TD: The Final Battle

by The Terror of Dimensions

TD's oldest and greatest enemy, The Nameless One, has finally come to exact revenge on the Chaotic human for defeating him many hundreds of thousands of years ago. TD is determined to defeat this foe- this time for the last time- before he loses everything he loves and cares for. But could this fight be the last for the Terror of Dimensions? [WARNING: Lot's of OC and cast deaths!]

10. Taking Back Canterlot and Ending The War

Yay! Another chapter in sight, ladies and gents! The final showdown has commenced.

Just a warning; due to how large the heroes' army is and how many characters are present, it may seem like I'm suddenly bringing up characters out of nowhere with no introduction from time to time. For those instances, just assume that they're already there and are only at that point showing up to help.

And because I'm cheeky and also just LOVE this pairing, a quick scene between Aqua Blaze and Sunshine will occur before we get down to business.

Hope y'all enjoy!

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The lowest chambers within Pinkie Pie's hive tended to be avoided by all residents save for three reasons: to pay respects to the dead, to preserve bodies, and to bring the bodies out for burial. And currently, there was a single pony down in those chambers who was paying his own respects.

Aqua Blaze.

He couldn't help but notice how peaceful and happy his mother looked even in death, for that was whom he had come to see. The body of Bubble Heart had been preserved in a special cocoon by the Changelings of the hive with the intention of saving it for burial in her own universe. Her body wasn't the only one preserved in there, as several other "shelves" resided in the chambers, each filled with the preserved forms of others as well. It had taken Aqua some time before he had found Bubble's shelf, and it was just at his level so he could look down at her without standing on his hind legs or straining in any other manner.

"Mom," Aqua said softly to his mother. "Dad misses you so much..." He sobbed. "Sunny misses you... Bold misses you too... and I miss you, so much... Why don't you say something...?" Aqua slightly raised his voice. "It's morning you know..." he said, as a smile appeared on his face and tears started to flow. "I was here all night... and I don't wanna go to school... wouldn't you yell at me...?" He began to breath a little heavily, unable to hold his sobs.

"I miss you too much already..." He whispered, and soon he was sobbing in silence. In his grief, he didn't hear the sounds of approaching hoofsteps until they had entered the room as well. But they weren't the steps of an adult; it belonged to one almost as old as he was.

"Aqua?" Sunshine's voice spoke from behind. Aqua looked towards her as soon as he heard her voice.

"Sunshine..." His eyes were filled with tears, and there were trails of tears on his cheek as well, indicating that he had been sobbing for a very long time. Sunshine didn't need much else to tell her why he was here nor what he had been doing. She gave him a small, sad smile.

"I... didn't see you outside... with the others... so, I followed your scent... down here..." she explained.

"I... I was feeling lonely... so I came... came to see mommy here..." Aqua replied, looking towards the preserved form of his mother. Sunshine nodded, then sat down beside him as she too looked to Bubble's form.

"She looks... happy," Sunshine noted, a bit in wonder. Never had she seen anyone seem happy while dead other than her mother; it puzzled her a bit.

"She does look happy..." Aqua passed her a nod with a tearful smile. Sunshine smiled back and then one of her hooves gently brushed away a tear that was falling down his cheek.

"I... never got to see your mom much... what was she like?" she asked.

"She was the best mom in the whole wide world," Aqua began. "She loved me so much. Sometimes when I got scared, she'd sleep besides me to comfort me. She sometimes yelled a little at me for being cranky, but I knew that she didn't mean to..." Aqua looked down as grief started to take over him once again. "I knew she just wanted me to be a better pony..." Aqua sobbed. "She was there whenever I needed her... and now she has... just slept... in com- comfort and pe- peace herself..."

Sunshine couldn't compose herself for long either and wrapped her hooves around him as her own tears started to fall.

"She sounds like the kind of mom anypony should deserve," she told him, giving him a small nuzzling too to try and comfort him. Aqua didn't said anything at all, but only nuzzled her back and returned the hug as he kept sobbing for a few more moments.

"Uh, excuse me you two," an adult male voice spoke up and they turned to see a Changeling guard looking at them apologetically. "I don't mean to intrude, but I have to close this place up, and I don't want you to be on this side of the door when I do."

Aqua heard what the male changeling said, and looked towards his mother's form once more as tears began to flow from his eyes once again.

"O-okay..." he managed to say.

"Come on," Sunshine said to him. "I know a spot where we can go and talk."

Aqua nodded as he couldn't help but look into the direction of his mother again. "Bye, bye Mommy..." That's all he said before he looked towards Sunshine and spoke. "Alright... we can... go now..."

Sunshine nodded, then led him through the halls and outside the chambers, then through the corridors of the hive and out into the open. Even then, she continued walking, going past the hive and towards the far outskirts of Ponyville.

"Where... are we heading for..." Aqua asked.

"You'll see," she reassured and continued walking. She led him on to a grove of trees outside the town and then pointed to some bushes nearby which were covering up a small cave. It looked dark inside and the other end could not be seen from their end.

"Through there," she said.

"Oh, okay..." Aqua replied.

"Come on," she said, walking into the cave with him. It soon became too dark for him to see anything save for Sunshine's glowing red eyes in the dark.

"Is it... alright to... go farther..." Aqua asked with a little concern in his tone.

"Trust me," she reassured. Her eyes suddenly stopped and he felt something grip his tail. He realized with a start that it was her own tail, small though it may have been.

"That's so you don't get lost," she explained.

"Alright..." Aqua gave a reassuring nod at this. They continued on in relative silence for a while, until finally they could see light up ahead of them. Soon, their heads popped out on the other side of the cave and they found themselves inside a small clearing. A small pond was sitting in the center, casting a still reflection of the sky above them. Sunshine looked to him and gave a smile.

"Welcome to my place of solitude, Aqua Blaze," she said. Aqua looked around in amazement, as a single worded compliment, "beautiful," was made by him.

Sunshine gave him another smile. "I found this place once when some nobles made fun of me while Mom and I were in Ponyville," she explained. "I was so sad that I ran away. I just... kept running until I found the cave and ran through it over here. Mom managed to find me later on, with some help." She sighed. "Besides Mom and Uncle William, you're the first pony I've ever shown this place to."

Aqua looked around as a sad smile appeared on his face, and he wiped tears from his eyes before hugging her in an instant.

"Thanks... Sunshine..." A few sobs escaped his breaths. "It's a lovely place..."

Sunshine hugged him back, humming softly and soothingly while she hugged him.

"I wish... I wish to never leave this place... or you..." Aqua sobbed while hugging her even tightly.

"I... don't want you to leave either," she answered, finding that she was crying a bit herself. Aqua kept sobbing for a while, as he was feeling her comforting hums well. In a little while, his grief had lessened for the moment.

"Thank you... Sunshine," Aqua said before he ceased sobbing.

"You're welcome," she answered, giving another, slightly louder, hum of happiness.

"You're... really my... best friend..." Aqua said in almost a whisper. "And I... don't wanna lose you too..."

"I don't want to lose you either," Sunshine replied softly. "And I promise you, I'm not going anywhere. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."

Aqua couldn't help but gave a smile at this, and passed a nod to her. "Neither... am I..." Aqua replied. "Cross my heart, hopes to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."

Sunshine giggled as she pulled away to look him in the eye.

"Guess we both learned that from our respective Aunt Pinkie Pie," she remarked.

Aqua smiled slightly and nodded as he wiped a couple of tears from his eyes. "Yes, she's really nice... I mean they both are..."

"Yeah, they are amazing," Sunshine agreed with a nod. Aqua smiled in reassurance, and for some moments there were no words exchanged as they kept looking towards each other's eyes. They both could feel the care they had in their hearts for each other. Sunshine soon broke the silence.

"So... what now?" she asked him. "What are you waiting for?"

"Oh, I guess... I was... a little lost..." Aqua said and smiled sheepishly, before he gave a deep red blush and he brought his face closer to hers as their muzzles touched each other. Sunshine closed her eyes in bliss as soon as the kiss began, her humming sounds automatically sounding off in a slow and steady melody in response. She could feel his love flowing through her like a steady stream as they kissed and it felt like a never-ending dream come true. She made a small moan of bliss as she deepened the kiss a little, her humming becoming a little faster in the process.

Aqua was slightly surprised at this new feeling before he welcomed this joyously as his heart was pounding in his chest as he heard and literally felt the sweet melody of her comforting hums. That feeling was beyond what he could explain in simple words. They pulled out of the kiss, but they were still within their small embrace. Sunshine gave a small giggle.

"Never fails to surprise you, does it?" she asked him gently.

"Mmhmm, never~" Aqua replied with a giggle of his own.

"So... you wanna... try again," she inquired, feeling a blush form on her face as she spoke.

"If... you want..." Aqua said as he felt his cheeks burning with glow. Sunshine smiled, then leaned in and gave him yet another kiss, her purr-like humming starting up again as if on instinct. Aqua returned the kiss, feeling her hums yet once again. This time, he tried to be a little bold himself and deepen the kiss slightly. Sunshine seemed a bit surprised at Aqua's bold behavior, but she quickly relaxed and allowed this action without any resistance. A joyous moan escaped Aqua's breath as he felt his heart pounding in his chest once again as his cheeks began to glow as red as cherry. The time seemed to be stopped for a while for them, as they continued to kiss for some time. Eventually, they pulled away again and Sunshine made a small happy sigh.

"I didn't know you could kiss like that," she said with a giggle. Aqua was blushing like never before while his breathing was a little sharper.

"Me... neither..."

Sunshine giggled a bit more as she noticed that she was still humming happily. "Well, you certainly know what makes a Changeling happy," she noted.

"I guess so..." Aqua gave a sheepish smile, then he seemed to remember something funny and a giggle escaped him.

"What?" Sunshine asked with a small tilt of her head.

"I just thought how daddy would say this..." Aqua smiled as he made a proud expression. "I'd be darned, if I don't..." he said and gave another light giggle.

"Oh..." Sunshine replied. "He sounds like a nice dad."

"He's really nice dad..." Aqua nodded, then after a few seconds he sighed as he realized something. "But since the time..."

"Hey..." Sunshine lifted his face up a bit with one of her hooves. "I know it's hard, but whatever happens I'll be there for you to the end. Especially when you're feeling down. Okay?"

Aqua smiled slightly and passed her a nod with some blush on his muzzle. "I know... you will."

Sunshine smiled again, then gave him an affectionate nuzzling, her humming sound becoming low and soft as she did. Aqua nuzzled her back as a slight giggle was made by him.

"You know," he whispered. "I'm feeling... much better now."

"Mmm! I'm glad to hear that," Sunshine answered, sounding as if she was half-asleep.

"You... okay?" Aqua asked sheepishly, as if he somewhat understood what was happening to her. "You look... a little sleepy..."

"Not sleepy..." she said, snuggling up closer to him. "Just glad to have you here with me... I want it to last... forever."

Aqua didn't show much hesitation, if anything he snuggled himself closer to her as well. "Well... I'm not going anywhere, either..."

This made Sunshine glow inside and she found herself bubbling up with something towards him that could only be summed up in one word. And it was then that she made the plunge.

