Over a year later after the events in blood of a chimera twilight question her past and future, untill she runs into two time travelers trying to stop the apocalypse.
Over a year has passed since Twilight along with her friends discovered the cure for the chimera disease. The question is now with it what is next for her? Can she come to terms with her past, and what awaits the future? It will have to wait until she meets two-time travelers trying to stop the chimera apocalypse.
A sound of a motorcycle raged past the gravely silence of a ruined city. A single song played on the bike's radio.
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never turn around and desert you.
It looked something like out of a video game. The skyscrapers and buildings were torn apart with broken glass. Some of the city was covered in ash from fires long put out. The roads cracked and chipped, fith covered the sidewalks, and everywhere it seemed like an abandoned ghost town. Abandoned cars and other vehicles piled on top of one another. Twisted metal that was once street lamps and traffic lights lay there. Broken glass was everywhere, and an odor of decay was in the air, yet lifeless in every way. No bodies dead or alive to be seen. No signs of life in any way as the shadows of the city darken most of the streets.
The time of day was obviously dusk as a warm orange glow filled the sky.
A setting for a video game maybe. But this was no video game. This was Pony vill. A once bustling city full of life was now a wasteland full of abandoned buildings.
The only sign of any life was the sound of the motorcycle that was going threw the quiet town playing never gonna give you up, an old song by Rara
On the back of the bike were two figures. One was a mare who was driving. She was a grey mare with a black main that had pink highlights in it. She wore fake leather boots jacket blue ripped-up jeans and a dirty ripped-up white tee shirt.
The other figure riding with her was a tall lengthy yellow pony wearing a white lab coat and all black. He had a backpack on as he rode alongside her.
Eventually, they came to a stop by what looked to be the remains of a grocery store.
She cut the engine of the bike and with the sound of it dying out was the last thing anything of any noize what so ever.
Not a bird, not the scurry sound of a rat or wend moved past their ears. The only sound was their own hooves hitting the ground as they walked.
Finally, it was the mare who broke the silence. "See what you can find that's edible I'm gonna try and find some water."
"Good luck I'll find food before you find water up here I bet." He chuckled.
"Carefully diss any sign of... THEM. And you come get me understand."
“Stop treating me like a baby, your are only what five minutes older than me. I know what to do Mel." He argued and took off his backpack. It was empty by the looks of it.
"I'm only being cautious, Remember the last time we went scavenging." She argued.
"We scavenged a hundred times since then." He argued back. “They never caught us and never will." He called back as he began digging around what remained.
"Just be careful please." She asked in a sudden tone.
He said nothing and continued his work as she went in the opposite direction.
Judging by the way the sun moved an hour had passed before he found anything remotely edible. "Hay jackpot," he said as he picked up a few granola bars. "We actually might have dinner tonight." He stuffed It in his bag and looked around. There on the ground was also a can of sprinkles. "Oh look desert too." He picked it up and looked at the flavors. "Cherry strawberry lemon... Ugh, no chocolate. Man, I miss chocolate." He shook his head. "Oh well." He said cheerfully and smiled brightly.
He didn't notice that in the shadows something was watching him. Turns out there was life there, but what was it?
There was just enough daylight left to see for him to return to the bike. He never noticed something was creeping up on him.
He called over a communicator he had. "Hay sis I got dinner, I even found sprinkles for dessert."
"That's good I got some water. It's filthy, but we can run it back over a filtration unit when we get back home. I'm on my way back now."
"Ok I'm at the bike," he said and hung up. He then looked out at the horizon and what little he could find that is. "Home huh." He whispered to himself thinking back.
A bright happy smile came to his mind. He smiled a look of sadness as he finished his thoughts. "We're never going home, are we... Mom."
Just then he heard something behind him move making his eyes wide. He twitched his ears and scanned all directions with his eyes for any sign.
He then slowly blinked and when he reopened them his blue eyes were now a glowing yellow, with. Red slits. With his eyes this way he could see far better in the dark shadows of the city. Though he could make out more detail he could not see anything but he could smell it. It took a whiff of its stitch. It smelled like that of a carcass already. But with his smell heightened to its max, he could make out another sent. The sent of another creature.
He then quickly called his sister. "Hay sis we got a, ahhhh!"
The creature jumped out at him seemingly out of nowhere.
The pony literally flipped, the creature went flying off its back with his bag. He pulled out a rusty cleaver knife. It was not sharp but it was better than having no weapon at all
"Brother you alright!?"
The creature snarled at him, and he snarled back.
At the sound of both she grits her teeth showing her fangs. Her eyes began to glow and she took off on all fours running like a beast herself.
The creature was a strange slick black creature with green bug-like eyes. It had an exoskeleton and was very beatle-like, yet seemed to resemble that of a pony. Its hand sharp snarling fangs and it hissed at its prey.
The two creatures began circling one another looking for a good position to strike the other. Soon it was the pony who struck first but the creature dodged it and pushed it back.
Just then it was the other who jumped ahead about to join them. "Melody look out.' Yelled her brother.
Her eyes widen in shock and surprise. When... BAM!!!
"I twilight sparkle, come to you all to report fantastic news." She said standing at a podium Infront of the press.
"We have created the cure to the chimera disease that has been running rampant through the streets of our fair city. Thanks to a dear friend of mine who whishes, I'm sure to remain anonymous, even tho he gave his life to do so, have helped me create this miracle. Unfortunately it takes time to replicate and thus it will take time to save all those who have been mutated. Twice a month another mutant is cured. I wish I could give faster results but at last I can not."
"Still it has been a year since the first one was cured. And today we have cured another bringing the total of mutants 32 down to 8 known chimera left. When we have more of the cure ready we will report again."
"Any questions." She asked as she finished her speech.
Immediately those in the crowed jumped up with there hooves claws or paws up. "Mrs sparkle mrs, sparkle"they shouted.
Twilight pointed at a blue lizard reporter.
"Mrs sparkle yes I'm with the news paper, tell me, can you tell us any thing about how the cure came to be, or your fallen friend, or the explosion that happened nearly a year ago?”
Twilight smiled sadly. "My friend, the one who originally invented the chimera cure, he wished to remain anonymous. That was his wishes and even with his death that is what I will do. He did find out it was jellyfish related, as you all know since that info has already gotten out. The explosion was caused by an out break of chimera and the only casualty was him. I've gone on to complete his work. All I'll say, is the chaos king was a hero in the end. Next question please?"
They rose thire hands up. One she pointed at a male dog reporter.
"Yes, hi Mrs sparkle,Tim with channel five, tell me is there any side effects by the cure?”
"We are looking into that, so far other then mild discomfort no one seems to be experience any long term side effects, next please.”She then pointed at a pony orange mare.
"Yeah umm what about the hero chimera. Shadow star and them? "
Twilight noded. No one knew that the hero chimera shadow star and the others was her and her friends.
"I can say with out a doubt that they are doing thire absolute best to keep the world safe as can be. Some of them have been cured but the others are are still awaiting, In time tho every single one will be. That is a promise I'm willing to make."
She the raised her hoof at another reporter in the back.
"So how is it being the one to cure the chimera doses even tho your only in college. And tell me what are your future plans after words?”
Twilight grinned nurvosly with this question. "I still have a lot to learn in my studies. What I'll do with that, I'm afraid I haven't decided. I did original start going to school on the hopes of finding this cure. Now that I have it I must emit I don't really know what to put my studies into. I know my dad was a politician as is my god mother the mayer. But I haven't made a decision on that yet. Now I thank you all for coming. Rest assured we'll meet again at the next chimera report. Bye now." She said a bit flustered trying to get away as quickly as possible from the press.
Celistia accompanied her along with her brother as she headed down the hall.
"Well that went well." She was the first to say something.
"Yeah, then why do I feel like I just embarrassed myself up thire?"
"You were great twily," her brother told her. Still sporting his same look as befor. While she at least was dressed more appropriate for the occasion.
"Well thires always your time machine." Celistah laughed, a long with Shining. Even Twilight grew a smile. Eventually they made it to thire destination as Twilight stoped just before entering the back door.
"I really don't know what the future will hold. But right now I'm focused on the present. The hear and now. And right now I have my self and my friends to de-mutated. That is what my goal is now." She said with a new found determination in her eyes.
They gave a nod as they headed out the back door..
"And what of Luna?" Asked celistia.
"To be cured one must cooperate, and she won't. Have you seen her?"
"Everytime I go my sister refuses to see me?" She said sadly. "How's Spike?"
"He's been good actually, in many ways he's become like my little partner. He's taken his classes alot more seriously this year and now with summer out he's still helping me with my research on both chimera and the time machine." Twilight smiled yet it wavers. "I do appreciate his help, how ever I feel as tho he's only doing it to avoid the pain Luna has caused. Not like I'm any better at it. He's at my mom's house."
Celistia smiled, "Im glad your mom and I had a chance to catch up. I can't believe she was alive with memory loss this whole time with your brother. And yet you never gave up hope that she was alive, Twilight, I am so proud of you."
"I know, and tha-" she was interrupted by Celestia hoof on her snout. "You've thanked me enough this year dear. Now get going." She opened the car door for twilight.
Twilight smiled and got in followed by her brother. Celistia watched as the car drove off, with a smile on her face. Only to turn around with a board look.
The one in the front driving the car was an orange lizard dressed in a suit. She adjusted the mirror till the two saw her. She walked also wherimg a. Pair of shades.
"The boss is waiting for your report agent shadow Star."
"I will give it to him and everyone else as soon as we get there smolder."
Smolder smirked as she started driving.
The car drove through the town and didn't stop till they got to the bar named dragon pony.
The two stepped out and smolder took off.
They gave eatchothers a nod with a look of seriousness before heading in.
They went to the bar tender, as ways tree hugger was hard at work giving out drinks.
"What can I get you two?”she asked.
Twilight looked at the menu. ,"Hmm I think we'll take the chaos route. Don't you think brother. "I could go for a rainbow drink myself."
Twilight dead paned a face that said really at him.
"What I really could?” He answered as Twilight just shook her head.
Tree hugger gave a little laugh and then handed him the rainbow drink.
"You sure you don't want anything before you go in?" She asked.
"No thanks, I don't like spicy drinks."
"Ok then." Treehuger replied and handed her a key card.
Twilight took it and with her brother still sipping on a straw the two headed to the back and opened a door that said staff only. When they opened it a medele mining elevator was behind it. The two enterd and she swiped the key card to get it moving as the door closed behind them.
As they were now in the moving elevator Twilight turned to her brother. "How can you drink that stuff?"
He shrugged, "It kinda grows on ya after a while."
She smiled as the elevator moved downward and then opened. The two of them walked out into a tunnel. They jumped on a train that rolled them to thire finale destination. Chaos head quarters.
"Well welcome to chaos vill." Twilight said with a bit of pep in her voice.
The place was a large cavern in an old mining tunnel. And in The Center of the giant cave was the main building that Discord once showed them.Many members and agents of chaos vill the secret organization we're running back and forth all around getting thire work done as the two enterd the area. Some waved hi, but most were preoccupied. Witch wasn't a problem as the two enterd the building headed to another elevator and went to the top floor. They headed down a hall way and enterd what was known as the throne room.
Siting around a large stone table was none other then the other members of the team. Rarity, Dash, Applejack, Pinky, Cheese, Sonburst, Spike, Fito, and Garble was ready siting waiting for the two to show up.
Shining sat down but Twilight stood at the end of the table. At the other end sat a fancy throne like chair. One her older half brother Discord Ghost once sat in. Just then a ploom of smoke appeared and evaporated. In its place was a tall lengthy figure. Was it him. Of course not.
Comedically the figure started coughing and waving the smoke away revealing it to be capper cat. "Uh sorry thire folks, trying out the new smoke screens," he nurvosly smiled. Capper was now the leader of Chaos vill. How ever even after a year at the job he still struggled to grasp the same feel Discord had. Sure he had charm and charisma not unlike his idole but he still just couldn't hit the right leader type role yet. He quickly then cleared his throat straightened his jacket and took his seat in the throne like chair. "Now then I hear by call to action this meeting of our top agents."
"Mrs sparkle your report. " He said in a more straightforward tone.
Twilight straightened her back. xWe now have cured nearly all chimera. No I'll side effects from the cure other then mild discomfort as they get use to thire old physical forms. It will be another at least thirty days before smoose recovers enoufe to sadly extract the necessary chemicals from. Him in order to make the serum. "
"Good and we have all chimera accounted for right?" Capper asked.
"Yes sir. We have also have teams of two watching every known chimera to make sure thires still taking the precautionary measures to not go insane while they wait for thire turn to be de-mutated." Rarity chimed in." From personal experience I can definitely say it takes some getting use to, no longer having powers. But I'm haven't experienced any issues."
"Good. And what about the family funding?" Capper ashed as he brought his elbows on the table.
"All anonymous funds from us to the families that are in need due to the chimera incidents are gaining thire donations." AJ reported.
"And clean up?"
"It's taking time, but we are working with the city to clean up the messes and fix the building's." Spike replied.
"Good, good.umm anything else to report? Huh?" Capper asked.
'Only that the press are hard at working trying to find out about our little group." Pinky commeted.
"Tell me why we're still in the shadows again?" Asked Dash.
"Beacuse Dash, we don't want to be recognized. This is a no profit organization made to better the lives of all creatures. Sonburst told her.
Yeah I know, but we've already done that. I mean it just makes it harder to stay in the shadows, don't you think'
"Perhaps but we're also apart of some pretty shady business." Cheese said with a cheerful tone that did not match what he was saying.
"Cheese is right." Capper said. "We don't want the public to know all of what we do. Yes we do it for the right reasons but still... " He shrugged. 'We are working along side the black market and keeping the big name gangs at bay. Most street thugs are easy to deal with. But since we are the organized crime, we can keep an eye on it before it gets to out of hand and hurt the civilians, at least in our city of pony vill." He said as his green eyes narrowed.
"Yeah speaking of witch,"Garbunckle chimed it. "Uhh I don't know how to say this with out causing some distress but..." He said nurvosly while scratching his neck.
"Out with it." Capper sighed
"Yeah well, old gang the diamond dogs, and this new gain on the block the lazy lizards, that are stationed out side of town are, well they are calling you out boss."
Capper sat back in his chair as he side eyed the room. "Go on say it."
"Uh yeah I." Garbunckle began to sweet a bit.
A new voice joined the conversation. It was indeed smolder who just walked in."Ever since Mr Ghost died all the old gangs have begun to make some noise. Same with new ones comming out of the wood work.
While we kept the death of our king a secret people have noticed a change out thire. The streets are becoming to soft and with out the protection of the chaos king a war for territory among the gangs is slowly on the rise.
“I am the chaos king.” Capper muttered.
“Yes sir but unlike Mr ghost you haven't proven your self to them yet. they will be gunning for your seat sir.”
“Ha typical,” capper half muttered half laughed. “Well we will just have to deal with that.”
“How do you want to proceed sir.”!Asked smolder.
“Hmm let me think on it. For now let's move on. “
“Sir well need a swift action soon.” Smolder told him.
“And I'll have one soon. Just!” He half yelled half sighed and set his paw on his forehead as if he had a headache closing his eyes tightly.
Twilight then chimed in. “With permission from our leader perhaps the best thing to do would be to set up a meeting with these gangs and force a new treaty of peace, not unlike the old boss did.”
Capper opened one of his green eye and looked at the purple pony in front of him. She gave a reassuring smile at him.
“Yes that would be actually a good idea. See to it that it's set up.”
“Yes sir. “Smolder commented and then left the room.
“Anything else?”
Not at the moment no. However I must ask how's the search for Fluttershy going?” Asked rarity.
“Who.?”Dash asked a bit annoyed.
“Oh come now Dashie don't be that way.” Rarity told her
“And why shouldn't I be, I mean she just got up and left us. She didn't even say good bye why are we still searching for her?” She grumbled.
“Because she's our friend darling.”
“Some friend she turned out to be. friends are supposed to stick together, she ditched us!”
Twilight frowned at that. She remembered that night her half brother died. Fluttershy was the most heartbroken out of everyone. Even pinky pie who considered him her adopted brother, and cried like thire was no tomorrow for his death, still couldn't beat the sadness that was in Fluttershy's eyes. That very night it was hard for anyone to get any sleep. But no one thought that Fluttershy was just going to grab some clothes stuff then in a bag take her rabbit and jump on the back of bike to go who knows where.
