Mages, Fiends and Ladies

by Jay Vez

Rating: teen
Tags: Human, Sunset Shimmer, Gore, Second Person, Dark, Fluttershy (EqG), Other, Original Character, Equestria Girls, Main 7 (EqG), Violence
Length: 7313

You hide a power that is too powerful to contain, and not even you can control it. Was that all your worth? To bring ruin and death to all? You soon realized that no matter what power you possess, it can be either used for good...or bad.

We all have something special within us. A gift given to show us who we really are, but that depends on the kind of gift we receive. You, a senior at CHS, walk on the Earth, hiding your true power. Power with such dark energy knowing that if left unchecked, you will be the complete abomination. If you lose control, your very existence is the extinction of all. You know that dark arts can be nothing more than pure arcane and destruction, but you know deep inside that it can be used for other purposes like helping others with it.

Dark magic for good? You think of it as highly unlikely.

One day, you realized that any gift given can be used for good. Soon, you meet a mysterious person in alleyway, telling you that the world is destined to fall into the hands of a dark entity who escaped from a temple. He says that there are others like him, hiding from plain sight as they wait for the 'DAY'. Unbeknownst to you, a chance of redemption was offered and you decided to join and show that your gift is not a mistake.

*Set after the events of Camp Everfree.

Published 2017-08-15 14:10:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-12-07 12:16:09 UTC

Genesis

Author's Note

This story has a first and second person POV. Since I have no idea what to call the character in the story, you can insert your name (or preferred name) whenever you see a ______.

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Genesis

Long ago, during the Dark Ages, in the high mountains of Kovelk lies a temple where mages practice dark and forbidden arts. The temple goes by the name called:

"Pagoda of Seclusion"

A solitary place where dark magic/arts can be practiced in the absence of mortals. Arts that defy physics, gravity, matter and even time itself. It also includes the art of manipulating one's mind which is handy when you're trying to convert someone from good to bad or the other way around. Its location is so well hidden that only the bearers of magic can only sense its presence but will never see it. The only way to see and enter was to utter a few words given by their deity. The mages were not chosen, they were..."created" by a deity of theirs named: "Anera", the goddess of dark magic and chaos. These dark magic holders were formed into their being to worship her glory in all. Her intentions were all filled with demise as for one time, she planned to bring an end to the world to create a new one where her people can roam and continue to give her reverence.
She will have to create a humongous ball where all matter will be sucked inside and as it grows bigger and bigger until it reaches its peak where it will cause the end or in another term:

"Rapture"

The mages saw this as a complete abomination and it was purely demonic. They all decided to stop her and to do that, they had to learn a seal spell that requires a four sacrifices from them and some stepped up to face their fate. The seal requires at least five magic bearers of any kind and it needs four souls for the ritual to succeed. The remaining ones will have to cautiously take care of the seal as it has a limit of 2,000 years. Although, an individual mage's power was useless against her dominion, all of them will be enough to distract her while they create the seal ritual. One fateful day, dark magic holders fought against the goddess who brings doom in her wake. It was a war that will decide the fate of humans. The goddess chuckled as their intention was futile and she had another trick up her sleeve. In the process of creating a ball of destruction, she created another 'mage' which had half of the mad goddess' power making it equal to hers. Made from the goddess of dark magic herself, the being that is destined to bring the same intention that Anera had planned long ago. It is her greatest creation ever made and it was not alone. The goddess summoned fiendish entities from the depths of the earth, to aid her on her mission.

The mages knew that many will face their undeserved end, but it was their lives for the billions. Only they can stop the destruction, for their training will not go to waste. A mystic war that will go down in history as the greatest magical warfare ever transpired. Blood filled the battlefield and the sky turned into a crimson red as they conjured dark magic until their dying breath. The fiends and mages fought with all their might. Agony and despair was all that was present. The eight mages who planned to create a seal ritual, went up to her as the number of fiends were greatly decreased. They gathered altogether and started the ritual, but there is one thing they had to deal with, and it was that being of pure destruction that Anera made. It was emotionless, never feeling any remorse for the souls it destroyed. One of the mages set out to, at least, knock its lights out so the ritual wouldn't be disturbed. After a long moment, he finally put down that thing down, making it unconscious, but the mage was heavily injured in the fight. His blood dripped everywhere but he is determined to end the goddess' reign of chaos. The mages succeeded, with the sacrifices done, only leaving four of the mages left of the ritual. Anera was now sealed in a glowing red cube, which the mages have to look out for now. Since their practice in dark arts, which includes immortality, made them ready for the responsibility of taking care of the seal. One of the four mages placed the red cube in the center of the temple. After that, he returns with the others with a thought that disturbed him and he intends to share it.

