Berry's Sunset(Part Two)

"Get behind me." At that, Sunset launched herself out the door like a bullet from a gun. She launched a beam of magic from her horn that hit Tirek in the face.

"Argh." He grumbled as he shoved his hand in front of the beam and shoved it aside. He launched a ball of fire at her and she quickly teleported away to avoid it. She reappeared in the air above him and launched a magic beam that hit him in the back and sent him tumbling to the ground.

"You will pay for that." He growled. He got to his hooves and levitated Sunset with his magic and started to swing her around him before sending her flying.

"Waaaah!" Sunset screamed as she flew into the town hall and slammed into a wall.

"Sunset!" Berry screamed as the unicorn appeared dazed and grunted.

"Gonna feel that in the morning." She mumbled as she shakily got to her hooves.

"Are you seriously going back out there?" Flitter demanded.

"Step aside please." Sunset asked with an edge to her tone and Flitter reluctantly complied. She stepped to the door and started pawing at the ground.

"You're joking, tell me you're joking." Tirek laughed. Sunset shook her head and snorted, steam coming out of her nose. She shot him a angry glare and a few students stepped back nervously. They all recognized the look of an angry Sunset. She teleported out the room and appeared behind him. She closed her eyes and concentrated on her spell. When he turned around, there was ten copies of Sunset in various locations.

"Okay, that's cool." Rainbow admitted.

"Damn right." Scootaloo agreed and Rainbow shot her a look.

"Don't cuss, you're not old enough." Rainbow lectured as Scootaloo rolled her eyes.

"She's doing a mighty fine job of whooping him." Applejack agreed.

"Are we seriously just gonna let her fight him by herself?" Watermelody demanded as she watched Sunset blast Tirek with a magic beam.

"We have no magic or anything here like she does. Besides, she appears to have things under control." Thunderlane said nervously.

"She's my friend. I'll be damned if she does this alone." Rainbow snapped as she stood up. Applejack grabbed her shoulder and gave her a nod.

"Ah'm coming with, ya ain't goin alone." She stated firmly. They stormed out the building and stared up at him.

"He's even uglier up close." Rainbow commented.

"Agreed." Shoeshine said from her left and Sea Swirl nodded.

"Hey ugly, down here!" Rainbow shouted as she ran to his right. He glared at her and launched a beam at her and she easily sidestepped it, smirking. He rolled his eyes and glared at the Sunset copies and launched a fireball that made them flicker and disappear.

Sunset grimaced at that and kicked him in the leg, making him buckle down and collapse on the ground. He swatted at her with a hand and she jumped over it.

He slowly got to his hooves and slammed one to the ground, making a rock spike up under her and she fell off it. She quickly shot it with a laser and teleported away.

"Coward!" Tirek shouted as a rock hit him in the head. Sunset reappeared in the town hall and smirked. She took off galloping and jumped off the stone pillar she had destroyed and punched him in the face with a hoof, making him bleed from the mouth. She landed on his back and jumped back, shooting a large laser into his back. He disappeared below the ground and Sunset panted as she stood on top of it.

"That was awesome." Scootaloo mumbled in awe.

"Uhm, are you okay Sunset?" Fluttershy nervously called out.

"Yeah, I'm good. That spell took a lot of energy is all." Sunset called back, still panting. A red beam shot up around her and she looked around nervously. Tirek stood up holding the ground he just carved off him and threw it.

"Oh fuck!" Sunset yelped out as the ground slammed her into a random house. She shot back to her hooves and used her magic to propel her through the sky at Tirek. She slammed her back hooves into his head and he grunted as he grabbed her tail and flung her to the ground.

Apple Bloom winced.

"Ah reckon that hurt." She mumbled as Sweetie Belle nodded her agreement.

Shoeshine kicked him in the back leg a few times and got kicked back by him into a wall. She rubbed her head in confusion and saw a glow of orange magic around her. Sunset carefully set her down as she grunted, standing up.

"I wish I had my phone right now." Lyra announced.

