//------------------------------// // The lost element part 2 // Story: A Filly's Tale // by Deathsia //------------------------------// THE LOST ELEMENT PART 2 (play “quincy's craft” now) BOOM! Twilight and her doppelganger's spells collided with a loud explosion and when the debris cleared her doppelganger charged strait at her. Twilight braced herself for impact only for her doppelganger to disappear in a flash of magic and appear behind her and buck at her only for Twilight to use her wings as a shield absorbing the blow, turn around, and blast her doppelganger away from her to which her doppelganger recovered mid- air and disappeared in yet another flash of magic. “Take this!” Twilight's doppelganger exclaimed as she ripped a huge pillar from it's foundation and sent it flying at the Alicorn. Twilight quickly focused her magic and conjured a large shield in front her that upon impact transformed the huge pillar into nothing more than small little pebbles, used her wings to shield her face from the wave of pebbles, lowered her wings, and swiftly blocked a mid-air strike from her doppelganger from above who had used the pillar as a distraction to get the drop on her. “N-not B-Bad for a doppelganger...” Twilight said in a strained tone as she looked up at her doppelganger holding off her strike until she back-flipped away and landed on all hooves staring at her for a few moments until she began to focus magic into her horn and short forth a great flame at the Alicorn. “Whoa nelly!” Applejack exclaimed in a panicked tone realizing that the four of them were right behind Twilight, ran past Pinkie Pie, grabbed her by the mane with her mouth, and leaped out of the way while Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash took off from the ground as the Alicorn successfully shielded herself from the flames by conjuring up a bubble style shield around her body however the flames continued past her. Fluttershy's doppelganger gave a horrified gasp as the flames sailed at her unable to move as did Fluttershy herself realizing what was about to happen only to get stopped mid dive by Rainbow Dash who was holding her by the tail. “You can't save her!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed through gritted teeth. “B-But I have to! She'll be killed!” Fluttershy exclaimed looking back at the cyan blue Pegasus. It was at this point and time Twilight looked behind herself and saw what the others did, disappeared in a flash of magic, reappeared in front of Fluttershy's doppelganger, and used her wings as a shield while channeling magic into her horn and casting a spell on her wings to make them fireproof moments before the flames hit her wings. A few tense moments passed as the flames roared against the Alicorn's wings until she gave a mighty beat of her wings which dispersed the flames. “Are you okay?” Twilight asked in a weary tone much to the doppelganger's shock. “Why did you protect me? I never asked you to! You know I'm not the real Fluttershy. So why?!” Fluttershy's doppelganger exclaimed in an angry yet confused tone. “Because you are a living creature. Artificially created or not.” Twilight replied earning a confused yet startled gasp from Fluttershy's doppelganger. “I don't understand!” Fluttershy's doppelganger exclaimed in a frustrated tone. Twilight then turned her gaze to look at her four friends. “Applejack, Pinkie Pie, could you help Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy get these four to a safe place?” Twilight asked earning a confused look from Applejack at first but she nodded just the same. Twilight then looked at her doppelganger, disappeared in a flash of magic, and reappeared in another flash of magic several feet away from her doppelganger. “You knew she was behind me, yet you didn't hold back. Why?” Twilight asked in a calm yet fierce tone. “Why should I care what happens to the others? We are servants of Discord! We know that there is no place for weaklings!” Twilight's doppelganger exclaimed looking over at the other four as they helped their respective doppelganger's to safety. “So you blindly follow Discord into any battle, even if it means your death?” Twilight replied her calm yet fierce tone not wavering in the slightest. “Our existences are meaningless. We all know this. We do not fear death.” Twilight's doppelganger replied with a cruel sneer. “Fluttershy's doppelganger felt fear. I saw it in her eyes when I looked behind myself. It was for that very reason I saved her life. For one to be able to feel fear means that they have a soul and are a living creature.” Twilight replied however her doppelganger seemed unfazed by this speech. “You merely saved the life of an enemy who will kill your friends once she is able to move