Mine Name Across The Multiverse

Within the darkness, two bright figures raced across what seemed to be an endless hallway. Lilac, using her dragon boost, was surrounded by a light blue aura. Next to her and keeping up with her, was Twilight, who was using her magic to propel her body forward, creating a purple magical trail behind her. Both girls were in a race against time to reach the bridge of the spaceship before the laser could destroy the moon completely.

Lilac turned her head, done hearing what Twilight had told her. "So, Spark was killed ten years ago in your universe, and now you want to follow in her footsteps, huh?"

Twilight nodded. "That's right. I want to be like my mother, in helping others in different universes like yours. And not only that, but I also want to kill the one responsible for killing her."

Lilac could see the hatred and anger in Twilight's eyes. It was something she had seen before. '...she's like Merga.' she thought, but brushed those thoughts aside, as the dark hallway started to light up as the lights underneath the glass floor were coming online. "We are almost there!"

Twilight nodded, as she remembered Lilac telling her that to reach the bridge in the fastest way possible was to go through the refinery room of the ship's lower deck.
She had heard and seen a lot of things and places during their run, but this place, the refinery, was a whole new experience.

They passed through a large door and were soon inside what seemed like an endless cylinder carrying and breaking down purple crystals and rocks. They had to cross a row of conveyor belts. As the two passed through, they soon were running on top of the rocks. They could see a floor hole ahead of them, and they ran into it, running against the metal walls and reaching a dead end. Twilight had a bad feeling, as Lilac stopped, and she followed suit.

Suddenly, burst out of the ground was a large yellow robotic device, as a monkey boy wearing a mechanic outfit, sat in the open cockpit of the robot, laughing. While standing on top of it was an older male dragon, an earth dragon that Twilight learned from Lilac.

"Are these the losers you were telling me about?"

Lilac grinned and nodded. "Yep. They're the ones. I call the monkey boy, Aaa because he just screams when we ask him his name and he's the one controlling the robot and Askal is using his earth powers to control the rocks! Be on guard!"

The two stood ready as they could see a ton of blue boulders orbiting around the shoulders of the machine.

"You won't stop her, Lilac!" Askal said, grinning. "I'll make sure that you don't interfere!"

"Aaaaaaaaa! We're going to beat you this time, Lilac and your new weirdo friend that you somehow found!" Aaa shouted, laughing and pressing buttons on the dashboard.

Twilight blinked. 'Wow, she wasn't kidding about that yelling.'

Twilight refocus on the battle at hand as the robot pile bunker fist started to spin. Lilac jumped out of the way as it was slammed against the rock covered floor, leaving a large fist size crater. The two had to move around the circular area and watch out the robot's fist as it kept hammering away, trying to flat them.

As they ran all over the area, Lilac jumped off and dragon boost toward Askal, but the earth dragon used his earth powers to throw rocks at her, which Lilac dodged. Lilac was about to do another dragon boost when a boulder hit her, causing her to hit the ground hard, rolling and groaning in pain.

Askal used his powers again, moving the robot toward Lilac. Lilac opened her eyes and could see the fists marching toward her as they kept smashing the ground.

Lilac quickly got up and started to run, but the boulders kept hitting her, throwing her around like a rag doll.

"Aaaaaaaaa!" Aaa shouted, laughing as Askal grinned.

Lilac closed her eyes, fearing she was going to get crush, but Twilight came to the rescue, using her magic to push the robot back, allowing Lilac to escape the crushing attack.

"Thanks!"

Twilight didn't face, only looking forward as she could see Askal glaring at her. "I didn't save you! You're just slowing me down, so shut up and get moving!"

Lilac puffed her cheeks, looking annoyed, but didn't say anything. Twilight could see Askal summoning the purple rocks and punched them toward them. She acted quickly by blocking them with her Arcane Fists.

"Twilight! Try to keep kid busy, while I'll deal with Askal!"

"WHAT!?"

But Lilac didn't answer, only dragon boosting away and going straight at Askal.

Twilight looked at the cockpit of the robot, seeing Aaa just laughing as he sat there.
Twilight tsk loudly. "Damn, I wanted to fight the big cool guy, not some annoying looking dork monkey."

Aaa heard that and pointed at her with rage. "Hey, who are you calling a dork, you weird long horned freak!?"

"..."

Aaa flinched as he could see weird energy forming around Twilight and closer look, he could tell he made her angry.

"...did you just call me a long horn freak...?"

Aaa gulped and quickly started the machine, getting ready to fight, and within seconds, the pile bunker fist was spinning and aimed right at his target.

Aaa tried to laugh, but couldn't, as he noticed that Twilight wasn't moving out of the way of the upcoming attack.

"What the hell!? What is wrong with you!? Are you stupid or something, huh!?"

Twilight didn't answer, but the purple energy around her got bigger and brighter.

"What the-?"

"You'll pay for that!"

"HUH!?"

Before Aaa could react, the robot's arms were covered in Twilight's magical aura, being forced to stop. Aaa was confused in what was going on and typed away on the keyboard.

"W-What is happening!?"

Aaa pushed the lever and could hear the robot's arms joints moving...not the way he had hope, as he could see the arms of the robot being slowly crushed by the powerful magic aura.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! S-STOP THAT, YOU IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

Twilight didn't answer, and her eyes were glowing purple, making her look creepy, scaring the hell out of Aaa. Aaa started to sweat and quickly looked up, seeing Askal fighting with Lilac in hand-to-hand combat on the top part of the robot.

"HEY! BIG IDIOT! CAN'T YOU SEE WE HAVE AN ISSUE HERE!? MY POOR ROBOT'S ARMS ARE GETTING CRUSHED BY THIS LONG HORNED DEMON! SO, CAN YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING!?"

Askal heard him as he blocked Lilac's kick. "Yeah, yeah. Don't worry. I'll take care of her."

Lilac jumped back, breathing a little heavily. "Askal. Please, stop this now!"

Askal only laughed as he raised his arms in the air, making the purple rocks be pulled toward him. Lilac and Twilight watched as the rocks all gathered above Askal, forming into a large purple diamond.

"DIE!"

He placed the large diamond in front of him and started to unleash a fury of punches on it. As he punched it, the diamond shot out shard diamonds like bullets as it covered the area. Lilac boosted out of the way of the attack and ran around the room, dodging each and every shot.

While Twilight created a magical barrier around herself, blocking the attack.

"Damn. He's strong."

The barrier soon started to crack as the onslaught of the diamond shots was getting more intense. Twilight gritted her teeth, as she could see the barrier breaking apart and started to feel the attacks hitting her.

"I-I can't...hold it much longer!"

Twilight stagger backwards as her barrier finally broke, and she was hit by a barrage of shards. As the attacks hit her, her body was being cover in cuts. She couldn't focus her magic as the pain she was feeling was too much.

"GAHH!"

Lilac turned her head and could see Twilight getting hurt. She had to do something and quickly or Twilight could die. She looked at Askal, seeing the earth dragon grinning as he was enjoying himself.

"DIE, DIE, DIE!"

'I need to take out Askal. But how...how can I stop him?' she thought, trying to think of a plan. 'His attack is too fast, and he's far from me.' she looked over to Twilight, seeing her barely keeping herself up, her body getting cut up by the diamond shards. Lilac look back at Askal and the large diamond. That's when she knew what she had to do. 'The only way to save Twilight and me is if I...'

She jumped and dragon boost toward the large diamond, ignoring Askal's attack and heading straight to the large object.

"HUH!?"

Lilac got close enough and quickly increase her dragon boosted speed, kicking the large diamond.

"TAKE THIS!"

The kick was so strong that the force caused the diamond to break apart, and the pieces shot toward Askal, who was too surprise to react.

"NO!"

The shards were sent straight at him, cutting and bouncing off his body, making him scream out in pain.

With the attack stopped, Twilight could move again, but before she could, she was crushed by the robot's fist. Aaa started laughing.

"HA! ONE LESS LONG HORN FREAKY IDIOT! HA! TAKE THAT!"

Aaa kept laughing, but the laughing slowly stopped, as the fist of the robot was being pushed back and slowly moved out of the way, exposing Twilight, standing there. Her expression filled with anger, which made Aaa pale in fear.

"AHHHHH! I-IT'S NOT FAIR! YOU'RE CHEATING! YOU'RE CHEATING, I TELL YOU!"

Twilight's eyes glowed with great power as she used her magic to ripped off the robot's arms and, crushing them with ease. "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, YOU LITTLE SHIT!?"

"AAAAAAA! YOU HEARD ME LONG HORN FREAK!"

Twilight's face twisted into a demonic grin as she spoke in the most unsetting and calm tone. "I'm gonna kill you."