Twilight didn't even know she could ride a motorcycle but she took discords bike and vanished that night.
“Well has someone contacted her parents or brother.” AJ asked.
“I went to them five times already, she just vanished off the side of the earth. Leave it at that.!” Dash complained.
“Alright alright enough of that! Meeting adjourned, your all dismissed.”
Every one got up and started leaving but just as they did it was Capper who stoped them. “Um except you Mrs sparkle,”
Twilight stoped and turned to look at the cat
“May I have a word.” He asked emotionlessly. Twilight nodes and everyone else left. After every one left leaving the two in the room Capper slouched in the chair with a sigh.
“It doesn't fit me does it?”
Twilight shrugged. “Oh come now, rarity can stitch it for you to fit better I'm sure if it bothers you that Much.” She smiled.
“I'm not talking about the jacket.”
Twilight expression fell. “I know. It’s big shoes or well a big jacket,” she said with a slight smile “to fill. But you've done so well.@
“Have I? Cause from where I'm sitting your a much better candidate.”
Capper scratched the side of the throne. “Why am I siting in this chair, when you are the one he choose to lead this organization. @
“Now that's not...”
“You’re a much better leader. Your like him a natural born leader. It's in your blood.”
“I can’t be like him!” Twilight looked away from him with a far awake look. The room grew quite between them for a few seconds.
“Your quick to come up with plans, and able to think on the fly, your also...” He stoped his own gaze from her to his paws. ... “extremely smart, brave, and strong , and not because your chimera.” Another pause of silence fell before he continued. ... “You remind me of him in so many ways.”!He sighed. “What do I have they you don't?”
Twilight stayed quiet for a moment before she spoke up again. “You have something that he did, that I don't.”
“And that is?”
“Heart” she replied and caught he's gaze with her own.
“That I'm going to be honest is a trait I lost long ago. I question if I ever had it in the first place.”
“Twilight” he began but she continued.
“I for so long wanted nothing more…” began tearing up. “I thought of my future, for so long, and now, now I don’t know what to do. But this, siting in that throne, becoming like him, no. I don’t have the heart it takes to do what he did, he was wrong about me. I AM NOT LIKE HIM. I’m not like spike or, or Fluttershy.” She turned away from Capper quickly.
“Something's coming, something big, and we need a leader, that’s something I just can’t do Capper, I just can’t do.”
“Can’t or won’t?” He asked in a serious tone.
She said nothing and walked away, as she dried her own eyes.
Twilight gingerly walked through the streets of town, but her destination wasn't home. As she walked she thought back on the last year of her life. Everything changed since that very night. Some for the better, some right down for the worst. It was nice being able to de-mutate the victims of the beast program, and many consider her a hero for it. She instantly rose to fame as the creator of the cure to the chimera disease, despite being a college student. Her professors at Canterlot gave her leeway so she could progress on the cure. Only now the question was, what to do with her life now. She originally dedicated her life to making the cure and now she had achieved that. So what was the point of continuing Canterlot College if she already met her goals? She was given plenty of options by top scientists and labs to have her finish her studies while working as a top scientist or professor herself.
But she turned them down knowing full well she wouldn't have time for those things, due to her increase of work as an agent of chaos vill. But was Chaos Vill really a future for her? For that matter, another question she had on her mind was if there would be a future at all. Did she stop Discord, or was the fact that Discord died the issue entirely? What causes the apocalyptic state she saw in the old future video? Who were those time travelers, and what was the mission they received from her future self? Having no idea anything she only knew she could do one thing. And that was work on the time machine. The only question was would she ever actually be able to make the time machine work? Just because one future shelf might have doesn't mean this version of her would be able to pull off such an incredible feet.
Either way, as she wondered about this she finally met her final destination. In front of her was the remnants of a building, once said to be home to her oldest brother. Besides it, she bought the next building and began her own work and studies on the time machine. She sighed at the very thought of him. She could never get away from it. Strange, at one time she was determined to end him for what he did to her family. But her mother's words from that night a long time ago ranged in her ears.
“In the end, I just can't find myself to hate him despite all of that, I'm not saying forgive, I'm saying to look past it and move on."
“And what if I can't,” Twilight told her mother at the time.
“Then you'll end up just like Luna.” Her mother told her.
As much as she didn't want to admit it, she had ended up like Luna… and possibly because of that, she couldn't stop Discord from saving them. If that was what she was supposed to do. The questions remained endlessly and it haunted her. Even more, knowing that he entrusted her to be the leader of Chaos Vill, and she just could not accept that role.
She walked into her lab and turned on the lights showing her work. All over the walls were whiteboards full of equations and time travel theories. On the shelf were stacks of blueprints, both real and some drawn by her as a child. Then sitting in the center of the room was her time machine. However, she bypassed it and turned to the odd bowling ball-sized sphere sitting right by it. On it were a few clocks switches and gauges built into its surface. This was the new model of the time machine.
Unlike the first one which had almost a steampunk eas exterior and was large and clunky, this one was smooth and sphere-like. While it still was quite heavy it was much easier to pick up than the original version. She now considered her first project the prototype. This was the 2nd, however, she couldn't take full credit for it.
On top of the sphere was a handle. With a twist of it, she was able to remove a tube chamber that stretched all the way to the other side of the sphere. She was then able to twist off the top of the tube. She then examined the inside of it to make sure the chamber was liquid-tight. Hmmm, the fuel chamber seems to be in order, she told herself happily. She placed it down and then examined her blueprints for a moment. Then pulled out a file from a dware labeled experimental fuel sources.
There were several for nuclear power. Her assistant was very pro-nuclear for this project. However nuclear was dangerous, and Twilight didn't like the idea of using it. She moved to the next page. This one was to recycle nuclear waste instead. An option that was less dangerous but still was far too dangerous. She then looked at the third page—her research.
The title of the page was Chimera Blood. Twilight remembered that through her research to find a cure for the chimera disease, she found that the substance was forever mutating until it came in contact with another's DNA, and solidified into gold. As long as the substance never comes in contact with another form of DNA, it can forever mutate, giving off a strange source of electromagnetic energy, one far more powerful in a drop of chimera blood. “Well pure chimera blood anyway,” she whispered to herself slightly exhausted. “I and others like were mutated, but discord was born a chimera. His blood gave off such energy, that a pint was as powerful as what a nuclear source could give. It could have been the key to fueling the time machine. But,...” she sighed knowing full well that without him this source was likely completely gone. It seemed her future self used the same type of fuel source, however, the question was how. Did in that timeline a source of pure chimera blood still exist? And if it didn't, what source did she use? At this time does that source even exist? Will she never find it until then? Until it was too late to do anything to stop whatever caused that apocalyptic state in the world. These questions raged on Twilight's mind, only to be interrupted by the sound of the door opening. She looked up to see her assistant walking in.
“Hey, Mrs. Sparkle. What are you doing here, so late?” Smiled starlight. She was a few years younger than her mentor. Starlight Glimmer was still actually in high school, being only sixteen. Twilight once gave a speech at her school, being invited due to her work on the cure for the chimera disease. While there she got to talk to Starlight Glimmer, and found she had a lot in common with her. She wanted to make a time machine much like Twilight herself. And meeting her and finding their common interest the two quickly became friends. Yet despite this, she had no idea Twilight was a mutant, only that she and her friend had discovered a cure. Not knowing her friend was her brother discord.
“Oh, nothing I just had a lot on my mind, and well, working on this helps me clear my head,” Twilight said with a hint of sadness in her voice. Starlight knew this friend of Twilight had died, but she often wondered who he was. She never outright spoke about him and Starlight's determination was peeked. “Umm is this about your friend again?”
Twilight sighed, “That obvious huh?”
“Yeah, you must have really cared for him,” Starlight spoke sincerely. Then a thought occurred to her that hadn't before. In a bit of a nervous voice, she asked, “Did you have a thing for this guy?”
Twilight's face turned bright red, and a little of her even wanted to vomit. “No no, it wasn't like that, he was uh,” she sighed. “He was sort of a brother to me. He was my half-brother.”
Embarrassed she could even come to that conclusion starlight quickly replied, “Oh oh oh I see, you two must have been very close then huh?”
Twilight didn't say anything at first she only turned her head away from her assistant. “No actually, in fact, I wish I knew him better.” She said solemnly.
A moment of silence spread between them before Starlight said “I'm sorry.”
“Doesn't matter anyway, he’s dead. I was going over the possible fuel sources for the time machine. By the way, I must admit, I'm really impressed with your hard work.”
“Thank you, your model was amazing but the materials you used to construct it were far too heavy. By using a thin piece of lightweight steel for the body and robust plastic materials I 3D printed, it cut down two-thirds of the weight. By making it spherical it also eliminates unnecessary material and is easier to hold in the hoof. Oh uh sorry, you know how I get, when I'm excited, I just blabber on like an idiot sometimes,” she nervously laughed.
“No, it'd be fine, actually, I haven't gotten to go through all your advancements on the new model yet,” Twilight told her.
“Well, in that case, you should be aware that when activated it will even be lighter, once it's pressurized with helium.”
“Why helium?” Twilight asked.
“Because it's non-flammable and will lighten some of the other heavy components of the device. That way, if anything gets in contact with the fuel source it most likely won't explode, speaking of which I found someone willing to give us access to the nuclear waste we need.”
Twilight grew nervous at this. “Ummm.”
Starlight sighed annoyed. “Really why are you so against this? It's not like there's another source of energy that can break the physics of space. “
“I'm working on that,” Twilight replied.
“I read your paper on chimera blood. Do you really think it can be sourced?”
Twilight sighed in frustration. “If I gather enough of it, I can mostly extract its impurities and form pure chimera blood from it. It’s just gonna take time, that’s all.”
“Well, I have a power source, I can start experimenting with, right now. Once I get the time machine air-tight I want to proceed. May I?”
Twilight looked nervously away.
Starlight groaned. “Really, you're not even gonna give me a chance.”
Twilight giggled a bit at her young assistant's enthusiasm. She was still young and had much to learn, despite being incredibly smart. “I'll think about it. Until then, continue making it airtight for now, and I'll let you know soon enough.”
Starlight, disappointed in Twilight's decision, grumbles, "Fine," as if she was a grumpy teenager dealing with her mother.
Tempest shadow sat at a table eating breakfast listing to the radio that morning. As she often did every morning.
“Well the summer fun has just begun everybody, are first day of a hundred degree weather is about to drop, so grab your swimming trunks and hit that pool.” Said the reporter over the radio.
But tempest thoughts were far from blowing off the heat as she sipped her morning coffee. No what was on her mind was the thing that never left her mind. As she mumbled the words “what could I have done different, Could he ever forgive me, was simply too late.”
But before she could dwell on these thoughts any longer a young teenage lizard came rushing , rolling around the room on his skates.
He zoomed passed the bread popping it In the toaster as he made himself a bowl of serial. “Hi Miss Twilight’s mom morning.” He casually chimed in despite his rushing around.
“Good morning spike, what are you going to get up to today?” She asked with a simple smile.
“Oh once I'm done with school I'm heading to the clean up crew down mud street. I may not be a member of chaos vill but I can help out. Then I'm heading to Twilight’s lab to help Starlight finish preparations on her and Twi’s machine.” He then picked up the bowl and placed the toast in his mouth as he rolled over and grabbed his back pack. “Don't wait up for me.” He said with the toast I'm his mouth as he came by the front door past her.
“Wait spike slow down.” She called out. Spike did as was told and stoped for a moment as he took a bite of his toast.
“Don't you want milk with that cereal? ” She asked.
“Hmm oh you’re right.” He said as she got up and grabbed the milk. She poured it in his bowl as she continued the conversation.
“Now spike I’m heading to the grocery store, do you want anything?”
“No,” he sighed.
Tempest looked at a bit curiously. “Spike?”
“Don't, just don't.”
“Spike she might just not want you to see her in jail.”
“Well whose fault is that!” He spat bitter.
“Spike believe me she has your best interest at heart.”
“Really, how can you say that when she turned out to be a supervillain.” Spike argued grumpily.
“Spike being a mother ain't easy, believe me.”
“Yeah well guest what, she's not my mother!” He then grumbled, “she only adopted me. Clearly she didn't care or she wouldn't have done it.”
“Spike!” Tempest shouted at him.
Spike sighed, “I'm sorry, “
“I know your situation is different then mine but, spike,” she shook her head.
Spike turned around and gave her a hug to the mares surprise. “Your son was a hero, And I know despite my… what Luna has done I can be one to.”
She smiled and told him “your cereal is gonna get soggy eat it quick ok.”
He nodded and decided to sit down and finish his bowl along side her. To both of there surprises however someone walked in through the front door.
“Sup little man?” Dash called out.
“Dash what are you doing here I thought you were helping Pinky and AJ pack up. “
“Eh I'm on my way now, Twilight tho told me to give this to you,” she said handing papers to Tempest who She glanced over the papers quickly and sighed.
“What is it.” Asked spike
“Oh nothing, just another fan letter on people wanting me to continue writing Derring Do.”
“You know why don't you continue the story.”
“Hmm,” she asked Dash.
“Tell them the truth, tell them what really happened, and how he was in the end a good guy,” she snorted, “I bet you, people would love to hear that story told.”
Tempest smiled, “perhaps it's time to let a new writer take over this story.” She handed Dash a pen from the table.
“What me, I'm not an author, hell I'm about to go into the air force.”
“You’ll need something to do with your spare time, and I'm quite curious to see how you would write this story.” She smiled
Dash took the pen and stared at it. Just then her phone rang, and she picked it up. “Uh huh this is her, Dash muttered. “Uh huh,...yeah,” her eyes then widen. “Tha thank you.”
“What is it Dash?” Asked Spike.
“Oh nothing, don't worry about it, well I gotta get to AJ and help her pack, and your gonna be late for school if you don't hurry up kiddo”
“Mind giving me a lift?” He asked.
“Sure hop in. Smirked dash as she waved good buy to Miss Sparkle .”
“I can't believe you’re actually doing this,” smiled Twilight as she and Dash loaded the last box into the moving van.
“Yep, sorry Dash looks like you'll have to find a new roommate.” Smiled AJ. Pinky jumped out of no where, “oh oh don't forget about us ok.” She sniffled a cry.
“Pinky were best friends and besides you heading to my old home town.” Chuckled Dash.
“So your gonna finish collage in clouds dale huh?” Asked Twilight.
“That's right along with it were already in business. Granny smith even got us a store.” She chuckled. “With the help of Mr cheese of course.”
Pinky whipped away here tears. “Yeah Mr cheese has actually help us a lot. He's even opening a joke shop there and we'll be working right next door.”
Twilight smiled, “it's also a good way for chaos vill to expand and make new connections outside of pony vill. If we don't chances of a new gang war could pop up if we don't make new allies quickly.”
“Twilight do you really think he's up to the task?@ Asked Rarity.
“I'm sure he is, he's just got to get use to it is all.”
“Well I think you should be the one to be the leader,” Pinky chimed in cheerfully.
Twilight nervously laughed at that. “Thanks for the boost In confidence Pinky, but no.”
“So how goes your timey thing?” Asked the pink pony.”
“Well my assistant says she has access to a possible power source, but I don't like nuclear waist, it can be dangerous.”
“And chimera blood isn't?” Chuckled AJ.
“Point taken,” Twi shares in the laughed.
“Ok well that's everything, I'm really gonna miss you guys,” Dash said and hugged the two leaving.
“Yeah it's just to bad we didn't get to say good buy to Fluttershy.” An sighs.
At the sound of that name Dash crossed her arms.
“Oh come now Dash, Rarity chimed in.
“Shut it, your stupid theory's arn’t helping.”
“What, I'm telling you the truth, she has a boy friend and probably took off with him.”
“Why would she just leave us with out saying good buy, We're her friends! And to not contact her family either,” Dash she sighed defeated.
“I know you’re actually worried about her Dash. Said applejack. “I'm going to search for her back in town, maybe she's close by.”
“No I know where is,” Dash mumbled.
“What was that?” AJ asked.
“Nothing I'm sorry this is supposed to be a good moment to send you and two off. I do wish you the best.” Dash smiled, but AJ could tell it was hard for her.
“Well with me and Pinky no longer being chimera I think this is the safest thing to do.” She smiled.
Yeah pinky chered.
