Your Name Across The Multiverse -TWILIGHT SIDE-
Chapter 4
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Twilight quickly got in front of Twilah and used her magic to summon a protective barrier around the two of them as the figure slowly walked out of the shadows, revealing the figure to be a blue female pony with a rainbow mane as her guns were attached to robotic arms on her back. She put the guns away as they transformed into robotic wings, walked over to the computer in the room, and used the robotic arms to shut off the gravity.
"Woooooah!" shouted the girls as they landed on the floor. The blue pony walked over, put the video phone device in her mouth, and spoke through the robotic device on her back.
"Wanda, what happened? You said you were going to shut the gravity off within seconds? Also, who's the kid? I thought all the humans died on the moon base." said the robot-sounding device on the blue pony neck as she walked over to Twilah.
"She's not a horse, but she looks like you?" questioned the device.
"Hey!" replied Twilah in anger.
"How are you here?"
"Well..."
"She's, well, "us" are an alternate universe version of your "Wanda," which makes sense since we landed here in this gravity room. and there wasn't anyone else here. It means we swap places with her," replied Twilight; the blue pony just nodded and listened.
"I see. Okay, I believe you. Let's meet up with the others. They need help." said the pony as she started to walk out but was stopped by Twilah. She asked why she believed them so quickly, causing the pony to turn to them. "Wanda told me a story about saving a girl from being trapped in a time-travel space or something. If time travel is real, then the multiverse is real. Plus, even though "Wanda" looks like her, Wanda can't make barriers with her horn."
"Wait, Wanda has a horn!" shouted Twilight
"Yeah, the moon base experiment gave her one, but according to what Wanda told me, she can only move small objects and nothing else. Please don't ask me how. Come on; the others are fighting the Moon clan horses on the top floor of the Lunar Moon base. Follow me!" said the pony as she took off running.
The two followed the pony as she took flight with her robotic wings, passing several hallways, rooms, and areas. As they kept following, Twilah spoke to Twilight.
"Hey, in this universe, ponies are tested on? She asked about how our counterpart was given a horn. Plus, I notice her Barcode on her flank."
"Barcode?" asked Twilight, as she could see the mark on the blue pony flank. She thought it was a cutie mark.
"Yeah, barcodes encode product information into bars and alphanumeric characters, making it much faster and easier to ring up items at a store or track or trace an item. She has a barcode on her flank, meaning she was a product. A live animal test subject." explained Twilah.
"How do you know all this?"
"It's also common in my world where animals are tested on."
Twilight stopped and yelled at Twilah, who also stopped, making the blue pony turn to them and land near them.
"You experimented on animals! On ponies!? You monster! I would never do that! Never!"
"Wait! Twilight, it's not like that! Please, listen." said Twilah, as she tried to calm Twilight down, but she was too angry.
"What good reason could you have!?"
"Twilight, please, just listen to me!"
"ANSWER ME!" screamed Twilight as she glowed with a purple aura, and the moon shook.
"We use animals to learn more about health problems that affect both humans and animals and to assure the safety of new medical treatments!" explained Twilah as she tried to stand from all the shaking.
"HOW IS THAT ANY BETTER? YOU'RE STILL KILLING THEM! YOU MONSTER! YOU'RE WORSE THAN TIREK!"
"Who?"
"ANSWER ME!"
"We only take animals who are either dying from disease, are too sick to survive, or have injuries too severe to be treated successfully."
"THEN WHAT'S THE POINT!? THOSE ANIMALS COULD HAVE LIVED, BUT YOU HUMANS RATHER KILL THEM THEN FIND ANOTHER WAY TO HELP THEM!"
"Twilight, please; you have to trust me. I know how this looks, but I swear, we're only trying to help."
"HELP!? YOU'RE KILLING THEM AND CALLING IT HELP!" shouted Twilight, but in her royal Canterlot voice, making Twilah and the blue pony cover their ears.
"Twilight, I understand you're mad, but stop this! If we're on a moon base, then your yelling will break the glass hull and send everything into space, killing us!" shouted Twilah back.
"SO WHAT!? YOU'RE JUST GOING TO KILL MORE ANIMALS!"
"No, I'm not! I HATE ANIMAL TESTING! I SEAR TO YOU; I NEVER DONE SUCH A THING!"
