On Wings Of Black And White

“What…what did they do to my sun?” Celestia’s voice was weak and shaky, her ears drooping as she backed away from the abyss in the sky.

“Luna, is that the moon?” Starburst looked to the princess of the night, who was quick to light up her horn…only for nothing to happen.

She tried again, and the sun once again was still covered in darkness.

“That’s not my moon, either. I…I don’t even know where the moon is right now!” Luna’s eyes went wide upon the realisation “What IS that!?”

The group’s attention was grabbed by the shattering of one of the windows from behind them, every one quickly assuming a battle stance.

“It’s me.” Mysteeri grunted as she pulled herself into the room through the new opening “It’s me.”

“Mysteeri!” Starburst’s face lit up as she ran to the pegasus, helping her to her feet “Just in time!”

“’ang on, Mysteeri?” Applejack was quick to interject “Ain’t that the name of yer cat?”

Starburst and Mysteeri were quickly met with a few confused looks, even from Gael. The unicorn just sighed and shrugged “I’ll explain later, we have more important things right now.”

“Damn right we do.” Mysteeri nodded “You know what that means, right?” She asked as she approached the large table in the centre of the room, pointing to the remnant of the sun with her hoof.

“Uh…no.” Starburst shook her head.

“You’ve doomed this entire world to die in 3 hours.” Mysteeri’s reply was hard and swift, turning her head to the unicorn. Silence fell immediately on the group, save for a few hoofsteps as some of the ponies stood back in shock.

“W-what?” Twilight was the first to speak “What do you mean?”

“I had my guesses about what we were fighting, but I just wasn’t sure.” Mysteeri began, “Until now.” She looked straight at the abyss in the sky “That there? That’s the ultimate weapon of Dark Matter.”

“Dark…Matter?” Celestia spoke, head tilted.

Mysteeri nodded “A hivemind of pure negative energy – their sole purpose is to consume and conquer anything that isn’t corrupted by them. And you just gave them an opening to turn your sun into a black hole. Once those 3 hours are up, that thing’s gonna suck in this entire universe.” She scanned the sky, eyes darting around “Where are you, you bastard…”

Luna approached the witch, who only seemed to ignore her as she did “And I assume you know of a way to stop it?”

No response, Mysteeri just turned away from her and kept looking to the sky, muttering to herself.

“Well?” Luna spoke louder, pushing her head forward.

“There.” Mysteeri said, eyes landing on the Hungaar, still hanging suspended in the sky amidst all the mayhem, as if it was parting the clouds that would obscure it “That’s our key to stopping this.”

Rainbow Dash was quick to object, the flapping of her wings breaking the background silence “And how are we supposed to do that? That’s a comet!”

“I- urgh…” Mysteeri’s expression formed into a scowl as the realisation hit her “You’re right. Without my teleportation, there’s no way we’re getting there.”

“So what, do we just sit down and die?” Gael huffed “Cuz I know that’s not how I’m going down.”

“Me, either.” Applejack said sternly “This ain’t over ‘till it’s over.”

“Perhaps I can be of assistance, Starburst…” The whisper suddenly hissed in the unicorn’s head “I can get you there.”

“…How?” Starburst mentally replied.

“Simply ask your moon princess to shoot a spell, any spell, at that table.” The whisper spoke “And I’ll take care of the rest.”

Starburst grunted slightly, shaking her head before she looked to Luna “Hey, Luna, can you just…shoot a spell at the table?”

Even Mysteeri was confused by that.

“Pardon?” Luna replied.

“It-it’s just a hunch.” Starburst stammered “Please? I think it might help.”

Luna looked to the unicorn, then to the table, then to the sky. She sighed and stood back “Well, if you think it’ll help.” Her horn lit up and a bolt of magic erupted forth, slamming into the table.

In an instant, a small storm burst from the table, crackles of lightning shooting out with claps of thunder. The magic clouds warped and morphed in on themselves, soon joined by sparks of blue magical energy being sent flying out of them. Once again, Starburst saw the eyes from before stare through the clouds and straight at her, now joined by a smile.

