Waves of deepest purple and black radiated from Twilight's body. Waves so heavy in power that they began shattering the wooden crates as well as some of the walls around her, leaving only the barest of structural supports still standing.

"Twilight!? No, you must not fall to your rage! Control your emotions!" Celestia yelled down at her.

Twilight glared at Celestia. "You have not right to tell me to calm down, not after you stood by idly while I picked up your pieces. When I am done turning this monster into a greasy smear on the ground, I will be back to put you in your place. Worm." A mass of raw magical energy rose from Twilight's back and into the room above. It then formed into something that looked like a battering ram.

"Uh-oh" Celestia said as the battering ram moved toward her.

Before Celestia could mount a defense, the battering ram struck her in the chest, sending her flying into the wall. Celestia's body slammed into the wall with such tremendous force that it made the entire tower lean in the direction of the impact. Celestia staggered to her feet, spitting blood from her mouth onto the floor. She raised her war maul to defend herself, but found it little more than a handle with a shattered stone head.

The blacksmiths in Canterlot are not going to like that and... Celestia noticed her reflection on the floor. Gone was her fiery red mane and sun yellow eyes, replaced with her normal rainbow hue mane and her light magenta eyes.

"Luna, don't say anything to her" Celestia yelled.

It is as I feared, she's sucking the magic out of everything she comes in contact with. Celestia thought as stared at her own reflection, her mane seeming a little less vibrant than before.

Sister, I can feel bits of my power leaving me. Is this Twilight's true power?

Luna's thoughts echoed in Celestia's mind. She is the element of magic after all. We need to prepare that last safety measure, just don't anger her while she fights with Brutalis. Celestia thought, straining to keep the telepathic link with Luna as even left over magic in the air was being absorbed by Twilight's new form.

Brutalis lifted himself from the floor, wiping off the blood from the stump where his erection used to be. "Miserable wretch, you know how much energy it's going to take to regrow that?"

"About this much right?" Twilight lowered her head, purple rings began to form around her horn, pulsing from the base to the tip. At the end of her horn a small purple ball of energy began to form.

"Cute, but we both know that last attack hit a soft spot. We both know you don't have anywhere near the magical power of the two sisters and you most certainly can't get through my armor." Brutalis gloated, a grin forming across his face.

"You think so?" Suddenly Twilight's mane and tail began to glow, changing from thier normal indigo stripes to something far more extravagant. Her mane and tail started as the blackest night, It somewhat was reminiscent of Luna's mane, but small swirls began to form, first in her mane then her tail.

T"You see, Celestia and Luna both said that in order to become a full fledged Alicorn, I must make a connection with a celestial object." Twilight stared at Luna "Luna here made a connection with the Moon and my former slacking mentor made a connection with the Sun. I however..." The swirls in Twilight's mane were now fully visible. Andromeda, Bode's, Mayall's Object, Hoag's Object and countless other galaxies still unnamed were appearing one by one in Twilight's mane and tail. "Made a connection with the universe itself."

A massive beam of purple energy surrounded by two smaller beams spiraling around the larger one fired from Twilight's horn. It quickly covered the distance of the room, ripping up bits of flooring before slamming chest first into Brutalis, blasting him through the tower walls and into the distance where it slammed him into the side of a cliff, exploding upon impact.

"Now that I have dealt with the big bad bug, I have some...pent up anger I need to deal with." Twilight leaped into the air and through the hole in the ceiling, landing a few meters away from the weakened Celestia.

"Listen to me Twilight, you must not let your emotions get the better of you! Remember what happened to Luna when she let her jealousy and rage get the better of her!" Celestia pleaded, barely able to keep herself standing under the weight of Twilight's power.

"Oh, I'm entirely in control in this form, well, mostly in control. You see, my thought process seems to have accelerated and now I see you for what you are" Twilight stated calmly as she approached Celestia.

"Twilight, enough of this! There is nothing to be gained by fighting with one another. Also, I can still feel the power of that bug you thought you eliminated" Luna yelled.

Twilight stopped, and turned her head around, her horn pulsating as she stared blankly at the wall. "So he is. However, according to my calculations he will still be a few minutes to dig himself out of the hole I put him in." Twilight turned her attention back to Celestia. "So, are you prepared for the beating you so deserve, my former mentor?"

Celestia gritted her teeth. "You're not going to try and kill me?"

Twilight let out a cold, terrifying laugh, a laugh so horrible that it even made Luna flinch. "Oh no, I never planned on killing you. I'm angry with you, but not to that point. I plan to give you a beating of a lifetime."

"But why? Have I ever wronged you?" Celestia asked.

Twilight gave Celestia a nasty sneer, curling her lips up in rage, baring her teeth. Before Celestia could react, Twilight had flown behind her, kicking her back legs out from underneath her and following up with a thunderous double kick to her chest. Celestia went flying, landing face first on the cold floor.

