A/N: The title of this chapter was adopted from the writer Hero LumiEre Lumanite. Please Visit his Profile and read her stories. Tell his Legendary Gentleman Katu R-14 sent ya! LoL!

-Big Mac-

I was with Big Mac and we were at the end of the orchard with a large pile of apples. We were just lying in the grass looking at the afternoon sun, "Nice day," I say.

"Eeyup," Big Mac said.

I loved my counterpart. We've agreed that we're equally as strong and now, now we're just enjoying relaxing the days away. Especially since that he and I always got out chores done earlier. We even got the next day's chores done as well. So we are just enjoying the next twenty four hours all to ourselves.

"Do you miss mom and dad sometimes?" he asked me.

I sat up. Not knowing what to say to that other than, "I do, but I try not to think about it. It's too painful."

"My parents left and never came back," he looked at the sky, "They went to go and make a delivery outside of Equestria and never came back."

"That's good for you," I tell him, "My parents were brutally murdered and the sick monsters who did it sent us a video of their deaths," anger seeped into my mind.

"What's a video?" he asked.

"It's a recorded piece of information copied onto a circle that you can watch over and over again."

"Oh and you saw them...," I knew the rest of his question.

I nodded, "I saw the fear in their eyes and the last thing they were allowed to say was, 'Don't let Applejack know'," I looked at the ground remembering the day, "Celestia and Luna came to tell us the news. I was about seventeen at the time. Little Applejack was only seven and I knew she shouldn't be seeing our parents being killed. So she never did see it. All she knows is that they're gone. She wants to know why and I won't allow her to know. Not whilst I'm still breathing."

"Is that why she acts the way she does? Because she too lost her parents? And what of Applebloom? Where does she come in to all of this?"

"Applebloom wasn't even alive at the time. She is adopted. Her parents died at war and Granny Smith took her in when she was just a baby."

"I assume she doesn't know?"

"As far as I know, she's still blind to it. Okay, can we stop talking about this?" I groaned to my feet and I heard him stand to his as well.

"Sorry, I was jus askin' is all," his low baritone voice spoke softly.

"I have many secrets against my sisters. I keep secrets to protect them," I tell him.

"I think that they might need to know. To be complete about themselves."

"What are you talking about?"

"We were raised on honesty and you have secrets."

"To protect the ones I love."

"I still think that you should tell them all the same."

"Maybe you're right," I tell him.

"Eeyup," he smiled.

I sat back down, "You know, I remember myself before I died. I was just like you before any of this war crap ever existed. I miss the old days."

"How'd you die?"

-Applebloom-

I was at Fluttershy's home because that was the only place without ponies or animals in it. I just wanted to rest in peace for once. I also wanted to get away from Nick. He and I got into a fight over our relationship. He wanted to slap a name on it and I just wanted to go slow with him. I didn't want him in too close of he was jus going to hurt me.

I was in Fluttershy's bed with an arm covering my face. Before I could get too far into sleep, the front door opened and I heard the sound of both Fluttershys coming into the house. They were talking about plants and their effects on rabbits.

I groaned when there was no place I could go for some sleep. I heard hooves coming toward the door and I just kept my position. The door crept open, "Oh, I'm sorry," I heard and looked up at her, "I didn't know that you were in here."

"It's fine," I groaned into a seated position, "I didn't need sleep anyway."

"I'm sorry," she looked so pathetic, "I can leave?"

"No, I'll just find somewhere else to nap. I didn't mean to just barge into your house like this. What are you guys doing?"

"Oh, uh, we were just talking about quicker and easier treatments to heal Angel. He's been a little sick lately and I just don't know what to do," she was truly sad and I remember Angel back at home. He was a little iguana that always was ready to go out and enjoy the world. Back in the peaceful times.

"I think I what i need," Flutters came in holding a book sideways, "is a certain plant from Timber Forest. Judging from this botany book, the plant I need comes from the brow of the Timber wolves."

"What?" Fluttershy began shaking uncontrollably.