The girls all gave one last group hug before saying thire farewells.
Dash Rarity and twilight stood as AJ and her cousin drove off. “Well what now,” asked Twilight unsure of what next.
“I don't know about you but I'm gonna head home,” Dash shrugged.
“I'm going to get back to work,” smiled Rarity.”I have an important client coming next week and I must finish there suits. With any luck they might agree to stay away from Ponyvill.” Rarity said as Dash goy in car. “Yeah, yeah good luck with that.” She replied and drove away.
As she came to a stop she took out the pen her hero gave her. She stared at it in thought of the future. She knew she was going to be piolet that was no doubt. But the weight of the pen in her hoof made her question how would she write this. She sighed as she set it down and pulled out her phone reading a text.
Ever free town 9912. She then punched in the address in her cars map.
“That's a ways out, what are you doing Fluttershy.” She muttered as she began her long journey.
Celistia stepped out of her car, her driver drove it away as she approached a top security prison. She walked at a calm pace as she followed some guards into the building. They let her in and escorted her to a prison cell which she entered with a smile on her face.
“You have ten minutes.” The guard told her. She gave no response as the doors closed tightly shut behind her. The room she stood in was very dark, the only light came from a small window far too small to small to escape. Behind bars siting in the corner was a dark figure, in ragged dirty clothes. The figure raised its head and opened its glowing fire like eyes at Celestia. “Hello sister,” she smiled warmly.
“You,” growled the chained up Alicorn. “What have you done with Celestia.”
“What ever could you mean, I'm right here Luna.” Smiled Celestia.
“Let me see them, let me see Twilight and spike.” Pleaded Luna horrified.
“Oh I don't think they want to see you, every time I ask, they refuse to come.”
“That's a lie!” Luna called out. “Just like it's a lie that your my sister.”
Celestia sighed, “here we go again. Honestly Luna.”
“Who are you” Luna growled. “What do you want with twilight.”
Celestia giggled and then chuckled and soon it turned into a cackle of sorts. “Oh lulu honestly it's amusing, that you haven't figured it out already. After all… I already told you all my plans. To create a world of peace with no war to ever fight again. That was always our goal remember sister.”
“That's what you told me, yet here I am sitting in bars while that, that maniac is out there.”
“From all reports he died, Luna. Thire is nothing of him to speak of.” Celestia turned her back on her. “Now I just have to find his little girl friend and extinguish his blood line once and for all.”
“Wha, what are you saying?” Luna questioned.
“Oops said to much,” she replied
“Tell me,” growled Luna. “Tell me right this instant. What do you have planned!?”
“Oh lulu,” chuckled Celestia. “Soon, very soon it won't matter you see,” she chuckled darkly. “Soon, very soon,” she smiled wickedly, “I will have what I want, and so will you.”
At that Luna lunged at her only to be stoped by the bars. “You lay one finger on spike or Twilight and I promise you, you will be sorry.” Luna growled.
“Oh come now Luna,” she chuckled, “do you really think I'm going to hurt my niece and nephew. I have no such intentions, if anything there the exact opposite actually.” she smiled.
“Discord is twilights brother.” Spat Luna. “She didn't join me, why would she join you?!”
Celestia chuckled at that. “Twilights brother, that actually explains a lot. However he is long gone and I am Twilight’s future.”
“That monster, he's impossibly strong, there's no way you could ever touch him!” At this Celestia chuckled darkly once more. “Oh lulu, it's nice catching up, but I'm afraid my time here is short, now you know what I want. Tell me where is the last of your chimera serum?”
“I told you before and I tell you again, you’re never gonna get it.” Luna viciously spat.
Celestia turned to her with a sly smile on her face. “Fine I suppose. Ha I don't actually need it.”
Just then the prison guard came in once more.”Your ten minutes are up,” he told Celestia.
She nodded and followed him out, “tata sister dear.” She taunted Luna as she exited. Luna larrowed her eyes as she watched her escape. One the doors were tightly shut she used her powers to create a small fight giving the room more light.
She then looked at her shakled hooves. All four of them. On her front right hoof however were scorchmarks and scars of her trying to free her self.
She sighed at the locked shakled. And then one again began to pry it off of her. As she did she greeted her teeth at the pain. “Oh come on come on, “ she groaned as pulled the shackle off her front hoof. “Ahhhh!” She moaned as the shackle began to cut into her flesh again, making another bloody scratch. She did this for hours, with out end, determined to break loose. Finally it began to move and slipped off her hoof if only slightly. It wasn't compleatly off her hoof yet but it will be soon enough. Exhausted from trying she finally gave in and used her fire powers one wound to seal the cut then ice to stop the pain. “Almost have it.” Luna expressed. “Almost have it off.” She greet her teeth as she breathed in and out trying to ignore the pain. “Don't worry spikey mommy's coming. I won't let that thing hurt you ever again. No monster when I am done will hurt you again.” She greeted her teeth as she fell back. Suddenly she heard the doors coming, and she quickly hid her self inflected wound with her ragged blanket. It was the only thing besides a pillow a toilet and a futon that was in her cell.
The doore opened up revealing the guard bringing her a biscuit to eat for dinner. That was all she ever had was a biscuit, and she was tired of it. Oh what she wouldn’t t give to have some real food. Perhaps a nice full ceaser saled or a hay burger. Hell, shed even go for a plain bowl of Cereal, but a busiket. She took it and stuffed it down her throat starving. It didn't even have any butter or jam to flavors it. As it went down her throat it took all she had not to vomit it back up as she quickly grabbed the paper cup of water the guard also gave her.
She sighed at her pathetic state before she layed back down and fell asleep almost instantly.
“So how's the process of the time machine going?” Asked Celestia who across from Twilight and her assistant.
“Oh it's nearly complete, or at least it would be if someone would give me the chance to experiment with it.” Smiled Starlight.
Twilight chuckled apprehensively. “I'm just not sure about nuclear power, it seems dangerous,” Twilight shrugged.
“Oh come on, nuclear is the cleanest source of energy we have today, other then the sun, which is nuclear itself by the way.” Argued Starlight.
Celestia giggled. “Well it seems you two have come a long way.”
“Pardon my young assistant she just gets excited.” Replied Twilight , Starlight rolled her eyes causing Celestia to giggle once more.
“Twilight it's always good to see you and your friends. “
“Thank you auntie, I always love having lunch with you.” She smiled back “It reminds me of when we use to do this growing up.”
“Yes how is your mother?” Celistia asked
“Its like a dream to have her and my brother back in my life. Yet it feels incomplete with out my whole family.”
“Yes I understand that, sighed Celestia, “I miss your father to.” Replied celestia before sipped her own drink.
Twilight nodded, but it wasn't her father she was talking about. How ever Celestia knew nothing of her relationship with Mr Ghost.
“Now if only I can discover what happened to the last mayor. I half expect him to have just run away like the cowered he is. Mr Ghost was always something terrifying.”
“Umm let's change the subject,” twilight told Celestia, not wanting to hear one more thing bad about her oldest brother. Most of the city never knew how heroic he actually was in the end. Only those in chaos vill ever had any idea who he truly was.
“Well why not let Starlight try her experiments?” Asked Celestia to the surprise of Starlight. “Wha, uh thank you Mrs Kang.”
Celestia giggled once more.
“It's dangerous, I don't know if...”
“Oh come Twilight where would we be if some one doesn't take a risk every once in a while.” Celestia encouraged.
Twilight took a moment to think about it. But finally gave in.
“Oh all right, but the experiment must be out of town. You can take the new machine and head out past the mountain, I'll have the old machine moved to my apartment to make room for the power stove untill then.”
“Really oh thank you, thank you, thank you, Starlight screeched with excitement. “I won't let you down!”
“Ok, ok just finish your lunch before you go alright.” Twilight smirked.
So Twilight , if I may ask, do you know where Miss breeze is?” Asked Celestia.
“Hmm Fluttershy, oh she left over a year ago actually, why ask?”
“Oh it's nothing, I just got another missing person report on her from her family and I know you were friends with her so I thought..?”
“I don't know what happened to her. She according to my friend Rarity Shine she ran off with her boy friend and never returned. But none of us ever met him and don't know what really happened.”
“Boy friend aye,” Celestia narrowed her eyes. “Well I'm sure everything will be alright.” Celestia finished her drink. “This was a nice lunch, let's do this again next week, oh and do be sure to bring your other friends along, I'm glad your doing so well Twilight.”
“Thank you, aunty.” She smiled and gave her a hug goodbye.
As the two mares watched the mayor leave starlight whispers in Twilight’s ear. “Your aunt sure is amazing.”
“Yeah she kinda raised me after my parents disappeared. I'm thankful for her.” Sighed Twilight happily. “Well come on that time machine isn't gonna finish itself,” she smirked as her assistant skipped along with joy and excitement. “I'll call Dash.”
Dash’s phone rang waking her up with a jolt. She yawned as she saw who it was. She was in the back seat of her truck. “Hello she moaned.”
“Hay Dash I need your help. After talking with Celestia I have decided to let my assistant go with her plans but I need to move my old time machine out of the way to make room, and it won't fit in my car. Mind picking it up and dropping it off at my old place.” Twilight asked.
“Uh sure twi but I can't today, hay I actually won't be in shcool either I uh,” she sighed. “I took a little road trip and I'll be back by the day after tomorrow probably.”
“A road trip?” Twilight repeat as a question.
“Ahh don't worry I'm fine, I just needed some fresh air.” She told her as she looked at the address again. “I'll be back soon.”
“Hmm ok I'll have my brother move it instead, thanks Dash.”
“No prob.”
She hung up the phone scratched her head and then jumped in the front seat of her truck taking off again.
Dash Rainbow drove out to what seemed like nowhere up a mountain road. Finally after over a year she found a lead on her missing friend. She then took off in a van not bothering to tell any one where she was going or how long she'd be gone. She did how ever kept the trailer on her car on.
She just had to be the first. She had to know . Why? She mutters to herself while watching the road. Why did you just leave us, leave me. She thought. A memory of her soranged to her mind as she kept heading that way.
A Yong little tall skinny filly was being picked on for her look in the shcool yard of a elementary school.
“Haha look at you skinny, you'll never be pretty.” Said the a jerk orange bulky pony.
The little filly or tall filly was shaking her head, trying to hid under her mane.
“And look shes a year older and shes still here I bet you she dumb to.” Said another. “Isn't that right dummyfly.”
Fluttershy in rather high pitch cracky voice said “I wasn't heled back I started shcool late.”
“Haha did you hear her voice. She sound like a dude the way it cracks.” Said a female dog.
At that point the little filly was about to cry.
“Hay Dash what do you think.?” asked the dog.
Dash was laying back soaking up the sun, wherimg shades. Even as young filly she was cool.
Dash raised her glasses and looked at the pitiful thing. Dash had to admit she was kinda dorky looking and being a bit older then everyone else was wierd. Her voice also did have that strange guy like tone to it at the time, but then aging a lot of guys thire she sounded like girls.
Fluttershy stood waiting for the next insult to be throne her way. She expected it to come from Dash. But Dash tho decided to take pity on the new girl. She finally stood up walked and walked over to her with a look of boredom.
The little filly didn'took up just stared at the ground looking like one more insult was gonna make her cry. But to her surprise the blue pony who she thought was gonna be another bully asked her for her name instead.
“Um I'm Fluttershy.”
“Say that again”
“Fluttershy.”
Dash cleaned out her left ear. “Sorry what was that?”
“Fluttershy,” she finally said loud enough to hear. She was trying to keep her voice down because she didn't want the bullies to laughe at her voice again.
“Fluttershy ahm that's a cool name. Mines twenty percent cooler but yours fits.” She then turned to the others. “And guys bullying the new girl is NOT cool.” She then lowered her so glasses. “Shes now my friend you got that.”
This action surprised Fluttershy. She never expected some one to be so nice to her. She then followed the blue filly as she walked back to her spot, leaving the bullies surprised that the coolest kid on the block actually let the new girl follow her.
Dash still drove the car into a little woodland town as she thought to herself. The town was called everfree. Located smack dab in the ever free forest. It was a little country town. Log cabin and cottage country. Every building was made was made of wood logs and a timberjack feel to it. Many of those who loved thire wore either that of a timberjack or was wore Amish like clothing. Something AJ would of liked more then her. But her mind wasn't focus on the town or the people. It was on her missing friend.
“You were always following me around flutters. Even tho you were older you were always like a little sister to me. So why?… Why would you just leave with out saying goodbye?”
She then pulled up to a sheriff office. And got out of the car. She headed in a little bell ranged as the door opened.
She went to the front desk. “Hi I'm looking for a friend of mine. She went missing a while ago here’s a phot of her bikes number, some one said they saw her here.” She showed the lizard at the desk the photo of both the bike and her.
“Yeah I seen her around. She lives in town not to far from here. Here let me get you the address. Why she leave anyway?”
“That I don't know, but I’m here to fight me out.”
The lizard look at her. “And you sure your friend wants to be found?”
“I don't know, but I’ll find out…”
The lady narrowed her eyes. “Listen Hun. If she came to this town, she didn't want to be found.”
Dash looked away from her.
The lizard handed her the address. “This is a little town. Any fighting and the shierf will be on you ya hear.”
Dash took the address and headed to her car. She drove up to a little apartment building not to far from the center of the town.
To her amazement siting in the drive way was discords bike.
She looked around and saw someone on the side of the porch but she couldn't make out who it was. She decided to get out and ask around for Fluttershy. She slowly walked up onto the porch.
“Hay, excuse me have you seen a mare with... “Her eyes widen as she stood stunned.
The mare Infront of her. She turned around slowly and faced who ever was talking.
Thire she was. Her mane a mess. One strand of it flowed down in front of her face. A look of someone who's been through a lot in her teal eyes. She wore a white tank top, blue jeans and had her siniture fake leather jack around her waist. She seemed a bit skinnyer like she hadn't been eating well. A cigarette in one hoof, and she blew out smoke from her mouth. Her eyes looked tired, but she still somehow had a young pretty girl look to her.
“Fluttershy.” Dash said slowly, in total shock.
The mare took another intake of her cigarette before answering. “Hi Dash.”
“Fluttershy what happens to you?” Dash walked closer to her.
“You look like you haven't sleept in days , you,” she shook her head. “And what's with the cigarette, I...” Dash was bewildered by her appearance.
She gave a sad laugh along with a dreary smile. “how've you been Dash?”
I...dash began but am the look of flutershy still had her confused.
“Are you ok flutershy?”
“Why wouldn't I be?” She said through a distant look on her face.
“You don't seem ok.”
Fluttershy took a moment before she spoke again. “How's Twilight and the others?”
“There um. Thire doing good.”
“That's good to hear.” She softly spoke before lowering her head and taking another inhale of smoke.
“ Fluttershy . I uh. I came to, well to tell you we need your help.”
She took a moment before she answered, just smoking her cigarette. “Is that so?”
“Yeah, yeah it is. So gather your things and...”
“Stop.” She softly said. Her movement sluggish.
“Stop what flut...”
“I'm not coming back!”
“Flutershy you have to. We need your help with,”
DISCORD’S DEAD! she said with a bit louder of a voice. “ I have nothing to go back to.”
“Fluttershy”
Just then something ran into the open screen door of the house.
Dash turned and saw a little grey filly who could barely stand up siting in a dipper in the door way. Another one then tackled the other, this time a yellow foal.
Her eyes widen at the sight.
“Ma ma,” the yellow filly made a noize that sounded like he was trying to say mama.
“Discord get off your sister.” She told the baby. She then took another inhale of her cigarette while dash stood in more shock as she put two and two together.
“I uh. I knew you to were friends but I didn't know you were so close.”
“No one did.” She sighed.
“Fluttershy.”
Flutershy turned around and looked out at the forest by her place. Her back to her friend.
“He would have loved it you know. He dreamed of just getting away from the city. Living near the forest. Build a cabin..”she chuckled. “I'm living his dream ya know. This is what we wanted to do. Just the two of us. A baby was not expected let alone twins.”
She set her elbow on the railing and leaned against it. “He would have been happy here.”
A moment nod silence filled the air before Dash tried aging.
“Fluttershy listen,”
“No you listen,” she turned to Dash moving quicker then she had that entire conversation.
“Im a single mother with two kids to feed. All I want is to focus on them and move on with my life.”
“Fluttershy I'm sorry ok. I can't imagine what it must feal like...”
