Author's Note

So, this is the chapter I was struggling with for 4 weeks in a row and honestly, all I have to say is this....
I could've done so much better in writing the final battle....I mean I had to cut some scenes out and put some in and all of that....but I was just rushing and I didn't want to loose any followers..ya know? Because you guys inspire me to write this AU and heck, I can't even make fucking reference sheets for the characters and I read something that art brings things to life and I believe on that rule.....sorry for rambling but I need to step up my game in writing because honestly....I feel like it's getting worse or I'm just not descriptive enough.....welp, I do need to say thank you guys for sticking with me till this day and I couldn't have done it without you guys! Also, hope you guys like the suspense, the drama, the action, and just the chapter itself. XDD So yea...heh...thanks~

Anyway, I hope you guys like it....and don't forget to leave a comment below.

Scene 46- The Final Battle!

Voyage of the Unforgotten!
Chapter 46- The Final Battle!

Rainbow Dash’s P.O.V

As Rarity walked towards the entrance of the castle, we all hid behind a big bush.

“I really hope this works.” Shivani looked at how Rarity was walking to the guards at the door. She cleared her throat and started making attractive poses.

“Oh boys~”

The two guards turned around to face Rarity as she was sitting on a nearby rock and crossed both of her legs and made her index finger move as a motion in making the guards come close to her. Both of the guards started getting flustered as one of them pushed the other one forward. The guard that was pushed started blushing deeply as me and Soarin chuckled. Rarity gave him a seductive look as she was walking towards him. Finally, she leaned up against him and was playing with his hat.

“Well hello there. What's a handsome guard like you being out here protecting this boring castle?” She purred as his face was getting more red by the second.

“Well um-”

“What's your name soldier?”

“J-Jacob. M-My name's Jacob ma'am.”

“Oohhh! Jacob! Well mister Jacob what's your job?”

“Just um ya know checking the perimeters.”

“Mmmm seems difficult. Well, if I do say so myself darling, I guess you don't mind doing something easy for me?~”

“W-What's that?”

“How about you check my perimeters?~” She begged in a lusterly tone. Rarity giggled after her statement as the guard's face was a cherry red and he was scratching the back of his neck. I swear I could see pink hearts floating around his head because if it's not there, then I'm sure it's visible.

“I beg your p-pardon?!” He shrieked before he covered his mouth. Rarity removed his hands and he started blushing even more. If Rarity doesn't do anything else to stop, I'm sure his face is gonna explode.

“Hehe nevermind darling. Just do me a little favor and please let us inside this castle? I promise after we're done, I'll show you my perimeters.” She winked at him as he was blushing harder.

Pinkie, Sunset, Soarin, Sunrise, and I were trying hard not to laugh to hard. We kept snickering until my face was turning red as I was trying to breathe. I kept slapping Soarin’s thigh super hard while he was screaming in pain while his mouth was closed.

“W-Well I could go and talk to Tirek…”

“Jacob!!! What's holding you up?!” Another deep voice came from the little creak in the door. Out came a man with the same pale gray skin, black spiky hair, a five o’clock shadow, a gold tooth, and dark gray eyes. I gave a tiny gasp as Tiran started growling.

“Well, lookie here, it's the wicked bitch of the fucking west.” He said as he grabbed his knife but I stopped him. Tiran didn't listen and he got out of the bush and stood a couple of feet from the man.

“Well, if it isn't the man who just wants to be a hero.” The man chuckled while swinging his black spiked flail. Tiran cracked his knuckles and clutched onto his knife.

“Demetrius..”

“Hello Tiran.”

Demetrius gave a cocky smile at Tiran before he looked over at me. Eventually, we all came from behind the bush but I was standing behind Soarin.

“Heh, at look at little miss sexy hiding behind her boyfriend. So mature.” He said sarcastically while staring at me up and down.

“Ugh, what do you want Demetrius?!” I yelled at him. He kept on chuckling and chuckling until he let out a long sigh.

“It seems like me and Tiran have some unfinished business we need to attend to.” Demetrius grabbed his flail but instead took out a Crosman Vigilante CO2 Revolver gun from his pocket and pointed it at Tiran and let the bullet fly but everything happened so quickly as Ocean Wave stepped in as she did a full cartwheel in front of Tiran and started swinging her nunchucks to block the bullets flying from the gun. Once Demetrius stopping firing, Ocean Wave started breathing heavily. Demetrius chuckled as he grabbed his flail and began to charge.

“And you call yourself an Unforgotten goddess~”

Well, that triggered it for Ocean Wave. She gave a battle holler as she dashed towards Demetrius and they were going back and forth. Her metal nunchucks would clang to his flail but both metal weapons would make a loud sound as they were both fighting back and forth. Jacob and the guard who I meet before which his name was Conner, were both running inside until Sunrise grabbed two star blades from her pocket and threw it at the both of them as they both collapsed to the floor, bleeding to death. Rarity screamed as Demetrius turned around and pointed his gun to her but Lilia jumped in and jumped on his back and then kicked Demetrius in his stomach. Shivani joined them as the three of them were on his tail. Demetrius roared in response causing Shivani, Lilia, and Ocean Wave to all fall on the ground. Demetrius transformed into a black panther and roared loudly. His roar created erupting sound waves that caused us to close our ears. Demetrius looked at me from a tiny distance and stared at the sapphire necklace.

“I may have taken your magic but I will take the sapphire along with your pathetic life!”

And with that he starting chasing after me and then he leaped off the boulder and was charging for me until Soarin jumped in front of me while Demetrius and him were fighting ruthlessly. They both fell off the ledge and hit the boulders. There was a damn filled with water about to crack but when the dam broke, the water was going near Demetrius and Soarin.

“I have to go and save Soarin! I owe him a life debt!” I shouted as I grabbed the Harmony Sword and was about to jump off the ledge to reach them too but Tiran grabbed my arm.

“Dash please be careful!”

“I will.”

And with that being said, I jumped off the ledge but didn't receive any scratches or bruises. At the corner of my eye, I saw the water rushing down from the hill. I gasped and looked at Soarin and looked at the hill again.

