Mine Name Across The Multiverse

Only darkness filled the endless black void. Within it, a white-haired cloaked woman, holding someone, could be seen softly crying.

"Hello?" said a young mare unicorn child as she stepped toward the crying woman.

"This is where my story ends, huh?" said a weak voice as the white-haired woman held the glowing white female body in her arms. "Don't cry. That's unlike you. I mean, I'm still with you. Right here..." The young child watched as the glowing woman touched the crying, cloaked woman's chest over her heart. "...in your heart. We promised, didn't we? We'll always be together..." The glowing woman began to fade into sparkles of light.

The child continued walking closer and hearing the cloaked woman talking now.

"Why? Why didn't you let me change your fate?? You could have lived and still be with me, but now..." She started shaking and couldn't speak anymore.

The fading glowing woman caringly touched the crying woman's cheeks, trying to wipe away the tears. "Because it's not right. Why should my story change, but others can't have that chance? Plus, you told me you are forbidden to interfere and are nothing more than a Watcher. I won't let you break the rules just for me. So, don't be sad. I'll be with you always."

The child stopped, seeing the cloaked woman speaking as a black spark hovered over her. "I won't allow it. You are my friend; I'm meant to stand by and watch. No, you are more to me than a mere friend."

The black spark began to absorb into the cloaked woman, and her voice echoed with hopelessness. "You are someone I care about deeply...I'll save you! I don't care how! Even if I must become a villain...even if the multiverse becomes my enemy!"

"NO! Don't say that!" yelled the glowing woman, clutching onto her friend's chest.

"Why shouldn't I? You are my only friend in this whole multiverse of stories! You gave me something I thought I'd never need, and I can't...I can't lose you. That's why I want to save you."

"You can't save me..." The child could see the woman's glowing light was almost out, her hands slowly falling off the cloaked woman's chest. "My story will end, and you must accept that..."

With those final words, the woman's white glow burned out, leaving her body cold and black. The child watched as the cloaked woman started to sob as she placed her head on the cold, dark body, crying for her dead friend...only for her sobbing to turn into craze laughter as her head rose. "Then I'll simply write a new story!"

She looked up to the black void and saw a vast humanoid woman wearing a white dress, her head cloak filled with streams of galaxies. "Do you hear me?! I will take the power I need to create a new story. I'll have her back, MOTHER!"

The child suddenly became scared as the darkness started to swallow them, but a bright, tiny light appeared and flew into her chest, making her cutie mark star glow a very dim-like whiteness.

"Don't be scared. The darkness can't hurt you," said the voice of the fading glowing woman.

"But...who are you?"

The voice of the glowing woman softly whispered, "I am..."

The darkness faded away and was replaced by whiteness. Within the white void, the child could see a rainbow star...no, a rainbow spark glowing like a burning sun. The child smiled with hope and happiness as she knew this warmth and light.

Within the rainbow spark spoke an older woman whose voice was filled with hope and strength. "Nothing is a mistake; no matter what, I'll keep moving forward. No one deserves a sad fate, no matter who it is. Everyone deserves a happy ending. Screw you! You don't control anyone's destiny! If you want to, then you will have to go through me! I'll make sure everyone has a happy ending! EVERYONE!" the child soon saw the woman's body, wearing the rainbow jacket she always wore. "Every spark won't ever go out! Because it's filled with friendship, dreams, love, and so much more! Every spark lights up the darkness and keeps it away! It keeps YOU away!"

The child started to run toward the rainbow light, wanting to be held by this woman. She shed happy tears as she called out to her.

"Spark!" Spark turned to her, giving her a bright, hopeful smile. "MOTHER!"

Spark's expression became surprised as she held her arms open, allowing the child to jump into her. "Oh, Twilight...my spark of hope..."

"Mother!" cried the child, feeling warm and safe.

Spark and Twilight closed their eyes and smiled...while the white light hovered above them, watching...

"Mom!" Twilight mumbled in her sleep as she held an ice cream plushie in her arms.

