The sonic sound from the changeling circle started, but things were different this time. Instead of cringing in pain from the sound, the Doctor managed to counteract the sonic sound with his own. Pointing his sonic screwdriver towards the ground, the brown stallion activated it. Soren and Rainbow Dash quickly realized that they weren't being tortured by the sound.
"How are you doing that?" Soren yelled over all of the noise.
"My sonic reverberations are bouncing off of the ground, causing their sonic sound to reflect off of it and curve over us. Their sonic circle is passing right over our heads as we speak."
"Great job, Doctor!" Rainbow praised. "Soren, we have to get rid of those changelings."
"Well it's a good thing we are pegasi then," he replied. "Grab some clouds and start striking." Rainbow Dash immediately knew what Soren meant by striking with clouds; any pegasus would. The couple braced themselves and shot straight up, passing through the sonic noise above them. Once they were clear of the noise, the two shook their heads clear and began circling over the changelings, forming as many clouds as possible. The Master tried to shoot them as this was happening, but he always missed.
Once a massive cloud was formed overhead, it began to turn grey. Queen Chrysalis decided to fly up to stop their plan, but as she flew towards them, she was almost struck by a lightning bolt that just barely missed her. Standing on the cloud's top, Soren and Rainbow Dash hoof bumped and began pounding the cloud, sending many lightning strikes at every changeling below them.
As the changelings dispersed and ran away, Soren peeked through the clouds to see what was happening to the Doctor. The brown stallion, with Twilight on his back, ran over to a tree that was still underneath the massive cloud. Soren tried to see what else was happening, but he was almost shot by one of the Master's lasers. It zoomed by his head and took out a small piece of the cloud. More lasers starting soaring towards the cloud, so Soren began to fly.
"Ahhh!!!" Soren turned towards Rainbow Dash and saw that her wing had been shot by a stray laser.
"Rainbow Dash, are you going to be ok?" Soren asked.
"Yeah...I'll always be fine. Help me to the ground." Soren nodded and walked over to her. Rainbow hopped on Soren's back and wrapped her legs around his neck. Soren then began to slowly fly towards the ground. The Master saw the two trying to land, so he began firing his laser screwdriver rapidly in their direction. Many shots came close, but all ultimately missed.
"Soren, look out!" Rainbow yelled. Soren glanced to his right and saw a laser that he predicted would hit Rainbow. He knew he wouldn't have enough time to do anything to prevent the laser from hitting her, so Soren did the only idiotic thing he could think of. Soren turned his body quick enough to where he was facing the laser, and the laser impacted his stomach.
Soren and Rainbow fell the remaining few meters and slammed onto the ground. Since she wasn't as hurt as Soren, Rainbow slowly stood up and ran over to him. There was a burn mark on his stomach that still had a thin trail of smoke coming from it.
"Soren, how bad is it?"
"Pretty bad," he groaned. "If I just rest here, I'll be fine...eventually." In the distance, the Master could be heard laughing maniacally.
"Looks like it doesn't even matter if the changelings ran away! I can take all of you on by myself!"
"You haven't won yet!" Rainbow yelled, anger boiling inside her.
"Who's going to stop me?"
"She is!" Soren shouted to the best of his ability. "You didn't think she came unprepared, did you?"
"What are talking about?"
"Do you see that Element of Harmony necklace on her?" The Master arched an eyebrow. "Oh wait, I forgot to drop the camouflage spell." Soren's horn shimmered, as did Rainbow's neck. Within seconds, Rainbow Dash's Element of Loyalty necklace appeared around her neck. The Master's eyes widened. He knew how powerful the Elements can be, especially when aided by magic. "Let's just say that I'm going to magnify her anger towards you right now." Soren shot a beam of light at Rainbow, and she was soon surrounded by a sphere of white light.
"I hope that laser of yours packs a stronger punch, Master. You'll need all the help you can get. Not even I know what's about to happen." The sphere lifted Rainbow a few feet off the ground. When the light finally faded, Rainbow floated back down. Soren and the Master saw that she looked different.
Rainbow Dash's coat was now pure white; her mane was still rainbow but appeared to be made of fire, as was her tail, and it flowed upward; her eyes were now an intense red, and her cutie mark had transformed into a thunder cloud with rainbow lightning. This new Rainbow Dash flew at the Master faster than anyone has ever seen her fly.
Only one second passed before she hit him and sent him flying. Before Rainbow could continue pounding on the Master, she was struck by Queen Chrysalis, who teleported in front of her. Dash didn't flinch from the hit; instead she aimed her hair at Chrysalis and shot it at her. Rainbow's mane wasn't exactly fire, but it still managed to singe Chrysalis after a few seconds. Not wanting to risk her life fighting an opponent with unknown capabilities, Chrysalis teleported away.
After Chrysalis ran, Rainbow Dash soared towards the Master. She looked like a comet that was about to slam into the evil Time Lord. Dash caught up to him, put a hoof on his face, and pinned him to the ground. She was ready to end him, but a voice commanded her to stop. Looking behind her with fiery eyes, Rainbow saw Soren and the Doctor, who was helping Soren to walk without falling, slowly making their way over to her.
"Doctor, do what you want with him," Soren strained. "Just make sure he doesn't come back."
"I'm going to send him to a planet where he can't cause much mayhem and where he can't escape from." Soren nodded and looked at the fiery Rainbow Dash, who remained serious and stalwart. Rainbow then walked over to Soren and stared at him.