“And I hope you never do Dash.” She shook her head slowly. “I hope you never know what it feels like to have someone you love with all your heart die leaving you with nothing but an empty pit in your stomach. I miss you all but I am rather busy at the moment so if you don't mind.”
“ But flutter...”
“Good buy dash.”
She said with such a straight face. Thire was no anger, no sadness no emotion of any kind to her expression actually. It broke Dash’s heart to hear such a thing. Dash's mouth opened to say something else but nothing came. She could do nothing to help friend. She just turned around slowly and headed back to the car.
Flutershy watched as she left standing with the same expressionless look all the until Dash was half way down the road.
Dash could see in her rearview mirror Fluttershy watching her. At least she now had her answer as to why she left that night.
Twilight jumped up from her nightmare as she often did. She gasped in heavily trying to gain control of her breathing as she looked around the room. She was not in her bed, nor her own room. She was in an underground office formed from the cave walls. "I must have fallen asleep," she muttered as she rubbed her head softly. This cave was the very cave where her brother once perfected the chimera cure along, with stack and stack of paper of his research filling a file cabinet and a few computers. She got up from her desk and grabbed her jacket as she decided to go for a walk. Roaming the halls of the underground building, She didn't even know what for she just needed a walk.
As she did her mind began to dwell on the events of the last year. She still attended school, it was much easier since she didn't have to worry about fighting Chimera's anymore, and she often left the normal crime fighting to either the police or the agents of chaos vill.
"Oh, Miss Sparkle, Miss Sparkle," said a voice behind her. She turned around to see Mrs. Heartwether, a chubby pony who worked at the desk of the office. "I'm so glad I caught you I was off to your office to give you this, your mail." She handed Twilight several envelopes.
"Thank you Mrs heartwether." She replied looking through them. "Oh, no problem at all just let me know if you need anything, you know if you're not living there anymore you should sell the place."
"Yes I know, I know, I've just been-"
"Say no more, say no more, I found a real estate agent, and he could sell your place for you," she pulled out a card and handed it to her.
She looked at the card, it had a photo of a lizard next to the title of his business, Larry's real estate selling and buying homes is what I do best. Call xxx-xxxxx.
Twilight deadpanned at the card and sighed a thank you before she walked away,
"Oh, no problem at all miss sparkle." She replied before heading in the opposite direction.
Twilight went through her mail. They were just bills of her apartment. It was true she hadn't been living there for quite some time. She was just too busy in her mind. But she longed for the days she had a year ago. She wonders if her brother brought the time machine to the place yet. The old place. The apartment, her headquarters.
The memory of her friends and her second oldest brother all in one room chatting, goofing off having fun. She might have still been in college but that wasn't true for her friends. Rarity was now one of the most well-known fashion designers and often missed most of their meetings, and it seemed like all they ever had time for these days were reports on the city's well-being. With AJ and Pinky now moved away she felt more alone than ever despite still being in contact with all of them, well most of them. Then there was Fluttershy, where could she be? She couldn't help but feel concerned for her the most.
Twilight shook her head as she made a left turn and found herself staring at a door. Her eyes widened at the sight of it because she knew exactly where this door led to, and she shook her head thinking that she meant to go in the opposite direction, and must of just subconsciously walked here instead. She sighed as the memory came back to her.
Twilight was escorted down this hallway by agents of Chaos Vill. They entered through the door and found herself on a balcony overlooking all of Chaos Vill members. It wasn't long after that, that her brother walked in carrying a bottle of vodka and a cup, he sat down on the chair In front of a chessboard and told her to sit down.
Twilight decided to walk through the door and found herself on the same balcony as that day. She walked over to the edge as she remembered his great speech to the troops below. His words ringing in her ears.
That was the first time she really met the Lord of Chaos. Her oldest brother. Her family. She closed her eyes and could have sworn she could hear it. Hear his speech. Hear his voice.
But wait a minute she could hear it, and she opened her eyes and turned to the corner of the balcony. Sitting on top of the edge with her laptop was none other than a familiar grey pony with pink and black hair, her computer was playing a recording of the chaos lord himself.
"Um, mells isn't it." She asked the young mare standing next to her.
Mells looked up in a bit of surprise. "Oh Twi I mean Miss Sparkle, Hi," she paused her video
"Hi."
The two stood in awkward silence for a moment.
"So, uh how are things," Asked Mells
"Uh, good," She looked at the mare, something about her seemed oddly familiar, even so, she pushed that aside and asked, "Were you just watching my brother."
"Oh, yeah I wanted to see what the old boss was like," Mells said a bit jumpy. She was a new recruit who joined Chaos Vill not too long ago, along with her brother. They were also chimera themselves as was their dad. The last three Chimera left, besides Twilight's friends and Luna. "I see."
"What was he like?" Mells asked. "He was your brother right, you had to have known something?"
Twilight smiled, "Well you see I never really knew him, Wish I did tho. I can tell you I honestly felt like he was a big jerk but now I know it was just because he did whatever he thought was necessary, Even if it meant doing the wrong thing." Twilight's grin grew weary. "In the end, I thought he was a villain but he was a hero, even though he'd never admit to it. He honestly was just a guy who got all the wrong cards and still was winning the game."
"Oh, I see," Mells smiled as awkwardly looked away.
"So, how's your father did you ever get him registered?" Twilight asked, trying to continue the conversation.
"umm, no but we will. Frankly, he's a bit," she stopped trying to think of a good word to use. "I'll."
"Still?"
"Yeah, well my brothers at home taking care of him, I don't think he's completely right in the head yet." She sighed.
"your dad or your brother?"
"Both," Mellody said exhausted.
Twilight couldn't hold a giggle at that. "You know I, or one of our doctors could take a look at him for you. He is a chimera after all and we're all working together."
"Oh that's so nice of you, but honestly," she deadpanned. "We're good."
"Alright then," Twilight sighed. "If anything changes though let me know ok, I'd love to meet him."
"Yeah I'm sure you would, Speaking of which I got to go, me and my brother are switching shifts, mells said hastily.
"Of course, of course. It was nice seeing you again," Twilight shouted as she watched her company runoff. once she was gone Twilight lowered an eyebrow. "hmm something strange about that one, that's for sure." Something about her seemed familiar in a way, yet she couldn't quite figure out what. Perhaps it was the color of her coat, she was a grey pony very similar to her brother, or her eye color. She had a similar dimenor to something, Twilight just couldn't figure out. She somehow for some reason seemed a lot like her older brother Discord.
Mells walked down the hall quickly trying not to rouse suspension. She quickly headed down the elevator and to the minding shaft, and out the the bar, giving the bartender a friendly nod before heading off. running to her bike. She revved up the motorcycle and took off, Her eyes on the road her head deep in thought, of the last year's events.
"We have to do this quickly," shouted her brother on the back of the bike.
"Don't you think I know that, this is the day he dies after all," She revved up the bike.
"If we don't make it..." Her brother heathed.
"Don't think like that, This is our mission, our chance! We have to, we just have to! She growled as she twisted the gas bar as hard as she could, the bike rattled and shook going as fast as it could. Just up ahead was the government holding facility of the chimera. "That's it, sis, it's right there, we can make it!" Her brother smiled as he straightened his glasses. In the distance, there was something moving inside the building. To the side was a rather large group of creatures both chimera and normal. Suddenly a single figure jumped and began running towards those in the building.
"Sis!" Her brother panicked.
"I see it, that's him, that's got to be him." She had a tear growing in her eye as she growled.
"Sis we're not gonna make it!" He shook his head.
"Oh yes, we will, we gotta, For mom!!! For mom, we have to make it! She yelled as she tried to make the bike go faster. "Mell, if this hunk of junk goes any faster, it's gonna fall apart!" Shouted her brother. The creature on all fours ran into the building that was filled with strange black creatures. "No, we have to! we have to do it, she shouted and looked around. Her eyes widened as she got an idea. She turned the bike slightly and ran up a large truck's back using it like a ramp taking off into the air.
The bike got closer and closer and finally hit the rooftops of the building. They jumped off the rooftop and down into the battle still on the bike. She had a look of determination and he was scared out of his mind but still they stood fearless in the face of danger, as the details of the sea of black came into view. They were weird but like creatures all snarling to get out of the pit.
Something was fighting them left and right. The creature slashed off a few of their arms and stabbed them with its horns. It stood much bigger, longer, and stronger than them. It got to a pipe and even with the creatures all gnawing at its flesh, it tore the wheel, opening the pipe and letting a bad smell into the room. "Gas!" Her brother yelled out, "We're gonna get blown up!" He panicked. The creature pulled out something and looked at it with a look of sadness before he popped it open revealing it to be a lighter.
"NO STO-!!!" They shouted but it was too late, once the creature lit the lighter a fire erupted consuming everything. A bullet sound went off and the door shut tight locking everything into the flame of the fire.
Mells got to an old scruffy-looking building on the outskirts of town. The very same old junky house where Twilight first met her friends. She pulled up and got off the bike as her thoughts still dwelled on that very day.
As the flames grew closer, Mells's eyes glowed bright alongside her brothers. The siblings launched at the strange beast who lit fire to the gas around them. In milliseconds mells yelled out a ferocious sound that shockwaves a shield controlling the flames away from them, and the horrifying beast that started the fire in the first place. As Mells held the shield in place, her brother grabbed what remained of the creature. burned bruised, and knocked out, but with the faintest sound of a heartbeat they knew they had awcomplished thire misson, problem now was finding a way out as the explosion grew higher. Her brother Junior snaped his claws, and the three of them, along with their bike fell flat against the wooden floor of the old building, safe and sound. Mells let out a final breath she was holding in before she collapsed.
Mells entered the kitchen only to find her brother on a new computer. "Hay mells thank God you're back, did you get the cure yet," He asked in a grumpy tone.
"No they won't let me near it, That place is guarded tight, I don't know what to do yet, ok." She snapped back.
"Well we got to do something," He argued.
"Yeah well, we did something didn't we, we saved him, we saved Dad!" She yelled whispers.
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL THAT THING MY FATHER!" he huffed. "That guy, he's, he's, ugh," He crossed hai arms throwing his head back. "I'm starting to think mom was either delusional or he forced her.
"HAY!"
"It's THE ONLY WAY TO EXPLAIN HOW WERE RELATED TO THAT, THAT!" he groaned furiously. "Mom always called him a hero, hell even our aunt, congrats to him, he did ONE" he held up a hoof, "One good thing."
"Ok enough, I get it," she sighed tired of the conversation already.
"He never even thanked us for saving his life, look I can understand him not knowing about us, but seriously, not even a thank you, he's an arrogant, full of himself, jackass!"
"Yeah well like father like son." Mells deadpaned. Her brother stemmed but remained silent.
A moment of silence spread between them, broken only by the sound of her tossing the bike keys on the counter. "The bike is still making that noise when you rev it up."
"I told you, not to push it so hard," he rolled his eyes.
"I was only going twenty, look up how to fix it alright, tomorrow I'm going to go down to the store and pick up groceries, you take care of my bike, and leave Dad to me."
"Fine," he groaned, like a little child.
the next day Junior sat in the kitchen eating a sandwich when he heard a noise behind the house. "What's he up to now," he grumbled before taking the last bite of his sandwich and heading in the sounds direction. He looked around searching for the source of the noise and found it over by the bike.
"What are you doing now!" He asked in a grumpy tone.
"Cleaning." Said the creature in a rouge voice. the creature wore a full black robe and hood, yet it couldn't hide its massive twisted overgrown horns and bright white shaggy beard. a rag sat in an eagle claw, brushing off the film of dirt that sat on the old motorcycle.
"It's my dad's bike I'll clean it!" grumbled the teen.
"And did your father ever teach you how to clean a bike properly!" the creature snarled.
"My father died before I was born, snaped the boy as he tried to take the rag from the creature's claw but before he could the creature moved it out of his reach. With an amused grin and a slight chuckle, it said, "Join the party."
"What?"
"Seems we have a bit in common after all." Discord shrugged.
"You, your dad died before you was born?" Asked Junior. it moved aside from the Yong pony and began his work on the bike again. "You don't know how to clean this properly, yes you clean the outside of it, but this thing hasn't been properly taken care of for years. She keeps breaking down because of that. I heard your sister say she wants the bike fixed, let me show you how! he growled. Still with his back turned to the boy he continued. "You keep fixing the issue, but you're not dealing with the issues... That will only lead you down a worse path..." He stopped his cleaning as he said his next words a bit quieter. "Till something breaks that can't be fixed." it told Junior in a saden tone."
it looked over his shoulder at the boy, revealing a bright amber evil-looking eye. It unnerved Junior but he stood his ground. "Replacing it, should only ever be a last resort, one that shouldn't even need to happen, if... properly taken care of," grinned the creature showing its sharp teeth, one of which was a large fang protruding out of its mouth. For some reason, Junior felt like he wasn't talking about the bike anymore. He took the creatures words and thought them over in his head once more as the creature stood staring at him with one eye.
"Ca, can you teach me how to fix it? The bike I mean."
it turned his head back to the bike. "Best thing to do is to take it apart, give it a proper cleaning, and put it back together."
"Take it apart," he gasped, "but, but what if I can't put it back together."
"I'll teach you, but you'll have to listen." He smiled. "Can you do that?" grunted the creature.
"My sister would kill me if she found out."
"Well have it done before she gets home?" said the creature in a cheerful tone.
The boy frowned at first, as he took it into consideration for a moment, then nodded with a determination in his eyes.
The bike was completely taken apart, piece by piece, and laid all out in the overgrown grass.
A slight chill in the air blew past the two a sign of winter on its way. As the two steadily did their work. the creature would give slight directions but would often let him figure out on his own supervision so he wouldn't break anything. By the time they had the bike taken apart and cleaned it was nearly sundown. Jr with a rag was buffering the gas tank finishing up his work as Discord finished the handlebars.
the creature then pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, but as he did he could sense the scowl from his young partner. "What?!" it snarled narrowing his eyes as it inhaled.
"Nothing," grumbled junior crossed.
"Every time you see me with one of these you give me that same look, what is it?"
"I..." He said but pondered his own words. "I don't want you to smoke," he said barely audible.
"say that again? it asked.
"I don't want you to smoke," he grumbled a bit louder.
Speak up boy snarled the creature with furry.
"I don't want you to smoke, ALRIGHT!" the boy threw the rag with furry.
"Got a problem against smoking?" smirked the creature sarcastically.
"Maybe I do?"
"Then what is it."
"Forget it!"
"No, tell me," chuckled the creature.
"Forget it!"
"You tell me right now, or SHUT UP ABOUT IT!"
"My mother died!" snapped junior
The creatures eyes grew as his eyebrows shot up, it did not expect that and had a very confused look across its face.
junior shifted in his stance before saying, "My mom she," he shook his head, and let out a sigh of frustration. He looked at the creature next to him with a straight face. "It was those blasted things that killed her..."
As the creature sat a bit stunned by what the boy admitted to him, He looked at the cigarettes in his lion paw, he then looked back at the boy, and gave a sly laugh.
Junior expression didn't change as he deadpanned "Really, you're laughing, my mother's died, and you're laughing at her death, thats great," he nodded sarcastically.
After a few more chuckles the creature shook his head, "No, it's just that, he spat. "it seems almost as if you care. I found it funny."
"Of course I care, she was my mother!"
"No, I meant about me."
Now it was his turn to be caught off guard. "Oh well, I..."
"ha, don't worry about it, you just, the creature sank into the shadows. "you just reminded me of someone is all."
"Who?"
the creature didn't respond, and an odd silence spread between the two...
With a loud pop sound of a bottle, smolder smiled. "There it is boys, drink up," She laughed as the other members of Chaos Vill took their drinks.
"Hay, why not a toast," shouted Sunburst. "Here's to another chimera cured thanks to Miss Sparkle," They all cheered.
Twilight smiled, "I'm not old enough for to drink, but I thank you for the toast," Twilight chuckled.
"And here's to the boss, long live King Capper," Shouted another.
Capper smirked, "Na, na, I'll tell who this toast should be." He got up and shouted, "Here's to the chaos king, may his soul forever rest," He took a large sip of his beverage.
"Here, hear" the crowd shouted. Twilight smiled at the notion.
"And to think Twilight's time gadgets going to finally be powered up today," Cheared Rarity in the crowd.