"Ghaa!" Celestia tucked her front legs into her chest. The pain was unlike anything she had ever experienced before. Her entire body was trembling, her chest felt as if her bones were ...broken? How, how can she hurt me this badly? She hasn't drained that much magical power from me and even if she did that doesn't counter my immortali- Celestia noticed a few strands of loose mane dangling in front of her face. "W-white? Why is my mane white?"

Celestia reached out with one of her front hooves, touching her mane to make sure what she was seeing was real. She immediately regretted it, however as the pain in her chest intensified the second she removed her hoof from them. "Ahh, w-what have you done to me Twilight?" Celestia yelled, some blood dripping from her mouth as she rolled on the floor in blinding pain.

"I noticed that as an Alicorn, pain receptors in the body do not work in the same way as with a mortal body. No, they seem to only relay information that is prudent to survival and little else. Very few things pose a threat to an Alicorn in this world so minor things like every day aches and pains do not even register." Twilight glided over to where Celestia laid and put her hoof on Celestia's chest, pressing down hard.

"Ahhhhh!" Celestia tried to push Twilight's hoof off her, but the combination of Twilight's physical strength and the blinding pain of her left lung being crushed sapped any fight she had in her.

"Twilight Sparkle!" Luna yelled as her war scythe flew by Twilight's face, wedging itself firmly in the wall to Twilight's left side. "You will cease your brutality and return my sister's powers or face my unbridled wrath." Luna scythe ripped the wall asunder and quickly flew to her side.

Twilight grinned. "You know Luna, you have never wronged me, but Celestia has wronged you in the past before. A thousand years on the moon is one hell of a punishment for her own ignorance of your feelings." Twilight turned to Luna and gazed at her. "If you wish to stand in my way, then I will have no choice but to strip you of your divinity."

"You can most certainly try, my power is very different from my sisters And I..I..." Luna blinked, her vision was going blurry. She tried to move but felt as if chains were holding her down. She looked down at her hooves and sure enough, there were pits of shadow on the floor beneath her hooves, holding her.

"Your power isn't that much different, yes, it's a bit more complicated to grab onto, but the source is still the same." Twilight walked up to Luna, her bonds holding her tight as they crept up her body. With a small puff of smoke she created a hand, it gently grabbed onto Luna's lower jaw, lifting her face up to meet her own.

Luna gazed into Twilight's eyes, it was like looking into the darkest night, except now there were far more than just stars. Galaxies both common and strange seemed to go on for ages within her pupils. Twilight's face inched ever closer to her own, she could practically feel her breath on her face. Luna thought to try and break free, maybe try and cut Twilight and break her of the spell her rage had put her under.

Maybe if I knock her out with the blunt side of my scythe- Luna raised her scythe into striking position, waitng for the moment when it was just outside Twilight's peripheral vision. Just a bit closer...

Twilight suddenly lunged forward, much to Luna's surprise it wasn't an attack, but Twilight locking lips with her and plunging her tongue deep into her mouth. At first she wanted to pull away, Celestia was in dire need of her powers back and she could almost feel her agony from where she was standing. The other side of her, however, resisted.

It has been so long since somepony kissed us this good, right Luna?

Her other side was right, Twilight was batting her tongue around forcefully like a hockey puck. She wanted to resist, but it just felt so good, everything from Twilight's scent to the taste of pure magic in her mouth was irresistible. It has been so long since we had a mare or stallion this powerful touch us...it feels amazing... Luna closed her eyes, she could feel Twilight's hoof caressing her neck. Then she felt something move out of her, it was a sudden rush of weakness, but a rush of weakness that was quickly replaced with lust, a lust that consumed her every thought.

Twilight finally broke the kiss, letting Luna inhale, but when Luna opened her eyes, they were staring off into the distance, as if she was in a trance. He mane no longer flowing with stars, but a muted light blue in color.

"W-what did you do to Luna? Why is she just standing there?" Celestia tried to pull herself up, but the pain kept her pinned to the floor.

"I wouldn't worry about her. I drained her of most of her powers so she can't break out of the combination of spells I put her under. A combination of the want it need it spell, unrelenting desire and unleashed emotions spell. Did you know that despite being the so called princess of the night, that she barely ever has any sexual encounters? I mean honestly, a powerful mare with a body like that could have whatever or whomever she wanted...so sad that she always puts her duty first, but I guess that is your doing." Twilight leaped into the landing front legs first into Celestia's back leg with a sickening crack.

"Gaaaaah!!!!" Celestia cried out, her body twitching in pain.

"Oh, did that hurt, that looked like it hurt." Twilight's horn glowed lifting Celestia into the air. "Let me tell you in more detail why I am giving you the punishment you deserve."

