Unforgiven Winter

by Rambo

Retribution

Retribution
Note: This is the bad ending

Twilight gulped again and pre-swung her neck to deliver a fatal blow to Syra. "Do you want to look away before I do this?" Twilight asked her. Syra shrugged followed by a small giggle. "No it's fine, I want to see this coming, I want you to look me straight in the face when you kill me" she returned.

Readying her horn, Twilight stood with her back straight, her decision was made up and she was more than ready to perform her action. Everyone in the dome concentrated on Twilight who's aura was showing by 'Ol Reliable spotlight. Twilight had a small burst of rage, having her lay a swift punch right across Syra's right cheek. "That's gotta hurt!" said Hubert. The defeated demon laughed with her bruised shut down eye starting to swell.

Twilight put her hoof under Syra's chin and started to turn it left and right, examining her carefully.

The purple unicorn was breathing slowly but deeply, with every breath exhaled a force only she could see would go throughout the dome and highlight everyone in it. Everyone had their own amount of purity, the whiter they were the more innocent and the more black... the more guilty. Syra was near a shadow and Charlie and Victor obviously had some bad blood in them but they weren't bad ponies, that's for sure.

She gulped down the saliva building up in her mouth and began to get woozy, her vision starting to become disoriented. Just when she thought she was on the verge of passing out, she felt a cold hoof land on her shoulder. Twilight turned around to see that Kale's frost hand was resting on her to keep her cool. (No pun intended) "Remember Twilight, whatever decision you choose now will change the course of what happens to all of us, I just hope you do what is right, don't let this entire decision be fueled by vengeance."

She stared at him for the longest moment when her shoulder got a bit too cold she broke the eye contact. She was continuously nodding and gulping down saliva building in her mouth. "Hey! Hey Twilight, want to know something?" asked Victor. She didn't turn around but this didn't stop Victor from not saying what it is he had to say.

"Why don't YOU use that sword spell thingy and just SLICE HER IN HALF!" he shouted, making a few razor icicles fall from the ceiling. The group stared at him until he was timid and kept quiet. "Okay! I'll be very... quiet..." he whispered.

Twilight looked straight into Syra's eyes and saw nothing but hatred deep within the white void, it was almost memorizing actually.

Finally having enough of her insults, Twilight did was all others did not see coming. Blinded and consumed with sheer vengeance, she instantly grew back the magical and menacing temporary wings which cut not only the real but supernatural beings and her eyes bled light lavender smoke as if she cried wrath. Extending the wings to show it's razor edges, she swiftly spun around and sliced upwards. Twilight cut a nasty gash onto Syra's chest and had her mouth gape open in surprise that she was actually killed. With chalk white smoke pouring out of her ghastly wound, Twilight pushed her onto her back and stomped on her wound to have the smoke spread out more.

Instead of screams of pain, Syra instead began laughing in a maniacal way. Having enough of the games (and enough of the cheering of Victor and Hubert who were acting more like primates instead of ponies) she raised her left wing up one more time to slice her foe's throat open and end the haunting... until she was yanked away off of Syra by the cold hoof of Kale Hastings.

"Kale?" Twilight exclaimed unexpectedly. He narrowed his eyes at her and began to shake his head slowly. "As much as i'd want to see her death happen as well, keep in mind your acti-" he was quickly cut off by Twilight's eyes turning into a deep shade of purple and a quick break away.

Twilight clenched her teeth and teleported away from his grasp and reappearing behind him, and attempted to kick him in the back. Although her kick connected, her hoof went right through his body and her balance was lost. Twilight's leg was completely frozen solid and so was her now wrathful soul.

"What is this? what did you do?" she demanded. Kale shook his head again and sighed heavily. Syra was laying down with her eyes as vile as a serpent's, watching Twilight every move. "Twilight, don't you see this is what she wants? If you kill her... you'll... you'll bring back the nightmares that we are and this entire era of peace and kindness will be forever lost!"