Her bedroom door opened, shining light into the dark room, revealing how messy it was. Books and scrolls were scattered about everywhere, and clothes covered the floor. Someone stepped inside and walked straight up to the sleeping purple anthro unicorn.

Whoever it was slowly reached out to Twilight, wanting to pet her while she slept, but the hand suddenly shook. Soon, without warning, the person grabbed the bedsheet under Twilight and pulled it out from under her, making her spin in the air and fall to the floor with a loud thud.

Twilight's eyes shot open as she sat up and rubbed her head, feeling sore. "Oww... What was that for, Dawn?" she asked, looking up at this universe Luster Dawn, a kemonomimi, a human with pony ears. Wearing her pink leather jacket and jeans.

Dawn rolled up the sheet and tossed it into Twilight's face, making her fall backward. "Stop calling me by my first name! Call me Mom, god damn it!" she puffed her cheeks out in anger.

Twilight threw the sheet off and stood up. "Only one I'll call Mom is Spark! She's more a mother than you!"

Dawn's left eye twitched a bit as her expression grew more annoyed. "Fine. Just get up. You've slept enough. And look around this place! You live like a pig. Clean this damn place up and eat. It's breakfast time!"

Twilight glared at her as Dawn walked out and slammed the door.

Twilight looked at the door, wondering why she was such a bitch. "Ugh, I hate her," she said before turning to her desk and seeing her reflection in the mirror. She hated seeing her reflection as she stared at her horn. "...stupid horn..." she got closer to the mirror and touched her horn. Long horns were rare in unicorns in her old universe before Spark saved her life from her dead planet. She was among the unlucky ones as her horn was more prolonged than regular. She was picked on for having such a longhorn, but she remembered someone who made fun of her horn and revealed they loved how long it was. "Dash," Twilight smiled.

But her smile quickly faded as she remembered the sad memory of seeing a charred and skinny Rainbow Dash in her arms...dying. She remembered Dash's final moments before death...

"Stop talking like that. You'll live." Twilight cried, holding Dash close.

"No, I won't, and you know it." Dash placed her hand over Twilight's longhorn, touching it softly. "Like I said, I love and admire your big horn. It's one of a kind, unique, and beautiful," she smiled at her, crying. "I love you...I don't want to leave you but promise to find you again. We will meet again, my friend, no matter what."
Twilight could see the sincerity in her eyes, but she didn't want her to leave her.
"Don't make promises you can't keep."

"I mean it."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

Dash was getting weaker and weaker, but she smiled and told her, "Now go, Big Horn. Leave this world. I'll be waiting for you. When we meet again, I'll tell you how much I love you!"

Twilight smiled and nodded, "Yeah. I'll be waiting for you..."

Twilight slammed her fist into the dresser, making the mirror rock a bit from the force. She was trying her best to fight back the tears and the trauma of not only losing Dash but all of her friends, who she saw as sisters. Celestia and her whole world were taken from her as a red planet crashed into her own, killing all life on the surface.

"Dash..." she slowly fell to her knees, crying her heart out. "You promise me! That you'll find me again, but it's been a few years, and I still haven't found you. Where are you? I miss you so much."

She couldn't stop crying and kept telling herself not to, but she couldn't help it. "I can't cry. Not until I see you again, like we promise!"

Outside the bedroom door stood Dawn, leaning against it with her arms crossed. She had a sad look on her face. She got off and was about to walk away, but she soon heard Twilight calling out for someone.

"Mommy!"

Dawn quickly turned back and grabbed the doorknob. She was about to open it but stopped when she heard Twilight again.

"Spark! Mommy! Where are you!?"

Dawn slowly let go of the doorknob, sighing with sadness.

"Stupid, she's not calling for you. She never will. You're not her mother...Spark is..."

Dawn walked down the hall, heading for the kitchen. Once there, she went into the fridge, pulled out some milk, and reached into the cabinet to grab a bowl and spoon. She then took out Twilight's favorite cereal. Dawn huffed at it as the cereal was called Friendship O's. "Every taste is like magic. Friendship is magic...what a stupid ass name. They don't taste like anything," she grumbled, setting it on the table next to the bowl.