Aaa freaked out as the cockpit started to be covered in the purple aura. He could see and feel the open air cockpit being pulled out of the robot's main body. He screamed out loud as the cockpit was thrown high in the air, falling toward the ground, but Aaa never hit the ground.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHH-?"

Twilight grabbed the falling cockpit with her magic and held it up. Aaa slowly and awkwardly smiled at her, thinking she went back on her word, and he was safe.

"So, um...I guess you're not gonna kill me, huh?

Twilight was silent, making him sweat, but then his face twisted in fear as he could hear her giggling.

"You're right. I'm not going to kill you, but you are gonna wish you were dead."

"NOOOOOOO-!"

His cries were cut short as the cockpit was slammed into the ground repeatedly, like a toy being slammed against a wall.

Twilight did this for a good minute before she let go, allowing the broken cockpit to fall.

She could hear something above her and looked, seeing Lilac dragon boosting into Askal, tackling him off the robot as it exploded into a bright light. She then watched Lilac land next to her while Askal landed on the floor before them.

"Ugh..." Askal grunted as he slowly got back up and on one knee.

Lilac looked at the defeated earth dragon, remembering how he betrayed them all so he could get revenge to those that hated his hybrid earth dragon race.

"Is this really what you wanted when you joined up with Merga?" Lilac shouted with anger as she leaned forward a bit. "She's going to destroy the moon and leaving everyone on the planet to die!"

Askal was quick to answer back as he kept looking at the floor. "You think I don't know that!? 'Course I do!" he squeezed his fist. "Thought I could stick by her until it all made sense again but... Having Bakunawa eat the moon? That's just nuts!"

Lilac lean back, surprised to hear that.

"Merga was supposed to give a voice to us outsiders from all over the world. Instead, she's just gonna destroy everything."

Lilac leaned down, pointing in a smug way. "I'm sympathetic to what you've gone through, but it looks like your big speech about me 'facing reality' just backfired."

Lilac smirked as she watched Askal quickly standing and looking off into the refinery, watching the rocks falling as its being carrying to the center to be crushed.

"Pfeh. Yeah, I chose the wrong side, I admit it. But I don't want any part of this." he faced Lilac, shaking with fear. "You wanna get slaughtered? You go right ahead. Merga's even more powerful now and she's not in the mood for visitors!" he pounds his fist into the floor, making the rocks that were blocking the exit move.
Lilac smiled, knowing that Askal won't be getting in her anymore but she noticed Aaa was missing.

"Where'd that other guy run off... to?"
Lilac turned around and could see Aaa talking to Milla who somehow suddenly appeared and talking to the monkey boy.

"Just how long have you been standing there?"

Milla and Aaa faced her. Milla smiled as she answered her friend's question. "Oh, a while! Aaa and I are friends now!"

Lilac blinked in disbelief in what she just heard. "...his name is really 'Aaa'?"

Milla turned back to Aaa, smiling and wagging her tail. "Hey friend! What's your name?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Aaa bloody god-damn screamed!

Milla just smiled as her ears were flapping in the wind from Aaa's scream. She turned to Lilac after Aaa was done. "See?"

Lilac shook her head. "Well...I guess that's not the strangest thing I've heard today. Are you sure you can trust him?"

Aaa looked up, seeing the rotating belts filled with rocks.

"I just wanna see space and do awesome science!"

Milla cheered. "SCIENCE BUDDIES!"

Lilac smiled as she pointed to the two 'science buddies'. "Okay, just keep him from building any more robots up here, all right?" Lilac was about to run off when she noticed that Twilight was nowhere to be found. "Where's Twilight?"

Aaa screamed and hide behind Milla, who looked sad as she answered her friend.

"She left."

Lilac was surprised to hear that. "W-What? Why would she do that?"

Milla answered again as she looked down at Aaa, petting his head. "While you were talking to Askal, Aaa and I became friends like I said, but I wanted Twilight also to be our new friend! But..."

"But?"

"She said that she didn't need any more friends, and the only friend she needed is missing."

Lilac sighed. "The girl she called Rainbow." Lilac look into the endless rows of conveyor belts, hoping that Twilight wouldn't do anything rash, as the echos of rocks falling and being ground up filled the refinery room.

Dashie narrowed her eyes as her anger was raising. "I can't believe it!" she was on the bridge of the Bakunawa and looking out, seeing the moon getting closer. She turned back, facing Merga who was sitting in her fancy throne. "Your kind were slaves to the earth dragons, which almost wiped out your whole race with this ship's cannon because your people stood up against them, making you the last one of your kind after that!"

"That's right. And they will paid for what they did, but that won't ever be enough." Merga grinned evilly.

Dashie gritted her teeth, feeling pissed off. Merga could see the anger in this strange creature that just appeared before her. She couldn't sense any danger from it, only how friendly the weird girl was to her, she knew the creature wasn't going to do anything stupid.

"I was created as a weapon to fight against them, but I was seen as a monster to many of my own people. I was bioengineered to be the greatest warrior ever. I was to be the tool that will destroy all the earth dragons."

Dashie's eyes widen, hearing that. This story, it reminded of someone.

"Now, as the final breath of the water dragons, I will destroy this planet! Ending those damn earth dragons for good and giving peace to my people!"

Dashie could feel something rising inside her, but she had to stay calm. She couldn't lose control, not yet. She looked back at the moon. She needed to know something, and that was why, the revenge for the water dragons was one thing but there was something else. Merge might look evil, but she didn't attack or kill her. Dashie could tell she was...kind. Under that intimidating body, was a kind soul, but she lost something important to her.

"So, by getting that revenge, you are going to destroy your planet's moon and dooming not only the earth dragons but-"

Merga grinned as she leaned back into her throne, enjoying herself. "That's right. The destruction of this planet and moon will bring justice and end the earth dragons' reign of terror for good."

Dashie growled. "Do you even know what will happen!? So many lives will be lost, not only the earth dragons but all life on that planet will be doomed. Do you want that!?"

Merga kept grinning. "Yes. All for my people. For their peace and mine. Now, why don't you sit down and enjoy the show?"

"NO! I WON'T LET YOU!" Dashie opened her wings and taking a runner stance. "There's another reason! I can tell! I can tell by your eyes. You're hurting! I have seen those eyes on a few people I know! People that are hurting and need a friend or someone to talk too!" Dashie stood tall, pointing at her. "I'M HERE, MERGA! I CAN BE YOUR FRIEND! JUST TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG!"

Merga only laughed. "A friend. You? Why would a stranger-" the throne that Merga was sitting on, became wings as she got off of it. "Befriend a monster like me!? I'M JUST A WEAPON MADE TO DESTROY! A MONSTER THAT WILL KILL ALL THE EARTH DRAGONS WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT! EVEN IF IT MEANS KILLING ALL LIFE ON MY WORLD!"

Dashie stood firm, not being scared by Merga's intimidating stature.

"You aren't a weapon! You're a person! Just like me and all life! You may have been created to destroy, but you can change! You can be more than a weapon! You are a person, Merga, and I know you aren't the type of person to do this!"

Dash's wings started to spread out, as she was ready for a fight that she hoped she could win.

"You don't have to do this. You don't have to keep this pain inside. So, please! Tell me what's wrong!"

"Hahaha..." Merga laughed, putting her hand over her face. "But I do. I lost what was important to me all those years ago! My reason to live!"

Dashie frown, realizing her guess was right. Merga did lose someone or something. "Was it...a friend?"

"No. It was something that was a part of me. Something that helped me." robotic weapon wings on her back spread open. She took a battle stance. "But they took her from me! NO MATTER WHAT I DO NOW! I CAN NEVER BRING HER BACK! SO, I WILL END THIS PAIN ONCE AND FOR ALL!"

"NO! YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, MERGA!"

Dashie could see there were no more words she could say to convince her. Merga was too far gone, and her mind was set. Dashie didn't want to hurt her, but she needed to stop her, and the only way is if she knocked her out or something. She took her runner stance once more. The two glare each other down...until they rocket toward each other...

Twilight stood on a wide open elevator platform with eight keyholes on eight computers in front of her. As the elevator went up, she looked up, seeing she will be going up for a long time if these computers with keyholes meant that she be stopping on each level.

"This will be annoying as hell if I need to find each key on every fucking floor..."

The elevator stopped on the first level, opening the golden steel door. She could see the area was a arboretum. It was filled with green and colorful trees. She could also see clock gears floating around the place. She quickly darted off, heading down the pathway. She could see some machines in her way as they took notice of her. She didn't waste any time by crushing them with her magic. She ran past them and could see a glowing fish hovering around a platform.

"A fish?"

