouted Braver, holding her barrier in place. "I think we understand now, but you can't wipe and restart the multiverse just for her. She wouldn't want that!"

Blitz pushed Braver off and looked at Dawn. "Even then, we won't let you mess with or destroy the multiverse tree!"

"I'M NOT DESTROYING IT!" shouted back Dawn, stopping her beam, creating an energy sword from her hand, and slicing the sky above the tree, creating a giant rift in front of the tree. Within that rift is another giant tree within pure darkness, and black water is flowing out. "I'm going to restart the multiverse by rewriting everything within the book of Elyndra and recreating the multiverse into a perfect world, where she exists in all of them."

Blitz and Braver could only look at the rift and the tree, feeling shocked. They never saw this kind of tree before, as it gave off an unnatural feeling—a feeling of being holy and godly.

"What's that?" asked Braver as her sister got up and stood beside her.

"Elyndra, the tree of all creation, It's where the book is held, and it's the one true tree that connects all universes and multiverses together. Without the book and without the tree, there would be no life, no anything." explained Dawn, slowly floating towards it. "I'll fix everything. I'll make everything perfect. She'll be alive in every single one of the multiverses—all the universes. The tree and the book will do that." but as she got closer to the rift, Blitz and Braver flew between her and the rift.

"We can't let you do this," stated Blitz, glaring at her. "You might have your reasons for doing this; I know that, believe me, I know how much pain you must be in, losing someone important to you, knowing the chances of ever seeing them again are slim..." Blitz could only think of her real parent. "So I understand you, but if you restart the multiverse, there is no telling what will happen, and it won't be like how you want."

Braver glared at her as well. "Please, Dawn, don't do this! It's not too late!"

"Yes, it is! This is the only way! She'll come back!" yelled Dawn, readying her beam sword. "I won't let her story end like that! SHE DIDN'T DESERVE THAT END!" she charged at them, while the twins ready themselves as the rift started to get larger and wider.





Twilight and others reappeared in the destroyed and abandoned Ponyville, looking around the area.

"We're back, huh? I still can't believe the town looks like this," said AJ, kicking over a piece of burned wood as the black water destroyed half the town before turning to New Ponyville and finally being removed by Twilah. "Hope that after all this, we can rebuild it."

Rarity, Twilight, and Dash looked over the ruinous remains of Canterlot after it crashed into the valley below. Only the remains of the once proud city were the remains of the castle tower, the only thing left standing after crashing down when Dawn destroyed the caste.

"Oh dear..." whispered Rarity as her friends hugged her. "How are we going to rebuild this place?"

Twilight scanned the area of the mountain side and had a sad look on her face. "We can't. The mountainside is no longer stable. We'll have to rebuild the city and castle somewhere else." She turned back to Rarity, who was crying as the girls were trying to comfort her.

Dash sighed and turned to the ruined town. "Least Ponyville can be rebuilt, huh?"

"Yeah," nodded Twilight as she and Dash walked away from the group, with Fluttershy following behind.

"Where are we going?" asked Fluttershy, flying closer to them.

"I teleported us where Braver became a real Alicorn, but..." Twilight looked around and couldn't see Nightfall or Sky anywhere. "They're not here, but they looked so lifeless. Where will they be if they couldn't move before?"

The three started to look around, while the remaining group started to look around the area, spitting up. Twilah and her friends started to look outside of the area.


"How are you girls holding up?" she asked, looking back and seeing some of them still not used to being in a pony body. "Sorry, I had no idea you'd become ponies. Odd, when Dashie and I came here, we didn't become ponies. Strange." Twilah placed her hand on her chin and started to think about this.

"It's fine, darling," smiled Rachel, trying her hardest not to freak out about all this. "To be honest, we always wanted to know how it feels to be an 'pony'..."

Dashie turned to them and said, "Wait, really?"

April bucked a wooden wall from a burned home and didn't see any pony looking like Twilah or Twilight and turned to Dashie. "Yup, from the memories you told us of seeing your counterparts lives, I always wanted to know how pony AJ did things, and I tell you want, I can see how she does things with no fingers! Kicking things is so much better! Plus, I want to try a hay burger; it sounds delicious."

Penny hops around around April, smiling with glee. "Oh! I can't wait to try those as well! Twilight made them sound super, mega, ultra delicious! Oh, and the zap apples; I need to try them!"

Dashie shook her head and laughed, returning in the search, while Twilah cleared an area from rubble for Faith, but noticing she was trying to fly.

"Faith, need tips on flying? You look like a baby bird trying to fly," smirked Twilah, making Faith stop and blush in embarrassment.

"It's hard. My wings are small for this body, and I have no idea how I can fly in it. How do Pegsus do it?" replied Faith, somewhat falling over as she landed.

"It's easy! See, pegasus body weight is-" Twilah started to explain the pegasus body and how their medium size wings can let them fly, pushing her glasses up, but Faith's ears dropped down and she gave a sad look as she hid her face in her pink mane. Faith had no idea what Twilah was saying, as she was using a bunch of big scientific words.

