The student and the Princess: Best of both worlds

After their trip to Silver Shoals, Invictus and Twilight continued with their drive towards Neighagra falls, hoping to see the famed waterfall and what Twilight wanted to experience. However, as the Princess of Friendship, she secretly asked the Rainbooms, minus Rainbow Dash, that she had to find a way to fix both her and Invictus’ friendship. She remembered her time with Moondancer and it nearly didn’t end well. If it weren't for Pinkie and her Canterlot friends, Moondancer would’ve remained the way she was forever.

She didn’t like seeing Invictus like this, and from what Fluttershy guessed, Rainbow was upset about something but she didn’t know what, only for a fact that she didn’t want to talk about it. She knew she had to do something. She somewhat helped fixed his friendship between him and Fluttershy, and helped him become friends with Sunset and human Twilight. She was just glad that his friendship with Rarity, Pinkie and Applejack was still remaining strong.

‘Hey, something on your mind?’ asked Invictus.

‘Oh, sorry.’ said Twilight as she sat upright ‘Just lost in thought.’

‘Understandable.’ said Invictus ‘We all have our moments when we’re deep in thought. Anything in particular?’

‘Oh, uh…’ said Twilight, thinking about what to say to cover herself before she gave herself away ‘Been thinking about the places we’ve been. I’ve been to Appaloosa and White Tail forest back in my world, but here it’s very different, but there were somewhat similarities. But I’ve never been to Apple Wood, Las Pegasus or Silver Shoals back in Equestria.’

‘Well then there’s something to look forward to.’ said Invictus ‘When you get back to Equestria, you should consider taking a break from the norm. Something you’d like to do with your friends.’

Twilight giggled at the thought ‘Knowing them they’d probably have more fun than Anypony else out there.’

‘But every now and then, you should learn to take a timeout for yourself every now and then. Even when you don’t obey an order from Princess Celestia.’

‘Hey,’ said Twilight as she retorted ‘I obey her orders.’

He then smirked playfully and looked at her ‘Did you obey her when she told you to make friends instead of hanging out in your dorm studying your books?’

She was about to say something, but she widened her eyes, remembering that day. She sheepishly giggled whilst twirling her hair as she said ‘Point taken.’

‘Oh look, straight ahead.’ said Invictus as he pointed out ‘We should be at the lookout soon.’

They pulled up and found a proper parking place. Thankfully it was just them, cause people rarely park there just to take in the sights, even Twilight liked the sights whilst Invictus took some pictures for her. Once he was done, he placed his camera back in the RV, whilst also pulling sandwiches for the two of them.

As they ate, Twilight couldn’t help but watch the view. ‘I’ll never get enough of this place.’ said Twilight.

‘Glad you like it.’ said Invictus as he enjoyed the sights.

Sitting next to her, it made him feel more relaxed. However, he wanted to take the next step. He slowly reached for her hand so that he could hold it. That was, until the two of them heard the sound of a bus horn go off, making them look behind them, it appeared to be a tour bus of sorts. They didn’t know what it was, until a familiar face popped out.

‘Here’s Pinkie!!!’ shouted the familiar party girl.

‘Pinkie?!!’ shouted Invictus as he was shocked to see her.

But they weren't the only ones, for the moment the bus stopped, it wasn’t just Pinkie Pie. For aboard, was also Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Sunset Shimmer and human Twilight.

‘Whoa, what are you girls doing here?’ said Invictus stood up.

‘Actually,’ said Twilight as she stood up with her arms crossed and walked to the others. But instead of looking grumpy, she gently looked at Invictus ‘I invited them over.’

Invictus was surprised about this, but wondered what this is all about.

‘I asked them to come over because we’re really worried.’ said Twilight.

‘Worried?’ asked Invictus.

‘About you and Rainbow.’ said Applejack.

Invictus was a little surprised about this, for was this what this was all about?

‘Invictus, darling.’ said Rarity ‘Normally we wouldn’t do this, but…’

‘We just can’t stand to see you so unhappy anymore.’ said Pinkie.

‘And from what we’ve seen, it’s not been very healthy for you.’ said human Twilight.

‘And I know what it means to be lonely. And I could tell that you really miss her.’ said Sunset.

Fluttershy walked over to Invictus and placed her hand on his shoulder. ‘Invictus,’ said Fluttershy ‘We both know how much you care about Rainbow. You even cared about me since we met. I know how much we both meant to you. And I’ll admit, I wasn’t fair with you after my brother was arrested, but what I saw in Rainbow. It was as if a piece of her died. She hides it, but I can tell she was miserable. If you want things to be better. Then please…tell us what happened.’

Invictus looked at Fluttershy, then the others, even Twilight. He let out a sigh, for they have to know sooner or later.

‘Alright, I’ll tell you. But I think it would be better if I showed you. Even how our friendship began and…ended.’

Invictus turned around and used his magic and engulfed them, making them close their eyes. But as they opened their eyes shortly, they were suddenly at a type of bridge, which was over a waterfall.

‘Where are we?’ asked Twilight.

‘You’re here at my past.’ said Invictus, gaining their attention as they looked at him ‘Figured that all of you would see it for yourself, rather than explaining it.’

They heard the sound of a boy giggling. When they looked ahead, they saw a five year old boy, singing and skipping at the same time.

‘That would be me when I was little.’ said Invictus.

‘Awww.’ said the girls when they saw how adorable he looked.

‘You’re so cute.’ said Pinkie Pie.

‘Yeah, cute,’ said Invictus as he pointed out ‘And very clumsy.’

As he skipped, the young boy suddenly tripped on a loose board, lost his balance and ended up nearly falling over the edge, shocking the girls in the process. They saw young Invictus hanging on for dear life, scared when he saw how high he was.

‘Nobody was around to see me hanging for dear life.’ said Invictus ‘My parents couldn’t hear me because of the raging waterfall.’

‘Help!!’ shouted young Invictus ‘Somebody help!!!’

The young boy began to slip, not being able to hold on any longer, with Invictus saying ‘I should’ve fallen. If it hadn’t been for her.’

Just as young Invictus was about to fall, a hand suddenly grabbed him, making the boy look up. And there she was, none other than Rainbow Dash, when she was only a few days younger than him, whilst she shouted ‘Don’t worry!! I got you!!’

She struggled with all her might, but she eventually pulled him up to safety. She then placed him next to her, whilst the two of them were panting out of fright. She suddenly sat up and punched him at the shoulder.

‘You dweeb.’ said the young Rainbow Dash ‘You could’ve gotten hurt. What would happen if…’

She was suddenly engulfed by a hug from young Invictus, which surprised her. They saw the young boy was shedding tears. He then said ‘Thank you. Thank you.’

Rainbow felt a bit embarrassed at first, but she patted on his back a few times after she hugged him too. ‘Uh…sure. No problem.’

The girls were surprised by what they witnessed, with Applejack looking at him surprised and said ‘She saved yer life.’

‘So this is why…?’ asked Rarity.

‘Yeah.’ said Invictus.

He fast forward to the part where after the parents were grateful that they saved Invictus’ life. As they were sitting at the picnic area, Rainbow and Invictus’ parents were busy talking to one another, young Rainbow Dash and young Invictus were busy eating their hotdogs whilst watching the beauty of the place.

