//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: The Final Part // Story: Six New Alicorns // by JusSonic //------------------------------// Chapter 5: The Final Part Days passed on (or maybe hours) in the Infinite Realm. The new alicorns have to go through parts of their training again, going through being Earth ponies, unicorns, and/or Pegasi all over again. But although some has messed up, Twilight and her good friends kept on plugging away; And each time, the ponies are doing better and better than before. The princesses, Golden Heart, Pinkamena and even Spike watch as the ponies duel one another in playful battle. Spike remarks, "Cool, Twilight and the others are doing well." "Yeah, they are Super Duper fun!" Pinkamena exclaims with a creepy smile. "I gotta admit, they have come far for when they first got here." Luna said impressed. "They have outdone themselves in all parts of the training." "All but one, sister," Celestia said seriously. Luna knows what her sister means by that. "The final and most hardest part of them all." "Yes...if they can complete and survive that, then the Elements of Harmony are indeed ready to be alicorn princesses at all." "'Survive'?" Spike yelps in concern upon hearing what Luna just said. "W...what do you mean?" "You will know well in time, Spike." Golden Heart said to Spike, using a wing to pat the baby dragon on the head. "For now, let's keep this on the hush-hush." "Yes, as in ssssssh!" Pinkamena chuckles while shushing Spike a bit. Despite the reassuration, the baby dragon is still worried. To beat the final part of the alicorn test, Twilight and her friends may have to put their own selves at risk! The new alicorns laugh as they gotten into a pile-on, piling right onto the ground. Twilight laughs, "Okay, I gotta admit, that was fun." "See, Twilight?" Applejack ask Twilight with a smile. "It's good 'ta have a lil' ol' fun." "Right, but reading can be fun too." "Yeah, if you like being distracted from life," Rainbow remarks with a scoff. "So what do you girls think will happen once we go home?" "I'm not sure." Twilight said thoughtfully. That thought never occurred to her until now. "I am thinking that the princesses may give us something to work with. Celestia controls the day, Luna controls the night and my old foalsitter Cadance deals with love. What's left for us?" "That's easy! We are the Elements of Harmony!" Pinkie explains to Twilight happily. "So we can be the alicorns of what we represent." "Please explain." "Ah done think Ah know what's Pinkie Pie's on about." Applejack said with a smile. "Since we done represent 'de Elements o' Harmony, we can be alicorns o' what we represent. Ah is Honesty..." "And I will be the Alicorn of Kindness." Fluttershy said gently, "Oh, and maybe some animals too." "And I will be the Alicorn of Laughter!" Pinkie laughs as she made confetti fall from...someplace. Who knows how that mare does it? "I will be the Alicorn of Generosity...of course I will still make clothes for all of my friends and fellow ponies." Rarity said gently while giving out some socks for Twilight to wear, "For you." "Me? Alicorn of Loyalty big time," Rainbow, flying while on her back, say with a smile while eating some nuts, "So how about you egghead?" "I will still be the librarian...but being the Alicorn of Magic does sound like a catchy title." Twilight said to her friends with a smile. "I guess this explains why we were all chosen to be the Elements of Harmony because being alicorn must be our destinies..." "Are you sure it isn't forced onto us?" Pinkie asks Twilight as she pops up all of the sudden. "I mean, in the season 3 finale of our show, ponies complaint about how being an alicorn was forced onto you and stuff and..." "Pinkie Pie." "What?" "Well, my students, the time have come." Celestia announces as she and the other alicorns, with Spike and Pinkamena riding before climbing down. "The last part of your test will soon arrive." "So our training is almost over? And we will go home soon?" Fluttershy ask Celestia hopefully. "I mean, not that I hate this place. It's nice but I miss all my animal friends." "We will be leaving the Infinite Realm soon. Luna, if you please?" Princess Luna's eyes glow as her horn then throw out a zap, making a portal appears. Golden Heart bows down while saying, "Royal Princesses first...with