An Avenger Returns

by Ultimate Mayhem

A Spell Part 2: The Return

Rainbow watched as Twilight put her backpack on and began to walk away before turning back to her.

"Well? Are you coming or what?" asked Twilight causing Rainbow to snap out of her daze.

"Oh. Uh yeah." said Rainbow as she flew with Twilight. They walked for a short time before Rainbow turned to her with the intent to say something but just couldn't put any words together.

"Rainbow." said Twilight as they walked.

"Yeah?"

"How long have I been gone?" asked Twilight.

"About seven months." replied Rainbow.

"Then this means he was right." said Twilight.

"Who?"

"I'll explain everything back at the castle. Can you bring the others?"

"Sure." replied Rainbow before leaving. Twilight smiled.

"I know this place is dangerous but it beats rush hour in New York." she said to herself with a slight laugh. "I'm going to miss my friends from back there." she said looking at the sky. "I'll protect everything." she said looking at her hand before walking towards the castle but then stopped and looked around. "No one's around so I guess it'd be pointless to walk the whole way." she said with a smirk. A timberwolf had been walking around in noticed Twilight. It was about to pounce when she suddenly vanished leaving the lupine creature staring in shock.

It wasn't too long after that she arrived at the castle but was forced dodge because she nearly slammed into the side of the castle.

"Man. He wasn't kidding about the ambient magic being an issue." she said to herself before walking around to get to the entrance. "It's hard to believe I'm finally home." she said as she went inside. When she entered she heard voices coming from the library and followed.

"Spike, you don't have to be brave for everyone." said a voice Twilight recongnized as Moon Dancer's.

"I just don't want the others to worry about me." replied Spike.

Twilight entered the library and saw Spike on one of the ladders putting a book on one of the high shelves while Moon Dancer held the ladder. She whistled causing the two to turn to her.

"You've kept this place looking beautifully." said Twilight as Spike slid down the ladder.

"I'm sorry but who....what are you?" asked Spike.

"Spike it's me. Twilight." she said causing the two to look at her with widened eyes.

"T-Twilight?" asked Spike. Twilight put down her backpack and held her arms open with a smile. Spike immediately ran to her and jumped into her arms letting out all the tears he'd kept in during her absense. He tried to talk but all the sorrow he'd kept in poured out resulting in his words being difficult to understand. "I missed you too." she said before kissing the top of his head before pulling him back. "Spike." she said causing him to look at her. "I know I've never said this before but I want you to know that I love you. You're the best little brother anyone could ask for." she said before hugging him again. For a moment he was shocked but then hugged her.

"Twilight?" asked Moon Dancer.

"Yes. It's me." she said with a smile.

"What happened to you?" asked Moon Dancer.

"I'll explain once the others get here." replied Twilight. "I'm glad you've been able to keep the castle library running."

"Well I can't take all the credit. The others have been helping me when they're free." said Spike.

"I figured as much." said Twilight as the rest of her friends arrived, Lyra included. Upon arriving the mares couldn't help but stare at her. "I'm glad to see you all again." she said as she let go of Spike who was finally cried out.

"Then....you're really Twilight?" asked Applejack cautiously.

"In the flesh....kinda." replied Twilight. It was then all of them tackled her in a large group hug.

"I've missed you all too but could you get off me so I can explain everything?" asked Twilight. The others nodded and stepped back. "Alright now where to begin."

"The beginning would be a nice starting point darling." said Rarity.

"Well it started with the spell." said Twilight. "You see the spell did work but another spell targeted it."

"Targeted it?" asked Pinkie. Twilight nodded.

"You see when I was casting the spell someone in another universe was casting a spell to find a way into Equestria so when I went through I wound up in that universe. Specifically in a planet called Earth and well....when I arrived I was like this but I shot out of the sky."

"Goodness. Were you okay?" asked Fluttershy concerned.

"I was fine. You see a boy caught me in the air." said Twilight.

"What did he do? Fly?" asked Rainbow jokingly. Twilight smirked. "You're kidding."

"Nope." replied Twilight. "You see the boy that caught was the reincarnation of one of the Earth's Elements of Nature. Specifically the Elemental of Fire."

"So this guy uses fire?" asked Rainbow.

"Not quite." replied Twilight. "You see they were created by the planet before there was life on the planet and when animals other beings began existing they took on the forms of animal spirits. But in time they decided they wanted to live as well so every century they began to be born and would usually retain the memories of their past lives."

