Equestria Wars: The Magic Unleashed III

by sonicdash123


Chapter 8: Midnight Sparkle

At the entrance of Canterlot High, portals opened around the area revealing some locations of Equestria. Twilight now became something else thanks to opening the device and releasing the magic. She laughed evilly then looked at Sunset Shimmer. "Twilight, you can't do this!" Sunset shouted.

"Why not?!" Twilight replied. "There's a whole other world right there, and it's just filled with magic!"

"But you're destroying this world to get it!"

"So what? There's more magic there, and I want to understand it all!" Danny stood up to her and makes an attempt to convince her to stop.

"You'll probably destroy this world too," Danny said. "It's not right. You don't know how to use this power. And I cannot allow you to continue." Danny activated his lightsabers and leaps in the air in an attempt to strike at her. Twilight fired a beam of magic at Danny which sends him to a wall. When Danny fired lightning at her, she reflected the strike and fired at the roof to let the rubble collapse over him. Applejack and the others were saving students from falling into the hole on the ground. Suddenly, bats flew past Twilight which she wasn't scared of and the swarm of bats flew to the other side of the school. A voice then echoed the area as Twilight recognized it.

"My brother is right you know," Charming Thunder's voice said. "You can't even control your power."

"Nice of you to drop in, Charming Thunder."

"Save your pleasantries. Darkness is starting to cloud your mind and turning you into a monster. This is not the Twilight I know."

"I understand magic now!! But my path is clear now. Perhaps a little demonstration as I destroy your friends." Sunset gasped as Twilight charged up her magic and fired at her. Charming Thunder then appeared with bat wings on his back as he reflected the magic with his lightsaber. He then turned to Sunset as he struggled to hold the magic.

"Get everyone to safety!! Now!!"

"I am not leaving you!!" Sunset shouted.

"Let me handle her. The other me will help our friends. See if Danny is okay." Sunset ran off to the debris to dig out Danny as Charming Thunder turned back to gaze at Twilight. "If this will be the end of me, I will take you with me." Charming Thunder then swung his charged lightsaber to deflect the magic back at Twilight. This electrocuted her a little and forced her to land feet first to the ground. "Why not try fighting me. We can settle this ourselves. As it was meant to be from the start." Charming Thunder activated his lightsaber and flew up in the air then dashed towards Twilight to strike first. Twilight was quick enough to magically make her own lightsaber and block the strike. Twilight used Force Push to push him away. She then fired lightning at him, but Charming Thunder reflected it with his hand and shot it back at her. Twilight dodged it and charged at Charming Thunder. She tackled him and kicked him away from her. She got up to fire her magic at him, but impacted on the wall as Charming Thunder was nowhere to be seen.

"Come out and fight!!" Twilight shouted. "Were you in love with Sunset, Charming? Do you honestly think that she would want you when she had someone like Flash Sentry?" Fire grew in Charming Thunder's eyes as he sneak up on Twilight and attempted to strike her, but she leaps in the air and threw him across from her. "It's over. I have won!!" Charming Thunder did a heavy strike which caused Twilight to loose her lightsaber. He then grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up off the ground.

Sunset sees what's going on and shouted to him, "Don't do it, Charming. It's not worth killing her. There has to be another way. Think of your mother!!!" Charming Thunder looked at Twilight with anger after he heard Sunset's plea. His anger subsided and pulls Twilight closer with his grasp.

"You are done," Charming Thunder said to Twilight before he dropped her. He then looked towards Sunset with sadness in her eyes. He slowly approached Sunset as the bats returned to form his cape. Twilight secretly charged her magic and readied it when the time was right. "I'm sure there is, Sunset." Sunset then placed her hand on his cheek as Charming Thunder stood.

Sunset's eyes widened as she shouted, "Charming, look out." Charming Thunder looked behind him and sees Twilight charging her magic and fired. He then turned back to Sunset and pushed her to the side to move out of the way. Before he could react, the magic pierced through his chest like a spear. Everyone gasped as they couldn't believe what they just saw. Charming Thunder looked down to see the magic piercing him then looked at Sunset.

Tears fell from Charming Thunder's eyes as he gasped out something to Sunset, "I'm...sorry." Twilight then pulled her magic out of his chest then threw him away from everyone else. Sunset stood up as Twilight laughed menacingly and flew up in the air.

"Now that this pest is out of the way."

"What have you done?" Twilight looked down to Sunset who was looking away from her. "Why did you have to do it to him?"

"He was in my way so I gave him what he wanted." Sunset picked up the device and looked at her friends who were sad to see Charming Thunder go down. She then looked back to Twilight as the device beeped.

"This isn't the way! I know you feel powerful right now, like you can have everything you want! I've been where you are, I've made the same mistake you're making! I put on a crown and, just like you, I was overwhelmed by the magic it contained! I thought it could get me everything I wanted!"

"Oh, you're wrong. Unlike you, I can have everything I want!"

"No, you can't. Even with all that magic and power, you'll still be alone! True magic comes from honesty! Loyalty! Laughter! Generosity! Kindness! I understand you, Twilight, and I want to show you the most important magic of all..." Applejack and the others began to glow and fired color beams at Sunset. She then threw down the device which made her transform. She had fiery wings like a phoenix and a glowing horn on her forehead and wore a wedding like dress. "....the Magic of Friendship!" Sunset fired beams of magic to close the portals. Twilight growled as she witnessed her power. "For what you have done to Charming Thunder and all of us, you will pay for what you did." Both Twilight and Sunset fired their beams of magic. Their beams clashed and used their strength to push theirs forward. Spike jumped out of Fluttershy's arms and approached them.

"Twilight!" Spike shouted. Twilight looked down to see Spike crying tears. When she blinked, her eyes turned to normal as tears fell out of her eyes.

"Spike?" Twilight said. This was Sunset's chance to finish this fight. She used her strength to defeat Twilight and a bright light emits around her. "NOOOO!!"

The area was surrounded with light as Sunset and Twilight floated in the area. Sunset offered her hand as she said, "Take my hand, Twilight. Let me show you there's another way...just like someone once did for me." Twilight slowly took Sunset's hand and the light began to fade away. They floated back to the ground in their normal forms.

"I am so sorry...I didn't mean for any of this to happen..." Twilight then wept quietly until Sunset grabbed Twilight's hands that were covering her eyes.

"I know. And going by my own experiences, they'll forgive you." Spike barked as he carried Twilight's glasses and leapt up to her. She giggled with every kisses given to her from Spike. Danny came out of the rubble with his now damaged armor. He walked up to Twilight as she ran to him and gave him a tight apologetic hug. The hug broke as Danny smiled behind his mask. Human Charming Thunder approached and gave Twilight a hug as well. Danny decided to take off his damaged mask to reveal his face to them.