that I mean the Royal Sisters." "You are too kind, Golden Heart." Luna said as she and Celestia pass through the portal heading on back to Equestria apparently. "Elements of Harmony, we will be waiting for you to escape later." "Wait for me!" Pinkamena laughs madly as she jumps through the portal after the Royal Sisters, Gold Wing flies in soon after. Golden Hearts laughs, shaking his head as he follows them. "Can you believe it? We are going home for the final part." Rainbow said to her friends with a grin. "Are you excited?" "Ooh, ooh, I am sooooo excited; I can't wait to throw parties for all of Equestria!" Pinkie exclaims, flapping upward with her wings. The princesses has removed the device and allows the girls used of their wings earlier. Spike laughs while saying, "Come on, let’s go home." "Yes, let's..." Twilight was cut off as the whole realm begins to shakes, the alicorns and Spike almost fell to their butts/flanks, "What the hay?!" The portal shakes a bit and then collapses; Rarity gasps, "On no; our portal home!" "Hoo doggy, 'dis place is falling apart!" Applejack exclaims in shock and worry. Sure enough, the Infinite Realm appears to be falling apart as if everything is collapsing into darkness. "Yew thinks Nightmare Moon is done coming back?" "It can't be. We saved Luna!" Twilight reminds Applejack frantically. "LOOK OUT!" Spike screams. He and the alicorns duck in time to dodge a ship that almost cut their heads off. "What is that?!" "I don't know, but I got a feeling that whoever is behind this shaking and rolling is on that ship; Time to fly!" Twilight uses her magic to get Spike onto his back before the alicorns flew up. And just in time as the whole Infinite Realm ground collapses soon after. The six (with the baby dragon) flew after the ship that fire out energy blasts after them. They move around, dodging the attack. "Watch it, Flutter!" Rainbow exclaims as she pulls Fluttershy out of the way from a shot in time. "Thanks, Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy said with a nod. "Wait until I get my hooves on whoever is attacking us." Rainbow may not have to wait for long as they lands right onto the ship. The seven find a figure in a cloak waiting for them in a throne room. He nods while saying, "Ah, welcome, Elements of Harmony. At last we meet." "Who are you?! Why are you attacking us," Twilight demands to the figure sternly. "Did you do something to the princesses?!" "Oh, Twilight Sparkle. You are just the way you are when I first met you." "What?" Rarity asks in confusion before turning to Twilight. "Twilight, do you know this ruffian?" "Oh, she did...she just met me...under a new face!" The figure taunts as he got his hood removed...Twilight gasps as she saw a familiar dragon face underneath it. "You," Twilight exclaims furiously as she recognizes the one whom the mare knows all too well...from years ago, "You." "Twilight Sparkle, it has been years since I met you and your little brother. BTW, did you tell Spike about me yet?" "Little brother; and when the hay was I brought into this?!" Spike demands more than he asked, a bit more confused yet curious. "You didn't? I'm disappointed...this will make me destroying more BETTER!" Lorcan yells out madly as he stood up and got two swords out, "En guarde!" "Gah, I hate fancy words!" Pinkie Pie groans as the alicorns prepares themselves for their big battle. "Bring it on, bub!" Rainbow shouted in determination. Lorcan snarls as he swings around slashing at the ponies who uses their shields to block. Applejack headbutts him and hits him with a blast. "Okay, why is yew wanting 'ta go after Twilight fer?" Applejack snaps to Lorcan sternly. "For revenge; she took my brother and lied to him!" Lorcan snaps to Applejack as he fires a blast at Pinkie who dodges it by flying. "Brother? What brother?" Pinkie asks Lorcan puzzled. "It's the one she now calls Spike, you dumb pony!" Lorcan snaps angrily. "Hey! Nopony insults Pinkie like that, you oaf!" Rarity shouted. "Wait, did she just call..." Fluttershy begins to say, realizing what Lorcan just mentioned. "What," Spike gasps in shock and disbelief upon hearing that. "You stole my brother and never told him about me, didn't you?!" Lorcan snaps at Twilight, pointing an accusing finger at her. The truth is revealed: Lorcan's Spike's brother! "I have to to keep Spike