Their Names Across The Multiverse

Twilight returned to lowering her head to his daughter's real mother. She could ask forgiveness from them while Celestia, Luna, and her father watched in silence.

"Please, forgive me! I couldn't be the great mother you thought I could be! I hurt your daughter, made her suffer so much-" Twilight's tears hit the ground. "I'm so sorry..."

Nightfall stepped forward, and Twilight closed her eyes, hearing Nightfall's footsteps getting closer.

"I'm so sorry." Twilight kept saying as Nightfall stood right in front of her.

Nightfall reached her hoof forward and touched Twilight's neck. She raised her head, and Nightfall could see her teary eyes. She gave her a soft smile and hugged her.

"Twilight. Being a parent isn't easy. You are going to make mistakes. What's important is that you are there for your child and love them no matter what," said Nightfall.

Twilight hugged her back. "I failed to do that."

Nightfall shook her head. "You didn't. You were always there for Braver when she needed you, and we saw how much you and Dash loved her. Besides, you wouldn't be here if you were a bad mother. So, don't put yourself down."

Twilight looked at her. "But what I did to her."

Nightfall hugged her tight. "I can see why my...no, " she corrected herself. "Your daughter loves you so much and takes after you." She broke the hug and wiped Twilight's eyes. "Sometimes we will hurt our child, but that doesn't mean we are bad parents." She looked over her shoulder as she felt a hoof on it. She could see Sky smiling.

"She's right. We don't mean to hurt or always understand them, but as long as you are there for them and love them no matter what, that really matters." Sky sat alongside her love. "We trust you to watch over and care for our daughter. You love her."

Twilight could feel her sadness going away but...

"But we did fail as parents," added Sky, making Nightfall look at her.

Twilight felt sad as she remembered how Niightfall and Sky triggered the event that would lead their daughters to destroy their world. She shook her head and wanted to say something, but Sky covered her mouth.

"Going to stop you right there. I know what you will say, and it's not true." Sky removed her hoof. "We did fail. We did things to them, hurting them, which led to the world's end." She smirked again. "So, we got you beat in that! You can never outdo our failure, and it was worse!" She chucked, but she could see Nightfall glaring at her. Sky coughed. "I'm just messing with you. But yes, we did fail, but the past is in the past, and we can't change that. All we can do is move forward, learn, and never repeat those mistakes. You did the latter."

"But I never did." Twilight was getting emotional.

Sky stood up. "I beg to differ. When you learn what was wrong, you make sure not to do it again."

Nightfall continued. "Even if it happened again, you would still try to find a way not to hurt your daughter, even if that meant losing her. Remember?"

Twilight remembered that day during the Apple Bucking season when she went when Blitz and her family arrived in Equestria. She remembered how she learned how she hurt her daughter with the sun lotion from Luster telling her, and then something overcoming her with fear, calling her daughter a monster. After all that, she apologized to Braver and said she didn't want to hurt her again. Even if it meant being away from her and losing her forever, she started to break down again.

"You will do anything in your power to make it right. And we can see you are trying to make things right with our daughter. You are still moving forward even if the outcome is unexpected." Nightfall and Sky helped Twilight up. Nightfall went on. "You showed your daughter that, no matter what, you would always be there for her and make things right. We trust you to take care of her, and you are still trying, even if it means going through all the pain and suffering. That's a good parent does."

"Remember how Braver acted when you tried to leave her?" added Sky.

Twilight nodded as she remembered it. Braver tackled her in the sky, not wanting her to leave. "She wanted me to stay, even though I hurt her..."

Sky nodded. "And you did the right thing. You stayed with her and never left her. Even now..."

Twilight looked at them, Seeing Sky and Nightfall step aside, revealing something at the tree's base. Twilight felt so many emotions: happy, scared, and sad, all at once. It was Braver, her daughter. She was lying there, asleep, along with her sister, Blitz. Twilight could hardly talk as she asked if this was real this time.

"Yes," replied Sky and Nightfall. "We can't do much, unlike you and Dash. We are just memories, fake ghosts of the past..." They looked over to their daughters. "But we kept them alive, but they are in a deep coma. The poison is still breaking them down, but we are keeping it at bay," explained Nightfall.

"We?" Twilight asked, but her answer came when

JA and other counterparts of her friends walked out from behind the tree.

JA tipped her hat. "Hey, Twi. Happy to finally meet ya." She sat near the twins and started to explain. "We are using the remaining shards of the Element of Harmony that Braver had within her. We have been trying to keep them alive, hoping the wet blanket will return here, which she hasn't because this place holds too many bad memories, where she thinks she killed her sisters. Good thing you came along."

FlutterWonder continued. "We are almost out of remaining magical powers to keep them alive. I'm afraid that once we are out, they will be gone forever. So, you got to hurry."

Twilight looked at the twins. They seemed to be suffering from pain as she slept. She turned back to Nightfall, wanting to know something.

"There has always been something I have wanted to ask but never got a chance to. When you say the ghost of the past or just being memories..."