"Sorry Fluttershy, but you and I have to go and get it. Says here that I'd have to gain the trust of the wolf pack as a whole in order to obtain the plant."

"You mean," the yellow mare, "We have to face them? I don't like that at all," Fluttershy immediately darted under the blankets on her bed.

"We have to go in order to save Angel Fluttershy," Flutters rubbed the bulge that was Flutters' head.

"I know," she stuttered, "But why can't you and somepony else go? I'm too scared."

"Fine, then I guess that Angel will only know that his best friend was too scared to face her fears to try and save him," Flutters was using reverse psychology and it was just too funny, "Applebloom? Would you care to help me? I think Angel was looking for a new best friend anyway, right?"

"Now that you mention it, Angel did way something about not wanting to hang out with Fluttershy anymore anyway," I picked up what she was laying down.

"Yeah, I thought that Fluttershy's element was kindness, but I guess that one can't be right about everything apparently," Flutters shrugged, "C'mon AB," she told me and walked out of the room. I followed her out until we hit the door, "Three..."

"Two..."

"One...," we both point toward the bedroom door where Fluttershy was coming out.

"I don't wanna let down anypony, so I guess I'll on with you Flutters," Fluttershy said hesitantly.

"That's the spirit my little yellow friend," Flutters chuckled.

-Princess Twilight-

There was a crowd of ponies outside. Madder than I've seen them and that's when I knew something really went down. As Princess, it was my duty to mediate any dispute, so I took a big breath in and let it out before opening the door to an angry mob.

Spike and the other twilight came out with me, "We are sick of all these humans here!" "They're nothing but monsters!" "They just need to go away!" I heard.

"Wait! Hello?" I tried to calm them down.

"QUIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEET!" Twilight bellowed and the crowd went silent, "Jeez. You all have issues and come to Princess Twilight, yet you won't shut up! Take a smoke break to once!"

"Thanks," I told her then faced the crowd, "Can someone just tell me what's going on?"

Rainbow Dash stepped forward, "Dashal went bezerck and kicked Derpy for no reason."

"I seriously doubt that," I said.

"It's true. All of Cloudsdale is freaking out about it. These humans are nothing but angry beasts that shouldn't of left Princess Celestia's castle. They need to be locked away until this darkness passes, the. Sent on their merry way back home," Rainbow Dash stamped a hoof.

"Listen Rainbow Dash, I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do at this moment. I have to get permission from Princess Celestia before doing anything."

"You're a Princess," she said, "You can make the call whether they stay or not."

"Hey," Aj and Applejack came forward, "What in tarnations is goin' on 'round here?" Applejack asked.

"The humans are what's going on," Rainbow Dash stated.

"What happened this time?" the human blonde asked.

"Dashal kicked Derpy," I told her.

"Derpy's here?" she asked kinda thrown off.

"Yeah, wait, aren't you paying attention?"

"I am and I think I need to have a meeting with all my friends and with Twilight. Now!" she demanded. She let out an unholy screech multiple times.

We waited a few minutes before Aj, AB, Rarity, Dashal, Flutters and Pinkie all appeared in front of her. Twilight went up to the rainbow haired human and punched her in the gut, "Okay, I deserved that one," Dashal groaned when she fell to her knees holding her stomach.

"Yeah, you did. What were you thinking?"

"She called me a bully," Dashal looked at her.

"What did you do to her?"

"I wanted to talk to her and she was going to fly away."

"Then you should've allowed her fly away."

"I'm sorry," she sluggishly made it to her feet.

"Now Celestia is going to come here and raise holy hell and make things worse for Aj. You never think things through."

"Then why are we here? If Aj is the supposed savior, why does she need us."

"To help me realize something," Aj spoke, "I don't now what it is, but I feel as though I'm on its trail."

"Good for you, but what does that have to do with us?" Dashal fought.

"Why is everything a fight with you?"

"Because nothing makes sense to me. All we are doing is sitting on our asses talking with ourselves."

"Wait," Aj just realized something, "Ourselves are us before the war. Maybe what we all need to realize is how to go back to our original selves."