safe from you!" Twilight yells angrily. "You killed my own baby brother!" "He did what?!" Spike asked in shock while glaring at Lorcan. "Doesn't matter because once I get my vengeance, I'm taking Spike away so I can begins my conquest on Equestria...the same thing started by our father Tadaka many years ago!" Lorcan announces. "Not if our new training has anything to do with it." Rarity pronounces as the ponies work together to make a combination attack, hitting Lorcan to his throne. "If you were my brother, you wouldn't be doing all those evil things, you monster!" Spike shouted. "I had no choice! Ponies ruined my life!" Lorcan booms as he fires bolts onto the deck. "Oh, you could've at least moved on, find new friends and..." Fluttershy was cut off as Lorcan kicks her in the face, sending her flying across the deck. "Shut up, you bucking crybaby!" Lorcan exclaims sinisterly to Fluttershy who fell to the deck ground hard. "Fluttershy." Rainbow cried. "Crybaby," Fluttershy asked before she narrowed her eyes as she asked again angrily, "Crybaby?!" She then raised her head and glared at Lorcan with her eyes wide with rage, "DID YOU JUST CALL ME CRYBABY?.!.?.!" "No, I called you 'Susan'." Lorcan remarks sarcastically then snaps, "Of course I called you a crybaby, you brat!" "Okay, you can make threats, insults us, even fight us...BUT NO ONE HITS FLUTTERSHY LIKE THAT!!!!" Twilight exclaims furiously as she suddenly turns into a flaming horse. "I just did, egghead." Lorcan remarked cruelly. But suddenly, he was grabbed from behind by a familiar yellow alicorn. "DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME A CRYBABY; YOU BUCKING MONSTER!!!!" Fluttershy yelled really loudly into Lorcan's face while giving him the Stare. "Oh, please, no, not that, don't torture me, please..." Lorcan cries out. For a moment, it looks like the dragon is in serious pain... but then, he laughs sinisterly as he kicks Fluttershy in the face before jumping away, "Ha ha ha ha; doesn't work on me, baby!" Suddenly, Fluttershy appeared behind Lorcan with a teleportation spell and punched him across the face really hard, sending him flying. "Then the new and improved Fluttershy will surely work on you!" Fluttershy shouted, "You make me lose, I blow my fuse!" "Let us handle him as well." Rainbow said as he flew around, hitting Lorcan a few times. Twilight jumps back with her back feet, hitting the dragon with a few bucking like skills. "Great work girls, the training in handling Earth and Unicorn abilities helped out here." Spike cheers on. "Not to mention, a little Pegasus skills." Rainbow Dash remarks eagerly. "Do you think such fibble attempts of mere small alicorn might can stop me?" Lorcan remarks angrily to the ponies. "Buddy, it sure looks like it pum-done did!" Applejack taunts Lorcan right in his face. "Hmph...then try...THIS!" Lorcan snarls, backing away as he is back to do something with his mouth "Watch out, he's about to breaths fire!" Twilight warned the ponies as they and Spike braces themselves for the next attack. Then before anypony knew it, Lorcan unleashed a might blaze of his flames from his mouth to the mares. But during the moment, the Mane Six cast barriers to shield themselves from the attack & Spike, before they were knocked off the ship and into the air before regaining their position. "Oh dear, that was close." Fluttershy said in relief. That Lorcan has almost got them there "Quickly, let’s re-board the ship!" Pinkie Pie exclaims eagerly. "How foolish, perhaps it's time I show you...what this vessel of mine in the Infinite Realm...CAN TRULY DO!" Lorcan shouted evilly. Then Lorcan let loose with emerald bolts to cover the ship, and slowly made the thing pulse with a strange life. But that was the breeze compared to the storm that approached next? For soon, the ship under gone a transformation to become larger, more hard scale structure, and more...figure taking of a dragon. Then the vessel ship became just like that, a serpent dragon with arms with wing spans and guard shields off the claw wrist. The newest creation roared so loudly, it shook the entire realm. "Eeek; A huge, scary dragon," Fluttershy exclaims in gear and worry. "Um, guys, I think our problems increased!" Pinkie Pie spoke in a scared kind of voice. From behind the mares and Spike, a strange swirling vortex was dragging