"...oh dear..."

As Twilah was explaining the wing mass, a white unicorn with a light grey, purple, and pink mane took notice of them, placed her clipboard into a saddle bag, and hurried over.

"Sis!" shouted Sweetie Belle as she hugged Rachel, not knowing that wasn't really her sister.

Rachel freaked out a bit with a loud gasp and fired off a magic bolt from her horn, blasting a house window and making Sweetie look worried and a bit hurt.

"Wait, sis?" questioned Rachel, looking at her, and her eyes went wide, realizing who it was. "Bella? You are this universe Bella!" She hugged her and then played with her cheeks.

Sweetie was now confused, until she saw Twilah and Dashie and noticed her sister and the others looked much younger.
"What's going on?"

Twilah quickly explained everything, and Sweetie soon explained why she was here, as she was listing the damages to the town and trying to see what was missing or lost.

"So you and everyone else are looking for Twilight and Dash Ghost-looking copies?" asked Sweetie, following them back to the area where they came from.

April fixed her trucker hat. "That's right, little bell; it seemed they just disappeared, but we don't know how or why. We thought that maybe the town might have had a clue or someone moved them."

Sweetie hummed a bit as she thought for a bit, until she sighed very loudly. "I know who took ghost Dash and Twilight."

Before they could ask how she knew this, the group could hear a very loud noise and hurry back.





Back with Twilight and her friends, long before the loud noise was heard, they wanted to look further in town, but Sunset and the others wanted to join them, but Twilight took Sunset to the side and spoke to her.

"I know having more pairs of eyes and hooves will be useful in searching for Sky and Nightfall, but I would rather have you and Braver's friends staying here." She explained, looking back at the group.

Sunset gave her a puzzled look. "What? Why?"

Twilight looked back at her and explained her reason to her. "It's Cozy. Look at her." They both turned to her and could see her being restless, and it almost looked like she wanted to be somewhere else as she looked up at the sky. They looked to the sky and could see Braver creating a magical barrier as Rainbow Dawn almost stabbed her with a magical energy sword. 

"She wants to be by my daughter's side, no matter what. She loves my daughter, which I'm happy for, but Cozy is somewhat of a hothead, much like Rainbow Dash, and she will do anything to be by Braver's side, even if it means doing something stupid. Can you and the others watch over her? Please?"

Sunset sighed a bit, knowing this was going to happen, and nodded her head. "Sure, I'll let the others know. I'm sure my friends won't mind, Twi." She gave a thumbs up. "Cozy was always a hothead and head over heels with Blitz sister in school." She gave a wave and walked back to her friends, not seeing Twilight's sad look on her face.

"Thank you, Sunny and Sunset."

Twilight watched her leave and return to the group before leaving herself, heading over to her own friends, and searching the area further ahead . No matter where they looked, they couldn't find Nightfall or Sky anywhere further within the town. They all gathered together and started to make guesses about where to look, but Twilight noticed Starlight was a bit far from them, like she didn't want to be near them.

"Starlight?" called out Twilight, making her flinch and slowly turning to them. "What's wrong?"

Starlight ears flopped down, and she sat on the ground, her eyes wanting to tear up.

"Twilight, this is all my fault." She looked around the ruined town. "All of THIS!"

Twilight and the others walked over and sat near her, asking her what she meant.

"I was the one who started all of this!" cried Starlight. "If I hadn't treated Dawn so... awful when she was young, none of this would have happened! She wouldn't have kept herself away from others, joining with her evil counterpart and almost destroying all of our world." She covered her face with her hooves and started to let it all out as she cried. "I should be punished. I should pay for the crimes I committed against her. If it weren't for her actions, things would be different."
The girls looked at each other and were going to conform to her, telling her everything would be okay, but she brushed them off as she spoke again and walked past them.

"I haven't changed over the years, not since meeting you all... I'm still the evil unicorn that tries to control others; I'm a monster. Night was right, I'm just an monster that created another monster." She couldn't face her friends as she looked up into the sky, as more rifts were being created.





"Well met, Arisen!" spoke a mixture of female and male voices as a glowing white-hooded figure sat on a throne, as the area around them was nothing but dark clouds with rifts appearing throughout. "I'll not waste time on rhetoric; defeat me and take my place as keeper of this world." They raised their hands, making this universe Sunny Starscout, who's a human magical knight, step back as the clouds in front of her opened. "You saw it awaiting you at the end of your descent. The same world you've traveled to arrive at this place. A world you may well now inherit."

Sunny was going to speak, but the hooded figure stopped her as they raised their hands once more.

"It is a simple proposition. No different than any you've faced." finished the figure as they blew Sunny away with a simple wind gust spell.

Sunny landed on her back and quickly rose as the hooded figure started to stand from their throne.
"You need only the will to claim what is offered to you. The will to survive!"

Both faced each other down, until the hooded figure started using light wave magic as they spoke, while Sunny took out her magical rainbow shield and sword.