“Soarin.....Soarin the river!!!” I yelled as he turned around and saw the water rushing while Demetrius swung at him with his paw.

His sharp claws scratched Soarin's left cheek making him scream in response. I cringed in place and started climbing down the ledge. I was trying my hardest to reach to him so I can try to defeat Demetrius but then I realized that plan wasn’t going to work. I was very cautious with my surroundings as well because I was on the edge of falling off the dangerous ledge. I grabbed the Harmony Sword and at the side of it, there was a bullet inside. I saw the inside of the hole to be able to see who I’m shooting at but it was no use. I groaned but as I tried to move forward, my foot kind of brushed past one of the rocks and I slipped and fell but caught myself by hanging from the edge.

“Soarin!! Help me!!” I called out for him but he was so busy in fighting Demetrius that he wasn’t even paying attention to me. Somehow, Soarin was able to see me hanging on the cliff calling for help.

“Oh my gosh…HOLD ON DASHIE!!” He yelled but also was fighting Demetrius still. My fingers couldn’t hold on anymore. My breathing increased dramatically and I could hear the tiny pebbles on the rocks moving faster and faster each time as it was going down the hill. I couldn’t hold on much longer but I did fall eventually but in the nick of time, Soarin leaped off a boulder and was able to catch me before I fell. We both hit the ground but Soarin clutched onto me and embraced me before we hit making him get hurt instead of me. The rocks crumbled down on us and Soarin coughed a few times.

“Soarin...you saved my life…” I said between pants. “T-Thank you…”

“No problem. After all, I’ve been saving you a lot. I mean, is this habit of yours? Falling off of stuff?” He chuckled.

“As long as you're there to catch me.”

We both smiled as our cheeks were a slight shade of magenta but we both looked away before things got a little awkward between us. I realized that I was still in his embrace and couldn’t help but hug him back. He blushed slightly while hugging me back and rubbing my back softly. We then heard footsteps and saw Demetrius walking towards us in his human form and was carrying his gun from before and was grinning non-stop.

“Awww how cute.” He replied sarcastically. “But someone has to offer a sacrifice in return, am I right?”

Before Demetrius could’ve done anything to harm me, Soarin stepped right in front of me and placed his left hand over me as a sign of showing protection.

“I won’t let you lay a hand on her!”

“Awww come on now Soarin do you really want to do this over again?”

“Soarin! Just let it go! You don’t have to-” I spoke up with tears in my eyes.

“No Dashie, this is what he wants. To manipulate you so he can win! And I won’t let that happen. You sacrificed enough.” He looked at me with a stern facial expression. I just stared at him without saying a word while him and Demetrius were back into talking.

“I would rather sacrifice myself to save her life.”

“Hmmm, I can make arrangements just for that~” Demetrius chuckled. Soarin clenched his fist and gritted his teeth together. I finally moved from behind Soarin and stepped into between them.

“Stop! No one is dying! I had too much of that already!”

Demetrius slapped me in the face and left me on the ground in pain and that's when Soarin jumped on him and they both started fighting. All of a sudden, Tiran jumped in and now Soarin, Tiran, and Demetrius were fighting. Demetrius was shooting fiery bullets at Tiran but he kept blocking each of them while protecting Soarin as well. At the top of the hill, I spotted Shivani and Sunrise was pushing a big boulder to make it fall on top of Demetrius. With a big grunt, the boulder was falling fast! Tiran and Demetrius were back to fighting again, and this time, it got more severe. Demetrius swung his flail towards Tiran’s face but Tiran dodged it before kicking Demetrius to the ground. Tiran finally saw the boulder coming and he moved away and I grabbed Soarin before he was hit too. Demetrius started laughing away.

“Hahahaha!! You will never defeat me! I am, and always will be called the “Mighty Demetrius!” Hahahahaha!!”

As soon as he said that, the giant boulder crushed him and it landed on the ground making a loud THUD as the thickening dust scattered everywhere. Everyone started coughing but of course, Pinkie had to be extra with it. After we cleared the dust by the motions of our hands, I happen to see Shivani and Sunrise waving down at us.

“Oh you hoo! The castle entrance is up here!” Shivani joked as she grabbed a rope from the side of Sunrise’s pocket and lured it down towards us. We all climbed up one by one as Soarin helped me up. We both stared at each other then looked away. I scratched the back of my head as he cleared his throat. It got quiet as we didn’t say a word as we kept looking far away from one another. I finally decided to step up and say something.

“Ummm, t-thank you...f-for saving my life back there from Demetrius. You….You were really really brave..hehehe..” I smiled sheepishly as my face cheeks were a bright crimson. Soarin smiled as his cheeks were a slight shade of pink. He looked away while putting his hands in his pockets.

“Awwwww Dashie. I was just protecting you from getting hurt. I would hate to see something bad happening to you.” Soarin gave me a warm smile as his white shiny teeth showed up and he pulled me into a warm hug. I blushed deeply as I snuggled deeply into his chest while giving a loving sigh.

“AWWWWWWWWW!!!!!” Everyone exclaimed as me and Soarin looked at Pinkie, Sunset, Fluttershy, Rarity, AJ, Twilight, Tiran, and the Unforgotten goddesses giggling over us. We both blushed deeper and broke apart the hug as we started giggling together.

“The front door is available. I took the guards down with my blades. I’m sure Tirek is expecting us. Time is running out.” Sunrise cleared her throat as she checked her watch and started walking towards the castle doors. We all followed her inside the castle and once she opened the doors, it was pitch dark. I grabbed my phone and turned the flashlight on to see where we were going.

“H-Hello? Is anyone there?” Twilight called out which made her voice echo throughout the halls. It was very quiet and our footsteps made little cracking sounds which made things creepier.

“So uh...what’s Tirek like?” Fluttershy asked Shivani while trembling behind Applejack.

“Huh, I never had a question like that before but I’ll answer it. Tirek is very vicious and cunning. He’ll say one thing but he’ll go the next way. He is very sneaky yet smart in his very own way, that’s why we call him “Tirek the Trickster.”’

‘“Tirek the Trickster?”’ Sunset repeated and Shivani nodded her head in response.

