The other side of the coin
It feels like a nightmare. I look at Twilight and I see me. Me almost two years ago. The magic of my five friends has unleashed itself into a great ball. It floats around Twilight and swallows her. In my mind I feel the cool metall of the crown on my head once again. Then this paralyzing feeling of magic rushing down my body and my mind, snapping like a twitch.
This cannot be happening! Not another version of me! This time it is Twilight. She is shapeshifting just like I did. I look at her and in my mind I replace her violet skin and the glowing eyes with red flesh and flaming fire hair. Twilight has fire around her eyes and I can see a twisted horn. The wings on her back almost look like the one I had. A raging she-demon! In front of us all is a raging she-demon!
Power. Revenge. Those are just words. But we both know, what they mean. They drive us forward. I know, that the Equestrian Twilight wanted to discover friendship, which turned her into one of the best persons, I know! But I also know, where ambition can get you. It can be a help, but in my case it was my downfall! My ambition turned me into the worst thing I have ever known! Power. If it is not handled properly, it can become a enslaver of its own user.
What is she doing there? Twilight, please you have to stop this! It is not the right way! I can hear my own words and I realize that everyone is scared and desperate. I remember those faces. Fear. Shock. Terror. I have seen them before. I know, where this will go. And I understand their fear. Twilight is even worse then I was.
Compared to my hypnosis spell and the corruption of thousands of teenagers this is another league. Twilight opens up more and more holes in our world. And through these holes I can see Equestria. Other people will not recognice it. Of course not. Only I and my friends now about Equestria.
When I first left Celestia so many years ago, I thought, I gave not a flying feather about Equestria. But now I see, that I have been wrong. The place of my brith is so dear to me. Just like Canterlot HIgh. I live in two worlds. The human world is my primary now. But because of my Equestrian origins I also have knowledge about that world. And seeing Twilight destroying my world to get into my home is more then I can bear.
The destruction continues. Some students even almost fall into the gaps. Luckly my friends and the Shadowbolt team member's safe them. How cruel irony. The Friendship Games are about getting along with each other and forming bonds. And now in the most terrifying situations of all, where nothing is a game and we have everything to lose and everything to gain, our rivalery means nothing.
Still I know no one else will be able to talk sense into Twilight. Because they do not understand her. They don't not understand, in which position she is now. But I do. I can hear my own voice. "I know you fell powerful right now! Like you can have everything you wanted." I was in the same situation. When I put on the crown, I did not saw another world. I saw knowledge: Everything this crown has been through. But because my heart was filled with greed and hate, it punished me and turned its power against me.
I had not seen that coming back then. And I am certain that Twilight did not do it either. The magic of the Rainbooms corrupt her and turn her own desires against her, twist them and change them. Still power is not everything. It comes at a cost. It makes you strong, but you are alone. You never have the same power you have, when you have friends on your side.
I never felt more sure of my movements then I do now. I know, what I have to do. I am on the other side of the coin now. I have to take Twilight's place. The one, that saved me before with her friends. Her friends, that have become my friends. They support me. I can always count on them. That knowledge has reached me since the siren incident. And it had only started to grow. With the power of friendship we can bring Twilight back into the light.
My voice speaks of this confidence as I recall each and every Element by its name. I can see my friends glowing and I know they have their magic to pony up back. Those strands connect with Twilight's device. It becomes a large ball of energy, which slowly wrapps itself around me.
This transformation feels different. It is much more softer and not painful at all. It feels right. I feel a power like I never it before. But it does not drive me insane like the crown did. I still am Sunset Shimmer in my mind. But on the outside I now have got a white horn and even wings. I feel every single character trait of my friends, combined in me, the bonds, that held us together.
This new magic allows me to close the rifts. Still that is only part one of the work I have to do. I have to make Twilight snap out of her madness. We are duelling each other with these beams. And Twilight's magic is powerful. Really powerful. She fights with ambition, pride and hate. I can sense it in her beam. I do my best to hold against it. How could Twilight defeat my demon me with a single rainbow strand? I guess, I had been taken by surprise during this act.
Maybe we have to do the same. I can feel that I won't be able hold much longer. Come on, Twilight! Snap out of it! Come on, come on, come on! Her eyes change as her dog Spike calls her by her name. That is my chance. I fire my spell and hear Midnight Sparkle scream NOOO!, before we are engulfed by magic.
We both fall slowly down. There is only white magic around us. I can see Twilight's unease, fear and worry. I know, I felt the same. And I also know that it was such a relief, when Twilight helped me on my feeth and offered me her friendship. I can only do the same to Twi now.
And she accepts!
I am so happy now! And reliefed. This could have gotten so wrong. But on the other hand, I have finally done something I can be proud off. It feels like I have completeley undone, what I caused two years ago. I am no longer the Sunset, I was back then. I can feel it. I have grown mentally and take responsibility.
Twilight is a girl, full of sorrows. I again remember me. I can assure you, Twilight: I have been, where you were. And I have earned forgiveness. You can make the way. Even, if it takes a long time.