Author's Note

Again, warning for this chapter. Self harm happens in this chapter.

Chapter 9: Those That Don't Want To Listen

Spark opened her eyes, seeing that she was upside down and leaning against a damaged wooden wall at the maze entrance. She tried moving a bit but felt something behind her back, making her look back and see the evil Twilight creature, its eyes spinning from the rolling they were just in.

"Oh, I'm sorry!"

She tried to get off but heard muffing coming from between her chest, making her down and blush.

"FAYTH!?"

Spark rolled off the creature and quickly stood up, trying to get Fayth out between her chest like before. But like always, it was a tough time as the small-sized girl was stuck in her chest damn good.

"HMM!" Fayth kept mumbling, while her arms flailing around, and her body wiggling like crazy.

Spark sighed and with one quick push, Fayth was free from her prison and breathing hard. Spark carefully set her down and dusted her off, while Fayth tried to get the soft and warm feelings of Spark's chest from out of her mind, while the evil creature stood up, glaring at Spark, and was ready to fight again.

"FRIEN-"

But it was cut off by Fayth, who started to scream at Spark.

"DAMN COW! I SWEAR YOU DO ENJOY SEEING ME BETWEEN THOSE UTTERS!" Fayth smacked Spark's chest, making them jiggle.

"HEY!" Spark glared at her. "I do not! You're just a pervert!"

"I'M NOT THE PERVERT!" Fayth smacked Spark's chest once more. "YOU ARE!"

Spark blushed red as she placed her hand on Fayth's forehead, stopping her from attacking her again. Fayth growled, hating that Spark was bigger than her, and was using it to her advantage.

"Stop being a pervert with all those slapping!"

"FUCK YOU!"

The creature blinked a few times, trying to process what it was seeing, as the two kept fighting with each other.

"DAMN YOU! USING YOUR STUPID SIZE AGAINST ME!" screamed Fayth, flailing her arms in a helicopter motion, and doing her best to attack Spark but finally calmed down a bit as she stood there, somewhat out of breath. "I don't understand, in each rewrite, you were never this size..." She slowly glared at Spark's chest, then her own chest. "Damn you, why are you so big, and I'm not? Is this some kind of sick joke? I'm the living embodiment of Fate! Destiny! But yet, somehow fate is screwing me over and giving you more than me!"

Spark raised an eyebrow and was confused by what she was saying. "W-what?"

Fayth smacked Spark's hand away, which was rubbing her head all caring-like.

"You truly an awful version of 'her'! Each version was different in their own right, but YOU!" she pointed at Spark's face. "YOU have to be the worst, and I HATE IT! I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU! YOU TRULY A TWISTED VERSION OF 'HER'!"

Spark gave a sad reaction to Fayth's outburst. "Fayth, I know you restarted the multiverse many times and fought different versions of me, but I need to know something." Spark tried to reach out to her, it felt like she had done this before to Fayth like in another time...like they were...

Fayth glared at Spark, not wanting her anywhere near her, and was about to say something but a black beam shot toward Spark, making her get hit by it and sent flying back. Fayth smirked as she slowly turned to the dark creature.

"Of course, I'm not the only one who hates you, you know?" Fayth chuckled, as she slowly backed away.

The creature charged up its horn, getting ready to fire another dark beam at Spark, but suddenly, It started to twitch and drop to its knees, in pain.

"F-Friends...?"

The creature held its chest like it was trying to rip it open with its hooves. Fayth tsk at this. knowing the host was trying to fight back.

"So, trying to fight back huh?" She walked up to the creature and leaned in her head to whisper into the creature's ear. "Don't you remember why you like this? It's because of HER!" She pointed toward Spark, who was getting up. "If she never came to you, you wouldn't be suffering like this." She placed her hand under its chin, making it stare at Spark. "She believes that sad endings can become happy ones if you just move forward and find happiness. Not by forcing it, but you know, the truth..."

"It can never happen," finished the creature, its voice now filled with hatred and anger but also with young Twilight and Alice's voices mixed in.

Fayth smiled, seeing the creature was still on her side.

"That's right! You and I will make sure all life in the multiverse comes to an end. If you two couldn't have a happy life, why should the other versions of you have a happy life!" Fayth chuckled as the creature slowly stood up and walked up to Spark, its dark aura was now more intense. Fayth smirked once more. as she spoke to the host now. "Or live a life without your friends? Why should you live on, while your friends are dead and gone? That hardship you carry, it will never leave, and it will continue to grow and grow."

The host within the creature shook and growled, trying to fight off Fayth's control but was having a hard time, as its dark aura was growing in strength. Spark quickly shouted to it.

"No! That hardship you carry, it will hurt a lot, and it might never go away, but one day, it will become bearable, and you'll learn to live with it." Spark started to walk closer, ignoring the danger in front of her, and slowly reached her hand out. "You just need to move forward, keep walking that path, it's yours and no one else's. And you'll find happiness, I know you will. Your friends believe in you and your happiness."

The creature was twitching as it fought Fayth's control but slowly started to calm down and the dark aura was less intense. It slowly looked up at Spark's hand.

"Friends..."

Static

Canterlot was quiet, as the night blanketed the land. The streets were empty and the shops were closed. Everyone was asleep, while a few others were doing things like partying at night rave. The street lamps lit up as a unicorn used their magic to light the flames, while a cloaked figure walked past them.

The cloaked pony kept walking down the empty street, while above them were dark clouds forming, as a storm was coming to the city. The cloaked figure kept walking, heading toward a huge church-like building. On the giant doors, were the symbols of the Elements of Harmory. They just stared at it, until the wind started to pick up, blowing the hood back, revealing its Twilight. Without a word, she used her magic to push the doors open and enter it.

Inside the church, she could hear the magical hymn coming from the walls, as she entered the main area, which is the altar room. She walked up to the altar, which was a disk bowl of water. She looked inside of it, seeing her reflection.

"I haven't aged in a thousand years, while my friends have grown old, and died. They were happy with their lives, but I... I'm not."

She looked up at the stained glass windows, seeing her friends in them, as they were remembered as heroes and became legends to the current Equestria. She took a deep breath and spoke to the window, knowing the ones she was speaking to were listening.

"I tried to move on, tried to live with your deaths, but I can't."

Twilight's ears twitched as she could hear the rainfall hitting the roof of the building. She slowly turned around, as the wind blew inside, making the flames of the torches burn brighter.

"You told me that my happiness will come. That it will take time. But I can't take it anymore!"

Twilight was now angry, as the flames of the torches flared up even more, as a reaction to Twilight's emotions.

"I can't live in this world, without you all! So please..."

Thunder could be heard outside the church, as Twilight looked at the stained glass windows, her friends were looking down at her, with smiles.

"If my happiness can't be here, then..."

The lightning flashed, lighting the church. Twilight looked down, listening to the magical tune playing through the holy building. The torches were blown out, making her summon a small candle with her magic.

"I miss you all so much. I loved being on my own, but..." she started to cry, the weather outside worsening. "But living every day, knowing I won't see any of you again, I don't know what to do anymore..." The weather blew the doors open, her tears falling from her cheeks and hitting something that she was holding in her hoof. The metal surface reflected her crying face. Twilight slowly raised the object, revealing it was a knife. "It's so lonely..." the candle blew out, but a rainbow-glowed star appeared within the darkness, making Twilight turn to it.

"Twilight Sparkle, of this universe. I need your aid," said Spark, glowing as a bright rainbow light. "I read of your universe, how-huh?" Spark stopped as she saw the knife in Twilight's hoof.

"W-Who are you?" asked Twilight, slowly raising her knife at Spark.