"Liar! We humans are all the same! Liars! Cheaters! Monsters!" shouted a female robotic voice.
Twilah and the others turned to the front of the hallway, showing a large female horse. Her skin is pale, light grayish cerise, while her mane is moderate violet. Around her neck was the same device that Blue was wearing. Behind her were other colored horses carrying futuristic weapons on their robotic arm-back devices.
The horse walked forward; she had a cold stare and the same Barcode on her flank.
"We were once living creatures too, but we were turned into this thanks to you humans. You humans are monsters and must be put down."
Twilight rage faded as she realized who it was and tears fell from her eyes.
"Cadance?"
"Who?" said the Cadance as she turned to Twilight. "Wanda, you have finally seen the light and what humans are!"
"Wait, I'm not..." replied Twilight as she wiped her tears and tried to explain.
Before she could explain, a smoke grenade dropped between them and went off. Soon, a teleport porter appeared and created a gateway, and stepping out was a young woman with dark skin and long purple hair. She's wearing a white dress with light blue trim and open sides for her legs; her visor has a long horn. She quickly grabbed Twilah and tossed her in the gateway while trying to reach for Blue and Twilight, but Twilight's anger returned as she saw the human woman.
"YOU!" shouted Twilight as her magic aura started to glow again. The whole base shook harder, making everyone fall over. Twilight used her magic to remove the smoke, grabbing the human as she rose.
"Wanda, dear! What are you doing!" said the human woman, as she was terrified.
"You humans are monsters!"
"Wanda!? What? I'm no monster, darling!"
"LIAR!" shouted Twilight as she threw the woman to the other end of the hall.
"Wanda, what the hell!" shouted the cowboy as she jumped through the gateway and tossed a metal grenade at Twilight's body, making her lose her magic, rolling towards the human woman and pointing her revolver at Twilight.
"No, wait! Stop, don't shoot!" shouted Twilah on the other side of the gateway as she was being held down by the DJ and a teenage girl wearing an orange pilot jumpsuit and short purple hair.
"Wanda, I don't know what the fuck you are doing, but you crossed the line here! You hurt Coral, and you're going to fucking pay!" shouted the cowboy as she pulled the hammer back.
"AJ, hold on!" said the teenage girl as the blue pony rushed towards the cowboy and grabbed the revolver, pushing the gun down.
"Fake Wanda, stop! They aren't our enemies! It's not Wanda; it's another her, from another world!" explained the pony to both.
"What? Bullshit!" replied the cowboy as she pushed Blue off and quickly ran to the gateway with the woman in her arms and as they went through it, the gateway disappeared.
"Where did they go?" shouted a purple horse. Cadance looked at the ground and saw the device broken.
"It looks like they use the teleporter that the purple-haired woman has been carrying, meaning they are gone. For now, let's deal with "her"." ordered Cadance, as she pointed to Twilight and got up after the grenade fell off her as it lost power.
"Fake Wanda, I'm sorry! Please, just calm down!" pleaded the blue pony, but Twilight wasn't listening. She was breathing heavily, and her magic aura started to glow again.
"I'll never forgive humans! For what they did to you, to the ponies in this world, and everything!"
"Fake Wanda, please don't! I'm begging you, not here!" cried Blue, but she could see that the Cadance and the others were slowly surrounding them, so she opened her robotic wings, jumped into the air, and looked at Twilight before escaping as she flew off.
"Where are you going? Come back here and face me, you coward!" shouted Cadance, but Blue was long gone.
Twilight was left alone in the hallway, and the Cadance looked alike. Her horse companions surrounded her as they prepared their weapons, but the Cadance stopped them as she sat near Twilight.
"Sister, calm yourself. You're finally home again, away from those dirty humans."
"What? No, I'm not," replied Twilight.
"You're still afraid of them, right? They did terrible things to you, didn't they? Forcing you to work for them. In that organization, Element Watchers?" whispered Cadnace as she started to cry, hugging Twilight. "Fighting in that war! Don't worry; you're safe now, Six. My dear and sweet little six."
Twilight was speechless; she couldn't believe what she heard, but feeling Cadnace's neck over hers was warm.
"Cadance..." cried Twilight as she hugged her back. Twilight knew it wasn't her Cadnace, but it was great to see someone she knew.
"Who the fuck are you?" barks the cowboy as she points her gun at Twilah, who is sitting on a bench in their damaged spaceship.
"What?"
"Who are you? No other humans are meant to be here after what happened 25 years ago."
"25 years?" replied Twilah, but that just made the cowboy angry. She was about to shoot but was stopped by the teenager.
"Take a chill pill, Alex! She's a kid like me! Are you going to shoot her?"
"Stay out of this, Dive!"
"Please, Miss Cowboy? I don't know what's going on here, but please stop pointing that gun at me. I swear, I'm not from here. From this universe."
"Bullshit!"
"Alex, calm down. I'm sure we can get answers. Let's hear her out," the DJ replied as she played music.
"Fuck you, Low Beat, and stop playing that shitty music!" shouted Alex as she turned to the DJ, kicking the turntable out of her hands and crashing on the floor.
"Dude!" shouted Low Beat.
"Fuck you and fuck your music!"
"Alex!" shouted Coral as she got up from the chair.
"What?!"
"Stop swearing!"
"Fucking No!"
"Why are you always like this?" shouted Coral as she threw her hands up as Twilah looked at the others.
"Look, I understand that I'm not welcome here since you think I'm an enemy or something, but I'm not. The blue pony was telling the truth: I'm not from this world. After going through a portal, we just ended up on this moon base, but I'm not from here. Just listen..."
"Fine, talk," replied the cowboy as she crossed her arms and leaned against the wall. The teenage girl walked over to the DJ and helped her pick up the turntable while the two were listening.
Twilah explained everything up to getting here. After she was done, Alex started laughing at her story. Multiverse? That's all made up to her.
"I swear, I'm not lying!"
"Sure, kid, whatever you say. Next, you'll tell me I'm a pony who works on an apple farm or something. please."
"Please, you have to believe me!"
"We believe," replied Beat as Twilah and Alex looked at her and the others.
"You have to be joking?" asked Alex as she looked at the others. "I don't believe a fucking word of it. It's bullshit."
"Alex, we have a manufactured super genius pony who helped Pink Streamer with her time travel problem. There's Spike and his weird dragon magic sword, which looks like hard lights but isn't. The multiverse can be real. Plus, how else can a human be up here other than us? How can she explain that? It's either aliens or a multiverse theory," explained Dive as Beat and Coral nodded in agreement.
"I still don't believe it. Look, I'll play nice and give you the benefit of the doubt, but if you pull a fast one, I'll shoot you. Understand?"
"Yeah, I do."
"Good. Now, get some rest and think of a plan for stopping that weapon from going off again, and I need a drink," said Alex as she walked away.
"Weapon? No other humans? Horse with sci-fi weapons! Can anyone care to explain?"
"Sure thing, darling. We're on a mission to destroy a weapon that the moon horse had created. The weapon is a solar energy microwave transmitter, and it has already destroyed part of New York City. Element Watchers sent us to stop it and finally recover the moon base from the horses," Coral explained.
"Element Watchers?"
"An organization was created to stop threats like this," explained Beat as she started to play with her turntables.
"And the moon horses?"
"25 years ago, intelligent, genetically engineered horses took over the moon base. The moon base staff were all killed as they were tossed into space. Only one escape from the base that day, and that was Wanda," explained Dive as she pressed a button on the computer, revealing a hologram screen showing a group of soldiers recovering a poorly designed, manufactured escape pod, and a female soldier was holding a filly Twilight as she was holding a pair of glasses and a photo with her psychic powers.
"That was 25 years ago, and now she's working with us. She's here to stop the weapon and hope to bring peace to the moon horses. I'm sure when we find her and let her explain herself, we-" explained Coral, but stopped herself and remembered this wasn't their Wanda right now. "Oh, right. It's your friend, Twilight Sparkle. Not our Wanda."
"Twilight's a good pony. Please try not to think the worst of her after what she did. She's just learning...how shitty humans can be," muttered Twilah as she looked down and remembered Twilight and how she acted after learning how animals are tested on.
"What do you mean?" asked Beat as she stopped playing music and looked at Twilah.
"In her world, it's primarily ponies and other creatures, but no humans. She just learned that we test on animals and how bad it can be. Some can be evil.
Outside the ship's main room, Blue was listening to the group before a gun was pointed at her; it was Alex. She returned with a jug of beer and saw the ship ramp was down.
