An Mistake Left In Time

The lights was blinding as the three enter the time vortex. Twilight was trying to keep Spike next to her but as soon as Pure saw she grab the wrong target, the ride became a lot more hectic. Pure, at first, try to summon spells but was unable to aim right. So, she started throwing some hit in. The two struggle while Spike hang on for dear life. Twilight duck one hit and grab hold of Pure’s pack. The struggle cause the bag to rip more, causing the time spell to fall out.

The spell hit the wall of the vortex and disappear in a blink of an eye. The two didn’t notice as they tumble farther into the tunnel until they reach the other side: The dust world. They all landed with a thud. The portal didn’t take them to inside the mountain but outside, in a wide open plane. Twilight was the first to recover, looking up to see the portal was still open. Before she could react, she felt Pure tackle her from behind.

“YOU THINK YOU’VE WON!?!” Pure screamed, holding Twilight to the ground and strangling her. “YOU ONLY STALL WHATS TO COME! I will strangle the life out of you and go back to finish what I started. I’ll make sure to torture Starlight for life times before I end the world you died to protect. You should be happy, I’m sending you back to see all the ponies you love. Your brother, your teacher, your friends. All of them die for your worthless cause.”

“You’re wrong.” A voice stop Pure in the middle of strangling to look up at the little pest. Spike was starting to get up from the fall and was staring down Pure. “Shining Armor was caught before he fell too far. The princesses were wounded but I got medics to them in time. None of Twilight friends were killed. You have failed.”

Pure let go of Twilight and started to take a few steps back. “How is this possible? I’ve killed so many ponies and defeated the strongest ones over hundred time. How is it that it take only a few friends to truly beat her?” Pure thought. Then an idea form in her mind and she started to smile. “Well, if I can’t leave my world neither can she.”

Twilight started to recover from the assault when she notice that it was slowly getting brighter. She look up and gasp as she saw what was causing the sudden illumination. Pure was now floating a foot off the ground and above her was a ball of pure magic energy, steadily getting larger.

“You see, Twilight, I know the answer to my problems. You rather die than give up Starlight. Then you will live to see your world set to flames. I’m pulling all the magic I’ve drain from the previous worlds and putting into one spell. There will be nothing left for you to go to and I will finally have my revenge.” Pure said, smiling as the spell grew larger.

“But why!?!” Twilight shouted, trying to be heard over the spell. “You can’t leave this world and you’ll die all alone.”

“I RATHER DIE ALONE THEN LET HER SURVIVE!!!” Pure roar. The spell started to blast lighting as large as trees. “I WAS ALONE EVER SINCE I LOST MOON DANCER! YOU SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ME WHAT I WANTED! NOW YOUR WORLD WILL BURN IN TARTRUS!”

(Back at Twilight’s world.)

Celestia awoke from the dreamless sleep that the medic put her in. She sense it was happening and she only had a few minutes before it was too late. She lift up her sword and started to summon a spell she haven’t used in a long while.

(Back in the world of dust.)

Spike started to feel gas building inside his stomach. But not like gas from eating but when Celestia was sending… Suddenly, Spike let out a burp and a burst of flames as a sword came out. Twilight saw it flip in the air and land in the dirt with a thud. Pure was concentrating solely on the spell, not noticing it. Twilight pick up the sword with a spell then turn to Pure.

“I’m begging you, Pure. Please stop this before it’s too late.” Twilight beg, slowly lifting the sword.

“Your prayer have fallen on deaf ears, Twilight. You will soon see the full strength of my wrath!” Pure said, her voice full of anger and emptiness. Twilight knew there was nothing left to do. She look up to the sky and let out one last prayer.

“May Celestia forgive me.” Twilight whisper and swung the sword as hard as she could. Pure saw the sword coming and summon a shield to block her neck and head. She didn’t think Twilight had it in her but was going to be safe than sorry. Then she notice the blade was aim too high for her head, like she was aiming for something else. But what could she be… Before she had time to realize her mistake, the sword hit it mark with a metallic ting.

For few seconds, time seem to come to a slow crawl. Pure thought that maybe she missed but the skull splitting pain that came from her horn prove otherwise. Her horn fell to the ground and shatter on impact. Pure drop to the ground and let out a painful howl as Twilight threw the sword into the portal. Twilight watch her roll on the ground, tear rolling for her fallen villain. Without the horn, she can’t perform any magic and will be helpless to defend herself.

Twilight turn to the portal and while holding Spike, was about to walk through when a loud crash made her look up. The spell that Pure was performing wasn’t dissipating like it was supposed to. From what she read, if the horn was damage, the spell would not be complete and would fail. Now the spell above was bulging and starting to turn into a deep purple color. Twilight was gaping at it when she started to heard a strange noise. She look down to see Pure was looking up at the sky, laughing.

“Are you happy now?” Pure ask, sounding a little loopy. “You finally killed me. You killed me. I’ve won so many time and I lost to some loser. Some loser and her friends. It actually kind of funny, in a I’m so dead kind of way.”

“What are you talking about?” Twilight ask. “You’ll live without your horn.”

“You really are stupid.” Pure said, weakly getting up from the dirt. “It’s not the horn wound that going to kill me, moron. It’s the spell.” She pointed to the spell ball that was now turning into a bright red. “In about three minutes, that spell is going to go off and destroy about, oh I don’t know, half this universe.”

Twilight look at the sky and back at Pure, who was laughing and crying at same time. Twilight was about to leave when she heard something that was going to haunt for the rest of her life.

“Before you leave, I’m going to give you one parting wound.” Pure said, poison dripping off her words. “You were the one to kill me. Not your princesses, not your friends, you killed me. May I haunt your dreams to the end of time and may you never forget my rage. Because I will find a way to get you.” Twilight step through the portal as Pure continue to rant. “I will find a way to get my revenge. I will crawl from the bowels of Tartarus to get my revenge. I WILL GET MY REVENGE, YOU WAIT AND SEE!!!!”

The portal close and Pure was still staring at where it once was when a lightning strike snap her out of it. She look up to see the spell was turning into from red to yellow and starting to shake. Pure pull the remains of her pack off her back and pull out the last two items from it. One was the photo of Starlight she used to hunt her down. Pure threw it into the wind and was more focus on the second photo. One she kept hidden since before her world turn to dust.

It was a simple picture, taken from the hoof of one of the pony in the photo. It was Pure and Moon Dancer, smiling and hugging each other before the final year at Celestia School. Pure didn’t get in the first time but managed to pass the test the second time. She met Moon Dancer as her tutor and they became close friends. It was the last year when it became more. They barely got started when their world was destroy.

Pure look at the photo and a single tear rolled off her face. It hit the photo with a collection blood and dust. Then Pure finally started to break down, letting out long howls of unbelievable pain and misery.

“I’M SORRY!” Pure cry out, holding the photo close to her chest. “I TRIED. I REALLY TRIED TO SAVE US! I TRIED TO SAVE US ALL!” At this point, Pure was just crying into the photo, ignoring the spell as it hit the last seconds before it explode. “I just wanted to bring you back. All I wanted was to bring you bac…”

The last thing that Pure heard was a high pitch whine before being incased in a bright light.