Spark blinked a few times, understanding what Twilight was going to use the knife for. "I'm Rainbow Spark, someone who believes in moving forward." Spark zipped open her puffy rainbow jacket, revealing the cutie mark on her chest as it glowed brightly. "You can say that's my talent."

"Hope?" replied Twilight, slowly lowering the knife, and was shocked by what she was hearing. "How?" She studied Spark's body, seeing how very different she was from her but something felt weird like she was looking at herself and someone else, but she couldn't figure out who.

Spark slowly raised her hands up to show that she was harmless and slowly walked toward Twilight. "It's just who I am. Thanks to my mothers, the group of heroes who saved my dear sisters, my sister's friends, and of course." She couldn't help but smile with pride yet, there was sadness in it. "My sisters showed and taught me to move forward in life. No matter how sad and horrible it is, as long as you move forward, you can find happiness. It may not happen when you expect, and it might take a while. But, you can find it." She slowly reaches out her hand to Twilight, asking for the knife. "Your friends are gone, and it's a sad ending for you, but it can become a happy one. Just keep moving forward."

Twilight felt the sadness within Spark's voice, as she was talking.

"Even if the happy ending doesn't happen right away, but the fact you kept moving forward, makes it better."

"Even when my friends are gone?"

"Yeah, it hurts and you feel empty and lonely, but you just have to keep moving forward and you can find it."

Twilight's magical aura somewhat faded a bit. "Find what?"

Spark finally stood in front of her, slowly grabbing the knife handle and teleporting it away. "The spark. That spark that resides in the hearts of all, and you once felt that spark, Twilight. You'll see that happiness that was once lost. It'll come back to you, and you'll smile once more. You can't live for the past and your friends. You have to live for yourself and what the future holds for you." She lowers herself to Twilight's level, placing her hands on her cheeks. "The future is waiting for you. The future is where your happiness will wait."

Twilight was silent, but she couldn't stop the tears from falling down her cheeks.

"I know it's a hard thing to ask. It's hard to live on when those you care about are gone. But, you're not alone. You have others that care for you and love you."

Twilight finally smiled and couldn't help but nod, making Spark smile back and pull her in a hug.

static

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"FRIENDS!" screamed the creature, smacking Spark's hand away and firing its black beam at her.

Spark is able to act quickly and create a shield in front of herself, blocking the beam in time.
The dark creature kept up its attack, marching forward as it screamed at Spark. "LIAR! FRIENDS ARE GONE! I DON'T HAVE OTHERS WHO CARE OR LOVE ME! I, BEING ALL ALONE AND FOR WHAT!?" it unleashed a powerful surge of magical energy in its beam, making Spark's shield crack a bit.

Spark closed her eyes, trying to focus her magic on the shield while remembering the other Twilight and Alice saying those same words.

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"We were all alone and for what!? Answer us, Spark! You came here, telling us that Fayth was wrong! That our lives were meant to be a happier one but she changed it but the real truth is you're lying to us! She showed us the truth!" screamed Twilight with tears in her eyes and being held by Alice, trying to comfort her.

Alice placed Twilight's head in her chest and turned to Spark. "She showed us how every other version of us and how happy they are in their universe! Fayth told us that our lives were fated to be this awful!" She turned to Fayth, who was just standing there, watching with a fake sad expression. "She told us if we help her by creating more of this energy, that she can reach the Creation Tree of Elyndra, and our suffering can finally end! No more sad endings, no more death and sorrow. Only a world full of true happiness and joy." Alice looked up above them, seeing a dark star that looked almost like Twilight's cutie mark, as the Prism Windows filled the tree the branches like leaves.

"Alice..." Twilight cried as Alice gently kissed her head and whispered in her ear.

"Don't worry. We'll find happiness."

Alice turned her attention back to Spark, who was still there, and just stood there, not sure what to say.

"Well, are you going to say something or what?!" shouted Alice, getting tired of the silence.

Spark looked at Alice, then down at the ground. "Like I said, you just need to keep moving-"

"ENOUGH!" screamed Alice, tears in her eyes, and started to scratch her arm hard. "Enough of your bullshit about moving forward crap! We tried that! We tried and tried to keep going, but all we got was misery and pain!" She stopped scratching her arm, showing the bandages on her arm. "All we did was suffer, and all we do is suffer." Alice held Twilight harder. "My suffering causes harm to my big brother! To my family! If I wasn't born so smart...maybe, just maybe our parents and Cadence would be still alive..."

Spark closed her eyes, remembering how Alice told her story about that day...

Alice was pushed to the ground in the girl's bathroom while being surrounded by a group of girls. The leader of the group, lowered herself to Alice's face, smiling.

"Our school little princess, the one that got news talking about." She changed her voice into a news reporter's voice. "Little Alice might be the second coming of Albert Einstein or even Stephen Hawking! She created the first-ever hoverboard for her school science fair!" her face became cold and evil. "But why would they want a stupid little girl who is nothing but a dyke?"

Alice's face became stunned, making the girl laugh even harder.

"Oh we know, little princess. The girl you left that love letter told us everything, and it made us all sick. And what's even more disgusting is the fact you're a little perv too." The leader stood up, kicking Alice's stomach. "It all makes sense, why you always change in the farthest part of the girl's locker room or the last person to use the shower." She kicked Alice even harder. "So you can finger yourself."

Alice didn't make a sound or a noise, as she was being beaten. She just lay there, as the girls beat her. For Alice, it felt like forever but it was only a few minutes until the girls finally stopped and left the bathroom. Alice curled up, crying as she explained herself to no one.

"I'm just shy and self-conscious of my body." tears rolled down her cheeks. "I'm not a pervy..."

Half an hour later, Alice rose from the floor, grabbed her backpack, and fixed herself in the mirror. She could see her sad reflection in the mirror and started to tear up.

"Why did I have to be smart? Why did I have to make that stupid invention?!"

She slammed her fist onto the sink, making her hand bleed.

"Ever since taking part in that stupid science fair, I have been getting bullied nonstop! Why!? I did nothing wrong, but feels like it."

She turned on the water, washed her hands, and looked at her bleeding fist as the blood washed away. She turned off the water and headed to the door, opening it.

Outside, she could the hallway was empty as school ended an hour ago. She searches for something in her pocket, pulling out a folded piece of paper. It was a letter she found in her locker and from the girl she confessed to. She was lured here to the bathroom, not knowing that the other girls would be there, and ganged up on her. She crushed the letter and tossed it in the trash bin and walked to the exit.

On her way back home, Alice couldn't stop thinking about that science fair and her invention, the Hoverboard. It was a success and everyone was amazed by her. Her parents and big brother were so proud of her and the whole The Society for Science was amazed by her. She was praised as a genius and well-known companies were interested in her work, as her invention could help those with disabilities or the next hit for stakeboards. Even the government made contact with her and her family, talking about giving her a scholarship to college and a grant. But after the science fair, Alice started getting bullied.

At first, it was harmless and nothing serious. Just mean comments and the usual stuff. But after the rumors started, the bullying became worse. They would call her a freak and a perv and even tried to trip her in the hallway. Some would even steal her things or destroy her lunch. Alice never really had friends, as her tomboyish behavior or her smarts scared them off

Alice sighed and looked at her house. She walked up to the front porch and opened the door.

"Hey, Alice! Did you have a good day?" asked her mom, who was cleaning the living room.

"Yeah, mom. Just another day."

"Oh, by the way, you got more offers from companies about the hoverboard you created, of course, I told them that you weren't selling like you asked us to say. Which by the way sweetheart." her mother slid over to her, revealing she was using the board to move around the room. "You increase my cleaning output by 110%. I can even reach the ceiling fan without using that heavy ladder!"

"Yeah, great," replied Alice, sounding a bit cold and lifeless.

