The next day.
After last night's events Twilight gathered her friends (and the rest of the crusaders,) for a private talk. All her friends wondered why Scootaloo was there sleeping in Twilight's extra bed.
"So what’s this about sugarcube?" Applejack asked.
"Yes darling I was wondering the same thing." Rarity said looking at Twilight with a mix of concern and confusion.
"Will..." Twilight was about to say but did not know how to.
"Will what? Oh is this a game, I love games let me guess...ummmmmmmm OH is it they’re making a remake of Jurassic Park?" Pinkie asked
Everyone just gave her a blank stare while Rainbow mouthed a little "what?".
"What?"
"Pinkie you are most random pony in the world" Rainbow said flatly then turned back to Twilight.
"Well everypony, I found out something about Scootaloo, something that may change everything." Twilight stated as Spike came out with drinks.
"Then come out and say it darling." Rarity said leaning up in excitement.
"S-Scootaloo......"
"Yes." Rarity said literally drooling.
"Um Rarity your drooling." Fluttershy said looking at the growing puddle.
"Ah never saw her do that." Applejack whispered to Fluttershy.
"Scootalooisanorphan!" Twilight said quickly.
That's when Rainbow started choking on her drink, while the others mouths fell open, pinkie's fell to the ground.
Once Rainbow finally settled down just yelled "WHAT!".
"Yeah that’s what I thought at first" Twilight said.
"And *gasp* she told you first and not me, the pony she worship's." Rainbow said, sounding a little annoyed.
"That's a strange way of looking at it, but yes." Twilight said a little creeped out by the idea of Scootaloo worshiping Rainbow Dash. Twilight shook her head to get the idea out.
"So what are you planning on doing Twilight...if you don't mind me asking?" Fluttershy asked.
"Oh maybe Twilight will keep Scootaloo as her adopted filly, and she becomes mother Twilight." Pinkie said with a huge smile.
"Twilight? A Mother? Our Twilight? The very one who started that symbi-OW." Rainbow got cut off by a hard smack in the back of her head by Applejack, who gave her a glare.
"We all agreed never to bring that up again!" Applejack said, while Rainbow was on the ground, her hooves on her head.
"Sorry, but after what happened, it took us nearly a whole month just to rebuild." Rainbow said, after all that happened, she was the only one who keep an eye on Twilight. Even though she would get scolded by either Applejack or Fluttershy.
Twilight tightened her grip on her drink after the comment. "if I chose to adopt her, what will she think of me, I mean I've raised Spike since he was hatched."
"Which you've done well by the way." Spike added.
"We’re behind you one hundred percent Twilight." Fluttershy said in her caring tone. Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie, Spike all nodded in agreement. Except for Rainbow who grumbled to herself.
Thanks girls. Will I better go till Scootaloo what I've deci-" Twilight was cut off when a red looking tentacle burst through the door, wrapping around Twilight and taking her outside.
What in tarnasion just happened! Applejack yelled. While everyone else just stared, wide eyed.
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"AAAHHH" Twilight screamed, as she was flung around the air in the tentacle's grasp, she was finally thrown to the ground, not too far away from her tree house.
Then she heard a voice she knows very well.
"We're bigger." Twilight was again flung to the ground. "We're better." she was flung against a tree. "Mares and gentle stallions, we're too much for Twilight Sparkle." And she finally held tightly in the tentacle's grip and was now in view of it was.
What she saw was like looking into her alternate self.
The figure had two white, deadly eyes, a devilish smile that would give her nightmares for weeks, its color was blood red, with what looks like black veins.
"Why hello Twilight Sparkle it's been too long." The red/black figure spoke with a devilish smile.
"A S-Symbiote." Twilight said with fear and terror in her voice.
"Ah yessss but not just any Symbiote, call us Carnage!" The figure said with a now toothy smile as it was now advancing on Twilight.
"Another one, but that's impossible!" Twilight said on her back try to back away.
"And yet you don't remember who we are, or should we say..." Carnage then revealed her true face.
"Trixie." Twilight said, eyes wide in shock.
Carnage then grabbed her by the throat with her right clawed hoof and hissed, Twilight squeaked as she was in Carnage's grasp."WE ARE CARNAGE! NOT TRIXIE! CARNAGE!"
