XI:
Welcome to the other side

It was pass midnight, at the darkest hour. But the two girls were walking in the middle of a park without fear or doubt. They could see as it was the middle of the day, and if somepony approached they could subdue anyone with their magic.

“There she is!” said Fluttershy, charging a shadowy aura on her hands.

Sci-Twi nodded and moved forward charging her powers as well.

A figure dressed in a hoodie was waiting for them with her red eyes glowing in the darkness carving a Y-shaped cane. She looked at the two Knights of Silence and tilted her head.

“Huh… I was expecting the Great Master. What happened with her?”

Sci-Twi shrugged.

“We decided to accept your proposition of working together. She went to the Other Side to coordinate with our other selves and her original Knights. But I want you to understand, we agreed to work with you, but if you betray us, we’ll do anything in our power to seal you forever. Did I make myself clear, creature from hell?”

Starlight Glimmer simply nodded.

“I don’t care, once I finish those six, I would go back where I came from. Ugh, whatever. I’ll be going now.”

Fluttershy and Twilight stood firm.

“Wait!” called Fluttershy.

“What?”

“We know you are working with someone at the Other Side. She is an undead like you, right?”

“Yeah, why?”

“She must be here when those things cross the mirror. Unlike you, we can die if we face them directly.”

Starlight Glimmer nodded. “That’s reasonable. Don’t worry, she’ll be here with me. And trust me, those six would forget about you when they see us.”

The undead took a mirror from inside her hoodie and asked.

“You heard them, right?”

“Of course! I’ll be on my way as long as I get a sign from the Knights of Silence.” Said the voice at the other side of the mirror that sounded just like Starlight’s.

“Satisfied?”

The two knights made a small nod and after putting on their capes, they fused in the shadows. Even if she was on their side they wanted to be as far from the undead as possible.

Starlight watched at them leave as her dead heart was struggling with all her emotions. She was furious, she was anxious, she was impatient, and mostly, she was terrified. Starlight was an undead monster and had a weapon that could end her enemies for good. But she still had the memories of her horrid death.

Flashback:

Starlight Glimmer was sitting on Twilight’s throne, when the six hooded ponies entered to the castle.

“Huh, so you finally came for more after ten years.”

Twilight Sparkle (or the pony that Starlight stupidly thought was still Twilight Sparkle) simply grinned.

“Yes we finally returned. Enjoyed your day so far? Good because it would be your last you piece of crap.”

“And what can you do against me, Cutiemarkless fools?”

The others laughed as Twilight’s grin grew wider. It was when Starlight noticed something was wrong. The Twilight Sparkle she knew did not have fangs or red eyes. And mostly, she did not have this murderous aura surrounding here.

One by one the Undead Knights removed their hoods revealing their new black Cutie Marks to Starlight. That confused her, and the confusion froze her for half of a second; a horrible mistake.

Before Starlight could realize, the six monsters jumped over her and started to kick her, bite her with their super sharp teeth, and breaking her bones. They kept her alive for two full weeks healing her wounds only to harm her over and over. Finally, they cut her all over and left her to bleed to death.

Back to the present:

“If I wasn’t an undead those memories wouldn’t let me sleep.”

“They killed us both, I had to see the dragon eat my body piece by piece.” said her other self through the mirror.

“Shut up! They ended you in a day, as for me I was kept alive for two weeks. Just focus on your part.”

“Don’t worry! We’ll finish them even if is the last thing we do!”

“And then we would enjoy them being tormented less than we are. Our revenge would finally be fulfilled.”

…

After the declaration from the two Knights, the girls did not what to do. Especially Twilight.

Twilight could only look at Spike holding back her tears.

“I seriously don’t know how to talk to you since you became a Knight. I understand that you have a duty with your friends, but please stop this while you can! Using Shadow Magic is potentially deadly, but fight the Undead Knights is suicidal. Do you want to die young?”

“Twilight, die for your friends is a worth death. You should know it better than anypony else, beside we don’t have time to lose. We have a plan, and in the end the Undead Knights would be defeated. Also, you know they would never kill me. I am the only Knight who can face them without endangering myself.”

The dragon hugged his mother and then he turned to the door.

“Let’s go, we have to arrange the last details with the High Council.”

Irish stopped him. “Spike, please this have to stop now. You cannot use the Order as an excuse to avoid talking to your family. I know you’re scared; and also know what you’re trying to do but seriously, we need everypony.”