Her mother quickly picked up on her tone, getting off the board and kneeling to her. "Is something wrong? Are you getting bullied again?"

Alice didn't respond, and that was enough to confirm it.

"Why didn't you tell us, sweetie? We would have taken care of it by going to the school's principal and-"

"That will only make it worse. If anything, it will just increase their hatred for me!" Alice walked past her mom and headed upstairs. "I'm heading to my room."

Alice's mom watched as Alice disappeared to the top of the stairs, making her sigh and shake her head. She took out her phone and started to call someone.

Alice was in her room, going over her hoverboard blueprints and then looking at her next creation. It was a blueprint for a hovercar, it was mostly created for her father to help him save money on gas and tires but she couldn't make it for many reasons.

She pinned the print on the wall and sat down at her desk. She opened her notebook, revealing the current invention she was working on. It was a larger version of the power source she created, the main reason she was ignoring those companies about selling her hoverboard to them. She closed her book and turned to her bed, seeing a faint glow coming from under it. She walked over to it, pulling out the same device that was in the notebook. She was about to work on it but heard her phone ringing at her desk. She groaned, placed the device under the bed again, and went to her desk. She picked up her phone and was surprised. In a long time, Alice smiled as she answered it.

"Brother!"

"Hey, sis. How are you doing? Mom texted me. Are you being bullied again?"

Alice's face became neutral, sighing. "I'm fine, just doing my thing right now. Can we not talk about that right now? I haven't talked to you in a long time."

Alice walked to her bed, took out her device, and started to work on it as she set the phone on her bed and put it on speaker mode.

"Sorry, just worried too, you know? Ever since the fair, you have been getting-" Knight stopped himself as he could hear Alice grunting in frustration and cursing. "What's wrong?"

"I'm fine," growled Alice, not looking up from her device. "I'm just trying to work on the next project and-"

"You mean your next big invention that might get you more fame and attention? Sis, you truly are the next coming of Einstein."

Alice paused for a moment, as she remembered the fair and the praise she got.

"Thanks, big bro..."

Knight didn't pick up the sadness in her tone. "No problem, sis."

A long pause came over the phone, which was starting to make Alice a little uncomfortable. "So...anything else you wanted to say, or...?"

"Yeah...uh, Cadence is coming over tonight for dinner. I won't make it down tonight with her as I'm working on a big project with a few classmates. She has big news to share with you all but..."

"She's pregnant?" joked Alice, smirking at the thought of her future niece or nephew.

"Ha, ha..." answered Knight in a very nervous tone, making Alice stop working on her device and slowly turn to the phone.

"...wait, is she!? I was only joking!"

"Uh, yeah. She's pregnant, about three weeks." Alice could hear him typing on his computer. "Just don't tell mom or dad, okay? I don't-"

"To ruin the surprise!?"

"That but also, I don't want Cadence to kill me." Both siblings laughed, making Alice smile and Knight chuckled.

"So, you two are gonna have a baby? I can't wait to be an aunt. I'm gonna spoil the heck out of that baby!"

Knight laughed, as Alice imagined how adorable her nephew or niece was going to be but she soon snapped out of it as Knight asked her something.

"Sis, I know you said you didn't want to talk about it and I'll respect your wish but I just wanna say that I'm here if you need me, okay? I'm always here for you, and I love you, little sister."

Alice smiled, happy and a little emotional at hearing her brother's words.

"But also remember something about yourself. You are one of the strongest people I know. You always take everything and never let it stop you from working. You always put others first before yourself, and you always try to do the right thing. And if anyone is hurting you, just give me the names. I'll handle the rest."

Alice smiled and nodded. "I will, thanks, big bro. I'll always be there for you too, you know. Now get back to work, we don't want the teacher or classmates mad at you for not finishing your assignment, now do we?"

Knight gave a small chuckle but his voice was still serious. "I mean it, Alice. You are strong. Never forget that. You always move forward, even when the road seems too rough or the way seems endless. You always keep going."

Alice was silent for a moment, but nodded, smiling.
"Thanks, big brother."

Alice ended the call, her smile turning to a sad frown, as she looked at her device, then at her phone. She walked to the window and stared outside, her eyes turning into a determined look.

"I'll keep moving forward, no matter what!"

Hours later, Alice was eating dinner with her parents and Cadence, who arrived in time and brought her famous peach pie for dessert. Cadence and Alice's parents were chatting about the news and the baby, while Alice was lost in thought, thinking about her device and Knight's words. She didn't even realize her mother calling her name. Her parents and Cadence at her with worried looks.

"So, Alice," said Cadence, dropping her fork near her piece of pie. "Knight and I still haven't come up with a female name for the baby yet, while we do have a long list for boy names. So, he said why not ask the smartest little girl in the whole world for a name? So, Alice, what do you think would be a good name for our daughter?"

Alice froze for a moment, her brain not registering what Cadence was asking, and when she did, her eyes widened and stood up from the table. The adults smiled as they watched as Alice started to walk back and forth, rambling on names.

"Let's see...we can't go with something common, like Rose, or Lizzie. Maybe something more unique and special, like...like...oh, I don't know! But it has to be something awesome and unique, right?" Alice stopped pacing and smiled. "How about...Aphrodite?"

Cadence and Alice's parents blinked at her before her father asked why that name.

"Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation, among other things. She is one of the most popular figures of classical mythology and was worshiped in ancient Greece and-"

Cadence started to laugh, making Alice stop with a big red blush, realizing she was about to go on a big rant like she always does when it comes to history and science.

"I'm sorry, Alice," laughed Cadence, "but I love seeing you, well, being you."

"It's a no on Aphrodite, then," muttered Alice, her cheeks still red.

"No, Alice," giggled Cadence, "it's a yes."

"Wait, really!?"

Cadence nodded as she took a piece of her pie with her fork but looked at Alice. "Just tell me why. Why did you pick that name and try to leave the whole info about the 'goddess' part out? Okay?"

Alice nodded and sat back down at the table. "Well, I chose that name because of the meaning behind it. To have the gift of love and beauty is the best gift ever and to share it is a blessing." Her face was beaming with joy and happiness. "And I want your daughter to have that, especially if she looks like you, Cadence."

Alice couldn't look Cadence in the eyes but could hear her pushing the chair away and hugging her with great joy. Alice returned the hug, as Cadence whispered in her ear, "Thank you, Alice. I can't wait for you to be an aunt. You'll be an awesome one."

"You're welcome, Cadence," whispered Alice back, her heart filled with warmth and joy.

After dinner, Alice's mom cleaned the table while her dad was watching the news in the living room, leaving Alice and Cadence to sit on the porch and talk. Cadence was still glowing with joy and happiness, but she could feel something was wrong with her future husband's kid sister. She looked at Alice, who had her head down and staring at the ground.

"Alice, is something wrong?" she placed her hand on Alice's head, rubbing it with love. "Knight and your parents told me how your school life has been lately. Is that why you are upset?"

"It's nothing," sighed Alice, looking at the night sky. "I have just been having a tough time lately and just-"

Without warning, Alice felt Cadence's chest on her face, she was hugging her with a big smile.

"Alice, listen, I'm sorry for not being around. With the pregnancy and Knight being in college, I couldn't see you as often as I wanted to." Cadence moved Alice's head so she could look at her. "But with the baby, I'll be around more often. You won't ever be alone."

Alice hugged Cadence, her hands rubbing Cadence's back, which was very soft.

"I know, I'm glad to have someone like you. Thank you."

Alice and Cadance shared a long hug before breaking it, smiling.

"I'll always be here for you, Alice. Don't forget that." She petted Alice's head. "And maybe others can as well? I know you're having trouble at school but you need to make friends. To help with your problems."

