Twilight's Decision

‘Twilight’ says Rarity three days later, ‘I know your exhausted honey but we need you to take over’ Twilight slowly opens her eyes ‘Alright Rarity’ she says with a big yawn. Stretching she gets up and uses her powers to reinforce the shield with her magic.

‘Rarity how bad is it out there?’

‘It gets worse every minute’. ‘After Fluttershy returned with Sombra’s mark and….and….we took care of her’ she manages to get out, ‘he sent Pinkie Pie, then he sent Granny Smith and Big Mac’. ‘He’s tormenting us and everypony has thought of or already committed suicide’.

‘How many ponies are left’ says Twilight.

‘Out of the 1500 we had, we’re down to less than 500’. ‘Shit’ exclaims Twilight, ‘We can’t hold out much longer’.

‘I know' says Rarity and that’s why you need to leave us and go get Celestia yourself’.

‘But Rarity you’ll all be over run!’ she whispers.

‘I know and so does everypony else, but if that’s what it takes to save Equestria then that is what we must do!’

‘Rarity’ Twilight whispers as she rushes her and wraps her hooves around her, ‘I’m so sorry’

‘Yes I know, now go before….before….’ She breaks into tears.

'Oh Rarity’ she cries and then she runs out of the room and to the edge of the shield right next to the Everfree forest. She turns around, ‘I’m sorry’ is all she says as she looks at everyone, and then she breaks her shield and runs. She doesn’t look back until she reaches the edge of the mountain and she turns to find Ponyvile on fire, and her home…destroyed.

She wandered until the hours of darkness. Then she finally came across Zecora’s cabin, the cabin was in a state of disarray with broken bottles and books spread out all over the floor. However it was a warm place to sleep on a cold night so clearing away the mess on Zecora’s bed she fell to sleep thinking of Zecora and what might’ve happened.

As she slept she dreamed, she saw her friends and her family all with green eyes, her dead brother and her converted mother and father. She saw the day Cadance died, and the crystal shard that had killed her when the heart had exploded into a thousand pieces. She saw Celestia and Luna surrounded in their own castle by the converted and she saw Sombra laughing gleefully in the shadows next to her as she screamed at the horrors he was showing her. She woke up with a cold sweat. ‘It was only a dream’ she thinks to herself, this hasn’t come to pass yet. Then she passes out from pure exhaustion and falls into a deep and dreamless sleep.

She wakes up with a start as the door to the cabin slams. Looking around she realizes it’s only been an hour since she fell to sleep. ‘Zecora’ she whispers, ‘Zecora is that you?’

‘Yes it is me as you can clearly see’ says Zecora as she sets down her basket on the table next to the entrance way.

‘How have you survived so long outside of my shield Zecora’ says Twilight. She turns to face Twilight

‘Survive I have not for the infection I have caught’ says Zecora quietly.

‘Your...your infected?’ whispers Twilight,

‘Yes’ states the zebra calmly as she removes her hood. Twilight looks at her strangely; her eyes are a weird combination of their old color and green.

‘Your eyes, but how come you haven’t succumbed?’

‘I used my potions and have kept in motion’ Zecora looks at her, ‘All hope is not lost it is but at a cost’ she says.

‘A cost what cost’ Twilight gets up out of Zecora’s bed and walks up to her ‘what are you talking about?’

‘I have what you seek but it is very weak’ she tosses a potion at Twilight which twilight catches using her magic. ‘If infected drink this, or things will surely go amiss’.

‘Thank you Zecora’ says Twilight.

‘You must leave now or surely you will bow’ Zecora looks at her tears in her eyes ‘miss you I will you should go up that hill’ Zecora points out the window at a hill in the distance ‘from there go straight and you will find hate’.

‘Thank you’ says Twilight again as she gives her a hug not noticing the small black box that Zecora slipped into her bag, she tucks the potion into her saddle bag as heads to the door. ‘Good bye’ she says as she gallops for the hill full speed.