again.” Twilight's doppelganger replied now pacing back and forth in front of Twilight still several feet away from her. “Come what may, I refuse to let anypony die who does not deserve it.” Twilight replied, blocked a sudden strike from her doppelganger, and jumped away. “You make me sick! I feel no fear! I do not fear death!” Twilight doppelganger exclaimed as she began to channel magic into her horn and fired yet another wave of magic only for the Alicorn to counter with a wave of water effectively putting it out in a stalemate which caused a huge burst of steam to fill the area which they stood. (play “Fooling mode” now) “Say uncle!” Rarity exclaimed as she twisted her doppelganger's right arm behind her back as she tapped the ground with her left hoof repetitively. “N-Never!” Rarity's doppelganger exclaimed, channeled magic into her horn and disappeared in a flash of magic, reappeared behind her, slammed Rarity hard on the ground, crawled on top of her and grinned mischievously. Rarity's eyes snapped wide in shock along with a wide blush as she felt something plunge into her back regions. “What do you think your doing?!” Rarity exclaimed, bucked her doppelganger off her and stared at her with an outraged expression. “How dare you touch a pony there! And to go as far as to put it in! How dare you!” Rarity exclaimed in an outraged tone in a comical fashion waving a hoof  up and down at her doppelganger angrily still blushing beat red. “You seemed pretty loose. Been around the block more than once?” Rarity's doppelganger retorted with a smirk only to get tackled again and her mane pulled at by Rarity. “N-Not the hair!” Rarity's doppelganger exclaimed in a horrified yet pained tone as rarity yanked and pulled at it. (play “quincy's craft” now) “Is this all the great and power Twilight Sparkle has to offer?!” Twilight's doppelganger exclaimed brandishing a evil grin as she once again locked hooves with Twilight who was seemingly struggling to stave her off now. Twilight gave a mighty cry as she managed to repel her beating her wings slightly as she jumped back and skidded slightly as her doppelganger did the same minus the use of wings speaking as she did not have any. “She's stronger than I thought she was...guess there's no use in holding back anymore.” Twilight thought to herself and began to channel magic into her horn then fired a mighty beam of ice at her doppelganger who dodged it barely by jumping out of the way and retaliated mid-air firing a beam of lightning from her horn to which Twilight took off from the ground to evade it as it hit the ground where she once stood with a mighty explosion of debris and dust. “That's more like it! Show me your true power! So I can crush you at your peak!” Twilight's doppelganger exclaimed as she charged at her now firing fire,ice, and lightning spells at random points as Twilight swiftly evaded each one. ------------------------------------------------ “Had enough yet? Cuz ah'm just getting started!” Applebloom exclaimed as Discord finally began to remove himself from the wall and stood on two feet staring at her before glancing out to the battle field and flashed a glare realizing the only two left standing were Twilight and Rarity's doppelganger's. Applebloom then charged at Discord again, jumped and bucked at him only to be swatted to the side which caused the farm pony to hit the wall hard and give a shrill cry of pain as she hit it and slid down. “You pathetic foal. You thought you were a match for the mighty Discord?” Discord said in a pissed off tone as he lifted the filly up by the scruff of her chest fur and slammed her against wall again causing the farm pony to give yet another shrill cry of pain. “I don't know what that trinket is around your neck, but it won't save you.” Discord said as she arched his arm with the claw on it backward. “Any last words?” Discord asked with a evil grin as he positioned his claw so that it was aligned with the filly's chest. “Yeah...look behind ya.” Applebloom replied with a weary smirk at which point Discord turned around just in time to see Applejack's hooves colliding with his face causing him to let go of Applebloom whom fell to the ground with a slight pained cry while he landed on his side. “What the hay is wrong with ya sis? Ya coulda got yourself plum killed just now!” Applejack exclaimed in a worried tone as she quickly helped her little sister to all four hooves. “He's got Roseheart. Ah think that's reason nuff to beh here.” Applebloom replied in a pained tone. “Can't argue with ya there little sis, but next time leave it up to the adults would ya?” Applejack replied with a warm smile only to get tackled by her younger sister as a thin beam of magic sailed over both their heads and