"The seal is done, my friends, but I'm afraid I have something that could create a new problem," said the mage with stylish white hair. "We know that the seal has a limit, which means we'll have to seal her again after 2,000 years."

One of the mages spoke up, "Yes, but after this seal, she will likely be weakened. The second time we perform the ritual, she'll be gone from her miserable existence."

"Right, but that's not what I'm worried about. There's only four of us left. The seal ritual requires at least five magic bearers for the seal to work," he and the others looked at each other troubled, but a female mage spoke.

"Are you forgetting something?", the female magic bearer smiled as she motioned to the unconscious being on the ground.

"Him!? He's an abomination. I would never let him be with us. He killed our brothers and sisters in battle. What makes you think he'll not kill us the second he wakes up?", disapproves the other mage.

"You still remember that manipulating-the-mind magic? Maybe we could use it to change him and while we're at it, we can erase his memory so when he wakes up, he wouldn't go killing everyone," the female mage suggested.

"Yes. He can be a worthy ally, but someone has to take care of him," one of the cloaked mages said as the others gazed at each other, hoping that it wouldn't be them, but one was willing to take the opportunity.

"I'll do it. Since he's going to be adjusting to new things, I guess I'm the more capable one here," the stylish white haired mage smirked.

"Whatever, Azor." the female mage rolled her eyes.

"So, that's been taking care of. What about us? What should we do?", a mage with fuzzy black hair asked.

"You live your own life. When the time comes, we'll be unified once again."

"Heh, heh. I guess so. Well, I wish you good luck, Azor", nodded the female mage.

"Thanks, Aliisa."

As the mages came to the unconscious being, Aliisa performed the memory erasure spell and Azor followed with his mind conversion hex. Once it was done, the mages parted ways as Azor was the only one left with it.

"Don't worry, brother. I'll take care of you," as Azor carried him into his arms and vanished into a dark mist.

"WHY AM I LIKE THIS!?", you screamed as fire and destroyed houses surround you with a warm feeling. You fell to your knees with a few tears running down your eyes and with your hands on each side of your head, gritting your teeth with a sad expression and eyes with worry and regret.

"I don't want to live anymore! Just... END ME!", you shouted at the top your lungs and as you screamed, dark aura erupted from your mouth and eyes uncontrollably following with your whole body. The aura surrounded you in a circling motion, forming a dark tornado with you being the foundation of it. As the dark aura continued to circle you, your body seems to slowly weaken with your life being drained out. At this rate, your whole body begins to turn into dust. As you feel your end consume you, a figure appeared in front of you. It was all blurry since you're beginning to disintegrate from too much power being released, but you saw it had a feminine body which was covered in pure crimson in a deeper shade of red. From her feet to her arms, you saw red dust form around her body. She leaned in close to your ear and whispered:

"Sinä olet minun suurin luomukseni." she said as she disappeared, leaving you as the dark aura began to disperse into air with your life completely drained. You fell at the back your head into the ground and closed your eyes.

You jerked up out of bed as the dream, or rather nightmare, disturbed your sleep and you began to breath heavily. As you started to calm down, your chest begins to feel painful as something is stirring inside, waiting to be released. You rubbed your chest in a circling motion as you feel your power surging.

"That was close. If I continued to sleep, I might've left my magic let loose."

You stretched your arms wide as the sun shone through your window and showed its radiant glory. Another day, another nightmare to be gone by. Clearly, you haven't been sleeping well since the last few weeks. These night terrors have been haunting you lately and there hasn't been a day that goes by that you had one dream that doesn't have events like these. You set aside the blanket and got up from your slumber, went to your calendar and checked the day. Luckily, it was Friday. It was nice to see another week spent in terror. You exited from your bedroom and went to the bathroom to wash your face. You look into the mirror with your black hair fuzzed all over your head, covering one part of your eye.

"Good morning, _______. You slept well, didn't you?" you said with sarcasm.

