Twilight and Deadpool stood before Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance in shock. They were just informed of Lord Tirek's ever growing power and Discord's betrayal. And most surprising of all was the Princesses plan on relinquishing their magic, so Tirek couldn't take it for himself.
"Tirek is set on possessing alicorn magic. When he comes for us, we cannot have what he is looking for," Said Luna.
Twilight processed all of the information given to her. She then looked at the Princesses with a determined look in her eyes.
"I'm more than willing to do my part and give up my magic," Said Twilight.
"You misunderstand. Our magic cannot just disappear into thin air. Somepony must keep it safe," Explained Luna.
"Hmm… (Sigh) Okay, if that's how we can keep Equestria safe, then I will be the vessel for your magic," Said Deadpool.
"No," Said Celestia and Luna in unison.
"Aw…"
"That somepony is YOU, Twilight," Added Cadance.
"Why me?" Asked Twilight.
"We do not believe that Tirek is aware that a fourth alicorn princess exists in Equestria. If we transfer our magic to you, Tirek will not know where it has gone," Explained Celestia.
"Do you understand what we're asking of you?" Asked Cadance.
"Yes. It's just… I'm only now learning how to control my OWN alicorn magic. To take on even more-"
Cadance held Twilight's hoof in an effort to comfort her.
"Twilight, you represent the element of magic. If there is anypony who can do this, it's you."
Princesses Celestia and Luna nodded their heads in agreement, and Deadpool placed a hoof on Twilight's shoulder.
"You can do this, Twilight. You are more than capable of containing the magic of three other alicorn princesses like the Infinity Gauntlet and the Infinity Stones," Assured Deadpool.
"Taking on this task will be one of the most difficult things I'll ever do, but with the help of our friends-"
"I'm sorry, Princess Twilight, but you must keep your new abilities a secret. I fear that your friends being aware of your new power could put them at great risk," Explained Celestia.
"Hold on. So, if our friends can't know of her new abilities like Spider-Man's friends and family, and I am not going to be the one to safeguard your magic, then why am I here?" Asked Deadpool. "I know I would not be of much concern because of my healing factor, but I cannot keep a secret. I once came home early and caught Twilight kiss one of her books, and I immediately spilled the beans to Spike."
"Wade!" Cried Twilight in sheer embarrassment.
"See?"
"You are here because we wanted to ask if you would be willing to stay here and face Discord and Tirek? If you can beat them before Tirek even finds out we relinquished our magic, then we would be putting an end to their crimes much sooner. And if we have you here along with Shining Armor and the royal guard, then we may trick them into thinking that we are trying to keep them from getting to us," Explained Celestia.
"Having me as part of the ruse, eh? Okay then, I will play along. I will have to use my non magic-based weapons in order to have a better chance of actually attacking Tirek."
Princess Celestia nodded her head in agreement, then looked towards Twilight.
"Twilight, do you still think you can take on this responsibility?" Asked Celestia.
"This is the role I am meant to play as a princess of Equestria! I will not fail to do my duty!" Said Twilight determinedly.
"(Snort) 'Duty'!" Snickered Deadpool.
Twilight punched him in the shoulder for that remark.
"We should begin at once," Said Celestia.
Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance stood around Twilight while Deadpool stood back. The four princesses stood in a Y-shaped formation. Celestia, Luna, and Cadance lit up their horns in synchronization. Their eyes glowed white, and they cast their magic into beams that connected with each other. Their magic formed into a giant sphere towards the ceiling. All of their magic then shot down towards Twilight, absorbing into her horn.
Meanwhile, Discord and Tirek continued to steal magic from every pony. Tirek had changed significantly since absorbing so much magic. His colors of red and black on his upper body were significantly brighter, his horns grew larger and more curved, his beard was white as snow instead of grey, was very muscular and overall youthful. Without his cloak covering his body anymore, one could see he was wearing a gold medallion around his neck. As he absorbed the magic of a group of ponies, Discord's body began to twitch uncontrollably. He could sense something magical was up.
"That can't be right," Said Discord.
"What can't be right?" Asked Lord Tirek.
"Nothing. Carry on," Said Discord dismissively.
Meanwhile, back at the Canterlot Castle, Twilight finished absorbing all of the other princesses' magic. She was currently glowing white with eyes the same color, and her mane and tail flowed similar to Celestia and Luna's. Speaking of, they and Princess Cadance weakly got off the throne room floor. Transferring their magic to Twilight left them very weakened. The blinding light around Twilight soon faded away and her mane and tail returned to normal. She rubbed her eyes before running up to Celestia and giving her a hug. She quickly noticed that her former mentor's cutie mark was gone, along with Luna and Cadance's cutie marks.
"... It is done," Said Celestia out of breath.
Deadpool ran over to the Princesses, and wrapped an arm around Twilight.
"Are you okay?" Asked Deadpool.
"I'm alright," Answered Twilight.
"What about the rest of you? Will you be alright?" Asked Deadpool.
"We… We will manage. You go on and do whatever you need to do in order to be ready for Tirek and Discord to arrive. Twilight, you go return to Ponyville, and make sure that you keep your powers a secret," Ordered Celestia.
Both Deadpool and Twilight nodded before leaving the throne room.
The next day…
It was very early in the morning. The sun had yet to rise to mark a new day. Twilight had just returned to the Golden Oak Library, and she was quietly walking up the stairs to her bedroom. Once she got up the last step, she looked past the door frame and into her room. She saw Spike was sleeping in his basket bed. Trying to not wake him up, she carefully tiptoed across the room. As she passed by his bed, Spike stirred from his sleep, rubbing his eyes in tiredness.
"Hey, you're back. Does that mean everything's okay?" Asked Spike tiredly.
Twilight stopped in her tracks to face her assistant.
"Yup! Everything's fine!"
