> The Beginning of the End
>  by Tomo-Domo
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> The Beginning
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This day started like any other day in Ponyville; the birds were singing, the sun was just coming up, shining it's beautiful rays through the few clouds there were in the sky, everything was just fine. Except for one thing. Where was everybody?
It was strange for ponies not to be out at this time, usually everypony was awake starting their daily lives. I wonder what's going on that everypony is still inside. I'm going to visit Vinyl and Octavia, they may know what's going on.
I began to trot in the direction of their house. The whole way I didn't encounter any other pony. Vinyl was one of my closest friends. Soon after we met, we became friends, she taught me about music and dubstep. I taught her how to shoot an arrow. Soon however, she introduced me to her marefriend Octavia. She was a really nice mare, and we soon became close friends as well.
Before I knew it,I found myself at their house. Something wasn't right. As I approached the door,I noticed it was slightly ajar. With further inspection, I realized that the door was broken open by somepony. I immediately dashed in to find everything out of place and turned over. There was a broken window, with blood leading up the stairs. I immediately opened my saddle bag and drew my bow from it. It was one I made myself. And was also the first. I slowly went up the stairs to hear cries coming from the room. I bust in to find Vinyl and Octavia in the corner crying of fear. As I approached them I heard Octavia scream, "VIOLET, LOOK OUT" I turned practically instantaneously to see the attacker. Before I had a chance to draw an arrow, the mare lunged. I didn't react to it other than swinging my bow at the attacker as hard as I could like a club. It struck the attacker in the jaw and I heard a deafening crack. The mare feel to the ground but got up with no problem.
How did she...
But before I finished, she was upon me, trying to bite me. I punched her, but she didn't even flinch. My bow was out of my reach, as was my saddle bag. I thought that the mare was going to kill me. But just before the final lunge, she stopped. Fell to the ground next to me. Vinyl was above me, she helped me to my hooves. I turned to inspect the mare, my dagger was still penetrated in her skull, she clearly had fatal wounds, and her neck was snapped from where I swung my bow at her. She had bites such as those of a pony. She had a light orange coat, deep orange mane, and dark green eyes. He cutie mark was a carrot.
Carrot Top? Why would she do this?
"Are you two okay?" I asked Vinyl.
"I'm fine, but Tavi's hurt."She responded.
"What happened?" I asked, approaching Octavia. She looked like she was losing consciousness. She had a deep hash on her left foreleg.
"When she first attacked us, Octavia got in the way of her, she grabbed her and shoved her into the window downstairs. I grabbed the attacker and threw her across the room, knocking everything over in the process."
"Did she bite her?" I asked, inspecting the wound and checking the others.
"No, just the cut from the glass."
"Give me my saddlebags."I demanded, I had my first aid kit in it.
She floated the bags to me with her magic, which I grabbed the bandages and cleaning fluid from, and started cleaning Octavia's wound. After I got the bandage wrapped, Vinyl suggested we go to Twilight 's house.
"She might know what's up. And she could probably help Tavi too."
I wasn't sure who Twilight was, but I heard much about her, though I never met her personally, but I heard she was a smart and friendly pony.
"Okay, but we need to be careful, there may be more off them out there." I said motioning to the now motionless pony on the floor.
"Okay"
I took my dagger from the dead mares head, cleaned it, and put it back in the saddlebags.
We headed for Twilight 's house. Vinyl held Octavia up, helping her walk, while I walked ahead, bow ready, just in case more of these crazed ponies attack us.
As we arrived at Twilight's house, we knocked on the door, she answered rather quickly, she didn't recognize me, but when she saw Vinyl with Octavia on her shoulder, she let us in.
"What happened?" She asked.
As we explained what had happened earlier that day, she walked to one of her shelves of books and flipped through them at a rather fast rate.
She sat back down with a frustrated look on her face.
"What do you make of it Twi?" Vinyl asked.
It took her a moment to answer, but when she did, all she said was, "I don't know. None of my books can explain what you two are describing." She turned to me, "Hello, I'm Twilight Sparkle. But you can just call me Twilight."
"Pleasure meeting you Twilight, my name is Violet Arrow. I've only been here for about a month now, so we never really met."
"Well Violet, thank you for your kindness, and if you're willing, first thing tomorrow, we can go see Zecora. Surely she knows something about this."
"Thank you Twilight, I will be happy to go with you."
"Great, you can stay here for the night while we prepare and Octavia is better."
"Thanks again Twilight."
I could have sworn as she turned away, I could see her cheeks turn a slight rose color.
"You're very welcome, Violet."
> The Dream
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Did Twilight just... blush at me? No, I must have just imagined it.
"You can sleep wherever you're comfortable, Violet. And feel free to read a book or two if you like." She said, turning to head to her own room.
"Thank you, Twilight." I managed to say. Something inside of my chest seemed to make me feel like my heart was lifted. What are these strange feelings?
"You're welcome, Violet." She responded, already at the top of the steps. "Good night, Violet."
"Good night, Twilight." I could feel my heart racing. What are these feelings?
I heard her door close. Vinyl and Octavia were already asleep in the guest room. I turned to the sofa, 
Well, this'll do. I'm used to it anyway.
After I made myself comfortable, I closed my eyes to sleep. After I opened them again, I saw a different place, I was in a strange but oddly familiar room. I heard the sound of hoofsteps approaching from behind me. I turned quickly, hoping that it was not another attacker. But I relaxed as I saw that it was just Princess Luna.
"Hello, Princess." I said, bowing slightly.
"Good evening, Violet. I must say, you're coping well with everything that's going on. Is there something on you're mind? Some strange feelings you have experienced recently?"
This caught me by surprise. How did she know? "Yes your highness, I'm not sure what I've been feeling, but when I speak with Twilight or even look into her eyes, I can't help but get this strange feeling in my chest. I'm not sure what it is, but I just feel like there is a, how should I say, link, between us. I just don't know what it is. Can you help me Princess?"
She seemed to be looking at something in the distance, a small but obvious smile on her face. It took a moment for her to respond. Then she turned to me. "As a matter of fact, I know exactly what's going on, and what you're feeling. You, young mare, are in love." 
"In love? With Twilight? How can that be?" A small part of me was happy and confused at the same time. My heart lifted at the truth. "What does this mean? Should I just tell her? Does she feel the same way? Should I.." I was silenced when she raised a hoof.
"All answers will be received, in time young one. But for now I must leave. There are other ponies who need my help. But before I do so, I must warn you, this new enemy is very dangerous. Celestia and I are having trouble defending Canterlot. And you are the only pony who can save Equestria, you must come to Canterlot immediately. Gather as many others as you can. We need your help."
And with that she vanished, leaving me alone in the now empty room.
I know now what I must do. I have to save Equestria. But I can't do it alone.
With that, I opened my eyes to find I was still lying on the sofa in Twilight's living room. The others were still asleep. I trotted slowly to the window and carefully opened the curtain to see what was outside, and what I saw I stared at in horror.