Twilight's shade of purple began to slowly morph into a lighter tone once she heard out Kale. "Whatever do you mean? What nightmares?" she asked. "We're the nightmares you fool! We're the winter beasts! she crackled in a horrible yet weak laughter before continuing where she left off. "In other words Twilight Sparkle, what Kale means to say is we aren't exactly what you would call... 'ponies' no no, far from it, in fact, we're just what you all would call "An old Pony Tale" meant to scare the foals."

Syra stood up weakly only to fall back to the ground and sigh. "It's unbelievable that a mere mortal like yourself could actually take down a phantom from the snow" she sighed, "Well killing me won't solve any of your problems, mind you but instead it will indeed resolve ours, isn't that right, Centrillious?"

Everyone in the dome beamed straight at Kale who was quivering in place and beginning to get uncomfortable with his friends. "Centrillious? Who the hell is that? I am Kale Hastings, happily served as Canterlot's watchover during the-"

"During the the fighting between the 3 races of ponies. Yes, you were a watchover, that much is true, but you are mistaken on two things and acting like you weren't only makes me smile. Canterlot never existed at the time and also, you are NOT Kale" she interrupted followed by a complete slice of unknown facts.

Kale's eyes began to dilate and he trotted quietly towards Syra.
"Shut up you... you... vile wretch, I hav-"

"Ahhh, struck a cord there haven't we? Twilight, please pay close attention to my words"
"Don't believe a word she says Twilight!
"By all means 'Kale', you still hide behind this lie, tisk tisk, and here I thought you were going to help me, is that soul of the stallion still living inside?"

Syra tried once again to stand and once again fell straight on her stomach. She sighed white smoke and giggled to herself. While the pack of three rivals were discussing personal terms, the others just watched with eyes going left to right as if they were watching children fight, a fantastic opportunity for the twins.

"Hey Charlie, come here for a moment" said Victor in a whisper to his brother. Both walked silently away from the revelations happening in the dome to discuss plans of their own. "Charles... listen to what comes out of my mouth, alright? Now see here, something bad is going to happen right now."

Charlie scratched his scalp in confusion wondering what his brother meant. "Look look Charlie, I always trust my gut on everything and THIS... this is no exception, I can feel as if though something bad is going to happen" he paused to look back and with no surprise, nobody noticed they were gone from the group. "Go to the chopper and start fixing those gears and whatnot. Make sure the rotors are functional but DO NOT start up our get-away vehicle! Just prepare for take off because I'd really hate to wait with a hoof in my ass for the 'Ol Reliable to warm up before it goes anyways, get to it! Trust me!"

Charlie began to trot towards the vehicle when Victor called out to him one more time. Upon turning around he could see a small black box hurdling towards him from the air, catching it with his mouth, he dropped it on the ground to examine what it was. "Walkie Talkie, Comms App, whatever you want to call it, keep it on because I know you do NOT want to miss out on the arguing, just don't speak into it." Victor directed towards his brother.

"Thanks, hopefully this entire thing doesn't go to the ass and we die out here right?" said the golden furred stallion nervously. His brother didn't answer, he creeped up back into the circle of where the fiasco was happening, without anyone noticing of his disappearance.

Everyone gasped when he harked his words of betrayal. "Bu- bu-... KALE! Kale this is Syra! She- SHE DID ALL THIS!" shouted Twilight. at her change of heart friend. "Twilight... Kale's soul is still alive inside of me, I can feel him , he shouts to me every moment you come, he misses you, he misses all of you, but this is the first time I have ever heard him scream this much for mercy but not on himself or me, but Syra"

"Kill her damnit!" shouted Victor but only received his mouth to be frosted shut by Kale. Everyone was surprised to see him shoot ice straight from his mouth, like a spray of snow vomit... ew, what an ugly metaphor.

Centrillious held Twilight's hooves up to his and looked deep into her eyes. "Please... listen to me, look deep inside and in there you won't see the monster Syra makes me out to be, deep inside you'll see Kale."
he finished saying.

Now of course at this moment you, the reader would think that the current events would all point to an... absolution but oh how you are very wrong. See here... you have chosen this path to give Syra retribution rather than redemption, you have chosen to end this nightmare by spilling blood, if ghosts could even bleed. Keep in mind what Syra has informed you all. The Carkoon feeds of haters, vile acts, death, whatever negativity that is produced in it's radius. Now what is the ultimate bad deed in this situation? Other than ignoring her love, she sought out one thing the Carkoon will thrive off of. Revenge.

