Blazing Dragon

by Zanem-Ji

CBS-01 Activated

Her arrogant cackle rang through Twilight’s ears as the lavender Unicorn stared up at her enemy from long ago.

“You…motherfucker…” Twilight growled.

Trixie gave an evil sneer, “You don’t seem that excited to see me! Trixie figured you’d be far more excited than that.”

The ground trembled as black electricity sparked around Twilight’s horn. Trixie arched an eyebrow,

“Is that dark magic? Trixie didn’t know that you turned to that.”

“I’ve done a lot of things that I’m not proud of…” Twilight replied, “With that being said, you should know I won’t hesitate to use the dark arts in order to be rid myself of your pathetic existence.”

Trixie chuckled, “Oh my, you really think things will be like the way they were when we were young mares?” she let out a snort, “Take a look at me. Does Trixie look like the rest of those idiotic Hellions you fight?”

Twilight sized up Trixie. The Unicorn’s coat was still a shimmering shade of baby blue. Her body was more slender, and now that Twilight was studying her figure, she noticed that the mare was larger than the average pony, only being slightly smaller than Celestia and Luna’s Alicorn forms. Her scleras were black like the other Hellions, but her irises had still retained their lavender hue.

“I see you’ve grown a bit-”

“But that doesn’t mean we can’t take you down!!” Dash screamed as she shot towards Trixie. The mare tilted her head to the side to avoid Dash’s hoof,

“Please, you’ll have to do more than that.”

“Then how about this?!”

Dash quickly dipped low to the ground, then did a quick roundhouse kick, knocking Trixie off of her forelegs. Her chin hit the dirt, giving Dash the opportunity to do an axe kick to her head. The sound echoed with crack of bones crunching, as Trixie’s head smashed into the earth. She lay there motionless, as Dash trotted around her body,

“Yeah bitch, you had what was coming to ya!!”

Fluttershy awoke from consciousness when she heard Dash’s taunt. She summoned a bit of her strength,

“Rainbow Dash, get away from her!!!”

Dash turned to her, “What’d ya say babe?”

Before Dash could turn back around, Trixie had clamped down onto her wings. Her horn glowed and sparked off a light purplish hue. A spark matching the same hue ran through Dash’s body, causing her body to become rigid. Trixie smiled,

“As you can see from the way your friends are now, Trixie has learned far more than illusionary magic.” The Unicorn stated. “Trixie has cast a paralyzing spell on your body. Well…in a sense, it’s a partial, paralyzing spell.” She leaned into Dash’s ear, “You can’t move, but you can still feel everything that happens to you, from pleasure…” she breathed hotly into Dash’s ear and licked her jawline, nibbling softly on her ear. Dash’s face contorted into disgust, and Fluttershy stood up tall, and with bubbling rage. The whites of her eyes started to get bloodshot, her pupils shrunk, and her fangs started to grow,

“You keep your dirty fucking hooves off of my wife!!!”

She started to transform, and Trixie shot her a glare,

“STAY WHERE YOU ARE!!”

Gravity shifted, forcing a transforming Fluttershy to buckle under her own weight. Trixie sneered again,

“Trixie wants you to watch this…”

The Unicorn nibbled on Dash’s ear again, and rubbed her hoof on the Wonderbolt’s chest,

“You know, Trixie has always admired this athletic body of yours…” Trixie whispered with heat and lust in her voice. “Why, if you hadn’t stayed with these other fools…Trixie would be showing you just how great and powerful she really is…”

Sparks’ horn glowed bright, “Skye, Haze, we have to do something…”

“Don’t attack her.” Twilight ordered in a low voice. “She’s far out of your league, you won’t stand a chance.” She looked over at Pinkie, “Do you have any of those healing potions in your jacket?”

Pinkie nodded, “Yeah.” She took a vial filled with a purple liquid out of one of her jacket pockets, “Here. Put a drop in small wounds, and put four drops in the more serious wounds.”

“Are you fucking rude ponies done whispering to each other?!” Trixie screeched. The group shot a collective glare at her. She smiled,

“Thank you.”

She returned to her rubbing on Dash’s body. She smiled as Fluttershy’s snarling rang into her ears. Dash managed to overcome the spell, as she jerked away and slammed the side of her head into Trixie’s mouth. Trixie snorted in pain and anger as she rubbed her throbbing snout,

“You ungrateful little creature!!”