Dawn started to read the back of the box for a bit until she heard Twilight entering the kitchen and sitting at the table. Dawn could tell that Twilight was trying to hide the fact that she had been crying.

"Morning," said Twilight, looking at her breakfast.

"Good morning," replied Dawn.

There was an awkward silence between the two of them. Dawn glanced at Twilight, who was somewhat eyeing her.

"...can I have my cereal box? I'm hungry," said Twilight.

Dawn smirked and kept holding it. "I don't know, can you?"

Twilight raised an eyebrow, wondering why Dawn was doing this. "Huh? Yes, I can. Give it to me."

Dawn smiled and tried not to laugh. "No, no. See, you have to say please and say, "May I have the cereal, please, Mom?"

"What are you, my mother? And no. Now, give me the box," replied Twilight, growing annoyed.

Dawn also became annoyed when she heard that comment.

"Well, I am your mother, remember? Your mother took you in and gave you a roof over your head, food, and clothes. The least you could do is call me Mom. Even just once will be fine, but no, all I get is you calling me by my name." she sat down in the chair, spinning the box with one finger.

Twilight grew angry, and her horn started to glow with fury. "Because you're not my mom! The only one who will ever be my mother is Spark. And she's the one who gave me a roof over my head, food, and clothes! What you ever did for me, huh? Nothing! You don't even treat me like a daughter. So, give me the damn box, or I'll take it myself."

Dawn laughed, but her expression quickly changed as she grew tired of the disrespect and Twilight's attitude.

"This isn't Spark's apartment! It's mine! I ALLOWED YOU TO STAY HERE BECAUSE-"

Twilight's eyes flared up with purple magical energy. "BECAUSE YOU FELT SORRY FOR ME! I FUCKING KNOW!" she screamed, standing up and slamming her fists on the table. "I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, ALONE, AFTER WATCHING MY HOME BE DESTROYED AND SEEING THE LOVE OF MY LIFE DIE IN MY FUCKING ARMS! SO KEEP PUTTING THAT OVER MY DAMN HEAD LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO WHEN WE DON'T AGREE OR FIGHT ON SOMETHING! THAT'S WHY I WON'T CALL YOU MOM! BECAUSE A MOM WON'T ACT LIKE YOU!"

Dawn glared at her with such anger and fury. Twilight returned the glare with her own, daring her to fight.

"You want to fight, don't you, you little bitch?" said Dawn, pouring the milk first and the cereal into the bowl for Twilight. "You might not like it, but-" she gave her a big smile. "This is why I like you! You remind me of myself before I met Spark."

Twilight rage was gone as she felt disgusted at hearing that. "Ew! That's disgusting. I would never, EVER, like to be anything like you."

"Oh, I think you are. We're a lot alike, and both have deep problems. If it wasn't for HER!" she slid the bowl toward Twilight. "We both will have been on different dark paths in life. So, thank her for saving us when she comes home today." Dawn could see Twilight didn't touch the bowl and pushed it slightly away from her. "What's wrong? It's your favorite stupid cereal."

Twilight pushed the bowl toward her. "You ruined it."

Dawn was confused and raised an eyebrow. "How the fuck did I ruin it? I'm not like Spark, who will somehow set it on fire when pouring the milk into it. So how the fuck did I ruin it?"

"You pour the milk in first," Twilight answered.

"Fuck off! Who says the milk can't go first?! Stupid, fucking, little bitch!" she slammed her fist onto the table.

"Those who pour the milk first are monsters!"

"Monsters?!"

"Yes, you're a monster. You're not my mother. My mother is Spark, and you are not her. You will never be her. So stop trying to replace her when she's not around because it won't happen."

Twilight used her magic to get a new bowl and spoon. She poured the cereal in first, followed by the milk, ensuring the spoon was in the right place next to the bowl.

"Perfect!"

Dawn sat there, shaking her head at the sight before her.

"Oh, come on. You can't be serious? Why do you care if I put the milk first, not the cereal?"

