What am i doing? Why have I… let this happen? I'm supposed to be a protector… no. No more. I won't let this happen again. Never again!
"NEVER AGAIN!!!"

{Before}

A few days have passed since the meeting. Myself, Screwy and Chrysalis have started sparring with eachother in turns, Bella even joining in on two occasions. We always make sure to fight away from town, as to not causes any damages. We usually use the Everfree castle or if not that, the skies above it. Some ponies did notice it though, asking why there were "fireworks in the sky" for no reason. Twilight was able to explain what was going on. It was as Screwy and I were walking back to the library after one of these sparring sessions that something… strange happened.

"I still think we should talk to mayor mare about getting a place for just the four of us." Screwy says.

"Four?" I ask her.

"Yeah. You, me, Chrysalis and Bella." Screwy responds.

"Oh, I see."
-p us.
"What?" I ask. Screwy stares at me.

"I didn't say anything." She says.

"I could have sworn-"
-se help us…
"There it is again! Someone's asking for help." I say, quickening my pace. "Screwy, get Bella. She might be abl-"
Please hel- -I can'- -uch longer… if anypony can hear me, please help us! I hear in my mind haltingly. "Somepony is calling for help, get Bella now!" I say urgently. She nods and teleports away. I try to focus on the faint voice again.
Please! If ANYPONY, I don't care who, can hear me, please! Help! Their dying!
Why does that voice sound famil-
Please! Anypony! My little ponies are dying! Please!
Celestia?! But… I look out at the distant city of Canterlot, fine and peaceful.
If Canterlot is fine, where is it- My thoughts are cut off as I feel a familiar pull. "I'm being summoned? No, I'm getting a distress call from another dimension!" I shout. Screwy appears next to me, a confused Bella in her grasp. I grab her arms and force the sensation of Celestia's call onto her. "Trace, now!" I yell. Bella looks surprised before her expression hardens. She begins concentrating, focusing on the pull I feel.

"Seth, what is going on?" Chrysalis asks as she appears in a burst of flames next to me.

"A Celestia from another dimension is sending out a S.O.S. I'm going to help. Are you coming?" I ask her.

"Yes." She says resolutely.

"Good. Bella?" I ask.

"Locked and loaded." Bella says, Havoc starting to form over her body.

"Good. On my signal." I say to her before turning to my love. "Screwy, you ready?" I ask her.

"You're never getting rid of me." She says, making me smile. I turn to Chrysalis.

"Chrysalis, ready?" The Angel/Queen nods.

"And waiting." She says.

"Good." I say, before turning again. "Bella, fire."

"Firing!" Bella/Havoc says, pushing with the pull. In a second, a sphere of void energy encompasses all four of us. The four of us disappear, gone from this dimension.

The void is a strange thing.
Well, not really a thing. Although it is still strange. Constantly changing and yet never different.
Filled with all sorts of impossible normalcy and unexplainable comprehensions. But still, not a thing.
An existence. That's a better word.
The Void is a strange existence. At least that's what I would think. As we move through the Void, I can't help but think…
I don't have time for thinking.

"Bella?" I ask.

"We're good. This just feels weird."

"Okay. You know fast you can get is where the signal is?" I ask her. She nods.

"Yeah, a few seconds." Bella/Havoc says as we begin moving. In, as she said, a few seconds, we arrive at what can only be described as a massive bubble. Psychedelic colours and everything. Through the bubble's surface, I can see that universe's Equis. Canterlot… a burning hellscape.

"We need to get in there!" I shout urgently.

"Allow me." Screwy says, her staff pointed at the universe. It flows with yellow light as we disappear, reappearing inside, above Canterlot. Looking down, I see numerous ugly things running about, destroying anything they come across.

