XIII:
What now? A bunch of immortals fighting for the rest of Eternity?

The military continued to make round around the perimeter as the patrols tried to subdue the monsters, but each one was equally unsuccessful. They ran out of ammunition as the creatures laughed and disappeared in the shadows.

At least they had evacuated all the civilians in the area. The creatures didn’t mind. No one understood what they were after. The only things that the soldiers knew was that they needed to stop them before they get it.

“General, this is Colonel Armor reporting for duty!” said Shining saluting his superior. “I just wanted to thank you for letting me spend a couple of hours with my family before I go to… you know.”

“You don’t have to thank me Colonel. After all there’s no guarantee we would see our loved ones after this. Did you see the footage of the monster fighting the police? None of us know what we’re dealing with.”

Shining Armor did not say anything. He just waved the General goodbye and reunited with his squad.

“Don’t worry, we don’t have to go inside the city. Our mission here is to keep the perimeter, but just because we got the easy part it doesn’t mean we can relax. It is probable that this is the last time we see our comrades. Remember, if the monsters come here we’ll have to contain them no matter what. We have to focus; I don’t want anyone making jokes even if it is to release the tension. This is no game. We’re dealing with real monsters here!”

His men saluted at him as Shining nodded.

Some of them started to mumble some prayers but Shining did not mind those. As a matter of fact he was praying himself but not for his own safety but for his sister and her friends. Oh God please let Twilight and the others come back alive. Let them defeat those six!

As he was speaking to his squad he could see some shadows sneaking into the cordon with the corner of his eye. It had begun.

The Knights of the Silence materialized as soon as they were sure no one could see them and started to run where they felt the aura of death.

In the meantime, a patrol was scanning the area ready trying to find the undeads when one of the soldiers spotted something on a roof.

“Hey there’s someone there!”

Another one took a megaphone. “You on the roof! You are on a restricted area! Surrender or we’ll open fire!”

The figure answered with a gesture, but it was too dark and they were too far to see what it was so they took their binoculars.

“She’s showing us her middle finger!”

“Open fire!”

They started shooting at the creature, but she shrugged it off an showed them a second middle finger.

“Is one of them!”

“Damn it, machine guns, grenades, anything!”

The soldiers then put on gas masks and threw them tear gas at her. But again she did not mind. Finally, Starlight Glimmer considered she have got their attention for long enough and jumped off the building, destroying her legs when she landed. She regenerated in less than a minute and started to run.

She never thought it would be that hard to find another undead. Unlike the others she did not possessed Shadow/Silence Magic and could not feel auras the same way the others could. Not to mention undeads were sensitive to life, not unlife.

She finally stopped in the middle of a park when she saw some shadows moving unnaturally. It was the sign from the Knights of Silence. They were near.

Starlight Glimmer opened her arms and laughed.

“Here I am bitches! Come out from wherever you are! Aren’t you going to greet an old friend?”

“SHOW YOURSELVES! I KNOW YOU’RE DYING TO SEE ME!”

Six pairs of red eyes appeared in the middle of the night.

“And I thought there was no actual way for you to come back. How the hell?”

Starlight grinned. “Exactly.”

Jack the Reaper was the first one to show her face completely. “Really? And A’ thought the ol’ fella would be proud of all the souls we sent to him the last yers’.”

“He was really proud, but He misses the jewels of his Crown. Six heroes who let themselves get corrupted by vengeance. This is why He sent me here. To retrieve what it’s rightfully His.”

The Undead Knights came closer.

“Come on, you want to destroy me again. I see it in your eyes. Go on, I don’t mind.”

She grinned. “Go on! I dare you!”

That invitation was too good to refuse.

Pin-Kill-Die was the one who took the invitation first and she took a bunch of knives and inserted them all over Starlight’s body.

Jack the Reaper took a large stick and inserted over her belly button.

The undeads giggled.

“So, this is how it ends? A bunch of immortals fighting to eternity?”

“Or you can give up.” said Starlight with a shrug.

The Undeads grinned and jumped over Starlight and started to rip her apart until only her heart remained. A heart that did not beat anymore and Midnight simply stepped on it.

Starlight regenerated in less than a second. It was Starlight’s turn to attack. She used her nails by ripping off Fleshy Smile’s abdomen to pull out the intestines and strangled her.

