My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

Episode 27: My Enemy, My Friend Part 1

Recap: Last time, for as long as he could remember Toby Morrison had believed that his parents were George and Sasha Morrison. But after a startling revelation from Princess Luna, he discovers that he was only half right and quickly learns that the Princess he had looked up to for guidance for so long, also known as Celestia, is actually his true biological mother. Feeling betrayed and angered by her lie Toby stormed off and was later confronted by Luna. Then he was called back to Ponyville when a giant stone golem, released by an unwitting Gilda, attacks the town and seemed to have a death wish. Toby managed to find a way to communicate with it and discovered how much pain it was feeling. But before he could help it, the golem was destroyed by an unknown assailant, and because he was connected to the creature Toby felt it die in his mind and was left deeply traumatized.

It was a bit foggy during this particular afternoon in Ponyville and not much was going on at the moment, barely anypony was out doing anything, mainly due to the cruddy weather that the Pegasi were forced to cook up.

Because it was so quiet and empty, no pony noticed a hooded figure walking down the stone pathways of the town alone and quietly and in an almost zombie like fashion. That person was in fact Toby Morrison, and he still had that same depressed look on his face that he had gained after uncovering the secrets of his true parentage not too long ago.

Yet, despite the sad and defeated look on his face there was also a burning fire in his eyes, indicating that he was extremely angered deep down. No doubt after feeling betrayed by a person he thought he could trust AKA Celestia. Along the way he twitched, every now and then. Images of the golem flashed in his mind and the pain of it dying in his head still remained as he held his throbbing skull while he walked down the empty path.

He spotted a rock that was in his way and kicked it hard, so hard that it flew off far into the distance and quickly vanished from sight before making a small 'boom' sound.

Toby sighed and clenched his fists, he seemed to be looking for somepony or something to fight.

Suddenly a giant dinosaur like creature dropped down in front of him. It had gray skin, blue shells on its shoulders and its spikes were brown and vein-like and longer, similar veins appear on his arms. It had a blue helmet with three spikes on the top, and two on the bottom and resembled a triceratops.

The creature before him growled at him angrily while Toby just stared at it with an equally angry look on his face.

"You should probably run home big guy… I'm in a very bad mood." Toby warned it. The creature continued to glare and growl angrily at him. "You wanna play it that way? Ok?"

The creature roared and charged toward him but Toby easily flipped over it, turned around and when it turned to face him again Toby punched it in the gut so hard it staggered, dropped to its knees almost immediately, and shatteredall the windows nearby.

"Alright ugly, let's see how much punishment you can take!" Toby growled before side kicking it in the face and sending it flying. He watched as it crashed into a giant, far off mountain and caused it to crumble away as soon as it crashed into it.

"Hmph, pitiful," he muttered.

Toby then a heard a crashing noise and saw two thuggish looking stallions rushing down the street with bags of bits on their backs.

They both looked back and laughed at their handy work before bumping right into an angry looking Toby and falling over.

"Hey! What's the big…" One of them began before he fully saw Toby. "Oh…"

"Yeah… 'Oh…'." Toby nodded, with a serious tone.

His accomplice gulped. "We're completely doomed, aren't we?"

"One hundred percent." Toby responded, darkly as he began to crack his knuckles whilst walking towards the terrified duo who held each other tightly as they screamed at the top of their lungs while Toby began to beat them up. Their screamed echoed throughout the town as well as the sounds of Toby pounding them and possibly breaking their bones.

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Meanwhile, deep inside a very dim cavern, a magically created image that resembled a floating TV screen lit up the darkness a bit and showed multiple images of the girl, Spike and the Princess' and especially Toby. The screen appeared to be watching his every move as he walked alone through town with a very depressed look on his face. There also appears to be somepony watching the screen as it was being displayed in front of him.

The being was mostly covered in shadows but the cackling voice was a dead give away to who it really was, the master of chaos himself; Discord.

"Excellent! Well done, my dear." he said, seemingly out loud.

He still appears to be inside the cage Toby put him in but below him the floor was partially littered with notes, books, maps, and other types of equipment.

"In fact, you've done very well! I admit was a smidge hesitate to try this out but now… you've managed to prove yourself my most reliable accomplice." The chaotic spirit smirked to another shadowy figure behind him. "And don't worry yourself, all your hard work is about to pay off… for today… you strike."

The shadowy figure was completely covered in darkness but what could be seen were two purple large purple eyes.

"And by the time Celestia raises her precious sun and shines her oh so precious light…" he continued. "Toby Morrison will be annihilated."

The figure's eyes briefly flashed yellow as they narrowed. "Good." The figure said, the voice was defiantly female.

"Now go on now, your friends might get worried." Discord told her. "After all… you are the one who brought them all together… and the one who will tear them apart."

The shadowy female figure chuckled evilly before a cloud of smoke washes over her and when it was gone, so was she. Discord began to laugh evilly inside his large cavern, which echoed a little bit.

"Hey! Nice echo!" he remarked before shouting. "Hello!"

"Hello!" The echo said back.

"How are you?" Discord asked.

"How are you?" His echo said back.

"I asked you first." The chaotic spirit pointed out.

"I asked you first." The sound echoed back.

"Oh yeah, that's REALLY mature, saying exactly what I say." The spirit of Chaos said, sarcastically.

"Oh right, that's REALLY mature, saying exactly what I say." The echo said back, just as sarcastically as he did a few seconds ago.

Discord paused before saying… "I'm an idiot!"

"You're an idiot!" The echo suddenly shot back.

"Alright fine! I'm not talking to you anymore!" Discord said in a now hushed tone. "In fact, I'm going to whisper! So that by the time my voice reverberates off the walls, and gets back to me, I won't be able to hear it!"

There was a long pause before the echo finally said something unexpectedly without him even saying anything. "You're an idiot!"

This spooked Discord before making him silent as the darkness completely consumed the cavern and himself.

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Around the same time, deep inside Canterlot Castle, the Princess' of the Moon and Sun as well as four of ponies who wielded the elements of harmony, specifically Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, plus their dragon friend Spike all either sat or stood around the throne room deep in thought and looking greatly sad.

No pony said a word, even Pinkie Pie was uncharacteristically quiet and depressed instead of the usual cheerful, bubbly, pony she normally was. Her puffy mane was flattened and fell around her shoulders.

