Prologue: The Gates of Tartarus

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
The Great Reign of Chaos
Prologue – The Gates of Tartarus

“Yes, everything’s going to be just fine!” said the newly coronated alicorn Princess Twilight Sparkle.

They thought of it. Everything seemed fine.

But it’s not.

Almost a year ago before the grand princess coronation, the giant three-headed black dog, named Cerberus according to legends, abandoned its duty to guard the gates of Tartarus; the World of Hell which remained a mystery confusing myths and legends until that fateful day; and rampaged in Ponyville for nothing, scaring everypony. Twilight Sparkle, who was still a unicorn that time, was bothered by that conflict.

That time, Twilight Sparkle was making sure that nothing disastrous could happen in Equestria just like what her future self from next Tuesday morning presumed to say to her, but she was too late to say.

After she and her friends wasted time to secure all of Equestria, in the streets of Ponyville, a loud roar was heard.

The Cerberus leaped towards the citizens and roared very loud.

“Okay everypony, follow my lead.” Pinkie Pie said which was followed by a scream of panic.

Everypony were afraid of the Cerberus, ran away and screamed. They went back to their houses and hid, some hid in objects, and all looked away from the three-headed beast.

“What is that thing?” Spike asked to Twilight.

“That's Cerberus!” Twilight replied, “He's supposed to be guarding the gates of Tartarus, but if he's here, then all of the evil creatures that have been imprisoned there could escape and destroy Equestria!”

“Destroy Equestria?!” Spike exclaimed in reaction.

“Yeah, isn't it great?” Twilight said in excitement, thinking it could be the sign of “the disaster Twilight’s future self might mentioned”.

Cerberus was about to poop on the ground when it was interrupted by Twilight. “Hey, Cerberus! You look like you could use some obedience training!” Twilight bragged to the beast as her horn glows for her attack, “Magic obedience training!”

The black beast roared at Twilight, who was about to attack.

Twilight withdrew her attack when she saw Fluttershy rubbing the tummy of the Cerberus, who was calmed down and treated like a domesticated dog.

“Who’s the cute widdle three-headed dog,” Fluttershy said as the Cerberus continues to pant.

Twilight walked to Fluttershy saying, “Wow, I knew you were good with animals, but this is amazing.”

“Aww, he's just a big furry guy who got out of his yard, that's all,” Fluttershy replied, still rubbing the beast’s belly, then turned her head to Cerberus, “Right, Cerberus? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?”

Pinkie continued to scream and ran past through them.

“Pinkie!” Twilight called.

“Yes, Twilight?” Pinkie responded to her, after she stopped screaming.

“Do you have a ball I can borrow?” the purple unicorn asked.

“I have balls stashed all over Ponyville, in case of ball emergency.” The pink earth pony replied as she went to an open-trunked tree and grabbed a ball.

Twilight grabbed the ball with her magic and said to the calmed Cerberus, “Hey, Cerberus! Look what I have!”

As the Cerberus looked at the ball, it panted. Twilight and the Cerberus ran together with her still holding the ball in front of the running beast, so that it can follow it.

“I'll be back as soon as I've returned him to the gates of Tartarus. Once he's back at home, there'll be no disaster.” Twilight said as she continued to lead it back to the gates of Tartarus, as Pinkie and Spike watched them run away from distance.

Twilight successfully led Cerberus back to the gates of hell, and it secured the gates, thinking no one has yet escaped.

But it was too late.

The gates were accidentally left open when the Cerberus left it.

As a result, a stowaway has escaped.

Actually, it was two.

A pegasus mare with black frizzly mane, white-coated fur and a black vampire bat as her cutie mark, and a unicorn mare with white spiky mane, black-coated fur and a white vampire bat as her cutie mark, have gotten out from the gates before the Cerberus could rearrive there to guard again.

It's actually personal for them, that the white pegasus speaks first and the black unicorn second. Their speaking order is their usual habit.

“Where is the guardian of the gates, Mea?” asked the white pony.

“I don’t know, Nai, maybe it got impatient, so it decided to take a stroll,” replied the black unicorn.

“How shouldn’t we know?!” Nai said in a cross manner, “We’re the immortal queen vampire!”

“Hey, don’t brag about it, but you’re right,” Mea replied.

“Right! I’m Nai!”

“And I’m Mea!”

“And together, we’re…” as Nai and Mea are about to finish, they heard a sound of trotting coming from the long stairs which heads to the surface.

“Could that be…” Nai said.

“…the guardian of the gates?” Mea continued.

The both screamed in panic and hugged tight together. As they hugged, they fused and turned into a dark grey alicorn with a horn similar to Queen Chrysalis’s and vampire wings. The alicorn is Phantom Spy Vancuria. As she heard the sound coming closer, she hid behind a pillar of rocks near the gates.

Twilight Sparkle the unicorn, magically holding the ball, and the Cerberus descended to the stairs, to the gates of Tartarus.

“Here, Cerberus!” Twilight said as she dropped the ball so the Cerberus can play with it. She then trotted away back up to the surface. “BYE!” she said to Cerberus before running away up stairs.

Vancuria, in hiding, could not believe what happened. She separated into Nai and Mea, who are actually separate forms of the grey alicorn.

“Didn’t you see it?” Nai asked.

“Yes, I did.” Mea answered.

“A mortal tamed the guardian of the gates of hell?” Nai said as if she took it as an irony.

“I’m impressed.” Mea responded.

“Well, I’m not,” Nai replied

“You're right. Mortals. Amateurs. Bleh!”

The two black-and-white ponies looked at the Cerberus playing with ball, not bothering its job guarding the gates.

“That beast is not doing its job!” said Nai.

“Alright, here’s our chance!” Mea cried cheerfully.

“Shhh! The guardian might hear you!” Nai said, placing her hoof on Mea’s mouth.

“Sorry,” Mea whispered, “Let’s go.”

Nai and Mea slowly and quietly walked through the Cerberus, who was not bothering the two ponies, without making a single noise. They silently walked to the stairs, up to the surface.

As they got farther from the unguarding beast, Nai asked, “Are we far enough already from that beast?”

“I think we walked quite far enough.” Mea answered, “Fly!”

Nai flapped her wings and flew, and Mea used magic to carry herself up in the stairs to the surface.

After for a while, the two ponies finally reached the end of the stairs and to the surface. They panted for breath as they got tired, after ascending to the stairs.

“Those stairs are so long!” Mea complained.

“But at least we’re here now.” Nai said.

They looked around that they are already in the mortal world, in a large desert which has nothing but sand and void of life. (San Palomino Desert, Equestria)

“Is this the mortal world?” Mea asked.

“It’s brighter than in Tartarus, our world,” Nai said.

“Why mind the light? We came from darkness.” Mea exclaimed.

“Anyways, now that we’re here, let’s rampage and destroy everything!”

“But, there is only desert here. Full of sand, sand, sand.”

“No way! There must be something here! I hunger for life! You too, you are eager to eat a body!”

“Right!”

“Let’s find something or someone if there is someone who is stuck desert.”

“You’re right! Let’s go!”

The two mares hugged each other and they became Vancuria. She flapped her wings and flew all across the vast, but empty desert, to seek for life or food she could devour.

Eleven months after the Cerberus incident, a fatal accident has been made by Twilight Sparkle. She was given a package from Princess Celestia which is Star Swirl the Bearded’s spell book. She was given the task to finish the unfinished spell of Star Swirl.

“‘From one to another, another to one. A mark of one's destiny singled out alone, fulfilled.’ That doesn't make any sense. It doesn't even rhyme!”

As Twilight read Star Swirl’s final writings in the books, she accidentally casted a spell to swap the magic of the Elements of Harmony, thus mismatching the cutie marks of Twilight’s five friends, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Applejack.

But, after she realized the importance of friendship, she used the magic of friendship through the Elements of Harmony and restored the cutie marks back to their rightful owners. As of that, she knew what to finish in Star Swirl’s book.

“‘From all of us together, together we are friends, with the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end!’”

As Twilight finished the spell, she was rewarded to be an alicorn.

In Canterlot, everypony was gathered in the most historic occasion ever known in the history of Equestria. Princess Celestia, Luna and Cadance are in their coronation dresses.

Princess Celestia gave her message, “We are gathered here today in celebration of a momentous occasion. My most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, has done many extraordinary things since she's lived in Ponyville. She even helped reunite me with my sister, Princess Luna. But today, Twilight Sparkle did something extraordinary. She created new magic, proving without a doubt that she is ready to be crowned Equestria's newest princess. Fillies and gentlecolts, may I present for the very first time, Princess Twilight Sparkle!”

Twilight entered the door, with her elegant pink dress with yellow clothing and escorted by standard-bearers, chorus singers and guards. They sing on behalf of Twilight Sparkle who entered the room and wore the crown, granting to become the new princess of Equestria.

Thou Princess Twilight cometh

Behold, behold

A Princess here before us

Behold, behold, behold

Behold, behold (behold, behold)

The Princess Twilight cometh

Behold, behold (behold, behold)

The Princess is

The Princess is here!

Princess Twilight Sparkle, Celestia, Luna, and her five pony friends enter the balcony, and Twilight nervously waved at all the ponies outside, rejoicing of her grand coronation.

“Say something, Princess,” Celestia whispered to the purple alicorn.

“A little while ago, my teacher and mentor Princess Celestia sent me to live in Ponyville,” Princess Twilight spoke to the entire crowd, “She sent me to study friendship, which is something I didn't really care much about. But now, on a day like today, I can honestly say I wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for the friendships I've made with all of you. Each one of you taught me something about friendship, and for that, I will always be grateful. Today, I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria. Thank you, friends. Thank you, everypony!”

Everypony cheered and rejoiced.

Twilight and the others left the balcony as they approach inside and her brother, Shining Armor approached to Twilight.

“Twilight! I'm so proud of you!” Shining said.

“Are you crying?” Twilight questioned as she noticed Shining’s watery eyes.

“Of course not, it's… it's liquid pride. Totally different thing,” he replied as he rubbed his tears of his eyes. She and her B.B.B.F.F. laughed and hugged at each other. The five ponies went near Twilight.

“Way to go, Princess!” Applejack said.

“Best coronation day ever!” Pinkie cheered.

“We love you, Twilight,” said Fluttershy.

“I love you too, girls!” Twilight said, as the main six shared their one hug.

Eight months, after the coronation…

Meanwhile, in the same massive desert of nothingness, Vancuria still flew around there, alone and longing for possible life to kill, rampage or eat. But she has found nothing, and finally landed on the ground, starved and thirsty after for one year and seven months of endless flight across the San Palomino Desert. She felt alone and split again into Nai and Mea.

“What the hay? We haven’t found anything yet!” complained Nai.

“We kept going circles! That’s why!” Mea exclaimed.

“What the hell are you talking about?! I mean, a mortal usually starves after for a few days, but we became hungry after for over a year! It’s so long!”

“Too long!”

“We haven’t found anything in this desert, just sand, wind of sand, sandstorms… and a few skulls.”

“Damn right!”

Suddenly, the two mares noticed something familiar. Something bright, something white above, something green below, something which seems fresh and something lively. Nai and Mea went near to the point where they saw the interesting thing.

“I see clouds!”

“I see trees!”

“I saw the living!”

“The living!”

“Yes, finally! We have found something we can devour! We can go there and rampage,” cheered Nai.

“Yay!” cheered Mea.

Nai and Mea were just about to approach to the area, when a loud deep voice called from behind them.

"STOP!!!!!!"

The two mares stopped and were startled. They grew afraid and slowly turned around to see where the voice came from.

They screamed together in panic as they saw a massive bipedal creature with the head of a bull and tentacles as his beard. He has two large wings on his back, is larger than the size of the Ponyville City Hall and is armed with armor covering his golden-colored body and a huge sword with inscriptions written on it in blue.

“I always felt a stowaway would escape from the gates too. But I didn’t you are still here in this wasteland! I’ve been looking everywhere for you and I wasted my entire time!” the monster roared.

“I’m s-sorry…” Nai stammered.

“With all respect, who are you?” Mea asked nervously.

“I am Demon Doom Lord Kazzak the Supreme!!!” he replied.

“Lord Kazzak… um… we have found something we can… destroy!” nervously said Nai.

“Yeah, searching for over a year is—mmm… boring but finally, we—”

“SILENCE!!!!!” Mea was cut off by Kazzak the Supreme’s ear-shattering roaring voice which was actually three times louder than the average Royal Canterlot Voice. The two mares trembled in fear and screamed in panic.

Nai calmed down and put a hoof on Mea’s screaming mouth, whispering to her angrily, “That’s because you said something you shouldn’t have!”

“You mean the ‘boring’ word?” Mea whispered back and the white pegasus nodded.

“I can do this, but must not do this alone. After for 10,000 years of imprisoning and waiting, I finally grew tired of it!” growled Kazzak, “Ten thousand years is such a long, long time and this day has finally come. The day in where we shall finally have our revenge!”

“Milord, we are happy that we finally have revenge. If you don’t mind, can we just go there and--?” stammered Nai.

“Uuza Douza Ujira!” As Kazzak shouted those words, a large red enchantment circle appeared below the three of them. Lightning crackled on it and inverted light burst from the circle. Kazzak, Nai and Mea suddenly vanished into the black light and the circle of red disappeared.

Chapter 1: The Frog Messiah

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
The Great Reign of Chaos
Chapter 1: The Frog Messiah

Meanwhile, in a small town in Equestria called Ponyville, located near the mountains of the Equestrian capital of Canterlot, a cyan pegasus mare Rainbow Dash and an orange earth-pony Applejack were conversing at the middle of the streets.

“You know, AJ, things seemed to be a little odd right now.” Rainbow Dash spoke.

“Yah said it, Rainbow,” Applejack told Rainbow, “It’s been like eight months since Twilight became princess and this year’s Summer Sun Celebration, Princess Celestia was missing again.”

“Just like three years ago,” said the pegasus.

“Yer right, sugarcube,” replied the earth pony.

Then, a yellow pegasus mare Fluttershy went between the two talking mares and asked them, “Rainbow Dash, Applejack, where is Twilight?”

“The last time she told me was that she was going to find Princess Celestia in the Everfree Forest,” answered Rainbow.

“She also told us tha’ we will find Princess Celestia all over Equestria,” Applejack continued, “She will find her in the Everfree Forest, if ever she’s there.”

“That egghead… even as a princess, she’s still getting onto her brains,” scoffed Rainbow Dash.

“Maybe, we should split up and look for Twilight first. She might be lost,” Fluttershy squeaked softly as the other two mares nodded and ran to separate ways.

In the midst of the dark Everfree Forest, Twilight Sparkle, who was given the title Princess of Magic, was alone flying all across the forest to search for the missing Princess of the Sun.

“Princess Celestia!” she cried alout, however, there is silence followed.

She continued to fly and search for her through the dark depths of the woods.

“Princess Celestia!” Twilight yelled, but no answer came.

Finally, after hours of flying and searching, she was tired, landed and shouted at the top of her lungs, “PRINCESS CELESTIA! WHERE ARE YOU?!”

Her voice echoed all across the deep forest, but there was response in return.

As the rest of the main six were about to enter the Everfree Forest, they heard the echoes of their friend’s voice.

“You hear that? That’s Twilight,” Rarity responded to the echo.

“Girls, let’s split up and search for her!” the rainbow-maned mare ordered, as the four other ponies nodded, “If you ever find her, just shout and we will hear you. We will come to you.” As they entered the forest, they searched individually in every place and every corner of the woods.

After minutes of searching, Pinkie walked through the vines and saw a familiar looking alicorn figure. She came closer and realized it was her friend Twilight Sparkle.

“Hey! I found Twilight!” Pinkie shouted very loud so that the other mares can hear the pink pony.

Twilight was startled by the loud shout. She was snapped and turned around to Pinkie, saying, “Pinkie! If you’re behind somepony, don’t shout like that!” However, she came to her senses and said, “Pinkie? How did you…?”

Meanwhile, the other four mares Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy responded to the yell of Pinkie Pie and ran towards the spot where the sound came from. Eventually, the six mares finally meet each other at the same spot where Pinkie found Twilight.

“What are you doing here?” the alicorn asked.

“We were looking for you,” Fluttershy answered.

“So, were you able to find Princess Celestia?” questioned Pinkie.

“Unfortunately not,” she replied, “But you girls mustn’t be here in the middle of forest. It’s not safe for ponies like you to be here!”

As Twilight finished, sinister roars were heard and startled the six ponies.

“What was that?” asked Rainbow Dash.

A group of timberwolves lept in in front of the six scared mares and the mane six flinched and shrieked of the timberwolves’ sudden appearance.

“Timberwolves!” Applejack cried.

“Shh! Don’t move,” Twilight whispered.

“Good work,” Rainbow scoffed as the timberwolves crept in closer for their prey, “Make it easy for them.”

“New plan: RUN!” Pinkie screamed as the five ponies ran and Rainbow Dash flew away from the timberwolves that began to run for their prey.

“They got us on our backs! What do we do?” asked Rarity as she looked back, seeing the running timberwolves behind them.

“Run faster!” cried Twilight, as they continue to run for their lives.

“The light,” Fluttershy said as the six saw a bright light which they think is the exit of the Everfree Forest, “We made it to the exit!”