"Wow. That's gotta give them a headache." said Pinkie.

"You'd think so but it seems that they don't have their old memories when they're born. They regain them once they get older." replied Twilight. "Anyway the guy who saved me. His name in this life is Shawn Garrett. After he saved me he asked me if I was okay and we got to talking. I told him what had happened and he decided to let me stay in his house which was actually really big and there were lots of other kids living there."

"Kids?" asked Applejack. Twilight nodded. "But where are their parents."

"Well that's where things take a pretty bad turn." said Twilight. The others looked at her a bit confused. "Shawn's an orphan." Their eyes widened. "You see when he was a baby he was kidnapped by a demon who was planning on making the ultimate army by experimenting on new born children."

"That's horrible." said Fluttershy.

"All the kids were rescued and returned to their parents but when he was five Shawn's mother decided he needed to learn to interact with others his age a bit better and had him attend a sleepover. Unfortunately the ones who experimented on them went looking for him but when he wasn't home they destroyed the placed with his family inside."

"Those no good...." said Applejack enraged.

"It's okay Applejack." said Twilight.

"How can you say that?" asked Applejack.

"Because I'm not done." replied Twilight. "You see he stayed with a man his father was friends with. This man trained him in combat and over time he was taught by various masters." she explained. "Anyway I'm getting off track. You see he lives in a big house with lot of other children."

"Other orphans?" asked Moon Dancer.

"Unfortunately no." replied Twilight causing the others to tilt their head in confusion which caused Twilight to almost giggle at how cute it looked. "In this world there's beings born with powers called mutants. You see most humans aren't born with powers but some are and because of what they can do are often shunned by society and even their own families so Shawn set up his house as a sanctuary for mutant children so they could live without being judged."

"Well that's mighty nice of him. How old is the feller?" asked Applejack.

"Well...." began Twilight. "If I'm remembering this right he was around nine when he started and right now he'd be fifteen."

"Wow. That's young." said Rainbow.

"Sure is." said Pinkie.

"Anyway he let me stay there and when we first arrived he ran some scans on me and discovered that there was a dimensional rift caused by my arrival. He concluded that the spell I was using was altered by a spell cast from his world and I was pulled there to create the rift to be used as a means to travel here."

"But then why you didn't come back sooner?" asked Rainbow.

"Well....that's where it gets a little complicated." explained Twilight. "You see there were some conditions that had to be met to use the rift to come here and it took some time for them to be met in the right way."

"So it took seven months?" asked Rainbow.

"Actually it took eighteen months." replied Twilight shocking the others.

"Eighteen months?!" they asked in shock causing Twilight to cover her ears.

"Yes and please don't yell all at once." replied Twlight.

"But how can that be?" asked Rarity.

"Well Shawn's theory is that upon entering the dimensional nexus the turmoil we caused on the way here resulted in a temperal displacement." explained Twilight.

"Um....what?" asked Rainbow.

"Basically she's saying that when she crossed over she was fighting someone and that caused them to move through both time and space which resulted in them ending up here eleven months in the past." explained Moon Dancer. "But why were you fighting with someone?"

"Well that's part of how I got back." said Twilight. "You see the one who cast the spell that caused me to end up on earth is a villainess that calls herself Death Rose. She's a former apprentice of an evil sorcerer named Baron Mordo."

"But why did she want to come here?" asked Applejack.

"That's one of the few things I don't know." replied Twilight looking at the wall.

"So she helped you come back?" asked Pinkie.

"Not exactly." replied Twilight. "You see we eventually found what was needed for me to come back." she said. "I needed to fly fast enough to break the sound barrier right on the point that I entered their world but I couldn't do it alone. I had to intercept her midflight and speed up with her."

"So then those two streaks we saw..." said Rainbow.

"One was me and the other was Rose." said Twilight.

"So what was with how you looked in the forest?" asked Pinkie bouncing.

"That's another part of the story." replied Twilight she said looking at her hand. "Truth is....I'm technically not a pony anymore." They looked at her in shock.

"Does this have to do with why you're still in human form?" asked Lyra.

"Technically it's humanoid not human." replied Twilight. "When I crossed over I was human but...."

"Something bad happened. Didn't it sugarcube?"

Twilight smiled sadly and nodded.

Two months after Twilights arrival.

