Sabre, Genesis Steve, Dream Steve, the mane 6, and Star Swirl are teleported inside of Derpy's house, near the trapdoor entrance. Discord is standing besides the trapdoor waiting. They all do not see anypony, and fears started to tap their minds. Were they too late?
"Stay back! I will not let you harm her again!" They hear Doctor Whooves sounding very defensive. They also hear whimpering sounds.
"That don't sound good," Genesis Steve shuddered.
"Using somebody's fear against them, the most... booooring trick in the book. Such a lame move," Discord yawned as he walks to the left side and opens the door with his right hand, and snaps the eagle claws on his left hand.
"Haven't got rid of it completely, but I at least confined it to just the mindscape. Can't be having copies of... him, floating around- Absolutely not," Discord pointed out.
"Derpy, he's gone, for now," Doctor Whooves said as he turns to Discord.
"Thank you."
Derpy then walks out of the door, keeping close to her Doc. The grey pegasus is shaking all over.
"Where's Dinky-"
"She is staying very safe inside of my TARDIS! She is not coming out until we deal with that!" Doctor Whooves sternly interrupted Pinkie Pie, his voice staying in that defensive tone.
"Are you okay- What happened- Derpy are you okay!?" Sabre rushes over and puts both arms around Derpy.
"N- No!" Derpy cried.
"M- My worst fears are twue- Evweything that happened is going to happen all over again!"
"What is it you fear? We're here to help," Genesis Steve calmly asked.
"What you've witnessed is Dread Steve's and Sombra's doing," Said Dream Steve.
"Derpy, we will help you. We're all here now. We will help you fight this together," Twilight gently said.
Lightning is heard striking inside Derpy's bedroom. Walking out of the room is a very familiar figure, although it isn't the real figure. Their appearance sent a shiver down each one's spine and made them shudder like an earthquake hitting mountains.
Derpy screamed in horror as her worst dread manifests back into physical form. The gray pegasus cowers behind the safety that her loving Doctor Whooves offers. The warm cozy atmosphere of her welcoming home to help in moving on from the past suddenly becomes a frozen frightful atmosphere of dreadful fear of the figure from that past.
Dream Steve and Genesis Steve, while never seeing the true figure in person, the appearance makes them fearful. They even heard tales of the figure's murderous killing spree of gods and demons, as well as other innocent beings, who would've been tortured for eternity. The pain and misery the figure sought for mortifies them way more than even the First Enemy himself could ever mortify them.
Discord steps forward and keeps Sabre, Dream Steve, Genesis Steve, the mane 6, Derpy, Doctor Whooves and Star Swirl behind him. The draconequus too is taken by surprise, but his friends are utter terrified, their adrenaline surging, their hearts pumping, taking deep but swift breaths of fear. The figure's presence, while being a fake, the manifestation of Derpy's worst dread makes it all seem too real.
"Long time no see... Madness- A fake rip off I should add, but still..." Discord spoke while sounding very shaky.
"I know you're just a physical manifestation of somepony's fear. You're not the real Madness. You won't get past me."
"I am the real Madness!" The figure proclaimed angrily.
"Oh really? The real Madness Steve even surpassed me, the Lord of Chaos, i.e. me. Nobody has ever made me meet my match since. A fake copy such as you claiming to be the real, the ultimate, the greatest god destroyer to ever exist can do all the things the real Madness has done? The one who installed fear into gods, demons, immortals, and other hosts of beings all across every reality, every dimension, every infinite alternate timelines, basically everything, to ever exist? You... you are the real Madness Steve?" Discord built momentum in his voice while raising his right hand up while clenching it.
"Oh please, get out of here you cheap rip off," Discord breaks into hysterically laughter and uncleanches his right hand at the fake's very laughable bold words.
The fake Madness Steve tries to hover around Discord to reach those the draconequus is protecting. Discord immediately went back to being serious. He stops him each time by extending his arms and pushing him back with his hands wherever the fake copy tried getting past.
"You... shall not... pass!"