She reared her hoof back, striking her in the face with the back of her hoof. She cast a stronger version of the spell on her.

“Now, let’s try that again!!” she stated. She placed her head on Dash’s shoulder, “Trixie wished you hadn’t done that…because she was just going to show you pleasure only, but now…” her eyes glowed a bright purple, “Trixie has to make you feel pain.”

She grabbed Dash’s cybernetic wing. She yanked on it hard enough to start to tear the metal from the flesh. Fluttershy scrambled around and clawed at the ground, struggling to rise to her hooves as Dash cried out in agony. She ripped the metal wing off and tossed it to the side. Trixie’s smile got wider and more twisted, as she moved to grab Dash’s real wing. She started to tear it from her body, slowly, enjoying every pop and crunch that it made. Dash’s pained scream reached new octaves as her wing struggled to stay attached by a few tendons and veins. Twilight growled in frustration, and Fluttershy was driven further into her rage,

“Somepony fucking do something!!” she roared out. Sparks shook her head wildly,

“This can’t go on!!” her horn glowed bright and she stomped her hoof. Energy quickly collected to the tip of her horn, and the ground around her cracked beneath the pressure of built-up magic. She quickly fired the beam at Trixie. The Unicorn dodged the attack, but was forced to let Dash go in order to do so. She also lost focus of her magic that was keeping Fluttershy on the ground. The yellow vampony glared at her,

“You’re going to wish you never fucking touched her!!”

She charged at Trixie, fanged bared and claws ready to slice. The Unicorn scoffed and used her magic to fling Dash’s unconscious body towards the monstrous beast. Dash hit Fluttershy with enough force to send her flying back and landing on her back in the dirt. Trixie entrapped Sparks in her grasp and pulled her towards her,

“You’re quite a powerful, but annoying little pony.” Trixie admitted. “That beam could’ve actually damaged my mane.”

The magic started to tighten around Sparks’ throat. The young Unicorn clawed at her throat with futility. Her head started to turn to the left,

“Trixie can’t have the risk of you doing that again. Trixie has an image to keep in the eyes of our God-King.”

Her head started to turn even farther to the left. Sparks’ let out a cry of pain.

Skye started to charge, but Twilight held out a hoof. The Pegasus looked at her in confusion. The lavender Unicorn shook her head,

“Don’t attack.” Twilight looked down at Rarity, “Are you still with me?”

Rarity nodded, “Yes…”

“Skye Wave is going to look out for you for just a few minutes. There’s something I have to do.”

Twilight passed Rarity over to Skye. She quickly got up and galloped off. Skye, Haze, and Dee looked on in horror as they helplessly watched Sparks’ head twist farther and farther to the left. A dark expression cover Trixie’s face.

“Now, pass away from this world, and slip into the embrace of Death.”

The magic surrounding Sparks grew brighter. There was a loud *SNAP!* as Sparks’ head spun all the way around, and was facing the Apprentices behind her. Trixie belted out an evil laugh as she dropped her unmoving body next to her. She smiled down at her handiwork, then looked back up at the group,

“So, who’s ready to see another ‘head turning’ performance from the Great and Powerful Trixie?!”

Her answer was a beam of golden magic colliding with her face. She landed on her haunches. The flesh on her face was gone, exposing her blood soaked skull. She looked up,

“Which one of you little ingrates did this to my beautiful face?!”

“Contact has been made.” A synthetic female voice replied.

“And who the hell are you?!”

Twilight stepped up beside the mare, “This is Experiment CBS-01. She is a creation from Rainbow and I.” she tapped the mare’s helmet, “You’re familiar with Princess Celestia, correct?”

Trixie scoffed, “Of course. You and her gave up your Alicorn magic for reasons that nopony knows. Why did you anyway?”

“The decisions that we made are none of your concern.” Twilight replied. “Now, after her passing, I preserved her body for my experiments. With the help of Rainbow, we created the mare that stands before you now.”

A look of shock covered Trixie’s face, “Impossible!!”

Twilight smirked, “You know, you had that same look on your face when we had our magic duel all those years ago…” her smirk disappeared. “CBS-01, finish her.”

CBS-01’s eye sockets glowed a bright purple. “Mission activated.”

She fired a golden beam of magic at Trixie. The Unicorn barely dodged it and fired off a beam of her own. It hit CBS-01 square in the chest, and exploded on impact, causing dust and sand to kick up from the ground. When the dirt settled, CBS-01 stood unmoving, a small scratch on her helmet.