"I love you... Aqua," she confessed. That came as a big surprise to Aqua. His eyes widened in surprise, and tears began to form in his eyes once again.

"Sunshine... I..." he passed her a smile as well as a sob escaped his breath. "I... love you too."

"You do?" she asked with joy, then frowned and added, "Then... why did you seem to be a bit sad?"

"It's just that..." Aqua wiped his tears as he recollected the memories of a certain event. "There... was a filly I thought I liked back in my Equestria..." Aqua said as his eyes changed their color. "My dad told me that I should ask her to be my friend... you know what she said..."

"What happened?" Sunshine asked, her curiosity getting the better of her and her humming stopping for the moment.

"She said, 'What filly would be crazy to befriend you? Half-breed!' Then every other foal there started to laugh at me... and then..." Aqua was unable to bring himself to finish.

Sunshine was genuinely shocked. Aqua was one of the nicest ponies she knew, and to think that somepony else had treated him so horribly... all because of what he was. It was not fair to him at all.

"Oh, Aqua..." she managed. "I'm so sorry..."

"It's fine..." Aqua said as his eyes returned to normal. He blinked for a moment before he continued. "Now, I'm glad that bratty foal of a noble didn't befriend me..." Aqua passed her a reassuring smile. "...otherwise, I'd never get to be the special friend of the most special filly in this whole wide world."

Sunshine felt tears welling up in her eyes, but they were happy tears that she felt. She didn't know what to say, so she chose to tell him through another kiss, humming with joy the whole time. Aqua returned the kiss, and let himself feel as comfortable and safe as he could in the embrace of the Changeling filly who held his heart. Sunshine moaned in bliss as she kissed him, feeling her heart overflowing with the love he shared with her in the process.

If this is a dream, it'd be the best one I've ever had, she thought to herself. Oh, please don't let it end! I want it to last forever...

I wasn't there to save my mommy, Aqua thought as he mentally took a sigh, but I promise I won't let anything harm you... ever!

Finally, they pulled out of the kiss again and gazed into each other's eyes for a long time, the heat of the moment having died down somewhat but it was still there.

"So," Aqua blushed as he gave a shy giggle. Sunshine blushed as well, then one of her eyes looked over to the nearby pond and she seemed to get an idea.

"Can you swim?" she asked him with curiosity.

"I'm... taking some lessons, back in my Equestria," Aqua replied.

"Well... you wanna join me?" she inquired, her eyes having a hopeful gleam in them.

"Of course," Aqua gave a nod. Sunshine smiled, then stepped out of the embrace and rushed towards the edge.

"Cannonball!" she cheered as she jumped into the air and then plummeted down into the water, making a reasonably large splash for her size. She then surfaced and gave Aqua an encouraging smile.

"Come on! The water's great!" she called.

"Coming!" Aqua cheered happily as he started to gallop towards the the pond, "Here I come!" He jumped into the air and then with a splash he plummeted down the water. Then in a moment he surfaced beside Sunshine.

"Whoa!" Aqua exclaimed as he came out of the water. Sunshine laughed, then gave him a smirk.

"Bet ya can't catch me," she teased, splashing him before starting to swim away with a laugh. Aqua shook his head as he began to swim after the Changeling, filly giggling happily. "Just you wait!"

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The sky was a bit overcast, the sun just barely shining behind a layer of clouds that had been conjured up that morning. Over Canterlot, the ships of The Nameless One could be seen in the atmosphere above the planet of Equis. In Canterlot itself, or what was left, there was the obvious sight of the enemy's technology at work; smog in the sky, drills revving up, and various other things could be heard from a distance. But that was soon interrupted by the sound of thousands upon thousands of hooves trotting towards the ruins of the city that had been fortified in case of a siege like this.

Leading the army, along with the heroes themselves, was a blue-green earth pony with red armor on, looking ahead at the enemy with a look of determination. He was a veteran of TD's elite squad he had personally trained in Equestria and one of it's commanders: Fragment Soul, a pony who could clone himself many times over.

Beside him was another veteran, but from a different army that had been defeated long before Fragment Soul: Tempest Shadow, or Fizzlepop Berrytwist, a former general in the armies of The Storm King; now a loyal follower of the Equestrians. Both veterans stared ahead at the enemy fortifications as the others caught up to them.

"They certainly don't want us to enter," Tempest noted with a serious tone.

"Why be so desperate to hold those ruins other than to protect factories that he can easily replace?" Fragment asked aloud.

"Because he knows that Canterlot is a city we'll be trying to retake," Tempus said as he trotted up beside them, his dark personality beside him as they both studied the city. "And he'll throw everything he's got at us to keep us from doing just that."

Evan was also there, and for some reason not speaking to anyone as he put out his book from his cloak. There was an emblem seemingly in shape of a galaxy on the black cover of the book.

"Just in case," he muttered silently to himself. "If it comes to that..." Evan said as he looked above towards a winged human. Joy was flying above them, clenching his weapon in his hand with no expressions on his face but sadness, and rage.

Virin was currently flying through the skies of Equis, with nothing but sadness and rage in his eyes as he looked towards the city of Canterlot. He'll get Nameless for killing the very one he calls his daughter. Suddenly, through his Ki, he stopped midair as he sensed something far more powerful from the vast ocean. Who...? He didn't complete his question as he noticed his allies and the army down below. He flew down as he started to speak.

"I've got dreadful news, guys," he told them sadly.

"What is it now?" Rainbow Dash called out impatiently, feeling a bit moody at the moment.

Silent for a moment, Virin spoke softly, "We lost Scootaloo..."

Rainbow Dash particularly stopped dead in midair, almost forgetting to fly as she took it in.

"No... tell me you're lying!" she demanded.

"Dash, do you really think he'd lie about something like that," TD remarked, coming over to the front as well. He was taking the news of her death surprisingly well... or so it seemed. Anyone who knew him on a personal level could tell that he was hurting inside. Michael swooped down, his different colored eyes glowing slightly.

"We shall honor Scootaloo by driving our foes into the ground." The Pyrunian growled, his sword in one hand and his axe in the other. Joy looked towards where he saw Virin and flew towards them, for some reason struggling to keep himself together due to his sadness. When he reached them, he heard what Michel had just said and he realized that Scootaloo was also no more. It made him even more furious, and he looked towards Virin with an expression of sympathy without saying a word. Virin was in tears, struggling to maintain himself as he spoke once more.

"If...If...only I was strong enough..." he sobbed, surprising his allies at this. "...Then, I could've saved her from death. If only..." He stopped as his blue eyes almost turned blood-red once more, but managed to get himself under control. Virin then felt a hand on his shoulder in a moment, realizing that this was Joy who passed him a nod in sympathy.

"We will mourn our dead later, comrades," Bill stated, coming to the front of the group. "In the meantime, we need to be sure that we're all ready for action."

"Pyrunian Armada is entering the air space above Canterlot as I speak." A voice said through the coms, belonging to the Pyrunian Dark Enchanter, who had taken control of the Pyrunian Armada of ships that had arrived at reinforcements. "I can send down two striker units to help out with the fight if you'd like."

"Keep them on standby. I may have a use for them," Bill suggested, then called out, "Cindy, how's the new body?"

The now-android AI in question flew up into the sky with the help of some thrusters and spoke.

"Well, it's different from being inside a weaponized suit of armor, but I can make it work," she remarked.

"Excellent. Red," Bill spoke into his coms. "How are you and the girls doing?"

"Ready and waiting. Just give us the word, and that town's gonna be hit with too many waves of sound to recover!" Red answered.

"Yeah! Sirens for the win!" Serena called on the other end. Wiping his tears, Virin looked at Canterlot with cold-dead eyes as he growled.

"I'm ready," he said.

"Well then, I guess I should get into the sky," Thunderstrike stated as his horn began to crackle with electricity, and the alicorn took off, soaring up to join Michael, Virin, and Joy in the air. Joy looked towards his weapon and clenched it with such force that his fist started to go red, and he looked towards Canterlot, as only one sound was ringing in his mind; the sound of his beloved's giggles. Others may be fighting to protect Equestria. but he was fight to avenge his sweetheart.

"Okay boys, this is the final stretch!" Diego answered, activating his gauntlets as his friends also prepped their weapons. Ruby looked to the gauntlets on her own arms, but didn't activate them just yet. She was saving them in case of an emergency.

"On my signal," TD commanded. "Wait for it... Wait for iiiit..."

The entire front of the enemy's fortifications suddenly exploded and blasted apart, opening a breach in their defenses.

"Now!" TD shouted.

"Let's do this!" Chris yelled as he shot into the air, flying towards Canterlot as he began opening fire, the Pyrunian technology incorporated into the suit he was wearing causing his shots to do more damage then normal.

"FOR EQUESTRIA!" Tempus shouted, before he took off, running alongside his dark personality. There was a whoosh of air, before Sunrise shot through the air, a determined look on the Pegasus's face as he twirled his spear in his metal right hoof. Virin let out a roar of anger, suddenly hearing an loud, but powerful roar from the ocean as well. He was confused, but didn't question it. He flew towards Canterlot as he prepared his energy balls for full force.

Joy looked there as his eyes began to glow red with anger, and flew towards the breach as fast as he could, as a smirk began to appear on his face. "I'm coming to kill you Nameless One!"

Fragment and Tempest charged on ahead of the entire army, the earth pony cloning himself into a smaller army of ponies that absorbed the majority of enemy shots fired at them, allowing plenty of time for their forces to get through. Meanwhile, Tempest charged up her unstable horn and fired a large explosive beam into the center of the enemy army before them, destroying much of the enemies present in one go. More enemies were dropping in from the ships in the sky above, but not as much as last time; clearly the Pyrunian Armada was taking its toll on enemy reinforcements. From somewhere in the distance, they could hear the sounds of the Sirens singing their song, the sound waves they gave off taking a toll on human enemies; they now either started to fight each other in a free-for-all or even openly aided the Equestrians. As beneficial as this was, there seemed to be more robots than humans, but it was still a decisive blow. Shortly after, Red rushed into the battle from a random alleyway nearby, singing Figaro in the style of Buck from Ice Age as he danced his way through enemy waves, creating destruction wherever he went.

In the midst of all the chaos, no one noticed TD slip away on his own.

Sunrise smashed his right hoof into a robot, grunting in satisfaction as he smashed a large hole into it, before spinning on the spot and stabbing another robot through the back with his spear. The Pegasus whirled through enemy lines, using his hoof, spear, and wing as he became a whirlwind of destruction.

"Thunderstrike, now!" Tempus yelled, and the air suddenly crackled with ozone as a massive thunderstorm appeared overhead, bolts of electricity arcing through the sky to slam into robots left and right, frying them completely. From his area, Virin was firing energy balls at the enemies with full force, not stopping as he continued firing his energy balls at the enemies. Then, out of anger, he fired an different colored Kamehameha, a purple colored one, at the enemies, killing most human enemies. Virin continued to fire from his position, until he stopped as he heard the powerful roar again from the ocean.

"Why do I always hear it?!" he shouted aloud from his mind.