"Yes, fight. Arisen, as you have fought in coming here!" they blasted another light wave magic towards the young knight, who dodged it. "What is it that impels you? What force spurs you on? What sustained your wanderings and led you here?"
Sunny held her shield and sword at the ready and charged in, blocking each blast of light magic.

"I ask you! What is it that makes you alive?" The hooded person stopped attacking and let Sunny slash at her, doing no damage to them, and walked around her as she kept slashing them. "Tis volition. Unbending will. You are here because you walked it, Arisen. You created your own story and wrote where your tale ends. It is no mistake that you are here; you came before me."

Sunny looked at the hooded figure as they started to glow, and she readied her weapon once more. Only to be blasted away once more. As she stood up, she saw that the hooded figure was gone. She looked around until she saw a white light behind her.

The hooded figure walked to a rift, seeing Ponyville inside.
"Consider...the infinite potential..." said the figure as they created water and created a naked version of Sunny, scaring and shocking her. "Just as you call forth pawns, so I command all life into existence. Just like other authors of their universes and across the multiverses can do, you might call me a god or writer, but it does not matter. Expect none of the mercy men seek in their gods. This is the cold truth, Arisen. You are nothing but a character I wrote for this universe." They raised their hands and blasted the clone into dust, leaving nothing behind. "The world and all its denizens are nothing but fake lives, just characters inside a book. In that regard, no different than the pawns," the figure looked around their surroundings, seeing each rift as more were being created. "Without volition, there is no true life. This world and others fall stagnant, dead as an ocean with no current to guide it as 'she' keeps the winds at bay." With that said, the figure just disappeared into thin air.

Sunny searched around but couldn't find them, but she looked at each rift and saw every universe in the multiverse.

"She made her decision long ago; she stopped being a reader and watcher. Becoming something more, more than an author." spoke a voice, making her turn and see the hooded figure behind her. "The decision, just like yours, to fight. Fight against fate and destiny and those who created us."

The figure blasted another magical light at Sunny, continuing their battle.

"Show that you are more than a written character, written by an author unseen. Show that the temper of your spark is strong enough to command far more than mere pawns." The figure started to walk around the young knight once more, as Sunny sword attacks hardly did anything to them. "Show that your spark is fit to aid in the upcoming war of all creation, Arisen!" They blasted Sunny back and lowered their hands again. "Fight tooth and claw. Struggle now and cling to the very spark of life." They created a sword of light and dashed towards Sunny, and both their swords clashed with each other. "Show that written life holds worth—enough to fight for! Show her that she is wrong, Arisen!"

Sunny screamed and deflected the blade and slashed down the figure, cutting them in two, but only to disappear and reappeared far from her, standing as the rifts started to grow faster in size.

"The ending is coming, Arisen. Will you claim your rights as Arisen? Or shrug the burden and seek peace in oblivion?" asked the figure, watching as Sunny stepped forward, making them smile. "Moving forward, despite all that has transpired, is what defines a character. And thus is what distinguishes the Arisen. I have faith; you are no exception."

Sunny started to walk forward as living memories of her friends and people she helped in her quest appeared before her, making her smile, and she continued to walk, passing her memories. Until she was standing in front of the hooded figure once more.

"Good, Arisen... No, Sunny Starfall! This will be your last test and battle. Now, show me, show me your spark! The spark that you created with your friends and loved ones as you came here! Show me, show me the power of an Arisen!" shouted the figure, making their hood disappear and their face visible.

Sunny saw a young girl with purple hair, wearing armor that only a magical knight would wear. It was this universe, Twilight.

The young woman's voice stopped being a mixer of different voices and became her real voice. "Come Sunny! I shall meet you on your own terms, joined by my own friends of old." Behind her, five pawns landed near her—this universe version of Twilight's friends—and behind Sunny, her friends appeared and were ready for the battle. "

"You stand now at the final chapters of the end, Sunny. See your story through to the end! Win and go forth! Forth to the true final battle, an battle that you must be apart of, where the true ending is being written, where all creation will be wiped away forever, or where the happy ending is created for the rest of existence! Let your spark lead you! Move forward like 'she' always does!"

The two groups clashed with each other as the rifts grew in size, almost overtaking the dark, clouded world.





Starlight looked away; even though she could see what was happening in that universe, she couldn't hear what was being said. She continued her talk with her friends, who stood behind her now and gave her all their attention.

"I know, I'm a bad pony. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Starlight was saying it repeatedly as tears started to stream down her face while her friends looked worried. 

AJ was going to speak and remind Starlight of their talk, but Twilight walked past her and placed her hoof under Starlight's chin, making her look her in the eyes.

"Starlight, no. That's not true. None of this is your fault. You haven't been a bad pony or a bad mother. You made mistakes. Mistakes that you tried to fix."

"And I failed." Starlight sadly said.

