Guardians of Equestria - Brothers of Destiny

by BlueSun52

Brothers Til the End - Part II

“AAAAAAAAAAAA-”

*SMACKING AGAINST A ROCK SOUND*

One of Tirek’s minions flew against a nearby boulder face flat and landed with a thud on top of a bunch of other minions with Monnark at the bottom; unconscious.

After Hawke was done with the last of the minions, he looked back to see Vulture attempting to slash at him with a long, edge sword. Hawke rolled out of the way and with his magic, he made his staff appear out of thin air and grabbed it.

He fired multiple shots of energy blasts at Vulture only for them to either miss him as he dodged them or he deflected them with his sword. When he was close to Hawke, he brought his sword up over him and slashed down towards Hawke only for it to be blocked by his staff. Vulture then kicked Hawke in the stomach causing him to fall to the ground. But Hawke rolled backwards and jumped back to his feet.

Hawke then concentrated his magic into the staff and the blade energy came out of the orb. Using his magic to increase his speed, Hawke lung towards Vulture with his staff but was parried by Vulture who spun around and elbowed Hawke on the side of his face. Hawke fell to the ground and spun around until he stopped and was on his knee.

Vulture let out a laugh. “I see your time with your pony friends had made you weak,” he mocked. There was an explosion that happened in the far off of them and Hawke had a worried look on him. “It looks like my master is having a good time with your princess,” he said. “After I’m done with you, she’s next and I’m going to make it slow and painful.” Vulture then set his blade on fire with flaming red energy.

Hawke looked to Vulture with a serious expression. “As long as I live, you will not get near her,” he said “And this fight isn’t over yet.”

Hawke got up on his feet and held his staff in an attack stance.

“HA! Do you really think you can take me on with a staff?”

“Well, if you don’t like my staff sword so much, how about an axe instead?”

“What!?”

Hawke then used his magic to change the blade energy and forming around the orb, a one sided axe blade appeared right next to it. Hawke brought his light wings out and flew towards Vulture at high speed. He then brought the staff and as he was about to swing at Vulture, the back of the orb let out a blast of fire that propelled the axe towards Vulture at a faster rate.

Vulture held up his sword to block it but as soon as the axe made contact with the blade, it shattered it into pieces and sent him flying towards a boulder. He crashed into it forming a human shape hole and fell unconscious.

Hawke let out a sly smile. “Glad to know I still got it,” he said. He looked around to see that all of the minions and Monnark were still unconscious. “Well, that takes care of them. Better help Twilight before Tirek does something he’ll regret,” Hawke said to himself and teleported out of the area.

Vulture, however, was able to pull himself out of the hole and his eyes were filled with fiery red energy.

*BOOM*

“ARGH!”

Tirek yelped in pain when Twilight let out a stream of high unstable magic at him. The lord of darkness looked back at her and fired a large energy ball at her with his horns. Twilight flew to the side out of the way and fired another magical stream at him. The blast hit him and a gust of dust covered the area. Twilight was blinded by the dust and looked around for her opponent.

Unknown to her, Tirek had appeared behind her and fired another blast at her. Twilight didn’t noticed the blast until it was too late and it hit her in the back. She fell to the ground with a thud and attempted to get up. She looked up in a dazed and saw tirek over her.

“Now we end this,” Tirek said. “Your powers will be mine and I will be the most powerful being in all the world!”

He opened his jaw as he was about to sukc Twilight’s magic out until he was punched across the face by Hawke who was flying towards him. Tirek was sent flying along side the ground and skid across it. Tirek stopped and got back you on all four of his hooves.

Hawke kneeled down to Twilight and he helped her up back on her hooves. Hawke and Twilight then faced Tirek together and stared down at him.

“You won’t win, Tirek,” Hawke said. “As long as Twilight and I make our stand together, you can’t beat us. We have something that you will never understand and that is both love and friendship!”

“No matter how much you try to tear us apart, you will never break what is special to us and will do everything we can to protect it,” Twilight said.

“That is what I’m counting on,” Tirek said. “How about we make a deal?” He then snapped his fingers and all of their friends appeared in bubbles trapped, including Discord. “Your magic for your friends.”

