Author's Note

BAD ENDING
Chapter 9: GOOD ENDING
Chapter 10: NEUTRAL ENDING
Chapter 11: WORST ENDING

BAD ENDING

BAD Ending:

Lyra turned her head to face Sunset head on. “It’s too late now, my pony friends have given their lives for this… I cannot stop now.”

Sunset wiggled, leaning forward until she could balance on her feet.

Lyra watched her struggle. “I made this animatronic just for you.” She said gesturing over to the Sunset Shimmer animatronic. “It would be a shame to have to kill another pony.” She hummed. “But you? Truly, there was no record of any such person. ‘Sunset Shimmer’.”

Sunset’s eyes widened. If ponies could not live without their magic, it stood to reason that Sunset could not either. Only, she wasn’t a pony, at least not right now. “Lyra, you can’t be serious. This type of magic is corrupting you, it’s only downhill from here… it’s not too late to stop.”

Lyra shook her head. “It is too late. I cannot return to Equestria knowing the crimes I have committed. This is my life, this place has to be a success. I have no other options.”

Sunset used all her strength to stand. Swinging the wooden chair attached to her behind she made contact with Lyra’s midsection. The wooden chair fractured as it connected. Sunset was no longer burdened by her restraints, so, she took off running.

Lyra stumbled to the floor under the impact of the chair. “Damnit.” She huffed. Brushing herself off and checking for any damage.

When sunset took the corner toward the exit, she realized her mistake. The very familiar faces blocked her path… well three faces, and the lack of a face.

Sunset paused. “I know you guys are scared… and hurt… but I am not your enemy…”

The wires from the Apple Jack animatronic wrapped around her body until she could no longer move. Holding her completely still. It was clear, that even in death, or… rebirth? Lyra’s friends were loyal to her. “What will making me like you do for you!?” Sunset screamed.

The pizzeria echoed with the sounds of her screams. Lyra finally emerged, holding the bell. “No more stories, Sunset Shimmer. You caught me monologuing and thought you were so clever. You aren’t so clever or strong without your friends… perhaps if you had just stayed in Equestria, that was your mistake.”

She harshly threw the bell, and it rang as it flew through the air. It smacked against the restraining cables and wires. The pressure of pulling through her skin began. Something like her essence being removed. Pain poured through her until she could no longer feel. The extraction had ended, the wires loosened, and she fell to her hands and knees. An overwhelming sadness enveloped her. It should only be a matter of days before she’d cease to exist.

Days had gone by, Sunset barricaded herself in the apartment. Terrified to see her friends, for fear that she may die at any moment. It had always been said that magic was a pony’s life-force. The fire-of-the soul. Without hers, it seemed only a short while til she grew weak and weary.

But as the days turned into a week, Sunset grew unsure. She didn’t feel weak, she didn’t even feel tired. Just alone with her thoughts.

She was fine…

Only, a pony cannot live without her magic, so it seemed she could never be a pony again.

And without her magic, she would just be an ordinary person. Isolated from what her friends had obtained in the magic of friendship. And perhaps they didn’t need her if that were the case…

Quite debilitating, and with no where to turn.

Maybe it was preferable that she just return to Equestria. Than to watch her friends continue living lives so much more bonded with each other than with her.

It was an empty feeling nonetheless.

The lack of magic.

The sadness and isolation was inescapable.

So she would return to Equestria without her magic…