//------------------------------//
// 35 - The Great and Powerful Rematch 
// Story: Re:Harmony 
// by starcross7 
//------------------------------//

Chapter 35 - The Great and Powerful Revenge
 
Trixie's unnatural descent to the ground petrified everypony in their hooves.  Applejack and her friends heard dark snake-like whispers filling the background, and the blue unicorn's cloak pulsed and twitched as if it were alive.  Trixie had drained whatever courage remained within all, and she shot out a sharp demonic towards Twilight. 
 
"The last time we met, we had an unfortunate misunderstanding," said Trixie.  "Why, it was unfair for Trixie to wrongly place the blame of her mother's death on you, Twilight Sparkle.  No unicorn could ever truly control magic, because it is just the opposite: magic controls us."
 
"Trixie," gasped Gizmo.  "Help me!"
 
"Silence, mud pony!" The blue unicorn fired a red-colored spell at her supposed comrade.  Not only he remained pinned underneath a broken Draftmech, Gizmo no longer had a mouth to scream out of. 
 
"These earth ponies are horrible hypocrites," said Trixie.  "If not for our magic and leftover artifacts, they would not have created their modern society they have today. That is if you consider their ugly megalopolises a society.  Posey has been played for a fool, Twilight.  She genuinely believes that she has a firm grasp of all the ancient magic under her wing, but she is wrong.  Destiny has brought the two of us to the surface to remake the world according to what our Glyphs tell us.
 
"Think about it, my fellow Magisister," Trixie continued as she lifted Twilight's chin with the tip of her hoof.  "It was not coincidence that the earth pony with the Element of Truth was drawn to you.  There are four more Elements to be collected, and if we collect them all, we'll be able to avenge the thousand-year genocide of brethren.  First we'll destroy Gaea.  Then we'll defeat Pegasopolis.  Together, we'll not only rule over this fractured planet, but the entire cosmos. 
 
"Do not fret over the fate of your friends.  Trixie will let them live.  After all, they are key in unlocking the power of the Elements of Creation." 
 
"Live as slaves you mean?" Twilight retorted as she stepped away from Trixie. 
 
"Are you suggesting that they live as equals?  It is plainly obvious that they are born without the necessary gifts that makes you and Trixie so special."
 
"You take that back, right now."
 
"Or what?  Trixie already knows all of your tricks.  You cannot hope to defeat the great and powerful--"
 
Twilight charged in for a head-butt, and Trixie immediately countered with a spell she shot at the opposing unicorn.  It had no effect, and Twilight's head-butt sent Trixie hurtling into a charred tree.  Trixie recovered after a moment to rise up and dust herself as if nothing happened. 
 
"My, my, you nearly gored Trixie's eye out," said the blue unicorn.  "Interesting.  That black crystal ring not only stops you from casting any spells, but it also prevents any spell being directly cast on you." 
 
"I don't need my magic to give you a beatdown, Trixie."
 
"And now you're starting to talk like those disgusting mud ponies.  Well then, come on.  Show Trixie what you're made of."
 
Twilight uttered a battle cry that began her assault.  With all her strength, she charged in to repeatedly punch and kick Trixie.  She threw her into dead trees, and run her into the ground.  Twilight even managed to perform a pile driver upon her. 
 
Twilight's friends cheered her on, but as time progressed, they soon discovered the impending severity of the fight.  Twilight grew tired with each strike.  As for Trixie, her smile never left her even as Twilight knocked out a few of her teeth or gored her body with her purple horn.  Again and again, the blue unicorn rose back up from what seemed to be a devastating blow with a psychotic chuckle. 
 
"For a mare who's out of shape, you pack quite a punch," said Trixie.  "It is sad, really.  You've only begun to realize that you cannot defeat a pony who is already a demigod." 
 
All of Twilight's hits were for naught.  Trixie gallop-rushed for a roundhouse kick to the purple unicorn's that sent her flying straight across the charred field.  Twilight didn't even have time to recover when Trixie appeared right before her.  The blue unicorn cruelly ground her hoof on the wound on Twilight's right front hoof.  Whether she was weakened or Trixie exerted an unseen magical aura, Twilight could no longer fight the pain as she screamed out in agony. 
 
"Get your hooves off her, Trixie!" Applejack cried.  The orange pony made her charge with her Sword of Truth gripped between her teeth.  Applejack's anger did not catch Trixie by surprise.  She didn't even flinch, and she didn't even turn around. 
 
"Hellroots of the Yggdrasil--Trixie commands thee!"
 
Applejack tripped.  Gnarled and wicked roots rose up from to contain Applejack on the ground.  Spike came to her aid, but the more he and she tried to pull it off, the more violent the roots became. Applejack had to kick him off so that the ever-tightening black roots would ensnare him as well. 
 
Trixie also did not flinch when Sunny launched into the air with a kick destined for Trixie's head. 
 
"You won't get the best of Trixie this time, Earth-Alicorn," said Trixie.  "Trixie inflicts you with the 1000 Crimson Needles of Eternal Pain!" 
 
