Equestria Girls: Remembering Your Names

"Blitz!" Lucy shouted, running to her wife as she was running through the parking lot.

Blitz and Lucy met mid-way and hugged tightly. They kissed and spun around each other.

"Sorry, I'm late and hope I didn't miss much, Lucy. I stopped a wildfire and so on," Blitz explained, letting her go and holding hands as they walked to the mall entrance.

Lucy chuckled and nodded. "No worries, you didn't miss much in the dress shopping. Even then, you would have sneaked out if Sol and Dahlia asked you to wear some dress with them. You wouldn't last five minutes wearing a dress."

"I'm not a dress person. I prefer shorts and T-shirts," Blitz said, rubbing the back of her head.

"You do wear those, but nothing else." She stopped and pointed her finger. "You can still wear swimsuits and T-shirts when we go to the pool and the beach! Ever since we were kids!"

"What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing. Just wish you could try new things and not always be afraid."

"I'm not afraid," Blitz argued. "Like, I changed my hair color!" she pointed at it.

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Yeah, after the girls said your black hair was lame-looking and not cool, you dyed it purple, and now you look like your big sister, Spark." She started to giggle. "You always acted like you hated her affection, but deep down, you loved it and wanted to be like her."

"Do not!" Blitz shouted with a deep blush.

"You do, too," Lucy smiled and leaned closer. "You can't fool me, Blitz. I've known you since we were kids.

Blitz became more red. "I only dyed it purple because that's how my mom's hair color is! Not because I wanted to be like Spark, that annoying siscon of mine! I want to be like my mom, that's all!

Lucy nodded. "Sure, sure."

"I'm not kidding!"

Lucy kept nodding and holding her laughter back, which annoyed Blitz.

"Stop laughing, Lucy!"

"You're so cute," Lucy giggled, hugging Blitz and making her blush more.

"I'm not cute..."

Lucy giggled and kissed Blitz's cheek, making her turn red and freeze. Lucy pressed her body up against Blitz's chest, making her feel her wife's breasts press into her own. She felt her heart beating faster.

"So, you're not cute?"

"Um, no. I'm not. I'm cool."

"Oh, really? Because you look hot to me!"

Blitz gulped, her face redder, and Lucy kissed her neck, making her heart beat even faster. Even more so, as she could see people glaring. She knew Lucy was in the mood and always acted like this, but she slowly pushed her off and continued to the mall doors.

"Stop it. We're in public, and I want to be with the family, enjoying today's fun. So, let's focus on that, okay?"

Lucy pouted and held her hand, stopping her. She didn't want Blitz to know what happened between her, Sunny, and Wallflower—not right now and not here, anyway. She wanted her attention all for herself. She pulled Blitz to the right side of the mall by force, making Blitz a little upset.

"Where are we going?"

"Just for a quickie," Lucy smirked.

Blitz's face was red again, and she knew what was coming next. She was a little aroused, but she shook off that feeling and stopped her.

"Lucy, what's up with you? I know you can get in the mood, but sometimes, this is too much. I want to make out, too, but I want to see my daughters. Also, Su-" she was cut off as Lucy pulled her again, heading to the edge of the staff parking lot where a forest area was.

Lucy dragged her wife into the forest and stopped in the middle. The trees blocked the view from the outside and gave them a small clearing of grass, rocks, and a broken van with overgrown plants on it. It was their old hang-out spot when they were kids. Lucy tossed Blitz on the van's hood and climbed on her, laying her flat.

"I want to make out!" Lucy cried.

"We can make out later! Why are you acting like this?"

Lucy was upset and tried to hold back her tears. She didn't want Blitz to go inside and learn what happened. She knew Blitz would be on Sunny's and Wallflower's side, telling her she was wrong in saying those things. She knew she was wrong and wanted to apologize. However, her pride and anger made her stubborn, and she didn't want to apologize.

Blitz was still wondering what was up with Lucy. She knew that Lucy was a closet pervert until she met Spark, who made her more open to her perversion. But this was very unlike her. She would never go this far to do a quickie in the woods, away from everyone. It wasn't her.

"Lucy, why are you acting like this?" she asked softly.

Lucy closed her eyes and looked down. Making it seem she was finally going to say something as she sat up on Blitz...until she raised her sundress, flashing her panties to Blitz, who quickly returned into her anthro form, her wings opening and spreading out, signs of a pegasus' sexual arousal. Blitz's cheeks turned red again, and she was speechless as she stared at Lucy's exposed body.

"L-lucy..." she whispered.

"Blitz, I'm sorry...I want to...OH!" she blushed deep red as she felt little Blitz saying hi. "Hello there! I see you're excited." She grinned while making Blitz embarrassed.

"How can I not!? It's a normal reaction when you do something like that! It's not like I have any control over that!"

"True. But you're excited because of me." She giggled, pressing her small breast on her wife's face as she lay back on top of her. "And only me, right?" she removed her breast from Blitz's face and kissed her before she could say anything.

Blitz moaned and soon rolled over, switching their positions, and she was now on top of Lucy, pinning her hands and kissing her deeply. Blitz didn't understand why she was doing this, but it didn't matter. She broke the kiss and started to kiss Lucy's neck.

Lucy held back her cries of happiness as she spoke to Blitz. "Only me...not Sunny or Wallflower, right? You're all mine."

"Mine?"

Lucy didn't want to explain why she was jealous and possessive of her. So, she continued with their act of love. She didn't want Blitz asking too many questions.

"Never mind them! Just focus on me, alright!?"

Blitz looked at her, confused, and nodded. She didn't know why she would bring up those two at this time. But it didn't matter. She was trying to focus, but Lucy kept talking about them for some odd reason.

"You're mine. Sunny can't have you! Wallflower can't have you!"

Blitz was very confused and a bit disturbed. She didn't know what was up with Lucy today, but this was really strange. She stopped kissing her neck and asked a question as she felt something happened between those three.

"Are you hiding something from me? Something between you, Sunny, and Wallflower?"

"NO! I'M NOT!" Lucy screamed, sitting up and pushing Blitz off, falling off the hood and landing on her back.

Blitz was a little in pain but soon felt something heavy landing on her stomach; she could see Lucy on top of her trying to take off of sundress but soon had trouble taking it off over her head, leaving her exposed bra and panties for Blitz to see. Blitz could see Lucy's body trembling.

"L-lucy?"

She saw Lucy still struggling to take off her sundress, which was kind of funny and sad. She couldn't hold back her laughter and sat up, taking off the sundress for her. Lucy was a little embarrassed and didn't want Blitz to laugh at her.

"It's not funny! Help me right away! Don't watch me struggle like that!"

"You didn't say so," Blitz said.

"I was going to, but you didn't give me a chance to, you moron," Lucy replied, tossing her sundress to the side and forcing Blitz back on the ground but soon realized something. "Huh!?" she didn't feel little Blitz anymore. "Why aren't you turned on anymore?"

Blitz looked at her with a sad smile. "Because I'm not in the mood anymore."

"Why not!?"

Blitz crossed her arms. "Because I know something happened..." she looked away. "Plus, how cute and sad you failed to remove your sundress."

"SHUT UP! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TURNED ON, YOU JERK!"

Blitz giggled and nodded. "I was, but I'm not in the mood anymore. I'm sorry. " She finally gave her a severe look. "What's wrong? Did you three fight again?"

Lucy was silent and slowly fell on top of Blitz.

"I love you."

Blitz sighed and hugged her. "I love you, too. But I'm not letting you off the hook just yet."

Lucy nodded and didn't want to talk about the incident directly. She danced around it.

"I love you. I will always be here for you. No one will come between us. Right, Blitz? Promise me."

Blitz didn't understand what was going on but promised her anyway. "I promise."

Lucy was a little relieved and hugged her tighter. Blitz didn't like that her wife was hiding something from her.

"I always make you happy, right? I make you feel special, like I'm the only one that loves you, right?"

"Yes," Blitz replied, still slightly annoyed, but Lucy's warm and soft body made her feel better.

Lucy faced her, her eyes filled with hope that she was the only one who could make Blitz happy, not Sunny and Wallflower. She placed her hands over her cheeks. "I'm better than Sunny and Wallflower, right? I make you feel better, right?"

"Huh?" Blitz became super red. "I mean...I...errr..."

Lucy's eyes widened, and she panicked as she realized her question could be taken the wrong way. "No! Wait! Not like that...way..." Lucy suddenly felt little Blitz saying hi again. She became upset and slapped Blitz's cheeks hard, leaving a small mark.

"HEY!" Blitz shouted.

"PERVERT!"

"Me, a pervert!? What the hell, Lucy! You asked a question like that, of course, I will think about them when I do it with them! I love them! What's wrong with that!?"

"YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT THEM WHEN I'M RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU!"

"WHAT!?"

Lucy was breathing heavily, her mind panicked, and she didn't know what else to do. Her eyes were wide, and she was sweating. She wanted to tell Blitz the truth but didn't know how. "I mean, um...what I mean is..."

Blitz was becoming mad. "Hey, you asked that weird question, not me! You can't blame me for thinking about them like that, Lucy!"

"YES, I CAN! You're mine, not theirs!"

"I AM THEIRS AND YOURS!"

"NO, YOU'RE NOT!"

"YES, I AM!"

"NO, YOU'RE NOT!"