“Yup! Ya got it. He used to be good but when he wasn’t chosen for king he got highly upset.”

“Wait just a dangon minute! He was suppose ta be king?” Applejack interrupted. “How they hay is that possible?”

Shivani bit her lip hard and took a deep breath and exhaled gently. She looked at the ground before brushed her hair to the side.

“Tirek is my uncle…”

My jaw was opened really wide as Soarin closed it and couldn’t believe it.

“Wait, you serious?” He asked. She nodded her head and continued with the story.

“Tirek and my mom, Queen Amaani are brother and sister and my grandfather, who reigned before my mother, decided to make my mom the ruler of the land because she was respectful to the people of Gemporia and also she was very dedicated in her work. Even though Tirek was next in line for the throne, he was super envious and jealous of my mom because he was looking forward to becoming the new king. Maybe that’s why he’s so angry at her.”

“And maybe that’s why he made a wager to my mom in the first place because she was destined to become the next Unforgotten Goddess. He cheated that wager either way just so he can become king!” I exclaimed as I put the puzzle pieces together. “This all makes perfect sense!”

“Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s try to reconcile with Tirek. Maybe we don’t have to kill him.” Pinkie smiled while grabbing Ocean Wave’s nunchucks but Ocean Wave was pushing Pinkie away.

“Well, we’re here. In front of the lair. Should we just bust down the door?” Sunrise asked while she was revving up her gun, but Amaranthine stopped her.

“No, I don’t think so hon. I think we should do one of Tirek’s moves. Be sneaky, be cunning, be a trickster!”

“Ooooohhh, I like where this is going!!” Rarity clapped her hands together and giggled. We all nodded our heads but as soon as Shivani was telling us the plan, the door was opening and we all hid behind the big red and black drapes covering the windows. We saw a man wearing a black hat with a red jumpsuit and he was being carried by a black hand. We couldn’t see the full body of where the black hand was but the man was shaking and crying too.

“Oh please Tirek! Don’t do this to me!”

“Silence! You are a disgrace to my life! And so is your family!”

“No Tirek! I-I can repay my debt! I promise!”

“Stop making promises you can’t keep! GUARDS!”

Two other stronger men carried the man by his arms as the man refused to be taken away. Tirek was walking by the door again but his last words to the man were: “Take him out of my misery! Show him how much penalty will cost if he ever thinks of back-talking to me!” And with that, the two guards brought him into this dark room and all we heard was screaming and hollering from the man.

“Oh...my...gosh…” Sunset whispered softly in Twilight’s ear. “Did you see that..?”

“Uh huh. That was just awful..” Twilight responded back. I couldn’t take my eyes off that door. My heart started to pound dramatically and my vision was quite blurry. I started feeling lightheaded as people’s voices were draining from brain. I was also breathing heavily and my palms were sweaty.

“Are you alright Dashie? You seem out of it..” Soarin whispered in my ear but I pushed away from him as tears fell from my eyes.

“S-Sorry...I’m just nervous about this whole thing...what if Tirek decides to kill all of us or take our magic away or decides to destroy me from saving you guys..? I didn’t see him yet but the way he speaks is threatening to me….Soarin...what if I am not the chosen one….or what if all of this was a mistake in coming here……” I cried while Soarin looked down at me and his mouth was open and he shed a tiny tear. He placed his hands over my cheeks and he bit his lip.

“Shhhh...shhh...it’s okay….it’s totally okay to be nervous...I’m nervous too..I am afraid to see you get hurt….but hey...look around you. You got all your friends here with you so we can defeat Tirek once and for all. This is all just a phase you’re going through. If it helps you, I’ll be with you every step of the way...no matter what you go, I’ll be there.” Soarin confessed as he hugged me again. It made me feel better as he wiped my tears and rubbed my shoulders. “Now let’s go and whoop some-”

“Alright everyone, let’s go in there and show Tirek not to mess with us!”

We were all behind the door and Shivani turned the knob and it made a creepy sound. We all tip toed inside and hid behind a black chest and before we made another run for it, we spotted a bit of his throne. I started getting these strange vibes towards him and I almost started to freak out again but I remembered what Soarin told me. We all divided into groups of seven and two people were in a group. I took Soarin’s hand and we both crouched down and crawled to find a better hiding position.

“So what’s your plan?” Soarin whispered in my ear while crawling. I stopped crawling as he bumped into my back making me glare at him. He smiled sheepishly as I kept on crawling.

“I’m trying to get to find a way to distract him. Without getting caught that is..”

“Just be careful….”

I crawled in more and couldn’t help but hear Tirek talking to someone else, and this time it was a woman.

“You know, it’s good of calling it quits my love.”

“No! I am not giving up! We signed this wager together and that’s final! Besides, I have only 4 hours left.”

“Might as well call it off, there’s no chance that’ll you’ll be winning this wager this time. Even if I didn’t cheat, you had no chance of coming close to my level!”

“Tirek, what are you talking about?!”

“You’re weak, you can’t do nothing without your dinky little garnet.”

I was behind his throne and Soarin followed me but as soon as I hid behind the throne, the sapphire necklace started glowing really brightly. I tried to cover it but at the corner of my eye, I saw a rainbow of color glowing as well. I happen to hear Tirek groan deeply.

“Oh great! Just great! All the gemstones are glowing. I have to find out what’s causing it thanks to you.” He said as he got up from his chair and his footsteps were extremely loud and the ground was shaking with every footstep he made. Soarin looked at the tiny cage with the glowing gemstones then he looked at my sapphire necklace.

“Dash, you have to get that sapphire to stop glowing. It’s what’s causing the gems to glow…”

“Ugh don’t you think I know that..? I’m doing the best I can.” I grunted while rubbing it back and forth but it began to shine brightly. “Ugh, it’s no use! Every chance I get, it just glows brighter…”

Eventually, I knew we were going to get caught by Tirek but I didn’t want it to be like this. I clutched onto the necklace as I started to move again from behind this throne as I tried to reach under the dining table. I realized that I don’t have my magic and decided to crawl quickly. I managed to crawl as quickly as possible until my arm bumped into a table that had Tirek’s drink on it and it shattered with his cup. I heard him yell in anger as Soarin pulled my arm and we hid under the dining table.