Nightfall nodded as she knew what Twilight thought of. "Yes, it's just as it sounds. We aren't the real girl's parents. Even those over there died due to the failed fusion of the Elements. We are just fakes, having their memories of the dead. In truth, we are..."

"The Elements of Harmony," whispered Twilight.

Sky nodded. "Yes, and we only exist because Spark talent overcame us from disappearing. When an Element of Harmony universe is wiped out, we go with it, but Spark kept us alive and broke the rule. We remember the memories of the bearers. It was Spark herself who created us ten years ago. She wanted to save her sisters, and she saw so many universes as they jumped from universe to universe. She knew many could help. She also saw your universe and your human counterpart's universe. She saw your story and knew that you would be the best one for helping her sisters." Sky smiled. "We grew to love those girls and saw them as our daughters. Just like you four did."

Nightfall continued, "Spark might have chosen you and the other three, but we had a part in it. We wanted to do everything in our power to help those girls and let them live happy lives. We got to know you three well enough to agree with her." Nightfall touched Twilight's chest. "Before we explained more. As a mother to another, I understand how it feels..." she started to cry. "Not seeing your daughter in a long time, so go. Hold her close."

Twilight didn't hesitate as she dashed to her daughter and held her and her sister tight. Sobbing as she missed her daughter so much.

"We will give you some space," said Remedy as she and the others walked to Nightfall and Sky.

Night Light was happy for his daughter, and his granddaughter was alive, but he became sad for the future. Will his daughter let him explain?

"She will," Nightfall said, not facing him. He was surprised. How did she know what he was thinking?

"Your daughter will forgive you." she slightly turned to him, giving a hopeful smile.

Night Light said nothing but bowed to her, thanking her.

After some time, Twilight rose and returned to the others. She looked at Sky, Nightfall, and the rest as they became transparent.

"What's happening?" asked Celestia.

"Our powers are almost used up. We can't stay long in this form," answered Nightfall. She turned to Twilight. "Listen, there is a way to save our daughters. To do that, you must give them an Element of Harmony. With Braver, the broken shard Element orb will be recharged, allowing her to live, but with Blitz, she needs to have an Element within her to keep her alive, just like her sister."

Twilight understood and looked at the Element of Magic as it floated over to them. "We can use the Element of-"

Sky shook her head. "No, you don't understand. If you used your Elements, then Blitz can't ever leave this universe. If an Element ends up in another universe, its powers will disappear. Besides."

Quartz rolled circles around them on top of a clown ball. Continuing what Sky was going to say. "There are two extra Elements that aren't from this universe that can be used!"

Twilight didn't get it at first, but when she did, her eyes widened, and she gasped. She looked at Sky and Nightfall.

"The Element of Loyalty and Magic! The ones you gave to Dashie and Twilah...but wait." She realized something. "Didn't you say that when an Element enters another universe, its powers will disappear? But those Elements still had their powers. Even the one within Braver. I don't understand."

Both smiled at her and said, unison, "Because of Spark. Creating her own Element, she changed how we work. We are no longer tied to the universe but to the bearers entirely. To whom do we choose to give the elements, they will remain in their bodies, allowing the holder to take it with them, even if the universe is destroyed, as long as the bearer doesn't die."

Nightfall became sad. "We didn't realize giving the Elements to those without a mana system would end up hurting their bodies. I can remove the Element of Magic from Twilah, but sadly, the damage has been done. But at least she will live longer once it's removed, but her fate is sealed. I'm sorry..."

Twilight told them it wasn't their fault. No one could have predicted that would happen. She turned back to the twins, who Day Celestia and Night Luna were watching over. She asked what they were doing.

Night Luna slightly turned and answered her.

"Sky and her friends will be leaving this place and won't be able to give their powers to these two. So it is up to us to keep them alive. With our last remaining powers, we will do what we can to help."

"It won't ever make up for the sins we created, but it's something," whispered Day Celestia.

Twilight could tell how sorry they were for creating all the pain and deaths. She nodded and returned to Sky and Nightfall.

"Then let's go." She looked back at her sleeping daughter. "I'll be back, sweetie. Keep sleeping and having a good dream until then." She then looks at both ruling sisters. "Please, protect them."

Both nodded. "Of course."

Twilight walked away and was ready to leave, but Nightfall stopped her. She pointed to Night Light. Twilight asked what she meant by pointing to her father.

"Talk to him, Twilight. He's your father and wants to make things right."

Twilight didn't say a word.

Sky put her hoof on her shoulder. "Give him a chance. Don't throw away a family bond. Talking it out will help. Trust us."

Twilight understood; she trusted these two a lot and had never been wrong in anything. She faced her father and walked over to him. She sat down and sighed. She didn't want to do this after what he did to Braver, but...

"...talk," she said.

Night Light was shocked. "Are you sure?"

Twilight nodded. "Yes. Talk, please. Before I change my mind."

