It was over. They had held out for as long as they could but in the end almost everyone had fallen. Rainbow Dash had been first, the great martial artist's lightning fast speed had not saved her when one of the minions known as a Changeling had latched onto her and blown itself up. The rest of the Changeling minions had been dispatched but next fell Spitfire, Sorin and Fleetfoot, three of Equine's greatest warriors known as the Wonderbolts, had been felled by the dastardly Starlight Glimmer in an attempt to at least take one of them down. The one that had just fallen from a blast of magic had been Nightmare Moon, a longtime foe and the other half of their planet's god Luna. She had thrown herself in front of the attack to protect her, having admitted that she had grown close to them.
And now she was gone... and with her tie to Luna the Elements of Harmony would no longer work. They couldn't bring anyone back! And with no sign of her beloved in sight, it seemed that both she and Pinkie Pie were doomed.
Holding herself, Fluttershy's shoulders shook as her tears fell to the ground, her wings firmly glued to her back and locked up from fear and the despair that she felt. She could feel the presence of the merciless alien stalking forward, the one known as Starlight Glimmer ready to make perhaps her easiest kill of the day. It was when the other was standing before her did Fluttershy look up, taking in the sight of the, for lack of a less awkward term, other woman. Although of an average Equinian height, she seemed to tower over Fluttershy, her warm pink and black armor gleaming in the afternoon sun and her long, purple with blue stripes hair a bit out of sorts after having tangled with the Wonderbolts. Cruel, light purple eyes stared down at her as the woman raised her hand, light blue energy crackling around it as she charged up the death blow.
"Hee, hee, looks like this is the end of the road for you. Too bad, you weren't much of a fighter but you would of made a lovely prize!"
As the hand was brought down, Fluttershy closed her eyes and waited for the end. If only they could have held out for longer... if only she could have seen her lover one last time...
Then she felt a pair of familiar arms around her as she was moved, her eyes snapping open as she looked up and nearly began to cry at seeing who had rescued her.
"Sorry Ah'm late. Ah tried to get here as fast s' Ah could!"
Throwing her arms around Applejack's neck, Fluttershy hugged the blonde woman as close as she could, unable to hold back how relieved she felt and how happy she was to be held in the others' arms! The moment was short lived though, as soon she was set back upon her feet and Applejack turned to take in the battle field. To see the still, lifeless bodies of her friends and even her rival Nightmare Moon sprawled here and there... the blonde's hands tightened into fists before she glared at Starlight Glimmer.
"Did ya' do this?"
One look at the blonde and Starlight Glimmer immediately felt at ease. While the tanned blonde did have noticeable muscle, she was over all less than impressive. Beat up old jeans, a black t-shirt, an orange plaid button up shirt rolled up at the elbows with a red apple on the right breast with some sort of writing on it. Seriously, she even wore a cowboy hat and some cowboy boots with metal on the tips, who did this Equinian think she was going to intimidate looking like that?! It made Starlight Glimmer smirk as she placed her hands on her hips.
"That would be me of course. Awww, what's the matter? Are you angry that I killed your friends? You gonna cry about it?"
Throwing her head back and laughing loudly, Starlight didn't see it coming when suddenly, the blonde seemed to just appear right in front of her and delivering a back handed slap to her face, sending her flying back! The woman did a flip and landed on her feet, teeth grit as she glared at the Equinian.
"You puny little insect! I'll make you pay for that!"
With a furious shout she seemed to fly forward, magic flowing to her hands as she began to lash out at the woman. At first Applejack barely seemed to move as she dodged and ducked the blows, she even managed to redirect the attacks away form her as she aimed to strike Starlight Glimmer's arms just below where the aura of magic ended at her wrists. Just as she was beginning to taunt the blonde, Applejack started to fight back, not landing every blow but enough landing that it was really starting to hurt! Until finally Starlight Glimmer teleported away, floating in mid-air as she began to charge up magic in her hands.
"You think you're hot shit?! All you Equinians have is brute force and some weak magic! I'll show you what a Unicron warrior can really do!"
Pulling her hands back, Starlight Glimmer suddenly thrust them forward and sent a large ball of blue magical aura flying towards Applejack, causing the spot where she stood and the immediate area around it to explode! When the dust cleared, there seemed to be nothing left other than a crater, making a panting and slightly exhausted Starlight Glimmer think she had won.
"Hah... hah, see? Nothing in the universe... can match the power of a Unicron warrior!"
Before she could gloat more however, she caught movement out of the corner of her eye and was caught off guard when suddenly the blonde came flying up and landed a powerful blow to the side of her face! The disoriented alien lost her focus and began to fall out of the air, the blonde warrior diving after her and catching up, grabbing her armor and pile driving the Unicron right into the ground!
"Y-You... can... fly?"
With her upper body stuck in the ground, Starlight's voice was a bit muffled. Applejack grabbed her by the ankles and pulled her up out of the earth like she was a carrot, glaring down at the woman.
"Nope. Jes' jump good."
Then she looked up and glared at the second alien, throwing Starlight Glimmer's body towards them. The Unicron warrior was like a rag doll in the air before rolling as she hit the ground, stopping at the feet of her partner.
"N' what 'bout you? Ya' gonna leave quietly 'er what?"
"T-Twilight... Twilight, please... help me!"
The alien in purple and white armor slowly reached out her hand and took Starlight Glimmer's, making the woman smile... up until the one known as Twilight turned and flung Starlight into the air!
"Twilight?! TWILIGHT! What are you doing?! NO!!!"
Raising her hand, the short alien fired off a blast of purple magic, the crackling ball of energy racing through the air and hitting Starlight Glimmer and causing the Unicron warrior to explode! Applejack looked on in shock and in slight horror as bits of Starlight Glimmer fell from the sky before looking back to the other Unicron. Although she was shorter than her now deceased partner, there was a cold, calculating ruthlessness in those dark, purple eyes. Her long, indigo hair had a a dark purple and a pink stripe going through it, the alien brushing her hair back over her shoulder before turning back to face the blonde Equinian.
"I assume you are the one these pitiful vermin were waiting for? Well, with how easily you dispatched Starlight Glimmer, I would hazard that your power level is... very high."
"IT'S OVER NINE-THOUSAAAAAAND!"
Both Applejack and Twilight looked over to Pinkie Pie, the energetic pink haired woman smiling sheepishly from around the rock she and Fluttershy were hiding behind.
"... yes. Anyway. Allow me to properly introduce myself. My name is Twilight Sparkle, Princess of all Unicrons. And I will give you the honor of dying by my hand this day."