There were dozens, if not hundreds of those ponies I saw yesterday. I saw a mare with what looked like a sword, the crazed mares chasing her. I wanted to dash out and help her but before I could move, one of the crazed ponies attacked her from behind, dragging her to the ground, biting her the whole time. The others surrounded her, devouring her. I could hear her screams. I knew there was nothing I could do now. I quickly turned and lied back on the sofa. I started to weep into the pillow in front of me. I stayed like this for a few minutes before felt a hoof gently on my shoulder. I looked up to see Twilight looking down at me, her beautiful eyes with a worried glare.
"What's the matter,Violet? I heard you from upstairs, and I was worried." She asked me, worry in her tone of voice.
"Sorry for waking you Twilight, it's just that I couldn't sleep, so I looked outside through the curtains. I saw a mare. She was carrying a sword, she was running from the ponies Vinyl and I encountered yesterday, and..." I didn't finish my sentence before I started to weep again, this time, Twilight let me lean on her shoulder. I couldn't control myself, the tears just kept flowing. "I couldn't help her, I may not have known her, but I should have saved her." I continued to weep.
"It's okay Violet," she said, gently stroking my violet colored mane, "it'll be okay, at least we're safe."
I sat up, cleaning my tears. "Thank you Twilight." I looked into her beautiful eyes, she was staring into my violet eyes. She leaned closer, myself doing the same. My cheeks were burning, her lips met with my own, and she kissed me, I've never kissed anypony before. It was a great sensation. It felt like a fire was burning in my chest. A warm feeling. We kissed for a few moments before finally separating. We were still staring into each other's eyes, we held each other, her in my hooves, and I in hers. We stayed there for a while, still staring into each other's eyes.
"I love you, Twilight." I managed to say at last.
"I love you too, Violet." She responded. I was happier than I could ever be. Twilight loved me, and I loved her. I now realized what love was. It was the best feeling in the world.
> What Now?
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"Yo, Violet, wake up."
I was startled at the voice that came from Vinyl. I opened my eyes to find that Twilight and I were still holding each other. We must have fallen asleep. We separated, our faces burning red, So last night really did happen, I thought to myself. My heart lifting at the realization of the previous night, Twilight kissed me.
"You two okay?" Octavia was asking from next to her marefriend, the hint of a smile on her face.
"We're fine, Octavia, thank you." It was Twilight who answered, "Violet just needed some company, and we must have dozed off."
My cheeks were still burning, I don't think Twilight was fooling them.
But the pair just smiled and turned away, "Okay then, let's get ready, we need to see this Zecorah today, right?"
"Of course, we'll leave just after we get ready." Twilight answered the pair, "Violet, can I speak with you?"
"Sure,Twilight," what did she want to talk about? 
She turned and headed up the stairs, I followed closely behind. As we entered the room, Twilight shut it behind us with her magic. She trotted over to the bed and lied down on it, motioning for me to join her.
"We need to talk about what happened last night, Violet." She told me in a rather serious mood.
"Sure,Twilight, what is it?"
She turned and faced me, worry in her eyes. "I think that Vinyl and Octavia know what happened."
"How would they know that? They were asleep in the other room."
"Perhaps, but if I woke up when I heard you, then I'm sure one of them did too."
"But what's wrong with them knowing? Even if they did, what's so bad about it that we'd have to hide it?"
"I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying that I think that we shouldn't tell any other pony about us."
As she finished saying this, she leaned over and kissed me lightly on the cheek. This wasn't as strong as before, but it was also a nice feeling.
"I understand, Twilight."
"Thank you, we should tell Vinyl and Octavia though, I'm sure they know already, but better safe than sorry, right?"
"Yeah, let's go tell them."
With that we headed back down to the living area, Vinyl and Octavia were waiting there.
"May we speak with you two? Violet and I have something rather important to tell you two."
"Sure , Twi, anything."
Twilight motioned for them to have a seat, which they did. I sat next to her, we were staring into each other's eyes.
She took my hoof in her own, Vinyl and Octavia simply giggled.
"We haven't even started yet and you two can't even sit still for five seconds."
"Sorry,Twi, but me and Tavi already know exactly what's going on."
"How did you know?" It was me who asked.
"Filly, you can't just stare into her eyes, wake up to find you two were hugging, and hold each other's hooves without us knowing what's going on. It's not like I know nothing, trust me, I think I know a thing or two about relationships. Isn't that right Tavi?" She said all this through small bursts of laughter.
"Yes, it is.", she leaned over to kiss her marefriend on the cheek.
"It was that obvious, huh?" I asked, disappointment in my voice.
"It's alright, your secret's safe with us."
"Thank you, guys."
Vinyl got up, then the rest of us,"Let's go see this Zecorah now."
"Of course, let's go."
With that we headed out of the house, there weren't any more of those crazed ponies, they must be gone after what happened last night.
Last night...
Tears started to well up in my eyes at the memory of the previous night. Twilight noticed and stopped. She knew what was on my mind.
She leaned closer to me and kissed my cheek, then whispered in my ear, "It's okay, Violet.We're still safe."
I returned the kiss to her cheek, then trotted over to where the mare had been last night. Her sword was still lying on the ground, along with its sheath. But the mare herself was gone. I picked up the sword and gave it to Twilight, which she accepted gratefully. 
Soon, however, we found ourselves at the edge of the Everfree Forest. As we walked inside, I explained that if a pony attacked you, to warn us so we can help as fast as possible. Soon, we arrived at Zecorah's. 
"Octavia, Violet, you two stay out here and keep watch, just in case anypony decides to attack us."
"Sure thing, Twilight."
She leaned forward, and our lips met again, for the second time. I could feel the warmth in my heart grow even more. It was wonderful. She broke the kiss after a moment before saying, "Be careful."
"I will."
With that, she knocked on Zecorah's door. After a moment she answered, and seeing Twilight, she let her and Vinyl in. After a moment, Octavia broke the silence, "So, what exactly happened between you and Twilight last night? You don't have to answer if I'm invading your privacy."
"It's alright, I don't mind. You have the right to know." I swallowed to clear my thoughts." Well, I saw a mare get attacked by those things we saw. And I started to cry. Twilight came downstairs to comfort me. We found ourselves staring into each other's eyes. And we leaned in... and well, well we kissed. But that's when we actually told each other our feelings for each other."
"Wow," Octavia seemed to be in shock,"I think you two are meant for each other, you both are cute together."
I felt my cheeks start to burn, "Thanks, Octavia."
Just then, we heard rustling in the bushes in front of us, I drew my bow, ready for the attacker this time. Octavia had my dagger. "Who's there?" I demanded.
The unknown pony shouted from their hiding spot. "Don't hurt me, I'm not one of them."
"Come out, now." I shouted back, "and don't try anything stupid."
Slowly, from the place the pony was hiding, a young mare stepped out. She had a light pink coat, magenta mane, which was very curly, and light blue eyes. "Pinkie?"
