Author's Note

Well, here it is after one million years. Enjoy this POS that I finished winging this night.

End of Act 2

The helicopter falls silent once Twilight finished explaining the situation as best as she could, her human double glaring silently back. Still having her cuffed while the dog Spike remains curled up in her lap, the copter moving harshly with some meteors passing by the windows.

“You could have just taken the stupid crown you know.” The human Twilight starts with a cold tone.

“It wasn’t so easy!” The other one retorts leaning forwards slightly.

“You could have said it was a gift you bought for someone, I don’t know!” She coated Twilight rubbed the bridge of her nose while groaning lowly “Why did you have to ruin my reputation and make me look like an idiot desperate for a pretty face?”

The otherwordly girl just fell silent, feeling unable to do much for the frustration of her human counterpart. But more importantly…

“Miss Sparkle,” The pilot called out “A tornado was reported to briefly appear near the Canterlot high school, a big group of kids have been spotted either wounded on the ground or outright dead.”

This revelation stunned everyone, Spike and Twilight the most. Her canine companion looked up to her with immense worry, she doing the same thing. When trying to reason with the human Twilight once more, she didn’t get the chance to do so.

“The rescue team will save however civilians they can,” She responded sternly and coldly “Leave behind those who can’t be saved, the meteor is due to impact pretty soon.”

“No! You can’t leave them at his mercy!” Twilight stood up slightly, ultimately forced to be seated back down as the helicopter did another sharp turn to avoid another meteor. Also forgetting about Spike who had to briefly hold on to her skirt.

“We have an entire city to evacuate in case you haven’t noticed!” Her human double raised her voice while leaning towards her “The government is doing their best to save the people of this city, do you think your dumb school friends are the only ones that really matter at all?”

“You don’t understand, this is the work of Vaati. Me and my friends are the only ones who can stop him!”

“Not while you’re under my custody you won’t. I’ll get to decide what happens with you, and that will be put on hold until we reach the safe zone. Is that clear?”

“You don’t get it-”

“GOOD EVENING.”

A booming thundering voice interrupted them, a tornado disrupting the helicopter before it got covered in a huge shadow. A giant black ball appeared inside the tornado, multiple bat like wings sprouting from all over it. Even on the limbs that seem to work as arms.

Opening a huge red eye on the center of the ball, the voice came back as a loud laugh. A spark going off on Twilight’s head as the helicopter shook harshly against the massive gusts of winds from the tornado.

“Twilight, it’s him!” Spike yelled out while clinging on her for dear life, the human Twilight and the pilot couldn’t get a clear view of him much less believe it.

“GET DOWN FROM THERE.” Vaati screamed as he changed the direction of the wind to suck the helicopter in the tornado, the turbulence bringing down the helicopter after they all have lost consciousness. A mad laugh from the made being the last thing they hear.

Consciousness was slowly returning, wincing as the pain assaulted her upper body. A slight sound of wind was heard along with another faint one she wasn’t able to recognize, Twilight felt that the cuffs weren’t on her wrists anymore despite still feeling their pressure. Eventually opening her eyes to be greeted by the even bigger and closer falling red moon descending upon this world.

Trying to get up to see what she could do, her wounds didn’t allowed her farther than lifting up enough to sit down on what appears to be a grassy field. The goal and building ahead of her giving away that she was on the football field of Canterlot High, which glowed in the dreadful glow reflected from the sky.

The memory of the helicopter crash coming to her, she went into a quick panic trying to get up again. Ending up in the equestrian princess hugging her stomach while shutting her eyes tight and grunting to herself.

‘No good…’ She thought after deciding to have a quick rest ‘That thing is gonna fall soon, where’s the human me? And the others?’ Surveying the field once again, she noticed a few figures visible under the red glow. Gasping seeing her friends along with her human counterpart tied up and unconscious on the spectator seats, complete with cuts and ripped clothes on them.

The faint sound from before was made clearer now. The echoing voice of a beautiful singing from a young woman, mixed with the gusting wind and the new sound of footsteps on the grassy field that were getting close to her.

“Well aren’t you impatient…” Twilight turned and winced feeling her wounds kick in again, frowning at the sound of that familiar voice “Totally unrelated, but I’m glad I’m out of that ball form. Really hate it.”

“What did you do to my friends?!” She glared as the crazed mage sat down besides her, opting to look up at the thundering sky with an indifferent expression.

“‘Of course you’d ask about them. Took care of them, just like I did with you.” He responded with a tone matching his face.

