Monster's Sacrifice

Twilight Sparkle stood upon the nose of her favorite assistant, a glower of hatred directed at the disgusting thing before her. She smiled as simultaneously multiple signs of her friends success manifested. From Sweet Apple Acres a cacophony of Howls, from Fluttershy's cottage came the screeching of bats, down below Twilight could hear the moaning of the unquiet dead and the clacking of artificial bodies, up in the skies she could see the windigo set free and feel the arctic cold gathering. More than any of that she could feel the fear of the Outsiders, feel them hesitate. She raised her hand, and the very elements tore at that which was before her, insects descended upon those tentacled things, devouring them without a trace. Leaning back against the bridge of Spikes nose, she rooted herself comfortably and snarled

"I am dearly sorry for interrupting my dear son. But I do believe I have evened the playing field a bit. Why don't you show Mummy how much you've grown."

Spike smiled nastily, "Why of course, Mother. I would be delighted."

Charging forward Spike slammed his fist into the horrors face, this time shattering Cthulhu's beak, it deteriorating to dust as it fell. As the Elder Being stagger back, Spike looked on in shock, the abomination before him should have been able to take the hit.

"But How?"

"Oh, Mommy made it so that the thing before you was bound to this plane of existence, which means...."

"That I can beat the everloving shit out of ol'fuck face! Thanks Ma!"

"Consider it a make up present for all those Birthdays I missed while absorbed in a project. Now, show me the color of his blood, Mommy has a research paper to write."

Laughing with joyful purpose Spike grabbed the now vulnerable Horror by the throat and began pummeling the Squid thing relentlessly. Smashing its face to pulp, before finally tearing it's facial tentacles clean off. Releasing the maimed monster Spike gently placed the tendrils on the ground.

"For your study later." He said to his mother's odd look at his action,

"What a dutiful Son you are." Twilight Squeed. "I am so proud, my boy has all grown up."

Once more advancing on Cthulhu, Spike easily deflected the sloppy swing aimed at his face, then replied with a quick strike to the center of the solar plexus. A resounding crack was heard as Cthulhu's sternum was split in half. Coughing up black sludge the horror staggered back, for the second time in its entire existence, it knew fear. Last time it was when those others had arose. This was nothing more than a repeat. Turning to flee for the breach Cthulhu was grabbed from behind, Spike's tail lashing out and dragging the screaming horror back. Using nothing but his tail Spike raised the gargantuan Abomination into the air, then drove the once terrible thing into the ground. Releasing the horror, Spike rose into the air, his wing beats displacing vast amounts of air.

Taking in a breath, he gathered all of the power he held within him, feeling it begin to breach he snarled, "BURN!!!!!" and breathed forth a column of green fire that engulfed Cthulhu, consuming the aberration for good. Beginning to shrink, he quickly dropped to the ground, setting his mother down, he hugged her, glad she was okay.

"I am so proud of you Spike. You are going to make a great Element of Magic."

Pinkie smiled up at Nyarlathotep, the spirits of the unquiet dead doing a superb job of holding him. Nyar's eyes were not on the Pink Mare or her Daughter, they instead were on the purple lightning that had descended from the heavens and the way the storm clouds rolled. He was not listening to her, instead he heard the howl of wolves and the clinking of artificial bodys. He was being held by things that were of this world but did not belong in this time and place. The one before him smiled.

"Looks like it's time to begin," Pinkie Chuckled, "Can't be late for my Daughter's coming out Party, Now can I?"

"We're not gonna be late are we Mommy?" Diamond asked.

"Only if we hurry up and CLEAN UP THIS MESS!!!!!" Pinkie snarled in rage, her mane flat and straight.

Diamond giggled, "Of course Mommy, a proper party pony always tidies up after an event."

"Such a good Girl, I am so proud to have such a responsible daughter."

Glaring at the thing before them, Diamond and Pinkie began cleaning up, the bodies of the dead, Both outsider and native, consumed be the ghostly ethereal beings Pinkie had called forth. Diamond herself popped in and out of existence handling any of the survivors of Nylar's party, notifying the Ghosts for disposal. Nylar could do no more than watch as all connection to this plane he had, was slowly whittled away before his eyes. Beginning to become more and more indistinct, he watched as the two mares walked up to stand before him.