She stopped under it and was shock to see it floated down to her and stay by her side. She looked closer at it and could see the tail was a key.

"Weird. A floating fish as a key?" she struggled. "I guess some universe will have weird things in them, huh?"

She turned around and rush back to the elevator with the fish at her side. She returned to the platform and watched as the fish placed itself in the keyhole, allowing the elevator to move.

"This will be easy. But I need to be quick or else..." she looked up and the only thing on her mind was finding Dashie. She placed her hand over her chest, feeling her heart beating. "Don't worry, Rainbow. I'm coming. I'll find you, so stay where ever you are."

Twilight will be repeating this annoying process until she reached the last floor for the last key. She had to do weird platform challenges, running over brushes that became roadways, fighting a weird multi-headed robot that used different elements like fire as it fought her. But now, she was finally going to get the last key. She enters the area and expected to see some weird stuff, but instead, she found a small room and the fish just floating there.

"Um, okay. This is not what I was expecting. Almost like someone didn't finish this level or something."
Twilight grabbed the fish and quickly placed it in the last keyhole, making the elevator move up and reaching its destination. The next level of the ship.

As she stood there, Twilight suddenly heard an engine of a motorbike. She looked around and watched above as a vent was blown off as a red motorcycle came flying out.

"Huh?"

It landed into the floor, bouncing and sliding toward Twilight. Twilight felt like she had seen that cool ass slide somewhere, but she waved it off as she noticed who was riding it.

"What's up!" Carol gave a thumbs-up, smiling.

"Carol?" Twilight was surprised. "Why are you here?"

Carol leaned forward and rested on the bike's handle. "Well, you see, other than saving the world, I think I saw my sister and ended up here."

"Sister?" Twilight question, but remembered who Carol was talking about. "Oh, your evil sister that panda chick was talking about."

Carol sighed. "She's not evil. Just-" but she couldn't finish, as a laser beam hit one of the computers, making the elevator stop. "Huh!?"

The two looked up and saw someone, wearing a pilot outfit, landing before them.

Twilight quickly knew who it must be, going off the same fur color like Carol has. She faced Carol. "Is that?"

"Yup, my sister, Cory."

Cory stood up and looked annoyed. "And here comes the cavalry. Merga was pretty adamant nobody get past this point. So unless you want a spanking, I'd say turn around and don't come back."

Carol rolled her eyes. "Wow, real intimidating threat, sis. Not like we're here to stop her or anything."

Twilight tsk, pounding her fist together. "Then it looks like we're going to do this the hard way."

Cory wondered who this new person was but seeing how intimidating she was, she smirks.

"Fine, then, let's see what you got."

Cory quickly jumped forward, passing the two with quick speed. She landed on the wall, hanging on it. She started to zip across the elevator pillars, trying to tackle into them, but Carol easily dodge thanks to her bike, while Twilight teleported out of the way.

Cory kept moving around, trying to strike the two, but Carol and Twilight kept dodging. Carol was able to land a claw sweep on Cory's face, sending her flying off, but her sister recovered. She spun into a ball as something floated above them. She used it to launch off of it and landed far from them. She took out her gun and fired flame bolts at them, which were easily dodged.

This battle wasn't going in Cory flavor as she needed to stop these two from dodging her attacks. She jumped under her floating machine and forced it around and with her speed, she made it crash into the platform, destroying it.

"CORY!?" Carol shouted, not believing her sister would go that far.

"Sorry, Carol, but this needs to end!"

The two glared each other down, while Twilight watched as the ground under her was gone. All three of them were free flying all the way back down the elevator shaft.

"What are you trying to do? Kill us!? Are you really willing to kill your own sister!?"

Cory only kept glaring, making Carol angry.

"CAROL!" Twilight shouted, getting the wildcat girl's attention. "Don't let your guard down! This battle isn't over!"

Carol moved her bike toward the pillar and started to drive down it, while Twilight landed on the pillar and running down it as well. As the two were doing this, Cory spun as a ball and her machine fired toward Carol.

"Whoa!" Carol was quick to react and dodge her sister spin ball attack. "Hey! Watch it!"

Cory undone being a ball and was running next to her sister, smirking at her. "What's the matter, sis? Afraid of a little fight? If you weren't such a coward, then maybe-"

Carol gritted her teeth. "That's enough!"

Carol pushed her bike to the side, tackling into her sister, sending her flying off and back to the platform, but Cory used it to launch off of it and toward Twilight, who didn't need to dodge as Cory landed near her and ran with her.

"So, who the hell are you? I have never seen you before with my sister and her friends."

Twilight didn't want to tell her or give her any reason to why she was here. "None of your fucking business."

"Heh, fine, be that way. But if you're on Carol's side, then I'll have to take you down too!"

Cory pointed her gun at Twilight, firing off more flame shots. Twilight used her Arcane fist: fire, to block the bullets without taking damage. Cory was amazed in what she saw.

"What the hell? Are you part dragon or something?"

Twilight grabbed Cory and before she tossed her, she answered her. "I'm a unicorn!"

"Wait, what!?"

Twilight tossed Cory, but older wildcat spun into a ball and landed back on her machine. She stood on it and fire her gun at both girls.

Carol and Twilight could see the ground coming as they kept dodging Cory's bullets or her tackle attack. The two knew they needed to end this now. Twilight jumped off the pillar and grabbed Cory as she jumped away from Carol's side.

"HEY!" Cory shouted, being forced out of her ball attack and made to look at Twilight. "Holy hell..." she could see Twilight's glowing mad eyes.

"ENOUGH OF THIS ANNOYING BATTLE!"

Twilight blasted Cory toward the machine platform, making her bounce off it and falling next to it. Cory recovered and got on it, taking her gun out but noticed Twilight was gone.

"Where did she-GAH!"

Cory was suddenly punched from above by Twilight, who teleported above her. Twilight dragging Cory through the machine and out of the other end.

"CORY!" Carol shouted, seeing what just happened.

Carol made her bike jump off the pillar and catch her sister before she could land on the upcoming floor.

It was a huge bump, but Carol's bike was able to take the landing. She got off and could see her sister was hurt as she set her down.

"Carol..."

Lilac reached the first floor and saw her friend and Cory on the bottom of the elevator shift. She jumped down and joined them.

"Okay, this will be super awkward to ask, but… did you do this to your own sister?"

Carol was surprised and quickly explained. "No, no, no! Of course not! I wouldn't go this far!"

"Good, because I don't know what you would say if that was the case." Lilac looked at the unconscious Cory, feeling worried for her.

But their worried wasn't needed, as Cory sprung back to her feet, looking done.

"You can do what you want. I'm done. If you see Merga, tell her I quit."

Lilac and Carol looked at each other and then back at her, smiling.

Lilac nodded. "Thanks, Cory. Let's go Carol"

Lilac could see Carol looking off in the distance of the wide shift. "You go on ahead. My sister and I need to talk."

Lilac understood and was about to run off, but Carol stopped her.

"Lilac, be careful around Twilight. I know she's Spark's daughter and all, but-"

"But what?"

"Just...be careful. She seems to have...anger problems."

Lilac nodded, trusting her best friend's word. She left, leaving the two sisters alone.
Carol faced her sister, ready to talk to her.

Merga and Dashie flew across the room, trading blows with each other. The two kept going at it, not giving the other time to react or rest. Dashie landed a kick on Merga but she caught it, squeezing the foot as she glared at her.

"I was created for battle! There is no way you will beat me!"

Dashie tried to pull her leg out of Merga's strong grip. "I...don't have to beat you! You can stop this! No one else has to die! If you keep going, it will haunt you! You will be alone! You need to let this anger and suffering go because she-"

"NO! I WILL NEVER LET HER GO! THE ONLY WAY..." she dragged Dashie to the ground and slamming her in it. She loomed over her. "IF I END IT ALL AND FREE US ALL FROM THIS MISERY! NO MORE PAIN, NO MORE SUFFERING!"

"NO, IT WON'T WORK! YOUR PLAN WON'T WORK, MERGA!"

Merga lifted Dashie and slammed her back down again, growling.

"You are just a weird creature, child, nothing more! What do you know of losing something so important to you, that you can never get them back no matter what!?"

Dashie could hear her words and felt a little bad for her. She did know of losing something important to you as you failed in protecting them, and you couldn't do anything about it.

"I know, Merga."

Merga's eyes widen.

"I know what you are going through." Dashie placed her hands around Merga's arm, smiling. "I lost my grandmother to a rare sickness that there wasn't a cure for. Until I found it ten years later, but it was long too late. She had died ten years ago."

"Your...grandmother?" Merga was shocked to hear that, feeling a bit guilty.