many things within the Infinite Realm. Whatever it was or whatever it was doing, one thing was clear, it wouldn't lead the mares & baby dragon back home. "Meet my living vessel voyage; Lorcan’s Rage! And with it...comes your doom, PONIES!" Lorcan proclaimed forth, as his station was now on top of the dragon ship's forehead where he sat on his thrown...to watch the ponies prepare for their end at last. "Come on! Twilight exclaims as the alicorns flew in...all but Fluttershy who stays behind, in fear. "Fluttershy!" "I can't....I can't..." Fluttersh said in worry. "What's wrong wit' yew, girl?" Applejack ask Fluttershy in concern. "I'm scared of huge dragons." Fluttershy explains to her friends in a whimper. "But you weren't scared of me." Spike said to Fluttershy in concern. "I know...but...you are small and those big nasty dragons are...mean." Fluttershy said with a whimper. "I don't wanna..." "Fluttershy, it isn't a real dragon." Applejack explains to Fluttershy clearly. "It's a dang machine driven by one who is small." "SHUT UP! I AM NOT SMALL!" Lorcan, who overheard this, yells out angrily from his ride. "Plus, he called you a crybaby earlier. Are you going to let him get away with that?" Rainbow points out to Fluttershy, wanting to rile her friend up to encourage her. Fluttershy, hearing that, snort furiously while yelling angrily, "NO!" The alicorns, with Fluttershy now toughened up, flies after though has problem with lasers and the missiles that are fired at the girls. "How are hay are we gonna stop that varmint if that thing keeps firing so many lasers and shootin' off them spiky missile points?" Applejack asks her friends with a frown. "We have to use every bit of our training for this, girls." Twilight said in determination. "Now prepare to die!" Lorcan exclaims madly. "Die? You want die? Okay, here's your die!" Pinkie exclaims as she users her magic to throw a huge die at the robotic machine, hitting it hard. "There's your die!" "Nice shot, Pinkie!" Rainbow said, "Random, but nice!" "And you are sooooo unfashionable!" Rarity comments making hair spray appears, spraying right onto Lorcan. "You need a makeover!" "Gah, no, I don't need a makeover!" Lorcan exclaims coughing like mad. "An' this is fer hurting poor Starlight!" Applejack exclaims as she hits the machine with various kicks. "And for calling Fluttershy a crybaby," Rainbow yells out as she flew in and kicks Lorcan to the deck floor. "I have been defending her since Flight School and no one makes fun of my best friends like that!!!" "You laugh at me, I wrath at you!" Fluttershy shouted at Lorcan before she kicked him in the back. "Gah, my back," Lorcan exclaims madly. "All right, keep it up!" Twilight exclaims as she prepares her horn for a major glow. "I got one spell that can send this machine out of commission!" "We're on it, Twilight!" Applejack shouted as she, Rainbow, Pinkie, Rarity and Fluttershy kept attacking Lorcan. Twilight's horn glows brightly, she needs enough time for this. Lorcan snarls as he kicks off the ponies, yelling, "No one will stop me from getting my revenge!" "No one but me," Spike snaps as he manages to get onto the ship and tackles Lorcan. "Give up!" "Are you crazy, Spike?! Twilight and her teacher didn't tell you about me sooner, why are you defending the purple brat and her kind now?!" Lorcan demands angrily to Spike. "Lorcan, if I found out a long time later, I would be mad...but as it is now, you are a murderer and a terrible brother." Spike said to Lorcan. "But give up now and we can start all over, be real brothers." "You really expect me to get along with a bunch of dumb ponies?! You're crazy!" Lorcan shouted. "No, I'm crazy!" Pinkie exclaims, wearing a pair of Grouchy Marx glasses which has spinning eyebrows. "And I should know!" "Then you leave me no choice!" Spike snaps as he kicks Lorcan to a wall, sending him down hard. "Okay, a few more seconds..." Twilight mumbles a bit. "Okay, there. All right, ponies and any dragons who don't want to get hit, move!!" The ponies and dragon got out of the way as Lorcan tries to recover just as Twilight fires a huge blast from her horn. The villain yelps as he ducks for cover. The dragon machine got hit hard by the blast, becoming weakened. The ponies cheer onward with Rarity exclaiming, "Yes, we did it!" "Oh yeah, you did it, Twilight!" Spike