> The Rescue
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"What are you doing here, Pinkie? Don't you know what's going on?" I ran up to her and grabbed her in a friendly hug. She was one of my best friends. "I'm just glad you're safe."
"It's good to see you too, Violet, but I need your help."
"Of course, Pinkie, what's wrong? Is somepony in trouble?"
"Yes, but I'm afraid you won't like who it is."
"Just tell me, Pinkie," I placed my hoof under her chin and lifted her head up to look at me. "Hey, it's alright."
"Okay, the pony who's in trouble, is your brother, Orange Sherbert."
I gasped in horror, I was surprised. "Where is he? I have to go save him."
"He's trapped and surrounded in your bakery. We were just hanging out when these insane ponies attacked some of the customers. We were frightened. He told me to run, to find you, because he needed your help. He's still there, in the second story, the other ponies can't reach him. Please, Violet, you have to help him." I could see tears welling up in her eyes.
I was terrified, I had to go, I knew that Pinkie cared for my brother, and he cared for her, although they didn't know this about each other. He told me to keep it a secret, which I did. I  was going, no matter what. "Don't worry, Pinkie, I'll help."
"Me too." Octavia said from behind us, her voice calm as ever.
"Oh, thank you guys so much." She gave us both big hugs.
Just then, Twilight stepped out of Zecora's house, immediately followed by Vinyl. "Pinkie? What are you doing here?"
"We'll explain on the way, but we need your help. Come on." It was me who answered, turning into the forest and starting to run.
Don't worry, brother, I'm coming for you.
Soon we got out of the Everfree Forest, and what we saw frightened us.
There were hundreds of the ponies attacking the bakery my brother was trapped in. I drew my bow, and released an arrow into the side of one of the ponies. It simply turned and let out a earsplitting moan. It sounded like nothing I've ever heard before. 
"Why isn't it hurting them? That arrow would have easily killed a pony." I heard Vinyl shout from behind me.
"It's because these aren't ponies were dealing with Vinyl," it was Twilight who answered, "Zecora said that they are dead ponies, but are alive. They are basically dead bodies which are able to walk."
"Well how do we kill them?"
"Zecora said that the only way to kill them is to either decapitate them, or find a way to pierce or crush their brain, then burn the bodies."
"Well let's get to it then." I said, launching an arrow into the nearest ponies head. "Let's finish this. We have to save Ponyville."
"Sounds like a plan." Twilight answered, slicing through another ponies neck, it's head falling off. 
Vinyl and Octavia were already stabbing into ponies heads, killing them instantly. Pinkie Pie was also helping, but something was different about her, her mane was now straightened out, she had an evil expression on her face. She was also slicing through ponies heads.
"Pinkie, are you okay?" I asked her gently, hoping to get a response from her.
"My name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, not Pinkie. Now don't get in my way."
I was a little afraid by her response. Why was she acting this way? Oh well, better leave her alone. I spread my wings, and with a strong downbeat, took to the skies. I watched the battle from above, shooting my own arrows down into the horde of ponies. There was a group that was surrounding Twilight, I dove down to her and landed just behind her.
"Violet, what are you doing?" She said in a harsh tone.
"If I'm going to die tonight, I want to die beside the one pony I love."
She simply turned and kissed me, for the third and possibly final time. And I was happier than ever. We turned and fought again, knowing we were together. But just before we were completely surrounded, a huge burst of flame engulfed  the attacker's, all of them falling to the ground before completely burning. Twilight put out the fire with her magic and we both walked away from the now burned corpses.
"Did you start that fire?" I asked her gently.
"No, I just put it out."
All of the attacker's were either dead or still being killed by the others. Soon they were all dead.
"Everypony okay?" I asked them all.
"We're fine." Pinkie said, back to her usual energetic self.
"Good, now let's go see if my brother is okay." I walked toward the door, it was barricaded from the inside. "Hey, Sherbert, you in there?"
"Who's that?" He asked, looking out the second story window, "Violet? Is that you?"
"Of course it's me, who else would it be?"
He drew back into the window and, after a few moments, I heard cracking from the inside, then, with a huge break, ripped the door open. He apparently ripped the barricades off the door with ease with his magic.
"Oh, it's so good to see ya, big sis."
"It's good to see you too, little brother." I said, embracing him. We were only a year apart, so nopony could tell I was actually the older sibling.
After we let each other go, he looked around with a worried gaze, "Where's Pinkie, is she okay?"
I smiled a bit, I knew he cared for Pinkie for a long time now, "She's fine, she's with us."
"Sherbert? Are you okay?" I heard Pinkie ask from behind me.
The second she saw him, she sprinted into his hooves, nearly tackling him to the ground. "Oh, Pinkie, I'm fine, don't worry, just as long as you're safe."
"So Sherbert, what happened? How did you get stuck in the bakery?" I asked my brother.
He let go of Pinkie, then turned to face me, "Pinkie Pie and I were hanging out, as usual, when these things attacked," he said motioning to the corpses. "They started to attack the customers. I told Pinkie to run and find you, I ran up the stairs, then destroyed the staircase so they couldn't get to me. I had to stay there, and that's pretty much it."
"Well at least you're safe." I said, hugging him again.
"We're all safe, and we're together, and that's all that matters."
> The New Confession
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"Violet, can you help me with something?" Sherbert asked me once we got back to Twilight's house.
"Sure brother, what's wrong?"
He looked around to make sure that nopony was around, then leaned in and whispered in my ear, "I want to confess my feelings for Pinkie Pie to her. Will you help me?"
I had to hold back a small chuckle, I knew he would tell her someday. "Yes, brother, I will."
He gave me a huge smile and hugged me a little too much for comfort. "No problem."
Later that night, Twilight came up to me, "Violet, can I speak with you for a moment?"
"Sure, Twilight." I said, following her into her bedroom.
After she closed the door, she turned to me, "Violet, Pinkie Pie talked to me earlier, she said she wanted me to help her with something." She turned away for a moment, smiling. "I don't know if you know yet, but Pinkie Pie is in love."
"She is? With who?" The answer was already obvious, but I just wanted to be sure.
She turned back to me, still smiling, "Your brother."
"Let me guess, she wants your advice on how to confess her love to my brother?"
She simply nodded. "Yes, she did."
"Huh, my brother told me the same thing."
"I guess they must really like each other."
"Without a doubt."
"We should help them."
"Yeah let's go."
She went to talk with Pinkie Pie, while I went to my brother.
"Okay, Sherbert, I'll help you, with Pinkie."
"Oh, thank you so much, Violet. Okay, what do I do?"
"Well, first, take her somewhere quiet where you can be alone. Then, somehow make a romantic setting, but make sure it's not too romantic. Then, just spill out your true feelings out. If she feels the same way, then she'll accept it, if not, then she won't, that's all."
"That's it, just tell her?"
"Pretty much, just don't rush it, it could mess things up."
"Thanks so much, Violet," he said, hugging me, "How can I ever repay you?"
"By letting go of me." I managed to say, gasping for air.
"Oh shoot, sorry, Violet." He apologized, blushing a bit.