However, they weren’t lucky as another group of timberwolves jumped from above and blocked the six mares on the ways. Scared, they ran to the opposite direction but stopped as the first group of timberwolves was running to them.

Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Applejack and Rarity became helpless as they became surrounded by the swarm of timberwolves.

“You want a piece of us?” Rainbow boasted to the beasts, and to her friends, “Come on, girls, let’s kick some wolf butt!”

“It’s no use, Rainbow Dash,” contradicted Twilight Sparkle, “They’re too many and too dangerous.”

“Well, I’m out of ideas! Anyone else got ideas?” Rainbow yelled as the wild timberwolves were approaching closer to their meals.

“Well, sugarcubes, it’s been nice knowin’ ya,” Applejack said.

“Applejack, don’t say that!” Pinkie cried.

However, a small frog fell from above and landed safely between the beasts and the ponies. It emitted a bright flash of light, making all the timberwolves flinch. Their eyes somehow ceased glow and ran away, leaving the six mares safe from the timberwolves’ wild wrath and the flash of light dissipated.

“What happened?” the butterscotch mare asked.

“No clue,” the cowmare replied.

“Over there!” Fluttershy cried as she pointed her hoof to the frog that saved them.

“A frog?” Rainbow said.

Twilight suddenly snapped and went at the back of Pinkie, scared and yelled, “No! I hate frogs! No!”

“What are you talking about, Twilight?” said Fluttershy as she approached closer to the frog, “That frog just saved our lives.”

“You’re saying this frog saved us?” Rainbow commented.

“That’s nice of you, Fluttershy,” Applejack replied, “That’s where the bright light came from. This frog sure has some guts in kickin’ wolf butt.”

“Hey!” Rainbow Dash reacted as what she heard.

“Cute!” yelled Fluttershy, “Frog!”

Suddenly, a raspy mysterious voice ran through Twilight’s head, saying, “Kiss me, ribbit.” Twilight was unsuspicious to where the voice from her head came from, in which in fact, it came from the frog.

“What is it, Twilight?” asked the party earth pony.

“I’m alright, that’s nothing,” Twilight replied as she came to her senses.

“Come on, y’all, let’s head to the exit before the timberwolves try to eat us out again,” Applejack said as the six with Fluttershy carrying the frog head towards the exit.

Later, in Fluttershy’s cottage, Fluttershy was watching, petting and taking care of the frog kept inside a small aquarium with very few water, Twilight was sitting, somehow, meditating on her magic, and the rest of the four mares and Spike were just killing time.

“This frog is nice,” Fluttershy spoke, “What do you think we should name him? How about… ‘Toad’?”

“For a frog like that?” said Applejack, “I think ya need somethin’ slightly more formal.”

“Okay,” the shy Pegasus said as she thought of another name, “‘Greeny’, maybe?”

“Mmmm… no.”

“Oh, I’m out of names… uh… mmmm… —I know! ‘Jack’?”

“No.”

“‘Dash’?”

“No.”

“‘Pie’?”

“No!”

“You don’t want ‘Rare’?”

“NOO!!” The five cried out in unison.

“How about ‘Spark’?”

“Oh, for crying out loud!” Twilight scoffed.

“Is ‘Angel’ okay with you?”

Angel, the bunny, crossed his arms and taps his foot in boredom and dissatisfaction.

“You already a pet named ‘Angel’!” Rainbow scolded.

“This is the tip, sugarcube,” Applejack was giving a reminder to Fluttershy who could not think of a name, “When you give a name to a pet, it must be based on its characteristics, traits or somehow what kind of things your pet has done.”

“Kind of things my pet has done… Hold on,” Fluttershy said as she was thinking for what the frog has done, “In the Everfree Forest, he jumped out of nowhere and carried a bright light— that’s right! I know what to name him!”

“Really, what is it?”

“Since he can carry a white light, I can call him… ‘Blight’!”

The five other mares burst out in laughter due to Fluttershy’s suggestion of a name.

“Oh, my… I guess that’s not a good name…” Fluttershy said in shame.

“It’s okay, ‘Shy,” Rainbow said, while snickering, trying to hold her laughter, “You can keep that name to you. Just call the frog… ‘BLIGHT’!” The cyan pegasus laughed aloud afterwards.

“That’s kind of you, Rainbow Dash, I guess ‘Blight’ is a good name after all,” said Fluttershy, as she went back to the frog now named Blight.

Applejack and Spike approached to Twilight, who was meditating, and said, “Hey, sugarcube, wha’s have ya been doin’?”

Twilight replied, “I’ve been trying to use the navigation spell to look for Princess Celestia, but I tried it like ten times and I sought nothing of Princess Celestia nor where she is.”

“Twilight,” the baby dragon convinced her, “I know you’re worried about Princess Celestia, but I know you; she is important to you. But for now, you need some rest.”

“But, without Princess Celestia, who will raise the sun at dawn?” told Twilight to Spike, “I don’t know if Princess Luna can raise the sun the way she raises the moon every dusk.”

Fluttershy went back to the aquarium, to see that Blight is already gone and the aquarium empty, “Huh? Blight?”

Blight suddenly leaped in front of the lavender alicorn, only for Twilight to panic and scream. She crept away from the frog and went behind Spike.

“Calm down! Here, water!” said Spike as he handed to Twilight a glass of water.

Twilight magically held the glass. However, the frog jumped to the water, much to Twilight’s disgust that made the glow on her horn cease and drop the glass of water to floor, causing it to break and the water to spill.

“Blight! You seem to really like Twilight!” Fluttershy was happy about the happening gag, “‘Blight’ and ‘Twilight’… they do rhyme!”

Blight leaped on Twilight’s horn, causing the alicorn to squeak in freaking out and uncontrollably let out simultaneous laser blasts from her horn. The six dodged the blasts; however the lasers wrecked Fluttershy’s cottage entirely from inside.

At a nearby river just outside the Everfree Forest, Twilight in frustration was carrying the aquarium with Blight the frog in it.

“No more! Definitely no more! I can’t stand it anymore! Hurry back to your friends!” she yelled as she threw all water in the aquarium to the river. However, she saw that Blight is still in. Twilight became cross and tried to put Blight down to the ground by putting the aquarium upside-down and shaking it. The frog fell and landed safely on the ground.

“Never show your face again!” scoffed Twilight as she turned away and was about to walk away. However, she was interrupted by the frog’s croaks. Twilight turned around and Blight was staring at her.

“Don’t look at me like that!”

The frog just croaked.

Outside the gates of Tartarus where the Cerberus was playing with the same ball it was given, Nai, Mea and Kazzak the Supreme suddenly appeared in front of the Cerberus through a flash of inverted light.

The Cerberus suddenly noticed the three beings of Tartarus, and leaped in front of them, roaring very loudly.

Nai and Mea whimpered and flinched by the roar and hugged together, merging as Vancuria again.

Kazzak stepped in front of the Cerberus and raised his sword up high, shouting out the words, “Douza Uru Meru Zazare!” and the inscriptions on the sword written in blue became red as the sword itself glowed in red aura too.

Kazzak smashed the ground with the sword, creating a fissure towards the three-headed animal. Lava and fire erupts from the fissure and as the fissure reached to the point where the Cerberus was standing, a huge pillar of flames erupted on the beast, burning it. At the time the flame ceased and the fissure gone, the Cerberus was seen to be reduced into bones.

Vancuria gasped in amazement and Kazzak walked in front the gates, stomping and crushing the skull and bones of the perished guardian of the gates.

“Finally, after for 10,000 years of being imprisoned, we have finally grew tired of waiting,” Kazzak growled, “Now, we shall get revenge on those who put us in a long era of being sealed in the first place! This time, we shall not fall! We shall triumph!”

The demon lord pointed his sword at the black gem placed at the gates and cried aloud, “Uuza Uru Ugaro Douza Uru Zazare!”

The sword crackled black lightning around it and fired lightning of color purple at the gem. The gem was slowly turning from black to glowing red.

As the gem became red, the purple lightning dissipated, the black lightning around the sword died out, the inscriptions on it became blue again and the gates of Tartarus were fully opened wide.

“As the gates open, it will mark the end of this era,” hissed Kazzak, “and the beginning of ours. The end has come.”

Kazzak laughed evilly as he and Vancuria slowly approached to the gates and entered to their world, the world of hell: Tartarus.

Meanwhile, at the river, Twilight was just sitting in front of the tiny Blight and killing time by magically throwing pebbles at the river.

“I’m sorry. I can’t spend another second with you. For me… when I was a filly, naughty colts played a prank on me. They put a frog on the back of my head; in my mane. I’ve hated frogs ever since.”

She heard again the mysterious voice saying, “Kiss me, ribbit.”

Twilight was startled by the voice, looked around and realized that the voice came from Blight.

“Don’t tell me, it’s you?” Twilight questioned, but the frog just stood there, “Unless I like somepony, I can’t kiss them.”

She came to senses and giggled, “I’m so silly. What am I saying to a frog?”

Twilight stood up and told the frog, “Goodbye.” as she was about to leave it. However, she stopped as she smelled a filthy stench coming from inside the Everfree Forest.

“I know that smell…”

Just as she said so, three timberwolves leaped and landed in front of Twilight.

As they roared, Twilight screamed and flew away from them; however, the timberwolves were following all the way.

The alicorn suddenly snapped out from panicking and went in front of the three animals, preparing to blast them off, as her horn glowed with a magenta aura.

The three timberwolves stopped and roared at Twilight, ready to eat their prey. But, a rock was thrown at one of the beasts.

Twilight turned around to see that her friends and assistant were there, carrying rocks and ready to fire at the timberwolves.

“Everypony! How did you find me?”

“Pinkie told us where you are,” replied Rainbow Dash.

“How did you know where I am?” asked the alicorn in wonder to Pinkie Pie.

“Just a guess,” Pinkie answered with absolutely no idea how she knew about Twilight's location, and turning her attention to the wild timberwolves, she yelled, “Alright, ponies! (And Spike.) Fire!”

Upon the earth pony's signal, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Spike began throwing rocks at the three timberwolves that were flinching from doing any wild action.

“We’re out of rocks! Now what?” Applejack said as they don't have anymore rocks to throw at their enemies.

“RUN!” Rainbow cried.

The mane seven began to run away from the three animals, except Rainbow Dash who was just flying, and the timberwolves were chasing them.

“Don’t look back!” cried Twilight.

However, the lavender pony was tripped to the ground, giving the timberwolves an advantage and the six friends of Twilight stopped from running but were far from her.

“Twilight!” yelled Spike, “Get out of there!”

Twilight was trying to stand up, but was too late, since the timberwolves were already towards her. As the beasts crept closer to the defenseless pony, Blight came out from nowhere and leaped on a timberwolf’s face. It reacted badly that it was moving violently, flinching the other two away from their prey.

The timberwolf shook its head roughly and the frog was thrown off to the ground, injuring Blight severely.

Twilight became worried, slowly approached to the hurt Blight and grabbed the frog with her hooves.

"You saved me, right… Blight?" said Twilight to Blight, looking at the frog in sadness.

“Twilight! What are ya doin’?” shouted Applejack’s voice from far ahead, but Twilight ignored Applejack.

Twilight Sparkle heard the voice again from the frog saying, “Kiss me, ribbit.”

“I’m sorry,” she whispered as she carefully placed her lips onto Blight.

Just as a timberwolf was about to pounce at Twilight, the two lips of the alicorn and the frog met and a bright yellow light appeared on the body of the frog. The timberwolf was pushed back by the recoil of the energy from the sudden light. The glowing frog levitated up in the air. As the light became brighter, the frog transformed into a pony-like figure. As the light ceased, it was revelead to be a white alicorn stallion with brown mane and tail, and a yellow cross with four smaller yellow crosses around at the each corner it as his cutie mark.

The stallion landed to the ground and said, “Gou Golu Gogika!”

His horn glowed with a yellow aura and let a ray of yellow light, which sent a timberwolf flying away. That frightened the two timberwolves.

“Timberwolves!” he said in a powerful voice the same manner as the Royal Canterlot Voice, “You beasts are as mindless as dirt; bringing harm to anypony! Since you haven’t hurt that mare, I will let you go. But should you ever slaughter, I will never forgive you! Begone with thee!”

The timberwolves ran away back to the forest scared in the stallion’s response.

Turning to Twilight, the alicorn stallion gave her a flirt and said, “I properly received your kiss.”

Twilight felt disgusted and spat of her lips.

The five mares and Spike approached to the stallion and the lavender mare.

“The frog became a pony!” Rarity responded.

“Blight has become amazing!” cried Fluttershy, “What's going on?”

“‘Blight’?” replied the stallion, “Correction: I am Yeshuah, the Champion of Light and the Son of God.”

“‘The Son of God’?” the seven said in confusion, “‘Yeshuah’?”

“Little can I explain to you why I became a frog,” said Yeshuah, “Ten thousand years ago, I was in a personal combat with the traitor who betrayed the world of Heaven, my world. I was able to imprison him in Tartarus, but, a side effect of the spell changed me into a frog. Somehow I raised a barrier and sealed him. And the only way that could free me from the counterspell… is a kiss from the Princess of Magic.”

Twilight, feeling embarrassed, turned away from Yeshuah and covered her mouth with her hoof.

“I can’t believe I kissed a frog,” stuttered Twilight.

“Don’t worry, dear. At least, the frog became a handsome colt!” replied Rarity.

“So that's why you kept hanging around Twilight,” said Rainbow Dash.

“Wait, you were a frog for 10,000 years?” interrogated Pinkie.

“Yes. So, how were you able to find me?” he asked.

“We didn’t. We were looking for Princess Celestia that time,” answered Twilight.

The alicorn Yeshuah was startled one second he heard the name “Princess Celestia”.

“What’s wrong?” questioned Spike.

“Nothing,” replied Yeshuah, “Anyway, you said you were looking for somepony. Everytime I search for something or somepony, I search for it with this.”

As Yeshuah said, “Golu Gonga,” a crystal glass ball appeared on Yeshuah’s right hoof, and gave to Twilight.

“This is the crystal ball from the Crystal Empire! It is used for prophecies,” the alicorn mare was remarked, “How did you get this? And how did you do spells with words?”

“I use the language of Heaven to cast a spell,” Yeshuah answered, “It seems you know a lot about things. Who are you?”

“I am Twilight Sparkle,” she introduced humbly, “I am a faithful student to Princess Celestia and…”

Pinkie Pie lept between Yeshuah and Twilight and bragged rapidly about her, “She’s the one of the princesses of Equestria, and she turned from a unicorn to an alicorn! And she saved Equestria many times with our help! We have the Elements of Harmony! And—”

“Pinkie! Would you please shut up?!” hissed Twilight as she pushed the pink party pony away.

“So, Twilight Sparkle… you’re a unicorn who became an alicorn?” commented the Son of God, “Interesting! I just came back after for 10 millenia, and I already met royalty. ‘Equestria’, huh? Is it a name of a kingdom, republic, federation or tribe?”

“It’s a kingdom, Yeshuah,” answered Twilight.

“Could you at least introduce yourselves to me?” requested Yeshuah.

“Sure! I am Rainbow Dash!”

“I’m Fluttershy.”

“Ah’m Applejack.”

“I’m Pinkie Pie!”

“I am Rarity.”

“And I’m Spike, Twilight’s number one assistant.”

“Oh, thank you for the introduction,” he said, “And I hope you find Princess Celestia with that crystal ball I give you. I’m glad I know you, girls.”

“Er-hem!” Spike clears his throat to Yeshuah’s sentence.

“And Spike. You’re a boy?” said Yeshuah, and Spike nodded, “Okay, see you all later.”

Yeshuah flapped his wings and flew away.

“He looks cool,” Rainbow Dash commented.

“C’mon. Let’s get outta here,” said Applejack, as the mane seven walk back to Ponyville, with Princess Twilight Sparkle carrying the crystal ball.

Chapter 2: Believe in Your Own Power

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
The Great Reign of Chaos
Chapter 2: Believe in Your Own Power

At the tip of the highest of the mountains of Canterlot, Yeshuah stood alone there, wearing his bright white robe with red clothing. He told himself, “Twilight Sparkle. She is an interesting mare. She has friends and saved Equestria so many times. She is different from other ponies, in fact. I didn’t wonder she turned from a unicorn to an alicorn. She is extraordinary, smart, friendly and beautiful but she looks kind of familiar to me… No, snap out of it. Oh, my, why do I have to come back?”

Suddenly, an image appeared in the sky. The image that appeared in front of Yeshuah is a majestic and powerful looking god which has two heads in the same position, one face of a man below the other face which looked like a dinosaur-looking dragon. His shoulders are a pair of 5 missile cannons and his chest has five cannons with the largest in the middle. Below his shoulders are marked with a stylized letter M each. Beside his arms of steel are two barrages marked with a large letter Z. He rides on a Brachio, armed with cannons and barrages on its sides.

“It is because you have to,” the god responded to Yeshuah’s question.

“Ciu’koku Daijujin, the Ultimate Great Beast God,” said Yeshuah, “Why do I have to?”

“You have to because the entire world is at stake right now,” answered Ciu’koku Daijujin, “The threat once feared most by the mortals ten thousand years ago has come back.”