Joy charged his weapon and threw it in a spinning motion at the enemies, which literally went slicing through them while he used his Shouts and aura beams to fight with the enemies in range. Just like a boomerang, Blazing Edge came back to him as soon as he raised his hand, only to be thrown back towards the enemies once again. He was looking much more agile and swift than usual as he was fighting and killing the human and robots in a fit of fury.

Evan just found a good spot to surprise the enemy, as he swiftly passed through troops with a speed one could say was as fast as lightening, and somehow killing them off in the process.

There was a shout of fury, and Nightmare moon materialized in the middle of a knot of robots, two twin scythes spinning by her sides and held in her magic, she sliced through the robots, carving a path through their ranks. Atop her head was the crown Tempus's Luna had once worn, and it appeared the new Lunar Princess of Tempus's world was not afraid to get into the middle of the action.

After a moment, Red suddenly called out, "Okay, not counting wounded and dead, we're missing someone." He then gave a look to Twilight nearby. "Where's the William?"

Twilight's eyes lit up in alarm as she realized the truth of that sentence. She looked about frantically for him, calling to her friends as she foound them among the chaos.

"Where's William? Has anypony seen William?" she asked over and over.

"I can try and find him," Tempus's dark personality said as he came up beside her. "And I can take Tempus with me as well if you'd like."

Suddenly, out in the ocean, as the fighting was going on, a powerful roar was heard by everyone. Michael's head whipped around, and his eyes narrowed. The Pyrunian suddenly went into a dive, slinging his axe across his back as he raised the Sword of Death above his head, and he closed his eyes, opening them again to reveal reptilian slits.

My helmet may have been destroyed long ago, but I can still change form, he thought to himself as he dove through the air, his form shifting until he was a massive black dragon, his eyes still different colors as he flared his now-huge wings and brought himself to a stop, roaring a challenge at the enemy forces as he held the Sword of Death, which had grown to accommodate his bigger size, in his talon.

Loud stomping was heard on the ground, slowly going towards Canterlot. The ear-shattering steps was strong to shake the earth. Responsible for these steps, was a creature. This one creature was a five hundred foot tall dragon. It had red skin, reddish orange eyes, strange dorsal fins on its back, as well as a long and powerful tail. Its face looked like it had a threatening appearance.

"Uh... please tell me he's on our side," Red pleaded. As he said so, some of The Nameless One's soldiers started firing at the beast. The dragon didn't look like he had been scratched at all by the fire.

"Well, he's definitely not on their side," Bill remarked.

Suddenly, there was the sound of something getting slapped across a large distance and TD himself went sprawling in the center of his friends, looking badly hurt. And stepping out of the rubble of a building was the one who had done the deed, his four arms spinning his swords around with ease. Virin looked shocked to see TD in bad shape, growling angrily at the one responsible for the one hurting his friend.

The dragon's fins, on one side, was beginning to charge up with electricity. Then out of the middle of the chaos, the dragon opened its mouth as it looked at one of the enemy ships, blasting its breath attack at five of them, taking out with relative ease. The Nameless One looked back at the dragon and growled.

"Someone deal with that thing!" he shouted, then turned his attention back to TD. "This is where I put the final nail in the coffin!"

He leaped at TD, only to be blasted out of the air midway by a purple magic blast. Twilight landed beside TD as The Nameless One stood again.

"LEAVE MY HUSBAND ALONE!" she shouted in a Royal Canterlot voice, making TD smile a bit.

"Ah... you copied her," he managed, before groaning due to the pain. The dragon looked at the tiny enemies, not bothering with them as they attacked him. Then, charging its fins up again, fired its breath attack at five more enemy ships, taking them out once more.

As soon as Joy noticed Nameless, his eyes began to burn with a blood red aura once again, and his whole body was now glowing with a dark red color. He landed beside the others in front of the Nameless One, beside the wounded TD, and gave the one who killed his beloved a really ferocious look.

"I'll put a nail in your coffin," Michael growled as he landed, reverting to his Pyrunian form. "I told you, the next time we met I'd fight you, so fight me."

The Pyrunian raised his weapons, the runes on the blade of his axe glowing icy blue. Virin landed in front of Nameless as well, giving him a ferocious and enraged look.

"For killing my...daughter in this world," he began. "You'll be in for justice!" He roared, as did the dragon, before the human went Super Saiyan Blue. The Nameless One smirked as a fiery figure suddenly dropped beside him, revealing Philip in all his glory.

"Philip," he ordered, "Take your revenge."

He then summoned his swords and swiftly rushed over to the Pyrunian and Saiyan, combating them at the same time as Philip raised a hand and easily tossed Twilight to the side, despite her best efforts, and stood over the form of TD. But he didn't attack right away. Instead, he just stood there, as if not believing the opportunity he had before him, or as if unsure of what to do.

Meanwhile, Virin dodged the swords of Nameless in the nick of time. He then went into a fit of rage as he turned into his Black form all of a sudden. Michael growled as he dodged one of Nameless's attacks, before twirling his axe single-handedly as ice started to circulate in accordance to the path of the weapons blade by his side.

"How about," He growled. "You chill out!"

And with that, he swung his axe forwards, sending a blast of ice at the robot, following up with an overhand strike from the Sword of Death.

Nameless deflected the ice off his swords and glanced over at Philip, noticing him not attacking.

"What are you waiting for? KILL HIM!" he ordered. Philip was silent for a long time, then finally he looked away and towards the Nameless One.

"No," he said, dropping his blade. Nameless was furious and shocked to see this.

"So you'd betray me too?!" he remarked. "Just like Tempest Shadow! You're both traitors and fools!"

At this, a lot of the heroes looked to Tempest in surprise, while the unicorn in question simply sighed and revealed a symbol on her armor that all of Nameless's men had on them somewhere: four swords crossed over each other with a burning planet in the center.

"Tempest..." Joy muttered to himself before realizing what he was implying. "I see..."

Virin blinked, before realizing what he had just heard from Nameless.

"Tempest...a traitor...?" he asked to himself.

Maybe it's like my Tempest, except, Nameless isn't in my Equestria. So, how can she be a traitor?

He looked at Nameless as he glared daggers at the robot.

"Hey!" Virin shouted. "What do you mean by 'traitor'?"

"Tempest, what is he talking about?" Twilight demanded. Tempest gave a sigh.

"Storm King and his army were simply a division of The Nameless One's army he had established here in Equestria," she explained. "I personally didn't realize this until the day when we attacked Canterlot. And when that did occur... I at first felt that I was too deep in it to escape. But then you changed that for me." She looked up at her horn momentarily. "When I helped you kill Storm King... it officially branded me as a traitor to The Nameless One's army."

"A shame, really," Nameless scoffed. "You held such potential Tempest. You could have been my equal in power, and had your horn restored. But instead... you threw it all away."

Phantom looked at Tempest.

She will be a good captain someday, he thought. Then he looked to the others, then back to The Nameless One. Joy's fury grew even while he stood there still there without saying a word, and soon his weapon vanished from his hands, as he kept breathing heavily while giving Nameless a furious look. Meanwhile he heard dark words echoing in his mind.

"Look at this monster, he killed Bubble Heart! How can you still let him stand in front of you like this. You've to kill him. Kill him. KILL HIM!"

Joy grunted loudly once again. The dragon, on the other hand, was just standing there like it was frozen. In reality, it was in a recharging state after releasing some of its attacks at the ships.

Meanwhile, Virin was still pondering over what Tempest had explained.

"So, what you mean to say," he started as he looked at Tempest. "You once served the Storm King, who was under the watch of Nameless, being changed to good after Twilight managed to redeem you, then you began to be on the good side while he was hidden from all of that before now?"

Tempest nodded. "I thought that maybe it would all blow over or perhaps it would never be brought up again, given that he was... well, pretty far."

"Oh, but I always keep tabs on my soldiers," Nameless chuckled. "No matter how far away. Even if they become 'friends' with their enemies."

Joy's wings by now had disappeared as well, as they burnt to nothing in the red flames of his aura. He gritted his teeth as he glowed even more with a dark bloody red aura. The rage he was bearing within him could no longer be held in control.

"Hey!" He called him out loudly. "Eyes on me you (beep)!"

Nameless turned his attention to Joy, and that's when Philip made his move. With a flick of his hand, a section of a nearby building flew towards the Robot Master striking him in the back of the head. Philip then rushed in towards Nameless, but the robot master had recovered quickly. He swung his swords around and Philip fell to the ground, cleaved in half, but still alive. The swords didn't seem to be able to kill him; more like make his lack of the now-cleaved parts become a hindrance. He then looked to TD, who was trying to recover still.

"I will finish with you later," he said, then focused back on Joy, spinning his blades rapidly and giving a smirk. Joy advanced towards Nameless One slowly as he grunted with anger still burning with blood red aura, before he clenched his fist and began to spoke.

"You killed my sweetheart..." Joy said as tears began to form in his eyes. "She is no more because of you!" Joy raised his fists a little in front of him. "You monster!"

The tears beneath his eyes began to turn their color to red, making them seem like blood. "I'll kill you!" Joy grunted painfully as his eyes went completely burning in the flames of his aura. "I'll kill you with my bear hands. WITH MY BARE HANDS I TELL YOU!" Joy then quickly rushed towards the Nameless One with the intention to punch the robot master to pulp. "YOU'LL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID!"

"Joy, DON'T!" TD called, but he was too late. Nameless, seeing the reckless charge, swiftly dodged to the side and then stabbed his blade through the other human's chest, impaling him through. Everyone looked on in pure shock as the blade went through Joy and out the other side, most likely having pierced through his heart.

"If you miss your sweetheart so much," he scoffed. "Why don't you join her?" He pulled the blade out of Joy and gave an evil chuckle, then looked to the dragon from earlier. "And since my own men seem to be incompetent, I shall simply bring in my own dragon."

He lifted one of his hands to his mouth and gave a loud whistle. Just then, loud hurricane wings could be heard from above in the sky. Flying down, was a new dragon. But this one wasn't like the red dragon. This was a huge, golden dragon with three heads and two tails, with massive wings to boot.

The newcomer landed on the ground, giving off an evil roar as it glared at the recovered red drake.

---

The dragon slowly stirred from its recovered state, before growling as it saw its archenemy, King Ghidorah, in its evil glory. Ghidorah gave off an evil laugh-like roar as it began to fire three yellow colored beams at the dragon, hitting him directly in the body.

Groaning in small pain, the red drake stomped the ground, causing it to shake slightly from the force of the step. The dragon then opened its mouth as its fins started to charge up with electricity, aiming at Ghidorah as the evil golden dragon looked unconcerned about the attack from its enemy.

A powerful blue beam came from the red dragon's mouth, hitting Ghidorah directly in the belly as Ghidorah gave off an roar of anger as it fired three beams of yellow at the dragon, hitting it all over as well.

The dragon charged up with electricity in its fins again, as it slowly turned around as an fast, electronic slice came from the long tail as the slice couldn't manage to hit Ghidorah, as the evil dragon flew up just in the nick of time to avoid getting hit.

