THE PSYCHIC DEMON OF EQUESTRIA

Rainbow Dash punched her palm so hard a loud smack echoed through the living room of Fluttershy a cottage, light shining through the hole left by the demon Mewtwo. "How dare he take Fluttershy! We need to get her back! I'm gonna kick his flank so hard!"

“Dash calm down! We’ll get Fluttershy back but we have to come up with a plan.” Applejack said to the angry pegasus before looking at Twilight, “Ain’t that right Twilight?” she asked the lavender unicorn.

"Huh? Uh sure." Twilight said, looking at a book of spells.

“Hey come on egghead! Help us come up with a plan to get Fluttershy back instead reading a stupid book!” Rainbow Dash said angrily, this caused Twilight to glare at her.

"Excuse me but the Elements of Harmony are a bit more important, without them we can't hope to defeat Mewtwo!" Twilight said as Celestia stared out the window, deep in thought.

"Maybe I should have listened to that Dillan person." Celestia mumbled to herself.

"Who?" Applejack asked, overhearing Celestia.

“Dillan, he had tried to bring peace between us and Mewtwo.” Celestia replied before shaking her head. “But that doesn’t matter now, what matters now is getting Fluttershy and the Elements of Harmony back.”

"right, but how?" Rarity asked, raising an eyebrow.

“I know where his hideout is, with Equestria’s army, combined with the other nations, we might get a chance to get Fluttershy and the Elements.” Celestia said, a determined look on her face, “Once FLuttershy is freed from Mewtwo’s control, you six will use the Elements to imprison Mewtwo forever.”

"But princess…"Rainbow Dash said worriedly. "Fluttershy is the kindest pony in the world, what if she isn't under his control and believes he isn't dangerous?"

“That is the thing about Mewtwo, he can control anyone without them even knowing it. It happened before.” Celestia said,

Rainbow looks down thinking to herself. "But what if Fluttershy is right? How could I not believe my Friend?"

Twilight looked to Celestia. "Princess, what are Mewtwo's powers?"

Celestia remained silent for a minute, trying to think of how to best explain Mewtwo’s Psychic power. “Well, his power isn’t anything Equestria, no, the whole world has seen before. And the worst part is that it isn’t even magic.”

"How is that possible!?" Twilight asked shocked.

“I might have an idea on that.” Celestia said,

"Well mind sharin?" Applejack asked crossing her arms.

Celestia sighed before sitting down on the couch, “During a battle between Equestria and its allies against Mewtwo, I had demanded to know how he is able to do things no ordinary creature can do. His reply was that his power involves his mind. That was all I could get out of him before he…” Celestia paused while grabbing her wing.

"So he's really smart?" Pinkie asked, tilting her head to the side.

Celestia shook her head, “He is an expert fighter and knows how to plan battles, but I wouldn’t say he is smart, I’m saying his mind is where his Psychic power comes from.” she said,

"Wait, we don't have to kill him to stop his powers, do we!?" Rarity asked, shock present on her face.

“No, you don’t have to kill him.” Celestia said,

“She’s right, we all saw it earlier.” Twilight said, then pointed outside, where the remains of the cage they put Mewtwo in lay. “The cage managed to contain Mewtwo, so we just have to put it in another cage and use the Elements on him.”

"That's easier said than done." Rainbow said. “He has those sirens on his side and he knows we have the cage."

“Only a minor setback, I’m sure with the right plan, we will capture him again.” Twilight said, nonchalantly.

"And if he uses Fluttershy as a hostage?" Rainbow asked, getting angry.

“Like I said, with the right plan, we will capture him and free Butterfly from his control.” Twilight said,

"Fluttershy!" Rainbow said with emphasis. "And you know what if he was telling the truth? What if the elements need friendship to work?"

“Please, as if powerful artifacts need friendship to work. I’m sure there is a logical explanation on why they didn’t work the first time.” Twilight said,

"Egg head." Rainbow said, shaking her head.

Celestia looked at the five mares with worry, the Elements of Harmony do need friendship to work, that’s why she didn’t bring them together in the first place, their friendship had to be genuine.

With Mewtwo.

Mewtwo, the Sirens and Fluttershy had been looking over a map of Equestria and beyond, debating and often times arguing on where they should go to hide from Celestia and whoever else has decided to join her in hunting Mewtwo and his allies. "I think we should go to a island, far away from any ponies." Aria said, pointing at a random spot in the ocean.

"Aria we can't go to some random island in the middle of the ocean, do you know how hard it would be for us to defend it when the princess and her allies find us?" Adagio said, making a good point. Much to her sisters annoyance.

"So? Let them come! I bet we can take them!" Aria said, crossing her arms and causing Mewtwo and Adagio to roll their eyes.

