Diamond Journals Issue 1: A Quest for Memory

It was finally time to take on the Legion of Doom. However, Diamond wanted to make ONE last stop first to grab a little something to upgrade his Grapple Beam into a PROPER Magic Beam and put his horn to work.

-Unicorn Magic Acquired! Scanning DNA for spells...
-Spells acquired: 100+
-The unicorn magic from your alicorn form has been incorporated into your Magic Beam and can be used at any period.
-With your Alicorn Battle Armour, your spells can be used indefinitely, but be careful that your horn doesn't overheat, or you won't be able to use magic for a while.

After that quick detour, they climbed the rest of the main tower as fast as possible. That bomb could detonate at any second and they didn't want to waste any more time they already had. When they reached the peak, the final boss door awaited. Wily had specially designed it to look different to the others. It was notably larger, had the plate pasted onto it, was coloured red and overall looked a bit more menacing. Diamond activated his armour and they walked through the door into Wily's control room, where every villain in the Legion of Doom was eagerly waiting their arrival. The moment they DID walk in though, they got caged instantly by a tripwire which none of them saw.

"NYAHAHAHAHA!! I never expected you to fall for this trap!" Wily gloated. "And BASS! How could you betray me like this?"

"I know what you did to me, Wily. You INFECTED me, and you're GOING. TO. PAY." Bass threatened. "As soon as I bust out of here, I WON'T hesitate to kill you."

"You have problems, Bass." Nightmare Moon said. "Perhaps you should see a doctor. A real doctor, not Dr. Wily." she added, earning a glare from Wily and COMPLETELY brushing it off.

"Besides, I only want one thing out of you. Starlight." Wily bargained. "We get Starlight, we let you go. We don't, you stay."

"I've gone BEYOND a villain! You can thank Twilight for that." Starlight said. "I don't want to be bad anymore. And we'll get out of here whether you like it or not! Diamond! Let's put that magic of yours to the test."

"Right! A Bubble Barrier should do this. Get in close!" Diamond said, readying his robot horn. It glowed in an aura of light as he charged it, then released the energy outwards in a shield bubble. The cage showed a little resistance, but was ultimately no match for Diamond's overpowering magic. The eleven heroes prepared for battle, readying their weaponry. The villains also prepped for battle, with Wily hopping into his next mech and the others preparing any dark magic they had possession of.

boss theme

DIamond started by activating the Element of Magic and firing a few incredibly powerful magenta pellets. Nightmare Moon tried to retaliate, but a quick mind-clearing spell restored both her and Daybreaker to their original forms, but instead of joining the fight they decided to head down to the dungeons and save the rest of the ponies trapped inside. Tirek was next up, and he lunged at the heroes, but Diamond was able to perform a Stasis spell to hold him place temporarily.

"Since you love magic so much, why not become ONE with it?!" Wily said before shooting his Ponifying Beam at Diamond, which he couldn't dodge quickly enough. In an instant, his armour was removed and he was returned to his alicorn form.

"OK, my tech's down. It might take a while to get my genes ready for reconfiguration, so I might as well fight like this for the time being." Diamond said, his now organic horn beginning to glow again. Wily began to unload with every weapon in Mega Man's arsenal again, the multi-attack that started this mess. This time, however, Diamond was able to block about 90% of all projectiles launched at him, and the ones he couldn't block didn't hurt that much. He then followed with a Stasis spell that would freeze Wily until Diamond was ready for him.

Chrysalis had tried to get her long-awaited revenge on Starlight while all this was happening, but nearly every attack she threw at her opponent missed. Remarkably enough, Starlight's aim wasn't great either, but at least she made contact, even if it WAS with the weakest combat spells a unicorn could cast. A beam attack sealed the deal on her though, and Starlight collapsed to the ground in defeat. Distracted, Diamond ran towards her and began to tend to her injuries.

"Diamond, you're a kind guy, I know. But...I don't think I can go much further." she said.

"You did well to make it this far. The least I can do for you now is send you home, which is what I'm gonna do for your own safety." Diamond replied. He lit his horn and Starlight vanished in a flash of Diamond's aura just before Chrysalis could finish the job. She launched a second beam at Proto Man, who block some of it with his shield, and he was getting infuriated.

"Enough is enough. It's time to stop holding back! ALL LIMITERS RELEASED!" Proto Man said, overcharging his Buster for the last time.

"Proto Man, NO! Releasing that much energy will kill you beyond regeneration!" Mega warned. "If you release that Big Bang Strike, you'll defeat your target, but we're ALL going down with you!"