"Yes, but...the thing is, Merga, you're not alone." Dashie started to put more force on Merga's arm, pushing it back and slowly standing up, until she was on her feet. "You may feel alone, but there are people out there that can help you."

"I-"

"They can't take away the pain of losing someone so important to you, but they can help you, Merga." Dashie started to push back against Merga's arm. "Just trust them. If you let them, they will help you. No one should have to suffer, and they won't make you. They will stand by your side and help you."

Merga gritted her teeth, not sure if she could trust the words of a stranger, but there was something about her...Dashie reminded of... 'her'.

Merga pushed Dashie back, overpowering her.

"It's too late for me. My path is already set. No matter what you or anyone says, I will finish what my people started! To bring an end to those damn earth dragons once and for all!"

Dashie held strong. She needed to think of something, fast.

"Merga, listen. We can't change what has already happened, but we can change the future. Just tell me. Is this the right way to go? You are dooming your world. HER WORLD! WOULD SHE HAVE WANTED YOU TO DO THIS!?"

Merga growled as her arm pushed forward, but Dashie wasn't going to lose. She was able to push it back a little.

"YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HER!"

"I KNOW! THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO REACH OUT TO YOU! SO, PLEASE, TELL ME WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED YOU TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE!?"

Merga's eyes widen. A memory came back to her...

Merga was walking in the castle of the elders of the water dragons. She could see the fear of her own people as she walked. They had heard what had happened on the beach with earth drogon troops, and they feared what she would do next if they weren't water dragons. Merga walked into the dark hallway, stopping as she stood there, feeling alone.

Until she picked up a delightful scent in the air. "This scent? I know this wonderful scent."

Merga continued down the hall, until she entered the library of the castle. There, in the middle of the room, she found someone sitting at a table with a book in front of them. The person was a female earth dragon, the one that Merga found annoying.

"Oh, its 'her'! The stupid princess that tried to negotiate some kind of peace between the earth and water dragons and ended up as a hostage instead." Merga could remember what happened that day as she was there in the meeting room, watching and hearing the Elders in talking about taking the Princess as a hostage for the upcoming war. Merga didn't care about her fate, as the earth dragons deserved whatever punishment that was coming to them. "They must be keeping her here until they figure out what to do with her. Either kill her when the time is right or use her as bait or something."

But for some reason, Merga was drawn to her. She approached the table and the girl noticed her, putting her book down.

"You? What do you want, Merga." The Princess put enough dislike behind her words when she said her name.

Merga stepped closer to her, making the Princess feel on edge. The Princess wondered why Merga was overstepping her boundaries.

"Stay back. Or are you going to hurt me?"

Merga wasn't going to say why, but her smell...it was sweet, and she could describe the scent.

"Sampaguita..."

"Huh?"

The Princess was caught off guard by her words.

"Why do you smell like that flower?"

The Princess looked embarrassed and annoyed. "I am an earth dragon. Flowers are our thing. We are the caretakers of plants." she touched the white flower in her hair.

Merga leaned in, looking at it. She was right, the white flower she was smelling was a Sampaguita. She leaned away and saw the Princess looking at her with disbelief as she heard her whispering the flower's name again.

"How do you, a stupid brute of a water dragon, know the name of this flower? Are you a botanist?" Merga was going to answer but saw the Princess laughing. "What am I talking about? You? Knowing what a plant is and knowing the meaning behind it. You are just a stupid, brainless brute of a monster that will kill without a second thought! You can't even think or care about the feelings of others! I bet you only know one name of a flower, righ-HEY!?"

Merga felt so annoyed when she heard, that she grabbed the Princess by her arm and pulling her away from the table.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, let me go! Ouch!"

Merga ignored her and dragged her away, making her follow her out of the room and down the hallway. Merga could hear the Princess complaining and demanding her to let her go, but she didn't pay any mind to her. She just needed to bring her somewhere, and that someplace was...

"The castle's garden?"

They were in a garden outside the castle. It was filled with flowers, grass, trees, bushes, and all kinds of plant life. The Princess could see a bunch of flowers surrounding the area.

"You brought me here? To show me a garden?"

Merga looked back at the Princess and saw her confused face. Merga looked away and, with a tiny blush, she answered her by listing every flower that was in the garden. As she was doing this, she didn't notice the Princess looking at her. The Princess took noticed of Merga's smile and didn't have the heart to interrupt her, so she just sat down next to her and listened.

'...I never saw her so happy before.' The Princess said to herself, as she kept listening, but also looking at the happy face on Merga's face. 'I like...seeing her happy...'

Merga swatted Dashie's hand away and turned away. Her dragon tail wagging with frustration. Dashie wondered why she reacted the way she did. Merga looked at the moon, remembering another memory.

"We should make peace between our people, Merga." said the Princess, as she and Merga were in the garden during the night.

Merga didn't look too happy as she answered back. "Cordelia, stop! There won't ever be peace between our races after what had happened during the Bakunawa incident. We won't forgive the earth dragons, and we will make them suffer!" she tried to change the subject by telling her about a certain flower, but the Princess Cordelia was not having it.

"But, Merga, why not? Look at us, an earth and water dragon getting along, so why can't our people?"

Merga growled loudly and slammed her fist into the grass, making a small crater. Cordelia could see the frustration on her face. "Merga-"

"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! THERE ARE NO FRIENDLY EARTH DRAGONS!"

Merga was breathing heavily as he rages were boiling. She wanted to kill all the evil earth dragons for killing her people on that day, but she suddenly felt a warm touch on her restless tail. She looked back and saw the sadness in Cordelia face. Merga blush deeply, realizing she hurt her friend's feelings.

"Cordelia. I-"

Merga could see Cordelia removing her hand away, but she stopped by grabbing it, this caused Merga to blush again. "Cordelia..."

Merga couldn't explain what was happening, but she was starting to feel weird. She couldn't understand it, but Cordelia's scent was...something she liked. She looked at Cordelia, and her eyes met hers. She could see the tears building up, but the Princess wasn't letting them fall. Merga could see she was still upset about her outburst.

"Cordelia... you are one of the good ones."

When Cordelia heard that, she took that offensive and slapped Merga's hand away. "You are such an idiot, Merga! What makes me so different from the other earth dragons!?"

"Because-"

"Just stop, okay." Cordelia stood up and stormed out of the garden and back into the castle.

Merga looked down, realizing she fucked up and made her angry.

'I...don't want her to hate me.'

She sighed as she didn't know why she was feeling like this. She's a strong and powerful weapon... and yet, she feels so weak when around her. Merga stood up and looked around the garden, looking for a certain flower. She needed to give it to Cordelia, as an apology.

Merga picked up white roses known as Moonflowers, looking at the beautiful flowers. She then left the garden to find Cordelia and apologize.

'Why does she make me feel so weak when I'm with her? Why does she make me so happy? And...why did the scent of her...make me want to-'

Merga shook her head, not wanting to go down that gutter path, as she blushed. She needed to focus. Find her and apologize, that's all she needed to do...and she did, finding Cordelia in her room. She handed the flowers and telling her she was sorry.

Merga felt like she was saying the wrong things to Cordelia in her apology, but to Cordelia, Merga was saying the right things to say to her. The young Princess placed the flowers before her face, hiding the red blush on her face.

'Stupid Merga...got me wrapped around your fingers...I can't stay mad at you...'

After that, Merga remembered how they became closer than being friends. How she started to see Cordelia in a whole new light. A light that made her feel good inside, like it was a fire or a spark warming her from the cold world, and how that fire was extinguished on that awful night, leaving her cold and alone.

She remembered how Cordelia convinced the elders of the water dragons to meet with Cordelia's father, the Magister of Shang Tu, for peace talks to finally end the war. All because Cordelia had enough of seeing her getting hurt and trying to hide it from her.

"Merga?" Dashie whispered, seeing the water dragon walking closer to the vast screen and just looking at it.

Before Dashie could ask her again, Merga answered her.

"I lost someone dear to me. Her own father, who she loved so much, killed not only her but the elders of my people as they waited in the meeting room of the earth dragon castle. A bomb was hidden under the room and it exploded. They died..." Merga rage was returning as she squeezed her hands. "SHE DIED! BECAUSE OF THOSE DAMN EARTH DRAGONS! HER OWN FATHER KILLED HER! HE KILLED MY PRECIOUS CORDELIA! SHE'S GONE BECAUSE OF HIM AND ALL THE OTHER EVIL EARTH DRAGONS OUT THERE!"

Dashie stood ready as she saw Merga quickly turning to her, feeling the killing intent from the water dragon.