Colle is on the west side of the Red Kingdom, next to the pine tree forest. He is already fighting alongside the present Colourless Guards and Royal Guards in pushing back the Demon Steves. The steves are using their lightning and firebas, the unicorns are using their magic, the pegasuses are forming small storms above the horde.
"How are they getting out of the World Below- It doesn't make any sense! I thought I made sure they couldn't return- Woah!"
Colle barely dodges a Demon Steve lunging at him with a sharp netherite sword. A bright saturated blue beam of magic then evaporates the demon, the sword dropping to the ground where it's wielder was destroyed.
"Hey Starlight, glad you came to help- You just saved me there," Colle nods to the the unicorn who saved me there. Starlight nodded.
"Where's Time Steve- Wasn't he meant to be here too?" Starlight asked as she fires another magical beam into multiple Demon Steves, evaporating each one hit.
"He's slowing the demon's responses down- Without him, we'd be overwhelmed by now. They are way more powerful than I remember them to be," Colle explained whilst summoning a barrage of lightning into the underworld horde, turning a small chunk into vapour. Colle crouches and takes deep breaths.
"That takes a lot of energy..."
"Don't steves summon fireballs too- I think we're gonna need them!" Starlight shrieked as she ducks to avoid a swinging netherite sword. Jumped, she teleports herself and Colle back a bit.
"Okay, fireballs coming right up- Gah," Colle summons fireballs at the demons, obliterating a handful of them.
"These guard here are skilled. They seem to be handling them just fine," Colle heavily breathes from the strain of using fireballs.
The last wave of Demon Steves are nicely mopped up by the pegasuses from above, jumping on stormy clouds and creating thunder strikes.
"So, where are the others?" Colle asked.
"Somepony's been corrupted by Dread and Sombra. Their worst fear... may be the same as mine..." Starlight shuddered uncontrollably.
"What is this fear- I could help you out before Dread and this other guy gets you," Colle offered.
"Madness..."
"Time briefly mentioned about this Madness guy. I don't know why certain people remember the events and some don't," Colle responded.
Suddenly, roaring and growling noises are heard in the background. The booming sound echoes through the air. Wind suddenly gushes from the other end of the pine tree forest, blowing all the leaves off.
"Uh... was that a dragon roar?" Starlight sheepishly spoke with a forced chuckle of concern.
Colle froze in fright, still as ice. That roar isn't any random dragon-sounding roar. He knows exactly what that thing is.
"Oh no- No no no no no no no! No..."
"What kind of dragon was that?" The Colourless Guards and Royal Guards questioned themselves. It had to be a dragon, but they never heard that kind of roar before.
"Just... paused it... in place- Took so much... energy..."
Colle sees Time Steve and rushes over to him, along with Starlight, who helps him stand back up right.
"Red demon-looking dragon, the top of it's head, wings, tail and the front of it's legs are all armoured in netherite," Time Steve described what he saw and paused in place.
"Ah ha, hahahahaha!" Lightning began striking around a dark cloud forming.
"Woah woah woah- Get back!" Colle spreads out his arms out infront of Time Steve and Starlight. The 3 as well as the Colourless Guards and Royal Guards step back. The dark cloud forms into a demon-looking unicorn. Tall magma and obsidian crystals springs out from underneath the ground, and splits up Time Steve, Colle and Starlight from the Colourless Guards and Royal Guards.
"What are you here for, Sombra? I stopped your pet dragon back there!" Time Steve boasted as he hovers up and glares at the dark unicorn spirit.
"These... demons are too weak! So I am going to do the job myself!" King Sombra's horn glows orange. Right before he fired, Time Steve forms a clock shield around him. The orange beam of magic bounces off.
"What!?" King Sombra gets angry and shoots several more orange beams, but none are making a dent into Time Steve's shield.
"You go and cower behind your shield, but you can't save everybody!"
Before he could go for any of the others in the Kingdom, Starlight gets to the right side unnoticed and hits King Sombra with a bright blue beam of magic. The dark spirit instantly turns his attention towards her.
