*3 Hours before the destruction of Ponyville*

Despair has grabbed hold of all of the ponies in Ponyville, even the former cult members. Darkness' wall of smog has filled the air completely, not even a Pegasus can fly past it, there's no escape from the maw of death.

I stood and watched, my body still broken from my recent fight. Luckily, my own inner fire cauterized any wounds, but my rib was still severely damaged, and I was having trouble breathing.

What can we do? Is there any way we can stop this? I questioned.

"This was an insane attempt by my brother; this will cause him to muster more power in the Void before he can make another strike." Destruction replied sullenly.

I stopped my hoof onto the ground in anger, Who cares! This world is going to die… I thought I won, yet… I made the grave mistake of leaving a body before it truly died. I still failed… and now every single creature on this planet is dead… all thanks to me.

"Adomia…" Destruction and Fluttershy said together.

I'm done trying to defend this world, I tried, but lost, I'm just going to spend my final hours sleeping, rather wake up dead than have to wait for it. I told the two.

I ignored any more testaments they had, and trotted back to my house, and plopped onto the bed, I was about to let myself drift into final rest, but both Celestia's and Luna's horn caught my eyes.

I trotted up to them and picked them up, they were warm; and enriched with power, and I could feel it. Luna and Celestia must be influencing this, much like how the sun and moon are still rising.

All of a sudden, Celestia's words flashed into my mind, "You'll know what to do with these when the time is right." It made sense! Now was the time to use their final beacons of power, to rid Darkness' insane plot!

But how…

My hopes dashed away at that thought, how do I use them? I'm not a unicorn, and I can only absorb bits of magic, and even if I could absorb enough magic, how would I use it?

So many questions, yet I didn't have any answers… and it didn't help that I was hungry!

I traveled downstairs and made myself one more Apple Turnover, and I dragged out every single bite until there wasn't even a crumb. "You're going to try!?" Fluttershy exclaimed.

Only since I realized there is a hope, but we're missing one piece of the puzzle. What can Celestia's and Luna's horns do for us? I questioned in reply.

I could hear Fluttershy pondering as I waited with a dull look on my face, "I don't know, but maybe Destruction does."

I was about to ask him when I heard a voice shout from farther away, "For the last time Fluttershy I don't know how to stop him!"

Well that's great, we have the key to save this world and everything in it, but we just don't know how!

I needed help with this, and I knew only one other pony who seemed to have enough information on parts of death, Cheerilee.
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*2 Hours until the destruction of Ponyville*

"No! No! NO!" Cheerlie's voice rang out as I entered the Ponyville Library, and heard a book hit the wall.

"Cheerilee please be careful! Some of these books are very valuable!" Twilight exclaimed.

Cheerliee gave her a dirty look, "Who cares? If we don't find a way to stop that smoke, we're all dead!"

Twilight looked away, "I guess you're right…"

I let out a sigh, notifying my presence in the room. "I see you haven't found a way to stop the smoke?"

Cheerliee looked up at me, and shook her head slowly, "We've looked through every book we could find, there's no answer in any of them."

I noticed the bags under both of the mares' eyes. "Have you not even stopped after I told everypony?"

I looked over at Twilight, who had closed her eyes. "No, but I don't think there's a way to stop it…" She told me sadly.

I trotted up to the two, and placed both Celestia's and Luna's horns in front of them. "I think these are the key to stopping it, but I don't know what to do with them."

Cheerliee rubbed her hoof under her chin. "Both of these horns create an unbelievable power, both Night and Day combined, but we don't know how to harness their power."

I looked at Twilight suggestively, she saw this, and her eyes sparked a bit. "I can! Drawing magic from a horn is really simple; I can harness both Celestia and Luna's final power!"

The decision sounded practical, and it made sense, Twilight is indeed the next princess of Equestria. "I think you're right! Come on! There's no time to lose!"

Me, Twilight, and Cheerliee headed out of Ponyville, horns in toll, and when we passed the gate Cheerliee stopped us. "Adomia wait! Where should we go?"

I decided to listen to my gut, and it told me to go east. "We're going east. Come on!"
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*1 hour until the destruction of Ponyville*

Once we traveled far from Ponyville, and ended up at a major cliffside. I looked down, and saw it was a completely untouched grassy field roughly ninety to one hundred meters long; the only thing that stuck out was a large oak tree on the right side of the field. The smog was getting closer and closer, and soon it would consume this plot of land.

"Down there." I told the two.

Twilight disappeared in a blinding flash of lavender light, and reappeared down below, I glided down, and when I landed I realized we had left Cheerliee! "It's fine! I'll be down there in a second!" She yelled down at us.

Sounds good to me.

I turned my attention to Twilight and I pulled out the horns, "Here, begin drawing power from these, I hope you're right."

Twilight took both of them, and began focusing on drawing the final remnants of Celestia and Luna. As she drew power, I couldn't shake this feeling that I had been here before. I'd never been out this far east before, so clearly I had never been here. Then why couldn't I get rid of this feeling.

My eyes drifted to the big oak tree off to the side, Now I know I've seen that before…

I trotted away from the concentrating Twilight and got up to the tree. I ran my fiery hoof over the rough bark, and watched as it burned a little bit at my touch, the feeling of nostalgia rushed back into my mind, and I flashed back to when I went into my subconscious for the first time. I pieced it together and gasped at the revelation, this was the same field that I saw in my subconscious! I scanned it and lone behold, the same symbol was etched into the tree, the Yin-Yang. It didn't look exactly like the one in my mind; it wasn't marble white and burned black. It looked like an outline was carved with a knife, and some of the bark was removed except for a little circle near the end. The opposite on the other side, and I was still perplexed, What does this symbol mean? I thought.

Well… what I've learned is that the Yin-Yang represents balance, but balance of what? I cast my glance over at Twilight, her horn swirling with energy, she was about to release it and attempt to stop this miasma. The thing that caught me was the colors of the energy, a black and white beam swirled around the average sized horn. I was astonished as it bared an uncanny resemblance to the Yin-Yang…

That's it! That's the answer to all of this! It isn't just Twilight, because she's one pony, Celestia's final words rang in my mind, "Goodbye Twilight… apprentice of…l…i…f…e" All of it pieced together as I galloped over to her. Twilight was Celestia's apprentice, the princess of the day, I was an apprentice of Luna, and if Celestia was life then Luna must be part of death. It made sense; Luna had a piece of Darkness inside her, that's how she became Nightmare Moon. Life and Death are the two forces we were fighting to keep balanced, and if Twilight is an apprentice of Life I am an apprentice of Death.

"Twilight, stop!" I yelled at the concentrating mare.

She wasn't expecting such an abrupt command, and lost all concentration, releasing the energy back into the horns. "Adomia! What are you yelling about!?"

I took Luna's horn out of her telekinetic grip, it would take way too explain my revelation. "Look, no time to explain, just take Celestia's horn and just listen to what I say."

She looked at me like I was crazy, I didn't blame her, If I wasn't right I don't think there was any other chance.

It took us about thirty minutes, but eventually we recreated the Yin-Yang on the tree, about twelve feet across, Twilight was standing in the lighter side, I was standing in the darker side, both of the horns were in front of us on the ground.

"Adomia, are you sure about this?" Twilight finally asked.

I gave her a look that said, I have no idea.

I closed my eyes, and let my body finally relax. I was looking for a way to call upon their power, and slowly I heard small whispers in my head. I spoke them aloud,

"Death… is permanent… while Life is fragile… two opposites, brought together…. By the universe for balance. For the universe will always remain in complete balance."

Now I could definitely hear words in my mind, and the horns and parts of the Yin-Yang started to glow, "Celestia and Luna! Life and Death! Hear my words! The eternal balance of this universe is threatened; it verges on tipping in Death's favor! So I ask you two, now deceased, look upon your two apprentices, and give them the power to stop this!"

I could feel the energy underneath us, as we were consumed by beams of light from the sky. Twilight's was white while my was black, fitting I guess. My body began filling with the true fragments of Celestia and Luna's powers. Every fiber of my being, filling with the energy of Death, it was all indescribable.

However… I was reaching my limits, even in my deathly form, I was being filled with too much for my body to handle, and soon pain started to wrack throughout my body. I finally caught a glimpse of Twilight, her eyes were glowing a blinding white, her mane and coat were rippling, and her face was in pure pain. I realized… She's not going to survive this…

No! This wasn't what was supposed to happen; she's not supposed to die! She needs to rule Equestria!

I knew what I had to do…

I managed to get on my forelegs, and buck Twilight, hard; I could feel her presence leave the field of pure energy.

Now both Life and Death were pouring into the once source, me. Every fiber of my being was screaming, just begging to be released, I watched as the fire inside changed from a crimson red, to a swirl of black and white. I had ascended even higher; I was now a true enforcer of balance.

I finally stopped receiving energy, and I started to collapse, I had to get in there, and release it all!

Before I jumped, I managed to look at Twilight one more time, the most perplexed and confused look was plastered on her face. What was left of my memory traced it back to my mother, that same look, that look of, why.

I didn't have time to worry about that, without any hesitation I plunged myself into the smog.

I couldn't hold it anymore, every atom of my body released the stored energy, and I couldn't see, my hearing went out, but what I could feel, were quakes of the earth. As well as the disappearance of the burning pain on my skin, I felt like I was letting out the energy for years… or was it seconds? Time became a blur, but sooner or later, the final bits left, and I felt myself drop to the ground.

I should've been greeted with pain, but my sense of feel went dead for a split second, and eventually I realized I was looking at the sky, but instead seeing the sun, I saw the moon. The energy must've caused a mishap, the sun and the moon must've rose and fall as the miasma was clearing.

"Adomia!" it took my mind to register Twilights voice, and I managed to turn my head, to see a mare galloping toward me.

I tried to get up, but fell shortly after, and I wondered, What was wrong with me?

I raised my hoof in front of my eyes, and saw that it was losing the flame that had been stored in me for so long, and only one thing would cause this… Death was claiming me… once again.

Destruction let out a sad sigh, as if he lost his best friend, "Adomia… thank you for everything, I'll try to give you enough time, but from what I can muster, I can only give you a minute. Better make it quick."

I could feel his presence leaving my body, and my internal clock was ticking down, Fifty seconds…

Next Fluttershy, the mare I had killed, a prime factor in this chain of events started to leave my body, "Adomia… when you first killed me, I thought you were an insane maniac. But when I revived you, and you let your secrets mingle with mine, I realized that you were just as sane as any other pony. While you may have been misguided, and often times quite sad, I truthfully enjoyed living with you, my only hope is that you are given a second chance."

With those words, Fluttershy's soul left my dying body. Thirty seconds…

"Adomia… you… you can't leave now! I need you!" Twilight's voice squeaked a little.

"No… you don't" I coughed out, "You are strong… enough to handle… things on your… own now… I don't have much time left… roughly twenty seconds… so listen up…"

She got closer so she could hear my final words, "I left… my final gifts to you… at my home… the book… you gave me… is filled with… my life story… as well as... things you need… to do… but…"

Ten seconds…

"Wait for me Twilight… It may take… time… but I will come back… I swear it."

In my final action and final four seconds, I moved my head to look at the full moon, "The moon… it's so beautiful… isn't it…?"

Just like a pure creature of the night, I died not a second later, for the second time.

But… this time I felt my soul release, and climb higher and higher until it left the normal world, and ascended into something greater.
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*Epilogue*

In the Void, don't know how long I've been here, waiting for my judgment. The Void wasn't what I thought it was going to be. Apparently it changed and shifted with my own memories of a place called home. One second it was my home in Ponyville, the next it was my first home when I was a young colt in Cloudsdale. I had reverted back to my old form, and even my right wing was back! Such a sudden change in physical appearance only made me appreciate it more, and I realized I was… normal. I didn't have any of my dark memories plaguing me anymore… well I still had them… but I was dead… so I didn't have to worry about anypony figuring out the horrible things I did.

The door to my home in Ponyville unlocked and I trotted outside, waiting to be judged.

It was like a giant court room, the tiles on the floor were like a chess board, black and white. The pillars were the same, every pillar switched between white and black. There were three benches that were white, Luna and Celestia sat on the side, and another alicorn, one I couldn't recognize sat in the middle. Nature, would be the one word to describe this pony, her coat sage green, and her mane was that of spring green, I could feel the power behind here emerald green eyes, they were piercing right through me, as if she could see all I have done.

"Adomia Fetter, good to see you again." The mossy alicorn told me.

I raised my brow at the statement. "Have we met before?" I asked her.

She laughed a little, which strangely reminded me of flowers coming into bloom. "Well… not really… I know about you though. A being the universe spat out to keep the balance preserved, and got rid of when you're job was done."

That fit my description perfectly. "Okay… just who are you? From my observation, you appear to be higher than Celestia and Luna, surely a powerful figure must be well known?"

The alicorn just nodded her head, "I've had many names throughout history, but you may call me Queen Terra."

Queen! That's why Celestia and Luna were only called princesses. They must answer to her…

"So… I assume you are going to judge me?" I once again asked.

"Yes, I've seen many like you throughout the millennium I've existed, and while your actions are admirable, they have met with the same judgment."

I pouted, just waiting for what she was about to tell me. "A keeper of balance has been given Celestial Paradise. A plane where only true heroes and pure souls may enter, there you would live in peace for the rest of eternity."

I would've been happy, but I wasn't, tears started to form in my eyes. Because I knew I would never be able to see Twilight again… after all I told her.

"Terra! I know I shouldn't be speaking but I must object!" Luna yelled at the queen of life.

The sage green alicorn let out a sigh, "Luna… I knew I should've kept you outside, look… I'm aware he was trained under you, but that doesn't change a thing-"

Luna wasn't having any of it; she jumped off the bench and landed in front of me, as if guarding the most precious item in her life. "You may have seen many like him, but you have no idea what he had to go through! All he wants is a second chance, a true second chance. He wants a life where he can live out his true desires, and not be rooted to a path the universe set out for him… Please Terra… give him another chance."

My tears started to hit the floor, but were now tears of joy; in the end Luna still loved me.

The queen called Terra looked torn, but a look from Celestia settled her doubt, "I cannot believe I am allowing this… then again… I did let the Pegasus named Fluttershy get reincarnated… why not him?"

She turned her attention to me, "I have decided that you will be reincarnated back into the world, but you will have to find your own way, and memories of your past life will be masked from you until you figure them out for yourself. Congratulations Adomia Fetter, I hope you enjoy your new life."

"Thank you…" were all the worlds I could squeak out.

"Adomia," Luna called, and I turned my attention to her, "Don't squander this new life, and even though you won't think of me as your mother, know that I will always be right beside you. Oh, and I have a nice surprise for Twilight's assassins, and I gave her a message telling her, it was a gift I wanted to give to you. But you will no longer need it… goodbye Adomia… Or should I say… Lunar Eclipse."

With those final words, I felt my soul tug down through the tiles, back into the world to have another go… once again.

The End… For now…

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