Ghidorah fired three beams of yellow again at the red dragon, hitting him in the body once more. The red dragon grunted as it opened its mouth as blue electricity charged up from the fins, as an blue beam came shooting towards Ghidorah once more, hitting the evil dragon in the wings, which was covering the body of the golden dragon.

The red dragon's fins charged up once more, as an blue beam shot out of his mouth once more at Ghidorah, who looked unconcerned at it as the beam hit the golden dragon, but didn't seem to faze it one bit.

Ghidorah roared loudly, causing everyone on the ground to cover their ears from the loud roar. Ghidorah then fired three beams of yellow at the red dragon, hitting him directly as the golden dragon began to flap its massive wings to create a gigantic hurricane. The hurricane didn't faze the red dragon, as it just stood there like nothing happened.

Ghidorah growled angrily and in a hateful way at the other dragon. The golden dragon then fired three beams of yellow at the red drake, hitting him but didn't faze him at all with the beams. Ghidroah then began to roar out loudly once more, the roar echoing through all parts of the lands, considering how big the golden dragon is.

The red dragon's fins charged up once more, firing another powerful blue beam at Ghidorah, hitting it right in the belly before unleashing another blue slice from the tail, hitting the golden dragon once more as the red dragon roared loudly.

Ghidorah growled and snarled with its three heads, firing three beams of yellow at the other dragon, though it was unfazed by them once the beams hit him. The golden dragon fired another set of beams at the red dragon, though almost no damage was done to the smaller dragon.

The larger golden dragon fired another set of beams once more, but like before, none of them seemed to affect the damage on the red dragon.

The red dragon roared loudly as it began to open its mouth, with the fins charging up with blue electricity once more, as an powerful blue beam shot its way towards Ghidorah, hitting the giant monster directly in the body as the golden dragon grunted in pain from the hit.

Suddenly, and unexpectedly, the red dragon's blue electricity charged up once more before turning completely red as did the dragon's reddish orange eyes completely. The new attack was now fully charged, before being unleashed as the red beam shot towards the golden dragon, hitting the middle head as the middle head exploded off of Ghidorah's body, causing it to fall down to the ground as the red dragon roared once more.

After unleashing another powerful red beam, and hitting its archenemy, the red dragon looked at Ghidorah with immense hatred as the golden dragon cowardly turned around to leave the battlefield to its master.

The red dragon roared in victory, as it was the victor of this relatively short battle with Ghidroah, then turned to look to his friends below.

---

Joy was presumably on his last breath as some last thoughts rushed through his mind.

Bubble... My Bubble... I am coming to join you... I will rather die instead of living without you... I am coming...

Then suddenly, a bright red light shone in front of his closed eyes as he heard a voice spoke to him.

Wake up Zane... You can't give up like this... You can't die like this... You are the last child of the Phoenix Mages of the Beast Clan... And you're the strongest of all of them... You're stronger than this monster... Would you rather accept death than to avenge your beloved... Death is only a mere escape... only cowards accept to die like this...

...I'm not a coward...

So prove it... Let your fury loose and... set me free...

... I can't die... I'll avenge my beloved...

Then suddenly, Joy eyes shot open as he felt a surge of incredible power and strength going through his body, and his wound began to heal while extracting the poison from his blood veins. Nameless looked to Joy with utter surprise.

"That's... impossible!" he shouted, for once looking genuinely surprised. "That blade should have ended you permanently, regardless of resurrection magic!"

"Clearly... you know nothing... about how a Phoenix works," TD managed, actually starting to stand a bit. Nameless growled.

"I see I have underestimated your friend for far too long. Sadly, he cannot fight this," he remarked, then called on his coms, "Now is the time. Take your Vengeance upon them."

As soon as he had finished saying that, TD and Tempus got a horrified expression.

"Oh darn," TD muttered.

"It's him. He's here..." Tempus added. As soon as he said this, a large roar was heard, and suddenly dark smoke appeared from a certain direction as a humanoid yet horrifying creature appeared there. While he was advancing towards them, they noticed that as he passed he turned a few trees into dust, and dust beneath his feet changed it's color after he left his every step.

"Guardian of Chaos..." He hissed. "It's so nice... to see... you..."

And then a dark chuckle along with a growl was heard much to their horrors.

"You're... The Beast of Time?" TD asked, then he laughed. "Makeup! Someone give him a makeover please!"

"William, now is not the time," Twilight chided.

"I agree," Nameless growled, then he looked back to Joy. "I'll make sure this time to kill you properly."

He rushed at Joy while he was still caught off guard a bit, only to be intercepted by a red blur that knocked him back, revealing itself to be Bill Prower.

"Get your head in the game, Joy!" he said. "I'll take this guy on for now."

Joy stood up to his feet again and gave the Nameless One a very amused look as he began to chuckle as well. Soon his voice changed to a set of multiple intimidating voices as he ceased to chuckle and wing-like patterns of flames began to appear around his arms, his body began to get covered in feather like patterns of flames, and his eyes morphed into burning spots of red flames with bloody red stains beneath those spots. His face morphed into a... phoenix-like face, now his arms were completely turned into bird wings, his feet morphed into talons, and he floated into the air while his size began to increase.

The figure floating before them looked nothing like the human boy; instead he was looking like a giant phoenix burning in his own flames, with the flames flaring with each flap of his wings, and he looked down to the others while shouting in a set of loud and intimidating voices.

"I. AM. FREE!" The blood red phoenix-like form of Joy shouted. The Nameless One looked to Joy, then growled again as his blades started spinning.

"I don't care how long it takes, I will kill you all!" he shouted. By now, TD had recovered enough to spout out orders.

"Tempus, you and me against the Beast! Get Evan to help too, if he can! Dragon dude... I don't know if you can understand me or not, but take out the other dragon! The rest of you, deal with Nameless and his goons! Move it!"

The two of them rushed over towards the Beast of Time, taking their battle some ways away from the others as they fought.

---

Tempus narrowed his eyes as he slowly walked towards the Beast of Time, and his dark side appeared beside him, his dark side narrowing his glowing red eyes as they both bared their teeth in a silent snarl. TD floated beside the Prince of Time, glaring daggers at the Beast of Time.

"It doesn't have to be this way," he told him. "Just because some Guardians from the past locked you up doesn't mean that all of them deserve the fate you wish to bring upon them. You can turn over a new leaf... or, you can suffer a butt whipping. Your choice."

Beast gave a horrendous chuckle at this. "So... there's a new Guardian, eh...?" Beast gave an amused look. "I don't think... we were introduced in the past... alicorn Prince of Time..."

"Introductions aren't necessary, Beast of Time." Tempus growled, as his green eyes lit up pure silver and Tempus's dark side disappeared into him. "But you threaten my friends, and I won't allow that." As he spoke, several swords appeared around him, all aiming at the Beast of Time.

"So... too eager to die..." Beast said as he clenched his scaly claws. "I... don't like making... people wait either..."

"Then spare us the monologue and make your move," TD snarled. "I've run away from problems like you all my life, and I'm tired of it. I think it's time that I faced those problems today." Then Tempus felt as if something inside TD had been burst apart as he continued. "And this time... I'm not holding back."

Tempus growled agreement, before even more swords appeared around him, joined by dozens of spears as the alicorn used his Chaos magic to make a storm of sharp weapons behind him, ready to use. Beast gave a growl at this and with incredible speed he charged towards Tempus with his claws exposed for a fatal attack. It was almost like he just paused time while he was charging towards the alicorn.

TD growled and shouted, "Fiik Lo Sah!" A ghostly clone of himself appeared in front of the Beast, taking the brunt of the blow for Tempus before disintegrating into nothing. There was a sudden flicker of movement around Tempus, and Tempus charged towards the Beast, a large blast of power erupting from his horn and hurtling towards the Beast as he screamed in defiance. As soon as the blast came into contact with the Beast, he gave a loud shriek before he seemingly disintegrated into nothing, much to both of their (or at least TD's) surprise.

"Okay... that was too easy," TD remarked. "Please tell me that it's not, because it's making me worried."

Tempus however, stayed on edge, his eyes darting around as the air around him crackled with power, which swirled around him.

"Stay alert." He hissed. "I don't trust this."

Then suddenly, from somewhere away from the sight of both of them, something as swiftly as lightning or even faster came towards the alicorn Prince as before; the only thing he could notice was a reddish blur.

"Wuld Nah Kest!" TD shouted, suddenly moving at the same speed as he summoned a powerful shield while moving in front of the alicorn prince, barely blocking the attack in time. Tempus narrowed his eyes, before grinning as black electricity crackled around him.

"So, he wants to play with speed," He said, his grin changing into a smirk. "Let's see what he thinks about my speed."

The alicorn prince waited as the lightning around him continued to crackle, biding his time. Beast adjusted his balance in front of the Prince of Time, as he gave him a taunting look.

"I'm... waiting..."

"Then let me spare you the wait," TD suggested, summoning several meteors and firing them down upon the Beast at once. Beast just gave a smirk as he looked towards the meteors before stopping the time for the moment and just getting out of the range of the fire, and then gave both of them another taunting look.

"Still... waiting..."

"I'll end it for you then," Tempus said as he suddenly took off, becoming a brown blur as he left a trail of black lightning behind him, running faster than the eye could see as he began to circle the Beast, his speed picking up until a loud boom shook the air, indicating he had broken the sound barrier. Beast growled at him as he slowed down the time around him once more, as he looked towards him running around him. A smirk came upon his face as he smacked the alicorn with his claw, throwing him several feet away from him.

"You... can't... hurt me... by using tricks like these..." Beast said as he raised his claw while there was blood on his nails, and soon Tempus felt a sharp pain in his hind leg. Suddenly, TD appeared in front of Beast, and smashed a glowing fist into him, sending him flying several meters away and then growling.

"Tempus!" he said to his friend. "He exists in the past, present, and future like Mephiles does! The only way we can defeat him is to either defeat him in all three timelines or to be on the same plane of existence as he is!"

Tempus nodded, as a ripple of energy rolled down his leg, healing the damage the Beast had done, before the alicorn's eyes lit up pure silver, and with a flash of magic, six gemstones appeared around him, beginning to spin as a silver sphere of power formed around him.

"I think I can do the second one William," Tempus said, before he closed his eyes and focused, the Elements of Time still spinning around him. "Protect me; I don't know how long it will take me to cast the spell.

"Oh, now that's... interesting..." Beast said as he stood before them, as he chuckled "By the way... too late for you alicorn... even though you've healed your apparent wound... but your countdown has started..."

"Oh? Care to clarify?" TD asked, sounding interested for some reason.

"Your friend's... entropy is changing... on a super fast rate..." Beast said as he gave him an amused look. "The more... he use his magic... the faster it gets... that means... he's going to die anyways..."

TD looked surprised, then he laughed.

"For a beast that travels in time and knows a lot, you're an idiot!" TD laughed. "Thanks for telling me that! Now I know how to cure him!" He snapped his fingers and a clone of himself appeared nearby. "Give him a zap of the strong stuff." The clone nodded and then walked over to Tempus, zapping him with some kind of magic lightning that was green in color. TD then smirked and looked back at The Beast.