"You stay away from her you... th- Thing!" From the left, Colle comes in firing fireballs. The dark spirit steps back as Time Steve hovers forward.
"Don't make me bring something not so nice into this world!" King Sombra shouted angrily while stepping back as Time Steve, Colle and Starlight who's frowning are stepping fowards.
"Whatever you throw at us, we will stop it," Time Steve growled.
"As a matter of fact, me and Dread Sreve have already brought something horrible out of the mindscape," King Sombra lightly chuckled as he straightens his postures and stands his ground. Time Steve, Colle and Starlight steps back a few steps.
"You're working for Dread, huh? I broke out free of him myself. I faced my worst fears before and I can do it again. I don't fear you... Sombra or whatever. We will stop you, no matter what it takes," Colle holds out his iron sword and glares at the dark spirit.
"You're nothing but a simple steve. Time and Starlight... time, time to scare Starlight!"
"You seriously said my name to make a pun!?" An unimpressed Time Steve shouted at King Sombra.
"I don't need to do anything. Her worst fear is already physically present!" King Sombra boasted as he lifts both forehooves and stomps down with them. Lightning began striking between him and the 2 steves and single unicorn.
Lightning began striking on the fake Madness Steve. He then disappears completely. Sabre, Dream Steve, Genesis Steve, the mane 6, Discord, Derpy, Doctor Whooves and Star Swirl sat down. Discord couldn't intercept the fake's teleport.
"Mission failed, we'll get him next time," Said Pinkie Pie.
"Damn it we lost him," Sabre muttered.
"So... that was what Madness Steve looked like?" Genesis Steve questioned.
"Yeah..." Rarity shuddered.
"He's no longer Madness... but he's done really bad stuff," Fluttershy gave some context.
"Derpy must confront her fear, we must go after that thing," Dream Steve stated.
"No! I can't!" Derpy cried.
"You won't face your fear alone, you have me," Doctor Whooves pulls Derpy towards him for a hug.
"And you've got me, and all of us. We'll work together to defeat this fear. We can only help, you have got to overcome it," Sabre reassured.
"It's just repeating all over again!" Derpy cried as she hid her face with her mane.
"I was turned into a monster by him... I don't wanna become a monster again..." Derpy whimpered.
"You were never a monster. Even when you were under his control, you were fighting back," Twilight gently spoke.
"You also saved us a couple of times too," Rainbow Dash added to Twilight.
"N he ain't got ta appawls," Applejack stated.
"We will all confront him together with you Derpy," Said Star Swirl.
"We will do this, as a team," Sabre said as he gets up, ready to go after the fake copy of what was the greatest enemy number 1 of all time.
"I don't need to do anything. Her worst fear is already physically present!" King Sombra boasted as he lifts both forehooves and stomps down with them. Lightning began striking between him and the 2 steves and single unicorn. Time Steve, Colle and Starlight steps back.
After the lightning down, a steve-figure appears. It is black, has gray dots and dashes of gray, orange feet, red and orange eyes, light gray nose and a gray mouth.
"W... what... who... is THAT!?" Colle shudders as he begins to step back, away from the figure King Sombra summoned in.
"AAHHHHHH!" Starlight screamed and curls into a ball, terrified, petrified of that figure.
"Really!? You're using a fake Madness!?" Time Steve yelled. He stands close to Starlight, who she grabs Time Steve's legs and hugs them tight, crying as she peaked at the fake Madness Steve.
"That's Madness Steve- He looks terrible!" Colle exclaimed as he shuddered.
"There's nothing better to use than the one who's caused so much distress. I'll admit... he scares me too... but he scares you all far more ah haha hahaha!" King Sombra chuckled.
"What's the matter Colle?" King Sombra teased.
"Just- Just go away!" Colle charges King Sombra with his iron sword, using it to channel his powers and summons fireballs, hitting the dark spirit. King Sombra gets extremely angry and charges forward. Colle steps to the side and strikes lightning down on the dark spirit.