“What?! It can’t be,” Yeshuah responded weakly.

“It is,” he said, “The Burning Legion has returned.”

Yeshuah was shocked to hear from the majestic god, “That’s impossible… the demons are all sealed away! How come they could be able escape?!”

“Your father, the omnipotent, the omniscient and the omnipresent, almighty ever-living God has told us the gods that the Cerberus has been destroyed and the gates to Tartarus were opened. That dark presence from the opening the gates could help the Legion undo the seal and escape,” Ciu’koku Daijujin explained, “It is right for you to return and do what has been done 10,000 years before. You must do what must be done, for you are the Son of God, the Champion of Light and Savior of Worlds.”

“But, my god, are you sure about this? Did the Legion really escape?” he asked.

“I know that they did,” the god replied, “The legends tell of the evil Burning Legion, their demon lords and their return.”

Yeshuah momentarily became silent, before saying to himself, “They certainly are prevalent in the legends.”

“Be wary of the burning skies,” Ciu’koku Daijujin ordered, “If the vast skies flame, that is the sign that the Burning Legion are going to return for doom and vengeance.”

“Burning skies?” Yeshuah said.

“The world will rejoice and be glad of your return, for they are in need of you once again to save the mortal world from ending up in the same fate as the other worlds,” he said to Yeshuah, as the image of Ciu’koku Daijujin faded away from the sky.

“I better say this to Twilight,” Yeshuah alertly said to himself, “Perhaps she can know about this. If not, the least I can do is telling her everything I know about the conflict.”

Yeshuah flapped his wings and flew down from the mountains as he began to head to Ponyville.

Meanwhile, as Vancuria and Kazzak walked to the opened gates, they approached to the vast fields of scorched wastelands and fire of the world of Tartarus. There are mountains everywhere. The lakes and rivers have water but they engulfed in fire. The sky is burning red and orange, looking like it is burning. Volcanoes around release smoke and erupt with huge flames from their craters. The color of the ground is red-brownish and void of any plant life. There are no trees or plants around and the only life that can be found is the cruel and evil demons.

“Um, where are we going?” she asked.

“Just follow me and be quiet!” Kazzak the Supreme growled.

Vancuria whimpered in fear as she followed Kazzak, walking to a dark cave of tunnel.

As they approached inside the tunnel, Vancuria continued to follow the demon lord until they reach to the darker parts of the cave.

Vancuria momentarily turned her head away from Kazzak, saying, “How can you possibly walk in a dark place like this?”

But when she turned her head back, she noticed that Kazzak vanished without a trace.

“Oh, crud! Where are you, Kazzak? I’m alone again!” Vancuria complained, as she split into Nai and Mea again.

“This is too creepy and dark. I’m scared!” Nai whimpered.

“I’m scared!” Mea cried.

They continued to walk deeper into the caves.

Meanwhile, inside Twilight’s residence, the Golden Oaks Library at Ponyville, Twilight accompanied by her five friends and her assistant Spike, who are in the main room, still kept looking for Princess Celestia through the vision in the crystal ball Yeshuah gave her. She spent the whole time using the prophecy spell to reveal a vision on the crystal ball to where Princess Celestia is, but no matter how many times Twilight tried, she saw nothing.

She used her prophecy spell on the crystal ball again, her horn and the ball glowed in a magenta aura, and yet, she saw nothing in the ball. The glow has ceased after another failure. Finally, she grew tired.

“I see nothing no matter how many times I try,” Twilight groaned, “It is hopeless.” Her head hanged and her ears were flattened.

“Sugarcube…” Applejack tried to convince.

But, Yeshuah entered the doors of the library and spotted the six bearers of the Elements of Harmony.

“Blight! I mean… Yeshuah!” The mares were surprised to see Yeshuah in the library.

“So, this is the home of the princess, eh?” he said sarcastically, “A library. Hehehehe. Say, Twilight, what have you been doing?”

“Twilight has been trying to prophesize the location of Princess Celestia,” Spike replied, “However, she doesn’t see anything.”

Yeshuah saw the worried look on Twilight’s face and walked towards the desperate alicorn mare, saying, “What’s wrong? Giving up? That’s not like you, Twilight Sparkle. Nor one of your friends. That’s what I know about you and your friends, I hope.”

“Calm down,” the white stallion tried to cheer the lavender mare up, “Believe in your own power.”

“I’ve tried many times!” said Twilight hopelessly, “But it’s still no good! I don’t see anything!” She stood up and walked away in frustration, and said, “Well, I try prophesizing all day and don’t see anything… this could mean one thing… Princess Celestia is…”

“How can that be possible?!” Rainbow shouted as she approached to Twilight, “Princess Celestia can’t be gone!”

“Hey,” Yeshuah told Rainbow Dash, “Was there also a time that you tried to accomplish something many times but you kept failing?”

“I remembered the time when I performed the Sonic Rainboom during the Young Flyer’s Competition,” she answered, “Luckily, I was able to do it.”

“That ‘Sonic Rainboom’… did you just make it up?”

“No! That is true and it really happened!”

“No, I mean… Were you the one who actually first invented the Sonic Rainboom?”

“Actually, yes. I am the first and only mare to make a Sonic Rainboom.”

“Well, Rainbow Dash, can you show me your memory of that time?”

Yeshuah placed his horn on the rainbow-maned pegasus’s head and both closed their eyes, with Yeshuah ready to perform a memory-seeing spell.

“Memory, present yourself to me. Roogi Maneegi Magi Mamarugi. Now, transcend the confines of time and space.”

Yeshuah’s vision changed into a space-like dimension with vast dark-blue skies and various sparkles and swirls around them. The vision then changed from the space-time dimension to the point and time when Rainbow Dash performed the Sonic Rainboom during the Young Flyer’s Competition at Cloudsdale.

“And now, for our final competitor of the day, contestant number fifteen!” the commentator announced, “Uhh... And apparently contestant number four...”

Rainbow Dash and Rarity who whad temporary butterfly wings came out and entered the arena, as the crowd cheered for their arrival. Rainbow Dash at that time was scared, since she could be very embarrassed not able to perform the Sonic Rainboom for the competition.

“I get it!” Yeshuah realized, “Her fear on not being able to perform the Sonic Rainboom… I wonder what she was up to that time. And Rarity had… wings? Why now, I never saw have wings?”

“Good luck Rainbow Dash. Just do your best,” Rarity said to the scared and nervous Rainbow Dash, “I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of changing our music. That ‘rock and roll’ doesn't really match my wings.”

Rarity began to perform acrobatics in the air.

“C'mon, Rainbow Dash. You can do this,” Rainbow reminded and calmed herself, “Just remember the routine. Phase one.”

The pegasus began to set course and fly fast through and around a group of pillars of clouds. That was her “phase one” in performing a Sonic Rainboom. The four friends Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack and Pinkie Pie cheered. However, that last second, she accidentally bumped on a last pillar and crashed to a wall.

“Nice work, Rainbow Crash!” Hoops mocked as he and his two pegasi friends teased and laughed at her.

Rainbow Dash was not satisfied of the three pegasi stallions laughing at her. Neither was Yeshuah, watching the scene from the audience, “Cruel… bastards!”

The four mare friends of Rainbow gave concerned looks for her. Rarity continued to please the audience with her performance and her butterfly wings.

“Time for phase two,” RD said as she flew off the arena and set off to rapidly fly around the clouds, which caused them to spin fast by the speed. That is her “phase two” for the Sonic Rainboom.

“Look! Phase two is working.” Fluttershy said, as the group started cheering again.

But, Rainbow was accidentally hit by a cloud she tried to fly around with and sent away flying. The spinning cloud that hit Rainbow Dash moved itself towards the balcony where Princess Celestia and two royal guards stood. They dodged the impacting cloud.

“Now, that’s gotta leave a mark,” Yeshuah commented.

As Rarity finished performing her moves, she said, “And now for my grand finale. I will fly right up to the sun and beam my beautiful wings over the whole city of Cloudsdale! They'll be talking about it for years!” She soared aboved and Rainbow Dash still insisted to keep going to make her signature stunt succeed.

“Looks like this is my last chance to turn things around. Phase three. The sonic… rainboom,” the cyan pegasus said to herself, “Wings, don't fail me now!”

Rainbow took off, and the two mares, Rainbow and Rarity, were flying and soaring to the sky together. Dashie was flying above rapidly so that she reaches a good speed where she can make a Sonic Rainboom herself.

As Rarity finally reached behind the sun, the point where the crowd can see her, she shouted, “Look upon me Equestria, for I… am… Rarity!” The wings on Rarity refracted the beams of sunlight and were turned into beams of transparent colors towards the entire arena. The crowd was in awe of Rarity’s stunning and shining style and beauty.

However, the butterfly wings were burned off by the extreme heat from rays of sunlight directed towards Rarity’s wings.

“Uh-oh,” Rarity said as she began to fall down and scream.

“Oh, no! Her wings evaporated into thin air!” Twilight cried.

“Oh, God! This won’t look good…”

A trio of Wonderbolts set off down towards Rarity to save her. They tried to save her, but when they came close to her, she was flailing and accidentally smacked them with her hooves.

Rainbow Dash, still flying up high, saw the falling Rarity and Wonderbolts. She gasped in shocked and stopped for one second. “Hold on, Rarity! I’m coming!” she cried, as she dived down as fast as she could to save the four falling onto the verge of their ends.

“Oh, I can’t look!” Fluttershy whimpered, covering her eyes with her hooves.

Due to extreme speed of Rainbow’s flight, she finally managed to break the sound barrier. As a result of that, she unleashed full speed and power and created a sonic rainboom, letting a huge explosive wave of rainbow colors and a trail of rainbow from the cyan mare.

The ponies from the arena were surprised to see such stunning incredibility and by such surprise, Applejack, Twilight and Pinkie’s jaws dropped.

“A sonic rainboom!” Fluttershy cheered out loud, “She did it! She did it! YAAAAAY!”

Rarity and the three Wonderbolts were about to reach the ground for their impacting deaths, but Rainbow Dash managed to save and carry them all at once. Rainbow created an arch of rainbow around the whole stadium. Rainbow Dash, Rarity and the Wonderbolts managed to return to the arena safely.

The entire audience cheered and applauded for Rainbow Dash’s incredible performance and heroic deeds.

“A sonic rainboom! YAAAY! YAY!” Fluttershy yelled in joy.

“I did it. I did it!” Rainbow said to Rarity, who was carried by two pegasi.

“You sure did. Oh thank you Rainbow Dash. You saved my life!” cried Rarity.

“Oh yeah. I did that too,” Rainbow spoke in a boastful tone.

“That’s it,” Yeshuah explained after witnessing such events, “Both her efforts not to give up and her determination to save her friends brought out a miracle; a miracle in which Rainbow Dash finally performed the Sonic Rainboom.”

“Ha, BEST DAY EVER!!!” Rainbow Dash shouted in her success.

After that, his vision ended and Yeshuah was sent back to reality. Yeshuah and Rainbow’s heads moved back away, as he finished looking through the daredevil’s memories.

“You are simply amazing!” he cried.

“It’s more like awesome,” Rainbow Dash replied, “With the Sonic Rainboom, I am now 20% percent more awesome! I now got a chance to join the Wonderbolts!”

“Excuse me,” Yeshuah spoke, “What is ‘awesome’?”

The six mares and Spike gasped as if he never heard the word before.

“You don’t know the word ‘awesome’, sugarcube?” Applejack asked.

“No,” he negated, “I never heard such word back at my era,”

The seven gasped again in horror.

“‘Awesome’ is like amazing, fantastic and quite… good,” Rainbow answered.

“Right,” replied Yeshuah, “If there is anything that you know of this era that actually never existed back at mine, let me know… because I don’t know.”

“And, Rarity,” he realized as he turned his head to Rarity, “I never knew you were an alicorn before.”

“What are you talking about?” the white unicorn asked.

“You had wings before,” Yeshuah answered.

“Oh, darling, don’t put that on me,” Rarity replied embarrassingly, “Twilight here just gave me temporary wings.”

“Ah,” said he, “Well, was there ever situation about your determination not to give up? If there is, I may need your memory to look through you.”

Yeshuah approached to her, placed his horn on Rarity’s head, with both white horns touching each other.

“Transcend the confines of time and space!”

His vision appeared to witness the time when Rarity was humiliated for her bad dresses he made for the Gala. He was inside Rarity’s bedroom in the Carousel Boutique in Ponyville.

Yeshuah heard knocks on the door which was followed by Pinkie’s voice, saying, “Rarity? You okay in there? You haven't come out for days.”

“I'm never coming out! I can't show my face in Ponyville ever again!” Rarity cried, “I used to be somepony. I used to be respected. I made dresses. Beautiful, beautiful dresses! But now everypony is laughing at me. I'm nothing but a laughing stock!” She sobbed afterwards.

“‘Laughing stock’?” Yeshuah said, “Could it be that something embarrassing happened to and humiliated her?”

“You're not a laughing stock, Rarity...” Twilight’s voice called out from behind the door.

“She kind of is,” Rainbow Dash said.

“Shhh!” Twilight hushed and continued to call Rarity through the doors, “Come on out and talk to us.”

“Leave me alone!” sobbed Rarity, as she leaped on her bed, “I vant to be alone! I want to wallow in... whatever it is that ponies are supposed to wallow in! Do ponies wallow in pity? Oh, listen to me; I don't even know what I'm supposed to wallow in! I'M SO PATHETIC!”

Yeshuah placed his hoof on his head and said, “Jeebus Crust! What a drama queen~ Just because something happened to her, doesn’t mean she’ll go OA.”

He closed his eyes and said, “Memory, take me to the time when she fought her humiliation.”

His vision shifted to the point and time where and when Rarity showed Hoity Toity, a dress inspector, better dresses for the Gala for a second fashion show after the first one was ruined but she was given another chance, inside the boutique.

However, as his vision changed, everything was dark and black. “What in the world is going on? Why is it dark?” Yeshuah asked himself, until he suddenly noticed a magic light show that blinded light the entire room from its void-like darkness.

He turned his head to Rarity with her horn giving a bright and powerful glow at the stage. Her magic began to emit swirling effects and stars around, adding the stars to a blue dress.

Turning around, it revealed to be Twilight, wearing a blue dress with several stars as style for the dress and light blue slippers with stars on it.

“What is this?” Yeshuah reacted, “Such dressware, I—I never saw such beauty before.”

Another great scene was deployed after Twilight’s. In a sunny day, in a field full of apple trees, a rope caught an apple in a tree and revealing to be Applejack, she swung the rope carrying the apple away. She wears a western-style dress, green boots and a nice cowmare hat.

“How marvelous!” Yeshuah giggled, “Those two are the most brilliant dresses I’ve seen in the whole eternity! I wonder what’s next.”

For the next scene, a dull storm cloud appeared on the skies. There, it was raining candies and sweets. Little lollipops and candies landed on a white layer of a pink dress. Following a bright scene of a field of lollipops and sugar, Pinkie Pie was wearing the pink dress with a blue hat with a candy on it, and pink shoes with blue-and-white ribbons.

“Ooh, fantastic!” he said in awed, however he flinched as he saw a stunning start of another scene.

Two lightning bolts appeared in a loud crashing thundering sound; one with colors red, orange and yellow, and the other with colors green, blue and purple. A shadowy mist appeared in the sky and covered the sun, creating a dull cloudy gray sky. The clouds let out rays of colors of the rain. The rays of colors became an actual rainbow, which became the design for Rainbow Dash’s dress. Rainbow Dash was flying, wearing a rainbow dress, a necklace with grapes on it and golden slippers.

“Splendid works!” Yeshuah cried in awe.

Roots and vines uprooted from the ground, flowers bloomed, its petals all fell off and butterflies flew around, without a blue one landing on Fluttershy’s head. Fluttershy wears a green natural dress with flowers on it, green slippers and has flowers on her pink mane.

“Oh, Fluttershy, what courage to wear a dress that is been accessed in the natural world,” commented Yeshuah, “Whosever makes those powerful dresses shall be heavenly rewarded.”

He turned his head to Rarity wearing golden crown, and a pink dress with yellow layers, and with her horn glowing very brightly, as the curtains open, revealing the other five mares wearing their magnificent Gala dresses.

“Those six dress even better than the way of my gods,” said Yeshuah, “I have feeling that the white unicorn has some sort of extraordinary talent.”

Yeshuah’s vision ended and he returned to the real world.

“I’ve seen your dresses,” remarked Yeshuah, “They’re beautiful! I haven’t seen such dresswar for the last ten thousand years! They’re wonderful! They’re glamorous! They’re… they’re…”

“Fabulous?” Rarity suggested.

“‘Fabulous’? What’s ‘fabulous’? There was no such word during my time. That’s another thing I don’t know of this era.”

“You don’t know ‘fabulous’? Why, you must know the word ‘fabulous’! To a pony like me, she must be known for fabulous, even for an old-school pony, like you. By the way, you’re not fabulous with that old-school dress of yours.”

“This is not a dress; it’s a ceremonial robe for becoming the Son of God. That’s why I’m telling you; what is ‘fabulous’? And, may I see your dresses in person? I mean, as in, you are wearing them. That way you can tell what ‘fabulous’ is.”