Twilight looked at her and smirked. "Because when the milk goes first, you can't see the friendship magic swirls when the cereal is put in second."

"Friendship magic swirls?"

"Yeah. It's how the friendship magic is transferred from the cereal into the milk, then into me. See, it's all simple by breaking-" Dawn quickly tuned out Twilight's nonsense and went to the fridge.

"I need a pick-me-up..." She opened the freezer and took out a case of ice cream. She went back to the table and took a spoonful out, eating it. As she ate the ice cream, she saw Twilight eyeing her with disbelief. "What now?"

Twilight shook her head as she took a spoonful of her cereal. "You have a problem."

Dawn huffed at that. "Don't be like Spark, you little shit! I don't have an addiction to ice cream!" she took another spoonful and smiled with blessing as she tasted the excellent ice cream on her tongue. "Ice cream is amazing. That's all! I can stop at any time!"

Twilight looked away, not wanting her to hear. "That's what an addict would say."

Dawn listened to that and glared. "WHAT DID YOU SAY, YOU LITTLE SHIT!?"

Twilight started to laugh, making Dawn more pissed off as she kept going on that she wasn't addicted to ice cream.

After a bit, Twilight was done and placed her bowl in the sink. She was about to head back to her room like she had always done since moving here, but she felt a tug on the back of her collar. She sighed with annoyance, knowing who it was.

"You're not going anywhere." Dawn pulled her backward.

"I'm not going outside! I'm not going to make friends! My real friends are gone, so listen to what I say already! You aren't Spark, your not-OOF!?"

Twilight was cut off as Dawn slammed a flat box over her head.

"Yeah, yeah, I get it already! I'm not your mother. Whatever, happy birthday, you good-for-nothing spoiled mommy's girl!" she dropped the box into Twilight's arm.

This took Twilight aback for two reasons: one, Dawn never got her anything for her birthday, and two, she completely forgot it was her birthday.

"My birthday?" she mumbled.

"Yeah, what? Did you forget it? Today's the day that Spark saved your ass from your universe." Dawn leaned back in the chair, remembering that day. "You really don't remember your real birthday date?"

Twilight doesn't remember much from her old life before she was dropped off at the Temple of Spark, which worshipped Spark when she saved their universe from Fayth. Dawn eyed Twilight, seeing her looking sad.

"Well, whatever. Open it."

Twilight stared at the flat box in her hands. She opened it and saw a pair of fighting fingerless gloves and an old-looking book.

"What is this?" she questioned, looking up at Dawn.

Dawn leaned forward and smiled as she took the stuff out. "Well, since you are a big nerd when reading books about magic, I got you a book on using magic in a fighting style called Arcane Fist."

"Arcane Fist? Is that a form of martial arts?"

"Kind of. It's more about using your magic as a weapon and channeling it through your hands and feet. Like I said, fighting style on using magic." She showed her a few pages of different techniques.

"Why would I want to learn something like this? I have telekinesis and can do most things without using my hands."

Dawn shoved the gloves into Twilight's chest. "Spark told me how your AI teacher taught you different ways of using magic, and one of them was channeling it through your fist...I just thought you might like it."

Twilight stared down at the book, thinking back to Celestia, the AI version, teaching her different magic and spells.

Dawn could see a small smile forming on Twilight's mouth. "Okay! Shoot your shot, Dawn!" Dawn said to herself as she stood up and punched the air. "Maybe we can do some training and stuff. It might help you to let off some steam when Spark is out, and we can bon-"

"No," answered Twilight, pushing the gift into Dawn's stomach.

"What?"

"I don't want to. I do not need to learn to fight in close combat with my magic. And I'm not interested in hanging out with you. The last thing I want is to become a mother and daughter with the likes of you," Twilight headed for the door.

"The likes of me?!" Dawn tossed her gift onto the table, upset, but she stayed calm. She spoke up to Twilight, stopping her. "Spark is coming home today. It's your birthday, after all. She never misses it for anything." She could see Twilight's tail wagging with happiness, which made Dawn happy and sad. "She should be home before dinner, so be ready to meet her."

