Broken Hearts Part 1: Entropy's Wrath

Trixie's aura of darkness could be felt as she approached, like an immense pressure weighing them down. But the three of them had only one option, with all of their friends gone, and nearly all of Equestria now in dismay, they had to fight.

Twilight took a step forward, then turned to look at what remained of her friends. A simple nod was all they needed to know that the battle was about to begin.

Trixie came into sight, well, what was left of Trixie. The dark magic that had surrounded her began to tare the flesh off of her body, bones, tendons, and muscles could be seen here and there all over the mare's body.

The mare floated towards the last remaining ponies in Canterlot, her dark glow consumed her, all that could be seen in the mare's eyes was darkness.

Her voice boomed, "Ahh, you finally showed up, The Great and Powerful Trixie, as this one refers to itself, is very pleased at your arrival." Twilight retorted, "Trixie, what have you done? What has come over you?" Trixie's voice grew louder, "Magic! Far beyond your comprehension. Speaking of which, I just finished me Earth pony genocide, seem's like there's none left, what a shame, I should have left some for my brothers but, oh well. And look, if it isn't Modesty, you're the one keeping me for killing all those pesky pegusi!" Trixie had her glance now fixed on Dawnsun who readily replied, "I have no clue what you're talking about you crazy mare!" "Of coarse you don't, that's the point. And you!" Trixie now looming over Rarity, "We know what you've been up to Life. Kicking Generosity out was a bad idea. We let Death know what you're up to! And he plays by the rules!" Rarity felt possessed for a moment, "Well, it doesn't seem like you play by the rules either. And you needn't bother, my job will be done here soon. Fate has It's plans." Trixie then backed away, "Fate can go to hell! We will control this Omniverse soon enough, just you wait!" Twilight then began, "I don't know who you are or what you plan on doing but we will not let you succeed without a fight! You can be sure of that!"

With that, Twilight began to raise herself in the air, letting the spirit of magic flow through her veins, more powerful than ever before. Twilight could feel the voice of the element speaking to her, "Twilight, we are the last ones, but don't worry, my sisters will return, Fate will not let us down. But you and me must use all the strength we have to defeat him, and keep him from bringing himself and his brothers into the physical world. We must stop him at all costs, hurry Twilight!" The voice faded inside Twilight, she opened her eyes, a powerful light emanating from them and the wrest of her body, almost outshining Trixie's leering darkness. Twilight knew little about the history of the elements, or even their origin, it was never written in pony lore. But she knew, seeing as though she never heard her before, that she had a new and powerful connection with her element.

The battle began.

Trixie struck Rarity with a probing bolt of dark energy, Rarity herself and the spirit stowed away inside of her, both writhed in pain as similar bolts flew out of her body, striking the corpses that riddled the streets. What remained of the ponies in the street began to come back to life, the mob of undead (Zombie ponies, if you will) began to slowly march towards Dawnsun and Rarity. Trixie and Twilight shot into the sky at intense speeds, clashing in the air, as their auras danced among each other, this was to be the final battle.

Rarity and Dawnsun knew they had to help Twilight, but these pony zombies were a major problem, that had to be dealt with. The two began fending off the hordes, Rarity used her magic to hurdle objects at large groups, while Dawnsun flew speedily through immense crowds, bucking and stomping on all the reanimated corpses nearby. Rarity, making good use of several sharp objects close by, began launching them through the crowds, she felt sick at the sight, it reminded her of Twilight's slumber party, and her pillow fight with Apple Jack. She only threw harder as she remembered the moments she would never have again. Dawnsun found himself surrounded, hundreds of decaying pony mandibles attempting to pile onto him and consume his flesh, he blasted out of the herd with his special ability, the him now had already begun fighting off the undead ponies that had started to surround Rarity. A flinch from the darkness above could be seen before the battle grew more intense and furious. The two ponies became surrounded by their undead kin, they kept fighting, but it seemed like the end, when a loud crash could be heard. Twilight came crashing down to the ground, her magic exploding out of her on impact. The zombies all but wiped out by the explosion of light energy. The two ponies ran to their fallen friend, Rarity began to cry, "No! Not you Twilight! You can't! You can't loose! Not now! Not after what we've lost!" Her shouts fell on deaf ears, Twilight was no longer breathing.

The pony zombies had all been disintegrated by the blast, Trixie still lingered up high, expecting the now dead Twilight to reawaken. Rarity sat there crying over her dead friend, tears soaking her cheeks, spilling onto Twilight's lifeless body. Dawnsun could only sit, knowing he was powerless to change the outcome, he wondered if this was the end. Rarity had laid down on her back next to Twilight's body, feeling tired, she questioned, "Why me? Why must I keep living while those around me die!?" With this Rarity began to feel cold, the tears on her face glowed vividly then vanished, the tears that had spilled onto her friends body soon followed suit. A loud gasp was heard from Twilight, who sat up, as if she knew what had happened. Twilight approached Rarity, who's vision was fading, Dawnsun still sat, mouth agape in awe. Twilight then spoke, an angelic voice spoke with her, slightly echoing her voice, "Thank you Rarity, we all appreciate what you have given up for us, your generosity exceeds Generosity herself. Thank you too Life, Fate's design will be upheld as long as possible, we assure you." With that, Rarity smiled faintly at Twilight, who gently smiled back, she then closed her eyes and accepted death's sweet embrace.