Twilight then managed to teleport out of Carnage's grasp and re appeared not far away, but was tired after that spell.
Carnage closed her clawed hoof into what Lyra called a fist and smashed it into the ground in anger.
She made low growl. And turned to a very tired Twilight which only made Carnage smirk, her left clawed hoof shifted into a red axe. She walked toward Twilight with said axe hoof skidding on the ground.
"Trixie please you have to snap out of it, it will only make you do what it wants." Twilight said soundings pleading for her life.
"Trixie isn't here anymore." Carnage whispered to Twilight before bring her axe hoof up ready to strike. But before the axe came down. Carnage was hit by a rainbow blur.
Twilight's four other friends and Spike came running along with the CMC close behind.
"On my Twilight are okay?" Fluttershy said worryingly.
"I don't know, I'll get back to you on that." Twilight said trying to get up only to be tackled by orange/purple blur.
"AreyouokayTwilight,pleasebeokayyou'vebeentheonlyonethisnicetomeand-" Scootaloo was cut off by a purple hoof covering her mouth.
Twilight couldn't help but giggle at Scootaloo's worry for her. It seems she showed the same worry as if she were already Twilight's daughter, except she was acting like Spike, even he got worried from time to time about Twilight.
"Relax Scootaloo. I'm fine." Twilight said playfully and put her hoof on Scootaloo's forehead and gently pushed her off, this made Scootaloo blush.
They all then saw Rainbow go flying over them and hit the ground not too far away. Twilight then said “Fluttershy take the fillies and spike to a safe place now." Fluttershy nodded and escorted them.
"Aw but I want to help." Scootaloo whined, and made the best puppy dog face she could muster. Twilight literally though she toke lessons from Applebloom.
"Scootaloo go now!" Twilight said, in no mood to argue pushed Scootaloo toward Fluttershy before she could whine again.
While Fluttershy, the fillies and spike ran, Twilight and her three other remaining friends watched as Carnage charged at them before Applejack and Pinkie where the first to attack, they charged head on. Applejack who brought her lasso threw and roped on Carnage's right arm, who just twirled her arm taking Applejack off her hooves, she collided with pinkie knocking them both out.
Twilight and Rarity started to slowly back away, as Carnage locked on them they both gulp and shot a bolt of magic at Carnage. A lot of them missed. Once Carnage was nearing them Rarity toke a chance a was about to tackle the monster, but Carnage back hoofed her and sent only a few meters away knocking her out as will
Carnage glared at Twilight, but before she could attack a powerful magic bolt hit and sent her flying only a yard away.
"How disappointing." Carnage grumbled to herself, she turn to see three frightened fillies and a baby dragon. She smirked and walked toward them.
Fluttershy was the first to see this tries to tackle or stop Carnage. "You leave these fillies alone!" Fluttershy screamed as she charged, She was knocked out too by a red tentacle smacking her away.
Carnage's red tentacle then wraps around Scootaloo who starts screaming uncontrollably.
"Twilight Sparkle if you want to see this filly again, you will come and face us in combat on the volcano at sun down in battle to the Finnish. If not this one fries." Carnage said giving Twilight the darkest of smiles.
Before Twilight could say anything Carnage knocked her out as well, the last sounds she heard where Scootaloo's cries for help.
"I failed you Scootaloo." She said before she blacked out.
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"Mmmm oh Celestia my head." Twilight groaned.
"Is everypony alright?" Rainbow called out.
"Ain't nothing hurt but my pride." Applejack said, pushing pinkie off her.
"Where okay darlings." Rarity said carrying a not too badly injured Fluttershy.
Applebloom and Sweetie came out along with Spike.
"Where's Scootaloo?" Rainbow asked.
Twilight frowned and was near to tears. "Carnage took her hostage."
"Oh my." Fluttershy squeaked.
"What are we going to do?" Applejack asked.
"Will at times like this we fight fire with fire." Twilight said.
"Oh no. No, no, no, no, you don't mean..." Rainbow said, not really likening this idea.
"We are going to Canterlot." Twilight said and took off for the train as fast as her hooves can carry her. Rainbow then mumbled.
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
To be continued...