“Oh, I’ve done this several times!” said Undash. “But is funnier when the victim is alive.”

Fleshy Smile regenerated with a shrug.

“So Starlight, when are your helpers going to attack?”

A magic attack destroyed both Undash and Gothic at once.

“We were just waiting for an invitation.” said the Great Master East Wind appearing in front of the Knights. “And please don’t call us ‘helpers’. We are forced collaborators.”

Midnight raised an eyebrow.

“You? So this is where you’ve been hiding. How did you escape anyway?”

A big purple dog dressed in a black and blue robe materialized aside East Wind along with the other Great Master, Irish Coffee.

“I showed her the spell to travel between worlds your living self you created back when the Sirens attacked.”

Midnight frowned; she was not the type of ponies who showed her emotions, but this hurt her.

“Spike, why would you betray my other self’s trust by giving her that spell?”

“For the same reason that I gave the Knights the Alicorn spell. Because I believe that knowledge should be for everyone.”

One by one the rest of the Knights of the Silence materialized behind the Great Masters. Fluttershy, Sci-Twi, Sunset Shimmer, the two versions of Cream Cone, the two versions of Eternal, the two versions of Emerald and finally the second Irish Coffee.

“This ends here, Undeads. Tonight is the last night of your unlives.”

The Great Master Irish Coffee released the dark aura on her hand. “I never thanked you to show me my true destiny undeads. If it wasn’t for you, I would never take the title of Great Master. And the best way to thank you, is to let you rest in peace.”

The Knights charged a magic blast and attacked together destroying all the undeads, including Glimmer. But of course they regenerated immediately.

“Okay, what was the point of this? We cannot die, and you are dying by using Shadow Magic.”

Eternal shrugged. “We are going to die today if we don’t stop you so who cares?”

“Touché!” said Pin-Kill-Die as she took a bunch of knives and threw it to the girl.

The human version of Eternal Wings stopped the knives with her magic and threw it back to the undead. As usual Pin-Kill-Die didn’t mind to play pin cushion and opened her arms receiving the attack as she laughed. In less than a second the two Emeralds ran toward her and each one put their hands on one of her boobs and unleashed their full power. The beast exploded in a million pieces.

Jack the Reaper and Fleshy Smiled appeared before them and kicked them on their crotches.

“Molesting a helpless lady? Which kind of knights are you?”

“You disgust me!”

Emerald smiled weakly. “And I pity you!”

Their shadows came to life and made them fall.

Starlight ran and stabbed each one with a Y-shaped cane right on their faces as the Knights used fire magic to finish the creatures.

Midnight didn’t like where this was going. The Knights of the Silence knew that there was no point by killing them. What was this really about?

In the meantime, in the outside of the military cordon, the general have received the update from the scouts.

“The reports say that there’s magic in the battlefield.”

Shining saluted.

“Sir, my squad is ready to be in the front line!”

The general smiled, proud.

“Son if we survive this, I’ll make sure you and your guys get promoted. This is the bravery the army needs.”

Shining nodded and looked at his squad that saluted, and they ran to the battlefield. The general was looking at them proudly. The general was so worried that he didn’t realize that Shining’s ‘soldiers’ were slightly shorter than the rest, and that they were using the helmets to cover their faces.

“Twily, please hold! We’re coming!”

In the meantime, Midnight have grabbed Sci-Twi by the neck. She grinned.

“Goodbye, my little Knight of the Silence. Let me see your face. I want to see life escaping from your eyes.”

She removed the mask, only to see her human counterpart’s face. She groaned and freed her other self with annoyance.

“Mind your own business, go home with your brother!”

The fight continued. When Midnight released Sci-Twi she faced two opponents, the two Great Masters and Knight Spike.

“The most powerful Knights had come to face me. What an honor! It’s a shame that only one of you would live to tell the story.”

Irish and East used Midnight’s shadow to hold her. Spike closed his eyes and his aura started to make his aura grow.

“I don’t care how hard you try. I would never see you as a target.”

“And I thank you for that Midnight. But I am not your son, get used the idea!”

“But you are acting on his behalf, aren’t you? What did Night Terror told you to do? Or do you think I didn’t know he was the one who inspired you to join the Knights?”

