Only the Good Die Young in Ponyville

Twilight Sparkle

One fairly cold, January night in Ponyville, Twilight and Sunset Shimmer were having their own Girls’ Night Out.  They were visiting Sugar Cube Corner for some cookies and hot chocolate, trying on some outfits from Carousel Boutique, and playing with and petting some of Fluttershy’s animals.  All of this was to teach Sunset all about friendship.

But it didn’t last long.  Just when the two ponies were about to start their last activity on their Girls’ Night Out, Twilight bumped into a hooded pony standing in the middle of the street.

“Oops!  I’m sorry.  Are you okay?” asked Twilight, embarrassed.

The pony didn’t answer.

“Are you okay?” Twilight asked again, louder this time.

The pony still didn’t answer.  This made Twilight and Sunset very anxious.

Just then, the hooded pony took her hood off, and revealed who it really was.  It was none other than the Great and Powerful Trixie!  She came back for more revenge on Twilight Sparkle for being much more powerful than her.

“Well, well, well, Twilight Sparkle.  We meet yet again,” Trixie uttered from underneath her grey cloak.  She was wearing the Alicorn Amulet again, but with additional magic added to it.

“Well, well, well, Trixie.  We meet yet again,” Twilight uttered back.  “What dirty tricks are up your sleeve this time?”

“Oh, I am so glad you asked,” Trixie replied.  “Ever since you showed off your oh-so-special magic in the last duel, I have been trying to figure out how you did those spells.  I searched and searched and researched, but I couldn’t find anything.  But then I figured out that all the problems you have been facing were easy.”

Twilight was confused.

“What are you talking about?” she asked.  “Almost none of my experiences right here in Ponyville have been easy.”

“Well, how have you been able to solve them so easily?”  Trixie asked Twilight, in disbelief.

“Through friendship,” answered Sunset Shimmer, assertively.

“Oh, really?” Trixie asked with a villainous smirk.

“Yes, really,” answered Twilight.

Just then, a brand-new plan popped into Trixie’s unicorn brain.

“Well, if it was so easy for you to single-handedly vanquish the Ursa Minor a couple years ago,” she said. “How easy would it be if I were to summon the Ursa Major?”

“WHAT?!” shouted Twilight and Sunset.

“That’s right,” Trixie replied.  “Like I said, all the problems you faced were easy.  But how easy would it be if you were faced with a problem like that?!”

At that moment, the Ursa Major stormed into Ponyville.  It caused such an uproar that all of Ponyville screamed and trembled with fear!  It even scared Sunset Shimmer!  In fact, it scared her so much that she screamed and ran away from the giant monster, leaving Twilight all alone!

Trixie walked up to Twilight.

“Well?  How about it, hmmm?” asked Trixie.  “Is there anything you can do that the Great and Powerful Trixie can’t?”

However, Twilight could not answer Trixie’s question.  She was too frightened at the sight of the Ursa Major that she was completely speechless!

“Come on, Twilight!” called Sunset from a safe distance.  “You can do it!  I believe in you!”

“Sunset’s right,” Twilight thought to herself.  “I can do this.”

Twilight summoned her strength, and started doing various spells to the Ursa.  But unfortunately, they didn’t work.  Every single spell that Twilight did only made the Ursa stronger and stronger.

And it also made the Ursa fight back!  The Ursa swiped its paws from the left to the right, and from the right to the left.  Its paws even hit Twilight at various moments!

This made Twilight very frightened.  More frightened that usual, in fact.

“But, how?” Twilight thought to herself again.  “No monster in Equestria could get stronger through magic.  Unless…”

Twilight peeked from behind the Ursa and saw Trixie doing something with her magic.

“What is she doing?” she wondered.

She blasted some more of her magic at the Ursa, but then she noticed something bizarre.  She noticed that all her blasts went through the Ursa and into Trixie’s horn!  Trixie then absorbed Twilight’s magic, converted it into energy, and blasted the Ursa with it.  And it all happened so fast that it was almost impossible to see it!

Just then, an idea popped into Twilight’s head.

“Maybe the blasts I’m firing at the Ursa are not strong enough,” she thought to herself.  “Maybe I should fire much stronger blasts at it.”

So she got up, gathered up almost a quarter of her magic, and then blasted it at the Ursa.  She did it three times.  And when she finished, she left the Ursa in a cloud of dust.

“Did it work?” she wondered.

Unfortunately, it didn’t work.  Twilight saw the Ursa get up again, but much to Twilight’s surprise, she saw that the Ursa was much bigger than before!  Twilight was scared to death!

The Ursa walked closer and closer towards Twilight, and Twilight backed away from it until she was cornered in a wall of stone with no escape!

Trixie came out from behind the Ursa and let out an evil laugh.  She was laughing because she saw that the deed was, so far, almost done.

“Trixie is the highest level unicorn in all of Equestria! And there is no one else here who can help you at all!  And in a few minutes, the deed will be done, you will be gone, and Trixie Lulamoon––that’s me––shall be the ruler of Ponyville FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!”  She then let out the biggest evil laugh that she ever did!  In fact, it was so scary that lightning and thunder blasted out of the sky!

Twilight, already weakened by the battle between her and the Ursa, got back up again.

“Trixie,” Twilight said to her.  “The deed is not done.  Not yet.”

“What are you talking about?” Trixie asked Twilight, confused.  “You’re so weak that you can hardly let out anymore magic.”

“That’s what you think, but I have more magic left.  It is the Magic of Friendship.  And it resides in the heart of us all!”

At that moment, she used a spell that gathered up the Elements of Harmony.  She then put the Elements in the appropriate position, activated their power, and blasted it at the Ursa.  And it created such an explosion that the whole town of Ponyville was destroyed!  And the Ursa was defeated, as well.

Sunset Shimmer was amazed at how spectacular the battle was.  She came out of hiding to see what became of the Ursa Major.  She saw that it has been vanquished, and was lying on the ground, unconscious.

“Wow!  Great job, Twilight!  You sould be very proud of you!”

She then looked for Twilight.  For the first couple of minutes, she couldn’t find her.  But then she found her lying on the ground near the stone wall she was cornered in.  She ran up to her and continued to say how amazing she was.

“That was really spectacular Twilight!  I am very proud of you!”

But Twilight didn’t say anything.  She was just lying on the floor, unconscious.

Sunset tried waking her up.

“Twilight?  Twilight?” she called.  “Twilight, are you okay?  Twilight, get up.  Come on, Twilight!  Get up!  Please!!”

Sunset then put her hoof on Twilight’s wrist.  There was no pulse.  She then put her ear to Twilight’s heart.  There was no heartbeat.  Twilight Sparkle was dead.

Sunset then broke down and had a crying fit, all because she lost her best friend.  Twilight was the only one that understood her the most, and the only one to look for in order to fully understand friendship.

Sunset then called the rest of the Mane 6 and took them to the battlefield, which was where Twilight got killed.  All of the ponies were grief-stricken at the sight of their deceasded friend, especially Fluttershy.  They all started crying.  And they cried for about five minutes.  After they stopped crying, the Mane Six (minus one) and Sunset Shimmer started to bury Twilight’s body.  After her body was buried, the main ponies and Sunset Shimmer started praying around Twilight’s grave.  They also said some nice things about her.  After all this was done, Sunset and the Mane Six (minus one) went back home.

The date of her death was January 19, 2002, and her age was 18 years old.  Her body was buried in front of the Ponyville fountain, which was in the center of Ponyville’s Town Square, the place where the battle between Twilight and the Ursa Major took place.