"Are you forgetting that I am the most capable fighter out all of us? So if we do get invaded, not only will have to fight, but I would also have to protect all of you as well? I may be powerful but I can't multitask like that. especially with how weak I am right now." Mewtwo said, Aria opened her mouth to respond but remained silent before huffing and glared at the ground.

"Do you always have to be right?" she asked him in annoyance.

"Because he knows our enemies and how they fight?" Adagio asked sarcastically. "Plus that he's been at war with them a lot longer than any villain in Equestria."

Mewtwo glanced at Fluttershy and saw the nervous and fearful look on her face, making him frown a bit. 'It seems she is not taking this situation well, I don't blame her, forced to be constantly hunted down by those who she considered friends, thinking that she was brainwashed despite the fact that she wasn't.' he thought to himself, suddenly, he saw Soft Cut in Fluttershy's place once again, causing Mewtwo to go wide eyed before shaking his head. "Alright, that's enough planning for now, if you need me, I'll be meditating." he said, causing the four of them to nod before he flew over to my little island and began meditating.

Or he would have if he didn't keep seeing Soft Cuts face whenever he closed his eyes, causing him to growl while holding his head. 'Damn it. I can't meditate without Soft Cuts face appearing every time I close my eyes.' I thought to myself, before looking over at the Sirens and Fluttershy, seeing them simply talking. 'Why do I see Soft whenever I look at Fluttershy? The two are different, sure they look the same but that's about it, so why?'

"I have an idea of where we could hide!" Sonata said making Adagio and Aria roll their eyes.

“And where would that be Sonata?” Aria asked her in annoyance.

"Literally right under their noses somewhere they wouldn't suspect!" Sonata smiled, surprising everyone. "The crystal catacombs under canterlot!" She said holding up a book of legendary locations.

“Sonata that is….” Adagio paused before continuing, “Actually pretty brilliant. The Crystal Catacombs aren’t known to be the most explored, at least, without somepony getting lost forever.”

"See aria I do have good ideas!" Sonata said to her sister.

“You just got lucky on that idea.” Aria replied, while crossing her arms.

Sonata frowns and hangs her head sadly, getting a pat on her back from Fluttershy. Adagio glared at Aria but before she could do anything, a ton of mud fell on top of Aria, causing both Adagio and Sonata to laugh with Fluttershy trying to hold back her laughter. “Hey! Who did that?!” Aria shouted as her head popped out of the mud.

"Do you really have to ask?" Adagio asked, laughing, and pointing at Mewtwo.

”You should be nicer to Sonata Aria.” Mewtwo said as he floated over to them, arms crossed. ”Otherwise you’ll end up under something worse than mud.”

“Man fuck you.” Aria said as she climbed out of the mud. “I don’t know why we thought it was a good idea to stay with you.”

“Maybe because he saved our lives thousands of years ago as well as a month ago?” Adagio said, “Well, him and that strange creature, Daniel?”

”His name was Dillan. Not Daniel.” Mewtwo corrected, causing Adagio to nod while Fluttershy had a thought.

"Maybe Dillan could help us…" she thought to herself. No one seemed to hear her as everyone kept talking,

“Big deal. We would have gotten out of Canterlot on our own.” Aria said while Mewtwo glared at her.

”No, you would have gotten seriously injured if you did try to escape on your own or worse, gotten yourselves killed.” Mewtwo said,

Fluttershy glanced up at the four arguing creatures, before slowly backing up and sneaking away. "I hope I'm right about this." She thought.

“We would have not!” Aria said, butting heads with Mewtwo.

”Yes, you would have. If it weren’t for me, the three of you would have been put in the dungeons for life or put to death.” Mewtwo replied, the two glared at each other while Adagio watched them with a sweatdrop while Sonata looked at the two before saying.

“Want a taco?” she asked Adagio while holding up a taco.

Adagio looks at the taco and takes it. "Thanks I have a feeling this is going to be a long fight."

“And another thing! You said you were going to give us something that would let us go into pony towns and sing without them going beserk! Where’s the solution to that huh?!” Aria shouted.

”I’ll have you know that I was unable to do anything but fight for my fucking life, that includes finding something to let you keep your powers without causing Ponies to become rampaging bulls!” Mewtwo shouted back, causing the two other Sirens to sigh in annoyance.

“Yeah, this is gonna be a loooooong fight.” Sonata said.

Adagio nodded and looked over to where Fluttershy was to talk to her. "Hey where's the pegasus?"

With Fluttershy.

Fluttershy flew quietly towards Canterlot Castle, hoping the princess would be there. "Oh I hope this works, I don't want my friends to be fighting." She said quietly, before she was tackled and hugged by a multicolored blur.

“Fluttershy!!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she hugged Fluttershy, “I’m so happy that you’re alright! And you managed to get away from that bastard!”

Fluttershy chuckles a little nervously. "Yeah I'm I… escaped while he and the um sirens were arguing."

