The Spirit Within

"Twilight! Where are you!? Twiiiiliiiight!!!" Someone screamed.

"Hold on a minute." Twilight said as she got up from her bed. 'Who would be yelling for me from my door this early in the morning?' She thought to herself. As she opened the door, she noticed who it was, and it worried her. It was Pinkie Pie.

"Twilight! Thank Celestia you're ok. Fluttershy has gone missing and Rarity is..." Pinkie began crying as she thought about her friend Rarity.

"I know, Pinkie, it's ok. Sometimes accidents happen, it just turned out that she slipped. She works too hard, so it was bound to happen sometime." Twilight said, trying to calm her friend down.

"But....what do we do now?"

"We have to move on, Pinkie. They aren't going to come back, and I'm sure they wouldn't want us to stop living just because they died."

"....I'll.....I'll try to, Twilight..." Pinkie said, still crying a bit.

"Now just go home and get some rest. Calm down a little. Try to forget what happened yesterday. Don't worry, things will be fine." She said.

Pinkie walked off towards her house now. Still crying about her friends who died the day before.

"That was too close." Twilight said. But as she turned around, she saw Spike staring at her, tears in his eyes and anger on his face.

"I know wh-what y-you did Twilight..." He said. "Y-you killed them, didn't you? You killed them both..."

"What? No! Why would I ever kill them? They were my friends. I would never do anything to harm th-"

"Don't lie to me, Twilight. I know everything. I know that you killed Fluttershy by the river. And that you killed Rarity in her shop."

"How could you even think of something that horrible?" Twilight said.

"Well, Braeburn found Fluttershy's body over in Appleoosa. And Rarity was found dead in her shop. Both times when someone disappeared, you were gone until nighttime." Spike explained.

"That's not enough to call me a murderer!" Twilight replied, hoping to change his mind.

"No. It isn't. That's why the blood on your coat and mane proves it all."

"Well well well, my dear friend, it seems that you've figured it out. You made one mistake though. Since you told me just now, I can't just let you walk out and tell everypony, now can I?" Twilight laughed.

Spikes eyes widened as he stood there in shock. "You wouldn't kill me, Twilight. I've been with you since you were a filly living in Canterlot." Spike said, crying now.

"Oh Spike, you know, I didn't want it to come to this, but you've left me with no choice. I assure you that I will never forget about you."

Spike turned and started running for the door, but it was to no avail. Twilight lunged over and grabbed him. She threw him into the bookcase.

"Ow! Why are you hurting me?" Cried the little dragon.

Twilight tossed him into a wall and held him up against it. "You know why this must be done, Spike. You should have known better than to tell me about how you know I killed them all." She laughed. "Now it's time to finish you of-"

Spike tried to breathe fire, but he is only a baby, so it was practically just a spark. It singed Twilights cheek, but all that did was anger her.

"Oh, you're done now." She said as she threw him on the ground. She shot a bolt of magic at him, cutting his stomach and dropping him to the ground. Twilight then held a bookcase over him. "Goodbye, Spike."

And with a sudden crash, it was over. The blood leaked from under the bookcase. "Well, I should clean this up before someone comes in and sees this."

She set the bookcase back up and wiped the blood off of it. 'That part was easy, but what will I do with the body?' She thought. Then she came up with the idea to incinerate the body. She put rocks around the body to ensure that her spell didn't go too far. She then sprayed a wall of intense flames, just like she did the other day, directly onto the body. Within seconds the body was turned to ashes. It took an hour to clean the rest of the house.

"Well what am I going to do now? I guess I can just wander around Ponyville." She said as she walked out the door.

As she walked through Ponyville, saying hi to someone here and there, she realized something. She can't remember anything she did the last couple days. "Where is Rarity and Fluttershy? I haven't seen them in days now. Maybe Spike will know. I'll ask him when I get home."

"Lookout!" Screamed a rainbow-maned blue pegasus as she fell from the sky.

She crashed into the ground, right next to Twilight.

"Are you alright Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked.

Rainbow slowly started to stand up, obviously in a little pain, "yeah, I'm fine. Sorry about almost tackling you, I was practicing for the Wonderbolts. They are coming to Ponyville tomorrow and I am practicing a new trick!" The pegasus screamed enthusiastically.

'When isn't she practicing?' Twilight thought, laughing as she did.

"I'm sure that this time you'll get in, Rainbow Dash. You've already saved them from crashing into the ground."

"Thanks Twilight. Well do you want to see my new trick?"

"Sure, go for it."

Rainbow Dash took off into the sky without hesitation. She flipped and spun around in the sky. Flew up, then dropped down, not extending her wings until she nearly hit the ground. And of course, finished it all with a sonic rainboom.