Alice sighed, shaking her head. "I've tried, but every time, the girls or boys ignore me or they don't even bother. Maybe I'm not meant to have friends?" Alice felt her heart breaking but suddenly felt her hair being all messed up.

"Nonsense! I'm sure there's someone out there that'll be your friend." Cadence was now ruffling Alice's hair even more, laughing as Alice tried to stop her. "You are always caring, smart, and kind to others. You are an amazing person, Alice. Just show the world that, and I'm sure the world will give back tenfold. Trust me."

Alice's hair was all messy and sticking in different directions, her bangs covering her left eye and her cheeks all red.
"You forgot about tomboyish, Cadence. Which no one likes that about me..." Alice tried to fix her hair, but Cadence was doing it again.

"That doesn't mean people will hate you. That just means you're not afraid to get dirty and show off your true colors."

Alice quickly stood up and fixed her hair as she turned to her. "Colors?"

Cadence stood up, looking up at the night sky. "Yes, colors. You might act like a boy sometimes, but you aren't afraid to show off your beautiful, colorful personality. That's what's important. Being yourself and not being afraid of who you are. Never change, Alice. Keep on being who you are."

Cadence looked at Alice, who had a very sad expression on her face and sighed.
"But if you are truly afraid of people not liking you, I can teach you some pointers on how to get people to like you. If you want."

Alice smiled, nodding, "I would love that, thank you." But Cadence placed her finger on Alice's nose, smiling.

"But that won't ever erase your colorful and true self. Remember that." She flicked Alice's nose hard, making the poor girl rub her nose.

"Ow...okay, okay..."

Cadence looked back at the night sky, watching the stars and moon, while Alice looked at her, she listened to her as she spoke in a happy and loving voice.

"You have something in you, Alice. It is what makes you shine with such wonderful colors. I know you'll find that rainbow one day, and I'm sure the person or people will love your colors. Never change, Alice. Never change..."

Cadence turned and looked at Alice, smiling and rubbing her stomach. "And when the day comes and I see you with your friends, I'll be sure to tell my child how proud I am of their aunt. Just remember, always be yourself."

The two return to sitting down, talking about other things, until the topic switches to Alice's hoverboard, which leads to Alice talking about her next project.

"Wait wait wait, you are telling me you created a new form of power supply that'll run forever?" Cadence couldn't believe what she was hearing from Alice. "Makes sense how you powered that hoverboard now I think about it."

"Well, almost forever. It will lose charge after a thousand years, but I'm working on a new formula that'll make it last forever but I need to increase its size in power. The one inside of the hoverboard only last..." Alice started to do math in her head. "At most, five hundred years."

Cadence shook her head, amazed by Alice's intelligence and love for inventing. "And you can do this when you are so young?" She rubbed her stomach with pride. "My baby is gonna be a genius, just like his or her aunt, if they carry that hidden gift from your family!"

Alice felt a little happy from Cadence's words and blushed a little, but she heard Cadence asking her to see it. Without hesitation, Alice invited Cadence to her room, closing the door. She walked to her bed, pulling her project out from under the bed, revealing the somewhat finished device.

"As I said, I just need to increase its power output in size but." She stopped as she could see a worried look on Cadence's face. Alice chucked at the reaction. "Don't worry, it's completely safe to be around with. I made sure it wasn't dangerous when I made it. If it was, I wouldn't have it build it in my house or keep it under my bed."

Alice looked at her device, feeling so much joy and excitement. "I'm so close to finishing it. Once I do, I can start a company to give these out to the public. No more worries about running out of energy and for free."

Cadence still felt worried but this was Alice, the smartest girl in the world who built it, so it was indeed safe. She walked up to Alice and hugged her from behind, making the younger girl gasp in surprise.

"Alice, you are an amazing girl. I'm sure when you show the world, the whole world will be amazed and impressed by your work."

Alice blushed hard, happy she had someone like Cadence always in her corner. She was truly her friend and soon, her sister-in-law. Alice was gonna say something to her when the star-like energy in the tube, started to spark with fury.

"Is it meant to do that?" asked Cadence, amazed by the beautiful spark of black light but her amazement quickly vanished when she saw the fear on Alice's face. "A-Alice?"

Without any hesitation, Alice shoved Cadence away from the device. The two watched as the sparking became more and more erratic and powerful, and when Cadence realized what was happening, it was too late.

"Cadence, RUN!!"

Alice pushed Cadence to the doorway, who landed on the ground with a hard thud, Alice quickly grabbed her device, trying to shut it down but she felt Cadence's arms pulling her back. She tried to get her off, she needed to save her, her parents, and everyone in the town.

"Let me go, Cadence! It's going into total meltdown!" Alice tried to struggle but Cadence's hold was too strong and she was panicking.

"I'm not letting you die, Alice!"

With a hard yank, Cadence pulled Alice away from it, watching as the glass tube scattered, releasing the dark star from its cage. The two watched in horror as it was hovering and growing larger, the star was pulsing with dark energy and was ready to release a powerful explosion.

"What's going on!?" screamed Alice's mother, who hurried into the room with her husband, and both froze in horror seeing the uncontrollable energy.

"Alice, what di-"

Alice's father couldn't finish as the star exploded, creating a giant pillar of dark-looking rainbow. The bright dark light shot out from the house and into the air, blasting away the clouds.

Anything nearby was hit by an EMP-like shockwave, knocking everything out. The pillar of dark-looking rainbow energy was shooting straight into the air and was growing taller. Soon, the entire town was covered by the shadow of the growing pillar. Alice saw a bright prism light blinding her...

Sounds of the water could be heard, as Alice slowly opened her eyes. She quickly sat up and found herself in a white void filled with vast giant trees with floating prism-looking windows on the branches. She placed her hand on the ground but noticed it wasn't sand but a vast tree root. She looked back, seeing the same vast giant tree but the tree itself was rainbow-looking but still had the same-looking prism windows.

"W-Where am I?"

Alice couldn't stop looking at the vast tree but noticed the prism windows started to lower themselves to her, surrounding her. As she looked at them, she could see other universes. Other versions of...

"Me?"

She could see different versions of herself, some were human, others were pony looking and some others were between human and pony hybrid. She saw all the wonderful lives that her versions had, from having great adventures but she saw something that she never had.

"...friends," whispered Alice, seeing all of the versions surrounded by their friends, being loved and cared for.

Alice slowly walked up to one, touching the glass surface. With that touch, she felt the happiness and love that version of her had, and she became sad. She could see that version of herself and her friends going on great adventures, having the best of times together. She felt her heart break into pieces as she felt all those feelings, seeing how great their lives were.

"Why..." Alice dropped to her knees. "Why can't I have that? Why can't I have friends who can love me like that? Is it because of me?" She looked at her hands. "Is it because I'm different from my other versions of me? Am I just not meant to have that type of life? To be alone? Am I-"

"Failure?" said a voice that sounded just like Alice, which made Alice quickly look up, seeing the prism windows moving away, revealing a lone dark prism window.

Within the window, Alice could see a pony version of herself but with super messy hair and crying on her bed.

"I'm just a failure. That's all I am, nothing more and nothing less." The pony was wiping her tears and looking at Alice, but in truth was looking at her dresser mirror. "Failure. That's all I am. I couldn't have friends when growing up. I can't be a student at the School of Gifted Unicorns, and I couldn't even pass a simple entrance exam." Alice could see the tears in the pony's eyes. "I'm worthless. I'm causing so much pain for everyone around me. Maybe Celestia was right? I don't have a future at all."

"I'm not the only one who's suffering?" asked Alice, standing up and walking to the window. She touches it, feeling all the pain and sorrow coming from this prism window. "She's hurting too..."