Twilight slugged Celestia in the face with her right hoof. "You left me out here all alone with little to no resources!"

Twilight punched Celestia in the stomach with a right hook. "You never visited, only ever asked for progress reports and even forbid my friends from visiting!"

Twilight lunged forward, landing a vicious headbutt on Celestia. "You ignored my feelings and worst of all..." Twilight picked Celestia up with both front legs and slammed her onto the floor. "You left me to pick up after your mistakes!"

Celestia laid on the floor, a broken heap, whimpering and crying, barely able to draw in breath.

"I want you to feel the pain I have been going through. I want you to feel the pain mortals have to live with every day, living our entire lives out in a blink of a celestial eye while you gloat from your castle, secure in the knowledge that you will never die or feel the pain they go through. In your most private moments I want you to remember, lay there and remember the pain you put others through" Twilight snorted, still seething with anger.

Celestia gasped for breath, moving her hoof to motion Twilight closer to her. Twilight hesitated for a moment, but got closer to her former mentor. "Y-you think I did, all those things to hurt you? I know it has been tough up h-here." Celestia coughed up some blood before continuing. "But, I never meant to hurt you. You needed to be strong and to learn how to bear the loneliness of immortality. So that you...can eventually replace...us."

Celestia reached out with one hoof and touched Twilight's horn. Twilight tried to move away, but seemed entirely frozen the second Celestia touched her horn.

"What are you doing?" Twilight asked, a bemused tone in her voice.

"S-showing you first hoof" Celestia replied.

Twilight tried to jerk away, but the images she saw lured her in like a hot pie at Apple Jack's ranch. A massive swarm of images entered her mind, images of lovers lost, dead friends and a lifetime, centuries of self imposed solitude followed by bursts of cheer and then more solitude. Her mind raced to try and make sense of everything she was seeing. Then flashes of the greatest joy Celestia had ever experienced, the return of her sister, Luna from her exile.

Twilight finally managed to break away from Celestia's touch. However, she noticed something different about her vision. It was blurry, something was obscuring it. Twilight reached up and felt something wet on her face. "Tears? Why, why am I crying?

"T-twilight, listen to me. I have made many mistakes in my life, have many regrets. I have lived a life of solitude because even with immortality, I still feel the pain of loss. You are feeling centuries of my sadness all at once. I know you feel as if I had wronged you , but know this; all I have done has been to make you stronger. To prepare you for both the pleasures and hardships you will face once your power comes full circle. I see now that my pushing you was too fast and too hard...for that I am truly sorry." Celestia closed her eyes, her body began to twitch and her breathing slowed to a near halt.

"No, what have I done!" Twilight lowered her horn, funneling Celestia's power back into her. "No, c'mon, I didn't mean to kill you!"

Celestia's mane slowly began to take on its signature rainbow hue, but Celestia herself lay there unmoving. Twilight probed her body with her horn, looking for any damage she could fix.

"H-how, how did I rupture her aorta?" Twilight quickly sealed up the tear in Celestia's artery, then tended to the rest of her body when a whoosh from behind caught her attention.

"I got here as soon as I could. My teleportation spell fizzed out and left me at the edge of the dragon wastes. There was some kind of-" Cadence stared at Twilight as she turned around. "Interference from a massive power source..." Cadence looked at Twilight's feet, quickly noticing Celestia's vivid rainbow tail.

"Celestia!" Cadence raced to her side, brushing aside Twilight. "What happened here, what is wrong with her. How did she get injuries this significant?"

Twilight hesitated for a moment, Cadence was one first ponies she ever made friends with. If I told her what I did, she may never speak to me ever again..then again I probably deserve it "I did this to her Cadence. I am the one that nearly killed Celestia."

Cadence turned to Twilight, a face contorted in both anger, grief and tears. "How, why...how could you do this to her?"

Twilight opened her mouth, but there were no words. Only the feeling that she had made a grave mistake. "I...was angry. I took out all my pent up frustrations on her." Twilight looked down on the broken heap that was once her mentor. "I...there is no excuse for what I have done."Twilight looked up at Cadence. "I will gladly accept any punishment you and Luna will give, just please; save her."

Cadence stepped forward, her body trembling with rage when she stopped, looking over Twilight, examining her as if she were a very detailed open book. "Twilight, every fiber of my being wants to hurt you, but there are more important things I must tend to. I also have a hunch as to what occurred here." Cadence turned away from Twilight and began to tend to Celestia's wounds. Then out of the corner of her eyes, she noticed what she thought was Queen Chrysalis or more accurately, her corpse. "I see you killed the changeling Queen in your anger as well?"

"No, actually now that you mention it. The creature that killed her should be digging his way out of the hole I put him in right about...now." Twilight fired a ball of energy from her horn, blowing open a hole in the wall.