Hawke and Twilight both looked at him with worried expressions before looking towards one another. Twilight looked at Hawke’s eyes with pleading hope that he would have an idea because at the moment for her….she couldn’t think of any. Hawke looked into her pleading eyes and looked back at his friends and his brother with them as they were trapped in them as they were yelling for them not to do it.

“ENOUGH!” Tirek yelled. “I want an answer now!”

Hawke looked back at Twilight and only gave her a nod. She looked down for a moment and with a sad smile, she nodded too.

“It’s a deal,” Hawke said.

Tirek smirked and he snapped his fingers to let the others go except for Discord.

“All of them!” Twilight said.

“Even after he betrayed you and all your friends?”

“Let him go or no deal!” Hawke said.

“Very well,” Tirek replied and he let Discord go.

Discord landed on the ground with a thud and looked up at the couple with a sad smile. “Thank you,” he said.

Tirek opened his jaws and sucked the magic from both Twilight and Hawke. Twilight felt her body become weak and her cutie mark was gone. Hawke’s hair color faded away and his original brown hair was back to itself again. Twilight was falling towards the ground until Hawke caught her and held her up. Tirek was not ten times his size and was a massive giant as he drained away the last bit of magic from both Twilight and Hawke.

“Pleasure doing business with you,” Tirek said. “And Guardian, It was nice seeing you before saying farewell.” Tirek then walked away and started causing havoc on the nearby forests.

Hawke furrowed his brow in confusion. But from out of nowhere he felt something sharp pierce through his chest. He coughed up blood and looked down to see an edge blade through his chest. He slowly looked behind him and see Vulture behind him with a wicked smile.

Vulture pulled the sword out and Hawke fell on his knees before collapsing onto the ground. Sparrow and the others all gasped as they had horrified expressions on them.

“NNOOOOOO!” Twilight shrieked. She got over to where Hawke was laying as tears were forming around her eyes. She saw that Hawke was in agonizing pain and felt helpless to do anything. “PLEASE, DON’T LEAVE ME LIKE THIS!” she screamed.

“What a pity,” Vulture said. “And you two were getting married.” He walked behind Twilight with his sword in his hand. “Of course if you want to be with him so badly, I’ll be more than obliged to do so.” He held up his sword as it was engulf in flames. He was about to bring it down on her until he heard a yell.

“NNOOOOOO!” Sparrow he reached out with his hand and all of a sudden the energy from Vulture sword was being absorbed into Sparrow’s hand in a few seconds. In a sudden reaction, Sparrow fired the energy back at Vulture with lightning coming out of his hand. Vulture was struck by it and was sent flying.

Anyone’s eyes were on Sparrow as they were shock to see him do that. Sparrow was just as surprised as them and looked at his hands. “How did I-”

“You little piece of-” Vulture began to say but let out a cough as he was getting back on his feet. Vulture’s eyes were burning red with energy. “I’m going to make you pay for that!”

Sparrow put his confusion aside and faced Vulture with a serious look. “No, I’m going to make you pay!” he yelled and made a dashed towards him.

“NO, WAIT!” Pinkie yelled, trying to stop Sparrow.

Vulture use his magic to throw a large fire ball at Sparrow. It hit him and was engulf in the flames. Everyone gasped at what they saw but was changed into shocked. Sparrow was absorbing the flames into his hands and his eyes were sparking with electricity.

“HOW ARE YOU-” Before Vulture could finish, Sparrow charged at him and he thrust himself against Vulture chest. He sent Vulture flying again and against a boulder. Vulture shook his head and looked up to see Sparrow’s fist.

Sparrow slammed his fist on to Vulture’s face and smashed him through the boulder. Vulture bounced a few times onto the ground roughly before stopping on it and was coughing up blood. He got was able to get back up slowly and looked as if he was dazed.

Sparrow used his magic to summon up a sword and ran towards Vulture with a furious warcry. He jumped high over Vulture and was bring his sword down on him. Vulture attempted to grab Sparrow but failed as the blade cut through his arm. Sparrow slashed Vulture’s arm off and blood came out of it. Vulture let out a curling scream of pain.

