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// Re-True End 
// Story: Beautiful Rainbows, Unicorns, and Rainbow Unicorns 
// by GamingWolf 
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	Onyx perked his head up. Was he hearing things? A strange shift in magical energy pulled towards the southeast    the Badlands. As far as he knew there was only one thing over there: the Changeling Hive. He turned to the cyan, chromatic mane pegasus that stood on the cloud beside him.
"Did you feel that?" he inquired.
"Feel what?" Rainbow Dash replied quizzically. 
"That fluctuation in magic."
"No, but then again, I'm not a unicorn. Only unicorns can sense changes in magic," she explained.
"Ah. . . Well, I think we should go warn Princess Celestia," Onyx suggested.

Princess Luna stared out a window in the West Tower. Her astral mane floating in the air. The two men waited for her answer behind her. 
"We felt the disturbance earlier, as well," she finally spoke, "We will assemble the guard. First," she turned to them, "We need to do something for you." She walked to the far side of her room where two tall wooden boxes stood, "There is no time to stand on ceremony." 	
With her magic, the two boxes opened, revealing two sets of golden armor. 
One set had a more ornate look, obviously meant for someone of high caliber. Both helmets had blue plume brushes, but one had the shape of a wolf's head, the other had the shape of a dragon's head, the ornate armor had an engraving of a wolf's head on the chest piece with a black and silver sash, the other set of armor had a dragon with wings unfurled on the chest with a blue sash, and both armors had the Equestria coat of arms shield on the pauldrons.  
Princess Luna levitated the dragon helmet to Onyx, "Lord Onyx, we present you with the armor and rank of Brigadier Commander of the Royal Guard." 
Onyx held the helmet in his hands, "I. . . accept. Thank you, your Highness."
She levitated the wolf helmet to Grey, "Lord Grey Wolf, we present you with the armor and rank of Brigadier General of the Royal Guard."
Grey accepted the helmet, "I will not fail you nor Equestria, your Highness."
They both saluted and bowed to the Princess. 
She slightly bowed in return, "Now, if you two will excuse me, I must inform the guards about this. You two must go on ahead and scout the Hive."
"Yes, Princess," the two replied in unison. 
When she left the room, Onyx shed his black armor to wear his new armor. Grey removed Darqlon's amulet from his pocket and stared at it. He then placed the amulet on a dresser, opting to wear his new armor instead. 

Amy dropped a glass and it shattered on the kitchen floor. Shards of glass surrounded her hooves. Kyllgorr heard the noise from the dining room and immediately went to her side. He saw a concerned expression on her face. 
"Amy?" he knelt beside her with a hand placed on her back. 
She faced him, her amethyst gems wide, "I just sensed a large disruption in magic coming from the direction of Canterlot."
"And that means. . . what?"   
"I think it means something bad, Killy," she shook her head, "You should go check it out."
Kyllgorr wore a sour face, "Why?"
"Because of something bad is happening, you should help your friends." 
"They are more than capable of   "
She cut him off by grabbing his face with her fore hooves, "Kyllgorr," she had a serious tone and eyes, "If not for them, do this for me. Please? I'm scared."
Kyllgorr sighed and held her hooves, "Okay." He gave her a gentle kiss, "I'll do this for you. I won't let anything destroy our happiness. Not now."

Darqlon tapped his horn on the Herald's head, she collapsed, holding her head. When the pain subsided, she managed to get to her hooves, and could see the world better than ever before. No longer did her vision cross nor did she see two different things. Tears began to flow from her new eyes. She fell to Darqlon's hooves.
"Oh, Master! Thank you! Thank you!" Ditzy Doo sobbed, "All my life. . ."
He placed a hoof under her chin and smiled, "I promised to cure you. You have served me faithfully and I reward those who serve loyally."
"I can't thank you enough, Master!"
"Save it for later, Ditzy, we have to prepare for the upcoming battle." 
"Yes, Master," the gray pegasus picked herself up from the ground. 
The abyssal black alicorn walked over to the Harbinger, who bowed respectfully to him, "And I have not forgotten about your service, Trixie."
"Trixie? How could you?!" Twilight shouted, gripping the bars to her cage, "After everything that has happened?"
"The Great and Powerful Trixie does not have to answer you," Trixie snipped.
"Darqlon. . . why?" Celestia asked crestfallen. 
"For your power of course. I find it amusing how easy it was to manipulate you," he said arrogantly, stepping up to her cage. "You, and your sister   and every magical being does not have the right to control nature. Magic is artificial and a plague. You believe in balance and harmony? You have destroyed the balance and harmony of your world." Darqlon sighed, "I suppose it is wrong of me to accuse you, Celestia, but the child carries the sins of their parents. I know it is not your fault, but you will pay. I will make sure every magical being suffers for disturbing the natural order of things." 