The smoke cleared and Twilight could see the crumbled remains of the mountain she had blasted Brutalis into. "Come on now, hiding your weak power in order to fake your death will not work on me. I have yet to give you what you deserve, monster."

The rubble towards the top of the mountain began to tremble, bit by bit the rocks fell away to reveal a slightly battered, but far from beaten Brutalis.

"Upstart Alicorn bitch! I will rape you until you die and then mount you head where everyone can see it!" Brutalis, yelled, his eyes bloodshot with rage.

"You will die trying" Twilight replied.

Twilight swan dived out of the hole in the wall and into the open sky, she quickly spread her wings and charged toward Brutalis. The brute quickly fired off a volley of energy blasts from his horn, all of them breaking into smaller pellets as if he was firing a shotgun. In response, Twilight outstretched her right hoof and created a slender beam of purple energy. She then grabbed onto the middle of the beam with both hooves and began to spin it like a propeller, deflecting the small groups of pellets before they could hit her.

She then landed around thirty or so feet from Brutalis. She then moved her right hoof over the top of the purple beam, creating a star on the top, one much like her cutie mark. As she moved her hoof away from the top the beam began to take form. Five rings formed around the top of the staff, each one containing a gem of some kind on the inside of the hoop. One was a sapphire shamed like a balloon, the next a butterfly shaped kunzite, followed by lightning bolt made of ruby, a cintrine shaped like an apple and lastly am amethyst in the shape of a diamond.

"Isn't it a little bit too late to try and flatter me with jewelry? I'm still going to break your body and take your power for my own" Brutalis gloated. "I guess being an inferior female and all that you need shiny gems to compensate for your flaws."

"Coming from a serial rapist who thinks having domination over another is the only way to justify his existence. I think you are trying to compensate for being inadequate elsewhere" Twilight taunted, lowering her staff in an attempt to goad Brutalis into attacking first.

Brutalis lifted his right leg and began grunting. Strands of flesh and muscle began to twist and stretch upwards, forming a thick pole with serrated spikes on the back; like a reverse morning star. Then a long, thin white bone began to form at the front end at the top, slowly curving down and becoming wider at the top and thinner at the base.

"Typical brute, using a clumsy, skill-less weapon like an axe" Twilight said, raising her staff to guard.

"Says the fashion queen with the pitiful, overly ornate phallic symbol" Brutalis retorted.

"You're just jealous that I still have one and it is bigger than yours" Twilight retorted.

Brutalis licked his lips, drooling on the ground. "I like the changes to your body you know; far more seductive than that powerless form you had earlier. I am going to enjoy sucking the life from you." Brutalis lifted his axe above his head and swung down with all his might, setting the very air on fire as it came down.

Twilight jumped to the side, hitting the side of his axe with the end of her staff, she then parried the clumsy overstreched recovery swing of Brutalis, and landed a shallow cut across his breastplate, making him stagger back slightly.

"See what I mean, axes are clumsy, they are ungraceful, ugly and-" Twilgiht felt something burning on her chest. She looked down and found that there was a very shallow cut on her chest with some burned fur around the wound. However, as quickly as it had appeared, it began to seal up. Twilight looked up and noticed that Brutalis cut had already closed as well, though his looked as if it closed by muscle action and little else.

"Keep underestimating me, little pony princess and it will mean your head" Brutalis lifted his axe in front of him and beckoned Twilight to attack him. "I'm not above Necrophelia, just in case you wanted to know."

"Disgusting, disrespectful monster!!" Twilight gritted her teeth in rage. "I need to be careful? It is you that should tremble at my might! When I am done with you, you will feel the pain that you have inflicted on others a thousand fold!" Twilight rushed forward, swinging her staff in a large left arc when suddenly, Brutalis lowered his guard.

Is he stupid or just incredibly arrogant? Twilight thought to herself.

The end of the staff struck Brutalis in the chest, but this time it just created a few sparks as it slid harmlessly off his breastplate.

What?

Brutalis countered by swinging his axe upwards, knocking the staff out of the way, then charging in with his other hoof, turning it into a clawed hand of sorts just as he grabbed Twilight by the face, and tossed her hard to the right.

"Not enough girlie!" Brutalis shouted.

Twilight tried to right herself mid air, but just couldn't slow herself down enough with her wings outstretched. She slammed into the wall of one of the nearby homes, bringing the entire home down on her upon impact.

How? How is he suddenly so strong? Twilight lifted the rubble off of herself, shaking her head to remove the bits of plaster and dust in her mane. I don't get it, minutes ago I could destroy the moon itself if I wanted to, now I can barely stand up after that toss, but why?

Because you invoked the Elements of Harmony said a voice in the back of Twilight's mind.

Twilight knew that voice, it was the Alicorn half of her power. "Wait, what?"