You brushed your hand through your hair and began to open the faucet sink as you washed your face thoroughly. You grabbed a towel hanging from the side of the mirror and dried your face. Walking out of the bathroom, you prepare for another day which involves going to school. Fortunately, its Friday so another week has been spent and here comes another weekend to enjoy. It seems that the word 'enjoy' isn't the right word for you. You fixed your bag and yourself. You wore a gray shirt and black pants with black rubber shoes and on top of everything, you wore your black leather cloaked long sleeve with pockets on it like a jacket. You looked at a mirror and you just look like someone from Assassin's Creed, the only difference is you wear a black suit. You grabbed your backpack and headed downstairs to grab some food and eat it on the go. As you stepped into the first floor of your house, you threw your backpack on the couch from behind. You headed to the fridge and the sight of a sandwich on a small plate, which you prepared last night, caught your attention and took it out to be reheated in a microwave. You waited for two minutes and after, the microwave beeped once and you began to chow it down. After finishing it, you grabbed your backpack and took the keys for the house from the hook on the wall. As your hand nearly touches the doorknob, something popped into your head.

"How could I forget to brush my teeth? Bad breath will not ruin my hygiene," you said as went upstairs to the bathroom and brushed your teeth thoroughly. After, you went downstairs, grabbed your pack and went outside.The day was as beautiful as the yesterday, the sun is out, birds are flying and a fresh breeze can be felt pass through you. As you walked to school, you felt a wave of uneasiness as to what happened earlier. That dream always haunts you and you can't seem to get rid of it. It seems that this dream is a vision. You ponder on it and you feel terrified as to the devastating result to what your magic can do. You shook your head, trying to forget it.

"When am I going to have peaceful dreams? And who was that...woman? You know what? Just forget about it, ______. I won't let it ruin my day."

You hear trees rustling with the wind as you walked on a sidewalk. Leaves falling which created a calm and peaceful setting. Few moments later, you arrived at the school grounds and it seems that no one is present outside. Maybe they've gone inside already, which means in a few hours, the school bell will ring. As you approach the courtyard, you can hear someone with a loud voice shouting:

"HEY, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YOU LITTLE TWERP!"

You quickened your pace and hid behind a tree. There were small patch of trees lined up perfectly with gaps so anyone can enter. Throughout the years, these trees were taken care of and they were the almost size of an adult tree. You decided to hide behind them and peeked at the scene. There were two girls. One had light custard skin, light gray hair with two strands on each side of her head, yellow eyes and lipstick with big gray earrings in her ear. She wore a light gray shirt with a brown leather jacket, ripped jeans with a few openings mostly on the knee part, and brown boots with wing designs on it. Just by the tone of the girl's voice, you can already tell who it was.

"Gilda," you muttered under your breath as her being the school bully really pisses you off. The way she picks on others for sport was just aggravating to look at. Every time you look at her, your stomach turns and you feel sick about her attitude. Some part in you wants to hurt her for all the victims she abused because of her forceful nature, but you know that conflict wouldn't solve anything. You'll just end up in more trouble anyway, but what you're looking at right now really, REALLY riles you off. Because the person she is screaming at is none other than probably the most shy person on earth:

"Fluttershy!?",

You screamed internally as the shy girl backs away from Gilda. You knew her a few years back but you never....ever, in your life talked to her or any of her friends. Deep inside, you have a feeling of intimacy for her. The way she shows kindness to everyone, neither good nor bad. Fluttershy's love for animals always amazes you, her affectionate personality always soothes even the most feared of animals. Her kindness knows no bounds. All your life, you wanted to speak to her but you knew the risk well if you tried talking to Fluttershy. She might consider you her friend in the future but to what you are now, you are better of alone due to your crazed magic power. She and her friends also possess magic, but yours is far much worse. They can control it, you can't. As you continued to watch the sensitive girl back away from the bully, your left hand begins to crush the trunk of the tree as your strength increases every time she takes a step backward. You have an urge to jump in and save her, but your angered emotion might be the better of you.

"What should I do? I can't just stand here and watch her get oppressed by bird-face."

Suddenly, an idea formed in your mind...but it's a risky one. You considered using dark magic, but if used too long, it can slip from your control. You took that chance and hoped for the best.

"Here goes nothing," you breathed in and out and focused on your magic. Your right hands begins to channel dark magic and you can feel its immense power. All of it, contained in a vessel. You held out your hand in the direction of Gilda and formed a fist.

Gilda was advancing towards Fluttershy, showing her dominance to the sensitive girl. Fluttershy shivered as she takes a step back further and further until she fell on her back on the stairs of CHS. She lowered her head in fear and began to stutter.

"I-I'm sorry... I did-didn't mean t-to b-bump i-into-," the shy girls was cut off by Gilda.