"THAT'S WHY I'M ENDING IT ONCE AND FOR ALL! I'LL MAKE SURE EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE DIRTY DRAGONS GOES TO HELL! I FAILED TWICE! IN SAVING CORDELIA AND KILLING ALL THOSE EARTH DRAGONS IN THAT NIGHT AS I WAS FUELED BY MY RAGE! BUT I WON'T FAIL FOR A THIRD TIME!"

Dashie had to think fast and come up with something. "Merga, please! This Cordelia girl wouldn't have wanted you to go down this path, would she?"

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HER!?"

"NOTHING! BUT I DO KNOW ABOUT HOW SHE WOULD HAVE TO FEEL IF SHE WAS HERE RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT YOU AS YOU WENT BERSERK! KILLING ALL LIFE ON THAT PLANET! YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN THE EARTH DRAGONS THAT HURT YOUR PEOPLE AND THE ONES THAT TOOK YOUR FRIEND AWAY FROM YOU!"

Dashie was prepared for her to attack, but it didn't come. Merga looked back at the screen and then fell on her knees.

"I'm a weapon. Nothing more."

Dashie approached her and placed her hand on her shoulder. Merga didn't look at her.

"If I have no purpose, no meaning in this world as a weapon and not having her in my life, then I am nothing."

Dashie had a sad expression on her face as she looked down. She spoke to her as she remembered something her mother once told her.

"My mother, and her sisters, were weapons."

Merga looked at Dashie, wondering what she meant. Dashie could see that on her face.

"See, I'm part slime and part human and a bit of Equestrian DNA was mixed in me, too. But the thing is, my mother and her twin sister are full slimes, and the third one is a clone of my second grandparents." Dashie looked out to the screen, looking at the beauty of the moon. "My mother's real mother was forced in a war that she ended up ending by destroying both sides as she lost who she was. Many years later, my mother and her twin will meet Spark, my aunt, and see her as a big sister because she protected them from a mad man that created my aunt. He wanted to use all three as weapons to control the world and be a king. In the end, their universe was destroyed because they lost control of their powers..."

Merga could see the sadness on Dashie's face.

"My mother and aunts still couldn't get over the things they had done in the past, they had killed the whole planet like you are doing. They live with so much regret and guilt that they couldn't do anything but to end it as they saw themselves as monsters. But..."

"But?"

"My other grandparents, along with different universe versions of themsevles, saved them and taught them a very important lesson in life, and you need it as well."

Merga wondered what she was talking about.

"You are not a monster or a weapon, and you are not alone, Merga.I know there are people out there who will want to be your friends! Who will see you for who you really are, and you don't have to hide anymore."

Merga's eyes widen as her words reminded her of what Cordelia had done for her, making her feel like she was worth more than a weapon. That she had a purpose.

"They will accept you, and they will stand by your side! You don't have to hide behind all those masks of anger and violence! You need to keep moving forward!"

"Moving forward?"

"Yes. You can't dwell on the past and not do anything about it, but you can look forward to the future! It's not too late, Merga! Cordelia would have wanted you to keep moving forward and find people to help you and be your friends! Even find love again!"

For the first time since meeting her, Dashie smiled as she saw the cute reaction on her face. Merga turned away, feeling embarrassed. "Shut up, you idiot! I DIDN'T LOVE HER IN THAT...in that..." Dashie smiled warmly as she could see Merga relaxing and smiling.

"I truly loved her..."

Dashie reach out to her once more. "Then end this. For her. Find peace, and then move forward. Okay?"

"For her, huh?" Merga looked back and saw the hope on Dashie's face, and then nodded her head. She stood up and looked at her and had to ask something. "...why did you want to help me so badly? You didn't know anything about me or what I have done. So, why?"

Dashie stood up as well and placed her arms behind her head, smiling. "Well, I was raised by my mothers, and I learned that sometimes people can be misunderstood, and when that happens, we need to help them. That's what my mothers, their family and friends, taught me." Dashie blushed a little, which Merga took notice. "...and you remind me of someone. She's a lot like you." Dashie expression became annoyed. "She has anger problems and doesn't want to show off her real feelings. Like, we're friends, but she's still keeping me at arms length when I get through to her a bit." Dashie's expression return to happiness as she smiled hard. "But no matter how much she keeps pushing me away, I'll always be there for her!"

Merga smiled, seeing how loyal this girl was to whoever she was talking about.

"You are a strange creature, but...you are not so bad, child. You are a loyal one."

Dashie nodded her head and looked at the screen. The moon was much closer than ever before. "Now, can we stop this?"

Twilight exited out of the section of the ship and found herself outside. She found it odd that there was air out here, but she didn't think about it too much. She looked around and saw what looked like a giant insides of a mouth in the horizon. She was inside of Bakunawa mouth.

"I'm getting near the bridge of the ship if I keep going down this path, but..." she sighed. "I still haven't seen Rainbow anywhere. Did she even end up in this universe at all?" Twilight was starting to lose hope, until she saw something in the distance.

The mouth of the ship slowly started to close, making everything pure dark that Twilight needed to use her magic.

"What's happening now?"

She couldn't think about it, she ran off as she feared she was running out of time before the ship destroys the moon.

"Rainbow! Where are you!?"

Twilight stopped as she noticed someone standing in the darkness.

"R-Rainbow?"

Twilight's eyes widen as a smile came across her face. She believed it was Dashie, but when her magic lit up the darkness, her smile became an annoyed frown.

"Oh, it's just you, Neera."

Neera turned around and grunted. "The same can be said about you, girl."

"Did you seen my friend while coming here?"

Neera shook her head as she placed her spear on her back. "I was too busy trying to find a way out of this section of this ship, but this area seems to be-HEY!" Neera was pushed out of the way by Twilight, who was now running past her.

"So it's a waste of time talking to you, got it. Just keep doing what you're doing."

Neera growled loudly as she gave chase. "YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST PUSH ME AROUND, YOU INSOLENT-"

As Twilight and Neera ran through the bridge that connected to another section of the area, they ran under a glowing cyan light, triggering something as the lights went red for a split second.

"Huh?" Merga said as the bridge of the control room they were in suddenly buzzed an alarm.

She and Dashie hurried over to the side of the bridge, seeing the screen saying warning in a language that Dashie couldn't understand, but Merga did.

"What's it saying?"

"It says there's someone trespassing on the ship's energy crystal that's used to help fire the mining laser. Someone has triggered the ship's defenses."

Merga sat down and pressed a button, making the dark screen light up. Merga noticed Neera, but she didn't care about her as her eyes focused on the other intruder. She had never seen that female creature before.

"TWILIGHT!?" Dashie shouted and leaning over Merga and the chair, looking at the screen with an exciting expression, pressing a button by accident. "SHE'S HERE!?"

"I take it that your friend?" Merga noticed that Twilight was looking around, happy, until she became worried looking when she heard her voice.

Dashie nodded her head and let go of the button. "Yep! That's her!"

The two watched on the screen as Neera and Twilight started to have a conversation.

Twilight stopped and spotted a vast crystal above them. "What is that?"

Neera joined her and looked up as well. "Looks like an energy source for this ship's cannon. If I'm right, then we need to destroy it as soon as possible."

"Destroy the crystal?" Twilight asked as she looked at Neera, and saw her nod her head. "Are you sure that's a good idea?
Won't the crystal have a huge feedback? Creating a huge explosion?"

"We have no choice, girl. This ship is going to blow up the moon, and I won't allow that. I'll sacrifice anything and anyone to stop that from happening."

"That's some noble talk, but there's a small problem."

Neera took a stance and eyed Twilight. "And that problem is?"

Twilight quickly cast a magical barrier in time as laser sphere were fired at them from gun turrets that surrounded the area. The barrier held up, but Twilight could feel how powerful those spheres were.

"I won't be able to hold this barrier up for much longer! After I lower it, we need to put everything we have into that crystal to break it apart! Think you can handle that?"

Neera had a grin on her face. "That's sounds like a challenge, girl. Bring it!"

Merga and Dashie watched the battle unfold. "I have seen Neera fought before but your friend..." Merga watched as Twilight was punching the crystal while deflecting the laser spheres. She was impressed by her powersd and fighting skills.

Dashie smirk as she felt proud. "Well, yeah! Twilight is pretty badass!" she crossed her arms and held her nose up. "She's the best, and I'm so lucky to call her a friend." she wanted to go on, but quickly snapped out of it and look at the control panel. "How do you shut it down!? The turrets! We need to deactivate the turrets!"

Merga thought for a moment and looked at the controls. She wanted to turn off the turrets, but something within her wanted to see how this horn creature fights. She pressed a button and acted like she was locked out of the system, making Dashie worried as she looked on at the screen.

