"I'm coming!"

Twilight was surrounded by a heavy amount of what seemed to be dark fog as she rushed down the darkness that the Element of Magic was leading her in.

"Please! Let it be Braver and her sister!" cried Twilight, tears falling out of her eyes as she kept running. "Please, oh please! Let me bring them back! Braver! Blitz!" she saw the darkness slowly covering the Element as its pulsing purple light dimmed. She tried to use her magic, but the dark fog stopped her. "Please! Don't let me lose my daughter! NOT AGAIN! DON'T LET ME FAIL HER AGAIN! LET ME HAVE THIS!" She spread her wings and started to fly, becoming faster but not fast enough as she lost track of the Element. "PLEASE! LET ME HAVE THIS CHANCE! DO NOT LET ME FAIL HER! I WANT MY DAUGHTER BACK! SHE DESERVE TO LIVE! SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER ANYMORE!"

Twilight tried to go faster, hoping to catch up with the Element. She kept begging anyone or anything of a higher power to grant her this wish.

"BRAVER! I'M COMING!"

Suddenly, a bright flash of light blinded her. She covered her eyes, and when she opened them, she could see she was back in that familiar place, the garden, within Spark's core.

"BRAVER!" shouted Twilight, looking around the garden. "BLITZ!" she ran up to the large tree in the middle but saw no one.

Her hope dropped as she feared the other theory might be true. She collected herself and let out a tearful and broken-hearted cry. "It's okay. Come on out, you two. I'm your grandmother. Please, little ones. I won't hurt you."

Sounds of movement could be heard behind the tree, causing Twilight to sit and lay on the grassy ground, smiling.

"That's right, it's okay. Come out. Grandmother is here to take you back home."

Twilight's eyes sparked as she saw two round black slimes peeking behind the tree. She reached out to touch one, but when she touched it, it crumbled. Twilight's eyes widened with shock and fear at what she saw. She quickly ran behind the tree to see that the two slimes had hardened and had cracks in them.

"No!"

She tried to pick one up, but it crumbled to dust when she started to raise it.

"NO! NO, NO!" she fell to her knees, her tears falling. She held the remains of her grandkids in her hooves. She broke down as her voice cracked. "...no, please no." She didn't want to believe it, but those children were here for two years without food or water, which made sense. The fact they were already dead before she got there was the most painful part. She couldn't save them no matter what, as that thought filled her mind.

"Why?" she whispered, watching the remains blowing out of her hooves. "Why? Why can't I stop failing?"

She watched as the wind carried the remains away; as she did, her sadness turned into a burning hatred.

"WHY!" she stood up, screaming at the sky. "WHY!? WHY CAN'T I HAVE THIS!? WHY CAN'T I HELP THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING!? MY OWN DAUGHTER AND HER CHILD, NO LESS!?"

Twilight's magic was acting up, the air around her was becoming distorted, and she could hear a voice laughing in the wind. She quickly looked for the source of the laughter.

"WHO'S LAUGHING AT ME!?" She couldn't find anyone or anything, but then a sudden gust of wind hit her, causing her to turn around and see a dark figure standing in the dark part of the garden. "Who are you!?" she demanded, pointing at the figure.

Twilight watched as the figure stepped into the light, only to be confused by what she saw.

"What is this? I don't understand..."

Twilight saw a spitting image of herself but darker in color.

"What's not to understand? I'm you."

"H-how?"

"I'm what you can become," answered the other her, smiling.

Twilight could see something off about her.

"W-what do you mean by that?"

The darker Twilight steps closer, smiling. "Like I said, I'm what you can be. Someone much stronger and willing to do what's needed."

"Stronger and willing to do what's needed?" repeated Twilight, narrowing her eyes. "You sound like you would do whatever it takes. Even if it means hurting others!" Twilight's horn started to glow bright. "This isn't real. Where I am isn't the real garden. I must be in Spark's nightmares! The horrible things she saw in other universes, and one of those universes is you! What haunts her in her dreams!"

"If you think this is a nightmare, then you are wrong," stated the other her. "Because you know that deep down...I am you."

"WHAT!"

The darker Twilight smiled. She sat down and spoke. "Dreamverse. Do you know it?" Twilight didn't answer, which made the other smile. "It is a place where all dreams and nightmares from all universes and time-verses are created and stored. In this spiritual place, every reality and dimension in all of Creation. Are supported by all the dreams of all sentient beings." She turned, making Twilight turn as well, to see endless corridors with doors that grant passage to anyone's dream. Each door is different, representing its owners. "Like I said, everyone who dreams can be found here, even those in the far-off future." She turned to Twilight, smiling even harder. "Even our friends!" That smile became twisted, filled with sadness but also determination.

"What are you talking about?"

"Do you really want to know?" the other asked, turning around and facing away from Twilight. "Because the truth is...they kept their promises. Our friends kept their word in returning to us." She looked back, her face filled with happiness and love. "Even Rainbow Dash! She's different but still the same stubborn Pegasus we love!"

Twilight backed away, realizing what was happening. If this version of her is telling the truth and isn't a real nightmare, it means...

"Y-You are me...from the future? How can that be? Star Swirl the Bearded's time spell can only allow a week at most! Even then, Starlight and I destroyed that modified spell scroll. I don't even remember how to recreate it...wait..." She suddenly remembered what her other self had said before, that EVERY creature's dreams were here. Even in the future. "...you exited your dreamscape." She looked back at the endless corridors with doors.

"Now you are starting to understand. And you're right; I did exit my dreamscape and enter the Dreamverse as I told you."

Twilight turned to her. "Why!?"

"For the same reason you came here, Twilight," she answered, pointing at her. "You're here for Braver and her sister, are you not? Well, I'm here for our friends. I'll make them remember our time together, even if it means..." She stepped closer, her eyes glowing black with a tiny flicker of greyness spark within. "I have to destroy this verse in doing so. I won't be alone anymore!" tears started to fall. "To be together with Dash again because, as she said, we are destined to be together. We are soulmates."

"NO! You're insane! This has to be a nightmare! I refuse to believe this! You can't do this! You're me, so you know what happened to this verse, don't you!? No one will ever dream or have nightmares ever again! Just..."

"DARKNESS!? I KNOW," laughed her evil self, releasing pure black energy all around them until Twilight and the other self were shallow into nothingness.

Twilight felt like she was drowning in nothingness as she fell endlessly, but her fear and shock were cut short when she hit the ground.

"Gah!"

Twilight shook her head and looked around, only seeing nothing but darkness. She stood up and tried to use her magic to light up her horn, but no luck.