If i had the time I could show you, but here is a large wall made of rainbow colors blocking me off from the rest of your body. Without my influence it seems that your- our celestial connection is weakening. It isn't perfect though, small amounts of my power are leaking through, though power that is not tainted by rage or enough to matter.

"How much do we have to work with here?" Twilight growled.

Next to none is my guess. The only thing keeping you alive right now is natural Alicorn healing power and that weapon you created.

Twilight looked down at the weapon she had made. Unconsciously she had made what looked like all the elements of harmony in weapon form.

"Are you going to stand and fight or will you beg for mercy? I swear that most of my sex slaves don't die...well, some of them anyways." Brutalis stepped forward, lifting his axe to guard again. Before he could attack, a drop of water fell on his nose distracting him slightly. "Rain? It hasn't rained here proper in centuries."

Twilight looked to the sky, there was nothing but a blanket of black clouds above them. At first she thought a storm had rolled in, but upon closer inspection she noticed some of the black was thousands of changelings; all of them working as one unit to round up the storm clouds. Not only that, but a few clouds with freezing sleet were in the mix as well, dropping ice cold water onto the battlefield. Some of them even looked ready to charge Brutalis himself, but were quickly stopped by some of his Brutalis'scohorts before they could intervene.

"Those are worker caste Changelings, ones loyal to you and the old Queen no doubt. " Brutalis watched as more changelings funneled in even more clouds to the mix, this time a few lightning clouds added to the mix. "What are they even doing up there? Oh well, it matters little to me. Once I am done raping the power from you and the other two Alicorns, I will deal with the wastes of space at my leisure."

Why the rain and the cold? It doesn't- Twilight stopped herself mid-thought and examined Brutalis closely. His axe seemed to be struggling to keep its shape. I forgot, changeling bodies don't hold their transformations under extreme temperatures...that's why they never attacked the crystal empire or further north; their bodies and magic do not handle cold well at all.

Twilight lunged forward with all her might. Brutalis lifted his axe to block the attack, but the moment Twilight's staff connected with Brutalis's axe leg, it shattered into pieces, as if made of glass. Twilight followed through with the rest of her swing, cleaving Brutalis along his chest just above the breastplate, breaking though the armor and cutting him deeply.

Brutalis jumped back in astonishment, copious amounts of blood dripping from his chest. "Wh-what sorcery is this? You couldn't even dent me a moment ago!"

You know a part of me wants to explain what is happening to him Twilight thought to herself.

No Twilight, very bad. You have read far too many books to know that hero/villian exposition and monologing ends poorly! The Alicorn part of her shouted angrily.

Fine. Geez, you're such a party pooper. I see why the bad guys do it though, really entertaining if it's done right.

Brutalis gritted his teeth, his muscles in his chest barely able to close the wound. He quickly formed another axe from the shattered one on his leg, though this one was much more ragged, full of holes and generally shabbier construction. He then lunged at Twilight, striking her staff and sending out sparks.

Twilight could feel a burning sensation on her right leg, another burn had appeared around the area she blocked with the staff. This time, however, it wasn't healing at all. It just sat there, lightly bleeding. She quickly turned her block into a counter-swing of her own, which was blocked by Brutalis bracing his axe with his other leg, though he was pushed back. He then quickly shifted his axe, letting the end of Twilight's staff slip through one of the holes. With a twist of his body, he flung Twilight over him with the extra leverage he had gained.

Twilight tried to use the momentum of Brutalis's throw against him, to try and swing off the staff and kick him square in the face. However, Brutalis was ready for the counter attack and dodged, Twilight's right back leg just grazing past his ear. Taking advantage of Twilight's miscalculation, he lifted his other leg to block Twilight's follow-up kick, then pushed forward with his head, slamming Twilight into the mud and locking his left mandibles over the thicker part of Twilight's right thigh.

Twilight realized her mistake immediately, pulling with all her might to break the grip around her thigh to little effect. She then tried kicking Brutalis in the eye, only to have him take it to the snout and hook her around the waist with his right foreleg, then slide his snout down by her neathers, locking his other mandible in place around her other thigh.

I'm done for, if I don't get out of this! Twilight thought. This was almost the exact position he used to steal the life force out of Chrysalis earlier, she had to break this hold or she would soon be dead.

"I know that look, that look of terror on your face. You know exactly what comes next." Brutalis stuck his tongue out, pushing it up against Twilight's sex and then licked upwards, slowly. Twilight tried to resist, kicking her legs and twisting her lower body in order to slow him down, maybe even slip out, but a quick punch to her stomach knocked the wind from her and pinned her lower body to the ground.

"Relax, I promise to drain you slowly, I promise to make it as painful as possible." Brutalis's tongue swelled in girth as he pressed it up against Twilight outer labia, pressing into her inner labia. Brutalis looked up into Twilight's eyes, her face pale with terror. "That's it, that's the look that drives me."