"SORRY ISN'T GOING TO CUT IT, YOU TWIT! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR STUPID KIND-Y PERSONALITY. WHY DON'T YOU LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING INSTEAD OTHER THAN BEING FRIENDS WITH DUMB ANIMALS?", Gilda shouted at the Fluttershy's face as she raised her hand and slapped her on the cheek. Fluttershy wept as a red area formed on her left cheek.

"WHAT? YOU GONNA CRY? THAT WAS JUST A WARM-UP."

Gilda continued to hurt her 2-3 times but when she was about to slap her again, some invisible force hit her and her chest begins to feel pain. She held her chest as something held her life.

"WHAT THE-WOAHHH!", this moment Gilda was 8 feet above the ground and she began to feel heavy, like someone was possessing her. "HEY! WHAT G-GIVES!?"

Meanwhile, you were in a distance behind a tree, with your hand held out and you lifted her up in the air. You uttered a few words:

"Let's see if you can fly, bird-brain." You brought your hand downwards, resulting in Gilda being slammed on the ground at the foot of Fluttershy. She wailed in pain and yet again she was on the air, much higher than before. Fluttershy let out an 'eeep' to the situation as Gilda struggled to free herself from the control, but failed.

You moved your hand to the left, while forming a gun sign. Gilda was thrown against the grass to the left and she grunted to her pain. As you feel your control over the magic slipping, you stopped and just watched her there with no intention of helping her after what she just did. As you planned to go help Fluttershy, a few seconds later, the doors of CHS slammed open and a group of girls appeared at the scene. You know them perfectly well: Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Sunset Shimmer. You stayed in your spot and since you're just 10 feet away from them, you watch and hear them talk.

"Who's screaming an- FLUTTERSHY!?", Sunset said as she and the others went to her aid.

"Oh my goodness! What happened to you darling?", Rarity asked with a caring tone in her voice.

The sensitive girl didn't respond as she continued to cry from the slap Gilda gave her. Her friends were around her trying to comfort her. They all saw a red mark on Fluttershy's left cheek and they wondered what happened. At this point, Gilda slowly stood up from her place and Rainbow Dash saw her.

"Gilda!? What are you doing here?"

As Gilda steadied herself, with her arm on the other, she replied:

"Nghhh...I was just out here, walking my way towards the entrance and all of the sudden, I was 8 feet above the air and I was thrown like a ragdoll," she lied.

"Fluttershy, is that what really happened?" The shy girl nodded slowly with a few tears in her eyes.

"See? What'd I tell 'ya?" Gilda said as she she slowly made her way to the entrance doors, but she was blocked by Rainbow.

"What're you doing, Rainbow? Get out of my way."

"I would, but I won't. Care to explain why Fluttershy's crying?", Rainbow asked with a brow raised and with crossed arms.

"I don't know. She just cried in place while I was being thrown around," Gilda replied sweating.

"Really? Hmmm...well then. Explain the red mark on her left cheek."

Gilda was trying to find the words to her deception, but instead, she received a glare from Applejack. The cowgirl squinted her eyes in an angered expression, knowing that she is just lying. She just stood there with arms crossed, waiting for the opportune moment to catch her in her own words. Gilda couldn't speak for seconds now and Rainbow was just tapping her right foot on the floor repeatedly. A few moments, Rainbow spoke.

"Here's another question.... DID.YOU.HURT.HER?", Rainbow said with a deeper tone to her voice.

"W-Well, if you put it that way..." the ruffian was cut off immediately by a strong force that hit her hard in the stomach. Rainbow punched her so hard that Gilda fell to her knees, with hands on her stomach. The girls gasped in horror to Rainbow's unpredictable move. This surprised you as you never saw Rainbow Dash made a move like that before. It was hard to believe...considering she is an element of harmony.

"Rainbow!", Rarity shouted but the athlete didn't mind her at all. "How unladylike of you."

"What!? I'm not gonna let her hurt our friend like that for no reason. Someone's gonna teach her some manners, Rares." Rainbow replied in an angered expression.

"Heh, heh. Nice one, Dashie. I expected a bit more from that," Gilda said as she slowly got up from that jab in the stomach.

"Don't worry. I've got something better in mind...LIKE TAKING YOU TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE."

"I agree. It's time to put an end to your monstrosity, Gilda," Rarity added as all the girls agreed.

Since Gilda wouldn't stand a chance against these girls because of their magical capabilities, she decided to stand down and let justice take place.

