Twilight was looking out the window of her bedroom in the hospital, one of the few buildings to escape the damage of the battle. Twilight had gotten a room by herself due to her wounds being so severe. She was found in the spell room awaunkeconscioussleep and barely breathing. She didn’t wake up till three days afterwards. Her friends have fare a little better but not much. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were both out of commission for a while. Rarity was nursing a broken rib and a few bruise while Pinkie Pie just had a black eye. The worst out of the five was Fluttershy.

The wounds she suffer were pretty intense but what most feared was her mind. She didn’t have a lot of experience with magic so the sudden invasion into another pony mind was new territory. She was suffering nightmares from the memory of Pure and nothing Luna did in the dream verse seem to help. But Luna had one more pressing concern and that is why she was sitting next to Twilight’s bed.

“I know what haunts you, Twilight.” Luna said. “Your dreams have been crying louder than Fluttershy in pain. I know you are suffering one of the other pains of a battle. The pain of the memories. You are suffering the weight of the actions of war but know that you did everything right. You try to reason with her, help her and in the end, only try to disarm her. You show Pure great mercy, more mercy then she have ever shown.”

“That was not enough.” Twilight mutter, not at all turning to Luna. Luna notice the shaking in her voice. Twilight wipe at her eyes as tears started to form. “I killed some pony. I killed me! I should have just closed the portal. She lost the time scroll and was helpless. I should of just…” Luna put her wing over the sobbing alicorn and started to comfort her.

“Twilight, you couldn’t close the portal. Doctor Hooves said that the portal would have stay open for enough time for the spell to be complete and she would have fired it.” Luna said. Twilight look up with a confuse look and Luna nodded. “Your dreams tell me a lot of things and also her last words. That is what has been haunting you the last few days and will haunt you for a while. Pure told you one of you friends that wars bring the monster in all of us. I believe that it is not that wars and battles that bring out the monsters but its friends that brings out the saints in us.”

Luna turn and started to head to the door. As she limp away, Twilight started to ask but bit her tongue. She didn’t think it was right to ask how Luna was faring after her fight. The medic try all the spells they could think of but nothing repair the damage. Luna was now three legs and probably would be for the rest of her life. Twilight was going back to the window when Luna spoke up again.

“Doctor Hooves and his friends will be here in the morning. They will be asking about the time scroll. They have some theories but only you can get them to stop debating. Those three have been talking all night and I swear, Celestia just make their group officially to get rid of them.” And with that, Luna walk out of the room.

(The next day)

“So the scroll hit the wall of the vortex and disappear?” Doctor Hooves question as he paced the room. Sky Watcher was sitting on a dresser that was on the far end of the room. Record Keeper was sitting next to Twilight, both of them watching Hooves going from one end of the room to the next. “So that give us two possibility. One, the scroll was rip to shreds and spared over the dimensions like a fine jam.” Hooves pointed out.

“Or?” Sky Watcher ask, rocking back and forth on the dresser.

“Or it could be sent to a dimension of time it never visited. Which could be good or bad depending on certain things.” Doctor Hooves finish, stopping in the middle of the room.

“How could it be good or bad?” Twilight asked. Hooves sigh and walk over to Twilight bed.

“The way it could be good is it land in the world were ponies don’t have the power to cast the spell and won’t be a threat. The way it could be bad is it land in the hooves of some power hunger pony or a group of them and they decide to enact one of Record Keeper’s theories.” Doctor Hooves pointed out. The door open at that moment and Twilight saw Fluttershy poke her head in the room.

“I was, um, told you would all be here and, well, I was hoping to talk to Twilight about it. But if you are busy, I can come back later.” Fluttershy said, starting to withdraw from the door.

“No, it all right Fluttershy. You can come in.” Twilight said, starting to sit up in the bed. Fluttershy walk over to the group and stop just short of Twilight’s bed. She look nervous, more nervous than usually. She brush her hair back and look at the three staring at her. She took a deep breath and started to talk.

“You see, when I saw those memories, one seem to stuck with me.” Fluttershy explained. “It was her first time jump and she was still recovering. Something talked to her while she was hurt. Its how she learn to absorb energy and how she was able to keep so much of it. It promise to help her in exchange for…” Fluttershy stop and look away, afraid of what she knows.

“In exchange for what?” Sky Watcher ask, now not at all rocking but staying as still as possible. Fluttershy look up in complete fear.

“She need to help it after she was done. No matter what.” Fluttershy said. The group was in complete silent for a few moment then Doctor Hooves clear his throat.

“It impossible.” He said. “Twilight said that the spell Pure cast was enough to destroy half the universe. There is no way a pony could survive that.”

“But…” Fluttershy started but Doctor Hooves put his hoof on her shoulder.

“I’m telling you.” He said. “There is nothing that could survive that.”

“I like to believe you, Doctor.” Twilight said wearily. “But that does raise one question. Where did you learn that spell?”

“What do you mean?” Doctor Hooves asked.

“We never dealt with magic like this before.’ Twilight pointed out, laying back in her bed and looking at the early morning sky. “So how did we have a spell that could banish a pony to her timeline?”

Epilogue: The end of the bargain

Pure Twilight awoke on a grassy field with the sun shining and a slight breeze blowing. She was a little confuse of where she was or how she got here. The last thing she remember was her spell going out of control because… She lift her hoof to her head and felt her horn intact.

“Okay, this is weird.” Pure thought. “That spell was meant to destroy worlds. How did I survive and how did I end up here?” Pure was looking around but saw nothing but grass fields. She felt something she hasn’t felt since she started all this. Peace. She was enjoying the feeling when she felt something was watching her, something big. She turn around and saw some pony in the distance but couldn’t make out who. She ran towards the pony as fast as she could. She try using magic but she didn’t seem to have the energy.

She was about five feet away when she finally recognize the pony. She had a white fur and multi-color mane of red, purple, and violet. She was wearing glasses and had a dark sweater. She was sitting in the grass and staring up at the sky. She turn to Pure and smile at her ever so slightly.

“Hey, lover. Where you been?” Moon Dancer ask. Pure went numb with shock and collapse on the ground. Moon Dancer walk over and stare down at her. “We can’t start that just yet.” This finally broke Pure out of her shock.

“Moon Dancer!” She shouted and embrace Moon. Pure started to ramble and crying. “I so sorry. I did it for you and I just wanted you back. Please, don’t ever leave me. I’m begging you, don’t ever leave me again!” Pure kept on begging while Moon Dancer started to wrap her front legs around Pure, holding her tightly.

“There, there. It’s all right. I’m not going to leave you.” Moon Dancer said. Her eyes suddenly went blood red and her pupils turn into slits of dragons. “Besides, we had a deal. Don’t you remember?” Pure eyes went wide with shock.

Author's Note

And that the end of this story. I already started writing the sequel to this story and have a third one plan out. I do plan to go back and edit it, so don't be shy and point out mistakes. A hint for the next book: Multi-universe theory is more of a fact in this story.