//------------------------------// // Chapter 9 Returning Home // Story: Grave // by PioneerofImagination //------------------------------// Cadence was resting on a bed after falling asleep from both exhaustion and depression using what little energy she had left crying over not only her husband who was found unconscious and beaten up. But also that her precious baby Flurry Heart was ponynapped by Dr. Wily's robot and there was nothing she could do about it. However all her depression would soon come to an end as a huge rainbow spread across all of Equestria and when Cadence awoke she realized her alicorn magic had returned along with her cutie mark. With her magic and energy back she flew off to Canterlot which was where the rainbow came from, she had a feeling she'd find what she wanted to find there. "I'm coming Flurry Heart!" *** Back at the fortress Dr. Wily's entire army was finally defeated with the exception for Sheep Man thanks to Celestia and Luna finally getting their magic back, with all the robots destroyed the army of ponies, yaks, and buffalo gathered in the room where Sassy Saddles, Trixie, and the royal pony sisters were being held. They couldn't all fit in there but if they weren't in the room they made sure to be close to it. The royal pony sisters were using their recently recovered magic to heal the injured with the help of quite a few unicorns, the ones that weren't hurt. Dr. Wily still held by the chains Discord made could do nothing but watch. "3 years, 3 years down the drain." "Forgive me if we don't cry for you," Princess Luna said to him. As they continued to heal the injured Discord and Mega Man returned to the fortress. "Discord Mega Man! Did you defeat Bass?" Princess Celestia asked. "Does this answer your question?" Discord answered by pouring a bucket of robot parts on the ground that clearly were the remains of Bass. "Um, yes it does Discord." "No this isn't over Treble is still out there when he gets here he'll get me out of here and we'll-" "No he won't crushed him with an anvil," Discord said interrupting Wily. "Besides Wily you've done enough damage here, it's time I brought you back to our world." Mega Man was about to carry Wily to the portal but then Wily was pushed back to the wall by Cadence who found her way into the fortress. "Do you remember me?" Cadence asked Wily while giving him a stare of pure rage. "Y-Yes," Wily answered returning her stare with his look of pure fear. "I'm going to ask you a very simple question and don't you dare lie! Where is my daughter?" "She's up there." Wily then pointed with his head up to a door on the ledge Bass went to earlier. Cadence then flew up there and upon opening it found her little princess sleeping in what looked like a nursery. Cadence then very gently picked up her daughter as to not wake her while still flying, she then placed a gentle kiss on Flurry Heart's head. "My daughter, my little Flurry Heart." Cadence then flew back down to where Wily was. "You made a nursery for her?" "Of course I put her in there after taking her magic I'm not a monster." "Debatable," said a pegasus that went by Quibble Pants. "Does she have her magic back?" "No I connected it to the portal and it's still there." "Well we'll have to do something about that." Suddenly some rubble fell the keyboard of the portal causing the portal to not only open but sucked in all the robot parts while also putting the robots back together. The portal machine started to fall apart as it did that. "NO!" Wily yelled. "It's going to overload. Get these chains off so I can stop it." "Are you kidding after everything you-" Mega Man then broke the chain links so Wily could run to the machine and shut it off making Discord stop talking out of shock. "Don't worry Cadence he's not much of a threat on his own." Wily then turned off the machine but not before his entire army including a few Robot Masters and the Yellow Devil was sucked into another world. "I can't believe it my army gone I could have repaired them to help me fight but now they're gone!" Wily then charged at Mega Man then started hitting the robot's chest with his fists. Dr. Wily actually knew martial arts but he was too sad and angry to remember and Mega Man knew that even when he broke the chains. Dr. Wily's fists clearly weren't harming the robot as he actually cried a little. "The last 3 years of my life are a waste because of you, if it weren't for you I could have finally showed our world how great I am!" "Wily if you really wanted to you could have done that a long time ago." Wily then lowered his arms and head in defeat. "You're right." Those two words alone told Mega Man that Wily's spirit was truly broken. After that a bunch of pegasus including the Wonderbolts arrived. "We're here to help!" Said Spitfire captain of the Wonderbolts. "Spitfire!" Princess Celestia said in surprise. "I thought you and the pegasi of Cloudsdale were hospitalized." "We were but when a huge rainbow came by we were healed so we flew out to find the robots and flew in here when we saw the hole in the mountain." "That's how I found this place, that and mother's instincts," Princess Cadence said just then Spitfire noticed Sheep Man, the robot that was the reason why she and the others with her were hospitalized. "YOU!" Spitfire then charged at Sheep Man but was stopped by a force field made by Princess Luna. "It's okay Spitfire, this robot is good now." Other Wonderbolts noticed Sheep Man. "That robot nearly killed all of us!" Soarin said Sheep Man then bowed his head and placed his hands to the floor to show how sorry he was. "But he also helped the others find this fortress and finally put a stop to Wily." "Who?" Fleetfoot asked. "The guy that made all the robots," Princess Celestia said. "I don't get it why is he good now?" Spitfire asked. "I think I know," Dr. Wily said. "When I was testing the portal Sheep Man was hit by an energy wave. He was originally made to herd sheep, but I reprogrammed him to fight for me I think that energy must have somehow deleted his reprogramming and brought back his original function. Basically he was good I made him bad now he's good again." "So in other words, it's your fault we got hurt so badly," Soarin said to which simply nodded. "Since you are answering things I have a question too," Princess Celestia said to Wily. "How did you move your fortress all the way down here?" "I teleported it. Before coming here I invented a small device that could be attached to my fortress and make the whole thing teleport to another area. But it was in the room next to this one right where Bass made the hole. At first I thought no big deal just remake it after conquering Equestria but that's not going to happen is it?" "No!" Princess