“Thank you, Starburst. Now for my end of the bargain.”

With a deafening BOOM, another screaming black portal was opened atop the table, it barely held its shape for long before twisting into an entirely new one. The group stared at it in silence before Mysteeri approached it.

“…Yeah, that works.” She said, looking to the group “Starburst.”

“Got it.” Starburst nodded, walking up to the table and looking back to the rest of the group “We’ll get this done. I promise.”

Celestia nodded “I know you will.” She said with an earnest smile “Now, go! Be the light that breaks the darkness!”

“Heh, theatrics.” Mysteeri smirked as she jumped into the portal, Starburst swiftly following her.

The portal closed behind them with another loud bang. Luna only stared at where it once was with an uneasy expression on her face.

She was wrenched from her thoughts as the table suddenly flickered to life, gaining a few inquisitive hums from the elements.

“That’s odd…why’d the map activate?” Twilight questioned as she walked up to it, the map forming into some kind of arena with a throne at the far end of it. As the elements sat in their respective seats, tiny versions of Mysteeri and Starburst appeared in the arena “I…think it wants us to watch them.”

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Starburst and Mysteeri dropped to the floor, the echo of their hooves ringing out into the void of a sky that surrounded them. Large, jagged rocks curved up to form walls, all leading to the opposite end of the arena, revealing an enormous obsidian throne.

“Hey, look at that.” Starburst said, pointing to the sky. Mysteeri followed the unicorn’s gaze, being met with a planet being hung suspended above them “That must be home.”

Mysteeri hummed, walking further into the arena “Alright, come on out!” She yelled, her voice echoing throughout “You know why we’re here!”

“Colour me surprised, Umbran Witch, I never thought you’d actually make it here with your…lacking strength.” A growling voice spoke from the air, both ponies quickly preparing for battle. A black fog emerged from the throne, forming into a humanoid shape before parting to reveal a titanic monster as big as the throne itself, easily double Mysteeri’s height.

A pure black cloak covered a jagged body, atop which stood a head with three piercing white eyes and a pair of tremendous horns. Mysteeri’s body screamed at her to get back, yet the witch remained resolute. The ground shook as the black creature summoned a great sword to his hand and slammed it into the rocky floor, staring straight down at the ponies.

DARK PRINCE, INSURGENT MIND

“So you’re the one behind all this, huh?” Mysteeri scowled, cracking her neck.

Dark Prince nodded “That’s correct. And I assume you want to know why?”

“Damn straight we want to know why!” Starburst barked as she approached Mysteeri’s side “You’re ransacking my home!”

“Of course.” Dark Prince released a sigh-like growl “Trivial single minds. I’ll keep this…brief, I believe is the word you use.” He looked up to the planet that hung suspended in the sky “Power. Power to overthrow the great mind. I was born from the great mind…special. I could think away from it. So I set to making my own greatness. Yet I am still weak, as the great mind does not even acknowledge my existence. And I came here to gain the power to make it acknowledge me. As its superior.”

“So you have an inferiority complex?” Mysteeri quipped.

“This universe provided the perfect balance, strong enough to give me and my children incredible power, but its residents just not strong enough to defeat us.” He then looked down to Mysteeri “And then you showed up.”

Mysteeri smirked “Spanner in the works, huh? Nice.”

“And that is why I must eliminate you with this universe. With your death, your greater darkness shall become part of my own. And I will dominate this reality.” Dark Prince trained his sword on the witch “Stand and fight, witch. Honour your true god. Fight, and show me your purpose.”

“Purpose, eh?” Mysteeri bounced on the spot, ruffling her wings “You want me? You got me! LET’S GO!” A tremendous gust of wind shot through the arena as Mysteeri charged for Dark Prince, jumping atop his sword and dashing up it. Her hooves came sliding off as the beast swiped it out from under her, yet he was met with Mysteeri’s hind hooves slamming into his face all the same, followed swiftly by a fist of magic coming flying in from the other side and sending him reeling further back. Starburst grinned as the great beast staggered, yet quickly found herself on the move once more as Dark Prince regained his footing and came charging straight for her, bringing his sword down on her with a mighty crash.

