Revenge of the Shadow Pony

Starlight and Tempest made their way through the forest, but the blasts and fighting kept continuing from the distance and they didn't know how it would be until they got caught in the middle of the crossfire.

"They just keep going!" Starlight shouted as various trees kept falling.

"We're nearly out of here! We just have to keep running!" Tempest shouted while running her heart out.

Running through the forest and shifting through the bushes, the hornless unicorns moved through every last book and cranny of the demolished forest. But suddenly, something huge fell onto the ground, halting them from going any further. When the dust settled, it turned out to be none other than Midnight Sparkle on the ground.

"Twilight…?" Starlight while looking at her downed mentor.

Suddenly, Midnight opened her eyes and their blood completely froze to a standstill. Midnight opened her mouth and let out a powerful neigh before being punched in the face by Spike. He pummeled away at her for a good three minutes. But then she teleported out of the way and attacked him once more.

"We better run…" Starlight said before running once more with Tempest..

As they kept moving, Starlight and Tempest looked up and saw Spike and the alicorns going at it like wild animals. The dragon attempted to stab Midnight with his wing-shaped talons, but she was able to dodge and fired a magic beam at him. Daybreaker fired another solar beam from the sun while Nightmare Moon attempted to envelope him in the Tantabus. The ooze sprung off Spike and fought against the Tantabus while he focused on getting his claws on Nightmare Moon. Midnight tried knocking him away, but using his sense of smell and hearing, Spike tail-whipped her away from him and climbed on Nightmare Moon’s back. The latter tried using her magic to pull him off, but Spike punched Nightmare Moon and grabbed her horn. Then before she knew it, he broke her horn off and skewered both her eyes Nightmare Moon neighed in pain and agony as blood spewed out of her eyelids and desperately trying to shake Spike off her back. But before she could do anything to fight him off, he punched and snapped her neck, causing her to keel over and die, undoing the eclipse in the process.

Seeing this, Daybreaker angrily neighed and fired every last solar beam at Spike before encasing herself in flames. Setting herself on the ground, Daybreaker charged at Spike with her flame-embroiled sword and swung it violently with pure malice. Dodging her attacks, Spike had the ooze on his forearms draw back into his body and he proceeded to wait for an opening. But while he was defending himself, Midnight fired several beams at him while flying straight into his direction. Taking note of this, Spike scratched Daybreaker in the face before turning around to face Midnight Sparkle. Picking up Nightmare Moon’s scythe with her magic, Midnight swung away at Spike in an attempt to cut him in half. Spike got low and rolled out of the scythe’s range before stabbing her in the abdomen with his right wing-shaped talon before tossing her at Daybreaker.

Picking themselves back up, Daybreaker and Midnight assumed a defensive stance and tried figuring out a way to counterattack Spike. He assumed an offensive stance and stuck his wing-shaped talons out, ready to kill the two alicorns. He growled and snarled while walking towards them and he showed no signs of retreating from the battlefront. The two alicorns were shaking with anticipation and fear of what Spike would do next when he got close to them. Growling and snarling even louder, Spike forsaken everything holding him back and lashed out against the two alicorns. He went for Midnight first, immediately striking her down before she could swing the scythe. Daybreaker attempted to intervene, but Spike tail-whipped her away and focused all his attention on Midnight. While she was dazed, he grabbed a huge boulder and proceeded to bash her head with every amount of anger he could muster.

Getting off the ground, Daybreaker charged Spike with her horn and slammed him into a nearby mountain. After throwing him into the ground, she stomped all over him with her flame-embroiled hooves in every attempt to kill him. But not wasting any time, Spike used his wing-shaped talons and stabbed her in the abdomen, causing her to neigh out in agony. Getting off the ground and on his hind legs, he grabbed her by the mane with his bare claws and stabbed her even further with his wing-shaped talons, slicing her all the way up to her chest and exposing her insides in the process. Then he reaches in and attempts to grab her heart, but she attempts to resist by pushing him back with her flame magic. Seeing this, Spike grabs Daybreaker’s horn and breaks it off before stabbing her in the heart with it, causing the artificial sun to disappear in the process. When he was finished, Spike dropped her body and turned around to face Midnight. Only she was gone. Enraged at having missed his chance to killing her, Spike roared an angry, gigantic, yet somewhat triumphant roar as Midnight staggered in her escape.