"Come on, Gilda. I'll take you to the Principal herself," Twilight said.

"Fine. Fine. Whatever you say, egghead," Gilda replied as Twilight was a little offended.

As the two went inside, Twilight spoke to Gilda. "Sorry for what Rainbow did back there. I just couldn't believe she'd do something like that."

"Save your sympathy, nerd. I got what I deserved and to be honest, I didn't see that coming too. But she's Rainbow Dash, I guess.

On the other hand, the other girls were still outside with Fluttershy who was beginning to feel a little bit better. Rainbow approached her and laid on her knees.

"You okay, Flutters?" Rainbow asked but the shy girl kept quiet and she mumbled a few words.

"I-I'm fine, b-but you didn't have to do that just to hurt her." Fluttershy replied.

"I guess I overdid it. Sorry about that," Rainbow said as she scratched the back of her head.

"You think?" Sunset smirked.

"It's okay, Rainbow. Next time, try to be a little more less hurting... if you can do that." Fluttershy suggested as Rainbow agreed on her.

"Okay. I'll try." Rainbow said as she helped Fluttershy up and embraced her in a hug. "I'm sorry I wasn't here before, but I promise you, I won't let ANYONE hurt you ever."

"Ohhh...Dash. I can take care of myself."

"I know you can, but after what happened today, I won't let you get in harm's way again." Rainbow said with determination in her voice.

"Let's go girls. Let's follow Twilight." Sunset added.

"Agreed!", Pinkie concurred.

As the girls went inside the school with Fluttershy being the last and for no reason, she looked back at the courtyard and at the corner of her eye, she saw someone in a dark cloak, watching her from the side of tree. The figure had its hoodie on so she couldn't guess who it was. All it did was nod at her and gave her a small wave. She was confused and surprised at the same time. A voice called out to her, "Fluttershy, are you coming, darling?". For a moment, she looked at Rarity and turned around again to see that the figure disappeared. She was in thought of who was watching her but who? She went inside Canterlot High following her friends, still pondering of that someone.

You were behind the tree as you didn't expect Fluttershy to look back and saw you. Luckily, you wore your hoodie so she wouldn't find out about you. You placed your cloak inside your backpack which fortunately, was able to fit inside. You fixed yourself and headed to the doors of CHS. While walking, a small smile formed in your face in thought of the shy, yet kind girl.

"Ohhhhh.... She looks beautiful as ever. I hope she didn't see me though. That would just make things worse."

*Main 7 POV

As the girls followed Twilight and Gilda into the Principal Celestia's office with some time to spare, Fluttershy kept thinking about who she saw. Was it there the whole time? Did it saw what happened to her? Thoughts run into her head as she was not clearly paying attention that Applejack was trying to converse to her.

"Sugarcube!", Applejack said in a loud tone as this startled Fluttershy causing her to come back to her senses.

"Oh! Sorry, Applejack." the shy girl replied disconcerted.

"Is something bothering you? If that something is Gilda, then don't worry, She won't hurt 'ya no more. Ah can assure you," Applejack said as she comforted Fluttershy.

"I know...but it's not that."

"What do you mean? You can tell us, Shy." Pinkie said with a smile.

"I mean...there was something else". Fluttershy retorted, shivering a little.

As she and the girls were continuing with their walk to the principal's office, the entrance doors of CHS creaked open.

"______ POV"

You made your way up the stairs and stopped before you entered. The whole thing that happened earlier almost backfired. Considering your dark magic almost slipping away from your grasp, you thought that using it more would bring devastating results. You decided not to use it frequently as prolonged exposure can make you into a rampaging monster. Besides, using magic in school premises is prohibited unless something dire happened. You proceeded to open the doors of the school and it made creaking sound. Once inside, you looked at the clock which was above the straight hall in your front.
"Huh. Still got time to spare." you thought. As you lowered your eyes in front of you, you saw a group of girls which was on the stairs before with Fluttershy. As your creaking entrance made quite a sound, this caught the attention of the girls who were walking in front of you.

"Main 7 POV"

As the doors of CHS made quite a noise, the girls looked back and saw someone who was looking above them for a reason and then looked at them. The figure quickly averted its eyes from them and walked to the right hall while covering its face with one of its hands. The girls looked at each with confused looks while Fluttershy kept her eyes on it or 'him' as she clearly saw it was a senior like her.