"Not yet; you haven't." Twilight said, smiling at her and hugging her, making her return the hug. "I know it seems hopeless right now, but you need to have hope. Hope that you can face Dawn and take responsibility for the actions you done to her, apologize to her, and show her she wasn't ever alone. That was always loved by her mother, you. Show her how much you love her and that you'll be better than ever, so no matter what happens, she'll know how much you love her. That's the best thing you can do for her, Starlight." She let her go, and Twilight could feel tears running down her cheeks. "Besides, you aren't the only one that needs to take responsibility and apologize to her; so do I. I failed her as her teacher; I wasn't there for her. But now, I can show her I'm not just her teacher but someone who'll be there for her no matter what. So let's show her together, show her how much we love her, and show her that no matter what, she'll always have us by her side." Twilight and Starlight looked up into the rift, seeing Rainbow Dawn fighting the twins. "I was wrong about her being my successor. I think that's what created a rift between us, as teacher and student." Twilight sighed a bit and smiled. "I wanted her to take my place and become a princess after I'm gone. But it seems that it wasn't meant to be...Braver showed me that." She looked back up, seeing her daughter fighting Rainbow Dawn but also trying to talk sense to her as she fought her. Twilight looked away and looked at Dash, who gave her a small smile. "She is truly our daughter. She's the future. Not me; my rule should end after all this, and when I'm gone, I think she'll take over my role and become a new kind of princess. She's my real successor." She smiled and looked up at the rift. "But I don't want..." Everyone started to see Twilight crying heavily. "I don't want to take away my daughter's pen and write her story! I don't want to force her to write a book that she doesn't want to! I want her to live her life and follow her dreams, just like me and my friends! But she can't now! I don't want her to feel trapped! I don't want her, Dawn, and other future ponies who become Alicorns and outlive all their friends and loved ones! I don't want them to have that curse and have them suffer like me!"

Starlight felt Twilight's weight on her body as she just cried. "Oh, Twilight."

Dash quickly flew and placed her wing over Twilight, moving her away from Starlight body and holding her close.
"Twi, don't say that! Your Alicorn status isn't a curse! You are the princess of friendship; you help bring peace and balance to the world. And that's an amazing thing, not a curse." explained Dash, trying her hardest to calm her down.

Twilight slowly held her tight, shaking with fear. "But it is a curse! You and everyone else I ever knew will die as I outlive all of you! Even Celestia and Luna, I'll outlive them. I'm scared of being alone. I don't want to be alone! I don't want that for Braver or anyone! I can't be a princess anymore. Without you, the girls, our friends, and our family, I'll lose my way. I'll do something foolish without you girls; I just know it. I can't live like this; I can't. Please, Dash, please, help me. Help me."

Dash couldn't say anything, as she just held her tighter. "Twilight, it'll be alright."

As the two were hugging, Fluttershy whispered to her friends.

"Remember what Cozy said, how Discord explained to her that an Alicorn will appear in the future, forcing Twilight to seal away magic."

AJ nodded. "Yeah, first I thought that Twilight had no choice, and it's Twilight after all, who always plans ahead and thinks about everything. She'll do anything to protect our world, but now..."

Rarity walked to the AJ side. "Now, if we really think about it, then Twilight did it because without us, the others, and her family, she wouldn't be able to handle the loss of us, as her grief took over her and she did something rash and not really thinking it through."

"Without us there, there to aid her and tell her there might be another way..." Pinkie and the others looked over to Twilight, who was still crying. "She will fall."

Applejack and the others slowly walked over to Dash and Twilight as they heard Twilight's cries. Dash could hear them getting closer, shut her eyes, and remind Twilight of something.

"Twi, remember what I told you years ago?"

Twilight, crying slowly, stopped and opened her eyes, looking at her wife. "What?"

Dash smiled at her and opened her eyes, staring into Twilight's. "I promised you, when the time comes and I'm gone..." Dash placed her hoof on Twilight's cheek and slowly started to wipe her tears away. "I'll find you again, no matter what! Reborn as someone else, as an animal, or whatever." Dash kissed Twilight on the lips and slowly pulled away, keeping their faces close to each other. "Because even death can't stop me or my love for you. I will always be there for you, right girls?" Dash and Twilight saw their friends behind them, looking sad but giving a smile and nodding, knowing that they'll be there for Twilight no matter what; even death can't stop them and their love for her.

"That's right, darling! No matter what death has in store for us, we will always find our way back to you, no matter how long or what it takes." said Rarity.

"You can count on that, Twi!" smirked Applejack.

Pinkie started to do kicks and punches, ready to fight. "That's right, Twilight! Nothing will stop us from finding you! We'll kick the grim reaper's butt and find you again!"

Fluttershy lowered her head as she dodged Pinkie kick. "We'll be with you, always. So please, Twilight."

Dash let Twilight go and flew to the girls, and they all breathed in and out, then spoke as one.

"Don't worry about the future; even without us, you will be just fine. You're the smartest and strongest pony we've ever known. We believe in you and your love for others. Just know, our friendship will always guide you, just like yours did for us; we won't ever forget that, and no matter where or when, we will always be with you, even if we aren't." They all walked up to Twilight, standing before her.