"No problem, brother, now go to her." I said, winking at him.
He gave me a short nod, running up to Pinkies room, I quietly followed him, wanting to see what would happen. I saw that Twilight had the same idea.
"Did you talk to Pinkie?" I whispered.
"Yes, and your brother?"
I nodded.
I heard my brother talking to Pinkie up on the balcony. "Pinkie, I need to tell you something."
"Of course Sherbert." She said, following him onto the balcony.
Me and Twilight peeked around the corner to see them, but not be seen. 
"I've been wanting to tell you this for a while, I just don't know how to put it." Sherbert said to Pinkie.
"It's okay, you can tell me anything." Pinkie responded.
Sherbert took a deep breath, "Pinkie, since we first started to hang out, I've grown to really care for you, you are the one pony I've cared for in this way. There is a fire burning in my chest full of feelings." He looked into her eyes. "And I want to be with you, Pinkie, I love you."
Pinkie Pie looked very surprised at what my brother just told her. She leaned closer to him, and their lips met each others. They held the kiss for a few moments before separating. "Oh, Sherbert, I feel the same way. I love you too." She hugged him, and he hugged her back. Me and Twilight went back downstairs. 
"Well that went well." She said to me.
I simply smiled, "Yes, it did."
"I'm happy for those two. I think they're cute together."
"Yeah, they are." 
Just then, my brother walked down the stairs, Pinkie by his side. He turned and gave me a wink, symbolizing that it worked. I just winked back. He took Pinkie into his own room.
"I think that this will be a pretty good relationship for them." I said.
> Fluttershy
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"What now, Twilight? Are there any other ponies we need to find?" I asked her.
"Yes, next, we need to find Fluttershy, with her, we are one step closer to gathering the Elements of Harmony."
"Of course, with the Elements, we may be able to save Ponyville. The Elements are the most powerful thing in Equestria after all."
"Yes, so that means we need to find her as soon as possible." 
"Agreed. We should start our search tomorrow morning. When the sun is out." I looked out the window, the sun was starting to set along the horizon.
"Yes, we'll leave as soon as possible."
"Good, I'll gather the supplies we need, and we'll leave tomorrow." I turned to leave the room when she stopped me.
"Violet?" She said with a calm tone.
I turned to face her, "Yes, Twilight?"
She walked up to me, stopped, and leaned in for another kiss. This kiss was stronger than the others. We held it for a few moments, then separated. "I love you, Violet."
"I love you too, Twilight."
"If you would like, you can sleep in here tonight."
It was a sudden suggestion. I was blushing. "Sure, Twilight, I would like that."
"Thank you,Violet. It's just that, I've been having these strange feelings, like something bad is going to happen, and I just feel safer with you."
I leaned in and kissed her again. "Twilight, with me around, nothing will happen." With that, that I left the room to pack our supplies. In the living area, I grabbed all the bags that we had. I gathered all the supplies we needed; the weapons everypony needed, a day's worth of food and water, and a few books Twilight wanted.
After I finished that, I moved all the bags by the door, ready for the morning. I heard hoofsteps approaching me from behind, turning, I saw my brother. "Hey, brother, what are you doing up at this time?"
"I could ask you the same thing, anyway, that doesn't matter now. What I want to know is, what's the status between you and Twilight?"
"We're just friends, why do you ask?"
"Don't lie to me sis, tell me, are you two together?"
"No."
He just stared at me with a grin. Then walked back up the stairs. "Very well, say what you want, but just because I'm your little brother, doesn't mean you can hide things from me." And then he was gone.
Whatever, I have to finish packing.
I got back to it, packing an extra map, followed by a medical kit just in case.
I walked back up the stairs and into Twilight's bedroom, ready to rest for the night. She was reading a book when she noticed me and stopped. "Oh, Violet, come in, I've already prepared your side of the bed for you."
"Thanks, Twilight." I said lying down.
Twilight noticed my expression, because she asked, "Violet, is everything okay?"
"Sorry, Twilight, I'm just exhausted from today, and I can't clear my head of the other night when I saw the mare. Would it be okay with you if I go for a little flight for a while?"
"Of course," she leaned in and kissed me again, "Just be careful."
"I will."
I walked onto the balcony and took off, I had my bow with me just in case I was attacked. I looked down at the town, it was devastated. There were undead everywhere. I scanned the ground just in case I saw anypony still alive. Then I saw somepony being chased by the undead, and my mind went back to the other night. "Oh no, not this time." 
I dove down toward the mare, hoping I could save her this time. I landed next to her, "Come with me," I said, hoping she would. She was a yellow, pink maned pegasus, her cutie mark was three butterflies. "I can take you somewhere safe."
She wouldn't move, so I just grabbed her and took off. I was going to save her, no matter what she wanted.
Soon, I was approaching Twilight's house, and I landed on the balcony. "Twilight, I need you, it's important."
I placed the mare on her side, she appeared unconscious.
Twilight came onto the balcony, and when she saw the mare on the ground, she gasped. "Fluttershy?"
"This is Fluttershy?"
"Yes, is she okay?"
"She's fine, but she must have fainted from the shock."
"Take her downstairs."
I carefully lifted Fluttershy onto my back and held her in place with my wings so she wouldn't fall. I carefully placed her on the sofa and covered her with the blanket I had. 
"How did this happen?" Twilight asked me once we left Fluttershy.
"After I left to fly around, I saw her being chased by the ponies. So of course, remembering the other night, I had to save her."
She walked up to me and hugged me tight. "Thank you, Violet, for saving her."
"No problem, Twilight."
She let go of me, "Now we are one step closer to gathering the Elements of Harmony."
"Three down, three to go."
> The Truth
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The next morning, I woke up to find that Twilight wasn't lying next to me. She must have been downstairs. I walked out of the room and walked downstairs, Twilight was sitting next to where Fluttershy was laying. She was reading a book.
"Hey, Twilight, what's going on?"
She turned to me and set the book down. "Oh, good morning, Violet. I was just keeping an eye on Fluttershy. She hasn't moved since last night. And I've been worried."
I walked over to where Fluttershy was laying. I looked down at her and began stroking her mane lightly. She was a very pretty mare. I began to feel her stir under my hoof. Slowly she opened her eyes. She looked up at me, then at Twilight. "Twilight? What's going on? How did I get here?"
I moved away so Twilight could talk. "You were attacked last night, Fluttershy. And Violet," she said, motioning to me, "saved you and brought you here."
Fluttershy looked up at me and tried to stand up. She took a few steps and stumbled. I caught her and helped her back up. "Thank you, Violet. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here." She said, hugging me in a friendly embrace.
I helped her lay back down so she could rest a bit. "You're welcome, Fluttershy. I'd do it for anypony."
She simply played her head back and smiled. She had a pretty smile, too. She closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
Twilight was already walking back to her room. "I'm going back to bed, Violet. I've been up with Fluttershy for a while."
"No problem, Twilight. I'll watch her."
"Thank you, Violet."