So he did. "Twilight, honey. I understand why you are so upset—believing what I did to your daughter, Braver. Telling others that she wasn't my granddaughter. But please, what I'm going to tell you is the truth." He stopped to see how Twilight was reacting, but she just gave him a neutral expression, so he went on after sighing. "Honey, you are more like me than you think. We both are unobvious of things and others' feelings. I see Braver as my granddaughter; when I tell others she isn't, it's not the complete truth like you, Dash, or even Braver believes. I tell them that even if she isn't my granddaughter by blood, she IS my granddaughter. No matter what. She has the same traits as you. I see you in her. The way she thinks, the way she tries to find out how something works, and the way she wants to help others. I now realize Braver misunderstood what I was saying to others, and I never knew I was hurting her...makes sense when I always find her somewhere alone and sad. Now I know why. Please believe me. I never wanted to hurt my granddaughter, but I did. I understand you hate me, but I can't blame you for hating me. But please, believe me, I truly love my granddaughter, and I will try to make things right with her, with you. But only if you let me. And I can see I have a lot of making up to do. I'll start by apologizing to her when she returns home..." he looked down, waiting for his daughter to say anything even if she didn't believe him.

"I believe you, Dad."

He quickly looked up at her, shocked at how she believed him and seeing her crying face.

"You aren't lying...how can someone lie while having that kind of face." She could see her father's crying face, the same one she made when she learned how she hurt her daughter. "Dad, I'm sorry for being harsh and rude to you. I was wrong to act the way I did. But I couldn't handle my emotions. It was wrong of me. Can you forgive me?"

Night Light sobbed as he slowly hugged his daughter. "There's nothing to forgive, Twilight. You were upset and had the right to feel the way you did. I'm the one who needs to ask for forgiveness. I hurt your daughter, and I didn't know how much damage I did until it was too late. Please, let me make things right with her and you."

Twilight sobbed as well, hugging him. "Dad..."

Everyone smiled at the sight. Sky and Nightfall knew Twilight would listen to her father, knowing he would never lie.

"Okay, it's time to go," announced Quartz, packing a suitcase and tossing everything, even the kitchen sink.

Twilight let go and turned to everyone.

"Yes! It's time to go!"

Dashie, Dash, and Lucy were still watching over sleeping Spark, but soon, a purple light flashed before them.

"Are they back?" Lucy asked, covering her eyes.

Soon, the light was gone. They lowered their arms and could see Twilight, her father, the two former princesses, and the six new ponies.

"Sky!? Nightfall!?" shouted Dash and Dashie in surprise.

Lucy remembers seeing these two and the other four ponies when Spark pulled her and the others into her core, hoping they would stop Blitz and Braver from exchanging their lives with Spark. Those two were Blitz's birth mothers. Lucy became worried, wondering why they were there, but what Twilight said made her drop to the floor, not believing it.

"They are alive! Our daughters are alive!" cried Twilight, smiling at the three.

Dash rocketed toward Twilight, hugging her and sobbing happily. Dashie closed her eyes and thanked the gods her daughter was alive.

Lucy was still shocked. She slowly recovered and cried. "Blitz...Blitz is alive!" she covered her mouth and cried tears of happiness.

Twilight pulled Dash off. She wanted to join the happiness, but the mission wasn't over. She quickly explained the situation and how they could save them. Then, she finally turned to Dashie, who became even more filled with happiness.

"Twilah won't die!" but she could see Nightfall shaking her head and explaining that it wouldn't really save Twilah, but it would extend her life for a while. Dashie was still happy; at least her future wife wouldn't die immediately.

Nightfall and Sky bow to her. "Forgive us...We didn't know the Elements would harm you if you overused or had them for so long. If we did, we wouldn't have given you two the Elements of Magic and Loyalty."

Dashie held no grudge against them, said it wasn't their fault, and said there was nothing to forgive.
Now, they were ready. They were about to head upstairs to Luster's bedroom, where Twilah was. But the library shook with force.

"What was that just now!?" Twilight asked.

Dash quickly explained what was happening, with Fayth returning and fighting everyone outside. Twilight knew this was bad, but saving the twins was important right now. Dealing with Fayth will come later.

"Then we have no time. Let's go!" Twilight and the others dashed upstairs while Lucy stayed behind with a sleeping Spark.

...only Spark's rainbow aura faded, and her eyes opened...

Above Equestria, a rifted opened up. A white Alicorn flew out, along with an older woman, looking like a magical girl.

"She's here," Lauren said, looking at the planet. "Fayth is here."

Who was next to her was the Orange Juice universe author. Tomomo.

"Same with Suguri, but I sense she got a pretty bad beating." Soon, someone exited out of the rift. "Good thing we brought backup."

It was a slightly grey-haired girl wearing a tattered grey outfit. Her eyes were rainbow colors. Three different desserts floated in front of her. She smiled.

"Fayth? A breaker of fates? Ha! She hasn't met me yet! Breaker of Worlds! Stars!" she grabbed the cookie, bit it hard, and chewed it. She swallowed it and gave a crazed smile.

"STAR BREAKER!"

End of Chapter 27