"Come at me, big guy," he taunted, stepping forward a bit as he did. Tempus smirked, before he opened his eyes, which were now glowing red as a dark mist came off him, resolving into Tempus's dark side as he flew down to the ground, taking a step towards the Beast as a wicked-looking scythe appeared in the air beside him, held in his magic as he grinned at the Beast with jagged teeth.

"You'll find," The dark alicorn said, just as crackles of Chaos magic started crackling through the sphere of magic Tempus was using, "...that we have a few tricks up our sleeves."

With a growl, Temus's dark side launched himself towards the Beast, his scythe swinging through the air and weaving a web of iron as he rained attacks down on the Beast. Beast tried to protect himself but still he had taken many attacks, before he finally fell to his knees, growling loudly as he was disappeared once again.

"Why do I feel that he's not dead yet?" TD asked aloud.

"Because the probability is he isn't," Tempus's dark side growled, just as Tempus let out a shout of accomplishment.

"When he next reappears, the spells ready!" the alicorn yelled. Dark Tempus growled as he backed towards Tempus, spinning his scythe as he glanced around. Then suddenly, a few portals appeared above and around them as many different kinds of quadruped and bipedal figures appeared. Their faces were hidden with a kind of mask, and had themselves covered with some kind of armor. The bipedal creatures were laced with swords, while the quadrupeds seemed to be alicorns.

Then all of them looked towards their targets as they began to charged upon them with their weapons and magic, ready to do a fatal hit.

"And of course he wanted to give us a challenge," Dark Tempus muttered, before grinning wickedly. "But if he thinks this is a challenge, he's wrong!"

"Let's see how long they entertain us, shall we?" TD scoffed in a mock Emperor Palpatine, then lifted his hands as tendrils of red lightning fired from his hands and into the entire group of enemies, hitting as many as six or seven targets at once. Dark Tempus shot through the group of enemies, dodging TD's lightning from time to time while he sliced through enemies, cackling all the while he did so.

Then suddenly, some of them were able to save themselves by creating a shield. Then much to their surprise, a few of them did something really familiar. Dark wings sprouted from their back as they hovered towards TD with some kind of weapon in their hands, which also seemed utterly familiar.

"Oh no..." TD groaned. "Those are corrupted versions of others he's turned into his slaves. Like Joy, or Celestia, or... me..." He growled and built up more magic. "Well... I'm not one to fall so easily. Bring it on!"

They didn't said anything but continued to fighting recklessly to him. Tempus's dark side growled, before he raised his scythe, the blade crackling with chaos magic.

"You say the word WIlliam," Tempus's dark side snarled. TD's form glowed and then his eyes turned to his draconic eyes as his personalities merged.

"Give them hell!"

TD let loose a howl of rage, and then snapped his fingers. A lot of the enemy suddenly disintegrated and then TD started firing an endless barrage of magical energy in every direction, making it impossible to get near to him. Then suddenly, Tempus heard a painful groan coming from a certain direction. The mask of an alicorn had been ripped apart as well as her armor, and a familiar dark blue coat and flowing mane was clear to be seen. Tempus's eyes widened, then narrowed as he focused the spell he had created into the Element of Time, before diving down and landing as the Elemements of Time shimmered out of view, and the alicorn's eyes narrowed with rage.

"I may be Prince of Time, yet Life and Death I also rule," He growled, as a pure black scythe appeared from nowhere, the blade burning with a white fire. "You dare use one I love against me, yet know that it will not work!" With a roar of outrage, the Guardian of Time raced forwards, his scythe already in motion, leaving a burning trail behind it as he swung it towards what appeared to be Luna, yet he knew through his powers was not her. As soon as the weapon touched "Luna," she disappeared, but there was still a pleading look in her eyes while she was disintegrated to nothing.

"Tempus?" was the last word he heard before the figure was gone. Tempus breathed heavily, his eyes dilated, before with a howl of fury he glanced around, his eyes flaring with rage and anger as he looked for a place to use it.

"Nice! Wonder if tha- oh, he did on me too," TD remarked, looking to some figures ahead, who had been revealed to be some of his past loves.

"Why didn't you tell us?!" a Lamia demanded angrily.

"You killed me and then corrupted our son!" another woman made of fire screeched.

"You never wanted us for our love, did you?!" a third voice called out.

"No, that's not true," TD argued, but his voice cracked with emotion. "I truly... loved each and every... one of you. And I'm sorry for what I did."

"Then prove it!" the flame woman shouted, grabbing him by the throat. TD struggled, then sighed as energy built up around him. Tears fell from his eyes as he spoke.

"I love you girls... Forgive me..." he whispered, then a huge surge of power exited him and hit all of the corrupted figures at once, killing them instantly and leaving nothing remaining. He dropped to the ground and sighed heavily.

"That... was a dirty move, Beast," he snarled, then yelled, "ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP! SHOW YOURSELF!"

"I AGREE!" Tempus yelled. "SHOW YOURSELF, OR YOU'RE A COWARD!"

Then suddenly, a large cackle was heard around them as in a burst of dark smoke the Beast appeared in front of them, still laughing at them, as if that was a joke to him. Tempus narrowed his eyes, before the Elements of Time appeared in front of him, and with a yell, he cast the spell he had created, his eyes narrowed as a massive amount of energy erupted through the air. Meanwhile, TD's form shifted so that it was now made half of darkness and half of light, his eyes glowing in his new form as he started to chant his own spell, throwing in all manners of words from different languages into it and even throwing in Dragon Shouts from time to time. The Beast still looked ready to take the hit, as he didn't move from his spot while giving them a seemingly amused look.

Why do I not like that look? TD thought to himself. Oh, right! Because that's the look Ornos gave me before I sent him to the Void the first time. But... I'm the only one who remembers that because... time travel.

With a shout, Tempus flew towards the Beast, the Elements of Time beginning to spin around him as he charged up a massive amount of power. As soon as it reached the amount he wanted, the Alicorn fired his attack at their enemy, the sheer amount of power contained in it causing the air around it to crackle as it flew through it. TD fired his own spell at the same time as well, but he looked unsure as to whether it would work or not. Beast brought his claws in front of him as for a slight moment, time was paused right before the attack hit him, and they heard his growls and screams as he was disintegrated in front of their eyes. When everything got cleared, he was nowhere to be seen once more.

"And... he's gonna show up again at one point, isn't he?" TD asked no one in particular. With a growl, Tempus looked around, his eyes still glowing silver as his dark personality came up behind him, his scythe raised.

"What do you think TD?" Tempus's dark side asked, before glancing at Tempus. "You may have to go all out on him."

Tempus grunted in reply, his eyes still darting around.

"I know... but that's not what concerns me," TD stated. "I'm thinking on banishing him and I've got the most powerful one I have to offer... but I'd need him to be standing still long enough for it to work."

"Done... already?"

A loud voice was heard from all around them, as once again several portals opened up in the sky, and from each of them there was a Beast of Time coming out. All of them surrounded them from all sides as they opened their mouths, and their eyes began to give a sickly brownish red glow. TD was startled, and started to have an internal panic.

I have to do it! he shouted at himself mentally. But... what if I cause too much harm?

The mouths came closer, then TD snapped.

To hell with the consequences.

"ENOUGH!" he shouted, as a surge of energy released from him, knocking back each Beast in a heartbeat. "It's time I ended this! Let's even the playing fields..."

He snapped his fingers, and the entire place around them suddenly became black and white, in a likeness that was only seen once before with a different villain.

"Welcome to the Dimension of Nonexistence!" TD announced. "So glad you could join us..."

"You think... you can stop me... like this?" Beast asked with a chuckle "So glad... you think that way..."

"TD, should I go all out?" Tempus asked, his eyes still glowing silver.

"Careful Temp; your Time powers are no use here," TD said with a chuckle. "Here, time does not exist, meaning is forever gone, and existence itself is but a fairy tale." He stared at Beast as he finished. "You are in my realm now, and I. AM. THE KING!"

TD's form changed as he spoke, revealing his Guardian form: half-dark, half-light, with his dragon eyes shining in both halves. He stared at the Beast and grinned.

"Deja vu?" he asked sarcastically.

"I'll finish you... Guardian of Chaos!" Beasts voice echoed as they all began to charged towards him. "NO MORE GAMES!"

"You can try..." TD growled, before firing off his magic in every direction at the Beasts. This time, he was holding nothing back, letting his power start to rise to it's true levels with every attack.

Beasts succeeded to avoid a few of his attacks, but some of them were hit and disintegrated in a second, with only three of them approached close enough to him to launch an energy beam towards him through their mouth, as their forms started to grow in size. Tempus took a few steps back, before he locked gazes with his dark side, who grinned.

"We going to let him have all the fun?" His dark personality asked, and Tempus grinned as his dark side merged with him. The Alicorn closed his eyes, and the next time he opened them, they were glowing red cat eyes that were tinged with green.

"Mind if I join in TD?" Tempus asked as he spun his scythe beside him, the blade still burning with white fire but now also crackling with Chaos magic.

"Is that a question you had to ask?" TD asked Tempus as he blocked one of Beast's attacks. "Kick his butt!"

Tempus laughed, before swinging his scythe towards the Beast, releasing a blast of Chaos magic at him as he leaped into the sky, still sending blasts of Chaos magic at him, but also sending blast of fire hurtling at him every now and then. Suddenly the other two forms also disappeared, and Beast dropped to his knees, breathing heavily as he passed a grunt to them, then spoke in a somewhat pleading voice.

"Let me... go..." the Beast said. "I can... give you something... in return... just... let me go..."

"You allied with our enemy, threatened the timelines, and you just expect us to let you go?" Tempus spat in disgust.

"Give us one good reason why we shouldn't dispose of you," TD said in agreement with Tempus. A portal began to open in the lower body of creature, as he breathed heavily, mentally smirking.

"I can fix... a few things... you and your friend... messed up..." In the portal, they saw some familiar sceneries, the deaths of ones they both held near and dear, and their friends. "Is that a deal...?"

TD's gaze softened and he looked to those which were remnants of his own past.

"You're saying... you can fix all of it?" he asked, seemingly convinced. Tempus narrowed his eyes, before snorting, the air coming out like smoke from his nose.

"You dare suggest messing with time and death," he snarled. "To the one who rules them. My answer is loud and clear. No."

TD looked long and hard at the portal, taking a few steps towards it. For a moment, it seemed as if he'd accept. Then a smirk appeared on his face.

"You almost convinced me... almost," he smirked, then looked to Beast. "And for the record, I've visited those souls before whom you have mentioned, and they ALL have forgiven me for what I've done! Besides, I could never turn my back on Twilight." He growled as his hands glowed with power. "I've learned that you have to let go of the past and put it behind you. What matters are my choices now and how they affect my future."

"Then you've left me no choice,,," The Beast voice growled loudly as the wormhole in his lower body began to grow. "This reality, your reality, all is gone..."

Tempus snarled as he spun his scythe even faster, the blade now a black circle in the air as a trail of white fire followed it. But before itt could reach him, the Beast exploded with a large amount of energy expelled from him, and that began to shroud them. Tempus glanced at TD, before chanting something in Pyrunian and causing a force field to appear around them as a precautionary measure, before chanting something else and imbuing the force field with some magic, so that it could sustain itself. TD looked to the blast enshrouding them and sighed as he passively added his own power to the shield.