“Ugh!!! You selfish brat!! You know how long it takes to clean this up?!?”

Tirek charged for the woman and held her up by the collar. She started pleading for him to stop but he kept on yelling at her.

“Oh geez, this guy is nuts..” Soarin stated as Tirek dropped her on the ground.

“You better clean this up immediately as I find a solution as to why these gems are glowing!”

He stormed off leaving the poor woman to clean up the mess I caused. I got out from under the table and went to help her before he caught me.

“Oh gosh. It must be really hard being with this dude huh?” I asked her while grabbing a few napkins from her and started wiping the floor.

“Well sometimes, yes. I mean, I’ve been working with him for almost 1,000 years so it has become an everyday thing. So, don’t worry about it.” She replied while cleaning up the floor. “Besides, he won’t have all the fun just yet. I am waiting on someone very special to come and defeat him.”

“Ooooh sounds very cool.”

“Oh, nice necklace you got there!”

“Oh, uh this? I got it from some very special people.”

“How lovely, it looks exactly like the sapphire necklace..”

“That’s because it is…”

I stopped wiping the floor for just a second to see who I’m actually talking too. I looked up and I couldn’t believe my eyes. I dropped the napkin and my mouth was hanging wide open. I saw a woman with long, curly, orange hair, baby blue complexion, some freckles over her chubby cheeks, and her eyes were a bright color of wine, which was close to the color magenta. She had tears in her eyes and so did mine.

“R-Rainbow Dash….?”

“.......M-Mom…..?”

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“B-But how is this possible?! I thought you were dead!”

“Earthly wise, yes. But spiritually, no. You see, ever since I became an Unforgotten goddess, I was also transformed into an immortal which means I can’t die.”

“You knew all of this and you didn’t bother to tell me any of it??!!!”

“Dash sweetie, lower your voice...I had to keep it a secret. If Tirek found out that I told you, he would’ve killed you just how he killed my sister!”

“Auntie Freya…?”

“Yes Dash, just like her.” She looked away but then pulled me into a nice warm hug. “It’s so amazing to see you again! You’ve grown up so fast!”

“I-I missed you more…” I cried in her embrace. “But one thing though, if Tirek is also an Unforgotten god, then he can’t die now can’t he?”

“Dash, he can die because he used his dark and evil power as a force of evil and not of good.”

“Huh...I see.”

“Phyra, I don’t know who you’re talking to but you better stop and help me solve this!” Tirek snapped back and then he turned around to see me and my mom together holding hands. Tirek just stared at me and then at Phyra for a while now until he started blinking a few times.

“Aha, well, this is certainly interesting.”

I finally saw how Tirek looked like. He had red skin, white hair, dark fur, black horns, and cloven hooves. He was extremely huge in size! He glared down at me as I hid behind my mother.

“So, this is the little forest rat that you sent here to defeat me?” He chuckled as he was moving forward towards me but my mom defended me.

“So what if she is? She has more power than you ever have!”

“Enough!!” He commanded. He used his magic from between his horns which created a bright orange and black aura to levitate me close to him. He gave one look at me and started to erupt in laughter.

“Hahahahaha!!! You picked her...hahahahaha!! Too...too! Defeat me???!! Hahahaha Phyra, you must be kidding me! Look how small and adorable she is! Hahahahaha! I don’t know who you’re fooling but this is the greatest joke yet!”

I couldn’t believe my eyes and ears to be honest! Tirek thinks that I’m not the real warrior. Is it that obvious? Was I not the chosen one after all? He kept on chucking and I saw Soarin dash out from under the dining table to reach to Shivani and the others. I bit my lip and Tirek used his fingers to grab me.

“Awwww did your mommy say that you were fit to be the chosen one? Awwww she must’ve lied to you just to bring your self-esteem up.”

“Dash sweetie! Don’t listen to him!” My mom called out but Tirek was controlling me to not listen to anything that she’s saying.

“Oh come on Rainbow Dash. Do you really want to listen to your mom after she lied to you for ALL these years? I say that’s not being a good mother….a good mother wouldn’t lie to her own daughter.”

I gotta admit….even if Tirek is still the bad guy here, I’m gonna have to agree with him on this one. My mom used to tell me everything when I was smaller. She was the woman I trusted the most and my care-companion...and now that I find her here, stuck with Tirek for thousands of years, yet she was alive all this time. I remembered all the times we would tell each other secrets that no one ever knew and we would’ve just stayed quiet. Tears started flooding down my cheeks as I started sniffling.

“Awwww see what you did Phyra? You made the poor little girl sad. What type of mother are you?”

“A type of mother that doesn’t want her daughter to get killed!” She cried as she took my face and looked deeply in them.

“Rainbow Dash sweetie...I am so sorry I didn’t tell you...I was only looking out for your benefit…”

“No! You were only looking out for yours! Seeing what your enemies will do to you! You’re the only enemy you seem to lose too!” I screamed at her. She stood there in shock as tears rolled down her eyes like a stream. She choked on a few words and mumbled a few others. She looked away from me and then she grew angry as she slapped Tirek across his face making some fire marks spread all over his cheek. He roared in response making me fall from his grasp but Soarin jumped in and caught me in no time.

“Are you alright?”

“Yeah...I’m okay...I can’t believe I said all of that…”

“It was just Tirek putting doubts in your mind. He does that so he can regain a new army before his 1,000 year as king becomes official.” Lilia told me as everyone rallied around me to see if I was okay.

“Speaking of which...Crystal how much time we have left until he becomes king for 1,000 years?”

“In about 2 hours and 45 minutes Master Dashie!”

“Hmmm, we need to find a way to defeat him once and for all but what is his weakness?” Twilight spoke up while biting her lip hard. As we were thinking, my mom grabbed his beard firmly and started screaming in his face.

“Do you obviously think that distracting my daughter from what’s more important is going to help you win?! I don’t think so!”

Tirek started to get really angry and when he did, he opened an empty prison cell, and threw my mom in there.