Whether you're reading this because you chose this path or simply because you want to see the bad ending, keep in mind, this is what happens when you strike someone down in anger.

Twilight looked deep into Kales eyes and ineed she saw him right there in the dark, crying, smashing against the eyes as if that was his only barrier away from seeing her again. Then she saw... fire, she saw death in Centrillious's eyes that screamed "Vengeance!". Twilight's eyes began to illuminate purple and her aura became dark. Everyone took a few steps back and Syra not only smiled but prepared for the incoming blow that would end her and everyone else inside the dome.

"No...no no no no NO!"

She pushed Kale with such power, when he stomped his feet in the ground to prevent from sliding away, he left deep tracks into the ice floor. "I understand it all now! A reason for vengeance! For all these years you have tortured my friends, me, and have taken the life of the 2 ponies I cared for most in this world and all for what? For us to be here in this dome to kill each other?! You disgust me!"

Her horn began to glow and a small light/thin amount of dark magenta circled above her, shooting out small specks and streaks of a brilliant amethyst color that matched the fumes spilling from her eyes. "I can't even bare to let you live any longer knowing that what you've done is a complete act of evil and injustice. When you're at the other side, let the wendigo's know that you failed your duty"

With a blazing dark magenta encased horn formed now in the shape of a vile and vicious looking blade, she plunged it straight into Syra's heart, having black smoke spill all over Twilight. In the moment of rage and anger, Twilight jabbed in and out and twisted her head lightly left and right to induce as much pain as possible in Syra's execution. Everyone watched in absolute horror at what became of their purple pony friend.

Wrath consumed Twilight that her state of sanity was far beyond anyones reach. She joyfully kept plunging the bladed horn deeper and deeper, having that liquid like black smoke spill everywhere on the floor and onto her mane. After what seemed like eons, Twilight was pulled away from Syra from a cold hoof on the shoulder. She turned around to see that Kale's eyes were now emerald green, shining just as beautiful as the gem, mind you.

She stared deep into the abyss and saw a screaming soul trapped behind eyes of glass. Who was at the other side of those glowing eyes, she could not tell but it that moment, Twilight realized something vital to all this... she didn't care. She could see the glow getting fainer and fainter and soon it was fighting something other than the glass prism, it was fighting the oncoming storm, darkness. Although she knew what was happening, and her tears flowed slowly down her cheeks, she didn't care. Dark putrid droplets hit the ground, not only of the ghastly blood sliding down her mane and face, but also of the blackness of her soul.

"Oh how this journey evolved into such a dire need of vengeance, you can't really blame me. What else was I supposed to do? I not only slayed the one who murdered my friends so many years ago but I also betrayed the one and only love I had in my life. Such a cost for revenge... a cost I can never pay at one moment, instead, I pay with my suffering, day by day I must live on carrying the burden of my mistake but then again... I don't care. I fulfilled my duty and I stopped this parasite from torturing others maybe my lifestyle and heart really is just painted black and was hiding behind my inoncence this entire time. What reason do I have to hide it any longer? At least now... I can let Syra sleep silently and in peace...

Could there have been an alternative? Maybe... maybe, but time was crucial, she could've struck again If I wasn't swift with my actions, what if she had something else up her sleeve?! What if.. what if she struck me down right there on the spot in front of my friends?! All morale would have been lost if I brought them THIS FAR! What if... what if... wait... the Carkoon, something about it still puzzles me... Syra said the greatest evil deed was... this can't be..."

Twilight began to have lilac smoke pour from her eyes like tears, mixing in with the black phantom blood. She looked up to see that Kale was beginning to step backwards and had his eyes wide. Behind the once glass eyes was now a full showing of twin oblivions, eyes of hearts that stared deep into her.

The atmosphere reeked of an awkward silence, the ponies began to feel discomfort in the air. "Hey... Ace, somethings not right, Syra's dead right there but I still feel... I feel as if this is only the beginning, as if something bigger is coming any moment now, can't you feel it?" said Hubert to Rainbow Dash who was by his side.