With how he handled Trixie and Sombra back on Equestria, the young princess felt her cheeks go red in embarrassment and humiliation thinking of what he might had done to all of them whilst unconscious “You are a monst-”

“No, don’t flatter yourself nor your annoying friends.” He made shook his head before bringing it back down “That’s another total prick you’re confusing me with. Always saying something about dreaming to be a king.”

“Gee, sure glad you have enough standards to not do that.” Twilight rolled her eyes while giving him that spiteful, sarcastic response.

“That aside, the point is that you and your slave are not supposed to be here.”

“He’s not a-!”

“Yeah yeah yeah, whatever helps you sleep at night.” He waved her off before getting up and look at her “Save for a selected few, I’m ending this world along with killing the rest in it.” Raising a hand towards her, the mage shook his head “And on a wild guess, you’re next gonna say: ‘You’re not gonna get away with this!’ Right?”

“You’re not gonna get away with this!” Twilight winced as she struggled until she got up, her face turned to surprise realizing that he did predicted what she said.

“You don’t need to read minds to know what your kind is going to say in these kind of situations.” He then turned to the stadium’s seats, seeing Sunset Shimmer awake and trying to break free of the ropes tied on her “Bet that horn would be pretty useful now, that way you can set that rope on fire with that useful magic. Or a knife would do too.”

Sunset’s attention was brought to the one mocking her, anxiety coming to her with the sounds of thunder close to them and the small flaming rocks falling to the planet with more frequency. Opting that talking to him might be able to solve the problem.

“You don’t have to do this, there is a better way!”

“Sunset don’t do it, he’s not gonna listen to you!” Twilight tried to warn her, but Vaati just kept quiet while listening to Sunset. Who kept going on.

“There is always another way than to destroy everything, before I used to be kind of the same. I’ve made the mistake you’re doing now! I was overwhelmed by the magic I’ve got, I thought I could get what I wanted!” Her voiced started to get desperate as she felt the tears go down her cheeks “Even with all that power, you’ll-”

“Yeah sure, friendship this and that. Whatever.” The mage said coldly and blatantly ignoring Sunset’s attempts at redeeming him, his face staring rather bored at her “I had friends you know, had known even love pretty well too. My life was shitty like everyone else’s, but at one time I was getting back up fine.”

“Then why?! Why all this destruction and chaos? This isn’t gonna make things right!”

“Easy, one is that said loved ones betrayed me.” Vaati got closer kneeling down being face to face with Sunset, staring with the same bored indifferent expression “No matter who I’ve met, they always pretending to be nice to me before long they all always stab me in the back. Eventually I stopped feeling hurt and surprised until I gained this spiffy power.” He arched his back clapping his hands once and spreading them out “And here we are. After learning about Equestria having it too good I decided to give them a real bad guy, since I love playing the bad guy.”

Unbeknownst to him, the rest have already woken up. Not seeming to care as he got up to kick Sunset down on her back. Stomping on her stomach while putting pressure on it. The dog Spike wiggles and growled against his restraints that in another situation would make Applejack blush.

“I didn’t want friendship, because I had it and kept losing it no matter what I do.”

He stomped on Sunset again, Twilight starting to limp towards him until she fell over again. Even while trying to get up again, she was helpless to save Sunset.

“As much as love would be nice, I either didn’t exactly attract the wrong crowd or always met... ” He paused as he grabbed Sunset by her undershirt and brought her to him, ignoring the cries and struggles of the other Canterlot High students “Sane girls let’s just say. So that was out too, all I want is one thing with this situation.” He threw her into the seats, suddenly appearing before Princess Twilight giving her a kick in the jaw as she was getting up.

“To watch the world burn.” With that, the wind picked up as if a monstrous creature was roaring. Blue cracks spreading all over the falling sphere, the mage rising up in the sky as the distant sounds of impacting debris replacing the thunder. Both human Twilight and Spike disappearing in a teleportation flash.

Finally feeling like at least her legs recovered, she rushed as fast as she could to free her friends after she spat blood on the ground. A blue spot on the falling sphere glowed brighter while the cracks spread.

“We have to get out of here, now!” Twilight urgently told them once she had untied all of the ropes.

“No way, that madman is gonna destroy everything! I’m not gonna let that happen.” Rainbow Dash objected and cracked her knuckles together before receiving affirmations from the others of following through with this.

“You’re all… idiots, you know that?” Another new voice called out to them, holding her stomach and covered in blood along with her wings turned to ash was Aria from the Dazzlings limping on their right “You can’t… beat that guy… even with your magic…” She covered her hand before entering in a fit of blood that left her hand bloody, Fluttershy quickling going over to lend her shoulder in help.

“What the-?!” Twilight joined up with the rest ignoring the flares of pain her body was giving her “What are you doing here? Where’s the rest of your crew?”