“But, Blight… I mean… Yeshuah, no, Blight— no, it’s ‘Yeshuah’, no… Yes! No, ‘Blight’ is right… Wait, that’s not right— is it ‘Yeshuah’ or — URGH!” Twilight groaned in frustration.

“It’s ‘Yeshuah’, Twilight Sparkle. I’m not a frog anymore.”’

“Okay, Yeshuah. Our dresses were damaged in the Gala over three years ago.”

“Don’t worry, Twilight,” Rarity said, “I am a talented pony; the pony everypony should know. I can fix our dresses back to brand new without needing any stitches or patches.”

Later, the mane six, in their old Gala dresses looking brand-new thanks to Rarity, came down stairs and presented themselves in front of Yeshuah, who watched them in amazement and awe on their lovely dresses.

“Now, darling, do you know what fabulous is?” asked Rarity, however, Yeshuah gave no answer, meaning he doesn’t really know yet “fabulous”.

“I think we need to give that stallion some melody,” she whispered to the other five, who nodded. Rarity turned her head to Spike, and said, “Maestro, if you please.”

Twilight used her magic to send forth a large black piano in front of Spike. The dragon went to the piano and began playing its soft chords, as Rarity was about to sing to define the term “fabulous.”

[Rarity]
It’s out with the old and in with the new,
Goodbye clouds of Grey, hello skies of blue
A dip in the pool, a trip to the spa
Endless days in my chaise
The whole world according to moi

“Excuse me,” Rarity requested as she heard Spike played a wrong note, and as he played the right note, she said, “Thank you.” Spike started playing the keys in a different but stylish manner.

Jewels imported from Germaneigh,
Slippers imported from Zebrica,
Fancy food imported from Prance,
Dresses imported from Canida,

[Rarity and Spike]
We're gonna relax and renew,

[Rarity]
You, go, do!

I want fabulous,
That is my simple request,
All things fabulous,
Bigger and better and best,
I need something inspiring to help me get along,
I need a little fabulous is that so wrong?

Fetch me my jimmy choo flip flops,
Where is my pink prada tote?
I need my tiffany mane band,
And then I can go for a float.

[Spike and the five mares]
A Gala like never before

[Rarity]
I want more!

[Spike]
She wants fabulous,
That is her simple request,
All things fabulous,
Bigger and better and best,
She needs something inspiring to help her get along,
She needs a little fabulous is that so wrong?

[Spike and the five mares]
Fabulous pool, fabulous splash,
Fabulous parties even fabulous trash,
Fabulous fashion, fabulous bling,
She's got to have fabulous everything.

[Rarity, Spike and Yeshuah]
Nothing to Discuss
Everything's got to be perfect.

[Rarity]
For me

[Yeshuah]
She wants fabulous,
That is her simple request,
All things fabulous,
Bigger and better and best,
She needs something inspiring to help her get along,
She needs a little fabulous is that so wrong?

[Rarity]
This won't do, that's a bore,
That's insulting, I need more!
I need, I need,
I need, I need,
I need, I need

I Need FABULOUS!

[Other Mane five]
Fabulous mane, fabulous style,
Fabulous eyes and that fabulous smile.

[Rarity]
I like what I see,
I like it a lot

[Other Mane five]
Is this absolutely fabulous?

[Yeshuah and Spike]
Fabulous, Fabulous, Fabulous?

[Rarity]
Absolutely… NOT!

After the song finished, Yeshuah said, “I get it. I know now what ‘fabulous’ is!”

“Really,” Rarity said, “What is it?”

“The word is so fabulous; to what it means is too fabulous to tell.”

The seven laughed aloud at what Yeshuah said.

“What?” Yeshuah asked, “Are those the best dresses you made, Rarity?”

“You want to see more, darling?” asked Rarity, “I can prove to you I’m the best fashion designer in all of Equestria!”

A little later, the mane six arrived, wearing their dresses they wore during the coronation of Twilight as princess. Yeshuah’s jaw dropped in awe as he saw more “fabulous” things.

Fluttershy stepped in front, “Blight—er, I mean, Yeshuah…”

“Yes?”

“I just want to say, during my flight camp when I was filly, ummm… urrgghh!”

“What is it, Fluttershy? It’s okay; you can confess something to the Son of God. If you had a sin, I could forgive you.”

“I can’t say it!”

“Don’t worry. I will look through your memories in your flight camp,” he said, “If ever there’s something happened, then, I will understand you.”

“OH! Yeshuah, you don’t need to…” said Fluttershy fearfully as Yeshuah approached closer to Fluttershy, placed his horn on her forehead and said, “Roogi Maneegi Magi Mamarugi! Transcend the confines of time and space!”

Yeshuah began to look through the memories of Fluttershy when she was a filly during her very embarrassing flight camp.

Fluttershy was ready to fly from above. Behind her were the filly Rainbow Dash and their coach.

Fluttershy looked down, hyperventilating, and saw she was on the very high heights. Her eyes shrunk in fear, and her coach kicked her off the cloud ledge for her to be flying.

However, her wings locked up, rendering Fluttershy unable to use them, and she began to fall down, being watched by other fillies in the flight camp. She landed and impacted on a cloud. Lying down, the pegasi fillies approached to the shy young pegasus and shouted repeated chants of insults to poor Fluttershy.

“Fluttershy! Fluttershy! Fluttershy can hardly fly!”

Yeshuah grew mad of their taunts to the poor filly he witnessed, saying two ancient words, “Cono iaro!” meaning “Bastards!”

Suddenly, the memory shifted to the point and time where all the pegasi of Ponyville were training to improve their wingpower and break the wingspeed record and bring the water up to Cloudsdale.

“The time and space has been shifted to this point and time,” he thought, “How is this important to the pegasus’s past?”
Yeshuah turned his head to Fluttershy who had her turn to test her wingpower which turned out unexpected, as she was so slow in flying and only made the anemometer be read in low readings.

“Tell her!” Twilight whispered to Rainbow Dash.

“No, you tell her!” she whispered back hushingly.

“No, you!”

Rainbow turned to the shy pegasus in a nervous manner. “Great job, Fluttershy! You measured… uh…” she said before looking at the anemometer’s readings, “…0.5.”

Fluttershy seemed satisfied. However, the lavender unicorn and cyan pegasus’s fake smiles broke as Spike said, “0.5? Isn’t that like… like less than one?”

Twilight knocked Spike on the head with her hoof, with Spike yelling, “OW!”

Yeshuah then saw Fluttershy becoming worried, trembling and suddenly running away in her embarrassment. He began running to Fluttershy.

“Fluttershy, wait!” Rainbow Dash yelled, flying to follow her, “So some punks poked a little fun at you and you got stage fright, big deal. You aren't gonna go quit just because of that, are you?”

Fluttershy stopped running and turned her face to Rainbow Dash. Her face was soaked with tears freely flowing from her eyes.

“YES!” she sobbed.

“But, I need you!” Rainbow said to Fluttershy with confidence, however, the crying butterscotch mare protested softly, “I’m sorry, Rainbow Dash, I just don’t have the courage right now.” She tearfully ran away afterwards.

Rainbow Dash became concerned and walked away sadly.

Yeshuah then said, “Fluttershy doesn’t seem to have any courage to fly. Okay, it’s bad enough for the bullies to make her look like a fool; to make fun of her. Where’s her pride? She will not run away and let them get away this!”

He was magically sent to the area of a nearby willow tree, where Yeshuah saw Fluttershy, comforted by little animals and critters, was crying next to it.

She was squeaking and sobbing, with Angel, her bunny, stroking her mane. A squirrel tapped her and showed to her an acorn it got from its mouth.

“Oh, thank you, but I'm afraid a couple of little acorns won't solve my big flying problem,” said Fluttershy calmly and the ducks quacked beside her.

“I tried, but you should've seen those ponies laughing at me…” Fluttershy cried.

Two birds grabbed Fluttershy’s mane, pulling the crying pegasus up.

“I know it's important to have confidence in myself…” whimpered the butterscotch mare, with a badger squeaking in protest.

“Yes, yes, I do remember. The river was swelling…” she said while the badger squeaked and acted dramatically to remind of her.

“…and you were scared…” said Fluttershy softly, “…yes, I did tell you to never give up… and to believe in yourself.” She suddenly realized on what must be done.

“You're right, my friends. I shouldn't give up,” said Fluttershy in determination, “I will get my confidence up and show everypony that I am a good flyer!”

She flew up above the tree and shouted aloud, “A great flyer!”

The animals cheered for the pegasus. Yeshuah clapped his hooves of her determination not to surrender to the horrible past.

He closed his eyes and cried aloud, “Memory, bring me to the time when Fluttershy fought her fears!”

His vision was shifted to the point and time where and when all the present pegasi including Rainbow Dash were forming a huge tornado to funnel the water up to Cloudsdale. Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Spike were watching the pegasi flying fast to create the tornado, as they hold on to the large anemometer which is read to almost 800 wingpower.

“What’s going on?!” asked Yeshuah to himself as powerful winds were producing from the resulting tornado.

“C'mon! Just a little harder! I can see the water trying to funnel through!” shouted Rainbow Dash to the flying pegasi as the water began to ascend through the tornado.

“795! We are so close!” yelled Twilight as she read the meter readings, and to Fluttershy, “Fluttershy, they need you up there!”

“I won’t make a difference!” cried Fluttershy.

“You can make a difference!” protested Twilight.

“My measly 2.3 wingpower is still too little!” replied Fluttershy.

“It's sticking at 795! I don't know if they've got any more in 'em!” yelled Spike.

“Do it for Equestria! Do it for Rainbow Dash! Do it for yourself!” convinced Twilight as she handed to Fluttershy a pair of goggles.

The shy Pegasus finally accepted and wore her goggles. The other animal critters watched as Fluttershy was about to begin her flight for the tornado-making. She was able to fly with the other pegasi.

As Twilight and Spike looked at the readings of the anemometer, she said, “It's moving! She's doing it! 798! She surpassed her best wing power number!”

“She’s doing it! She’s breaking through her own barrier!” cried the witnessing Champion of Light, when he saw Fluttershy suddenly flying faster than any other pegasi in the tornado.

The readings finally reached the wingpower of 800. All the water from the lake finally funneled through the empowered tornado and a long huge stream of water was being directed at a chimney in Cloudsdale.

“So, that’s what they’re doing… to bring forth water to a cloud city to supply water all across Equestria.”

“She did it! She did it! They all did it!”

Spitfire could not believe her eyes. Spike went to the horn and blew it, creating a signal for all pegasi to cease flying and land to the ground.

As all the pegasi got away and ceased flying, the tornado dissipated and left the lake completely barren and empty. They all cheered for their accomplishment to do such task.

“I see,” Yeshuah said, “Fluttershy’s determination not to give up and to carry on has made her pass through her limits and destroy her weaknesses forever.”

“Let’s hear it for Fluttershy!” yelled Rainbow Dash.

“Fluttershy! Fluttershy! Fluttershy can really fly!” cheered the pegasi, carrying the victorious Fluttershy as she, Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Spike, Spitfire, and the pegasi left, crying and cheering to their triumph.

Yeshuah’s vision of Fluttershy’s past ended.

“You’re very impressive!” said Yeshuah, “You managed to break through your own limits. And I have never seen such pony in 10,000 years.”

“My, thank you, but you don’t to brag about it,” replied Fluttershy.

“Oh, how very kind of thee and most humble,” responded Yeshuah to Fluttershy, then, to Princess Twilight, “And you, Twilight Sparkle, I want to know why and how you became an alicorn personally.”

“You may,” answered Twilight Sparkle.

“Thank you,” Yeshuah said and he placed his horn at Twilight’s forehead, with both horns are crossed, saying, “Now, transcend… the confines of time and space.”

Yeshuah again was about to see a vision of a pony’s past, and this time, it’s Twilight’s.

However, his vision was in the same library with only Spike inside.

Twilight who seemed to be in a rush and trouble, entered and said, “This is bad, this is very, very bad.”

“What’s going on?” asked Spike, “Why is this happening?!”

“Last night when you were taking one of your seven-hour bubble baths, I got a special delivery from the princess,” replied the lavender unicorn.

She took a look at the Elements of Harmony that were contained in a glass container, whose colors on each Element except the Element of Magic were swapped. The Element of Honesty has a purple color, the Element of Kindness has a blue color on it, the Element of Generosity was red, the Element of Laughter was orange and the Element of Loyalty was pink.

“I cast the spell so I could find out what it was, but nothing seemed to happen,” explained Twilight, “But now I know something did happen. The spell has changed the Elements of Harmony! That must be why their cutie marks are all wrong!”

“So just cast a counter-spell to switch them back,” Spike suggested.

“There is no counter-spell!” cried Twilight.

“Why don't you just use that memory spell you used to fix everypony when Discord was here?” asked Spike

“It's not their memories, Spike,” contradicted Twilight, “it's their true selves that have been altered!”

“Zecora's cure for the Cutie Pox?” said the dragon.

“That won't work either...” negated the unicorn.

“Well,” sighed Spike, “maybe it won't be so bad. Maybe our friends will grow to like their new lives.”

“No, Spike,” said Twilight in hopelessness, “They're not who they are meant to be anymore. Their destinies are now changed, and it's all my fault.”

She felt helpless as she ascended upstairs and to her bedroom.

[Twilight Sparkle]
I have to find a way
To make this all okay
I can't believe this small mistake
Could've caused so much heartache
Oh why, oh why?
Losing promise
I don't know what to do
Seeking answers
I fear I won't get through to you
Oh why, oh why?

Spike saw Twilight softly weeping on her bed, blaming herself for what she had done.

“Oh, Spike, what have I done?" she said in tears.

“Aw, come on, Twilight, you'll figure out a way to fix this. These are your friends,” convinced Spike.

“You're right, Spike,” she said as she approached to a photo hung on the wall, a photo of her and her five friends smiling, “And they mean more to me than anything. My friends...”

As Twilight said such statement, she began to glow, her eyes were sparkling and as the glowing ceased, she had an epiphany.

“Twilight? Are you alright?” asked Spike.

“I've got it! I know what to do!” said Twilight.

“You do?”

“I may not be able to remind them of who they are,” Twilight said as she wore the Element of Magic and packed the Elements of Harmony for her solution, “but I can show them what they mean to each other. They'll find the part of themselves that's been lost so they can help the friend they care about so much! Come on, Spike!”

The unicorn and the dragon then left the library.

Yeshuah then observed and witness every scene of how Twilight was able to restore the true selves and cutie marks of her five friends. Starting from Fluttershy, to Rainbow Dash, to Rarity, to Applejack and finally, to Pinkie Pie, each pony was doing a usual hobby she does before, reminds of her destiny, and wears her Element, shifting it to the right color and her true self and cutie mark was restored. The destinies of the five mares were back to normal; Fluttershy’s in taking care of animals, Rainbow Dash’s in handling the weather, Rarity’s in making dresses, Applejack’s in bucking trees and doing business for her family, and Pinkie Pie’s in amusing everypony to their happiness and laughter.

[Twilight Sparkle]
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
A friend will be there to help them see
[Twilight and Fluttershy]
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
To see the light that shines from a true, true friend

[Twilight Sparkle]
Rarity needs your help
She's trying hard doing what she can
[Fluttershy]
Would you try, just give it a chance
You might find that you'll start to understand

[Twilight and Fluttershy]
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
A friend will be there to help you see
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
To see the light that shines from a true, true friend

[Rainbow Dash]
Applejack needs your help
She's trying hard doing what she can
Would you try, just give it a chance
You might find that you'll start to understand

[Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash]
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
A friend will be there to help them see
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
To see the light that shines from a true, true friend

[Rarity]
Pinkie Pie is in trouble
We need to get there by her side
We can try to do what we can now
For together we can be her guide

[Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity]
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
A friend will be there to help them see
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
To see the light that shines from a true, true friend

[Applejack]
The townspeople need you, they've been sad for a while
They march around, faces frown and never seem to smile
And if you feel like helping, we'd appreciate a loooooot
If you get up there and spread some cheer from here to Canterlooooooot!

“Come on, ponies!” shouted Pinkie Pie, “I wanna see you smile!”

“PINKIE!” the townspeople all cheered, as everypony in Ponyville sang.

[All and chorus]
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
A friend will be there to help them see
A true, true friend helps a friend in need
To see the light (to see the light)
That shines (that shines)
From a true, true friend!

The six hugged together, when Twilight realized of something, “Wait a second, that's it! I understand now, I know how to fix the spell!” The mane six and Spike ran back to the library for Twilight to finish the unfinished.

In the library, Twilight wrote at the final page of Star Swirl the Bearded’s book, “From all of us together, together we are friends, with the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end!”

As she finished it, the Elements of Harmony worn by the rest of the main six ponies began to glow like crazy. Each Element fired a beam with its respective color at Twilight. A flash of light emerged from the energy of the Elements of Harmony.

Yeshuah was also affected by the great flash of light as his vision was changed to a mysterious starry place with only Twilight in there.

“Where in the Father’s name is this?” he wondered.

“Hello? Where am I? What is this place?” Twilight’s voice of curiousness began to echo all around.

“Congratulations, Twilight. I knew you could do it,” Princess Celestia’s voiced called to her as she approached to the lavender unicorn.