Spike opened his mouth to shoot a magic beam that destroyed all of Midnight’s body except for her two legs. The two legs left laid on the grown as she started to regenerate.

Fleshy Smile took her chance when she saw the two Great Masters busy with her leader. With a demented smile she took a spoon from her pocket and ran toward the two girls who were busy holding Midnight.

Out of sudden Irish Coffee and East Wind turned to Fleshy Smile and immobilized her with their aura of shadows as Spike held Midnight.

“Let me go or you’ll pay double when I get free!”

A new figure appeared from the shadows running toward Fleshy Smile. Fleshy Smile was a bit surprised. She could not feel any life coming from the newcomer. Another undead?

The two Great Masters freed Fleshy Smile as the new challenger jumped right in front of her and stabbed her between the ribs with a dagger.

Fleshy Smile laughed, but he laugh froze halfway when she realized it actually hurt and that she was not regenerating.

“What?”

The new undead removed her hoodie revealing her face. Starlight Glimmer.

“Wait, what?”

She turned to see Starlight, who was being teared apart by Jack the Reaper and Gothic. What was going on?

“Let me answer your question, you altered the timeline remember? The one fighting with your friends is the Starlight from this timeline. I am the one you kept alive for two weeks.”

Fleshy Smile roared.

“Well, you deserved it!”

“I know, I realized when I was sent to fucking hell. It’s an interesting place, you’ll know soon enough!”

She showed the dagger at Fleshy Smile. “Do you like it? He made it especially for you, there’s not coming back from being killed by this.”

She stabbed the yellow undead on the thigs making her fall on he knees. Fleshy Smile looked at Glimmer to the eye and smiled.

“At least you won’t have the time to enjoy it the same way we did.”

“Your smile won’t last when we see each other in hell. Believe me, you’ll beg to have the same torture I have. My reward will be the pleasure to know that you’ll be in a worse place than us. Than me.”

She raised her hand with the dagger. The cursed weapon glowed as it was descending over Fleshy Smile’s dead heart.

Fleshy Smile closed her eyes waiting for the inevitable, when a large purple dog jumped out of sudden taking the dagger from Starlight’s hand and with his magic he cut her throat.

“What are you doing?” asked Starlight.

“This is Night Terror’s last wish. I cannot do anything for them, except to make sure they’re annihilated by a friend. Not you.”

He then stabbed Glimmer’s heart.

“Who made you think we would side with you? I have my own plan!”

Starlight lied on the ground dead for good.

Spike looked at the dagger and shivered.

“A weapon capable to kill undeads. It works, it actually works.”

Fleshy Smile stared at the dog with a weak smile.

“Thank you Spike.”

“Don’t thank me. I still have to finish you, I’m sorry.”

Fleshy Smile could see that the dog was crying, clearly didn’t want to do it. But she also knew he had to.

Midnight got rid of the two Great Master constantly destroying her body, and she casually turned to Spike.

The whole world seemed to be in slow-motion as she saw the cursed weapon stabbing Fleshy Smile on the heart.

Fleshy Smile could feel the pain, as she laughed uncontrollably but didn’t know what. She saw her whole life and unlife before her eyes. Her beloved pets, her beloved Angel. All the experiences she lived with her friends. Those were her golden years.

Then she saw their fall, and their pact with the devil. What she turned into. All the killings, the tortures. She regretted every single one of them, with the obvious exception of Starlight. Black tears ran through her eyes as the true Fluttershy emerged from her immortal prison.

“NO… please no! What did I become? What did you turn me into Starlight?!”

She looked at Glimmer’s corpse with the edge of her eyes. The idea of her having a worse time that she would have gave peace to her heart. She closed her eyes and fell.

With her death the whole battle stopped momentarily. Spike looked at the bloody weapon and then to the corpse that now was only that. A corpse.

Spike was trembling and horrified for what he did. But the Knights were celebrating and cheering.

But suddenly a powerful scream cut their celebration short. An angry shout claiming for vengeance from five infuriated creatures that would not stop to anything or anyone until they destroyed their new target.

“SPIIIIIIIIKE!”

Author's Note

And here it is, the final battle have begun. Two Undeads down, five more to go. I hope you liked it and well,

Read ya’ later!!