"No problem, Twilight."
She walked back to the room, leaving me with Fluttershy.
I sat with her for a few minutes until my brother walked into the room.
"Good morning, brother. What's up?" I asked him.
"Not much, just need to talk to you for a moment." He turned around and walked into the hallway.
"Okay?"
I followed him to the hallway. Then turned to him, "What is it, Sherbert? I'm in the middle of something."
"Oh, nothing. Just want to ask you how your relationship is going." He said with a sarcastic grin on his face.
"Ok, first, fine. Second, how in the name of Celestia did you find out about this?"
"That's for me to know, and you to never find out, big sis."
I was so mad at him. I could've played him out where he stood.
I leaned up to his ear, and whispered, "You're going to tell me, or you will regret keeping this a secret."
He simply smiled at me. "You may be older, big sis, but I think we both know I would beat you."
I gave him an evil grin. "Is that a challenge?"
"Hm, I guess it is. But I know you don't stand a cha-"
He was cut off by me talking him, and pinning him to the ground with ease. "You were saying?"
He gave me an angry look. "That was a cheap shot."
"Would it make a difference?"
He answered with a strong kick to my stomach, throwing me into a nearby wall.
"Oh. It. Is. On." I threw myself into him, tackling him again, he rolled over, trying to pin me. We continued this cycle a few times. I threw him off of me, he nearly flew through the window.
He got up, panting, as was I.
"Give up yet?" I asked him.
"Nope, you?"
"Nope."
I threw myself at him again but was stopped mid-air.
"What the hay?"
My brother looked at me with a smirk on his face. "I swear I'm not doing this."
"I did." I heard a voice from behind me.
It was Twilight. She threw me to the wall and held me there by my wings with her magic. I tried to move but couldn't. I gave up, it was useless trying to escape.
She picked up my brother and threw him against the opposite wall. Pinning him by his hooves.
"What's with all the commotion, why are you two fighting?" She asked, anger in her voice.
I sighed, "Somehow he knows about... us. I was trying to get him to tell me how he knows."
She turned to him, anger still in her voice. "Tell me how you know, Sherbert, or you will be on your own from now on."
He put on his usual smirk. "You think that you can beat me?"
"Obviously, you're pinned to the wall, and you can't move."
He struggled for a moment under her grip. "Uh... Good point. Fine, I'll tell you. Soon after I started to stay here, Vinyl and Octavia told me that you and my sister were together. But she was drunk so I didn't believe her. But I decided to ask her myself. So I confronted her and asked her, but she denied it. But I could tell she was lying because she was blushing the whole time. So now, I know you're secret."
Twilight seemed to relax a bit. "So it was Vinyl and Octavia. Well we'll need to confront them to find the truth- wait, did you say she was drunk?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Because there is no alcohol in this place, so that means they must have gotten it from the outside."
"Well, I guess we need to see what they've been doing."
We walked to their room, only to find that the door was locked. Twilight knocked on the door. "Vinyl, Octavia? We need to talk to you."
There was no answer, and there was no noise coming from the inside. "Okay everypony, stand back." Twilight warned.
We did as she said just before she ripped the door open with her magic. What we saw was surprising. They weren't in the room, and worse, the window was wide open.
"I'll go search for them, I have a feeling I know where they went." I suggested. I was confident I knew where they went.
"Go," Twilight said. "But be careful." She planted a soft kiss on my cheek. I blushed a bit.
"Awww, you two are together." I heard my brother say when I turned around. Just before I took off, I grabbed my bow and prepared to go. Just before I did I heard a loud slap from behind me. I turned to find my brother holding his cheek, Twilight clearly slapped him. "Never mention this to anypony." She said to him. I couldn't help but chuckle.
"Ok guys, I'll be back when I find them." I said, interrupting them.
"Ok, be careful." They both said to me.
"I will, don't worry."
I tuned toward the window and took off. I was going to find these two, and the truth with them.
> The Search
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As I flew over Ponyville, I scanned the ground for any sign of Vinyl and Octavia. I was headed to the bar that Vinyl always hung out at. She had invited me several times, I never really joined her myself though. I was not the kind of pony that was into alcohol. But I did enjoy to hang out there every once in a while. Soon however, I found the bar that Vinyl and Octavia were most likely at. I flew down and landed just in front of the door. I opened it to find something quite surprising. Vinyl was lying on the ground, Octavia standing next to her, a worried look on her face.
"What's going on here, Octavia?" I asked her.
She looked up at me with a surprised expression on her face. "She had too much to drink. I don't know how I'm going to get her back."
I went over to where Vinyl was laying and, lifting her up, allowing her to lean on my shoulder, responded. "By walking of course."
"Okay, let me help you." She said, holding Vinyl up by her other side.
"But we need to hurry, we don't want to run into more of the undead."
We couldn't run because then we would practically dragging Vinyl, and we couldn't go too slow because we could get caught.What I wouldn't give to be able to fly right now.
We were walking slower than we wanted, and we heard hoofsteps approaching from behind us. "Octavia, hold Vinyl."
Before waiting for an answer, I turned, drawing my bow, nearly launching it into the pony. He was a maroon colored stallion. He had a gold and yellow mane. And he wore light green shades over his eyes. He was carrying a sword. "Who are you, and what are you doing with my cousin?"
I was calm, knowing he could hurt us easily if he attacked. "We found her passed out in a bar. We need to get her back to the library so we can attend to her."
He didn't look convinced. But he relaxed a bit. "Fine, but I'm coming with you to make sure you try nothing stupid."
"Very well, follow us then. I'm Violet Arrow, and this is Octavia."
"Nice to meet you two, I'm Techno Scratch, but you can just call me Techno."
"Nice to meet you too, Techno."
We began walking back in the direction of the library when we were interrupted by screaming. We all turned our heads toward the noise, save for Vinyl. I lifted my bow off my back, "Octavia, watch Vinyl. I'm going to check it out." Without an answer I took off, heading towards the screaming. I found a clearing full of the undead. I caught a glance of five ponies in the middle of them. Two were mares and and one was a stallion, the other two were fillies. I dove towards them and launched an arrow into the nearest undead ponies head. I landed next to one of the mares. She was a white unicorn with a curly mane. The other mare was orange with a more yellow mane, she was wearing a cowboy hat. The two fillies were very scared, one had a yellow coat with a red mane, the other was white as well,  with a pale purple and pink mane. And the stallion was a yellow unicorn, he had a blue mane. "Follow me, I can take you somewhere safe."
"Come on Sweetie Belle, come on Applebloom. We have to get somewhere safe." Said the white mare. She then turned to me, "Lead the way."
I looked for any kind of opening, desperate to save these ponies. I couldn't find any, so I just started killing the undead to clear a path, the mares and fillies following me. Soon I started to tire out, I didn't think I was going to last much longer. Just before I was going to become too exhausted to fight, a familiar pegasus pony flew down and killed several undead with his sword, clearing the rest of the path out. He turned to me and helped the rest of us out. Once we got out, I turned to him, "Thanks, Techno, I was nearly done for."