“Princess... I don't understand. What did I do?” questioned Twilight.

“You did something today that's never been done before, something even a great unicorn like Star Swirl the Bearded was not able to do, because he did not understand friendship like you do,” said Princess Celestia, “The lessons you've learned here in Ponyville have taught you well. You have proven that you're ready, Twilight.”

“Ready? Ready for what?” she asked. Princess Celestia led her to the past moments of Twilight’s adventures with her friends from the very start, the memories Twilight had shared throughout her life.

[Princess Celestia]
You've come such a long, long way
And I've watched you from that very first day
To see how you might grow
To see what you might do
To see what you've been through
And all the ways you've made me proud of you
It's time now for a new change to come
You've grown up and your new life has begun
To go where you will go
To see what you will see
To find what you will be
For it's time for you to fulfill your destiny

Blinding light was covering Twilight as she began her transformation and her fulfilling of her one true destiny. A flash of light appeared again and shifted Yeshuah’s vision back to Ponyville, where Applejack, Pinkie, Rainbow, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike were outside and the figure of Twilight’s cutie mark appeared in the night sky and slowly descended to the ground, turning into a bright light covering Twilight Sparkle.

“Twilight...? Is that you?” asked Applejack.

Twilight slowly stood up, and a pair of wings on her was revealed.

The rest of main ponies and ponies gasped in amazement.

Even Yeshuah was amazed to see and witness such event like he never saw.

“Wha... I, I've never seen anything like it!” said Applejack, as she approached to the new alicorn.

“Ha! Twilight's got wings! Awesome! A new flying buddy!” laughed Rainbow as she hugged Twilight.

“Why, you've become an alicorn. I didn't even know that was possible,” Rarity responded in awe.

“Alicorn party!” screamed Pinkie as she swung from nowhere wearing a party hat and cardboard to act as wings and blowing a party kazoo.

“Wow... you look just like a princess!” said Fluttershy, as Princess Celestia landed to the ground, saying, “That's because she is a princess.”

“Huh?” everypony said in confusion.

“Hold on a second!” said Pinkie Pie, grabbed a glass of water, drank it and spat it out afterwards.

“A... a princess?” groaned Twilight.

“Since you've come to Ponyville, you've displayed the charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and of course, the leadership of a true princess.”

“But... does this mean I won't be your student anymore?” Twilight questioned in worry.

“Not in the same way as before. I'll still be here to help and guide you, but we're all your students now, too. You are an inspiration to us all, Twilight,” said the princess of the sun as they all bow to the new alicorn.

Yeshuah also bowed.

“But... what do I do now? Is there a book about being a princess I should read?”

Princess Celestia giggled, “There will be time for all of that later.”

The new alicorn Twilight Sparkle gave a fake smile and still felt nervous even after all what happened.

Afterwards, his long vision of how Twilight became an alicorn and a princess ended and Yeshuah returned to reality. Yeshuah and Twilight backed themselves after they stopped touching horns.

“I see now that you also have the confidence in yourself,” said Yeshuah, “You have believed in your power and relied on your friends, that’s why you were given this ‘greater power’. As you see, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy suffered terrible issues but their courage not to give up did not stop them. It only pressed them further to success. So have you. So don’t stop believing in your own power. Do not give up.”

“Believe in your own power,” Twilight thought, “The courage not to give up.”

Turning to the Champion of Light, the Princess of Magic said, “Yeshuah, your words and looking at our pasts have touched me very well.”

“I want to be like you, Princess Celestia. I believe in my own power,” Twilight was ready to prophesize again to location of Celestia with the same crystal ball, “Crystal ball. Tell me where Princess Celestia is.”

Twilight’s horn suddenly sparkled and shined temporarily.

“My horn’s shining!” Twilight responded to it.

“It means you have been given stronger magic,” replied Yeshuah, “You can now use it.”

She nodded; her horn pointed at the crystal ball and she said an incantation, “Magi Magi Gigiru.”

Twilight's use of the Language of Heaven made her alicorn magic respond to the holy language and obey its user. A magenta aura appeared on Twilight’s horn and around the crystal. However, the magenta auras became white and bright.

Finally, the face of Princess Celestia appeared in the crystal ball. Twilight can finally see her through it.

“I see it! It’s Princess Celestia!” cried Twilight.

“I can see it too!” Fluttershy said. The five mares, Spike and Yeshuah stepped closer to see the image of their princess in the ball.

But, as the image zoomed out, their smiles turned into frowns as they saw Princess Celestia’s eyes shut and her body wrapped in rough green briars. Behind the briars was a red sky induced in flames as if it was really burning.

“A sky… is burning?” Rainbow Dash wondered about such mystery.

“What is that?” asked the lavender alicorn, “When I look at it, I have this dark feeling.” She looked away from the crystal ball, with a painful-looking face.

Yeshuah realized of what Ciu’koku Daijujin said to him before when Yeshuah was at the mountains, “Be wary of the burning skies.”

Yeshuah said in alertness to the six ponies and the dragon, "The Burning Legion has..."

Chapter 3: The Burning Legion

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
The Great Reign of Chaos
Chapter 3: The Burning Legion

Back in Tartarus, Nai and Mea were walking in the same dark tunnel, unbeknownst of where they are.

“Where are we?” Nai asked.

“I don’t know,” Mea replied, “I don’t know where Kazzak is after we entered here.”

Suddenly, they slipped a ledge and they both fell into a large hole. They hugged together in panic, and both turned into Vancuria. She landed on to her hooves safely to the ground, though it was a long, long fall.

She looked around and saw the vast court.

“I heard about this,” Vancuria said to herself, “A court created in the valley where the demon lords lived.”

The gray alicorn was walking backwards in amazement of the huge court, when suddenly; she lay on a huge flaming foot. The foot was so hot; Vancuria backed away a bit and reacted.

“Who are you?” a deep, powerful voice called.

Vancuria looked up and, in her eyes; she saw a demon lord, whose body are only made of rocks. Flaming rocks.

She saw a demon lord who is a huge flaming golem who is at the same size of Kazzak the Supreme. That flaming lord is named Demon Abyssal Lord Infernus.

“To walk on a grave without one’s permission, the insolence!” Infernus roared.

“Are you a demon lord?” Vancuria asked respectfully.

She heard stomps from the back, the stomps of a demon lord who exactly looked like Kazzak, but has massive jaws exposed, six horns and a monstrous animate face on his belly. He is armed with a flaming sword and slightly taller than Kazzak. He is named Demon Warrior Lord Blaroog.

“Furthermore, it’s two demon lords,” Blaroog corrected.

“Another one!” Vancuria exclaimed to herself, “Huge! He’s so tall, I can’t see his face!”

The Phantom Spy flapped her wings, flew up in the air and stared at Blaroog’s face.

“God, actually…” Vancuria was about to finish when…

A very beastly demon lord who is slightly taller than Blaroog, whose body is made of white distorted crystals, has a very long spiky tail, huge spikes that come from his fist and the face of a komodo dragon, whose name is Demon Beast Lord Azazel, roared at Vancuria. The roar was so loud; the waves from it sent her flying.

“Surprised?” Azazel said in his super deep growling voice.

Vancuria landed on a high ledge.

Another demon lord has a body which is a figure of a man, but its skin is red, has the feet of a bull, tentacles as his beard, a dragon’s forehead as his, and a tail. He is armed with golden spines worn on the outline of his body. His name is Demon Sorcerer Lord Jaraxxus. He pointed his middle finger of his right hand to Vancuria.

“Don’t loiter here if you have no business with us,” said Jaraxxus, while charging his pointing middle finger with electricity, with a dark ball of energy coming from it, ready to fire at Vancuria, “You’re a bother.”

Vancuria shrieked in fear as Jaraxxus was about to fire at her.

But he stopped as the fifth demon lord interrupted him. He has a face of a man, white and broken, sharp claws on his hand, large vampire wings on his back, huge tail of a rat and a heavy armor protecting his fragile body.

“Hahahahahahaha. Don’t do that,” said Demon Dread Lord Tichondrius to Jaraxxus, turning his head to Vancuria, approaching her, “You’re so tall, you’re scaring this cute mare there.”

“Actually, I do have business here… No, I don’t… really-- I mean, yes! I do!” the Phantom Spy stammered, “I, Phantom Spy Vancuria, have a report to give.”

“Report?” Tichondrius asked in wonder.

“Demon Doom Lord Kazzak the Supreme has destroyed the guardian of the gates of hell and undid the seal on his own,” Vancuria explained, “Now, we… are… free!”

Another four demon lords appeared at the same time.

One is Wise Demon Lich Lord Kel’thuzad, whose head is a skeleton with sharp teeth and horns on the side of his mouth. His upper body is a skeletal figure of a man, and his lower body is cloaked in robes. He has chains floating and surrounding him.

The other is Wise Demon Serpent Lord Seduma, who has a head of a woman, snakes as her hair, arms and no feet, instead a tail of a mermaid. Her skin is cyan.

Another is Wise Demon Magic Lord Archimonde, whose appearance is exactly similar to Jaraxxus, but his skin is blue, has more golden spines which looked more regal than Jaraxxus’s and is slightly taller than him.

Kazzak the Supreme, who destroyed the Cerberus earlier, appeared too, along with the three wise demon lords.

“I congratulate you on opening the gates and releasing us from this prison,” Kel’thuzad said proudly with his noble, chilling, echoing voice, “We are grateful."

“Thank you for your appreciation, lich,” said Kazzak, bowing his head.

Seduma scoffed from Kel’thuzad’s answer.

Archimonde said, “We shall present to you, the four new agents of the Burning Legion: The Four Creatures of the Apocalypse.”

Vancuria looked as a blue, sinister mist appeared from the north hole. Behind the mist, is a black alicorn mare, with the mist as her mare, and has a cutie mark similar to Luna’s.

“Nightmare Moon, the bringer of eternal night,” Archimonde called.

Vancuria turned her head to the south hole. A charge of powerful lightning came out from it, followed by Discord.

“Discord, the master of chaos,” Archimonde hissed.

The Phantom Spy is amazed. She turned her sight to the west hole. Queen Chrysalis arose from it, escorted and guarded by a group of changelings.

“Queen Chrysalis, the leader of the changelings.”

“Could it be?” Vancuria asked herself, and looked at the east hole. Black crystals appeared around it and King Sombra emerged from the hole.

“And King Sombra, former tyrant of the Crystal Empire and founder of dark magic,” Archimonde said, “We sent them to the depths of Tartarus to become our new agents! We’re headed to the surface.”

“You’re going to conquer the mortal world too, like those four?” asked Vancuria.

“I’m not going there to conquer,” replied Archimonde negatively, and pointing at Nightmare Moon, Discord, Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra, “For foolishly defying these four great evil, I am going to give the mortals a divine message.”

Looking above, he said, “Two Ultimate Demon Lords, what should we do?”

The two strongest demon lords appeared above a high ledge.

One is Ultimate Demon Lord Kil’jaeden, God of Destruction, who has a body similar to Jaraxxus, but his skin is more red, has more golden spines which looked more regal than Archimonde’s, has large demonic wings on his back, a heavy body armor and a dress covering his legs, and he is taller than Archimonde. He has the most powerful demonic powers out of all the demon lords, yet, not the strongest of all.

The other is Greatest Demon Lord Mannoroth, God of Death, who has the figure of a mammoth, and whose upper body is modeled after a fat and masculine man. He has a mammoth’s horns on his cheeks, two large demonic wings on his back and green fire inflaming above his spines and tail. His skin is ultimately rough and he is the tallest and largest of the demon lords, almost at the same height as Azazel.

“We cannot allow those of Heaven or the mortal world to mock us the Burning Legion,” answered Kil’jaeden.

“I don’t care what I do,” yelled Mannoroth arrogantly with his monstrous raspy voice, “as long as I get to rampage as much as I want!” The Greatest Demon Lord sinisterly laughed, as the two last demon lords descended from the ledge.

“Nine, ten, eleven,” Vancuria counted, “Eleven! This is amazing! All the demon lords are here, only with the exception of the Dark Titan, their leader.”

“Very well, let us go! After for 10,000 years, we shall restart the apocalypse by introducing ourselves to their miserable mortal faces at the stroke of midnight. We shall set the mortal world into flames one more time,” Archimonde boomed with his feeling of triumph to sing his song.

[Archimonde]
I know that your powers of retention
Are as wet as a warthog's backside
But thick as you are, pay attention
My words are a matter of pride
It's clear from your vacant expressions
The lights are not all on upstairs
But we're talking demons and destructions
Even you can't be caught unawares

So prepare for a chance of a lifetime
Be prepared for sensational news
A burning new era, is tiptoeing nearer
[Vancuria]
And where do we feature?
[Archimonde]
Just listen to teacher
I know it sounds sordid
But you'll be rewarded
When at last I am given my dues
And injustice deliciously squared
Be prepared!

“Yeah, be prepared,” said Vancuria nervously, “Yeah-heh... we'll be prepared, heh. For what?”

“For the end of the world,” Archimonde growled.

“Why? Is it the apocalypse?” Vancuria asked.

“No, fool-- we're going to destroy it. And heaven too,” Archimonde replied with pleasure as he grabbed the tiny Vancuria up and dropped her. As Vancuria fell down, she became Nai and Mea.

“Great idea! Who needs a god?” Nai boasted.

“No god! No god! La--la-la--la-laa-laa!” Nai and Mea sing-song in mockery.

“Idiots! There will be a god!” Archimonde cried out loud.

“Hey, but you said, uh...” Mea stammered.

“We all will be gods!” Archimonde roared, “Stick with each other, and you'll never get sealed again!”

“Yaay! All right! Long live the demons!” Nai and Mea cheered and hugged each other, in which they became Vancuria again.

“Long live the Legion! Long live the demon lords!” All the demon lords and the group of numerous demons and changelings cheered. The countless number of annihilans, felhounds, shivarras, imps, voidwalkers, fel orcs, changelings, nathrezims, tothrezims, daemons, doomguards, doomlords, fiends, succubus, mo’args, gan’args, felguards, eredars, wrathguards, abyssals, infernals, satyrs and all other creatures connected to the Legion armies were marching to form armies for the great annihilation on the mortal world. Every row of armies marching is counted in more than millions. They all began to sing together.

[Demons and Changelings]
It's great that we'll soon be connected.
With the gods who'll be all-time adored.

[Archimonde]
Of course, quid pro quo, you're expected
To take certain duties on board
The future is littered with prizes
And though I'm the main addressee
The point that I must emphasize is
You won't get a sniff without me!

So prepare for the coup of the century
Be prepared for the dirtiest scar
Meticulous planning
(We'll have food!)
Tenacity spanning
(Lots of food)
Our eternity sealed
(We repeat)
Is simply why we'll
(Endless meat)
Be gods undisputed, respected, saluted
And seen for the wonder we are
Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared
Be prepared!
[All]
Yes, our teeth and ambitions are bared
Be prepared!

Archimonde, Nightmare Moon, Discord, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, Vancuria, Kil’jaeden, Mannoroth, Kel’thuzad, Seduma, Azazel, Jaraxxus, Infernus, Kazzak, Blaroog, Tichondrius and the army of changelings and demons all laughed evilly as they set off their course to the mortal world.

Back in the Golden Oaks Library at Ponyville, the six ponies were startled to hear from Yeshuah the term “Burning Legion.”

“There is a legend about Tartarus, the world of hell,” he explained, “It’s the Burning Legion, their demon lords and their return. That is why I’m here, to tell you all about it.”

“Do they have Princess Celestia?” Twilight asked.

“I don’t know,” Yeshuah replied, “However, that flaming red sky is the proof of the Legion’s return!”

“I’ve seen only a very few tales about the Burning Legion,” said Twilight, “but are they supposed to be sealed in the gates of Tartarus?”

Pinkie suddenly came to her mind and approached to her, saying, “Wait! Remember the time the Cerberus rampaged in Ponyville, Fluttershy tamed him and you, as a unicorn, led him back to the gates with a ball?”

Twilight remembered about what happened. “Yeah! I do remember,” she replied, “But could that mean…?”

“I have been told that the Cerberus is killed, and the seal is undone,” Yeshuah interrupted, “I don’t know what happened, but I think that when the Cerberus left the gates, some creatures managed to escape, destroy the Cerberus and open the gates. They succeeded.”

“Was I too late?” Twilight said to herself, her head hanging and with her feelings for regret. Yeshuah came to Twilight and comforted her, by tapping her on the back. “Twilight, it’s not your fault why this is about to happen,” said Yeshuah.

“Remember the time you encountered several conflicts, including Nightmare Moon, Discord, the Changelings and the return of King Sombra and the Crystal Empire?” the Champion of Light asked, “Well, those events are nothing but a decoy; signs that would signal the return of the greatest threat feared by all: the fiery lords of the Burning Legion.”

“What is this Legion?” asked Princess Twilight.

“By the looks of it, it seems you don’t know anything about the Burning Legion. You look like an intelligent mare. Perhaps, you would be interested in this history.” Yeshuah said, “Transcend the confines of time and space!”

Yeshuah’s horn glowed and the scene flashed and changed from a library and to a scorched field with a burning sky. “I will present to you the story behind the Burning Legion in an actual manner,” Yeshuah said. Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Applejack and Rarity looked at the flaming boulders crashing down from the sky and a numerous army of felhounds marching towards a city.