“That’s great! That means you’re not under his control anymore! Wait till the princess hears about this!” Rainbow Dash said, not noticing the nervousness in Fluttershy's eyes.

"Yes, let's go." Fluttershy said smiling, as they flew to canterlot. "U-um why were you going to canterlot?"

“Hey, seeing how you escaped from him, do you know what he’s planning next? Or at least where he is keeping the Elements?” Rainbow Dash asked her, “Cause the princess said we need them if we want to take down Mewtwo.”

"O-oh no I don't sadly." Fluttershy said, fiddling her fingers. "B-but um I heard him saying something about Dillan being stronger than him, maybe we could get his help?" She said nervously lying.

“Dillan? The princess mentioned him earlier, saying that he tried to bring peace between Mewtwo and Equestria.” Rainbow Dash said before scoffing, “As if that monster would consider peace after everything he’s done.”

Fluttershy thinks for a bit. "Um, I know the princess said he's done horrible things but… had any pony heard what it was he actually did?"

“You mean murder countless innocents, wiping out nearly every species there is in Equestria as well as the other lands, and also hurt the princess?” Rainbow Dash asked, “He’s a heartless monster, it’s as simple as that. He’s a monster that needs to be sent to Tartarus for what he’s done.” Fluttershy was upset at Rainbow's words.

Fluttershy looks away. "I guess so, then um we should summon Dillan to help he's stronger than Mewtwo."

“You really believe this DIllan guy can deal with Mewtwo don’t you?” Rainbow Dash asked as they neared Canterlot Castle.

"Mewtwo said it himself…" Fluttershy gulped not wanting to lie but figured it was the only way. "He's… afraid of Dillan's power"

“Really?! Well why didn’t you say so earlier! Come on! We gotta tell the princess!” Rainbow Dash excitedly said before grabbing Fluttershy's arm and flying quickly towards the castle.

Fluttershy looks down sadly. ’I really hope DIllan can help before it’s too late.’ Fluttershy thought to herself as the two arrived at the castle front gates, the guards recognizing Rainbow Dash let the two in before one led them to the throne room.

Fluttershy watches nervously as they reach celestia's throne room. "Fluttershy!?" Applejack said surprised to see her.

“H-hi Applejack.” Fluttershy said before all her friends rushed over to her, hugging her and telling her how glad they were that she was alright.

"Fluttershy how did you escape?" Celestia asked, Fluttershy went to speak but was interrupted by Rainbow dash.

"She escaped when Mewtwo and the sirens were fighting, and she says she heard Mewtwo talking about how he was afraid of that Dillan guy! We need his help!" Rainbow Dash said excitedly, this caused Celestia to go wide eyed when she heard that.

“I….I see. Well I doubt Dillan would help us in our battle, he said so himself he tends to be a mediator.” Celestia said,

"Then tell him everything Mewtwo has done!" Rainbow said. "If the elements won't work we need someone powerful on our side!"

"Oh please, like this Dillan person is stronger than Celestia." Twilight said, shaking her head.

“Twilight, Mewtwo is stronger than me. He managed to overpower everything Equestria and its allies could throw at him.” Celestia said,

"Yes but you said this Dillan creature was more like us right? That means he can't be as strong as you." She said smiling confidently.

“He was able to remove me and Cadence’s horns and wings with just a snap of his fingers.” Celestia said, shocking everyone in the room. "Kinda like discord…" she thought.

"How is that possible!?" Twilight asked, her hair in a mess.

“I do not know. But still, he won’t help us defeat Mewtwo, even though I told him what that monster has done.” Celestia said,

"How could he not care about what he's done!?" Rainbow asked slapping his head. "He must think so highly of himself that he doesn't care!"

"U-um w-what if we… used what you used to bring Dillan here to, um, scare Mewtwo?" Fluttershy said sheepishly.

Celestia held her chin in thought, “Hmm, it does sound like a good idea, but it is risky as Mewtwo might be able to tell we won’t summon Dillan.” she said before shaking her head, “I need time to think about this. For now though, I want you all to head to your rooms and get some rest.” Celestia said as her horn glowed before she lowered the sun and raised the moon.

Fluttershy looked down sadly, as she started to walk away but noticed a blue hourglass with a silver and black circle around it sticking out of Celestia's pocket. "That looks like Dillan's watch…" she thought. "That must be what she used to call him…"

“Hey Fluttershy, need help finding your new room?” Rainbow Dash asked her, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"O-oh um… yes please." She said smiling softly.

Rainbow Dash smiled as well before leading Fluttershy down the halls of the castle until they reached Fluttershy’s temporary room. “Here we are. Now, if ya need anything, me and the others rooms are next to yours, so don’t hesitate to ask us for something k?”

Fluttershy nods slowly. "Um rainbow can I tell you something?"