clean through a pillar leaving a small hole in it that one could look through and see the other side. “Missed...” Discord said in a low tone as he got back to his feet and stared at the two farm ponies who were now back on all four hooves in battle ready poses. “So the apple sisters want to take on the mighty Discord eh? This should be entertaining.” Discord said after a few moments with a malicious grin as he popped his knuckles with both his lion's paw and his claw hand. (Play “Chain Algorithm - Elements of Harmonics” now and repeat if desired) “If ya is gonna be mah backup sis, ya best be followin my lead and don't be playin hero ya hear?” Applejack said in a serious tone as she walked to the right. “Ah hear ya sis.” Applebloom replied as she walked to the right her eyes fixed on Discord. Applejack was first to lunge at the hydrocephalus jumping in the air and performing a mid-air buck as she came down on him only to be blocked and knocked back only for Applebloom to jump over her sister and connect with his chest knocking Discord into a backward stumble at which point Applejack had already recovered and performed yet another mid air buck striking the hydrocephalus mid-stumble effectively knocking him to his rump and look up to see both Apple sisters coming at him from the air performing mid-air bucks to which he countered by conjuring a barrier which repelled Applejack but not Applebloom who began to kick rapidly at his barrier. “That didn't work last time and it won't work this time either!” Applebloom exclaimed as she continued to kick into the hydrocephalus's barrier as Applejack charged forth, jumped up, performed a mid-air somersault, and come out of the mid-air somersault with a single hoof striking down on the barrier only to get repelled however she recovered mid-air landing on all four hooves with a slight skid and charged at Discord again. “This is getting old!” Discord exclaimed as his entire being erupted with magic sending the apple sisters flying into the air, pointed a single diget of his clawed hand at them and fired a beam of magic only to miss as Rainbow Dash grabbed both Applebloom and Applejack mid-air and Fluttershy deflected it with a single hoof mid-air sending the beam of magic flying to the side with a loud explosion. “What the-?” Discord said unable to believe his eyes. Fluttershy had just managed to deflect a beam of magic that no pony unicorn or Pegasus should be able to defend against. Despite this Fluttershy wasn't left unscathed as she held her bleeding hoof, but showed no signs of pain or tears in her expression as it remained calm with the same fire in her eyes that had shown once before against her doppelganger. “My element of harmony protects me from your magic as long as I stay to true to my element which is kindness.” Fluttershy said in a calm tone as if she knew why the hydrocephalus was looking confused while she descended and landed on all four hoofs and struck her butterfly style pose. “Not completely...” Discord remarked as he looked at the yellow Pegasus's bleeding hoof which was the lowest to the ground in her current pose. “Be that as it may Discord. I will no longer sit back and let you threaten life. Prepare yourself. You've never faced anything like me before.” Fluttershy said in a low tone before cartwheeling in a fluid motion at the hydrocephalus and stuck him three times before extending her wings to act as an anchor as she back-flipped, effectively uppercutting the hydrocephalus mid back-flip with a single hoof, and landed back in her butterfly pose which left Discord with a look of sheer confusion and fury. “So...your the poison butterfly. I was wondering where you had managed to pick up such moves.” Discord replied as he got back to his two feet looking unfazed by the attack even though the strikes were still apparent. “I-I don't understand! How can you be standing? I hit every single one of your vital spots in that attack!” Fluttershy remarked in a shocked tone as Discord brushed his chest and arms off as if to shake off the damage. “Perhaps on a fellow pony, but I’m a whole different class all my own!” Discord exclaimed rushing at the yellow Pegasus who's eyes narrowed as he approached her and began to block and deflect each of his strikes in a single fluid motion however was unable to counter being put completely on the defensive by the hydrocephalus. “Hold the reigns a second here! Since when did discord get combat moves that could rival Fluttershy's butterfly style?!