My Little Pony Season 4 Finale
Flame Striker awoke. There had been a disturbance in the balance of magic. It was ... odd. There hadn't been a disturbance like this since... Tirek. Flame Striker was slightly surprised. She hadn't expected him to return for at least several centuries. Flame Striker paused. Oh... It has been several centuries. She guessed time flew by when you were basically immortal and had stopped aging. She sighed, the guy was a major pain in her ass. She summoned Twilight...Princess Twilight actually. And her friends. They looked curious as they entered the throne room. Queen Flame Striker announced,
"Tirek, an age old enemy of Equestria has returned. He absorbs and takes Unicorn's magic. I am leaving Twilight in charge while I hunt Tirek." Rarity raised her hoof,
"Isn't it dangerous for you to go alone, Your Majesty?" Flame Striker shrugged,
"I defeated him before, centuries ago. Celestia and Luna were completely useless. They used the Elements of Harmony against him, but he merely absorbed their power. He stole Celestia and Luna's magic. I sent him to hell. He could not, was not physically capable of absorbing a natural Alicorn's magic. When he took Celestia and Luna's magic he got supercharged and lost control. I can take him." Applejack frowned, but didn't argue. There was no reason to argue. Flame Striker paused,
"Oh. Right. DISCORD!" The draconequus appeared at Flame Striker's call and shuddered as he bowed low,
"You called, your highness?" Flame Striker nodded,
"Yes. Tirek's back. I'm sure you heard of him?" Discord nodded unhappily. Flame Striker continued, "Well, he's back. And I would appreciate it if you tracked him, using your own magic, to sense specifically when the balance is tilted." Discord looked confused,
"And you can't do it yourself?" Flame Striker shook her head,
"Not exactly. The balance changing woke me up, but I couldn't pinpoint where the change took place. It's not part of my magic. My magic never needed to evolve to such a point, as yours did. Normally an Alicorn would magically search the area for the perpetrator, but my magic specifically pertains to protecting, raising, lowering, the Sun and Moon. If I were Purple Lily I could cause every life form to search for him, but unfortunately I am not. Cobalt would flood the land to search for the threat..." Discord nodded.
"Very well then, your highness." She turned and called out lightly,
"Sombra! Chrysalis!" They immediately appeared at her call. "I need you to watch the kingdom. No causing chaos. Tirek is back." Both Sombra and Chrysalis shuddered at mention of the beast. "I am going to hunt him with Discord." Chrysalis paused,
"Is that safe your highness?" Flame Striker replied,
"I have fought him before and I can fight him again." Sombra narrowed him eyes in confusion,
"How? Wouldn't he have absorbed your magic?" Flame Striker shook her head,
"Using kindness. I tried to fight him with magic and while he couldn't absorb my magic, he was a formidable opponent. My power was so absolute he couldn't absorb it. So I used something he could not absorb. He can absorb seasonal magic, elemental magic, and other magic but he couldn't absorb the element kindness. That would mean turning kind. So I flooded him with kindness and defeated him." Sombra nodded slowly. That was acceptable. Discord glanced at Queen Flame Striker,
"I can feel him my queen." Flame Striker nodded and prepared to take off, but before she took flight she told Twilight,
"Research that box. I will return shortly." Then she was gone and so was Discord. Twilight looked confused and told her friends,
"Girls, let's go to the library!" Chrysalis called out,
"WAIT!" She looked sheepish, "Last night Queen Flame Striker gave Sombra and I to read. It is your diary to all of your experiences you had throughout the years. He and I marked some important chapters that may or may not relate to that locked box. There are several legends about it. It was meant for some powerful ponies that did not rely on magic, but rather others to help them. It has only been opened once before." Sombra continued,
"Last time it opened, it had at least five keys. For the Alicorns. It powered them up. To fight the Beings of Chaos. Or so the legends say." Twilight cocked her head in curiosity before shrugging and flying off with her friends, to her home.