“Four percent damage to cranium hull. Cranium hull still operational.” She took a couple steps forward, “Mission status is incomplete. Mission completion requirement;” her eyes glowed brighter, “Decimate the target.”

She charged at a blinding speed. Before Trixie could react, CBS-01 pile-drove her hoof into Trixie’s maw. Trixie staggered back, only to have CBS-01 grab her by her mane and punch her again, and again, and again. She got six good hits in before Trixie sent powerful magic into her hoof. She slammed her hoof into the side of CBS-01’s helmet. CBS-01 staggered to the side, letting go of Trixie and dropping her to the ground. Trixie’s face was slowly reconstructing itself, while CBS-01 stood frozen, her head still facing the right.

“Error e-e-e-error, 67 p-p-percent damage to cranium hull-l-l-l. C-c-cranium hull is incapa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pacitated. Err-r-r-ror, error, cranium-m-m hull is incapacitated. Unable to op-op-op-op-operate. Unable t-t-t-t-t-to operate.”

Trixie smirked and wiped some of the blood off of her lips, “Looks like your little abomination isn’t as strong as you said it is.”

“CBS-01, terminate cranium hull symbiosis!!”

The light from CBS-01’s eye sockets disappeared, “Cranium hull symbiosis t-t-terminated.”

The helmet started to click and whir in various places. Steam poured from the helmet. Trixie’s horn burned bright and hot with magic,

“Oh no, you’ll not be getting time to attack Trixie again!!”

She got ready to fire off another beam, but stopped. Her magic dissipated and surprise and horror took over her face. She looked down to see Sparks underneath her, and a jagged rock jammed into her chest. Her face turned from shock to anger,

“You little bitch, Trixie killed you off!!”

Sparks’ horn started to glow as she smiled up at her, “For somepony who says they’re ‘great and powerful’ you suck as a Unicorn.” She smirked as she quickly summoned magic , "Surely you know about necromancy!!"

She fired off the beam of magic at Trixie’s face, incinerating her flesh and mane instantly. She staggered back, screaming out in agony as she did so.

“TRIXIE LULAMOON!!” CBS-01 belted out. “You will pay for your crimes!!”

Trixie looked up. Despite blood staining her eyeballs and impairing her vision, she could still make out the mare talking her. CBS-01’s face was now exposed. Like the rest of her coat, her face was a glimmering ebony. Her large, purple irises were gleaming with burning rage. Her horn lit up with magic, and she used it to grab Sparks and place her next to Twilight. Twilight smiled up at the mare,

“Thank you, CBS-01.”

“The CBS-01 Protocol has been compromised.” the mare replied. “Memory Program Burning Sun has been activated in its place.”

Twilight took a couple steps forward, “What do you mean the program has been compromised?”

“It was badly damaged before you had me terminate the symbiosis. The program is in dire need of repair.”

Twilight was about to respond, but was cut off when a bullet slammed into her collar bone. She dropped to her knees. Burning Sun spun around to see a large horde of Hellions surrounding Trixie. Some were in fighting stances, baring fangs and snarling. Others had machine guns strapped to their sides, aimed downrange at Burning. Twilight summoned her magic to pull the bullet from her flesh. She looked back up at Burning,

“Burning …get us out of here...” Twilight ordered, “We have to pull back…we’ll die if we stay here.”

Burning nodded in agreement, “Understood, Twilight Sparkle.”

Her body emitted a bright golden light, blinding the entire group. When Trixie and the Hellions opened their eyes, the group was gone. They looked around in confusion, while Trixie stood there, her body beginning to tremble with rage. One of the Hellions turned to her,

“Great and Powerful Trixie…it appears that they have escaped...”

“I can fucking see that!” Trixie snapped.

The Hellion flinched, “What would you like for us to do?”

She ground her teeth together, and stared at the Hellion with bloodshot eyes,

“GO AND FIND THEM!!!”

~MLP~

Sparks opened her eyes to see Twilight and Burning standing over her. She rubbed a hoof over her tired eyes,

“Where...where are we?”

“We’re in a hospital bunker.” Twilight replied. “This is one of the many we’ve built all over the planet, for situations like this…” Twilight and Burning looked over at something, and Sparks followed their gaze. Pinkie was looking at them with glassy, bloodshot eyes.