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed in both shock and confusion as she watched the one on on fight continue on. “Ya can follow thar movements? Cuz ah'm plum lost here. Ah can't tell who's winnin or losin.” Applejack replied as she continued to watch. “Barely following. I don't know of any pony alive who can track Fluttershy's movements while in her butterfly style perfectly. It was my job to be able to track my foe's movements in the skies so that's how I can follow their movements somewhat but I’m still missing a bunch and even I know this. The problem is that Discord has an advantage due to Fluttershy's injured hoof and he knows this.” Rainbow Dash replied as she continued to watch the fight. Fluttershy continued to move fluidly blocking two lower strikes from Discord simultaneously while blocking two more upper strikes a mere millisecond later but still had no room to counter and to make matters worse her bleeding hoof had began to throb painfully from the hydrocephalus's continued assault making it harder to concentrate. “Th-This isn't good. I'm blocking all his attacks for now but he's moving about as fast as I am. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!” Fluttershy thought to herself dramatically as she continued to block his strikes being pushed back now. “Oh crud, this doesn't look good!” Rainbow Dash remarked in a worried tone. “Care to give us the play by play sugarcube?” Applejack asked looking up at Rainbow Dash. “She losing concentration. It's gotta be her injured hoof! This doesn't look good, Fluttershy can't normally be pushed back while using that style. I've seen her in action many times during the war. She's a great air-combat Pegasus, but her true skill lies on the ground where she can take on her butterfly pose. I've seen her take on fifty ponies at once before and didn't get a scratch. What I’m trying to figure out is where Discord picked up that combat style. It's almost like Fluttershy's but it's different somehow. And how did he know the name of Fluttershy's combat style?” Rainbow Dash remarked with a thoughtful yet worried glance at the two. “Ya guess is as good as mine, but ah reckon speakin as Discord's over fifty thousand years old he most likely picked up somethin.” Applejack replied and looked back over at the two still locked in combat. “Your stance is weakening my dear.” Discord said with a malicious grin as he continued to strike at the yellow Pegasus. “H-How do you know so much about my fighting style? No pony alive should know it except me!” Fluttershy exclaimed still blocking each and every strike he threw at her. “I'm the god of disharmony and chaos, do you honestly think I wouldn't know of a combat style taught by butterflies? It's ironic that such gentle creatures know such a deadly fighting style and your ability to communicate with them is what allowed you to learn it.” Discord replied at which point his eyes flashed wide with malicious intent. “Your open!” Discord exclaimed and stuck the Yellow Pegasus hard in the chest sending her flying only to recover mid-air using her wings and land on the ground huffing and puffing. “Fluttershy!” Applebloom, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash exclaimed in unison in panicked tones. “This fight over, you lose.” Discord said with a cruel grin as he walked towards Fluttershy now. “Remember Fluttershy, your opponent is weakest when they think they have won. You simply need to exploit this. Half the fight is skill while the other is psychology!” Fluttershy's foster dad exclaimed as she through strikes at the young filly. “But if they think they have won, doesn't that mean they are winning?” Fluttershy replied in a confused tone. “Not always. Your foe may think they have you beaten, but the fight is never over until one of you is unable to fight any longer.” Fluttershy's foster dad replied throwing a strike at the Yellow Pegasus only to be blocked and countered. “I understand.” Fluttershy replied with a confident smile. “Th-This fight isn't over yet. As long as I can move, I can fight!” Fluttershy replied taking a step forward only to give a startled wince as she stepped on her injured bleeding hoof. “Your funeral.” Discord replied and charged at her again giving the Pegasus barely anytime at all to resume her butterfly stance and struck at her multiple times. “Remember! Never ever let your guard down! The moment you do, you have lost!” Fluttershy's foster dad exclaimed as he struck at the yellow filly who continued to block his strikes. “Now show me the result of your training!” Fluttershy's foster dad exclaimed as he stuck at her. “I-I have no choice...” Fluttershy said in a low tone as she continued to block the hydrocephalus's strikes barely and jumped back moments later. Her pose then changed from what it was before to another pose. This pose had her right front hooves positioned in front of her with her right hoof barely a few inches in front of her left while her hind hooves were now positioned