‘Wow, this place is amazing.’ said young Invictus.

‘Meh, it’s okay.’ said young Rainbow, which caused some to roll their eyes, for even when she was younger, she was quite the same as she was.

‘Oh, come on, don’t be like that.’ said the young Invictus ‘You can’t deny how pretty this place is. As a matter of fact, they’re as pretty as your hair.’

She blushed bright red. They expected him to say be quiet, until he said ‘It’s a compliment. Don’t tell me no one’s complimented you before?’

‘No but…’ said young Rainbow. She looked around, then back to Invictus and said ‘Can you promise not to tell anyone?’

Young Invictus nodded, agreeing with her. She took a deep breath and said ‘Some folks keep calling me skittles.’

‘Really?’ he asked ‘Why?’

‘They wouldn’t stop teasing me about my hair resembling to skittles.’ she said ‘They even took a packet of skittles, glued the little pieces and glued them on my hair whilst I was taking a nap. And ever since then, everybody would keep teasing me and kept calling me skittles. They even tried to shave and eat my hair.’

The girls gasped in shock upon hearing that. Applejack looked at Fluttershy and asked ‘Is this why…?’, with Fluttershy nodding yes.

‘Oh dear,’ said Rarity ‘No wonder she doesn’t like that nickname.’

Young Invictus was surprised by this. He then couldn’t help but smile, pulled her into a hug and said ‘Well you don’t have to worry. I’m not gonna call you that, nor am I gonna do that to you. And listen. If you ever need someone to talk to, you can always talk to me. I won’t judge you.’

Young Rainbow was surprised by this, but she somehow couldn’t stop smiling and hugged him. She then said ‘Thanks.’

‘So…’ said Invictus as he thought about it ‘How about Fortem?’

Young Rainbow looked at him puzzled and asked ‘Fortem?’

Young Invictus chuckled and said ‘Don’t worry, it’s a word of affection, not an insult.’

‘Okay, but what does it mean?’ asked young Rainbow

‘Sorry,’ said young Invictus ‘That’s something you’ll have to figure out yourself.’

‘Oh come on, that’s not fair.’ she said laughing whilst she shoved young Invictus, which made him laugh too.

‘Rainbow Dash.’ said another voice.

They looked behind and coming towards them, was young Fluttershy, which surprised the girls, even Fluttershy, for she could barely remember that day.

‘Oh, hey Fluttershy. Come meet a new friend.’ said Young Rainbow Dash.

Young Fluttershy was very shy, especially to a boy.

‘This is my favorite memory.’ said Fluttershy as they all watched.

At the same time, young Invictus walked up to her and gave her a flower, as a way of saying he wants to be her friend. Shyly, young Fluttershy accepted the flower whilst she smiled, and still maintained her blush. He offered his hand, which she shyly accepted, making the two walk over back to Dash, whilst they sat down and spoke to one another.

‘Wow,’ said Applejack ‘That really is adorable.’

Then they showed a handful of years that went by, and Young Invictus would spend so much time with Young Rainbow and Young Fluttershy, and they had such laughs at the park, even their favorite café whilst they were eating their favorite cake and milkshake. Then suddenly, they saw Invictus offered Rainbow a pie. She accepted it and ate it, and had the most cutest face when she enjoyed it, which surprised everyone.

‘WHAT?!!!’ exclaimed Pinkie Pie ‘But…but Rainbow hates Pie?!! How could she love it when she was little and hate it all of a sudden?!!’

‘Just keep watching.’ said Invictus, for it would make sense later on.

Young Invictus suddenly pulled out a small box and offered them both. When they opened it, it revealed to be special necklaces that he made for them. They accepted it and hugged him for the gift. They had already begun to put it around their necks so that they could always treasure them, whilst Fluttershy currently held onto it, revealing that she wrapped it around her wrists, whilst she smiled at the same time.

Then it showed the one part where he was bullied, when he was wearing glasses, which surprised the others.

‘You used to wear glasses?’ asked human Twilight.

‘Yeah,’ said Invictus ‘I’ll tell you later.’

They saw how the bullies were beating him and that they broke his glasses. Then all of a sudden came young Fluttershy. At first they were concerned, but to their shock, she instantly attacked and beat the stuffing out of them, which shocked them greatly. They saw how she slowly helped him up as he was still hurt, but she also had to pick up his broken glasses, which he whimpered a bit. And to their surprise, she kissed him by the cheek, which surprised them when they saw her pull that bold move.

One day, before their Freshman Year, the three of them walked passed a park and they saw how the kids were playing soccer. Young Invictus could see that Young Rainbow really wants to play, which he offered to be his training buddy. They played plenty of soccer, which Young Rainbow got really good at.

Then came the one thing that approached from what Invictus told them that Rainbow had changed. During the Freshman Fair, they saw that Young Invictus, no longer wearing glasses, wanted to talk to Rainbow.

‘Hey Rainbow,’ said Young Invictus ‘Do you wanna go to the Malt shop later to…’

‘Oh, sorry Invictus.’ said young Rainbow Dash ‘I’m on my way to join the tryouts for the school’s soccer team. Maybe another time?’

She walked away to audition, whilst Invictus stood there and said ‘Uh, okay…another time then.’

They could see that he was somewhat saddened that Rainbow just left him behind. Just as he turned around, he suddenly bumped into someone. He sat up and rubbed his head, saying ‘Sorry about that, I didn’t see where I was going.’

‘No, it’s alright.’ said a country gal, which was young Applejack, which surprised the girls, the day they first met.

As they stood up, he was a little surprised as he saw her, whilst at the same time, young Applejack placed her hat on. She noticed how he was looking at her, and she felt somewhat uncomfortable.

‘What?’ asked young Applejack.

‘Did,’ said Invictus as he had trouble to speak ‘Anyone tell you that you look really great with or without your hat?’

She blushed a little at first, then smiled and said ‘Aw, that’s mighty sweet of y’all.’

‘You here with the family?’ asked Invictus.

‘Sure ah’m,’ she responded ‘Mah parents took me here cause it’s mah first year here. They used to come here when they were young, and now ah get to follow their footsteps here.’

‘That’s great.’ said young Invictus ‘I’m Invictus.’

‘Ah’m Applejack.’ said young Applejack as she shook his hand.

A while after the soccer tryout, Rainbow was practicing her soccer skills, but she was having trouble. Deciding to help her, Invictus walked over and helped her remember the basics. They saw how he was playing with a soccer ball.

‘Wow,’ said Sunset as she watched ‘I didn’t know you were good at soccer.’

‘It’s a hobby.’ said Invictus.

They then saw young Invictus showing her a cool trick. ‘Jump off your kicking foot,’ said Invictus before he jumped in the air and said ‘You’ve got one chance to make it good.’

They saw him perform a bicycle kick, which surprised everyone. Sure enough, young Rainbow began to try the same thing, but with her own flare and awesomeness. When she performed the perfect bicycle kick, she cheered and shouted ‘I did it!! I did it!!’

She hugged young Invictus as she was so happy she could score, with young Invictus smiling, for he really loved her hugs.

Then a few months later, he attempted to talk to Rainbow again.

‘Uh, Rainbow,’ asked young Invictus ‘Fluttershy wants us to be at the animal shelter down the street for its grand…’

‘Oh, sorry,’ she responded ‘Can’t, the hockey team wants me to help them out. Maybe later?’