"I feel it too, doesn't anyone feel it?" Victor chuckled nervously. He turned his back towards them and walked to the chopper carefully, leaving for the rest of the group to quietly converse amongst themselves of an upcoming evil they could all sense. He knew some were watching him but he was avoiding suspicion when he talked into his Walkie Talkie. "Charlie... get ready to rev up those rotors, something isn't right, I don't know if you can feel it but something big is coming." he finished saying. "Over and out Cong Killer, see you at the 'Ol Reliable."

"Twilight... it seems that this winter is still unforgiven, instead you struck her down and now she'll be back... yes Twilight, she'll be back and stronger than ever before, Wendigo's Twilight... that's what we are, that's what I am. I can hear the cries of your lover inside me, clashing against my skull walls attempting to find an opening. It came to a point where I finally had a change of heart and realized he meant well and my kind are just a lost cause. It's time we had to accept extinction."

The ground began to shake and Hubert and Dash nervously trotted in place to an immense flow of a wicked wave flowing past them all. Kale slowly paced to the corpse of Syra that now lay in a puddle of black smoke without acknowledging anyone else's existence in the dome. Twilight stepped to his side hoping her questions could be answered before the real evil emerges.

"This isn't the end isn't it?" she asked as she lay her hoof on his shoulder. Kale didn't answer verbally, instead physically. Ice began to grow onto the hoof Twilight put on him. She swiftly removed the ice before it grew farther on her body. Upon smashing the ice cast on the ground, she was pushed away.

"While I cannot undue her death, I can stall while you all venture out of here" he said bleakly. He gave no facial expression, it was all just a face of a stallion in despondency with the blackest of eyes, so black is challenged Twilight heart color.

Whether it be the remaining ponies inside the dome or the spirits of dead timberwolves outside, an eruption of clanking metal awoke the spirits of all, "Let's get this son of a bitch in the skies ASAP Charles, ASAP!" started yelling the red coated stallion whose mane was now doused in frost. "What about the others? We can't just leav-OOF!" Charlie was quickly shut up by a slap to the head by his older brother.

"Listen here Charlie, right now something ugly is going to pop up and I sure as hell do not want to be here when it comes and besides, we ARE going to stay here until they board up, no man left behind!" stated Victor with such pride that an aura of gold appeared behind him, an aura bravery.

"You failed your one and only test Twilight and there are no retries, I hope you know that... I hope you know that when you struck her down that you didn't necessarily kill Syra."

Puzzled and curious, Twilight gave him the same serious look he was giving everyone and demanded for a suitable response that can satisfy her craving for knowledge. "Tell me Kale! TELL ME WHAT I DID?!"

"Kale is dead Twilight, I am Centrillious, the New Dawn of Winter... or so I was before. In your anger you cut the last thread that Kale hung onto, that last shard of hope is now gone and you left him to plunge into complete darkness, his soul is now forever lost, why did he deserve this? That's right, he didn't deserve such a fate"

The ice floor began to crack towards the center where the Carkoon once stood, the ceiling imitated the floors pattern as well. "While he is gone I hear his battle cries and my heart speak to me and what they say is I cannot let you all die! I will not let you DIE! Twilight Sparkle!" he turned his back on her and expanded his ice wings."You and your friends must rally and leave this place at once, she is... here. The Carkoon is finally...complete."

The corrupt unicorn was left without a word to say. She only stood there and had her jaw drop open at the sight of the evil happening in front of her. Centrillious was nothing now but a silhouette to her compared to the monstrosity spawning in front of her. The pounding thunder collided against the walls with such power and force they broke them down even more. Seconds later Twilight received a forceful tug on her shoulder.

"Are you scared stupid or what? Let's get the hell out of here! Me and Hubert won't be able to fly long with our condition like this!" shouted Rainbow Dash right into her face that the small fat around her cheeks began to vibrate. Twilight snapped back into reality only to see that it was near dream. Though she could see the grim situation happening and Centrillous standing mighty in front of a gaping portal ripping a hole through the ice floor, Twilight saw supernaturals.