"Yes, I am!"

"NO, YOU'RE NOT!"

Blitz was done and pushed Lucy off. She didn't understand why Lucy acted like this and was annoyed by her attitude.

"Blitz, I-"

"I'm not doing it with you," she said.

"Huh!?"

"Not after you act like a jealous child," Blitz said, standing up and picking up Lucy's dress and tossing it into her face. "I love all three of you equally. And I will love all of you no matter what, but I won't love one of you if you start acting like this! All jealous and selfish!"

Lucy's heart felt heavy and sank. She didn't expect Blitz to act like this. She thought Blitz would love her unconditionally.
"But I'm your wife."

Blitz could see her pointing to her ring and trying to grab her waist, but she dodged, making her fall.

"You are! One of my three wives!"

Lucy felt scared but also angry. "I'M YOUR MAIN WIFE!"

That comment took Blitz aback. "MAIN WIFE!? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, LUCY! WHY YOU'RE ACTING LIKE THIS, BUT YOU'RE NOT EXPLAINING WHY! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?" Blitz stopped and calmly breath in and out. She didn't want to keep yelling or getting angry. "Just tell me why. Tell me why you are acting like this and what happened between you, Sunny, and Wallflower because that ring you have isn't just our love but the love between all four of us! Sunny and Wallflower are my wives, but they are your wives, too, Lucy. So, tell me. What's wrong? What's bothering you? I know I can be an idiot sometimes, but I will help you no matter what. So, please let me know why you are acting like this and what's happening."

Blitz could see Lucy holding the wedding ring finger, and what she did next broke Blitz's heart. Lucy took it off and tossed it at her chest.

"There, you can have it!"

Blitz quickly picked it up and kept looking it. Blitz felt heartbroken but also angry. "Lucy..."

"I don't want it."

"WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS!? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!?"

"BECAUSE YOU KEEP LOVING THEM, EVEN WHEN THEY LEFT AND HURT US! YOU KEPT LOVING THEM LIKE THEY DID NO WRONG! I STAYED AND LOVED YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED IT! EVEN WHEN TWILAH-"

"DON'T YOU DARE USE MY MOTHER'S DEATH AS AN EXCUSE TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK BETTER, LUCY!"

"I'M NOT!"

"YES, YOU ARE!" Blitz's slime started to ooze out of her hair; the purple dye was mixed in with the once-black slime, making it purple. "THEY HAD GOOD REASONS TO NOT LIVE WITH US ANYMORE! IT WAS FOR MY DAUGHTERS AND THEIR FUTURE!"

Lucy stood and marched up to the slime-looking Blitz, whose eyes were now white. Lucy wasn't afraid, as this was Blitz's natural body, her authentic self. She knew she was still there, even though she was angry.

"YOU'RE SO FUCKING STUPID, BLITZ!" Lucy screamed, slapping her in the face again. "THEY LEFT US! THEY DON'T LOVE US ANYMORE AND NEVER WILL!"

"YES, THEY WILL!"

"NO, THEY WON'T! STOP BELIEVING THEY WILL COME BACK BECAUSE..." Lucy fell on top of Blitz's slimy chest. "Because I stopped believing they will."

"What?"

Lucy cried her heart out. "I can't take this anymore, Blitz. They're not coming back. You can't keep living in a dream world and hoping they will return if you give them gifts or money. You're hurting yourself and our family! You keep believing they will return someday, and we will be happy again, but you're wrong! They're never returning! They left us, Blitz. They are gone forever, and we need to move on and get a divorce from them so you can move on! You're the one who needs to wake up, not me, Blitz. You're in denial and won't accept reality, which hurts me. It hurts me so much seeing you like this."

Blitz held her, not understanding why this was happening. She needed to know what had happened. Did Sunny, Wallflower, or both have said something in the heat of the moment during a fight? Even if Sunny and Wallflower didn't live with them anymore, they told her they still loved them and wanted to continue that love and marriage.

Blitz sat her on the ground and leaned away. "Lucy, tell me what's going on? What happen today? What did Sunny and Wallflower say or do?"

"I don't want to say," Lucy replied, her face red and tears flowing down her face.

"Lucy...please, I'm not mad. I want to understand why you are acting like this. Please, for me?"

"No."

"Lucy, please..."

"No."

"LUCY! PLEASE!"

"NO!"

Blitz was becoming frustrated. "Lucy! Why won't you tell me!? Please, I need to know! Tell me, please!" she was fearing the worst, that Sunnt and Wallflower didn't love them anymore.

"I won't," Lucy replied, closing her eyes and turning her head. What she said next made her wish she had told Blitz everything. "They won't love you, the thing you are—a slime."

Blitz's heart stopped, and her eyes became empty. "What did you say?"

"They won't love you as a slime," she repeated, her voice cracking. "You heard me the first time! Only I can! Even our daughter, who's also a thing, will be rejected and treated differently. But that's okay. That's why I will love you and her. Because no one else will."

Blitz let her go and stood up, looking at her. Lucy looked up at her and saw Blitz looking so...betrayed...betrayed by her. Lucy didn't mean for it to be this way, as she realized what she had said.

"I'm sorry!"

Blitz turned and walked away.

"Wait! Where are you going!?" Lucy stood up. "Please, don't leave me. I didn't mean to say that!"

"Stay away from me."

Lucy flinched when she heard that. "But why!?"

"I can't trust myself not to hurt you in anger..." Blitz stopped and slowly eyed her. Her rage was barely contained. "And because I feel so angry that I don't even know how to react."

"But I'm your wife."

"And my wife, who loves me and will love me forever, shouldn't have said those words to me or-" Blitz fully faced her, and her slime humanoid form turned twisted. "MY DAUGHTER! WE'RE NOT THINGS! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME OR OUR DAUGHTER, LUCY! WE ARE PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU! WE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FEELINGS AND ARE CAPABLE OF LOVING YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE! AND YOU...AND YOU SAY THIS TO MY FACE LIKE WE ARE SOMETHING YOU SHOULD PITY!"

"Blitz, please listen, I'm sorry-"

"SHUT UP! GET AWAY FROM ME!"

Blitz twisted Slime's form, returning it to its humanoid form and finally returning it to her usual human look. She tossed Lucy's ring back to her face, making her flinch.

"You destroyed our love."

"Blitz!"

"Stay out of my sight," Blitz replied, walking away. "I'm not sure I can forgive you, but I can't stand to see you right now." She walked out of Lucy's eyes. "I don't know how I can ever forgive you."

Lucy sat on the hood and cried, regretting what she had said and done. She didn't want to explain why she acted like this, wanting who was best for their daughter. She had said those awful words because she was upset and now faced the consequences.

'I'm such a moron. I'm sorry, Blitz. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to say that."

When Blitz and Lucy headed to the forests, Dashie and the Siren sisters exited the mall and headed for the back loading bay area. The group leaned against the wall and slowly looked out from the edge of the building. They saw a truck in the unloading area. The staff seemed to be done taking whatever they needed out and was ready to leave. The truck driver shut the cargo door and went to the front of the vehicle, checking it out and doing routine safety checks before heading out.

Dashie's heart started beating fast. She had never done anything like this, breaking the law by sneaking and entering private property.

"Hey, are you alright?" Adagio asked, looking at Dashie.

"Yeah, just nervous."

Aria grabbed Dashie in a shoulder hug and pulled Dashie's face into her chest. "It will be alright. I have broken into a lot of places." But she suddenly felt Adagio pull Dashie out of her grip, making Aria smile nervously.

Dashie was red in the face but quickly recovered and asked her a question. "You broke the law before? Wait, why am I surprised? You look and act like you will do it."

Adagio and Sonata nodded while Adagio spoke. "She has a bad habit of causing damn trouble," she replied, giving a dirty look to her sister.

"But it's fun, Adagio! And besides, you're no saint, either," Aria said, sticking her tongue out.

Adagio started to worry as she heard Dashie ask what she meant by that. Still, Adagio quickly dodged the question as she pointed, showing everyone that the last staff member was gone while the trucker driver finally drove off. They were lucky as they left the loading bay's door open.

"Alright, let's go," Adagio said, leading them to the door.

Dashie narrowed her eyes as she was ticked off that Adagio ignored her question. She mumbled as they entered the loading area and quickly stopped them as they stood behind a pillar.

"Wait."

The trio looked at Dashie. "What's wrong?"

"Look," she replied, pointing her chin to the camera in the corner of the room and moving back and forth. "If we enter, it will see us." before they could ask her what they should do, Dashie pulled out her phone and pressed a button. Soon, the phone broke into a robotic mist of nanomachines wrapped around her wrist and became a computer with a hologram projector screen.

"MAGIC!?" shouted all three Siren sisters, causing Dashie to be confused but realizing it soon.

"No, this is nanomachines. They are much more advanced than the ones on the medical market that my grandmother released years ago." She started to type on it as she continued to talk. "These nanomachines are my versions; I upgraded my grandmother's version. I made these nanomachines for my use alone, so they are programmed to only respond to my voice, DNA, and touch, so no one can hack them and use them against me." she showed them the screen, showing she hacked into the camera. "This is the feed from the security camera. See, I placed a loop of an empty area. We can enter now, so let's go!"

Dashie took off first, and the girls soon followed her close behind, entering a door and a hallway. They could see Dashie at the corner at the end of the hall, using her arm and hand signals to them, telling them to hurry over.