"Alright. Here's how it'll go. Screwy, Bella. You three fly around, helping anypony you can find. Bella, use your mana and find theirs. Screwy, as soon as Bella and Havoc find somepony, you teleport them somewhere safe, I don't care where. Make a platform above the mountain if you have to, just keep them safe. Chrysalis, you're with me. We're going to clear those things out." I tell them. "Everybody ready?" I ask them.

"Ready." They all reply.

"Break." I say, sending us all down to the burning streets. Chrysalis buzzes her wings quickly, flying alongside me as I fly towards the largest congregation of the beasts. Looking closer, I recognize them. "Orcs? Oh no. Why did it have to be orcs?" I lament.

"Orcs? Is that what these things are?" Chrysalis asks as we land in the streets, me bashing and Chrysalis slashing them to pieces.

"Yeah. And from the looks of it, these are the feral kind." I say, bashing another head in. "Ugh." I say, shaking off the black blood.

"Well, if these things are just feral monsters, then I have no problems killing them." Chrysalis says. I nod. But then I see the ground at my feet. A few corpses from the orcs we have killed.

And dozens of ponies.

All dead.

Some even half eaten away. These monsters aren't just killing them.

They're eating them.

How could we let this happen? Why couldn't I save these ponies? I needed to be here earlier.
What am i doing? Why have I… let this happen? I'm supposed to be a protector… no. No more. I won't let this happen again. Never again!
"NEVER AGAIN!!!" I shout, my voice being heard all across Canterlot.

"Seth?! What are you-?!" I cut off Chrysalis as I raises two orbs of Hakai energy in my hands, both bigger than my head.

"Kill them all." I speak, crushing the two orbs into thousands of small dots of light and giving them a command. They fly off in every direction. Any orc they come across, they fly straight through them, piercing their hearts, brains, organs, anything to kill them. Screwy appears in front of me, a small red glow radiating off her.

"Seth, calm down." Screwy says.

"Calm down?" I ask her. "Calm down?!" I shout. "Do you NOT see what these things have done?! How many innocent lives they've taken?!" I shout.

"Yes. And I hate them too. But you have to calm down. If you lose control, you could do something you'll regret. Okay?" She asks me, her hands seeking mine. I exhale and let my energies fade.

"I'm sorry for yelling." I apologize, holding Screwy's hands in mine.

"It's fine. You're stressed." Screwy says, shaking my hands a little. "Now, let's see if I can fix this mess." Screwy says, staff in hand and raised to the sky. Her staff glows, the light reaching out to all of Canterlot.

"What are you doing, Screwy?" I ask her. Bella lands next to us.

"What is she doing?" She asks.

"Making this right." Screwy answers. She raises her staff fully into the air, it glowing even brighter. Bella covers her eyes as a flash encompasses all of Canterlot. The four of us find ourselves kilometres in the air, Canterlot bustling away underneath us, completely untouched. "Phew, it worked." Screwy exhales. "First time turning back time, but it worked." My eyes light up as I see the great capital, moving on, in it's full glory. I look to Screwy and smile. "Come here you." I grab her hips and pull her in for a kiss. She squeaks before passionately accepting my embrace.

"Awww." Chrysalis says.

"Really?" Bella questions us.

"Yes really." I say as I break off from Screwy. She complains.

"Hey, I wasn't finished."

"Don't blame me." I raise my hands.

"I'm not blaming you. But I will be doing this." Screwy says, grabbing my face and kissing me again, to Bella's displeasure.

"Ugh. You two can make out later, can we go home?" Bella asks.

"I think so." Screwy says, looking to me.

"Yeah. Let's go home." I say, happily looking down at the capital. My smile doesn't last as I remember why we came here.

"May I? It'll be a good way for me to practice." Chrysalis asks.

"Sure." I reply. "Just be careful." I advise.

"Sure. I'll do my best." Chrysalis says, summoning her own staff in a puff of flames. Her staff lights up, the four of us encapsulated in a white bubble as we reappear in the Void. As we make our way home, my thoughts spiral.

Author's Note

Almost forgot to mention, thank you, dracochangewing.