Before Alice could do anything else, a dark light flashed in her eyes, blinding her.

Alice could hear police and ambulance sirens. She slowly opened her eyes, seeing she was back in her room, well what was left of it. She could see half of the house was destroyed and completely gone. She slowly tried to get up but felt so much pain in her body, that she fell back to the ground. She slowly looked up once more, seeing the outside thanks to half of the house being gone. She could see the town and even the city in the distance was completely dark. The only lights were the sirens she was hearing but also a giant fire not too far from here. Alice recovered from the shell shock and realized what had happened. Her heart started to pound fast, as she saw the destruction that her device had caused. She did this, she was the reason for all of this.

"No, no no no! This wasn't supposed to happen, I-I was just..."

Alice stopped talking as a weird smell entered her nose, covering her nose with her arm. She tried searching for the source of the smell until she saw it. Alice lowered her arm, her eyes filling with tears and her heart racing like crazy.

"A-Alic-ice..." weakly said a charred voice.

Alice could see the burnt corpses of her parents, but the one still barely alive was the charred remains of Cadence. She could see the burned hand trying to reach out to her, before it just dropped to the floor, lifeless.

Alice started to breathe heavily until she just screamed. She screamed her lungs out. She was crying, she was sobbing, she was panicking. Everything she could think of, she was doing. Her best friend and sister-in-law was now dead, along with the unborn child and her parents. All because of her.

"THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!"

Alice dropped to the floor, crying, screaming, and laughing like a madwoman. The arriving sirens drowned out her laughter...

It was a long night in the hospital, and police officers were asking questions about what happened, until Alice could hear her brother rushing down the hallway, screaming for her, her parents, and Cadence. She watched as the officers stopped him and soon, government agents arrived and were taking over the investigation.

The next few hours were a complete blur, Alice's mind was broken, she was unable to function, and she was just sitting there in a ball on the bed, not speaking or moving. She remembered the agents entering the room, telling her that she wouldn't be sent to prison for creating a dangerous device unless she handed over any surviving blueprints since her computer was destroyed in the blast and they couldn't find anything in her saved clouds or any sites she uploaded to. She told them the truth, that there were no other save files and that the only remaining blueprint was within her head, but she was unable to think straight at the moment. They understood why after looking at each other.

Alice remembered them giving her a tablet to sign the NDA papers, telling her that she was forbidden from speaking of her invention, but if she ever recreated her device, she would be sent to prison for the rest of her life or to be forced to work under them. Alice agreed and signed the paper, after which she was told that they would be watching her.

"Good day." said one of the agents, leaving the room with his partner.

As they walked out, Alice could see her brother standing there, just glaring at her as the agents walked by. Alice could feel the coldness of his stare. He walked inside the room and dropped into the chair in front of the bed, still just watching her.

"Bro-"

But Alice stopped as she watched her brother start to break down.

"It's your damn fault." he started to cry. "Cadence, our child, and my parents are dead because of you. Do you know how many people you killed?! Do you have any idea of what you did, Alice!?"

Alice just looked at her brother, knowing he was right. "I know... I'm sorry, brother. It wasn't meant to-"

"YOU KILLED MY FAMILY!"

Alice froze, her whole body shook with fear as her brother continued to yell at her.

"My future wife, our parents, and my child were killed because of you. Because you were too busy making your stupid invention that you didn't care if it blew up and killed anyone!" he stood up and grabbed Alice by the throat, somewhat choking her. "SMARTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD!? BULLSHIT, ANY SMART PERSON WOULDN'T BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THEIR FUCKING BEDROOM OR A POPULATED AREA!"

Knight pulled her out of the bed and into the ground. Alice's eyes tearing up. She was hurting all over, the emotional pain was worse than the physical pain she was feeling when she saw her brother like this.

"I HATE YOU!" he screamed as he covered his face with his hands. "Dear god, she's gone...my child is..." he stumbled backward and hit the wall, slowly sliding down it. "Why Alice? Why did you kill them?" That was the last thing he said, as he just kept crying and mumbling incoherent things.

Alice lay on the floor, unable to move. The heart-breaking words of her brother and the memories of what happened on this day were forever burnt into her mind, and the guilt was crushing her soul. She needed to cope quickly but with her emotions and her brother being all over the place, it was going to be impossible...until she heard her brother say something.

"I wish it was you, who died Alice. Not them..."

Alice slowly looked at her brother. His words were cold, sharp, and hurt more than a knife. She knew what she needed to do and started to work on it, as she slowly placed her hand over her arm and her fingernails dug deep into her skin. She started to scratch until blood started to drip out, and then she dragged her fingers down her arm, digging deeper and deeper, and she did the same thing to her other arm.

Alice's brother saw her and quickly rushed to her, trying to stop her.

"Alice stop! Wha-"

"You are right..." she said, staring at her bleeding arms.

He stopped, hearing the tone in her voice.

"I'm sorry, big bro. I should have died, not our partners or Cadence and your child..." She looked up at him, her eyes drained of any life in them. "You are right. I should be dead."

"Alice..."

"Don't worry, I will make things right." she gave him a weak smile. "I'll go away and never bother you again. I'll leave this world, and you won't have to worry about me or see me ever again." She started to scratch her arms once again. "I have seen other worlds, where there are no deaths or pain...just pure happiness and love." She closed her eyes, thinking about the other worlds and their inhabitants. "It's not fair..."

"ALICE!" shouted her brother, grabbing her arm and hugging her at the same time. "I didn't mean it! I'm just hurting and I want someone to blame!" he started to cry, his tears hitting her head.

"Bro..." Alice wrapped her arms around him, not even crying. Dark thoughts were filling her mind, along with her jealousy of the other versions of herself.

"I'm worthless. I'm causing so much pain for everyone around me." said the pony version of herself that she saw in that one universe as it replayed in her mind.

"...I'm not the only one who is suffering..."

"Ever since that day, the pain kept getting worse! The bullying kept getting worse, people died because of my foolish invention and their families wanted answers, and then revenge. Even with the government covering it up, it was easy to put together that I was the reason for the blast, and soon people wanted my head. My brother had to drop out of college and we had to move to the city, but with him being related to me, he couldn't find a good job anywhere." Alice started to shake, as she remembered it all. "Until he had to do dirty work for the local gang, which was the only way he could keep a roof over us. It was how he met Casey, and the rest was history. It's not only our family that has been hurt. All those people who were near the blast and the ones who had relatives or family who died in the blast suffered too, and I'm the reason." She slowly looked away from Spark and with pain in her voice, she said, "I tried to keep going, like Cadence would have wanted but I'm the cause of so much pain and suffering. So much death...that people and bullies in my new school started to call me the Princess of Death. I can't keep going..."

"Alice..." Spark slowly steps forward. "This is not your fault. All that happened in your life, was because of Fayth! She chang-"

"LIAR!" screamed Alice but still not looking at her. "Even if she was, was she the reason I was always being bullied? Never having friends!? TELL ME, WAS IT ALL FAYTH'S FAULT!?" Alice stood up, slowly turning towards her. "All that happened was the result of my selfish actions, my own choices. No one, not even Fayth, was the cause of it." She dropped to the ground, while Twilight hugged her from behind. "Fayth explained to us that she might be the living embodiment of Fate, but she doesn't control anyone's fates. She can only watch and not do anything else. All that happened, was because of my own doing, and the consequences of my actions. No one but me is to blame, and if anyone is a monster, it's me."

"Alice, please!"

Spark tried to get closer but an unstable purple shield appeared between them, as Twilight glared at her.