so that she could brace herself against any blow. “Huh? I never saw her strike that combat pose before.” Rainbow Dash said with a confused look. Fluttershy then took a deep breath and let it out and repeated this motion closing her eyes now as Discord charged at her. “Giving up?! Fine with me!” Discord exclaimed as he arched his clawed hand back preparing to impale the Pegasus as she charged at her. “Don't just listen for your foe, feel them. Sense their presence. Only this way can you perform this technique properly.” Fluttershy's foster dad said as Fluttershy stood in her hind hooves with her right hoof barely a few inches ahead of her left hoof. “Open ya cotton pickin eyes ya crazy mare!” Applebloom exclaimed at the top of her lungs as Discord was mere inches away from his strike now. It was at this exact moment with Discord a mere two seconds away from impaling her that her eyes flashed open, grabbed his clawed hand with both hooves, pulled hard effectively throwing the hydrocephalus over her much to his own shock, let got of his clawed hand, got on her front hooves, expanded her wings, jumped up using her front hoofs as a spring-board, moved her hind legs so that she was now performing a horizontal split, began to flap her wings, and spun in circles mid-air hitting discord multiple times with her hind hooves, flipped her body right side up, grabbed him by the tail, yanked him towards her, and slammed her hooves hard into his face before letting go of his tail, and bucked him as she back-flipped away from the hydrocephalus. Discord landed on the ground with a loud thud clearly looking worse for ware now and a few moments later stood back to his feet. “That wasn't butterfly style...” Discord said in a furious yet calm tone. “No, it wasn't.” Fluttershy replied simply however a few moments later her eyes seemed to roll back into her head as she fell flat on the ground at which point Rainbow Dash rushed over to her, picked her up, and flew her over to the other side of the area before laying her softly down. “You featherbrain, you over did it!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed in a whisper as he looked over her hoof. It was black and blue at the present time but the bleeding seemed to have stopped more or less. “I overdid it? I'm sorry.” Fluttershy replied weakly. “You'll be fine. Just rest over here. “Rainbow Dash said in a whisper even though she didn't fully believe it herself. Sure the only thing looking the worst was her hoof but she couldn't help but worry the Pegasus might be suffering from blood loss as well as she looked over her friend. “How touching...” Discord replied in a disgusted tone as she pointing his lion's paw at the two open palmed and a orb of magic began to flow into it. Just as he was about to fire it however Applebloom's hooves colliding with the hydrocephalus's lion paw knocking it to the side just in the nick of time as he fired it causing a wave of magic to create a gaping ten foot tall and wide hole in the side of the building about three feet to the left of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. “That's it! Scootaloo!” Discord exclaimed at which point the magic suspending the orange Pegasus dispelled and Scootaloo appeared right next to him. “I won't listen to you anymore!” Scootaloo exclaimed in defiance. “You don't have a choice.” Discord replied as he balled up his lion's paw which began to glow darkly at which point Scootaloo gave an agonizing scream as she slammed both hooves on her head while her body began to glow darkly as well. “Scootaloo!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed in horror as she ran over to her daughter only to be blasted away as Scootaloo's body seemed to erupt with dark magic now while the orange Pegasus gave a mighty high pitched scream of agony before the dark magic flashed brightly and dispersed. When Scootaloo opened her eyes again they now glowed with a dark eerie blood red aura at which point she charged strait at Rainbow Dash. (Play “Lilium - Elfen Lied OP” now) “Scoots! Don't do this! It's me! Don't you recognize me?!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she blocked the initial strike from her daughter feeling tears well up in her eyes as she continued to block blow after blow never once striking back. Scootaloo however didn't respond, jumped backwards, took off from the ground and dive bombed at her to which the cyan blue Pegasus swiftly dodged. “Please don't do this! Please...don't make me...” Rainbow Dash said trailing off with her final word as tears began to stream from her eyes. “Rainbow! She can't hear you! She's been plum hypnotized by Discord! Your gonna have to fight her!” Applejack exclaimed as Discord slunk into the shadows without their knowing. “Hayseed! The varmint ran off!” Applejack exclaimed looking about for the hydrocephalus but couldn't find him. “She the buck up Applejack! I won't hurt her!