"If this is how I go, then for once... I'm okay with it," TD said. "I'm not afraid to die in any situation. My soul is prepared. I doubt his was."

"I can try and use the Elements of Time," Tempus muttered, his horn glowing brightly as he channeled power into the shield to keep its frequency changing so nothing could penetrate it. "I don't know what it'll do, but the Element of Death combined with Past, Present, and Future might do something."

The explosion was so strong, that it began to rip the plain apart around as it slowly approached to their forcefields... and for some moments began to consume this along with the plain, and also began to approach TD as well. Right before the moment he got enshrouded by the energy of the explosion, time seemed to stop.

"Uh... is that supposed to happen?" TD asked aloud.

"Well, not unless someone as stupid as me messes with the Emblem of Entropy."

TD and Tempus both heard the voice of Evan in their mind, as TD once again noticed him floating in that plane from the corner of his eye.

"Evan, where the [bleep!] have you been!?" TD scolded. "You could've helped, oh I don't know... AT THE START!"

"TD, just be glad he's here helping," Tempus snapped.

"I apologize for that..." Evan said as the explosion began to reverse back towards the monster, and finally they were able to see that he was seemingly now dead. "I needed to fix a few things that beast messed up before showing up here... Have you any idea how dangerous his existence is for well... Existence?" Evan asked seemingly in sarcasm.

"Well considering that I myself was once in that boat... yeah, I can take a good guess," TD replied. "Uh... thanks, I suppose."

"Even I could tell." Tempus said. "Thanks Evan."

"Don't thank me yet," Evan said as the Book of Cosmos appeared in front of him, while the emblem on its cover was shining brightly. "First let's get dispose of this thing," Evan said in disgust while looking towards the body of the beast.

"To the Void?" TD suggested. "There's no coming back from there."

"Great idea, TD... The Void would be a perfect prison for him," Evan said reassuringly, and then sighed.

"Something wrong?" TD inquired.

"I... I talked with my mother..." Evan replied. "She doesn't seem... too good, and, it's feels like..." he sighed but that was clear what he was trying to imply. Tempus sighed, before nodding.

"You don't have to say it Evan," the Alicorn said.

"She... she wanted to see her daughter-in-law, and her granddaughter before..." Evan seemingly sobbed. "So, I need to go there, along with Cheerilee and Elena... I really don't wanna back off while the war is still going on, but..."

TD smiled reassuringly. "Go to them. Something tells me that the war is already taken care of."

Tempus nodded with a smile. "The one thing I've learned Evan, is that no matter what, family comes first."

"Thanks..." Evan said "I hope to see you guys again... maybe sometime in the near future..."

He chanted some kind of spell from the Book of Cosmos, and eventually he disappeared with a slight blink of light.

"Goodbye, my friends," Evan's voice lingered after he was disappeared.

"And now... we mop up," TD remarked, looking at the body of the Beast. "Normally I'd do the whole chant but... I wasn't joking when I said this dimension is a doorstep of the Void."

He lifted his hands and a portal opened up underneath The Beast and dropped his body through before closing behind him.

"Annnnd, goodbye!" TD called, before flopping down with a wheeze. "That was too close..."

"Never had a doubt we'd be fine." Tempus said brightly. "Future sight is awesome!"

Tempus's dark side briefly appeared in front of Tempus, letting out a snort before punching the Alicorn prince in the face and vanishing back into him.

Apparently, your dark personality doesn't think so Tempus...

"Shut up Darkstalker728!" Tempus snapped as he frowned.

TD laughed. "I love this job. Come on, I have a four-armed menace to pay a visit to."

TD snapped his fingers and they disappeared from the dimension of Nonexistence.

---

During this time...

Suddenly, for Virin, all of his thoughts from within his mind, changed to one, all-out attack on his outer form. His body began to lit up with an silver colored aura, as he had his eyes closed for the moment before opening them once more.

"This is...the end, Nameless," Virin stated slowly to the Nameless One. Phantom Void, meanwhile, summoned two Fire Wolves nearby and gestrued towards the four-armed enemy.

"Attack him!" he ordered, and they rushed to attack The Nameless One. Nameless's blades turned to an icy blue color, and he managed to stab one of the Fire Wolves through, turning it to steam. However, the other one managed to attack and was tearing at one of his arms, preventing him from using that. While this was happening, Bill Prower rushed in with Red, attacking with their sword and viroblades, respectively. At the same time, Pinkie Pie also rushed in and started landing some furious blows on the Robot Master's chest area, seemingly doing much damage to him. However, then Nameless's body began to glow brightly just as Pinkie's Pinkie Sense went off and Bill a moment later shouted, "Hit the deck!"

Unfortunately, they were unable to react in time as a surge of magical energy suddenly erupted from Nameless's form. Twilight, from nearby, had managed to place up a forcefield for Bill and Red, but the Fire Wolf was destroyed completely and Pinkie sent flying into a wall. She didn't seem too hurt, but while she was still trying to stand, Nameless rushed over to her and grabbed her by the throat, ready to skewer her.

"I knew I couldn't rely on Chrysalis to destroy you or your hive," he scoffed. "Never trust a Changeling to do your own job."

"Looks like you'll have to be a little more discerning regarding your cronies," a voice remarked, the voice belonging to Chuck, who was suddenly advancing from the crowd. "Put her down. Now."

"Chuckie!" Pinkie called.

"Or what, Mr. Gareth?" Nameless taunted. "You gonna kill me?"

"No, but I'll make you wish I did," he replied. While this distraction was going on, Pinkie quickly changed forms into a small beetle and dropped out of Nameless's grip, but he didn't mind so much anymore.

"Alright then, make your move Gareth," he challenged.

"Hey! Only a select few get to call him that!" a new voice suddenly exclaimed as Cindy, now in her android form, came up beside Chuck. "And you're not one of them!"

"Uh... does she get to call you that now?" Red inquired. "Because if so, I am so jealous..."

"Call it a perk," Chuck replied to Red. "A perk you don't have. Alright Cindy, Operation: Unleash Hell is a go," he instructed. Cindy grinned as several weapon compartments opened up on her android body.

"Let's make his circuits fry!" she exclaimed excitedly, then fired all her weaponry at once. Nameless tried to deflect what he could, but there was too much for him to handle at once and he started to become simply a punching bag for Cindy's attacks.

"Keep the change, you filthy animal," Chuck grinned, watching the weapons fire off like 4th of July fireworks.

I must kill the Nameless One! Joy spoke in his own mind as his vision got clear, and he could feel a new level of power raging through his very soul and body.

I set you free now. It's your time to pay the debt, Joy's own voice growled to the other voice.

I agree. I gotta have my fun with that piece of scrap.

Blood Phoenix gave a loud call as he advanced towards the robot master while spinning swiftly, and glowing with such intensity that it'd hurt to look at. He looked like a missile made of fire as he advanced towards his only target: the Nameless One.

I'll make you cry in agony, just like you did to my sweetheart.

Since he was already being hit by a barrage of weaponry, Nameless had no means of which to counter Joy's attack and was hit with the full force of his attack, which sent him flying back several yards away and slamming into a building.

"Boo ya!" Cindy yelled enthusiastically, giving Chuck a high hoof. "I love this job!"

"Wahoo! Score one for the good guys!" Pinkie cheered, as she returned to Changeling form. Nameless growled as he stood to his feet, glaring daggers at Joy and trying to rush in for the kill again.

The Ultra Instinct form of Virin began to intervene Nameless by flying towards him fast, punching him in the side of the head. Then, flying backwards, Virin started to shoot energy balls at the Robot Master, hitting him repeatedly. Nameless tried deflecting the energy balls back to their sender, but having been already hit too many times before then, he was having difficulties. The silver colored aura of Virin glowed a bit brighter, as he fired an silver colored Kamehameha at Nameless, causing an explosion to occur.

Nameless was sent flying backwards once again from the impact of the explosion, but he righted himself quickly and growled.

"Die, Saiyan sum!" he shouted, throwing two of his swords with chains attached to them at Virin, the swords reaching an incredible speed when he did so; Nameless was certain he wouldn't be able to dodge them or deflect them in time.

However, before they could reach him, several shots were heard firing off in rapid succession and the blades flew off course and harmlessly to the side. Then, a human figure leaped to the front of the crowd of heroes and landed a powerful punch to Nameless, making him stagger backwards again. Diego Kapila smirked and then looked back to Virin with a smile.

"I got your back, buddy!" he said to the Saiyan. Virin smiled as well, nodding to Diego while thanking him for the assistance.

Looking at Nameless, he said, "Let's finish this."

"It's good to be free!" Blood Phoenix shouted in a set of intimidating multiple voices, as he flapped his wings a few times to send two flying vortex of red flames towards the Nameless One while he was still down.

"Wait!" a voice called out, and then Ruby suddenly appeared next to Diego, having used her Semblance to warp over to him. She held out the Gauntlets of Uristuma to Diego and gave him a sheepish smile.

"I think you'll need these more than I will," she said. Diego smiled and ruffled her hair as he took the Gauntlets. He then put them on and the gems glowed, enveloping him in perfectly fitting armor.

"Thanks Ruby," he told her, then looked up to Nameless, who was prepared for another charge. He was a bit singed from where Blood Phoenix had hit him with his flames while he was still down, but otherwise looked ready for combat. Diego cast a sideways glance backwards at Chuck and Cindy.

"Think you two can provide air and ranged support?" he asked.

"You're damn right we can," Chuck nodded.

"Ready and waiting," Cindy agreed as she and Chuck soared upwards to get a better angle with their weaponry. Diego smiled and then turned back to Nameless, cracking his knuckles.

"Let's do this," he said, then shouted, "Fire at will!"

"Alright!" Cindy cheered, opening fire immediately. Nameless immediately started to get roughly the same results from the last time she had started firing upon him, leaving him unguarded for the time being.

You know, that I want to kill him myself. Joy's own voice spoke.

Alright, let's do this, together!

Blood Phoenix floated above the others and before he descended in front of the Nameless One, he was morphed to a more human-like form. The arms were now separated from his wings, his skin color was dark red, and he had a smirk full of jagged sharp teeth, while his hands were now looking like some kind of very sharp claws, and a phoenix tail made of blood red aura could be seen as well at the end of his spine.

"Nameless One!" He chuckled in a horrifying voice. "You're dead!"

Saying this, he charged towards him with blinding speed, leaving a trail of fire behind him, as he unleashed a flurry of charged punches and kicks on the robot master. Nameless took the majority of Joy's blows, but as this forced Cindy to stop firing, it also allowed him to retaliate after a while. Finally managing to get himself together, Nameless started parrying or blocking all of Joy's attacks. But he became so focused on him that he didn't notice Diego approaching until his fist collided with his head, knocking him to the side. Diego then started landing punch after punch to the Robot Master's face, much like a boxer but at speeds that would make IP Man jealous.

After he had smacked him around a bit, Diego called out to his friends with a chuckle, "Anyone else want a turn?"

