Dear Princess Celestia

"Alright, if my arcane calculations are correct. This spell, mixed with this specific hex, should hopefully hone my magic enough to reverse the infestation. And hopefully, weaponize the infection to heal instead of kill his body." Omega explained, his horn was lit up with sparkling pink magic as he levitates a small journal above his head, the journal detailed his various notes of the infection. The notes were clearly over a millennium old, but Twilight was unable to find a non insulting way of asking how Omega had such information despite not seeming over millennia old. "Yes, I am aware of that, you've mentioned it ever since we got up to this room. And that's all you've elaborated. So can you explain a little more before I get more suspicious." Twilight snarled, her eyes briefly flashed a shimmering indigo as she glared towards the pale furred unicorn before her, she was trying to remain civil. But the fact that he was seemingly hiding information, only made her more suspicious of his intentions.

"Right! Sorry. Uh, ahem. This affliction. It's kind of like...A virus, but naturally. It's a parasitic organism that transmutes organic matter, such as flesh, muscle, bone, tendons, even hair and fur. And turns them into this...Gold like substance, with the same conductive qualities, making them more resistant to magic, since gold can conduct and sometimes redirect magical attacks or forces cast upon them." Omega continued, he watched the crystal barrier holding Spike, his eyes were narrowed as he watched the cuboid crystalline material. This revelation, made Twilight pause, she hadn't fully processed the fact that this infection completely changed the atomic structure of organic entities to transform them into gold, or whatever kind of gold this is. "So, my plan is simple. I'm going to hopefully override it. This infection, it kills the body, rapidly. Like, the minute you get infected, it starts killing all the living cells in your body so they can be infested with infected magical cells. This causes the body to take on that...Golden hue, that's basically the rotting of the corpses, just without the decay or decomposition" Omega admitted, he'd spent awhile examining the symptoms and eventual effects of the 'Golden Affliction' that was spreading through Equestria. Although, he hadn't ever seen the affliction being so violent, not since he'd last seen the source of it.

"So, how do you plan to help him? It sounds like...Like he's irreversibly damage, this infection is the only thing that's actually keeping him going." Twilight observed, her voice sounded calm, but her eyes, they resonated with so much grief and pain that Omega could almost sense the magical emotions radiating out from her alicorn magic. "Well, fortunately. This affliction isn't impenetrable. And if Death Rose used Spike as a host, then I can harness that magical connection for my own usage. Just as Death Rose honed his magic to create his infection, I honed my own magic to combat it. But I haven't been successful in completely curing a subject, but now. I think I can, I think I can use Spike to undo his own infection." Omega explained, his countless attempts to combat the infection had proven fruitless in the past, but this time, a host had been used as a conduit for Death Rose, a conduit for which he was able to speak through. This time, he had left behind a small fragment of his own magic that could he harnessed and weaponised against his powerful hold.

"So, you think that you can undo this using his own magic?" Twilight questioned, she'd spent basically her entire life harnessing the art of magic, doing this not even the strongest ancient sorcerers weren't capable of doing. But this, this felt genuinely impossible, it sounded like the ramblings of a sorcerer gone completely mad after attempting to harness magic that wasn't meant to be harnessed. "Yes. Hopefully. But I need to collapse my spell, so you should stay back, I can't be afflicted, long story. But you still can, you've negated the continued spread of your infection, temporarily. We cannot risk you getting infected again." Omega ordered subtly, his words, although well intentioned, sounded less like an observation, and more like a thinly veiled order to follow. Twilight, for her understanding, knew to accept and follow such an order, she wasn't willing to let Spike harm her again, not after actually infecting her.

"Uh, alright..." Twilight muttered, she trotted over to the back of the room, she briefly glanced towards the crystal cube as she walks up to the wall, then she sat down and just watched. "Thanks, now. Time to undo some powerful magic." Omega stated, his horn began to blaze with sparks of pink energy, he focused this magic into the tip of his horn, the aura that formed around the base was pushed up to the tip of his appendage. He tilts his head forward, the slightest movement to get him moving, then he paused as he glared towards the cube, this made the crystal begin to crack, the surface destabilizing. Omega let out a shaky breath, the magic around his horn began to flicker, shifting from pink, to red, as if unsure which color to pick. Omega shook his head, he pushed himself forward slightly, his horn continued to blaze, then he muttered something, this made the cube shatter into pieces, fragments crashing to the ground like bricks.

Spike crumbled to the ground, his skin was aching from being trapped in motion for so long, suffering the consequences of being effectively paused in both time and space. Spike blinks, then he raised his head to glare at Omega, the single look he got, was enough to make his fangs bare themselves, he immediately started dashing towards the white furred unicorn. "YOU! I THOUGHT I TERMINATED YOU!" Spike shrieked, he still sounded like Death Rose, perhaps he hadn't been unbound from Death Rose. This question was unknown to Omega and Twilight, however, the next move wasn't. Omega shot out a single burst of volatile magic, this send Spike sliding backwards once he was struck, his scales were briefly scarred from the damage, only for the golden hue to override the scarred tissue. "You tried. But I'm like a cockroach. I just can't stay dead." Omega stated humorously, his eyes were narrowed as he held his spell. His horn continued blazing, he galloped towards Spike so he could push his horn straight into Spike's chest, Spike gasped. Twilight did the same, she didn't know how to respond, she didn't need too. Omega and Spike both collapsed, they were seemingly unconscious, she didn't know how, but hoped it wasn't a bad thing.