"Always be honest with yourself, Twilight. Even if we're not there and long gone, you'll make new friends, friends who will aid you, help you, and guide you. So please, don't give up and don't lose yourself in your thoughts. Be yourself and always be honest with yourself like I said, Twilight Sparkle," said AJ.

"Even if those friends also pass on, you will always make new friends! Friends that you'll make smile and laugh. Friends who will aid you in your adventures. Friends who will care and love you just as much as we do. So please, don't ever be afraid or worry about being alone, because you will always find someone new to love, smile, and laugh with!" smiled Pinkie.

"Twilight, your kindness knows no bounds. Your heart is full of compassion and empathy; you're a good soul. Others will see that, and they'll come to you, and you'll help them. Just as you did for us. So please, don't cry." Fluttershy started to tear up a bit but continued. "Never cry because of us or others passing. Always keep a smile, because your happiness and smile bring joy to everyone around you. So, please, never forget that."

Rarity took out a tissue, handed it to Fluttershy, and then spoke to Twilight. "Remember, darling, you have always been there for everyone, and that generosity will never change in the future. You will always give a part of yourself to help others, and no matter what, that will always be who you are. But remember, giving too much of yourself is dangerous; it can take a toll on you and lead you down a path you might not wish to walk on. So, please, don't give so much that you'll lose yourself and hurt yourself by doing something foolish. We don't want that to happen, especially Dash." She took out a tissue and wiped away her own tears. "Be strong and think things through before doing something you might regret. Think with your heart, but don't lose yourself to that."

The girls looked over to Dash, who slowly flew towards Twilight, who was crying harder than before.

"Twi, your loyalty has no bounds and is unmatched by many; it even rivals my own. You never once gave up on anyone or any other creature, including us. You are the most loyal pony we have ever met. You will always fight for your friends and family, and no matter what, your loyalty and trust will be tested." Dash shut her eyes, looking hurt as she continued. "Tested without me by your side. It hurts knowing that one day I won't be there to stand by your side and watch over you. But I know that you will be okay. Because you're the strongest pony I have ever known." She slowly opened her eyes and gave her a warm smile. "Heck, you'll even fall in love again and might start a new family."

"No, Dash, I won't," but Twilight couldn't finish as Dash bopped her head playfully.

"Don't, don't say that. I want you to love again. Find someone who loves you as much as I do. Start a new family and grow old with them. Because that's what you deserve. After everything you have done for us and for the world, you deserve happiness and love. You deserve a happy ending, Twilight." Dash flew back until she was with the others and landed on the ground. "Twilight, our stories will end, but yours is still ongoing, so please, never stop writing and tell a story that will bring hope, happiness, and love to many ponies and other creatures. Keep..."

"Keep moving forward!" said Dash and the girls in unison as their voices echoed throughout the ruined town.

"Keep moving forward," whispered Twilight, as tears flowed down her cheeks.

She looked up at the rift, watching the battle going on, and then closed her eyes.

"...just like our daughter has always been doing. Even in a time of chaos and despair, she's been moving forward." She opened her eyes and smiled. "So, I must do the same. I must keep moving forward, no matter what." She looked back at the girls and Starlight, who was smiling and wiping away her own tears.

"Yes, Braver has always been pushing forward. Along the way, she gathers friends on her journey. She's just like you, Twilight." Starlight said,, trying to hold back her tears. "She's even helped my daughter. Just like you did with me all those years ago, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

Twilight looked at Starlight, smiling at her and then at the girls.
"Thank you, all of you! I love you all; I always have and always will, till the end."

They all smiled, knowing that their friendship is the strongest and will never fade. But before they could do a big group hug, they heard someone yelling at them as a light greyish green earth pony and blue griffon, wearing golden armor, came running up to them.

"Princess!" shouted the griffon as he landed and quickly bowed to Twilight as the earth pony waved at her.

Twilight ordered the griffon to rise, and she gave them a small bow. "Gallus, Sandbar! What are you two doing here?"

The rest of the girls gathered around and listened as both men explained their reasons for being here.

"I was tasked with checking the damage to the town, along with Sweetie Belle," said Sandbar, taking out a clipboard from his saddle bag, while Rarity's eyes sparkled when she heard her sister's name.

Gallus placed his elbow on his buddy's head and smirked. "I was ordered to watch over the two and make sure nothing hurts them. Besides, Yona was begging me to watch over her little husband anyway. How cou-oof!" He quickly held on to his side as Sandbar kicked him there.

"And your wife, Silver Stream, told me to kick you if you ever get annoying." Sandbar said as he started to look over the damage to the town.

"Ow! I'm going to get her back for-"

"Gallus! Sandbar!" smiled Twilight, using her magic to lift them from the ground and right to her face. "You two and Sweetie must have seen Nightfall and Sky!?"

Both guys looked at each other and quickly looked back at Twilight.

"You mean the weird-looking ghost versions of you?" asked Gallus.