She looked around, everything was moving at a slow motion except herself. Wendigo's began to circle the dome, at least 20 of them preventing an escape. The rotors of the chopper slapped against the wall producing a loud CLANG. Inside Centrilloius she saw both a gassy blue fire and a green skeletal being turning black. Every time she blinked, the scene became grimmer and grimmer.

The unicorn looked through walls and saw timberwolves, hundreds of them by their skeletal wooden structure run through caverns, searching for a way to get them. In the gaping portal, massive muzzles the size of boulders sprouted from the portal. She turned back to see that everyone boarded the vehicle in a hurry. in the cockpit she could see the twins yelling for her to get in.

No noise, just the beating of her heart was heard. Quickly she ran towards her friends leaving Kale to his demise., everytime her heart beat, a visible wave of white would pulse throughout the dome refreshing the entire area, highlighting beings and objects alike. Sweat dripped off her mane, her eyes white with anticipation, no pupils. She vomited from all the tension as she sprinted towards her friends.

Her heart beat slower and slower until it was heard no more and time itself ceased. The icicles from the ceiling stopped in mid air, the rotors of 'Ol Reliable stood in place, the facials expressions of everyone were still. Worried of the lost Kale, she looked back.

There he was, staring at her with the most vicious cyan colored eyes she had ever gazed upon. Behind him stood Wendigo's that were the size of Ursa Minors all having the same Cyan glowing eyes, looking at her.

In a sprint, she ran face first into a what seemed like a steel statue of Syra only of course she was made of ice. "This body form... marvelous but unfortunately no longer needed." Syra's back tore in half just like paper and like a horrible birthing gone wrong, out emerged a black shadowy figure twice the size of Syra.

It stepped onto the ground and began to shake off the black shadow like it was just water. Some splashed on Twilight and some landed on the ground. After enough shaking there stood this breathtaking beauty of a Wendigo. It's eyes weren't so cyan and instead a rather calm light blue. It's skin was transparent and a rather darker shade of blue of the eyes. Her cold crystal snow mane was more magnificent than Celestia's and her hooves were encrusted in ice armor, every step she took and instant ice would be left behind.

"Today really is the day I hoped would come true, everything went as planned. You killed me thus completing the final ritual and step I needed to bring back old friends." she stopped briefly to look around and admire the hundreds of Wendigo's spinning around the dome, stopping in mid sprint but then again very slowly moving.

She laughed quietly before she resumed her speech. "You know, you're probably wondering how you were able to 'kill a ghost' I guess you could say, see Twilight, we weren't... ehhh- me and Centrillious bordered between the two world, simple actually. When we were here long ago and I took the illusion of you before I killed both Kale and Syra, I was alive. Simply killing them and taking their body is all me and Centrillious did, we never died, however it is partially true what I say of killing a ghost. You really can't, all you did in this little game of revenge was abandon them into darkness, no hell is worse than for your soul to linger on without any true path, all there is for eternity is darkness, how evil of you for you to do that to them all..

"As a Wendigo however these are the kind of actions I strive for and admire most in ponies and creatures alike. You are without a doubt the worst of them all. You didn't kill Syra, no, you simply threw her away and she plunged into a nightmare she will never break out of and moi? I am Shiarika, the southern star, Luna's winter nemesis and you Twilight Sparkle have set me free to my true form."

Twilight began to be enraged and it wasn't until her rage took over than she delivered a shot she should have never done. As time began to come back into place and her friends started to take flight finally, Syra had her back turned to Twilight and had a grim smile on her face. "You did complete the ritual and bring the laws of winter back into our hands, I can admire and respect that to a degree that I am willing to let you and your friends leave this place in peace without any trouble. After all it's the least I could do, I don't want to have to have the Timberwolves tear you all to shreds anyways. So what do yo-"

Half of Shiarika's face was blasted off from a magic bolt Twilight shout at her. "I've had enough of- of- ... your bullshit! I'm killing you now before you let loose any more havoc on Equestria, I will not stand idle to your evil at play!"

Shiarika fumbled a bit until her face began to regenerate it's destroyed portion like it was a flesh wound. "My my my, a bit of a temper, I offer you an exit to this place and you turn it down, ha ha ha! I love it! This is the choice you made not only for yourself but for your friends."