"I think it's clear," she whispered. "Follow me, and don't fall behind!"

They followed her as they reached the next corner and hid behind a box.

"Okay, we're close. It's right there."

They peeked out and could see the door leading to the basement. Dashie looked around to ensure the coast was clear and quickly ran across the hall to the other side. The trio was impressed by Dashie's ability and skill.

"Wow, you're pretty good, Lobo," Aria said, impressed but soon corrected herself. "Why should I be impressed? This is my Lobo, after all!"

Dashie opened the door, let the girls in, and soon entered, shutting it quietly to ensure no one heard them. When she turned, she jumped a little when Aria and Sonata stood close, making her back away from them.

"What's wrong?" she asked them, confused.

"You're awesome!" Sonata said, hugging her but soon pulling Dashie's arm and looking at the device. "You made that? Those nacho machines? Can you show us more?" she asked.

Dashie looked at Sonata; her interest in her technology was adorable.

"Well, first off. It's called Nanomachines, not Nacho machines."

Sonata approached the device with more interest. "So, it can't make nachos?"

"No."

"Are you sure? I bet it can make nachos!"

Dashie shook her head. "What are you talking about?"

"That's not important, Sonata," Aria said, taking Dashie's wrist from Sonata's grip and starting to check out. "Can it make cool things? Like a giant metal gauntlet!? Or some cool ass weap-"

"NO!" Dashie screamed, pulling away her arm from Aria's grip and breathing hard as she held her device like dear life. The two girls wondered why she suddenly acted like that, but before they could ask, Adagio pulled their ears and away from Dashie.

Adagio stared at the two sisters coldly, but her glare quickly became sad as she apologized to Dashie, who suddenly looked embarrassed and ashamed of her reaction.

"Sorry," Dashie replied, lowering her head.

"You have nothing to apologize for," Adagio stated, touching her shoulder.

The two looked at each other and smiled. Dashie retook point and hurried down the stairs, further down the basement stairway, while Adagio and her sisters were far back. Aria asked what Dashie's problem was and that weird reaction.

Adagio answered as she kept walking down the stairs.

"Dashie told me about her grandmother, and I looked into it last night. Her grandparents were famous. One was a great athlete in running, but like she told me, she never went pro, even with all the world records she broke."

Sonata knew what Adagio was talking about as she squeezed Mr.Bun Bun. "She told me about her! Dashie is named after her! Her name is Dashiell!"

"Okay? But what about the other one? What did she do?"

"She was a genius. She created technology that revolutionized the medical field with what you saw and other tech. Only the richest of people could afford it and could only be able to do it here in America, something she hated as it was meant for everyone to have access to."

"Why did she get so mad?"

"I'm getting to that. You need to have patience, Aria."

"I'm patient! Right, Sonata?"

"What patients? You always rushing things, Aria."

Aria crossed her arms in anger. "Whatever, keep going."

Adagio sighed. "The US government hired her grandmother to create technology to help the US civilians. She did it but soon found out the government only wanted her technology to reverse engineer and use it for their own uses, and that was war. This didn't sit well with her, so she exposed them and ended their contracts. Because of this, other world leaders were sucking up to her and her family, hoping they would use her technology, and she refused." Adagio placed her hand on her chin, thinking. "What's odd? This happened after she caught a rare disease and created a device to cross dimensions."

Aria and Sonata stopped when they heard that. "Wait, her grandmother created something like that mirror!? I thought it was from magic!?"

Adagio turned to them. "The mirror is magic, but it seems there are other ways to cross dimensions, and that's what her grandmother did." Adagio turned away and looked at Dashie, who was at the bottom of the steps, typing away on the device on her arm. "Technology isn't magic, we know this, but seeing those nanomachines for the first time reminds me of a unicorn aura." she sighed. "Anyway, Dashie must have learned from her grandmother that there would be people who use her tech if it falls into the wrong hands, so it seems she had a negative reaction to you wanting to use nanomachines as a weapon."

"I get it now..." Aria looked at Dashie but then went back to Adagio. "What happened to her grandmother?"

Adagio continued. "She died ten years ago from her sickness. Her other grandmother died before she was born."

"...shit. That's sad." Aria whispered as they returned to walking down the stairs.

The siren sisters stood behind Dashie, who turned to them.

"Okay, I checked the basement blueprint. We need to head this way, " she said, showing them the layout. "I already hacked the cameras in the area, so we no longer need to sneak around. We can walk."

"Sounds good, underling. Lead the way."

"You got it!"

Dashie took point and walked ahead. The sisters followed her. The lights were hardly bright, so it was a bit dark. Still, it didn't take long for Dashie to turn the corner and lead them down a hallway. At the end, there was another corner, and when Dashie took it, she stopped, which made the sisters stop behind her.

"Why did you stop?" Adagio asked, but when Dashie didn't reply, the girls peeked and saw a huge room full of boxes and random things. At the end of it was a damaged wall. The wall had a huge hole and yellow tape blocking it.

"There! It's the way into the underground, but I think I'll see something..."

Dashie started walking forward, and the girls followed close behind. There were several cameras, but because of her hacking skills, they were fed with a looping image, allowing them to explore the area freely. As they passed the first row of boxes, Dashie stopped. She indeed saw something in the darkness of the hole. She quickly pushed the girls behind a row of boxes.

"What's the matter!?"

Dashie pointed at the hole, and the girls peeked. The girls soon saw something moving closer to the hole's entrance.

Whatever it was, it looked fuzzy. They stayed quiet as the room lights started to glitch out. They heard a loud squeak, but it sounded like it was going through a damaged radio, and the voice was deep and distorted.

"Something isn't right. I know what SPIKE said about the camera picking up weird creatures, but I really hoped it was normal animals, but this." Dashie thought, watching whatever was walking past them, that it was too big to be a normal underground animal or an average rat. Not only that, but Dashie swore she could see the glitching-looking effects of the large body of whatever walked out and down the hall, where the lights were flickering, keeping the unknown creature hidden.

"Dashie, what was that!?" Sonata whispered, looking at Dashie.

"I'm not sure, but it looked like an animal or something, and its voice sounded like a radio that's not working, and the lights..." She looked up, seeing the lights were working again, still dimming the area but working nonetheless.

"Do you think we should check it out? I'm kinda curious to see what it was," Aria said, smirking and cracking her knuckles. "Might be strong too and worth the fight."

"We're not here for a fight," Adagio replied, glaring at Aria, who glared in disappointment.

Dashie took a peek. "I think it's clear." She saw no more creatures in the tunnel. The group continued down to it and entered the hole in the wall, heading further into the darkness. They could hardly see anything and relied only on Dashie's nanomachines, which created a flashlight in the wrist device.

Dashie couldn't stop thinking about what they saw as they headed down the tunnel. Again, she felt a bad feeling and wasn't sure if she should stop and go back, but something in her mind wanted her to keep pushing forward, and she didn't understand why.

"It was a giant rat or something, right?"

"Or maybe a mutant rat," Adagio commented, looking at her sister, who held Mr. Bun Bun close, worried. "It sounded like a rat, but its voice was distorted, so who knows."

Dashie sighed, as she didn't know how to reply. They didn't get a good look at it, but it sounded like a rat, as the girls said. They kept walking down the rocky tunnel and eventually reached the end. At the end of the tunnel was another hole. Dashie shined her flashlight, allowing them to see down it. They could see a blue, glowing light coming from the bottom.

"There. Let's go," she said, sliding down the hole's wall and landing at the bottom. The girls slid down the hole and landed on the ground. They all looked with amazement and wonder as a significant lake shine with a blue glow before them. They found it.

Blitz entered the mall and wanted to look for Sunny and Wallflower, as she needed to know what was happening with Lucy. She took her phone out but suddenly heard screaming before dialing one of their numbers. She and others ran to the railing and looked out. They could see folks running out of a Burger Queen; even the staff ran out but were holding brooms as they were using them as weapons. Blitz transformed into her anthro form and flew down.

She landed near the staff. "What's going on? Someone trying to rob the place?"

The staff quickly shook their heads, and the manager answered her with fear. "A giant rat is eating our food and destroying the place!"

"A giant rat? What are you talking about? Rats can't get that big!"

She shook her head, and the staff agreed, saying a giant rat attacked them as it broke through the kitchen wall. They all pointed, and Blitz looked. She could see the wall was busted, and a lot of stuff was destroyed and on the floor. Blitz could also see what looked like a massive rat eating the food from the shelf where orders were placed for cashiers to pick up. The rat was giant, standing as tall as a person, but its fur was dark, and the light shone brightly off it, almost making the fur look metal. What everyone found odd was the weird glitching effect it had on it, as if it were corrupted and glitching.

"This...is not normal. What the heck is that thing?" the manager said, hiding behind a co-worker.

Blitz had never seen a rat like this before. She believed it could be a mutant rat, but its weird effects made her second-guess her thoughts.

"No, it's not a mutant. That effect is no doubt magic, but how? There should be no magic in this universe." She looked closer at the rat. "No, wait! Is that...an Equestrian monster or animal!?"

"What!?" the manager said, and the group looked at Blitz, confused.

Blitz ignored them and walked over to the giant rat with her hands out. It should be friendly if it's an Equestrian animal that was somehow displaced here. Blitz remembered how Fluttershy told her how wildlife in her universe was kind and wouldn't attack unless someone attacked them.