"Where am I?"

She turned her head, seeing something. She couldn't make it out at first but found herself back on that beach when she blinked. She saw herself, Dash, Starlight, and Sunburst talking while Luster and Braver, as fillies, played in the sand. Her heart dropped as she knew what was going to happen. She could see herself asking Braver to come over to her so she could put sun lotion on her.

"Stop! Listen to your daughter! Look at her!"

But Twilight's pleas went unheard as her past self smiled, seeing her daughter crying.

"Sweetie, it's not that bad," told past Twilight, seeing how cute her daughter was stomping her little hooves like she was dancing.

"Yes, it is! I hate this stuff!" replied Braver, shouting as she pounded the sand in pain.

"LISTEN TO HER! PLEASE!"

Twilight fell to her knees, unable to move as she continued to watch her past self hurting her sweet little daughter. Braver's slime body hated the brand of sunscreen that she bought for her. Poor Braver's slime body was in great pain as it couldn't absorb the lotion, killing the top surface of the slime. Twilight shut her eyes and held her ears as she could hear Braver's painful screams.

"Mommy, it hurts!" cried Braver as she started to kick and scream.

"Stop it!" shouted past Twilight, causing the filly to be scared, as Twilight never yelled at her. "Behave! Didn't you promise us that you'll be a good girl?"

Braver looked down and said, "I'm a good girl. I'm not bad, right?"

Twilight quickly opened her eyes when she heard that.

"I'm a good girl! I'm not-" Twilight could see Braver's universe in flames for a split second. "Bad! I'm a good girl!"

Twilight shook her head and darted toward her daughter, realizing this was where it all started and why Braver had hidden her pain from her and Dash.

"I'm a good girl. Good. I'm good," Braver said simply as she kept looking down, her eyes lifeless.

"BRAVER!" she grabbed the filly, never wanting to let her go. "YOU ARE! YOU ARE A GOOD GIRL, BUT I'M SORRY! SORRY FOR NOT SEEING YOUR PAIN!"

"I'm a good girl."

Twilight sobbed as she kept hearing her daughter repeating those words. Soon, she could see all the times she had hurt her daughter over the years.

"Good. I'm a good girl!"

The darkness returned as the last memory played, but Braver's voice kept repeating the same words. Twilight looked down and saw that Braver was gone. She soon could hear her daughter's voice screaming the same words but now in pain. Twilight dropped to her knees and covered her ears, wanting it to stop.

"I'm sorry! I'm an awful mother! Braver, please forgive me! Forgive your useless mother!"

Twilight closed her eyes, hoping it would stop the voices, which did as another voice spoke.

"You aren't, mom."

Twilight slowly opened her eyes and saw black hooves in front of her. She slowly looked up to see

Braver, who was much older and almost looked like the spitting image of her right now. Braver lowered herself and, with a sad look, spoke again.

"You aren't an awful or unless mother, mom. You are the wonderful and greatest mother I could ever ask for. I wish I was better and didn't put much pressure on myself. I thought I had to prove myself to you and Mommy. Even if it meant hurting and bottling my problems up."

Twilight shook her head, unable to believe that Braver could say those words.

"You are wrong, Braver. I have failed you. I failed you many times; I made you suffer, and you did not trust me or Dash. Please forgive me. Forgive your awful mother!"

Braver hugged Twilight and said, "I can never do that, Mom. I could never forgive you or Mommy because there is nothing to forgive. You two are the best. I had my shortcomings and made you worry so much. I'm not a good daughter..." Braver started to cry. "I couldn't live up to what you two saw in me, what you believed in! I should be the one asking for forgiveness! Not you! Never you!" she started to sob. "I wish I wasn't so broken, living with the trauma I had. I tried so hard not to be broken for you and Mommy!"

Twilight was shocked. She hugged Braver tightly, not wanting to let her go.

"That's enough. You have never been broken, and you aren't now. You are the strongest and bravest mare I have ever known!'" She did a small giggle. "Just like Dash, you know that. You have the same spirit. She is always proud of that." Twilight could see her daughter being happy as Braver's slime tail was wagging back and forth. "Listen to me." She broke the hug and made Braver look at her in the eyes. "Cozy once told me something. Parents aren't perfect, and neither are their kids. We have our flaws, flaws we hate so much that we hide them. But that's okay. Because what makes a family is their love. Love will always conquer all, even your hidden pain. I know now, and I'm sorry you have been hiding this. Please, don't hold it in anymore, my sweet child. I can't fix or save you, but I can help carry the pain." She wiped away Braver's tears. "Can you do that for me, please?"

Twilight watched as Braver took her hoove and held it on her cheek, smiling.

"You always know what to say, Mom. When I needed you the most, you always came through for me. I wish I had been better and didn't push myself so much."

"Shush, you aren't the only one who pushed themselves. You and your sister, Spark, are both alike." Twilight smiled, making Braver giggle.

"I know. Spark points that out, too. But still, I have a lot of issues and problems that I need to face, and I will face them."

Braver closed her eyes as she started to cry again.

"I won't hide my pain anymore. I won't hold it in, but can you promise me to do the same? Maybe meeting you here...things will be different?"

Twilight hugged her daughter. "I promise."

As the two hugged, bright yellow lights could be seen behind them, dispelling the darkness. Twilight could feel her daughter disappearing as well, but at the same time, she could feel her daughter trying to hold on to her like she didn't want her to leave her. She could feel the fear.

"Be brave. That's what your talent is, my little brave daughter. You are the bravest of them all."

"I will, mother. I'll be brave...I won't be scared anymore." Twilight could feel her daughter's body becoming calm, braver. "I'll face it, the nightmare..."

Soon, Twilight and her daughter were no longer there, as everything was filled with yellow light.

"Where am I?" thought Twilight, her mind racing as she was blinded by yellow light.

"Are you okay, Twilight?"

The bright light slowly went dim, allowing her to see Celestia, Luna, and her father, who was using his horn to light the darkness like a night light.

"What happened?" Twilight asked, seeing she was in the dark fog again.

Luna walked over and forced the fog away from them. "The nightmare took hold of you, making you see your worst nightmares made real. That was how it lured you into its trap." Twilight turned where Luna was looking at now. She could see a rainbow flicker, but it soon stopped, and a pair of glowing dark blue eyes could be seen.

Twilight felt relief and sadness, meaning that the older version of Braver was just a nightmare... "Wait, what I saw just now wasn't a nightmare. I was talking to Braver."