Although she was a Wendigo that had no apparent way of unleashing magic, she showed her might with her eyes. Out sprouted blue lightning at the flying metal beast making it immobile under her kinesis grasp accompanied by the lightning. "This son of a bitch has got us pinned down, we can't move anywhere! Charlie get on that 60 and fill her with lead!" scolded out Victor. Charlie was fumbling with a black mechanism that had a long black barrel sticking out of it and a large tube full of brass colored liquid connected on the side. "I'm on it! I'm on it but this damn thing is jammed! We're sitting ducks out here!"

The day only got grimmer as the howl of timberlwolves echoed through the dome which only made the Wendigo's even happier and more energetic with their sprint. Charlie fumbled around with the machine enough until finally it shot out a golden bolt against the wall. "I got it! I got this damn thing working now!" he shouted with excitement. The timberwolves were coming, in waves and hordes of all shapes and sizes, what was Twilight to do then and there?

Seeing it was her only chance to strike at Syra, she readied herself and worked into a sprint towards her. The sprint was terrifying enough, to leave behind a trail of bright magenta flames that connected to her tail. The wolves were in the dome and they moved faster than before, enraged that their prey was lost, seeking vengeance.

The rushing unicorn ignored her foes and focused only on her one true nemesis. A series of splats and expelling of magic came from the chopper, Charlie was the one behind it, tearing the Timberwolves down to pieces of wood and lumps of snow. Taking in one last deep breath, Twilight lunged at Syra aiming her horn right for her abdominal area, the end... for her friends was eminent.

Twilight was intercepted and tackled onto the ground followed by a searing pain go into her left forearm. She opened her eyes after screaming from the pain to see glowing green eyes looking at her, it was Kale and her arm had been impaled with an Obsidan dagger. "Twilight Sparkle, you damned everyone here to their deaths and that's just what she strives on, WE strive on. You've lost my friend, now witness as we Wendigo's claim our season once again, haha and then you can have your little seasons of Spring and Summer and such, Winter is ours thanks to you" Kale finished saying.

The pupils went to the back of his head leaving Twilight looking at a dead-like stallion whose neck then snapped sideways having her listen to a vomit educing snap. Just as Syra, Kale's back tore just like paper and out emerged a Wendigo plated with a black shining set of armor for his hooves.

"Oh does it feel great to be back into this world! Back into what was ours so long ago! Syra my sister, heed my words and send them all to oblvion! Cry for violence my brothers! Let me here for cries of happiness! We are back but only one more obstacle stands in our way! These ponies, these weak warriors, these sinners must all face their fate now at a early beginning of their lives, thanks to dear Twilight Sparkle." Centrillious shouted having the hundreds of his brothers neigh out in a cheer.

"Our brothers have spoken! We are the heirs! YOU are our leader but as an accomplish grant me my wish and blast them all to oblivion!" he got off the mare and began walking towards Shiarika.

"Damnit Charlie! Shoot that f****** in his head and shut him up, this isn't looking good and the hull is about to break, we gotta go now or it's all over! Twilight! Do something, Hubert, Dash, Charlies, do someth-" he sighed before he continued. Victor kicked up his hooves on the dashboard and put his forehooves behind his head, accepting the bleak situation. "Do...something... huh, funny. I've lived for too long and done more than enough damage than I could back when I was still a soldier, I'm tired."

Charlie continued to spit out the golden bolts at oncoming Timberwolves until an extra pulse of the electric shock jammed his gun. "Blast! It's shut down, there's nothing more I could do!" He began smashing the black box with his hooves, leaving dents. "Syra and Kale were always dead damnit! Why did we listen to that purple nut?!"

"Yes yes my brother, I grant your grievous and most despicable action, now witness all the end, the break down of our obstacle! We are free once again!"

Not being able to fully stand up, Twilight still continued to limp over although she was weak. Her will power overcame her pain and struggle... it's a shame it wasn't enough to stop anything. The wendigos and timberwolves all unleashed one last battlecry before Shiarika lifted the helicopter higher, smashing it's rotors against the ceiling, having them break off and fall onto the ground.