As they searched and re-read what Queen Chrysalis and Kind Sombra marked, Twilight came to a realization. "The places they marked are the times you helped others with your element, and encouraged them to to the same thing. Those ponies gave you something. Perhaps that has something to do with the keys." Applejack shrugged,
"Makes sense." So they went to retrieve the items and found Tirek fighting Flame Striker.
Flame Striker was in the air, wings flapping powerfully, and creating a fiery tornado. Her eyes blazed an icy blue. Twilight's eyes widened, her eyes were glowing their original color. Flame Striker coldly laughed,
"I thought you knew better Tirek, trying to defeat a Natural Alicorn. The daughter of one of the Originals. Do you remember our last fight?" Tirek growled against the force of her magic, it was slowly burning him. Destroying him from the inside out. Making him, turning his energy, into something much colder and much more powerful. Then before the six, Flame Striker changed. There were two of her. One was a dark blue coat, with cold gold eyes...That wasn't Flame Striker. Krystallos had finally come back. Krystallos murmured,
"Sister. Are you sure you want to do this?" Twilight was confused but Sombra wasn't. Chrysalis whispered to him,
"What's going on?" Sombra licked his lips,
"Queen Flame Striker is taking Tirek's life force to bring her sister back." Chrysalis' eyes widened,
"She can do that?!" Sombra shrugged,
"She is quite powerful. And quite frankly so is Tirek. This is ancient magic. Magic that not even Umbra could perform. She is changing everything about him, turning it into her sister, using their energy, hers and Tirek's, channeling it, to bring her sister back."
Twilight swallowed and noticed Discord also watching in awe. She turned to him and asked, "Do you know what's happening?" Discord shook his head,
"Not quite my dear. All I can sense is that Queen Flame Striker is changing Tirek's energy into something else. She is absorbing the magic he took, his primal energy, and channeling it into creating something. I can't tell what." Rarity frowned,
"I don't get it." Twilight explained,
"Basically Queen Flame Striker is taking Tirek's energy, including the energy from the magic he took from other Unicorns. She is then using that energy to create something. I don't know what." Suddenly Sombra popped up next to them,
"You have to stop her. She is bringing her sister back to life." Discord yelped,
"THAT'S WHAT SHE'S CHANNELING HIS ENERGY INTO?!" Sombra nodded. Discord moaned, "It's bad enough with Flame Striker, but the stories about her sister are worse. She's killed anything that went against her. We're ruined." Twilight's eyes narrowed,
"Don't be so sure. I think it's time to use that box." Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash nodded.
Pinkie Pie threw her chicken at the box and it turned into a key, the others did the same. Twilight had never done it, so she turned to Discord. He smiled at her, and gave her the pendant that had hung around his neck for centuries.
"Even though I hurt you, our friendship was true. I was given this by Celestia and Luna, proving their friendship to me. Now I give it to you." Twilight put it in the box and suddenly they were 'upgraded.'
They got back up and blasted both of them with their upgraded magic. Tirek faded back into his original form, but Flame Striker appeared unaffected. Her eyes still gleamed an icy blue, with fire, and passion so surprising. She accepted the magic and Krystallos stood there. Twilight and the others gulped and backed away.
Krystallos blinked, what? Flame Striker looked her in the eye and ordered, "Watch over the Princesses. That is an order, sister." Krystallos nodded and flew off. She recognized what her sister had done, but didn't understand why. Twilight gulped as Flame Striker stalked towards them, "Is Equestria safe?" Twilight nodded and Flame Striker gazed into the distance, "Good. I don't have the time to deal with its citizens. I don't appreciate you interfering, but I'd bet Sombra baited you. The stories are true. Krystallos was ruthless. But that's what the Moon needed. So was I. But I was more my father, more compassionate and kind, than my mother who was closed off, distanced, detached. We are opposites and we compliment each other. I think it's time for Celestia and Luna to come back. Despite the fact it's only been a few months." Flame Striker's eyes narrowed,
"But don't think they will be restored back to their positions. Equestria still needs them." With that Flame Striker walked off. Twilight glanced at her friends and decided that it was time to head back home. Ponyville.