"I faced much worse than you Sombra. I may not have Rainbow Steve's powers anymore, but I think I can handle some spirit," Colle said confidently.
"Oh really?" King Sombra strikes Colle down with a blast of orange magic and charges forward.
"I'm just a spirit!? I'll show you otherwise ah haha hahaha!"
While on the floor, Colle rolls over to the side to dodge King Sombra's charge. He quickly gets up and stands close by Time Steve, who is the most powerful when it comes to time abilities.
King Sombra's horn glows orange again and glares at Time Steve, who again creates a clock shield around him. The orange magical beam hits and shatters the shield.
"Gah!" Time Steve grunted as he starts crouching slightly.
"Without your friends, you can't stand up to the might of me!"
"Oh ho, Sombra! You had quite a makeover, didn't you?" Discord teleports in the middle of the conflict, with Sabre, Dream Steve, Genesis Steve, the mane 6, Discord, Derpy, Doctor Whooves and Star Swirl.
"Did you miss us?" Doctor Whooves smugly taunted the dark spirit.
"This ends now, Sombra!" Twilight's horn glows purple and her eyes began to glow white.
"Woah..." Is the only thing going through Colle's mind.
"Stay back- I have Madness with me!" King Sombra hides behind the fake Madness Steve, who steps forwards.
"I guess it's time for round two!" The fake Madness Steve chuckled.
"No... because you... are not... r- R- Real..." Derpy steps forward, with the mane 6 and Doctor Whooves stepping forward with her, all 8 of them frowning. Sabre also steps forward with them.
"You brutally made Light and Starlight witness death itself! They know how the process of death goes, because of you! Dinky has trauma because of you!" The fake Madness Steve retorted.
"No she didn't, it was you who made her do it! You're done scaring me, and it's time I put you behind me!" Starlight angrily cried, getting up and joining the group, marching towards the fake Madness Steve.
"No! NO!" King Sombra furiously shouted.
"I will not be beaten yet again- NO!"
"The real Madness was reformed. I think you, fake copy, are done here," Twilight's horn glows purple. A smokey cloud releases from the others of the mane 6, gravitating towards Twilight's horn. A blast of rainbow magic hits the fake Madness Steve.
"No, no- No no NO NO NO NO..." The rainbow beam of magic disintegrates the fake copy out of existence.
"Alright, you may have one that battle, but you won't win against this!"
They all hear loud flapping noises above them. Above them is a demonic-looking dragon. The top of it's head, wings, body, tail and the frontal parts of the legs and it's whole feet are armoured with netherite.
"No... it can't be..." Genesis Steve stammered and steps backwards upon the sight of this dragon.
Lightning began to strike infront of the dragon. Elemental Steve appears, hovering and glaring into the beast's eyes.
Then 3 more lightning strikes occur, one to the left, right and behind the dragon. Once they died down 3 more... Elemental Steves... appear, identical to the real Elemental Steve.
"He can duplicate himself now?" Pinkie Pie questioned herself.
Then out of nowhere, a series of several lightning strikes occur, each dying away and more Elemental Steves appear.
"Woah... this is awesome Elemental!" Rainbow Dash cheered Elemental Steve on.
"WHAT!?" King Sombra frowns as he looks around him. No matter where he looked, there was at least a couple dozen Elemental Steves.
Each of the other Elemental Steves are on the ground and they began to hastily hover up. Once on the same level as the actual Elemental Steve, all of them began summoning a deafening and blinding volley of lightning strikes on the dragon. Discord snapped his Eagle claws and everybody that's watching in awe are suddenly wearing sunglasses.
The Elemental Steves then trap the dragon in a massive chunk of ice. Discord snaps his eagle claws and everybody's sunglasses disappear in a puff of smoke.
Next, the Elemental Steves start summoning a furious wave of fireballs, with the destructive power comparable of an earthquake. The ice shatters, the dragon going with it.