"Hello? Do you need help?"

The rat suddenly stopped chewing on the food and slowly turned. It was indeed a rat, but a massive one. Its eyes were white, and its teeth were sharp and dark yellow. Its face twisted and glitched as it tipped its head to the side.

"Did it understand me? It should have."

She didn't get an excellent chance to talk with the rat as it opened its mouth wide and screamed, causing Blitz to cover her ears.

"AAAAAAAARRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Everyone covered their ears as the rat screamed in a high-pitched voice. Even Blitz couldn't handle the sound. She had to fly away as the rats continued screaming. It soon stopped, and the group uncovered their ears.

"What was that!?" the manager shouted, covering her ears again as the rat started screaming.

"AAAAAAARRRRRRHHHHH!!!"

It continued screaming as Blitz backed away and landed. She spread her wings out, forcing the manager and her staff back. Blitz believed the rat must have been attacked and was now trying to scare anyone who would dare come close to it.

"I won't hurt you!" Blitz shouted at the rat, forcing it to stop and stare at her, confused. Blitz slowly flew closer and back into the store, but the rat's eyes narrowed, and its mouth widened.

"AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!"

Blitz covered her ears again. The rat jumped up and grabbed Blitz, sinking its sharp teeth into her arm. Blitz screamed as the rat bit down hard, making her bleed her black slime.

"But you will hurt me, huh, big guy!?" she shouted, forcing her hands under the rat's jaw and pushing. The rat didn't care as it continued to bite down. Blitz's black slime oozed and squirted out, causing the rat to cough and spit. "What's the matter? Slime not to your liking!? Maybe this will!" Blitz said, grabbing the rat and flying with it back into the restaurant kitchen.
Blitz forced the rat onto the floor, but it still didn't let go of her arm. She punched it, hoping it would loosen its grip, but the rat held tight. "Oh, you're not giving up, are you?"

The rat growled as it shook its head, biting harder.

"Well, how about this!?"

Blitz forced the rat up and slammed its head into the french fries maker filled with boiling oil. The rat let go and screamed in pain.

"Aaaarrrggghhhh!!!"

Blitz then saw the freezer near them and was open. She didn't waste any time and grabbed the rat's tail. "Time to go, cool off, big guy!" She slammed the rat into the freezer and closed it, locking it inside.

The rat slammed its body into the freezer doors, and the manager and the staff watched in amazement as Blitz saved the day.

"Rainbow Comet! You were amazing!"

"No, no, I'm just doing my job," she replied, turning around to them. She felt her stomach turn and her vision blur. She collapsed to the ground, and Blitz started throwing up tainted black slime without warning. "W-What?"

Blitz could see the slime glitching out and slowly taking a humanoid form. Soon, another copy of herself stood before her, but its body glitched out and shifted.

"W-Who are you? Y-you're not me."

The copy tipped its head and smiled. Before Blitz could react, it punched her in the face and sent her flying to the freezer door, denting it and making it fall backward. Blitz was on her back, but her mind was dizzy, and her vision blurred.

The copy laughed as its form shifted and glitched as it walked outside. It took notice of the people around it and smirked as it unleashed its slime tentacles, wrapping the people in it.

Blitz heard the screams and saw the rat looming over her as her vision faded.

Dashie and the others finally reached the lake, and she kneeled, scanning it. She wondered how it was glowing this weird glow. Her device wasn't picking up any dangerous chemicals or anything harmful to them, so she concluded the glow was due to the lake being made of magic. The next question Dashie thought of was,

"Why is there a magical lake here? Grandmother told me that this universe doesn't have any form of magic. She looked for it across the world, looking to see if there truly was no magic, and she found none. How can a lake have magic, then? Unless..."

She looked up and started to look around, wondering if her theory was correct, but she was unaware of Adagio and her sisters glaring at her. She shined her flashlight on the rocky walls, searching for something.

Sonata became worried as she looked back at Adagio. "What should we do about Dashie? We must admit magic is real, so we must tell her the truth, right? Who we really are and where we come from."

Adagio crossed her arms. "No, we aren't telling her anything. We need to keep her in the dark. It's better that way. I don't care if she wants to help us find more magic sources. If she learns what we are truly going to do, she will stop us and..." Adagio became saddened at the thought. She looked back at her sisters, seeing their same reactions. She then turned her attention to the lake. "Sonata, I need you to keep Dashie busy with whatever she's doing while Aria and I drink from the lake. If it can truly recover our powers, we will mind-control Dashie to make her forget about coming down here. With our powers back, we can take over this town, but most importantly..."

All three nodded at each other and held their hands out, covering each other's hands.

"We protect our dear papi!" said all three in unison.

"That's right, so no matter what, we will succeed," Adagio said, pulling her hand back and smiling.
Sonata nodded and hurried off to keep Dashie busy. Aria followed her big sister to the shore, where a rocky edge circled the lake.

"Are you sure about this, Adagio? Are we really doing the right thing?" Aria looked slightly at Dashie, who was talking to Sonata, who hugged her from behind. "...I don't mind controlling others, but her? It feels wrong."

Adagio didn't answer as she kneeled. "No matter what, we will keep her in the dark, and when everything is set and done, she will not remember anything. Aria, this is a small price to pay for our powers back."

Aria could hear regret behind her big sister's words as if she didn't want to control Dashie, but her desire to regain their powers and protect their papi was stronger than her emotions.

"I hope you're right, big sis."

Adagio and Aria looked into the water, seeing their own reflection. They suddenly sensed the magical aura deep within the water, but the glow was odd. They had no idea why, but they could see that the light wasn't coming from the top but from the bottom of the lake. They reached their hands down to touch the water but couldn't get it, as the rocky edge they were on was too high.

"We can't reach the water, and there's no way we're drinking it without touching it. One of us should hold the other down to the water. Allowing them to drink it." Adagio eyed Aria, who was staring at the lake. "Aria, can you hold me down?"

"Me!?"

Adagio nodded. "Yes, you. What? Have a problem with that?"

She answered by pointing at Adagio's ass. "¡Claro que sí, tengo un problema con eso! ¡Tu gran culo gordo te hará super pesado!"

Adagio crossed her arms and glared, knowing Aria had a point. Her ass was big and heavy, but she wouldn't back down, as she always got her way.

"If you don't hold me, I'll just make you."

Aria rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'll hold you down. Just try not to drown when you fall in because there's no way in hell I can hold you with that massive weight you have packing."

Adagio glare became more intense. "Just do it, and don't talk about my ass ever again."

Aria rolled her eyes. "I make no promises."

Adagio lay down and felt Aria's hands over her legs. Aria couldn't believe how heavy and fat Adagio's body was as she moved her off the edge and slowly lowered her into the lake.

As this was happening, Dashie, still being hugged from behind by Sonata, was still searching for something. She kept shining her light on the walls to the point that Sonata commented.

"Dashie, what are you looking for? Maybe I can help?"

"I'm not sure you can. I'm just looking for something. There has to be more down here." she answered, trying to keep her mind off the two massive softness behind her head as it pressed against her head.

"More?"

"Yeah. More. My Grandmother said she couldn't find any trace of magic, so this is a significant find, meaning there should be more, like a source where it's coming from, like a river, but there's nothing. An underground magical lake is a good start, but what I don't understand is why there's a magical lake down here in the first place. This should be impossible."

Sonata tipped her head in confusion. "Impossible? Why is that impossible?"

"Because my grandmother searched for magic in her lifetime and..." Dashie became depressed. "I searched too, but magic doesn't exist, or it shouldn't exist, but this lake proves otherwise."

Sonata held Dashie closer, wanting to comfort her. She couldn't understand why she was depressed, but her hugging her seemed to work as Dashie calmed down.

"So, you want to know where the lake's source is?"

Dashie nodded. "Yeah, that would be nice, but I haven't found anything."

Sonata smiled as she let go of Dashie. "Okay, leave it to me." she took Mr. BunBun off her head and tossed him ahead, smacking it onto the wall. "Go, Mr. BunBun!"

Dashie blinked, confused. "What? What is your doll going to do?"

"You'll see."

Mr. BunBun just lay there, and nothing happened. Dashie sighed and walked over to it, going to pick it up but stopped. Her light shined on the wall that the plushie doll hit, and Dashie's eyes lit up excitedly.

"Wait! Do you see that, Sonata!?" Dashie said, running her hands along the wall, feeling it. "OH MY GOSH! SO AWESOME! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!"

"See what?"

"Look at the wall!"

Sonata leaned close and saw something odd. The wall had a painting, but the style was weird and old, like many years ago.

"What is that? Some painting?"

"Yeah! It's a wall painting made many decades ago, but no doubt during the Gold Rush of 1848. Look!" she said, shining the light on a group of people in the painting. They were carrying tools to dig up gold. "Those people are digging for gold! Not only that, but this painting..." she said, shining the light further to the right, revealing a story.

The folks who learned of the gold rush came to these parts looking for gold. One day, as they were digging underground, they found this underground lake. It looked normal, but a weird old man with a cloak and wizard hat appeared one day. One of the digger's kids led the old man to the lake, tossed something in it, and disappeared soon after. Soon, anyone who entered the lake a copy would walk out of the lake, but the copy was corrupted. Their counterparts attacked the folks, but they pushed them back and beat their corrupted copies. Soon, the lake was sealed off, and no one could find the entrance again.