“Ugh, I had enough of your talking for one day! You want to play this the hard way, we’ll play this the hard way!”

And with that being said, Tirek used his horns to create a orange and black fire ball come towards my way. Rarity jumped in front of me and ponied-up and used her shield to block Tirek’s first strike!

“Way to go Rarity!” Amaranthine clapped her eyes and tapped my shoulder. “Come on let's get out of here.”

Tirek kept firing his fireballs in Rarity’s direction but I jumped in and used the Harmony Sword and started spinning the sword as fast as possible trying to dodge each ball from hitting on of us. Somehow, with each fireball bouncing off of the sword, it would hit the sword and fly in a different direction. It would hit the walls, the pillars, and the ceiling too. I would just laugh at how everything was working out. Finally, Tirek had enough and so he used his magic to levitate me again and this time, he picked me up and threw me into the wall. The force of that impact made me slam right into the wall making a dent on the wall as I fell to the ground. I groaned in pain and before I could’ve opened my eyes, I saw another fireball coming my way but I dodged it as I leaped over on the other side of the room. Tirek was breathing heavily and he got up and started grinning.

“Hold on! Hahahaha, I almost forgot! Oh, how could I forget?”

Tirek was grinning like a creepy clown as Soarin helped me up and the rest of my friends and the goddesses helped me up from my fall. Tirek started doing his creepy laugh again as Fluttershy shuttered.

“I hear you Fluttershy! This guy gives me the creeps…” Shivani trembled.

“But, isn’t he your uncle…?” Sunrise asked as she squinted her eyes at her and then smacked her forehead.

“Whatever ya plannin’ Tirek, I suggest ya back out now ‘cause you’re bout to experience one heck of ya ride!” Applejack bellowed throughout the lair. Tirek just yawned and continued walking towards his throne.

“Seriously though, why should I defeat such an awesome and daring person? Heck, I should be celebrating my 1,000 year as king soon and the more people the merrier! Am I right?”

“Listen here Tirek! Stop it with your little mind games! No one is falling for them!” Rarity huffed. Pinkie and Twilight joined her.

We all saw Tirek sitting on his throne as he poured some ric red wine in his glass and pointed it to the sky.

“To me...for being the world’s best king!”

As he said that, Applejack grumbled really loud and she grabbed a rope from the side of her black skinny jeans and she used it as a lasso and the rope wrapped around Tirek’s glass of wine and Jackie yanked the rope and Tirek’s drink went flying in the air and the glass shattered on the ground. We all gasped but Applejack was still angry. I don’t think I ever seen her this angry before.

“We ain’t lettin’ you near Dash! No matter whatcha do, no matter whatcha hidin’, we ain’t gonna let that happen!”

Tirek looked at the broken glass and then at Jackie and he just slightly chuckled. It was awkward silence and nothing seem to move. It was just pure silence, which scared me. He chuckled even more and this time, he picked up a big, pointy, black crown and placed it over his head. He sat up straight in his seat and cleared his throat.

“It seems that we haven’t come to an agreement here...I’ll arrange that..”

And with that being said, the ground began to shake tremendously and the floor started breaking apart. With each break, sparks from fire would rise up from the lava and more of the ground started to shift. We would try to hold onto one another but it wasn’t working. I grabbed Soarin’s hands firmly as the ground shifted into different parts but then the ground starting rising and it was levitating and shifting from side to side creating like an orbit. As the floor was moving all around, zig-zags, upside down, spinning, and all other crazy stuff, my hands were slipping from Soarin’s grasp.

“Soarin! I’m slipping! I’m slipping!!” I yelled and Soarin did his best to pull me harder from falling into the lava, but the moment he did, Tirek made the ground turn upside down causing me to fall but I landed safely on the other side of the ground. Now, I was on my knees and the heat from the lava was increasing and my hair was flowing drastically as the ground was still moving. When I looked up, I could see Tirek sitting on his throne and laughing away.

“Now, this is one way to enjoy my 1,000 year as king! Seeing a couple of teenagers getting scorched by my blazing labyrinth I installed in the castle grounds. Pretty cool huh?”

“Tirek! You won’t get away with this!” Shivani screamed at him to the top of her lungs. We were so far down in the ground that he couldn’t hear her.

“What was that? I’m sorry I think I’m losing you….ahaha! Anyway, as I was saying, this is what happens when you try to mess with me! After all I’ve done for you all, this is how you repay me?”

“Oh please! All you’ve done was destroy everything! You destroyed India in the past, you’ve destroyed my mother’s family, you destroyed Gemporia entirely, and you’re going to destroy the entire world! This isn’t what being king is all about! Getting what you want, being powerful than everyone else, treating people like slaves? That is not a right way of being king!” I reassured to him as the little fire flames were flying everywhere.

“Oh, and supposingly you know what it’s like to be king?”

“I may not be king, or never been in that position but let me tell you this. I know from personal experience that being king isn’t just being a big shot and being better than everyone else. Being king takes up big responsibility. Whether you like it or not. You must be loyal and nice to all your subjects no matter how big or small they maybe. I only maybe a princess in India, but sooner or later, I will become queen. And I promised myself that I will be loyal to all my subjects and will be faithful to all. Not only me, but my future king as well.” I blushed and looked at Soarin when I said “future king” and he seemed to smile down at me. “It’s a choice you make. Either you decide to step up and do the right thing by giving up the crown and give it to Amaani or you will rather make everyone in here suffer and you’ll pay the consequences.”

Tirek grumbled while everyone was just smiling down on my and giving me winks and compliments.

“Nicely put RD.” Applejack smiled.

“Yay Dashie!!” Pinkie clapped her hands and started cheering. Soon, everyone started clapping even the people behind prison bars. I smiled and started blushing when Soarin kissed my cheek and hugged me.

“Now that! Was amazing!”

I blushed deeply and started giggling like some dumb idiot.

“Awwww hehehe...just doing my thing.”

“Aw, that was beautiful! So touching, really it was.” Tirek cried while wiping a tear from his eyes. He then changed his emotion quickly and he the ground back to the way it was in a heartbeat. We all collapsed on the ground but before I could recover, he grabbed me in his big heavy hands and I couldn’t let go. I was grunting while trying to escape his grasp but he was too strong.

