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// The World's End 
// Story: The Void 
// by Utopianking 
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The Elements of Harmony fired a beam of energy at Twilight Sparkle, causing her to disappear. Well, at least to ponies. Void could sense her in an area of Equis that was made of almost pure energy. 
“Yes, it is time.”
As Twilight began to change into an Alicorn, there was a high level of energy. The energy was so high that the barrier of the universe was weakening to contain it all. Void rammed itself into the barrier, ripping through it like it was nothing.
“Yes!”
Void spread throughout the empty space until it came to the first star. Void began to fly encompass the star, covering it in its body. Then Void began to shrink down, absorbing its heat, its mass, its existence. Soon, that star was merely a memory. Void began to move throughout the universe, repeating the process with every molecule it came across.
“Yes, soon this realm will be gone, forever.”
After many months of traveling, Void reached Equestria’s solar system. It began to devour the worlds within the system. On Equestria, ponies were panicking over the loss of these closer lights in the sky. 

In Canterlot, all four princesses were meeting. Celestia and Luna were in their thrones, while Twilight and Cadence were standing.
“Do you have any idea what’s going on?” Twilight asked, trying to keep her voice calm.
Luna shook her head, “I have no idea. I try to peer into space, but all I can see is darkness. I sense something familiar, though. I just don’t know what.”
“Actually, you might,” the voice of Void rang through the hall. Then, it appeared. It was hidden within its fog.
Luna looked up and scowled, “You!”
Void began to laugh, “Princess Luna. Long time, no see.”
“Who, and what, are you?” Celestia inquired.
“This is the creature that convinced me to stand against you,” Luna replied.
Void’s fog began to fade, “I am the Void. I protect my Oblivion from the chaotic universes that ravage it. I am also responsible for every hardship that you have faced in Equis’ history, minus that spirit of Chaos.”
The air around Void began to haze. The ground under it began to disappear.
“Why are you doing this?” Twilight asked, nearly screaming, “Our world hasn’t hurt anything.”
“Quite the contrary. The universes disrupt the order that is Oblivion.”
Void raised a clawed arm and a tendril of energy flew towards Cadence, “The bringer of Love, such a chaotic force, shall be the first to go.”
Cadence jumped out of the way and Celestia called out, “STOP THIS AT ONCE!”
Void turned towards Celestia, “I will stop, once every universe is gone!”
A tendril of energy grabbed Luna from behind and began to pull her towards Void. The Alicorn began to scream as her skin began to painfully disintegrate. The fog around Voids face began to fade faster, “I will allow you to see one last face before you perish.”
The fog around Void’s head finally disappeared, revealing its face. Dark purple bone made up the skull. It was entirely smooth, with an elongated face. Two horns of the same color rose from its head. Two orbs of red burned inside its eye sockets. Luna began to scream louder.
The other three princesses began to fire energy at Void, but it had absolutely no effect. Void simply crushed Luna in its grip and absorbed her energy. Then, it grabbed Celestia, Cadence, and Twilight and completely encased them within its energy.
The princesses tried to scream, but within Void was a vacuum. They writhed in pain, trying not to exhale. Void liked to experiment with how some of his victims would die, either by suffocation or their internal organs being swept away. 
The doors burst open and a platoon of guards, headed by Shining Armor, rushed through.
“What are you doing to my family?” Shining Armor yelled.
Void wordlessly extended a wall of energy towards the guards, destroying them instantly. Void then turned back to Cadence as she was the first to exhale. She began to spasm as she tried to inhale. Tears evaporated from her eyes as soon as they appeared. Finally, Cadence’s heart stopped and Void simply absorbed her.
Void turned its attention back to Twilight and Celestia. They were no longer recognizable. Most of their skin was gone, the muscle beginning to fade away. Within seconds their own hearts stopped and they too were absorbed.
Void rushed outside, destroying everything and everyone around it. Discord appeared in front of Void and summoned two blades of energy.