"Why?" Bon Bon demanded as she stared at Lyra. Lyra gestured at the fight in front of them as Sea Swirl threw a bucket at Tirek.

"We are watching our unicorn classmate currently fight off a magic stealing centaur and winning. That doesn't happen everyday." Lyra pointed out. Sunset teleported Rainbow, Applejack and her two other friends back into town hall as she launched another large beam at Tirek and he launched his at her. The two beams met in the middle and exploded with such force that Sunset went flying back into a tree and Tirek skidded backwards. The people in the town hall were pushed back against the wall.

"Jesus Christ." Daisy muttered.

"I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Sunset is kinda cool." Lily grudgingly admitted and Octavia nodded.

"She's very brave, rushing out there like that to keep us safe." She smiled as Sunset got to her hooves.

Rose grinned at her sister.

"She's pretty powerful and strong as a human, makes sense it transfers to her unicorn form. If anything, I'd say she is more powerful as a unicorn." Rose pointed out as she stepped forward and away from the wall.

"No kidding." Vinyl muttered in awe.

"We are at an impasse it seems. What about a trade?" Tirek suggested as Lily and Berry were dragged out of the building and into the sky around him. "Your magic in exchange for these weird monkey creatures."

"Don't do it, Sunset!" Berry begged. "We will be fine."

"Lily!" Rose screamed as she saw her sister levitating in front of her.

Sunset narrowed her eyes as she took in the scene in front of her before looking down at her hooves. She looked back up and sighed.

"I will give you my magic, for them." She announced. Berry gaped at her in shock.

"Magic first." Tirek growled. Sunset gave a tired smirk and shook her head.

"I'm a lot of things but stupid isn't one of them. Give them to me first, then magic." She demanded.

Tirek chuckled.

"You are a smart one, for a pony." He tossed them to the ground and Sunset caught them in her magic, carefully placing them in with the the rest of the people she came here with. Rose and Daisy tackled Lily in a hug. Sea Swirl hugged Berry and looked outside.

"Now. Give me your magic." Tirek demanded as he held Sunset's muzzle shut and shoved her head down. The magic flowed out her horn in a bright orange light.

"I can't watch." Berry mumbled as Sea Swirl tightened her grip and angled Berry's head away. Fluttershy stared and covered her mouth, tears forming in the corners of her eyes as she watched Sunset's legs begin to wobble. A pained grimace formed on her muzzle as Tirek let go and kicked her into the town hall. She slammed face first into the same wall and fell backwards onto her side. Octavia and the others stared in shock as Sunset's cutie mark faded off her flanks and her eyes glazed over. She closed her eyes and passed out.

Sunset opened her eyes and immediately slammed them shut. Her head was pounding and the base of her tail hurt. Everything hurt, actually. She slowly opened her eyes again and was greeted by a bunch of concerned faces shoved up to hers.

"What happened?" She groaned out. She felt a wet wash cloth on her head.

"Sunset!" Berry announced and hugged her tightly, dropping the washcloth. She quickly kissed her and pulled away, red faced. Sunset winced at the loud outburst.

"I love you Berry, but can we please try to not scream? My head is pounding and everything hurts. Mainly the base of my tail and my head. What happened?" Sunset groaned as she felt Berry's hand gently stroke her mane.

"You fought Tirek, were winning for a bit till he cheated and used Berry and Lily to force you to give up your magic. Which you did by the way." Starlight said helpfully. "Very courageous, by the way."

Sunset shot to her hooves and stumbled, collapsing.

"What happened to Tirek?" She asked tiredly.

"First off, you expelled a lot of energy in the fight so don't walk, secondly Twilight shot him in the side with a magic beam. The other princesses apparently gave her their magic so he didn't get it. She gave you a spell to help you heal faster. You look rough." Lavender Lace told her. "If you listen close, you can hear explosions of magic in the distance from their current fight. There was a really loud explosion earlier while you were out."

"How long was i out?" Sunset asked.