She then ran off to join the team, leaving him saddened again as he said ‘But…Fluttershy invited both of us.’

Fluttershy was shockened, for he asked Rainbow to come and she just threw it away. ‘She said she was sick that day.’ said Fluttershy, then muttered ‘She lied to me.’

Applejack comforted Fluttershy, for Rainbow to just ditching her like that, as well as Invictus, was a punch to the gut.

As he was about to leave, he got jumped by someone by surprise. When he looked up, he saw a girl with poofy pink hair as she said ‘Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie.’

‘Oh uh, hi.’ said young Invictus, clearly surprised by the certain poofy haired girl.

‘Where are ya going?’ asked young Pinkie Pie.

‘I was on my way to Fluttershy.’ said young Invictus as he was able to stand up ‘She’s at the opening of a new animal shelter. She really wants her friends there cause it means so much to her.’

‘Amazing.’ said young Pinkie Pie ‘As it turns out, I’m part of the welcoming committee.’

‘Really?’

‘Yup, I help organize the party. Now come on, or we’re going to be late.’

She grabbed young Invictus as they zipped straight over to the animal shelter. Sure enough, they were at the grand opening and everyone celebrated. As they were looking around, young Fluttershy was petting a rabbit nearby. She noticed Invictus and said ‘Oh, Invictus. I’m so glad you could make it. Wait…where’s Rainbow Dash?’

‘Oh uh, her mom said she couldn’t make it,’ lied Invictus ‘She said you’ll need to ask her yourself.’

‘Oh, okay.’ said young Fluttershy, as she suddenly looked sad ‘I would’ve really liked it if she would come.’

Young Invictus hugged young Fluttershy, comforting her. Fluttershy looked at Invictus shocked, he also lied, but she could tell that he really didn’t want to see her hurt. Which made her feel guilty when she broke off his friendship after her brother was sent to Military school.

A while later, Young Invictus walked over to Rainbow at a different part of the hall and said ‘Oh, Rainbow, would you like to come after school to…’

‘Sorry, I can’t.’ said young Rainbow ‘Captain Spitfire wants me to help out with the baseball group. Maybe another time?’ said young Rainbow as she walked away, which saddened young Invictus as he looked down.

The others couldn’t believe it as Applejack said ‘Ah can’t believe that Rainbow would just keep brushing ya off like that.’

‘That’s not the worst part.’ said Invictus.

‘What do you mean darling?’ asked Rarity.

‘Would you read what it says on the card Pinkie?’ asked Invictus.

Pinkie saw his younger self holding a card. She walked over and read ‘You are invited to…’

She gasped out loudly, then looked at him shocked and shouted ‘She ditched you on your own birthday?!!’

The girls gasped in shock, even Twilight was shocked by this.

As Invictus walked away, he nearly dropped his card, until a certain someone grabbed it. ‘Excuse me, darling?’

Young Invictus looked behind him and saw young Rarity coming to him.

‘I think you dropped this.’ she said as she offered her the card.

‘You can throw it away,’ said Invictus sadly ‘I don’t want it.’

She wondered what she meant, then she looked at the card and was surprised, then said ‘It’s your birthday today?’

‘Yeah, not like my best friend didn’t notice.’ said young Invictus.

‘What do you mean?’ asked Rarity.

‘She ditched me on my own birthday.’

Young Rarity gasped and said ‘How could anybody be so uncouth?’

‘I don’t know.’ said young Invictus.

Young Rarity thought about something and said ‘Would you mind if I attended?’

‘Are you sure?’ asked young Invictus ‘Don’t you have other things to do?’

‘Darling,’ said young Rarity as she reassured him ‘I may be a lady, but even a lady like myself would never let someone be alone. You deserve to have some company. And a present.’

He was able to show a small smile and said ‘Thanks.’

A while later, young Rarity enjoyed the party, and Invictus also had fun. After that, young Rarity said ‘Thank you again for the party Invictus.’

‘You’re welcome.’ said young Invictus ‘And hey, if you ever need some help or a favor, I’ll always help you out.’

Young Rarity smiled and said ‘I’d like that.’

She kissed Invictus by the cheek and walked away, with him being surprised. As he watched her leave, he could only smile and said ‘She’s so amazing. She’ll definitely shine like the brightest diamond.’

Rarity and the others were greatly surprised by this, which Rarity blushed, and so did Invictus, considering the cat’s out of the bag now. She couldn’t help but smile as she looked at him with red cheeks.

A short while fast forwarding, they showed how the Rainbooms were driven apart, which they realized that was the time that Sunset had come along. Invictus was busy digging through his locker, but they noticed he looked cold and had a cruel expression on his face.

He told them and said ‘I figured that Sunset was the one who drove all of you apart. Despite you lot knowing one another, I was disgusted with Rainbow that she didn’t even realize that there was a misunderstanding, nor did she want to admit that she made a mistake or anything.’

They then saw Rainbow Dash coming along, complaining.

‘I just can’t believe it,’ she said loudly ‘Applejack blames me for making a liar out of her!! I didn’t do anything, she cancelled on me!! Even after I…’

(In this part, the “Young” will be placed with “Past”, to describe the characters.)

‘Buzz off.’ said past Invictus as he rushed off, which surprised Dash as she didn’t know what he was thinking.

They were a bit surprised that he’d act this way, with them realizing, that the more Rainbow kept being away to do what she wanted, she barely made time with her friends, even him.

As she walked around the corner, he then bumped into Sunset. Everyone wondered how he responded to her back then, with her not wanting to remember it.

‘Hey!!’ shouted past Sunset as she grabbed him by the shoulder, but he didn’t turn around ‘You bumped into me!!’

‘So what?’ said past Invictus in his cold tone. They never realized how bad it was with him.

‘So what?!’ said Sunset ‘I’m in charge here and you’d better apologize to me!!’

Invictus turned around and screamed in rage ‘So write a fucking letter!!’

They were surprised by his outburst and his anger, however, human Twilight looked at Sunset and said ‘Were you really like that?’

‘Unfortunately.’ said Sunset as she crossed her arms and looked down in shame, not wanting to think about her past.

Past Sunset merely smirked and said ‘So, a tough guy are you? You may not realize it, but I run this school, and I always get what I want.’

He only smiled back and said ‘That’s where you’re wrong.’

‘Excuse me?!’ said past Sunset as she was feeling slightly insulted.

‘First of all,’ said past Invictus ‘You’re not in charge, that would be the principle. Second of all, and yet you failed to realize the rules of this world.’

‘Rules?’ chuckled past Sunset.

‘Yeah,’ he retorted ‘First rule when it comes to life, you can’t always get what you want. If you want something, it takes time and experience. And you work hard for it. You can’t always get shortcuts.’

Before past Sunset could say anything, he got into her face and said ‘But then again I wouldn’t expect you to understand, you’re still a bitter loner, a liar, a cheat and a coward, who only cares about herself.’

He then whispered to her ‘No wonder Princess Celestia ended things and kicked you out years ago.’

Many of them were surprised to hear that he knew Princess Celestia, even Sunset, for she hadn’t been listening well back then, for her anger blocked out everything else.