Twilight had been reading in the house's interestingly large library when an alarm suddenly went off startling her. She stepped out and saw the other kids running. Uncertain she followed them to the living room where a large holographic screen appeared and a man in a red and yellow armor which had a masked helmet was on it.

"This is an emergency call to all auxilary Avengers including members of the Young Avengers. We need help. There's a massive scale invasion in New York and we need as much help as possible because if we fall here the world will follow." he said before the screen disappeared.

"What do we do Onii-chan?" a young girl asked Shawn.

"Everyone listen up!" he called out with authority causing them to look at him. "I know you all want the chance to prove you're heroes but we can not risk leaving Japan defenseless."

Back in the present.

"Whoa whoa whoa." said Rainbow. "What's Japan?"

"Japan is one of the countries on Earth. It's actually where I was staying." replied Twilight. "Now then...."

Back to the story

"In case any of them break off and come here you all will stay here and protect Japan. We will return as soon as possible but if they do attack here I want at least one of you to contact me. In the meantime Scootaloo will be in charge."

Back at the castle

"Scootaloo?!" they yelled in shock.

"Would you stop that?!" snapped Twilight.

"Sorry darling but how is it that Scootaloo was there?" asked Rarity.

"That's a different story. All I'll say right now is that the Scootaloo I'm talking about was adopted by Shawn as his little sister." said Twilight.

Back to the story

"I won't let you down Nii-san." said Scootaloo with a confident smile.

"I know you won't." said Shawn. "Now then the others must be on their way so Fury and I will head over. If I don't make it I want you all to know that it's been an honor and a pleasure to know all of you." he said with a smile causing everyone, even Twilight to smile softly before he raised his fist. "Avengers!"

"Assembled!" they all called out. It was then Shawn and a girl who looked a lot like Twilight left.

The kids all gather in front of the tv not far from Twilight and watched the television with much worry as she saw how the city of New York had become a massive battle field with various humans and some that only appeared human fought armored aliens. There was a girl who looked a bit younger than her and had whitish pink hair who sat with Twilight as she watched. "Are you okay?"

"I'm just worried." replied Twilight.

"I know but Onii-chan's been through this before and he's not fighting alone." said the girl.

"I understand but..."

"It's hard to just sit here and do nothing. I know." said the girl. "I'm Momoe Nagisa but you can call me Nagisa if you want."

"I'm Twilight Sparkle." she introduced herself. She tried to smile but upon seeing the television she saw the massive battle field the city had become once more and was overwhelmed with concern. After what felt like hours of watching Twilight decided she couldn't take anymore and headed off to the lab.

Castle

"What lab?" asked Moon Dancer.

"Oh. I guess I forgot to mention it." replied Twilight sheepishly. "You see Shawn's home has a number of levels underneath his main home and the first is a lab where he makes and studies various things. When we first met he took me there and he ran some scans on me. Anyway"

Twilight had taken a few weeks to get used to basic technology but she'd come to understand it well enough and she'd learned where he kept some of the basic defense weapons so she opened opened the hiding spaces on the floor which caused a number of displays to rise up.

"I may not be able to use my magic but that doesn't mean I'm okay while the others fight." she said to herself as she pulled a few small guns and clips.

The others stared at her blankly.

"Guns are weapons which fires small shards of metal at really high velocity. Clips are what one calls the containers that hold the shards which are called bullets and they are put in the guns. However the guns Shawn keep in his lab don't fire matter. They fire concentrated bolts of plasma." explained Twilight.

"Fascinating. How did he do it?" asked Moon Dancer.

"I'm not sure." replied Twilight. "But I do have one here." she said pulling a hand gun out of her backpack and placing it on the floor.

"It doesn't look that dangerous." said Spike as he picked it up.

"That's because it's not loaded." replied Twilight. "This is an M717 Plasma Pistol which comes complete with a charge setting which allows a shot to become stronger by holding the trigger." The others looked at her confused. "Basically the longer you hold the trigger the stronger the shot fired but if you hold it for too long it'll explode."

"So what do the shots do?" asked Spike.

"A low level shot can cause burns in whatever it hits but the longer it's charged the more dangerous the shot and at the max it'll vaporize part of what it hits." clarified Twilight.

"I can't believe something so destructive exists." said Rarity.

"Yeah but these were made by Shawn and another person named Izzy in case there was any kind of invasion."