“It is a vast demonic army that has consumed many worlds far beyond your own, Twilight Sparkle,” Yeshuah interpreted, “In the universe; there are 12 worlds that existed, one of those is your world, the world of mortals. The other is the world of heaven, my homeworld. Another is Tartarus, the world of hell and homeworld of the Burning Legion. The other nine worlds were once free but are under control by the Legion. Each of the ten regular worlds has the gates of Tartarus, so that the demons can cross from Tartarus to a world they want to take over. Ten thousand years ago, seven dominant races existed in this world. Along with ponies, man was also once the most powerful race of the mortal world, before they were completely destroyed by the Legion, in a failed attempt to take over this world and bring it to flames.” The eight saw the humans burned, stabbed and sliced by the vast army of felhounds, felguards, doomguards, demon sorcerers and dragon riders. They have witnessed the genocide and extinction of humanity by the merciless demons.

“Now, they came again to destroy all existence and bring doom to this world,” the Son of God continued, “and these recent events were signs to make sure that they are prepared to fight the demons if they can be able to.”

The scene changed back again to the library.

“So, the return of Nightmare Moon, the release of Discord, the attack of the changelings in Canterlot, the return of King Sombra and the Crystal Empire, and my transformation into an alicorn and becoming of a princess… all this just to prepare for some huge demonic invasion?” Twilight asked.

“That is correct, Twilight,” answered Yeshuah, “In time, you will find that the entire history of Equestria has been shaped by the coming conflict.”

“But… how did you know about everything of our adventures?” she questioned.

“Actually, as a frog, I watched those strange things happening to the world and I was curious. Therefore, I was following you all the whole time without you even noticing,” explained Yeshuah, “Which means that I was there when you defeated Nightmare Moon. And the times when you imprisoned Discord, saved Canterlot from the changelings and defeated King Sombra to save the Crystal Empire, I was there and there too. Anyway, furthermore, the Dark Titan, the traitor of the heavenly world, leads the Burning Legion. His name is Sargeras.”

“Who is Sargeras?” Fluttershy asked to Yeshuah.

Yeshuah’s horn glowed, and the scene changed into a realm of peaceful civilizations with a clear, blue sky and buildings and houses of gold and silver. The center of the beautiful realm is a large golden palace, the tallest building in the area.

“Our world was once a powerful empire, peaceful and just,” Yeshuah narrated, “Like the mortal world, man co-existed with ponies in the heavenly world, dominated by the twelve gods, regardless of kind. One of those gods is me, with the title ‘Champion Pony God’. The other is my father, the most powerful of the gods, the almighty God. Humans came from the image of Sargeras, ponies are made from my image. During that time, ponies were once called ‘horses’ by humans. Everything was equal and fine, until we were betrayed by Sargeras, who was once the former Champion of Light before me.”

The scene changed to the inside of the palace. They witnessed and saw another vision of the past; the conversation of Sargeras in his former self and another god.

Sargeras was in his human-like form, wore stony armor with blue inscriptions on it, and was armed with a spectral sword.

The other god has a falcon and a bear as his chest, a lion as his belly, a fish and alligator tail as his right foot, a dog and alligator head as his left hood, a chicken as his right shoulder, a tiger as his left shoulder, a whale as his back, a tyrannosaurus as his right arm, a triceratops as his left arm and a mammoth as the back of his head, the mammoth’s horns as his crown and tiger’s wings as his head. His name is Ultimate Great Civil God En’jino.

“You have to explain yourself,” En’jino demanded, “Why are you doing this? Why do you hurry in seeking false power?”

“You don’t get me, do you?” Sargeras boasted, “I can’t find my own destiny if I long only for my own power. I must seek and find more power worthy of me.”

“One’s power does not exist for one self, it exists for everyone,” En’jino commented.

“Fine! If you don’t want to understand me,” Sargeras hissed, “Then… take this!”

He shot lightning from his sword towards En’jino, hurting him a god.

After shooting lightning, flames began to suddenly appear around him and thus, Sargeras transformed into a wicked being, with hot and black molten armor, a black flame-surrounding demonic head with long and large horns on his forehead, two large wings and a flaming sword which seemed broken. The six ponies, Spike and Yeshuah witnessed on how wicked Sargeras became.

“You traitor!” En’jino yelled to the fallen titan, “You don’t have the right to be called the Champion Human God! You don’t have the right to be called the Champion of Light!” He fired several projectiles and missiles from his shoulders, but the damned Sargeras raised his left hand and stopped the blasts, evaporating them.

“I knew it,” Sargeras growled, “You fools don’t deserve to gain power. Only I do. You will never understand true power. I don’t need you, gods. I mean; why are you called ‘gods’? Just for the mortal to be fooled that you are ‘gods’?”

Sargeras continued to mock En’jino, “A god has power over everything, and I will have that power, since I’ve seen you don’t have anything to be worthy to rule over the twelve worlds. I’ll be back, and with my newfound power, yours won’t be a match of me, and I, myself, will overthrow you. I will rule the entire universe! And when I do, you will all be doomed!”

The fallen titan fled and disappeared in flames from their sight.

“I must warn this to God immediately!” En’jino said to himself as he rushed inside the palace.

The scene changed back into the library as the vision is over.

“I don’t know why, but,” Twilight asked in confusion, “If Sargeras were a god, why did he turn evil?”

“That question remained a mystery,” Yeshuah replied to her question, “But this is my theory why. Remember how Princess Luna became Nightmare Moon?” Twilight nodded. “I think he was not satisfied of keeping his own power. He desired for more. Thus, the wickedness in him turned him evil and tossed him to the dark side.” Yeshuah finished.

“Was it just because of that answer?” Rainbow scoffed.

“A god’s answer is absolute!” Yeshuah said, looking at her disappointedly, “So are the legends told by the heavens.” As he said that, he suddenly turned from the six and walked away.

Twilight followed Yeshuah, who was sitting alone in the balcony of the Golden Oaks Library, watching the solemn dark night with stars and a bright moon.

“What is the problem?” Twilight asked.

“That’s none of your business, Twilight Sparkle,” Yeshuah said seriously.

“It is. You can tell me. I am the Princess of Magic and I will understand what your problem is.”

“Not what my problem is, it is what my problem was. Why do I have to return to fight again, if…”

“What is it? You can tell me. Is something your problem?”

“Not something, somepony. She was my special somepony.”

“What’s her name?”

“I never knew her name, but she goes by the title Original Princess, the ruler of ponykind before the two regal winged unicorn sisters. She was my wife and the mother of Princess Celestia and Luna.”

“What?! Mother of Celestia and Luna?! So you are their father?”

“Yes. Those two regal alicorn sisters took her place to rule over the pony race after her death.”

“She died?”

“10,000 years ago, she fought the Burning Legion with me, together, side-by-side. As husband and wife, we promised each other not to get separated, no matter how bad the battle was. And one day, months after the birth of Luna, the demons commenced their last wave of attacks which included Sargeras as the leader of the final wave. Even if she just gave birth, I made her join me for I thought that would be the last battle, we could fight together. However, I never noticed my wife got away to fight Sargeras on her own. She suffered a gruesome battle against him. No matter how hard she hit, she just got hit back tenfold. And in the end, she died. I was too late.”

An alicorn, unknown of her appearance, got slashed fatally by Sargeras’ sword, and fell severely wounded. Yeshuah arrived and tried to save her, but was too late. She disappeared from the hooves of the desperate Champion of Light. He stomped his hooves, fell onto his knees, shed a single tear from his eye, and screamed loud out of frustration and for the loss of his beloved one.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!”

“What’s wrong, ‘Son of God’? Lost your wife?” Sargeras mocked while laughing evilly.

“SILENCE!” Yeshuah yelled, “She fought you because she loved everypony! Because she loved me! What better way than to sacrifice for her own race and the one she loved and cared the most with all her heart? I bet you don’t understand a single word I say, because you don’t have courage! You are a coward and you have no shame of destroying many innocent lives!”

“If I am a coward, then why am I brave enough to go here?” Sargeras asked rhetorically.

“SHUT UP! You never were brave because you don’t have anything which I, she, the gods and everypony possess!” Yeshuah said in his angry voice, “Kindness, laughter, generosity, honesty and loyalty; you have none of all of these!”

“These?” Sargeras continued to mock, laughing, “These meaningless things are the reasons why the gods lacked power on me, why the scared mortals have no ability to fight us back and why your wife was too weak to defeat me.”

“That is not true,” Yeshuah protested to his greatest enemy, as he stood up, “These meaningful things are why I and my wife fought together side by side, why we were given countless victories and why there is harmony in this world, unlike in your world, where it is full of chaos, darkness, and fire! You are full of cruelty, anger, greed, dishonesty and disloyalty to your comrades! You use your own people, your own race and your own comrades as sacrificial pawns just for yourself! I, by the power of Light, won’t lose to a despicable coward like you! Harmony will prevail!”

“Show me your ‘power of Light’. Show me if it can defeat my infinite chaos!” Sargeras boomed as he grew to his original size, becoming almost as huge as the height of the Canterlot mountain.

Yeshuah flapped his wings and rose up high in the air. “Chaos is not infinite!” Yeshuah hissed, “What is infinite is something which can be expanded unlimitedly by our feelings inside. Just as my wife sacrificed herself to fight for the world, I will as well sacrifice myself to fight for the world!!!”

His alicorn horn glowed so bright, that it looked like it was given the power of a thousand suns.

“Goolu Golu Gogika Luuma Golu Lujuna!”

Just as he cried aloud the Great Seal spell, a large image of his cutie mark appeared on him with a glow of bright yellow.

Yeshuah pushed the cutie mark image with his horn and charged it towards Sargeras, but he stopped it with his huge finger. Yeshuah kept struggling but was pushed back a little. He had confidence in himself and in his determination, pushed the image even harder. Sargeras was feeling his finger being pushed back.

As Yeshuah cried the word, “Lujuna!” the glowing cutie mark image grew at the exact size of Sargeras’ great height.

“WHAT?!” Sargeras screamed. Yeshuah pushed the image and it finally hit Sargeras. Sargeras pushed the humongous cutie mark image with his hands, but he was being pushed back. As Yeshuah continued to struggle, the image of his cutie mark glowed even brighter.

“That’s impossible!!!” cried Sargeras, “No god has ever defeated me!! I am pure chaos and darkness! I am Sargeras, death and destruction incarnate! How come it will end like this?!”

All the demons and armies of the Burning Legion from all across the mortal world, both demon lord or not, are being pulled by the incredible presence of the Great Seal spell to the point where Sargeras was fighting off the powerful spell, to be sealed altogether.

Sargeras and all the plunged demons are finally pushed to the gates of Tartarus. As the spell reached to that point, Yeshuah whispered his last words, “Forgive me for not protecting you, my love, but I have succeeded. I did it, Father. I… no… you all have won.”

A huge explosion of light burst upon the entire mortal world by the finished Great Seal spell. Sargeras and the Burning Legion disappeared. The gates of Tartarus have been sealed shut. Yeshuah was turned into a tiny frog on the ground and leaped upstairs towards the surface above.

“Just like what I said,” Yeshuah continued, “I sealed away Sargeras, at the cost of my form. To turn myself into a frog, that is exactly I deserved, to punish myself for not being able to protect my love… for being foolish! I know the Legion returned but, why do I have this duty to fight for the sake of all, if the love of mine is no more? Every time I think of her loss, I feel like I am tormented.”

“Yeshuah…” Twilight approached to him closer and tapped him on the back.

Before she was about to say something, the two saw four simultaneous lightning bolts struck the ground distances away from the library. One lightning has a dark-blue color, the second glowed in gray, the third glowed in green, and the fourth is pure black.

“Girls!” Twilight called. The five friends of her nodded to Twilight and went outside. She then said to Spike, “Spike, you stay here. You wouldn’t know what kind of threat would come.” The green dragon agreed. She turned her head to Yeshuah, saying, “Yeshuah, let’s go.” He followed her and both went out the building together. The clock in Twilight Sparkle’s bedroom is read as 11:56 in the night when they left the library.

Chapter 4: Attack on the Mortal World

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
The Great Reign of Chaos
Chapter 4: Attack on the Mortal World

They ran into the one area where the four lightning bolts struck. As they approached there, they were shocked on what they all saw.

It was Nightmare Moon, Discord, Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra!

“Nightmare Moon? How is that possible?” Twilight was puzzled, “Princess Luna is…”

Nightmare Moon laughed and said, “Save your words, Element of Magic. Your Elements only drove me out of Luna’s body. I am the spirit of grief and wickedness that possessed the princess of the night. Thanks to Tartarus, I have now taken full form even without that Luna pest!”

“I’m sorry, Fluttershy, but wasn’t I supposed to tell you a while ago that I tricked you?” said Discord to Fluttershy, “I am the Master of Chaos, and that’s my true destiny that I cannot turn down on. Your ‘kindness’ just wasn’t enough to reform me.”

“My soul is embodied with my soul of anger, hatred and dark magic,” King Sombra hissed with his deep voice, “That was not enough to destroy me!”

“Our ambitions and goals were different, and we lost,” Queen Chrysalis added, “But we now share one ultimate goal. We are sent to depths of Tartarus and we have found a way to defeat you and succeed; we now serve our new masters!”

“New masters?” Twilight wondered.

“Tartarus?” Yeshuah figured out what the changeling queen meant to say, “That means…”

Meanwhile, in the library, in the bedroom, the clock stroke to 12:00 midnight.

Outside, just before Yeshuah could say another word, a sound of rumbling came from the sky. The color of the sky turned from dark blue to dark red with flames surrounding the heights of the vast sky. The six ponies and Yeshuah looked at the burning sky in horror.

“Yeshuah, the skies are burning!” Twilight cried.

“This is no natural storm,” Yeshuah said, “What’s happening to the mortal world?!”

Meanwhile in Ponyville, from the burning skies, a dimensional rift has opened wide. The background in the rift is a black-red void.

The ponies outside the streets and inside their houses stared at the formed rift.

“Daddy, what is that?” a filly asked.

“What’s that?” a stallion said.

The ground cracked and an incredibly huge staircase made of stone slowly ascended and emerged from the cracking ground which was deformed, displacing many houses to their destruction. All the ponies ran away in panic from the ascending staircase. Twilight, Yeshuah, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy ran back to Ponyville to see what was happening in the city.

Jaraxxus, Azazel, Kazzak, Tichondrius, Blaroog and Infernus appeared from the dark void one by one forming the first row of demon lords descending the stairs. Next, Seduma, Archimonde and Kel’thuzad appeared as the second row of demon lords. Finally, Kil’jaeden and Mannoroth appeared last as the third row. The first row stopped on the 12th stairledge, the second row stopped on the 28th stairledge, and the third ledge remained near the top of the stairs.

“What?!” Applejack reacted.

“It can’t be!” Yeshuah said in horror, “It just can’t be!”

“They’re… Tartarus’ demon lords?!” said Twilight.

The staircase and the inscriptions written on it glowed red and a fountain of fire erupted around the staircase of the demon lords as they shouted their war cry.

“We are the demon lords of the Burning Legion,” Archimonde introduced, “We have appeared to pass judgment to those who defied great evil.”

The ponies of Ponyville hear every word Archimonde said and everypony are in fear, except the main six and Yeshuah, who were just shocked to see the demon lords with their very own eyes.

“No need to be speechy!” screamed Mannoroth, as he raised his weapon and fired a dark beam towards an area in Ponyville, destroying a small part of the city.

The citizens tremble and ran away in despair.

Seduma laughed at the scene of death and destruction, saying, “Lovely!”

Twilight was not happy to see the demon lords do massive damage upon the town. “Girls, let’s get the Elements!” she ordered.

Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Applejack all nodded in approval. The six ran to the library to get the Elements of Harmony.

“Wait, everypony!” cried Yeshuah aloud.

Tichondrius chuckled on Mannoroth’s destructive manner and what he did earlier. “Impulsive as always, Mannoroth.” he said.

A little later, Twilight and the others arrived near the huge stony staircase, now armed with the Elements of Harmony. Twilight’s horn glowed and the six Elements glowed in white light. The six ponies closed their eyes and levitated up high in the air.

“Stop… Stop!” pleaded Yeshuah, hoping for Twilight and the others not to fight the demon lords.

They were activating, and fired the shapes of the cutie marks glowing in their respective color from their respective Elements, simultaneously and continuously towards the eleven demon lords.

“Mortals, dared to attack us?” Infernus implied.

The six ponies opened their eyes, with their eyes glowed in pure white. The power of the Elements of Harmony was fully harnessed and fired a huge beam of rainbow beam directly at the demon lords.

But, Kil’jaeden shielded himself and blocked the beam with his left wing until the firing has ceased. “Know your place!” yelled the Ultimate Demon Lord as he shot a fireball from his right hand, directly hitting the levitating main six altogether. The six ponies were sent flying and were hit to the ground hard.

“Everypony!” Yeshuah screamed as he approached to the six defeated mares who barely survived the attack.

They frustratingly looked at the eleven triumphant demon lords who are laughing and mocking the defeated mane six.