"Shut...shut up, Mega Man. I know what I have to do. Besides, Light fixed me after this attack before, I'm sure he can do it again." Proto Man assured. "I'll see you on the other side." he finished and fired his final strike., which coated the room in light and released a huge charge.

When the light cleared, Proto Man was in near pieces and everyone else but his target was still intact. Diamond's Stasis spell on Tirek had run out JUST as Proto shot his gun, and he had taken the blow for Chrysalis. The attack had also sped up Diamond's gene regeneration, so he was able to restore his human form, which he did, and was surrounded in an aura of light along with the Mane 6. He lifted the Stasis spell he had placed on Wily so the attack he was about to launch would actually do damage. Wily tried to shoot at them and HIT every shot, but all of his lasers bounced off of the heart-shaped barrier surrounding them as they formed a similar shape.

"What?! How are you-" Wily began. "Together...we can't be defeated! We are the ultimate evils! Our power together is infinite!"

"Wrong, Wily. The things that can't be defeated are heart, soul and the bonds of friendship. Something you and your pathetic cronies LACK." Diamond started.

"And we always keep telling bad guys the same thing every time." Rainbow Dash said.

"But you just never seem to listen." Applejack added.

"FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC!" they finished in unison. The other villains were teleported out of the area by Diamond's magic and back to where they were supposed to be.

"Wily, your so-called friends have left you. What does that say about you? Not very much, I'd say." Diamond began. "Even now, you still fail to surrender. And as of today, I'm sending you back home and into prison where you belong. Only this time, you're not going to be escaping. But first, I'll have a little bit of judgement. That mech will repel anything of my power normally. But it's time for you to pay! HARMONY STRIKE, ACTIVATE!" he finished. The six Elements in his chest glowed with power, and Diamond's buster began charging a HUMONGOUS amount of magic. Wily did everything he could to stop the attack with EVERY projectile he had, but he had no dice on the impenetrable heart barrier.

"Your reign over Equestria is done, Wily." Twilight said. "We won't let you do any more harm to our world. Elements, unite!" At this command, the Elements began to expel power into their owners, which would make Diamond's Harmony Strike even more powerful. A silent ping only Diamond could hear signified the strike was charged to the maximum. A warning flash on Diamond's visor, saying:

-ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU WISH TO RELEASE THIS CHARGE? YES/NO

Diamond ticked the []Yes box, signifying that he was sure he was ready to fire.

"It's time to meet your demise, Wily. HARMONY STRIKE!" he yelled, releasing the blast in a signature rainbow laser. The blast hit Wily square in the face, and constantly did damage to his Wily Machine #12. It exploded seconds later in a flash of rainbow-coloured light. Diamond's armour reverted to it's default Mega state, the Elements returning to their owners, and the Skull Castle blew up into a Sonic Rainboom, freeing everypony trapped in the dungeons and restoring Canterlot to it's natural state.

end song

Diamond awoke in Twilight's castle, having had to have been carried away from the scene by Mega Man and Bass. His alicorn form had been taken once again and his memories were running away from him. He grabbed his backup drive and inserted it into his brain, restoring his memories once again. He had been de-Meganized from the blast and wouldn't be able to do so again for a while. As Diamond tried to get his bearings back, Twilight and Spike walked in.

"Diamond! We did it!" Twilight cheered. "We defeated that evil doctor and saved Equestria!"

"Heh...couldn't have done it without ya, Twi." Diamond admitted. "But where's Mega and Bass?"

"Right here, Diamond." Mega said, entering the room. He was holding a strange USB port in his hand. "After Skull Castle blew up, I found this in the tower where we left. It contains a ton of data, ten terabytes of it, and all of it's on Wily's plan on Planet Equis."

"Oh, and that remind me. We had something for you." Spike remembered, showing Diamond out of the room and to a brand new Mirror Portal. "We had this set up and put another mirror on the other end. With this, you can teleport here any time we may find ourselves in danger."

"We also have a comm-link set up with you, so we'll always be in contact." Twilight said. "If you ever need someone to talk to, just give one of us a ring."

"I...I don't know what to say!" Diamond said before grabbing Twilight into a hug. "You've gone the extra mile for me, and I can't thank you enough." A buzzer began to sound on Mega Man and Bass's displays, meaning it was time to go home.

"Looks like our work is done here." Bass announced. "We'd best be heading back to our world. See you again soon, Diamond." he added and the two of them walked through the new portal together.

"I'd be going home as well, but...it's actually been a blast being here and I hate for our journey to end so soon." Diamond admitted.

"Well, it doesn't have to. Please stay for as long as you wish! We'd love your company more than anything." Twilight said. "I feel like our problems are only just beginning."

-End Log.