Suddenly, Twilight's body twitched, and her horn crackled with yellow energy. As a result, two of her books were launched across the room. She chuckled nervously, praying that Spike wouldn't suspect something was up with her magic.
"Where's Wade? Didn't he go with you to Canterlot?" Asked Spike.
"Yes. He stayed at the castle for extra security," Answered Twilight.
"Okay. I'm going back to bed. Sun's not up… and neither am I."
Wrapping himself up in his blanket, Spike quickly fell back to sleep.
"That's strange. The sun should be up by now…" With a hushed gasp and her horn crackling with more energy, Twilight remembered what had occurred only hours ago. "The sun should be up by now!"
Twilight quietly rushed over to her bed, and looked out her bedroom window, The moon was still up along with the many stars that covered the night sky. Now possessing Luna and Celestia's magic, she had to be the one to raise the sun. In an effort to calm herself down, she took a deep breath.
"You can do this."
Twilight focused on lighting her horn, and aimed towards the moon. The tip of her horn glowed white, and the moon lightly wobbled in place. She tried to make it move, but it wouldn't budge. Concentrating on using more magic, Twilight suddenly began to float from her bed as energy coursed through her whole body, and her mane and tail flowed like Princesses Celestia and Luna. The moon then lowered below the horizon… then immediately raised back up. It moved around in an erratic pattern across the sky before disappearing. The sun took its place, only to end up being replaced with the moon. The moon then disappeared, and the sun was finally raised to its proper position.
Meanwhile, on one of the walls of Canterlot Castle, Shining Armor and two members of the royal guard had watched the raising and lowering of the sun and moon in confusion. Seeing as how Lord Tirek will be planning to steal the Princesses magic, Shining Armor had donned his royal guard uniform. While he looked towards the sun, the two guards behind him were suddenly floating in the air. Dropping their spears in panic, the two were unable to stop themselves from floating high up into the sky. Shining Armor's helmet then disappeared in a flash of light, catching his attention.
"Shining Armor, why, whatever are you doing here?"
Discord appeared wearing Shining's helmet, and he wrapped an arm around the Prince of the Crystal Empire. Shining Armor quickly reacted by pushing Discord away.
"Back off, traitor," Warned Shining Armor.
"The only one Discord betrayed was himself…"
Heavy hoofsteps caused the ground to shake, which Discord reacted to by smiling wickedly while rubbing his hands together. Looking ahead of him, Shining Armor saw the hoofsteps were created by none other than Lord Tirek. He had gotten only stronger since yesterday. He was even taller, even muscular, and his curved horns were massive. He was consuming the magic from one of the royal guards before tossing him aside like an empty can of soda.
"... Abandoning his true nature to make 'friends' with weak-minded equines who offer him nothing!" Said Tirek.
Shining Armor cast a beam of magic at Tirek. The centaur effortlessly absorbed the magic into an orb in his left hand. He then tossed the orb of magic into his mouth and swallowed it. Before he could react quickly enough, Tirek grabbed Shining Armor by the muzzle, and began to absorb his magic. Shining Armor's body spasmed as his magic was drained from him. Once his magic was consumed, he was dropped onto the floor. He weakly faced towards Discord, and looked at him with his now colorless eyes.
"How… could you… do this?" Asked Shining Armor weakly.
The Prince fell limply to the floor, rendered unconscious. As Discord looked at him with a conflicted look, Tirek wrapped an arm around him.
"Why don't you go have a little fun? I won't stand in your way," Said Tirek.
Discord looked around the castle, and the idea of spreading chaos here made any guilt he had washed away. He chuckled maniacally before teleporting away. As soon as he was gone, Tirek turned towards the unconscious Shining Armor.
"I'd hate to have to potentially encounter you again. Let's make this quick."
Lord Tirek raised one of his front hooves over Shining Armor's head. He then readied himself to stomp on it.
BANG!
Tirek heard the sound of a bullet being shot. Reacting quickly, he ducked down onto the floor. A bullet whizzed by where his head was, and it pierced through a wooden door.
"What was…?"
Tirek looked straight ahead, and saw Deadpool with a pistol in his hoof, smoke billowing out of the barrel. The hero brought the barrel up to his nose, and inhaled the smoke.
"Ah… When this is over, I'm touching myself," Said Deadpool.
"Who do you think you are to attack me, Lord Tirek?!"
"The name's Deadpool. The Merc With a Mouth. The wearer of red tight leather. And as much as he hates me, nopony tries to kill Shining Armor. He's the brother of my marefriend, so by those terms I am obliged to save him."
(When you tell Twilight of this next time you see her, I wouldn't say it like that.)
"Deadpool? So, you're the pony Discord told me about. He claims you can put up a fight," Said Tirek.
"Yeah, I can. And if you had the balls to do it, you would fight me without stealing my magic first," Said Deadpool.
"Oh, don't worry. That's exactly how I want it," Said Tirek ominously while cracking his knuckles.
An orange orb appeared between Tirek's horns. He was getting ready to charge up an attack. Deadpool put his pistol away and pulled out both of his katanas.
"As Ryan Reynolds senpai once said - Maximum Effort!"
Deadpool charged towards Tirek as a beam of magic was directed his way. He dodged to the left, then jumped onto the battlements. Once he was close, he leapt off of the battlements, and swung his katanas down towards his opponent. Tirek used his own horns to block the attacks, then grabbed him by the neck. He slammed Deadpool into the ground, causing the floor beneath to crack.
"So much for being a challenge," Said Tirek arrogantly.
"Don't count me out yet, brother!"
Suddenly, Deadpool disappeared into thin air, leaving Tirek confused.
SLASH!
Deadpool reappeared right behind him, and slashed Tirek in the back with his katanas. As Tirek roared in pain, Deadpool looked at the teleportation device on his wrist fondly.
"I love this thing! It's like a cheat code irl!"
Deadpool teleported out of the way before Tirek could punch him. He then reappeared and slashed his arm. He teleported out of the way of another punch and slashed his other arm.
"Can't touch this!"
He kept teleporting, and Tirek was struggling to land a single hit. Deadpool teleported from the side, and he pulled his foreleg back to punch Tirek.
(Wait!)
Suddenly, Deadpool stopped mid punch, confusing Tirek.
"What? In case you haven't noticed, I'm in the middle of fighting Mark Acheson," Said Deadpool to himself.
(Didn't you read the script for this chapter? It said, and I quote, "Do not have Deadpool punch Tirek in the face".)
(Oh yeah, it did.)
"Well, I guess we have to respect the author's wishes and not do that."
"... NAH!"
POW!
Deadpool punched Tirek right in the face. As he teleported away, Tirek stood still. Deadpool teleported from behind ready to attack with his katanas. To his surprise, Tirek turned to face him, and thrust his horns upwards.
SHLUK!
"Gugh…!"
Tirek's horns pierced through Deadpool's torso. Before he could use his teleportation device to escape his predicament, Tirek grabbed his left arm and crushed it and the teleportation device. He then pulled Deadpool off of his horns, and threw him over the castle wall and onto the ground below.
THUD!
Landing painfully on his back, Deadpool inspected his wounds. He had one large hole in the center of his chest, and another one in his abdomen. He watched as Tirek leapt over the battlements, and used his enhanced strength to slide down the wall, breaking the ornamented stone.
"Double penetration on the first date…? Kinky…" Said Deadpool painfully.
"Do you ever shut your mouth?" Asked Tirek irritably.
"No. That ruins my character," Said Deadpool.
Tirek watched as his opponent painfully got up. He took note of his rapidly healing wounds.
"Looks like you are hard to kill. No matter, I will find a way."
Tirek charged towards Deadpool with his horns positioned to impale him. With a confident smirk, Deadpool put one of his katanas away, and charged towards him. Just as Tirek was about to impale him, he grabbed one of his horns and leapt over him. He then used his katana to slash his back.
"Grah!"
"Ah ha! Get out played, Tirek!"
WHAM!
"Fuck!"
THUD!
Distracted by his arrogance, Deadpool was bucked by Tirek's hind legs, launching him towards the castle. Deadpool pulled out his two pistols, and fired in Tirek's direction. Tirek took out a chunk of the nearest wall, and used it as a shield. He charged towards Deadpool, and threw the wall towards him. Deadpool was struck by it, causing him to drop his guns. Pulling out his katanas, he rushed towards Tirek. He went to strike with both of his blades, but Tirek grabbed both of his arms. He crushed them, making him drop his katanas. He was effortlessly lifted off the ground, and he looked Lord Tirek in the eyes.
"I'm gonna rip you in half now," Said Tirek.
"You stole that line from Jugger- Ahhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhhh!"
Tirek held Deadpool by the waist, then effortlessly ripped him in half. The sound of Deadpool's spinal cord snapping filled the air, and some of his intestines slid out of his body and onto the ground.
"Oh! Oh! Oh my Celestia! Sweet fuckin' Celestia! I can't feel my legs! I can't feel… Oh, right. They're right there."
Deadpool reached out towards his severed bottom half in Tirek's right hand. He then rubbed a hoof over his hindlegs.
"That's better," Said Deadpool.
Tirek growled in irritation before tossing both of Deadpool's halves towards the castle. Meanwhile, a weakened Celestia, Luna, and Cadance were resting in the throne room.
CRASH!
Suddenly, Deadpool's upper body burst through the throne room doors. He landed in front of the large throne in the center of the room. The sight of Deadpool missing his lower body horrified the Princesses. This was made worse by one of his intestines hanging out of his body.
"Hi Luna! Hi Cadance! … Hey Celestia," Greeted Deadpool, greeting Celestia with a flirty tone.
"Deadpool! How are you acting like your body is NOT torn in half?!" Asked Cadance.
"Please, this isn't the first time my hind legs were torn off. Speaking of hind legs, where is my lower body?"
THUD!
As if on cue, Deadpool's lower body landed in the throne room next to him. It landed with the hindquarters facing upwards towards the Princesses.
"Ha! Hey, Luna, looks like the moon is already out!" Remarked Deadpool while pointing at his ass.
Despite the serious situation, Princess Luna couldn't help but facehoof herself from Deadpool's remark. Suddenly, the ground began to shake. Knowing what was causing it, Princess Celestia stood up to face the door. Lord Tirek then entered the throne room, tearing the doors off of their hinges. He stood behind Deadpool, his shadow looming over him. He then set the doors down and grabbed both halves of his body.
"Have you Princesses really gotten so fearful of losing your magic that you have hired delusional ponies dressed in ridiculous costumes to fight your own battles?" Asked Tirek.
"Don't you think calling Shining Armor delusional and calling him out on his get up is a bit much?" Asked Deadpool obviously.
"Put him down, Tirek. This does not need to escalate any further," Said Celestia.
"You're right, it doesn't."
Tirek began to drain Deadpool of his magic. His upper body spasmed as he was being drained of his magic. In a matter of seconds, he was completely drained. Both halves of his body were then slammed into the floor, causing a couple bones to break. Tirek then grabbed both doors, and swung them down towards him.
SPLAT!
"WADE!" Cried the Princesses in unison.
The force of impact from the doors and Tirek's immense strength caused Deadpool's body to burst. When Tirek lifted the doors, all that remained of him was blood, scattered pieces of bone and flesh, and a few torn strips of fabric from his suit. He tossed the blood-stained doors aside, and walked over to the Princesses. Seeing Deadpool turned into nothing but paste left the Princesses trembling.
"He… He can't be dead… He can't be…" Muttered Cadance while shedding a few tears.
"I want to believe he will be alright, but even with his healing factor, can he really survive from nothing but blood and bone fragments?" Asked Luna fearfully.
"I… I don't know, sister," Replied Celestia.
"As you said, Princess Celestia, this doesn't need to escalate further. Just surrender your magic to me, and you all won't meet the same fate as him," Said Tirek coldly.
"You monster! How could you do this?!" Cried Cadance furiously.
Ignoring Cadance, Tirek used his magic to grab Celestia. He then opened his mouth to steal her magic, only to discover she had no magic for him to steal. This left him angrily confused.
"What have you done?!" Asked Tirek furiously.
Celestia didn't give him a reply. She only smirked at him. Tirek grabbed Luna and Cadance, and tried to steal their magic. Just like with Celestia, he found that they had no magic.
"WHERE IS YOUR MAGIC?!"
BOOM!
Meanwhile, at the Golden Oak Library, Twilight was continuing to have problems with controlling her powers. She had just accidentally blown up the front door.
"I have to gain better control. I sure can't practice here."
Twilight galloped away to go to a safe location to practice control over her magic. Seeing her leave, Spike ran after her.
"Uh, Twilight, where are we going?" Asked Spike.
"Oh, uh, hi, Spike. Uh, gotta go… somewhere… else."
Not wanting Spike to find out about her new power, Twilight decided to fly to a private location, so she couldn't be followed.
BOOM!
The moment she took off into the air, Twilight created a shockwave that sent Spike flying. She was flying at supersonic speeds, creating a purple trail with a pink streak and a sparkle effect behind her.
"Waaaaah!"
Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was standing on top of a cloud. She was looking for any signs of trouble.
"Whoa!"
Twilight flew right by her, and another shockwave caused the cloud she was standing on to break up and caused her to spin. Once she finally stopped spinning, she watched Twilight disappear into the distance.
"Whoa! Twilight?"
Deciding to follow her, Rainbow Dash flew in her direction, leaving her own rainbow trail behind. Down on the ground, the rest of their friends saw Twilight and Rainbow Dash fly off into the distance. Nodding to each other in agreement, they decided to follow after them.
"Yiiiipe!"
CRASH!
Twilight flew towards the ground, and ended up crashing on the outskirts of Ponyville. Thankfully, she managed to control herself, and stopped on her haunches. Her landing left a furrow into the ground. Her friends caught up with her, and they rushed over to check on their friend.
"Oh my goodness, are you alright?" Asked Fluttershy.
"Jumpin' june bugs, Twilight! When did you learn to fly that fast?!" Asked Applejack in disbelief.
Twilight's horn crackled with more energy as she tried to come up with an excuse to hide her powers.
"I must have caught a particularly strong breeze…" Twilight suddenly teleported next to Rarity, which didn't go unnoticed. She was starting to sweat nervously. "... or something."
"Must have been 'or something', because there wasn't any breeze up there," Said Rainbow.
"I don't know what happened, but I don't really have time to figure it out right now," Said Twilight.
"Another visit to the Castle of the Two SIsters, I presume? We'd be more than happy to accompany you!" Said Rarity.
Oblivious to Twilight's secret, all of her friends smiled at the suggestion of accompanying her.
"Not today!" At that moment, Twilight had another energy surge. "Tirek may still be a threat. I need you all to stay here and encourage everypony to remain inside."
Twilight was about to fly off, but, remembering what had just occurred, opted to walk to the Castle of the Two Sisters instead. As she walked on the trail leading to the Everfree Forest, her friends watched out of confusion and concern for Twilight's sudden change in behavior.
Meanwhile, at Canterlot Castle, a smug Lord Tirek sat in Celestia's throne while she and Princesses Luna and Cadance sat on the floor in front of him. They occasionally passed glances at the section of the floor where Deadpool was smashed. He had yet to regenerate, which concerned them greatly.
"Getting rid of your magic, so that I cannot take it from you? That was your plan? How does it feel, knowing that soon, every pegasus, unicorn and earth pony will bow to my will, and that there is nothing you can do to stop it?" Asked Tirek wickedly.
"You will not prevail, Tirek," Said Celestia sternly.
"Give my regards to Cerberus."
Tirek used his magic to open a large purple portal surrounded by fire above the Princesses. He then used telekinesis to lift all three princesses and toss them into the portal before closing it, sealing them in Tartarus. Having payback for his own imprisonment gave Tirek great satisfaction.
"You meant 'our' will, didn't you?"
Discord appeared next to one of the throne room's many stained glass windows. He was currently controlling a glass art form of himself, making it control glass art forms of Celestia, Luna, and Cadance like a puppeteer. The majority of the other windows had been tampered with, replaced mostly with images of himself.
"Of course. Here, I want you to have something." Lord Tirek removed the medallion around his neck, and presented it to Discord. "This was given to me by someone very close to me. I give it to you as a sign of my gratitude and loyalty."
Tirek tied the medallion around Discord's neck. The latter held it in his hand to admire it.
"Oh, my! I do love a good accessory. I suppose that's Rarity's influence," Said Discord.
Lord Tirek was looking at one of the stained glass windows that Discord tampered with. It had him and Discord standing together, the former wielding a sword while the latter was wielding a long submarine sandwich. Seeing this caused Tirek to laugh.
"Amusing. But we have no time for such things. With the princesses out of the way, we can now-"
Tirek cut himself off when something caught his eye. He looked at a stained glass window, the one depicting Princess Twilight Sparkle.
"... Is THIS meant to be HUMOROUS?!" Asked Tirek very irritably.
"Oh, no, I haven't touched that one yet," Answered Discord.
"There's a fourth? And you did not tell me this?" Questioned Tirek.
"I just needed some assurance that you truly considered this a 'team' effort. And now I have it," Said Discord while holding the medallion.
"Then where can we find this 'fourth princess'? Where is 'her' castle?" Asked Tirek.
"Castle? (Laughs) No, Princess Twilight lives above a library in Ponyville. Castle?" Said Discord while laughing to himself.
"Not for much longer."
Tirek stomped towards the exit. As he did so, he surrounded the window of Twilight in his magic. The window slowly began to melt away the image of Twilight.
A few minutes later…
After Tirek and Discord left, the throne room was completely empty. There was plenty of evidence of their visit, including the broken doors, the altered stained glass windows, and the remains of Deadpool on the ground. His blood still stained the floor and fragments of his skeleton and his flesh were scattered across the room.
Suddenly, a single drop of blood began to move. Another one began to move, and it fused with the other. Soon, many drops of blood were merging with each other. The bone fragments merged with each other and the blood, and an entire earth pony skeleton was formed in under a few minutes. Next, an entire muscle system regenerated around the skeleton. And finally, heavily scarred flesh healed over the muscles. Deadpool had his body completely regenerate from just a few cells! He was bare naked from his suit being torn up. But that was nothing compared to the sheer pain of his entire body having gone through the healing process, causing him to cry out in sheer agony.
"Motherfucker! That was easily some of the worst pain I've ever been through! I now have an idea of how Wolvie must have felt when he was reduced to a nuclear charred skeleton!"
Deadpool inspected his surroundings. He noticed the Princesses were no longer in the room.
(Looks like Tirek had his way with the Princesses.)
(I hope they're not dead! Twilight would never let us hear the end of it!)
(Speaking of Twilight…)
Deadpool looked at the window that used to depict his marefriend, noticing that it was melted down. A pit instantly formed in his stomach.
"Oh, fuck! He knows!"
(Damn you art! Always revealing the truth!)
(We need to find her before Tirek does.)
"No shit, Einstein!"
(I hope the train is still operable.)
"Forget the train! We need to get to Ponville now with the private transport service of scene transition!"
Meanwhile, all of Deadpool and Twilight's friends were gathered on the streets of Ponyville. They were completely empty otherwise, and all of the stores and houses were bordered up with plywood.
"All right, y'all. I think we've warned everypony to stay inside," Said Applejack.
"I'm sure Discord will catch Tirek and this will all be over soon," Said Fluttershy confidently.
"I'll bet he takes his sweet time," Said Rainbow.
"Or perhaps these things just take time."
Everyone turned around and saw Discord. Unaware of his treachery, Fluttershy hugged him. At least he returned the hug with a smile.
"You're back! Did you bring the cucumber sandwiches?" Asked Fluttershy obliviously.
"I did. I imagine they'll be your-"
"Get away from him!"
Right behind Discord, Deadpool galloped towards everyone frantically.
"Ah! A large talking chihuahua!" Cried Pinkie in panic.
"Um, Pinkie, that's Wade," Said Fluttershy.
"Oh…" Said Pinkie while chuckling nervously.
"I was just recently turned into a blood stain on the floor, and now I've been compared to an ankle biting dog, even though I obviously look like Ryan Reynolds mixed with a shar-pei. My day has been great!" Said Deadpool sarcastically.
"Um… Sorry, Wade," Said Pinkie sincerely.
"It's okay, Pinkie. We're still BFFs. Why was I here again?"
As Deadpool was trying to remember why he was here, all of his friends noticed that his eyes were lacking any color, and that his cutie mark was gone.
"Deadpool, your eyes and your cutie mark! What happened to you?" Asked Rainbow.
"Oh yeah, that's why I'm here! You all need to get away from Discord! In the words of Admiral Ackbar, it's a trap!"
SNAP!
Deciding he had enough, Discord snapped his fingers. Deadpool and all of his friends were placed in a large metal cage. Just about everyone except Fluttershy were crying out in anger or confusion.
"Ta-da!" Exclaimed Discord.
Lord Tirek appeared, and rested his large muscular arms on the cage that was holding everyone hostage.
"You've gathered up all of them?" Asked Tirek.
"And her little dragon, too." As Discord pointed at him, Spike tried to bite his finger but was unsuccessful. "And it seems Deadpool can survive just about anything."
"That creature is Deadpool? I can see why he covers himself up with that suit. It doesn't matter that he survived, without his magic or his weapons, he is too weak to stand a chance against me. Soon, the rest of them and Princess Twilight will be powerless against me, too."
While Tirek was gloating, Discord noticed his former friend Fluttershy was crying while Applejack embraced her.
"Why are you doing this? I thought we were friends!" Said Fluttershy tearfully.
"Oh, we were. But Tirek offered me so much more than just tea parties. Surely you saw this coming."
"I didn't. I really didn't…"
Deadpool reached out and grabbed Discord by the neck, and forcefully slammed his face into the metal bars to make him look him in the eyes.
"Congratulations, Discord. You just committed the ultimate sin - you made Fluttershy cry. When I get out of this cage, and I will, I'm gonna cut open your long neck, and use your trachea as a jump rope!"
Discord teleported out of Deadpool's grasp before waving his hand dismissively.
"Yes, yes. The self-righteous hero will break free and save the day. Do what you need to do, Tirek."
Not needing more encouragement, Tirek lifted the cage into the air. He then opened his mouth, and consumed everyone's magic except for Deadpool. As he did so, Discord couldn't watch his former friends be drained of their magic, so he looked away out of guilt. Once Tirek was done, he dropped the cage. Everyone save for Deadpool was lying on the ground weakly, having been drained of their magic. With all of their magic in his system, Lord Tirek grew taller than some buildings, hair grew from the top of his head and his beard grew longer, and his arms got even more swole that his bracers snapped off.
"You really think she'd do anything for them?" Asked Tirek.
"If Twilight has magic to give, it will be yours. Soon there won't be a pegasus, earth pony, or unicorn who will be able to stand up against us," Said Discord manically.
"US? Who said anything about us?"
"You did."
Discord suddenly found himself in Tirek's magical grasp.
"You've helped me grow strong, you've provided the means by which I can obtain Princess Twilight's magic, and now you are no longer of any use to me."
Tirek drained Discord of all of his magic, growing even taller. He dropped him onto the ground, and he began to walk away. Discord grabbed the medallion he was wearing, and held it towards his former partner.
"But you said this was a sign of your gratitude and loyalty. A gift from someone close to you," Said Discord weakly.
"My brother who betrayed me. It is as worthless as he is."
As Lord Tirek walked away, Discord watched in utter disbelief.
"Loving to use ponie's own words against them, surely you saw this coming. After all, it's such a standard super villain cliché," Said Deadpool.
"I didn't. I truly didn't…"
Meanwhile, Twilight was sitting on a ledge overlooking the Castle of the Two Sisters.
"I can do this," Said Twilight determinedly.
She concentrated her magic into her horn, and teleported onto a rock below.
"See! Ha! Perfectly controlled teleportation-"
Suddenly, Twilight unwillingly teleported to the Canterlot Castle. She then teleported to a waterfall, then to Appleloosa before finally teleporting back to the Castle of the Two Sisters. She ended up wedged between two giant rocks. She growled in frustration.
"PRINCESS TWILIGHT!"
"(Gasp) Tirek!"
"You have something that belongs to me!"
Twilight burst her way out of the rocks, shattering them into little pieces. She flew past Tirek, and tried to lose him. She ended up in a large clearing, but as she landed she crashed into something. She looked up to see it was one of Tirek's giant hooves.
"You're going to give me what I want!"
Tirek was going to absorb her magic, but Twilight teleported away. Whether it was because of her will to avoid Tirek at all costs or she was just lucky, she teleported onto the balcony of the Golden Oak Library. She looked into her telescope, and found Tirek in the clearing. He looked in her direction, and fired a large beam of magic towards the library. Reacting quickly, Twilight teleported inside.
KA-BOOM!
"AHHHHH!"
Twilight teleported out of the library just in time, holding her pet owl, Owlowiscious in her grasp. They were sent flying from the explosion, and they landed harshly onto the ground.
GASP!
Twilight looked in horror as she saw the damage. Pieces of paper fell from the sky like snow, the ground was littered with burning books, and the Golden Oak Library was decimated. The library, her home, was utterly destroyed. She tearfully looked at the remains of her home as she let Owlowiscious out of her grasp, giving him the chance to fly to safety. With rage coursing through her being, she lit up her horn and teleported above Tirek.
She charged up all of the magic in her being, and fired a massive magical beam at Tirek. He used his arms to try to block the attack, but he was sent back several yards. A colorful, powerful magical explosion shook the land. Tirek stood up from the furrow that was created as a result of him being blown back. Twilight landed in front of him, glaring into his soul with a look of vengeance.
"Now I understand what your fellow princesses have done!" Said Tirek with a wicked grin.
Twilight charged up her horn, and the ground beneath her began to shake. She flew into the air, leaving a magical trail behind her. As she flew towards him, Tirek fired a beam of magic towards her. She blocked the attack with a magical shield, then teleported below him. She cast her own beam of magic, hitting him directly in the face.
"Ahhh!"
Tirek grabbed her through telekinesis, and threw her towards a mountain.
"AHHHHHH!"
THUD!
When the dust settled, Twilight laid in a large crater. She had a force field around her body, which protected her from the impact.
"GRRRGGHHH!"
Tirek leapt towards her, and he rammed into her. His headbutt was so powerful, they cut right through the mountain. Twilight teleported above him, and created a powerful burst of magic that slammed him into the ground. She then flew towards him, and hit him directly with a beam of magic. When the dust settled, there was no sign of Tirek. As soon as Twilight landed on the ground to catch her breath, a beam of magic burst from the ground. It cut the ground around her, and she felt the earth beneath her lifted into the air. Tirek was revealed to have been underneath the ground, and held the large chunk of earth she was standing on. He then tossed it, and she flew off just in time to avoid getting squashed.
As she flew towards him, he slammed his fists in the ground. The impact caused multiple rocks to jut out in her direction. She used her magic to break each one, then fired a burst of magic towards him. He fired his own burst of magic, and they both collided with each other. This resulted in an explosion, and a blinding light engulfed the area. When the light faded away, both Twilight and Tirek were buried under several rocks. They effortlessly got out from underneath, and glared at each other. They both knew that they were equally powerful, and their battle could carry on for many more hours without either combatant losing to the other.
"It appears we are at an impasse. How about a trade, Princess Twilight?"
SNAP!
Lord Tirek snapped his fingers, and all of Twilight's friends appeared in their own bubble. Deadpool, Spike, Fluttershy, even Discord were trapped. She suddenly felt a wave of fear as she saw her friends at Lord Tirek's mercy.
"Their release for all the alicorn magic in Equestria," Said Tirek.
All of her friends except for Discord were begging for Twilight to not give him her magic. Discord was just sulking in his bubble.
"What's it going to be, Princess?" Asked Tirek.
"Don't do it, Twilight!" Cried Rainbow.
"Don't accept his deal, Twilight! Once he has the alicorn magic, we are all good as dead anyway! Just get out of here!" Said Deadpool.
"We aren't worth it!" Added Fluttershy.
"Oh, but you are, Fluttershy. You're the pony that taught me that friendship is magic. I had magic and friendship, and now I don't have either," Said Discord glumly.
"ENOUGH! I want an answer, and I want it now!" Demanded Tirek.
Twilight looked at all of her friends. As she looked at each of them, a different color of the rainbow flashed across their bubbles. Her irises flashed into the colors of the rainbow. At that moment, she knew exactly what she needed to do.
"I will give you my magic, in exchange for my friends," Said Twilight.
Her friends gasped out of shock from her choice.
"As you wish."
SNAP!
Tirek snapped his fingers, and everyone except for Discord was lowered to the ground and freed from their bubbles. Fluttershy looked up towards Discord, who was looking away in shame.
"ALL of my friends," Said Twilight sternly.
"After the way he has betrayed you, you still call him a friend?" Asked Tirek in disbelief.
"Release him!"
"If that's what you want."
Just like the rest of them, Tirek let Discord go. Stunned that she was willing to save him, Discord looked to Twilight.
"Thank you, Twilight." Discord directed his attention to Fluttershy, and whispered to her. "I'm sorry."
"I know," Said Fluttershy tearfully.
"Your turn."
Tirek opened his maw, and began to absorb all of the alicorn magic within Twilight. She screamed in pain as the magic was drained from her body. Once she was completely drained, she fell onto her side. Now with the alicorn magic in his system, Tirek grew to be several hundred feet tall. His power was now incomprehensible.
"YES!" Bellowed Tirek in triumph.
Now in the same state as the rest of her friends, she weakly tried to get up. All of her friends rushed over to her, and Deadpool helped her up.
"Twilight, what were you thinking?! Now we have a centaur kaiju that will destroy Equestria!" Said Deadpool.
"Ah-ahem."
Everyone looked towards Discord, who was rightfully looking guilty and regretfully.
"Tirek tricked me into believing that he could offer me something more valuable than friendship. But there is nothing worth more. I see that now. He lied when he said this medallion was given as a sign of gratitude and loyalty. But when 'I' say that it is a sign of our true friendship, I am telling the truth."
Discord removed the medallion around his neck and wrapped it around Twilight's neck. A rainbow flashed across the medallion, and Twilight's eyes suddenly regained their color. She gasped as a result.
"You think that might be the last one we need?" Asked Applejack.
"We have to get to the chest."
Twilight ran in the direction of the Tree of Harmony, and everyone followed after her. After a short walk, they arrived at the cave containing the chest and the Tree of Harmony. The five keys that were discovered were still in their locks. Twilight brought the medallion Discord gifted her up to the remaining lock. The medallion was enveloped in a bright light, and it turned into a key with a bow in the shape of her cutie mark. It then inserted itself into the lock.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake. Looking outside the cave entrance, Tirek was heading in their direction. He was decimating the Everfree Forest, clearing entire trees with his magic. They needed to hurry before he found them.
"Together! I think we have to do this together!"
Twilight and the rest of her mare friends walked up to the chest, and turned their respective keys. The top of the chest opened up, and a rainbow came out in a bright light. It arched towards the Tree of Harmony, and it was absorbed into the center of the Tree where Twilight's element was. Beams of light connected her element with the rest of the Elements of Harmony. The entire tree glowed, then beams of light came down from the heavens onto the Mane Six.
The light slightly faded away, and the ponies were revealed to have been transformed. Pinkie Pie had streaks of blue, orange, and yellow in her mane and tail, a blue bow was tied into her mane, and her hooves had balloon shaped markings on them. Rainbow Dash's mane was spiked back, her wings gained a rainbow color, and lightning bolt marks were on her hooves and beside her eyes. Applejack had streaks of red and pink in her mane and tail along with two green bows, her stetson hat had an apple mark, and hooves had apple marks along with additional apples around her cutie mark.
Fluttershy had streaks of aqua green, blue, purple, and dark pink in her mane and tail, her wings had pink and aqua green markings on them, and butterfly marks were on her hooves and around her cutie mark. Rarity had streaks of yellow, magenta, and blue in her mane and tail, and diamond-shaped marks were on her hooves and mane and tail. The last pony, Twilight, had an additional yellow streak in her mane and tail, her wings were edged in violet and pink, and symbols of her cutie mark were on her hooves.
They flew out of the cave and the ravine in an orb of rainbow light. Lord Tirek cast a powerful beam of magic at them, but the orb easily deflected the attack. He was surprised to say the least.
"How is this possible?! You have no magic!" Said Tirek.
"You're wrong, Tirek! I may have given you my alicorn magic, but I carry within me the most powerful magic of all!"
Twilight cast a beam of purple magic at Lord Tirek, causing him to stagger back. The rest of her friends cast their own beams of magic, forming into a rainbow of their respective colors.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Instantly, Lord Tirek was stripped of his power, returning to his weakened, feeble build. Before he knew it, he was returned to Tartarus locked into a cage. He sat down in utter defeat, doomed to continue serving his sentence. Meanwhile, Deadpool, Spike, and Discord watched from the edge of the ravine, and they cheered for their friends.
"For a boss fight that ends with the villain getting beaten by a rainbow friendship lazer, that was awesome! And also, Twilight and all of her friends in their rainbow forms - HOT!" Said Deadpool.
(Arousal levels at ninety-one percent and rising!)
(Boner engaged!)
"Do you think Twilight would be open to a polyamorous relationship?"
(Mmm… No.)
Suddenly, Twilight and his friends flew away in different directions. In a matter of minutes, they went around Equestria and returned the magic of every citizen. Meanwhile, in Tartarus, Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance, were sitting on the ground. Magically, chains that held them down faded away, and their magic was restored. Smiling, they all teleported out of Tartarus.
Back with Twilight and her friends, after returning all of the magic to Equestria's citizens, they returned to the Tree of Harmony. The rainbow light that was around them disappeared into the chest, and the top closed up. Suddenly, a rainbow burst towards the roof of the cave and it arched from the Everfree Forest to Ponyville. The chest then levitated off of the flower and entered the rainbow. It followed the arch to Ponyville, and buried itself into the ground. In mere seconds, a great crystal castle reminiscent in appearance to a tree rose out of the ground. Twilight and her friends teleported in front of the castle, beholding it's majesty. In that instant, they returned to their normal forms.
"Sweet Celestia! Are you all seeing what I'm seeing?" Asked Rarity.
"But… whose is it?" Asked Twilight in reply.
"I believe it is yours, Princess Twilight."
Turning around, everyone saw Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance. They were accompanied by Spike, Deadpool, and Discord.
"My castle… The library!"
Remembering what happened during her fight with Lord Tirek, Twilight ran to the Golden Oak Library. As she ran to the library, even though she knew the reality, she wanted to believe that it was alright. She arrived at the library, and to her disappointment, found it was still destroyed. All of her friends followed after her. Previously unaware that it was destroyed, everyone gasped out of surprise upon seeing the remains of the Golden Oak Library.
"Oh no…" Murmured Deadpool.
(Our guns!)
(Are you kidding me?)
(Uh… I mean… "Oh no!" "Twilight's house!")
(You're an asshole.)
Deadpool walked over to Twilight. She was looking at her home with tears in her eyes, and she placed a hoof on the scorched remains of the trunk of the tree.
"Twilight."
Twilight looked at Deadpool, then grabbed him into a hug.
"It's gone, Wade. Our home is gone," Said Twilight tearfully.
Deadpool looked over at the library when an idea came to him.
"Maybe not all of it is destroyed."
Deadpool walked over to what was formerly the main library and pushed aside some debris. Doing so revealed the steps that went to the underground level of the library. He galloped down the stairs, and rustling could be heard from downstairs. After a couple minutes, he came back up, pushing the living room couch up the stairs. He was also wearing his signature costume.
"Good news: the underground level of the house survived! Even the couch is in one piece! Everything I kept in here is safe too!" Deadpool reached under the couch cushions and pulled out several items. "My birthday card from your parents, the fancy sword Celestia gifted me, my stash of pooorrrrrrrrr… Portable beer cooler magazines! You, Spike, and I could just convert the underground level into a bunker home! We can get a new bed for Spike while you and I can get one of those convertible couch beds! Or we can sleep on this old beauty. Regardless, I call big spoon."
"I appreciate the optimism, Wade, but I don't think we can continue living here," Said Twilight glumly.
"Twilight, darling, I'm so sorry for what happened to your home. How about we go check out the castle to try to keep your mind off of it for a bit?" Asked Rarity.
Twilight nodded her head at her friend's suggestion. A few minutes later, the group walked through the corridors of the new castle.
"So, this is Twilight's new castle? Does her old home eventually get fixed and move back?" Asked Deadpool to himself.
(Sadly, no. For the rest of the series she stays in the castle, so Hasbro can sell more children's playsets.)
"...Noooooo!"
Everyone stared at Deadpool, and he smiled sheepishly under his mask.
"You've been wondering what you are meant to do as a princess. Do you know now?" Asked Celestia to Twilight.
"As princess, I believe I have the power to spread the magic of friendship across Equestria. That is the role I am meant to have in our world! The role I choose to have! But I didn't defeat Tirek on my own - it took all of us to unlock the chest!"
Twilight teleported next to her friends, and they all embraced each other in a group hug.
"Then it is unlikely you are meant to take on this task alone. You are now Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship. But what is the Princess of Friendship without her friends?"
Celestia stopped in front of two large golden doors. She opened the doors, and everyone was in awe from what's inside. Their eyes gazed upon a large throne room with a golden circle with Twilight's cutie mark in the center. Surrounding the circle were eight thrones, each one except for the small throne was marked with the cutie mark of each of the group of friends. Even Deadpool's logo was on one of the thrones.
As everyone admired the throne room, Twilight noticed Discord standing behind the door frame, looking dejected. Twilight smiled, then brought Discord over with her magic. He smiled with pure joy, and hugged all of his friends.
"Wait a minute, where's 'my' throne?!" Asked Discord.
"I don't think you're quite there yet," Replied Fluttershy.
"(Chuckles) Yes, well, I suppose not," Said Discord.
"That reminds me of something," Said Deadpool.
WHAM!
To everyone's surprise, Deadpool kicked Discord's right shin.
"That is for betraying Equestria!"
WHAM!
Next, he kicked Discord's left shin.
"That is for locking us all in a cage!"
KA-DONG!
"Eeeee…"
To finish him off, Deadpool kicked Discord right in the crotch, causing him to drop onto his knees.
"Ooohhh…" Cried all of their friends painfully.
"And THAT is for making Fluttershy cry!" Said Deadpool angrily.
"Ah… Fair enough…" Said Discord.
"That being said, welcome back to the side of good, pal." Said Deadpool while patting Discord's back.
"Feels great…" Said Discord sarcastically.
Twilight smacked Deadpool in the back of the head with her wing, while Fluttershy helped Discord up. Meanwhile, outside, all of Ponyville's residents gathered outside the castle. They looked in awe at the castle that appeared in their town. The front doors then opened up, revealing Twilight on the other side.
"Come on in, everypony! You're all invited to check out the new Castle of Friendship!"
The townsponies entered the castle, excitedly chattering to each other. As everyone gathered around the throne room, Discord walked up to Celestia. As a sign of apology, he made a bouquet of flowers appear in his hand, and gave them to her. She smiled at the gesture, and took them as a sign of forgiveness. Afterwards, he made a camera appear and placed it in the center of the room. He gathered all of his friends up just before the camera took a picture. Magically making the film develop, he gave it to all of his friends to look at. They all were smiling and waving at the camera, with Spike in the front, Discord in the back, Twilight and Deadpool in the center, and all of their friends around them.
Fin.
Hope you all enjoyed the latest chapter of "Deadpool: Mercenary of Harmony"! This two part insertion chapter of the epic season finale "Twilight's Kingdom" will serve as the concluding chapter of the season four arc of the story. The next set of chapters will take place during season five of the show "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic", so be sure to stay tuned! Until next time, this has been ThePhantomArchives, and I hope you all have a great day!