"Well, that was weird and so is the guy, though. He's been acting quite strange late and not to mention, he's always avoiding us and everyone for some reason. I don't wanna jump to conclusions, but I think he's hiding something." Sunset said as she cupped her chin.

"Now, Sunset. Let's not play the detective game. We don't want us to be following him. That would just make us the weird ones. Just let him be, darling. If he is indeed hiding something, we don't want ourselves to be involved in it. We have enough problems of our own," Rarity replied with hands on her hips.

"I'll say," Pinkie added as she motioned her eyes to Fluttershy, but the shy girl's eyes were focused on another.

"Fluttershy, who are you looki-. Ohhh..... I see." Pinkie said as she gave Fluttershy a light nudge on the elbow. "You like him, don't you?"

The sensitive girl with shocked eyes, blushed and lowered her head, "NoIdon't!", she said quickly as Pinkie smiled bigger.

"I'm just kidding." Pinkie giggled.

"Come on girls. Twilight's waiting for us," Applejack spoke.

As the girls continued on their way, Gilda and Twilight were in Principal Celestia's office, waiting for the girls. Vice Principal Luna was also present in the room with arms crossed while Celestia had crossed her fingers together, resting them on her lips as she eyed Gilda. The ruffian just looked at the floor avoiding eye contact with the principal. A few moments later, the door creaked open and came in the girls.

"Now that we're all here, I guess it's time for some explanation," Twilight said.

"I'm all ears. Please do proceed," Celestia replied as she and Luna readied themselves and the girls told the whole story.

"______ POV"

"Well, that was awkward. I even covered my face when I walked away. What is wrong with you, ______?" you sighed as you made your way to your locker. As you are walking, you thought of what happened earlier with... her. The way she looked at you, as you met her eyes with beauty that gives you a feeling of calmness in your soul. Whenever you see her around, you feel comfortable. In all your life, you live with a heavy burden to carry and every single day, you suffered from your own pain, but that all changed when you saw her. Her endearing nature soothes your soul, making you feel normal for once without having to worry of your uncontrollable magic. You feel safe around her. You watch her with her friends, enjoying the time with them and each smile she forms always comfort you. As you continued to your locker and grabbed a book focused on the subject of English, a smile emerged from your face knowing that there is someone out there who makes you feel yourself.

"Don't worry, Fluttershy. Rainbow's not the only whose gonna keep you safe," you muttered as you made your way to English class, starting the Friday as usual.

As Twilight and the others explained the situation to the principals, Gilda just continued to look on the ground without making eye contact on anyone, for she feels the guilt that weighs upon her shoulders. Fluttershy was behind the girls, ensuring that her safety is assured. Inside, she cared for her as to the shocking event that she was slammed to the ground earlier made her feel pitiful about her. Even though she got hurt, she believed that Gilda was just having a bad day and she needs help and whatever consequence that the principals have in store for the bully, Fluttershy hoped that Gilda deserves a second chance. We all do. In the middle of the conversation, Rarity brought up Rainbow Dash bashed Gilda in the stomach. Although the action was repulsive, she definitely deserved that. Celestia and Luna were revolted as they heard this. This brought their anger to rouse up in the room as Celestia slammed her fist on her desk, which startled the girls, including Gilda.

"YOU WHAT!? How could you do something like that to our students? You clearly know that CHS has a reputation of being a friendly academy and you, being the most loyal of us all, violated its standards. I am very disappointed in you, Rainbow," Celestia said in an irritated tone.

"I am with you sister. An act such as this would greatly affect our school's prestige and I would ask you the question of 'why?', Miss Dash? What led you to such action? Me and my sister know that you are just trying to defend your friend here, but there are many possibilities on how the situation can be handled. You have the option to bring her to us and let us handle the consequences for her but instead, you gave her your own consequence of action: by using offensive force," Luna lividly explained.

Rainbow brought her head down in shame, knowing that her judgment is askew. For an element of harmony, it seems that loyalty had a deeper meaning to it. Being too loyal, especially if it's a promise of keeping someone safe, can really be dangerous. It means that the person who is trying to defend his/her friend can make them so attached, that even if someone approaches the two of them can make the too-loyal person territorial. Rainbow Dash knew if she'd go too far, she would lose the trust of her friends, including Fluttershy. She has to keep it together or else, grave consequences are waiting for her mistake. Rainbow cleared her mind and turned to Gilda, with a hand on the ruffian's shoulder.

"Gilda, I'm sorry for what I did. I know I overdo some things sometimes, but what I did isn't really the right choice, is it? Still, what you did to Flutters isn't justified. A punishment must still take place for you..... and for me."