"Just how many times have they been invaded?" asked Applejack. Twilight shrugged.

"They've dealt with aliens, demons, and a number of other threats." she said simply before realizing something. "Hey Spike how much do the Princesses know?"

"Are you kidding? They've been looking for a way to track where the spell took you." Twilight sighed.

"Who else?" she asked.

"Cadance and Shining." replied Spike.

"Oi. I really should've asked about that before starting this." said Twilight scratching the back of her head. "Spike could you send letters to them and ask them to come to the castle?"

"Right away." said Spike leaving.

"Hey Twilight." said Rainbow causing her to turn. "Was this gun thing the only weapon you brought?" Twilight looked thoughtful for a moment.

"I guess one could say that's debatable." she said.

"How would that be debatable." asked Applejack.

"Well I have weapons that I can't carry on me because technically they're part of me." explained Twilight.

"I don't understand." said Pinkie looking at her confused. Twilight sighed before holding out her hand causing a flame to form which expanded and the dissipated revealing a sword which surprised them.

"Where did that come from?" asked Moon Dancer.

"Like I said: From within me." replied Twilight. "When I was made what I am now I gained a number of abilities from the Elementals. One of them resulted in me gaining what they call a Soul Blade."

"Soul Blade?" they all asked. Twilight nodded.

"None of them remember when it was that they got them but they all have one."

"That doesn't look like the sword you used on that thing." said Rainbow.

"It's not." replied Twilight. "The sword I used against that imposter is one I only bring out during certain situations."

"So it's more dangerous?" asked Rainbow.

"Much more. To be honest it took me a full month of training with it to be able to use it without getting hit with a backlash of magical energy."

"Wait. That sword's magic?" asked Applejack.

"Well, the one I used to the imposter. It was made in a different world." explained Twilight as she walked and looked at one of the windows.

"So that thing you fought was an imposter?" asked Rainbow.

"Well...yes and no." replied Twilight causing the others to look at her confused. "By definition it was an imposter. The accurate term for those creatures is Herald." she clarified as Spike returned.

"Alright. I just sent the letters." he said. It was then Twilight realized something.

"Oh crap." she said.

"What's..." began Pinkie before there was a slight explosion in the center of the library resulting in most of them getting thrown back. At the center of where the explosion happened they saw the three princesses and Shining Armor.

"Where is she?!" asked Shining.

"Well...that's one way to make an entrance but personally I would've gone for the front of the castle instead." said Twilight with a giggle. The four turned and their eyes widened.

"Twily? Is that really you?" asked Shining.

"Well I'm not the Black Cat." she said with an uncomfortable laugh.

"Twilight. You look very different." said Cadance.

"Yeah. I've been through some stuff." said Twilight ask she went up to them and hugged each one of them. Celestia looks at her a bit confused.

"I may be wrong here but you also seem a bit....younger."

"Eh. Yeah." said Twilight uncomfortably. "I kinda got regressed to age fourteen when I crossed over. I'm technically fifteen now."

"Twilight, how...?" began Celestia.

"I really should've thought this out when I got here." she said to herself. "Spike could you please bring us some tea while I explain what I've already told the others."

"Alright." said Spike leaving.

"So here's what I've explained so far." said Twilight. It did take a few minutes and she stopped in the same point she'd stopped. Part ways through the explaination Spike returned with tea for everyone so by the time she got to the poing where she'd left off. "Now that everyone's caught up I will ask that everyone keep their questions to themselves until I finish this story." she said.

In her story

Twilight had been taught some of the basics of using weapons so she knew she'd also need some armor. Luckily she'd seen Fury storing some a few days ago. She walked towards a slightly discolored tile and feld around until a part of the floor lit up and then arose. Within the secret campartment were what looked like silver arm bands. She took one and put it on before grabbing some holsters from a table, thankful that Shawn didn't seem to keep his lab as clean as she kept hers. Afterwards she went to the main console of the computer and began typing having been taught the use of one very important device from Fury. She held her hand out causing a holographic keyboard to appear. She typed a bit causing a glowing doorway to appear in front of her. "As they say: Now or never."

Back at the castle.

"After I went through the doorway I found myself in New York City which is kind of like Manehattan." finished Twilight. "When I arrived there were these armored creatures and many heroes fighting around. Since there were many already fighting I figured the best thing I could do was get any civilians out of the street so I started looking around and took down a few of them. I also helped some civvies finding hiding places. I'm not sure how long it was but some time later I recall the fight was still going and I heard what sounded like crying. It was a little girl's voice. I fought my way through a lot of them and eventually I did.

