Okay I'm a sucker when it comes to a good story, as an apology for not having the third episode completed on time, I will post the end to my fan fic tonight :D (Both the last chapter and the epilogue)

"Try harder!" Astelle screeched; she and Trixie had directed their magic at the Tree of Harmony. The alicorn amulet around Astelle's neck was glowing so brightly that it lit the entire forest in red light. The tree shook and the branches swayed in rhythm to the magic. The tips of each branch were just starting to turn from white to a deadly and shriveled black color. Trixie wasn't watching the tree, she was watching the forest, looking in the direction she believed the castle was.

"TRIXIE!" Astelle screamed, causing Trixie to snap her attention back to the Elements of Harmony tree. She pretended to be giving it her best effort, but in reality she was doing her best to hold back. The magic inside her protested to the actions she was giving and caused her some pain. It didn't like its pony host acting in a manner that could be considered "good."

Astelle and Trixie heard the familiar whinny of the shadow alicorn as it made its way back down into the trees and towards Astelle. Astelle broke off her stream of magic when it arrived. Trixie gasped and released her hold on the tree as well; finding that she was out of breath and shaking once she did so. Astelle seemed to be having some kind of mental conversation with the shadow alicorn because she saw it interacting with her without an exchange of words.

"You… you released my SISTER?" Astelle screamed. Trixie gasped in horror and used what strength she had to run away. Astelle was prepared for that, she merely nodded her head and black rose vines shot up out of the ground holding Trixie in place.

"I truly thought I saw something in you, Trixie." Astelle said, her eyes glowing red as she walked calmly towards Trixie. "But you're weak. You've always been weak and you'll always be weak."

"Let me go!" Trixie cried, trying to use magic to release the vines from her hooves.

Astelle laughed cruelly as she watched Trixie struggle. "You can't use my own magic against me Trixie. It only really obeys me."

"Take it back!" Trixie demanded.

"I can't do that. You see, I blessed you with power so that you could help me. But just look at this," She said, directing her hooves in the direction of the tree limbs. "I guess I am able to do it myself after all. The tree is already beginning to die."

Trixie winced when the thorns pressed into her hooves and she could do nothing to stop them.

"You lying little cheater. You want to help those pathetic little ponies? The ones who called you a loser and destroyed your life? You think that will make them LIKE you?" Astelle asked.

Trixie didn't respond, she merely kept fighting.

"You really are just a pathetic little waste of a unicorn. You can't do anything right." Astelle said, snarling.

"Yes I can!" Trixie screamed, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I didn't want this! I never really wanted this! I just wanted… I just wanted some pony to…"

"To what, love you?" Astelle said mockingly.

"I'm not going to let you kill this tree!" Trixie screamed defiantely.

"Watch me." Astelle said. She reared up on her hind legs and blasted Trixie with a spell. Trixie gave out a mighty and terrified scream of pain as she did so. Astelle smiled as she watched her prodigy squirm in her magic.

"No pony will EVER DARE to cross me again Trixie Lulamoon! I let the first pony who betrayed me live; I won't be making that mistake again." Astelle said. Her eyes shone brightly and Trixie cried for her life.

"No!" Twilight yelled. She jumped on Astelle's back moments after Astelle had cast the spell. "Trixie!" Twilight called as the magic engulfed her and she fell to the ground. Astelle bucked Twilight from her back and attempted to snatch her but Applejack pulled her out of harm's way in time.

"You pathetic little ponies think you can best me?" Astelle roared, fanning out her wings. From beneath her wings several little red glowing eyes shot forth and transformed into shadow alicorns. Each shadow alicorn was sent after a certain pony. Astelle watched laughing as each pony tried to evade their grasp. Cadance was the first to get caught. Twilight called out for her but Cadance had already disappeared. Then Luna saw one of the shadowy alicorns heading straight for Spike and dove in front of him. Unfortunately, the shadow alicorn engulfed them both in mere seconds. More shouts of concern came from Twilight and Celestia. Twilight had a hard enough time evading the shadow alicorn after her, she couldn't protect her friends. Celestia was the next to disappear and Twilight cried out her name as well. Twilight and the rest of her friends raced towards each other and threw their hooves around one another. If they were going to die they wanted to be together. Six shadow alicorns reached them at the same time but before they could make contact they were dispelled by an unknown and invisible shield. The shadow alicorns cried out in defeat as they disappeared leaving the six friends untouched. Twilight looked down at her hooves to see she was glowing. Each of her friends were glowing too and they looked around for the source.

The Tree of Harmony was lit up in a rainbow of colors, each color connected to a pony amidst Twilight and her friends. Astelle was screaming something at them but they couldn't hear her. The Elements of Harmony revealed themselves from the branches where they had been. Each pony got her element back, in five necklaces and a crown. The moment after the elements had reached them, Astelle blasted the Tree of Harmony with magic. Each gasped when the tree lost its glow and erupted into flames. Astelle snapped the branches from the tree, dismantling it down to nothing but a stump and some ash. When she turned to face Twilight and her friends, she looked different. Her whole body was glowing red and her mane and tail danced weightlessly in sync with the howling wind. When she opened her mouth to laugh her teeth had been sharpened to points and her eyes were pupil-less red.