Luna turned around and gave a soft smile. "Even in the darkest of nightmares, there is always a tiny happy dream. It may be a nightmare, but it is also a dream you hold deep inside. Remember, Twilight, dreams are our hopes, desires, fears, and memories. Dreams are the windows into your heart; sometimes, even a nightmare can be a happy dream if you stand up against it."

Twilight nodded, understanding.

Luna looked back ahead, seeing the dark eyes looking back at them. "The exit of this dream is ahead. I'll hold off this nightmare while you escape." Luna hovered off the ground, her magical aura covering her body.

Luna was about to fight it, but all of the nightmare fog vanished. What shocked Luna was what she felt. She looked down at her sister, who also felt the same. Luna returned to the ground.

"Sister, you felt it too, didn't you?"

Celestia nodded. "Yes, dear sister, it felt like your magic just now."

Twilight and Night Light were confused by what the two sisters were discussing. They asked what was wrong and watched the two sisters look around them.

"Friend Twilight, when Spark went berserk and revealed those memories of nightmares. I could sense my power within her. I didn't know why at the time, and now, I believe it was my nightmare. She absorbed it somehow."

"What are you saying?" asked Night Light, looking around.

Celestia continued for Luna but still searched around. "Luna wasn't the one who dispelled this fog of nightmares. Someone else did and fear it might be..."

The group suddenly felt a magical presence, which made them turn and look behind them. They could see someone walking toward them. Twilight saw who it was and realized what the sisters meant.

Celestia and Luna blinked at what they saw.

"Wait, you aren't Spark," the two said in unison, confused by the appearance of those standing before them.

"What the hay!?" shouted Dash as she was far above the Great Library and could see New Ponyville changing into some swamp-looking area. Far away from that, she could see two figures fighting. She felt Fayth had returned but had no idea who was fighting her. The way the battle was going, they were holding their own.

Dash flew back down and saw Shining guiding the town folks out of town while creating a huge shield bubble over the coming swamp.

"Every creature! Keep going this way! Local guards will watch over you and protect you further uphead, but you must not fall behind. Hurry! Don't stop!" Shining shouted, directing the citizens to the edge of the town.

Cadance and Dashie could see Dash landing and asked her what she saw, to which she explained it was Fayth and someone fighting her.

'This isn't good. We have seen how powerful she is. She must be holding back and toying with whoever is fighting her." stated Dashie.

Cadance could see both Dash and Dashie looking scared. "Is she really that strong?"

Dash turned to her and nodded. "Yeah, she's the living embodiment of Fate itself. Even those who came here from other universes and us had difficulty dealing with her. She could easily end us, but she toyed around with us. Spark is the only one to stand up against her, but she's..."

"Right..." whispered Cadnace, looking back to the tree and seeing her mother-in-law at the doorway while her Flurry Heart casts a spell to protect the library.

Bow and his wife were outside and above the fleeing town folks, helping those by telling them where to go, but Bow could see someone flying toward them. He looked closer and frowned. He returned to Dash.

"Hey, Sweetie. It is Fluttershy's brother. I think he's carrying someone. Maybe they are hurt?"

Dash looked and quickly flew toward Bow and could see Zephyr heading their way with someone. Dash flew off, meeting them halfway. When she got closer to them, she could tell he was carrying Sunset, Lucy, and a human she had never seen before.

"Dash!" shouted Sunset, seeing Dash heading their way to meet them. "IT'S FAYTH! SHE'S BACK!"

Dash heard her and hated how she was right in her guess. She met up with four and quickly told Zephyr to shut it before he could have a chance to flirt with her.

"Who's the human girl?"

Lucy held the badly hurt Suguri. "Luster told me this person is a friend of Spark. Her name is Suguri. I'm guessing she was chasing after Fayth, but the way she looks, she was beaten badly. Suguri, wake up. Wake up!"

Suguri slowly opened her eyes and, weakly, said, "Fayth... I can't beat her...Spark..." she passed out again.

As Lucy tried to wake her again, Sunset turned back to Dash. "Where is Spark? Why hasn't she appeared yet? She must have seen what's going on, no?"

Dash sighed. She explained what happened to Spark.

A pink blur crashed into the building, rolled out, and crashed into more buildings until it stopped. Dawn stood up, pretty beaten up, but kept her fighting stance.

"You aren't winning, Dawn," stated Fayth, walking to the center of the street.

Dawn looked around, seeing that Fayth had led her to what looked like a train station as she stood in its main lobby. She turned back her attention to Fayth.

"Right back at ya, you little bitch! Even if you beat me, Spark is going to kick your ass again. She did before, and she'll do it again."

Fayth raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "She is?"

"Why are you laughing?"

Fayth stopped, and her grin vanished. "She isn't awake right now. She's asleep right now, just like in the past rewrites. During this time, Twilight, Dash, and the Alicorn sisters are within Spark after she is forced to sleep. It's the best time to kill everyone here, even you." She could see how confused Dawn was. "You don't know yet, but I'll explain it. You, Spark, and everyone else in the whole multiverse lost." She was suddenly behind Dawn, grabbed her long hair, spun her around, and sent her flying through the station and into the train, destroying the front.

Fayth reappeared and walked up to her, seeing her within the twisted metal. "Like always, she stops me from writing the true ending in that book, but also, like always, she fails in stopping me from rewriting the multiverse. You all died and were reborn. It's how I know what's going on when my book recovers my memories." She kicked Dawn through the train, flew through the carts, and landed in the rear cart, tearing the train car apart.

Dawn slowly got up and glared at Fayth, who had followed her and leaned against the door.

"But this time, I'll change how things go. I'm going to force her to wake up, and when she does, she will see this damn town, and people who know her will be DEAD!" she was already on top of Dawn, grabbing her face and slamming her down in the rear car. "She's going to be broken again, and I'll love seeing the horror in her eyes, just like before. I'll take pleasure in breaking her."

She starts crushing Dawn's head while letting her fight back, hoping to make her release herself. Fayth can only smile.

"In this rewrite, you won't live long to see how this rewrite will end but know this. Be happy I'm giving you a mercy killing than making you my savior. Not like the other you from many rewrites ago, no. I learned my lesson by changing Spark's friends into my puppets. You will die this time." She put more force into crushing Dawn's head and loved hearing her scream in pain. "And she enters now," Fayth said, raising her hand and smacking away a magical pink beam.

She turned where the blast came from and saw Luster outside the rear cart, looking scared now that Fayth had noticed her.

