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// Chapter 20 
// Story: The Return 
// by R-Dashiefan20 
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I headed out of Mountgomery towards the castle. I arrived and entered the garden entrance. There was black lotuses and brambles everywhere. The door to the castle was blocked by huge vines of thorns. I slashed them with my sword, but, it just bounced off. 

"Shit, now what?" I said aloud. 

"Now, you die and submit to the will of Prince Blackblood." A voice said from behind me. 

I turned to see a dark version of Twilight, with her horn glowing with black light. 

"What makes you think you can succeed where the others failed?" I asked. 

She laughed maniacally. 

"Because, unlike them I can use this forms magic to allow the use of my full potential as a being of pure dark magic!" She yelled as she sent a blast of dark magic at me. 

I dove out the way just in time. There was a huge scorch mark where I had been standing. 

"Hmm. Perhaps I'll need a little help from my number one assistant." She said as Spike appeared at her side. 

He lunged at me and bit into my bad wing. 

"Gah!" I screamed as I fell to one knee. 

Twilight walked over and stood over me. 

"Seems like you are not as strong as you thought." She said as she charged a blast from her horn.

Just as she fired, I pulled Spike off my wing and held him in front of the blast. He was vaporized and my hands were scolded. I picked up some dirt and threw it into her eyes. I jumped out of sight while she was blinded. 

"You can't hide forever. I will find you." She said as I crouched behind a bush.

"Think, Jet. How can you beat a being of pure dark magic?" I asked myself. 

I watched as she looked around for me. I raked my brain. 

"What would Twilight do?" I asked as I watched her getting closer. 
"If I can just distract her long enough, I can get the jump on her." I said aloud. 

I noticed a small rock by my foot. I picked it up and chucked it into a bush across from me. 

"There you are!" She said as she ran over and searched the bush. 

I jumped out and ran my blade through her back. She turned into black smoke and vanished. The brambles disappeared and the garden returned to normal. The vines of thorns receded from the castle door. I opened them and headed inside.