Celestia answered. "So you pretty much have everything covered?" Soarin asked. "Not quite we still need to get Flurry Heart's, Trixie's, Sassy Saddle's and Twilight's magic back it's connected to that machine over there," Princess Luna answered. "We need to remove the magic from it somehow." "I think I know how to do that." Mega Man said. "That machine is a portal that can get me home, how does it look Wily?" "I'd say it can only be used one more time." Dr. Wily then went over to the portal to look at it's functions. "But that's about all it can do. A small part of me was hoping to go to the world my army was sent to but we can't now, that part of me died anyway. We don't have the means to find it and sucking my army away took a lot of energy from it, it has minutes at most before it shuts down." "What the heck did we miss?" Rainbow Dash said as all the others noticed the mane 6 and Spike had returned. "When did you get back?" Mega Man asked. "We defeated Bass with a rainbow inside a chest that brought us to Canterlot except for Spike so Rainbow Dash flew back to get him and we found a platform that brought us down here," Twilight answered. "Platform?" "Mega Man we don't have time for this, the machine is going to brake any minute if we're going to use it we need to use it now," Wily said. "All right then I guess it's time for me to go." "Wait!" Princess Celestia said. "Flurry Heart's and several unicorns magic is still in that machine." "It's all taken care of," Dr. Wily responded as he typed in the coordinates for their home universe. "If we keep the machine running after we go through it the machine will overload and destroy itself then the stolen magic will return to where it came from." "Wow Wily that's actually really nice of you," Mega Man commented. "So no need to smash it then?" Discord asked as he made a huge floating mallet disappear. "A mallet?" Mega Man asked. "What it would have worked?" "No anvil though? You used quite a few of those." "Being predictable is definitely not my thing." "Well I guess it's time for me to go home." "WHAT!" Pinkie Pie asked in shock. "Don't you want a going back to my home dimension party? I have a party cannon I can decorate this whole place in-" "No thank you Pinkie that's quite all right besides it's like Dr. Wily said we don't have much time," Mega Man interrupted. "Okay then." Pinkie sat down a little sad but understood as Wily opened the portal. "Though Twilight before I go I gotta know, the platform?" "When we defeated Bass the magic that allowed us to win also made a new castle in Canterlot which also had a platform that took us here." "So magic?" "Yeah." "Thanks all I need to know." "Mega Man wait!" Twilight then reached up to Mega Man and hugged him then he returned the hug. "Thank you, for everything." "Your welcome, thank you for helping me defeat Dr. Wily." "Mega Man it's time." Dr. Wily then walked through the portal and Mega Man then let go and walked toward the portal. "Sheep Man are you coming?" Sheep Man then held Fluttershy's hoof. "Just checking." "Mega Man even though we might never see you again I just want you to know you're always welcome in Equestria." Princess Celestia told him he then gave her a thumbs up and a smile. "Thanks good to know now stay out of trouble you crazy ponies." Mega Man then walked through the portal never to return. After a few seconds the machine broke and shut down for good, then 4 spheres of magic returned to where they belong. "Bobbins and bodkins my magic is back!" "Trixie is great and powerful once again!" "My magic is back too along with my cutie mark!" Twilight said then noticed the magic of her niece Flurry Heart return to her. "Twilight do you think you all have things under control? I should get Flurry Heart back to her father and then back home." "Yeah Cadence it's okay." Cadence then flew through the hole with her baby still in her hooves and still in a peaceful sleep. Flurry Heart truly had no idea of the evil that took place that day. *** As the ponies and all their friends made their way out they all talked about certain things. The Wonderbolts mentioned how they were healed as the rainbow came by which lead the mane 6 to believe their rainbow fixed some of the damage the robots made. Eventually every creature returned to their homes, Twilight explained that the new castle she mentioned earlier was made by the chest to replace the one the robots destroyed. Celestia with her magic back lowered the sun because it had been a long day. "Twilight I think we'll head back to Ponyville now we're pretty tired," Rainbow Dash said. Twilight told them how they more then earned it she on the other hoof preferred to stay and look into the castle because there was clearly a connection to her and this castle. Twilight found herself with Princess Celestia who was looking into the castle with her. "It's a shame that Mega Man had to leave I don't think we thanked him enough," Princess Celestia said as she used her front hoof to pull Twilight closer to her. "He finally reunited the two us." "I know I hope we can meet again one day," Twilight said as she leaned her face a little on her teacher's leg as they were walking. "In the meantime I should get to sleep soon. Do you know where the guest rooms are?" "Nonsense Twilight, you can stay with me tonight." Princess Celestia then took her student to her bedroom to stay the night with her. She clearly still felt bad for the way she treated her 3 years ago. The 2 then got in bed next to each other on Celestia's new bed which was even bigger than her old one. "You have enough room on this bed to have a permanent bedmate," Twilight said. "Yes I could if that could really happen." "What are you talking about your beautiful, smart, kind, and when you make a mistake or hurt somepony you fix it and make it up to them. Saying you're the full package isn't enough to compliment you." "Twilight if I didn't know better I'd say you were hitting on me." Suddenly Twilight rolled until she was on top of Celestia making her old teacher's heart start to jump. "Well do you know what?" "What?" Celestia asked as she was a little afraid. "You don't know better." Twilight then kissed her Princess Celestia wanted to push her off but it felt like 2 giant ball and chains were connected to her front hooves, after a little while Twilight separated herself from Celestia to look at her. "I wanted to tell you how I felt for so long, even before I got taken away." "You have?" Celestia asked.' "Yes, and as mad as I was at you before I regretted not telling you sooner because I thought I might never get the chance, I don't want anymore regrets, especially with you." "That's fine with me Twilight," Celestia said as she returned the kiss.