“Hahahaha it feels good to grab your flesh, you weakling!” His voice bellowing and deeper than before while squeezing me tighter and tighter as I screamed in pain.

“Ughhhh let...me...GO!!”

“Oh please, you’re worth nothing.”

Tirek was about to squeeze me even tighter until Soarin interrupted him and looked pretty upset.

“But she is! She’s worth more than t-thousands of diamonds and gold! And she’s worth a lot to me! E-Even if I can’t afford her yet because she’s super expensive, she’s already on my wishlist.”

I gotta admit, Soarin can say the most goofiest of sentences, but that one made me flush from embarrassment and tear up a bit.

Tirek said nothing but he grabbed a dark black scepter and it was glowing a bright black aura from the tip of it and he pointed it directly at Soarin.

“You have been interfering and messing up my plans one to many times already!!! It’s time I put an end to the people you love~”

With that, he blasted the scepter and the black aura was aiming for Soarin but I couldn’t escape but I closed my eyes and everything went black. I heard Tirek laughing non-stop but I opened my eyes slightly and saw black smoke coming from the other side. I did happen to see a bright royal blue shimmery glow and when the smoke cleared up, it revealed Soarin and all of my friends and the goddesses behind a huge royal blue bubble. I took a deep breath and thought Soarin and the rest of my friends were dead. Tirek gritted his teeth together and stood there in shock.

“W-What? How is this possible? Ugh, this dinky dumb scepter is just awful! I should sell this on Ebay, what do you think?”

“And I think you should just give up.” I huffed. Tirek looked down at my upper chest area and I could see his eyes were on the sapphire.

“Oh? What’s this?”

He started touching it and then he inspected it more. He began to make weird facial expressions and then he finally caught on.

“Oh, so this is the sapphire? You obviously thing that I wasn’t going to find this out sooner?”

“Wait, I know that you want the sapphire.”

“Oh geez, what is it now?!”

“Look, how about…..a wager..?”

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Everyone gasped at the same time and I knew I was regretting this. Tirek seemed intrigued in my question so much, he looked down at me and furred his eyebrows.

“I know you love those.” I continued. “Infact, I hear that you’re a master at them, so how about a wager?”

“Hmmmm, go on.”

“I accept your challenge Tirek! I will challenge you to a fight. If I win this fight, you must free everyone you imprisoned in here, give each and every goddess their magic back, make Gemporia how it used to be, and you will step down as king and Amaani will be queen again.”

Tirek huffed and took a deep breath. He placed me on the ground and was pacing back and forth. He kept humming a tune which I can’t seem to recall but he was thinking hard because he was massaging his beard. After awhile, he stopped in his tracks and looked down at me.

“And if you somehow LOSE this fight?”

“Then, you will be king forever! And you can take all of my magic. The sapphire and my Equestrian magic. It will be yours...all of it….” I choked on a few words to fight back tears. “A-And you can cast me in the “Book of the Forgottens” too…”

“Oooh ho ho! Now, THIS is what I call a wager!!” Tirek beamed brightly. I looked away feeling guilty of myself for wishing such things. Crystal rested on my shoulder and she cuddled against my cheek.

“Master Dashie, you do realize that being in the “Book of the Forgottens” mean that you will be forgotten forever? No one will remember you! Not even your friends or your family! Not even me! They won’t even know who you were. And Soarin? What would he feel after this…?”

I had a huge lump in my throat and I couldn’t really speak. I looked back at all my friends saying something to me but it felt like those times in those movies where people are speaking and you can’t really hear what they are saying but everything around you is quiet and you’re just still. That’s what it feels like right now. I closed my eyes for a split second just remembering all the memories I had with my friends...how we defeat Sunset Shimmer, the Dazzlings, how Sunset Shimmer was the one to help us realize that even if we have our difficulties, we shouldn’t let that affect our friendship, the Friendship Games, meeting Twilight, defeating Midnight Sparkle, going to Camp Everfree, having a Crystal Ball, going to the beach and forgetting Sunset Shimmer, getting our memories back, going to India for the first time in 6 years, meeting Soarin again, falling in love with him, meeting Shivani, Sunrise, Amaranthine, Lilia, and Ocean Wave, putting up with Ramon’s antics, meeting Tiran, and meeting my mom once again….all of those memories flooded my brain one last time as Tirek had his hand waving in my face with a cocky smug grin. Tears were rolling down my cheeks as I was sniffing back my tears.

“So, what will it be, princess~?”

I looked at his hand and then I stared right at his face with the same smug little grin. I took a deep breath and looked back at my friends as tears were in their eyes. I finally saw Soarin’s face and I almost broke into tears. He looked completely devastated like someone killed his best friend or something. His emerald eyes were filled with tears and he was biting his lip extra hard just to fight them back. I could see that there was a lump in his throat too as he was just staring into my soul with those dark emerald pupils. I started to cry even more holding back the tears as well as I clutched onto my hair tightly and looked back at Soarin once more.

“I’m sorry…” I cried softly as I placed my hand over my heart area as it was paining me terribly. Soarin bit his lip even harder as he sniffed and I saw a tear drop from his left cheek as he turned his head away and buried it in Sunrise’s chest. She was rubbing his back and was also tearing up. I turned back to face Tirek and I thought of something instantly that made me smile! I knew Soarin was going to love this! I smirked at him and shook his hand firmly.

“It’s a deal!”

“Hehe good~”

I dashed away from Tirek and grabbed everyone together and we all made a circle. They all looked confused but I was super happy as I clapped my hands and then rubbed them together.

“Oooohhh this is going to be so much fun!!” I squealed.

“Uh how? You just made a deadly wager with the biggest villain here and now you’re so happy about it?” Twilight asked yet still being perplexed about the situation. Sunset nudged her shoulder playfully.

“Maybe she has a plan?” Sunset smiled sheepishly. “Don’t be so hard on her babe.”

“Alright guys, so how many of you love games?”