That made past Sunset angry, and she attempted to punch him in the face, only for him to grab her fist, she then smirked and said ‘Your mother must’ve been a really dumb broad for giving birth to an idiot like you.’

That, made him angry, so he ended up grabbing her head and jabbed her hard against the lockers.

‘Now you listen here.’ said past Invictus ‘I don’t care who you are and I don’t care why you’re here. But just because you want something doesn’t mean you have to break friendships apart. The people who become what they become is because they work hard for it, you on the other hand want shortcuts. So I’m warning you, if you ever try to hurt others just to get what you want, I will see to it that you will be put in a box in the ground. And if you don’t…’

He then leaned close to her, and to all their shock, his eyes were blood red and nearly looked like a demon, even Sunset was shocked to see that, as he spoke through a demonic voice ‘Then there will be hell to pay, and I don’t care if you’re Celestia’s daughter!!’

With one swift move, he jabbed her hard against the wall again, knocking her out cold, making her collapse onto the ground. However, as she was on the ground, her butt was still sticking in the air. Past Invictus then smirked and pulled out a phone.

‘I hope you don’t mind if I take a picture for something new.’ said past Invictus, and all of a sudden, he lifted her skirt, allowing him to get a good view as she held out his phone and said ‘Say cheese.’

He then took a picture of it, causing everyone to be shocked by what they saw. They slowly looked at him in shock, whilst he waved his hands and said ‘Don’t ask, it’s a…long story.'
He then grumbled 'Is it my fault she has an amazing ass.'
However, Sunset heard him, causing her to be surprised and blushed bright red and crossed her arms whilst looking down, feeling more awkward than ever.

'But that’s not the worst part.’ said Invictus as he also blushed.

‘What could be more worse than that?’ asked Applejack, clearly mad at what he did to their friend.

‘My heat kicked in.’ said Invictus.

They wondered what he meant, however, Twilight and Sunset immediately picked it up and were shocked by what he revealed. They saw past Invictus biting his bottom lip, and ended up lifting her up and took her to a nearby closet whilst he also took out what appeared to be a condom packet. He quickly closed the door, and within moments, they heard loud moaning, groaning and a ton of screaming, talking them all by shock by what they heard. A few moments later, it died out and Invictus walked out and straightened himself out.

‘Well that was fun.’ said Past Invictus as he walked away, whilst they all saw past Sunset panting with a wide smile as her tongue was still sticking out, but her panties were soaked from that experience.

They slowly looked at Invictus in shock, with him admitting ‘In case you wonder, I’m half human, half Equestrian.’

Their eyes, except for Twilight, widened their eyes in shock, with Sunset shouting ‘I knew it!! I knew you had Equestrian magic!!’

‘Yeah, I do okay.’ said Invictus ‘But the total difference was, I was born with it. Now can I please show you further what happened?’

They wanted to press further on, but they chose to listen.

With his magic, he was able to fast forward the whole event, after the Fall Formal, and past Rainbow Dash was busy practicing on her guitar, with past Invictus doing the same, as it appeared they were somewhat patched up.

‘You bought a guitar?’ asked Invictus.

‘You bet.’ said Rainbow ‘I can shred some sweet tunes with this.’

‘You know,’ said past Invictus ‘Principle Celestia is planning to do a showcase where all of the students will form their own bands and make their own music. You should totally form a band.’

Rainbow perked up and said ‘That’s a great idea!! I can ask my friends to be part of the band!!’

‘I was thinking you and I could…’ said past Invictus, but she already left as he said ‘Be part…of…’. He then got mad and crushed his guitar, which surprised the girls.

‘Wait,’ said Rarity ‘So you were the one who gave her the idea?’

‘And she just left you behind in the dust again?’ said Applejack.

‘I can’t believe she didn’t make you part of the band.’ said Fluttershy as she looked at him ‘You two loved to play music together.’

‘Yeah, used to.’ said Invictus as he crossed his arms.

Then it showed a while later, he was about to enter the room, until he heard them practicing. Which sounded pretty good. But as he watched in secret, he noticed that Sunset wasn’t part of it.

He pinched the bridge of his nose and said ‘Unbelievable, after everything she did to try and redeem herself, she still doesn’t want her to be part of the band. Some friend she is.’

They were surprised by his thoughts, with Fluttershy admitting ‘Actually, she wasn’t the only one.’ she then looked at Sunset and said ‘Sorry we didn’t make you part of the band the first few months you were trying to redeem yourself Sunset.’

‘Eh, it’s okay.’ said Sunset ‘I’m over it.’

They saw past Invictus continued watching as he heard Rainbow and the others talk.

‘Who cares,’ said past Rainbow Dash ‘It makes my band totally awesome.’

‘Your band?’ said past Applejack.

‘Duh,’ said past Rainbow Dash ‘It was my idea to start the Rainbooms, so we could be in the showcase.’

‘What…?’ said past Invictus, for she suddenly claimed it was her idea, but he was the one who suggested it, which surprised the others.

‘Wait,’ said human Twilight ‘So Rainbow Dash claimed it was her idea when it was Invictus who suggested it to her and she took credit for it?’

‘Man, she’s really a jerk.’ said Spike as he observed the whole thing.

They then saw past Flash in the room as past Rainbow said ‘Uh, we’re getting there. Rarity’s still coming in a little late on the second verse and Applejack’s bass solo could use a little work. They’ll get it together in time for the showcase.’

They saw past Invictus growl in anger as he banged his fist against the wall, leaving a dent, surprising them, but they noticed his eyes had blinked red for a split second, which surprised them. He walked away as he said ‘What a bitch.’

They were shocked what he called her behind her back. Then it showed how he fast forwarded, after Twilight came and went to a sleepover with her friends, with Invictus staying behind at the school, for he wanted to do some alone study time.

‘Well, what do we have here?’ said a familiar voice. They were shocked to see that it was none other than the Dazzlings.

He turned around and said ‘Can I help you?’

‘More like what you could do for us.’ said past Aria Blaze.

‘Let me guess,’ said past Invictus ‘You want me to be your personal slave for your so called world domination whilst eating tacos?’

‘Oooh,’ said past Sonata Dusk ‘He’s good.’

‘Go back to sleep Sonata.’ said past Aria.

‘How about you shut the fuck up.’ said past Invictus, which caused Aria to get angry, shown by the red anger in her face.

‘Sorry sweethearts,’ said past Invictus as he crossed his arms and said ‘It didn’t work out for you back in Equestria, and it sure as hell won’t work for you here.’

‘Oh don’t worry,’ said past Adagio with her smirk ‘We already have a plan in motion, they just won’t see that coming.’

Past Invictus suddenly groaned whilst holding his forehead, making him glow in the process, much to the others’ shock.

‘Uh, what are you…?’ asked Sunset as she looked at Invictus, however, they saw that he was covering his eyes and looking away whilst also feeling embarrassed.

‘Oh,’ said past Invictus as he smirked and looked like he was on fire ‘I got something that you won’t see coming?’

‘Oh?’ said the Dazzling.

Invictus instantly walked over and grabbed Adagio’s butt and pulled him to a strong passionate kiss, taking her by surprise. But soon enough, she melted in the kiss and hugged him, which surprised the Dazzlings, but shocked Twilight and the Rainbooms.

