"How nice it is to see you all, coming to my dimension." Madness Steve's voice is slightly more echoey, distorted, and much louder.
"Madness Steve... I learnt to truth. We learnt the truth." Sabre steps forward, everyone doing so slightly as well.
"Oh, the truth about me?" Madness Steve slowly levitating everyone off the ground without even thinking.
"If you know the truth, you'll know what I'm about to do and why!"
"Please, listen to us!" Time Steve yelled out. Madness Steve sighs and drops everyone down to the ground.
"We've learnt what happened, and this isn't how to go about things!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Those hung in those chains, what... is happening to them?" Light Steve questioned Madness Steve, shaking and stepping backwards as he did.
"They are facing their fears. They can see... hear... and feel their fears. Once they get over them, I then wipe their memories of them getting over them, so they fear them again. You all have been in the Madness Dimension for a day, but all of this outside has been going on for years. This will go on for eternity!" Madness Steve screeched eerily, making everyone else hearing ringing noises, their ears beginning to bleed.
"Why? What have we done to you? What have we done to deserve this? How will hurting any of us make everything better?" The Violet Leader asked, moving forward, ahead of Sabre, now him being the closest to Madness Steve.
"I only held my anger to the God Steves. Then other gods and beings with boundless power and so on from different realities and dimensions eventually helped to contain me here. I just made this place my home. Since then, I held grudges against everything that exists. My creation was an accident, but that's not why I have chosen to do all this," Madness Steve replied.
"But why have you come here is what I want to know. I may have abilities beyond what someone with omniscience can comprehend, but I'm not omniscient myself. I know you all were talking about me, because I see and hear everything, everywhere."
"I hurt my brother, and so many others, and he has forgiven me, and Sabre. There is a way back from this, we'll help you if you just listen. These ponies here, they're amazing, I wouldn't of changed my ways for the better without them. They have showed me the way back, and they can help you do the same," Elemental Steve stated as he looks from Madness Steve to the mane 6.
"You have done a lot to us, and to these ponies, but we're willing to help you. You need to let go of the past, because no one deserves any of this," The Blue Leader spoke as calmly as he could.
"You've hurt so many, but we will show you what it's like to have a friend," Sweetie Belle said firmly, the CMC stepping closer to Madness Steve.
"There's absolutely no way you all seriously forgive me," Madness Steve chuckled, who is confused why they're forgiving him, especially after everything he's done.
"Well, I do," Said Derpy.
"Me too!" Dinky shouted.
"I do too," Starlight firmly said as well.
"I do as well," Spike said next.
"I've done the most to you four, there's no way you... you all can forgive me!" Madness Steve exclaimed.
"We all do, what you don't know Madness Steve, is that we'll keep trying, whatever you put us through, it won't mean we will stop trying to help!" Twilight exclaimed.
"We won't forget, but we'll forgive. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering," Said Therapist Green Steve.
"Sometimes, the best way to beat someone, is to just show kindness, and compassion," Said Fluttershy.
"Exactly what Fluttershy here said, the best way to get rid of hatred, is with kindness," The Violet Leader added onto Fluttershy.
"Please, Madness, listen to us. We didn't know okay, but this is not how to act. I thought somebody that's existed for quadrillions of years would know better," Said Sabre.
"Come with me," Madness Steve sighed, getting off of his throne, and walking past everyone.
"Come." Madness Steve starts to walk down the corridor.
"Okay everyone, follow Madness, I guess," Said Sabre. Everyone starts following Madness Steve out to the hallway. He turns left until he gets to the set of stairs on the right side of the corridor, and he walks down them, everyone else still following him.
"This place, as eerie as it is, from your perspective, it's very nice I'd imagine. How long did it take you to make this place?" The Orange Leader asked Madness Steve.
"I just thought of it, and that's it, basically," Madness Steve replied.
"You're a being with so much power, how did you come to have so much energy and power?" The Yellow Leader asked Madness Steve.
"What matters is showing my turning point," Madness Steve replied. Everyone is on the floor below, the area where the obsidian paths cross. Everyone follows the obsidian path to the left, Madness Steve still leading infront. There's a 3 by 3 thick bedrock beam with polished blackstone in the middle, which the obsidian path goes around, everyone walking around the beam in the middle.
Everyone is now in a library room. On both sides of the entrance into the room are 2 small polished blackstone torches. To the left is a c shape set of bookshelves, with a lectern in the middle. Ahead at the other end of the room, there is another lectern, infront of another small polished blackstone torch. On the right are a few rows of bookshelves. All around is tinted glass, except where the lectern at the other end of the room is. The part of the wall there is bedrock. Madness Steve heads to the lectern on the other side of the room, opposite of the entrance into the room. Nobody has ever seen Madness Steve behaving so... calm, if you want to put it that way. Even when calm, everyone could sense the anger still in Madness Steve.