Twilight and the rest of the girls nodded, making Sandbar take out his clipboard and flip through it.

"Well, when we found them, we were going to take them back to New Ponyville, but two ponies, who was with us,  found them first and wanted to take them. We were against it, but Sweetie started to have a fight with—"but before he could finish, there was a loud explosion coming from where they left Blitz and Braver friends at. "What the hey was tha-whooa!" he said, as him and Gallous fell to the ground as Twilight had a worried look on her face.

"Oh no! Cozy must be doing something!" She shouted, flying off while the rest of the girls followed her, leaving the two guys alone.

Gallus fixed his helmet, and he could see Sandbar eyeing him. "What?"

"Shouldn't you be going along with Twilight? You are one of the guards meant to protect her, you know."

"Nah, she's a big girl. She can handle herself, besides." Gallus quickly turned around and smirked, "My mission is protecting you, right buddy? Besides, I don't want Yona killing me if something happens!" Gallus could see Sandbar rushing off where Twilight and others went too, making the griffon swear under his breath as he went after his friend.





Moments ago, Brishen was sweating like a pig, as he could see Tempest looking at him with death daggers in her eyes. He coughed and looked away, but he could see Luna eyeing him as well. The same daggers were in her eyes, and he could feel the chills go up and down his spine.

"So, uh, I'm not that Storm King, you know. I'm just a young adult, not some evil furry," he explained, hoping they would stop looking at him like that.

Tempest huffed as she kept her eyes on him. "Sorry, just looking at you brings up bad memories. If it wasn't for my counterpart here, I would have ended you."

Brishen chuckled, wiping his forehead with a napkin for his sweat, looking at the two. "Hey, I would have done the same if I were in your shoes. I saw the loser Storm King memories from this staff, thanks to Wallflower here," he pointed to her, who scared the two with her ability to hide in plain sight, like she was a background character.

As the two calmed down and remembered who Wallflower was, they started to talk to her, while Brishen sighed with relief and slowly walked away from them and sat next to Tempesta, who was sitting by herself.

"So, how's being a pony like? Weird, I bet?" He asked, flipping his staff in the air like a little boy playing with a stick, making the mare chuckle.

"You have no idea. Having no fingers, but yet, I can still hold things with my hoof," she said, eyeing him a bit. "Wanna see?"

Brishen didn't believe her and handed her his staff, only for his mind to be blown, as he could see the staff just being held by her hoof, no gripping or anything. "What the-how are you doing that!?"

Tempesta laughed, handing him back his staff, and stood up. "I don't know...and it's kind of freaking me out, to be honest."

Before he said something, a large shadow covered the two, making them look behind and up, seeing Tirek, now wearing a sweater and holding a cup of coffee.

"Where did you get that?" asked Tempesta, wanting a cup of coffee for herself.

Tirek took a sip of his coffee and then pointed his finger over to the other side, where a coffee shop is, and the front door knocked down. Tempesta walked off, leaving the two. The two men just stood there, looking at whatever, until Tirek asked one simple question.

"You like her?"

Brishen was caught off guard by that question and choked on his own air, making him cough and hack a bit. "Wha-what the heck!?"

Tirek shrugged, looking over to Cozy, who was far from them and just looking up at the sky. Then he looked over to Sunset, who had been standing behind Cozy for a while now. He took another sip and just watched them.

Up in the sky, Cozy could see many rifts and other universes. In one, she could see...





"It's over, Cozy! Give up!" shouted Dawn as she and her friends stood in front of an Alicorn version of an older Cozy Glow as she limped her way to Twilight's throne, turning to the group of creatures that beat her.

"Curse you, Luster Dawn! You foiled my plans to take over Equestria!" She tried to use her magic, but a purple beam blasted her, making her fall over and hitting the throne. 

"You never understood Cozy!" shouted Alicorn Twilight as she landed next to her student and her friends. "A monster like you will never understand the importance of friendship."

Cozy laughed, holding her chest, and her breathing was becoming raspy. "Friendship this and friendship that! It's nothing more than a lie—a way to keep yourself safe and protected! It's just a tool, Twilight!" She spat, getting up, and her breathing was becoming heavier. "All I ever wanted was someone, anyone, who would understand me and my views on this world." She blasted a powerful rainbow beam, but it was quickly defected by a rainbow light, an light coming from Dawn and her friends. Cozy could see them wearing the Element of Harmony necklace.

"Why would anyone be a friend to you, a monster who only cares about herself and power!?" shouted Dawn as her element of magic started to glow.

Cozy laughed, and her laughter became insane. "You want to know why, Luster Dawn!? Because everyone is and will be alone. Friendship is just a tool for power and control. If there isn't someone out there for me, then I will make them! I will create my own friends by force and take over the land!"

Everyone was silent, looking at her, and their eyes widening in fear as Cozy started to levitate, her magic aura covering her and her hair covering her eyes. Twilight quickly stood in front of the student and the others, explained that they should use the elements before it's too late.

"Alright, teacher!" said Dawn, who then turned to her friends, telling them to follow her lead. 