Sonata listened, surprised by the story. "So the lake can make copies?"

Dashie nodded. "Yes, but corrupted copies that will attack anyone. This is no magic lake but a cursed lake! That old man must have cursed the lake, but why!?" She felt like she had seen that old man from somewhere but had to put that aside. "Never mind that now. We need to stay out of the lake and never touch it. If we do, it will create a corrupted version of us, so it's best we leave this place and..." She shined her light further down and saw another picture. She took a photo of it but soon heard Aria cursing loudly, making her and Sonata look back at Aria, looking down at the lake like someone had fallen in.

"SEE!? YOUR FAT ASS IS TOO DAMN HEAVY!!!"

"Oh no, Adagio fell in!" Sonata gasped, hurrying to the lake.

Dashie ran after her. "Wait, Sonata! The lake is cursed, remember! That means-" but Dashie couldn't finish as the lake glowed and bubbles could be seen where Adagio fell in. Soon, Adagio came to the surface, screaming that she couldn't swim.

"HEEEELP!!!"

The water's surface rose before they could help her and soon erupted. Adagio was tossed out of the water and into Aria, who caught her. Dashie was very confused about what she saw floating above the lake's surface. "What?" she saw a corrupted version of Adagio, but she looked like an animal. Looking like a siren, she had light brilliant gold scales instead of human skin; it still had Adagio's massive ass but also a long thicc tail. The tail was covered in gold scales glittered in the light, and the fins looked like silk, soft to the touch. The corrupted Adagio's face still had brilliant raspberry eyes but with dark green pupils and sharp fangs. In the middle of her chest was a broken red gem.

As Dashie tried to understand why the copy looked like that, Sonata rushed over to her sisters, ensuring they were okay. They were, but they, too, noticed the weird Adagio copy. Sonata explained what Dashie had told her about the painting they had found.

"So, it's cursed magic...not healing magic like the rumors said." Adagio looked at her chest, revealing the slight grey-out red gem she was hiding with her magic. "My powers didn't return, too."

"And your ass is still fat." Aria snickered.

"SHUT UP ABOUT MY ASS!!!"

Dashie watched from a distance and couldn't understand how Sonata's sisters could be so calm. There was a floating, corrupted copy of Adagio, but the three, especially Adagio, looked so calm about the whole thing.

"GIRLS! RUN! IT'S GOING TO ATTACK!"

Aria and Sonata looked at Dashie, confused, but then their eyes turned to the corrupted copy. It roared, and a red laser fired from the broken red gem, striking the rocky wall and blasting across it. The sisters ducked while the beam stopped near Dashie. The Adagio copy eyed her and soon rocketed toward her.

"WATCH OUT!" the sisters cried.

Dashie saw the incoming corrupted copy. She quickly jumped back, and the copy landed where she once stood, blasting dirt. As the smoke cleared, the Adagio copy looked up and glared, its sharp teeth showing, and a deep growl escaped her lips. Dashie believed it saw her as easy prey to kill or something else.

"Dashie, watch out! Its chest is glowing red!" Sonata cried.

Dashie saw that Adagio copy's chest is glowing again. Instead of using the laser beam attack, the copy faced her back toward Dashie, swinging its tail at her.

"SHIT!" Dashie cursed, not having time to dodge the tail attack, but something happened...

"Huh?" said all three sisters, confused.

"What?" Dashie whispered, not understanding what was going on.

The copy blushed as it placed its thicc tail into Dashie's chest, softly allowing her to hold it. The copy blushed because it wanted something from her, and the sisters were even more confused.

"What the hell? Does it want her to rub its tail? What kind of fetish is this!?" Aria questioned.

Adagio's eye twitched. She was disgusted but also jealous. She had no idea why she felt this way, but seeing her corrupted copy rubbing its tail in her crush's face made her mad.

"Ummm, what's going on?" asked Sonata, unsure what was happening.

Dashie held the massive tail in her hands. It felt so heavy, like Adagio's ass, and smooth to the touch, almost soft. Without thinking, she started to rub it, and the copy smiled, purring. Hearing the fake Adagio make those sounds and doing this weird tail rubbing made Dashie awaken something in her.

"This is weird, and why is it doing this?" she asked herself, feeling the massive tail rub against her face, but something strange happened as the corrupted copy did that.

"No fucking way!" Aria and Adagio screamed simultaneously, their eyes glowing with rage. At the same time, Sonata had no clue what was going on or why her sisters were mad.

The copy got on all fours and raised her tail, exposing her massive butt to Dashie, who soon realized what the copy wanted and made her blush.

"Ummm...is she...no, it can't be..."

The Adagio copy looked at Dashie and nodded. It wanted Dashie as it swung its massive ass back and forth, begging her.

"Oh, my gosh! It is!"

"What the fuck is it doing!? Does it know what it's asking!? WHAT THE HELL!?" Adagio screamed as she took off with Aria behind her.

Dashie could feel something was trying to control her as she moved closer and her hands out, ready to grope and squeeze the massive ass. She wasn't sure if this was right, but she couldn't help herself. As soon as her hands made contact, the fake Adagio's cheeks jiggled and rippled from the touch, and the copy purred. Dashie couldn't help but put on a pervy smile as she squeezed the massive booty and rubbed it. She loved this feeling. It was like her dream was coming true.

"Why am I doing this? What the hell is going on?" Dashie questioned, but her body wouldn't listen to her mind.

But before she could enjoy it anymore, the copy quickly sensed something and roared. Aria tried to punch it, but the copy tail wrapped around her and slammed her into the wall. Dashie backed away, fearing the worst for Aria, but the copy's gaze never left her. It growled and hissed at her, almost as if saying don't worry. But soon, a massive ass cheek slammed into the copy face, blasting it into the wall where Aria was sent.

"HOW DARE YOU MAKE MY UNDERLING DO SUCH PERVERTED THINGS!? I WILL NOT ALLOW IT!!"

"Queen?" Dashie said as Adagio walked over to her and took her hand, and placed it on her thick butt. "QUEEN!?"

"Rub it, and don't you dare stop," she ordered, but her cheeks blushed. She glared at her copy, who glared back: "Only Dashie can do such perverted things with me and no one else! So, you better keep your paws off my underling or else!"

The copy hissed and roared, but Dashie couldn't stop her hands from rubbing the massive ass in front of her, which made Adagio blush even more as she felt the caring hands on her ass, but her eyes never left her corrupted copy.

"If you come near my underling again, I will destroy you!"

The copy roared again and tried to leap at them, but Aria grabbed its tail and slammed it to the ground, punching it repeatedly.

"THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR TRYING TO CHARM MY LOBO! NO ONE BUT ME CAN CHARM HER; YOU GOT THAT!?"

The copy kicked her off and blasted a laser from her chest, forcing Aria to retreat. The corrupted Adagio copy glared at the four, but it returned its glaze to Dashie. It grew angry as it saw its mate groping her real self ass, making it puff its cheeks out in a pout.

"Queen, let's get out of here. We can't stand a chance against it! It has magic! We don't!"

"You're right," Adagio agreed but also disagreed. "But we can't let it follow us back to the mall. It has eyes for you, and I won't allow my underling to get charmed by that thing!"

Dashie sighed. "So, how are we going to deal with this? We can't beat it."

Adagio narrowed her eyes at her copy, who did the same. Dashie was right. They can't beat it, and they can't risk using what little magic they have left to fight it. She looked over to Aria, who recovered and wanted a second round with it. She knew Aria could hold her own in a fight with that monster, allowing herself and the others to escape—a sacrifice was thinking of doing but...

A flash of a memory entered Adagio's mind.

Adagio watched Sonata and Aria crying into a woman's chest as she and her sisters were young children wearing an oversized T-shirt. The young lady wore a Mariachi outfit but a flower-patterned jacket instead of the classic black Maruachi coat. She was trying to calm down the two sisters.

"There, there. It's all over. You girls are safe now." the young lady said, calming them down.

She saw that the girls wouldn't calm down so quickly, so she sighed and began to sing in Spanish. "Los pollitos dicen Pío, pío, pío Cuando tienen hambre Cuando tienen frío Los pollitos dicen Pío, pío, pío Cuando tienen hambre Cuando tienen frío La gallina busca El maíz y el trigo Les da la comida Y les presta abriog." she hugged them tighter and stroking their hairs, finally making them calm down. She smiled as she felt their hugs get stronger. "That's it, little ones. Everything will be okay," she whispered, kissing them on their foreheads. "Everything will be okay."

Young Adagio grew angry when she saw her stupid sisters bowing to someone who wasn't her. She marched over and pulled her sisters by their arms, making them cry.

"Stop crying, you morons! She doesn't care about you!"

"But big sis, she saved us," Sonata said.

"Yeah, without her, we would have been dead," Aria added, making Adagio madder.

"So what? We can handle ourselves! Not some weak babies who need saving! We can save ourselves! We don't need anyone's help but our own!" she shouted, pushing the sisters to the ground payment of the gas station. She kept glaring at the woman who was glaring back at her.

"Well, lookie here. You sure are a bossy one, huh? Are you trying to order your sisters around like that?" the woman said, her voice deep and mature.