"No problem. Come on, we got to hurry."
Once we got back to the library, Twilight noticed the two mares and immediately helped them sit down. "What happened, Violet?"
"They were attacked, and Techno Scratch and I helped them." I said, still exhausted.
"At least everypony's safe." She pointed to the white mare and the white filly, "This is Rarity and her little sister Sweetie Belle."
She then motioned to the other mare and filly, "And this is Applejack and her little sister Applebloom. And this," she said, pointing to the stallion, "is Appleseed. Guys, this is Violet and, Techno was it?"
"Yes." Techno responded.
"And this is Octavia. Vinyl is in the other room asleep. And Fluttershy is in the other room as well."
"Pleasure meeting you all." I said to the five.
"Pleasure meeting you as well, darling." Said Rarity.
"Same here, sugarcube." Said Applejack.
Then Twilight spoke, "You are all free to stay here if you like."
"Thank you, Twilight." They all said to her.
"You're all very welcome." She said back. With that, she went back to her room, I followed her. Once we were alone, I asked her, "Are you okay, Twilight? You seem a little off."
She let out a sigh, "I'm fine, Violet, I'm just happy that most of our friends are safe."
"So who's next?"
"Last, but not least, we need Rainbow Dash."
> Finding the Last Element
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Rainbow Dash... where have I heard that name before? Was she an old friend from flight school? Were we enemies? I can't remember.
"You okay, Violet? You've been staring out that window for fifteen minutes."
I was jerked back to reality when I heard Twilight's voice. "Yes, Twilight. It's just that I feel like I know Rainbow Dash from a long time ago, and I can't remember."
"Don't worry, we'll find her. If she's not in Cloudsdale, she may be in the outskirts of Ponyville."
"Why would she be in the outskirts of Ponyville?"
"I don't know, she likes to hang out there a lot. I'm not quite sure why."
"Well, we'll have to find her then now don't we."
"Yes, and soon, before it's too late."
"I'll gather the other pegasi and search Cloudsdale. You and the others can search around the rest of Ponyville."
"Agreed."
The sun was setting behind the mountains, showing an outline of Canterlot. This reminded me of what Princess Luna had told me.
"Twilight? There's something I should have told you. It's about the other night when I told you about what happened."
"Sure, Violet, anything." We looked concerned.
I took a breath to clear my thoughts. "Well, I told you I couldn't sleep, but, it was actually because of what I dreamt about. Princess Luna came to me in my dream. She warned me about these... things. She said we need to go to Canterlot, and that I was the only hope for Equestria's survival. And then she left me."
"Wow. I guess that means as soon as we find Rainbow Dash, we need to get to Canterlot."
"Yes. I don't think Ponyville will last much longer."
"Well, we need to find her as soon as possible. We'll go tomorrow morning. It's the safest time."
"Okay, we need to tell the others of the plan."
"Of course."
With that, we exited the room and walked down the stairs. Twilight called everypony to the main room so we could discuss the plan.
Once everypony was there, she spoke. "Okay everypony, as you most likely know, we need to find Rainbow Dash. Now Violet here, May know the most possible places we can find her." She stepped to the side, allowing me to speak.
"Well," I started, "the first possible place she may be is, obviously Cloudsdale. But as you know, only pegasi can reach it so, Fluttershy, Techno, you're coming with me."
Fluttershy interrupted with a frightened expression. "What? I can't do that. I'd be hurting other ponies."
"Fluttershy, without your help, we will lose Rainbow Dash, and probably all of Ponyville."
"I understand, but, I'd still be hurting them."
"Fluttershy, they want to hurt us, they want to destroy everything and everypony. Do you want that?"
"No, but I still won't hurt them."
"Fine, but you still have to come with us."
"Okay."
With the argument over, I turned to the rest. "The rest of you, will go with Twilight to search the rest of Ponyville for any sign of Rainbow Dash. You will stay together. When we find Rainbow Dash, we will find each other and head to the train station."
"Why there? Can't we just meet back here?" Asked Applejack. "And what about the fillies, won't we be putting them in danger  if we brought them along?"
"She's right, darling, with them, things could get more dangerous than it needs to be." Said Rarity.
"Good point, very well, Applejack, Rarity, you two will stay here and keep watch on the fillies. Okay does everypony know their duties for this mission.?"
"Yes, mare." They said in unison.
"Good, we leave at sunrise tomorrow, the more time, the better. Everypony rest now, we need to have as much energy as possible."
They all nodded and dispersed to their own rooms, leaving me and Twilight alone. She walked up to me and kissed me on the cheek. "You did well, maybe you have what it takes to lead us."
That shocked me. "Lead? What do you mean?"
"You should be the leader of the group, everypony looks up to you. We would be lost without you."
"But would they agree if I took charge?"
"I'm sure they will."
"Fine, I'll consider, but now we need to rest."
"Okay, let's go to bed."
I had another dream that night. I was walking through a field full of beautiful flowers. Some were roses and daisies, even violets. It was a beautiful landscape. I was shocked out of my trance when a pony walked up from behind me. It was Princess Luna.
"Hello again, Princess." I said, bowing to her.
"Good evening, Violet. I see you have taken the role as leader."
"Well, actually, I'm not sure what to do. I haven't decided."
"You should accept the offer, everypony respects you, and look up to you."
I pondered it for a moment. "Okay, I'll do it."
She placed a hoof on my shoulder. "Violet, before I go, I must tell you. During this adventure your having, you will experience some of the worst hardships of your life. Once you get to Canterlot, me and my sister will be waiting for you in the royal hall. Come with Twilight alone. We shall speak again there, but for now, good luck, Violet Arrow. The fate of Equestria, is in your hooves."
I woke up with a gasp, breathing heavily. Twilight was still asleep next to me. I looked out the window. It was still dark out. The moon was shining brightly. I layed back down and went back to sleep. This time no dreams showed themselves.
I woke up the next morning, ready for what was in store. We were going to save the final Element of Harmony.
I headed down the stairs to find everypony ready for me. They were all determined to finish this.
"Techno, Fluttershy and I will go ahead to Cloudsdale, we will meet up later. Everypony ready?"
"Yes, mare." They all responded in unison.
"Then let's go, the faster we find Rainbow Dash, the better."
The pegasi flew out the door an into the skies. I looked down and saw Twilight taking her team to the rest of Ponyville. I turned to face the others.
"Okay listen, we don't know what to expect in Cloudsdale, so we need to fast and carefully. We will search the whole place for Rainbow Dash."
Soon we saw the cloud city come into view. And we didn't see much until we got closer.
Everything was destroyed, there were undead everywhere, and there were no signs of any survivors anywhere. Except for the only three there, fighting a horde of these things. Well, only two were fighting, the last was a filly. The stallion to the left was dark grey with a shiny yellow mane and yellow eyes. The young filly in between the two was orange with a purple mane. But the mare to the right was the one that I knew we were looking for. She had a cyan coat, her mane a multicolored rainbow. She had magenta eyes. I knew for sure she had to be Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash!" I shouted, hoping to get her attention. It worked, she saw me and flew toward us, the dark grey stallion carrying the filly following close behind.