Aria had remained silent taking trying to get to the statue in front of the school, the spot on the meteor had more similar spots surrounding it with tiny cracks quickly surrounding it. A gust of wind picking up a bit more force with the meteor glowing brighter and bigger.

“They’re dead, the bastard killed them.” Aria replied with her head hanging down trembling with rage. The Rainbooms’ blood had turned cold hearing the new of this “We had it, I told her we should run while we had our… magic back and… the idiot didn’t listen to me.”

Rounding up at the side of the school they saw the statue close, but the cracking noises from above got louder now with the meteor full of cracks. The crimson glow becoming so intense that it was technically shining like a sun and the meteor slowly breaking apart with two large wings coming out of the meteor’s top.

At this the group erupted into screams and cries of mixed emotions, many of the girls panicking over their safety or location of their loved ones worried about where they would be. Only making it through the entrance before the meteor expanded further turning the crimson glow into a fiery orange one, looking up with barely any luck they could see a scaly figure inside trying to break free.

“Is-Is that a dragon?!” Rarity pointed with little calm at the creature within up there.

“Dragons burn villages and stuff, how does he plan to end the world with that when we got guns and stuff?” Rainbow Dash chimed in as she held Sunset in her shoulder, who in turn widened her eyes in horror thinking of one way giving with what they’re dealing with.

Almost as if on cue, the dragon roared exploding the meteor breaking it apart. The girl huddled together scared of the incoming flaming debris coming towards them, but nothing came after a few moments. Opening their eyes they found themselves surrounded by a purple shield like on the night of the Fall Formal, the meteor’s pieces exploding on the shield falling whichever piece landed on it.

Kind of a cruel mercy they were given when they saw the pieces razing the town to the ground, the now broken meteor covering the town and the school behind them in exploding flames with the freed dragon flying rather fast above the destruction taking place.

They were silent with Fluttershy and Pinkie starting to cry once they settled the injured Aria on the ground, Rainbow was seething with Sunset looking down and Applejack holding her hat down covering her eyes.

“This… this can’t be.” Twilight could only get those sentences out while holding her canine companion close.

“My family, I didn’t get to talk to them one more time.” Applejack muttered while breathing deeply through her nose. Both Rainbow Dash and Rarity looked at her knowing how she feels.

“We can’t stay here long.” Aria spoke up through her panting “We must refuge in Equestria, assuming that portal does take us there.”

“You sure you wanna take her with us?” Spike rose an eyebrow who didn’t looked very convinced.

“Do I look… like I’m in any condition… to do anything?” Aria glared at the dog before entering a coughing fit covering her mouth.

The dragon suddenly flew over them with dozens of rays trailing under his wings and crashing down all around him, including the shield which started to crack under the rays making the girls flinch.

Sunset looked up narrowing her eyes, standing up away from the shoulder she was leaning on. She still hurt like hell, but she could walk fine which she did towards Twilight. It would seem the fiery haired girl had to do this quick since the dragon was aiming stronger rays at the shield.

“Sunset, wait.” Rainbow called out to her reaching an arm out to her, but Sunset looked back smiling at her.

“I’m fine, don’t worry about me.” It was an obvious lie, but her sad smile was hinting of something else she had in mind. The former bully walked to Twilight’s back putting a hand on her shoulder causing her to look back. “Thank you for everything Twilight, I wish we had hung out all together having fun more.”

“What are you saying?” Twilight was shoved towards the base of the portal slipping in with Spike, the last she heard was the roar of the dragon and hearing the shield breaking.

The girls looked up seeing the dragon with a scorching solar-like aura behind it, thunder roaring with it as the ball descends with the dragon flapping its wings in place staring at them.

“Shouldn’t you go too?” Fluttershy addressed at Aria wiping her eyes, but the surviving Dazzling just shook her head looking back at her burnt wings.

“I’m useless as I am, and even if that bastard is beaten I’d be jailed or banished again. Not to mention my sisters are dead, so I’m pretty much done.” The former Dazzling sighed as she laid down on her back.

Feeling something wrap around her left hand she saw Fluttershy holding it tight with a smile, and her other hand being held by Rainbow Dash. The girls formed a circle holding hands with eachother until Sunset told hold of Aria’s other hand, the situation absurd enough to make the only Dazzling chuckle and shake her head.

The dragon’s flare becoming more intense and hot as it got closer to them, the statue crumbling before them and enveloped into the ball of fire. The girls feeling happy sticking together and their friendship comforting them, Aria just felt at peace that she wasn’t going out alone though. The light intensified further until everything turned white.