“You…” her face started to bawl up. “You girls need to follow me…”

With that, she turned around, and slowly started to walk to a door nearby. Twilight helped Sparks to her hooves, and they proceeded to follow Pinkie. Pinkie opened the door, and they entered a room with six beds, all of which had a pony in them, and machinery hooked up to the ponies. Dee was in one of the beds, and the only one that was conscious out of the patients,

“Miss Pinkie Pie, Miss Twilight….” Dee started, her voice raspy and filled with shame. “I’m so sorry…I failed as an Apprentice.”

Pinkie shook her head, “It’s not your fault. You guys were jumped. There was nothing you could do.” She looked over at Applejack somberly, who was still unconscious. “I know you all did what you could do…”

A young Pegasus stallion trotted up to them, “I’m sorry I didn’t bring you all in here.” He apologized. “I saw you two standing over the Apprentice and didn’t wish to disturb you.”

“Its all well, doctor.” Twilight replied. “What are their statuses?”

“The patients in here will make a relatively speedy recovery, Fallen Pinkie Pie. Fallen Rarity, and Apprentice Patch Work are the ones we need to worry about, as they are currently in ICU from suffering the most damage.” The stallion replied. “And Fallen Rarity is still in worse condition than Apprentice Patch Work. His injuries pertain to where his flesh and prosthetics meet. While we can’t do much for him, we can at least support his body until Fallen Rainbow Dash’s blue prints for his prosthetics get here. For Fallen Rarity though…” his voice took on a darker tone, “I’m not sure if we have the means to heal her. She seems to be in a comatose state, more than likely it’s her body’s attempt to heal itself. Even then, she is still never going to be able to see ever again…”

“Please take me to see her.” Twilight ordered.

“Yes First Fallen, right this way.”

The stallion turned and started to walk away to another room, with Twilight in tow. Sparks started to follow her, but Pinkie placed a hoof on her shoulder. Sparks turned around,

“Is something bothering you, Miss Pinkie Pie?”

Pinkie shook her head, “Let Twilight go alone…”

“But, Master Rarity is in there, and-”

“I know…you care about her, and you want to go see her, but…” Pinkie gave a soft smile, “Well, Twilight and Rarity-”

“They love each other, as more than friends, and more than best friends.”

Pinkie arched an eyebrow, “You think you know everything, huh?” she put a foreleg on Sparks’ shoulder, and led them to a different part of the hospital,
e''

“You’re wrong. Kind of. Rarity doesn’t know that Twilight loves her so much. We’ve known about that since we were in our 40s. And it makes sense that she would love her so much. As much as they tend to bicker, Rarity understands Twilight better than anypony else. And, well, they should be together. I mean, the rest of us ended up together, so why not them? Heck, not to mention we bear the elements of Harmony, so we'll out live pretty much anypony we could've encountered and loved. On top of that, Unicorns already live longer than Pegasi or Earth Ponies, so two Unicorns as Element Bearers are more than likely gonna outlive us.” She looked at the door Twilight and the doctor walked in, “Maybe now, Twilight will tell Rarity how she feels about her. So...let’s give them that chance.”

Sparks nodded and smiled, “Yes ma’am.”

~MLP~

Twilight stared at Rarity’s expressionless face. For the first time in decades, she felt tired. This was her fault. If she had been at the base instead of going to the Hidden Hive, they never would’ve gotten hurt. She gently stroked Rarity’s cheek,

“I’m so sorry, Rarity…” Twilight stated sadly. “I’m so…so sorry…” she stared harder at her face, hoping for some kind of reaction, “I wasn’t there. I wasn’t able to protect you. And I know you…I know you nearly gave your life to help protect that base…” she placed her forehead against Rarity’s, “I don’t know if you can hear me…I hope you can though, because I have to tell you this.” She leaned forward, “Rarity…I love you…so much…”

She placed a soft kiss at the base of Rarity's horn. She pulled away, “I’m going to do everything in my power to get you back on your hooves…”

She started to stroke her mane, still earning no response from her fellow Unicorn. She searched her face for something, anything, to let her know that she was going to come back from this. She reached over and pushed the nurse call button. Within moments, a Pegasus mare quickly trotted in,

“Did you call for me, First Fallen?”

“I need to speak with this facility's top surgeon. Please have him come immediately.”