Sparrow brought his leg up and side kicked him in the stomach causing him to fall to the ground. He stood over Vulture and was about to make his final blow until he heard a shout.

“DON’T!”

Sparrow looked back with sparks coming out of his eyes but it softened when he saw his brother, Hawke’s head was being held up by Twilight. Hawke coughed out some more blood and looked at Sparrow with weary eyes. “D-Don’t. It’s not worth it,” he said, weakly.

Sparrow looked at his brother for a moment and looked back at Vulture as he was laying there while he tried to cover his remaining arm. He then looked over towards the others to see that they all had terrified expressions on them. But among the ones that pierce his heart the most was when he saw Pinkie with her hair straight and her fur was a darker shade of pink as she had tears in her eyes as they covered her cheeks. He looked down at his blade to see blood on it and saw that some of it had gotten on his hand.

Out of fear, he threw his sword to the side and saw it disappear. He backed away from Vulture and looked over to his brother with tears starting to form. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to-”

“I know,” Hawke said. “You did it out of anger and that’s fine. And I’m glad that you stopped before you did something you’ll regret.”

“But he’s still-” Sparrow looked back to see that Vulture had disappeared. “Where did he go?”

“He must have fled,” Twilight said. “He was always a coward and would run when he had the chance.” She then looked down at Hawke with sorrow in her eyes. “Please don’t leave me.”

Hawke gave a weak smile. “I’m sorry. This is one promise I can’t keep,” he said.

“Then that’s a promise I can make,” Sparrow said as he kneeled down next to Hawke.

“What are you-”

Before Twilight could finish, yellow energy started to come out of Sparrow’s hands and he placed them over his brother. When he was ready, he started to concentrate his magic into Hawke’s wound and it started to heal. The wound slowly closed up and the blood around it disappeared. Hawke felt the magic flowing through him and began to feel his body once more.

Sparrow’s magic started to fade and it disappeared from his hand. He wiped away the sweat as he felt like he was drained of it. “I’m out of magic. I guess, I can only have as much magic as much as I can absorb it,” he said.

Hawke felt some of his strength come back and stood back up on his two feet with the help of Twilight and Sparrow. “It looks like it was more than enough to help,” he said.

All of their friends cheered to see Hawke was once again alright. Discord walked up to the couple and removed the necklace that Tirek. “Tirek tricked me into believing that he could offer me something more valuable than friendship. But there is nothing worth more. I see that now. He lied when he said that this medallion was given as a sign of gratitude and loyalty. But when I say that it is a sign of our true friendship, I am telling the truth,” Discord said as he placed it over Twilight and it hanged around her neck.

Twilight's eyes then flashed with light colors of rainbow and she felt her natural colored eyes coming back to life.

“You think that’s the last piece for the chest?” Applejack asked.

“We have to get to the chest,” Twilight said. Everyone heard a large bang behind them and saw Tirek was blowing away the forest with his magic as he was setting it on fire. “Come on!” Twilight yelled and led the way while she carried Hawke with her and the others followed.

Hawke was laying down against a wall in the cave where the Tree of Harmony was. Sparrow looked at it with awe as he had never had the chance to see it. The tree was made of out pure crystal and there were five branches that had a symbol of the girls elements in them.with Twilight’s being in the very center of the tree.

Sparrow looked to where Twilight and her friends were as they placed the necklace on the small box that the tree had given them.

“What’s Twilight trying to do?” Sparrow asked.
“The girls found out that they were tested on how well they represented their elements and were giving an item by a pony that they showed what it meant to be a friend. The box would then turn them into a key that would unlock the box if all six of them were found,” Hawke explained.

“What happens when it opens?”

“We’re about to find out,” Hawke said.

Twilight and her friends twisted their keys and a flash of light hit the center of the Tree of Harmony. Light streamed through the branches of the tree and made the elements on them shine brightly with energy flowing in them. The energy then flew through the air and engulf itself into the girls; transforming them.