Twilight gave a satisfied look and proceeded to fully recover her magic. She addressed Dawnsun who stared blankly now at the deceased Rarity, who's gorgeous attire seemed to complete itself as it became stained with the blood that leaked from her eyes. "Dawnsun, Modesty, we need you to do something for us. We need you to enter the Void. Once there, find Trixie, and defend her with your life. I'll try to keep the entry open long enough to allow the elements to escape. Unfortunately, that includes the evil elements as well. Don't worry about us though, just stay in the Void, you'll soon be at Fate's side. Even if we loose this universe, we'll know the Omniverse is safe." Dawnsun had trouble comprehending everything the now fully rejuvenated pony had said, but what he took from it, was that he needed to go back in time again. After regaining her powers, Twilight lit up and recommenced her battle with Trixie.

No pleasantries were shared between the two, they had just picked up where they left off. A duel of magic between two unicorns could get intense, limbs can get broken, lives even lost, sometimes the royal sisters would duel each other for show, and to assert their dominant magical abilities over the unicorns. During these duels, the two magical ponies would harness all of their magical essence into a tool used for fighting (most took the shape of a sword). The color and intensity of these magical weapons depended on the pony in control. The strength of the ponies magic controls the intensity of the glowing weapon, where as intentions and will controlled color. Ponies with good intentions have a range of green colors, where as bad willed ponies had a sort of purple hued blade. Celestia had been the most good willed pony there was, as such her blade took a bright blue color. Similarly, when Nightmare Moon betrayed her sister, her's became a sinister battle ax of a deep red color. That battle between sisters went down in history as one of the most intense duels ever, until now that is.

Twilight, being imbued with the purest magic in the known universe, wielded a blinding white staff, bladed at the end. Trixie, imbued with the most corrupt magic in the known universe, wielded a large, deafeningly dark, scythe. Their battle recommenced. Their movements began, quicker than one can see with the pony eye, slashes and parries followed by loud booming explosions of magic with each. Twilight, for the most part, took up the defensive, blocking all of the relentless strikes from who she thought was still Trixie, but was now barely recognizable, consumed by darkness. When Twilight attempted to take up the offensive she would attempt to strike Trixie, but miss, hitting shadows instead. Being wide open Twilight had to react quickly to avoid being struck with the large wild swings from Trixie's scythe. Twilight now depended on her plan working, if this didn't work, the Omniverse was doomed under the rule of Entropy.

Dawnsun readied himself, he took flight, hoping with all of his heart that whatever Twilight had planned would work. It began to take effect, all those familiar feelings of his time trips returned to him, then the crack. The loud explosion caught Trixie's attention, Twilight quickly jousted into Trixie, landing a direct hit. Trixie shrieked, the shadow now leaving the mangled body, allowing it to slowly fall to the ground. Noticing the large, enchanting hole in the sky, Twilight began pouring all the magic she had left to keep it open. Dawnsun searched the endlessness of where he was looking for Trixie, she soon appeared, feet in front of him. She was crying, afraid of what she had become. Dawnsun walked up to comfort her, and keep her safe from the approaching darkness. As the darkness drew closer, so did the light, they both seemed to be tangled and fighting, soon pouring out of that world into the physical. They held each other tight, in fear of being consumed, moments passed and the last few bits of darkness and light escaped the Void, leaving Dawnsun and Trixie alone. As Twilight saw the last of the light exit the entrance she closed it up, sealing Dawnsun and Trixie inside, with the wrest of her sisters, and her evil brothers out of the Void, Fate could take it's course. Twilight smiled, then plummeted to the ground, the magic around her fading into the sky.

As they opened their eyes they found themselves alone in the Void. All Dawnsun could think of was if the plan had actually worked. A voice soon loomed over his thoughts, booming in the vast emptiness, "Yes, Modesty, you and Pride are safe now." Soon the vast amount of nothing was filled with energy and lights, that of a universe. "Where are we?" Trixie asked. The voice replied, "This is your home, this is the Void, all that ever has, is, or ever will be." "But, what about all the nothing, from before?" Dawnsun interrupted. The voice replied calmly, "It was the Void as well, and also your home, it is all that hasn't, isn't, and never will be." The two ponies couldn't help but be a tad confused at the idea, "Who are you exactly? And where are you?" the two ponies asked. "I am you mother and your father, your creator, and ruler over all you see and all you don't, I am all around you, at all times, I am you, but to be less precise, I'm over here." A large pony said appearing out of nowhere in front of Dawnsun and Trixie. He appeared to be an Alicorn, but, very different all the same. His horn curved upwards, and he had a second set of horns growing from the sides of his mane, which was similar to Celestia's in texture, however, it was shorter as was his tail, and light and darkness seemed to dance within them fluidly. He had pointed ears and a set of what appeared to be half dragon half pegusus wings, his body blended with the environment and his mane; each of his eyes wielded what appeared to be galaxies. "Please, don't stare, it's not very polite." The pony said, noticing the two ponies in front of him, eyes fixed with awe and wonder. "Oh, sorry!" they both responded, Trixie had seemed to be forgetting all about her usual third person persona. "Who are you?" Dawnsun asked, not satisfied with the previous answer. "I am the creator, I am Fate. Now where did Life go? She's never around when you need her." Fate then said, becoming slightly impatient. A faint glowing orb appeared next to him, "I'm sorry, I haven't fully recovered yet, something you need?" the orb asked. "Grab Death, I need you two for something." He ordered. "Yes sir!" the orb said before disappearing. Dawnsun and Trixie stood confused.