The unicorn got out of the blade’s path mere moments before it slammed into the ground with such force that it left itself embedded in the rock. Mysteeri bounded up from behind, only for Dark Prince to release the sword and slam his fist into the pegasus, sending her flying across the arena and into the wall. She quickly shook it off, sprinting back across the rocky floor to the fight.

Starburst’s horn was surrounded by a tornado of magic as she focused on the grip of Dark Prince’s sword, which budged every so slightly from her magic before it shot into the air, Dark Prince letting out a grunt of surprise as his own sword was trained square at him. Starburst let out a mighty scream as she hurled the sword straight at her foe, the blade impacting Dark Prince’s chest…

And vanishing.

“W-What the?” Starburst stepped back in shock as the sword reformed from Dark Prince’s hand.

“You really thought that would work?” Dark Prince laughed “The sword is part of me.” He almost casually swatted Mysteeri away once again as she shot into the air for a back attack, sending her flying skyward. The ground shook under Dark Prince’s footsteps as he approached Starburst “That power within you, I can feel it. It’s like a great nightmare.”

The sentence was punctuated by Mysteeri slamming back down into the floor behind him, a cloud of dust being kicked into the air from the impact.

Starburst scowled as she summoned the greatsword of moonlight around her horn once more “Don’t even try tempting me to your side.”

“Have it your way.” Dark Prince raised his sword above his head before bringing it down on Starburst once more, this time the unicorn stood firm and swung her own sword straight into that of the great darkness, sparks of blue magic being sent flying across the arena as they pushed their might against one another. The point the blades met crept ever closer to Starburst, yet the unicorn stood her ground despite all the weight pressing down upon her.

Her horn screamed and ached through all of it, the ridges beginning to glow white hot as she pushed more and more against Dark Prince’s blade, a great inferno yet roared in her eyes, looking straight into the infinite white of Dark Prince’s.

Mysteeri groaned as she rolled onto her front, pushing herself up. The scream of magic was quick to snap her out of her daze, her head whipped around until she landed on Starburst’s clash with Dark Prince “Starburst!” She called out “Hold on!”

Dark Prince’s permanently exposed teeth almost seemed to form a malicious grin as his sword came mere inches from the crossguard of Starburst’s magic blade, the pressure was like an entire ocean being pressed down entirely on her horn. Starburst let out another incredible scream as her horn turned to a blinding white light.

And an incredible explosion of blue magic tore through the arena.

Instantly, Starburst was sent flying with incredible speed straight into a wall. Dark Prince, thrown off his feet, his sword spinning through the air before embedding itself in his throne as he landed in the rock in front of it and Mysteeri was sent reeling back into her crater, the force of the blast so strong it ripped feathers from her wings.

“STARBURST!” Twilight screamed as the sight unfolded on the table’s hologram, the rest of the group only frozen in shock as the combatants recovered from the blast.

Starburst groaned as she slowly opened her eyes, only for them to go wide as she recognised what was in front of her. Her own horn, shattered into dozens of pieces, lay strewn about in front of her, crackling with magic energy. Slowly sliding her hoof up her forehead, it only confirmed what she feared.

It was gone. And then the pain came crashing down on her.

Starburst’s blood curdling howls of pain were almost deafening as they echoed through the arena, the group in the castle could only watch helplessly as she writhed about on the floor, clutching the shattered leftover part of her horn that remained.

Mysteeri finally stood up, folding her ears down as Starburst’s screaming replaced the ringing in them from the blast. She was by Starburst’s side near instantly, yet even she could only try and comfort the agonised unicorn.

The sound of laughter made her feathers ruffle as she slowly turned her head to Dark Prince, who grabbed his sword from the throne and used it to get to his feet “Pathetic. And that’s the one who plays host? Pah, to think she was capable of summoning someone such as yourself, too.”

