Midnight Sparkle's Final Battle

Sunset and the others scattered in search of the seven crystals that Celestia had spoken of. They hoped that, if they were acquired and combined with the Magic of Friendship, they could defeat the ever-growing-stronger Midnight.

"Oooh! A crystal thingy!" Pinkie called out, extracting a pink crystal from an abandoned burrow behind some bushes. How she so easily found the crystal was beyond Sunset's judgement, but considering it WAS Pinkie, it was plausible. Midnight however, wasn't completely oblivious to their plan. If anything, she had listened in the whole time, and was not going to allow her second defeat to happen.

"Oh no! You are NOT going to defeat me!" Midnight cried out as she blasted her magic near Pinkie's feet, sending the girl tumbling, and Pinkie's sprinkle box falling and spilling it's contents. Midnight loomed over Pinkie Pie, ready to finish her off "Looks like the party's OVER FOR YOU!!!" Midnight spoke as she charged her magic once more. Pinkie grabbed some of the spilled sprinkles and threw them at Midnight in the hopes of throwing her off her aim. The sprinkles flashed for a split second and then...exploded.

"GAH!!! What was that?" Midnight cried out as she held her hands over her eyes. Pinkie's crystal began to glow, and she made the connection.

"SUNSET! THE CRYSTALS ARE GIVING US NEW POWERS!!" she called out, catching Sunset's attention. This discovery made the crystals even more important as they granted new magical abilities. Pinkie placed some more sprinkles on her hand and tossed them at Midnight once more, temporarily blinding her with their flashy explosions. The rest of her friends, however, were less fortunate in finding them, all because they didn't have Pinkie Pie's luck.

As Midnight recovered, she turned her attention to Fluttershy, who was searching some bushes for her crystal. "Well, well, well, if it isn't poor, defenceless Fluttershy!!!" she called out, causing Fluttershy to fall backwards into a bush. Suddenly, a yellow glow came from behind her. It was her crystal! Fluttershy eagerly grabbed it, and began to ponder what her ability would be as Midnight found her and grabbed her by the waist, lifting her into the air. "So, you think that you can stop ME?! Well, you're more foolish than you th-" Before Midnight could finish, she was tackled and pinned to the ground by some random bear that began trying to claw her face. Fluttershy's crystal began to glow, and she realised she could communicate with animals, and used this power to send some friendly burrow-diggers to help get the trapped people and ponies out of Midnight's grasp.

As Midnight struggled to get the bear off of her chest (quite literally, it was crushing her), Rarity slowly searched for her crystal, too concerned about her clothes' safety than the task at hand. Soon enough, she found a glowing diamond next to one of the burrows dug on Fluttershy's request. "YES!! I found it! Now, I wonder what it'll let me do..." Rarity spoke to herself as Midnight was finally getting the bear off of her. She tossed the bear in Rarity's direction, and as Rarity used her arms to shield her face, a large diamond-like dome appeared around her, causing the bear to slide harmlessly to the other side and run into the woods. "Oh wow, a shield. No need for sunscreen anymore!"

Midnight got up, looking tattered and beaten. "Note to self...after I'm done here, go and finish off that bear.." She then turned her attention to Applejack, who was climbing up a tree to find her crystal. "Applejack...this should be easy enough" Midnight spoke quietly as she went up to the tree and began to blast at the roots in the hopes of knocking it down. "Come down and let me finish you!" Midnight yelled as she continued blasting into the ground. Applejack's hand began to glow upon grabbing something, and then turned to her once-good friend.

"Not without a fight, I ain't!" Applejack jumped down and punched Midnight Sparkle square in the face, causing her to reel back in pain and not notice Rainbow Dash uncover her crystal as well. "Rainbow Dash, look out!" AJ called to her buddy as Midnight opened one of her eyes and saw Rainbow Dash with a glowing crystal. Rainbow Dash decided to take a leaf out of Applejack's book and ran toward Midnight, reaching supersonic speeds in a split second, jumping up and delivering a good kick to Midnight's cheek, causing the demon to go down into the ground. There was only one person left who hadn't discovered her crystal, and that was Sunset Shimmer.