"Oh look, it's your pony counterpart. Just in time to see this." She let Dawn's head go, and with a quick punch, she punched through Dawn's chest, leaving a hole when she pulled out. "See. In every rewrite, some things will always happen. Like that hole in your chest, but this time, there aren't different colors in a rainbow. No, just one color now, and that's red." She could see Dawn was still alive, but she knew she would die soon. She stepped out of the ruined rear cart and walked past Luster, who was shaking, trying not to cry.

"The little monster that this universe fears. They won't forgive you for what you did by aiding my savior. You did so much damage that it will be pointless no matter what you do." Fayth smirked, feeling the hopelessness coming off of Luster as she sat on the ground. "Don't worry, this planet will be destroyed before that sad fate of yours starts. You did aid Rainbow Sun Dawn, so I'll let you live and watch this world burn." She looked away and took off, heading to where Spark was.

Luster was left alone, sitting and crying at the ruined train car, seeing blood oozing out as Dawn lay there, dying. "I'm sorry," she cried, unable to help.

"Whatever..."

Luster was shocked to see Dawn standing back up, trying her hardest to stay up, even with a vast hole in her chest.

"I... won't give up..." She slowly started walking.

Luster quickly jumped up and helped her stay on her feet. "Dawn, you're hurt."

"Don't...care..."

Dawn smacked Luster away from her and started to walk toward where Fayth had left. But Luster stood up and tried to stop Dawn again.

"Stop it, you bleeding badly! Stop moving, or you'll bleed out quicker!"

"No!" shouted Dawn, slapping Luster's hooves away. "I'm going to stop Fayth. I don't care what happens to me, but I'm not letting that bitch hurt Spark." She then dropped to her knee, her vision becoming blurry.

"Please, don't move."

Dawn turned and glared at her, her vision going slightly dark. "Just shut the fuck up! Spark is in danger, and I'm not letting her down, not right now. FUCK THIS HURTS!" she cried as she placed her hand near the hole, feeling the blood pouring out. "Spark taught me to keep moving forward, even through the pain..." Dawn closed her eyes, remembering how Spark would show up at home badly hurt.

It was nighttime. She sat on the couch and angrily tossed a bucket of empty ice cream to the wall with the rest of the empty buckets. Dawn was pissed. Spark had been gone without letters, calls, or anything to her for months.

She opened a new ice cream bucket and started eating.

"I bet she's dating someone else, yeah! Why does she even keep dating me?" She stuffed her mouth with blueberry ice cream and swallowed it whole. "What does she even see in me anyway? I'm not pretty. I'm a brute, a monster." She was about to take another bite but heard a knock at the door. "Huh? Who the fuck is knocking at this hour? Better not be some salesman again. If it is, I'm punching him," she growled as she marched toward the door and slammed it open.

Her eyes widened in surprise at what she saw.

It was Spark...badly hurt as blood was dripping from her body. Spark had a big bruise on her cheek, her shirt was torn in multiple places, her nose was bleeding, her lip was busted, and she had a black eye.

"Hey, Dawn," said Spark weakly. She raised her hand, showing a bouquet. "I'm sorry. I'm late, and I didn't call, but I got these for you."

Dawn didn't say anything, only grabbed the bouquet and tossed it aside, pulled Spark into a tight hug, and cried.

"WHO DID THIS TO YOU!?"

She closed the door and dropped to the floor, seeing Spark passing out.

(I learned she could feel healed from damage, but that doesn't mean she wasn't always in pain. She wouldn't answer me about who attacked her. This will happen from between a few weeks to months. I believed my former gang was targeting her, so I went after them and ended up fighting my former teacher. Spark will show up again, but she didn't show up to help me but to defend me from Fayth. I learned from Spark that Fayth would change my fate, but she stopped it. I learned she was a universe jumper and visited other universes to stop Fayth from changing others' fates. Every time she came home, she was badly hurt, yet she would smile and act like everything was okay.)

"Why!?" shouted Dawn, putting an ice bag on Spark's head while the rest of Spark's body was recovering. "Why do you keep fighting her!? So what if she's changing others' fates? It's not worth dying for! Please, stop this. Let someone else do this job."

Spark didn't respond; her eyes were closed, and Dawn feared the worst. But a minute later, she opened her eyes and smiled. "Sorry, I'm not dying. Not yet, not for a long time."

"Please, why?"

"I can't let others suffer a sad fate. It's their stories to write, not Fayths." She grabbed Dawn's hands and looked up at her with a soft smile. "Everyone deserves a happy ending. Even you, Dawn, it's why I protected you." She pulled Dawn toward her, making her fall into her chest. "I love you! When I first met you, I wanted to save you so much, and when I found you again, I wouldn't let the same fate happen to you again." Dawn didn't know what Spark was talking about, but she could feel and hear Spark's heart beating. "As I got to know you, I fell in love with you and the person you are! I will always protect your story, even if it means getting hurt." She kissed Dawn's head. "Same with the others, all those in danger against Fayth, I'll protect them all. I'll stop Fayth and let their stories finish how they want."

Dawn sighed, giving up on stopping her, but Spark's words encouraged her. "Then, can you do me a favor and try not to die?"

"I can't make promises, but I'll try."

"Okay, that's good enough for me." She got up from Spark's chest and kissed her on the lips.

Dawn tried to get up again but felt her body shutting down. "Damn, having a hole in your chest sure fucking sucks..." She fell backward, but Luster kept her up.

"Please, stop, Dawn, or you will die. Please," cried Luster.

"Shut the fuck up," hissed Dawn, forcing herself to let her go, making her drop to the ground. "Stop wasting your time on me and go! It would be best if you did something, ANYTHING, than being here and crying over a dying person like me. Spark is in danger, so you need to protect her! Do something!"

"But I don't know how," said Luster, wiping her tears. "I'm weak. I can't fight her...I'm not Braver! If she were here, she could stand against her..."

"Well, she isn't. But you are. I can tell you're not a weak pony. You're my counterpart, after all. You been through some shit in your life, I can tell just by looking at ya. You're like me. All that shit you had to and will face in the future, you always kept going because you had a reason. Even if you lose that reason, that reason makes you keep moving forward; you won't give up, just like me and the people we admire. If you're not strong, you become stronger. That's how we are. That's why Spark loves me so much." She raised her hand to flick Luster's nose, causing her to jump slightly. "You're strong, and you know it. Braver knows it. It would be best to stop fearing what's to come and keep moving forward." she coughed up blood. "Fuck me, I wish I was dead now. This fucking hurts..." she joked, trying to make Luster smile.

"Yeah..."

"Hey, don't get depressed on me. I'm trying to help you here. So, please, do something for me."

"What?"

"Save Spark."

Time stopped, and everything became grey. Soon, a purple-cloaked figure appeared and opened her book.