“That unicorn…knows more about strength than you ever will.” Mysteeri scowled, baring her fangs as she glared directly into Dark Prince’s eyes, gently removing her hoof from Starburst, briefly giving her a pitiful look before turning her ire back to Dark Prince “Her name is Starburst Nova, and to me, she’s a hero.” She dug her hooves into the ground, bending over “And she’s my friend!”

Black feathers were scattered in the air as Mysteeri charged for Dark Prince at full speed, screaming the whole way. Ramming her full weight into him, the dark beast easily recovered and batted her away with his sword. Mysteeri flipped through the air, landed perfectly and charged once more, yet was batted away once more. Staggering as she landed this time, she kept on throwing herself at Dark Prince, only to be thrown back time and time again, her landings faltering more and more with each time she was thrown back.

“Is she trying to get herself killed…?” Luna gasped at the sight, splatters of blood beginning to splash against the rocks with each strike Mysteeri took.

With blood clinging to her fur and feathers, every breath was a gasp for Mysteeri was she stared Dark Prince down once more, her mane and tail dishevelled and ragged. Dark Prince only laughed at her, beckoning her forward with one finger. Gritting her teeth, Mysteeri came screaming for him one more time, only to be met with the blade of the sword once again, followed by Dark Prince’s hand gripping her by the neck, holding her up far from the floor. The bloodied pegasus glared at the Dark Prince, only to be simply tossed aside, landing next to Starburst with a weak cough.

“And here I thought the daughter of darkness would be a challenge.” Dark Prince scoffed “I guess I was wrong.”

Mysteeri’s hooves shook under her weight as she tried to stand again, only for them to give out the moment she put pressure on them. She tried again, and immediately fell again.

“Mysteeri…” Starburst whimpered, the witch looking to the broken unicorn “I’m sorry…it’s all my fault. We’re all going to die and I just…I never should have gotten you involved.”

Mysteeri growled as she kept trying to stand “I’m not…going to let it end like th-“ She was cut short by Dark Prince suddenly teleporting over and slamming his foot down on her head, forcing her down into the rocky floor, the witch finally falling silent.

The dark monster exchanged a look with Starburst before grunting and turning around, walking back to his throne, but not before dropping a cloud of darkness upon the ponies.

“W-What do we do?” Fluttershy spoke up “We have to help them!”

“I’m…” Twilight sighed “Not sure there is much we can do.” Her ears folded down “We’ve lost.”

“There is one idea.” Celestia said, the elements all looking to her “But I can’t promise it will work.”

Twilight looked to the fallen heroes on the map, taking a deep breath “We’ll do it.”

“You must fire the full power of the elements directly at the comet.” Celestia pointed to the white streak that pierced the darkness with her hoof “If they truly are on its surface, then the power of harmony should be the edge we need.”

The elements didn’t need telling twice, the room was quickly illuminated by a sparkling aura of magic around each of the ponies, a white strand connecting them all. It soon turned into a brilliant rainbow that coalesced above the table before shooting into the sky, piercing the clouds and hurtling for the comet.

“Daughter of Darkness.” A voice spoke in Mysteeri’s head “Slayer of Demons, Agent of Madusa and she who avenged a mother’s death…”

Mysteeri opened her eyes to the dark sky, seeing a glimmer of light suddenly pierce it directly above her.

“You are our last hope.”

A brilliant rainbow shot down from the sky and consumed the fallen witch in its light, Dark Prince immediately spinning around to see the source of the commotion.

White feathers sprung forth in Mysteeri’s wings where she had lost black ones before, the purple in her mane and tail gaining a brilliant golden glow, the blood that covered her seeming to just disappear in moments. The rainbow faded to reveal Mysteeri’s new form in its full glory, the powered up pegasus opening her eye to reveal its usual gold had been replaced with a brilliant red.

“What is this…?” Dark Prince growled, clutching his sword.

“Whoa…” Starburst stared in awe at the sight of her friend’s new power, even those in the castle silenced.

