No words were said as the group of ponies stared at Twilight's corpse with looks of horror on their face. Fluttershy had a blank look on her face for a long time before fainting, along with Rarity. Pinkie had a sad look on her face as her mane deflated.
"Sh-she's not..." Pinkie whispered, her mind refusing to believe that her friend had died right in front of her face like that.
"She's... gone..." Rainbow Dash said quietly in disbelief. "I can't believe it."
Applejack simply removed her hat silently and closed her eyes sadly.
"D-don't fret, girls!" Time Turner said. "I-if we go back in time, w-we can keep this from actually happening!"
"B-but it did happen. We witnessed our friend die... We can't erase this from our minds." Rainbow said as tears fell from her eyes. "No matter what we turn this future into, we will always remember this. We'll always feel the pain of losing a friend."
"Listen, we still have to save everypony's lives and Twilight's. You will still remember this, but having them back is worth the struggle." Time Turned said, then turned around. "Come on girls, we've still got a chance to reverse this mistake."
The girls nodded and they all rushed their way through the ruined streets of Baltimare, trying to ignore the pain and sadness in their hearts.
So much power... I remember a time where I was but a speck, weak and puny in the back of this dragon's mind. But now... I could physically feel things. The feeling was incredible, yet indescribable. I haven't felt this feeling before, and it was going to take some time to get used to my new form, but it didn't matter. I can accomplish all that I wanted to, and the world will bow to me, in regret of what they've done.
There were a number of things I could do now that I was in control. That stupid dragon wanted to just kill the ponies and go some other place to rot in misery. Not on my watch. I smiled as I rushed to Canterlot to make preparations for my reign in Equestria. These ponies would be slaves, feeling miserable and guilty in every horrible day they have to live.
There was this nagging... I don't know what to call it... 'Goodness' in the back of my head, begging me not to do this. But it's dull and I can ignore it. I believe it's the insane dragon that I've locked deep within his mind. It doesn't matter, I could hardly recognize it existed. Though if I were to actually listen to it's whining, it would quickly drive me insane.
You monster! You will be destroyed! I thought you were good, but you're nothing but a-
No, no. It's fine. I created him... those must be my real intentions. I'm just such a coward that I can't handle carrying them out. I was weak so... he decided to make me stronger.
He weakened me and I almost don't exist! He wants to get rid of me so that you will die! You won't exist, only that monster!
He only wants to get back at them for hurting me. He's only protecting me.
He's evil! He took advantage of you! You've gotta break out of your own insanity, for the sake of the ones you love!
They're dead. What reason is there to live any more?
To protect the innocent! There are still ponies out there that you love, and they're all alive and hoping you can come to your senses so they can help you! You can do this! Just break free of his hold!
Shut up! Just... just shut up. He makes me feel happy okay. I... was unsure of him at first-
Which you should still be!
-But ever since he's stayed with me, through all of my pain when I had my diary, I've grown to like him. Even love him.
That's like being in love with the devil! He's... he's corrupted you! You don't 'love' him! He's simply the only thing that you cling on with desperation when you feel like there's nowhere to go and nopony else to hold onto. He is only your shield from reality. Little did you know that this shield wasn't helping you, but hurting you. You've got to get rid of him!
No, he makes me feel safe, happy, and loved! I don't care what he does, he can use me all he wants, but I love him too much to let him go.
The more you say that to yourself... the weaker I get. When I disappear, nopony will be able to save you. We will die together.
No... Darkness will save me. As long as have him everything will be fine. As for your death, that's good to know. You won't try to take my protection away from me. You're the monster, and every time I've listened to you, I've always gotten pain. Now, it's about time we've parted ways. I am tired of your nonsense.
I feel so sorry for you. But I'm not gonna give up. I'm gonna try to get you to your senses until my last drop of life.
Good luck with that, you fool.
It had taken so long. Tears, running, fainting, struggling... all of this has happened for them to go so far. But now, after all of the work they did, they arrived on the mountain near Canterlot and the TARDIS was...
"NOT HERE?! B-but... that's impossible, that's where I left it! I remember clearly walking out at this exact location and losing my Sonic Srewdriver not to far from here..."
"You lost your Sonic Screwdriver?" Derpy asked, looking around on the ground.
"Wouldn't be the first time. Still, this is horrible! We need the TARDIS to stop this from happening! I can't believe it's lost!" Time Turner yelled.
"Nope, it's down there." Pinkie said from the edge of a steep hill. She pointed down at the TARDIS that had fell on its side at the bottom of said hill.
"Oh for the love of..." Time Turner sighed. "Come on everypony. To the TARDIS." He said in a tired voice, making his way down the hill carefully. Everypony else followed and made it down safely, with the exception of Noteworthy, who had clumsily tripped and tumbled down the hill.
"I'm fine..." He mumbled, spitting out a tooth. "That's not growing back, is it...?" He sighed.
"Come on, everyone. I need your help. We all need to work together and pick the TARDIS up. We can't have it on its side." Time Turner said.
"It's kinda... small." Rainbow Dash said, looking at it with a raised eyebrow.
"It's bigger in the inside." He mumbled, walking up to the TARDIS. Everypony else came to his side. "Alright we all lift on three. One... two... three!" Immediately, everypony pushed with all of their strength. They grunted as they struggled to lift the Police Box.
"How much does this thing weigh?!" Rainbow Dash grunted, starting to use her powerful wings to help her push.
"I have no idea, just keep pushing!" He said, proud to be an earth pony at the moment.
After a while of pushing, they finally got the TARDIS sitting in the right direction. Everypony had dropped to the ground, panting in exhaustion. "I'm never doing that again." Time wheezed tiredly. "Come on everypony..." He said, standing up on his weak hooves. Everypony nodded and walked into the TARDIS. As they entered, everyone looked around in astonishment.
"Wow. You weren't kidding when you said it was bigger in the inside." Rainbow Dash said, her eyes wandering the large room.
"So... where should we travel to?" Derpy asked.
There was silence. They wanted to stop the calamity from happening once again, but they did want to still have Spike with them . If they went to the wrong time in the past, they could ruin everything. "Maybe we should warn Celestia a little after the time that Twilight moved into Ponyville?" Rarity suggested, wiping her red eyes.
"That... doesn't sound so bad-"Rainbow Dash said, but was interrupted by a loud thud.
"What... was that...?" Fluttershy whispered in fear.
"I don't know... I'm gonna go check..." Time Turner said. He opened the TARDIS's door and looked up to see purple.
"Everypony! RUN!" Time screamed, running away from the TARDIS. The other ponies complied, except for Derpy who tripped and fell to the floor. Everypony evacuated, looking in fear as they saw 'Spike' towering over their only solution to the tragedy. "DITZY! NO!!!" The timelord screamed in terror as he ran back to the TARDIS, only for Spike to grin and quickly flatten it along with the mare inside of it. "No... NO! NO NO NO! Please... please no...!" He cried as Spike stepped away from it to reveal the flattened box.
"This is for trying to get rid of me..." Darkness frowned. "I won't ever kill you, Time Turner, was it?" A bright light surrounded Time as Darkness's fist glowed red. "No... you get to watch as the ones you love die in your face!" The light also surrounded the mane 5 and Noteworthy. "Don't feel like you're left out either." He growled, his eyes and scales now glowing red to. The group of ponies screamed in agony as they felt their bodies changing.
When he finished, the ponies fell to the ground, coughing and groaning in pain. Darkness panted and nearly fell in exhaustion.
"That... was draining..." He wheezed. "But it doesn't matter... You are now my slaves... and you cannot die, even if you want to..."
Because now, you have the scales of a dragon...