Everyone raised their hands and Sunrise raised her hand as well but she gave a grumpy expression.

“I mean, who doesn’t like games, the fuck?” She responded.

“As I was saying, I’m going to be teaching you guys a new game today! Who here has heard of this game called “Guns and Ships”?’

“I’M TAKIN’ THIS HORSE BY THE REINS MAKIN’ REDCOATS REDDER WITH BLOODSTAINS!! AND I’M NEVER GONNA STOP UNTIL I MAKE ‘EM DROP, BURN ‘EM UP AND SCATTER THEIR REMAINS, I’M!! WATCH ME ENGAGIN’ ‘EM! ESCAPIN’ ‘EM! ENRAGIN’ ‘EM! I’M! I GO TO FRANCE FOR MORE FUNDS!!! I COME BACK WITH MORE GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS!!!” Pinkie exclaimed to the top of her lungs with a thick French accent. She started breathing really heavy as we all stared at her. “What? Y’all were totally asking for it!”

“Guns and Ships? Huh, never heard of it.” Applejack pondered as Pinkie went into her face and started breathing deeply again.

“It’s an awesome song! Track 18 on the Hamilton soundtrack. It’s free on Spotify if you wanna make a new account today. $18.99 on Amazon for the full soundtrack.”

“ALRIGHT PINKIE PIE!!!” I shouted in anger as she stopped and blinked at me for a few times.

“As I was saying-”

“Oh my gosh! I love this game! Come here you!” Soarin smiled as he snuggled me which made me giggle.

“Wait, I’m like...so lost…”

“It’s a totally fun game me and Soarin used to play when we were kids! And I’m sure you guys will love it too!” I smirked at Soarin and he gave me a sly grin. “The objective of this game is to sink the ship but using guns, but since we don’t have any guns, we’ll just use these ropes. Basically, what I’m trying to say is, we’re going to use these ropes and try to capture Tirek with them. Have as much fun as you want!”

I started passing out long strands of ropes to each of them yet Amaranthine was still confused.

“Wait, so we’re going to be tieing up Tirek using these ropes? While still having fun?”

“Yup, that’s how we do things around here!” Pinkie giggled as she thickened the rope and was getting super happy. Twilight and Sunset were both trying to hit one another with the ropes and Jackie was just tieing it around her arm making sure it was tightened enough.

“Hmmm, if we’re usin’ ropes as an improvisation, then how the heck it did work with guns?”

“Well, when me and Dash used to play, it was a board game and basically it’s like the ropes are the actually guns and the ships are the monsters. It’s an expression.” Soarin replied to Jackie’s question as he was passing out ropes and when he stopped at Fluttershy, she shook her head.

“I’ll just wait on the sidelines cheering for you guys. I will be watching Monoko and Crystal instead.”

“Or maybe, that expression was only used because the creator was a Hamilton fan just like me and some Fimfiction users.”

“Uhhh Pinkie? Hamilton wasn’t written in 2010, which was the year me and Soarin were playing this game.”

“Oh my gosh! The creator of the game was probably foreshadowing Hamilton this whole time and we don’t even know it!!!”

“Shhhhhh!!!”

We all looked back as Tirek was pretending to yawn and then he got some people to fan him as he grabbed a grape from a fruit bowl.

“I haven’t got all day...if you really want to win this wager. You can try all you want, you’re not gonna win.”

“Oh, we’ll see about that!” I smirked and then grabbed my rope and I stretched it out as it made a THWAP sound causing Soarin to jump in fright. I gave him a cocky smirk as my eyes looked up and down at him as he smiled sheepishly.

“Awwww afraid of a rope Soar?”

“Heh, don’t you start now.”

“Alright everyone! Secure your battle stations! Jackie and Rares, at the far left! Twilight and Sunset, at the right hand side! Pinkie, Shivani, Sunrise, your base 3 which is the upper right! And Ocean Wave, Lilia, and Amaranthine, your upper left! Let’s fire up these ships!”

Everyone dashed to their secure positions and Tirek started firing his deadly fireballs at each of the positions. Soarin and I ran up the stairs to the second floor seeing how everyone was fighting Tirek and using the gun tactic we showed them. Soarin threw his rope across the room and it wrapped around one of the poles on the ceiling and with one tug, he grabbed onto the rope and pulled me closer to his body. His left arm was around my waistline as my right arm was around his back. We both blushed slightly as he looked down at me with a dorky smile.

“You ready to relive our favorite memory?”

“Hahaha oh yeah! Just like old times!”

And with that, we both jumped off the ledge and we were swinging to the other side of the room. I let go of Soarin and fell the the ground but caught my balance and started running towards Tirek but since he was so big, the moment one of his cloven hooves would rise up to move somewhere else, it would create an earthquake as it hit the ground. I didn’t want to get crushed on so I would try my best to not stay under him. I’m guessing Pinkie had some spare sprinkles because there were pink explosions blowing up throughout the room. When this happened, Tirek would cough and try to be able to see but when he tried to use his left hand to wipe the pink smoke away, a rope was tied around his wrist and was being pulled by a vibrant yellow macaw and I realized only Lilia can transform into a yellow macaw. She used her beak to pull the rope tighter to try to make Tirek fall. She was grunting until Tirek swatted his hand in the other direction making Lilia squawk in response. Since Lilia was the only goddess to have her gem, Shivani, Sunrise, Ocean Wave, and Amaranthine tried to help her but they didn’t have any magic or didn’t have the ability to transform into their chosen animals. The pink smoke finally cleared up as Tirek saw that Lilia transformed into her animal and saw that her yellow golden apatite necklace was glowing as well. She gasped when Tirek grabbed her by one of her wings and gave her a mark on the side of her beak and snapped her necklace off her neck and she fell to the ground back into her human form as a yellow aura left her body, leaving her helpless on the ground. While the rest of my friends were trying to use the ropes to capture him, Ocean Wave stopped what she was doing and she dashed over to Lilia with tears in her eyes.

“Oh my gosh! Lilia, can you hear me???”

“O-Ocean W-Wave…?”

“You’re going to be okay...please promise me that?”