"We honestly don't know. We don't have watches or phones, we had to leave them at the school." Fuschia Blush admitted. "You're the only one who can tell time by sun." Sunset nodded and squinted at the sun.

"I was out for thirty five minutes." She told them. "It's about two thirty right now."

"Sunset can I-" Berry started to speak.

"Carry me around town?" Sunset finished. Berry sheepishly nodded.

"I assume you were gonna say no, it's fine if you don't want me to." Berry mumbled. Sunset nudged her with her head, careful to avoid hitting her with her horn.

"I was actually about to ask you to carry me, my hooves hurting. Probably for punching and kicking Tirek." Sunset admitted, smiling. "It felt good. Especially since he probably took my moms and sisters magic."

Berry smiled eagerly.

"Thank you for letting me carry you." Berry admitted as she stood up with Sunset in her arms. "Rainbow recommended tying you with rope because she figured you would say no."

"Figures." Sunset rolled her eyes. "How bad do I look?"

Bon Bon gave her a quick once over.

"You have a few cuts and scratches. Your butt tattoo is gone and your eyes are like glazed over." She told Sunset. "Also, how the hell you didn't die is beyond me with all those hits you took to the head."

"Ponies bodies are naturally strong. Mine is extra strong because I got mom's earth pony strength. And dads speed because he's a pegasus." Sunset explained.

"Then how are you a unicorn?" Vinyl asked.

"Distant relative was a unicorn. Typically ponies take after their mom or dad's race, but there's an equal amount who take after dead relatives." Sunset told the girl. "I need a quill, can you carry me to Twilight's library? She has to have one there." Sunset noticed a rising plume of smoke in the sky.

"What's that?" She asked.

"We don't know, we stayed with you. It happened right after the big explosion I mentioned." Lavender admitted.

"Interesting." Sunset mused. "How the hell are we almost there?"

"Humans have longer strides than ponies. Longer legs and all, makes getting across this town easier." Rainbow told her with an eyeroll. Her eyes widened as the large group stood in front of the smoking remains of a library, pages from books still falling.

"Good God, what happened here?" Lyra asked. "Is Twilight even alive?"

Sunset stared off into the distance and saw a small flying purple dot, launching magic at a bigger red dot. She shakily pointed a hoof.

"She's right there, fighting Tirek. She's probably the last line of defense for Equestria at the moment." Lyra followed Sunset's shaking hoof and nodded when she saw the purple dot again.

"You are so awesome." Scootaloo squeeled as she leaned up to look at Sunset. "You're cooler than like anybody I know." Rainbow gave a soft scoff at that and folded her arms, looking away.

"What happens now? With Equestria having no magic if Twilight fails?" Sweetie asked. Right then, a loud roar got their attention and they all looked to where Twilight had been fighting Tirek. Her eyes widened in fear as Tirek grew in size bigger than the tree line and seemed to get closer.

"Holy...." Vinyl stammered, her glasses sliding down to show her wide red eyes.

"Now would be a good time to do a tactical retreat." Sunset admitted. "And to answer your question, without earth pony magic, the earth ponies won't be able to grow enough food for everypony. Without the pegasi and their weather management, Equestria will fall prey to random storms and tornadoes. Without the unicorns magic to help either race and magically make defensive artifacts, their might be more monsters escaping Tartarus or coming from far lands."

"Uhm and what then? Yall defeat em, right?" Apple Bloom nervously asked, looking around.

Sunset shook her head.

"Equestria will die. Especially with a lack of food for the population, slow death. Or slavery." She explained as the seriousness of the matter settled into the group. "Anyway, we should probably keep moving." A flash of movement caught her eye and she pointed to it.

"What was that?" She asked aloud. A small pink pegasus filly with light blue curls approached the group after coming out of an alleyway. She flopped down and started sobbing. Berry knelt down so Sunset could lift the fillys head up.

"What's your name?" She asked.

The crying filly looked up at her.

"Golly, Miss. You're the most friendly pony I've ever met. I'm Cozy Glow."