"I'm not going back to being like myself," Rarity piped up.

"That's not what I meant. I meant, we should go back to being like our elements. Honesty, Kindness, Happiness, Loyalty, Generosity, and Magic," Aj looked to me, "The past ten years have been hard on all of us and we have forgotten what we stood for. That ends today," Aj tried not to cry, "I want to remember."

"So we do have to hang out with our old selves to learn from them?" Twilight asked.

"And they shall learn from us as well," Aj smiled, "That's my realization. Now I wan you all to learn."

"No!" the voice of Princess Celestia echoed throughout the land. We all looked and both Celestias stood side by side, "You've all caused enough damage here in Ponyville."

"Celestia," Aj walked up to her friend, "It's good to see you again."

"Don't talk to me like that!" she snapped.

"Like what?" Aj was confused.

"Like we are equals. I am Princess now and you're just a destructive force that needs managing."

"What's going on with you?" Aj was full of pain and anger.

"Your Celestia has woken up," Princess Celestia stated, "She now realizes that you and the rest of your friends are monsters that need to be broken and trained to fend off the darkness."

"She will not break us!" Aj hissed.

"She knows all of your weaknesses, so she can, and she will."

"I challenge you!" Aj stood straighter.

"What?" Princess Celestia

"I challenge for the right, to command Equestria."

"Who are you? You're a nopony. You're not of royalty."

"Actually!" AB stepped forward, "She is! Twilight and the other Princesses in out world gave their royalty to her! She has the right! And challenge must be answered!"

"What nerve your Princesses have Applejack. They don't know about your parents' secret agenda?"

"They had no secret agenda," Aj snapped.

"They don't know that you're parents are responsible for the zombie plague, do they?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Your parents were in more than just Flight Command Applejack," Celestia stated, "They were in biochemical warfare and they're the ones of whom started the zombie plague. They did it because they wanted to have complete control. So I staged their deaths to make it seem as though they were heroes."

"You're lying!" Aj roared, "My parents are heroes now take my challenge and I shall allow you to fall with only your dignity!" Aj got ready to fight as the crowd fled to a safer distance.

The humans and I went inside my house and watched from the windows. All there was on the street was Princess Celestia and Applejack. Two titans from different worlds finally satisfying their long forged tension.

-Applejack-

I stood, facing the white mare. Her human counterpart, my former friend had disappeared. Which is good, I'll kill her next, "This is for Derpy."

"What happened to Derpy?" what she said threw me off.

"Talk to your hotheaded Rainbow Dash!" she growled.

I looked to Twilight's house and yelled, "Dammit Dashal! This is all on you Rainbow-!" before I could finish my insult, Princess Celestia charged at me with her head hanging low. Her intent was to try and pierce my chest with her horn.

What she doesn't know, is that I'm quite efficient in multitudes of fighting techniques. When she was within arms-reach, I used the knowledge I gained on Unicorn and Alicorn Ponies. I grabbed her horn and pushed it down. As expected, she went down with it and I used her momentum to flip her over. She slammed hard onto her back with a thud and a grunt, "You're not going to defeat me Celestia!" I told her as she quickly got back up onto her seat, "Magic won't work on me and I can out fight you any day! So just give up while you still have your life!"

"No! I will never give up!" she yelled back at me.

"Then so be it! I'll make your death quick, but excruciating!"

"Don't count on it sweetheart!" again with her boosted ego, she thought charging me head on was a wise move. Wrong choice again.

I side stepped her and when she turned around, she lifted back onto her hind legs, 'Perfect!' I thought to myself and took advantage of the opening.

I curled my fingers into a fist and landed a punch right in between her front legs. A boom blasted out of the vicious contact. Soon after, I heard a small low pop echo from her chest.

The large white mare dropped to her side with an eye on me, "You are terminated Celestia," I knelt beside her, "I didn't want this, but I had no choice. Just let the darkness take you. Let it take you to the Gates of Eden in heaven."

She exhaled slowly and the life drained out of her eye. After a second or two, I closed her eyes and stood back up.

Victory is… mine…