“Following in the customs of the Burning Legion, we have come today to give a divine message,” Archimonde declared, “Doom will come later. The invasion shall commence tomorrow. You along with the world will be burned in flames. Then realize your foolishness as you die.”

They all laughed evilly one more time before the dimensional rift closed and the skies returned to their dark blue color with flames dissipated.

The ponies, terrified on what they heard from Archimonde’s divine message, ran away, scared in fear and despair, with most entering the houses and some hiding in barrels, dumpsters and boxes, until the town became deserted with nopony wanting to be outside.

Twilight, Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie and Fluttershy stood up groaning and grunting, frustrated at their defeat. “I don’t care if you’re lords or not… We’ll never lose to thugs like you!” Twilight cried aloud, “Next time, we’ll definitely… kick your flanks—no, not flanks… They don’t have flanks-- what do you call that? It doesn’t matter! We’ll unleash on you tenfold! No matter what!”

“No, you can’t,” Yeshuah denied, “You girls mustn’t fight the Burning Legion.”

The six were shocked to hear what Yeshuah, with an angry mood on his face, just said.

“We mustn’t fight?” Rarity said.

“What’s that mean?!” Applejack exclaimed.

“‘The Burning Legion will destroy ‘till nothing is left.’ ‘The mortals of this world must never be allowed to defy them.’ ‘If they are defeated once, they will come back and hit back those who had hit them.’” Yeshuah explained, “This is what the ancient legends say about the evil Burning Legion and its demon lords.”

“Then… are we supposed to wait for them to destroy us?!” asked the impatient Rainbow.

“And what about Princess Celestia?!” said Twilight irritatedly grappling his foreleg, “They might have her!”

“I will fight,” replied Yeshuah, “I’m not from the mortal world. I have fought them before and I will do so again. I, the Champion of Light and Son of God, can fight!”

“All alone?” Fluttershy cried.

Yeshuah toss away Twilight’s hoof from his foreleg and turned away, saying, “The legends of heaven and hell are absolute!”

Meanwhile, in the demon lords’ court in Tartarus, Tichondrius was walking around the startled and scared Nai and Mea. The dreadlord was intrigued of seeing the two mares and laughed.

“How interesting! Phantom Spy,” Tichondrius said, “So you can become two?”

“I got bored of always being alone,” Nai replied nervously, “I’m Nai!”

“I’m Mea!” she said nervously.

“I’m Tichondrius,” he introduced, “I am a demon lord, actually the most arrogant if they would mention. I’m the leader of the dreadlords we traditionally call them as Nathrezims. I’ve got it! Why don’t I introduce everyone?”Nai and Mea groaned in fear. Tichondrius grabbed the two mares with his hand and placed them on the 7th ledge of a stony staircase, saying, “Which lord should I introduce first?”

The Nathrezim saw Infernus and Kazzak fighting in a duel with their fists.

“First, the two fighting there. That’s Infernus. He’s the lord with the most fiery body and soul and leader of the abyssals and infernals. And the other one is Kazzak, he is the most masculine.”

“Are you using your head, asshole?!” screamed Kazzak as he struggled from Infernus’s fiery fists.

“You never know what he’s thinking.” Tichondrius said as Nai and Mea nodded nervously.

“I’m starving!” Blaroog groaned as he picked up an open glass bowl full of puny red-skinned felorcs trapped inside.

“The one licking his lips is Blaroog. He’s the leader of the doomguards and the biggest glutton.”

“There you are,” the gluttonous demon lord said. Blaroog picked up a felorc, tossed him into his mouth and ate him. The two mares were disgusted by it.

“The one over there is Azazel,” Tichondrius explained as he turned his head to Azazel, growling, roaring and stomping on ground, rampaging. “He is the most beastly of the lords. His attitude is close to a wild animal’s.”

“What the fuck?!” Blaroog reacted to Azazel’s actions.

“And over there is Jaraxxus, the one with the bloodiest soul of all.”

Jaraxxus was sitting at the corner a loner. “Boring~” he said.

“These five with me form a six-person group,” Tichondrius explained further, “Within the demon lords; we’re called the Six Warrior Demon Lords.”

Back to Infernus and Kazzak dueling, Infernus punched Kazzak right to the floor. Infernus was about to give Kazzak another deadly punch to the ground, when…

“That’s enough!” Kel’thuzad yelled as he raised his left hand, a flash of red light appeared on Infernus’s right hand, stopping the direct punch, “The duel is decided!”

“That lord filled with bones is Kel’thuzad. He’s the wisest among us and leader of the army of the living dead called the Undead Scourge. Ner’zhul was once leader but was destroyed when he was proven no worth of being a demon lord.”

Seduma approached to Kazzak with a disapproving look. “Kazzak the Supreme, you weren’t trying your best, were you?” she asked.

“That voluptuous lady that just arrived is Seduma,” Tichnodrius said, “She’s the most sly and feminine demon lady.”

As Seduma heard what the dreadlord lord said, she turned and the snakes which act as her hair hissed at Tichondrius. Nai and Mea shrieked.

“And, those two great ones… the Two Ultimate Demon Lords,” said Tichondrius.

“The Two Ultimate Demon Lords?” said Nai and Mea.

The dreadlord turned his head to Kil’jaeden, standing on the high ledge and his arms were crossed.

“The winged one with a majestic stance is Ultimate Demon Lord Kil’jaeden. He’s the most reliable demon lord and the right hand man of the Dark Titan,” he explained.

He turned his head to Mannoroth standing on the same ledge and humming impatiently.

“The one who is super-tall, humming and killing time is Greatest Demon Lord Mannoroth. He’s the most violent one and King of the Pit Lords we traditionally call them as Annihilans,” Tichondrius explained further, “Those two are the most respected among us eleven. Twelve, if the Dark Titan would be counted.”

“E-everyone seems so strong…” Nai said in a nervous expression.

“Who is the strongest?” Mea asked.

“Everyone’s fantastic!” he replied, “But the Dark Titan would probably come the closest. If not, Archimonde would.”

“Lord Archimonde?” the mares said in confusion.

“With Kel’thuzad and Seduma, they’re called the Three Wise Demon Lords,” said Tichondrius, “He’s essentially our leader under the Dark Titan’s absence and the left hand man of the Dark Titan. Archimonde is invincible!” As he finished his sentence, Archimonde, who actually arrived earlier, was actually standing beside Tichondrius, saying, “You talk too much.”

Tichondrius turned around and was a bit shocked to see Archimonde. “Archimonde!”

“How long are you going to play with a vampire horse? Hurry up and squish her.” Archimonde ordered.

“But,” Tichondrius contradicted, “She can travel into any world. We can use her as a spy.”

Nai and Mea whimpered and merged again into Vancuria. She flew around Tichondrius and Archimonde, and landed on the ground.

“Phantom Spy Vancuria at your services, Lord Archimonde,” she pledged with honor.

“Do as you wish,” Archimonde replied.

Suddenly, a slab made of stone suddenly rang loud and its inscriptions and marks written on it glowed yellow. Sooner, the whole slab glowed entirely.

All the demon lords responded to the ringing slab and gathered together at the center of the court, creating a ring formation of them.

Vancuria flew towards Tichondrius, asking, “What has begun?”

“A sacred ceremony has begun. Don’t talk!” Tichondrius growled as he swiped his claws to Vancuria, sending her flying away. She landed on a ledge of the staircase. “That hurts…” she whimpered.

The eleven demon lords placed their right hands on top of each other’s hand.

“Slab of Judgment,” Archimonde called, “Now, show us the demon lord who would be given the right to deal judgment, by burning the world.”

The Slab of Judgment glowed again and let out a huge yellow ball of light. The ball of light flew and circled around the arms of the demon lords whose hands are conjoined. The ball of light stopped and landed on Infernus’s right arm. They all realized that Infernus was given the right to lead the armies on invading the mortal world.

“Go, Infernus!” Archimonde ordered, “In the name of Tartarus.”

“Leave it to me! The hot magma flowing in my body is going wild!” Infernus shouted as he left the court.

Later, outside, Infernus gathered a massive army composed of 1,350 abyssals led by him and 500 changelings led by Queen Chrysalis. They were all assembled near the gates of Tartarus.

“Let’s go! We shall finally bring down the mortal world once and for all!” Infernus commanded.

Infernus, Chrysalis, and the army of abyssals and changelings left to the gates of Tartarus, as they approached towards the mortal world for their invasion.

Meanwhile, in Twilight’s library, Twilight and Rarity are the only ones inside. Twilight was making pancakes. She thought in her mind, “I am a princess. I have to know much about being princess. Such as, how I can cook well like a mother? I may remind of what Pinkie Pie taught me on baking.” After thinking that, she continued her baking and cooking.

“Yeshuah, how mean!” Rarity acted, “We finally know Princess Celestia is trapped. We should be going ‘Let’s find and save her!’” Rarity then imitated Yeshuah, “‘You mustn’t fight.’”“Right?” Rarity continued, “It is only natural Applejack and Rainbow Dash are in a bad mood. The library—no… Ponyville has this horrible atmosphere to it. And Spikey-Wikey is alone in the other side of the building.”

After all Rarity had said, Twilight just ignored and kept continuing to bake. “So, Twilight, are you listening?” Rarity asked.

The white unicorn and the purple alicorn looked at the sky through the windows. They noticed the skies becoming red and orange with flames surrounding them.

“The sky is burning!” Rarity exclaimed.

“It can’t be… again?!” Twilight said. “Look, the fire is raining from the sky!”

They saw a huge rain of fire of both orange and green colliding to the ground.

“Wait, I know those green things… The changelings must be here!” said Twilight in realization and shock.

The rain of changelings and abyssals collide down to the streets of Ponyville, the deep parts of the Everfree Forest and other areas across Equestria. All the changelings and abyssals are gathered to Ponyville for the arrival of Infernus. All the ponies ran and scream in panic and fear as an army of the Burning Legion arrived.

“Scream and cry! Be grateful as you witness the arrival of the changelings’ new master!” Queen Chrysalis shouted to the panicked ponies.

She flew away as Infernus arrived in Ponyville and with flames surrounding in the area where he’s standing.

“Mortals of the world, I am Demon Lord Infernus!” he introduced, “Those of you on the mortal world wallow in your sins, I have come to turn the world into ashes of nothingness! But before that, I give you time to repent.”

Infernus raised his right arm, pointed his hand and as he absorbed all the induced flames to his right hand, shot a beam of fire to the roof of the Ponyville Town Hall.

“Oh, my Celestia! Oh, no! Our city hall! It’s burning!” the civilian mares and stallions cried, seeing that their town hall is on fire.

“It will be deferred until the flame burns out,” Infernus said, “Shriek out the pleas for your lives. Be grateful as you shiver with fear and await your death.”

However, in the streets, Yeshuah, without his robe, leaped in and said, “So, even after for ten thousand years, you still plan to do mischief in this world?” Saying that, he took down every abyssal and changeling one by one. He defeated them using his horn by either cutting them with a light slash or blasting them to pieces using bright laser blasts. After taking down majority of Infernus’s army, Queen Chrysalis leaped in.

“Don’t get in our way!” hissed the Queen as she charged toward Yeshuah, but the stallion jumped through Chrysalis, kicked her hind neck with his hind leg, flapped his wings and confronted the gigantic Infernus.

“Gou Luuma Goludo!”

As his horn glowed, glowing branches of light uprooted from the ground.

But when the branches were about to entangle Infernus, he glared at them, evaporating the branches completely.

“What?!” Yeshuah exclaimed.

“Know your place, Champion of Light,” Infernus growled as he shot a blast of fire.

Yeshuah created a magical barrier, but the blast of the fire broke the barrier and sent him flying and crashing to the ground by the recoil.

As Infernus shrunk to the size of a mortal, the skies restored to normal, becoming sky blue with flames disappeared.

“At the mortal world, it’s easier to move around at this size,” Infernus in his mortal size explained. Infernus and Yeshuah fought in a combat. Just when the Champion of Light was about to slash him with his horn, Infernus grabbed his horn and toss him away, hitting the walls and falling to the ground.

The frustrated Yeshuah stood up and his horn glowed with a yellow aura as he hissed the words, “Luuma Gogika Goludo!” letting out three simultaneous laser blasts with the color of yellow from his horn.

However, as Infernus glared at the blasts, they evaporated.

“Before the attacks reach him, they were evaporated!” Yeshuah said in shock.

“What a laugh, defying a demon lord. Interesting!” Infernus mocked, breathing fire, energized from evaporating Yeshuah’s attack, from his mouth directly at Yeshuah. The breath of fire hit Yeshuah and sent him flying.

Infernus was about to approach to Yeshuah, when a voice interrupted them, yelling, “Wait!” Yeshuah turned his head to where the voice came from.

It was the six mares armed with the Elements of Harmony. “Don’t forget we’re here too!” Twilight yelled to Yeshuah and then to Infernus, “Where’s Princess Celestia?! Give her back!”

“What are you talking about?” the demon lord asked.

“We have a vision that she’s trapped in a world with a burning sky and briars!” Twilight replied.

“Of course, so that’s what you mean,” Infernus said in realization, “Very well. If you fight me and win, I will tell you.”

“Then, we won’t forget those words!” Rainbow Dash yelled.

The six ponies closed their eyes, Twilight’s horn glowed bright, and they were about to use the Elements of Harmony onInfernus, but Yeshuah pointed his horn to the main six, yelling, “Luuma Gonga!”

As a flash of yellow light appeared, the six stopped moving, froze and were paralyzed. They were trying to move their bodies, but to no avail.

“My body…” Applejack groaned.

“What’s going on, Yeshuah?!” Rarity complained.

“I told you guys before!” scolded Yeshuah, “You girls must not fight the Burning Legion or one of its demon lords.”

“You’re worried about that legend, right?” Infernus said, as the seven turned their heads to the abyssal lord, “The one where ‘The Burning Legion will destroy ‘till nothing is left’? ‘The mortals of this world must never be allowed to defy them’? ‘If they are defeated once, they will come back and hit back those who had hit them’? ‘If a blade is directed at the powerful flame carried by the legion, not only the mortal world, but the heavens would be destroyed too.’”

Everypony was horrified to hear what Infernus said.

“What’s that mean?!” Pinkie yelled.

“If everypony here fight the Burning Legion…” Fluttershy said.

“The world and Heaven will be destroyed?” Rainbow finished.

“Is that true? Is that why, Yeshuah?!” Twilight asked, as Yeshuah scoffed and turned his head away from her.

“You‘re truly fools. All cowards who are afraid to fight,” mocked Infernus, “Just be silent and wait for the time of the apocalypse to finally arrive in this wretched world!” After saying that, he disappeared and fled in flames.

Yeshuah felt disappointed after what happened just that time.

Back in the library, Twilight’s microwave sounded and her pancakes were baked already. She smiled, opened the microwave and magically placed the hot pancakes on a plate.

Meanwhile, in the main room, the rest of the five ponies, Spike and Yeshuah were there.

“That’s just a legend, right?” Applejack said without worry.

“We don’t know it’s only just that,” bragged Rainbow.

Yeshuah stomped his hoof in frustration, saying, “You girls don’t understand anything.” He stood up and began to walk away from the five mares, “Do you know how serious my world’s legends are? They’re absolute.”

“Yeah!” Rainbow sarcastically spoke as she ran to Yeshuah, “I don’t know that!”

“The atmosphere in here is really bad,” Spike scoffed.

Rainbow turned Yeshuah around and roughly held her hooves on his neck.

“Are you saying you don’t care what happens to my world?!” Yeshuah asked angrily.

“What about you?! Are you saying you don’t care what happens to Princess Celestia?!” Rainbow Dash told the Son of God defiantly, “You can say that because you’re not of Equestria! You’re not one of us!”

Yeshuah shoved the blue pegasus away and punched Rainbow hard to the ground with his hoof.

The four ponies and Spike turned their attention to Rainbow Dash and Yeshuah.

“Hey! What’ya doing punchin’?!” Applejack yelled.

They all approached to the cyan pegasus and the white alicorn stallion quarreling and fighting to stop them.

“Everypony, everypony! Please calm down!”

“Wait!”

“Let go of me!”

“Stop it, darling!”

The fighting stopped when Twilight arrived with a cart carrying pancakes and cups of tea.

“I baked pancakes,” she said, “Let’s have tea.”

Chapter 5: Magic Makes It All Complete

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
The Great Reign of Chaos
Chapter 5: Magic Makes Us All Complete

Meanwhile, as Tichondrius entered the court, Nai and Mea were standing at the rocky ledge just right beside him.

“Lord Tichondrius,” Nai asked, “Why did he go to the trouble of delaying it?”

“He could commence the invasion on that world right now,” Mea continued.

“Don’t know,” answered Tichondrius, “It’s the rule that Infernus made. And the demon lords and even the legion itself will always follow the rules they create. That is the dark precept.”

Back in the library, upstairs, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike were all sitting in one dining table as Twilight who was carrying a plate of cups of tea, gave each of them one slice of the pancake she baked.

Twilight approached to the disgruntled Yeshuah just standing behind, saying, “Come on, you too, Yeshuah. Hurry and sit.”

“I don’t want any,” Yeshuah replied, “I’m not in the mood.”

“Come on, come on,” Twilight was pushing Yeshuah to the table.