"Enough with your lies! Fayth was there for us when Alice found me! She explained to us about the book of Elyndra. The only true way to change everything and undo all the problems that we ever had!" Twilight let go of Alice and marched up to the freaking-out barrier. "Is to rewrite everything in the multiverse! It's not fair that only we have such awful lives!" her horn started to spark heavily, and Spark could see her in pain. "Why do they have it better than us!? Why is it always only us who had to suffer!?"

Spark could feel the rage in her voice.

"You have no idea what she went through, Spark! I'm not going to let you convince her that this was all Fayth's fault! Were my problems Fayth fault too!?"

Fayth crossed her arms, putting on a fake disappointed face. "Yeah, Spark. Was it my fault too?"

Spark could feel her blood boiling and her body shaking in rage, and the only thing she could do was punch the barrier. It shattered on contact, and the force sent Twilight flying backward and hitting the ground. Spark realized what she had done, and rushed to her.

"Are you alright?"

But Twilight screamed at her to stay away.

"You keep trying to tell us that Fayth is the monster here, but it's you! You're the one who is a monster! The one who is trying to take away our only hope for peace and happiness!" She stood up, still in pain. "You can't even argue to back up your claim that Fayth is evil! Fayth has been nothing but kind to us!"

Spark could see Fayth smiling all evil-like, which only made Spark's blood boil. She returns her attention to Twilight. "You don't understand! If you allow Fayth to write in the Book of Elyndra, then EVERYTHING will cease to exist, including you! Everyone in the multiverse will die! Your family!" She turned to Alice. "Your brother!" She looks at both of them now. "Do you two really want that? Do you want everyone you know and love, dead?"

Fayth smiled more, knowing Spark was losing, and started to panic.

"YES!" screamed both.

"You can't be serious."

Twilight held her head as her horn still sparked wildly. "It's like we have been trying to tell you! It's not fair for other universes to have it better than us! It's not fair that they have their problems be fixed or never had issues, and not us!" she took a few breaths. "You have no idea what it's like to suffer! To be seen as failure!"

Alice stood up, undoing her bandages from her other arm, revealing all the scars from cutting herself. "This is the pain I had to go through every day of my life. Every time I see myself in the mirror, every time I look at the scars, I remember the pain." Alice started to cry, tears falling down her face. "I just wanted others to treat me like anyone else, not some freak because I act different from other girls or just because I like other girls." She covers her eyes, remembering the deaths she caused and about her brother and the current life she forced on him. "Maybe it is better if everything just ended, and maybe then my brother can have a happy ending, and the other universes will too...every story has an ending."

"That's a load of crap!"

They turned to Spark, who had a very angry face.

"You are acting like you two are the only ones who suffered! Like your problems are so bad that everyone else has a perfect life, and you think you have a right to destroy it all, just because you are sad and want the pain to stop. How selfish can you two get!?"

"Selfish!? How are we selfish!?" asked Twilight, backing up a bit.

Spark pointed to them. "You want the pain to stop? Right?" Both nodded at her, making her lower her hand, smiling sadly. "Like I said, You two aren't the only ones who suffered in life. The multiverse is vast and almost endless, you might have seen happiness in those you saw but there are universes where there are versions of you who suffer or even worse but they moved on from the pain, they learned to move forward in life and that's what you two need to do. Instead of trying to fix your problems, you need to accept them and move forward."

Spark could see the disgusted reactions from the two of them.

"If you think you are the only ones who lost someone or failed at something, you're wrong."

Twilight returns to Alice's side, staying close to her and trying her best not to believe Spark's words. "Show us proof then! Because you have been lacking that the most in those!"

Fayth faced away from them, laughing a bit. "Yeah, show them proof Spark."

Spark glared at Fayth and turned her attention to the two. "I will show you proof that not everything is peaches and cream for everyone." She took out a book, closed her eyes to try to focus, and searched the multiverse for others who suffer like Alice and this version of Twilight. "...wait...what?" Spark quickly opened her eyes and stared down Fayth in rage. "Fayth, you didn't!?"

Fayth didn't say anything and flew away to another part of the top of the tree.

"FAYTH!" screamed Spark, following after her. Leaving Twilight and Alice alone. "WHO ELSE DID YOU BRING HERE!?"

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Spark snapped back to reality and started to walk forward toward the creature. "You are never alone! You have others who love you! Friends you made in your current lifetime! I wasn't lying about that, you need to move forward to that future, Twilight!" Spark's barrier finally scattered, letting the beam hit her but she didn't flinch from the pain and kept walking. "A future where you finally accept that your friends are gone, but that doesn't mean you have no friends or a life waiting for you. They wouldn't have wanted you to just sit around and feel sorry for yourself, they would want you to continue and be the best you can be, for them."

The creature's chest started to glow, making the black mist slowly repel from its body, revealing the black hooded Twilight underneath it. She stopped her horn from shooting out its magical beam.

"Spark, I know your words are coming from the heart, and I'm sure my friends would have said the same thing but..." Twilight's eyes started to tear up. "But it hurts...it hurts too much." Her body started to tremble, and the dark mist started to slowly return. "I know your words are true but these kids, their emotions, all their pain and suffering that became mine is still raw, and the thought of moving forward just brings me more pain. It hurts to move forward, and it hurts to stay where I am. So I ask you..." She looked down, tears falling. "You need to destroy me! Kill me or I'll keep hunting down the others you brought here. I don't want to hurt anyone...I just want to help those kids..." the mist started to cover her face. "I want to help those versions of me..." She slowly turned to Fayth, who was just smiling at the whole situation. "And I'll do whatever it takes..."

Spark watched as the shadow creature took control once more, facing her with anger and hate.

"FRIENDS!"

Spark clutched her fist, remembering how this version of Twilight became like this...

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"So, that's what is happening and why you came to me. To help those versions of me, to see that not every version of them isn't well off like they thought." Twilight said, staring out at the stained glass windows of her friends.

"Yeah. I know what you are thinking. 'Why did you pick me?', right?" said Spark, who was sitting next to her and looking at the stained glass windows as well. "Even more so with this." Spark summoned the knife that she took away from Twilight.

Twilight saw the knife and looked away in shame.

Spark summoned away the knife again and faced her, smiling. "I picked you, Twilight. It's because you kept moving in life." Spark turned her attention back to the stained glass windows, staring at the window that represented Rainbow Dash. "After the others died, you did keep moving and living your life. I know you miss them every day but look where you are now, Twilight. This Equestria is peaceful, all creatures are equal and there is no fighting, no war, no evil villains trying to destroy Equestria." Spark put a hand on her shoulder, smiling more. "Because of you, and all the hard work you did, you created this world and gave birth to a new era, a better one. Even with the pain of loss, you kept moving forward and it made the world better. I believe, if any version of you were in this type of situation, they would have given up and accepted their fate and not have the strength and courage to keep going."

"Spark...but I..."

"You wouldn't have done it. I read your story with this." Spark out an old-looking book. "My teacher gave this to me, not only does it carry the journal of my past me's, but it also allows me to read all universes and their stories." She put away the book and turned back to Twilight. "You always try to end your life but you never do, and you know why."

Twilight watched as Spark looked back at the stained glass windows, making her slowly look as well.

"If I ended my life, I would just be spitting in the faces of my friends, my family, and all my loved ones. Even when I am not happy with how things turned out in life..." Twilight closed her eyes, remembering all the ponies and creatures she met in her life. "It was worth it, as I wasn't the only one who created this new Equestria. My friends are also the reason it's like this. Their hard work made the new world possible and gave the others a better future, and because of that, it was worth living in."

"That's right. It's worth living in because there are so many great things we can experience, and those who are gone are watching over us." Twilight could hear the heartbroken tone in Spark's voice. "And they are proud of all the choices we made." Spark closed her eyes, trying her best to hold back the tears as she remembered her sisters. "That's why I picked you. You keep struggling with the pain but you keep going and I know in the future, you'll finally accept everything and be able to move forward for good." Spark opened her eyes, a single tear running down her face, and smiled sadly.