Mysteeri took a moment to take in the new look before locking eyes with Dark Prince. Just one step forward was enough to make the beast charge for her, gliding over the ground like it wasn’t even there. Mysteeri didn’t even seem to move as the Dark Matter mind was sent flying back himself. Sliding along the rocky floor, he brought up his sword, only for Mysteeri to turn into a golden missile that shattered right through it. Meeting Mysteeri’s eye mere inches from his face, Dark Prince was on the floor before he even registered it with Mysteeri standing behind him, back turned.

Scrambling to his feet, Dark Prince’s clawed hands reached for Mysteeri, the witch glaring over her shoulder at him as he came for her. In a moment, Dark Prince was on the floor once more with his arm torn clean off and incinerated in a blinding gold light. He broke into an almost animal-like sprint on his remaining limbs, slamming his fist into Mysteeri.

She didn’t even react, slowly turning her head to look straight at him once more “All you can see is the little bit of light shining through the edges of the door.”

“What…?” Dark Prince gasped, pinned to the floor by an incredible weight with Mysteeri on his chest in a moment.

“But you just never thought that little bit of light can overcome your darkness.” She slowly walked up his body and bit down on his horn, tearing it clean off and dropping it to the side “But what you can’t see is what’s behind the door.” She placed her hoof on Dark Prince’s neck “That’s what I am.”

Dark Prince released an incredible shockwave that sent Mysteeri flying off his chest, the golden witch spreading out her wings to stop herself. The bits of the beast she had torn off came flying back to him, reattaching like magnets. Scowling up at her, he jumped into the air and unleashed a tremendous volley of punches, kicks and energy blasts onto the pegasus, consuming her in a cloud of sheer darkness in moments, each blast sending a quake through the arena.

“How’s that for light piercing the darkness?” Dark Prince growled.

The cloud was parted by another golden blast from within, revealing Mysteeri completely unscathed in the midst of it all “That kinda tickled.”

Dark Prince roared with incredible might as she flew up into the air, forming an enormous ball of darkness in moments, which crackled with pure power “YOU’LL KNEEL BEFORE ME WHEN I’M THROUGH WITH YOU!” He bellowed as he hurled the orb at her. Mysteeri just waited in the air for it to approach. Her revealed red eye flashed and the ball was turned to nothing but scraps of energy in the air, Dark Prince shivering as the red eye pierced him once more.

“Alright.” Mysteeri cracked her neck “I think we’re about done here.” She came screaming for Dark Prince at incredible speed, sending him flying before slamming him down into the arena and landing in front of him. Dark Prince scrambled away, only to hit his throne. Before he could even think to use it to stand, he was encased in a golden glow, staring at the pegasus before him.

Mysteeri just took a breath and opened her wings fully, the golden light exploding in a brilliant blast that consumed the arena, Dark Prince’s screams fading into thin air as he was devoured by the brilliant light.

Starburst’s eyes slowly began to close as the light faded, Mysteeri now standing in her base form and gasping for breath. Before everything turned dark, she saw the witch fall over with a loud THUD, followed by a sheer and utter black.

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When Starburst opened her eyes once more, she found herself standing.

Standing in a pure grey, hilly landscape littered with craters covered by a pure black sky. Above her, once again, hung the planet she called home.

“You finally made it.” Her own voice spoke from behind her.

Starburst whipped around to see a tall, slender version of what felt like herself looking right back at her from a few feet away, this one was covered in a darker coat, a strange mane and tail of darkness and silver armour. Behind it, the sky was littered with dozens upon dozens of planets, none of which were alike the one Starburst called home.

“And here I was thinking you never would come.” The estranged copy said, only now did Starburst notice their eyes were closed as they approached.

“…Who are you?” Starburst herself spoke, to which the copy chuckled.

“Alone, you hide infinite potential. And alone, I am a key with no lock. But together…” The copy stopped mere inches from Starburst, opening her eyes to reveal the same ones that had pierced the darkness in her house that very morning “We could be so much more. We could be…”

“Your greatest nightmare.”