"Who are you?" She asked me.
"I'll explain later, but now, we have to find Twilight and the others."
"Wait, you know Twilight?"
"Yes, now let's hurry, we gotta get out of here."
"Right, let's go." We flew off of the cloud city just before the undead surrounded us.
After we flew for a few minutes, we spotted the other group, still searching.
"TWILIGHT! WE FOUND RAINBOW DASH!"
She looked up at me and nodded, signaling to the others and heading back to the library to pick up Applejack and Rarity.
She returned with the others and we all headed to the train station. Once we arrived, we all made sure everypony was okay.
"Okay everypony," I said to them, "I'm going to try and get the train started, then we can head to Canterlot."
I entered the train and managed to start it up. Once everypony was situated, we introduced ourselves to the new ponies.
"I'm Violet Arrow, nice to meet you, Rainbow Dash."
"Hmm. Violet Arrow, where have I heard that name before. Sounds familiar, oh yeah, from flight school, we were the best of friends, don't you remember?"
"It's been a long time, but yes, a bit of it. Well, nice to see you again."
"Yup, we should hang out more, and by the way guys, this is Storm Chaser. He's one of my best friends."
"Hey, nice to meet you guys." He said to us.
"Well now, since we're together now, we can head for Canterlot."
"Agreed, we should be there by sunrise if all goes well." Twilight said to me. "Come on, Violet. We need to rest."
"I'm coming, Twilight."
I followed her to the last car. She shut the door behind me and closed the shade. She layed down on the bed, and I joined her.
"Twilight?"
"Yes, Violet?"
"I had another dream last night, Princess Luna visited me again."
"What did she say?"
"There is going to be a lot of hardships. She said that when we get to Canterlot, we need to see her and Celestia in the royal hall." 
"Well, we know now what we're going to do."
"Yeah, do you have the Elements?"
"Yes, they're in my bags."
"Okay then, good night, Twilight."
"Good night, Violet."
As I closed my eyes to sleep, I heard Luna's voice, "Good luck, Violet Arrow. I'll be waiting for you."
Ponyville has fallen, but we live to fight another day, with the Elements of Harmony, we can win this.
> The Arrival
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I was awoken by the sound of the train stopping. We have arrived in Canterlot, possibly the one place in Equestria that hasn't fallen yet.
"Well, we're here. I guess we need to go see the Princesses now?" I asked Twilight.
"Yeah, let's get off the train, the others are probably waiting for us."
"Okay, let's go."
We exited the train to find a few royal guards waiting for us. "Twilight Sparkle, Violet Arrow?" One of the guards asked.
"Yes." Twilight answered.
"Come with us, the Princesses are expecting you. We will escort you to them and your friends to a safe place."
We followed them into the royal hall, the doors swung open, revealing Princess Celestia sitting on the throne, Luna sitting next to her.
"Ah, Twilight, Violet, you're here. We've been waiting for you two." Princess Celestia said in a nice tone.
"Hello, Princess Celestia, good to see you again." Twilight responded.
"We have summoned you here because Canterlot is being threatened by the same enemy that caused the fall of Ponyville. We need your help to defeat this enemy, you two are Equestria's only hope."
Twilight looked up at the Princess. "Don't worry, princess, we have the Elements of Harmony, they should be able to stop these things."
The princess nodded. "Good luck, my little ponies. The fate of Equestria, is in your hooves."
"We won't let you down."
"I know you won't."
With that, we left the royal hall. The royal guards led us back to where we would be staying. It was a large mansion, definitely big enough for all of us. Once we went inside, the others were already getting settled.
"How is everypony doing?" I asked them.
"Great," Applejack answered. "Pinkie and your brother are upstairs, Fluttershy is in the other room, the fillies are in the room next door, Vinyl, Octavia, and Techno are in the room next to them, Rainbow Dash and Storm Chaser are in the room next door to Rarity, Appleseed and I stay, and you two get the master bedroom upstairs."
"Thanks so much, Applejack." Twilight said.
"Of course, you know how much couples need their space."
"Yeah, okay, thanks again, Applejack."
We walked up to the room that Applejack had mentioned earlier. It looked very cozy. There was a large bed in the middle of the room, a desk in the corner, writing supplies already there, there was more decor that we didn't recognize.
"Well this is nice." I mentioned to Twilight.
"It is, even has a whole bookshelf full of magic spells." She pointed out.
"Woah, how'd I miss that of all things."
"I don't know. Maybe you're just not that good at spotting books." She teased.
"Maybe not."
"Well, before we get off task, do you think the Elements will even work?"
"I hope so, because if they don't, then we will have to result in an all out battle, which I don't want."
"They'll work, they have to."
We layed on the bed, snuggling with each other.
"So, who do you think of all the group is the cutest together?" I asked, changing the subject.
She giggled at the sudden change, but answered, "Definitely your brother and Pinkie."
I giggled too, "Yeah, they are cute."
"So what do you want to do when this whole thing blows over?"
"Hmm. Well, I've always wondered who's faster, me or Rainbow Dash."
She merely laughed. "Twenty Bits says you lose."
"You're on, let's just wait until all this is over."
She leaned in and kissed me, we kissed several times before, but this was really the best. I felt a tear run down my cheek. Twilight seemed to have noticed, because she broke the kiss.
"What's wrong, Violet?"
"I'm just so happy I'm with the one pony I love the most."
We leaned in and kissed again, I wouldn't know what I would do if she was gone.
We stayed like this until we were interrupted by knocking at the door.
"Come in." Twilight said.
The door opened to reveal the small filly who was with Rainbow Dash. Her purple mane slightly messy. 
"Umm. Hi, sorry to interrupt you. I'm Scootaloo. And Rainbow Dash was telling me all these great stories about you two and all your competition you two had in flight school. Is it true you were the only one that came close to Rainbow Dash? Is it true you almost beat her in a race?"
I walked up to her and stroked her mane, "Yup, it's all true, and one day, I will try to beat her."
She smiled and walked back out the room, shutting the door behind her.
"Looks like you have a new fan." Twilight said.
"Yeah, everypony admired my ability to keep up with Rainbow. I was the only one that could compete. So we became friends."
"I still say you can't beat her."
"I may not be able to beat her, but I sure as hay can try."
"Whatever, let's get some rest."
"Fine." I layed next to her and shut my eyes.
We were interrupted again by knocking on the door. "Come in." Twilight said.
The door opened to reveal this time, all three of the fillies. Applebloom spoke first.
"Sorry for interrupting you again, but we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and we were wondering if you could tell us the story of how you got your cutie mark."
I giggled at the sudden request. It has been a long time since I've told anypony how I got my cutie mark. I glanced back to my cutie mark, it was a violet bow and arrow, but I still remember the story as if it was yesterday.