Their manes and tails grew longer as streams of colors go through them like various rainbow colors. Their outfits were changed into elegant dresses and their cutie marks were back on their left shoulders as other cutie marks appeared on certain parts of their body.

“Whoa,” Sparrow said.

“That’s new,” Hawke said.

The girls then disappeared and Sparrow, Hawke, DIscord and Spike went outside to see Tirek attempting to blast away the girls. But his attacks were futile and the girls blasted him with their magic. As the streams of magic went through him, he slowly shrunk down until he was average size and looked a very weary old man with small horns and was sent to the depths of Tartarus.

The guys cheered for the girls. The girls then spread out thought out Equestria as they were restoring everypony’s magic and giving them back their cutie marks. After they were done, Twilight and the girls reappeared back to the guys and Twilight ignited her horn and a stream of magic surrounded Hawke. Hawke felt his magic returning to him and his hair was once again blue with streaks of white.

“Ah, it’s good to have magic back in this body,” Hawke said. He then looked over to Twilight as he was checking out her transformed attire and body. “Liking the new look, sweetie.”

Twilight blushed lightly and had had a smile on her. “Thanks, honey,” she said with a wink.

“This is amazing!” Pinkie shouted. “I’m definitely throwing a ‘We Transformed Into Awesome Heroines’ party!”

“This gives me an whole new idea on what to do for your wedding dress, darling,” Rarity said as she was inspecting Twilight’s dress. “I believe I can get it done in no time.” She then glared over to Hawke. “Provided that a certain husband-to-be doesn't come in and ruin traditions.”

Hawke let out a sigh. “I’m going to be knocking on a lot of doors,” he said.

“Well, it’s seems everything is going to be-”

Before Sparrow could finish, Hawke was blast by a stream of red magic and it sent across the ground. They all looked over to see who did so and saw with horrid looks who did it.

Vulture blasted Hawke with a red crystallized arm that Sparrow severed and his eyes were burning with anger. “This isn’t over, not by a long shot,” he hissed. “We’re ending this today, Guardian.”

The others were about to take on Vulture until Hawke shouted at them.

“NO! This is my fight,” he said. The others looked at him with confusion. “He’s my responsibility and I will finish it.” Hawke walked past the others and stood firm against his evil counterpart.

Vulture gave a smirk smile. “So you decided to end this? You’re going to break you one rule?” he asked, mockingly.

“It’s true that I wouldn’t take anothers life unless they gave me no choice,” Hawke replied. “But I’ll make an exception as you clearly have no soul left in you.”

“Bro, you’re sure about his?” Sparrow asked. “We can still take him down together and-”

“He’s right,” Twilight said and everyone looked to her. “This is his responsibility and he can do it.”

Hawke gave a small smile and nodded at her. He then turned back to Vulture with a serious look and brought out his staff as the energy was formed into an axe blade. “One shall stand,” he declared.

Vulture transformed his crystallized arm into a long edge blade and his eyes were burning with fire in them. “Enough of the transformers gag and let’s get this over with!” he yelled.

Hawke furrowed his brow. “The one time I get to use that and my evil counterpart wouldn’t go with it,” he said to himself. He then charged towards Vulture with increased speed.

Vulture did the same thing and charged at Hawke with furious speed.

When they were close enough, Vulture brought up his blade arm and brought it down at Hawke only to blocked by his staff. Hawke parry with it and hit Vulture with the end of the staff. Vulture recoiled from the attack and attempted to slash Hawke across the torso. But Hawke ducked and spun around to side swipe Vulture on to the ground. Vulture however quickly used his normal hand on the ground and bounced back up to his feet.

Hawke then jumped into the air with his wings on his back and started to make a charged swipe with his axe staff. The orb let out a forced fire and propelled the staff at high speed. Vulture intercepted it with blade and they both collided with one another with the two not letting the other give any ground. When too much force was being given, the two back from one another.

Vulture then transformed his blade arm into a mantis like arm with a scythe blade and used it to grab Hawke’s staff and pulled it away from him. He then started to slash various times at Hawke but he was dodging each swipe and made a great jumped away from Vulture.