"He's mine!" Joy shouted as he swiftly came over and grabbed the robot master before smashing him into the ground once again, and began slashing Nameless' head and body with his claws.

"TELL ME, HOW DOES THAT FEEL?!" Joy shouted. "WHEN YOU'RE DYING A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH!"

Diego cursed under his breath. "I should not have said that while he was in hearing range. Now he's gone rage mode."

"Y'know, for a name like Joy..." Chuck muttered, watching the affair.

"Pity," Cindy nodded.

"Dying?" the Nameless One suddenly remarked in answer to Joy's question, then with alarming strength shoved him off of him and into a nearby building... or what was left of it. He then stood back to his feet and rushed Diego, landing multiple blows upon him at a time. Diego took the blows, but was smiling when it was over, much to Nameless's surprise. Then with a simple flick of his finger, Nameless went flying again.

"I just activated a Semblance that has taken every blow you've landed on me and allows me to strike it all back at you twice as powerful as before!" he stated. "And you have my girlfriend to thank for that!"

"Typical... always relying on the help of a girl," Nameless scoffed as he stood to his feet.

"Sexist," Cindy muttered, then to Chuck, "Feel free to blast some holes into him for that."

"Way ahead of you," Chuck noted, firing off an array of weapons in the form of physical bullets to laser beams. Nameless took the shots once more, staggering at each hit but refusing to fall just yet.

"How the hay is this guy still alive?!" Rainbow Dash shouted in frustration, having watched the entire spectacle.

"Because he can't be killed by just you guys!" Diego explained. "He has to be killed by the ones who defeated him before."

"So the most we're doing is being a nuisance?" someone asked.

"It would seem so," Nameless chuckled. "Took ya long enough to figure that out."

The Ultra form of Virin glowed brighter each second this was going on. He had his eyes closed right now as he concentrated on his inner thoughts. Just then, he re-opened them as he began to aim at Nameless, as an silver colored energy ball started to form. Nameless looked over at Virin, and his expression turned to some surprise as he rushed towards the Saiyan. This time, however, what saved him was the form of Tempest Shadow leaping in the way and firing her magic into Nameless at point-blank. The explosions and such that occurred forced Nameless to fly backwards once again, the explosions following him and keeping him preoccupied from interrupting the Saiyan.

The silver colored energy ball fired from Virin's hand, heading towards the fallen Nameless, causing another explosion to occur. Nameless once again fell to the ground, smoking and burning in several areas. He was now looking as if he was a charred corpse that was somehow still walking.

"I'M NOT FINISHED YET!" Joy once again came towards the Nameless One. He grabbed him swiftly and threw him upwards before going after him and smashing him back once again, making a crater in the ground, and then charged his fists and launched a powerful energy beam at him. "I'M NOT GONNA STOP! UNTIL YOU'RE DEAD!"

"Joy!" Bill and Red suddenly shouted at once.

"You can't kill him!" Red continued. "You are not on the same level as TD nor has he chosen for you to kill him! All you're doing right now is wasting your energy!"

"I DON'T CARE! HE KILLED BUBBLE! I'LL MAKE HIM REGRET THIS!" Joy shouted launching another aura beam at the robot master.

"If you kill him now, while your rage consumes you, you'll be no better than he is," Bill remarked. "Do you think she's want that? Would Bubble want you to become what he has become? Instead of destroying his evil for good, you'd become the very thing you wanted to destroy?"

I would...?

Joy said to himself as he ceased to attack Nameless and looked towards his face in the broken glass of a nearby building. The blood red eyes, the jagged teeth, and dark red skin, he couldn't even see himself anymore. He caressed his claw on the mirror as it changed back to its normal form.

You can't listen to them, right now! You're that close to avenge your sweetheart!

The voice of the beast told him, as he looked towards the almost broken Nameless One, while he charged his fists once again.

Yes... a few more strikes and he's done for.

Then suddenly his other hand grabbed the fist stopping the flow of magic in it.

No... they're right... it isn't me... she'd hate me like this...

Joy started to fly away from Nameless place towards others, while his eyes turned to normal. "I will not kill him like this."

Suddenly, his eyes turned back to blood red color as he shouted once more flying towards the almost motionless form of the Nameless. "I'll make you!"

"You can't!" Once again, he tried to fly away towards them, but soon it happened again. It seemed like he was talking to himself, while his eyes were switching between red and his natural brown color again and again.

As Joy was struggling within his mind, Nameless saw an opportunity and leaped to his feet, then covered the distance between himself and the human Equestrian within five seconds. He thrust his blade at Joy, only to have it stab through a different figure. In the time that it had taken for Nameless to thrust his sword, Diego Kapila had somehow managed to move into his path, the blade now piercing through where his vitals would be. Nameless growled in frustration.

"How many more must take your killing blow, boy?" he demanded. Then his anger turned to confusion when he heard Diego make a laugh.

"If you really... wanted to kill me..." the rogue said with a smirk. "You should have... gone for the head."

With a single punch, Diego sent Nameless flying back some ways again, leaving his one blade still embedded in his gut. Diego calmly stood to his feet and pulled the sword out, then snapped it in half over his knee, not looking hurt at all despite the blood seeping from his wounds. Even then, the wound soon closed up with a glow from his hands.

"You'll have to try harder than that to kill me," he taunted, as Nameless stood to his feet again. Michael growled, before he looked at the Sword of Death and sheathed it, spinning his axe in one hand in a fashion that demonstrated how familiar he was with it.

"I think I'm done holding back," The Pyrunian said, before charging Nameless as the runes on his axe's blade lit up with a blue light. The robot master was unprepared for this attack, but even so he tried desperately to brace himself for the upcoming attack. Michael grinned as he swung his axe through the air with deadly precision, the edge of the blade turning from silver to a brightly shining metal as it sliced clean through one of Nameless's swords, before the Pyrunian leapt over the robot and landed behind him, rolling before coming to his feet and turning to face his opponent.

"Pyrunian steel triumphs over all metals," Michael said, before smirking. "Even some of the strongest ones."

Meanwhile, Joy's beastly form gave a loud growl as he grabbed his head and flew around uncontrollably in frustration, as another battle was going on inside his mind.

I won't let you control me.

Joy saw a demonic figure akin to himself with dark reddish skin and jagged teeth with dark red wings sprouting out from his back.

You don't have a choice; your fury won't let you free.

Joy gritted his teeth as he leaped towards the demonic figure, only for him to evade the attack instantly and appear behind him once again, giving a loud chuckle.

Why you... I'll show you!

Joy rushed towards the figure once again while trying to strike once again, only for him to evade his attack once again.

You won't be able to hold me any longer. Soon your fury will overcome your will, and then only I will control both your mind and body.

Meanwhile outside his mind, his form tried to leaped towards Nameless once again, only to stop suddenly as struggle between sides for domination continued.

The silver glowing form of Virin glared at Nameless as he gave the robot master an hostile growl.

"You'll be in for justice," he repeated himself. "For killing Scootaloo. I am going to make you pay for what you've done!" He aimed his hands at Nameless, as the silver colored form of an Kamehameha formed in them. "BURN IN HELL!"

He fired the attack towards the robot master. Nameless looked to his two remaining blades, then brought them in front of himself and blocked the Kamehameha, but it was not going too well for him. He was now virtually unguarded from the sides. A well-aimed blow would be all it took to break his concentration...

Michael let out a battle cry, before leaping at Nameless, his blade swinging up above his head as he executed a downstroke at the robot, his full strength going into the blow as the blade steamed as magical energy coursed into it. Nameless let out a cry as the blade bit deep into his shoulder, the blue blood seeping out at an alarming rate. He stumbled as Michael removed the axe and stepped back, letting the Kamehameha do its work. This time, instead of flinging Nameless backwards, once it cleared he was still where he had been before, now steaming and burned in several places, particularly near his wounds. Michael growled as he unsheathed the Sword of Death, hitting it against his axe and causing the two weapons to merge together, his axe's blade now rippling with black energy as he aimed it at Nameless.

"You were destined to fail Nameless," the Pyrunian hissed. "I will not allow my friend to fall if I can prevent it."

It ends here!

The demonic form yelled as he leaped towards Joy, who was already feeling exhausted, and fell to his knees. Joy was almost about to give up to his beastly side when he remembered for whom he needed to defeat his own beast. Though Bubble was no more, there was still many ponies depending on him; his family, his mother, his aunt, and his children... his children, his and Bubble's foals.

It was then when he noticed that creature was about to stab him with his weapon, and he closed his eyes, all of sudden, only to hear a familiar voice.

"Stay away from him!"

Joy couldn't believe his ears, as he opened his eyes to see a familiar unicorn figure standing in front of him, blocking the beast's attack through a shield.

Bub- Bubble? Are you- are you really here?

A sob was made by him as he spoke. The figure in front him was a unicorn but he was pretty sure that she was Bubble. Joy saw her throw the beast away by exploding his shield towards him.

"Hurry up, you must wake up now! Your friends needs you!" she said to him, while passing him a smile and helping him to stand up.

Bubble? Joy asked once again.

"Well, no... I'm not Bubble, I'm just your hope," she replied. "You can say, I'm a fragment of her memories you always held near and dear..." She pressed her hoof on Joy's chest while a light shone from it. "Now, you know what you have to do..."

She began to disappear, as he noticed the said expression on her face. "There's no time for being sad, Joy; defeat that beast while you still can."

Joy passed her a nod as she completely disappeared and looked towards the beast. Joy raised his fist, and enveloped him beast in his aura. The beast began to struggle to free himself, as he gave a loud growl and disintegrated into red dust, the dust then being absorbed by Joy.

Joy opened his eyes once again, and he noticed he was on the battle scene once again, while again in his normal Blazing Star form.

"That... that was horrible..." Joy said. Soon he noticed that Michael was fighting the Nameless One, and he leaped towards the others to help them.

Phantom Void, at this time, used his dark magic to create some crystal shards.

"Everypony! Incoming shards!" he warned. "Fallen Crystal Clash!"

He launched all of the crystal shards towards The Nameless One, all of them landing a hit and causing him to stumble backwards, looking very much like a porcupine.

"Hey look! It's Crystal Shard's cousins!" Red joked.

"Not the time, Red!" a chorus of voices yelled, except for Pinkie Pie who shouted, "Hey, you stole my joke!"

"I will freeze you in a block of ice when this is over pincushion!" Tempus's Crystal Shard yelled as she cleaved a robot in half with the Harmony Axe. "I promise you!"

Overhead, Chris's suit of armor flew around, shooting blasts into knots of energy. Suddenly, one of the enemy human soldiers fell as an arrow pierced him through the back, and Chris stood up from a spot on a nearby hill, wearing a cloak and holding a massive longbow in his hands, another arrow already on the string.

"Sometimes, I swear he likes his toys too much," Nightmare muttered before diving back into the battle.

"Should I send down Pyrunian reinforcements?" Dark Enchanter asked over the coms.

"Do it. This fight ends now!" Bill called. Meanwhile, Nameless was pulling out the crystal shards and looked around at his army. It was clear now that the battle was lost. Still, he growled as a light appeared in his hands and replaced his missing weapons. He then looked to them.