"NO! NO NO NO!" King Sombra is angry. The netherite armoured dragon was his last bet to win, and it's gone. It takes too long to spawn in the dragon alone, let alone having it spawned in with it's netherite armour.
"It's over now, Sombra!" Rarity declared.
Twilight's horn glows a brighter purple and her completely white eyes shine brighter. Each of the mane 6 began to hover up by magic. A streak of rainbow burst from above them, soaring high up into the clouds. It then comes crashing down, hitting King Sombra.
"This will not be the last of me! I will return once more- NOOOOOOOO!" The power of friendship slowly shreds King Sombra, dark spirit energy spewing out and dissipating shortly after. The magma and obsidian crystals that were formed began to shatter and disintegrate.
"Who even was that guy exactly anyways?" Genesis Steve asked everybody.
"King Sombra- To sum him up, he was basically another Dread Steve but in pony form," Time Steve briefly summed up the dark spirit.
"Well... glad we got rid of him then, definitely. Two Dread Steve's don't sound a whole lot of fun. One is bad enough, we don't need two of them," Colle stated.
"Do you mind if you explain to us about your... clones?" Fluttershy in confusion asked Elemental Steve as he and his duplicates hover down.
"Yeah I wanna know about this too," Sabre is also intrigued.
"So... remember the clones in my dimension Sabre? Yeah... these are the same clones. They weren't just for display," Elemental Steve explained.
"OH! Oh oh oh oh- I gotcha now man, them- Damn, I almost forgot about them!" Sabre exclaimed.
Derpy walks over to Starlight. Starlight walks over to Derpy. They both had the same worst fear.
"I... I can't stop saying I'm sowry, for evwething... I- I can't..." Derpy wept.
"Derpy, we did it, together. We faced it together... and now, we can move on," Starlight lightly smiled back, making Derpy weakly smile.
"Yeah... it's just- Since that... that fear became real... I was scared of becoming that monster again... the monster I was turned into..." Derpy shuddered slightly.
"I understand perfectly... I may know what everything looks like after death now since... that happened. But none of this is on you, I said this many times, you were powerless- We were all powerless against Madness. But we've changed him for the better... and we're still here, trying to live life as normal," Starlight shared her thoughts.
"I also know what death is like. I've been there too," Sabre jumps into the conversation.
"Nightmare, he destroyed me, but I was able to get out of the world beyond, and honestly... I don't really fear death all too much now. I know you two have been through a lot, Light has as well, we all have. I know many others are still trying to get therapy and all that. But we've all pulled through this, because of friendship, and the issue now is... let's face it, they're just Demon Steves, we've been through worse than that." Sabre pulls Derpy in from the left and Starlight from the right for a hug. The 3 have a small group hug.
"Thanks Sabre," Starlight smiled. The 3 then lets go of each other.
"So, how do you two feel now? I see that you two had the same fear," Sabre asked.
"Honestly... now Madness is behind us, and we've overcome the fear of him returning, I say I feel we feel pretty great right now," Starlight replied, with Derpy nodding.
"That's good, and hey, if Calmness was to somehow turn back into Madness, we'll be ready for it," Sabre reassured.
"It all just seems everything we do has been for nothing. The demons are back, and seeing the... the Last Inferno again, that dragon- It just made the whole demon war back at the citadel for nothing..." Colle murmured as he slumps down to the ground and covers his eyes with both hands.
"It wasn't for nothing, Colle. The importance of the original Demon Steve war you fought in had a great role in deciding the fate of everybody here in the future. Without the steves who selflessly sacrificed themselves in that conflict, we wouldn't have this amazing future. I know how soul-destroying it is when something you worked so hard for feels like has been for nothing. I had those moments, and I know how difficult it is dealing with those thoughts, but we can always prove those bad thoughts wrong," Twilight spoke with encouraging energy by slightly relating to Colle.
"Especially being time travelled to a... completely different era in time, I say you're keeping your sanity a lot better than you should be," Rainbow Dash commented.