Grey ignored the green goo that he was crawling through and trudged on to Darqlon's voice. Onyx was in front of him, more serious than Grey has seen him in millennia. Onyx stopped and Grey saw a faint beam of light up ahead.
Onyx's heart broke, seeing his dusky goddess laying motionless and discarded in the green pool. He choked back his tears and signaled to Grey that he spotted Darqlon and two prisoners. Grey crawled beside Onyx and looked through the hole in the ceiling. He could hear Darqlon's soliloquy. That bastard planned to kill them. He saw Darqlon's red magic surround Twilight and he immediately jumped down the hole, with Onyx following.

Twilight saw her life flash before her life, but noticed that it was the flash of gold from the roof of the cave. She rolled to the ground when Grey landed on Darqlon. Onyx soared to Princess Celestia and ripped off the doors to her cage. 
Darqlon teleported from underneath Grey, "Get them!" he roared to the Faithful and Changelings. 
Grey unsheathed his sword, "Onyx, get them the Hell outta here!" 
"Come along princesses!" Onyx picked up Princess Celestia over his shoulder and Princess Twilight under his arm, he launched himself back through the secret entrance. 
Grey made short work of the Faithful, blocking their magic with his shield and cutting them down. He felt Darqlon coming from behind and reacted fast enough to absorb the black alicorn's body with his shield. They fought sword to sword, with Darqlon conjuring up multiple crimson sabres. 
"Commence the attack of Canterlot!" he ordered the Herald. Darqlon kept Grey to the back of the cave in order to allow his army time to escape.     
"Surrender now and I will give you a swift death!" Grey snarled.
"Enough!" Darqlon blasted Grey which sent him to the cave wall. A continuous beam of crimson energy kept Grey pinned. "I am more powerful than you now, Grey! No longer will I play second fiddle! I AM DARQLON, FIRSTBORN, AND HEIR TO ALL CREATION!" 
Grey felt Darqlon's horn bury into his chest, piercing the gilded armor. Darkness filled his vision. 

Soft humming woke him up. He found himself in a dark place which oddly had light illuminating through the floor. The ground was warm and cloud-like. 
"Big brudder!" he heard and was tackled onto his back. 
A young girl with long, pink, curly pigtails and vibrant green eyes sat on him. She beamed from ear to ear.
"Dèshū?" he questioned with a groggy and heavy head. 
"The one and only!" the young girl chimed. 
"Dèshū, what's going on?" he inquired as he sat up.
The girl jumped off him, did a back flip in the air, and landed on the ground with a victory pose. She dusted off her black lace dress, "You're dead! Again. . ." she sighed and placed her hands on her hips, "For someone who is all powerful and immortal, you sure do die a lot, big brudder." 	
"Darqlon he   "
"I know!" Dèshū snipped. "Another dumb big brother. I could wave my hands and put everything back the way it was before, but honestly, I do not like how Equestria turned out."
Then it dawned on Grey, "You. . . You created that universe!"
"Uh, duh!" she gibed, "It was full of cute, adorable creatures and ponies! And rainbows! And friendship!" 
Grey shook his head. He should have figured that out earlier. 
"That was only a taste of my punishment for you!" she teleported before him, "Since you forgot my BIRTHDAY!"
"Mystin launched a simultaneous attack against every plane of existence!" Grey rebutted.
"Yeah? So? You should have attended my party anyways!" she argued, then pouted, "Y-you know I can't leave here. . ."
Grey sighed and hugged her. Her father knew that she would become the most powerful goddess so he locked her in a prison called the Netherworld. She could not physically leave, but she found a loop hole: she could create other planes of existence in the Netherworld and manipulate others. She spent her time creating worlds and universes with the things she liked but could never visit them.
"I'm sorry, Dèshū. I wasn't thinking." 
The petite girl squeezed Grey, "If you had come to visit me, big brudder, I would have sent my Reavers and Reapers to destroy Mystin and his army." 
"How can I make it up to you?" Grey held her small shoulders. 
She smiled devilishly, "If you use your obelisk, you can reset the WHOLE universe to the very beginning. Do that and we will be even."
"Why don't you just do that now?"
She snapped her fingers and her Bone Throne appeared behind her. She sat down and beamed, "Because it wouldn't be as entertaining!" 
Grey huffed, "You little voyeur." He groaned and got to his feet, "Fine. Where is it?" 
"That's for me to know and you to find out!" she singsonged and snapped her fingers.