“Sure.” Rainbow said,

"Promise not to tell anyone? Pinkie promise?" She asked nervously.

Rainbow rubbed the back of her head, “Geez, whatever it is you want to tell me has got to be important if you want me to Pinkie Promise.” Rainbow said,

"It is." Fluttershy said nervously.

“Alright Fluttershy, I Pinkie Promise, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” Rainbow Dash said, “Now tell me what is so important that I had to Pinkie Promise not to tell anyone.”

Fluttershy takes in a breath and starts exaning what she heard and saw while she was with Mewtwo. His memory, him and the sirens arguing, everything. "Rainbow he was so hurt by her death that his powers went out of control, I don't feel right using the elements against him."

“Fluttershy we have to use the ELements on him! You heard what the princesses said! He killed thousands of innocents, even driving several races to near extinction!” Rainbow Dash said, then blinked before giving FLuttershy a serious look, “You’re not still under his control are you?”

"Rainbow I never was!" Fluttershy said angrily. "Celestia knows that! She's the one that restored my memory after Mewtwo erased them!"

“But he still could have mind controlled you while he was over at your place.” Rainbow said, “Look, the guy is a monster, and we have to stop him before he kills more innocents.”

"That was thousands of years ago, what has he done recently that makes him a monster?" She asked, making Rainbow pause. "I just told you about the memory I saw, and what happened. Why do you not realize that creature's can change!" She said rushing inside and slamming the door shut in her friend's face.

Rainbow Dash just stared at FLuttershy’s door before shaking her and walked towards her room, leaving Fluttershy alone while she had some tears in her eyes.

"Some friend." Rainbow heard Fluttershy say.

Rainbow stared at the door in shock after hearing that, small tears formed in her eyes before she wiped them away and walked into her room.

Rainbow could hear Fluttershy crying in her room, as she thought about what she had said. "Mewtwo is a monster… but how can I call myself her Friend if I don't trust her?" She thought, before rolling over.

Twilight slowly walked up to Celestia who was looking out a window in her study hall. "Um Princess?"

“Yes, my faithful student?” Celestia replied, turning to look at her.

"I was just wondering, do you really think Fluttershy escaped and is no longer under the monster's control?" She asked.

Celestia was silent for a few seconds, making Twilight a bit nervous before she spoke, “I do not know, it could be possible for her to escape Mewtwo and his control over her.”

Twilight nods nervously. "I was just wondering because of how she kept asking about that dillan guy."

“Yes I find that odd as well. She seemed keen on the idea of summoning Dillan once more.” Celestia said, holding her chin in thought. “But I feel like that is because Mewtwo said he was afraid of Dillan and his power, but I find that to be ridiculous.”

"So do I, I mean Mewtwo is the strongest in the world from what we've seen." She said, sighing.

“Yes, that is true. Not even me and my sister can slow him down.” Celestia said before thinking to herself, ’Still, DIllan did do something that is impossible to do, maybe he can help us? No, he would rather try to bring peace between us and Mewtwo than fight.’

"What… what if we tell Dillan Mewtwo is planning on attacking his home?" She asked.

“That...might work actually.” Celestia said,

"We'll have to make it sound extremely convincing… otherwise we'll have another powerful being angry at us." Twilight said thinking. "Hey applejack is supposed to be the element of honesty right? What if we have her tell him?"

“Good idea, if he hears it from the Bearer of the Element of Honesty, he’ll have to believe us and help us fight Mewtwo.” Celestia said before she got up. “Let’s go tell Applejack now.”

"U-um princess, Applejack is asleep." Twilight said. "I'm sorry I'm not in bed, I just couldn't sleep."

Celestia blushed in embarrassment, “Oh, right. It’s fine Twilight, I guess I got a little ahead of myself. I just want Equestria to continue living in peace without the constant threat of a monster.” Celestia said.

Twilight nods and yawns. "Yes princess, and please excuse me I'm going to bed."

“Alright, goodnight Twilight.” Celestia said to her student.

Twilight bows respectfully to her before heading to bed, leaving Celestia alone in her study hall. “I think I’ll get some sleep as well. Today has been exhausting.” Celestia said to herself before leaving her study hall and walked towards her room, unaware of someone quietly following her.

Fluttershy quietly reached out and took the blue hourglass from Celestia's pocket before quickly hiding when Celestia turned around. “Is somepony there?” Celestia asked as she looked around,

Fluttershy kept her hand over her mouth, trying to keep quiet from fear. ‘This is insane, but I need to protect Mewtwo.’

Celestia continued to look around before shaking her head, “I must be more tired than I thought, I’m starting to think somepony was behind me.” she said as she continued walking, but Fluttershy remained quiet until she couldn’t hear Celestia’s hoofsteps anymore.

Fluttershy sighed and rushed back to her room. "Ok, I can't summon him now but I will in the morning." She said putting the token under her pillow and passing out.