She then smiled to Spike and offered him a hoof. “Let me help you, okay? Besides we made a promise and I’ll fulfil my part.”

Then she turned to Twilight. “Sorry about this, he is trying to push you away so you stay safe as he fights those things.”

Spike groaned in annoyance, but Twilight looked at him with a huge smile.

“All of this because you love me?”

“Isn’t that obvious? Twilight, you have to understand. I have to do something horrible and unspeakable, and I don’t want you to see me like this.”

Spike gasped when Twilight trapped him in a tight embrace with her hooves, wings and magic.

“Oh Spike you don’t have to protect me, or protect the rest of us. And I don’t have to protect you neither. Don’t you see? If we want to defeat the Undead Knights we have to fight side by side as equals.”

“As equals?” asked Spike.

“As equals!” assured Twilight.

Irish smiled proud of herself, when Princess Celestia gently taped her shoulder.

“So which promise are you two talking about?”

Irish winked an eye to her. “That we’ll spend together all the nights we have left. We know we have limited time now that those things are back.”

Spike held Irish’s hoof on his claw as he sighed.

“How’s that we needed to be involved in a life-threatening situation to confess our true feelings? I guess we have to thank the creatures to finally get us together.”

Twilight shook her head; it was too much information to assimilate at once. Still she had to focus on what was important.

“I don’t see nothing to thank those monsters Spike. You forced yourself to confess just because you’re going to die? That’s not cute, that’s messed up. Besides, they made you feel like a sinner and chose this dangerous way. In the end you ended up growing up too fast and that missing childhood is something you are never going to recover. I want you to understand that all these years you weren’t a sinner but a child. Neither you or your other self could understand that.”

Twilight flew to look Spike to the eye, and kissed him on the nose.

“You have to end what you started, and I know you won’t change your mind. I promised you we’ll fight as equals and I plan to keep it, but first I want you to stop blaming yourself for enjoying your childhood.”

Spike hugged Twilight back, as he let escape his last tears. “I’m sorry if I hurt you Twilight.”

“It’s okay, I hurt you first. I didn’t pay enough attention to you and this is why we ended up like this. But once we finish the undeads it would be a new beginning for us.”

Spike smiled at her and looked at the rest of the Bearers.

“What do you think guys? Ready for a last battle? A battle as equals?”

“As equals!” said Pinkie Pie.

“As equals!” smiled Applejack.

“As equals!” joined Rainbow Dash.

“As equals, even if I don’t like to fight.” said Rarity.

“Same here.” added Fluttershy.

Finally, Irish joined in. “Yeah, as equals. This is our battle. Ours.”

At the other side of the Mirror:

The girls have reunited in front of Canterlot Hight. It was Sunday afternoon and no one was there to be seen. It was he perfect time to receive their guests from the Other Side with no witnesses.

They were ready for the big battle, but in the bottom of their hearts they were exhausted. The Great Master East Wind have returned out of sudden and gave them some disturbing information about their Shadow Magic. But in the end, they were as determined as their counterparts on the other side. They would use Shadow Magic for the last time on their last battle.

And then, they arrived. Twilight and the Bearers, Eternal Wings, Cream Cone, Knight Spike, and Irish Coffee. Followed by a figure in a black hood. And finally, Starlight Glimmer from the timeline the undeads altered.

“I left an invitation to our undead foes. I hope you don’t mind.”

“We have to make sure they notice and come to this side to end this once and for all.” assured the Great Master East Wind.

…

In Equestria, after they finished their quick missions tyring to find more information about the Knights of the Silence, when they returned to the Castle. They found an old mirror lying on the ground.

“Can you guys feel this Magic Power?”

“Yes… what are they up tu?”

Then they saw the Y-shaped cane right in front of the mirror with a note.

I’M BACK BITCHES

Flesh Smile grinned as she sniffed the air.

“That bitch left a very clear trace. She wants us to go to the Other Side.”

Midnight nodded.

“This is obviously a trap. But who cares?! They just gave us a very generous invitation, why we don’t accept it?”

“We cannot let our old friend waiting, can’t we?”

“Let’s go!!” they roared in unison.

“And the best part is that she must have sided with the morons of Silence!” laughed Jack the Reaper.

Author's Note

And this is it, the battle at the Other Side would begin soon. Sorry for the emotional part, the undead gore is about to star again.

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