“You were lucky, dragon. When we see each other again next time, it will be for the last time…” Midnight growled as she disappeared into the darkness.

***

Elsewhere, Daybreaker wakes up from her unceremonious defeat by Spike. Only this time, she wasn’t Daybreaker. She was back as Princess Celestia. She coughed out an insignificant amount of blood as she looked down and found her horn buried deep inside her heart.

“LUNA!!!” Celestia shouted before coughing out more blood.

She turned her head around various times to find her sister before seeing her corpse from a reasonable distance.

“SISTER!!!” Celestia cried out as she found her sister’s corpse.

“Celestia…?” A familiar voice called out.

The unlucky alicorn turned around and saw that it was none other than Starlight and Tempest. The two unicorns ran to her side and knelt down.

“Princess…” Starlight said in disbelief.

“Starlight… and Tempest… it is good to see you two are safe…” Celestia said in a dying voice.

“Don’t talk. We’re gonna-” Starlight said in a desperate voice before being interrupted by the soon-to-be deceased alicorn.

“We don’t have much time… I have found the monster’s weakness…” Celestia said.

“Huh? What is it…?” Tempest asked, wanting to hear the information.

“Fire. The Creature’s… weakness… is fire…” Celestia revealed before coughing out more blood.

“Celestia…” Starlight said at a loss for words.

“Flurry Heart…? Is she safe…?” Celestia as she started to lose her voice.

“She is with Zecora. No creatures have found them. They’re okay.” Starlight answered.

“All this evil… all this hate… it needs… to end. Twilight brought… me back… and turned me… into…” Celestia said, finally beginning to die as she coughed out more blood.

“Is there anything we can do for you, Princess…?” Tempest asked, feeling her voice start to break.

Celestia turned her head and eyed Luna’s corpse. Then she turned to the two devastated unicorns and requested,

“I want… to see… my sister.”

“Your wish is our command…” Starlight said, holding herself together as she and Tempest helped carry her over to Luna’s corpse.

Carrying her over, Starlight and Tempest were horrified to see what has happened to Luna in her skirmish against the monster that slayed her. They laid her down next to the corpse and Celestia was in tears at seeing her sister.

“She’s beautiful… isn’t she…? My dear sister…” Celestia said with her eyes beginning to tear up.

Starlight and Tempest did everything they could to resist shedding their tears, but all they do was silently cry while watching Celestia stroke her sister’s face.

“When you… see… Spike… again… tell him… we love him. This... is… my final… order… as… princess.” Celestia said as tears poured down her face.

“We will…” Starlight said with her voice nearly breaking.

“Then… it’s… finished.” Celestia said while facing Luna.

“Starlight… we need to go. Right now.” Tempest silently urged while keeping her composure.

Starlight took one last look at the Royal Sisters before leaving alongside Tempest. After hearing Starlight and Tempest leave, Celestia continued looking at Luna’s corpse before pulling it in for one final hug.

“Everybody… we will… be here… soon…” Celestia said as she coughed more blood.

Her body going numb and her mind going blank, she could do nothing but hold onto Luna’s corpse as her body started going into arrest. In her final moments, all she could think about what has happened and every terrible thing that has happened. But all she could think about was how happy she was to have lived her life and all the wonderful moments that placated her memories.

“Spike… whatever… is happening… we will… see you… soon…” Celestia said, echoing her final words in her breath.

She held onto her out of love and security as she lay dying. Tearfully smiling in her final moments, she held on as tight as she could before finally passing away with Luna in her arms. The Royal Sisters were no more.