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed angrily at the farm pony before she blocked yet another strike from her daughter barely holding her off. “I can't...” Rainbow Dash thought to herself as she managed to shove Scootaloo back and took up to the air closely followed by the orange Pegasus. “Why isn't she figthin back? Ah don't get it.” Applejack remarked in a confused tone. “She can't...” Fluttershy replied sitting up now with a bit of difficulty. “You okay thar sugarcube? And what do you mean she can't?” Applejack asked as she walked over to the Yellow Pegasus. “I'll be fine. I just overdid it a little I think. She can't because she refuses to accept the idea of harming her daughter. Rainbow Dash can't bring herself to harm her because of this. She won't lift a hoof to her as long as she believes that she can save her without hurting her.” Fluttershy replied looking up at the fight now and sighed. “Scootaloo...I know I was wrong! I shouldn't have kept things from you, but I want you to know that-” Rainbow Dash began to say only to be cut off mid-sentence due to blocking another attack suddenly as her hooves quivered and shook under the wight of Scootaloo's attack mid-air. “That...no matter what happens..I will never hurt you again. Because...because...You're my daughter Scoots.” Rainbow Dash said with a teary smile looking into the orange Pegasus’s eyes that stared back into hers. “I-I know i'm not perfect. I know that I’ll be a lame featherbrain and forget things that are important to you, but I...” Rainbow Dash said trailing off, deflecting her strike and embarrassed Scootaloo's in a tight hug as tears streamed from her eyes and down her cheeks “I love you scoots. Please give me a second chance to be mother I'm supposed to be...” Rainbow Dash said in a soft tone as a single tear drifted down her cheek and onto Scootaloo's shoulder at which point Scootaloo's eyes went wide, let out a startled gasp, and slowly felt the overwhelming rage begin to leave her body. “M-Mommy?” Scootaloo said in a quivering tone as tears began to flow her her cheeks and the aura around her eyes fade away. “I won't lose her that easily...” Discord said in a low tone watching from the shadows as he balled up his lion's paw again and it began to glow darkly. Without warming Scootaloo's shoved Rainbow Dash away and slammed both front hooves on her head with her eyes closed screaming out again as her entire being began to glow darkly. “Scootaloo! No! Fight it!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed as Scootaloo continued to scream out in agony. It was at this point Applebloom's necklace began to glow brightly causing the farm pony to gasp softly then smile. “I understand now...” Applebloom said quietly and began to float up thanks to the magic of her necklace until she was level with Scootaloo who continued to cry out on agony.   “You're not alone Scootaloo...ah'm here.” Applebloom said softly placing a hoof on the Pegasus’s cheek at which point her eyes shot open however still looked pained. “Ap-Applebloom?” Scootaloo managed to choke out in a pained tone. “Yeah, it's meh.” Applebloom replied with a soft smile still not removing her hoof from the Pegasus’s cheek staring into her eyes now. “R-Run Applebloom...I-I don't want to hurt you...” Scootaloo replied and moments later gave a shrill cry of agony as the dark aura around her seemed to increase in strength which ejected the farm pony away and into the wall. “Run away Applebloom! She's gonna go berserk again!” Applejack exclaimed in a panicked tone. “Ah'm not runnin. Ah understand what this trinket round my neck means now. It's love. Mah love for mah daughter, Scootaloo, and all mah friends.” Applebloom said with a confident smile as her necklace began to glow brightly. (Play”The power of love” now and repeat if desired) “Ah'm here Scootaloo! Your not alone!” Applebloom exclaimed and catapulted herself off the wall colliding her body with the dark aura surrounding Scootaloo now at which point a huge friction of pink and dark magic erupted between them however Applebloom refused to back down as she pushed forward feeling memories of the times they shared going through her mind now. “We are the cutie mark crusaders! On a quest to find out who we are! And we won't the journey until we have our cutie marks!” Scootaloo sung at the top of her lungs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Wow. That did not go as well as I expected.” Scootaloo said in a depressed tone. “Ah can't believe they're laughin at us!” Applebloom chimed in with a slight wine as she