"Madness Steve?" Said Twilight.
"Yes?"
"Did you know that I like books too?" Twilight replied.
"Books are a source of knowledge, not quite the knowledge omniscience holds, but enough knowledge to suit what I need," Madness Steve replied back as he grabs the book off of the lectern. As he takes the book off, another one appears in it's place of the lectern. Madness Steve turns around to face everyone.
"So, Madness, this book, you reading or one of us reading?" Sabre asked.
"Actually... you all can see for yourself!" Madness Steve snapped, the group of 26 instantly going into a coma, and into a 'dream', which no one had control over. Everyone is separate from each other, their 'dreams' not being connected, and they are all alone. Then, a projection of the turning point starts playing, when Calmness Steve, became Madness Steve.
(The projection, in Twilight's POV)
At first, I... I thought Madness Steve was just an outright unstoppable monster. But now, it turns out he's deep deep down really hurt. I don't pity what he's done. What he's done can't be shrugged under the carpet. However, I can show him that he has friends, we can show him he has friends. Being rejected by an infinite number of... steves... or whatever being, it just hurts. He thought he would never have friends, which caused him to go down this path. As for now, I must watch what he's showing me, and everypony else.
I see two Steve's looking at each other. It must mean he's starting to show me, us, how he became this. One is completely white eyes, and a super dark shade of blue, but their chest is turquoise. The one on the other side... looks like Madness Steve, except he looks... bright, and calm, Madness Steve's colours being practically polar opposite to this steve- Wait, was this him, as Calmness Steve? It has to be, and if so, the other has to be... God Steve- Weren't there an infinite number of them? Oh wait, I see them. They all look different, like the first book we found stated. Wait- They're gone, and it's just Calmness Steve now. This must be when he was rejected, when he was denied friendship. The God Steves must of been scared of him.
The steve began changing... but not instantly though. It's like bit by bit, parts of his head, arms, feet, body- All over him, he's changing. Oh... that is definitely Madness Steve there. My assumption was right, that was him as Calmness Steve.
(No longer in Twilight's POV)
The projection ended, and everyone wakes up. Everyone is looking at each other, before they look at Madness Steve, who was looking to the ground, but then looks back up.
"We understand now." Time Steve was the first to speak.
"I... I don't believe any of you!" Madness Steve shouted. Everywhere around everyone instantly went pitch black, the only source of light being the glowing of Madness Steve. No one could move, and chains began to appear below everyone.
"Madness, please-"
"No Sabre, you are- You're all just trying to talk out of there! There's NO TALKING OUT OF THIS!" Madness Steve raises the chains up and began to loop around everyone.
"We're just trying to help!" The Blue Leader exclaimed.
"You're blinded with anger!" M yelled at Madness Steve.
"You are just trying to manipulate me, to try and stop me! You can not stop me!" Madness Steve shouted back at the Blue Leader.
"The only one who can stop you is yourself!" Twilight shouted.
"Please Madness Steve, listen to us! If anypony can solve any friendship problem, it's her! She helped me be a better Pony she can help you be a better steve!" Starlight exclaimed.
"We've come here to help you move on!" The Indigo Leader exclaimed.
"We want to heal your pain, not make it worse. Please, hear what we have to say," Therapist Green Steve said calmly, bot yelling or shouting, but calmly. Madness Steve looks at the Green Steve, and then looks down and sighs. He looks back at everyone and makes the chains that are around everyone disappear.
"No matter what you do to us, we'll keep trying to be your friend! You're so hurt, we won't stop trying to help you!" Twilight yelled over to Madness Steve.
"We won't forget what you did, sure. But, it doesn't mean we can't ever forgive and move on. However long that takes, we'll eventually move on you, and we'd be over this," Said Light Steve.
"There... there's no way you all just- No way do you all forgive me!" Madness Steve exclaimed.
"Like Fluttershy said earlier, the best way to beat someone is to show them kindness, and compassion," M responded.
"We can... help show you what friendship is, we'll be your friends." Fluttershy steps forward, to Madness Steve.
"I... want to believe you all..." No one has ever heard Madness Steve speak so quietly, almost mumbling. A single drop of lava came out of his red and orange eyes. He shakes his head, the the lava drops coming out of his eyes stopped.
"You can believe us," Applejack responded, lightly, but firm.
"What you did was awful, and while we may never forget, we'll let you have the chance to redeem yourself," Said Rarity.
"Once you become our friend, we're forever your friend," Rainbow Dash said as she walks to Madness Steve. Madness Steve then looks at Pinkie Pie, who speaks next.
"There's other ways to have fun and be happy without making everything around you miserable. We've come here, because we know the whole story now. You're very deep down not this monster. You're deep down not Madness Steve. You were once something else."
"There was this pony who bullied us, but they redeemed themselves, and became our friend," Sweetie Belle said to Madness Steve.