Long red needles materialized around the white pony and immediately pierced her entire body.  Sunny crashed onto the ground, and when she tried to rise back up, she cried out in agony. 
 
"For every step you take and every joint movement, you will suffer unbearable pain," said Trixie.  "Even breathing will be incredibly painful for you.
 
"And as for you... Freeze!" 
 
It might have been part of Sunny's plan, but it failed.  Pinkie's attempt for a rushing sneak-attack resulted in the blue unicorn casting a spell at the pink blur in mid-stride.  With movements suddenly hindered, Pinkie Pie spun wildly before she toppled onto the ground.  Now all her hooves where she donned her Pinkie Gear were encased in a block of ice. 
 
With all her opponents defeated, Trixie resumed shifting her weight on Twilight's wounded hoof.  Twilight did not scream like last time, but she had gotten so used to the pain that she uttered a languishing groan.  She watched as Trixie rummaged from her black cloak a long and peculiar knife with serrated edges. 
 
"I won't kill you, Twilight Sparkle, but I will make sure that you are rendered immobile in the most efficient way possible.  At least this kind of Earth Pony technology is worthy enough to allow Trixie to amputate your legs."  Trixie then licked the knife, and then pressed the switch on the handle to cause it to buzz and glow. 
 
"There's no magic here," said Trixie.  "So try to relax for Trixie.  She is not used to maiming ponies using her own hooves."
 
Twilight gasped as the knife brushed against the fur of her wounded leg, and yet the cut did not take place.  A dark blue Midnight Butterfly distracted Trixie for a moment before she swatted it away.  Then two more came, followed by several more.  The fluttering insects finally enraged the unicorn that she cast a red magic blast to send them off. 
 
Then she felt another presence in the charred clearing, and turned off and sheathed her high-frequency knife to face the Guardian of the Forest: the Beastmaster herself.  Fluttershy beamed upon the blue unicorn her Eyes of Wrath, while Angel Bunny kept his derringer pistol aimed at the enemy. 
 
"Trixie advises you to call off your animals and fly off," said Trixie. 
 
"No," said Fluttershy. 
 
"What did you say?"
 
"Ponies... protect forest... Protect animals... Protect... my friends...  Ponies are friends...  You.... Not a good pony... Not a good unicorn... You're an evil unicorn!"
 
The pegasus uttered a loud whinny, and from the remaining woodwork the animals surrounded the clearing.  The Midnight Butterflies swarmed around Trixie as the first assault, followed by ninja squirrels cutting away at the evil unicorn's cloak.  Waterfowl kept Trixie away from the other ponies from afar with their machine guns, and Angel Bunny led his bunny commandos around the blue unicorn to hurl grenades at her. 
 
Despite all the firepower, Trixie's unnatural cloak regenerated after each cut, and while she remained unfazed, the mere presence of these heroic animals enraged her.  In one loud cry, she shot up a crimson spell straight into the sky.  Dark clouds formed over the clearing and it began raining beams of powerful crimson light that decimated anything in its path to the ground.  Even if they outnumbered her, the animals could not withstand the barrage, and they began retreating. 
 
In the midst of the confusion, Fluttershy hovered in the air frightened at what to do next.  Her Angel Bunny suddenly started firing relentlessly at the red and black shadow hurtling towards her mistress, but it was too late.  Trixie landed a hard punch into Fluttershy's solar plexus, which caused her to fall and rendered her unconscious on the ground.  Then Trixie bucked Angel Bunny far away into the trees before he could even swing his paws at her. 
 
Her head snapped towards the direction Spike had been heading from.  Trixie's last adversary stopped a foot away from her armed only with a charred stick.  Spike could not take one more step or even make a swing at her.  The red flash of Trixie's paralyzed him in terror, and dropped his stick in utter defeat.  She gave him a parting smile before she shadowed off into the night. 
 
Eventually, Applejack knew why she fled.  The crimson rain-light spell had stopped, but its destructive aftereffects caused the earth to tremble.  Soon an ever-expanding and ever-deepening sinkhole emerged in front of Fluttershy.  Spike tried to pull the pegasus out to safety, but the ground he stood on gave way, and he too fell in with the pegasus.  Pinkie Pie struggled in vain to hop away with the block of ice still encasing her hooves, and Sunny struggled with all her might against the pain of the 1000 Crimson Needles to rescue Pinkie Pie.  Yet the sinkhole's expansion was too fast for either pony, and they too fell in. 
 
That left Twilight and Applejack to eventually be swallowed by the expanding sinkhole.  The latter freed herself from the Hellroots and leapt over to the edge just in time to grab hold of Twilight's front hooves before she fell in.  By then, the pit had stopped expanding. 
 
"I can't hold on!" cried the unicorn. 
 
"You gotta!" Applejack cried back.  "I won't let you go!  That's the honest truth!"        
 
The very edge gave way, and Applejack's last grip snagged the orange and apple-patterned neck scarf that covered Twilight's bloodied wound.  Twilight fell screaming, and she quickly vanished into the darkness of the massive pit.