In the past

Twilight ran through until she arrived near a car that had been turned over. She blasted the window and inside found a little girl who had her hands over her eyes as she cried.

"Common sweetie. I'll help you." said Twilight.

"I want my mommy." said the little girl. Twilight could tell the girl was definetely younger than the crusaders by a few years.

"Come with me and I promise we'll find your mommy." said Twilight. The little girl looked at her and into her eyes. Then she started crawling towards Twilight. Once Twilight had her she pulled the girl out of the car.

"Let's go." said Twilight as she started running with the child in her arms but was still forced to dodge and weave from time to time due to explosions. Eventually she found a clear way into an alley. Once there she sat down. "Alright. Now can you tell me what your mommy looks like or where she went?" The child shook a lot fightened by the noise. She looked out of the alley and noticed a woman not too much older than herself looking around.

"Millie!" At that the little girl perked up. Twilight noticed this and started heading toward the woman but before she reached the sidewalk three of the armored creatures surrounded her. Twilight drew the last of the weapons she still had and blasted the three but she hadn't actually been paying attention to the setting she had the weapon in resulting in the shots to cause minor damage to the armors before all three creatures were pulled together and seemingly crushed. She didn't understand what had happened but at this point she wasn't gonna question when something good happened. Twilight went up to the woman holding the child. "Excuse me ma'am but is this your daughter?" The woman looked up and saw the girl.

"Oh my goodness. Millie. I've told you not to let go of my hand when we're out."

"I'm sorry mommy." said Millie.

"Thank you for helping her. She's actually my niece but my sister wouldn't stay inside until I said I'd look for her."

"No problem but you better get going." said Twilight as she noticed a few more of the creature landing not far from them. The woman nodded and left. Twilight was about to fire at the creatures in front of her when she heard the sound of more landing behind her. She looked at the ones in front of her and behind her but was surprised when the ones in front of her exploded. The ones behind her had gotten close and she'd been trying to decide where to when all four of them just slumped over allowing her to see the arrows sticking out of them. Twilight sighed in relief.

Back at the castle.

"And that's the last thing I remember." sad Twilight.

"So what happened?" asked Rainbow.

"I awoke some time after and Shawn chewed me out for being reckless." replied Twilight. "I asked him what happened and he told me that I had been caught in an explosion and had actual been put in temperal stasis for a few days."

"In what?" asked Applejack confused.

"Basically I was sorta put to sleep in a pod that kinda froze me in time." replied Twilight. "Anyway Shawn explained to me that I'd lost my right arm and because the explosion disrupted the magic I had within me they had to replace my arm first."

"Your arm looks fine to me." said Rainbow.

"What you're looking at isn't my arm. It's just a cover meant to help it look normal." explained Twilight as she placed her hand on her arm resulting in some steam getting released forcing them to shield their eyes. After they heard something heavy hit the floor. Once the steam cleared up everyone looked at her in shock. Her right arm almost looked to be made of crystal.

"Whoa." said Rainbow unsure of what to say.

"So they gave you a fancy arm?" asked Applejack.

"Kinda. I was unconcious but he said that he had to ask to others to help him form this." said Twilight. "But that wasn't the only thing. According to Shawn he wasn't sure how long I had so he did something he wanted to avoid. He injected his blood into me. That helped my body recover a bit but it wasn't enough so he asked the other Elementals to help me and all nine of them focus their power into me."

"Wait. Nine Elements?" asked Shining Armor. Twilight nodded as her hair ignited surprising them. Then it suddenly froze before becoming wind, then stone, then lightning, then metal, then a dark mist, and then a radiant light before returning to normal.

"So....you're like a superhero?" asked Spike becoming excited.

"Actually over there I'm actually considered to be a hero and I'm a member of a group called the Young Avengers." replied Twilight.

"That's so awesome!" said Rainbow.

"Not as great as it sounds." said Twilight.

"What do you mean Twily?" asked Shining.

"Well due to the circumstances when I was granted this power it resulted in some side effects." replied Twilight.

"Like what?" asked Celestia concerned.

"Essentially whatever Element I use influences the way I act. For example as I am now I can kind of control myself but if something were to try to attack me I'd turn aggressive. In using water I tend to become....agreeable. That's just naming a few." explained Twilight.