"No...NO!" said Twilight smashing her hooves on the ground, cracking the ice. Her tears flowed down her face as she looked back up to see the final act. The mighty Wendigo known as Shiarika, began swiveling her friends inside the chopper around until finally she launched 'Ol Reliable right at Twilight. The last things Twilight saw was all her friends cry in panic. Boom, the helicopter exploded and all of winters beasts roared in victory.

1 Hour Later...

Twilight slowly had her eyelids open to see a blurry reality in front of her. Her entire body was warm and snug but she suffered from a terrible headache. She could hear thousands of footsteps being re-arranged and stomp the ground in patterns. Her vision and hearing were minorly impaired for a short while until finally she rubbed her eyes with her hooves to see everything clear.

Her memory was hazy but was coming back to her piece by piece as time passed slowly.

She gasped in air quickly and took a good long look at the sight in front of her. Rows and rows of both Wendigo's and Timberwolves aligned themselves in a long and formation leaving a walkway enchanted with glowing embers of black. Walking down the aisle was Shiarika with an evil grin smeared across her face and was accompanied by Centrillious towards the end to an altar looking furniture crafted from the destroyed helicopter Twilights friends were on.

It was all arranged from biggest to smallest, with the biggest of the wolves and Wendigos at the back leaving their smaller counterparts at the front. While she walked down with her brother, the ones they passed, bowed down in respect and loyalty. Now at the end of the altar was one ghost so enormous and intimidating, it left the biggest blue stallions of winter on the outer rows look like normal sized ponies, and leaving Twilight look like a newborn foal. The ruler of them all is what she assumed, was the size of a Ursa Major to say the least.

Twilight seeing that the enemy was focusing on the siblings, attempted to get up but only to realize her body was immobile and near lifeless, how she survived the crash falling on her was beyond her knowledge, after all, her body was completely intact and scarred except for that forehoove that had been impaled with the dagger and a nasty gash she could feel was large under her left eye.

She could move her head however and saw other ponies laying around her, not moving as well. She hissed at the nearest one, a stallion with a mane of gold and coat of red, Victor. "Vic, Victor can you hear me? I can't move, what about you?" He didn't move at all, he still lay on the ground with his back towards Twilight.

She squinted her eyes to see why exactly he hadn't been moving. A rather large shard of ice the size of a leg was lodged into his body and protruded out his back. If it wasn't for the blood dripping off the end, she would have never noticed it. Seeing her friend dead made her worry even more for the other. Finally having the strength to move a leg, she stuck her left hoof out and saw that it was glowing blue, hell, her entire body had the same aura as well.

"What is this? A spell?" she mumbled to herself. A small giggle ringed in her ear. "Spells? Magic? What difference is there to them really? Oh Twilight... you always were the one that would attack problems head on." said a voice in near whisper. Not wanting to catch the attention of the ceremony happening a few 15 meters away from her, she asked into the low lighted area of the crash site of who spoke to her.

"Twilight? Can you not recognize the voice of your friend? The one you... sadly banished unknowingly into the abyss?"
"There's no possible way..."
"And yet there is, it's me, Syra... do not blame yourself for your wrong doings, you did what you felt would benefit all of Equestria, not just focused on the lives of me and Kale, our souls are not worth an entire civilization of ponies, no, both of us combined aren't even worth you... ironically enough though it only took me to save you."

Twilight felt a cold presence rest beside her and finally her blue glow wore off. She didn't question of the glow's disappearance but questioned Syra what she was talking about. The unicorn received no answer other than a deep and calm breathing beside where the cold presence was. She gulped down her saliva nervous of what was beside her. It didn't talk, didn't reply, or didn't even make any movements that made noise, it was just a cold presence and deep breaths. Slowly looking to her side was now Rainbow Dash who was glowing a deep low light white, silver to be exact.

"What the hell is going on here?" she asked the disembodied voice of Syra again. "Well you see Twilight... as Syra mentioned before, we saved you, we saved both of you. As much as I love Victor, Charlie, and Hubert, they're lives are at a full circle. They did all they could at your weakest moment at the cost of course of their lives. All of you could have died, every single one, but WE sacrificed the little power we had left in the afterlife to prevent your deaths."