"Rainbow, what are you doing!?", Twilight said in a shocking tone.

"Don't worry, Twi. I'll be fine. I need to face the consequences of my actions, you know." Rainbow as she placed her hand on Twilight and beamed a smile. The girls were worried about their friend.

"I hope nothing drastic happens to you Rainbow," Rarity said in a worried tone as Rainbow smiled at her friends, knowing everything will be okay.

"Twilight, since we can take care of things from here, you should head to your respective room assignments for your subjects. Class starts at sharp 10:00AM," Celestia suggested.

"Yes. Punctuality is the politeness of a prince after all, or so I've heard," Luna nodded.

"I think you mean everyone for this matter, sister" Celestia giggled as the girls also joined in with the laughs while Luna blushed.

"Ah, yes. Thank you sister."

"Now, go along, girls. You too, Twilight," Celestia said as the girls made their way out of the room, leaving only Rainbow and Gilda on their seats.

"As for you two, we have a few punishments for your actions...." As Celestia and Luna were working out on their punishments for them, Gilda whispered to Rainbow.

"I'm sorry too, dweeb. I messed up... BIG TIME."

"You sure did, Gil," Rainbow said as she gave Gilda a light nudge on her elbow.

Reminiscence

Upon entering the class, you saw Ms. Cheerilee as always leading the English subject. You made your way towards your seat, still feeling a little embarrassed about what happened earlier. That moment when you walk away with your head covered with both of your hands, it was just really awkward with them.

"Great job _______. You made a fool of yourself out there today. What a way to start the Friday," you flustered in thought.

As you sat there idly listening to the history of gods and goddesses during Greek era and how they caused fights with each other, the lesson is strangely familiar to you. You remember something faintly but you couldn't make it out. A woman with a strange, yet godly power whose purpose is to bring suffering and anarchy to anyone who dares defy her. You shook your head, as these images are starting to disturb you even more than you can imagine. You find this strange and fearful as to why this kind of imagery...or, perhaps, a memory would remain in your head. Was it something to remind you of? Of you were before? No, it isn't possible. It's....not. You continued to shake your head just to concentrate on the lecture.

"Mr. _______. Are you okay?", Ms. Cheerilee asked as this made you snap back to your senses.

"Ohhh....Uhhh....I'm fine. I just...remembered something," you replied while bringing head down.

"Well, pay attention. Might as well go to the clinic if you're not feeling well. Are you...not feeling well?" she asked with concern.

"I'm good. Just keep teaching."

Ms. Cheerilee shrugged and continued on, while you tried focusing on the subject. You sighed heavily, "Honestly, I'm not, ma'am", you said in thought. The subject went on and on for about an hour and a half and the bell rang, waking you from the sudden sound of dismissal. It was time to go home and you definitely need to. It was quite a day considering the whole saving-Fluttershy exploit, but it nearly paid its price. You pondered in thought as how you are going to ever control this magic conundrum. As you finished packing your things, you made your way to your locker to return the books that weren't necessarily needed for the weekend. After placing your things, you headed for the exit at a normal pace and continued to ponder in thought about her.

*Main 7 POV

As the school bell rang, the rest of the girls, including Rainbow Dash, fixed their things and were walking together, as expected to talk about their weekend plans.

"So, anyone have plans for today?", Sunset asked as she glanced at the girls with a beaming smile.

"Ooh, ooh. Me. How about another sleepover? This time at Rarity's place.", Pinkie hopped gleefully.

"I think we have too much sleepovers, don'tcha think, Pinkie?" Rainbow crossed her arms on her chest with a brow raised.

"Oh, I wouldn't mind darling. I rather enjoy our time together as always. Although, Rainbow has a point, Pinkie. I think we should change our bonding routine. I'm not saying we should not do this anymore. I'm just...used to these sleepovers with it being repeated over and over again. Tell you what, Pinkie", Rarity held Pinkie's hand and smiled. "After the sleepover tonight, how about we head to the mall for a little shopping?"

"That sounds even better! And you're right Rarity. I guess we had too much sleepovers." Pinkie pouted.

"It's alright, darling." Rarity returned a smile. The girls continued to walk towards the exit with conversations still being suggested on how their weekend should be spent.

"Oh, Rainbow. Before I forget, what was the punishment that Principal Celestia suggested?", Twilight asked.

"I hope it's not a major punishment," Fluttershy said in a soft tone.