"So was that how you moved fast when you fought that herald thing?" asked Rainbow.

"No. That was actually from my physical training." replied Twilight. Then she sighed. "It also has to do with why I'm not technically a pony anymore."

"What do you mean?" asked Cadance.

"Shawn was the one who's blood I recieved but he wasn't human. He's technically a chimera of a special category and because of that I'm essentially the same as him. In other words him injecting me with his blood wasn't like a transplant because his blood changed me down to the genetic level." explained Twilight.

"So then..."

"Basically my physical strength, my speed, endurance, and most other attributes are much higher than they were before and that's without magic." clarified Twilight.

"So you don't have your magic anymore?" asked Rarity concerned.

"No. I still do. But I couldn't access it for a while. After I became like this I was able to access it but it was strangely different and my specialty changed."

"What do you mean?" asked Shining.

"Well as you recall my Cutie Mark represented that my talent was magic." said Twilight. "My specialty seems to be using my magic to enhance my physical abilities during battle although I still have some trouble controlling it so sometimes it happens but it'll take some seconds for me to realize it. For example if someone attacks me and I pick up on it my magic will probably make me faster so I'll probably dodge faster than normal but at the same time I won't realize what happened until after." she explained. "Alright that's enough questions for now." she said before anyone else could ask anything. "Look. The girl I spoke of before. Death Rose. She's here and I don't know why. All I know is that on her own she's a lot stronger than me right now. In addition she has these black spheres that inside house Heralds." Twilight saw some of them wanted to ask. "Herald are basically copies of people made of cosmic energy which is why they look silver. It's impossible to say how many she has or whether or not she made them or recieved them.. This means she might have one or more of every hero and villain from the earth I was on. The plus side seems to be that they become weaker once released in Equestria."

"How can you tell?" asked Moon Dancer.

"I fought one not too long ago." replied Twilight. "The Herald Rainbow saw me fight was a copy of a Hero named Ben Grimm, AKA The Thing. A member of the hero team the Fantastic Four."

"Twilight, do you think it'd be possible to track her?" asked Celestia.

"Unfortunetely not with Equestria's level of tech. We'd need satelites to be able to track her since she gives off various energy signatures." replied Twilight. "That was actually how we found her when she was about to head here."

"What's a satelite?" asked Rainbow.

"It's a machine sent to orbit a planet in order to make transmitting information to other parts of a world easier." explained Twilight. "For example..." she said holding out her hand causing a holographic globe to appear but when she made it bigger none of the others recognized it.

"What is that?" asked Lyra.

"This is planet earth." replied Twilight as she turned to globe to a set of islands. "And this is Japan. Where I was living." she said before turning the globe and pointing to the edge of a continent. "And this is where New York is." she added. "Now Stark Industries has satelites basically all around the world allowing for different things such as Shawn's use of the Teleportal system from Japan to anywhere in the world." They looked at her. "How do you think I got half ways across the planet in one step?" They nodded as the hologram disappeared. "There isn't much to be done about searching. Shining how combat competent are the Royal Guards?"

"They're mostly trained more as guards than warriors." replied Shining.

"So they're basically useless in a fight." said Twilight with a sigh before she suddenly looked up.

"Is something wrong Twilight?" asked Celestia. Without responding Twilight took off running out of the castle soon followed by the others. When they got to the edge of Ponyville they saw as three more dark sphere landed.

"I'm guessing that's a yes." said Cadance.

"Whatwedowhatdowedo?!" panicked Pinkie.

"Keep the streets and sky clear." said Twilight as her eyes began releasing electric sparks. Before anyone could say she was gone. Dash snapped out of her shock first and followed. It took a few seconds before the others followed. When they arrived at Twilight's location they saw as the three spheres landed near one another with one in front and the other two behind it. Ponies began to gather around as they looked on. "Everyone get out of here, NOW!" ordered Twilight. The ponies turned to her as the spheres melted revealing three silver creatures resulting in all the ponies heading indoors. All two of the three seemed to be human in strange clothing but the last was different. The first seemed to wear some kind of armor with a cape and helmet. The second looked like a woman in strange tights who had what looked like bat wings coming out of her lower back and just above her ears. The third was much larger than the other and was far more monstrous in appearance with one of its arms being made of snakes.

"What are they?" asked Celestia.