The two were damaging the crystal, but if the energy spheres got too close to the crystal, the crystal will absorb it and randomly fire out long laser beams in random direction, almost hitting the girls as they had to dodge.

"This thing is not cracking yet!?" Twilight yelled, as she was growing tired from the nonstop assault of the gun turret and how the crystal itself was fighting back with the absorb energy.

Neera landed and fired off her ice power from her spear. "Just keep at it! We must... huh?" She and Twilight feel the whole area starting to rumble and shake.

The two could see the mouth of the ship opening, revealing the space outside and along with the moon. They soon noticed the crystal was hovering now and toward them.

"This isn't good, isn't it?" Twilight said as she looked at the crystal, then the moon.

Neera's eyes widen. "We need to get out of here! NOW!"

Neera and Twilight took off, running away from the crystal as it was getting near. They looked to the side and could see the vast hole in the wall of the area and, within it, was a slowly glowing light. They didn't need to talk to each other, as they knew what was happening. They increased their speed but as they did so, the hole was overflowing with glowing energy now and fired it toward the crystal, which created a vast laser beam that blasted toward the moon. The two looked back and see the energy wall expending quickly, about to reach them.

"RUN! WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT!" Neera screamed as she and Twilight kept running, but it was too late.

The laser beam was about to reach them, but with some odd luck, the beam quickly died down and retracting itself back into the wall. The two were shocked by what just happened, but they didn't care and stared down the crystal. They needed to destroy it before another blast was fired off.

"NOW! ONE LAST PUSH!" Neera yelled.

The two gave everything they had. Twilight fired off her strongest magical blast, and Neera stabbed her spear into the crystal and used her ice powers. Both of their attacks combined, making the crystal crack and releasing its trapped energy, which caused it to overload with blasting smoke and sparks. The two quickly ran away from the crystal, as it was ready to explode.

As the two ran down the long bridge, the crystal finally exploded with massive force, making the area around the explosion collapse and crumbling away.

"THE BRIDGE IS GONNA COLLAPSE!" Neera yelled, not believing that she had to say that.

They increased their speed as the bridge was starting to crack and give way.

"WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT! WE'LL FALL AND DIE!"

Twilight looked back at her. "SHUT UP AND RUN! DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, JUST KEEP RUNNING!"

Neera was shocked by her response. "YOU'RE NOT HELPING, YOU KNOW!?"

"LIKE I GIVE A DAMN! JUST RUN AND DON'T THINK ABOUT IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO DIE!"

"WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M DOING!?"

Both girls didn't know it, but Dashie and Merga were watching and Dashie pushed Merga away and started to type on the computer, which shock Merga. Merga looked at the screen and seeing the blast door to the exit opening and the two girls made it in and closed behind them, before the whole place was destroyed from the overload blast.

"How did you know what command will the door open for them?"

"I didn't," Dashie said as she wiped her forehead. "I just guessed by looking at the keyboard. I was hoping the one I pressed was the right one, or else they would have been screwed."

Merga stood up and smiled a bit. "No, I can tell that wasn't the truth. You learned my people's language quickly and understood the commands on this console within seconds..."

Dashie looked at her and had a shocked expression on her face, before it became a big smile. "Heck, yeah! You're right!"

Merge smiled back fully, seeing how smart this creature was.

Neera stabbed her spear on the ground to lean on it. They were somehow able to escape the blast and falling to their death. She looked at Twilight, going to ask her a question, when she noticed her already on the move.

"Hey! Where are you going!?"

Twilight didn't respond as she walked away from her. She could hear Neera started yelling and soon enough, a wall of ice was created to block her path. This made her stop and turn around, pissed off.

"What!?"

"What do you mean, what!? What's your plan? In stopping Merga? We destroyed the Lunar cannon, but no doubt will be repaired if we don't reach the bridge in time, and you never faced her before. She isn't someone you want to face alone."

"You think I'm afraid of her, huh?"

Neera could see the look in her eyes. What she saw made her upset as she narrowed her eyes at Twilight. "You don't care about our universe, don't you? Finding your friend is taking priority, isn't it?"

Twilight had a blank expression on her face as her magic activated.

"That's none of your business."

Neera growled as she took her stance. "I never met your mother but how those three annoying idiots talked about her, she sounded like someone who would make sure her mission in protecting the universe was the top priority. But you...you are just a child who is too stubborn and wants what she wants, even if others are in danger because of it, like my world."

Twilight's eyes glowed. "Hey! I heard Rainbow back there and sounded like her voice came out of a speaker. That Merga person must have her, so saving my friend and your world overlaps! So be happy!" she then pointed at her. "And don't act like you know me or my mother."

"Oh, trust me. I don't want to. Just a few minutes of being near you is already driving me nuts like those three idiots." She lowered her stance. "But those idiots taught me that trusting and opening up to them helped us get past our differences." she reached out her hand. "And you need that lesson too, girl."

Twilight didn't care what she was saying. "Sorry, I don't have the time to make friends! I only need one, and she needs me." Twilight turned away, facing the ice wall and with her Arcane Fist: Fire, she shattered it with one hit, surprising Neera. "I don't need your help or anything. I can do it all on my own, just like my mother had always done! Now, stay out of my way!"

Neera was furious as she watched her go. "I'm trying to help you, idiot! You will fail without any help, and.... and she's gone! I can't believe her! Is she even more idiotic than those three!?"

Neera was about to leave, until Lilac showed up and stopped next to her.

"Neera? Glad you're safe after I heard a loud explosion a few minutes ago and all that shaking. What...happened?" she could see how mad Neera was. "Are you okay?"

Neera stabbed the ground with her spear, shouting nonsense, making Lilac confused until Neera calmed down and explained what happened.

"...so, she's more worried about saving her friend if she's being held hostage by Merga."

Neera nodded her head. "Yeah, but there's more to her story. She doesn't seem to care about anything besides finding her friend. She is a selfish idiot who doesn't want help."

Lilac couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Selfish? You can't be serious..." she smirks as she pointed at Neera. "Sounds like someone I know before she was taught to open up to others, hmm?"

Neera blushed red and tried to ignore what she had just heard. "Enough with the small talk, you need to hurry and help her, that idiot will no doubt be over her head when facing off against Merga."

Lilac smiled and nodded her head, agreeing with her. "Don't worry, I'll be quick." She ran off as fast as she could.

Neera watched her go and sighed as she looked at the blade of her spear, seeing her reflection. She had changed, and she smiled as it was for the better.

Twilight rocketing down the endless hallway with hovering aura spell. As she was flying down the hall, the lights were turning off from behind her, almost making it look like darkness was trying to catch her. She didn't think much of it, as her mind was only thinking about Dashie.

"Please, be safe."

Twilight suddenly felt a rush of wind blowing past her, which turn her head and could see Lilac running next to her, smiling.

"Hey!"

Twilight grunted and looked forward again.

"What do you want-"

"Saving my world!" Lilac cut her off. "Didn't you promised to help? I gave you my word to help you find your friend if she ended up here!"

Twilight tsk loudly. "Why are you even bringing this up? Acting like I don't care or-"

"I'm not. But..." Lilac had a concerned look on her face. "What happened to the promise you made with me and the others? About helping us save our world."

"Our goals are the same! I heard Rainbow's voice and a cold female voice that spoke to her. So finding Merga will solve both our problems. Saving my friend and your world. I just need to take care of her and that's it, right? Problem solved?"

Lilac became more concerned. "I have to ask you two questions, and how you answer will determine what happens next."

"And what's that?" Twilight asked, still looking forward.

Lilac stared at her. "First question. Why don't you want to make new friends? When I heard Milla and now from Neera, it seems you have huge problem in opening up to others and don't trust them."

"I don't need friends."

Lilac raised an eyebrow. "But you do have a friend and the way you are so determined to find her, you clearly care a lot about her. But why do you push others away when they are just trying to help and become your friend? You're a good person, Twilight, I can see that, so why are you pushing others away when they want to be there for you."

Twilight grit her teeth and refused to answer the rest, causing Lilac to not understand Twilight more and started to ask the next question.

"Second question."

"Hit me."

"You said you'll take care of Merga, but how?"

Twilight eyed her. "Taking care of her by killing her, of course! She's an evil person who wants to destroy everything! She needs to be-WHOA!"

Twilight dodged Lilac's dragon boost by decreasing her speed. She watched as Lilac bounced off the walls and returned to the floor, running backwards, staring her down.

"No! Killing is wrong! I can't believe I'm hearing that coming from someone wearing that jacket! Spark would never do such a thing!"