"No, Luster will die if she goes to stop Fayth alone. She might buy them in a few minutes, but she will die. I won't allow that. Not in this rewrite." She summoned a feather pen and wrote in her book. Then she closed it. "If you don't like what I'm doing to your universe story, then too bad."

The figure turned around, seeing the shadow figure. It started moving its hands like it was talking.

"You and the other authors might have given up fighting Fayth, but I won't. Neither will Spark and the others that she helped. That future final battle is coming, and those who weren't there." She turned her head slightly, seeing Luster and Dawn. "Will be there. Things will be different this time." She looked back at the shadow figure, who just shook their heads and disappeared.

"It's time for a new dawn to rise."

The figure disappeared, and soon, time was unfrozen. Luster was about to nod at Dawn's final request, but her head felt funny. She shook her head.

"What is this feeling?"

Dawn also felt something was wrong as not only was her body in pain but also her head. The two started to speak at the same time.

"What is this headache? Feels like my head wants to blow up!"

Soon, both suddenly smashed into each other, and a pink light blasted out of the glowing sun-like orb. The beam of light rocketed to the sky, blasting the clouds away. Soon, a figure stood up and walked out of the glowing sun.

"Well, this is something?" said the new Dawn, an anthro unicorn version of Luster wearing Dawn's outfit. She touched her chest and could see there was a hole, but it wasn't just a hole, but a black hole. She pounded her fist, smirking. "Oh yeah! We have no idea what the hell happened, but this magical boost!? It feels like that Rainbow Sun Dawn had but more! We better hurry!" She took one step, and she was gone.

Sunny swung her red guitar, smacked the black tongue away, and jumped back before the mouth arm could bite down on her. She held her guitar correctly and started to play it, firing magical musical notes at the Book tree of Fayth. It hardly did any damage.

"Damn, I take it you aren't a music person...book? Tree? Whatever you are!" she said, swinging her guitar again and smacking the book in the head.

Fayth's book groaned in annoyance and smacked her with her arm, sending her flying and landing on the ground.

"Sunny!" shouted Wallflower, trying to hold off the dead black trees as they became alive and attacked them. She raised her hand, summoning roots from underground and stabbing the trees, but more were coming.

"I'm fine!" Sunny replied as she got back up.

"Oh, I know," said the book, behind her already.

Sunny quickly turned and was about to swing her guitar again, but the book punched her, sending her crashing into Wallflower, who caught her in time. Wallflower could see Sunny was alive, and what saved her was her guitar, which she used to block but was now in pieces.

"My guitar!" cried Sunny, getting off Wallflower and checking her broken instrument. "No, no, no! I based it on the one that Blitz gave me! You bitch!" Sunny was about to charge at the book, but Wallflower held her back.

"Stop! If you made it with magic, then you recreate it!" She quickly summoned fields of plants, which bloomed and grew spike pods. When the trees got closer, the spike pods blew up, firing spikes through the trees and making them back away. "Hurry, fix your guitar! I don't think I can hold them off for much longer!"

Sunny nodded, closed her eyes, and raised her hands. A bright yellow glow covered her guitar, and the broken pieces floated and flew back into their original place, reforming the guitar.

"Okay, I'm back in business," said Sunny, holding her guitar tightly. She played a few notes and nodded. "Okay, stand back!"
She started to play a few notes, and a yellow beam shot off the tip of the guitar, hitting the book in the chest and sending it crashing into the swamp water. "Yes, take that!"

The book got out of the water and dusted its chest off. "Is that the best you got? Here, let me show you what real power is!" She raised her arms and opened their arm mouths, gathering dark energy in them.

"Sunny!" Wallflower shouted, using her powers to summon roots and pull Sunny to her. She raised her arms and created an enormous dome of plant life and tree roots, hoping to block the beam.

Sunny grunted, pulling the roots off her body and turning to her friend. "What the hell!? She was aiming at me only, not you! Idiot, you will get caught in that blast, and I highly doubt your dome will stop it!"

Wallflower ignored her, focusing her power on her dome, reinforcing it even more.

The book fired her dark beams, creating a large beam that hit the dome. Soon, a giant explosion blasted the area, blowing away the black trees and creating a mushroom cloud. As the smoke cleared, a yellow magical bubble could be seen within it. Sunny used all her powers to stop the blast from killing them, depowered her, and returned to her human form. She dropped to her knees, coughing.

"Wallflower!? Are you okay!?" She couldn't hear her, fearing the worst. "Damn it, say something, please! You better not be dead...please don't be..." she whispered as the smoke was clearing.

The smoke cleared, and the dome was gone. It showed a significantly wounded Wallflower on the ground, barely breathing.

"Wallflower!" shouted Sunny, running to her side and lifting her. "Stay with me, stay with me!"

Wallflower didn't reply. She could barely keep her eyes open.

"No, no, no, no! Stay with me, Wallflower!"

"It's over." said the book.

Sunny could see a large shadow under her. She also saw something looking like drool hitting her body. She cursed as she knew what it was. Behind her were the arms' mouths, ready to bite down on them.

"Lucy...sorry," whispered Sunny, holding on to Wallflower and waiting for the end...

...An end that never came, as batarangs flew and stabbed the wooden mouths, blowing up and covering them in ice. This caused the book to stagger backward. Sunny looked to see who saved them, and she spotted them.

"Nightmare!?"

On top of the dead black tree was Nightmare, an alternate version of Twilight and Batman. Nightmare narrowed her white eyes at the book. She tossed out another wave of ice batarangs at it.

"No, you don't! Not again!" shouted the book as it opened its arms mouths, unleashing its black tongues at the caped hero.

Nightmare could see her batarangs being destroyed and the black tongue heading her way. She quickly acted and jumped off the tree in time before the tongue could strike. She pulled out her grapple hook and fired it, latching onto the tree and swinging around the black tongue. She let go and kicked the tongue, making the book scream in pain.

Nightmare landed in the water before the two girls, her cape covering her whole body. Her white eyes narrowed at the angry book.

Sunny was glad someone came to their aid, but she knew it wouldn't be enough.

"Hey, I hope you didn't come alone because if you did, we are so fucked right now!"

Nightmare ignored her, looking back and looking at Wallflower. Nightmare raised her body, took a small green orb from her utility belt pocket, and tossed it behind her, letting it blow up above Sunny and Wallflower.

"Hey, what the hell was that!? look at me when I'm talking to you!" She looked at Wallflower, seeing her wounds healing. "Huh, how?"