No! If he puts that in me, I'm done for! Twilight's horn lit up, pushing all her magic into her body in an attempt to increase her physical strength to break the death grip he had on her. Twilight began to twist her lower body in an attempt to gain leverage and possibly snap Brutalis's neck.

"Cute, but I do love a bit of fight in my prey" Brutalis sneered.

Just as Twilight had managed to twist Brutalis's head a few degrees left, she felt his tongue enter her body all at once. His tongue breached her inner labia, spreading her vaginal walls wide; painfully ramming into her cervix. At first her body was in shock, in shock of having such a large object penetrate her all at once. The shock subsided with haste however, and was replaced with something much worse; pain. Unimaginable pain, unlike Chrysalis's tongue from the other night, she could feel what she could only desrcibe as power sucking hooks that raked her insides, stripping away power and stamina. It hurt, it hurt so much that she felt like blacking out on the spot, just keeping conscious was going to be taxing, let alone finding a way to break the death grip.

"Does it hurt little Alicorn? Good, I want your last moments to be agonizing. I could feel the former Queens pain receptors firing off, like she was literally burning to death from the inside. Your death will be much worse than that." Brutalis began pulling his tongue out and then thrusting it back in with vigor.

If the pain from his tongue entering her was painful, it was nothing compared to when he started moving it. It felt as if somepony were burning her insides with a hot poker, but at the same time every inch of her insides felt like a dull buzz saw was grinding through her flesh. Just keeping oxygen in her lungs was becoming a chore, every part of her wanted to scream, but it hurt so much that she didn't think she even had the stanima reserves left for it Twilight's eyes began to glaze over and roll back into her sockets. Brutalis picked up his pace, Thrusting his tongue in faster, squeezing her hips against the ground so that she could find no relief or position to make it less painful.

"AHHHHgggg" Twilight screamed in agony, fresh streams of tears rolling down her cheeks, "No, not like this, I won't let it end like this!" Twilight thrashed about, twisting and turning her body, trying to kick or slip out. She fired what little magic reserves she had left, only to have them fruitlessly bounce off Brutalis's face as if they were marbles.

Brutalis did nothing at first to stop Twilight, the only change in his demeanor was a grin on his face as he slid a white tube into her vaginal opening, the very same tube he used to suck all the life force out of Chrysalis earlier.

Twilight leaned forward, letting go of her weapon and punched with all her might, hitting Brutalis square in the eye. Brutalis reacted by clamping down with his mandibles, sinking into Twilight's flesh. Twilight tried to punch Brutalis again, but it was too late; he had managed to get the tube inside her body. Twilight felt it, her body involuntarily orgasm, followed quickly by every last once of physical strength she had left in her leave all at once. She fell back, her body twitching and gasping for air and finally lost consciousness.

I guess this is how it all ends. Raped to death by a monster and sealing the fate of everyone; Luna, Celestia, Cadence, the swarm...and eventually the rest of Equestria. I will...see you soon Chrysalis. Twilight thought, as she ceased trying to resist death.

Not exactly. Twilight heard a voice, but it wasn't of her inner Alicorn, it was very close to Celestia's voice, but off pitch and a bit sharper.

We are all here with you, ready to lend you our power. Another voice said, this time it had the smallest hint of Luna's victorian accent.

Twilight opened her eyes. She could no longer feel the intense pain from before. She was floating inside some kind of pink gaseous void. She began to look around, behind her was a large transparent rainbow wall. On the other side some kind of green power was leeching small bits of the pink void through the cracks at the top and bottom, though the pink seemed to be instantly replaced at a much faster rate than the green stuff could take it.

"That wall is the only thing protecting you from certain death."

Twilight turned her head, the image of Celestia came into view as clouds of pink parted, though her image seemed distorted. It looked like Celestia, but with a flowing pink mane instead of the rainbow hue mane she was accustomed to.

"Sadly, our power cannot help you so long as that wall stands." Luna, or more accurately Luna's power stepped forward. Her features were somewhat of a combination of Nightmare moons and Luna's. Her mane was much darker, but her body had more weight to it, like Luna's did. Her horn was very thin and sharp, but her eyes lacked the cold piercing gaze of Nightmare moon.

"I get the wall is keeping me alive, but I'm as good as dead anyways. Brutalis will eventually tire of sexually toying with my body once he realizes the well is effectively dry. I couldn't even mount a defense once he put me in the same position he used to kill Chrysalis." Twilight lowered her head. "What's worse is once my body dies, the wall will most likely collapse and he will have all the Alicorns powers aside from Cadence. I want to believe she can win, but it looks hopeless, she's tough, but not really a fighter."

"You give up far too easily."