Rainbow Dash then burst into the room, everypony turned towards her.

"Well?" Luna asked her, expectedly. "Any sign of him?"

"Nothing." Rainbow replied. "Locals did spot him around town but only for a short time, they also mentioned him just walking around like some mindless zombie!"

"Ooh… he must be in so much pain…" Fluttershy said, sympathetically.

"Indeed… and it was all my fault…" Luna griped.

"No Luna… you did what was right… I should have just told him sooner… maybe… maybe then he wouldn't be in so much pain." Celestia said, depressed.

"Sooner or not… it wouldn't have changed anything." Luna told her.

"I suppose you are right…" Princess Celestia admitted as her younger sister gave her a comforting nuzzle.

"Hey, where's Twilight?" Rainbow Dash wondered, finally noticing her friend's non appearance in the room.

"She said in her letter that she'd be on her way." Spike replied. "She still searching on her end at the moment."

"Great…" Rainbow Dash muttered.

"Well I'm still sore we couldn't find him anywhere…" Applejack confessed.

"As I am, after all how hard could it be to find one human?" Rarity questioned.

"Apparently… very hard…" Fluttershy stated.

"Yeah… he must be the best hide and seek player like… ever!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

"Ah, we'll find him, don't you guys worry!" Rainbow Dash declared.

"Yeah? We'll we're still depressed away…" Spike said, as he took out a gem and bit a piece off. He sighed. "Not even a good gem can lift my spirits."

"Or a good cake." Pinkie added, holding out a cake which she plucked out of seemingly nothingness.

"We know how you both feel…" Fluttershy said.

"Yep… sitting on a cactus wouldn't hurt as much as this…" Applejack bemoaned.

"Man… I can't believe Toby just left like that!" Rainbow Dash proclaimed, frustrated. "And without telling us where he was going or when he'd even be back? The jerk…"

"Well you can't help but feel bad for him… I mean he did learn a shocking truth not to along ago." Rarity reminded her.

"Yeah, he found out that Princess Celestia was his Mom and not that other lady." Pinkie Pie added.

"Plus he learned that… he's not entirely human after all…" Fluttershy said. "Also… he's a Prince."

"I still don't get why he doesn't just come back and make up with Princess Celestia already." Rainbow stated. "I mean, she and Princess Luna are like his only blood relatives here and now he's found out that his 'Mom' isn't actually dead! What's the big deal?"

"The big deal is that he feels like his life has been a lie… thanks to me." Celestia said, solemnly.

"So… next time you find out your true parent has been keeping his or herself a secret from you this whole time let me know how well you function 'little miss sensitive'." Applejack frowned at Rainbow Dash. "Still I suppose he is blowing it out of proportion a little bit."

"I can hardly blame him." Luna confessed, making everypony turn to her. "For you see… there is a thin line between love and hate. The reason why Tobias is so upset is because he trusted Celestia for long and after finding out the truth about himself he now feels like she betrayed him…"

"Uh… your point?" RD asked.

"He is only upset because he still cares." Princess Luna replied. "Right now his judgement is clouded but sooner or later he will begin to think clearly."

"Yeah? Let us know when that happens." Rainbow muttered.

"I certainly hope it does." Celestia stated.

"We all do Princess." Applejack told her.

"Well… it might take a while." Spike admitted. "Remember; Toby isn't exactly the forgiving type."

"Oh, believe us Spiky-boo… we know…" Rarity said, holding him tightly which cheered him up a bit. "Not to mention that trauma tends to linger for quite a bit."

"Indeed fair Rarity, for even I am still shaken by these recent events, one can only imagine how this youth fairs." Princess Luna mused.

"So what do you think it's gonna take to get Toby to forgive you and move on?" Rainbow Dash questioned their monarch Celestia.

"At this point Rainbow Dash… I honestly do not know…" Princess Celestia admitted. "Right now that boy is lost in the darkness, he may never forgive me… and if that's the case… he may be lost to us forever…"

"I miss Toby…" Pinkie said, sadly as she lowered her head.

"We all do, sugercube." Applejack comforted her by patting her on the back. "We all do."

"Of all the worst things that could happen to us this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!" Rarity exclaimed, dramatically, which caused literally everypony present to stare at her blankly. "What? I told you I mean this time! I swear!"

Pinkie thought for a second before she got an idea. "Hmm… maybe I could throw him a cheering up party!" she suggested, her mane becoming puffy again as she relished in the excitement of the idea.

"Uh… I'm afraid a simple party won't fully heal everything that has happened, Pinkie Pie," said Fluttershy sadly. "You saw what happened earlier with the golem…"

"Oh yeah…" Pinkie Pie replied. "Shoot…"

"Nice try though." Applejack assured her.

"There's gotta be something we can do!" Rainbow Dash stated.

"Well if there is… I ain't seeing it!" Applejack said.

"Neither can I." Rarity confessed, lowering her head in shame.

"Or I." Pinkie added. She then looked in a mirror and turned to her friends. "Hey, do I look like I got something in my eye?"

"Uh… Pinkie? Kind of having a bit of a situation here!" Rainbow Dash stated.

"Oh, right… sorry…" The Pink Pony apologized.

"It's alright sugercube." Applejack comforted her. "We know your just trying to lighten the mood and we appreciate it… don't we?"

She looked toward Rainbow Dash disapprovingly as she said this and the cyan Pegasus chuckled a bit nervously.

"Man… if only Twilight were here." Spike muttered, I'd bet she'd know what to do."

"We can only wait for her to return a with more information at the moment." Princess Celestia stated.

"Yeah, I mean it's not like she's gonna just pop right in here at any second." Applejack added.

Twilight then magically appeared in the room, surprising everypony that was close by. She had a calm look on her face.

"Hey everypony, did you mention me?" she asked.

"Yeah! We did!" Pinkie Pie chirped. "In fact Applejack just said you weren't just gonna just 'pop right in here at any second' and poof! Here you are! And then…"

Applejack then stopped her before she could say the rest of the story. "I… think she gets it Pinks," she said.

"Twilight! Where were you?" Spike questioned. "You've been gone for almost three hours."

"Still trying to find Toby." Twilight replied, quickly.