"Your friend has powers over plant life. It's like a certain bad guy in my universe. What I tossed is a healing agent made to recover a plant-like body if she was ever badly hurt. Your friend would have a similar body, and it worked."

Sunny was speechless. "Oh, cool."

Nightmare took out a black batarang. "And I didn't come alone." She tossed it into the air and blasted out a bright white light.

The book covered its body, and its single eye was blinded by it. As it stepped back, a laser pointer could be seen and targeted its wooden head. Without warning, a magical beam hit it and created fireworks, burning the book's wooden body.

A dark purple bubble was hovering in the air; within it were Tempest and Tempesta.

Tempesta created a magical bolt action sniper rifle. She pulled back the lever and leaned away from the scope. "Confirm hit."

Tempest was amazed at how little time her human counterpart got used to her new unicorn body and magic. "Good, keep firing. We keep covering fire while giving Nightmare's ace in the hole time to cast their spells."

Tempesta pulled the trigger. Her horn glowed, and a magical bullet fired from her magical see-through gun, hitting the book in the eye and blasting fireworks around it.

The book screamed in pain, holding her chest and stumbling backward.

"Damn you! You will pay for that!" screamed the book, trying to aim its mouth at its attackers, but it suddenly was blasted with electricity as the swamp water became a giant electrical current.

Sunny looked past the book, seeing her friend using his staff to send electrical currents at it. She smiled, seeing her best friend also being there. "Brishen!"

Brishen, the human counterpart of the Storm King as he looked like him now, pulled his staff out of the water and waved at Sunny. "Yo! The mighty and good Storm King is here! Hold your cries of joy!" he winked with a pose but quickly got spooked as Tempesta shot behind him. He turned to see that Tempesta saved his butt from a living black tree as it burned up. In his ear, was a batshaped ear radio, he could hear Tempesta talking to him.

"Idiot, stop with your stupid role-playing shit! You need to stay focused, or do you want to be a pile of ashes?!"

Brishen shook his head. "Nope, thanks, and I owe you one." He smiled. "How about that date, as I suggest-Ahh!" He couldn't finish, and he was blasted by the fireworks Tempesta shot at him.

Tempest chucked and looked at Tempesta, who was blushing a bit.

"Idiot, still trying to ask for a date with me, even though I'm older than him...idiot!"

Tempesta pulled the lever and moved her scope away from her burning friend and back at the book, only to see it looking at her with its arm raised and firing a quick beam at them. She leans away from her scope and to Tempest. "MOVE! IN COMING!"

Tempest quickly acted and teleported them away before the beam could hit them.

Nightmare fired her grapple hook, landing it on the book's main body and pulling it out of the wooden Fayth's body. She gave it all she could, seeing the book was trying to break free. The book was powerful and was pulling her towards it.

"Nightmare!" shouted Sunny.

Nightmare gritted her teeth, trying to pull back but failing. She needed to get that book out of its tree body, as it would be easier to deal with. She pulled harder and soon got the upper hand as Brishen and Tempesta were back in doing their attack. It finally allowed her to pull the cursed book from its wooden shell. She looked up and shouted to someone.

"NOW! DO IT!"

In the sky, there were three colorful stars. Soon, three giant cakes fell from the sky. One was blueberry, the second was grape, and the last was plum. All three cakes landed on the book and created a large explosion.

Fayth, who was dealing with someone, cringed in pain. She held her hand out, her book returning to her, damaged but healing. She cursed at the ones who did this and looked at the particular group in her way.

"Did we do it!?" asked Berry as she and her friends Grape and Plum flew behind her and floated near Nightmare, who put her grapple hook away.

Everyone watched the swamp quickly return to normal, being houses and roads of the New Poinyville.

Grape sighed with relief. "Looks like it!"

Tempest teleported herself and Tempesta to the group. Tempesta and Brishen hurried over to their friends and hugged Sunny while they looked at Wallflower, who was healed and back in her human form.

"I'm Happy you saved us, but why are you here? Weren't you back in Fluttershy's home?" Sunny asked, remembering how they were living there with the others.

Tempesta crossed her arms and answered. "Fluttershy was warned of Fayth returning, and it seems Spark is in danger. We heard that she's under some magical sleeping spell. We don't know the full details, but Twilight did it, and it is inside her. All the heavy hitters are protecting the library tree while the others are helping get the town folks out of here."

"While we were tasked to remove whatever made the town into a magical swamp," stated Nightmare, who walked past them and looked over to the direction of the library. She and the others saw fighting while the library shield was cracking. "Looks like Fayth is already there while the others are fighting her." She turned to Berry and her two friends. "Berry, we need to get back there and help." She turned to Sunny and her friends. "You four need to get out of here. You've done enough. Let us handle the rest."

"But wait! I can still help!" Sunny said, looking worried and holding her guitar. She tried to transform back into her anthro form but failed.

"You and her." Nightmare pointed to Wallflower, who was starting to wake up. "Are in no shape to keep fighting. You are a huge target and will be in our way. So get out of here and stay safe." Nightmare turned to Tempest. "Get them to safely."

Tempest nodded. "You got it."

Sunny was about to argue with her, but her friend Wallflower stopped her. "Sunny, don't. They are right. We will be getting in the way. Besides, I'm still a bit hurt. I don't think I have much magic left in me to use."

Brishen smiled and patted Sunny on the back. "Don't worry. I'm sure the others will stop, Fayth. Until Spark is back up, we should relax and wait."

"Wait and do nothing?"

Brishen chuckled. "Yeah, it's better than getting beaten and dying. So, what do you say, Sunny?"

Sunny frowned but sighed, giving in. "Okay..." but she looked at them all, wondering something. "Wait, where's Lucy?"

Lucy watched as Shining, along with his family, helped him keep the shield up as the library shook with great force. Lucy looked out the window and saw everyone mighty fighting against Fayth, who was winning the battle.

Flare fired her heat vision but was quickly punched away and landed on top of Wanda's shield bubble. Wanda fired her taser cannon, hitting Fayth but seeing no damage on her. Red, Light, Spitflame, Nova, and Layla ran past the bubble shield and leaped at Fayth with their weapons, ready to strike, but Fayth just swung her arm, blasting them all away.

"Fools! All of you coming here was what I was hoping for!"

Aaira, Amelia, Terra, and Rain opened fire with their guns, hoping to slow her down, but Fayth raised her hand, stopping all the bullets and lasers and sending them back at them. They jumped out of the way, but Aaira was caught in the return fire and fell to the ground. She looked up to see Fayth looming over her.

"Shit!"

But before Fayth could kill her, Little Star flew in and bopped the back of Fayth's head.