The nurse nodded, “Yes, First Fallen.”

With that, she turned around a quickly trotted out of the room. A couple minutes later, a middle aged cream Unicorn walk into the room.

“Good evening, First Fallen. I’m Doctor Red Heart.” The doctor introduced himself.

“It’s been a while since I’ve heard a pony with that name…” Twilight softly stated to herself. “Thank you, Red Heart. I have a theory to discuss with you that may bring Rarity back. Since you are the Chief Surgeon here, you will more than likely be able to give me the most accurate response to my statements.”

Red Heart nodded, “I understand, First Fallen. What would you like to discuss?”

“First, I want to know exactly what’s wrong with Rarity. It doesn’t make any sense that these wounds haven’t healed, when she bears an Element of Harmony. It can heal most wounds, save for severed limbs…” she turned to look down at Rarity, “Why not the other wounds that she's sustained?”

Red Heart pushed his glasses up a bit, “Well…when we did her blood work, there seemed to be a virus of some sort in her blood stream. A virus with massive amounts of dark magic in its structure.” He grabbed one of the chairs in the room, “The last time I’ve seen anything close to this, was when a fighter had been injured by the Hell King’s black fire. It was fused with dark magic, that allowed it to burn forever, and even when we were able to smother some of the fire on his body, we couldn’t completely kill it, and in the end, he burned to death.” His horn crackled with magic, and a thick, green book appeared. He levitated the book in front of himself and magically flipped the pages until he found what he was looking for, “Before this war, the last time this type of dark magic has been used, was during the attempted Griffin Genocide, which triggered The Fourth Equis War over 2,300 years ago.”

“I believe I heard about that strange magic. It started with a ‘V’.” Twilight pointed out.

“It’s called the Void Virus.” Red Heart replied. “All ponies have a Magi Channeling System, which takes magic from our magic reserves and helps push it through our bodies-”

Twilight rubbed her temple in slight irritation, “With all due respect Red Heart, I was the Princess of Magic, and was known for my vast knowledge in it. Please do not insult my intelligence with pre-elementary level Unicornian knowledge.”

Red Heart cleared his throat, “Yes, First Fallen. My apologies.” He flipped to another page in the book. “Basically, what this virus is doing, is that it is eating away at the magic reserves, and the blood cells that carry white matter. In normal ponies, it would shut down their channels, and even if it didn't, there would be no reserves to pull magic from. This would keep them from being able to use any type of magic, and, to put it into simpler terms…strip them of the very thing that makes them ponies…” he looked over at Rarity, “For her though…the situation is far worse, and it’s because she has an Element of Harmony inside of her. The Element can’t do its job properly, and heal her body. Not only that, it’s eating the white matter faster than it can be reproduced in her body. So, not only she not heal her body, but the Element is helping speed up the Void Virus' process by constantly giving it fresh blood to feed on. Her Element is killing her…”

“Does the Void Virus work on non-living material? Even if they do contain magic?” Twilight questioned.

Red Heart rubbed his chin, “It hasn’t been tested, but as I stated before, it only attacks the blood cells that supply white matter. Since non-living things don’t have blood, then in theory, it shouldn’t be able to attack it.”

Twilight’s eyes glowed, and a small Eventide crystal sprouted from one of her shoulders. Her horn glowed and she ripped the small crystal from her shoulder, making a drop of her dark blood ooze from the wound. She handed it to the doctor,

“You think you can find out what it does with this?”

He took it into his hooves and studied it, “I’ve never held one in my hooves…it’s impossible for anypony to break off any pieces off of the pillars…”

Twilight smirked, “Well I’m not a normal pony now am I? And neither are my friends.” She flitted her gaze to the crystal then back to him, “So, can you?”

Red Heart nodded his head, a little too excitedly, “I will have my team run every test right away. We should have results for you within the hour.”

He quickly got up and trotted out of the room. Twilight turned her attention back to Rarity. The strange feeling of fatigue hit her in a wave. She rested her head on Rarity’s chest. Her vision started to blur as she listened to the weak, but steady thumping of Rarity’s heart. It wasn’t until she felt something touching her foreleg that she realized she had fallen asleep. She snapped upright, horn blazing with hot magic, and eyes burning with rage as she laid a protective foreleg across Rarity's barrel. It all fizzled out when she focused and saw the fear stricken Red Heart trembling before her.