‘Huh,’ said past Aria as she looked with a flexed eyebrow ‘Didn’t see that coming?’

‘Aw,’ said past Sonata with a pout ‘I want some of that.’

And just like that, past Invictus snapped his fingers, creating two copies of himself, taking the rest of the Dazzlings by surprise, which caused the copies to go over to them and passionately kissed them too, which also took them by surprise as they embraced him too.

The sun began to rise the next morning over the school, with past Invictus walking out of the room and readjusting his clothes whilst saying ‘That was fun. We should do it again sometime, when you’re not planning to take over the world that is.’

As he walked away, they saw the Dazzlings were wrapped under a large blanket, still butt naked, and smiling widely, for it was the best experience they ever had.

The Rainbooms looked at Invictus in shock as Rarity said ‘You…you just…’

‘I’m not proud of it.’ said Invictus as he looked at them, but still blushed.

They fast forwarded to the part where Invictus could hear the Rainbooms arguing, no thanks to Rainbow for blaming Sunset for the one mistake, which caused him to walk away, but at the same time, he slammed his fist hard against a wall, leaving another hole, whilst walking past Wallflower, but he gave her a flower at the same time, which took her by surprise as she looked at Invictus. He looked back as he gave her a thumbs up and a smile, which she smiled back as she was happy to feel noticed, which surprised the others too.

However, later on after Trixie trapped them under the stage, which made him mad at first, but it showed that he was going to open the door to help them, but he suddenly turned it down and walked away, which shocked them, and at the same time, noticed Dragon Spike and Vinyl Scratch was also there.

As he walked, Dragon Spike said ‘Wait, aren’t you gonna help?’

‘Why bother,’ said past Invictus ‘The rainbow haired doofus is in there.’

‘Wait, Rainbow Dash?’ asked Spike ‘You know her? Is she a friend of yours.’

‘Former, friend.’ said past Invictus as he stopped and looked at Spike ‘She thinks the whole world revolves around her, she can get herself out.’

‘But what about the others?’ asked Dragon Spike ‘Don’t you care about them?’

They could see that past Invictus wanted to say something, but he just shed a tear for some reason as he looked down, which took them by surprise. They were silent at first, with dragon Spike wanting to say something, but Vinyl stopped him. They saw the look on her face as she nodded no.

‘Vinyl knew what was going on.’ said Invictus as he told the others ‘She saw how Rainbow kept ditching me and how she kept ignoring me. I figured what was the point, she would just abandon me anyway.’

They continued to look as past Invictus said ‘Spike,’ gaining the dragon dog’s attention ‘I know how much you love Twilight, and that you’re sometimes torn between being her son or her brother.’

Dragon Spike was a little surprised at first, but he looked back and said ‘The way her life is going to be, the life that will soon come for her, she’ll need you now more than ever. She may not always ask for help, nor would she want to. All you can do is be there for her. Help her become who she is meant to be. And it’ll work out. You just have to believe.’

They were surprised of the speech he gave Spike, whilst at the same time, he walked away.

Invictus suddenly turned around and didn’t want to look, making them notice. They fast forwarded to the part to where they fought the Dazzlings. They saw how Invictus was looking far away from the whole ordeal, but he looked dizzy for some reason. But when they saw what he was holding, they were shocked. For he was dizzy because he was drunk and he was drinking alcohol.

‘So you’re gonna win again with Rainbows, huh.’ said past Invictus as he scoffed ‘And once again it’s all about fucking her.’

He tossed the bottle away as it got smashed, making him walk away. Fast forward, Trixie was walking away from the stage, when she was suddenly stopped by Invictus.

‘What do you want?’ asked past Trixie ‘Trixie does not have any time for…’

And within an instant, he grabbed her by the neck and pinned her against the wall, taking them all by shock, with past Invictus shouting ‘Do you have any idea what you’ve done?!!’

Past Trixie struggled to breathe as she said ‘What did I do?’

He let her go and said ‘You trapped them in the trap door.’

‘Well of course I did,’ said past Trixie ‘Trixie and her band was cheated out of…’

‘They weren't cheated,’ said past Invictus ‘The only reason they joined the battle of the bands because the Dazzlings were going to take over the world.’

‘So what?’ said past Trixie.

‘They used you Trixie,’ said past Invictus ‘They used you so that they could take the magic for themselves.’

‘They didn’t deserve to be on stage.’ said past Trixie.

‘And speaking of cheating, how is that any different than what you and the others did on the first round?’ said past Invictus ‘And you trapped them in the trap door, they could’ve died.’

‘But they didn’t,’ said Trixie ‘And they still didn’t have the flair like Trixie.’

Trixie merely flipped her hair as she was boasting, making the others groan, for it was typical of her.

Past Invictus then stood near her as she kept her smirk, but boy was he angry. ‘You know what Trixie? You can act boastful and confident all you want, but to me you’ll always be that scared little girl who peed herself on stage.’

Past Trixie suddenly widened her eyes in shock by what he said, even the others, even though they don’t know why.

‘So congratulations, Pee-pee Lulamoon,’ said past Invictus ‘I hope nearly the world getting destroyed as well as your schoolmates was worth it.’

He walked away in anger whilst still in his drunken state. But as for Trixie, she still kept her look, she then suddenly shed tears and whimpered, as if a past traumatic childhood popped back up. She then threw her instrument away in rage and ran away, crying. Twilight and the others were shocked by what they saw, they even looked at Invictus, but he lowered his head in shame.

He fast forwarded to the one part that both he and Sunset dreaded…the events of Anon a miss. They saw the part where Sunset was left crying as her friends left her, which made them cringe at that, but also shocked both Twilight and her human counterpart when they hadn’t realized how much they had hurt her. They saw Invictus was still facing away, but they watched past Invictus watched from the corner. They could see that he felt sorry for Sunset.

He picked up his phone and looked through it, and muttered ‘There’s no way she could’ve done it, according to the video, it was posted at one in the morning.’

He then did what surprised them as they looked, he hacked into the website and looked through it. He looked further until he discovered the culprit, which was Apple Bloom’s username.

‘I didn’t know you could do that.’ said Pinkie Pie as she observed it.

‘Why didn’t we ask him sooner?’ said Rarity as she was just as shocked.

They then saw that he had managed to convince a few people that Sunset wasn’t the culprit. However, then came the part that Invictus had dreaded the most, so he ended up closing his eyes and shutting his eyes tightly, which made them notice. Then they showed him and Rainbow, talking in the music room.

‘I’m telling you she didn’t do it!!’ shouted past Invictus.

‘You’re taking her side?!!’ shouted past Rainbow Dash.

‘Will you just think about it?!!’ he shouted ‘Why would she do that?!! She’d never do this, after everything she did to prove she’s not that person anymore, you still didn’t believe her?!!’

‘The video came from her phone!!’ she shouted ‘She’s Anon a miss!!’

‘No she isn’t, and I got proof!!’ he countered ‘And didn’t you happen to think that there were still a ton of folks who still resented her, she was a bully to everyone, so didn’t you even considered to ask that someone else was involved?!!’

‘Typical!!’ shouted Rainbow ‘Siding with her after we got humiliated!! Don’t you remember that she drove us apart, or the fact that she wasn’t nice to you!!’