"It was nothing too much to worry about. I think we had our own fair share of punishments," Rainbow said.

"That's ah' relief. What kind of punishment 'ya get, Dash?" Applejack asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Considering of what just happened earlier, I earned myself detention twice for 5 weeks." Rainbow told them. "That means I get 10 detentions in total and that would certainly affect my performance, especially at gym class."

"And what did Gilda get?", asked Twilight. Even though sometimes things get a little out of hand, Fluttershy still hopes that Gilda doesn't get expelled. She may be harsh, but that doesn't mean she has to face that kind of punishment. That would be just too much for someone like her to take.

"Ah...her. Since her exertion earlier, she got less detention than I did. I took things too far, I guess. There's one condition made by Celestia: if she ever hurt anyone again, she'll be saying hello to expulsion from the school.", Rainbow explained while the others exchanged looks with one another and set their eyes back on the athlete.

"I know it's illiberal," Rainbow now using the air quotes," but I think that's the proper punishment for her, considering these past years of her earning a reputation as the school's bully."

"Well, she brought this onto herself. No argument there, Dash", Rarity added as the others nodded, except Fluttershy. She knew this would happen someday, but there's nothing she could do at this point. What's done is done. Our actions can lead to some dreadful consequences, as others would say.

"So, that's all been taken care of. How about we all head home together?" Twilight asked as she smiled at the girls.

"Yes, darling, This week has been quite hectic lately, so I could use some beauty sleep," Rarity dramatically placed her hand on her forehead.

"Sure, Rares. We all know you're the last one to wake up," Applejack snickered as the others giggled while Rarity gave the cowgirl an indignant look in the eye.

"Hmph. Of all people, dear Applejack, you wouldn't understand how important sleep is to me." Rarity crossed her arms in front of her chest as she closed her eyes, in abhorrence.

"Oh...ah' do, in fact, understand 'ya. Ah'm just joking around, you know. Heh, heh"

"Good." Rarity replied, still with that loathsome look on her face.

As the conversation ended, they all went together to enjoy another weekend full of bonding ideas. However, Fluttershy was busy drifting in thought about who she saw earlier. She just can't seem take her mind off of it for some reason. There is something that he's hiding from everyone. Ever since he transferred at CHS as a Sophomore, he was usually the quiet type. When the bell rings for everyone to go home, he seems to be the first one out. He was some kind of rush all the time, avoiding anyone who comes near him. Fluttershy was worried that something is wrong about him. Although, she hasn't known the senior boy that much, she intends to help. She kept thinking as the girls were busy chattering with each other about there weekend plan. It was yet another week of relaxation and everyone is looking forward to it.

*________ POV

Heading down the halls, you continued to shake your head from the distorted images that flash in your head. Imagery of fire, destruction, death, gnashing of teeth and anything that could relate to agony. A blessing and yet a curse. To live a life where no help will come. A part of you wants to give up entirely, but you feel something within you. A glimmer of hope can still be possible, you just know it. It's a strange feeling but there is hope for everyone, including someone like you. As you headed out of the doors first, as usual, you look up to the sky and it seems that an orange and yellow setting has filled the vast sky. As you slowly lowered your eyes from the sky to the ground, you see students everywhere that got out first. They have their own company to share their weekend plans. The smiles and laughs made you even more depressed.

Sighing heavily, you inhaled deeply and exhaled before you begin to walk towards home. As you neared the same place where you watched 'her', you see the crushed tree bark still. You can't help but form a small smile on your face, knowing you protected Fluttershy, hidden from view. Passing along the green pastures, something still bothers from you. It was that...vision from earlier. Utter destruction maybe inevitable in the future, with you being the epitome of both arcane and chaos.

"No....it will never come to that," you said as you head home with a distressed look. You thought that getting some sleep would help you forget such a dreadful apparition. As you head home, you can only try to smile to stay optimistic throughout the day. Your home is not far now. Thinking about it, you suddenly remember the quote: "Home is where the heart is." Chuckling, you seem to feel comfort when you think these things.

“Heh. If only that were possible,” you murmured to yourself, as you look above the vast and boundless sky, with the sun setting on the horizon, catching your attention.

Author's Note

Much shorter than the last one, I know but I just have left this story for quite a long time. I need to, at least, update this story to let you guys read it. Sorry for the long wait :twilightsheepish:

All I could say is enjoy and let me know what you think. Feedback is much appreciated :pinkiehappy: