Chapter 13

Darkness… The only thing Twilight felt, heard, and saw. It crawled around her, wrapping its entity through the outside of her body. She felt nothing… heard nothing… saw nothing… only darkness. Her eyes slowly closed at the madness retrieving her in, losing everything she worked for. She slowly passed out till the darkness had completely engulfed her in madness. She knew it was over, this time she could feel it.

Time passed as she arose to find the pure warmth of sunlight once again beaming on her forehead. It soothed her like a mineral bath she could only dream of feeling. It grasped her in a tightly woven sensation of pure happiness. She looked around, noticing it wasn't over yet. She got up onto her hooves and looked at the fine details around her.

The land was made of a purple checkered material with still a slight plush to it. The sunlight was there to comfort her, soon leaving for the moon to show his regal appearance. She sat behind a bush with some background noise irritating her, but she started listening to it instead. She realized it wasn't mindless noise, not by a long shot!

"That sounds like… ME?" Twilight shouted, looking at herself in shock.

"I'm not talking to myself, what's going on?" Twilight turned her head around to notice she sat behind a green bush with bright blue polka dots. She moved aside the leaves and stood in shock with the site she saw.

"It's… me… with the OTHERS? THERE STILL ALIVE!" She screamed, jumping up and down. The ponies didn't seem to notice her abruption and continued the conversation with Discord. Twilight quit her jumping in shock, remembering what happened before.

"Oh no… this can't be what I think it is…" Twilight rechecked outside the bush, looking at the event taking place. Discord was getting out of his chair, talking to the girls. This was the beginning to when Discord would rule, she had to stop it.

"All my work… everything I've done… wasted for this very moment…" She said, falling on her behind. She began to cry as she watched in horror for history to repeat itself. She gazed in aww as the ponies formed the elemental band. The elemental beam began to form; she knew what she had to do.

"It was nice knowing you twilight… but I kept a promise and I intend to hold onto it!" Twilight said as she stared at the event occurring. She positioned herself on the side of discord near the bush, ready to attack. The elemental waterfall emanated from the luminous ponies, heading towards discord. Twilight charged as fast as her hooves could take her. She ran to discord with all her strength. Rage and fury exhausted itself from her wheezing breath, her eyes still bloodshot from emotional pain. The scratches and bruises from her hooves were agonizing, but she kept running. Discord teleported right by the side of the waterfall, the same way that he had before. She released one last tear from her once caring heart, letting it flow freely by her cheeks. With one last push of strength, she tackled discord into the waterfall. Discord transformed back into stone, while Twilight was thrown out from the waterfall.

The mane 6 fell down from exhaustion, as Applejack looking at what they thought was a hallucination. Lying only slightly away from them was Twilight… but Twilight was already with them. She was too dazed and confused to instantaneously notice.

"Applejack…" Twilight said as she struggled to get up.

"I… I'm here."

"Help… Me…" Twilight said as she struggled for air.

"But your right next to me…" Applejack said staring at the first twilight.

"Wait… YOU ARE STANDING NEXT TO ME!" She screamed, hopping to her feet immediately, looking at both duplicates. The first Twilight got back on her feet with the rest, but the second one laid on the ground, winded and suffering. The ponies ran as fast as they could to the fallen Twilight twin to comfort her.

"Who are you?" Rainbow Dash said as she trotted closer to the suffering Twilight.

"Come closer… I have to *Breathes deeply* Tell you something…" Twilight said as she murmured through her last breathes. Suddenly she began to dissolve from the collision of the elements. The darkness in her heart caused her to become unprotected from the elements, which was slowly killing her from contact.

"Twilight… you don't look so hot…" Pinkie pie said as she turned to Twilight.

"Wrong Twilight Pinkie!" Twilight said as she face-hoofed herself. Pinkie then hopped over to the other twilight and stood in shock, not uttering a word.

"Tw… Twilight?" Pinkie said as she stood in shock for her fallen friend.

"Shh Pinkie… Twilight has something to say." Applejack said as she stared at Pinkie with a serious glance. The ponies got closer to her, with twilight leading in front. They approached twilight as she began to evaporate, taking out her tail leading to her legs.

"Twilight… I need you to listen to me…" Twilight said as she stared at herself. Twilight shook her head, giving a caring glare to her other friends. The evaporation process sped up, already taking her legs away.

"Check… the chair…" She said as her life began to slip away. Rainbow Dash soared to the chair like lightning, searching around it.

"I can't find the darn thing!" she said, leaning on its side, accidentally knocking it upwards. Underneath the chair was a large button, the same one Discord described.

"What's this…" Rainbow Dash said as she stared at it curiously. Twilight's mid body was beginning to fade, leaving only short minutes left for her to speak.

"Don't… touch…" Twilight said as she stared at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash stared at it, noticing the black discord face outline inscribed on it. She flew away from it in fear, returning to the rest of the gang.

"Come… Closer…" She said, staring completely at twilight. Twilight approached herself, putting her earlobe close to the dying pony. Twilight began to speak, whispering from her last breath her final words.

"It's… not… over…" Twilight said, resting her head down and collapsing. She dissolved completely, leaving no traces of her body left. The ponies began to cry, shedding tears upon tears of sadness. Even Twilight cried for her own dead body that once lied next to her. They huddled together and hugged each other, crying for the death of Twilight. Applejack approached Twilight, patting her on the back.

"I'm sorry for your loss of… yourself." Applejack said, slowly patting Twilight.

"I just wish I knew how this was possible…" Suddenly, Twilight looks upon her resting place with a quill and paper sitting on the grass. She presumed to pick it up, reading its contents. It was the notes Twilight took earlier with every detail intact. She took the quill and paper, putting it into her back pockets and turned to the others.

"I was right… it's not over…" The entire crowd of ponies stood silent, not saying a single word. Not a single sound was heard, only pure silence. Pinkie Pie then jumped in front of the other ponies and shouted.

"WAIT! If discord will still rule another day… how will we know?" Pinkie Pie said, shocking the others with a logical response.

"We will wait for him… together. We will always stand strong for one another in the name of friendship and harmony. I've made the greatest sacrifice for everyone around me today, and I intend to do the same if that is what comes down to. No matter what happens girls, we will always stand strong… we will always stand together to fight the evils of this land. No matter how many times discord returns, he will fall. He will know who we are! He will know the power of the Elements of Harmony, of Equestria, of FRIENDSHIP!" She shouted, boasting herself on top of a hill. The other ponies put their hooves together, chanting together.

"For everyone around us, may friendship prevail!" Rarity said as they put their hooves in perfect synchronization while they moved up and down.

"TOGETHER!" They all screamed, hugging and laughing while the sun shines and the birds sing. No matter what may seem bleak or hopeless, there will always be a shining light at the end of the tunnel. When worst comes to absolute worst, we will always stand strong together.

"Weekly letter #25: Friendship Prevails.

Dear princess Celestia, today was the oddest, yet most life changing lesson I have ever learned. What we cannot understand might affect us as we may never truly understand how. The greatest selfless acts of dignity are effected to everyone around you and every single other person; even the ones who may not know who you are in the near future, but will always be thankful. Gaining personal lusts may bring you happiness temporarily, but what will truly make you and everyone else happy is what you do for them and all the others. Friendship is not only a way to express emotions; it's also more than just false propaganda. What we do for each other will live on forever in our hearts and the many we affect with every action we take.

-Yours truly, Twilight Sparkle.

The End!