exclaims to Twilight with a smile. Suddenly, the area begins shaken up as the pullage got stronger. Rainbow yelps, "Yikes; Looks like we're getting sucked in!" The alicorns (with Spike holding onto Fluttershy) tries to get pulled in but soon everyone as well as Lorcan got pulled into the vortex. ------------- A while later, the heroes find themselves in a new realm of twilight. Pinkie is the first to comment, "Spooky!" "What is this place?" Spike asks in concern. "The princess told me about this in privacy. This is...the Land of the Dead." Twilight explains to her friends grimly. "The Land of the D-D-Dead," Fluttershy asked fearfully. "Usually a place of limbo between the living and the dead; I wouldn't worry..." Twilight said trying to assure her friends. "Unless Lorcan is here," Rainbow exclaims in alarm. Sure enough, there's Lorcan in his cloak, the dragon has survived the blast. "I must confess, you ponies are doing better...but now is the time for your fun to end." Lorcan remarks madly as he throw his cloak off. Suddenly, the dragon transforms into a bigger, teenage version of himself. He begins to glow while uttering, "Anger and hate...are supreme!" The boost of difference from before caught the alicorns off guard. Applejack exclaims, "Boy howdy! Looks like Spike's big brother had gotten a bit stronger." "Eep," Fluttershy squeaked as she hid behind her friends in fear. "And now, my little ponies, my wrath will begin and end you all right here!" Lorcan exclaims madly as he prepares himself for a final assault. "Lorcan, please stop it!" Spike calls out to his brother in worry. "This shouldn't have to be this way!" "It will end this way! I won't have a bunch of blasted ponies who just became alicorns ruined everything father has planned!" Lorcan exclaims more madly. "If I have to destroy you to save our world, then so be it!" "Not if we have anything to say about it!" Twilight exclaims as she and the alicorns, even the worried Fluttershy, prepare themselves. "Lorcan, you’re planning and rampage ends today! Starlight will be avenged!!!" "Not if father will be avenged first, pony!!!" Lorcan snapped. The alicorns flew around, dodging Lorcan as he slashes at him. Rainbow calls out, "Twilight, quick! Use your attack again!" "I already used enough energy in getting rid of his dragon machine. I may not have enough to take him down fully." Twilight explains a bit exhausted to Rainbow. "If I used too much, I will be dead." "And dead you shall be!" Lorcan booms as he send out fire breath at her. Pinkie pushes Twilight out of the way then uses a fire hose from...who knows where to spray water onto the dragon, "Gah!" "No one harms my friend, you big dumb meanie pants!" Pinkie remarks to Lorcan sternly. "Let's see if you can get me when I'm more than one place at once!" Lorcan then moves around, making it difficult for the ponies to focus on hitting him. For some, it appears to look that he is in more places than one. The dragon laughs evilly as he unleashes a storm of lasers that the heroes try to reflect that's almost non-stop to the point of exhaustion. "Not sure how long we can keep 'dis up, sugarcube." Applejack said panting a bit. "'Dis big feller is tuckering us out." "I know and I am usually so energetic." Pinkie remarks with a groan. "Good, let's see how energetic you are!" Lorcan exclaims sternly as he fires a wave that hits the alicorn. Twilight is left standing but the other alicorns are taken down. "And thus, it's between you and me, Twilicorn..." "This cannot be happening." Twilight said in worry. She and her friends are failing...and just when the mare started to learn how important friendship is to her. Twilight didn't even spend more life, she didn't even get a chance to get if Ben is still alive! "Oh, it is. You have taken Spike from me...but I will avenge that once I take you down!!!" "NO!" Spike exclaims as he jumps in and hits Lorcan in the stomach hard, causing the big brother to roar in pain. "I won't let you hit her. Even if she didn't tell me about you before, it's all because Twilight cares for me." "Care or not, I will destroy all ponies, in the name of Tadaka!" Lorcan snarls as he swipes at Spike who dodges and hits him with a huge fire attack. "What's this?! How can you get a powerful attack and at a young age too!" "Hey, when my friends and loved ones, especially