"We can't kill you, but we can make you forgotten. No get out of here you big meanie!" Pinkie snarled at the horror before her.

Diamond stepped forward and shouted, "and take your little dog too."

Hurling the last thing that was keeping Nylar on this plane of existence, the heart of one Spoiled Rich, at the rapidly fading being, the bond between him and Equestria was shattered, nevermore to be recreated.

"Is it time to go to the Party now?" Diamond asked her new mommy.

"Yes it is my little Party Popper, after all it isn't everyday we celebrate the ascension of the new Element of Laughter." Pinching her Daughter's checks Pinkie finished her statement to the shocked Party Popper, "I just know that you're going to be the best one EVER!!!!!"

Shub-Niggurath staggered back as the Timberwolves of the Everfree descended on her and the remains of her children. She tried to lash out but was hindered by the two Apple Sisters that would take advantage of a lack of attention. The Dark Mother howled and attacked the Apples, only to be attacked by the Timberwolves. Amid the backdrop, purple lightning flashed and the sky was in turmoil. Shub-Niggurath knew what that portended, knew what had awoken. The one thing they all had been sure would not happen this time. The old darkness that had opposed them had been sealed, then lost from memory. There was no way these primitive beings before her could have known. But they did. Finally seeing an opening the dark mother slapped two of the smaller timberwolves aside as she tried to make her escape. Back to her place in the darkness of the wood. Were none could follow. Back to the breach she headed, only to be halted as the twin Apples stood before her, both with the same hard look.

"Let me flee," Shub-Niggurath pleaded, "The darkness of before that had stood with the light, had let us all flee. Had sealed the holes behind us. It wished the Cycle to continue. For your world to continue the Cycle must go on and for that you need us to wipe it clean for a time, lest stagnation take all."

Both girls smirked at the display, Applejack finally answering. "I don't think that was it at all. You see an Apple would never let a blight like you exist. So there had to be another reason. I think it was so he could have an out from his burden. So that when you came back, he could rejoin the cycle and perhaps find a little peice. I happen to think all of the bearers of darkest hearts planned on that. I think that the darkness was always meant to come to me and my friends, so that we could fight you. This is just correcting the Cycle. Can't tell you how I know that, it just sounds right."

Applebloom Smiled up at her big sister, than placed her hands on the ground. Green light shone forth as all of the plants and trees illuminated the night. Shub-Niggurath screamed as the sacred light of the forest burned into her, without her young to consume she could not defend nor heal from it. Withing moments the Dark Mother of the wood was nothing more than an unpleasant memory.

Applejack looked down on her younger sister, the last survivor of the Apples.

"AB, I am right proud of you sis." She started. "We best go meet up with the others. After all, my sis just became the new element of honesty. Feel a Need to Crow a little."

Scootaloo and Rainbow went forth, their approach heralded by the oncoming onslaught of the Windigo. They purged the sky of the remain Polyps, the twin forces of Gale and Cold reducing the horrid things to nothing more than a stench soon removed. They came ever closer to the Spawn, who tried his best to assault them but the windigo intercepted all of its attacks, their cold bodies freezing even the ethereal matter that the Spawn consisted of. As they reached the formless monstrosity that was the Spawn, the twin sisters of sky and cold intertwined their hands and began channeling their energy. Calling forth a Storm of Arctic wind and Lightning Fierce, they unleashed it into the face of the Spawn, driving it back. The both of them heard the howling of the timberwolves and the screeching of the bats, saw the purple lightning strike inside of Ponyville.

Smiling Rainbow snarked. "Seems like everyone finally started. How about it kid? Ready to show everyone how awesome we are?"

Scootaloo's grin could not have looked better on a shark. "Lets, Big Sis, We can't very well be the last one's fighting that would be embarrassing. Besides, I want to see how Applebloom held up."

Dash smirked, "Oh? Not any of your other friends? Wonder what makes AB so special, Eh?"

Scootaloo's blush was all the answer her big sister needed. "I'm happy for you kid, the girl that I got this power never said what she needed to say, and suffered for it. Don't make that mistake."

Smiling at her mentor's blessing, Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash both then turned back to the Spawn. Hard eyes and set jaws met the panicked pleading eyes of the horror before them. The two mares smiled, then brought their hands together with a resounding slap. The burst of power caused an electrical discharge that sent current running through the Spawn, which gave the Windigo all the time they needed to charge forward and tear the Spawn to pieces.