"Even after what Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon did, we befriended them," Apple Bloom added to Sweetie Belle.
"I can't fly, and I may never be able to fly. But, my friends have been by my side, and they'll be by yours too," Scootaloo stated.
"Madness Steve." He looks at Sabre as he began speaking.
"After I broke out when the darkness had took over me, people shunned me. The leaders have as well, in fear of the power I had. I know... what it's like for everyone to be afraid of you. But they don't fear me now, they've got past that. I had Time, Elemental and Green Steve here by my side, they showed me the way back! The leaders understood and have moved on too, and even after what you did to their homes, they're still here to show you the way back." Madness Steve then looks at Dark Steve as he began speaking.
"After absorbing two steves... I learnt the beauty of our world. There's more to everything than you think."
"Revenge masks the pain. Compassion heals the pain," Said The Green Leader. Sabre holds out his right hand to Madness Steve. Everyone else gets close to each other, around Sabre.
"Forgiveness and moving on goes a long way," Said the Violet Leader.
"We may of been through much less you have, emotionally, but it doesn't mean we don't understand your pain Madness," Said Time Steve.
"We mean it Madness, we'll be your friends." Madness Steve looks at Sabre, and slowly, places his left hand on Sabre's right hand and shakes hands. Sabre keeps hold of Madness Steve's hand. Every steve puts their right hands down, and everypony puts their left forehoof down. They all shake together.
"F... friends?"
"Yes," Sabre lightly replied to Madness Steve. He starts levitating, and began to glow bright. Everyone else steps back, away from Madness Steve, who began to get brighter the more he levitates. Then, everything around everyone became the brightest flash of white, temporarily blinding everyone for a whole minute.
After a minute passes, everyone regains their vision. They all see that they are no longer in the Madness Dimension. They are outside, and in an area the mane 6 and Spike recognizes. It's the same area they first entered this reality, the plains biome.
"Woah um- Everyone okay?" Sabre asked. He is looking at everyone, who's slowly collecting themselves from the flash. Sabre turns around and sees Madness Steve... except he's different.
"Madness, is that... you?" There is a figure that looks like Madness Steve, except is mostly white, with shades of light grey all over. Where the feet of Madness Steve was orange, they are very bright shade of light blue. The eyes are the same light blue, with bright yellow pupils. He also has a grey nose and a light grey mouth.
"It's no longer Madness Steve. Now, I am Calmness Steve," The figure replied. The distortion in the voice is much less, still echoey, but the overall tone is much lighter.
"Oh yeah- Sorry- So uh, how do you feel?" Sabre asked.
"My mind, my overall mood, the weight has been lifted, thanks to you, all of you," Calmness Steve replied.
"We did it, everyone, we did it!" Sabre cheered, everyone cheering along, Calmness Steve cheering as well, but quietly.
"The magic of friendship really is powerful, huh. Glad we could make Madness- I guess Calmness now- I'm just glad we had managed to show him the light in it all," Sabre thought to himself. He then takes a look at the Shadow Sword. All the essence that was in the sword has vanished, the sword going back to it's original state.
"Looks like all the essence in the sword is gone," Sabre pointed out.
"Same with mine, and the armour, the spears as well," Time Steve responded, dropping the armour and spears the CMC used onto the ground, as well as his sword and armour. Sabre drops the armour he left in his inventory, all the essence in them being gone.
"Leaders, you can go back now, thank you," Sabre stated.
"I've reverted everything that was destroyed, it's all good again," Calmness Steve added onto Sabre. One by one, each of the leaders teleport back to their kingdoms, with the Indigo Leader going back to the middleworld and the Blue Leader going back to the world beyond.
"So... Calmness Steve, what will you be doing now?" Starlight asked.
"I've got some reflecting to do," Calmness Steve replied.
"Where will you be?" Therapist Green Steve asked.
"Just call me... I've got some reflecting to do," Calmness Steve replied, instantly disappearing after a few seconds.
"Wow, we did it!" Sabre exclaimed. He, Dark Steve, Time Steve, Light Steve, Elemental Steve, Therapist Green Steve, the mane 6, the CMC, Starlight, Spike, Derpy and Dinky got around and had a big group hug, which lasted for a few seconds before everyone let go.
"The only thing now is... what's next?" Said Spike.
"I wouldn't worry about it Spike- But... but we can at last sit down and just relax," Sabre responded, sighing after.
"Uh... I..."
"What's wrong Derpy?" Fluttershy asked, turning her head to face Derpy.
"I... still have this magic..." Derpy murmured, looking down. To prove it, she lightly taps her left forehoof down and makes the block below magma.
"Huh? If that's the case, then how do you still have his powers if he's been reformed?" Sabre wondered.
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"Hypno Steve, what... do you mean?" Twilight firmly questioned.