"FOOLS!" screamed Cozy, unleashing her magic just as the elements were unleashed upon her. A bright flash of light and the rift vanish...





Cozy lowered her head and slammed her hoof into the dirt, cursing under her breath at what she saw.
"Discord was right. In every universe, I was never meant to have that chance, that second chance, and to meet someone who wanted to know me, who wanted to be my friend. I'm a monster. Just like he said."

Her body started to tremble, thinking about the words Discord had told her. She couldn't take it anymore, and she let out a loud scream. A powerful scream gave off red energy waves, blowing back Sunset a bit. Sunset had her arm over her face as she stood against the powerful wave and could hear the screaming becoming hurtful screams.

"Cozy..."

As the wave died down, Cozy just looked up, seeing other universes within the many rifts. Somehow, she could see herself being defeated or even killed. She hated seeing all of the other universe selves, all the possibilities and chances that were never given. All of it was lost because they weren't given a chance.

"Cozy..."

She wanted to cry, but nothing was coming out; she could only look at her hooves and sighed.

"Cozy, hey..."

"Go away," she muttered, trying to ignore the voice.

Sunset placed her hand on Cozy's shoulder, kneeling down next to her.

"You okay?"

Cozy shrugged, not bothering to look at her.

"You are not a monster."

Cozy eyes widen, hearing those words, and she slowly turns her head to the side and sees Sunset, giving her a gentle smile...it reminded her of Braver

"But I-"

"You are not a monster. Cozy, you have been through a lot, I can tell." Sunset sat down and looked up at the rift-filled sky. "I remember you being all evil and such, but Braver gave you a chance, remember?" she said, looking at her and seeing Cozy looking at the dirt ground. "Blitz gave me a chance because she believed there was a kind girl under that bully. It was her friendship that helped me."

"It's not fair; why am I a lucky one while other versions of myself aren't?" whispered Cozy, her body trembling. "It feels like my story shouldn't be like this... I can't help but wonder what they did; it didn't end like this. What did I do that caused me to change and a have a better life?"

Cozy could only wonder what it was but could hear Sunset laughing at her, making her filled with rage.

"Come on now; you know why."

Sunset put her hand under Cozy's chin and made her look up, seeing the rift that had Braver, who was still fighting Rainbow Dawn with her sister.

Cozy gave a small smile. "Because of her..."

Sunset nodded but also pointed to Cozy's heart.

"Also because it was someone who gave you a chance. Everyone has a bad side, and everyone has a good side. Sometimes, there are people who will listen and that helps bring out the good side. Maybe other versions of you didn't get the chance, but you were lucky enough to be able to make a choice when you had that evil necklace—to choose to have a chance. You didn't push Braver away when she reached out to you and gave you a chance." Sunset got up and stretched her legs, feeling tired from sitting on the dirt.

"Braver and Blitz always see the good in others, no matter who they are. I'm pretty sure Braver saw you for your true self, even when you were lying and tricking her."

Sunset reached her hand out, happy to Cozy taking her hand. Sunset pulled her up, and the two smiled at each other.

"... Too bad that she couldn't see how I felt about her before it was too late," sighed Cozy, seeing Sunset laughing hard. "What's so funny?"

Sunset wiped her tears from her eyes and couldn't stop smiling. "You too, huh?" She finally calmed down, and both looked up at the rift. "I find it funny that those twins fell in love with our Dawn at the same time."

Cozy gave a small chuckle. "Yeah, like it was fate or something," she rubbed her nose and smirked. "Whatever, I'm over that blockhead. I just want her to be happy! Even if it's with Dawn."

Sunset cracked her neck and joined in that smirk. "Same. They deserve to be happy with whoever they want, even i it's not with us."

Cozy and Sunset rose their arms into the air, reaching out to the twins, like they were going to reach them and hold them.

"What a load of crap."

Sunset and Cozy quickly looked behind and could see Chrysalis giving them a cold stare.

"I can feel the love coming off of you two, as clear as day. You two still deeply love those twins."

Chrysalis had her arms crossed and was looking at them with a disappointed look.

"Screw off, Chrysalis! My ship had sailed, and I lost my chance. I already came to terms with it and tossed those feelings away." replied Cozy, walking past her but stopping as Chrysalis wing blocked her.

"You and I both know that's a lie, Cozy Glow."

"Shut it! Braver doesn't feel the same way, so just drop it!"

"So, what? Are you going to run away like the coward that you are?!"

Cozy growled, ready to punch her, but stopped and looked down.

"No, I won't..."

Chrysalis raised her eyebrow, seeing Cozy trembling and looking down, pushing her hooves into the ground.

"Even if she doesn't love you, that doesn't mean you should stop loving her. Love is something you can't run from, Cozy. Even if she doesn't love you back, you can't give up on the person you love. That's how true love works." She turned to Sunset and gave her 'same with you' look, making Sunset rub the back of her head.

"But I lost. How is that true love, you stupid bug?"