"Ooooh," the crowd went as they turned to the pony in question.
"Testing starts soon yes, in a few hours, I just need someone to move my old machine out of the way, and bring the new one to the test facilities."
"Where are you testing it?" Asked Rarity
"Out of town, I'd say the old fort is the safest place to do it."
At the mere mention of the old fort, the crowd agreed solemnly knowing all too well what happened last time they were there.
"Well, I'll help you move as soon as I'm done with my mission, might take a while though," Her brother told her.
"Naa, I'll take care of it, you make sure that mission gets completed," Capper told him.
Rarity smiled, "I only wish Dash was here to party with us, why did she go on that road trip anyway, do you know?"
"No she just skipped town, I didn't even know till I called her." Twilight smiled. "so what's the mission anyway."
"Ahh, now you know the rules no discussing mission details with anyone except those partnered with you. Me and Rarity got this covered, just focus on your work," Shining told her. Twilight rolled her eyes playfully, but she did accept that he was following the rules. "Welp as much fun as this is I better go feed the lab rat," she smirked as she walked off. The group gave a chuckle at that knowing all too well what she was talking about.
...
Twilight entered the the lab and headed to a strange box, She was going to go feed a living creature, but it was no lab rat. It was a strange amalgamation of jellyfish and goo that acted much like a dog that Discord created and it was the source of the cure to the chimera disease. "Smooes," she called out playfully. "time for dinner, you hungry bud." She said but had no response. She shrugged and continued by pulling out a blood pack from the fridge. She walked over to its glass cage and smiled. "Smooes, lunchtime, come ah!" A strange pile of slime attacked her. She threw the blood sample at it, with a look of horror and fear, only to sigh in relief the next second. "come on do you have to do that every time I feed you, where did you learn your manners," she asked cross, as if the pile of goo was a child. But instead, it only gobbled its food. "oh that's right your his experiment," Twilight deadpanned, only for her phone to ring.
"Hmmm, Celestia," she answered it with a "hay."
"Yes, Twilight how has your day been? Celestia asked cheerfully on the other line.
"I'm good, umm a bit nervous to be honest," Twilight replied with a scratch of her arm.
"Oh you have nothing to fear dear, umm but I was wondering if I may have a word with you, in person."
Twilight's head tilted at her aunt's request, "You mean right now, I'm supposed to go and meet up with my assistant, in an hour."
"Oh, no no, look I'll meet you there at the lab alright," Celestia told her cherfully, only giving Twiight an odder feeling. "mhmm sounds good, um may I ask what your want to talk about?"
"Oh its," her tone shifted down. "It's about my sister and...," Celestia paused, and grew a sad tone. "I have a lot of my past I would like to explain to you, perhaps over dinner or something."
Twilight shifted in her stance, glad that she wasn't in the same room with Celestia at the moment. something seemed off but she only gave a "alright see you then," trying to sound as relaxed as she could.
"right see you then," Celestia replied in the same fake tone.
Celestia hung up the phone and imidatly grew a blank face, as her new assistant walked over to her. "is there anything I can do my queen," he asked, much to her annoyance.
"Prepare a party," she commanded turning her back on him. "it won't be long now, before our next move," she blinked only for her eyes to turn into red slits.
...
"All right bring it in slowly, slowly, that's right let it down nice and easy," said Starlight as she directed the forklift driver carrying nuclear waste.
Capper had already moved and loaded the old time machine on the truck, so it would be out of the way. He watched trying to play it cool, yet the small sweat on his brow gave him away. Twilight chuckled at the sight of him. "I know, I'm the same way, but Starlight has proven to me multiple times that it's perfectly safe. The nuclear waste is even sealed so none of it will leak and cause issues," She tried to comfort him.
"Mhmm," was his only reply. Which made her smile. Everything was strangely going her way, she had shining, and her little brother spike. She had her mother and her aunt Celestia, and despite some of her friends moving on with their own lives she also had them too. Despite this, she couldn't hide her own worry for the future, and it showed in her constant stance. The only two things that really still nagged at her mind, however, was, were Fluttershy And two, her aunt Luna. She really wanted to at the very least talk to her. Perhaps make amends and convince her to see Spike again. Perhaps another time, something she felt like she had all in the world now, despite being in her odd state of mind. For now, she needed to focus on what was happening in front of her. The time machine and its advancements.
"There you go you got it." Smiled Starlight as Twilight walked up behind her.
"Way to go Starlight, I'll have to file some paperwork but we will soon be allowed to go test the device."
Starlight smiled at that, "We now have everything we need to activate it," she squealed, "Sorry I'm just really excited."
Twilight chuckled at her enthusiasm and turned to the time machine as another question came to her mind. That dark future I saw will never come to pass now, will it? As she did she then saw a nervous teen look around the corner from behind the truck. With a smile, Twilight excused herself from Starlight and headed over to talk to the young mare.
"Hey, what's up, how's uh, well?
My brothers looking after him, After last night I felt like it would be good to uh,"
Twilight held up a hoof stopping her from speaking another word. "Don't worry about it, You hungry, 'cause I think I'm gonna grab a bite to eat?" Mells nervously nodded her head.
"Hay Starlight let's grab some lunch," called out Twilight. "Yeah, I can go for a slice of pizza. Who's is this?" She asked seeing mells.
"Oh this is just another friend of mine, She has a few things in common with you being only seventeen."
"Seventeen really, I haven't seen you around town, what school do you go to?" Asked Starlight.
"Uh," was her only response.
"She's home-schooled right, to take care of your father, you know you do not have to be so shy around us, we're here to help," she told the teenager as she got in Capper's pickup truck.
"I'm not shy I'm just, cautious, I'm Mells," she retorted as Starlight greeted her with her name and a hoof shake as the two got in the back seat.
"So tell me a bit about yourself," smiled Starlight as she bit into a slice of pizza, slightly burning her tongue. She just got done telling her about herself and Mells mostly stayed quiet the whole time.
"Oh well, I uh." Mells looked away as she nibbled on her own slice.
"It's ok to be shy, but we're not gonna hurt you," laughed Starlight.
"Shy, that again you and Twilight both, I'm not shy! Mells snapped back. Of all the things she was used to being called shy was not one of them.
Twilight giggled. "You actually remind me of my friend Fluttershy, she's so shy at times, one can't even hear her.
At the near mention of her mother, sky's eyes widen. "I told you I'm not shy! now, my brother, he's shy." she then looked away and asked, "So what is she like, Your friend Fluttershy."
"Hmm oh let's see," Twilight smiled as she whipped away some grease from her hooves. "She's kind, sweet, funny. She's my very best friend actually. She took off about a year ago and I haven't talked to her since. come to think of it, you kinda look like her. yet-" Twilight bit into her hay burger, spreading catch up all over her face. "strangely I see a lot of my brother in you two, then again I think I'm just seeing those two in everyone now because I miss both of them so much."
"I DO," Mells squealed. " uh I mean, yeah I bet you miss him a lot.
"A brother, I wished I had a brother, what's he like," asked Starlight.
"Hmm oh, he's got to be the most annoying, stubborn, all about himself, stuck-up guy I ever met. he's a lot like our dad, even if he doesn't want to admit it," she grumbled.
"ha, some brothers are just like that I guess, mine was too, but I bet he actually cares for you a lot more than you know. I know my did," she frowned.
"Well, your brother sounds nice." Starlight smiled. "But what about you mells."
She rolled her eyes before responding, "I have a twin, but I'm five minutes older. And really between the two of us, he's always a bit more, how can I say it? He's just someone I always had to look after ever since we were kids. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten him out of trouble. Chuled mells. I'm sorry but, me, I never really thought about myself. she leaned over by the window. " I don't have any hobbies, I don't really have any personal goals. All I want is my family back together."
"yeah and what about your mother?"
" she died a few years back, we're orphans since we were seven. I never knew my pops till recently."
At that Twilight stopped mid-bite, as she looked up at the teenage mare with a a confused look at first, only for her to grow wide.
Capper who sat bord the entire time, turned to the young teenager with a look of confusion as he saw Twilight's face. "Am I missing something?"
"Whatever it is I'm missing it too apparently." Chuckled Starlight. "Anyway, I know how you feel. Really it's just been me and my dad forever. It would be so nice to meet my mother at least once but she left a long time ago. At least you get a chance to know your dad now, right?"
"Uh yeah, yeah I guess your right." Smiled Mells as she took another bite of her pizza.
as she stood watching the teenager eat, twilight couldn't help but feel a not in her stomach, as a thought crossed her mind. She is so much like both of them. so much like her brother, and her friend. could it be? no that's impossible- but then there was the time machine.
"Ummm I think I'm gonna go get some fresh air," Twilight said and took off leaving Capper and the two teenagers too confused.
As soon as she got outside she nearly collapsed as she grabbed a short wall for support. Shivering in disbelief at the implications of the very idea she had nearly made her pass out. "It can't be," she uttered under her breath as she began laughing insanely. "no, no it's just the hair, its just," she froze, "the time machine." she then remembered how she got the computer from two figures who ran on a bike. a bike. mells had a bike. "could it be?" she questioned, only to shake her head again, when she heard Capper call out her name.
"Hay Twilight, are you ok, you look like you've seen a ghost," he asked with concern in her voice, despite his amused smirk.
"ummm, I, uh I'm feeling fine I just," she took a deep breath in and out, only for mells to pop up behind them. "thank you for lunch really it was nice, but I got to get to stop by the grocery store on my way home," she turned to Twilight who was looking pale. "I'll see you around alright," she smiled nervously looking exactly like Fluttershy once more, which only made Twilight paler, as she watched the teenager head off, leaving Capper with an only more confused look.
As the night fell Starlight and Twilight got back to work on making sure all preparations for the test were ready. Twilight just needed to fill in a few forms and within a week or so, they be ready to move, but considering that could be any day she wanted everything ready for at a moment's notice.
Starlight was doing another leak test on the tank, making sure nothing would go wrong while her mentor went over the calculations of energy necessary to make the jump through time. The nuclear waste would definitely produce what was necessary at the very least. Twilight said to herself. She then smiled as she thought of the alternative fuel source she now found if she was correct. "could it be that, somehow, some way she had a nease and nephew, with pure chimera blood? the very thought sent a shiver down her own spine.
"Well, mells was quite nice." Said Starlight noticing Twilight's aprehintion, pulling her out of her thoughts. "Yeah she's quite interesting isn't she," noted Twilight tierdly.
"Wired is the word I think you're looking for, but I like her." Smirked starlight. "She kinda reminds me of my friend Trixie in that way. Oh but not its personality," she giggled. "Alright water test finished, How are those calculations?
"All good to go," Twilight answered.
"That's good to hear," said a new voice drawing the girl's attention.
"Hay Mrs Kang," Starlight waved.
"Aunt Celestia good to see you, twilight gave hugged her, surprising her aunt, but in reality, she just really needed one right now. Afterward, Celestia handed her a clipboard of papers. "I have all the forms right here for you to sign, so do you really think you can get this thing to work?" she pressed.
"Uh huh< it's gonna be amazing!" Starlight screamed, "Um sorry."
Twilight smiled but her gaze gave a far look as if she was somewhere else entirely in her head, as she asked, "Starlight what would you do with the time machine."
"Hmm, oh that's simple really," she straightened her lab coat, "I'd prove to everyone how smart I am, and Star Swirl for that matter, people all time laughed at his time travel theory as well as me. This is my chance to prove them wrong."
"No, I meant if you could go anywhere, what would you do with it," Twilight asked as she turned her back to the mare, trying to hide her own expression.
"Oh, oh, hmm. Don't know, don't have a reason to do anything, you,?"
Twilight, shook her head, Once her answer would be to save her parents and stop the evil chaos lord. Now, now the chaos lord was her brother, and he was a hero. She could stop him from dying, but she thought of the consequences of that action as well. If he didn't save them they would of all died from those beasts. But then again the future, it holds so my mystery, all she knew of it, was that there would be an apocalyptic event driving her and her friends to live underground. She didn't know what caused such an event to occur, and worried about it constantly.
"Twilight," the sound of Starlight's voice brightened her out of her deep thoughts.
"Oh, uh, the same," Twilight replied.
Glimmer raised an eyebrow at her, but shrugged and moved on. Twilight always seemed to act a bit odd on the subject of time-traveling herself, and so she didn't question it. But Glimmer felt there was something Twilight was possibly not telling her, what it was though didn't matter to her so long as she could get the time machine working.
"What about you, Miss Kang?"
Celestia smiled at that, o"h I don't know, probably make a more peaceful world."
Her answer was very much her and Starlight smiled at it, as Twilight began signing the forms.
"Well I think I'm gonna call it a night, I better get home before my dad throws a fit again."
"Alright, Star see you Monday then," Twilight said never taking her eyes off the paperwork. Celestia waved a goodbye.
Starlight thought nothing of the bodyguards that were standing at the door when she left, but they seemed to enter the building as she did. Celestia then took a step closer to the time machine to get a better look. "So it's finished then?"
"Mhmm, all that's left to do is to see if it works," Replied Twilight as she finished signing the forms.
"And the test will commence when?" Asked Celestia curiously.
"As soon as we hear back from the city, and the mayor," Twilight giggled as she handed back the forms.
"Yes, I'm afraid these have to go through the system but as soon as they do I'll sign them." She smiled, "I just wish I could sign them now, I really want to see all your hard work finally pay off Twilight."
"Thank you, Aunty, You really have always been there for me." Twilight gave a heartfelt smile.
"Yes, yes I have," Celestia replied with a suspicious tone. Twilight raised an eyebrow curious as to what she meant by that. Seeing her goddaughter's expression Celestia smiled widden. "Twilight, I have something very important to tell you, She gestured to her guards. They nodded and began securing the doors locking them up.
"I'm listening, this is about Luna right." Twilight smiled but was curious as to where her aunt was going with this.
"Forgive me, but this is a top security detail," She said gesturing to her guards.
"Of course," Twilight nodded but did feel like she was being cornered.
"Twilight since the moment I met you, I knew how brilliant you were. I knew you would achieve greatness one day, I knew you would finish the time machine just like you had in the other timeline."
Twilight's eyes widened at the mention of another timeline.
Celestia laughed at her reaction. "Forgive me for being straightforward forward but time is at the essence, I raised you as much as I could for this very day."
"What are you saying," asked Twilight in disbelief.
Celestia took a few steps circling twilight as if she was her prey. "When I was a little girl, I wanted for many many years to create a world of peace." She stopped after walking a half circle around her nease. "That was mostly because of how torn my world was because of war. My mother left me and my father because she thought she could help in the war effort, how foolish, and while my father never actually died, a part of him did the day he let heard of her fate due to her choice. he wanted to fight in the war as well, but his medical reasons wouldn't allow it. celestia wrapped her arms around herself uncomfortably, "strangely I'm thankful for his illness. it kept him close to me at least, unlike her."
Celestia took in a deep breath and let out an annoyed sigh. "I hated my mother ever since that day. Her country was more important to her than her own family. But unlike my parents, I had a brilliant mind, even for a child, and when I learned of star swirls theories and how he was ridiculed for it, it connected us. I wanted nothing more but to prove him right, and then I could use his genius mind and mine for that matter," she smirked. "To make a world of peace." She began circling Twilight again.
"Who are you?" Twilight blurted in disbelief.
Celestia gave a sly chuckle. One almost evil-like. "Once a pawn a time, long before I came to this world, I mentored under a scientist professor, the most genius mind of our time... She has everything, her father was a politician who never died. Her mother was a wonderful housewife and author... And... she went on her dream to also prove Star Swirls theories right. She was stuck up and looked down on those who weren't in her class including me. She barely ever let me do anything other than fetch her coffee thinking I was beneath her. but as much as I hated her, I had to admit she was a genius. She was my arch-rival, and truly she saw potential in my own work and decided it would be best to instead of fighting to work together. we'd be better off putting out brilliant minds together to finally break free of the laws of physics and make a time machine."