"Leave her alone!"

Fayth turned around and grabbed the small purple moon. She smiled at her. "Looks like the last remaining Changers came to die." Fayth crushed and killed Little Star without wasting time, releasing the scattered moon pieces.

"NO!" screamed Aaria, raising her horn cutter and firing it.

Terra, Rain, and Amelia joined in and fired their weapons, hitting Fayth, and she stumbled back a bit. Amelia and Terra quickly went to the wounded Aaira, who was crying over Little Star's dead body.

As Fayth stumbled backward, she was suddenly kicked and punched in the face. It did nothing to her, but she smiled as she looked at her new attackers—Flash and Midnight. Flash's rainbow hair was now silver as she transformed into her new super form thanks to meeting Goku when she teleported to the DBZ universe. She could easily dodge Fayth's attack, but even with her new powers, it hardly did anything to being known as Fayth. Midnight, she kept her distance, only attacking when she saw an opening.

Fayth soon saw a white and black light blasting toward her. She raised her hand, stopping the incoming attackers. She held back Bolt and Heat, who were in their hyper forms now.

"Foolish, all of you are no match for me! I'm toying with you all. I want to have a little fun before killing you all."

Suddenly, a shadow loomed over her. She looked up to see a vast shadow monster crashing into her, but she tossed Bolt and Heat into it, making it fall backward. Nanna recoiled in pain a safe distance away as her shadow summon was hurt. She looked up to see Eirika, riding on Aero, fly past and fired off her rainbow sword at Fayth, but she deflected it into Lyra, who was racing toward her. Diamond jumped in time to block it, but the force of the blast knocked them away. Captain Applecore ran and jumped, catching the two and landing. Cap was playing support, as she knew she was no match in a close-range battle with Fayth.

Fayth turned to the remaining active defenders of the library, which were Twilight, Twilah, and Braver's friends. This caused Fayth to laugh.

"Really? You are what's left? How pathetic. I'll make this quick."

Lucy fell backward as Fayth unleashed an attack. She tried to get up to see what happened, but when she got to the window, she screamed as she could see Fayth looking at her.

"Mind lowering the shield? No? What about opening the window? No, as well? Then allow me to d-ugh!?" Fayth was suddenly punched away from the window and crashed into a nearby building. She stood up, slightly bleeding in her mouth. "All that for a drop of blood. What a waste of my time."

She wiped the blood away and glared at the new attacker. She was surprised, though, by who it was.

"Looks like I have to kill you a second time, even if you somehow gain a new form, Dawn."

Standing there, cracking her knuckles, was Dawn. She smirked and pointed at Fayth.

"Bring it bitch! I'd like to see you try!"

Before Lucy could see what happened and question how Dawn became a hybrid, Dashie pulled her away.

"Stay away from the windows. Things seemed to be getting more heated."

Lucy nodded and followed Dashie to where Spark was. Sitting and waiting alongside her was Dash, who was on edge because she had been spooked by the two as they entered the room.

"Thought she got through..." Dash said, sitting back down. She could hear the fighting outside and grit her teeth in annoyance. She wanted to join in the fight but couldn't leave Spark alone and in her sleep.

"How are things?" Lucy asked.

"Same," replied Dash. "Spark's body is still glowing and hasn't changed. She is no doubt trying to overcome Twi's sleeping spell." She looked past them, looking out of the doorway. "I should be there with my friends! But..." she looked back down at Spark, becoming worried.

Dashie walked over and joined her by sitting beside her. "Well, our friends told us to say here. Even if we wanted to, they would force us to stay here, especially you, Dash."

"Hey, why me!?"

"You have the habit of taking big risks and jumping into danger. Plus, I think your friends don't want to see Twilight become sad, you know? If Twilight does bring back our kids or grandkids, they don't want to see Twilight be a single mother with you dead because you jump head first into Fayth's attack like an idiot." Dashie smirked as she looked at her. "I bet you be the first one to die." she joked, hoping it would calm her down.

"Ha-ha, funny." Dash glared at her.

Lucy walked over to the sleeping Spark and kneeled beside her. "So, she'll wake up once she breaks the spell, right?" she could see them nodding. "Do you think she's going to be mad after stopping Fayth? Will she trust anyone here after what Twilight did to her, even if Twilight explained the situation? Or..."

"Or what?" asked Dash.

"...do you think she will be okay, knowing everything? We saw how she's been through a lot, and mentality-wise...how can she not snap? If her sisters are dead but their...kids were inside of her the whole time.,..alone like she was or Blitz and Braver are alive, meaning she will think that she isn't needed here anymore. What should a copy still be around when the real ones are back? I bet she will think that. We've seen how she thinks of herself, even though it improved."

Dash and Dashie stayed quiet. The question was very valid. Even with Spark breaking free from the spell and waking up or Twilight returning with whoever is in Spark's core, how can she take the news? They don't know.

Dash sighed. "I don't know, but the only thing we can do is help her and be there for her, no matter what happens."

Dashie nodded. All three looked at her, sleeping so peacefully.

"What is this!?" Celestia said, backing up a bit. "Are these nightmares?"

Luna shook her head. "No, sister. These two are very real and might be why Spark and friend Braver have my powers."

Twilight walked past them and explained who was in front of them. "When you told me that you sense your powers within Spark, I suddenly thought of something and wondered if it was true. It will make sense. The first slime, Braver and Blitz's real grandmother, killed her attacker and destroyed the Kingdom of Night. Then, the twin's real mother killed the ruler of the Kingdom of Day. Like the other ruler, Sky saw 'her' within the slime." Twilight stopped in front of them. "Rulers of the kingdoms, that universe, Celestia and Luna." she narrowed her eyes at those kingdoms' half-flesh and half-skeleton rulers. "The start of all this mess! How are you two still alive!?"

Night Luna and Day Celestia looked at each other and back to them. Day Celestia spoke. "We are Alicorns; in our universe, Alicorns are more powerful than...those two over there."

Night Luna nodded. "We have seen Braver's dreams, where she remembers saving those two flanks over there a ton of times and hearing from you, Twilight, how those twos are useless in defending their kingdom until you took over."

"Twilight!" gasped Celestia, shocked to hear how Twilight said such things about her and Luna.

Twilight blushed and looked back at her former teacher. She was mumbling and stuttering her words, trying to explain herself. "It's not like that! It's just..." she looked down at the ground.

Luna sighed. "...to be fair, sister. We aren't the most...useful ponies in the world."

Celestia's jaw dropped. "Luna! We were once rulers of Equestria! Of course, we are helpful!"