“I’m sorry, Red Heart. I’m just a bit…jumpy, right now.” Twilight apologized.

“It’s quite alright, First Fallen. You just gave me a slight scare.” Red Heart responded, though his body language still showed that ‘slight scare’ was an understatement. “Now, I have the test results for the Void Virus working against EvenTide crystals.”

“And?”

“It was very strange. These crystals that you make are…alive, in a sense.” Red Heart started. “Well…a better way to phrase it, is that they’re conscious. They knew that the Void Virus was attacking, and they fought back.” A huge smile appeared on his face, “EvenTide crystals are the cure to the Void Virus. You are the cure to it.”

“That’s great...and I absolutely plan to help in the future, but for now...there was a reason I had you test that.” Twilight stated bluntly. “If I put an EvenTide crystal in her, it should stop the Void Virus, correct?”

Red Heart’s smile disappeared, “I’m afraid not, First Fallen.”

“What?!” Twilight snarled. "What do you mean it wont work?!”

Red Heart flinched, “It’s not that simple…” he looked over at Rarity. Twilight followed his gaze. “The amount of damage her body has suffered is irreversible. She wouldn’t just need EvenTide crystals, she’d need fresh blood, a new eye, a new leg.” He looked over at Twilight with a somber expression, “A new heart…”

Shock took over Twilight’s face as he looked up at the doctor, “What do you mean?”

“The Void Virus has already attacked her heart. The aorta, the right atrium, and pulmonary artery have taken massive damage. A full recovery isn't possible, her heart will always need some kind of mechanical assistance like the way we're providing it now, even with Eventide Crystals...

Twilight’s eyes fell back to Rarity’s face. Gods, how much had her health deteriorated while Twilight slept? She knew she had to do something fast. She looked up at Red Heart, determination shining bright in her eyes,

“Use my body.” She ordered.

Red Heart arched his eyebrow in confusion, “I’m sorry, First Fallen. I didn’t seem to hear you correctly…”

“Use my body to bring help her back.” she repeated. “Take my left foreleg, take one of my eyes, take my heart and give them all to her.”

The doctor slightly shook his head, “I’m afraid I can’t do that. It goes against the oath I took when I became a doctor.”

“This is not the old days when Equis was still fine and dandy, and you didn’t have to worry about this.” She looked over at Rarity, “Doctor Red Heart, I’m going to tell you something, and I want you to listen to me very carefully.” She lean forward. “I love this mare. Very much in fact. I’m willing to do whatever it takes to bring her back from the brink of death. Not just because I love her, but because as the First Fallen, I swore that I would do whatever I can do to help somepony. Now you, as a doctor in this day and age, should be willing to do the same thing. Do you understand what I’m saying, Doctor Red Heart?”

Red Heart nodded.

“Then you’re going to take my foreleg, my eye, and my heart, and put them into Rarity. That's a direct order.”

Red Heart nodded again, “Yes, First Fallen.” He got up and started to turn, “Please follow me. I have an empty operation room available. I’ll have a team in there in a few minutes to begin prepping you for it.”

Twilight nodded and started to follow him out of the room. She was met by Pinkie and Sparks.

“Miss Twilight, will Master Rarity be okay?”

She looked down at her and gave her a small smile, “She’ll be fine. I’ll just be making a few small sacrifices for my friend…”

Pinkie stepped closer to her, “Twilight…”

Twilight looked up at Pinkie with sorrowful eyes, “Pinkie Pie, you’re in charge for now. Okay?”

Pinkie gave her a determined nod, and her eyes got glassy, “Okay...”

Twilight smiled, a genuine one, and gave her a quick nuzzle before she turned away from them to follow Red Heart to one of the operation rooms. Sparks looked up at Pinkie, “Are you going to be okay, Miss Pinkie Pie?”

Pinkie nodded, “I’ll be fine…I just never thought I’d end up in charge of our whole damn rebellion in a matter of 45 seconds…”

Burning slowly walked up to her, “Pinkie Pie...I want you to know that you are not alone. I am no longer a Princess of Equestria. To be honest...I don't really know what I am. But what I do know, is my purpose. My job is to assist in the war against the Hell King.” She gave a curt bow, “Since you are the current leader and a co-leader to the rebellion, it’s in my programming...and my honor...to serve you.”

Pinkie gave a small smile and bowed back, “Thank you, Princess Celestia.”