“Why should I at a time like this?!” asked Yeshuah angrily.

“It’s delicious…” answered Twilight Sparkle.

“Stop it!!” interrupted Yeshuah as he pushed her away, making her let go of her magic and thus, the plate fell, the cups broke and the tea spilled on the floor.

Everypony noticed and were startled by the breaking sound.

Twilight looked at the broken cups with spilled tea and Yeshuah grunted and looked away.

Twilight turned her face to the rest of the seven, which is soaked by tears flowing freely from her eyes.

“I’ll… refill your tea…” she choked back from her tears.

“Go away,” Yeshuah talked back, “You’re a pain to me. You’re a pain to be a princess.”

“Why you--!!” responded Rainbow in anger as she was about to flap her wings, but Applejack stopped her, saying, “Sugarcube, please.”

Twilight ran away downstairs, sobbing.

“Here,” Pinkie Pie, with a grumpy look on her face, approached to Yeshuah, trying to give him a plate of a slice of pancakes.

“I already said I don’t want…” said Yeshuah.

“You will eat it even if you don’t want to,” Pinkie demanded, “Okay? Please, Yeshuah?”

Yeshuah grabbed the plate and sat beside Applejack. He sliced a small piece with a fork and placed it in his mouth. As he chewed and swallowed the small slice, his eyes widened and Yeshuah gave one word, “Delicious.”

Pinkie smiled and nodded.

He grabbed the whole slice with his magic and ate a part of it with his mouth.

“What a gentle sweetness,” he commented.

“If you would ask, that is Princess Celestia’s pancake,” said Spike, approaching to the stallion sweetened by the taste of Twilight’s pancake, “My pal, Twilight told me that story before, when she was filly and when the fighting between Princess’s students escalated, Princess Celestia always baked sweet, delicious pancake with fresh butter and tangy syrup.”

One day, back during Twilight’s days as a filly in Canterlot, in the dining room, there were three colts fighting and four fillies, two in which they’re trying to stop the fight and the other one trying to comfort Twilight who was depressed by the fighting.

Princess Celestia entered the room and approached to the seven young ponies, kinetically carrying a plate of a pancake coated in butter and syrup and sliced in eight and saying, “I’m here. I baked pancakes.”

The princess placed the plate at the table. The colts stopped fighting and the seven ponies went to their seats, and each of them got a slice.

As they ate, they were pleased and responded to its sweetness.

“When you eat sweet, delicious things,” said Princess Celestia who sat, “your feelings of irritation are washed away. You feel more relaxed.”

The princess of the sun smiled at little Twilight, and she smiled back. Twilight looked at the slice of pancake her teacher made for her most faithful student. She never felt happy shortly after a bad fight, until that horrible day which became a good day for everypony, especially for the young ponies who had fought earlier.

The rest of the five were intrigued and gave comments,

“The Princess sure is nice,” Applejack said as she grabbed her slice.

“Yeah… If you eat this, you’ll never imagine how sweet this is,” Rainbow continued.

“Correct,” said Pinkie Pie, “This is Princess Celestia’s flavor.”

“The flavor of good heartedness,” continued Fluttershy.

“The flavor of harmony,” resumed Rarity, “It’s sweet as ever.”

“I’m sure Twilight wanted you to return to your usual kind self, so she baked pancakes,” Pinkie Pie continued.

“I’m sure you will enjoy the pancake the way we all do,” Spike said to the Son of God, “She knows that you are a kind and sweet-hearted pony, and you will never be such a big meanie. Twilight will love to see your good side again.”
Yeshuah took another bite on his slice. As he bit, he suddenly realized, left the room and went downstairs to see the Princess of Magic.

Yeshuah saw Twilight sobbing on the floor next to a book shelf. To see the princess crying, he felt struck and sorry and he regretted his foolish deeds he had done awhile ago which made Twilight weep. He closed his eyes and flattened his ears in regret, slowly walked towards her. She noticed him. Yeshuah noticed Twilight’s eyes were red from her crying.

As Twilight approached to him, Yeshuah pulled her close with his forehooves and kissed her tears away, whispering to the alicorn mare, “I’m sorry for being rude. I hope you can forgive me for what I have done to you.”

She then gently broke off the hug and said, “Yeshuah… there is something I want to say.”

“Yeah?” he asked.

Twilight suddenly smiled and pointed her hoof on her left cheek near her mouth, saying, “Got something there.”

Yeshuah startled and noticed that there was a leftover left on his left side of the mouth from the slice he ate earlier. He wiped the dirt away from his mouth. The two alicorns laughed afterwards, with Twilight forgetting the sorrow she just went through.

“It was delicious…” said Yeshuah, “Twilight Sparkle’s Princess Celestia’s pancake.”

“So you know the story?” Twilight chuckled, “That’s good. So is my pancake.”

As she turned around from the Champion of Light, Yeshuah placed his hoof on her foreleg and made her turn around in front of the Son of God.

“And I realized something,” Yeshuah finally said and decided of a different choice, “Celestia must be saved by you, girls. Heaven and hell’s legends might be absolute, but that’s no reason for giving up. Like her and her sister, Luna, chance is something you create. And harmony is something chance creates. My wife told me about that once… and Twilight Sparkle’s pancake made me remember that!”

However, they noticed that Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike were watching them the whole time from the back.

“Busted!” smiled Spike.

Twilight blushed and turned away in embarrassment.

“I forgot that you are Princess Celestia’s most faithful subjects,” said Yeshuah to the six mares and the baby dragon, then, to Twilight Sparkle, “that you are Princess Celestia’s most faithful student… and that I am Princess Celestia’s most faithful father!”

Twilight turned around, chuckled and hugged Yeshuah. The alicorn mare and stallion snuggled their noses with each other.

As they broke the hug, Yeshuah ordered, “Alright, everypony, let’s fight together!”

All the seven nodded.

At the Ponyville town grounds, all the townsfolk ponies were watching the town hall be burnt away as the flame Infernus casted on the large building just a few hours ago was dying.

“It’s… It’s extinguishing,” the ponies cried in panic, “It’s extinguishing!”

Finally, the flame died out.

“The flame’s extinguished!” townsponies whined.

The town hall, black from being burnt, finally collapsed to the ground.

“It’s gone!” cried the ponies of Ponyville, “The flame… the town hall!”

“Noooooooooo!!!” cried the Mayor Mare, falling to her knees in defeat to see her town hall destroyed, “My town hall!”

The skies again became dark in burning red and Infernus impacted and landed on the ground like a meteor that crashes on the ground.

As the sky returned to normal, Infernus declared, “Your time of penitence is over. But earlier, since some mortals fought me, there has been a change of plans. I alone will destroy the world and kill you all in a quicker and more painful way!”

He stomped and growled, “Prepare to die!!!”

Infernus roared as his entire body glowed in orange and flamed at the same time, emitted huge flames of energy, creating a large fireball just above him.

The ponies ran away from him in tremble and despair, knowing it was already the end for all of them.

Just around the corner, on top of the roof of a house, Demon Lord Tichondrius and Phantom Spy Vancuria were watching from there.

“What a large ball of fire!” commented the gray bat-winged alicorn on the huge flaming ball on top of the abyssal demon lord.

“That’s right. When that falls and impacts the surface,” he said, “the whole mortal world will be burned away to ashes.”

“Prepare to take this, foolish mortals!!” the Demon Abyssal Lord roared, as he was about to prepare to take his move. However, a ray of colors of the rainbow hit Infernus and he fell. The ball of fire vanished like a bubble.

“Damn you!” screamed Infernus to the six mares, who fired the ray from their Elements of Harmony, in which they are armed for battle.

“So you girls weren’t forbidden to fight?!” hissed the abyssal.

Yeshuah leapt in to the scene, ready to battle, and said, “Make that ‘6 girls 1 guy’!”

“So you’re going to fight?” said Infernus, “Very well. Then let’s have a game!”

“Game?” said Rarity in confusion.

Infernus fired a beam of fire blast at the Ponyville Radio Tower, causing it to burn the same way the damaged Town Hall was burnt. The seven ponies looked at the scene and were surprised at that.

“If I defeat you all before this fire is gone, I win,” Infernus explained, “If even one pony survives, you ‘6 girls 1 guy’ win.”

“What’s with that rule?” snorted Rainbow Dash.

“If I just fought you ponies, it’d be boring,” he replied, “So I’m giving you a handicap. This is to enhance my enjoyment!”

“A new rule,” complimented Tichondrius watching them, “How interesting!”

“Stop screwing around!” Rainbow scoffed as she concentrated on her Element and fired a red lightning beam from the red jewel in the Element of Loyalty. Just before the red lightning blast was about to reach Infernus, he glared at the attack and evaporated it.

“Do you think you’re any match for a fire lord like me?!” he mocked as he shot a blast of fire from his fiery chest. The blast sent the daredevil mare flying.

“Why I oughta--!” Applejack yelled as she next fired a beam of orange color from her Element at Infernus, however, he was able to evaporate the attack.

“What the hay?!” cried the orange earth pony.

“Again!” said Yeshuah, running to the mares, “He evaporates all attacks he glares at!”

Infernus, feeling invulnerable since he can evaporate all kinds and sorts of ranged attacks and flame up his fire blasts from the evaporated attacks, mockingly laughed as he burst out flames from his chest towards the seven, which badly hit and made them collapse. Each pony groaned in mixture of pain and anger.

“Your attacks cannot reach me!” the demon lord laughed, “We can’t have a game like this; can we now?”

“We’re not going to lose!” shouted Twilight as she determinedly stood up and pointed her horn at Infernus.

“Twilight!” her friends cried as they saw Twilight not willing to stay down and give in.

“Because,” said Twilight, “this fight isn’t just to keep harmony and safety in Equestria! It’s also to save Princess Celestia… it’s also so we can have again the princess who we loved and adored the most!”

As she finished, her horned shined and sparkled.

Yeshuah stood up and approached to the lavender alicorn, saying, “You’ve been granted a new spell. Twilight Sparkle, it’s time!” and she nodded.

“Magi Golu Magika!” Twilight yelled as she made her horn glow from magenta to bright pure white, “Magical Smash!” From her horn, a very huge ball of pink energy was created in front of her.

The ball of energy was fired at Infernus. However, just because it can reach him, he again evaporated the ball away, leaving heavy steam around Infernus. The abyssal laughed evilly.

“Didn’t work!” cried Pinkie, “Even Twilight’s new magic can’t reach him!”

“No attack can come near me!” laughed Infernus evilly.

“How about this?” Yeshuah’s voice came out.

“What?!” Infernus, puzzled, turned to his left.

As the fog disappeared, it turned out that Yeshuah was beside Infernus, with his horn pointed and placed directly at his rocky body. It seemed that Yeshuah went close to Infernus without being spotted in that fog.

“Luuma Gogika Goludo!”

Yeshuah’s horn glowed and fired super-close at Infernus, causing the demon to back away leaving sparks bursting from his body. He knelt in pain.

“Infernus! You can only burn up what you can glare at!” explained the white stallion, “So all I had to do is get near without you realizing. Twilight’s steam helped cloud your eyes.”

“That’s right,” Twilight replied.

“What?” said Rainbow Dash cooingly, “Not bad, you two.”

“That’s nothing, Dashie,” the lavender alicorn chuckled, “We’re just doing what we can.” As Twilight turned around, she saw Yeshuah winking at her and blushed.

“Aww, shucks,” cooed Twilight.

The mane six and Yeshuah turned their attention to Infernus, as he stood up and groaned in anger, “Damn you!”

Infernus’ body began to set ablaze on fire as the size of his body reverted back into its huge height.

“Because of the damage, my body returned to its normal size,” roared the demon lord.

The seven ponies gasped in shock as they looked up on Infernus who became big.

“That’s just great. How are goin’ to fight that?!” Applejack groaned.

“Don’t worry, girls,” Yeshuah answered, “We can do this. I’ll render Infernus vulnerable and weaken him, and you, girls, will use the Elements to defeat him.”

“Right!” the six mares replied.

“How dare you do this to me!” Infernus bellowed, “Unforgivable!!!”

Yeshuah opened up his wings for takeoff and flapped them as he flew up in the air.

“Luludo Golu Gogika! Divine Whirlwind!” the Champion of Light yelled as his horn glowed and he spun around rapidly, creating a whirlwind around Yeshuah towards Infernus.

The whirlwind sent Infernus flying and stumbling to the ground. He fell and groaned in pain as response to Yeshuah’s attack.

“Now! Everypony!” cried Yeshuah to the six bearers of the Elements.

“Yeah!” Twilight and the others responded.

Infernus moaned and slowly stood up. Before taking his move, the mane six made their signature attack.

As they activate the Elements of Harmony, they fired a beam of rainbow towards Infernus.

However, the huge abyssal opened his eyes wide and glared at the attack from the Elements, thus evaporating it. Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie and Fluttershy were all shocked that Infernus could also evaporate the magical force emitted from their Elements of Harmony.

“I thought I told you I’m immune to mortal attacks!” Infernus growled.

“This fo’ real!?” responded Applejack.

“He even took out the magical powers from the Elements of Harmony!” Yeshuah said as he landed on the ground beside the six heroines.

“Unbelievable!” Pinkie shouted in disappointment.

“I can’t believe he was able to take it!” Fluttershy said.

“I can’t believe that rockhead managed to stay alive!” the rainbow-maned mare yelled.

On a house where Vancuria and Tichondrius stood, the Phantom Spy responded in awe to what she witnessed, “Just to be expected from a demon lord. Now things will turn around!”

“No. It’s too late, Infernus,” Tichondrius said negatively.

Infernus turned around to see Vancuria and Tichondrius on the roof of the house, and responded to them with a, “What?!”

The dreadlord pointed his finger to the Ponyville Radio Tower burnt, bent and broken and its flame Infernus casted completely died out.

Infernus became shocked at that and muttered to himself, “The flame! It’s gone!”

At Tartarus, in the demon lords’ court, the ten demon lords were watching the battle through a vision projected on the Slab of Judgment.

All of them were disappointed to see Infernus defeated in his own “game”.

“Dark precept:” Kel’thuzad explained, “‘One: If one does not follow one’s own ceremonial rules… they will atone for it with death.”

“Fool!” Archimonde roared as he clenched his fists in anger and fired a ball of green energy towards the image projected on the Slab.

The ball of green energy was transported to where Infernus was, and penetrated inside of the abyssal demon lord.

Infernus moaned in agony as the deadly ball Archimonde fired entered inside his body, and knelt to the ground. He clenched his hand on his chest in total pain.

“What’s going on?!” Rainbow was puzzled at what happened.

“Just because I lost the game…” groaned Infernus as he stood up, although struggling from the agonizing pain in him, “doesn’t mean you will live. You will fall from my comrades who will follow.”

“Wait!” Rarity said, “Where is Princess Celestia?! Give our princess back!”

“Defeat the demon lord who has a thorn garden…” Infernus answered, looking down on the seven ponies, “If you do that, you can probably save her.”

“What?!” Yeshuah responded.

“Which one is that?!” Applejack asked.

“If you fight the remaining ten demon lords one by one, you’ll know someday,” Infernus gasped as he was on the verge of death, “However… this will be a bloodier path than you can imagine!”

His time was up. Infernus wailed at the top of his lungs, as he was immediately turned to stone. Afterwards, the petrified demon lord exploded and burst into a pile of rubble.

“Dark precept! How powerful it is!” Vancuria responded to Infernus’ imminent destruction.

”The Dark Precepts must be strictly observed and followed,” Tichondrius spoke, “Otherwise, the Supreme Ruler of Hell won’t be reincarnated.”

“The birth of Sargeras the Dark Titan… is our wish!” he said in pride as he walked away and teleported back to Tartarus.

“Sargeras is going to be reborn?!” the gray vampire-like alicorn asked in surprise to what she heard. Vancuria turned around but she saw that Tichondrius was already out of sight.

Vancuria, confused at what she heard, warped back to the world of hell, Tartarus.

Later, at sunset, in the meadow fields near Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Yeshuah, and her friends, tired after the fighting, were standing next to each other and watching the wonderful view of a sunset.

“Look at the sun; as beautiful as ever,” said Applejack, “Just like the way Princess Celestia rises and sets it.”

“But, aren’t we feeling guilty after we had just done?” Fluttershy questioned.

Pinkie Pie nodded and answered the shy pegasus, “Looks like we went against Heaven’s sayings.”

“It’ll be hard, but… we can do this!” Rarity replied.

“We’ll save Princess Celestia. We will change the fate of Equestria, the world and the world of Heaven,” Princess Twilight said.

“It’ll be okay,” responded Rainbow Dash, “I’m sure we can do it. We are subjects of Princess Celestia herself. We can overcome anything that comes.”

“Nothing is impossible as long as we are bonded as friends,” Spike continued, “No worries, right?”

“That’s right,” Yeshuah replied, and turning to Twilight, he said, “As long as you— no… we carry the friendship within ourselves, anything is possible.”

Twilight and Yeshuah hugged each other. After the hug broke, the eight watched the sun set at the horizon. It was a beautiful sight to watch the sunset. But who knows when will Burning Legion attack again? Who will they send if that happened? Will Twilight Sparkle and the others be able to handle the coming conflicts? They have to answer those questions themselves.