“Yeah, I’m totally fine...I feel weak after Tirek took my magic away from me.”

Somehow, when she said that, Tirek grabbed Lilia’s necklace and sucked all the magic from it as all the yellow orb was absorbing into his mouth as he grew bigger in his size. Sunset was able to spot this as well as me and we both exchanged glances at one another.

“Uhhh am I the only one that saw that? Cause I hope I'm not the only one.” Sunset looked up as we all saw Tirek become stronger as Jackie and Twilight were trying to tie him up before he got to crazy.

“Maybe you should help your girlfriend out. I'm sure she needs it right about now.” I patted Sunset on her shoulder as I saw Twilight struggling with her magic abilities.

Sunset nodded her head and started helping them out. At the corner of my eye, I saw Tirek suck Amaranthine’s magic as he was getting bigger and bigger by the size. There had to be some way to end this! I couldn’t see my friends get hurt like this. I wasn’t paying attention at anything behind me but I see at the corner of my eye that Tirek was about to strike at me, but Jackie came and defended me and she grabbed another rope and tied Tirek’s hands together and yanked it hard as he collapsed on the ground. I saw Soarin with two bags, one was black and the other was brown. He was smiling really big and he nudged me.

“Heh, look what I found.”

He slightly opened the bags and there were gold and silver necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and also crystal chalices in each bag. I gasped and picked up a chalice as I rubbed it on the side while planting a smile on my face.

“Oh my gosh! These are my-”

“Father’s artifacts that Tiran stole a while back. Queen Chrysalis did say she had given them to Tirek.”

I stared at Soarin and then at the bags and I did for a while now as he began to chuckle and then he started giggling which then went into a cute little laugh. I dropped the bags on the floor and tightly gave Soarin a hug.

“Thank you so much!!” I beamed as I kissed his right cheek and his cheeks turned a bright pink as he was scratching the back of his neck.

“Ughh get a room!” Sunrise exclaimed as she was hanging upside-down as Tirek was dangling her back and forth. Sunrise groaned and she grabbed her gun and looked back at us while she was still upside down. Somehow, Tirek broke the ropes apart and was back on his feet...err...I mean his cloven hooves again. Sunrise scrunched up her nose for a second and then smirked.

“You guys might wanna close your eyes. I don’t wanna be the one to ruin Soarin’s innocent life.”

She grunted as she finally got the courage to point her gun to one of Tirek’s fingers and she pulled the trigger and all I could say, I never felt so disgusted and uncomfortable in my entire life! Tirek hollered incredibly loud as purple and red blood escaped from his bloody finger as he dropped Sunrise to the ground. She landed on her two feet like a boss and blew the smoke from the gun.

“Don't care how much I will hurt you, I am just gonna enjoy seeing you in pain.” Sunrise shrugged her shoulders and sniffed the smoke from her gun and sighed. “Man, it’s good to be back!”

Tirek held onto his bloody hand and kept on screaming in pain as he looked back at his minions, which were the rest of the Black Panthers, and he yelled at them.

“UGH!! Do something dammit!!”

The rest of them left the room as Tiran ran after them to make sure they don’t make things worse. After all of that, Tirek’s finger began to grow back and he was extremely furious now. Tiran came back and wiped some blood off his mouth and he stood next to Pinkie. Tirek’s eyes turned from yellow to black and he grabbed his scepter firmly and stared deep into my soul. I knew...at this moment...it was time to let it go. I stared at the sapphire and slowly took it off from around my neck. I turned around to face everyone as tears were escaping my eyes.

“I think it’s time for me to go…”

“Dash, what are you talking abo-”

“I need to end this….this is all too much for me to handle. So much pain...hurt...I mean...who can bare this much heartbreak…? It’s time for all of this to end….I need to give Tirek the sapphire.”

“What?!” They all exclaimed at once. Soon, all of them were trying to say something but I didn’t listen to them.

“Look, one night, me and Sunset had a deep talk when Soarin was recovering from his injury and she said “When you have greed, you want more power and too much power can destroy you”, and Tirek wants all the power in Gemporia and so maybe having all the power can destroy him...it’s worth a shot...besides...I’m not strong enough to defeat him...I’m too weak…” I went on my knees and sighed and felt that this was the right thing to do.

“Tirek...please take the sapphire..”

“How do I know you’re not playing your little tricks? I am tired of seeing them!”

“NO seriously...take it...I forfeit….you win…”

I placed the sapphire necklace on the ground and Tirek grabbed it and sucked it’s magic out and he grabbed all 12 gemstones and they all came together to create a large golden crown that said “All Hail King Tirek!” and it was placed on his head as Tirek became bigger and bigger and even more bigger in size. I was crouched on the floor and my vision was getting blurry by the second as I looked at my hand and it started to fade away quickly.

“Rainbow Dash...what did you do??!!” Shivani looked up and saw how hefty and strong and bold Tirek became. Soon, my lower body parts began to fade as I was trying to regain my strength but I couldn’t. Soarin gasped in shock and leaned against me and started tearing up.

“No no no no no no no!! You can’t be forgotten! I can’t lose the girl that made my life perfect every time I saw that...beautiful...gorgeous face of yours…” Soarin sobbed. I chuckled lightly as my other hand started fading away.

“Girls, thanks for making me feel like the luckiest teenager in the world to have meet a group like you all...you’ve all taught me so much….you will forget me...b-but….I’ll never..ever forget you all...Tiran...even if we just meet...I wanna say….don’t stop being you….keep being awesome...and the goddesses…..you guys are my role models...and Soarin...I’ll never forget you….so never forget me…”

Now, my whole body faded and only my face was visible but fading slowly. Everyone had tears in their eyes but Soarin was taking it like a man and he was holding back the tears but he was letting his pain go slowly….he felt hurt….depressed...and angry all at the same time and his face showed it...his face was red with anger as he said goodbye to me one last time.

“D-Dash….I will never EVER forget you….”

And those were the last words I’ve heard from him before I vanished on the spot only leaving my mom’s orange and pink Polynesian hibiscus on the floor where I was….goodbye Gemporia….friends...family..and my love, Soarin Alexander Rogelio Skies….