"You're a little hot like this," Soren commented, giving a small laugh. When he saw Dash's eyes relax a little, he leaned forward and kissed her. Rainbow eventually kissed back and felt herself slowly change back to normal. After the kiss was over, she hugged Soren.
"You're an idiot" was all she said.
"I know, but at least I'm your idiot." The couple broke their hug and walked over to the Doctor. He was holding Twilight, who was just waking up. Once Soren and Rainbow walked up to him, the Doctor gently placed Twilight on the ground and walked over to the Master.
"Tie him up and watch him while I get the TARDIS." Soren nodded and began tying up the Master with some rope that he magically spawned. The Doctor began running towards Ponyville as fast as he could.
"This won't be the last time I see you, alicorn," the Master promised after the Doctor was long gone.
"My name is Soren, and you can save the clichés for your planetary prison."
"Haha, I like you. You're a lot like me."
"What do you-" The sound of the TARDIS materializing cut Soren off. The Doctor opened both doors and ushered for Soren to bring the Master inside. Soren obliged and dragged the Master inside, placing him against the railing near the TARDIS' console.
"Don't worry," the Doctor said. "He's going straight to the nearest desolate planet." Soren and the Master looked at each other. Neither of them said a word or showed any emotion. Soren nodded to the Doctor and walked out of the TARDIS. Upon stepping back onto the field, Soren saw that Twilight was mostly awake now. The blue box behind him began to disappear, so everyone decided to watch.
"Well that was...hectic," Twilight commented.
"You should have seen what Soren caused me to do," Rainbow added happily. "It was so awesome!" Soren rolled his eyes.
"Let's just get back to Ponyville. The town is probably questioning what was going on out here." Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash agreed with him, so the three friends began walking back into town.
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Even though the battle with the Master was flashy and chaotic, most of Ponyville didn't notice it. Rainbow Dash decided to go home and rest, for the battle was taking a toll on her and her slightly injured wing. Since they surprisingly felt fine, Soren and Twilight decided to go to Town Hall and ask the Mayor if the town noticed the battle. The Mayor told them that barely any pony noticed any sort of mayhem coming from the fields. This blew Twilight's mind; how can a crazy battle like that not draw attention to itself? Soren himself would have been surprised, but he had other things on his mind.
After the Mayor asked questions about the battle, Soren had his own questions that he wanted to ask the Mayor. He asked her if it was possible to gather everyone around Town Hall. When she asked what for, Soren replied that he simply wanted to give a speech. The Mayor saw no harm in it, so she agreed to begin inviting the town. His speech would be scheduled in two days.
On the day of the speech, many ponies crowded around outside of Town Hall. Soren stood behind a podium with a microphone situated in front of him. Looking across the crowd, Soren saw his friends in the front. He took a deep breath and began.
"Fillies and gentlecolts, I asked the Mayor to set this up because...I need to get some things off my chest. I wanted to start this speech by saying that I'm sorry for bringing danger to this town...but I also need to say 'You're welcome.' I have managed to stop the dangers that have threatened this place and Equestria, even if I feel as though I am the one that caused all of it. Since I believe that danger follows me, I have decided to cloak myself; I will appear to be just some random pony, more specifically a pegasus. I have almost learned a spell that will make my horn become invisible. As a result, I hope that evil or danger won't find me so easily. During my state of hiding, I will still be studying and practicing my magic, but not as intensely as before the Battle of the Nyrs. I guess that covers everything I wanted to say. Does anypony have any questions for me?"
A few hooves shot into the air. Soren chose a mare that was standing a few ponies from the front.
"I'm sure I'm not the only one curious about this," she began. "Awhile ago, many ponies saw you and the princess spending a lot of time together. Did you two start dating?"
"I won't lie. We did...at least for awhile."
"Did something happen?"
"...Yes," he replied evenly. "Next question." Soren pointed to a stallion in the front row.
"Hi. I just wanted to know: How are you an alicorn? Were you born like that?"
"Well my parents are both... earth...ponies..." Soren paused. "I'm sorry. I think I don't have an appropriate answer for you. I'll have to look into that." The stallion nodded in understanding. Since no one else wanted to ask a question, Soren ended his speech. The crowd stomped the ground in applause, and Soren stepped offstage to be with his friends. Waiting for him were his nine friends, including Spike, Vinyl, and Octavia.
"Octavia," Soren started. "if both of our parents are earth ponies, how am I an alicorn?" His sister opened her mouth to answer him but second-guessed herself.
"Actually, I'm not sure. They never explained that to me."
"Anyone have any ideas?" Everyone was silent. Soren sighed. "Well it looks like I'll need to look into that. But for right now, I need to relax. I'm still a little sore from that laser to the stomach." His friends smiled at him. Pinkie Pie exclaimed the idea to go to Sugarcube Corner once again, so everyone decided to follow her lead.
'Just when I thought I knew who I was, another question needs to be answered,' Soren thought to himself as he walked with his group of friends.
(End of Part 2)
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(Preview of STA Part 3):
"Doctor, who am I?"
"I-I can't tell you...not yet anyway."
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"Soren, look at that."
"It can't be!"
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What matters ain't the whose baddest but the ones who stop you falling from your ladder.
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"The day will come where you will finally meet your match, alicorn."
"I welcome that day."
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"Soren...is that...?"
"No...It-It can't be. How?!"
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"Soren, don't you dare do what I think you're going to do."
"I have to, Rainbow. We both know it's the only way."
"Well, it's the way I don't want."