"Fine! You win this battle!" he shouted, as his body began to glow. "But at least I'll get one participation award! A family of your friend's who's dying to see me!"

At this, Diego, Red and Bill looked up at the same time.

"William's family!" they yelled at the same time. "On Earth!"

"I wouldn't describe anything from Earth as a prize," Chuck scoffed. Joy came towards them after calming down his anger on the army of the Nameless One, as he heard what just they said. He gave Red, and Bill and a few others an apologetic yet a thankful look, before grunting in frustration, as he looked towards where Nameless was standing.

"I should've killed him, while I still could..." he muttered. Michael growled as he raced towards Nameless. A loud boom split the sky, and several large ships flew down, landing around Nameless's army as they opened up and Pyrunians charged out, smashing into the enemy forces as multiple smaller Pyrunian fighter planes shot through the sky, every now and then peppering clustered knots of the enemy with their weapons.

As Michael reached Nameless, he thrust a hand upwards as he chanted something in Pyrunian, before clenching his hand into a fist as it began to glow blue.

"You won't get any award," Michael growled, before the Pyrunian vanished with a snapping sound and blast of icy air. Nameless looked to them all as the glow around him became brighter.

"Say goodbye to your family... Terror of Dimensions," he scoffed and then disappeared just as Diego, Bill, and Red all slammed the ground where he had been standing. By this time, TD and Tempus had finished their fight with The Beast and had just managed to hear this. Joy grunted in anger while turning back to normal as he shouted in frustration.

"Great! That's just it!" Joy shouted. "We just saved Equestria, but now Willaim's family back on Earth is in danger! And worst, that piece of scrap, still lives!" He added as he looked towards TD. "Weren't you suppose to KILL HIM?!"

"Well excuse me for fighting the Beast of Time while you were busy with him!" TD shouted back. Tempus snorted in anger, before looking around.

"Where the hay is Michael?" he asked. "Please tell me that idiot didn't get himself killed."

Joy took a deep sigh. "I'm sorry," he said to TD in a little low voice. "I don't remember what happened... while I was... not myself!"

"You're fine Joy," TD said, then in a panicking tone, "Though I just realized... HE'S AFTER MY FAMILY!"

"Oh boy..." Twilight sighed.

"Here we go..." Rainbow Dash muttered.

"I have to get back there and save them! But how can I do it alone? I almost died the first time and even then it was all a ruse. But this time it won't be and I'll have to explain everything to my parents about me being the Terror of Dimensions..." TD started ranting off in panic.

"William," Tempus said firmly. "You won't be alone. I'm going with you."

"And so will I," Chris said as he stepped forwards, his bow still in hand. "After all, Earth used to be my home; I can get some better weaponry from my old house."

"No. I can't risk anymore of your lives!" TD shouted. "I've already risked them enough just by living in this world!"

"I'm considering to come along with you..." Joy sighed as he looked away "...but at this point, I'm honestly doubting you'd let me..."

"William, one person has already decided to risk their life for you," Tempus said with a grim smile. "I believe I figured out on my own where Michael went." The Alicorn stood at his full height. "I'm going with you William. And if you try and stop me, I'll just follow you after you leave."

"Tempus..." TD started, but was interrupted by Twilight.

"What is it with you and not accepting help when you need it?" she demanded. "Is this a game to you? A chance to become the Terror of Dimensions again?"

"What? No!" TD shouted.

"Then what it is?" Twilight demanded again.

"I'm... I'm too scared!" TD told her.

"Scared? So this makes you braver?"

"Yes- no!"

"Is this all just a chance to prove you can handle things even when you know that you can't?"

"I LOST YOU ONCE! I CAN'T LOSE YOU AGAIN!" TD shouted in an unearthly loud voice, far louder than any Royal Canterlot voice. The sky darkened and thunder cracked at the sound of his voice. Twilight barely flinched, but most of the others, Zach included, backed away in shock from what they heard. TD huffed for a few moments, then tears streamed down his face.

"I can't... not again... it broke me when I did... I can't... lose you again..." he whispered.

"This has been like, pure pop culture fan wank," Chuck remarked. "I'm just one more quote away from reference bingo," he remarked, filling out a card.

Tempus's eyes softened, before he stepped up to TD and looked him in the eyes.

"William, I'm going with you," the Alicorn said. "I don't care what you say. I've been risking my life as long as I've lived. I'm not just going to back down when my friend doesn't want me to do what I do almost every day."

"TD, I wanna help you too..." Joy said "...and I really don't wanna leave you alone... but I'm myself not sure, really not sure this time..." he sighed and looked down. "But, at this point I don't think I wanna back off either..."

Twilight then decided to speak. "William... I understand how you feel. In all honesty, I worry about you just as much anytime you're gone. But I'm your wife, and as part of any married couples' vows, I will stand by you for better or for worst. Besides, if we work together, you won't have to worry about losing anypony."

"But... I..." TD stammered.

"TD, do us a favor and shut up," Bill remarked.

"Lose that Apple pride- sorry AJ- and accept help when you need it," Red added. "There's no shame in it."

"Besides, did you really think any of us would actually stay back like that while you go on?" Diego remarked.

"...No," TD finally answered, smiling a little. "I guess not. Thanks guys... I needed a little slap to the face. On that note, Twi... please slap me before I change my mi- OW!"

Twilight smirked, having thought ahead of time before he had even spoken. "You were saying?"

"Nevermind," TD chuckled, then looked to them. "Alright. Tempus, Joy, Twi, Zach, Diego, Red, and Bill. Y'all with me. The rest of you, stay here and mop up. For those coming, I'm giving you about a minute or two to say goodbyes, just in case."

"Ahem," Chris said, raising an eyebrow. "Former resident of Earth who just so happens to have some weapons in my house we could use. Sure you don't want me?"

"And before you say no William, this is the kid who created a machine to take him between worlds, so if you say no odds are we'll run into him anyways," Tempus said as he hurried over to his Starlight and two embraced each other.

"Eh... fair enough," TD agreed. "Alright Chris, say your goodbyes."

"Thanks..." Joy passed him a nod. "But before we go... can someone at least inform my children that I'll be not coming back for a while... please."

"That'd be me," Zach replied. His wings glowed for a moment as he flared them open, then they abruptly stopped and he looked to Joy.

"They've got the message," he said.

"Thank you very much Zach... however you did this..." Joy said as he passed him a smile.

"I think I'm fine," Chris said as he looked over his shoulder. "I don't think she's nearby..."

"Oh really?" A voice said, and Frost marched up to the human, her form rippling until the Twilight Sparkle of Tempus's world stood in front of him. Chris had the decency to look embarrassed as he knelt and hugged her, whispering something in her ear.

"Twilight," Applejack spoke to TD's version of the alicorn. "Good luck, sugarcube."

"Show that ruffian who he's messed with," Rarity cheered.

"Kick his flank and send him to Tartarus!" Rainbow encouraged.

"And when you get back, I'm throwing the biggest party Equis has ever seen!" Pinkie called out.

"You've got this, Princess," Tempest remarked with a smile. "Make us proud."

"Bring us a souvenir when you're done," Starlight chuckled. Then they looked to Fluttershy.

"Well... um, I'm not usually one to say this, but..." Fluttershy started, then added rapidly and loudly, "Give him hell, Twilight!" She then blushed sheepishly and looked away.

"Ha! That's my Fluttershy!" Discord cheered from the Equestrian army behind them.

"Can I make Fluttershy saying 'Give them hell' my ringtone?" Chuck asked in amazement. Tempus finally finished hugging his Starlight and kissed her, before trotting up to TD and nodding.

"I'm ready," he said, just as Chris hurried over to join them, slinging his bow across his back.

"William," Phantom walked over to TD. "Good luck my friend."

"Waiiiit!" a female's voice called out and then Diana came rushing over to them, breathing heavily. "I'm coming too..."

TD gave her a look, then sighed with a chuckle.

"Might as well," he said as his daughter joined them. He then looked to his friends beside him. "Let's put an end to this battle once and for all. Shall we?"

"Yes, let's," Tempus said with a smile as Chris grinned. Joy looked towards all of them in determination.

"So, we're leaving?" Joy asked. "Well, I guess I'd like to see Earth once again."

"You'll only be seeing a small part of it, but yeah," TD agreed. He then began to open the portal to his world, only then noticing that Diego had not yet returned. He groaned and looked behind him to see Yang giving the rogue a big kiss.

"Diego, stop smooching your girlfriend and get over here!" he yelled. Diego gave an eye roll, but reluctantly obeyed.

"Beat the tar out of him, babe," Yang told him. Diego gave her a grin.

"Oh I plan to, Goldilocks. I so plan to..." he remarked, then stood beside the others.

"Annnd... Geronimo!" TD cheered, jumping through the portal.

"To infinity and beyond!" Zach followed suit.

"Oh for goodness sake, just go!" Bill called out, jumping through.

"I've never felt so alive!" Red laughed and jumped in with Diego at the same time.

"Well... can't beat 'em, join 'em," Twilight remarked, then with a high-pitched childish giggle she jumped through as well, Diana in pursuit. Tempus rolled his eyes, before he leapt into the portal, keeping up his image of being serious as he said nothing.

"I don't have anything witty to say, so I'll just settle for a bye," Chris said, before he did a backflip into the portal.

For my Bubble, my family, and my friends... Joy thought as he silently stepped through the portal. The portal stood open for a moment longer, then it abruptly shut with a loud "pop" and then there was silence... interrupted only a second later by Cindy looking over at what was left of Nameless's army. The humans had thrown down their arms, but the robots still stood defiant.

"Well, now that goodbyes are over..." she suggested, prepping her weapons, "...who's up for taking out the trash?"

Nightmare grinned at Cindy as she raised her scythe.

"I thought you'd never ask," the Alicorn said with a chuckle.

Blade walked over to his wife. "Ready for a hoedown dear?"

Onyx summoned an army of Grimm. "You girls are ready for this?" he asked Team RWBY.

"Ya need to ask?" Applejack chuckled, noticing the looks on everyone's faces.

"Let's have some fun," Yang suggested.

"For once, I can agree," Weiss chuckled.

"Team RWBY is back in business!" Ruby cheered. Blake just chuckled.

"And so is the Mane 7! Or six at this point," Rainbow Dash said sheepishly.

"How about I just sum up what everypony is thinking?" Pinkie suggested, then in a loud voice directed at everyone, "Light 'em up, ladies!"

The Crystal Shard of Tempus's world let out a whoop as the blades of the Harmony Axe began to glow. "Let's do this!

"FOR THE HORDE!" Blade shouted.

"May as well make use o'myself somehow." Chuck remarked, prepping to fight.

"Howl Like a Wolf..." Onyx transformed into a Dragon Grimm and he gave a ear-piercing roar.

"Alright kiddies, enough talking," Cindy chided. "ATTACK!"

With one accord, all the heroes charged the remaining robots as one, ready to scourge the last of their enemy from their homes.

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Stay tuned! The final showdown between TD and The Nameless One is up in the next chapter. Afterwards, we'll mostly be doing epilogue chapters with the other characters.

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed, and I'll cya in the next chapter!