"Sorry, I almost forgot what the physical world does to you two." Fate said noticing the confusion on Trixie and Dawnsun's faces. "That was your sister, Life, she likes to play subordinate and be ordered around like that, unlike your brother, Death, as his name implies, he's the opposite of Life, he hates being given orders, and for that matter hates requests in general; stingy little bastard." Fate continued, looking around for something, "Now where did that owl go with those documents, ahh, there you are!" Fate said as Owlowiscious flew by with a large sack in his talons. "Thank you." Fate said before the owl simply hooted before absorbing into the pony her perched on. "These are some letters from your friends, well some of them are your friends I believe, and one of them i need to have a word with. Oh, and don't mind that dumb owl, he's my other half, I'll get to that later." Fate finished before the orb appeared again followed by the pony Twilight had described seeing. "Got him!" Life said energetically. "What is it? I'm very busy right now." Death spouted impatiently. "I need you to find this one on you list, and life is to bring them to me." Fate said handing one of the notes from the sack to Death. "Fine." Death said unconcerned.

As Life and Death delegated and argued with each other, Fate came to a realization, "Oh, Modesty, I almost forgot to thank you." Dawnsun, realizing he was the one referred to as Modesty, asked, "Thank me, for what exactly?" Fate smiled and said, "Why, for taring all those holes in my time space continuum of coarse." Dawnsun then gave an apologetic look before Fate said, "Oh, don't worry, while I am a little disappointed in your lack of concern for the fabric of reality, like some ponies we know." Fate said looking at Life who then apologized before continuing her argument with Death. "We can use those holes to send Intuition back to the perfect time!" Fate said with a smile, then realizing he forgot to mention Intuition. "Sorry, Intuition is my other half, he guides me as much as I guide him. He's our fifth element, I'm the sixth of coarse. But our elements are set up differently than Harmony and Entropy. But I'll explain later, for now, business!" He finished realizing Life and Death had found who they were looking for. "Good, now bring him back, we need him to restore the balance." Fate said signaling Life and Death to commence their strange ritual.

Spike began to regain his senses, he had a huge headache, and couldn't exactly remember what happened, he only remembered being extremely sad. His memories hit him like a brick wall, it all came back to him as he jolted up. He had by this time realized he was no longer in his home, or anywhere he could describe for that matter, he was surrounded by strange things, and a few strange looking ponies, Trixie he noticed was among them. "Trixie! What are you doing here!? And where is here anyway!?" Spike said half in shock. Trixie answered, "Hey Spike, I don't know exactly, this Fate guy talks in riddles." She said pointing a hoof at the tall figure in front of Spike. "Hello there Spike, I'm Fate, and I need your help with something." Fate said looking at Spike expectantly. "Okay." Spike said, "But I don't know how much help I can be." "Don't worry, I'll fill you in later, first we need to send you back." Fate said a large gateway opening up behind him. "Back? Back where?" Spike asked. "To make a long story short, you died, the Omniverse went to hell, and we're sending you back in time to fix it." Fate briefed Spike rather rapidly. "How am I supposed to fix it?" Spike quizzed. "Oh don't worry about that either, you're the first spirit of Intuition, well the first conscious one that is." Fate said, an energy seemed to flow out of him and into Spike, it stung him like a bee, but didn't hurt too bad. "I don't feel any different." Spike jested. "Oh, well, you shouldn't, it will work though, and I will be with you the whole time to make sure it does work; okay? Now off you go, I'll explain the details later." Fate said as he threw Spike into the gateway which then immediately closed up.

Spike was falling, he wasn't worried though, wasn't screaming either. All Spike could think was when on Equestria he would be. He soon got his answer as he slammed into his body. He was on his way back to Twilight's library from Sugar Cube Corner, this was when he promised himself he would win Rarity's heart. Spike soon became depressed, was it never meant to be. He couldn't help but wonder; Fate's voice took form in Spike's head, "Don't get to upset Spike your only this far back because we need you to stop some other things for us as well. Oh, and don't worry to much about Rarity; you're Intuition now remember, I'm sure you'll think of some way to win her heart." With some form of renewed confidence, Spike continued on his way to the library. Fate had set his new plan into motion, the young dragon of Intuition as his Champion.