"Heralds." replied Twilight. "The first one is a mutant named Magneto, often called the master of magnetism. He's very dangerous and powerful enough to destroy large buildings and even move entire bridges. The second is a succubus named Morrigan. She's from the head of the house of Aensland and is known to be playful, dangerous, and somewhat sadistic. The third is the most dangerous of them. Its name's Ogre and it's very destructive." replied Twilight.

"Are any of them friends of yours?" asked Pinkie.

"Debatable." replied Twilight as the three began to rise. "Rainbow is there anyone on duty today?"

"Just me." replied Rainbow.

"Good. Make sure everyone stays on the ground." ordered Twilight. Rainbow was about to say something when Twilight shot a stream of electricity at the Magneto herald causing the three to look at her. Then she signalled for them with her fingers before flying upwards shocking the others.

"H-How?!" asked Rainbow in shock. Immediately Magneto sent a magnetic blast at her forcing her to create a small electric barrier which pushed her back but was caught by surprise when Ogre punched her almost forcing her down. She was able to stop herself but was surprised by a blast from Morrigan which threw her. She stopped and surprised everyone again when a pair of lavender wings which had dark blue tips extended from her back.

'Okay so I jumped the gun a little.' she thought to herself. She scoffed. "Guess I've no choice." she said out loud making the others wonder what she was intending on doing. She took a deep breath. Then she held her hand up and snapped her fingers "Elementra!" she called out causing the others to look confused as a circle with strange symbols formed at her feet. From it something emerged something which caused Twilight to rise higher but they became shocked when they saw a massive dark blue dragon come out of it with her standing on its head. "You ready partner?" The dragon gave a slight growl as it began to glow. Then it shot up higher in the form of a light which collided with Twilight causing a bright flash forcing everyone watching to shield their eyes. Once they were able to open them again they saw as Twilight floated only now she was completely covered in scales and with a dragonoid appearance, even her wings which went from feather to leather in appearance. "Let's dance." she said with smirk. The three charged at her but were forced back when Twilight formed an electric sphere which expanded forcing the three back. It was then she held out her hands causing a sword to materialize in each one which she connected at the hilts causing them to become a large scythe with a blue electric blade. "Lily, it's time to get serious." she said softly before she began spinning it rapidly causing several balls lightning to form around her which then shot off forcing the three to dodge. However they didn't noticed when the balls stopped behind them and flew back striking and temperarily paralyzing all three of them. It was then her eyes became completely navy blue with electricity surging out of them. Then she held out her hand upwards towards Morrigan causing a lightning bolt to strike her higher into the air. Then Twilight appeared behind her with a sad smile before snapping her fingers causing several more balls to form around Morrigan who looked around as the balls all began spinning around her. Before she had a chance to react they converged on her resulting in her being trapped in a large sphere of electricity. Then Twilight held her weapon over her shoulders as the blade became bigger and she began to spin rapidly with electricity surrounding her. The electrified twister then flew to the sphere and went through it causing several lines to form on it before it exploded. After Twilight flew at Morrigan and put her hand through the herald's chest and pulled something out which caused Morrigan to dissolve into dark particles.

With a sigh Twilight's scales, hair, eyes, and clothes became white while her weapon's blade became pure light. The remaining two got ready to charge when Twilight suddenly came between the two and grabbed Magneto, releasing light into him before letting him be shot back allowing her to turn her attention to Ogre who attempted to punch her again. This time she caught its fist in her hand and spun around before throwing it back. She smiled and then disappeared resulting in everyone looking around wondering where she'd gone so they didn't see when she caught Ogre in another magic circle. Then she flew up and seperated from Elementra who expanded her wings. "Light the way....to eternity." said Twilight as Elementra fire a blast of gold and white fire which left Ogre with smoke coming off its body. After Twilight and Elementra rejoined and Twilight did the same thing to Ogre she'd done to Morrigan with the same result.

"Now let's go to the dark place." said Twilight as what was white now became pitch black, her eyes and weapon included. "It's now time to end this charade." she said with a distorted voice. Magneto raised his hands causing several metal objects to rise and then fly straight for her. Twilight sighed released a wave of darkness which caused everything to suddenly dissolve. "Ponyville doesn't have as many metal objects as earth." she said with a dark smile. "Now why don't you be a good little herald and let me end this?" Magneto's response was to fire off another electromagnetic pulse but when it hit Twilight she disappeared in a black mist before another formed behind him from which she materialized and released a pulse of dark energy which blew Magneto back. Then she appeared in front of him as he was trapped in a sphere of pure darkness. "Let's take a look at your deepest nightmares." she said as the sphere suddenly expanded engulfing her as well.