"Shut up! Just leave us alone, or else-"

"Or else, what, girlie?" she stood up and loomed over Adagio. "Are you going to try and boss me around? If so, you have another thing coming. You might be the boss of your sisters, but I'm the boss here, and don't you forget that, brat!" Adagio glared daggers at the woman, which surprised her, but her glare softened, and she gave Adagio a warm smile. "Tell me, why do you treat your sisters like that? Aren't you family?"

"Family?" Adagio looked back at her crying sisters, then at the woman. "These crying idiots aren't my family! Just pawns to use for my own gain."

The woman chuckled. "If you treat your siblings or others like that, no one will want to help you, right? Don't you see what happens when someone is alone? It's not fun. No matter how strong you think you are, no one can go through life alone. We all need people we can trust and rely on. Otherwise, you'll be a lonely girl forever."

Adagio didn't care how this human woman was looming over her; she stood her ground and shouted back at her. "I DON'T NEED ANYONE, ESPECIALLY WEAKLINGS LIKE THEM! IF I HAVE TO BE ALONE, THEN SO BE IT, BUT I WON'T DEPEND ON THEM! IF I HAD TO, I WOULD SACRIFICE THEM!" she eyed the white cargo truck that was open near them. "LOOK THOSE GIRLS IN THAT-huh!?"

Young Adagio couldn't finish as she was pulled by her hair and into the woman's lap. Adagio remembered what happened next, her ass spanked by that woman.

"¡No te atrevas a decir eso! ¡Nunca digas eso de tus hermanas! ¡Si no nos hubiéramos cruzado con tu hermana pequeña en la carretera, estarías muerto como esas pobres almas en ese camión!" the woman said in her native language.

Adagio didn't understand the language, but she wasn't going to back down, even with the pain she was feeling.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING! JUST LET ME GO!"

The woman kept spanking her. "¡Eres una niña malcriada! ¡Eres una chica muy maleducada! ¡Cómo puedes decir eso de tu hermana pequeña!"

"I DON'T CARE WHAT PAIN YOU GIVE ME! I'M NOT BOWING TO YOU! I NEED TO BE STRONGER!" Adagio screamed through the pain and whispered something as she cried her eyes out.

Adagio didn't understand, but she felt the spanking was softening, and her head was stroked gently. Soon, she was picked up and held up from the ground. She could see the woman smiling at her.

"You are one tough cookie, huh? I admire that. Even though you're a kid, you want to be independent and strong."

Adagio rubbed her eyes, drying her tears, and glared. "I'm not weak. I will be the strongest. Stronger than you. Stronger than everyone!"

The woman smiled. "I'm sure you will. You were a lot like me when I was a kid, but unlike you, I wasn't alone."
Adagio looked confused. "What?"

The woman hugged her tight and whispered into her ear. "I have a family and people I can count on, and so will you! It would be best if you had someone you could rely on them. Never say something so hurtful. Your sister is your family and will count on you, and you will count on them. If you want to be a bossy girl, you must learn that the boss always watches over her crew and ensures they are safe."

"Boss?" Adagio asked. Then she looked at her sisters, who were looking back at her, wondering what would happen next. She turned back to the woman, who smiled harder.

"That's right! You are a big sister and their leader! You ensure they are safe; if they can't protect themselves, keep them safe. That's what a big sister is; they will get stronger if you are strong."

Adagio snapped out of the old memory she had and shook her head. She wasn't like her old self anymore. She didn't see her sisters as pawns or pawns to be discarded when needed. She saw them as her family.

"What are we going to do?" Dashie said, bringing her back to the copy that stood before them.

Adagio could see her copy, which was like her old standard form back in Equestria, a siren. Its appearance was a bit different, but it was the same. She glared at it. If someone had to handle it, it should be her. She walked away from Dashie, who became shocked. Adagio walked up to the corrupted copy of herself and stared at it while ordering the others.

"Get out of here! I'll take care of this!"

"WHAT!?" the other three shouted.

"I SAID GET OUT OF HERE, YOU IDIOTS!" Adagio shouted back without looking at them.

"We can't let you fight this thing alone!" Aria shouted, not backing down.

"I CAN'T TAKE THE RISK!" she saw flashes of her mother dead on the floor. "GET OUT OF HERE NOW!!"

The corrupted copy hissed and roared at Adagio, ready to attack. It slammed its tail on the ground, creating shockwaves and causing rocks to fall from the ceiling. It took a step forward and swung its tail again. Adagio blocked it with her arm, getting dragged back a bit. She saw the copy roar and open its mouth wide.

"GET OUT OF HERE NOW! DON'T YOU DARE DISOBEY ME!" she shouted and held the copy's neck, stopping it from biting down on her. She squeezed it and looked into its eyes. "You aren't me! You're just a shadow, a monster from a place I hate!"

The copy tried to bite her head off but failed, and Adagio pushed it to the ground and punched it hard.
"Dashie, take my sisters and go!"

Dashie couldn't move as she saw the corrupted copy trying to get the upper hand and swipe at Adagio, but she held her own. Still, soon, the copy's chest started to glow, and before anyone could warn Adagio, the copy unleashed its laser beam again, blasting her off and making her land next to Dashie. Dashie quickly held up Adagio, seeing her shirt was burned but no signs of damage on her exposed stomach.

"ADAGIO!"

"BIG SISTER!"

The two rushed to their sister's side but were frozen. They felt an overwhelming aura coming off of Dashie. Sonata was scared, as she had never felt this, but Aria? She had felt this feeling before and quickly sat on the ground, blushing.

"My dear Lobo..." she whispered, seeing Dashie looking so pissed off as she held Adagio in her arms. "I wish it was me! NOT HER! IS SHOULD BE ME!" she cried as she slammed her fist into the ground.

"ARIA!" Dashie shouted in a deep and dark tone.

Aria looked at her and felt her spine shivering. It wasn't just her; Sonata did, too. "Yes, Lobo?"

Dashie could see Adagio was out cold and set her on the cold rocky ground.

"Take Adagio and Sonata back to the mall. I'll handle this!"

"B-But Lobo-"

"I SAID DO AS I SAY!"

Aria fell on her back, exposing her stomach and showing that she was submitting to her. "Y-Yes, my love!"

Dashie stood up and glared at the copy of Adagio. She soon heard Aria and Sonata picking their sister up and hurrying to the entrance from where they came. Dashie glared at the copy, and it glared back.

"You hurt my Queen. You have made a grave mistake. Now, it's time I taught you a lesson."

The copy growled, and the two dashed toward each other. The copy thought it would be a clash, but it was mistaken. It was pushed to the wall, and Dashie held it by the neck and lifted it. The copy was shocked and kicked its legs, trying to free itself but couldn't. Soon, it became scared as it noticed Dashie's body had become black slime.

Dashie said one word.

"BREAKER!"

Within the darkness, there was a ripple as something dripped into it. Soon, the darkness faded away, and a baby was held up, wrapped in a blanket, and looked at the person holding her.

"Dashie! Who's momma's baby?" the one speaking to the baby was Blitz, kissing her baby's cheeks, and the baby giggling and smiling at her.

Blitz was on her back on the sofa; she held baby Dashie up and back down and kissed her repeatedly. The baby giggled, and the two played for a bit.

"Don't spoil her, Blitz."

Blitz heard the voice and sat up while she placed Dashie on her lap, looking at the speaker, who was Twilah, her mother.

"But mom, I love my baby so much. You understand, right? Look at her cute little face."

Blitz tickled her baby, making her laugh, and the two laughed.

"I know you love her so much, but don't spoil her."

Blitz nodded, leaned back, resting her daughter on her stomach, and patted her back.
"Mom?"

Twilah was using a cane to walk around, so she sat beside her and gave her full attention.
"Yeah, honey?"

"What am I to Dashie? Like, what role am I?" Blitz stroked her child's back, making her sleepy. "I'm her mother, but she came from my seed when I became a human pony hybrid because of my slime genes. I'm her father. That confused me about my role in her life. I love her but-"

Twilah held her shoulder and stopped her. "I get it. You don't have a set role but don't have to define yourself. Just do what feels right. That's what being a parent is all about, sweetheart. We raise you and give you what we can. You can't be everything for her, but you can do whatever you feel is right. Don't let labels or gender define who you are. Just be her parent."

Blitz was still worried, so Twilah smiled and continued.

"Don't worry. You'll figure it out. I did. So did your mother, Dashiell. We had no idea how to raise you when you came to live with us as a ten-year-old child."

Blitz set her sleeping child on her chest, smiling. "Yeah, I remember. I remember how you kept using those flashcards when you had no idea what to do when I was upset or mad." she laughed as she saw Twilah's blushing face. "Or how Mom almost burned the house down, trying to cheer me up by making my favorite dish."

Twilah joined in the laughter, remembering that sweet memory. "Or how she sang lullabies when you were having trouble sleeping. She was never good at it, but she tried."

Blitz sighed. "I miss her."

Twilah hugged her, and the two were silent, remembering Dashiell. Blitz held Dashie close to her heart.

"I will never leave your side and do everything I can to keep you safe."

Blitz opened her eyes and saw the massive rat looking at her.

"Shit!"

Blitz rolled away and got ready to fight the giant rat.

"Okay, you bastard! Time for some pest control and then dealing against that copycat!"