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“-burst…! Wake up!”

The warm sun hitting Starburst’s coat woke her from her sleep, eyes fluttering open. Her vision a blur, she could just make out all the colours of the ponies that crowded around her, as her senses returned to her she felt the grass under her and the light breeze that blew through the area. After a few blinks, her vision finally cleared to reveal Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy standing over her, with Gael off to the side.

Twilight let out a sigh of relief upon Starburst’s awakening “Oh thank goodness you’re OK…”

“Did...did we win…?” Starburst questioned as she was helped up by the ponies.

“Haha, yeah, you won!” Rainbow Dash smirked “You guys were so awesome out there!” She punched the air “And then that super cool power Mysteeri got was waaaayyyy cooler than anything I’ve ever seen!”

Starburst smiled, only to be interrupted by a sharp pain on her forehead, wincing as it hit her. Twilight sighed as she looked at the broken remains of Starburst’s horn, putting a hoof on the unicorn’s back “I’m sorry about your horn, Starburst.”

“…I’ll manage.” Starburst shook her head “Where’s Mysteeri?”

“Over there.” Gael gestured to Luna and Celestia “They’ve been trying to get her up, they sent Rarity and Applejack to go fetch…something.”

“And Pinkie Pie?” Starburst asked.

“Who knows where she went.” Rainbow Dash shrugged.

“Well?” Celestia asked as the magic around Luna’s horn vanished and the night princess opened her eyes.

“She’s in a really deep sleep, but I think it should wake her up.” She nodded “If not, then she’ll just need time.”

“Here y’are, princesses.” Applejack said as she and Rarity returned with…a bucket of water.

“Thank you.” Celestia nodded, taking it in her magic grip. Rarity and Applejack exchanged a confused look for a moment before Celestia suddenly splashed Mysteeri with it. In an instant the witch was on her feet, gasping and looking around frantically.

“Where am I!? What just happened!?” She then noticed the four ponies looking at her “Oh, it’s you guys…” She sighed and shook herself down, sending droplets of water flying everywhere “Did…did we win?”

Luna chuckled at the sight and nodded “You won.”

Mysteeri dropped her head before promptly flopping back down onto her side “Alright, yeah, good work, team…ugh, look, I’m just gonna crash for a bit, I’ve barely slept during all this.” She lifted her head slightly “Actually, what’s the ice cream here like? I saw an ice cream parlour when I first got here, I haven’t eaten but pancakes for the past few days and I wanna try it.”

“What was that golden power about, though, darling?” Rarity asked “I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s given me such a fabulous bolt of inspiration, but I’ve never seen the elements do something like that.”

“Your guess is as good as mine.” Mysteeri replied “I did hear a voice, though, something telling me I was our last hope…something like that, being woken up by cold water makes it hard to remember things.”

Some time later…

The group sat around a large table in the ice cream parlour as the staff swept up the dust and debris caused by the attack, the clatter of a spoon hitting the table continuously sounding through the building.

“So, how do I…” Mysteeri fumbled around with a spoon in her hoof, a completely untouched strawberry icecream sundae sat in front of her “C’mon, it can’t be that hard…”

Starburst, with her shattered horn wrapped in a bandage, couldn’t help but chuckle “Like this.” She took the spoon and it just seemed to…attach to her hoof, leaving the witch utterly bewildered as she continued to pick up and keep dropping the spoon.

“Should we tell her?” Celestia chuckled.

“No, it’s funnier this way.” Luna smiled, watching Mysteeri growl at the fork as it once again hit the table.

Canterlot Castle, Royal Gardens, that evening…

“Goodbye already, huh?” Twilight asked as Mysteeri turned her gaze from the sunset to the rest of the ponies “Feels like you only just got here.”

“Kinda does.” Mysteeri smirked “But I got things I need to do back home. People are probably wondering where I went, too.” She chuckled “Been a bash being here, though.”

“Before you leave, Mysteeri.” Celestia approached with Luna “We have something we’d like to give you.” She looked to Starburst “And you, Starburst.”