"Wow Rainbow. That was amazing. No doubt you'll get into the Wonderbolts with that trick." Twilight said.

"Yeah, and that's how it should be. I AM the best flyer in Equestria, after all." Rainbow laughed.

And that was no lie. You could ask anypony around and they would say the same thing. Rainbow Dash was born a flyer. Her special talent is all about speed. She isn’t named Rainbow Dash for no reason, after all.

“Why are the Wonderbolts coming to Ponyville, anyway? Don’t they have other things to do? Like, you know, get ready for the Canterlot Games that start next week.” Twilight questioned.

“I don’t know, but they are probably coming up for the big festival in town square. Wouldn’t shock me if Princess Celestia was going all out for it.”

“Yeah, you’re right. Well, what else are you planning on showing them? I’m sure that you are planning to do more than just one amazing trick, right?”

“Of course! Who do you think I am? Trixie?” laughed RainbowDash. “Could you watch and tell me which ones are the best to show them, Twilight?”

“Sure, I can do that.” Twilight answered.

Twilight watched as Rainbow Dash whizzed around the sky, as fast as ever. She pulled off a few loops while dropping towards the ground. Shot up towards the sun and twirled, shockingly not dizzy yet.

After about an hour or so of performing tricks, she had finished.

"So," Rainbow panted, "what do ya think."

"They were all great Rainbow Dash. You will be part of the Wonderbolts in no time." Twilight replied.

"Thanks Twilight. Do you think I should make any new tricks or were those good enough?"

"Hah! No, you don't need any new ones," Twilight said with an odd stare, "it's not like you're REALLY going to actually get into the Wonderbolts anyway."

“What are you talking about, egghead?” Rainbow asked, getting mad at her friend.

“You know exactly what i’m talking about, you failure of a pegasus.” Twilight laughed with a grin on her muzzle.

“Hey!” screamed Rainbow Dash, walking towards the the purple unicorn, still grinning. “I am anything BUT a failure!”

“Hahahaha!” cackled Twilight, in a witch-like manner, “don’t make me laugh, you ignorant little filly. Do you not see the obvious? Have you not seen what has been going on for the last couple years?”

“W-What are you getting at, Tw-Twilight…?” The pegasus replied, stopping in her tracks, a few feet away from Twilight.

“Think about it, Rainbow. You have tried to get into the Wonderbolts for what, three or four years now? Don’t you think that if you were truly good enough to be part of them, you’d already be a member? It just doesn’t make sense, does it? They rejected you before, they will reject you now, and they will surely reject you in the future. And until you realize that you are just a failure like Fluttershy and Rarity, you won’t be successful.”

“Oh my god...is that why they are all gone? Because you killed them?” Dash asked hesitantly.

“Hah, yes indeed, my dear Rainbow Dash. You se-”

“WHY! What made you kill your friends! We have all been there for eachother since the beginning! What could they have done to deserve that!” Rainbow Dash screamed in anger and sorrow, cutting Twilight off mid sentence.

“Now now, you impatient foal.You had interrupted me before I could explain. And you know what? That’s quite rude. We don’t like it when others are rude, now do we?” Twilight laughed.

“Wha-? AHH!” Rainbow screamed as a bolt of magic cut her leg ever so slightly. She fell to the ground to hold it tight.

“When you are rude, you get punished, Dashie,” chuckled Twilight, “now, shall I continue my explanation?” Rainbow nodded, not daring to speak, worried that she might scream over the pain.

“What, don’t want to seem weak? Dragon got your tongue?” Twilight laughed at that last one, “Anyhow, let us move on.””

Twilight walked around Rainbow and began talking. “Now, Rainbow, I did, in fact, get rid of Fluttershy and Rarity. Not to mention Spike, but his death is a story for a different time.”

“You killed Spike, t-AH!” Cried the pegasus, as another bolt was sent at her other leg, scraping it enough to draw a bit of blood.

“What did I tell you, Dash? It’s not polite to interrupt,” Twilight said, laughing under her breath, “As I was saying. That is, unless you have something else to say.” Twilight stared at the poor pegasus. Rainbow Dash just shook her head.

“Oh, are we going to be stubborn now?” grinned Twilight, “I like that.”

“So, back to my explanation. I know how much we all cared about Fluttershy and Rarity, but I realized something when I was with them. Have you noticed what is wrong with them?” Twilight asked. “Go ahead, I want you to think about it. Take a guess.”

Rainbow shook her head from side to side, refusing to open her mouth.

“Hmm, it seems like your mouth it frozen shut. Maybe I can help fix that. for you.” Twilight said, pointing her horn down towards Rainbow Dash as it glowed with intense power.

“NO! DON’T!” Shrieked the pegasus. “DON’T DO IT!”