Twilight watched an image of herself, walk up behind Luna and Celestia's power. Though this version of herself was much different. She was taller than she remembered, her mane was absolutely extravagant; filled with countless galaxies both mundane and exotic. She was considerably thinner, though her horn was slightly more blunt than Celestia's. Not only that, but Twilight could feel just how much more powerful this avatar was. It was something she had felt before, when she attacked Celestia, however, this time it was far more docile; more focused than before.

"There is one other here that has come up with a plan to help you. Though her time in this world is limited." Twilight's power stepped aside, and a very faint green aura appeared, as it got closer Twilight could start to make out features. First, there was a horn of black that was smooth and crescent in shape, then soft green eyes, and lastly a spring green mane.

"Chrysalis!" Twilight moved to hug Chrysalis, but the former Queen shook her head, which oddly was just floating in the void without a body attached.

"I am planning on using the last of my power to issue order one hundred and one to the swarm. It's an order that effectively dismantles the Queens control of the swarm, this means your fight with Brutalis will become moot point."

"Wait, you're still alive to give such an order?" Twilight arched her head in confusion, she was most certainly sure Chrysalis had died.

"I am just barely holding on by a thread, Brutalis took most of my power and even most of the chemical energy keeping my body alive. As I speak, I have at most a few minutes of life left in me" Chrysalis explained somberly.

"Then there is still hope, send a message to Cadence, she can help heal you" Twilight explained excitedly.

Chrysalis sighed dejectedly. "No, even if cadence were to help me, it would take hours to get me up to the point where a mass communication wouldn't kill me. Brutalis may be many things, but entirely stupid isn't one of them. The second he feels my power coming back he will kill you and immediately move to finish me off."

"You can hide your-"

Chrysalis gave Twilight a sad glare and shook her head. "Even now, Brutalis is racking your body with unimaginable pain. If I hid my power he would either continue to rape you until you are nothing but an insane gibbering husk, kill you or worst case break through that wall and take all the power you have acquired for himself. In any case I could not live with myself knowing that you are in that kind of pain or will die because of my mistakes as a Queen."

Twilight walked toward Chrysalis and rubbed her head underneath Chrysalis's neck affectionately. "Please don't, there must be another way!"

Tears streamed down Chrysalis's cheeks, soaking Twilight's mane. "I am so sorry for what I have put you through. You didn't deserve to be tortured, isolated, raped or conned into my little games. No Twilight, I must do this, not only to save you, but the lives of every creature Brutalis will try and kill for more power."

Twilight stepped away, tears still flowing freely from her eyes. "But, but why? It's just not fair!" Twilight stomped her front left hoof onto the pink gas, sending a burst of power into the void below.

Chrysalis raised her head and smiled. "You and others should not have to suffer for events that were put into motion long before you were even born. Listen Twilight, the second I give the order the drones will no doubt attack Brutalis with full force, that said, you need to run away from this fight. The order I will give will have a massive effect on swarm behavior and may even trigger a civil war for control with some of the more powerful Changelings. Use my last gift to get away, and live Twilight, live long...for me."

The image of Chrysalis began to fade away from the neck up. Twilight lunged to give her one final embrace, but she was gone. The last remnants of her power used to save her from certain death.

Twilight opened her eyes only to have the pain from Brutalis attacking her come back full force. The beast had seemed to become more desperate in his attempts to drain her of all her power and was now holding her upside down in the air, his tongue lashing wildly inside her like a drill. Twilight looked around for anything to use as a weapon to free herself, but her staff was sitting on a rock some distance away. Twilight tried to use what little magic she could muster to bring the weapon to her, but it was just too much. How she was managing to stay conscious through this was beyond her at this point. Brutalis had gone even deeper into her body, so much so that his tongue had gotten past her cervix and was lashing around in her womb, desperately searching for the power it could not reach.

"Oh, you are awake? Typically I wait for my prey to wake up so they can feel me violate them, but in your case waiting wasn't an option." Brutalis pulled his tongue out of Twilight's vaginal tract, the mare screaming in pain as he did. "I want to ask you how you are hiding your power from me, or is the well all dried up?"

Twilight winced in pain, barely able to hold her head up to retort. "D-die in a fire you freak!"

"Wrong answer!" Brutalis's tongue swelled in size again, this time sprouting many more bristles all up and down its length. He then plunged the entire length and girth into Twilight all at once.

"Ahhhh!" Twilight screamed, if the pain was unimaginable before, then this was something that had no words to describe it. Her entire body went into convulsions, every muscle felt as if it had gone through a meat grinder, her breath left her lungs forcibly; so hard that she could even feel the blood rushing up from her throat. She coughed up a bit of blood, but most of it just mixed with the foam now coming from her mouth.