The citizens of Canterlot ran through the streets for their lives. Changelings ripped apart the ponies that were not quite fast enough to out run them. Changeling warriors destroyed buildings and property. 
"The horror! The horror!" a pink, blonde earth mare cried. She screamed and ducked in time to miss a warrior's massive pincers. 
Onyx swooped down and rescued the pink mare, "Your friendly neighborhood Onyx    here to save the day!" 
"Oh, thank you! Thank you!" she hugged his neck tight, and shrieked, her golden eyes fixed on the five Changelings flying after them.
"Time for evasive maneuvers," he opened his wings wide and the Changelings crashed into him. He spun and sent the Changelings slamming into a wall. With a satisfied huff, he flew to the southern gates, where pegasi guards were evacuating citizens. He landed and tried to pry the pink mare off him, she squeezed him with a vise like grip. "Uh, miss?" he chuckled, "you can let go now." 
"No! No! Don't leave!" she shouted hysterically.
"Everything is going to be fine. You have nothing to worry about," he assured her. 
A massive Changeling broke through the stone gate walls, debris fell. The pink mare screamed in his ear and squeezed him tighter.
Onyx winced and choked, "L-lady! I-I c-c-can't b-brief!" he tapped on her leg.
A yell made him turn around and he saw Kyllgorr slam into the back of the giant Changeling's head. Green spurts of blood fountained out of it as it roared in agony. It reared back and crashed to the ground. Kyllgorr emerged from one of its blue eyes, covered in green goo. 
"Stop your flirting and get to killing!" he barked at Onyx then ran down the street to face the oncoming horde of Changelings. 

Grey gasped. He found himself back inside the Hive cave. His chest ached and he saw a hole in the breastplate of his new gilded armor. He felt strange. He could not place his finger on why but he could feel power coursing through his body; power he had in his previous life; power he thought he would never have again    and he liked it.  
"Thanks, sis," he commented as he got to his feet. He picked up his sword and shield and teleported out of the cave. 

"That the best you got, Darqlon?!" Kyllgorr challenged. 
He held the black alicorn's hoof from suffocating him and kicked Darqlon in his barrel, which made him stumble back. Kyllgorr launched himself up and body slammed the black alicorn. Darqlon rolled out of the way of Kyllgorr's punch and fired a blast of magic at him. Kyllgorr shrugged it off, but left him exposed. Onyx shoulder charged Darqlon before the alicorn's horn found Kyllgorr's heart. The two of them held their ground, defending the three princesses passed out behind them. 
They glared at each other in the court room. The immaculate marble floor and walls stained with blood and scorch marks of magic. The chandelier laid broken in the corner where Darqlon had tried to crush Twilight. Luckily for her, Princess Luna distracted Darqlon long enough for her to dodge out of the way. As hard as the three princesses fought, they were clearly no match for the abyssal alicorn. The massive wooden doors of the court flew off their hinges.
Darqlon could not believe his eyes. Grey advanced slowly towards him    his eyes glowing. Onyx heaved a sigh of relief. 
"What took you so long?" Kyllgorr heckled, resting on his knee.
"You. You should be dead!" Darqlon roared. 
Grey stopped in his tracks, "Aren't little sisters great, Darqlon?" 
"All of your siblings are dead!" Darqlon thought for a moment. "Dèshū," he said in realization, "it makes sense now." 
"You two get the princesses out of here," Grey cracked his neck and unsheathed his sword, "I have some unfinished business to attend to."  
He charged Darqlon, but Darqlon shot a powerful crimson beam at him. 
Grey held out his hand and absorbed the beam, "That trick won't work twice, old friend." 
Darqlon summoned six crimson sabres  and attacked. Grey defended and deflect his attacks. He grabbed a sabre and shattered it. Darqlon stepped back in disbelief.
"Stop this madness, Darqlon, and I'll spare your life," Grey offered.  
"I don't need your generosity," Darqlon snapped and went on the offense against Grey again.
Grey danced between the attacks, closing the distance between him and Darqlon, "So be it." 
He landed a huge uppercut to the alicorn and spun, delivering his blade into the chest of Darqlon, puncturing his heart. Darqlon gasped, his face twisted with shock. Grey removed his sword and Darqlon collapsed to the ground in a pool of his own blood. Grey did not hesitate to decapitate his former comrade. Grey heaved a sigh of relief but new that he had one thing left to accomplish: find his obelisk. 
He tracked Onyx's scent to the dining hall and when he opened the door was glad to see the two of them waiting by the door. 
Onyx sat on the ground with a huff, "I'm glad it's over."
"Not quite. Where are the princesses?"
Kyllgorr pointed to the corner of the room where the three alicorns laid talking to each other.
He made his way to them and bowed, "Your Majesties." 
Luna jumped on him, wrapped her fore hooves around him, and planted him with a long kiss, "We. . . he said you were dead. . ." 
Grey hugged her tightly and gazed into her wide teal eyes, "I was dead." He gently pushed her back and showed her his chest where Darqlon's horn pierced the breastplate. "Death and I have a strong friendship." 
Luna kissed her hero once again. 
"The day is not won yet," he said, when Luna broke their kiss, "There is still an army of Changelings, heretical ponies, and I need to find my obelisk."
"I wish we could help you," Celestia spoke, "But I instructed Twilight and her friends to hide your obelisk." 
"Actually, Princess Celestia," Twilight dug her hoof in the marble floor, "I. . . know where it is." She smiled sheepishly with her ears folded back.
Celestia shook her head, "Where is it then?" 
"Ponyville." 

