Time Heals All Wounds

by Brony4Ever1992

Chapter 27

The Mane 7 where catching their breaths. They ran for what seemed like forever after Twilight outed them. They finally ducked into another alleyway and where able to rest. However, they now had all of Canterlot hunting them down.

"What in the name of Celestia where you thinking?!" asked Rainbow angrily.

"Keep it down or we'll get caught." demanded Sunset.

"She totally blew our cover." noted Rainbow angrily.

Rainbow Dash pointed to Twilight who was hanging her head.

"Rainbow, ya can't blame her for getting up set considering that's her folks." said Applejack.

"I don't know what i would have done in that situation." said Fluttershy.

"Your brother could use a swift kick in the ass." grumbled Rainbow.

"I can relate to Twilight and I would have done the same thing. Cut her slack." said Pinkie, more serious than usual.

"The question is what do we do now?" asked Rarity.

"We have to get out of Canterlot and wait for help." answered Fluttershy.

"No way. We've come this far." replied Rainbow.

"I actually gotta agree with Dash on this one." said Applejack.

"Plus, the city is crawling with Equalists." noted Rarity.

"Twilight, what do you think?" asked Sunset.

Twilight hung her head silently.

"Up to me." sighed Sunset.

Sunset thought it over.

"For now, we need to find somewhere safe where the Equalists won't find us." began Sunset.

Sunset went over it in her head.

"We'll need to lay low for now. We can't take on an entire city alone." said Sunset.

"I trust ya." said Applejack.

Rainbow let out an unhappy sigh.

"Fine." relented Rainbow.

"Um, we will we go?" asked Fluttershy.

'You're coming with us." said a pair of voice.

The equalized Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine began walking up to them.

"Just give up." demanded Lemon Hearts.

"There's no escape." added Twinkleshine.

The girls took a defensive stance.

"We'll defend ourselves if we have to." warned Sunset.

The two unicorns kept going.

"I warned you." said Sunset.

Sunset used her magic to freeze Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine in place.

"Run!" cried Sunset.

The girls ran except for Twilight.

"Run Twilight!" exclaimed Sunset.

Twilight remained silent.

"Leave it to me." said Rarity.

Rarity grabbed Twilight with her magic and began to move her.

"Hello Rarity." came a familiar voice.

"Sassy Saddles." said Rarity sadly.

Rarity dropped Twilight.

"Oh Sassy." said Rarity hurt.

Rarity felt her heart breaking.

"Join us." requested Sassy.

Rarity gave a tearful look.

"I need help!" exclaimed Sunset.

Rainbow flew over picking Rarity up.

"Let's go!" cried Rainbow.

"Thanks Rainbow." muttered Sunset.

Sunset dropped Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine.

"We'll save you when we beat Starlight." said Sunset.

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The Mane 7 raced off, but ran into another road block.

'Y'all aren't going anywhere." said the equalized Cherry Jubilee.

"Comrade Glimmer wants to see you." added Trouble Shoes.

"We don't want to fight you." said Sunset.

"If ya don't come quietly then we'll make ya join us." said Trouble Shoes.

Trouble Shoes began walking forward, but tripped and fell onto Cherry Jubilee.

"Run!" cried Sunset.

The Mane 7 ran thanking Trouble Shoes' bad luck for coming in handy.

"After them!" exclaimed Cherry Jubilee.

"We might need to split up." noted Sunset.

Before she could continue, Sassy Saddles appeared in a flash before her.

"Ahh!" cried Sunset alarmed.

Sunset threw on the breaks and managed to avoid running into Sassy.

"Found you." said Sassy.

"Crap." said Sunset worried.

The girls turned around, but Trouble Shoes and Cherry Jubilee had caught up with them.

"This is bad." noted Sunset.

Cherry and Trouble Shoes began closing in.

"Yeah!" cried a loud voice.

As if answering their prayers, Bulk Biceps shot down and body slammed Trouble Shoes.

"Why you..." began Cherry.

Before Cherry Jubilee could act, a blast of fire rained down in front of her. Cherry ran off as a small group of dragons landed next to the Mane 7.

"Back off!" screamed a blue dragon.

Sassy Saddles quickly fled as the blue dragon turned her attention to the Mane 7.

"My name is Ember and I am the daughter of Dragon Lord Torch. We received your plea for help and I formed a volunteer battalion to fight." explained Ember.

"I don't who or how. I'm just glad to see you." said Sunset relieved.

"You heard for the palace and we'll provide covering fire." said Ember.

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The Mane 7 continued heading for the palace when the equalized Donut Joe got in their way.

"Move." said Sunset.

"I am afraid i cannot do that." said Joe.

Joe took aim with this horn when he was suddenly bowled over.

"Sorry about that." said Derpy blushing.

"You made it!" exclaimed Fluttershy proudly.

"Yup. The gri..." began Derpy.

Before she could finish, Joe used his magic to lift Derpy off himself.

"How dare you interfere." said Joe angrily.

"Don't hurt her!" snapped Rainbow.

Then stop me." said Joe.

Before any pony could move, a pair of talons landed on Joe pinning him to the ground and freeing Derpy.

"If Dash told ya to leave her alone then ya leave her alone!" declared Gilda.

"Gilda!" cried Rainbow joyously.

Rainbow raced over to her friend.

"Of course." shrugged Gilda.

A battalion of griffons landed.