She then turned around with her arms crossed and said ‘And you wonder why we aren’t friends anymore.’

Past Invictus had widened his eyes in shock by what she said. He suddenly got really angry, and remembered of the same thing he told all of them.

‘Oh, oh, this is why we’re not friends anymore?!!!!’ shouted past Invictus as he got really angry ‘Because I made the mistake of wanting to help someone who was framed, I don’t think so!! We’re not friends because your ego kept getting out of hand and you ditched me because I wasn’t cool enough to hang out with, so you pretended to not even know me anymore, until you needed me to help you do your homework for you, because you were too lazy and stupid to do any of them yourself!!!’

Past Rainbow looked at him shocked by the last part of what he said to her as he said sternly through his teeth ‘No wonder you were failing miserably at your grades.’

‘How dare you!!’ shouted past Rainbow.

‘No, how dare you!!’ shouted past Invictus ‘You think the whole world revolves around you and you failed to even know the people you hurt around you!! I mean during the Battle of the Bands, you didn’t even invite Sunset to be part of your band because you didn’t trust her!! Then you kept ignoring Fluttershy who wanted you to sing her songs but you just kept out flat ignoring her, just like you ignored her when she wanted you to be part of the shelter, or the fact that Sunset saved her life before Gilda had a chance to beat Fluttershy and killed her pet rabbit!!!’

Everyone was shocked when they heard him say that.

‘I thought you two were friends!!’ he shouted ‘Cause not only did you flat out ignore her when she needed you, you complained about her not being brave enough to stand up for herself!! Because if this is how you treated her all these years, it’s no wonder she doesn’t have any confidence in herself, and they call you the loyal one!! Typical Rainbow Dash!! All for the glory and none of the work!!’

‘Excuse me?!!’ shouted Rainbow ‘I worked my butt off trying to get to where I am today!!’

‘No, who do you think convinced Coach Spitfire to give you a chance when she turned you down?!! Who did you think convinced every team in CHS to give you a chance when they didn’t trust you?!! That’s right, I did all that!!’

Again her friends were shocked.

‘But then what happened the moment you’re part of the team?!! You abandoned your own friends!!!’

‘I’d never ditch my friends!!’ she countered.

‘Oh really, like you haven’t been doing for the past year?!!’ past said past Invictus ‘Or the fact that you kept ditching me whenever I wanted us to hang out!! After we became friends I thought we would hang out!!! But sometimes I wonder why I even bother!!’

‘Yeah, well I do too!!’ shouted past Rainbow as she said the unexpected ‘Maybe I should’ve just dropped you that day, or maybe your dad could’ve taught you not to be so clumsy all the time!!’

From that moment, Past Invictus’ eyes widened in shock, as his whole world began to crumble that day, but none were more shocked than Twilight and the rest of the Rainbooms. They saw past Invictus lowering his head and slowly grasped his fists.

‘So…what you’re saying is…’ said past Invictus, with the sound of his voice nearly breaking, whilst he said ‘You should’ve left me to die that day on the bridge, is that it?’

Past Rainbow was shocked, for she realized too late by what she said. ‘No, I didn’t…’ she tried to rectify.

‘Well then, if that’s how you feel.’

He looked at her, with tears coming down his eyes, angrier than ever. And in a split second, he shouted ‘Then you have NO RIGHT TO WEAR THIS!!!’

He instantly grabbed something from her chest and tossed her hard against her guitar, causing it to break in two, which shocked the girls. Past Rainbow got up and was shocked to see her guitar was broke, but as she looked at him, they saw him holding the necklace he gave her, the one that symbolized their friendship. He took it off his and tossed them onto the ground, then stomped it hard, breaking it, which shocked them all again, even past Rainbow, the very thing that she wore since the day they met.

‘Well then…’ said past Invictus as he looked at her, with tears still coming down his eyes ‘I guess we really are through being friends.’

He began to walk away, until past Rainbow quickly got up and tried to stop him and said ‘Invictus, wait…’

But within a split second, he turned around and punched her in the face, making her collapse onto the ground, even the girls were horrified by what he did. But as Rainbow looked back, whilst holding her cheek, her eyes widened in shock as she saw that he was radiating Equestrian Magic whilst his eyes were red.

‘We. Are. Done.’ said past Invictus. He then turned around and walked straight towards the door. He stopped and looked back and said the unexpected. ‘Some friend you are. You care about your own sporting career than your own friends. Then you can go fuck yourself.’

Now all of them were shocked to hear this, whilst at the same time, he walked away, leaving Rainbow hurt and alone, shocked by what he said.

They saw him walking down from different hallways to the next, gripping his fists whilst he was literally steaming angry. He then walked into the gym, where there were tons of sporting equipment lying around. He stood there, and they watched him trembled, breathed heavily, shedding tears. Then finally, his eyes went red, and roared like a banshee.

Within mere moments, he grabbed everything and ended up tossing and breaking everything he could get his hands on, horrifying everyone when they saw him tearing up the place whilst he grunted and roared like a monstrous beast, unable to control his anger.

They suddenly heard a door opening, and they saw past Sunset, staring in shock as she was no scared out of her mind seeing him like this. A short while later, the entire gym was destroyed from Invictus’ rampage, then walked back outside, wobbly and trembling from his anger. But as he was halfway down the hall, he suddenly leaned against the wall and sat down, curled himself and ended up crying. And from out of nowhere, past Rarity came along and was shocked to see him in this state. She quickly went over to try and comfort him, and the only thing he could do was hug her back.

Fast forward again, they saw how it was about two days before Christmas Eve. However, what shocked them, no, horrified them, was when they saw past Invictus standing on the table and tied the noose around his neck whilst it showed he was holding a knife, and his wrists were cut all over and bleeding, and he was also drunk, again. Within a split second, he jumped and hung himself, but also breaking a glass bottle. This caught his mother’s attention, causing her to come into the room and was shocked to see what he was doing. She quickly cut him down, but as he was down, he was crying, loudly, causing the mother to wrap her arms around him as she leaned against the wall. The girls were horrified as they too were shedding tears.

Then shortly after Christmas, Stardust Horizon, Invictus’ mother, talked to Principle Celestia and Vice-Principle Luna about giving Invictus the help he needs. After hearing what happened, they agreed. They then saw how he was constantly under therapy and were trying to get the help he needed.

A year later, after the incident with Wallflower, Invictus walked down the hall, saddened. However, he had a spell on him that made him turn invisible if someone was close by. And walking by was the Rainbooms. He looked at saw Rainbow Dash, as if she didn’t have a care in the world, but he remembered the fight, and what he said. After she was gone, he turned visible, and continued to shed tears whilst walking away, the walk of a broken boy.

Within mere moments, Invictus made it evaporate, bringing them back to the present. They slowly looked at him in shock, whilst he was still shedding tears.

‘That’s what happened.’ said Invictus ‘That’s what happened between us. That’s why…I wasn’t the same after that. I lost her, because of me.’

He walked to a nearby bench and sat down, whilst he said ‘So go ahead, punish me. I don’t care anymore. I…’

But he instantly felt a hug, from none other than Fluttershy, who was sobbing and holding him tight, even the rest of the Rainbooms were shocked by what they witnessed.