Twilight said nothing, only hopping away in joy and excitement. Once Twilight was gone, Dawn slumped in her chair, frowning.

"Why do I keep trying?"

Later in the day, Twilight was sitting at the kitchen table wearing a white sundress and sliding the fork into place near the plate. She was so happy to see her mother again and have a wonderful dinner with her. She soon started folding the napkins while Dawn sat there, watching her.

"I swear she's weird...." Dawn whispered until she heard a familiar tune coming down their street. Her pony ears shot up and twitched. "Ice cream..." the sound got much closer. "ICE CREAM TRUCK!" she jumped off the chair and ran toward the front door, swinging it up and ignoring Spark, who dodged in time while holding a box. Without wasting time, Dawn ran down the hallway and jumped out of the window, shattering it and landing on the sidewalk below. "ICE CREAM!" she roared, making the poor ice cream driver stop his truck and pray as Dawn was a regular customer.

Twilight sighed, knowing Dawn had run off again, leaving her alone. It didn't matter, though. She was waiting for her mother.

"She should be home at any moment."

Like someone had made her statement true, she heard Spark's voice.

"Hi, sweet pea."

"Welcome home, mommy! I knew you would return for my birthday!"

Spark put the box down and hugged Twilight, who ran up to her. "How are you today?"

"Great! My wish is coming true."

"Oh, and what is that?"

"For my mommy to be home today and spend my birthday with me!"

"Will it come true, honey, and happy birthday! Now, let's eat."

Twilight stopped her and pointed to the door, making Spark remember about Dawn. "What about Dawn?"

Spark waved her hand, brushing Dawn off. "Oh, don't worry about her. The moment we slice the ice cream cake, she will be back up here in ten seconds flat." She stood up and closed the door.

The two sat at the table. Spark slowly revealed the ice cream cake, which was a green and purple dragon-shaped cake. Spark started to place the candles in the cake holder topper but stopped, seeing Twilight looking sad.

"What's wrong, sweet pea? Do you not like the cake?"

"No. I love it, mommy. I love all the cakes you buy for me. It's just that..." Twilight paused and looked at the table. "It's just that you made my birthday on the day you saved me. I remember all my friends. Dash..." she started to cry.

Spark placed the candles down and held her adopted daughter from another universe.

"I'm sorry, mommy..."

Spark petted her. "Don't be. What happened to you is hard to forget, but you must move on." Spark let her go and looked at her with a warm and motherly smile. "You need to move forward, sweetie. They would have wanted that for you. Even Dash, if she were here."

Twilight nodded, wiping her tears. "You're right, mommy."

"Of course I am. I'm always right, after all. My little bundle of hope!"

"Mommy!" Spark laughed. She saw her daughter angrily crossing her arms and soon remembered something.

"Oh yeah, I got you a gift! Your birthday gift!" Spark stood up and was about to leave, but she felt someone stopping her. She looked back and saw Twilight crying as she held her tail.

"DON'T LEAVE ME!" cried Twilight as her trauma of losing everyone in her universe returned, and she didn't want Spark to be taken from her, too.

Spark felt sad but hugged Twilight and comforted her. "My little hope, I'm not leaving. I'm just getting your gift." she could see that didn't help. So, she said things that she knew her daughter needed to hear. "Listen to me. No matter what happens to me or Dawn, I know you'll be okay. You're my strong girl, after all. You're my little spark of hope. Remember that. You will always have us in your heart no matter where you go." she placed her finger on Twilight's chest, where her cutie mark was. "The spark that you carry burns so brighter than my own. Never lose it. And, please, don't cry. Don't let this day be a sad day. This is your special day."

Twilight nodded and let her mother go. Spark was going to leave but saw a shadowy figure in the front door glass window. She narrowed her eyes and told Twilight that she would be right back.

Spark walked up to the door and opened it, which she saw confused her. She looked back at Twilight, who was putting the spoons in the correct order. Spark looked back at the figure and joined them in the hall. She closed the door.