“Oh good. I was worried that something was wrong. Now that we know you’re ok, let me ask again,” laughed Twilight, “What is wrong about Fluttershy and Rarity? I want to see if you know the problem with them.”

“I-I...I don’t know what you are aski-” Twilight stared her down, causing her to rethink about what she is saying, “I mean, maybe because they have flaws…?”

“Good, good. You are close. You see, they all have something about them that prevents them from being tolerable or helpful. Fluttershy, for instance, is really kind and generous. But the issue is that being so nice causes her to be weak and lacks the ability to be self-sufficient. She is scared of everything, which makes her a detriment to all of our journeys when trying to help save Equestria.” Twilight paused and nodded towards Rainbow, indicating that she could speak now.

“But, Fluttershy helped multiple times in the past. Remember the dragon that was blowing smoke over Equestria? And taming Discord?”

“Oh don’t get me wrong. She did have her helpful moments. but think about everything else. The whole dragon incident, for example. Yes, she did help get rid of it, but do you remember all of the issues we had with her when trying to get her to cooperate? She didn’t do a thing until we were all in extreme danger.”

“B-but she has done more than just that. Surely she has done more…”

“Maybe she has, but the problem still remains. The bads and problems outway the goods. And that is something that couldn’t go uncorrecte-”

“Don’t try to make it sound like what you did was ok!” Yelled the pegasus as she slowly got to her feet.

“Ow!” Rainbow cried as Twilight smashed her hoof into rainbows side.

“We've been through this,” Twilight said, “don’t interrupt me”

Once Rainbow stopped squirming on the ground, Twilight began to speak again.

“Now, you might be thinking. ‘why Rarity though. What did she do?’. Well, it’s simple, really. Just look at her!” Laughed Twilight. “She runs around looking like a mess of a mare, she makes dresses that are never up to par with the Canterlot standards that she wants to get to, and she is always worrying about herself. If that isn’t enough, she is always considering herself to be above everypony else.”

“She has done many great things for us though.” Rainbow argued.

“Oh I’m sure she has,” replied Twilight, “let’s not dwell on them anymore though. There is something more important right now, and that…” she paused to look directly into Rainbow’s eyes and grinned, “is you.”

Rainbow jumped up onto her hooves, the pain in her legs mostly gone now. she took to the sky “NO!”

“Oh, now now, Rainbow. You can at least play fair.” Twilight giggled, grabbing Rainbow Dash’s tail with her magic.

She yanked the pegasus back to the ground with immense force, sending a cloud of dirt and dust into the air on impact. “We are going to have some fun here, aren’t we?”

“If it’s a fight you’re looking for, it’s a fight that you’ll get!” yelled Rainbow Dash, charging full speed towards Twilight.

Twilight smirked, then quickly and accurately, launched another bolt directly at the center of Rainbow’s left wing, causing her to spin out of control and smashed into a boulder near by.

“Wow, that didn’t seem like Wonderbolts material, now did it?”

“You...You murderer!” she screamed, taking a swing at Twilight.

Twilight simply ducked to get out of the way of Rainbow’s rage-driven swing. this gave her the opportunity to ram her in the ribs. Doing so cause Rainbow to drop to the ground, gasping for air.

“Ohh, don’t die on me yet. We aren’t finished.” Twilight said, now standing over the broken pegasus.

“Pl-Please...Twil-l-light….just st-stop…..I beg y-you…” Rainbow said, barely able to talk as it is.

“Would you look at this. You are just laying here, broken, said, and defenseless. Just like the failure you are. And now, after all of your bragging and your arrogance has left you, you are able to see that. You can see that no matter what, you are not the best around.. Hahaha, it’s such a shame that it took all of this to get you to realize that.” Twilight said, staring at the body of a pony in misery. “Well, it would be terrible for me to leave while you are going through this pain and sorrow, now would it?”

“n-no…..” Rainbow murmured, “no..!”

“Oh you poor little pegasus. Don’t worry though, i’ll make sure to inform Soarin and Spitfire about this tragic accident.” Laughed the unicorn.

“Accid-dent…?”

“Well of course! Don’t you remember? you were practicing your tricks and your wing gave out. That’s how your wing got beat up like that, you know. When your wing gave out, you had plummeted to the ground with so much speed that once you hit the ground, there was no chance of your survival.” Twilight chuckled as she explained her impeccable ruse.

“You’re a m-monst-ter….” The pegasus said.

“Goodbye, my dear Rainbow Dash,” Twilight said as she prepared a strong electric shock spell, “you will be missed.” And just like that, she let the shock go, flowing right into Rainbow Dash’s body, stopping her heart instantly.

“Well, not much else to do but go home and sleep.” She said as she walked home.