‘Wow,’ muttered Twilight, then she whispered to Sunset and said ‘I’ve solved a lot of friendship problems with my friends, but this…I didn’t expect this. This is the biggest friendship problem I’ve ever witnessed.’

‘I know what you mean,’ whispered Sunset ‘We usually had to fix a few things that happened when others got their hands on Equestrian Magic, but this…I don’t know…’

‘Ah just can’t believe this.’ said Applejack, clearly angry ‘How can Rainbow be so insensitive?!’

‘And ditched you on your birthday!!’ said Pinkie Pie loudly.

‘And abandoning you after you supported her?!!’ said Rarity, clearly angry, but also crying, ruining her mascara.

‘And ditched you on your own birthday!!’ shouted Pinkie again.

‘And just ignored you when you needed a friend the most!!’ said human Twilight.

‘And ditching you on your birthday!!’ shouted Pinkie, but more loudly.

Sunset, however, tried to speak to him ‘How come you didn’t try to make things right with her?’

Invictus then said ‘You saw what happened. It’s not something you can get over.’

‘Look, she can be immature, insensitive and egotistical, yes,’ said Sunset ‘But that doesn’t give you an excuse to just punch her and throw her away.’

He then stood up and stood near her face to face whilst he said ‘And then what? She’ll never change. Maybe the both of us aren’t even meant to be friends.’

‘So you’d rather give up on trying to make things right with her?!’ shouted Sunset ‘Because you’re afraid?!’

‘Says the former bully who ran away from the only home she knew, turned her back on everything her mentor stood for, breaking friendships between people you don’t even know and risked exposing Equestria to this world and the neighboring dimensions, only to steal the element of magic and brought magic to this world in the first place that caused people to misuse them and hurt innocent people?!!’ shouted Invictus ‘As least my problems make sense!!’

The two kept staring at each other, until they looked down in guilt as the two said at the same time ‘Sorry, I…’

They then looked at one another again. Truly, they felt guilty over how they responded to one another. Given the fact that both of them came from different worlds and also had their share of mistakes, now they wish they really did know one another.

‘Sorry.’ they said once more, but with a calmed expression on their faces this time.

‘Well punch or not, she had that coming.’ said Spike, causing the girls to look at him shocked.

‘Spike?!’ said human Twilight.

‘Look, you all know what Rainbow Dash is like.’ said Spike as he reminded them ‘Every time whenever something happens, a big event or whatever, she always let’s her ego get out of hand. I mean, the Battle of the Bands, Anon a miss, and then that business with Juniper Montage? She ended up putting all of you in danger. She even got worst ever since you guys gained your powers.’

He walked over to Invictus and said ‘Ever since Rainbow saved him, he felt lucky, that he had a friend that cared about him, but whenever they wanted to hang out, she just ignored him, what kind of friend would do something like that?’

The girls lowered their heads, for deep down, Spike did have a point.

Fluttershy looked up from the group and said ‘We have to help him.’

‘But how?’ said Twilight ‘Like Spike said, Rainbow Dash is completely stubborn and she won’t listen to anyone.’

‘Then we’ll just have to try until she breaks.’ said Fluttershy with determination on her face.

‘Well how are we gonna bring her here?’ asked human Twilight.

Pinkie then smiled and pulled out her phone and said ‘I think I got it.’

At the same time, far away from the routes heading straight towards Manehattan, was the tour buss of the Wondercolts, who were going on their last stop for their soccer tour. And from within the buss, was a certain Rainbow haired girl, watching the view as she was enjoying the sights.

She suddenly heard her phone ring. When she looked at it, it was Pinkie Pie. She smiled and answered her phone.

‘Hey, Pinkie.’ said Rainbow the moment she answered it ‘How’s it going.’

‘Oh, we’re doing great Dashie.’ said Pinkie ‘Whatcha doing?’

‘Well my team and I are heading for Manehattan for our last game for the summer.’ said Rainbow ‘After that, I’ll be able to go and see some sights. My folks trust me enough for me to tour the place.’

‘Oh that’s great.’ said Pinkie ‘We’ve been thinking about coming over to visit.’

‘We?’ asked a confused Rainbow.

‘Oh, the rest of the girls and I were done with what we wanted to do,’ said Pinkie ‘So we decided to come and visit. And Princess Twilight’s here too.’

‘Whoa, no way, seriously?!’ said Rainbow Dash in excitement ‘We haven’t seen her in a long time.’

‘You’re right about that.’ said Pinkie. She then cleared her throat and said ‘And listen, whatever you do, don’t hang up, there’s someone who wants to talk to you and uh…please don’t get mad.’

‘Mad about what? And to who?’ asked a confused Rainbow.

‘Well…’ said Pinkie.

There was a bit of silence at first, which confused Rainbow. Until…

‘Rainbow?’ said a familiar voice.

Rainbow was a bit surprised to hear this voice at first, but then she suddenly got mad.

‘What do you want?’ said Rainbow, trying to contain her anger.

‘Listen,’ said Invictus ‘I know you don’t want to talk to me right now…’

‘You’re right, I don’t.’ said Rainbow ‘So why are you bothering?’

‘I…’

‘Look, we both already said our piece back before that one Christmas and we left at that.’ said Rainbow ‘So whatever you have to say, I don’t want to hear it.’

‘But…’

‘You hear me?!!’ shouted Rainbow ‘I don’t ever…!!!’

‘Fortem, please.’ said Invictus more loudly.

Rainbow paused in surprise, for she hadn’t heard that name in a long time.

‘I don’t want to go on like this anymore.’ said Invictus, whilst shedding a tear, but made sure that no one could see. ‘Can we just please talk? I know I did too much damage, but I can’t keep going on like this. Just talk. Please?’

Rainbow could hear from the sound of his voice that he was nearly breaking his voice, which indicated that he wanted to cry. She didn’t know how to respond to it, but suddenly, she felt something she hadn’t in a long time; guilt. Guilt from a past that she never wanted to think again.

‘I’ll uh…’ said Rainbow, not sure what to say ‘Wait for you near Neighagra falls. That’s where the buss will stop to take a break. See if you’ll get there in time.’

She hung up and slowly placed her phone down. She looked outside at the passing trees, and thought about it. The name. The name he hadn’t called her in years, something that she never bothered, but somehow missed the name too.

He handed the phone back to Pinkie Pie and said ‘She’s willing to talk.’

The others sighed at that as Twilight said ‘That’s good to hear.’

‘So where are they meeting us?’ asked Applejack.

‘At Neighagra falls.’ said Invictus ‘They’ll make a pit stop there.’

‘Well it’s a good thing we’re not far from here.’ said Rarity.

‘Then we’d better hurry.’ said Fluttershy ‘Coach Spitfire tends to get impatient when people take too long.’

They soon boarded their respected vehicles and headed straight for their destination.

At the same time, the Wondercolt bus was following its route, whilst they were also following heavy traffic over the bridge of the waterfall. However, what they didn’t see coming, was the moment the truck began to turn, one of its tires burst, causing it to swerve out of control. The moment the truck swerved, it crashed against another incoming truck, causing the trucks to collide and explode, causing everyone who was caught in it to stop. Thankfully, as all that happened, the tour bus was able to make it away in time, but as it was halfway from the crash, the tour bus swerved too, making it stop at the spot it could.