Rainbow clutched her little sister to her breast in joy as the horrible face blew away like so much dust on the wind. Slinging Scootaloo onto her back the brash blue bombshell, shot forth in a blur.

"I am so proud of you Scootaloo, You will make the most awesomest Element of Loyalty ever."

Striding forward the Synthetic Society Sisters left no Shoggoth in their wake. Rarity remaking any and all objects into new bodies for her ever growing collection. If the Shoggoth destroyed one, it was a simple matter to pull together another. All the while Rarity's innate attention to detail and creativity allowed her to adapt quickly, as each body fell the next that rose up was stronger, faster, better able to fight the things before them. Sweetie herself adapted rapidly as well, generating and discarding weapons and defenses on a whim, all the while becoming a better version of herself. Against such twin versatility the horrid group mind known as the Shoggoth could not stand and soon all of Rarity stood next to Sweetie Belle, gazing into the bubbling spawning pit. All during the battle, Sweetie and Rarity had both caught glimpses of not just Pinkie's handiwork but witnessed most of Spike's battle as well. Sweetie had blushed when she saw Spike's new musculature and how he had lost all of his baby fat.

"If only he was your size, eh Sweetie?" Rarity had snarked to her Robotic sister. "Oh, don't look so shocked, after all just because we are Synthetic doesn't mean we can't change ourselves for a little fun, How do the foals these days put it, 'there's and App for that."

Sweetie's ceramic face turning bright red was all the confirmation Rarity had needed.

But now they stood before a lashing pit of ooze, Neither Mare had any fear of it, Rarity's Bodies were replaceable and Sweetie was quick enough to evade and strong enough to escape,

"I can not accept this eyesore in the middle of Ponyville. It will have to go. Sweetie as you are ready."

"Of course, Rarity," Sweetie rolled her eyes at her overly dramatic sister, then rose into the air. Instead of forming her twin sniper cannon over her shoulder, this time she brought her forelimbs together and formatted herself so that the power would flow out from her core and down into her hands. Frome her elbows all the way to the tips of her fingers, the barrel took shape, each crystal binding exactly two inches a part, from her elbow back to her shoulder crystal viens focused the energy into the weapon. Once again the blue focusing circles glowed, forming glyphs that spun in an orbit around the barrel.

Shouting, "Alpha Sapphire Energy Beam FIRE!!!!!" Sweetie released the energy, directly at the foulness below her, her sister's many bodies preventing any escape.

Flashed to nothing more than foul smelling steam, the last Spawning pit of the Shoggoth was gone. Never more to arise in its attempt to devour all.

Landing on the ground she saw one of her sister's bodies giving her a smirk, "What!?" Sweetie asked.

"I just think that naming your attack like that was adorable. I am sure it will attract a certain Dragon's attention. After all, Spikey-wikey always did like his comic books. Now come along Sweetie, we can't have the new element of Generosity going around Naked. After all, mustn't give such things away for free!"

Fluttershy and Silver Spoon, strode forth directly into the oncoming horde of the Gugs. Silver reducing all who came close to her into pudding, while Fluttershy slapped those that attacked her aside, where they were soon devoured by her bats. Both Silver and Fluttershy could hear howling in the distance, as well as the thunder of a lightning clash. But they were to far away from ponyville to see what was occuring. Between the two they had the Gug's fleeing back into the Everfree.

Fluttershy smiled nastily, "Dinner time!" She called into the forest/

Plunder Vines latched onto some of the fleeing Gugs, Manticore's rose up to destroy that which would defile their home. Even a Hydra was seen, devouring the Gugs with an abandon of a small child gorging on to much candy. All of the denizens of the Everfree gathered together to slaughter that which had invaded their home. All except the timberwolves, they had their own private engagement over at Sweet Apple Acres.

As the last Gug disappeared into the forest, their blood and flesh to nourish the forest for some time to come. Silver Spoon snuggled up against her mother, feeling Fluttershy's arms encircle her, the young filly cooed her contentment.

"Alright, Young Eris, we need to go join the others. I am so proud of you, sweetie. I get to introduce my daughter as the new Element of Kindness! Yay!"

Eris smiled at her mother, as they both walked away what her mother had just said caught up with her and simultaneously, from six different battle zones came the cry of "WHAT?!"