Twilight opened her eyes and turned to Spark, then both turned to the stained glass windows, which seemed to be glowing brightly. Twilight opened her mouth and spoke...

"Even with all the pain, life is still worth living and we should strive to make our lives better, for ourselves, and the ones who are no longer with us," said Twilight, talking to her younger version and Alice. "I will do my best to help you both. You two aren't the only ones struggling, there are others like yourselves and me, who are going through hard times. They might be struggling with their problems and not know how to get help, but many do find help from others..." She looked over at Spark, who was smiling. She faced the two girls again. "Or they find it on their own because even with the pain and suffering, everyone falls at some point and we always get back up, but that's the way life goes."

She took a breath and smiled sadly, remembering her past and how much she suffered.

"But, even with the pain, we are not alone. You two need to see that. Alice, you have your brother and his new lover, who cares deeply about you two." She turned to the younger version of herself. "We all fail in things but that doesn't mean we have to quit or give up on life. We have to keep moving forward, and I promise, you will find a path, and the pain will fade over time. And..." Twilight could feel a tear fall down her face. Seeing a younger version of herself, who had a completely different life, it made her so sad, not only was the younger version of herself never gotten her cutie mark, but it never led her down the path of becoming Princess Celestia's student. Never meeting Spike or learning about the Mare in the Moon, which means never meeting her friends. "And...you are not a failure...I am sorry for what you went through, and for all the pain and suffering you had to go through because you didn't pass the exam test but you shouldn't allow that to hang over you. There are so many other things that you can do and learn in life. You are not a failure and you never will be."

The other Twilight stood there, crying as her emotions were running wild, hearing an older version of herself saying that to her. She turned to Alice, who was also crying.

Spark could see this was working but saw Fayth appearing above the kids, seeing her holding a black book.

"You two really going to listen to this giant lie?" asked Fayth, slowly floating down between them. "Alice, deep down you know that Casey is just using your brother for sex. The bullying will never stop too and what about all the people you killed on that night, and as for you..." She looks at the younger Twilight, who was staring at her. "You are a failure, you couldn't become Celestia's student, and instead of helping you, she just gave you false hope that you will become her student but she lied to you to get rid of you. She only ever saw in you, a giant failure and wanted nothing to do with you. And now, your life is a failure, and never will have friends and will be alone and unloved as even your family doesn't want anything to do with you." Fayth could see the anger and hate in the younger Twilight's eyes.

"No, you are-" But Twilight couldn't finish, as her younger self screamed at her to shut up.

"No, Fayth is right! The Princess never wanted to help me and wanted nothing to do with me!" Younger Twilight's body started to give off black smoke. "And my family never cared about helping me. My parents just fought with each other about whose fault it was because I was like this! All the times they would scream at each other and then ignore me, I felt so alone." She looked at the ground and slowly fell to her knees. "My brother just saw me as a huge embarrassment and never wanted me around him or the Princess."

Spark and Twilight tried to intervene but Alice's body started releasing black smoke, as she shouted at them too.

"She's right! Fayth is telling the truth like always! If I go back home, the only thing waiting for me is hardship!" Alice took out a pocket knife from her pocket, flipped it open, and looked at her reflection in the blade. "I ruined my brother's life so much, along with others who were affected by the blast from my device. And if I return home, it'll all be the same. The bullying, the torment, and the pain. I want it all to stop!" She held the knife close to her arm, crying and shaking. She started to cut her self to cope. "And if that means ending everything, then so be it. At least the pain will stop!"

Spark and Twilight didn't know what to do, the kids were too far gone to reason with them, and the more they spoke, the worse their emotions got. The kid's emotions started to become real in the form of black smoke, and Fayth started to absorb it into the palm of her hand.

"You can't stop this, Spark. No matter who you bring here, these foolish kids will continue down their paths of self-destruction and pain," Fayth said, taking in more black smoke and making the black book float in front of her, opening on its own. "It's their fate after all. The fate I wrote for them."

Twilight and Spark glared at Fayth, as she took the black smoke into her pen and started writing something in the book. They quickly turned their attention to the kids, asking them if they heard what Fayth was saying, but they could see their eyes were drained of any life as they kept going on about how awful their lives were, almost like they were being controlled.

"Fayth, stop this now! This isn't the way!" demanded Spark, turning to her.

Fayth turned to them, giving them a twisted smile. "Way of what, Spark? Bringing the true ending to every universe that ever existed? That is the only way. No matter what you do or who you bring here, their destiny is already set and no matter what you say, these two will aid me in making that dream real." She closed the book, making a loud echo that sounded like it filled the whole white universe. "This time, in this rewrite, you won't stop me. I'll finally finish writing in that damn book and everything will end." She pointed her palm at Twilight. "Let me teach you a lesson about bringing others to our little fights." She fired the blast of dark smoke toward Twilight, who tried to put up a magical barrier but the smoke became into mist and passed right through the barrier.

Spark rushed to use her magic to teleport Twilight away, but Fayth appeared behind her, grabbing the back of her head and slamming her into the ground, hard. Fayth made her watch as the black mist started to enter Twilight's body, turning her body into a shadow and making her scream.

"Twilight!" shouted Spark, trying to get Fayth off of her, but somehow Fayth was much stronger than she normally was.

"Don't worry. I'm not doing anything permanent. I just need her out of the way while I finish with the kids and take their large amount of negative emotions." Fayth turned to the kids, seeing their bodies releasing more of the black smoke and all of it was floating above them, into a giant black orb of mist. She faced Spark and lowered her head to Spark's ear. "And what better way than making her the living embodiment of those kids' sorrow, pain, and hatred."

"STOP IT, FAYTH! YOU DONE QUESTIONABLE THINGS BUT THIS!?" shouted Spark, struggling against Fayth's hold, trying her best to break free. "YOU ARE RUINING THEIR LIVES! THESE ARE JUST KIDS! THEY DON'T DESERVE TO GO THROUGH THIS!"

Fayth chuckled at what Spark said, seeing Twilight screaming and crying, her body transforming into a dark shadow. "Spark, they do deserve this. Their lives are so pitiful, not just them but every single life In the multiverse is such a joke, a bad joke." She faced the kids, who were still in a trance-like state and spewing their negative thoughts and feelings. "That's why I'm doing this. It's time to put an end to these awful stories! I have seen countless universes, never-ending stories that are just a repeat of what has been told millions of times. A forever endless cycle of stories, characters, and events." She tightened her grip on the back of Spark's head, forcing her to look up at Twilight's screaming, crying form, seeing the darkness take over her mind.

"The only way to end these repeating cycles and make a true ending to the multiverse is by forcing that happy ending!" She slammed Spark's face into the ground. "Because I want that ending too, so I can finally..." Fayth's grip loosened as she lowered her head, her voice growing lower and lower.

Spark slowly opened her eyes, her mind trying to process what she thought she heard.

Fayth raised her head and let go of Spark's head. She started to walk away gathered another negative energy into the palm of her hand and flew off to another part of the top of the rainbow tree.

"I'll get the ending that we all deserve. One way or another."

Spark slowly sat up and saw Twilight had finally turned and glared at her. Her eyes glowed red and spoke with much hate and pain in her voice.

"FRIENDS!"

Spark quickly stood to get ready to fight her but the creature started to scream as a glow appeared in its chest. Spark looked confused by this but soon realized what was the light.

"The spark...it's fighting the negative energy back!"

Spark tried to get closer but within her mind and heart, she heard Twilight's voice speaking to her.