"Yeah- Like... I was about to go meet with Goggles again, but that was when the alarm went off, that the Demon Steves were attacking," Said Colle.
"He's done quite a lot actually, blowing up demons with salmon, making tanks, working with Daleks-"
"He made the Daleks!?" Colle exclaimed.
"No, he was tricked into helping them. They have all just travelled away wherever to now," Time Steve summed up the main Dalek situation.
"Well, that's good to know. The Daleks definitely caused some issues. Good to see that the future ain't... too damaged by them- Well, probably because I and a few close friends kept the whole future stuff a secret from the people of my era," Colle responded.
"With the Demon Steves on the retreat now... what do we have to do next?" Fluttershy wondered.
"From the current events, the Demon Steves that were attacking the Red Kingdom were the last group of Demon Steves launching offensives. All Demon Steves are now on the defensive, camping by a cave," Doctor Whooves explained.
"You have a TARDIS too? Sorry I uh- I never saw you before," Colle questioned Doctor Whooves. The stallion nodded.
"Is it the cave that leads to the old Obsidian Citadel?" Time Steve asked.
"Yes, and according Intel from the Doctor, the Demon Steves have somehow made the whole area able to affect the functions of our TARDIS' shielding. It is because of this enchanted netherite ball that sits in place where the citadel building used to sit. The Doctor and I will be playing a supporting role until then. Once the netherite ball is destroyed, one of us can close off the Demon Steve's entrance to both worlds with the TARDIS," Doctor Whooves explained.
"So we got to push our way through the Demons, towards this ball- There's undoubtedly gonna be a loooooot of demons. We're gonna lose so many lives in this," Colle has his concerns.
"However many we lose, they will not be in vain, and we don't have a choice. We've got to stop the Demon Steves- We have them on the defensive, we need to take the initiative before they can regroup and recover. We have to finish these demons here and now, no matter what," Sabre responded.
"Also, it's not just steves and ponies that will fight, but creatures all over Equestria are coming to fight too. The yaks and changelings have also been attacked by the demons, and they're coming down to help too," Doctor Whooves pointed out. Colle feels more relieved, because there's multiple allies coming together to defeat this threat.
"I'll have to visit Equestria after this. It sounds like a great place," Colle thinks to himself.
"Yeah you should, then I can do a welcome party!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, bouncing around Colle in circles.
"Do you read minds by any chance?" Colle questioned, taking a few steps away from the pink earth pony.
"I just read your speech quote- I'll have to visit Equestria after this. It sounds like a great place," Pinkie Pie replied.
"Okay you definitely read minds," Colle lightly chuckled.
"Pinkie can be... how do I put this- Confusing, that's the word- Confusing, at times," Time Steve pointed out.
"Well, does anyone have eyes on the time? I was just time travelled to the future and I have absolutely no track on time," Colle asked. Pinkie Pie puts on a watch on her left forehoof and lifts it to look.
"It is currently seven to eight, with twenty four seconds, three hundred and sixty nine milliseconds eighty microseconds three hundred and sixty nine nanoseconds twenty four picoseconds and four hundred femtoseconds- In the evening-" Pinkie Pie gags for air after speaking in a very fast manner.
"Is she... always like this?" Colle slowly asked, looking at the others of the mane 6.
"You'll get used to it darling. Pinkie Pie likes being very... precise," Rarity lightly chuckled.
"I say we should all get some rest. We're gonna need it for tomorrow," Elemental Steve advised the big group of steves, ponies and the singular being that's not a steve or pony.
"Yeah, tomorrow is gonna be quite a day," Sabre is dreading on the scale of the upcoming battle. There's going to be several ant-nest swarms of Demon Steves. But finally, light can be seen at the end of the tunnel in this situation. Things aren't looking so bad now, because they can finally relax after they win the battle.
(Time-laps)
After the successful defence of the Red Kingdom, one by one each of the steves and ponies of both guards returned home to get some rest for tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be a very massive day of importance, as steves, ponies and other creatures are coming together for a battle greater than anything in the history of both the overworld and Equestria.