The rat screeched, and Blitz was going to kick it, but someone shouted at them to stop fighting. Blitz stopped and could see Faith, this universe Fluttershy, getting between them.

"Faith? What are you doing here? It's dangerous."

Faith was panting, caught her breath, and then spoke. "It's okay! This rat is our friend, not an enemy. Please, don't hurt him!"

"What!?"

Faith quickly explained how Fluttershy taught her to speak to animals in Equestria. She used this skill on the rat, which she named Ratty. She learned that this rat came from an underground lake, as it remembered its real copy memories. It smelled tasty food and went to the surface to eat.

"An underground lake? It made this big guy here?" Blitz asked, but she remembered about her copy and turned around to see people sitting in the eating area of Burger Queen. Some were crying or scared of what was happening outside; speaking of which, Blitz could see Wallflower standing by the doors and covering the windows and the door with vines, keeping something out.

"Blitz."

Blitz turned back to Faith, who quickly filled her in on what happened when she was knocked out. A corrupted version of Blitz seemed to start to infect others and soon created a crowd of corrupted mall folks. Many tried to run out of the mall during the attack, but Sunny and Wallflower heard and soon saw what was happening. Sunny sealed the mall up to stop copies from escaping and creating more copies in the town while sending everyone back inside different stores and protecting them with a magical shield thanks to her unicorn magic. Faith was here with her son, but then the chaos started, and she was separated.

"Where is Sunny? I don't see her here!"

"She's with the girls!" Wallflower answered her, trying to keep whatever was outside from getting inside as it was super powerful. "Sol is helping her with the magic spells, but we have much bigger problems right now, Blitz!"

Before Blitz could ask what she meant, the place shook. Wallflower fell to her knees, feeling the decisive attack on her vines. Blitz and Faith hurried over and helped her.

"WHAT'S GOING ON?!"

Wallflower was breathing heavily. "It's that copy of you that you were fighting, and it's powerful. If this keeps up, the vine barrier will collapse." She and everyone turned to the barrage, and soon, the sound of the corrupted copy breaking through came. Black slime oozed out between the vines, but Wallflower quickly patched it up. Blitz asked why her copy was still here and not trying to escape but instead trying to get in. "I don't know, but I wanted to fight it as it attacked and infected more people. When it saw me, it tried to speak, but only weird, distorted sounds came out. I thought it was you and something bad had happened to you, but Faith shouted at me that it wasn't you and ordered me to get in and keep it out of there. Even now, it's trying its hardest to get in here!"

Blitz was caught up and placed her hand on Wallflower's shoulder. "Thanks for keeping everyone safe, Wilma. I'll handle it from here." She placed her hand under Wallflower's chin, making her look at her. Soon, Blitz gave a loving kiss to her lips and smiled. "And don't you dare worry about me, okay? I will return soon, I promise."

Wallflower blushed and smiled. "Okay. Just come back safely, Blitz."

Blitz nodded and walked toward the vine-covered door. The vines moved out of the way, revealing Blitz's copy, standing there, glaring at her.

"You want in here, don't you?" Blitz said, giving her copy the same glare.

The copy roared and soon dived toward her, but Blitz quickly tackled through the cracked glass door, grabbing the copy and flying toward the mall's statue of toy blocks, where she slammed the copy into it, making it scream in pain. The copy then looked up, glaring at Blitz.

"YOU!"

The corrupted copy blasted Blitz away from it with its slime. Blitz groaned, sitting up, and saw her copy marching toward her.

"FAKER!"

Blitz charged at it, meeting it head-on and clashing their heads into each other, but they wouldn't give up as they tried to push each other back. Blitz smirked as she spoke to it. "You're comparing yourself to me? Ha! You're not even good enough to be my fake!"

The copy roared, pushing Blitz back. Blitz smiled and pushed back even more. The two were in a deadlock, both trying to push the other back, but Blitz could see something odd. Her copy was breaking down as its body started to melt.

"Does it have a time limit, or is it because it is using too much power that it can't hold itself together? Either way, I need to end this now! If this thing is a version of me, it can tap into Breaker form, and I can't let that happen!" she thought as she flew back, letting her copy trip a bit before recovering and looking at her when she landed. "If you are really me, then let's settle this with a race, shall we?" she pointed to the glass window ceiling above them. "The first one to reach the exosphere wins!"

The copy looked up and nodded. The two opened their wings and dived through the glass ceiling, then through the magical barrier, and flew out into the sky. Blitz was a reasonable distance away from the copy, but it picked up speed; if it was truly like her, it hated losing in a race and would give it all to win and hopefully burn all the remaining energy it had left, destroying it.

"I don't need to fight it with a fist, but with this."

She quickly picked up speed, and soon, her copy was by her side. They were going so fast that they made a sonic boom, blasting out soundwaves, but Blitz was winning and kept her speed up. Her copy soon started to break down even more but kept pushing all it had left, and it started to do the Sonic Rainboom, creating a rainbow cone around it. Blitz saw this as it passed her and was now ahead of her. Blitz stopped and hovered there, watching her copy pull off a Sonic Rainboom, scattering the light spectrum and creating a rainbow shockwave. She could see a rainbow of light rocketing further above, but it soon broke down and was gone.

Blitz felt somewhat sad. "Not bad; it might have been a fake version of me, but it still tried its hardest to win. Even if it was a fake, it still had the heart of a real person." She turned around and flew back down, heading back to the mall, but she sensed something within the mall. Something that she had felt before. A powerful magical energy was bleeding out, and what was odd was that it felt like her own magical energy. "Shit, was there another co-"

Blitz couldn't finish as a bright rainbow light filled the mall. Soon, something came blasting out as a colorful rainbow trail of light. Whatever it was, it rocketed past her, and the shockwave it left behind blasted her away. She quickly recovered, but when she saw what came out, she was shocked and amazed.

"Dashie!?"

Before Blitz woke up, Dashie easily beat Adagio's copy. With one powerful slap, she sent the copy near the rocky edge of the lake, and before the copy could recover, Dashie jumped on it and held it with her hands wrapped around its throat, squeezing tightly. The copy could feel its throat being crushed, and it screamed out, trying to free itself, but Dashie wouldn't let go. It struggled, and it screamed, but Dashie's grip was unbreakable. She squeezed even more, making its scream fade out as it couldn't breathe anymore. Dashie glared at it as it looked into its eyes.

"Breaker!" Dashie said to it, as she was enraged after seeing Adagio hurt. Dashie wanted nothing more than to make this fake version of Adagio suffer for hurting the real Adagio. "YOU WILL PAY FOR HURTING MY FRIEND!" she slammed the copy onto the rocky ground, making the edge crack a bit from the force. "I'LL BREAK YOU!" Dashie screamed, and the copy screamed back, begging for mercy, but it would be futile as Dashie slammed it down harder. "I'LL BREAK YOU!" Dashie started to slam the copy even harder. She kept doing it repeatedly until there was a snapping noise. "Huh?"

Dashie could see that she had broken something in the copy's neck, which fell limp. Dashie let go and watched it melt into a puddle, which soon spread across the ground and disappeared. Dashie's rage quickly faded, and she was horrified as she realized what she had done. Before she could react to the killing, the rocky edge broke, making her fall into the lake. She resurfaced and was worried.

"No! This isn't good."

Dashie knew the lake would now make a corrupted copy of herself, as she could see the water's surface bubbling and the light getting brighter. As she tried to climb out of the lake, she noticed something wasn't right, as the lake's light was becoming a rainbow.

"What's going on?"

Dashie covered her face as something erupted from the water, blasting a bright rainbow light from its body. Dashie became scared as she had no idea what was going on. Her copy shouldn't be doing whatever it was doing; she had no magic or this light source, but what confused her was when she lowered her hand and noticed how her copy looked.

"...this can't be right."

Was her copy hovering before her, but as mashed of different things? She wasn't so sure what she was looking at. There was black slime, and her human skin was bleeding through the slime and blue skin. Her hair was blonde but melting into rainbows, and finally, she had wings—like she always dreamed of having, but like her hair, they were melting.
Unlike the last doppelganger, the copy opened its mouth and spoke clear words. "PROMISE!"

"What?"

It quickly flew over to Dashie, grabbing her and dragging her across the cave's walls. Then, it dropped her and flew toward the cave's entrance.

"What? Hey!"

Dashie quickly recovered and dashed toward it, noticing it had grown a melting rainbow tail. This allowed Dashie to grab it and stop it from escaping the cave.

"No, you don't! I'm not allowing you to escape and cause trouble above ground!" with all her might, she swung the copy around and finally let go, tossing it away from the entrance. Dashie stood by the cave entrance, ensuring her melting copy wouldn't escape. "You have to get through me first, asshole!"

The copy growled, floating back. Dashie stood firm and stood ready for it, but soon, she became shocked when her copy suddenly sped up with such speed that she had never seen before.

"I MADE A PROMISE!"

Dashie felt the fist going through her chest and bursting out of her back. She was being pushed back incredibly quickly, but she thanked her slime genes as this didn't hurt her. She drugged her feet into the ground, stopping herself from being pushed back further. She grabbed the copy's wrist and part of its melting face.

"What the hell are you talking about!?" Dashie said, struggling to hold back the speeding copy. "What promise!?"

"HOW CAN YOU FORGET IT!? I PROMISED! YOU PROMISED HER!"