Rainbow was taken aback by what just happened, with the rest of the Wondercolt teams in a panic too. ‘Everyone get out, now!!’ shouted Spitfire.

At the same time, as the Rainbooms were driving, Invictus was worried about how he was going to talk to Rainbow Dash.

‘Are you okay?’ asked Twilight, gaining Invictus’ attention.

‘Just…wondering what I’m going to say to her.’

She placed her hand on his shoulder with a smile and said ‘It will work out. I promise.’

He ended up smiling at that, however, the moment he looked ahead, he was suddenly shocked as he looked ahead and said ‘Holy Celestia.’

When Twilight looked ahead, she was also shocked, for as they approached the bridge, many people were running away whilst some of the cars were on fire. Invictus immediately stopped, with the Rainbooms’ bus doing the same. They quickly climbed out and ran towards the danger. As the Wondercolts continued to run, Rainbow looked behind and was still shocked by what she saw.

‘Rainbow!!’ shouted the girls, gaining the athlete’s attention as she looked at them coming.

‘Girls!!’ said Rainbow as she ran towards them.

‘Darling, what happened?!!’ said Rarity.

‘A truck lost control and crashed into another one,’ said Rainbow ‘Now half of all the cars are on fire and everyone on the bridge is in danger!!’

‘We have to help them!!’ said Sunset.

‘Alright ladies, let’s light em up!!’ shouted Pinkie.

Within mere moments, the Rainbooms ponied up in their outfits and floated in the sky. As they did that, Sunset looked at Twilight and said ‘Twilight, you and Invictus try to help escort the people to safety, we’ll go over and see who else needs help.’

‘Alright, but be careful!!’ said Twilight.

As the Rainbooms were off, Twilight and Invictus immediately went from one person to the next, trying to help them up and escort them all to safety.

Rainbow Dash had dashed from car to car, trying to find anyone trapped inside of their cars, Applejack lifted a few heavy cars out of the way, allowing Sunset to arrive and pull them to safety.

Rarity used her diamond shields to douse the fires whilst Pinkie Pie used her exploding sprinkles to blow the car doors opened, allowing Fluttershy to pick up a handful of kids who were crying in fear whilst human Twilight would use her powers to move the broken cars out of the way so that the people can move to safety.

Rainbow grabbed a handful of people and zipped them away. Applejack ripped some car doors opened, allowing the people to quickly climb out and reach for safety. Rarity used her diamond shields to block the explosions just in case whilst Pinkie Pie used more of her sprinkles to douse a few fires along the way, with human Twilight lifting the broken cars out of the way. Fluttershy and Sunset continued to carry more people to safety, whilst Invictus and Twilight would continue to escort more people to safety.

Applejack saw that the fire was getting a lot worse as she shouted ‘We gotta get away from here, the fire’s spreading!!’

‘Come on, let’s go!!’ shouted Sunset.

The girls took what people they could from the one side of the bridge and the middle to the other. Rainbow wasn’t far behind. But the moment she followed, she failed to notice that one of the tanks had caught fire, causing it to explode, making her launch to the edge of the bridge whilst she bashed against a car and fell off of the bridge, until she suddenly powered down.

Thankfully, Rainbow was able to grab something from the top of the bridge before she fell. However, as she looked down, to her shock, her geode fell off of the side of the large waterfall. Without it, she couldn’t pony up and fly away. Now she was really in trouble. She hung onto the bridge for dear life as she was suddenly crying.

‘HEEEELLLLPP!!!’ shouted Rainbow ‘SOMEONE HELP MEE!!!’

As they were helping to evacuate the group, Invictus heard a cry for help. When he arrived at a perfect looking spot, he was shocked to see who was dangling from the bridge helplessly.

‘Fortem!!!’ shouted Invictus.

Invictus quickly ran towards Rainbow, desperately trying to reach her, to save her, the one person who saved him a long time ago. As he ran, he kept pushing the running people away from him, trying to reach her in time. Rainbow continued to hang on for dear life as she continued to cry for help. She then heard a voice call out to her.

‘Fortem!!’

She looked up and saw Invictus, running towards her.

‘Invictus, get out of here, it’s not safe!!!’ shouted Rainbow.

‘No, I’m not leaving you, not again!!!’ he shouted back.

He then saw that the object she was holding was about to break. The moment he was halfway, he saw a large cable wire, allowing him to pick it up and wrapped it around his left arm. As he was done, he jumped down straight to her.

At the same time, the object broke, causing Rainbow to scream as she fell. Within mere moments, Invictus had reached her in time and grabbed her by the wrist, saving her as they swung back. However, they were stuck, even though they were safe.

‘Are you crazy?!!’ shouted Rainbow ‘You could’ve gotten yourself killed!!’

‘I know that!!’ shouted Invictus ‘But I won’t do that!! I won’t leave you again!!’

As they continued to hang, Rainbow kept looking at him, and she saw him shedding tears.

‘I know what I did was wrong back then Rainbow.’ said Invictus as he began to shed a few tears. ‘I was a coward and a horrible friend. I should’ve done better. But because of the others, they helped me build up the courage to talk to you, tell you that I’m sorry, to tell you, how much I still love and care about you too.’

Rainbow was taken aback by how he was talking. However, unknown to them, the cable was slowly breaking, without any of them noticing, with Twilight, after she helped escorted many people to safety, saw the two of them hanging on for dear life.

‘I’m sorry I couldn’t have said anything before, I was too ashamed.’ said Invictus as the tears continued to fall ‘I missed our friendship and the times we hung out Rainbow. And I missed you too Rainbow, I am so sorry.’

Rainbow too began to shed tears, for his tears and his words were truly genuine, that he truly meant it. Just before they could say anything, they felt a tug. When they looked up, they saw the cable was about to snap.

‘Uh, how about we say what we want to say after we’re not in danger?’ said a worried Rainbow.

Invictus looked at the cable, then to Rainbow. Then he looked to the side, and there he saw Twilight, staring in shock and worry from the safety of the other side. He then knew what he had to do. He looked down, closed his eyes and said an enchantment, one that Rainbow didn’t hear. Invictus slowly looked at Rainbow as his eyes glowed blue, much to her surprise.

He said to her ‘You can only save those who want to be saved.’

Rainbow was surprised by what he just said and asked ‘What are you…?’

Invictus then said ‘I’ll see you on the other side.’

And with great strength, right as the cable snapped off, Invictus had tossed Rainbow Dash towards Twilight. Within moments, Rainbow landed safely as Twilight managed to catch her. But the two of them quickly looked back, and there they saw Invictus, looking at them, whilst she fell down to the abyss of the waterfall.

‘INVICTUS!!!’ shouted the two, which caused the rest of the Rainbooms to appear next to them as they saw him fell down to the watery abyss until he disappeared.

Invictus continued to fall, until he saw that he was close to the bottom. He quickly casted a spell that shielded himself, allowing him to be shielded from the impact the moment he crashed through the water.

As he was in the water, the current violently pushed him away, with him trying to maintain his momentum. But as he moved, he saw something that caught his eye; Rainbow Dash’s geode. He quickly grabbed it before it could get away. However, before he realized it, something hit him against his head hard, knocking him out cold, but still held onto Rainbow’s geode, not wanting to let it go, whilst he continued to float through the darkness of the water.