A bright light came from the glass window, and soon, another light came. Then, the glass was covered in red.

"Mommy? Is everything okay?" Twilight asked, hearing the noise and getting up. She headed to the front and saw... "...m-mommy..." She could see a body sliding down the glass window, leaving behind a trail of blood. When the body landed on the ground, the door opened slightly, and she could see her mother, Spark, dying. A dark figure was hidden from a bright light, standing before Spark, holding the Rainbow Element core.

"MOMMY!?"

Twilight saw flashes of her dead friends and Dash, remembering the awful feeling of losing them. She was going to lose Spark, her mother. Without warning, the apartment was covered in a purple aura and shook with fury.

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

Twilight tried to open the door, but her emotions interfered with her magic, preventing her from grabbing it. It also didn't help that Spark's body weight kept the door from opening. She poked her arm out, trying to hold the dark-covered hooded figure as they looked down at her.

"WHO ARE YOU!? WHY YOU HURT MY MOTHER!?"

The figure didn't answer her, only turning and walking away, holding the core.

Twilight tried to open the door but couldn't as she watched the mystery figure walk to the bright light. "I PROMISE I'LL FIND YOU AND END YOU! YOU HEAR ME!" The figure disappears into the bright light. Twilight could only watch as her mother, Spark, slowly died.

"N-no..." Twilight fell to her knees, crying and shaking.

Twilight reaches out to Spark, grabbing her arm and telling her not to die.

"I don't want to lose you too, Mom! I don't want to be alone again! I'm sorry! I should have been here!"

Twilight's emotions were out of control, causing the purple aura to cover her. Soon, her eyes started to glow with dark purple magical energy. She was losing control of her magical powers.

Spark looked at her, revealing a rainbow star in her eyes, resembling Twilight's cutie mark star. She smiled at her.
"Remember what I told you? No matter what happens to me, I know you'll be okay. You're my strong girl, after all. You're my little spark of hope. Remember that. You will always have me in your heart no matter where you go." Spark moved away from the door, allowing Twilight to rush to her, hugging her.

"MOM!"

Twilight didn't care if she was covered in Spark's blood; she didn't want to let her go. She wanted to stay with her mother forever, but fate had a different idea for her.

Spark placed her arms around Twilight, and her breathing slowed as she was losing too much blood. With her last bit of strength, she whispered into Twilight's ear, stroking her hair.

"No matter what, Keep moving forward. No one deserves a sad fate, no matter who it is. Everyone deserves a happy ending." Spark's rainbow stars in her eyes slowly faded out. "Don't be held back or bottle up your anger, hate, or sadness. Those feelings will destroy you. They will make you feel pain and regret. Please, for me, my little spark of hope." Spark kissed her forehead, smiling. Within her thoughts, Spark couldn't stop thinking about one thing. "I want to be there for you...As you grow up, what kind of wonderful adult will you be? I want to be there for all of it..." Spark held Twilight harder, not wanting to leave her daughter, Dawn, and the rest of her friends and family. "...My spark of hope...I love you...'

Twilight felt Spark's hand slide off her shoulder, and soon, her body became limp.

"Mom..."

Twilight leaned away and looked at Spark, seeing her lifeless eyes and a happy smile. She shook her body, telling her mother to wake up, but she didn't.

Twilight's sadness and rage built up more, causing the purple aura to expand and spark, hitting the walls and anything else. She felt like destroying the whole place as she cried over her mother's dead body. She wanted to scream but heard a sad voice behind her...

"Spark?"

Twilight didn't turn around, and her magical energy finally faded when Dawn dropped her ice cream cones.

"No...it can't be..."

Twilight hugged Spark's dead body as Dawn's crying and screaming filled the entire apartment complex. As Twilight tried to block out the cries, she suddenly felt Spark's body disappearing, making her look back at her. She only saw Spark's rainbow jacket in her arms, as the blood and the hole in the back were gone...

"...mommy..."

She held it to her face, crying her eyes out. Her life changed in a heartbeat..once again...

End of Prologue