Dashie finally felt herself stopping on the ground and tried to push forward, talking to the copy.

"Who? Grandma!? If so, I didn't forget-" she was headbutted in the nose.

The copy pulled back and slapped Dashie's hand off of her face. "NOT THAT PROMISE! SHE NEEDS YOU! ME!" she then pulled her fist out of Dashie's chest and leaped backward. The next moment, her body began to melt even more, and it knew it was running out of time. It spread its wings and took toward Dashie, hoping to pass her and escape. Dashie kicked it away, but she fell to the ground; the hole in her chest didn't hurt her, but it was taking all of her slime to repair it, and it was taking a toll on her.

"Who needs you!? Me? Who are you talking about?" Dashie questioned, getting to her feet. She could see the copy getting closer.

Both glared at each other down.

"She needs us!" the copy roared as it took to the air. It was getting lower and lower, closer to Dashie, who stood her ground, ready to take it head-on.

Suddenly, Dashie could hear Adagio yelling that she wouldn't leave her alone with the Adagio fake. This caused Dashie to lower her guard and be pinned to the ground by her copy, who was about to jump off and head to the exit. However, Dashie quickly used her slime to hold her copy, force it to the ground, and stab the wall above the cave exit, making rubble fall and block off the exit.

"You can't escape that easy!" Dashie said as her copy struggled to free itself from the slime.

The copy looked at the closed-off exit and quickly turned back to Dashie, who smiled. It tried to stab her in the stomach with its wing but was stopped as Dashie grabbed it with her hand.

"I WON'T LET YOU BREAK OUR PROMISE!"

It pulled Dashie close to it, bear-hugged her, and took off to the middle of the lake. It then rocketed to the cave's ceiling, crushing Dashie into it and making a large crater. This created a powerful shockwave that knocked Dashie back and destroyed a large chunk of the ceiling, allowing water to drip down on them.

Dashie groaned and looked at the copy, which growled at her, showing her it wasn't done yet as it kept pushing forward. If it couldn't escape through the exit, it would make one by blasting through the ceiling and using Dashie as a shield, making her break through the ground and allow it to escape that way.

Dashie felt its hands gripping her even more, digging its fingers into her skin as she felt the force being placed on her. She looked at the copy and glared back at her. She couldn't let this thing outside, no matter the cost. The damage it could cause to the town was something that Dashie wouldn't allow, even if she would suffer in the process.

"You won't let us break our promise to her!" the copy snarled, pushing Dashie harder into the rock.

Dashie started to see flashes of someone who turned to her and smiled, almost like she knew this girl as she had always known her. The girl's smile made her smile back, but Dashie didn't know who she was. No matter how much she tried to remember, she couldn't.

"Who?"

The copy snarled and growled at Dashie and started to push her harder.

"SHE'S WAITING FOR US! YOU KNOW IT! I KNOW IT, TOO!"

The girl started to speak to her, but Dashie couldn't hear her too well, so the words she made out were.

"Promise...I'll find...no matter how rewrites we go through..."

"What?" Dashie whispered, looking at the girl as she vanished, leaving only her voice. "Promise...no matter how many times she rewrites it. We will always find each other. That is my promise to you, no matter what happens!"

Dashie suddenly felt a tear running down her cheek.

"Dashie!"

The copy rocketed through the ceiling, blasting through the endless rocks while using Dashie as a shield, but it suddenly felt like being choked by its real version as Dashie slammed it into the rock, switching places.

"Do you want to fly out of here?" Dashie felt her emotions raging as she pictured the girl's face, smiling hopefully. "Then let me-" Suddenly, two slime pillars burst out of her back and quickly formed into blue wings, but the feathers were yellow. "HELP YOU!"

The copy felt such power of speed as it was blasted through the rocky bedrock like a knife cutting butter. It was so surprised by Dashie's sudden power that it could only smile at her.

The copies stood in the middle of the mall and suddenly felt an earthquake. Soon, they saw the ground start to crack and cave in. Without warning, a bright trail of rainbows blasted through the glass window ceiling and disappeared into the sky.

Blitz was amazed to see her daughter flying and having wings now, but she became worried when she saw her holding a weird-looking slime figure. She tried to catch up to her daughter, but no matter how much speed she put in, her daughter was much faster. She gave a grin.

"She has that Rainbow gift in her!"

Dashie didn't care if she was somehow flying or wanting to beat this fake version of herself; she only cared about the girl, as she could still see her face in her vision. She smiled like always, but she always looked different. Her pure white hair slowly became less white and was replaced with dark purple and highlights of moderate purple and brilliant raspberry. The hair looked like her Grandmother's hair. The face of the girl was covered in glitching prism effects, hiding her eyes, but her smile was unmistakable, as if she was smiling for Dashie.

"Who are you?"

Dashie kept flying high into the sky, passing all the clouds until there were none around them, only the bright blue skies. As the copy looked at her, Dashie could see the face slowly becoming a familiar face to her, but she couldn't quite remember it. She tried to picture what it was like, but nothing came. She started to become desperate, wanting to know who this girl was. She needed to know as the girl said her name.

"Dashie!"

Dashie blasted so high into the sky that she and her copy could feel the heat surrounding them as they exited the atmosphere. Dashie was still struggling, but she couldn't let go of the copy. She couldn't let this copy go free. She needed to know who it was talking about. Why did she remember someone that she never met before?

"WHO IS SHE!? TELL ME WHO SHE IS!?"

The copy looked at her while it was burning away. "She's our...." its body was starting to melt away. "...hope...our spark..."
The copy burned out of existence, and Dashie was alone, still soaring through the atmosphere, not caring about the burning pain. It didn't compare to the pain she was feeling in her heart. The girl's image started to fade away, and Dashie screamed.

"No! Please, don't go! I need to know!"

All of the different images of the girl's face played before her eyes, making her head spin and feel like her head was going to burst.

The last picture, though, made Dashie burst out in tears.

Dashie found herself on her knees, feeling the burning from the black water as she held the torso part of the girl, who was somehow still alive, even with a hole in her chest. She was smiling but crying as her story was coming to an end.

"Dashie..."

She placed her charred hand on Dashie's cheek, trying her hardest to be brave as she gave Dashie a tearful smile.

"We found each other before, and I know we can do it again."

Dashie couldn't say anything, almost like something was stopping her from saying something. She could only hold the hand tight, not wanting to let it go ever, no matter what happened.

"I won't give up. I can't give up." She gave one final tearful smile. "You never gave up, right? Don't you give up, too!" Her hopeful smile broke down as she started to sob. "I'm not her, and I know I can't ever be like her! I was so stupid to think I could wear that rainbow jacket and follow in her footsteps, but I was wrong...I couldn't keep that spark bright or alive. I failed...I failed you...I failed us...I-"

Her words cut off as the last flames within her spark burned away, and Dashie watched her die in her arms, dying with despair and hopelessness in her final moments.

Dashie felt so many tears falling out of her eyes, and she couldn't understand why. Why was she crying and so heartbroken? Why did she feel this pain? What was this girl to her? Why did she feel so awful? It didn't make sense to Dashie; it made her cry harder and hug the torso closer. She finally let it go and looked ahead, seeing a vast golden tree and seeing someone walking toward her, smiling.

"That wannabe finally understood about hopelessness, huh? It's time for you to join her now," the girl said, slowly getting closer. "I won't let you get in my mother's way! Tiny Wings fake!"

"No!" Dashie shouted, running toward the girl, her fist ready to punch her. Dashie didn't understand what was happening or who this girl was, but she needed to fight and win for...her.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Dashie screamed as she held her head in pain and floated near the border of space and the planet's atmosphere. Her head and mind felt like it was going to explode...until she passed out and slowly floated back to the earth...and soon fell faster as she burned up in reentry.

Everyone in the town could see a burning object heading toward them, but the orange flames became a rainbow of fire, almost like a rainbow comet. Everyone wondered what that strange light was as it got closer and fell faster.

Blitz could see what was heading her way and feared something terrible had happened to her daughter. She quickly rocketed to her and tried to grab her, but the rainbow flames somehow blasted her back and sent her far away. When Blitz could recover in time, she looked down and saw her daughter entering the mall roof and disappearing into a massive hole on the mall floor.

"DASHIE!"

She blasted off, heading to the mall as fast as she could. Fearing her daughter was going to...

"NO!" Blitz screamed, not wanting to think of the worst outcome.

As Blitz flew toward the mall, Dashie fell through the hole and down the hole until she exited out of the ceiling and back into the underground lake. She fell into the water, which slowly extinguished the rainbow flames. She started to sink to the bottom of the lake, still unconscious.

As her body hit the bottom of the lake's bed, a glitching magical sphere was near her. Its light took hold of her body, trying to make a copy of her, but this time, something different happened.

Rainbow light burst out of Dashie's body and became a humanoid light. It grabbed the sphere and fused its light into it. Soon, the humanoid watched as the magical orb started to crack with unstable magic and soon exploded. It had absorbed all the magic and turned its head in Dashie's direction, staring at her. It swam over to her and helped her to the surface.

Dashie opened her eyes and looked at the person who was saving her. She had rainbow hair and was wearing a blue and yellow jacket. The woman took notice of her and smiled.

"Don't worry, kiddo..."

Dashie closed her eyes, the darkness returning, but she called out to someone.

"Grandma..."

End of Chapter 8