Twilight increased her speed, and stared back. "Killing is wrong? How else am I supposed to stop her!? Look at what she's doing! She's going to make this ship eat the moon! She's going to kill billions on your planet, and you're telling me I shouldn't kill her!? She's an evil person, Lilac, and I won't let anyone stop me from saving Rainbow!"

"But is she?" Lilac shouted, and could see Twilight was confused.

Lilac held out a time capsule. "She lost someone dear to her, Twilight! She's just angry and want nothing more than the pain to stop. The problem is she's targeting her anger at the whole world, not just the earth dragons! She's worth saving, and she deserves a second chance, just like anyone else."

Twilight was shocked. "Worth saving!? After everything, she has done!?"

Lilac nodded her head. "Everyone deserves a second chance, Twilight. Including yourself. You don't need to do this alone." she reached out to her. "I have no idea what happened to you, but you need to let others in! If not me or anyone else, do it for the sake of your friend. She wouldn't want to see you be like this. I can tell she's the reason why you're doing all of this. Trying to rush toward Merga alone, not wanting others to help you. Trying to be like your mother, right? I don't know how she died, but...she's not here, Twilight. The only person here is you." Lilac reach out her hand more but seeing the darkness slowly reaching Twilight. "You need to learn that you aren't her! You can't replace that spark, and trying to be like her is going to break you, Twilight. You'll end up just like Merga. So please..." Lilac had tears in her eyes. "Open up to others and stop pushing us away." she could see the darkness had reached Twilight, making her disappeared into it. She could see a white spark glowing in the darkness...until it faded away.

"Stop it!" Twilight screamed, her voice echoing through the hallway. "Stop trying to be friends! I don't need others! I only need Rainbow and no one else. She's my light in the darkness and if she dies..."

Lilac suddenly saw powerful purple energy blasting out of the darkness, its sparks hitting the floor, walls and ceiling, leaving behind burn marks. Before she could understand what was going on, she parried Twilight's kick as she teleported in front of her. Twilight's body was glowing with unstable energy and her eyes were glowing dark purple.

"IF SHE DIES! IT WILL BE YOUR FAULT FOR NOT LETTING ME DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE! SO STAY OUT OF MY WAY!"

Twilight vanished again, and reappeared behind Lilac and hit her with her Arcane Fist: Wind, which made a massive impact, blasting a gust of air on Lilac's back and sending her flying into the darkness of the hallway.

"I won't lose something else ever again! NEVER AGAIN!"

Twilight blasted the ceiling, making it cave in the hallway, trapping Lilac on the other side.

Lilac groaned in pain, slowly getting up, and was amazed that her bones were not broken. "She's...too powerful..." she looked down the hallway, seeing the rubble. "Twilight, please, don't do this! You and Merga are-"

Twilight ignored her and went back to flying down the hallway, seeing she was coming closer to the bridge as the hologram signs pointed to where the bridge was, of course she was only guessing as she couldn't read what the signs said.

"Just you wait, Rainbow! I'm coming!"

Lilac stood there, hearing Twilight rocketing off, feeling like a failure.

"Spark..." she kicked the debris. "You saved our world by saving me, but I couldn't return the flavor by saving your daughter." she took out the time capsule, remembering what's on them. "She's going down the same dark path as Merga if she isn't stopped. Merga was alone, until she met someone, but when that someone she cared about died, her world went with it. Merga had no one else, no friends... Twilight is the same, but the same time, she isn't. She can still make friends and have people who will care about her. And yet..." she stared down the rubble that is blocking her way. "She won't listen, not when her friend is in danger. I can understand her feelings, but at the same time, I can't."

Lilac closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Spark, please give me the strength to save her, and Merga. Please."

She opened her eyes, feeling a new surge of energy flowing through her.

"Okay. Let's do this!"

Lilac ready herself and started to roll in-place as a ball, charging up her dragon boost. She unleashed it and rammed herself into the wall of debris, slowly digging through it...

Twilight rocketed through the darkness of the hallway, her mind filled with what Lilac told her, needing to open up to others and let them in. Something she hasn't done yet with Dashie, but she wants too.

"I don't need anyone else, just Rainbow. I like her, and only her. I want her, and no one else. She's the only friend I need in the world, and she's all that matters to me." she could see the lights of the floor in the distance, she was reaching it. "I lost my Rainbow before, but I'm not going to lose her again. No matter what happens."

She reached and was now over the lights, out of the darkness and ahead of her was a large door with bridge written above it. She used her magic and forced blast the door, ripping it open and went inside.

The first thing she saw was the massive screen on the wall, showing the stars and the moon. There was a weird looking robot at upper center near those screen. She could see someone tall and dragon like with armor. It was Merga no doubt, Twilight thought, as she ready up a punch.

Merga could hear something breaking through the steel doors and turned to see someone. She could see this Twilight person that Dashie told her, rocketing toward her.

"TWI!" Dashie shouted, happy to see her friend, but that happiness quickly turned to worry.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!"

Dashie tried to stop her, but she was pushed aside by Merge as Twilight punched her, sending her flying across the bridge. Dashie slammed into a control panel and fell to the floor, groaning in pain.

Twilight was shocked. "Rainbow!"

Before she could check on her, she sensed something and turned in time to see Merga back up, her face filled with rage.
Twilight took a fighting stance. "Okay monster! Let's see what you got."

Merga narrowed her eyes. "I won't fight you, girl."

"Then let me beat you up and force you. I have no problem with that."

"That's enough, Twilight!"

Twilight could feel someone grabbing her hand and pulling her back, but Twilight was to focus on Merga to notice who it was.

"Stop this! Merga is just like you! She needs our help, not-"

"SHUT UP! ENOUGH WITH THE STUPID TALKS!"

Twilight forced her arm off whoever grabbed her and quickly backhand strike them, making them crash into the floor. She did this all while keeping her eyes on Merga.

"You can't be saved! You are going to kill billions of people on that planet, and that makes you a monster! My mother would have taken care of you and saved the day. So, let's see if I can do the same!"

Merga's eyes were burning with anger, her teeth were gritting, and her claws and robotic wings were out, ready for a fight...not for what Twilight had said to her but another reason.

"I might be the monster that almost killed the world, but you are no better than I am, girly! You hurt her in your blind rage! Only a monster will do that...I should know."

Twilight was confused and turned around. She thought she punched Lilac but no, who she punched was....

"T-Twi... I'm okay, Twi."

Dashie had a painful look on her face as she smiled, and could see how worried and surprised Twilight was, not believing what she did.

"RAINBOW!"

She ran over to her and knelt down next to her, her hands hovering over her, not sure if she could touch her or not. She was starting to have flashes of Rainbow Dash and her death, it kept replaying her in the eyes, making her to start having a panic attack.

"It's okay, Twi... it's not that bad. I'm not that hurt..."

"But..." she felt tears in her eyes, not understanding what she did.

Twilight slowly reached out, almost about to touch Dashie's cheeks, when she felt her hair being pulled and she was tossed away from her friend's side. Twilight flew and landed on her back and looked up to see Merga.

"How could you hurt her? You're her friend, right? Why would you hurt her?"

"I'm..."

Merga's wings started to flex, ready to be used. "I can see it. I can see myself in you. Filled with so much hate, wanting to kill whoever wronged you and wants revenge. But..." she pointed at Dashie. "You are not going to get anywhere with a friend like that by your side." she smiled. Her wings lowering itself and she stepped aside. "Don't let your rage blind you. Or else, you're going to end up hurting more than the people you hate. Now, go."

"What?"

"Take her and leave. I don't want to see her get hurt any further, as I sense someone coming. This war I have created is over thanks to her, so I know a fight won't happen, but it's better to be safe than sorry."

Twilight stared at her and then looked back at Dashie. She quickly rushed over and picked her up slowly and carried her in her arms.

"Let's get out of here..."

With that said, the rainbow jacket started to glow brightly.

Merga turned to see what was the light was. She saw them, being surrounded by rainbow light.

"Listen, girl!" Merga shouted, getting Twilight's attention. "We lost something and became filled with endless rage for it...but that's not all that define us." she eyed Dashie, who was still rubbing her red cheek. "We are the people we help. The friends we make..." she could see Cordelia and herself in Twilight's and Dashie's place, making her smile. "The love we share..."

"L-L-LOVE!?" Twilight shuttered as her face became red, while Dashie was too focus on her pain to listen. "I-!"

Merga chuckled. "Denying the truth will not make it go away. Trust me, I tried, and I learned the hard way, not to do that." she shut her eyes, her tail wagging softly. She continued on with her speech. "...and the world we leave behind." she opened her eyes, smiling. "That's who we are. Who we can be, but only if we decide to be." she raised her hand and gave a waved goodbye as the two disappeared into the light.