spoke. “Was it that bad?” Sweetie Belle asked in a dismal tone. --------------------------------------------------------- “And finally, the last award of the night goes to... The Cutie Mark Crusaders!” Cheerlie exclaimed earning a chorus of “huh?!” from the three fillies. “For best comedy act!” Cheerlie exclaimed after a few moments at which point the crowd erupted into cheers. “Ah won't let you fight alone Scootaloo, not only cuz ah'm your friend, but because ah love ya with all mah heart!” Applebloom exclaimed as the magical friction grew even more fierce now as Applebloom pushed forward even more so her necklace glowing so brightly now the light was almost blinding. “What are you doing?” Scootaloo asked in an annoyed tone. “Calling for the chicken!” Applebloom replied with a smile. “That is not how you call a chicken.” Scootaloo replied in an annoyed tone as she walked along side of Applebloom. “Oh, and you know how to call a chicken?” Applebloom replied with a cocky grin. “I know that's not the way.” Scootaloo replied in an annoyed tone. “Then show me.” Applebloom replied with a cheesy grin attempting to call her friend on her supposed knowledge of how to call a chicken. “I don't have to show you!” Scootaloo exclaimed defensively. “You're just chicken!” Applebloom jeered with in a teasing tone. “Am not!” Scootaloo retorted angrily. “Oh, wait, now I know how to call a chicken! Scootaloo! Scoot-scootalooooo!” Applebloom exclaimed with a big grin knowing she was getting to the Pegasus. “That's so funny I forgot to laugh.” Scootaloo said in a sarcastic tone. “You also forgot how to call a chicken.” Applebloom countered still grinning at the Pegasus from ear to ear seemingly. “Why, you...” Scootaloo replied in a low tone feeling the temptation to slap her one until Applebloom blew a raspberry at her. “Come on, guys, we're not gonna find the chicken or our cutie marks by arguing.” Sweetie Belle said with a clear since of annoyance in her voice. “Maybe that's our special talent. Arguing!” Applebloom exclaimed excitedly. “Is not!” Scootaloo exclaimed in annoyance. “Is too!” Applebloom retorted with the same tone. “Is not!” Scootaloo retorted in a more annoyed tone now. “ Is too! Anything yet?” Applebloom asked as she showed off her left flank as she craned her neck to look at it. “Nope.” Scootaloo replied simply “Darn.” Applebloom replied with a depressed sigh and a few moments later both fillies broke into giggle-fits. “Girls! Our special talent is not arguing. Besides, what would the cutie mark of somepony whose talent is arguing even look like?” Sweetie Belle exclaimed snapping the two filly's attention away from their argument. “All we've been through. Ah won't sit back and let you fight alone Scootaloo.” Applebloom said as she reached a hoof out and grabbed a hold of Scootaloo's within the dark aura at which point the Pegasus’s eyes snapped wide again even though she looked as if she was in immense pain at the moment. “You don't have tah fight alone anymore Scootaloo, ah'm here and ah ain't goin anywhere!” Applebloom exclaimed with a teary smile as necklace continued to glow brightly creating even more friction within the dark aura of magic surrounding Scootaloo now. “Applebloom...I-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Scootaloo began to say but was abrubtly cut off as the dark magic's power increased ten fold causing her to give a high pitched shrill scream of agony. “Your not alone! ah'm here! Don't give up! Ya hear?!” Applebloom exclaimed as she embraced the Pegasus in a passionate hug. “We are in this together no matter what!” Applebloom exclaimed now feeling the force of the magic blast against her mind and body now as well letting out a wince as she closed her eyes as tears continued to flow from them. “She's plum flipped her lid! At this rate she's beh turned against us too!” Applejack exclaimed in a panicked tone as she began to jump up only for Fluttershy to stop her. “You can't interfere. This is Applebloom's fight. No one can get through to her now except for her.” Fluttershy remarked looking up at the two now. Rainbow Dash simply hovered stationary unable to say or do anything except stare no matter how much she tried. “Scoots...” the cyan blue Pegasus thought to herself as she stared on. Applebloom despite the pain she was in now opened her eyes and looked up at her lover who was screaming out in agony with each breaths he took now. “She hasn't given up yet or she wouldn't be in so much pain...she's fighting it with all her heart.” Applebloom thought to herself as she put a hoof on Scootaloo's cheek again at which point Scootaloo's eyes snapped open once again. “She's mine....forever! Nothing is more powerful than me!” Discord exclaimed aloud as he