"Once I explained what happened, Gilda was the first to join up." noted Derpy.

"Rainbow is my friend and I didn't want her getting hurt." said Gilda blushing.

"Aw. You've got a soft side." replied Rainbow teasing.

"No I don't!" snapped Gilda.

Gilda took a moment to compose herself.

"Once I explained anyone who fought would be a hero there was a line of volunteers." said Gilda.

"Gilda, we've got company." noted Giselle.

The equalized Wonderbolts where coming in fast.

"We'll hand this." said Gilda confident.

The griffons took off.

"Kick butt Gilda!" cried Rainbow.

"Now, let's get going..." began Sunset.

Before she could continue, Sunset heard terrified screaming.

"What's that?" asked Sunset.

Sunset turned and saw several Equalists running for their lives.

"What do you think has gotten into them?" asked Fluttershy worried.

"I have an idea." answered Pinkie.

Sure enough, several yaks ran out looking for the Equalists with Prince Rutherford at the lead.

"EQUAL PONIES PAY FOR ATTEMPT ON YAK LEADER!" screamed Rutherford.

"Hello prince!" called Pinkie.

Prince Rutherford turned and saw the Mane 7.

"Hello Pink Pony and friends. Yaks get message and come to help!" declared Rutherford.

"Thank you, your majesty. We deeply appreciate this." said Sunset.

A white stallion caught up to the yaks clearing out of breath from chasing them.

"Prince...you...left us...behind." panted Shining Armor.

Shining saw the girls.

"Your messenger arrived and I couldn't let you fight alone." said Shining.

"How'd y'all get her so fast?" asked Applejack.

"Cadence joined me going to Yakyakistan and used her alicorn magic to teleport us as close to Canterlot as she could. She's back in the Crystal Empire now preparing for the refugees you told us about." explained Shining.

"We're really glad you're here." said Sunset relieved.

Shining Armor noticed how down her sister was.

"Twily, what's wrong?" asked Shining worried.

"Mom and dad have been equalized." answered Twilight sadly.

Shining Armor recoiled at this.

"I'll find them and you just deal with Starlight." said Shining.

Rarity heard the horrified scream of Trenderhoof.

"You might want to hurry before the yaks get to them first." warned the fashionista.

"Stay safe." said Shining.

"We will." replied Sunset.

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Inside the palace, Starlight sat on the throne angrily. She was being updated about the battle and it wasn't good. What seemed like an easy capture of seven enemies who managed to infiltrate Canterlot turned into an all out battle and her side wasn't fairing well. Double Diamond bowed as he gave the latest report which was simply giving more bad news to Starlight.

"How are the Wonderbolts?" asked Starlight.

"It seems the Griffon forces have managed to gain the upper hoof." answered Double Diamond.

"What about the rest of the pegasi?" asked Starlight.

"They've been defeated already." answered Double Diamond meekly.

"Worthless!" spat Starlight.

"They're was a small amount in relations to unicorns and earth ponies." noted Double Diamond.

"That's no excuse!" screamed Starlight.

Starlight slammed her hoof down.

"Ma'am, do you wish for us to join the battle?" asked Celestia.

"I already you that you're to stay by my side!" answered Starlight.

Celestia winced at this.

"Please forgive my sister." begged Luna.

"What about the earth ponies and unicorns?" asked Starlight.

"The earth ponies are not able to withstand the raw power of the yaks." answered Double Diamond.

"That's their main ability." muttered Starlight.

"The unicorns have been pinned down by the dragons." finished Double Diamond.

"Fantastic." said Starlight sarcastic.

Starlight grumbled to herself.

"Where are those seven ponies who ruined our village?" asked Starlight.

Double Diamond gulped.

"Headed in this direction." answered Double Diamond worried.

Starlight let out a laugh.

"Then we need to prepare." said Starlight.

"Ma'am.." began Double Diamond.

"We have guests coming." said Starlight.

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The Mane 7 stormed the palace and easily took care of the equalized guards. Twilight and Sunset where both let down by the failing security. Finally, they arrived at the throne room. They stood outside nervously. Finally, Sunset used her magic to fling the door was on the throne with the royal sisters by her side. Kibitz, Raven Inkwell and Double Diamond stood nearby.

"Glad to see you finally made it." said Starlight.

"This ends here!" declared Sunset.

"Let's see what the royal sisters have to say." proposed Starlight.

"We'll do whatever you want Starlight Glimmer." said the equalized Luna.

"We are at your beck and call." added Celestia.

The Mane 7 flinched at this.

"You heard them." shrugged Starlight.

"This ends now!" declared Twilight angrily.

Starlight Glimmer laughed.

"I got the princess angry at me." cooed Starlight.

Starlight Glimmer pointed at her Alicorn Amulet.

"With my new little toy, you won't be able to beat me." said Starlight.

"Twilight has done it before." said Sunset.

"I heard and I heard you needed dark magic to do it." said Starlight.

"We have the Elements and my own power." said Sunset.

"We'll just see!" exclaimed Starlight.

Author's Note:

A/N: That's where we'll end things. I hope they're all set for now. The backup came through and that did make the pacing a bitty wonky to pin down. Thus, I am putting this story on hiatus while I re - write the finale. I wasn't happy with the way it was coming out. This was supposed to be twenty - eight chapter story, but I extended it so the ending wouldn't be rushed. Next time, the final battle begins. Please review.

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