//------------------------------// // 5: Final Chapter // Story: The Dark Truth // by KWave //------------------------------// **Everfree Forest** “Star Swirl? But how are you still alive?” asked Twilight Star Swirl raised his head to the sky and responded. “Whether I am alive or not is irrelevant.” Star Swirl then faced Twilight. “You fillies have interfered with my plan for far enough. You have no clue of the consequences that you have caused because of your actions.” Said Star Swirl Applejack threw her lasso at Star Swirl, but the end of the rope rotted away. “What the hay?” asked Applejack “Applejack, he has time magic.” Said Twilight “Looks like someone’s a fan of my work. Yes, I do have time magic and that’s why Solaris chose me as his advisor.” “So why are you trying to ruin Equestria!” “You fillies have no clue do you. I am trying to save Equestria. Allow me to explain.” ***Flashback*** **Royal Palace** Star Swirl was reading through various books that day and stumbled across a dusty old book with a brown color. “What’s this?” asked Star Swirl He opened the contents, releasing a lot of dust in the process and coughing it up. As he began to read… “This is incredible! These must be spells from centuries ago.” Said Star Swirl in excitement “I wonder what I should try first!” Star Swirl randomly picked a spell out of the book titled “Dark Truth” and began to cast it. When the spell was complete, Star Swirl was transported to a different location. It appeared to be Ponyville, but it was covered in flames. There were no ponies in sight, but from what Star Swirl could see he saw a red sky and a Nightmare Moon look-a-like appeared in front of the sun. But it was Celestia, wearing Nightmare Moon’s armor. Before he could any questions, he was snapped back to the castle in a daze. After viewing the possible future, Star Swirl began to read further into the book and stumbled across several spells titled “Darkness Strikes”, “Emotions”, and “Personification”. **End Flashback** “After I visited that future, I created new life forms to stop that future from happening.” Said Star Swirl Fluttershy ran over to Discord to help him up. “The longer someone has Alicorn magic, the more corrupted they become. So I began my plan by starting with a spell of hate to create Nightmare Moon. But that failed to stop Celestia. Then I created Sombra, but Celestia and Luna ruined that plan as well. Chrysalis almost succeeded, but that bratty princess and groom interfered as well… Discord was a failed experiment as well. I have plenty more baddies left, but they will appear with time.” “So wait. You created Discord?” asked Fluttershy “Correct. I created a being of chaos and personified it to create him. However, I am surprised that you even care about that creature. He has no concept of friendship, and he never will.” Fluttershy began to cry after hearing what Star Swirl said. “Now then, it’s time to end this.” Star Swirl used a spell to summon a green Chinese Dragon as it charged at Fluttershy. As Fluttershy began to accept her fate, she remembered something. “I began to realize the importance of a friend, and I decided to change.” After remembering the words of her friend, Fluttershy opened her eyes and kicked the Dragon away. “What!” shouted Star Swirl Her friends were stunned after seeing what Fluttershy just did. “You’re wrong Star Swirl.” Said Fluttershy Just then, Celestia, Luna, and Cadence began to wake up. Even Discord opened his eyes barely to hear what Fluttershy was about to say. “You may think Discord is just a being of Chaos who’s only goal is to wreak havoc on Equestria. But he is more than that. Discord may be the God of Chaos, but he also has something in his heart that you never thought he would have. Friendship!” shouted Fluttershy Discord heard what Fluttershy said and smiled. He found a pony that still considered him a friend, despite all that he has done. “If she considers me her friend, despite all that I did to her and her friends. Maybe it’s time I act like it.” Said Discord in his head. The chest began to activate, creating a shockwave that sent Star Swirl flying. “Now!” shouted Celestia The Mane 6 turned their heads to notice that Celestia, Luna, and Cadence were aiming their magic at the chest. The chest began to glow and the Mane 6 was hit by beams coming from the chest. “Twilight, take our power to stop him. You and your friends are our only hope.” Said Celestia Once the spell was complete, the Princesses were drained of their power and sat down tired. “All right girls, let’s save Equestria.” Said Twilight “Yeah!” shouted her friends Star Swirl teleported back to the Tree of Harmony’s location, covered in branches. “Farewell!” shouted Star Swirl as he launched a gigantic beam of magic at them. The Mane 6 began to glow and transformed into beams of light, colliding with Star Swirl’s attack, and creating a beam struggle. It was even for a few minutes, but it was creating shockwaves, ripping out trees and causing the ground to shake. “You have no chance, you have no chance!” shouted Star Swirl Star Swirl then began to overpower the Mane 6. “We can’t give up girls, we can do this!” shouted Twilight They fought back and nearly managed to overpower Star Swirl. The girls gave it their all, but Star Swirl was almost too much for them. “Say goodbye!” shouted Star Swirl But before he overpowered them, he got covered in Chocolate Milk and became distracted. Star Swirl turned his head and saw Discord standing up. “Discord! Why!” shouted Star Swirl “What’s wrong Swirly, I thought you called me a failed experiment who could never understand the concept of friendship?” said Discord laughing “You fool!” It was at that moment that the Mane 6 overpowered Star Swirl and he was evaporated by the blast. As the dust cleared, the Mane 6’s magic returned to Celestia, Luna and Cadence and were exhausted. “We…Did…It…” said Twilight Discord then teleported over to the Mane 6. “What is it Discord?” asked Rainbow Dash panting Discord snapped his fingers and Chocolate Milk appeared in front of them. “Drink up, you’re growing ponies after all.” Said Discord laughing They began to drink the glasses and felt refreshed. “Thanks Discord… Without your help, we would have lost.” Said Twilight “Hey, without you ponies, how will I spread my chaos?” asked Discord He then walked over to Fluttershy and gave her a bouquet of Roses with a smile on her face. They both blushed as their friends began to chuckle. Discord and Fluttershy took a step back in embarrassment. Celestia, Luna and Cadence walked over to the Mane 6 and congratulated them. “Congratulations Twilight. Once again, you and you friends had saved Equestria.” Said Celestia The Mane 6 bowed to the Princess’ in respect. “But sister, what shall we do with our castle?” asked Luna “I wish I knew sister, we might need to rebuild it.” Said Celestia “But who knows how long it will take?” Discord then appeared in a business suit. “How about I assist in the clean-up? Discord Draconequus, business extraordinaire.” “Sure thing Discord.” Said Celestia Discord snapped his fingers and the castle returned to its original spot, dumbfounding the princesses. “It’s that easy, and I even threw in cleaning up Ponyville absolutely free.” Everypony began to laugh. “You know what this calls for?” asked Luna smirking “A party?” asked Pinkie Pie “Oh absolutely Pinkie, now it’s time for our fun to be doubled.” And so, Pinkie threw a party to celebrate saving Equestria. Everypony was having fun, dancing, eating, and more. It was a great time, and even had moments of weirdness. Cheese Sandwich made an appearance and had a dance with Pinkie Pie, with cannons and everything. It was insanity, but they loved it. Fluttershy was dancing and enjoying the party, while Discord was transforming into various items, such as Angel bunny, a snake, a tree, and more. Near the end of the party, the Wonder-Bolts appeared in the sky and began to create fireworks; most of them were in the shape of the Mane 6, and Discord. And so the Mane 6 saved Equestria once again, and hopefully, they always will. As long as magic exists, there will always be friendship. The end