Within the sphere Magneto found himself in a valley with rotting plants and skeletons everywhere. He looked around but didn't see when a hand grabbed his boots and pulled him down followed by several more from his surroundings and began pulling him.

Twilight then appeared above the sphere and slices in half causing it to explode. Then she caught him before he fell with his eyes pitch black like hers. "Good night." she said as she put her hand in his chest and pulled it out resulting in him dissolving as well. After she landed back with the others who looked at her in shock as she returned to her first dragonoid form. "Well that's that." she said.

"How come I can't fly?" asked Rainbow.

"Yeah. Sorry about that. I figured one of you would try to intervene so I had to use a scramble glyph." said Twilight as she snapped her fingers causing a magic circle under their feet to glow and then shatter.

"Why did...?" began Celestia.

"Because know you all well enough to know you'd try to help me even if the fight was too dangerous." replied Twilight. "I've fought heralds before and I've fought most of the heroes and villains they're shaped like but I don't know what they could do to any of you. For all we know them attacking one of you could mess with your magic. I couldn't risk it. That's why I set the glyph under my feet when I got here." she explained as her weapon disappeared. "Oh dear."

"What is it?" asked Celestia concerned.

"Elementra needs to rest. I'm afraid I'm gonna need one of you to take me back to the castle because our mergence is what's keeping me...." she began before she returned to normal and collapsed.

"Twilight!" they yelled out. Upon getting a closer look Celestia sighed in relief.

"She's just exhausted."

"With that display I'm surprised she didn't lose conciousness soon." said Luna.

"That would've been the case if she'd been using magic but I don't believe she was." said Celestia as she lifted her former student onto her back and the realizing how much heavier Twilight felt now than when she was younger. "Goodness. I didn't think she'd gotten this much heavier."

"What do you mean?" asked Shining.

"Would you like to carry her?" asked Celestia. Shining shrugged and then nodded before taking hold of his sister with his magic. Unfortunately once he released his magic he struggled to stay standing before falling on his stomach.

"Okay. She's heavy." he said trying to breath.

"Here. Let me help you." said Applejack. Cadance lifted Twilight and lifted her onto Applejack's back.

"Strange. Why doesn't she feel heavy when lifted with magic?"

"I believe that is something Twilight Sparkle can answer once she has rested." said Luna. "Let us return to the castle so she may rest." Everyone nodded and they returned to the castle.

Comments

[magicstorm4]

not how I expected to turn out, but still in my fav for the way you made it. I look forward to more and I do like it so please make morech and storys

[Ultimate Mayhem]

6906631 Thanks.

[sexy nightmare moon]

Strange. Why doesn't she feel heavy when lifted with magic'

well crystal and weapons inside of twilight may be why mister armor

[Ultimate Mayhem]

6956227 Not quite. I'll reveal why she's physically heavy in the next chapter but the reason she doesn't feel heavy when lifted with magic is that Twilight's new magic links to the magic of others similar to when you link two trucks to pull one with the other (Not a tow truck, Pickup). Basically if moved with magic feels light.

[sexy nightmare moon]

6956739 heheh ok well i did have a good point though

[Ultimate Mayhem]

6956822 Fifty Fifty because Twilight's arm has nothing to do wither being light. It has five function and three modes.
1. Crystal Arm
2. Astral Demon Arm
3. Cursed Arm.

1. Enhance spells channeled through it.
2. Enhance her strength
3. Create a demonic astral arm for grabs and attacks
4. Create dark constructs in her surroundings
5. Drain the soul of things she touches. (And this is only if she uses the third form.)

[sexy nightmare moon]

6956864 coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Titan Commander Sebaste]

I'm definitely liking this!

[Flame Heart]

I think a better idea would have just been reading the story of Twilight's time in the other dimension cuz honestly this is just confusing

[Ultimate Mayhem]

9140321 Yeah. Sorry for the confusion. Honestly I'm intending to have this partially focused on that though it may not be enough. Thanks for the feedback

[Nightflight406]

R.I.P. Herald Magneto.
You will never be as cool and badass as the real one.

[Ultimate Mayhem]

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