"I see that you are still here. So, are you going to answer my question, or are you going to run again, Barcode?" asked Alex as she took a sip.
"What did you say earlier? About a weapon? Wanda told me she was here to stop something."
"I'll make it simple for you so you can understand that a weapon is a machine used for hurting or killing people, okay? Get it? Good, now where is this weapon? If we don't stop it in the next hour, Element Watchers are going to fire every damn missile at this base. Wanda begged them to allow this mission to happen. She wanted to save you all. So, I'm only asking nicely once. Where is the weapon?"
"I believe it's the Observatory room, where the others live. I suppose they recreate the telescope to focus the energy from the solar energy reactor and blast the energy beam at the Earth," explained Barcode.
"Good, then let's get going. You can come along if you want, but you had better avoid trying any fun business. If you do, I'll kill you. Got it."
"I'll help, but please don't hurt them. Any of them."
"Them, meaning the other horses? The ones that killed the moon staff and tossed their bodies into space. The ones that fired that death beam and killed many people, including my siblings!" replied Alex, her hand shaking as she pulled back the hammer and wanted to pull the trigger at Barcode but didn't, as she let her arm fall to her side.
Barcode turned around and could see Alex crying as she finally let her sibling's deaths set in.
"Grandma was taking them to see New York City for the summer... I couldn't be there... I was busy doing nothing on my ass back at HQ."
Barcode didn't know what to say, so she watched Alex cry.
"When word got to us, Wanda and I took a ship and headed there. Seeing, dear God, the death and destruction, it was hell. My siblings and grandma were all dead. Wanda tried to find them, but it was a lost cause. No one could live through that. Wanda saw my family as her own when she was still young. I took her to see my folks when they were still alive. She took it hard as well."
"I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault," replied Alex as she wiped the tears from her face and took a sip.
"You should know, the horses here are smart and know their way around an old flawed gun. They won't go down easy."
Alex laughed as she spun her revolver around and did tricks before putting it away.
"Don't worry, I don't go down easy. The old girl never let me down."
Back in the control room, the group talked about what they should do and about Twilight. Until Alex entered the room, he was drinking an enormous amount from the beer jug, causing Coral to swear under her breath.
"Alex, I thought I told you to stop drinking."
"I don't take orders from you, Coral. "You aren't my mom and never will be."
"Can we have a civil discussion about what's going on?" asked Dive
"Sure thing, I already talked with Barcode; she's ahead of us. The weapon is in the observatory room. Dive, is your mecha fix or what?"
"Almost all the boosters are still offline, but Scoots can still walk, and weapons are online now."
"Good, we're counting on you to take down that weapon or not."
"Don't worry, we will stop it before the missiles are fired!" said Beat as she became serious and looked at Dive, who nodded and smiled.
"Good. As for you, kid, You are staying here."
"What!" shouted Twilah as she stood up. "I'm going with you! Twilight might hurt you, guys! I can talk her down, and what's this about missiles?"
"If you don't stop the weapon in the next hour, a shit ton of hell fire is going to hit this base. Killing us all, and from what I saw, your friend isn't in a listening mood, but..."
"But what?"
"You can come only because I trust you. I think that's what Wanda would have said—just don't let me down."
Twilah nodded as she followed the others off the ship, seeing Dive enter in her small robot called Scoots. It was an orange-fat humanoid robot that was short. The arms were short, with a long barrel cannon arm on the right and a Gatling gun on the left.
"Scoots, activate. Dive, ready for action." cheered Dive as Scoots did a pose and was ready to go.
"Let's get going; we have 40 minutes," said Alex as she took the lead, and the group headed off.
Twilight was being led down a long hallway by Cadance and her group, wondering where they were going. She had a bad feeling and wanted to run, but the guards' weapons made her stay in place.
"Where are you taking me?"
"To Equestria," replied Cadance.
Twilight's ears shot up as she heard her universe name and was confused.
"Equestria?"
"Yes, the town we made in the Observatory room, where the rest of our kind lives."
Twilight was confused until they stopped in front of a large door. It revealed a giant observatory dome room, full of horses and their houses. The room was a circle, and the walls were covered in computers and hologram screens, showing the moon and the Earth. The center of the room had a weird-looking telescope with a giant glass tube in the middle, and inside was a rainbow-looking sun. Twilight was confused as she looked around, seeing a town where all the horses were living, and was shocked.
"Welcome home, my dear. To Equestria."
Twilight was speechless; she saw other versions of ponies she knew from her world, like Lyra, Trixie, and so on. This was shocking, and she was a bit scared, seeing so many horses living on the moon base, until she felt a hoof on her shoulder. It was Cadance and Twilight looking at her, who had a smile on her face.
"Come, let's get you settled."
Twilight nodded and followed. She still didn't trust Cadnace, but seeing her ponies again was comforting. Twilight hoped to find the others, her friends, here if they were, but she could now rest and think about what to do.
Cadance led Twilight to an office section near the town, and they entered the office room on the side. She didn't notice it, but the owner of the office was called Dr. Wanda. Cadance let her sit on a dust-covered chair as she ordered her guards to leave them, but one stayed.
"Now, why did you change your mind, Six? You said you would stand by the humans when you came to us, to me."
Twilight didn't understand until she remembered what had happened, so she answered the truth: she wasn't Wanda, and she came from another universe and was looking for a rainbow shard so they could jump to the next universe. Cadance wasn't buying it but asked Twilight about Twilah and why she was fighting with her. Twilight answered truthfully again, saying Twilah told her how her kind tested animals.
"She's right. Humans are evil creatures. They tested every older horse here; lucky for them, the young ones never have to experience that, unlike the six little fillies. It's why we took a stand and took over. Do you remember that, Six? Three does."
"Three...?"
Twilight didn't understand what she was saying but clearly didn't believe her about being from another universe. Twilight tried to explain again but could feel a device placed around her horn by the guard who hadn't left the room. She could feel her magic being shut off somehow.
"That will stop your psychic powers for now. I can't trust you yet, not till you remember. I'm sorry. I know this isn't fair, but you must remember the truth...and understand why the humans must burn," sadly said Cadance as she ordered the guard to tie Twilight to the chair with metal chains. Soon, the office blackboard turned on, revealing a young woman with blue, pink, and green hair and wearing a lab coat as she spoke about the six test subjects.
"What's going on? Why am I here? I told you I didn't know about this. Let me go! Please! I don't belong here!" shouted Twilight as the screen started to play.
"This is Dr. Wanda; we just got our six test subjects for the harmony gene therapy! With this, we can start moving forward. Here they are!" cheered Dr. Wanda as the crew wheeled six small fillies in a large box. All six were together, scared as they saw Wanda. "Don't be scared, little ones. You're in safe hands." Wanda said with a warm smile, causing Twilight to freak out, as she knew who this Wanda person was, and worst of all, she knew who the six little fillies in the box were.
"No! Stop this!"
"Do you remember them, Six? The six little fillies. You were number 6," whispered Cadance as he left the room, leaving the guard to watch the entrance.
"Day 5, the little ones warmed up to me! They're so cute!" laughed Wanda. She had a pink one on her lap while the others were playing behind her, and the crew built six cages for them. "I know we're testing them, but keeping them in a cage feels wrong. They are just too adorable."
"They aren't puppies, Wanda! We are testing the harmony gene!" shouted a black-skinned man with long black hair and glasses.
"I know, but can we give them names?"
"Sure, whatever. Just don't get too attached to them," replied the man as he checked on the cages.
"Oh my god! Thank you, Dr. John! Okay, let's name the light brown one, Apple; the pink one, Pinkie; the white one, Diamond; the yellow one, Butter; the blue one, Three, and the purple one, Six!"
"Why were the last two numbers called?" asked Dr. John as he faced her.
"One of them is named Three since their code number is all 3's, and the purple is Six because I love six."
"Weirdo. Whatever, have fun with your project."
"Thank you!" cheered Wanda as the screen went off and another video started to play.
"This is day 21; Harmony was given to the fillies a week ago, and they seemed to be changing!"
"What is this?" asked Twilight as she watched the fillies eating, playing, and running around their cage.
"Pinkie is starting to learn how to do math by touching the screen in her cage. Of course, being hyper Pinkie, she touches the screen with her nose rather than with her hooves like the others. The others show the same level of intelligence. Though Six is showing much more intelligence, I will watch her closely."
The video went dark until a new one came on.
Dr. Wanda was sitting in her chair and was about to say something when she could hear banging coming from Pinkie's cage. She hurried over and saw blood shooting out. Twilight hearts stink.
"Shit, Pinkie is killing herself; help me open her cage!" shouted Wanda as the crew opened Pinkie's cage and rushed in. Wanda could see her forehead split open and bleeding, and she quickly wrapped it as Pinkie was shaking in pain and screaming.
The video ended, and another started.
Dr. Wanda was sitting in her chair, and her lab coat was covered in blood.
"Day 24, Pinkie has died. Her brain thoughts seemed too much for her, so she started to bang her head on the math touch screen."
"Wanda! Are you ok?" shouted a female voice as a woman in a lab coat entered the room, who had tan skin and long red hair.
"No, I'm not okay," cried Wanda; in the background, the fillies were crying, but it seemed Apple was crying the hardest.
The video ended, and the next one started to load while Twilight was crying.
"Day 27, the fillies are getting used to Pinkie's death in a freezer. The others are learning from the math screens, and Apple seems to be in pain. She's going to be checked later today."
The video went black but quickly returned the same day, as Wanda looked heartbroken.
"Apple's brain had, dear God, turned into mush... She had been in so much pain, and now she was dead. My poor apple."
The video ended, and the next one played.
"Day 39,
"Diamond died today from starvation. Her mind became broken. The poor thing just stood there until she died.
"It seems Butter, Six, and Three are showing signs of depression after what happened. Their minds seem fine, and their intelligence is higher than before. Six is the highest, but three is slowly catching up. We are trying to make them forget about Apple and Diamond."
Video ended
Twilight was crying her heart out, seeing how this universe of her friends died, but the video wasn't done.
The next video started.
Day 45
Wanda looked awful. She turned to the cages and could hear Butters moaning in pain. She could see the yellow filly trying to stand up and look out, but her little head was mutated and deformed, as blood was oozing out of her ears. Wanda got up and walked to her cage, opening it. She took a deep breath.
"NOOOO!" screamed Twilight as she could hear Butters being choked to death as Wanda whispered it would be over soon. Six and three looked away in fear.
The video ended.
Twilight was in shock, crying her eyes out and shaking. This was too much; it wasn't fair. Why did they have to die? These humans were truly monsters!
"THEY'RE MONSTERS!" shouted Twilight.
"Some are."
Twilight looked at the door and saw Blue standing there as she killed the guard by breaking his neck.
"You...how are you here? How did you find me?" asked Twilight.
"This was once my home," replied Blue as she walked in.
"Home? Wait, you are three, aren't you?"
"Yes. I'm so sorry you had to see this."
"Why!? Why did they do that to you?"
Three said nothing as she walked to the computer screen and played the remaining videos.
Day 76
"Three and six are doing well! It seemed the Harmony test was a success! They are smart, faster, and stronger! Six even has a horn! It seems Six is much smarter than Three, but that is understandable since she's the most intelligent of the six!" smiled Wanda as she held both fillies in her arms. "You two are the saviors of humanity."
Day 80
Wanda was in her chair, drinking tea and looking at the cages.
"Six has been acting weird lately. I mean, she's still smart, but she's more clingy and dependent on Three as well. It's almost like how sisters will act," said Wanda as she headed to the cage and opened it, only for the fillies to jump on her and try to say something, but Six spoke.
"Mommy!"
Wanda dropped her cup and hugged the fillies.
"Oh my God, did you just call me mommy? You did!"
Video ended
Twilight could feel tears running down her face as she watched Wanda, her other self-mother figure, be so happy, but Blue wasn't smiling as the following video started.
Day 126
Six and three walked around the base with the other horses and scientists. Three held Six Hoof, and they heard people talking about them.
"Wow! Look at them! They are so smart!"
"I heard those little foals would end the chaos back on earth."
"That is what we hope. I don't want any more kids dying."
Six and Three looked at each other, wondering why people were cheering and saying such things.
Day 128,
"We had the two little ones in the VR machine and had them walk around. It was so cute! Six wanted to hold my hand, saying she was scared, which I didn't mind. Three was brave as she jumped into the ocean alone, unlike Six, who needed me to join, as the VR room she picked was the beach theme. They soon started to make sandcastles! My girls are so cute!"
Day 160,
"We will test their strength, speed, and intelligence."
video skips
"Three has more speed than her sister! She is also pretty cocky. Six was upset about that, and both started to fight. Yup, they're like sisters. Even had to put them in time out!"
Day 200
"Three grew wings last night. We're watching her closely, but this might delay sending the whole thing! What is it, Six?" asked Wanda as Six jumped into her lap.
"When is Three coming back?"
"Soon, sweetie."
"But when?"
"Soon, soon."
The video ends, and the three last videos start.
Wanda was in her chair, at night, holding Three and Six. Three had been crying. Wanda looked at the screen.
"Three were tested. I wasn't told about the testing; they returned her this morning. She's been like this all day. She can't tell me what happened because she can't talk. Though Six tells me she tried to be brave,
Wanda looked at the sleeping fillies, hugged them tightly, and cried.
"My poor little girls. You're not a test subject. You're my babies, my daughters... I'm sorry."
The video ended, and another started.
Day365
It was nighttime, and Wanda was carrying a cake for the girls.
"Happy birthday, Six and Three. This is for you."
"Happy birthday!" cheered the three as the two fillies blew out the candles.
What did you two wish for?" asked Wanda.
Three tried to talk but could only mumble until Wanda put a device around her neck.
"What's this?" said Three through the device, causing her to smile and speak nonstop.
"I want to see the blue moon!" shouted Six as she ate her cake.
Wanda smiled, and soon, the tape skipped to Wanda setting up the camera, walking back, and picking up the girls as she asked the computer system to open the shutters. Soon, both fillies could see the blue Earth.
"Girls, don't see the world as it was, but as it could be. One day, you two will save the world. Be the heroes the Earth needs. You'll bring a dawn for everyone to see and treasure! Please don't hate us for what we did here. It was all for the kids in that world. You gave them a chance to live. Please, don't hate them," cried Wanda as she hugged the girls tight.
The video ended.
Twilight could feel her heart being ripped in two, and she soon heard Three talking.
"25 years ago, there was a brain disease that attacked young kids. It started small but soon became a worldwide outbreak near the year we came to the moon. They were testing a new form of gene therapy on the moon base. It took a year, but the versions they used on us were recreated and had a 100% cure rate. They were going to send the files when..."
The last video started.
"I won't let you!" screamed Wanda as she pushed Dr. John and others away from the fillies. "They have a right to live! You can't kill them!"
"What is wrong with you? They are getting too advanced! We can't let them live when we already have the cure for the disease. We already ordered the others to be killed."
"NO!"
"Fine, you leave me no choice," said Dr. John as he ordered the guards to take her away. Suddenly, everyone could hear a noise outside. Soon, the horse ran inside the room and killed the guards with their stolen weapons. Dr. John saw Cadance walking in.
"69? How?"
Soon, everyone was forced out of the room, while Wanda was writing something on the back of two photos she had and giving it to Six and Three before being taken away and her glasses falling off as she tried fighting back and calling for her daughters. The video continued until the girls broke out of their cage and knocked over the camera. Three soon dragged the camera, as the wires were caught around her body, while Six was behind her, carrying the photos and glasses. They soon stopped at the same place where they had seen the Earth. Both of them sat there, as they could see the floating bodies of the staff outside in space. Soon, they both saw her as her lifeless body floated by.
"MOMMY!" cried the two.
video ended
Twilight couldn't believe her eyes, as tears were falling.
"So, the horses kill the humans on the base?" asked Twilight.
"Yes, it's how they took control of the base. Once they killed all the humans, the Lunar Moon base was renamed 'The Moon Colony.' My sister was the only one to get out. I thought she left me behind, but she told me the truth: she couldn't stop the launch. She went on to live and honor our mother. She became what our mother always wanted. I never hated humans; some are evil, but there is good. My sister and I saw it firsthand with our mother, and my sister kept seeing it on Earth. The people she met, all the good she did, and seeing the grown kids with the brain disease were all cured. Yes, it wasn't very good, but I'd gladly do it over again if it meant saving all those kids' lives. Everyone has a right to see the world as it could be. See that dawn and treasure it."
Twilight looked at her, as she could hear Wanda saying that last line from the video that Wanda said to them. She now understands why she was shown the video: to learn that not all humans are monsters. Some are good, as their teachings pass on to others, creating more good souls. Will it forgive their evil actions? No, but she can understand why they did it.
Three broke free of the chains, releasing Twilight, and looked at her as they could hear fighting in the Observatory.
"The others are already here! We need to hurry!" shouted Three as she and Twilight returned to the Observatory.
Once they entered, they could see the others fighting the horses.
Alex fought a few horse guards while Beat and Coral backed her up. Meanwhile, Dive was firing at the weaponized telescope while Twilah was inside with Dive. It was cramped, but the two were making the most of it.
"Come on, dive! You can do it!" shouted Twilah as she typed away on the computer and ensured the weapon was aimed at the gun.
"How much more can this thing take? I'm starting to get low here!" shouted Dive as she continued firing at the weapon as the glass core cracked.
"Just a few more!" shouted Twilah as she could see the damage forming on the core, but soon noticed the rainbow shard in her pocket started to glow.
Dive could see the glass was about to crack, and she fired her last round and the glass finally broke, and the weapon exploded.
"YES!" shouted Twilah and Dive before the mecha was smacked by something, tossing them to the wall and badly damaging the mecha.
Dive was knocked out, and Twilah could see a large hole in the side of the mecha. Whatever hit them easily cut through the robot's steel and seemed to be heading their way, as she could hear Alex yelling at them.
"Damn it. Come on, I need you to wake up; we need to move," said Twilah as she shook her friend awake.
Twilah pulled Dive out of the mecha through the hole, and soon, he could see a giant horse robot. It had a long, sharp horn, the very same thing that hit them. Soon, the cockpit opened to reveal Cadance was piloting it.
"Oh no, you don't," said Twilight as she and Three joined them.
"Oh my. Suppose it isn't the traitor, three. I see you joined the humans again, Six," said Cadance in a cold tone.
"Stop this! Sixty-nine!" shouted Three as she pointed her guns at her.
"No! I'm the leader of the moon colony. You and your sister are nothing but traitors! Six went on to live with those monsters! While you believe that evil woman was your mother! But I will set things right. The Moon Colony will become the world, and the humans will learn who is in charge."
Cadance closed the cockpit, and the mecha horse horn glowed bright orange. She soon charged at them.
Twilight used her magic to block the attack, but she could see the horn was superheated as it burned through the barrier.
"Everyone run!" shouted Twilight.
Alex and Coral were able to arrive, grab Dive, and escape, while Twilah stayed with Twilight. She could see the shard getting brighter. She looked around and saw the weapon core that had been destroyed holding the other shard.
"Twilight! The shard!"
Twilight looked where Twilah was pointing and could also see the rainbow shard.
"The other shard," said Twilah, as she was about to go to it, but a metal tail claw grabbed the shard and brought it to the mecha horse's face.
"I'm not letting you have our only means of fighting back!" shouted Cadance
"IT'S NOON SOMEWHERE!" shouted Alex as she was on top of a building, with glowing eyes, as she aimed at the tail joints and fired her revolver.
The bullet hit each joint spot, causing the joints to break off. The shard dropped as a gateway appeared midair, catching it and falling into Coral's hand. She tossed it to Beat, who flew nearby and caught it. She flew to Twilight and the others and threw it.
Twilah grabbed the shard as she could feel herself getting warmer. As the area started to become a prism around her and Twilight, reality started to fall apart around her.
"What's going on?" questioned Cadance as she saw the weird events around her.
Soon, the shards started to fuse and create a rainbow pillar, blinding everyone, but Alex could hear a voice in her radio ear set as her radio was working again.
"What? Yeah, I can hear you! "What!" shouted Alex as she looked out of the dome glass window and saw missiles heading their way. "WE GOT MISSILE HEADING OUR WAY! FUCKERS, LAUNCH THEM EARLY!"
Everyone heard her, causing Twilight to take action, but she stopped as Three touched her shoulder.
"You need to head home! This isn't your problem. It's ours."
"But what about..."
"It's okay. My mother wanted me to be a hero. Wanda did her part, and now it's mine turn!" said Three as she opened her wings and jetted off to the airlock, putting on a space helmet.
Soon, Twilight and Twilah could feel their very existence being torn apart and merging before finally disappearing into the rainbow pillar.
Three had a space suit on now. She was looking at a photo she took out of her robotic backpack and smiled as the airlock opened.

end of Chapter 4
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