//------------------------------// // Finale // Story: Diamond Dice // by Write Holiday //------------------------------// "Hahaha! You really think you four can touch me? I'm a goddess now, and you are my peasants." Twilight moves a giant chair in front of the door with her magic, and puts Rarity in a room, locking it. "Now then, let's have some fun." Fluttershy steps foward, and runs at her. Twilight bows, forcing Fluttershy to tumble over her. Fluttershy picks herself up and runs back at her again, trying to wear her out. Twilight scoffs, and stops Fluttershy in her tracks. Applejack comes from behind and bucks Twilight in the flank, making her release Fluttershy. "So, you want to play tuff huh? Let's play." Twilight teleports to the dice and throws them at the ground. They land, 20. Fluttershy begins to back up, but is stopped by a giant black wall. The wall begins to move to the other end of the room, ready to crush Fluttershy. Rarity escapes the room and teleports Fluttershy to her, merely glancing at Twilight before being knocked out by the Chess Board being thrown at her head. "Rarity!" Pinkie stares at Twilight, and begins running on the walls. She darts back and forth, confusing Twilight. "Just like a squirrel." "Fluttershy! Take this!" Applejack throws her a rope and singles her to fly at Twilight. Fluttershy does so, but is quickly knocked down by Twilight's magic. She catches Pinkie, and throws her into the ground. Applejack runs at her one last time before being kicked in the chest herself by Twilight. Rarity regains conciseness, and looks at Pinkie, starting to crawl to her. "Are you girls DONE YET?! What have I done to deserve THIS kind of behavior from my best, friends?! I have been a good leader, a good princess, and to think that this is how I am thanked, it's revolting. I hope you all learned a valuable lesson from this, because now is the punishment!" "The lesson I learned is to never accept power, it only corrupts!" Rarity throws the star at Twilight. It cracks open, and out of it pours multiple colors swirling around Twilight. Twilight begins panicking, but quickly controls herself. She pops into a bubble and out of the area, where she then shoots the mist with magic. "You can't destroy these darling! They are hopes, and hope never die!" Twilight continues until they begin to dissolve. "Rarity, it's over." Pinkie weakly says. Rarity watches as her hopes and dreams are shattered. Twilight, who used to be best friends with these four ponies, now destroys their hopes and dreams just to continue ruling the wrong way. The room clears, and one lone pony stands. She is breathing heavily, staring at he subjects. "You. You could have helped me, all of of you. Help me rule, help me set an example for the better. But now? Now you're all an example for the worse." Her horn begins to glow a dark purple. Rarity accepts her fate, giving in. Suddenly, there is a streak of black and blue. There is a crash, and dust is kicked up. Once cleared, Rarity looks up. "R-Rainbow Dash?" "No, Shadowbolt Dash." Applejack says. "Twilight, you killed me. You got rid of me, terminated me, but I'm back. I'm here, I'm better than ever." "But, Rainbow, how?" Rarity asks, barley able to speak. "When you threw the star, a hope brought me back. A simple wish is why I am here now, and that wish belongs to Fluttershy." "Fluttershy? Fluttershy!" Rarity struggles to get up, and limps over to her friend. Fluttershy's wings are each snapped backwards, and her hooves bloodied. Her face is littered with bruises and cuts. She looks up, barley able to lift her head. "You are why Fluttershy is teetering between life and death, you are the reason why half of Equestria is in ruins from revolution, you're the reason why evil is spreading Twilight." Rainbow walks over to the dice, and pulls one out of her pocket. It is a six sided die made of purely black obsidian. "Have fun." She throws the dice and they all land on six, 36. Twilight looks up, only to see a black hole. She grabs onto the floor, struggling to not be sucked in. "Fine! You want me gone?! So be it, but be warned, Equestria will fall apart without me!" "I think the pieces will fall into place." Rainbow steps on her hoof, and she is sucked into the black hole. Rainbow kicks the dice and it closes. "Hear that everypony? Silence." It wasn't silent however, the only noise was from Fluttershy's erratic, sputtered breathing. "R-Rainbow?" Fluttershy asks. "Yes?" "Will, will you be, alright?" This made Rainbow tear up. In her final moments, Fluttershy wasn't worried about herself. She was only worried about her friends. "Yes, I'll be fine Fluttershy." "Good. And Rainbow, check under your bed, I'll leave you a present when, I'm, gone." "Fluttershy? Fluttershy, please, please don't leave us. Please!" Rarity breaks down, crying. The others surround their old friend, saying silent prayers to Celestia. "I'll, I'll bring her to the graveyard. We'll hold a funeral in the pet cemetery for her, she would want that." Slowly they leave the castle, crying. Rainbow, being the last one out, trots over to the dice and picks them up. She picks up Fluttershy, and heads to the cemetery. After the funeral, they head back to their houses. Rainbow stays at the grave, not able to move. Her best friend is gone, her last words and thoughts were for her, and she told her she would give her a gift. How? She is gone, how can she do anything for her now? Rainbow places her hoof on her grave, and flies back home. She walks to her room, remembering what Fluttershy said. Under the bed. Rainbow lifts the covers, and there, staring back at her, is Tank. Rainbow picks him up and hugs him, crying. "T-thank you F-Fluttershy." 20 years later "And so, this is how Celestia ruled. This is how I have been ruling. After Twilight Sparkle was defeated, I took over as princess of Equestria with Luna being at my side. We have used these dice to rule, but in less serious ways. Such as when we need advice or we need help on a problem, we toss the dice. The black die was destroyed by me immediately after I got Tank back. The five dice have decided the fate of many, and have helped even the worst of rulers. My name is Rainbow Dash, and whoever is reading this, beware. Beware, of the Diamond Dice."