Celestia turned away from Twilight, and she could hear her choke on a cry. "She became my best friend... and While I was on the verge of figuring out my own power source she had discovered another. A crazy beast whose power was unmatched. Its blood could be the key to time travel... it was frightening but powerful. we worked alongside the government, and general Luna Kang to secure what we needed from it. For months we tested on the beast, but it then began to feel ill, and was on the verge of death. if we lost it there would go our chance for time travel so my mentor thought it would be wise to bring on an animal expert to make sure we weren't killing it. It was a fatal decision. Dr breeze saw what we were doing, and accused us of animal cruelty. she then freed the monster, and it took off, disappearing into the night."
celestial shivered at the thought of what came next. "We searched for months after that it hopes to recapture it, killing it if we have to in hopes of using its blood to power the machine, only what we didn't know was that creature," she spat in disgust. "Actually mated with its savior," she said appalled, as if the near thought of it nearly made her vomit.
"Those devils, despite being babies, they tore through our labs destroying everything." Celestia grits her teeth, "They even killed her, my best friend!" Celestia shook her head as a look of pain stuck to her face.
Twilight stood amazed at the story in uttershock. what was this, what was she supposed to say to a story like that? "I, I'm sorry but I don't understand."
"You wouldn't!" Celestia yelled, making Twilight jump in fear as she quickly turned to face her. Twilight could see the tears running down her face rapidly. She sniffled and whipped them away. "Sorry, I just get emotional at the thought of my poor dear friend Twilight Sparkle."
Twilight's jaw dropped at the sound of this. Her expression made Celestial giggle. "I came here long ago... General Luna Kang was an orphan who was adopted, and eventually adopted another orphan. In my timeline, there is no Celestia Kang, but I changed that, I never would have done it, if I knew that somehow it would lead to you losing everything like I did!" She pleaded to her in a sorrowful tone. "But sacrifices had to be made. Now Twilight, we have it, we have a chance to change the world and make one far better. I've gone through multiple times lines and always, always those two devil creatures destroy everything! Before we test the time machine we must. Find them. We must destroy them and their parents before they destroy the world. You must help me twilight, please for the future of this world help me stop the apocalypse." She pleaded and held out her hoof.
Twilight stepped back in shock. "You, it's you."
"Twilight?"
"You're the cause of all of this. You're the cause of the apocalypse, Starlight how could you?" She whined.
Celestia chuckled. "How nice it is to hear you say my original name again. Twilight I am not the villain here, you know that. The beast might be dead, but I don't know if it has spawned. We must search for its mate before it is too late. We must find Fluttershy Breeze and put a stop to all of this."
"Do you hear yourself!" Twilight snapped back. "Starlight, that is my friend. And that monster is my oldest brother, and those are my nease and nephew. I will never let you hurt them! Never!" Twilight growled, as her eyes glowed amber and a horn emerged from her head.
Frightened by this, Celistia, or Starlight, jumped back not expecting this. But she only grew a sly smile and chuckled greatly amused.
"You know where they are don't you."
"No, I don't."
"He's alive isn't he."
"I HOPE HE IS!" Twilight shot a blast of fire at Celestia. She expected her to either be burned or dodge, but what she hadn't expected was for her to blast a fire blast back stopping it dead in its tracks. Only unlike Twilight who was red hot, her flames were a bright green.
Starlight cackled as her form began to melt away. "I may have left out one more detail my old friend. The only reason I survived that night was because I took a test serum a biologist named Cosmos Galaxy was working on."
Twilight eyes widened as she shook in fear. "You're a, a changeling, that's what changelings are. it's all you!"
"Not just any changing, I'm the queen of changelings, hahahaha. Oh don't you see what we have here, we have a spider web my dear. You and I both know that time travel is straightforward. It's a web". She suddenly shot out a web from her mouth and it landed on the wall spread out.
"A web with all tiny little strings of infinite possibilities, yet when it's all put together, and you can see the bigger picture, you can see the outline of a story, a main story with twists and turns that all fold together in the end. Yet without one part to it, one string undone, she broke a bit of her web to demonstrate. Then the story changes to the point of collapse, to the point where it doesn't even make sense anymore. That's what story we have heard about Twilight, I am a time traveler myself. One with quite a story to tell." She chuckled. "I don't go by that name anymore. You can call me Queen Chrysalis!" She claped her hooves and the guards transformed into beasts like her.
They were strange pony-like creatures with pitch black Exoskeleton that were very bug-like. Unlike their queen, however, had glowing yellow eyes their eyes were glowing bug-like eyes.
"GET HER!" Their queen demanded.
Twilight shot a few blasts of fire and a freeze blast at them. It did little to stop their approach as they tried to grab her. She dodged their attacks only for Chrysalis to surprise her and knock her to the ground.
"Pity, and here I raised you like a doughtier of my own," hissed Chrysalis.
"If you never messed with the time you wouldn't have had to." She snapped back and tried to push her off, but Celestia had a good hold on her. "You know Luna was right, you really are not the most athletic pony around," she chuckled.
Just then something smashed through the sky window landing in the shadows. Catching all their attention.
"Yeah she may not be," said a familiar voice out of breath. "But she doesn't have to be because she is never alone." Said Luna stepping out of the shadows. She looked worse for wear, being in her prison outfit, her arms bloody from her chains. She was skinnier and looked beyond tired. But despite that, she spread her large wings and barred her fangs. In an instant, she attacked her former, once-beloved sister.
The two others joined in the fight but were no match for Luna who glided past them like a. Ballerina. Using her dance moves with almost a fighting style she quickly overcame the changelings, showing how superior she was.
The sight of this showed Twilight that she could probably never win if she didn't have spike that night. She chuckled as she thought "I'm gonna have to thank Spike again for saving me from her."
Chrysalis growled and sent a ray of fire at Luna, who used her powers to block it with an ice beam. It made a small explosion creating a thick smoky fog.
Luna used the opportunity to grab Twilight by her lab coat and took off saving the both of them.
As the smoke cleared the changelings bowed to their queen, "I'm sorry my lady they got away."
"No matter, they'll be back," She smiled viciously as she picked up the forms for the time machine test.
Luna quickly dashed with twilight in her hooves over to an ally way. When she let go of her the two stood catching their breath for a moment staring at each other.
"You ok," Asked Twilight.
She nodded, surprised by the kind notion, "Yeah, yeah I should be."
"Good," Twilight smiled. Seeing her smile Luna gave a happy giggle, showing her guard was down. Suddenly Luna was pushed up against the wall by twilight, her own fangs bared along with her glowing horn and eyes.
"BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE WHEN I TOSS YOU BACK IN CHAINES!!!, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT OUT OF PRISON BUT I PROMISE YOU I'LL PUT YOU BACK IN!!!"
"Listen to me Twilight please," Luna said and tussled with her for a moment. Mid fight she tried to talk to her. "Twilight... I... I'm sorry ok... Look I escaped to come... And help you. You... And Spike!" She yelled.
Twilight was able to get the upper hand showing how much stronger she had gotten. It wasn't enough to beat Luna, but enough to hold her down. "Help me and Spike, Really, how dare you!"
Luna launched Twilight off of her. Twilight caught herself on her hooves, standing on all fours like a wild beast.
"How dare you claim you want to help Spike, do you even know what you've done to him? You never even tried to contact us! To contact him! He's been so hurt by you that he refuses to talk to anyone about it! I can tell!" She shouted.
"Twilight, please," Luna pleaded. "I wanted to see Spike, I wanted to see you. I wanted to tell you how sorry I am and make amends. It, she." She shook her head. "But Chrysalis would t let me."
Twilight growled sounding like a wild beast.
Wow, you are his sister, Luna thought before trying again.
"I know you can't Ever forgive me, I know none of your family can..nor Spike, But please know if I could take it all back I would. I would I swear it! you once told me it wasn't too late, that it was never too late to make amends, am I truly lost then!" She cried.
Twilight stared down at her, wanting nothing more than to attack. Attack for herself, for her family, for Spike. But then her mother's wise words ranged in her head again.
"It's time to let go."
"And if I can't."
"Then you'll end up just like Luna."
Twilight shook her head letting her chimera powers vanish. She sighed turning her back on Luna. "I can't forgive you, not yet! She yelled back. "But there is a bigger issue to deal with. Come on, I know somewhere safe we can go."
Dash was sitting on the porch a paper book in her hoof as she twirled the pen her hero gave her, in deep thought as she stared at the empty page. "Ummm maybe," she said as she approached the page with her pen but stopped and shook her head. "Naa not like that, Hmmm," she moaned as she stared at the blank pages.
She then jumped as something out of nowhere ran past her in the shadows. She growled as she realized what it was. "God damn it twilight you scared the hell out of me."
"Dash, what are you doing at my mom's house!?" She yelled. z"I thought you were out of town?"
"I uh, I was just thinking. I just got back into town and," She said as she closed her empty paper book. Twilight raised an eyebrow at it but shrugged it off.
"Well, I don't have time for this. I'm glad you're here, We have a big issue." She spat. "Hmm what," asked Dash, and her eyes widened at Twilight's company.
"Twilight," she called out and pulled her to the side. She then flung out her wings spread out and exposed her claws. "What are you doing here equalizer!?" Dash growled.
"She just saved me," Twilight told her friend.
"Wha, what?" replied a confused Dash.
"It's a long story I'll tell you inside, come on Luna."
"Wait you're trusting her to come in with us," shouted Dash.
"Keep it down, now come on I told you I'll explain inside." As they entered they saw Spike watching TV and Twilight's mother doing the dishes. They turned around and immediately were ready for a fight the moment they saw Luna.
Luna nervously smiled as she looked at Spike. who had grown so much in the last year. It nearly brought her to tears at the sight, and a tinge of pain spread in her chest as she saw the furry in his eyes. But there were other more important issues to deal with, and she knew she couldn't address the elephant in the room at this time.
Twilight waved out her hoves and in a panic she sputtered, "I can explain!"
"Twilight your face," Spike shouted.
"It wasn't Luna, she saved me, just let me explain."
Tempest a bit shocked nodded, but before Twilight could say a word her mother grabbed a wet cloth and bandages.
As she was bandaged by her mother she told them the whole story. "Wow that, is definitely not what I was expecting," Dash said as Spike nodded seconding the motion. "yeah well, good news is Fluttershy is missing so we know they don't have her. we have to find her before they do.
"Ummm, about that, I actually found her."
"WHAT, AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!!!"
"I DIDN'T KNOW!!! look that trip I went on, I got a lead on Discords bike, it could have led us to nothing so I figured I didn't want to bother you with it."
"AND YOU FOUND HER!!!"
"yes, but Twilight,"
"PERFECT," Twilight smiled brightly.
"But, she-"
"This means we're literally one step ahead of our opponent, Twilight jumped up after her bandages were put on.
"But Twilight," Dash tried to no avail.
"Either way, we have to find her, but first the twins, those two kids are not only the key to the time machine, they are the two that always stops Chrisaliss in the other timelines. If she gets her way, she kill them both, but now we can-"
"TWILIGHT!" Dash shouted catching her attention. "Fluttershy doesn't want us around! She just wants to raise her kids and that's it!... She ditched us! yelled Dahs as she breathed in heavily, full of anger.
Twilight stared at her as she took her furious breaths. "She's in danger dash, and were her friends."
Dash opened her mouth to retort, but closed it knowing full well Twilight was right.
"and besides, I uh, I think discords alive."
"WHAT!" Shouted Tempest.
"I knew it," muttered a relieved Luna.
"He has to be, The two, time travelers from before, I met them, you remember that strange mare Mells and her brother."
"yeah but what does-" Dash stopped as she quickly caught up and gasped.
I'm not kidding Dash, they came from the future, I just know it, and they said their dad is in their care. WE HAVE TO FIND THOSE TWO!!!"
"WHERE?!"
"I don't know but right now we need a safe place to go, and I can only think of one."
"Yeah, and?"
The old haunted house, the one where we first met, were got here set a base, and look for the twins, and then our best bet now is to gather them and go find Fluttershy before it's too late. We can then find a place to hide to wait for Discord to recover before we take any other steps against Chrysalis."
Ring, ring, ring, Dashes phone went off. "It's Capper," she shrugged and answered it. 'Yeah, uh huh, wait what!"
"What is it dash?"
"Yeah, I'm with Twilight. Alright, I'll tell her, Guys capper wants us to report in immediately, says Rarity has some big surprise for us."
Twilight groaned, "Probably just some new clothes or something. We have bigger things to deal with than this. Luna you'll have to stay down in the ca,r I don't want anyone to recognize you. We have to move quickly. Dash bring Capper up to speed about the situation, if anyone can really help us it's him."
"hmm, really, that's, that's incredible, are... alright... no no I got you, ill meet you there." Capper hung up the phone and smiled as he looked back. "Well, well, well, isn't that nice. So Discord is alive. Won't the queen be happy when I uncover his little hiding place? chuckled Capper as he closed the door on the real capper, who was hog-tied in the back of his car just as another fake got in. This time it was Rarity. "So you have the location of the brats then. "The fake capper smirked.
Rarity nodes. " The queen will be happy then, good work thorax, I'll keep the other members of Chos Vill busy. There will be nothing to stop us this time," said Rarity, as she opened the closet door, revealing the real rarity, knocked out along with her father. "And to think we can use twilight to lead us right to him, and then to their little hideaway. I'll report back to the queen immediately."
"Yes of course, long live the queen," the capper changeling said as he watched the gain leave the driveway in his rearview mirror. they never noticed he was just outside, their apartment.
"Ican't believe you!!!" mells yelled.
"It wasn't my idea."
"You took apart my bike, Dad's bike."
"Our bike, our dad's bike, yes, and it was his idea, he can put it back together. or at least show me how to."
"Ill teach him to put your bike back together in the morning," yawned the dark figure in the corner of the room. The three sat in what looked to be the remains of a kitchen arguing.
"your dad never taught you how to clean it properly that's why I did, now, he yawned, BUT, if I here one more noise about that hunk of junk tonight I'll kill you both."
mells turned to the figure, catching a glimpse of it as it went upstairs returning to the shadows. "you didn't tell him did you," she groaned keeping her tone low. Junior shook his head. She let out an angry sigh, and muttered as she sat down, at least that's safe.
"he didn't have a father either," her brother told her.
"hmm, what?"
"Discord, he... he told me that."
Mells eyes grew a bit wide as she grew a smirk.
"Shut up', he told her.
"You bonded with him."
"He's still an ass."
"Yeah so are you," Mells chuckled. and he only stomped off into the other room. calling back what's for dinner.
"I got pizza-" Suddenly they heard a car pull up outside.
"uh sis, were you expecting anybody?"
"No, no I wasn't." Mells said as her eyes began to glow crimson. her brother took a hiding position, his eyes glowing as well.
Twilight opened the door, only for her to get a sniff of the inside. As soon as she could smell, she ducked, her instincts kicking in. She jumped forward, spinning around to her opponents, her horn emerging along with her own eyes. Suddenly another attacked he from behind but she spun around kicking it right in the face. she came to a halt as she quickly looked to see who her opponents were.
"huh, you guy-" she blocked an oncoming blow from Junior, only after did he realize who he was hitting. "Aunt- uh I mean, Miss Sparkle, what are you doing here?" Junior asked, stepping back.
twilight smiled as she stared at him. "it's you."
"huh wha--"
Twilight tackled him into a hug.
"What's going on here," asked Spike as he walked in, alongside the others.
"Nothing just a little family reunion," chuckled Twilight, with a wink.
"fa, family?" sputtered Junior, as his sister rubbed her sore cheek.
"We know the truth, we know who you are," Twilight smiled, but it diminished. "You used my time machine, didn't you... your blood, is the key to activating it, isn't it!?
"Woah woah, slow down, what are you-" Mells began but was interrupted.
"DON'T LIE TO ME! THE CHANGELINGS, there here. chrysalis is here!"
the twin's eyes grew wide in response. "NO, no, no, no, that can't be, replied Mells astonished.
"hold on, Twilight, mind explaining this a little better?" asked Dash not understanding a clue.
Twilight crossed her arms, "I think It's better if they do. "
The twins stepped aside, uncomfortable thanks to all the eyes staring at them. Twilight shook her head at the sight. she was now looking down on her own niece and nephew. a warm feeling spread through her body. She felt happy, a feeling she couldn't remember the last time she felt. out of nowhere, a genuine laughe erupted from her mouth. you got a lot of him in you, but there's a lot of your mother as well. this caught the shy twins by surprise. Twilight took a step forward advancing on them. "It's ok, just tell us what's going on."
hearing such a voice come from twilight, Dash, and Spike glanced at each other. luna however felt a sense of pride at how much she had groaned. yet she also felt a sudden feeling of regret. tempest could say nothing as she stared at the two not being able to process anything at the moment. somehow these two strangers, these two nearly fully grown ponies, were her grandkids.
the twins looked at each other, and then back at their aunt. ha funny, other than your age, you seem just like the aunt we left back in the future, junior was the first to speak up as usual. at the thought of that, mells shifted her gaze away from them as she crossed her arms. She looked like a little kid in trouble and tried not to make eye contact with the adult.
twilight noticed this and directed her gaze at her keeping the same neutral expression.
