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// Chapter 12: You do not die. Not today.  
// Story: Lavender Ponyville 
// by Quadraginta 
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	"Pinkie!" Twilight yelled as she bolted upright in bed. 
"Pinkie's fine," said a familiar voice, which sounded unfamiliarly tight with emotion. "But Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy-!" 
Twilight turned her head to see that Spike and Rarity were standing before them, both of them openly crying and tears openly streaming down their faces.
"Twilight, darling, it seems so strange that you were asleep for so long, especially for somepony like you, but it's even stranger that you slept through their tragic deaths. Listen, dear, I know this might come as a shock to you, but-"
"Rarity! Spike!" Twilight yelled suddenly. Both of her friends flinched at the sudden volume of her voice. 
"Now, Twilight, darling, I know this might come as a big shock to you, but I just want to let you know that we're all here for each other, and-" Rarity said, before being interrupted by Twilight again.
"Rarity! You don't understand! Pinkie could be in danger! I got to go back and save her!" Twilight yelled. 
"What? What are you talking about? Pinkie is asleep in bed at Sugarcube Corner. I checked. I didn't want to wake her, though. Her mane was straight again, and I didn't want to sadden her any further, and-" 
"Ugh!" Twilight yelled in frustration. They clearly would not leave her alone until they understood what was going on. She got out of bed, went over to the bookshelf, pulled out the book on dreams, turned to the page on Lavender Ponyville, quite literally shoved it in Rarity's face in frustration, went back to bed, said, "Don't bother me again," then passed with one quick glow of her horn. 


She floated down back into the dreamscape when she fell asleep, floating gently back down into the location which she was previously located. As she floated down, she saw Pinkie Pie being dragged back up the stairs by the Denizens. She saw the look of desperation and fear that was clear in Pinkie's eye as she struggled to break free of the holds of the Denizens.
"Pinkie!" Twilight yelled. Her voice caught the attention of the Denizens, who turned around and stared, insane eyes seeming to sparkle in the half-lit darkness of the tower. Pinkie's fear-filled eyes then became filled with hope. 
Anger coursed through Twilight, rage and fury which she had no idea that she was capable of feeling. She closed her eyes, took the rage and fury and pooled it into her magic, which she focused into her horn. The emotions gave her magic much more power than she ever thought was possible. She concentrated the magic into a single, extremely focused point of light, barely visible on the tip of her, but still there. She took every droplet of magical power that flowed within her and focused it all into her horn. Then, without warning, the the tip of her horn stopped glowing. She opened her eyes again, and they were glowing purple. Years of magical training and study had refined her skills, and it would all add up to this point. She had already lost three of her precious friends to the tower. She wasn't going to let one more die. Not one more.
"PINKAMENA DIANE PIE!" Twilight roared at the top of her lungs. "You do not die! Not today!" Twilight aimed her horn, then let loose a slight blast of magic. At least, it felt slight, but when she saw the huge blast of light flash before her, and the magical harpoon struck one of the Denizens and stuck them into the wall behind them, she know that she had finally reached her magical peak. She was pushed towards the very edge of her magical limits. She was going to be very exhausted after this ordeal, but for now, she had to rescue Pinkie. She had to. 
She let loose two more harpoons, one for the other two Denizens, which stuck them to the wall, freeing Pinkie, who leapt to her hooves and jumped to Twilight's side. 
Twilight smiled at Pinkie, who smiled back, then she turned to face the Denizens again. 
"Don't worry, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy..." Twilight said sincerely. "I promise I'll get you out of there." She then released all the magical pressure from her horn, and all the rage, hate, and fury all came loose in one giant white laser, which physically forced Twilight back several feet, her hooves actually causing cracks in the brick floor from how hard she was struggling to stay still. Several bricks flew past them as the laser pierced the wall and knocked them loose. 
When the laser died down, there was no sign of the Denizens, but there was a massive hole in the wall where Twilight's magical laser had hit, a perfectly circular hole, which revealed empty blackness. A few seconds later, the wall seemed to heal, sealing the hole. 
"Twilight...I had no idea you had that kind of power..." Pinkie's jaw lowered in awe. 
"Years...of training...." Twilight said, right before she collapsed from exhaustion.