Chrysalis shook her head, knowing full well what Cozy was feeling. "It's true love when you put someone's happiness above your own. You don't need them to love you back; just having them close is all you need." She placed her bug hoof on Cozy's head and petted her. "No matter what is lost or taken, it doesn't stop the love for someone."

Cozy didn't say anything, letting her words sink in and thinking about everything. Chrysalis pulled her hoof back and looked at Sunset, seeing the same look on her face.

"I seen that look in your eyes, Sunset. Don't forget, Blitz will always be there for you, no matter what. I know that. She's like our little blockhead."

"I guess.." Sunset shook her head and smiled. "No, I guess so; she will always be there for me. She has always been there, since the day we first met."

Chrysalis smiled and nodded her head, liking how she was acting. "Good. Now, come on, you two, we better head back to the others; Twilight and others might be coming-" but she stopped talking, as she was looking at the rift and her eyes going wide.

Cozy and Sunset could see her reaction to something and quickly looked to the sky. Just like Chrysalis, their eyes went wide in horror. 





"SIS!" screamed Blitz, as she saw Braver being sliced in two by Rainbow Dawn beam hand sword as she flew past Braver and landed hard on the ground, skidding to a stop and leaving a large trail of black blood behind her.





Chrysalis and Sunset were quickly blown away by a powerful surge of magical energy. As they landed and quickly looked where the powerful spike of power was coming from, they could see Cozy glowing bright red and becoming twisted.

"BRAVER!" screamed Cozy as she unleashed another shockwave, sending dust clouds all around her.

"She's mad," whispered Chrysalis, seeing Cozy going berserk as she unleashed powerful magic and her eyes turning red.

The rest of the group came hurrying over and asking what was wrong. Soon, Twilight and others arrived as well and asked the same thing. Chrysalis pointed to the rift, and Twilight and Dash could see their daughter was cut in half, but...

Dash turned to Cozy and crossed her arms. "Really? Getting upset over that?"

Cozy quickly stared at her with burning rage and screamed, "What do you freaking mean? SHE KILLED HER!"

Twilight joined Dash and pointed to the rift. "Look."

Cozy looked back up, and once more, her eyes went wide once more.





Braver's top half started to move; soon she pushed herself up from the black water floor, looked at the cut wound, and could see her slime oozing out. Even in her anthro form and becoming an Alicorn, her slime genes was still part of her. Her lower half got up, and Braver hopped over it, reconnecting and fixing herself.

"...huh?" thought Rainbow Dawn, seeing the odd scene before her.

Blitz sighed with relief and walked over to Braver, punching her lightly on the side. "I forgot your part slime, Christ, you scared the shit out of me there for a second."

Braver laughed and rubbed the back of her neck, but the two quickly remembered they were in a battle and prepared themselves as Rainbow Dawn came soaring towards them once more.





Cozy's magical energy died down, and her red body turned back to normal, but only her face was still red.

"She's still a slime creature. Remember when she became an Alicorn? She was a ball of slime as she fell on the ground, and then, being in the human universe, her human form confirmed it by how she has an..." Twilight couldn't finish that, as she turned red herself.

Cozy put her hooves over her face and wanted to die. 

Sunset looked to the side and was thinking to herself. "Slime huh? That makes me wonder something: Is Blitz also...huh?" She stooped, thinking as she noticed familiar faces. "Sweetie Belle? Sandbar and Gallus?"

Cozy and the others looked and could see the two ponies and the griffon  as they walked towards the group.

"Sister, I didn't know you had a human version...but she looks just like you, though,"  said Sweetie, hugging Rarity.

Before Rarity could say anything, Sweetie remembered why they were here and turned to Twilight, Dash, Twilah, and Dashie.

"Right! We came across your ghost copies and were figuring out what to do with them, but the other two that were with us took them."

Dash raised her eyebrow. "Other two? Who?"

Sweetie gave a nervous smile while Sandbar rubbed the back of his head, but Gallus stepped forward and answered the question.

"Scootaloo and Trixie took them. No idea where, though."

Everyone looked at each other and then at Dash and Starlight.

"I think I know where Scoots took Sky," she said, as she face hoof herself in disappointment.

Starlight placed her hooves over the side of her head and rubbed them. "...and I think I know where Trixie took Nightfall."





Somewhere, Scoots placed Sky on a platform and stepped back, smiling with glee. Motionless Sky stood on a Wonderbolt stand, and behind her were Rainbow Dash merchandise, from t-shirts to posters.

"Perfect! You'll be safe here until i figure out what to do with you." Scoots placed goggles on Sky's head. "...even more perfect!"





Meanwhile, inside Trixie's home, she tossed her cape and hat over a cost rack and sat on her bed. She could only smirk as she loved her new coat rack, which was Nightfall.

"The great and powerful Trixie always wanted Twilight to be her coat rack! Mwahahaha!~" she said, as she tossed herself into bed and was still laughing.





Twilight and Twilah looked at each other, and both just said, "Least we found them..."

End of Chapter 31