Burning arched an eyebrow, “Pinkie Pie...I told you, I no longer go by that name."

Pinkie’s smile disappeared, “Oh...that's right...I'm sorry...” she spaced out for a few moments before she shook her head, “I can't lose focus right now.” She got a serious and determined look on her face, “Burning Sun, I want you to go to the administrative office and find out the nearest base from here.”

Burning nodded, “Yes, Pinkie Pie.”

Pinkie turned to Sparks, “You and I…we have got a lot of work to do…”

~MLP~

Trixie stood before Corrupted Spike’s chair, head lowered and eyes to the floor.

“Trixie is sorry, Great Dragon. Trixie failed in destroying the Mane Six.”

“Who said I wanted you to kill them off?”

Trixie looked up at him, utterly confused. He stared down at her, his claws drumming on the armrest as he waited for a response.”

“Trixie...is not understanding you, Hell Master. Trixie thought it was what you requested.”

Corrupted Spike let out a chuckle, “I never told you to kill them off. I simply said I wanted to see what you could do. You managed to cripple three of them. You also managed to give me that useful little bit of information about Celestia. As painful as it is to admit, it’s been a while since my fighters have managed to even take one of them down.” He got a dark, toothy grin on his face, “Congratulations, Trixie…You truly are ‘great’ and ‘powerful’. Your DNA shall be added to the experiment.” He snapped his fingers and a vial appeared. He levitated it to Trixie.

“Place your blood in the vial, then take it to the chamber.”

She nodded, “Yes, Hell Master.”

“I have something else for you.” He snapped his fingers again, and a small onyx orb covered in violet fire hovered in his palm. He leaned forward,

“Take this.”

“Forgive me for asking…but what is it?”

“It’s a little something that will amplify your magic.” His grin got wider, “The Alicorn Amulet doesn’t have SHIT on this.”

She took it into her magical grasp and bowed, “Thank you, Great Dragon. Your gift shall not go to waste.”

“I would hope so.” He waved his claws, “Now excuse yourself from my chambers.”

“Yes sir.”

She used her magic to vanish from his sight. He snapped his fingers, and the mirror once again appeared beside him. Spike appeared in the reflection, his eyes burning bright with rage.

“You won’t get away with this.”

Corrupted Spike got an amused smile on his face, “Oh, I am most certain that I will.” He licked his lips, “The universe, starting with this world, will soon be mine. I will give you the choice to stay and watch me recreate the universe to my liking, or…you can surrender and finally let me eat your soul.”

Spike growled, “I’ll never surrender to you. Nor will I watch you rule.” He leaned forward, his face nearly pressed up against the glass, “Just you wait…the moment I get a chance to, I’m going to get free, get my body back, and FUCK YOU UP!!!”

Corrupted Spike chuckled, “Aren’t you just precious?” his face suddenly went void of any playfulness. “Keep that up, and I may have to do something horrible to your sister and her little friends. Something so vile, that it’s guaranteed to break that pathetic little spirit of yours.”

Spike bit his lip, in order to keep from saying something that would upset Corrupted Spike bad enough to actually cause them harm. Corrupted Spike smiled,

“You’re such a good little dragon.” He waved at the reflection, “We’ll talk later. I’ve got plans that I need to set in motion. Farewell.”

The mirror faded into nothing, as Corrupted Spike rose to his feet. He walked over to his balcony, observing the hellish land of fire and despair he had created. He looked over his shoulder,

“Commander Black Light!!”

A Hellion appeared before him.

“Yes, Great Dragon. You have summoned me?”

“Make sure Trixie has her bloodwork done. After that...bring me the Demon Unicorn’s prison crystal. I want to see what happens if I release another powerhouse pony into the game…”

“But of course, Great Dragon. I’ll take care of it right away.”

The Hellion vanished. Spike looked back at the land surrounding his dark kingdom and smiled,

“Soon the entire world shall be covered in black fire and ash…”

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[RadicalDishonesty]

As powerful as the Hell King is, he seems like he's pulling out all the stops to try to kill the Mane 6 and not particularly succeeding. Trixie definitely dealt a powerful blow though.

It's weird, because it might seem even worse for the protagonists, but Spike being free in his own mind, and just controlled by the Corrupted One is actually staving off this sort of misery fatigue in reading this. Even if it's a horrible situation, the fact that he is not twisted is a ray of hope.