"Eh, don't mind her," her brother shrugged. "It's just a long story and,"
"and it was my fault." mells interrupted her brother.
"Melody," her brother tried to comfort her, but Mells whipped away tear forming in her eye before she grew her usual stern face. an expression, only the daughter of discord could make. She gave her brother a slight nod but never looked at them. junior, closed his mouth and swallowed, before returning to the room, with a monotone expression.
"Like I said it's a long story, but," he shifted his gaze to his sister expecting her to interrupt. but she only stayed silent. realizing he wasn't going to get anything out of her, Junior began his tell.
"When we're seven, our mom," he shook his head. "She was... we were so young... we didn't really understand. Mom told us that she was just a little sick and that we would be going to visit our aunts until she got better. we were surprised to be sure, our mom never told us she even had family, let alone that our dad had family... we hopped on the back of a bike and we rode off to Pony vill to meet our aunt. on the way she told us about how she was a genius Scientist, and how they met when they were in college..."
a long silence spread across the room, as Junior spoke. everyone leaning on every word the young colt spoke.
"We were attacked by one of those creatures... mom stayed behind trying to keep us safe. fact is even if we weren't attacked, Mom couldn't run, she had... Junior winced unable to say the words. As the monster came close to attacking us, it was actually Miss Rainbow that came to save us. She took us to our aunt at Chaos Vill headquarters. and since then we lived the rest of our lives underground. from time to time we would have to go get supplies, and since me and my sister were both the oldest and the strongest we would often do so. meanwhile, our aunt prepared the time machine and us, to hopefully one day put a stop to all this."
As Junior returned to the bike, along with his backpack that only had a can of sprinkles and two bars of food, he called on his communicator to let his sister know. "Hay sis I got dinner, I even found sprinkles for dessert."
"That's good I got some water. It's filthy, but we can run it back over a filtration unit when we get back home. I'm on my way back now."
"Ok I'm at the bike," he said and hung up. He then looked out at the horizon and what little he could find that is. "Home huh." He whispered to himself thinking back.
A bright happy smile came to his mind. He smiled a look of sadness as he finished his thoughts. "We're never going home, are we... Mom."
Just then he heard something behind him move making his eyes wide. He twitched his ears and scanned all directions with his eyes for any sign.
He then slowly blinked and when he reopened them his blue eyes were now a glowing yellow, with. Red slits. With his eyes this way he could see far better in the dark shadows of the city. Though he could make out more detail he could not see anything but he could smell it. It took a whiff of its stitch. It smelled like that of a carcass already. But with his smell heightened to its max, he could make out another sent. The sent of another creature.
He then quickly called his sister. "Hay sis we got a, ahhhh!"
The creature jumped out at him seemingly out of nowhere.
The pony literally flipped, the creature went flying off its back with his bag. He pulled out a rusty cleaver knife. It was not sharp but it was better than having no weapon at all
"Brother you alright!?"
The creature snarled at him, and he snarled back.
At the sound of both she grits her teeth showing her fangs. Her eyes began to glow and she took off on all fours running like a beast herself.
The creature was a strange slick black creature with green bug-like eyes. It had an exoskeleton and was very beatle-like, yet seemed to resemble that of a pony. Its hand sharp snarling fangs and it hissed at its prey.
The two creatures began circling one another looking for a good position to strike the other. Soon it was the pony who struck first but the creature dodged it and pushed it back.
Just then it was the other who jumped ahead about to join them. "Melody look out.' Yelled her brother.
Her eyes widen in shock and surprise. When... BAM!!!
The sound of a body hitting the ground spread through their ears.
"Pleasssss" the creature hissed. "I am sssssory, I am jusssst, ssssso hungry, feed me"
The twin chimeras looked at the strange beast. "REALLY, WHY WOULD WE DO THAT, YOU JUST ATTACKED ME!" shouted Junior. Uh can you believe this?!" he said as she turned to his sister, but she stood quiet, with a look of pity on her face, making her brother grow concerned for her.
"Pleasssssss," begged the creature on the ground. "It's been days since I've eaten anything."
"Where's your pack," asked Junior skeptic of the creature.
" My pack, abandoned me for being the weakesssst, food is ssssoooo sssscarce now," it said as its stomach began to growl.
"Ha, yeah, well your right about one thing," scoffed Junior. "Come on sis, we got to get back to the hideout."
But as Mells stared at the creature, as she remembered herself and her brother being attacked by a pack of them. The way she felt, her expression, pleading for someone to come and help. It was exactly the same as she stared down at her enemy.
"Mells," her brother said, snapping her out of her train of mind, and to reality.
"We can't leave him like this," she told her brother.
"What, yes we can, he's one of them, he's a-"
"And what of us, you and I were just like him once remember?"
Junior opened his mouth to retort but closed it as he realized his sister was right. He looked at the creature and then himself. He sighed an annoyed sound as he looked between his only source of food and the creature at hand. Junior then bites his claw with his own razor-sharp fang-like tooth, revealing a bright red liquid. He then took a flat rock and spread the blood over it placing it in front of the creature.
The creature looked between the blood on the rock and the bar of food for only a moment, before pouncing on the rock with blood, slurping and hissing as it drank its food source. As it did Junior grabbed his other bar and his backpack closing it tightly.
Finally, when the creature was done with its tiny meal, it let out a breath of exhaustion and satisfaction. "Thank you, my friend.
"That's all you're getting, and we're not friends," grumbled the chimera as he turned back into a pony. But his sister smiled slightly, proud of what his brother did. "Alright, that should at the very least give you some strength to find another meal, she told the creature before she turned away from him.
"No pleassss, pleassssse take me with you, the creature jumped at her legs, only for her brother to kick him off her. " No, we helped you enough, now get going.
But no one can ssssurvie out here alone, it hissed. Pleasss, perhapssss I could be usssssefull to you.
Useful, yeah that's all we need, we already have enough mouths to feed, we don't need-
Alright said Mells interrupting her brother.
"What! Mells have you lost your mind, if we bring one of them back to our hideout, do you know what our aunt is going to do to us, or hell the commander?! No, no there is no way were-" he stopped when she looked at him with a look of sadness in her eyes. " He breathed in and sighed in defeat of his sister as he looked back at the pitiful creature behind her. " When this goes south, this was your idea, he pointed his claw at her.
"Oh thank you thank you sssssoooo much, I promissssss you ill do my bessssst.' it replied.
"Yeah well, three of us riding on this bike is not gonna be easy," Junior commented, already not liking the idea.
"So, got a name," asked Mells.
"When I was a pony, I was called, Thor Axe, now I guess I'm Thoraxe, haha ya get it? He chuckled at his own joke.
Mells smiled a small smile at that but otherwise didn't respond, her brother could care less and wanted just for the day to be over. With all three of them on the bike, thorax barely holding on. Mells was about to turn the key when she heard a snarling sound and looked up just in time to see eight other bug eyes, black creares jumped out around them. Her brother wasted no time turning back into his chimera form and clawed one away. " I thought you said you didn't have a pack!"
They kicked me out, I promissssss you I didn't know." thorax yelled out.
"Hahahahahhahaha, laughed one of them, well, look at what we have hear. At least the weak has found a food source." "hmmm let's kill them both," said another. "Just shut up I'm starving," a voice said from the back. They laughed at them. Luckily Junior was quick on his feet, he was able to swing his tail at them, whipping them away, while Mells tried to start the bike. "Any time now!" her brother called out. It's not staring, were trapped!' she announced as another jumped out at her, Mells quickly through a hoof in its face defending herself. Just then as one of them went for a bite on Juniors' leg, thorax hissed and clawed that away. The sudden appearance of seeing that thing trying to save him brought a look of shock to Junior's face. Only it was short-lived as another came close for an attack. As the three were starting to panic, defending themselves Suddenly the sound of another engine roared over the surroundings. Those attacking looked up to see a Violet pony blazing through on a four-wheeler. Another pony, a sky blue one, standing up on the four-wheeler, pulled out a large baster and began shooting at the creatures.
The bullets however only bounced off their exo skeletons and they ran after the four-wheeler, in hopes of grabbing some more lunch.
The driver swerved the vehicle to the side giving her companion a better shot. However, the blue pony leaped up into the air kicking one of the creatures in the face. She then pulled out a knife and began beating the others, a strand of rainbow hair fell out from under a bandana. She wore a scar apawn her eye. One of the creatures bit down onto her left arm, but she smirked as it was revealed it was a medal prosthetic. She pulled a gun from her waist and shot at point-blake range finally killing the creature. She then took the knife and plunged it into another ripping through its guts, as its blood spilled out.
The violet pony wasted no time, grabbing the other gun and blowing the heads off another creature. With in seconds, the battle was over.
A good look at the two revealed their own battle damage. The purpole pony had an eye patch, crazy unsolved hair that stuck up in the air, and a scar a pawn her cheek. Her companion had a piece of her ear missing along with a scar over her own eye and the prosthetic limb. "Everyone ok," asked the violet pony.
"Aunt Twilight," shouted the twins as they ran up to her.
"When you didn't call in I figured something was a miss, so we decided to have a look, good thing two it seems." Their aunt smiled.
"We were ambushed," Junior shouted as he hugged his aunt. Despite the size difference, it was clear he was still young compared to Twilight who already had a few grey hairs in her wild mane. She smiled softly at the sight of her niece and nephew, only for the sound of Mells to catch her attention.
"No, no, stop," the teenager called out.
The blue peguases had a gun pointing at Thorax's head. The last of them. She squinted her eyes furiously as she came close to pulling the trigger, but before she could Mells stepped in her way. "GET OUT OF MY WAY," the blur pony barked.
"Commander, this one is different, he's not a threat."
"Yeah, in fact, he saved me, or at least tried to," her brother called out as he ran over to his sister. Mells looked at him surprised by the notion, but proud of her brother.
"Probably to eat you itself, now get out of my way," snarled the commander.
"Hay! What's going on!" Shouted their aunt.
"Aunty please," This one tried to defend us after we helped it.
"HELPED IT!" Yelled the commander. "That's a damn changeling, not some little puppy on the street, they're dangerous, now move aside," the commander order her and pushed Mells away raising her gun at the frightened thorax.
"STAND DOWN DASH!" Yelled their aunt. Dash stood gun pointing at the beast, she grits her teeth lowering her eyebrow! "I said, stand down, commander dash," Twilight repeated as she stepped closer to her.
Dash turned her gaze to twilight but never lowered her weapon. "Twilight, these changelings are dangerous. It's because of them that we lost so many," she said in a frightening calm voice, yet you could hear the intensity of her anger just below the surface.
"And it is not their fault, you forget Dash, that at one point, all changlings were normal creatures like you and I. Ponies dogs, lizards, they were all turned into this, it wasn't their choice. Now lower your weapon." Twilight warned as she clenched her hoof.
Dash slowly blinked at her, "yes sir leader, Sparkle," she replied coldly, and reholstered her gun, before walking away.
Twilight watched as her friend left, and only when she was a safe distance away did Twilight finally bring her attention to the changling and the twins. "Compassion, kindness, having a simple heart... These are traits long gone from this world. Now it's eat or be eaten, survival of the fittest. She spat. Friendship... I'm glad to see you two still have what your mother had, the both of you." She smiled at her nease and nephew. "Especially you Mellody. She chuckled "You're so much like your father I often forget you're related to her as well." Twilight told her as she placed a reassuring hoof on her shoulder.
Mells, looked down away from her a bit shyly before turning her gaze cautiously in the direction of the commander.
"Don't worry about the commander. She's just trying to keep everyone safe," Twilight encouraged, before stepping over to the changling. "Got a name?"
"Tha, thorax," muttered the scared changling.
"Well, thorax, I'm Twilight Sparkle, your friend's aunt. Thank you for at least trying to save them."
"It was my fault, my pack followed me."
"Why were you alone in the first place?"
"My pack abandoned me because I have become the weakesssst among ussss. I've just been sssso hungry."
"Well thorax, seems your pretty strong to me," smiled Twilight wisely.
"Thank you, leader. Please take me with you, feed me, and I promise you I'll guard you."
"WHAT, OH NO NO NO NO, WE ARE NOT TAKING THAT-,"
"SILENCE!" Commanded Twilight, stopping Dash's rant. Dash quieted down but glared at the changeling. Twilight sighed at the tough decision she would have to make.
Seeing her hesitation, Thorax shrunk instinctually in fear for his life.
"Aunty please," begged Junior surprising Mellody, but she also stood pleading for the creature's life.
She let out another breath as she straightened her back. "Well take you in-" The three of them smiled, as Dash began to grow furious. "-As a prisoner," finished Twilight surprising the twins. Seeing their expression, Twilight shook her head. "I'm sorry but it is far too risky to have you be a member of what little we have left. If you can prove yourself worthy however maybe in time I'll allow more freedom, but right now that is your only choice, that or death. You won't find food out here, so in Mursey, I'll let Dash finish you off, or-"
"No no I," the changling lowered his head. "I understand," he bowed. "Thank you," he said placing his hooves upward. Twilight nodded and turned around to grab some rope from her four-wheeler.
"You're making a mistake trusting that thing." Growled Dash.
"I don't trust him..." Twilight called back and returned with the rope. "I trust my niece," she said placing the rope in Melody's hooves. With the weight of it in her hooves, she looked at it a bit shaken. Her brother was in awe of her expression. He never saw her act like this before. "Well mellody," asked her aunt with a kind smile, but a stern look in the eye. Knowing full well it was a heavy request, Junior walked over and picked up part of the rope, taking some of the load off from his sister. She was startled at first by the rope growing lighter, but when she turned to him, she silently thanked him as they both tied up Thorax, the changeling.
As they drove up to the old dragon pony bar, along with there new friend, much to the dismay of the commander, Mells and her brother smiled, proud of themselves.
With sound of the engines during down, Twilight was the first to speak. “Make sure you pull in that old bike for repairs.”
“Mhmm, I’ll fix it… again,” grumbled Mells.
“Well you can do that after you tie up your pet, outside!” Ordered Dash.
The twins looked at thire company and then to thire aunt.
“I’m sorry but this one I agree with. You can make him a home in the trash out back, but it is far too risky to have a changlings inside our walls.” There aunt told them as she got off her own vehicle. “Thorax we will feed you twice a day, but you may not be aloud off the rope when you’re around here understand.”
Thorax nodded quickly wanting to obey the new laws he was now under.
“Isn’t that a bit much,” asked junior.
“While he’s not a pet like the commander suggests, he is not free. Not if he wants to stay alive, I’m trusting you two, understand.”Twilight told them before walking into the base.
“Yes mam,” junior replied sadly, as Mells took the ropes up thorax and tied him up to a post like a dog outside. “Here’s a safe place for you, and look we can make you some shelter using that old dumpster.”
Junior walked over to it, and pushed it closer to thorax so he could get inside of it. “Well what do you think?” Asked junior as thorax inspected it. “It stink in here but,” he shrugged, “better than being out in the rain, thanks friends.”
With that the two smiled and walked back inside with there aunt and the commander.
“What food did you find,” asked there aunt as they boarded the elevator to take them underground.
“Not much, two granola bars, but I did hit the jack pot and found some sprinkles.” Junior replied. “We also found some water,” Mells showed them a dirty container of liquid.
“Well, pinky will be happy with the sprinkles and the water can be filtered. Good job you two.”
“Yeah great, two granola bars and a can with sprinkle, what a great dinner.” Dash said rolling her eyes.
“At least it’s something, I can find more tomorrow hopefully, and besides, we still have some grains left.” Twilight replied, causing another eye roll from dash.
As the elevator hit ground floor, they entered the cavern that the now held the great chaos vill base of operations. Now it was a sorry state of old broken junk cluttering the grounds. A pink pony poked her head out of the door, and with a huge grin, the very same pony ran out along with a dozen smaller creatures. A few lizards, one dog, a cat, and six small ponies.
“Welcome back guys,” she smiled ear to ear as the fillies, foals, and other children all gathered around them.