Genesis Steve has by now fully healed back to full strength. He grew back all the leaves of the pine trees the Last Inferno blew off. His powers impressed everybody, especially Elemental Steve. He then teleports away, so he can get rest.
Everypony is told by Time Steve one of the locations of the portals connecting the overworld and Equestria, which were built a few months ago. One of the portals is 30 blocks away from M's old house. All the ponies head in that direction, back to their home world, their home dimension, to get their rest.
Colle asked whether it'd still be possible to talk to Goggles as he was earlier interrupted by the sudden Demon Steve attack. Time Steve points out that Professor Red would be asleep right now and that a particular assistant of his would be yelling at him the word 'moron' for hours on end. Colle sighs in disappointment as he just wanted to see Goggles. Even though it was in Colle's time a few days since he has seen Goggles, Goggles hasn't seen Colle for generations. Time Steve says to him that M's house is free. Colle asked who's M, and which Time Steve explained that he was the apprentice of Hypno Steve, which he also explains to Colle that Hypno Steve was the Red Leader he knew. Colle had a minute-long fit in trying to digest that information, but he gets over it. The adventurous collector walks with Time Steve to M's house.
Sabre asks Discord if he could teleport him back home, which Discord agreed to. Without even doing anything, Discord teleports as well as Sabre to his bedroom of his house in the Steve Village. Sabre thanks the draconequus for getting into his bed, ready to sleep. Discord nods and says to Sabre he's his second favourite after Fluttershy, for protecting the yellow pegasus most importantly as well as his other friends. With that, Discord teleports away. Then Sabre falls asleep.
(Derpy's house)
With Derpy's worst fear defeated, Doctor Whooves let's Dinky out of his TARDIS. Dinky wanted to sleep on her own, and went to her bedroom.
Derpy heads into her bedroom with Doctor Whooves. The 2 get in bed and snuggle up. Derpy says she is feeling so much lighter that she has finally put her fear behind her. Doctor Whooves smiles back and says to his companion that he's proud of how strong she is.
The 2 slowly drifted to sleep.
(Twilight's Castle in Ponyville)
Star Swirl had already left on the way back to Ponyville. Meanwhile, the mane 6 and Starlight decided to head there before going back home. The mane 6 double checks if Starlight is okay, which she replies yes. She isn't afraid anymore, because she faced her fear with her friends. The 7 ponies have a brief group hug.
Before breaking off and heading back to their homes, they asked Applejack if she's okay. The orange earth pony started to speak more normally. However, when she tried to bring up anything to do with the cause of her lost sanity, she kept repeating the 8 names of these apple friends of hers: Chaotic, Unbreakable, Repulsive, Strength, Energy, Return, Enchanter and Reject.
The rest of the mane 6 as well as Starlight look at each other, giving the questioning look of: Do you know what it is? Nopony still has a clue on who made Applejack lose her sanity. Starlight reckons that Starburst might be able to get to the bottom of this.
Twilight brought up that Dread Steve said his creator done it. Rainbow Dash brought up that the Storm King described their leader as 'the Second One' but isn't sure if that's linked to Dread Steve's creator. Pinkie Pie reckons it is connected as both Dread Steve as well as the Storm King are serving the same leader. Fluttershy adds that Dream Steve said the name of Dread Steve's creator is the First Enemy. They determine that the 2 names are linked with each other. Starlight nods as she as well as the rest of the group heads off from each other, going back to their homes.
Applejack is slowly returning back to some normalcy, and that's what mattered. They have much more pressing tasks they need to do tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be a day of major significant importance, a monumental historical event around the corner, a battle that'll dwarf in size any battle that either the overworld or Equestria has ever witnessed. The Demon Steves are preparing for their last stand, as well as Dread Steve and the Storm King are still out there. The largest ever battle is potentially on the horizon for the overworld and Equestria. This battle could potentially determine the fate of the overworld as well as Equestria, and maybe even Equis as a whole.