"Don't get near me! F-Fayth is going after 'her' and the other two kids! You need to go after her before it's too late!"

"Twilight, I know but what about you, your body has become corrupted, and the spark is trying to fight the negative emotions but the longer you stay like this, the worse the corruption gets," said Spark, trying to get closer, but the negative energy around Twilight was stopping her. "I can't leave you! I'm not leaving a version of my mom to become a monster!"

Spark could hear Twilight being taken aback by that comment until she started to laugh a bit.

"I knew I felt like I knew you...and back in the church, you kept eyeing Rainbow Dash and not the others...is...AH!"

Spark could hear Twilight screaming and saw the creature also screaming as the light on its chest started to go dim.

"MOTHER!" shouted Spark, trying to grab her but the creature teleported away, leaving Spark with the kids, all alone.
Spark faced them, seeing they finally snapped back to normal and asking what happened as they didn't see Fayth or Twilight. Spark looked past them, seeing Fayth not too far from here.

"I'll be back." She faced the kids, giving them a big smile. "And I'll bring others, others to prove that those who suffer can accept the pain and move forward." She walked up to them, putting her hands on her glowing chest. "You two can do that, the spark lives within you and everyone. You need to listen to it and follow it."

The two were going to ask her what she meant, but Spark's wings spread open and with one flap, she blasted off, leaving them confused and alone.

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"I'll promise you, Twilight! I'll return you to normal!" said Spark, watching as the creature darted toward her and still screaming the same word. Spark opened her arms like she was ready to hug someone. "I'm going to save you!"

The two collided, and the negative energy and Spark's rainbow energy exploded upon the collision, creating a huge magical force that shook the base of the vast tree.

"Damn cow..." whispered Fayth, watching as the smoke cleared and standing there, hugging the unconscious creature was Spark.

Spark could still feel Twilight and the spark within her. They were still fighting even now. She faced Fayth, glaring at her.
"It's time you stop, Fayth. I understand your wish for a real ending. But your way, the path you are taking, is not the right way," said Spark, setting the creature on the ground and back at her. "Every story has an ending, good or bad, that is a fact, and the ending should be a happy one but it's their story! Not yours! You can't decide what happens to their lives, that's not your place even if you are fate itself, it's theirs!" She walked toward her, and the rainbow aura on her chest started to glow brighter and brighter. "So, I'm not going to let you get away with this, no matter what, I'm going to stop you and-"

Fayth quickly sensed the incoming danger as she summoned her book, blocking Spark's fist who just appeared in front of her. Fayth staggered a bit back, looking at her with anger and rage.

"Damn, you are starting to piss me off, Spark," said Fayth, holding the book in one hand and her other hand summoning her pen.

Spark eyes became filled with glowing rainbows and her voice became deep and loud. "It's because of that, I'm the one that has to stop you. You can't just go around the multiverse, forcing the stories to end or become something different. They have their own paths, and that path needs to be followed, or else the story can't continue."

Before Fayth could do anything, Spark lowered herself and raised her leg, swinging it at Fayth's stomach and sending her flying, crashing through the wooden walls of the tree and exiting out of it. As she flew, Spark appeared behind her and punched her, knocking her away.

"If the stories aren't allowed to continue, it will end in misery," said Spark, hovering there and crossing her arms. "I don't know what made you so done with everything but I won't allow you to drag the multiverse down with you. I'm not going to let anyone else suffer."

Fayth, who crashed into the tree roots, stood up and turned to Spark, looking at her and the rainbow aura she was giving off. She just kept looking at Spark, seeing someone else in Spark's place. The memory tried to bleed through but the image was distorted and glitched out.

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"This is where my story ends, huh?" said a weak voice, as Fayth held someone in her arms. "Fayth, don't cry. That's unlike you. I mean, I'm still with you. Right here..." Fayth felt the person touching her chest.

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Fayth slowly raised her arm and opened her hand toward Spark, who could see what Fayth was doing.

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"Why? Why didn't you let me change your fate!? You could have lived and still be with me...but now..." Fayth's body started to shake and she couldn't speak anymore.

Fayth could feel the person caringly touching her cheeks, trying to wipe away the tears. "Because it's not right. Why should my story change but others can't have that chance? Plus, you told me you are forbidden to interfere, that you are nothing more than a watcher. I won't let you break the rules just for me. So, don't be sad. I'll be with you always."

Fayth lowered her head and whispered.

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Spark slowly hovered down to Fayth, reaching out to her like she was doing, and she stopped above her.

"Fayth. I know you are hurting, something bad happened to you. Something that made you like this but please listen to me. Don't push me away like you always do, let me help you," said Spark, putting her hand over Fayth's. "Let me in." She gave her a big smile.

"..."

"No matter how much pain, anger, or sorrow you are feeling, it will be alright. Just let it all out, don't keep it all bottled up."

Fayth's mouth moved as she whispered the words.

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"No, don't say that, Fayth."

"Why shouldn't I? You are my only friend in this whole multiverse of stories! You gave me something that I thought I'll never need and I can't...I can't lose you. That's why, I want to save you."

"You can't save me, Fayth. My story will end, and you will have to accept that."

Fayth could see the life slowly leaving the person's eyes, and she cried, saying how unfair everything was.

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"Please, let me save you," whispered Spark, moving her fingers between Fayth's fingers. "Let me help you. Please."

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Fayth held her stomach, as it was bleeding. She looked at the person who hurt her and listened to her words.

"Please, I don't want to hurt you anymore Fayth! You don't need to do this, you don't need to restart the multiverse again because I'm-"

Fayth blasted the person back and turned, seeing a golden book on a pedestal, and started to walk toward it.

"No, I need to restart everything again. You aren't the one I remember. You aren't my one and only friend. So, I'll start this whole thing all over again until I find the real you. Even if it means fighting every single version of you, I will bring you back to me. The real you!"

Fayth opened the book, and she started to write in it. She could sense everything in the multiverse restarting.

"Stop this!"

Fayth could feel her hand being grabbed.

"I won't let you restart the multiverse just for me because you know how my story ends. So, don't be sad when I'm gone. I'll be with you always."

Fayth slowly raised her head to them, giving a twisted smile, and whispered.

"No, don't say that, Fayth."

"Why shouldn't I? You are my only friend in this whole multiverse of stories! You gave me something that I thought I'll never need and I'll fight for it. Even it means..."

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Spark had the biggest smile on her face as she felt Fayth's fingers wrap around her own. She landed on the ground, feeling the fingers tighten and Fayth's eyes staring deep into her soul but those kind and caring fingers quickly became cold and stabbed into Sparks's hand, making her drop to her knees in pain. She could feel the bones of her hand breaking from the pressure.

"I'll gladly become the villain."

Fayth pulled her fingers out and saw the blood pouring from the hole she created and she smiled.

"I'll bring that happy ending that we all deserve."

Fayth grabbed her pen, which was floating behind her, and raised it into the air. "Everything is a mistake, and no matter what, moving forward can't ever last. No one deserves a sad fate, no matter who it is. Everyone deserves a happy ending. Even if has to be forced upon them, I'll make it happen."

Spark looked at Fayth, seeing the twisted look on her face. She tried to move her arms but couldn't, and the rest of her body was frozen.

Fayth slowly placed her pen over Spark's forehead and said. "Screw you! You can't defy me, I'm fate itself! If you want to, then you will have to go through me! I'll make sure everyone has a happy true ending!" She tapped Spark's forehead, blasting her far from the Prime tree with unbelievable force.

The wind from the blast blew a bit of Fayth's hood up, revealing her eye.

She rosed her other hand, reaching out to the memory of 'her' but different versions of Spark merged and slowly overwritten the memory.

"My happy ending. Nothingness."

End of Chapter 9