"Not much. If it wasn't for Twilight and her friends." She looked back at Twilight, smiling at her. "The same goes with Braver and my friends. I know I was being the weak link during Braver's adventures. Braver knew this, but she was always there for me." She sighed again. "Face it, sister, we are pretty weak. That's the cold truth."

Celestia looked at her sister. She knew Luna was right. She sat down and crossed her arms, pouting.

"Well, I still say we aren't useless."

Day Celestia cringed at what she saw before her. Night Luna laughed and enjoyed seeing her old sister suffering. Before she could make a snarky remark to her older sister, Twilight faced them, asking the same question: How were they two alive?

"It doesn't matter if you two were all-powerful. I saw it! You were...killed! You can't be still alive..." Twilight felt somewhat sick to see both sisters looking half-skeletons. "...while looking like that."

Day Celestia answered her question. "You are correct. We were killed, but being Alicorns and the last remaining Elements before they were given away, they allowed us to live...somewhat."

"So, why are you here? To escape and take over Equestria?" Twilight asked, knowing what these princesses were like in their universe. "You started a pointless war! Then, you used that universe of my friends for that Harmony Project! My friends told me what their counterparts told them!" Twilight rage started to build up. "Because of you, you created a lot of pain and death! Not only that, you made my daughters suffer! Tell me why I shouldn't destroy you here and now!?"

"Yes, why shouldn't she? What we were told what you have done. My sister and I would never do those things, yet you two did. You must pay for your crimes!" said Luna.

Night Luna steps forward. "Because we want to help you in undoing our mistakes."

"What?" said everyone.

"What?" repeated Celestia.

Night Luna continued. "After our deaths, I was trapped within the one you called Braver. At the same time, my sister was trapped in the one named Blitz. We watched them suffer for years after they wiped out our universe."

"Then we saw them being saved by you, Twilight. Along with the others on that fateful night all those years ago. We watched them grow and try to move forward in what they had done. We started reflecting on what we had done. If we had never started that war or done these things, our universe would have been destroyed, and my sister and I wouldn't have died. Those young girls wouldn't have to suffer so much." stated Day Celestia.

"We realized the error of our ways and wanted to apologize, but we could not, nor would we ever get a chance while here. We want to make things right by leading you to Spark's core. They are waiting for you." Night Luna said, turning around and leading them through the darkness.

Twilight quickly took a few steps. "They? Who!? Is it my daughter and her sister!?" But the two sisters ignored her questions, still walking down the darkness. She growled. "Answer me, you two! I want to know! Tell me who is in Spark's core!"

"It is best if you see for yourself, Twilight. We will explain more after," Day Celestia replied, not looking back.

Twilight gritted her teeth, annoyed at their non-answers, but she had no choice but to follow them. The others followed her as well.

As they kept walking, Night Light walked to his daughter.

"Sweetie. I know this isn't a good time, but we must talk." He could see his daughter was ignoring him, as he figured she would. He lowered his head and continued what he wanted to say, even if his daughter didn't speak back. "Look, sweetie. I know you are mad at me; you have every right to hate me. What I said to Braver, it wasn't right but-"

"Shut it."

Night Light was surprised to hear her voice so cold. "Huh?"

"There's nothing to talk about, you hear me? What you did was unforgivable. I never want to talk to you, let alone look at you again." Twilight kept her back facing him. "You are dead to me, and the rest of the family is dead to me as well. I don't want you or them around me again."

"Twilight, please, listen to me-"

"SHUT IT!" she shouted, creating a magical gust from her body.

Night Light wanted to speak again, but Celestia stopped him, allowing him to move further away from his daughter.

"Night Light, let her calm down for a bit. Once we finish this, we will try talking to her, alright?"

"But, I don't know if I can. After what I said, I could have lost my daughter and never seen her ever again. I need to speak to her. I must tell her what I meant when I said those things."

Celestia looked at him, concerned. She could hear his voice shaking and saw tears falling from his eyes.

"Night Light...please. Give her time to calm down and let her have some time to herself." She places a hoof on his shoulder, comforting him. "Please understand."

He sighed. "Alright, Celestia." He looked at his daughter. "...I love you, Twilight. I love Braver. I hope allow me to explain myself."

They kept walking until the sisters stopped and faced the group.

"We are the edge of this dreamscape. We will be going through her real memories, and then we should arrive within her core," explained Night Luna, who turned back ahead and blasted an unseeable wall. Soon, there was a doorway, and in the distance, within a white void, they could see the Element of Magic pulsing and going through water-like bubbles.

"Looks like they are telling the truth if the Element is here too," said Luna, joining her counterpart's side and looking at her. "My trust isn't fully back, but you two are making a good start by helping us."

The sisters nodded and smiled at her. They walked through the door and entered the void white. The rest followed. They could see millions of water bubbles and blurry memories on those surfaces.

"So, this what memories look like within us? They are so...blurry," commented Twilight.

"Yes. This is what memories look like. When you experience something, the mind will create a memory bubble. They are always blurry at first until you go over them. That is when you can see it clearly and remember everything you have experienced." explained Day Celestia.

Night Light looked up and could see more bubbles."I wonder what these memories are..."

The group could see the Element of Magic entering one of the bubbles.

"It looks like we're going to find out," said Celestia as she and the group entered.

...to come out and find themselves in what looks like a

school as they stand on a rooftop. They can see that time is frozen.

"Where are we? Is this one of the universes that Spark has seen?" asked Twilight, walking closer to the chain fence and looking down.

Night Luna walked over and explained. "No, this is the memory of when Brigitte and her group reached the next floor." She could see her and the others looking confused. "Tell me, Twilight. When Spark explained her story, didn't it seem odd that she was retelling it in such deep detail? For somepony who wasn't really there for most of it?"

Twilight was speechless. She didn't even realize it until it was pointed out to her. "You are right...that does seem odd."

Twilight was going to ask her a question, but suddenly, everything started to move as the wind blew and wooden birds flew by. They looked down to the track and field, seeing two unicorns. One looked like an anthro, while the other was an ordinary unicorn—just her rear legs were prostheses. The anthro unicorn stood near the bleachers, watching as the yellow unicorn ran by.

The yellow unicorn stopped as she reached the finish line and turned to the anthro young girl, smiling.

A pillar appeared in the middle of the track, and soon, elevator doors opened...

End of Chapter 24

Author's Note

Hey there! If you realize who Starlight and Sunset are meant to be, GOOD JOB!

For those who don't know, they are based on two characters in Katawa Shoujo, which has been re-released on Steam! Play it! It's a tremendous visual Novel!