came out of the shadows his lion's paw glowing fiercely now with a dark magic. “Thar is one thing more powerful than ya!” Applebloom exclaimed looking down at him, turned her gaze to look into Scootaloo's eyes again, and moments later locked lips with the Pegasus at which point Applebloom's necklace glowed so brightly now that even Twilight and her doppelganger stopped fighting to look over now. Scootaloo could see it as if it was happening before her eyes now. Every moment they had shared, every kiss they had shared, every moment of passion they shared all flashed before her eyes as if in a rapid cycling slide-show at which point her eyes began to flow with tears as if her eyes were now a running water faucet. Moments later a bright pink light erupted from the necklace enveloping Scootaloo and Applebloom in a pink orb of magic in the shape of a heart as they continued to kiss with Scootaloo fully returning the kiss now with her eyes closed. Discord's lion's paw suddenly seized up and he stopped channeling his dark magic through it as a sharp pain shot through it as if it was just struck by lightning. “Im-Impossible!” Discord exclaimed in disbelief. Scootaloo fur color then began to slowly revert back to his natural orange color starting from her mouth which was still locked with Applebloom's and soared over her entire body during which time her body began to return to it's original form. Everypony gasped in shock and awe as they watched this happen including Discord who could only stare on in disbelief. Applebloom and Scootaloo finally broke the kiss at which point the magic around them slowly disappeared looking into each others eyes. “ya did it...” Applebloom said with a teary smile at which point Scootaloo looked over her body realizing it was now the way it was before except she was two years older now. “Sc-scoots?” Rainbow Dash asked in a soft tone at which point Scootaloo gently moved Applebloom to the side and tackled the cyan blue Pegasus in a loving embrace with tears of joy flowing from her eyes. “Mommy! I'm so sorry! Can you ever forgive me?!” Scootaloo exclaimed as she hugged her mother who returned the hug almost immediately. “You don't have to be sorry for anything Scootaloo. I have my little filly back and that's all that matters now.” Rainbow Dash replied as tears of joy flowed from her eyes now as well. (play “Fade To Black_B13a” now) Discord watched the two hug feeling his rage nearing it's breaking point until he gave a fierce cry channeling dark magic around himself at which point all the doppelgangers began to scream out in agony including Twilight's doppelganger as dark magic began to glow around their bodies. “What the hay is going on?!” Applejack exclaimed as she looked at her doppelganger who was screaming out in pain now. Sweetie Belle gave a confused look about her as the cloaked ponies around her suddenly began to cry out in pain as well and disappear in particles of magic moments later. Twilight then flung her head over to look at Discord. “Stop it! Your killing them!” Twilight exclaimed tears flinging from her eyes as she shouted these words. “I could care less! I created them and I can take back the life I gave them!” Discord retorted with a sneer at which point Twilight looked back to her doppelganger who was laying on the ground now and rushed over to her. “Remember when I said I don't feel fear and don't care about my life...” Twilight's doppelganger said in a weak tone with a slight wince as her body tensed up slightly. “I lied...I don't want to die...I wish I could have been more like you and your friends...then maybe we could have stood a chance...” Twilight's doppelganger said and gave shrill cry of pain and agony before her body seemed to disintegrate into magical particles as did the other five doppelganger's bodies and flew towards discord who absorbed them. Twilight continued to stare at the spot her doppelganger had once been tears flowing from her eyes now hitting the cold cement floor now as she ran a hoof along the spot where her doppelganger had been scooping up dirt and holding it before she flung her head in Discord's direction which caused her tears to also fling into the air as she did this. “We finish this now!” Twilight exclaimed at which point all five of her friends nodded in agreement as well as Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom as the unicorn ran over to her two friends a that now stood on the ground. Discord's form seemed to change now as if he was growing in size until he stood at roughly the size of a two story building looking at all of them. “You little foals! Witness the true power of Discord the god of Chaos and disharmony!” Discord roared at the top of his lungs as the seven looked up at him...