"Stand together girls! The Elements of Harmony will protect us!" Twilight screamed to her friends above the sound of the thunder.

"All that is left is your pathetic little elements and magic will cease to be!" Astelle cackled.

"Not a chance!" Rainbow Dash screamed.

Twilight and her friends closed their eyes and embraced the magic of the elements once more. The rainbow of light shot forth from their elements and went directly for Astelle. Astelle laughed, she blasted the magic of the elements causing the spell to fail and sending Twilight and her friends soaring backwards and into the ground.

"What happened!?" Applejack screamed above the thunder.

"The elements… they didn't stop her!" Fluttershy whimpered.

"Of course they didn't stop me you fools!" Astelle screamed. "Did you think I could be bested by his magic AGAIN? Did you think I wouldn't have prepared myself for that?"

"Let's try it again!" Twilight screamed, she and her friends got back into formation and tried it again, this time each pony giving it their greatest effort. Astelle laughed, enjoying every moment that she could shoot their magic down and cast them aside.

"Starswirl's magic is no match for mine! Generosity, Laughter, Kindness, Honesty, Loyalty, and Magic cannot beat me! Surrender them now or you will be wiped from this earth along with them." Astelle threatened.

"Twilight, what do we do?" Pinkie Pie said, the others looking to her for guidance. Twilight looked to Astelle and back to her friends unable to come up with a coherent answer.

Astelle aimed her horn at them but her spell was interrupted when somepony else's magic intercepted her own. Astelle gasped in surprise and turned to see Trixie attacking her from behind. She had been stripped of her nightmare powers and looked like the normal Twilight Sparkle again.

"Trixie!" Twilight and her friends all cheered.

"Wow this is a little weird." Pinkie Pie said based on the fact that they were cheering for the unicorn they hated no more than half an hour ago.

"You!" Astelle cried in surprise and anger.

"I'm sorry!" Trixie said, backing away in fear.

"You're SORRY?!" Astelle screamed, then laughed. "It's a little late for that, don't you think?"

"I wasn't talking to you." Trixie said boldly. She turned to Twilight and her friends with tears streaming down her cheeks. "I never wanted this! Run!"

Astelle was closing in on Trixie, a certain look of destruction in her eye. Trixie knew if she could distract her long enough that Twilight and her friends could get away.

"RUN!" she screamed very annoyed.

Twilight and her friends picked themselves up off the ground and looked at each other. They knew without having to say a word what the others were thinking and they did begin to run. However, they ran towards Trixie rather than away from her.

"What are you doing!?" Trixie screamed in surprise.

Twilight and her friends threw themselves around Trixie before Astelle could get to her. Astelle just laughed.

"Seven birds with one stone!" She declared, directing a fatal blow of magic towards them. Much to Astelle's surprise her magic once again reflected off the group of ponies. "But… my magic is stronger! I've already bested the elements!"

"That's because we didn't have all of the elements when we faced you the first time!" Twilight Sparkle said boldly. She stood up and her friends rallied around her, Trixie was behind Twilight, just as confused as Astelle was.

"What are you talking about you foolish little mare?"

"Starswirl the Bearded may have founded the six Elements of Harmony and rooted his magic to them, but there's another Element of Harmony that makes its power far greater than your own! Something that every friendship needs, the element of forgiveness."

"There's no such thing as a seventh element of harmony!" Astelle screamed. She directed her magic at the group of them again but nothing happened.

"The magic of friendship is indeed contained within the elements of kindness, laughter, generosity, honesty, loyalty, and magic. But thanks to you we've discovered one of the most powerful elements of all." Twilight said, she moved aside to show Astelle that Trixie had a necklace around her neck with a bright new element of harmony. Trixie had been looking down at it in awe and confusion when Astelle caught sight of it."

"A new element? Impossible!" Astelle cried.

"Me? I'm a… I'm an element of harmony?" Trixie whispered.

"Alright girls, one more time. Trixie, we need your help this time." Twilight said. Trixie cautiously joined Twilight and the others in their formation. Astelle used any magic she could think of to stop them; sending shadow alicorns and blasts of red magic towards them. The elements of harmony created a rainbow, but this time it had an extra ray of blue color. The elemental magic struck Astelle and she screamed. Astelle fought with it mid-air, thrashing about wildly as it took hold of her. The magic from the elements broke the alicorn amulet from around Astelle's neck. Twilight and her friends were thrown backwards when it happened and they landed several feet away.

"No!" Astelle cried in horror. Her body was changing and she could do nothing to stop it. Her wings and horn disappeared when she fell to the ground. After that, every pony lost conciousness.