Vulture had bat like wings coming from him and flew directly towards Hawke. Hawke placed two of his hands close together and electrical streams of energy were forming around them. Hawke then fired a stream of magic at him and made contact with him. Vulture let out a painful scream and was sent flying backwards. Vulture crashed against the ground and when he attempted to get back up, Hawke jumped in the air and kicked him in the chest.

Vulture felt the air forced out of him and was pushed back towards the remains of the boulder that Sparrow punched him though. He got back up on his two feet slowly and was panting heavily.

Hawke used his magic to pull back his staff and he ignited it in its sword blade form. “It’s not too late to surrender, Vulture,” Hawke said. “You can still come out of this alive if you do.”

Vulture growled. “I won’t let you or anyone take pity on ME!” He then started to power up his amulet and magic was coursing through his veins. “I have more power than you can-” The amulet suddenly shattered into pieces as Vulture had overload it and dust started to cover him. The magic was slowly turning Vulture into a crystal as it crawled his skin. Vulture panicked and scream out of fear as the crystal surrounded his body. His screams stop as the crystal engulfed mouth and his entire body was now a crystallized statue of him.

Everyone gasped at what they saw and winced at the very presence of the once human statue. Hawke walked carefully towards the statute and inspected it. Hawke let out a sigh and looked towards the others to insure them that it was harmless.

However the statue moved its head looking at Hawke and made a grab for him. Hawke didn’t have to time to get out of the way and was grabbed around the neck. The crystallized Vulture let out a screeching howl as he was bring his other hand up and it formed into serval claws. It was about to make a fatal blow Hawke until its arm was shot off by a stream of violet magic.

“YOU WILL NOT TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME AGAIN!” Twilight then let loose another stream of magic at it and shattered the other arm off; releasing Hawke from its grip.

After Hawke was free, he quickly jabbed his hand into the Vulture’s chest. In one sudden move, he powered up his hand with magic and blew Vulture inside out; shattering him into several pieces. Hawke was pushed back from the resulting explosion and landed on the ground with a thud.

The others quickly ran over to Hawke as they all crowded around him. Twilight and Sparrow lifted Hawek back on his feet. Hawke shook his head. “Well, I didn’t see that coming,” he said.

“WOOHOO! We won!” Pinkie shouted.

Before they could say or do anything, they group suddenly teleported and were standing on the edge of Ponyville and the box appeared in front of them. The box faded into the ground and from the grown up, a crystal tree started to grow from the ground up. The tree then started to form itself into a castle. Everyone looked in awe at it.

“Sweet Celestia!” Rarity said. “Are you seeing what I’m seeing?”

“But whose is it?” Twilight asked.

“I believe it is yours, Princess Twilight.”

Everyone looked behind them to see Celestia, Luna and Cadence standing behind them.

“And yours as well, soon-to-be Prince Hawke,” Celestia said.

“Wait, this is our castle?” Hawke asked as he looked up to the castle. “Well, atleast we don’t have to worry about which house we’re moving in.”

“Actually, it wouldn’t have been a problem anyway,” Twilight said as she pointed towards her once Library that was destroyed when her and Tirek were facing off.

“Oh.”

“You’ve been wondering what you are meant to do as a princess. Do you know now?” Celestia asked.

“As princess, I believe I have the power to spread the magic of friendship across Equestria. That is the role I am meant to have in our world! The role I choose to have! But I didn't defeat Tirek and his minions on my own. It took all of us to unlock the chest!” Twilight replied.

“Then it is unlikely that will take on this task alone.”

Hawke held onto Twilight’s hand and showed a bright smile to her. She smiled as well and the couple both hugged one another. The others joined in as they all gathered for a group hug including Discord.

“Wait a minute, where’s my throne?” Discord asked.

“I don’t think you’re quite there yet,” Fluttershy said.

“Well, hehehe, I suppose you’re right,” Discord said as he smiled at his friend.

“Now that we have that all settled,” Applejack said. “We still have a wedding to plan.”

“Yes we do!” Rarity squealed.

“Woohoo! I just hope that the chapter dosen’t en-”