my big sister Twilight and Rarity, are in danger...I don't know either but I will do whatever it takes to stop you once and for all!" The two brothers quickly do their battle, with Spike getting the upper hand even though Lorcan slashes at him with the blades that came from out of nowhere. The baby dragon's determination to save those he cares for from a brother whom he never knew about until recently filled his mind. Twilight meanwhile tries her best to recover, but how? If she uses another attack like before, there goes all her energy. "Use the Heal, little alicorn." A mysterious voice spoke up, getting Twilight's attention. "What? Who's there?" Twilight ask, wondering who just spoke. It wasn't her friends, Spike or Lorcan. That voice appeared to have come from out of nowhere! Who could it be? "I am...a friend. Alicorns has a healing power which they used but not all could remember this ability. Think harder, my little pony and your friendship will not let you down..." The voice disappears as soon as it was heard. Twilight is not sure who it was but felt like she should trust it, if anything to stop Lorcan, save Spike and avenge Starlight. The mare closes her eyes and focus on the friendships that she has gotten ever since Twilight and Spike first came to Ponyville, her new friends, her family...and Ben Mare. Suddenly the alicorns, even Twilight, begins to glow. The ones on the ground woke up as Fluttershy gasps, "Oh my! What's...what's happening?" "Looks like I'm feeling better!" Rarity exclaims in amazement as she got up with her friends. "But how is this possible?" "The voice was right, I did it!" Twilight exclaims with a smile. Her friends are back up on their hooves, the healing power has done its job! "What voice? Did yew heal us?" Applejack asks Twilight in amazement. "An'...is 'dat Spike fighting?" The other alicorns look amazed as they saw Spike fighting off Lorcan...and is winning. "That's him. And it's time we help him like he's helping us right now!" "Spike, be reasonable. I did what I did to save you...because I care." Lorcan said as he flew up, firing lightning zaps at Spike who knocks them right back at him, causing the villain to scream in somewhat pain. "So did Twilight but at least she wasn't trying to kill ponies as well as her own siblings like you are!" Spike remarks to Lorcan sternly. "And unless you stop your mad quest soon, you can kiss whatever brothership we got goodbye!" "All right...goodbye." Lorcan then fires a zap at Spike, hitting the baby dragon and paralyzing him. "Sorry, little brother, but I will have to put you down for good to save you from the ponies..." "Not if we put you down!" Twilight exclaims as she fires a familiar blast at Lorcan. The villain screams in pain as the attack hits him hard, knocking the dragon down. As Lorcan got up, the villain gapes as he saw the alicorns back up and with familiar accessories floating around them. "No, this can't be...you are weakened! You all should've gone down by now!" "One thing that you and Nightmare Moon have in common...and it's that you're easily overconfident." "And you're both meanies!" Pinkie exclaims as the ponies begin focusing on their being of elements. "And no one likes meanies who wishes to harm others!" "As long as we have our friendship, you will never win!" Rainbow remarks in determination to the alarmed Lorcan. "And trust me, without friendship, you got nothing!" "Spike is our friend an' we're done going 'ta help him!" Applejack remarks with a nod. "Yes, you have cause enough trouble for one day, you big brute." Rarity said in determination as the alicorns put their horns together. "And it's time to put you down." "Yes...please." Fluttershy said gently. Well, not her best determination phrase but then again, this is a kind shy pony we're talking about here. Soon the horns form a single pointing edged that fire off their strongest united force...which in term is the force of the Elements of Harmony in the beam of a rainbow. The attack hits Lorcan dead-on by his chest, a strange light flashes around him. He shows himself struggling his arms out, but can feel his dark hatred fading away from the body, and then lets up afterwards with an almost agony of silent pain before it all ends with a blinding light. The alicorns glow a bit, their eyes appears to be doing the same as all went white...