"So whatcha find?" Rainbow inquired.

"Yes, please Twilight, is Toby ok?" Celestia added, concerned.

"He's fine, but… very angry." Twilight Sparkle responded.

"Big surprise…" Rainbow Dash muttered, dryly.

"Not like this. He's been hunting down various monsters and criminals and seriously hurting them." Twilight told her. "He's nearly killed them."

"But just bruises, he doesn't kill!" Pinkie pointed out.

"If he keeps going on like this… not for long." Twilight stated.

"He must be taking out all his pain on other poor criminals." Fluttershy said, sympathetically.

"Hey, so he's beating up a bunch of lunatic thieves, who cares!?" Rainbow Dash proclaimed. "He's still trying to help. You can't tell me that's wrong."

"Toby's intentions may have been good Rainbow Dash, but that boy has always ignored the consequences of his actions." Celestia stated.

"Can't really argue with that…" Spike admitted. The others all nodded in agreement.

"So where is he now?" Applejack questioned.

"At this house, he's holed up in there and placed a force field around it so nopony can get in." Twilight Sparkle replied. A magical black, old fashioned key then appeared in front of her. "I've created this key that should break through it and allow anypony to enter."

"If they can get close enough to get there and talk to him." Rarity added.

"That is kinda of a key factor…" Spike admitted.

"Oh, I'm sure he'll talk to us!" Pinkie Pie said, confidently.

"How can you be so sure?" Rainbow Dash asked her.

"Well duh! We're his friends! Why wouldn't he want to talk to us?" Pinkie pointed out.

"I don't know… he seems pretty mad…" Rainbow Dash said.

"Not to mention ponies… or people… that hole up somewhere and lock the door usually want to be alone." Twilight Sparkle added.

"Oh, come on! Nopony wants to be alone!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, still sounding sure of herself and smiling as best as she could.

"Well…" Twilight began.

"Ok, so we know where he is now. What's next?" Applejack asked.

"I'll go talk to him. Perhaps I can convince him to come back and talk to all of us." Luna said, as she began to trot away.

"Luna wait." Celestia called out, making her stop. "Somepony else should go."

"Celestia, he may be your son but he's also my nephew! And my student! I have to go!" Princess Luna stated. "I should have… I should have stopped him long before this…"

"Toby made his own choices Luna, you know that." Celestia reminded. "And you also knew the possible consequences to telling him the truth."

"But sister… he is part of our family!" Luna said, emotionally.

"And… he's also still a rebellious teenager, and for that very reason… a family member may not be the best choice right now." Celestia reasoned. "And besides… he's still not willing to talk to me… and I don't think he ever will."

"Then who?" Luna asked. Celestia then looked toward a certain rainbow maned pony standing amongst the others.

"Me? Uh… Hey, maybe it slipped your notice Princess but I ain't exactly the model of restraint myself!" Rainbow pointed out.

"Which is why I believe a word from you would have the most impact on Toby." Celestia reason. "Also… we all know that he has a special place in your heart, so I imagine you would be the most eager to help him."

"What? No he doesn't! I swear!" Rainbow Dash denied, turning away from them all to hide her blushing face.

Fluttershy leaned towards Spike. "Why is she denying it? Didn't just admit to us that she had feelings for him?" she pointed out.

"You really expect Rainbow Dash to admit her feelings to everypony?" Spike questioned in a deadpan tone.

"Good point…" Fluttershy admitted.

Dash then finally sighed. "Fine… I'll try and sweet talk the kid into not smacking down creeps, thugs and monsters who deserve it." Rainbow relented as she began to move to do the door. "But you guys best count yourselves luck if I don't' end up joining him myself."

"Thank you." Princess Celestia nodded, gratefully.

Twilight levitated the key over to her, as well as her saddlebag which she placed the key inside. "Here's the key, make sure you can get close enough to use it and then just touch it with it," she explained. "The magic from the key should do the rest."

"Got it!" Rainbow Dash said, with a nod as her saddlebag landed on her back.

The others watched as their friend walked out of the throne room to talk to Toby. Twilight's eyes suddenly flashed yellow, which she hide from everypony, and a frown appeared on her face as she began to walk away.

"I sure hope she can convince him…" Spike muttered. "What do you think Twi?"

Spike turned to the direction she was just at and was surprised to see that she had disappeared without any of them knowing.

"Twilight?" The baby dragon asked, surprised. "Where'd she go?"

"Pinkie Pie has gone too!" Rarity exclaimed. Everypony looked around and saw that she was right, Pinkie Pie was indeed gone, like she was never there at all.

"Dang flabit! Ah hate it when she does that!" Applejack said, annoyed.

"Any idea where they went?" Fluttershy asked them all. They all murmured with uncertainty. "Oh… well, I'm sure they are all fine… what's the worse then that could happen to them?"

As she said this, a snake like shadow watched them from a far and slithered away, completely unnoticed by all.

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At the same time, Rainbow had just gotten out of the area of Canterlot and was now zooming towards Toby's house as fast as she took. She narrowed her eyes a little when she saw something up ahead then began to try and forced herself stop as soon as she got a better look.

"Whoa!" she exclaimed as she skidded to a stop in mid air before she could hit the giant, translucent blue barrier that now surrounded Toby's tree house. Rainbow scanned it. "Boy… talk about locking yourself in…"

She then knocked on the wall of the force field, causing it's aura to ripple with each knock she made.

"Go away!" she heard Toby call out.

"You don't even know who it is!" Rainbow Dash pointed out.

"Who is it?" he said

"It's me, Rainbow!" The cyan Pegasus said.

"Oh Rainbow,… go away!" he said, loudly. Then a magical construct shaped like a hand appeared and turned her away from the bubble. "Oh, and don't let the boot hit you on the way out."

"The boot?" Rainbow echoed before the energy hand morphed into a large boot that kicked her in the hindquarters and sent her flying. She soon got herself to stop and turned to the force field rubbing her behind. "Ok, you want to do this the hard way? We'll do this the hard way!"

Rainbow then reached into her saddlebag and quickly took out the key with her mouth. As soon as the key made contact with the bubble around Toby's house a giant crack cut through the diameter of the entire dome. After the crack ran its course, the rest of the force-field totally collapsed, crumbling into bits of purple glass, which then vaporized into gold stardust.

"Wow… can't believe that worked..." Rainbow Dash remarked. "But then again I am awesome so there's really no surprise…"

She turned and saw the front doors to the tree house slamming open and a bright flash of light was emitted from inside it. She watched as somepony stepped out of the house. It was Toby, who now had large bags under his bloodshot eyes. His hair was completely messed up, full of tangles and knots and there were tears in parts of his clothes. All in all, the kid was a mess.

"Toby?" Rainbow Dash finally asked.

Toby then extended a hand and quickly created an energy construct sword out of thin air and pointed it at Rainbow Dash, startling her.

"Gah!" she exclaimed.

"What do you want?" Toby demanded with a low growl.

"Whoa! Let's keep things peaceful, hothead, I just want to talk. That's all. Honest." Rainbow Dash assured him.

Toby growled a bit but took a deep breath as he started to calm down. "Fine…" he said, now looking more calm as he made the sword disappeared

"Thank you…" Rainbow said, gratefully. "And be glad Rarity isn't her, she would kill you for messing up your clothes."

"I know. So what's with you anyways? I kinda expected my 'Mom' to show up and talk to me." Toby confessed, sourly.

"Yeah… well she knows how angry you are at her right now so…" Rainbow began to say.

"What's the problem? As if I have to ask." The human stated, as he leapt up and flew right in front of her.

"Let's just say your little stunt lately have everypony… deeply concerned." Rainbow Dash replied.

Toby placed his hands on his hips. "Got one question for ya Rainbow; do you think I'm wrong to be mad at Celestia?" he asked.

"Well… do you kinda have the 'moral high ground' as Twilight calls it…" Rainbow Dash admitted.

"Thank you!" Toby said, loudly.

"But calling her out on banishing Luna? Low blow." Rainbow Dash told him, her eyes narrowing at him fiercely.

"Ok, fine… that was dumb… but she deserved it." Toby stated, stubbornly as he walked to a farther part of the room and folded his arms.

"Oh, cry me a river! Look I know you think Celestia betrayed you, but you have admit she have some good reasons… even if she is in the wrong." Rainbow said to him.

"Uh… no I don't." Toby said.

Suddenly Pinkie popped out of the floorboard, much to their surprise.

"Aw, sure you can!" Pinkie told him, encouragingly. The other two just yelped, startled.

"Pinkie! What are you doing here?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I came to come help!" Pinkie Pie chirped.

"Help how?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

Pinkie shrugged. "I don't know. Anyway I could I guess!"

"Oh great…" Rainbow and Toby muttered, both very dryly and flatly at the same time.

"You were saying?" Toby asked Rainbow.

"I was saying that you got to this whole thing go already!" Rainbow told him. "Come on man, get over it!"

"I can't." Toby said, stubbornly.

"And why not?" Rainbow inquired.

"Yeah, why not? It's easy to let things go; like this balloon! See?" Pinkie said as she popped out a belong and let it float off, she watched it go with wide, child like eyes. "Ooh…"

"Man, don't you guys get it? Nothing is what I thought it was…" Toby told the ponies in front of him. "I can't even tell whose lying to me and who isn't!"

"Gosh… I never knew you felt that strongly…" Pinkie Pie remarked.

Toby crossed his arms. "Where have you been?" he questioned, in a deadpan voice.

"I still think your acting nutty, and this is coming from a pony whose done lots of nutty things!" Rainbow Dash pointed out.

"We know." The other two told her. Rainbow lowered her head, a bit annoyed.

"I don't even know who I am any more…" he admitted, sadly.

"Well we do! Your Toby Morrison, our friend! That's who!" Pinkie told him.

"Yeah, and our friend Toby wouldn't blame Celestia for what she did, even if he had the moral high ground!" Rainbow Dash stated.

"Look, I know that Celestia felt just as alone as I did, having only her duties and responsibilities to keep her company. That's probably why she latched onto Twilight and took her up as her favored pupil, to stave off her sense of loss and grief that stretches over centuries, literally." Toby admitted. "But still… she should have found a way to tell me sooner…"

"Did it ever occur to you that that there wasn't?" Rainbow questioned him with a raised brow and after folding her forearms.

"I don't know… I just… I just have so much anger." Toby breathed. "And no matter what you do or say Rainbow you can't contain it… it's a force of nature… like me."

"And me!" Rainbow Dash proclaimed.

"Uh… news flash! A force of nature can't really go anywhere if it's stuck it's house all day long." Pinkie Pie pointed out. "Duh! Boring."

"Don't you get it!?" Toby growled. "I don't have a place anywhere anymore!"

"Oh of course you do, silly!" Pinkie told him. "It's with us! Your friends!"

"With you?" Toby echoed, surprised.

"Yeah, we've always accept you, and we always will. Even if you are a hybrid or something." Rainbow Dash added. "Look, I know you always want to save us when we get into trouble… but you got to ask yourself Toe; when are you gonna let somepony rescue you?"

Toby looked away with a thoughtful expression on his face as he pondered Rainbow's gentle words.

"Look, the Princess just wants to talk to you, that's all she's asking." Rainbow said. "So if it's not too much trouble… Get yourself fixed up. March your rump over to the castle. And BE-HAVE!"

Rainbow Dash then flew out without another word. Pinkie stared at Toby blankly for a minute before putting on a smile.

"We'll see ya then!" she chirped before turning and hopping out of the house off the front porch. Toby looked down and saw then she was ok and still hopping away, he then turned away and began to ponder the offer.

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Later, most of the others were back in the Canterlot throne room with the Princess' waiting for Toby to show up so that he and Celestia could have a proper heart-to-heart chat about the events that have occurred recently.

"You sure this… intervention will work?" Celestia asked Luna.

"From what I have seen, both ponies and humans have the exactly same time of saying for that kind of question called… I don't know." Princess Luna shrugged, which made Celestia raise a brow at her. "But this is the only way to full reach him. Trust me, everything will be fine, sister."

"I certainly hope so…" Celestia breathed.

"Hey, where's Twilight?" Spike suddenly asked. Everypony then noticed that their unicorn friend was once again missing.

"Ok, this is getting old…" Rainbow muttered. "Where does she keep disappearing too!?"

"Beats me, sugercube." Applejack shrugged.

"Maybe she went to go find Toby?" Fluttershy wondered.

"She'd better be, all this waiting is causing me to sweat!" Rarity proclaimed as she levitated a fan over to cool herself off. Rainbow groaned in exasperation.

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Around the same time, Toby was walking down a long hallway inside the castle that seemed to be leading him straight for the throne room. He still seemed a bit mad and troubled, but also a bit calmer. Then a voice called out to him.

"Toby!" Twilight Sparkle called out. Toby then stopped in the middle of the hallway and stood before her, his hands deeply in his pockets.

"Twilight? What is it?" Toby asked, a bit impatiently.

"I want to talk to you," she replied, firmly.

"Yeah? Well I already have to speak with my 'Mom' right, so it'll have to wait, sorry," The human said as he began to walk past her, only for Twilight to magically push him back to where he was.

"Not so fast, we need to talk." Twilight stated.

"About what exactly?" Toby questioned.

"About you and Celestia." The unicorn mare replied, bluntly.

"What about us?" Toby inquired.

"Well I can't say I really approve how you've been treating her lately." Twilight Sparkle stated.

"Yeah, well you can hardly blame me to know." Toby pointed out. "Plus no offence, but from what I've heard you weren't exactly acting nice to her either so you're in no position to start pointing fingers."

That remark that Twilight's eyes narrow in anger, knowing that he was partly right.

"You… you know someone like you has no business acting all high and mighty you know!" Twilight Sparkle stated with a slight growl.

"Man, what's with the attitude anyway? That's not like you." Toby pointed out. "What happened to the calm and controlled Twilight?"

"It's none of your business." Twilight retorted, her eyes flashing yellow again.

"Ok then…" Toby said, slowly.

"I'd also like to point out that now that your royalty, you need to start acting a little more grown up you know!" Twilight pointed out.

"I'm not royalty, not until I'm officially crowned or whatever and I don't even want the crown!" Toby stated.

"Hey, you should be grateful! Your now a member of the royal family of Equestria! Doesn't that mean anything to you?" Twilight Sparkle questioned, loudly.

"No. I told you I'm not a Prince, I'm soldier!" Toby reminded her. "Why is that so hard for everypony to understand?"

"So is my brother you know." Twilight pointed out.

"Who you rarely ever mention, by the way." Toby countered, folding his arms.

"Well excuse me I've been a little distracted lately." Twilight stated.

"So have I." Toby said.

"Yeah, blasting apart anything and anypony around you." Twilight Sparkle countered.

"Hey! They were the bad guys! I was providing a public service!" Toby defended.

"And putting those 'bad guys' in the hospital!" The unicorn reminded.

"Like I don't do that already." Toby said, nonchalantly.

"Not like this." Twilight Sparkle said.

"Look, I'm really not in the mood for this…" Toby stated as he tried to get past her but she stopped him.

"You know, Toby, I've been a really nice to you a really long time. I've put up with your jokes and your attitude, and I've had it!" Twilight exclaimed. "Consider this a warning. As of today, little miss Goody-Four-Shoes has left the building."

"Is this the part where I'm supposed to be intimidated?" Toby asked, unfazed.

"No. This is!" Twilight Sparkle stated, loudly as she charged up her magic and fired a beam at him, but Toby easy managed to block it by putting up an energy shield around himself. It soon faded.

"Nice try Twi, but even you know how childish an attack like this and how easily it can be blocked." Toby said. "Remember? It was one the first things you taught me when we were practicing magic together."

Twilight growled in response, obviously frustrated.

"What's the matter? Am I making you nervous?" Toby questioned. "It looks like your trying to pick a fight with me and now your too scared to go through with it, is that it?"

"I'm not trying to pick a fight with you!" Twilight protested.

"That's not what your rising anger is telling me." Toby stated. "You know if you threaten somebody your just asking for a fight! And that's not like you Twi. Come on, let's just talk this over as equals while I still have control over my rising anger as well."

"There you go again. Acting all high and mighty!" Twilight said, angry. "You don't honestly think that we're equals when it comes to magic do you?"

"Heck yeah I do! All this time I never once thought that I was inferior to you in any way!" Toby stated.

"You're a complete and total embarrassment, do you know that?!" Twilight growled, her eyes flashing yellow again.

"Only because next to me your embarrassed by how weak you are! Isn't that right, Twilight?" Toby shot back.

"TOBY!" Twilight Sparkle screamed.

"TWILIGHT!" Toby shouted back.

They both charged toward each other at full speed. Toby attempted a jab but Twilight froze and blocked it with her magic and right hoof. The unicorn then tried to hit Toby with her free hoof but Toby grabbed it and stopped her as well. They then pushed each other way and ready themselves.

Twilight then she lunged forward, stood on her hind legs and attempted to strike a blow but was blocked by Toby every time who then side kicked her into the wall next to him. She then spun around and smacked him in the side of the face with her hoof before bucking him in the chest, knocking the air of out him.

Twilight smirked to herself as Toby backed up but was caught off guard when Mavis quickly ran toward her with her and tackled her down the stairs. They rolled and bounced off every step until they reached the ground and Twilight blasted them out of the hallway and through a nearby mirror, which shattered as they crashed right through it.

They were then sent flying out the window but Toby managed to unfold his wings and land safely on the ground of the castle courtyard. Twilight did a similar thing with her magic. They then faced each other again.

"Look… I didn't want to fight you before… but if you insist!" Toby declared.

"Let's just do this!" Twilight shot back.

"Your call." Toby said as they charged toward each other and began to fight once more.

The human kicked away the weapon she levitated up and engaged in hand-to-hoof combat with her. He put up both of his arms to shield himself from her bucking him in the face then kicked one of her forelegs, temporarily knocking her down. Shen then growled, charged up her magic and charged towards him, her horn pointed towards him.

Toby flipped over Twilight as she continued to charge toward him, spun around and put his two weapons near her neck, temporarily immobilizing her. But Twilight then hit him in the shin with her front hoof then used her magic to flip him into the air and land flat on his face. He swung his arm and tried to trip her but she ran off to a farther part of the courtyard. The human then got up and chased after her.

Toby then put up a magical construct wall to block her way and as she turned to him he leapt up and slammed his fist in her muzzle before spinning her around and punching her three times in the back. As he did so he failed to notice Twilight's horn glowing, she then caused a rock to come flying towards him and hit him upside the chin. He stepped back and readied himself again.

"Nice shot…" Toby admitted, rubbing his chin.

"Don't forget; you taught me everything you know." Twilight Sparkle reminded him.

"Yeah… but not everything I know." Toby stated.

"What?" The unicorn mare asked, surprised before Toby caught her off guard with a diving punch.

They soon engaged in simple combat again until Toby wrapped his arm around Twilight's neck, she then did the same and they quickly found themselves in a double headlock position until Toby flipped her around and kneed her in the face, which she responded with via magical blast that knocked him away.

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Meanwhile, while the two of them took their frustrations out on each other, everypony else was waiting for Toby to show up and they were all beginning to look impatient as some were tapping their hooves, or in Spike's case feet, over and over while others paced across the ground back and forth.

"Ugh! Where is Toby?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "I thought he was gonna show up by now!"

"Calm down, the boy's probably on his way right now but got held up by something." Applejack defended.

"Regardless, it is impolite to keep a lady waiting, let alone seven!" Rarity stated. She turned to Celestia. "Oh I am so sorry Princess."

"It is fine, I can wait a few more minutes." Celestia assured her.

Spike then leaned against the window and began to hear something that caught his attention. He then turned to the window and pressed his face against it to get a better look outside.

"Hey, what's going on out there?" Spike asked, looking out the window. Everypony then turned to him with curious looks then walked over to the window he was facing and gazed outside to see for themselves just what he was staring at. Their eyes all widened with shock when they saw just what it was

"Toby? Twilight?" Applejack asked, shocked at seeing the two of them still fighting outside in the courtyard.

"What are they doing?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

"I do believe that their fighting! And not just with words either!" Rarity realized.

"Yeah… and I think… I think they're actually trying to kill each other!" Fluttershy added, horrified.

"Have they lost it?" Rainbow Das exclaimed, questioningly.

"Well that's no fun!" Pinkie Pie remarked.

"We gotta stop them!" Spike exclaimed.

"I couldn't agree more!" Celestia proclaimed. "Come on!"

Celestia then began to lead everypony out of the throne room and towards the courtyard outside, where they hoped to stop their friends from seriously hurting each other… or worse.

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Twilight then rushed over, pressed her forelegs onto Toby's chest then pushed him back a few feet and made him lean against a statue. She used her magic to point a sharp object near his eye but before she could do anything he kicked her in face, knocking her back then stood up and kicked her again. He then took the object she was levitating and tossed it towards her, which she dodged by bending over backwards.

"I've had just about enough of this!" Toby cried, as he charged up a sphere of magical energy in his pam.

"Let's end this, Toby!" Twilight declared as she charged up her horn with her own magical aura just as the others arrived.

"Twilight!" Spike cried.

"Toby!" Rainbow Dash added.

"I'll win no matter what!" Toby cried.

"I'm not finished with you just yet!" Twilight stated, firmly before she and Toby both ran towards each other.

"STOP! NO!" Fluttershy cried as Twilight leapt up and dived toward him, horn first as he extended his arm and sphere towards her once she got close enough.

There was a loud explosion once their attacks hit each other, forcing everypony to shield their eyes from the intense light and shockwave rushing towards them all as the two attacks continued to clash.

Both of their attacks seem to be somewhat equal in power, though neither one seemed to be strong enough to overpower the other. As they continued to slam into each other, waves of their magical aura pulsated over and over again, shaking the whole area around them as if it was in the middle of an earthquake.

All throughout Canterlot, the shaking could be felt in heard. They all scream and cry out in panic as they struggled to hold onto something while the shaking continued all around them. Many flowerpots that were either perched on the edge of a window or hanging on a hook immediately fell and hit the ground with a crash.

"Man… this is getting intense!" Rainbow Dash cried.

"Oh somepony stop this!" Rarity hollered. Heading to her wish, Celestia shrugged a bit but managed to race over to where Toby and Twilight were currently struggling to overpower each other.

"TOBY! TWILIGHT! STOP!" Celestia pleaded.

"STAY OUT OF THIS!" Toby and Twilight exclaimed.

Eventually, there was a flash of light that occurred between their two blows, they energy exerted from their attacks eventually expanded and caused the two to be violently flung apart across the courtyard. They bounced and rolled a bit before finally skidding to a stop.

"TOBY! TWILIGHT!" The others all cried as they each rushed to their friend's side.

"Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy said, in a panicked tone. "Are you both ok?"

"Please, speak to us!" Rarity begged.

"Where's the boo-boo? Does it hurt?" Pinkie Pie inquired, looking for an injury.

"What was that just now?" Applejack questioned.

"Why were you two fighting?" Spike added.

"And who started it?" Rainbow inquired. They all gave her a stern look. "What? I'm just curious."

Princess Celestia then stepped forward. "Twilight. Tobias. Explain yourselves!" she demanded. "That was a completely reckless and unnecessary move you both did. You nearly destroyed Canterlot with your individual spells, which by the way were not the size you would aim at a friend."

"Yes, that was a bit… much for a simple magical duel." Luna agreed.

"Yeah, what's the matter with you guys!?" Rainbow Dash questioned. "We're you two really trying to kill each other!?"

"I… I…" Toby tried to say.

"It was none of your concern, Princess." Twilight hissed as her eyes glowed yellow. Her sudden venomous tone greatly surprised everypony.

"Twilight… what is going on? What has gotten into you?" The Princess of the sun asked her star pupil with a mixture of fear and shock.

"Just leave me alone!" Twilight cried as she angrily teleported away.

"Twilight…" Spike breathed. He then lowered his head sadly then turned to Toby who now had tears streaming from his face as the full impact of what he was just doing slowly sunk it. Everypony else around him all tried to comfort him as best as they could while Celestia put a comforting hoof on Spike's shoulder as they look to the horizon.

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Meanwhile, Twilight suddenly appeared inside her library and once she did her angry persona suddenly vanished.

"Wha…what… what did I just do?" she asked, in fear. "Did I really just fight Toby? No… No I couldn't have… I couldn't! Oh… what is happening to me?"

"Oh, nothing much…"

Twilight gasped when she heard the voice come out of nowhere.

"Huh? Who said that?" she asked out loud. The voice ignored her as it continued to speak from out of seemingly nowhere.

"It's just your new personality setting in."

Just then Twilight's eyes involuntary started glowing again but she quickly shut her eyes and groaned as she struggled to hold it back.

"No! This is not who I am!" Twilight protested loudly as she held her head tightly. As she continued to struggle the room around her began to become pitch black as items were swiftly pushed away. Twilight soon found herself on a giant white disk in the middle of a pitch black abyss. She heard of the sound of someone teleporting in front of her, looked up and saw the grinning fact of the draconequus known as Discord.

"Hello, Twilight Sparkle, did you miss me?" he asked. "I missed you."

"Discord!" The unicorn exclaimed.

Discord then sipped a cup of tea from out of nowhere. "I love what you've done with the place."

"How did you get out of your prison!?" Twilight demanded. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh Twilight… that's the beauty of this; I haven't left!" Discord admitted.

"Then how…?" The unicorn started to say.

"Well, my magic may be weak at the moment but it still exists… mainly in you." Discord confessed, which made Twilight's eyes widened. "You see, this here is your mindscape and you my friend have been helping me get my revenge on poor little Toby without even knowing it…"

"No..." Twilight breathed, horrified. "You mean… I… I'm a mole?"

"Yep! You have been my little inside mare. Gathering information on Toby and knowing just how and when to strike." Discord explained. "Thanks to you I knew that he couldn't find children, that's why I possessed those little rug rats, thanks to you I was able to strengthen my chaotic powers due to the chaotic events of going inside Pinkie Pie and dividing the world into two and that big golem you helped create. All thanks to you."

"No… no… No!" Twilight cried. "This is all your fault! You made me this way!"

Twilight tried to grab him but Discord simply disappeared and reappeared in the exact same stop while Twilight collapsed on the ground.

"Tsk, tsk, how rude! Trying to attack me before I properly explained myself!" Discord said, sounding offended.

"Explain yourself?" Twilight Sparkle echoed, turning to him.

"Look, my dear… when I was… ahem… zapping you with my magic… it was only because of Toby!" Discord defended. "He's the one you should be blaming, not me. I mean he brought you there, remember?"

"Your spell… your plan." Twilight breathed.

"Do I really look like a guy with a plan?" Discord asked in a deadpan tone. "You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just... do things. Toby has plans. Your friend's have plans. Celestia's has plans. You know why? Because they're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. But I'm no schemer Twilight. No. My job is to show how pathetic… their attempts to control things really are."

"So your saying Toby is to blame for this?" Twilight questioned. "You think he's the reason I've been slowly going insane!?"

"Yeah." Discord replied bluntly.

"Like I would ever believe you." Twilight retorted.

"Hey I just did what I do best. I took his little plan and I turned it on itself. Look what I did to this town with a bunched of messed up animals and funny tasting clouds. Hmmm? You know… You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go 'according to plan.' Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell that a monster will be tamed, or a bunch of guards will get turned into clowns, nobody panics, because it's all 'part of the plan'. But when I say that one little old mare will die, well then everyone loses their minds!" Discord exclaimed He placed a claw on Twilight's shoulder and then her eyes began to glow bright yellow now."Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm the Lord of Chaos, you know. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair!"

"Yes… fair…" Twilight said, sounding like a drone due to her flat tone.

"So what do you say?" Discord asked, smiling. "Are you in… or out?"

Twilight just continued to stare into space while Discord began to laughing manically at his work.

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Meanwhile, just outside of Canterlot Castle, Toby was with his friends as he pounded a large tree in frustration.

"Man… what was I thinking…!?" he questioned. "How could I be so blind! Letting me anger control me and allowing myself to fight Twilight… I was an idiot! I'm sorry… I'm so.. so… sorry…"

"Please no more Toby yelling at Toby!" Fluttershy urged him.

"Yeah partner, you made a mistake, beating yourself up ain't gonna fix it." Applejack added.

"Plus we forgive you! After all, friends don't stay mad at friends for long!" Pinkie Pie said.

"Though you can tell us why you were fighting." Rainbow Dash pointed out.

"Rainbow!" Rarity scolded.

"I'm just asking!" Rainbow Dash defended.

"I don't know… I was on my way to talk to Princess C… then Twilight showed up and started talking to me, then we started arguing, she attacked me, I struck back… then… we'll you know the rest."

"She attacked you?" Spike asked, surprised. "Huh, that's not like Twi…"

"Yeah, she's acting funny lately." Rainbow Dash remarked.

"And not a ha-ha

"Yes, but why?" Rarity wondered.

"I don't know… but from the looks of things it seems that we got bigger issues to worry about right now!" Applejack said, looking up ahead.

"Why?" Toby asked. The farm pony gestured to up ahead and they are shocked when they saw the clouds one by one transform into cotton candy then rain down chocolate milk on them.

"Yay! Chocolate milk! Chocolate milk!" Pinkie Pie cheered as she jumped into a puddle of it and began to swim around.

"What the heck…" Toby said as buildings all around them began to flip upside down and turn sideways then they saw a large amount of bunnies running by instantly grow long legs and stomp by them.

"Oh now… does this mean what I think it means?" Rainbow asked in dismay.

"I'm afraid so."

They all look up and see Princess' Celestia and Luna descending from the sky and landing on the ground.

"It appears that Tobias' spell failed. Discord is now on the loose again." Luna stated. Celestia looked towards Toby but he turned away from her, apparently too ashamed to look her in the eye.

"But I thought Toby got rid of his powers…" Fluttershy pointed out.

"So did we all, but it appears that he has them back and is now trying to turn the world into his own personal playground of pandemonium once more." Princess Luna stated.

"That's funny… because if he were doing this… wouldn't he have ported himself here and start gloating by now?" Applejack pointed out.

"Yeah, Discord loves to gloat! Why hasn't he done it already?" Rainbow Dash wondered.

"Maybe he's given that up?" Spike suggested.

"If only…" Rarity sighed.

"So Tobias, what should we do?" Luna asked Toby, who seemed non responsive. "Toby?"

Images of his and Celestia's argument, the Golem dying in his mind and his recent fight with Twilight all flashed in his mind before he groaned and shook them out of his head. "I… I don't know…" he muttered.

"Tobias, please, I know you are feeling both guilty and remorseful right now but you must pull yourself together for the sake of your friends, right now Equestria is slowly slipping into chaos and you are the only one who can stop it." Princess Celestia told him. "So… what should we do first?"

Toby paused for a minute, took a few deep breaths then opened his now narrow eyes as he turned to them. "Well first we need to find him," he said. "It shouldn't be too hard, as he's the only one around her with bat wings, a goat's foot and a snake's tale."

"What do you suggest?" Princess Celestia asked.

"We'll split into groups of two, if one group finds or sees anything weird they find a way to contact the other." Toby declared.

"What's the call boss man?" Rainbow Dash smirked.

"You and girls check the castle, the rest of us we'll check the area around my place." Toby stated. "Those are possible places where he might be hiding out, oh and keep an eye out for Twilight and when you see her… tell her 'sorry'."

"Tobias, are you sure that…" Celestia began.

"I'm sure, now let's go!" Toby said, quickly as he raced off.

"You heard the man, let's hoof it!" Applejack declared as she and the others began to race off.

"Whee!" Pinkie cheered as she raced after the others and Spike raced after Toby.

"Luna… are you sure that he is up to this task?" Princess Celestia asked her.

"He seems to be stable now but only time we'll tell." Princess Luna stated. "Who knows, we might be able to find out who it was controlling that Golem as well. Now come on."

Princess Luna flew off ahead and after some hesitation Celestia followed her.

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Later, the girls were searching all throughout the castle looking for any sign of Discord. They searched every hallway, every bed chamber, even every storage closet but still nothing. They soon gathered together after several minutes of searching.

"Anything?" Applejack asked.

"Zip." Rainbow said.

"Nada." Pinkie shook her head.

"Nothing." Rarity replied.

"Sorry…" Fluttershy apologized.

"Dang flabit, he's got to be around here somewhere!" Applejack grumbled. "If not here where?"

Rainbow turned and suddenly saw a shadowy figure watching them before disappearing into the corner.

"There he is!" The cyan pony cried as she zoomed off to follow the stranger. The others followed her. They all zoomed down every twist and turn and throughout every hallway until they reached a very large room in the castle. They stopped at the entrance to catch their breath then spot the hooded mare standing in the middle of the room.

"You!" Rainbow cried as they all stepped in and quickly surrounded her.

"Who are you?" Rarity asked. "And where in Equestria did you get that horrid piece of clothing?"

"Who cares about the outfit!?" Rainbow Dash proclaimed. She then turned to the hooded mare. "And you… why don't you just show yourself already?"

"Very well…" she said. "And just so you know… you all already know me."

Everypony gasped surprised when they saw the cloaked figure take of her hood and reveal herself to them. They all looked completely and utterly shocked, like they couldn't believe what they were seeing and many of them were trying to process what was currently happening at that very moment and failing in the process. Pinkie even shook her face rapidly to see if she was dreaming, but she wasn't.

"You… you're the one…?" Applejack revealed, as she continued to stare at the unicorn mare AKA Twilight Sparkle, one of their closest and dearest friends and the one who brought them all together.

"Yes… me," she said with an evil smirk.

"Twilight?" Fluttershy finally said, still shocked.

"Surprise, surprise." Twilight Sparkle said, still smirking.

"Boy… this may be the worst surprise ever!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "Narrowly beating the surprise we all got when we learned that Princess Celestia was Toby's Mom."

"Agreed." Rarity nodded.

"Aw, what's the matter everyone? You got nothing to say?" Their friend asked, smugly.

"No… it… it can't be!" Rainbow Dash said, trying hard to deny what she was seeing and hearing but failing.

"Can be and is." Twilight stated.

"But… but why?" Applejack asked in a quiet tone. "Please tell me this is a trick! That Discord is controlling you!"

"Maybe he is… but is it easier for you all to believe that… or is this just the real me?" Twilight asked them, bluntly. "You decide."

"Uh… I'm going with…" Pinkie began.

"Shut it!" Twilight snapped, her voice now sounding more and more sinister.

"Twilight we can't let you do this!" Rarity said.

"You girls can't stop me, and neither can Toby Morrison and believe me, his time is coming!" Twilight promised. "When I tried to lead, none of you would follow; when I tried to talk, none of you would listen. You only listened to him. Only one person stood by me, believed in me, and trusted me. That is where I choose to go."

"No! Twilight… don't do this!" Rainbow Dash begged.

"Please!" Pinkie Pie added.

"No! I'm sick of this! Sick of all of you! Discord was right! Friendship is dead in this world and the only thing that does make sense this world other then friendship… is chaos. As of now, I am an agent of chaos and you are all. IN. MY. WAY!" Twilight screamed as her body glowed with a bright magenta light

"Twilight!" Applejack cried out before a suddenly pulse wave of energy from Twilight sent them all flying until they hit the walls of the room. They all groaned in pain.

"Twilight… you attacked us…" Fluttershy breathed, shocked.

The aforementioned unicorn laughed evilly. "Guess what Fluttershy? I haven't even started!" she said. "But sadly, I don't have time to deal with you now. I still have some chaos to wreak on the world. I pity you won't be able to see it sooner than later… but you will once Equestria's greatest hero is left bleeding on the ground!"

"NO!" Rainbow screamed as she tried to tackle Twilight but missed once Twilight teleported out of the room and appeared outside where they could see her, only floating in the air thanks to her magic. The windows and doors then slammed shut, much to their surprise.

"Oh no… we're trapped!" Rarity exclaimed.

"And Toby Morrison… is a dead man!" Twilight declared as she zipped up and started flying away while laughing like a mad person. The girls all press their hooves against the window and watch their former friend fly off.

"Oh no…" Pinkie Pie said sadly as her hair became straight and sad. "Twilight really HAS betrayed us…"

They all continued to look out the window with sad, heartbroken faces as their old friend Twilight continued to fly off and wreak havoc and chaos across Equestria in an attempt to destroy Toby and with none of them able to stop her…

To be continued…

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Author's Note: This episode was loosely inspired by the Naruto episode 'The Battle Begins: Naruto Vs Sasuke' BTW so sorry if this was too long and please do not hate me for what I have done.