Merga was alone, and she faced back where she was waiting for whoever will show up. She could see Lilac getting closer, but when she stopped before her, Merga was confused in what she was seeing.

She ready herself for battle. "WHO ARE YOU!?"

It was Lilac...just not as a water dragon but as a Hedgehog.

She looked at Merga and pointed to her. "Sorry, but your redemption shouldn't be happening just yet, which means the anomaly messed with you, but yet, I don't sense them." she lowered her arm and folded them. "Seems they are gone. Makes my life easier in undoing the damage."

"What do y-"

Lilac lookalike pointed at Merga, which caused a static effect and Merga was back sitting on her wing throne, waiting for Lilac and her friends. She waited, not taking notice of the hedgehog Lilac as she walked around the room, checking for clues.

"Hmm, what I sense three years ago was felt again but unlike the first time, this person didn't bother to follow the universe rules in not messing with the Author's story." she kneeled down and touch the floor where Twilight and Dashie had disappeared. She blinked and moved her eyes to her side. "Well, isn't the Fallen Watcher's kid. What brings you here?"

She stood and turned around, revealing Void standing there looking all smug.

"Freedom Planet's universe guardian, Lilac The Hedgehog." she looked to the entrance to see the real Lilac entering and facing off against Merga. "Your Author spared your life as they restarted this universe to make her. Won't lie, I'll be pissed off living in limbo as a copy of me is living mine life."

"Oh, really? Pfft, you and that Fallen Watcher don't care about others, so tell, are you trying to mess up my Author's work, hmm?"

"Pff, of course not, well not yet anyway." Void walked around her, smirking evil like. "Why you want to know? Thinking you can stop me? Even though you are ordered to let me do as we please." she stopped in front of her, seeing Lilac anger growing. "Tell me, how does it feel to take orders from a no backbone Author? They are like the others, giving up when they couldn't beat my mother in each restart..." she leaned and look deeply into Lilac's eyes, seeing the discomfort and... "....hopelessness. I can feel it coming off of you. You can use that hopelessness as power. Join us, become a savior like mys-"

"Enough talking." Lilac pushed her off and backing away. "Why are you here!?"

Void smiled and watched the battle that was going with the real Lilac and Merga. "Passing through. I'm on someone's trail, and it seems I just miss them. Which is good. That means I'm catching up." she turned her back to her and waved. "See ya."

Guardian Lilac grunted as she watched Void leave by entering a black gateway. She squeezed her fists and looked at the real Lilac as she faced Merga in her final form, herself without her robotic wings.

"...I have a bad feeling about this."

"Come on, Twi. I'm okay, really! Don't look so depress..."

"But..." Twilight couldn't finish, not wanting to make Dashie think she doesn't care. "Sorry, Rainbow. I shouldn't have hurt you."

"It's okay. Not the first time, remember?" Dashie said, reminding her about the little fight they had after she woke. "But man, when you aren't holding back, you can hit like a trunk!" she rubbed her cheek, still amazed she felt pain after getting a punch there. "Whoa boy, that's one strong pimp hand you got there!" she joked, hoping to lighting the mood.

Twilight didn't find that funny, and Dashie noticed it.

"Sorry."

"No, it's fine."

"Is it really?"

"Y-yeah..."

Dashie knew it wasn't fine, as while they were back in the rainbow color light, Twilight was staying far away from her. No doubt to not hurt her again, which is understandable but also worrying.

"I'm not broken. You can hold me, hug me, and stuff like that, ya know."

Twilight didn't answer, and Dashie felt the surrounding light was fading away, meaning they were about to leave this colorful void and end up in another universe.

"Looks like we are about to be dropped off again, I wonder whe-OOF!?" she was cut off when she was tackled by Twilight and now in her embrace. She could feel her cheeks being squeezed by Twilight's ample chest. "T-Twi? Wh-OOF!" Twilight squeezed her, not wanting to ever let her go.

"Not again! Where ever we go, I'll make sure that we won't ever be separated. Never again. So please, never leave my side, okay?"

Dashie felt a warm feeling in her chest and her heart started to race. She closed her eyes, hugging Twilight back, not wanting to ever let go.

"Same..."

The two were covered in a bright flash of light and....

In what seems to be an underground horse stable, Twilight and Dashie landed in a hay bed, which soften their fall.
Twilight opened her eyes, and the first thing she noticed was how dark it was. The only light source was the lantern on the wall. She was on her back as she could feel the hay poking at her neck and some was tickling her face.

"Huh? What is this place?"

"Wh-where are we?" Dashie asked as she sat up, feeling a little dizzy.

Twilight could feel Dashie's weight over her lower area, and quickly grabbed her waist, preventing her from falling down.

"Careful, Rainbow. Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine, just a little dizzy, is all. What...about...y-y-you!!!"

Dashie could see Twilight's worried face, but the way they were in position and the way Twilight was holding her made it seem like something else. Dashie could see Twilight's beautiful purple eyes, the lantern light making them even more lovely, and the light freckles on her face. She could feel her heart racing as her cheeks grew warmer and redder. She was so close, and she could see the blush forming on Twilight's face, as she had noticed their position as well and how close they were to each other. But for Dashie, it was way worst as she placed her hands over her crotch, her lil Dashie wanting to say hi today as she picturing the scene before her went to the gutter.

Twilight saw Dashie's nervousness, but also feeling her hands going over her crotch. Twilight feared that Dashie landed hard in her crotch area and was hurt there. She sat up a little and moved one of her hands to Dashie's lower area and pressed her fingers between Dashie's hands, hoping to check for any swelling or a sign of injury.

Dashie jumped, surprised by Twilight's actions. "What are yo-OOOOOOOOO!!!"

Twilight became worried as she felt it was like a small bump, meaning something was swellion and might have been hit badly. She quickly sat up, and Dashie was forced to keep her pin with one hand.

"Stop! Why are you touching me down there!?"

Twilight was confused by that question. "You are hurt! I felt something like a small bump. Are you in pain!? Is it swelling up as we speak!? Let me see!"

Twilight pushed Dashie, her hand going under the legging, and feeling the bulge of Dashie's lil friend. "S-stop, I'm not hur-" she couldn't finish as she felt Twilight's finger pushing on her lil friend, making her body to feel something. "N-no, s-s-stop, it's not that. I'm oka-OHHH!"

Twilight saw the panic look on Dashie's face and pulled her hand away. Before she could say something, they both heard a female Texan accent sounding voice.

"Who in the hell usin' my buck to have sex again!? Come on girls! This ain't funny!"

The top part of the door opened, revealing an orange skin anthro teenager girl with light training armor on her chest, but her eyes were covered in a helmet visor just without the helmet part. Her long blonde hair was done up in a ponytail.

"What the dad gum it, are ya!? One of ya looks like a Rune Knight, unicorn but..." she was looking at Dashie, who was completely red in the face and looked so ashame right now. "You? What are ya!? A demon!?"

Twilight fully sat up, making Dashie getting off of her and asked what she meant, since to her, she looks like her own kind in looks. The knight opened the lower part of the door, revealing the rest of her body, making both girls confused in what they are looking at.

"Like you? Sugar cube, ya sure about that?"

What the girls saw was a lower horse body, no normal looking humanoid legs. They looked up at the upper human part.

Dashie realized what this mare was. "You are a centaur!"

The knight raised up her visor that went over her eyes like sunglasses, revealing her green emerald eyes.

"Yeah? And?"

Dashie was speechless as she stared into the girl's beautiful eyes.

"What's wrong with her, sugar cube? Ya didn't expect a centaur?"

Twilight looked at the centaur and then Dashie. She shook her, causing Dashie to snapped out of her trance and said something.

"You have beautiful eyes! Like gems, but the best kind ever!"

"Uhh, thanks?" the centaur took a step back, having a blush on her cheeks.

Dashie blushed, realizing what she had said. "Sorry, that was weird..."

The two girls were looking away, blushing and not trying to look at the other, thinking how embarrassed they were.

Twilight blinked. She eyed the centaur and then Dashie. Seeing how both of them were blushing and acting. "Eh?" She looked at Dashie, who got up and walked over to the centaur girl. She took a knee and held the girl's hand, feeling the cold metal gloves she wore. "EH!?"

"Sorry, my name is Dashie. I was just caught off guard by you. I wasn't expecting a centaur here. Sorry, again, if I offended you." she lowered her head and kissed the girl's hand, making her blush even harder and her face was a tomato. 'This is how people treated knights back in the day, right? Or am I thinking about Princesses?' she thought.

Twilight's eye twitch, not liking the way Dashie was acting. She jumped up and got between the two and pushed the centaur's hands off of her.

"WHAT THE FUCK!?"

End of Chapter 5