“Hay did you find us anything,” asked a small voice.
With a smile, junior pulled out the two bars and sprinkles. The kids faces lit up at t$3 sight of the colorful sugar treats. “Oooo sprinkles,” pinky grabbed them. “ I can make some bread to put those on, I have little ingredients so it won’t taste that good but oh well, at least we have something to spice up the flavor tonight. Ooooo and look guys,” pinky said grabbing the granola bars, “I can even crush the we to make the bread a bit crunchier.”
The children cheated for thire next meal. But while they did twilight took count of everyone there. “Eighteen, nineteen, umm pinky where’s…”
The room grew quiet as pinky stood still, a look of depression struck her face as she turned away from dash.
Dash took in. A deep breath and let it out slowly already knowing what happened. “Have you buried him yet?”
Pinky shook her head.
“The little guy wasn’t feel that well for days,”dash mumbled.
“He was only twelve,” pinky choked on a cry.
Dash hugged pinky, as she whispers sorry about your son. Finally making pinky break into tears. Seeing this the other small children gathered round her, what was left of not just all living none changlings, but of thire family.
Mells, walked away with a pit in her stomach, Seing this her brother followed her.
…
As the crescent moon sat in the air that night, junior watched on the monitor. The sound of wrench behind him. He ate the last of what little he had for dinner, and turned to see not a crum of his sisters was taken. Taking a glance at the monitor to make sure nothing was on the rise, he stood up, grabbed the food and brought it to the source of the wrench.
“Not hungry,” Mells mutters while tightening a screw on her bike.
“Mells”
“No,”
“Melody”
“Stop! you sound just like mom when you do that,” she grumbled, with her eyes slightly glowing.
“Oh come on, we saved him didn’t we, hell I didn’t even want to originally.”
Melody sighed as she finished the work on her bike. What ever mom did to her, is not our fault, yet she takes it out on us, how is that fair!” She groaned. “Oh well at least we’re at home.”
Home, there was that word again.
Mells, realizing how quiet in her brother became, turned to him, finding an empty expression. No hatred or anger, or sadness just an empty tired look on his face.
“What is it,” she asked.
“Hmm oh nothing,” he shrugged and began wanking away only for her to tackle him to the ground and sit on top of him.
“What, hay get off!”
“No,” she smirked, “not unless you tell me what’s wrong. “
He groaned tied of the fight already. That was one thing about her brother she came to rely on. When push came to shove he wasn’t a fighter and would weather talk then put up arms. Despite how grumpy he could be some time’s.
“Home,” he told her. “We’re, he turned away, never going home are we?”
At the sound of this, Mells fell silent, unsure of what to say. A pit in her stomach growing with each passing moment, she sat on-top of him. She then stood up. She let him up, and to his surprise she hugged him, but when he looked down he only saw the same empty expression he had, and couldn’t hug back.
“Why don’t I take the first shift and you get some sleep,” she told him.
He couldn’t say a word, or nod, feeling so drained. Instead after there hug he only walked over to a pile of trash in the corner and played down, falling asleep almost instantly.
Mells didn’t make another move until she was setting he was asleep and sat down watching the monitor, never realizing she was being watched by the commander.
…
From up in the tower, dash watched twins. Her left arm shivering, only for her right arm to grab in hopes of stoping it.
Though she’d never admit it, dash couldn’t stop the fear from running through her veins. She could go toe to toe with mutants fight and even kill changlings without out a second glance, but the thought of them made her skin crawl. Them…
And there father.
The creature behind all this. The creature who was responsible for the mutations in the first place. Though true it turned out he was creating the cure for the mutations, dash could never stop how she truly felt about him.
Twilight might have forgave him, why wouldn’t she he turned out to be her brother, and turned her by accident. Not only that but he gave his life to save them all.
Yet all she could remember was his horrid laughter, glowing demon like eyes, and horrible disfigured body. It brought fear to her every night, and the thought of that creature being loved by her best friend made her sick. The thought of not only his children existing but that they were hers to, only wanted to make her vomit. As she gulped, she swallowed what bile she had in her mouth, and walked away from the window.
Dash was no longer a mutant any more, but she remembers seeing those terrifying eyes in her own, for months. She couldn’t shake the feeling of utter hatred that was swelled with her mind.
Dash walked over to a door and stuck her eye in, seeing twilight hard at work on the Time Machine. This was one of the two saving graces about those twins. There usefulness of both surviving and having the power to hopefully one day bring up an end to all this. That was one thing, but the other, as much as she did hate it, they were her children. Fluttershy children. And with that in mind, dash walked away from the door and headed out side the base.
…
Dash walked over to the changlings tied up in the corner of the yard. The sound alerted him of her presence, and as soon as he saw her shadow he retread in fear.
Seeing this, Seeing the fear on his face, her own fear reflected back at her, dash could only pity the creature as much as she pitied her self.
“Wa, what do you want?” Thorax spluttered.
Dash pulled out a knife, making him cower even greater, but to his surprise she nipped her finger and spread the blood on a plate. “Dinner Thorax.”
The smell of blood made his mouth salivate, yet he still sat in fear. As she pushed the plate next to him.
“Hay, it’s my way of saying sorry ok…You know, for,” she awkwardly fumbled.
Despite how dry his young became because of his huger thorax still refused to move.
With an eye roll, dash pulled out a bandaid from her pocket and walked away. After a few steps she looked back to see him eating, only to freeze and then jump back in the teach can trying to hide from her again.
Seing this dash shook her head, as a strange sound laughter attention. A giggle. Her giggle. When was the last time she laughed, she wondered only to remember it, as a flash of a memory ran through her mind.
Twilight trying to dance, only to be horrible. Fluttershy in the corner dancing around the window, while pinky and rarity tried to tach twilight. Aj in the kitchen along with the boys playing there game. The party in collage. Was it been really that long since she let out a bit of laughter. Did she truly spend the last of her life in both fear, and frustration since those days long ago.
A feeling she didn’t think she’d ever know struck her right then. Age, she felt old as she thought about her long forgotten home, where she left her caring heart long ago.
Mells sat staring at a monitor growing board quickly as her life flashed through her mind.
Her mother always smiling, but her smile was only visible, her eyes gave her true nature away. Despite how much she loved her children she was beyond saddened by the loss of their father. Even so, she wore his ring never taking it off, not even for a day.
She also remembers the day she died, how terrified she was, seeing these strange creatures attacking her weak mother, despite the fight she put up. But as she turned away about to burst into tears the sight of her twin brothers made hers stop in their tracks. She knew she couldn’t cry that day, or ever again for that matter, not when she had him, her brother to look after.
She then remembered her training by her aunt and the commander. From straight in the morning for days after days weeks after weeks and soon months that turned into years they were trained to be fast agile and cunning. Anything to give them the edge over the enemy. Yet despite their training one thing for sure, they were always starving. Despite their abilities, they showed no muscle definition, eating barely any food to survive. Its heavy toll made them sickly skinny. And living underground their fur and skin were sickly pale. As well as everyone else’s.
She remembers when she was eleven years old, finishing up her training and heading to see her aunt, finding her in a strange room, with an even stranger device.
She watched as her aunt tightened a nut, and ran over to the other side of the device, and pressed a few strange buttons on a keypad. She took in a deep breath already looking drained from her work, when she noticed her base in the corner of the door. She gave a smile and gestured for her to come in, which she did cautiously.
"What are you doing Aunty," the young filly asked.
"Simple Melody, this, she gestured to the device, is project alpha. This is what you and your brother are training for."
"Hmm, I thought we were training so we don’t get eaten by changelings."
Her aunt giggled at that, "yes but that is only the beginning silly," She said brushing some hair out of mells eyes. "This my dear might be our chance."
"Chance for what," the filly asked.
"To stop all this from happening."
The little one tilted her head confused. Making the older of the two mares giggle again. "You know how you and your brother can transform yourselves right?" The little one nodded. "Well you have your father’s powers, powers he once by accident gifted the world, and soon that was the rise of the chimera incident back when me and your mom first met. Back then I didn’t even know he was my brother, let alone the cause of all of this. But he created the cure to it all, unfortunately I and my friends took it not knowing that our troubles were only beginning. Powerless we were, giving the enemy the perfect chance to strike and mutate the entire world. All of those monsters, they were once like you and me, but now," she shook her head. "But if we can go back in time, go and stop them from taking over our world, you two and I can do this."
"And daddy," said a small voice behind the two mares. Twilight looked up to see Junior. "You can save him. You can see him, if this machine works that is," she snorted.
Junior's eyes lit up, "I can see Daddy, and what about mommy?"
The adult chuckled at the ten-year-olds. "Yes yes but first you need to get stronger, and I need to finish this machine. Your powers are the key to it."
"Our powers?" Aske Junior.
"Mhmm just like your father."
"Daddy was a hero, that’s what mommy told us."
Twilight smiled at that but didn’t know what to say about her oldest brother. "Come on you two, time for bed." She instructed, much to their annoyance, only causing Twilight to snort again.
At the memory of it all Mells sat wondering what life would be like if things hadn’t gone the way they had. If it all would be so easy as to just flip a switch and change history. She yawned as the clock ticked that night, and looked over to see her brother fast asleep. She took another yawn and turned back to the computer.
"Tired sweetheart," a voice called out to her. She turned her head not realizing how she de-aged. Standing before her with her hair up in a bun was none other than her mother.
"I don’t want to go to bed yet," she moaned like the child she was now.
Her mother chuckled at that as she sat down next to her daughter. Waiting for Daddy to get home huh?
"Dissy fell asleep before we could see him," The filly laughed at her brother who was snoring away by her side. Despite that another yawn escaped her mouth, causing a giggle from her mother.
Just then a knock on the door alerted them of his presence. "Oh, daddys-"
Snore , "home" snore, Mells mumbled in her sleep. Only for another knock at the door in her dream to wake her up. Once she did she realized it wasn’t a knock at all but a loud banging from her monitor. On the screen, she could see hundreds of changelings trying to burst down the door.
"They're here," she muttered in a panic before turning to her brother and yelling in his ear, "There here!!! Get up there here!"
He bolted from his homemade bed. Despite his groggy nature, he asked what happened weren’t you watching for them?
"I fell asleep, god damit I fell asleep," she panicked, the wrench still in her hoof. She then ran down the hall and into the building yelling at the top of her lungs,
"THIRE HERE THIRE HERE!!!"
“You must stop discord from-“
"THIRE HERE, THIRE HERE, THEY FOLLOWED US!!!"
Twilight heard from the hallway. She immediately grabbed her large gun and switched the camera off, preparing for the battle at hand. She ran out of the door shouting, where!
Bang the sound of the wall cracked, and bursting through from above ground they came, as the ceiling collapsed in on itself.
Trying to protect the children Pinky Pie grabbed a canon, “sorry boys this one’s not filled with confetti, ” she said as canon balls flew through the sky taking out limbs of the oncoming army. Despite her efforts, there were too many of them and began flirting in.
A child cat no older than seven along with a Lizzard, no older than four began blasting guns at the beast to no avail due to their bulkier prof nature. One of the bullets from the cat's gun ricocheted off of a changling and hit Pinky Pie dead in the arm.
"Ahhh, it’s no good they bulletproof," she cried out biting her young to ignore the pain as she ripped off some of her shirt and began tying up her wound.
Dash out of nowhere drove in on a four-wheeler, knife in hoof ready to take out the enemy. She lunged one blade directly in the eye of a changling and twisted up freeing her blade only for a moment so she could attack another.
Pinky stood up wanting to help when out of nowhere a changling pounced on her sinking its teeth in her flesh.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
"Pinky!!!" Shouted Dash as she turned around wanting to save her friend. But as she got to her it was too late. Pinky’s skin and fur fell off revealing the body of a changling.
Changing pinky lunged an attack on the kids biting them too.
Knowing there wasn’t time to mourn, Dash ignored her own tears and did what she had to do, plunging her blade in the neck of the changling pinky followed by killing the changling kids as well.
…
Junior and his sister took their chimera forms quickly fighting off the changlings much easier than everyone else.
A changling went for Junior's leg but Mellody kicked it in the face, only for a changling to tackle her to the ground. Junior wasted no time biting off the head of the changling on top of his sister.
"RUN!" He shouted and the two of them ran for their lives.
We’re not gonna get far in these tunnels! Mells reminded him, just as a changling from up ahead blocked their path making them come to a halt.
The other way! Shouted Junior as they took off only for them to see more changlings.
"Uhhhh brother?" Asked Mells in a panicky voice. In response, he bared his snarling fangs at the creature only for a pebble to hit the top of his head. He looked up with terror as the calling collapsed in on itself.
As it did not only was dark black act visible so were the silver shiny sparkles of webs around. A tall black gruesome figure from above came crawling in, its eyes glowing like all changlings.
“Well, well, well, what do we have hear? asked the creature as it licked its lips.
Shocked and frozen in fear Junior and Mells mutterd simotaniosly “que- queen.
Boom a door blew open with the sound of a loud cannon-like sound, catching everyone’s attention. As a cloud have dust settled down twilight emerged from the other room, along with her shotgun.
"Chrysalis!" She spat giving her no authority with her name, as if it were an insult.
"Twilight," the queen smiled.
"Aunty!" the twins cried out.
"Kill them!" Shouted Chrysalis to her army, but Twilight raised her shot gon shooting a blast of fire at them, it wasn’t just a shotgun, it was a flame thrower.
Follow me, twilight shouted making sure the creatures were held back.
The twins didn’t hesitate and followed her orders. They quickly ran up the way to Twilight's lab.
“Aunty, where's everyone else?” Asked Junior.
"It’s too late for them, I lost contact which can only mean they're gone."
"Everyone?" Asked Mellody in shock.
"I don’t know but I’m afraid this is it. This is the end. She finally caught up to us."
"How?"
Twilight gave no response, not wanting to put the blame on her niece and nephew.
"The Time Machine! It’s now or never!" Shouted twilight.
"But, but we’re not ready for-" Junior began but stopped when he saw his aunt's face.
You’ve been training for this your entire lives.
"But-" Mells tried, only for Twilight to drag the machine and push it into the claws of Junior. Along with it, her laptop. "My computer has everything you will ever need to know about Mission Alpha. It’s time guys, you must-"
Boom another collapse from the ceiling giving way to the gliding of changlings.
"ILL HOLD THEM OFF YOU GO! All it needs is a pient of your blood, together you two can get to the past!"
"But?"
GO!!!!
With that, the twins wasted no time as they bolted for the door. Junior cried out mellody, as she bit her thumb with her sharp fang. Junior did the same and the two began filling the fuel tank as they ran.
Don’t turn back, don’t turn ba- ahhhhhh! they heard their aunt call out in pain. They knew it was too late to save her. For now anyway.
The two of them burst through the halls and returned to their sleeping quarters. The tanks not full yet halfway there cried out Mells.
Thire coming through, shouted her brother. In a panic, Mells looked around and saw their bike. I got an idea come on, she shouted as she ran over. The changlings were now beginning to stomp from above. Junior could hear them as he ran to her. He leaped onto the bike just as the changling burst another hole in the ceiling.
"You sure this thing's gonna work," panicked Junior.
Mells didn’t respond as she hit the gas hoping the two would take off. Instead, it only splutters out smoke.
"MELLS!!!"
"I can fix it," she called out and jumped off. Keep filling that tank or we’ll never get out of here. She told him and began tightening a bolt on the bike.
A changling tried to pounce on them only for a blue leg to come out of nowhere.
"Commander!" The two shouted. In surprise.
"THIS TIME ITS YOUR FAULT!" She shouted. "If you never brought that changling here, we’d never be in this mess!" She said as she sliced off another changling head.
"I know I know, I-"
"SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF HERE!!! Fix your mess, we’re counter on you!" She winced, "I’m counting on you," she then gave the bike a kick and the engine started up. Junior grabbed Mells by the jacket and drove off, as Mells called out for the comrades, who were surrounded by the creatures.
Junior wasted no time and press the activation button on the Time Machine, he used the pile of trash as a ramp and drove up it as the two were surrounded by a blazing light. A changling came up trying to bite Nell’s foot, only for another changling to attack it.
"THORAX!!!!" She shouted in surprise.
"Good luck my friends," he yelled as he tussled the beast down away from the blazing light.
The light became so bright it was blinding and before they knew it, everything went black.