"Okay, I'll tell you three, but take a seat." Once they settled down, I began the story. "Well, it all started in flight school with Rainbow Dash, as you know, we were best friends. Anyway, I had read a few books about archery, the art of shooting bows and arrows." I pulled out my bow and handed it to the fillies. "This one, is my first bow, I made it myself. But I practiced everything it said in the book, posture, how to aim it, steady breathing, but I never managed to hit the target. But, I kept trying, and with a lot of persistence, I finally did it, but not only that, it went through the target, shattering the whole thing. I don't know how I did it, but it did. I then noticed that something was different about my flanks, I had finally gotten my cutie mark."
"Wow, such an amazing story." Said Scootaloo.
"Yeah," Shouted Applebloom.
"Umm, do you think you could teach us to do that?" Said Sweetie Belle.
"Of course, but not now, I'll have to make you each your own bows." 
"Yay!!" They all shouted, "Thank you, Violet."
They left the room, clearly excited for the lessons to start.
"Those fillies, they never stop trying." I heard Twilight say.
"They're just fillies, they'll learn someday."
"But not today." She let out a sigh. "Violet, what do you think life will be like after all this is over?"
"I don't know, it'll never be the same again, but we will recover."
We snuggled closer to each other on the bed, Twilight leaned her head on my shoulder.
"I love you, Violet."
"I love you too, Twilight"
This day is done, and we live to fight another day, the final battle is imminent. We will defeat this enemy, or die trying.
> The Final Battle
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"Violet, wake up. It's time." Twilight said, nudging me.
"Okay, I'm up, get the Elements."
"Taken care of, the others have them."
"Good, let's finish this, once and for all."
We walked into the main room, the others were already there.
I spoke first, "The final battle is among us everypony, and we will need everypony's help. We have all the Elements of Harmony. But if they fail, then it will result in an all out battle. We have for win this, or all of Equestria will fall. So who's with me?"
Everypony raised a hoof, save for the fillies, but that was understandable. "We will all help you." Applejack said.
"Good, now.the Element bearers will have to be the last to attack, just in case they don't work. The rest of us will be in the battlefield, fighting these things."
"Sounds like a plan, pretty straightforward. Just how I like it." Responded Rainbow Dash.
"But if the Elements don't work, we will need you to join the battle."
"We will. We will defeat these things." Rainbow Dash commented.
"Thank you all. And if we don't win this fight, I would like you all to know that it has been a true honor fighting alongside you all." With that, I walked out of the mansion and looked to the outskirts of Canterlot. It was being surrounded by the undead.
"Umm, Twilight?" I called for her.
"What is it, Violet?"
I pointed to the undead, and her fave went blank in shock.
"Gather the Elements, now. We have to take action."
We all gathered along the outside wall of Canterlot. It was surrounded, there was no way out. I was ready to leap into the air when Twilight stopped me.
"Be careful, Violet."
I responded by kissing her. I knew she understood. "I will."
II leapt into the air. Shooting arrows into the heads of the undead. Killing them all instantly. There were more pegasi fighting in the same way, but they didn't have the best aim, sometimes missing them entirely. There were ground fighters fighting the undead, killing every pony who attacked. There were fireballs being blasted into the horde by unicorns on the walls, burning most of them. However, the ground troops were forced back into the walls,  being overpowered by the undead.
I flew back in the direction of Twilight, and I landed next to her. "Twilight, use the Elements."
She nodded, summoning the others. "Now." She shouted. The Elements started to glow bright, and the ponies began to hover into the air. But before much more than that happened, it stopped, and they all fell to the ground. I helped Twilight up.
"What happened Twilight?" I asked.
She struggled to get up, "I'm not powerful enough to use the Element of Magic, it's not going to work."
"Yes, it will work, it has to." I leaned forward and kissed her, tears sliding down my cheeks. Twilight's eyes opened and glowed a bright white, and the Elements started to glow again, this time sending a twisting rainbow into the horde, destroying every last one. We all landed on the ground, Twilight and I never breaking the kiss. When we did, she hugged me tight.
"Thank you, Violet. Without you, it wouldn't have worked."
"We're safe now, we won, Equestria is saved. We are all together, and I couldn't be happier."
> Epilogue; The Race
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"You know Rainbow Dash," I said to her, we started hanging out more ever since we defeated.the undead. It's been a week since. "Ever since flight school, I've been dying for a race."
She.broke into spontaneous laughter. "You know I would win, Violet, I won every time in flight school."
"That was then, this is now, I challenge you."
"You're on, meet me in the park at noon, don't keep me waiting." With that, she dashed off.
I better practice for a bit if I want to stand a chance.
I practiced for a few hours until I realized that I needed to go. I met Rainbow Dash at the park waiting at the starting line. I went up to her and stood beside her.
"About time you made it, slowpoke." She teased.
"We'll see whose the slowpoke after this." I teased back.
"The rules are as follows: One lap around Canterlot, no cheating, this will be a fair race." Twilight explained. "Ready. Set.GO."
We both dashed off, both of us going the same speed. I caught up to Rainbow Dash.
"So you're faster than I remember, but it won't matter, I'm still faster." She said as she dashed off faster.
We were already half way through the race. I had to go much faster if I was going to win. I doubled my speed, catching up to Rainbow again.
"How'd you do that?!" She asked with surprise.
"Like I said, I've been practicing." I said back, passing her. 
Three quarters of the way there. Rainbow was trying desperately to keep up. She went into the beginning of a Sonic Rainboom.
"Oh no, better hurry before she catches up." I dashed as fast as possible, but not able to do the same. I couldn't create a Sonic Boom, I wasn't that fast. 
I was just a few seconds away from the finish line when a huge boom roared from behind me. She performed a Sonic Rainboom. I crossed the finish line just as she did. We didn't know who the winner was.
"Twilight, who won?" We both asked her.
"Well, you may be disappointed, Rainbow Dash, but you tied with Violet."
"Congratulations, Violet." Rainbow Dash said to me, shaking my hoof. "You almost beat me. If it wasn't for my Sonic Rainboom, I would have lost."
"VIOLET." I heard somepony call my name. I turned to find Scootaloo running toward me. She jumped up and hugged me. "Wow, Violet, you almost beat Rainbow Dash! You did great!"
"Yes, Scootaloo, I almost won. By the way, Twilight and I have something to ask you."
"Sure!" She said following me in the direction where Twilight was waiting for me.
"Hey, Twilight, I brought Scootaloo." I stood next to her and we both knelt in front of her.
"Scootaloo," I started, "Me and Twilight have something very important to ask you, but it's your choice."
"Sure. Go ahead."  She answered, clearly wondering what was going on.
Twilight spoke next. "Violet and I were wondering if you would like to be part of our family. What do you say?"
Scootaloo stood in shock. I wasn't sure what she would say. But then, she hugged us both, "I will, I accept. I will be part of your family."
We all hugged each other. Twilight, Scootaloo and I were a family now. I had the best friends anypony could ask for. And I couldn't be happier.