Applejack stared in horror at the black mass of Changelings that descend from the sky and swarmed Ponyville. Her gawking was interrupted when two Changelings landed beside her. One screeched at her.
"Y'all are much bigger than before!" She pulled her hat down, "Jus' means Ah gotta hit y'all harder." 
Rainbow Dash had prepared all able and willing ponies to defend the small town at Onyx's request. A small sandbag fort circled City Hall. The young and old ponies protected inside with the unicorns shield magic. Much to Fluttershy's chagrin, she asked the animals to aid the ponies in their defense but the animals were more than glad to defend their homeland. Rarity commanded the remaining unicorns to act as ranged support; Pinkie Pie was to lead the earth ponies as the main body of defense; and Rainbow Dash led the pegasi as cavalry. 
A loud buzz could be heard. The swarm rushed through the streets and over rooftops. 
"Here they come!" Rainbow Dash warned. 
All the ponies prayed to the Four Princesses to give them the courage and strength to fight. 

Onyx and Kyllgorr did not join them in heading for Ponyville. Kyllgorr was quite incessant in going to Fillydelphia. Onyx decided to fly him over there. Grey jumped off the edge of Canterlot and hurled himself down to Ponyville, not wanting to encumber Luna or Celestia. 
Grey landed in the middle of town with a huge impact that sent out a shock wave of energy. He obliterated Changelings directly under him and the pressure from the shock wave pulverized Changelings in a two hundred hoof radius. The Changelings scattered and retreated. 
"Yeah! You better run away!" Rainbow Dash panted heavily. She assessed the damage and frowned. Too many ponies laid on the ground dead and even more groaned in pain and agony. 
"They will be back," a familiar female voice said behind her. 
The cyan pegasus turned around to see a battered Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Twilight, "P-Princess?!" 
"You did well, my little pony," Princess Celestia complimented, "Take the injured to the hospital. Princess Luna will protect them."
"Yes, ma'am!" Rainbow Dash saluted and darted off. 
Princess Luna helped the injured ponies up and advised them to go to the hospital. 
"Twilight, I need you to show Grey where the obelisk is. I," she sighed, "I will handle the deceased ponies."
Grey rendezvous with the Princesses with a somber expression, "Ain't war Hell? At least we are close to ending all of this." 
"If you would please follow me, Grey," Twilight requested.
"Lead the way, Princess." 
They did not need to go far. After five minutes of walking, the lavender alicorn stopped in front of a stone road marker. She tapped her horn on the prism and it slowly turned into an obelisk. 
"Hidden in plain sight," Grey mused.
"The best hiding spot," Twilight smiled up at him. 
Grey sighed, "I guess this is the end." He stepped up to the obelisk, which started to glow.
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked. 
Grey smiled, "Nothing to worry your little head about. An end is just the beginning of something new."
He placed his hand on the tip of the obelisk and a flash of white light exploded.