"What are you saying? Does this mean that... that you two are-"
"Damned? Of course, Death had to take someone tonight, satisfy his crave with our innocence? Sound like a good enough deal to us... besides, these old bones I had needed to rest."
"Kale, you're 21"
"WAS 21... was... Well Twilight, our time here was short and now it's over, we can only evade Death himself for so long... he's about to find us, we'll welcome him with open arms."

"But Syra! Kale! It can't just end like this! So much to live for only to die because of my stupid mistakes! I'm such an idiot!" she stood and with immense pain surging through her body, limped towards a black hole where the chopper smashed down. "Twilight, Twilight what are you doing?" questioned Syra with a voice that was now clear as crystal, nothing disoriented.

Twilight levitated a large sharp piece of a metal shard and weakly hovered it over her chest. "Living with this nightmare and mistake is just too much for anyone! How can I live knowing I damned my friends and everyone I loved for my stupid vengeance!"

"Have you gone mad?! Don't let our deaths be in vain you fool, you still have a friend here who needs you to... actually, that's our job too isn't it? Take them back to Ponyville where they should have stayed? Anyways..." he knocked the metal piece out of midair with ease, Right there on the spot both Kale and Syra appeared in their ghostly forms with their own bodies. Twilight was beyond weak at this point and collapsed. Her eyes were exhausted of crying and instead Twilight just pouted burying her face into the snow. On both sides was Kale and Syra, with Syra glowing her distinct soft blue and Kale his green, their original colors were not recognizable.

"How can I carry the burden of knowing I'm the reason everyone's dead? Especially you Syra, all of this was about you and Kale, I always loved you but did I really go out of my way and make you two suffer in the end like this? How can I still live?" Kale sighed and laid next to Twilight on the melting snow while Syra kissed Twilight on her forehead and gave her one last smile.

With that, both began to de-materialize into white ember snowflakes and drifted on with the night. Kale continued to lay on Twilight until all that he left behind was his cold ghostly presence. Syra dropped one last tear that froze into the floor. It formed into something that Twilight knew she would keep with her for the rest of her life. A blue shining pendant in the shape of a jagged but rather large tear.

At that moment, her sense came back to her and the force of 1000 pounds crashed right back on her from the severe pain, forcing her to collapse next to Rainbow Dash in an unconscious state, still grasping the blue gem in her left hoof.

The Wendigo's and Timberwolves all bowed down to their new masters, Centrillious and Shiarika. The path leading towards an altar from the destroyed vehicle was crafted for them and was also made as a tribute to both. The siblings smiled at each other with glee and both walked together, with Centrillious having his sister walk slightly farther ahead. Amazingly enough, the altar was surrounded by Shiarika's former minions, the winter knights she formed on her own out of stone, each one holding a spear with the obsidian tip at the end.

Once they reached the end of their path after being praised by hundreds of their allies, the enormous Wendigo behind the altar bowed himself, slightly shaking the walls. Shiarika looked around and her eyes narrowed to an evil squint. She coughed to clear her throat and inhaled a deep breath to begin her speech.

"This road is paved with the sins of ponies and Twilight's vengeance is the bedrock of our return. Thanks to this rather famous mare, we have returned. I have tried to reason, tried to talk her into surrendering and I would happily let her walk out freely, but she refused and instead attacked me. I can not stand for such incompetence so as my duty to bring you all back, I killed her and her foolish friends! Our summoner has died and who do we have to thank for that? Dear Centrillious, that's who! But does it matter? Of course not! It's better that we killed her now instead of later on when she becomes stronger than any of us, so Centrillious had his mind in the right spot."

She raised her left hoof and spoke once again, finally concluding her speech. "This season belongs to us once again, no more of Celestia's banishment, no more of happy playful things, we are servants to the art of hatred and most importantly, servants to ME, Now as your new leader, I would like to say that my dear brother here, is just as much in command as yours truly. As our first assignment to you all, CELEBRATE! REMEMBER THIS DAY AS OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM THE AFTERLIFE!"

The dome's ceiling shook from the amazing amount of force that was put into their victory cries. The large wendigo behind the alter rose up and neighed at the full moon high above him.