“So you are the Chaos beast,” Void observed.
“I am,” Discord nodded, “I don’t appreciate you killing my friends.”
“It is not if you could have done anything about it.” Void shed all of its fog and shadows, revealing a bony creature with leathery skin and wings. “It has been some time I’ve had a fight.”
Discord flew at Void and swung his swords. The creature simply raised its arm and the sound of metal on metal clanged through the air. The Void backhanded Discord and sent him flying into a building.
Discord stood up and fired a beam of energy at Void, but it was merely absorbed.
“You cannot defeat me,” Void stated. Fog-like energy coated it like before.
Tendrils of Void’s energy grasped Discord around his arms and body, but Discord used his powers to get free. Void jumped at Discord and wrapped around him, completely covering him. After a split second Void completely absorbed Discord and destroyed him.
Once Discord was handled Void continued to destroy Canterlot. It dissolved buildings, roads, and ponies like they were nothing. Within the hour, the entire mountain that held Canterlot was gone.

Within the Ponyville Library, the other five members of the Mane Six (and Spike) watched the destruction and the black cloud that was moving towards the town.
“Ah sure hope Twahlight’s alright,” Applejack said.
“Come on AJ, she can handle anything,” Rainbow Dash tried to convince her friend, and herself.
“Well, that thing is getting closer,” Rarity observed, “I think we should get out of town before it gets here.”
Rainbow Dash looked at Rarity, “I am not going to just leave Ponyville here without knowing what is going on.”
“Ah agree with Rarity,” Applejack said, “We already sent Applebloom and her friends with Big Mac and Granny Smith to Appleoosa. We should take the last train and get out of here.”
Pinkie was bouncing about the room, “Actually guys, the last train already left. Mr. and Mrs. Cake got on it with the twins.”
Everypony glared at Pinkie (except for Fluttershy, of course).
“Why didn’t ya tell us this earlier?” Applejack demanded.
“Because I thought we were going to stay here until Twilight got back, no matter what,” Pinkie replied, her mane going slightly limp.
The fog ran through Ponyville, causing whoever was left to scream. The ponies rushed outside to find Void standing outside in front of the library.
“What are you and what have you done with Twilight?” Rainbow demanded.
“I am Void,” it replied, “And I killed her.”
The ponies gasped and Fluttershy began to cry.
“However,” Void continued, “I will bring her back. And I wish for you all to use the Elements of Harmony to try and defeat me.”
Before the ponies could question anything, a large sphere of darkness appeared. The sphere receded after a second and revealed Twilight.
She gasped as she breathed again and asked, “What just happened?”
All of her friends rushed Twilight and locked her in a hug.
“That thing said you were dead,” Fluttershy sobbed.
After a minute Void said, “Get the Elements of Harmony. I am not going to wait all day.”
Spike jumped up and ran in for the Elements. Once he brought them the ponies put them on and turned towards Void.
“Are the other princesses really dead?” Twilight asked. When Void nodded she said, “Then I hope this will avenge them.”
The Elements began to glow and the mares rose into the air. Void stood completely still as a rainbow hit it square in the chest.
When the Elements stopped and Void was unharmed Twilight gasped, “How are you still here?”
“Your Elements are poorly named,” Void said, “They should be named the Elements of Friendship. Friendship is not Harmony, only Oblivion is.”
Only after the realization ran through everyponies’ minds did Void disintegrate them. Then, it went and destroyed Ponyville.
Void began to spread all over Equestria. Any creatures or buildings that came in contact with it were destroyed instantly. Eventually there was nowhere left to hide, and everything on the surface of Equestria was destroyed. Then, Void spread farther and farther downwards, until the planet was no more. Void then destroyed the sun and moon, destroying the last objects within that horrid universe.
Void stared into Oblivion, looking at the universes within. Void moved to the nearest universe and touched the barrier. Despite being very strong, the barrier broke instantly.
“Perfect.”
Void entered this universe and began to feed.