//------------------------------// // More problems // Story: An unexpected surprise // by applejack2357 //------------------------------// The ponies were speechless. They sat there, mouths agape, as Rainbow’s words echoed throughout the room. Even Future Rainbow was speechless, for she thought there was going to have to fight her. “Well, uh…” Future Rainbow started, “That’s great!” She chuckled. “I really thought you would put up more of a fight, though.” Rainbow’s ears perked up as she heard crying around her. She looked at her friends, or, her ex- friends, she told herself, as they cried hysterically. “Rainbow, please. Don’t do this! We’re your friends!” Twilight said, trying to not quiver through her tears. Rainbow turned away, and looked at the ground. After a couple seconds, she looked back at Twilight with a stern look. “Friends?” She said, “Not anymore. Not anymore…” She heard a chuckle behind her. She looked back at Future Rainbow, who had a hoof extended out. Future Rainbow was handing her the button. The button that would ultimately lead to those six ponies’ deaths. “Would you like to do the honors?” Future Rainbow said. At this, Rainbow smiled. “It would be my pleasure.” Without a moment’s pause, the button was kicked out of Future Rainbow’s hoof, and Rainbow kicked her in the face, sending her across the room. Next thing Future Rainbow knew, she had an angry Rainbow Dash in her face, kneeling on top of her. “Do you really think I would kill my friends just because you say they did something?” Rainbow said, “Why should I believe you? How should I know you didn’t make this up?” Rainbow looked back at her friends. Though still teary-eyed, they were smiling. Future Rainbow used this opportunity to kick Rainbow off of her. She laid on the ground, holding her side, coughing up blood. She looked up at Future Rainbow, who was grabbing the button. “Ha! We may both think alike, but you won’t be able to stop me!” Rainbow was struggling to get up. She couldn’t feel her hind legs, but she knew she must. Her friend’s lives were on the line, and she was not going to give up. After a few small grunts, she was on all fours, ready to charge, sliding her left foreleg across the ground. When she charged, Future Rainbow just stood there. When Rainbow lunged at her, she began to feel stiff. She couldn’t move her body. She looked down at her body to see it engulfed in a light blue aura. Thinking it was Rarity, she looked at her. “Um, Rarity, could you put me down, please?” she said. “Rainbow, that’s not me. It’s not Twilight either.” Rarity said. “Sorry, Rainbow.” Twilight said, “But if we could use our magic, we wouldn’t be in this mess.” “Then who is holding me?!” Rainbow said. “Well, Rainbow, there is one thing I forgot to mention.” Future Rainbow said. Spreading her thick bangs of her hair with her hoof, she revealed a horn. Rainbow was dumbfounded. “How did you become an allicorn??!!” she shouted loudly. “Well,” she started, “It turns out this amulet imbues it’s wielder with all powerful magical abilities, which lets me do THIS!” Rainbow gets smashed to the ground three times, on the third time letting her go. In a small crater, she laid there, almost unconscious. She had nothing left there was nothing more she could do. It was over. “Ha! Revenge is mine! No one can stop me now!” Future Rainbow shouted. “That’s where you’re wrong.” All the lights turned on, and standing before them was Princess Celestia. The sudden brightness only affected Future Rainbow, as Celestia cast a spell to protect everyone’s eyes. When her vision cleared, the mighty Celestia stood before her, wings spread, gaze locked upon her. “It’s over. Time for you to go back into your own time” Celestia said, her majestic voice both soothing and burning, as if the universe was defined by her voice. Future Rainbow snarled. The purple amulet grew brightly, ready for Future Rainbow’s command. A beam shot out of Future Rainbow’s horn, along with Celestia’s, causing a light show, more glorious then the Northern lights. Much to Rainbow’s surprise, Future Rainbow was winning. The white light that had started in the center of both of them was getting extremely close to Celestia. Future Rainbow laughed. Rainbow, still on the verge of consciousness, used the last bit of her strength to get up. She slowly began to hobble over to Future Rainbow, but she wasn’t quick enough. With a bright white shine, and when it cleared, Celestia had been turned to stone. There was no more hope. Most of the lights turned off, letting the now stone Celestia to be devoured by the shadows. Future Rainbow turned to Rainbow, who had fallen in utter defeat. Future Rainbow grabbed Rainbow in a magical aura and pulled her close. “Watch your failed attempt, Rainbow. Watch your ‘friends’ die, and become a better pony because of it.” Future Rainbow pushed the button. “No…” Rainbow cried weakly.