“Me?” Starburst stepped forward, head tilted.

Luna produced two boxes, both decorated quite lavishly “For displaying incredible valour in the face of all adversity and the defense of all of Equestria, and this entire universe, we would like to award you both the Equestrian Pink Heart of Courage.”

Starburst’s jaw dropped at the words, while Mysteeri just silently observed.

“I-I you can’t be serious, really, I mean all we did was just kill a few shadow demons and-“ The look the princesses gave her was all the answer she needed “Oh my Faust you are serious.”

“I’d take it if I were you.” Mysteeri smiled to Starburst as she bowed her head for Luna to put the medal around her neck “Not every day you get an award like this.” She examined the pink heart, smiling and then looked to Luna “Thanks.”

Starburst gently lowered her head for Celestia to place the other medal around her own neck, staring at it once she had done so “I…I don’t know what to say.”

Celestia smiled at the unicorn “You two are true heroes, no matter what anyone says. Don’t ever forget that.” She stepped forward to Mysteeri “Mysteeri, I must apologise for my actions. I was hasty and failed to see the bigger picture.” She bowed her head to the witch “My sincerest apologies.”

“Eh, all good.” Mysteeri shrugged as Celestia stood up to full height “Gotta do what you gotta do, I get it.”

Celestia smiled once more and nodded “Well, I believe it’s time for you to go home.” Her horn illuminated with magic of many different shades before a portal opened behind Mysteeri, leading straight into her own bedroom.

“Hey, Starburst.” Mysteeri turned to the unicorn “C’mere.”

Starburst ran up to Mysteeri, smiling at her “I’m so glad I met you, Mysteeri.” She said, her attempts to hide her tears were already failing “Thank you for everything.”

Mysteeri smiled and pulled the unicorn into a hug, the sight getting a quiet “Aw, now that’s nice.” from Applejack.

“I should be the one thanking you.” Mysteeri said as she released Starburst “Didn’t even think there was stuff like this out there. You keep doing what you’re doing, Starburst. Got a lot ahead of ya.” She turned to the portal “Well…this is where I get off.”

“Will we ever see you again?” Twilight asked as she stepped forward.

Mysteeri looked to the sky, to Starburst and then to the rest of the group.

And she smiled.

ON WINGS OF BLACK AND WHITE

THE END

WRITING, EDITING AND THE GENERAL NITTY GRITTY

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THE DAMN DRAGON WHO DELAYED THIS ENTIRE THING

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CREATOR OF MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC

LAUREN FAUST

Mysteeri whistled to herself as she approached a shop in the middle of a dank, dirty street. She looked up to where the sign should be, only to find it off…again. With a sigh and a shake of her head, the girl pushed the doors open to an empty office, the jukebox blasting old tunes at full blast, as it usually was. She just walked on up to it and flicked it off, then produced the sword she had acquired from Equestria, tossing it onto the table in the middle of the room.

“Just a moment!” A voice called from the other room “Pizza’s almost warmed up!”

Mysteeri sighed and leaned against the wall, looking around the office…how does he leave so many pool games just unfinished like that? The dartboard hadn’t been touched in weeks, either, evidently.

Finally, a man with silver hair and a red jacket rounded the corner, carrying a plate of leftover pizza slices, his jeans stained with tomato sauce. He set the plate down on the table, when he noticed the sword, then looked to Mysteeri.

“Mysteeri!” He smiled “How’s foreign relations?”

Mysteeri chuckled “Hey, Uncle Dante.”

THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF

SKY, AKA “PIGGY”

2006-2020

FRIEND, COMPANION, AND THE ONE WHO SAVED ME FROM MYSELF

Starburst once again awoke to sheer darkness. This time, she just got out of bed and walked through the halls of her house, as if looking for something.

And after a few minutes, she found it. The eyes, in the room where Mysteeri once stayed, were watching the bed. When they noticed her presence, they turned to her and approached, slowly taking the form of the estranged copy Starburst had seen in the vision.

Starburst smirked, and nodded.