"Good, I broke your body and your spirit. However, one question still remains. Are you nothing more than a dried up husk, or is there power in you left to take?" Brutalis slowly pulled his tongue from Twilight's neathers, making sure to stop whenever he heard Twilight wince in pain or cry out. Just as Twilight thougth her suffering was over, he would plunge his entire tongue into her body; just for the amusement of hearing her scream in pain. He continued to do this a half dozen more times, until Twilight couldn't so much as move due to the pain.

"As much as I like to have my prey fight back, I would rather not have to chase you down." Brutalis lowered the tube into Twilight one more and drained away as much power as he could; as painfully as he could. Twilight's screams of agony so loud that they could be heard for miles around.

Twilight couldn't think, she knew she had to get up and get away somehow, but the pain was just too much. Every fiber of her being was in agony and refused to so much as move an inch. She just barely managed to even breathe in some air, let alone move. "K-kill me already you sadist. Spare me from staring at your ugly face."

I'm sorry Chrysalis, there's no way I can get away from him, not in my condition. Twilight thought.

"You know, I tire of this game. Let me show you something vivid. I'm correct in assuming you are connected to the hive mind, yes?" Brutalis stared at Twilight who tried her best to avoid eye contact. "It doesn't matter if there is no eye contact, I will show you both of them, by force."

Brutalis positioned himself above Twilight and lowered his head to meet her face, he then grabbed Twilight around the neck with his mandibles and stared into her eyes. "I love the look of a defeated female." Brutalis stared into Twilight's eyes, she tried to close them, but a painful squeeze from his mandibles made her think otherwise. Her eyes were listless, he could feel the convulsions from her body as her muscle system failed her.

"Good, then there won't be any struggle why I prepare, but first I need to show you what you're in for." Brutalis's horn lit up, and a green energy seeped into Twilight's eyes.

Twilight wanted to get away, but there was nothing lef in her to give. is this how I die? I'll never see my friends again, never have a foal of my own... I even failed generations I haven't even seen yet... Twilight closed her eyes, images of her friends being broken by Brutalis flooded her mind. Apple Jack bleeding out as she fought valiantly to protect her family, Pinkie Pie chained to a wall, her mane down as all the joy was drained from her. The next few images were even worse. Rarity made into a gangbang slave, Rainbow Dash being disembowled trying to escape and lastly Fluttershy; chained and trembling helplessly in a corner as Zecora and her duaghter were brutalized.

"Ahh good, now you know what I plan to do. It's been fun little Alicorn, well for me, not for you." Brutalis let go of Twilight and she fell to the ground with a thud. He then positioned himself over Twilight and grunted, beads of sweat rolling down his dark chitin. Something large began to peak out from where his penis used to be, a large red object easily he width of Twilight's body.

Twilight watched as this ... obvious penis object moved out from his body. It was red and had what looked like reverse spikes down its girth. There were even what looked like very muscular straps around the base, most likely they were they to make sure whoever he was violating had no possible chance of escape and judging by its structure; survival either.

"This is specifically used to break female dragons in and take all of thier power for myself. If there is any power you're somehow hiding in your body, this will push it out of you, oh and kill you, definitely kill you." Brutalis put one leg over Twilight's neck and lowered his girth to land the killing blow.

Twilight could see into Brutalis's mind. He was lying, he had never used this so called dragon killer on a dragon before. She saw what looked like faded images of all his victime he had ever used it on. All mares, all of them dying it the most horrible way imaginable. However, one stood out, a memory of his most recent victim. A green coated mare with blond curly hair. Twilight watched this memory, her body bulging as the great girth entered her, breaking bones, ripping through her body but what made it worse is...she didn't die, not instantly. Her body hung there, impaled. Some kind of purple secretion kept her alive, despite that much damage being enough to easily kill any creature; let alone an earth pony. Also, there was some kind of light blue energy flowing off the mare as her body was ravaged, a strange energy Twilight had never seen before.

"It's a soul Twilight. You will spend an eternity inside me, your very soul will be my plaything." Brutalis lowered himself to penetrate Twilight when a large flash of black kicked Brutalis right in the eye, sending him staggering backward, howling in pain.

Twilight looked to her right, standing next to her in a defensive position was the foreman she talked with every day for the past four years. "I'm sorry it took so long, my Queen. I had to kill all of Brutalis's cohorts and then pointlessly try and talk the rest of the swarm into helping you. Most wouldn't budge out of fear and consequences of breaking the rules."

"I- if you fight him, y-you will die." Twilight motioned for the foreman to leave, but he stood his ground, refusing to budge. "W-why?"

"look above you my Queen and find out why." The forman motioned toward the sky behind them.

Twilight rolled onto her side and looked up. The entire sky was pitch black with changelings, all of them members of the community she had started.

"Twilight, you have done so much for creatures that just a few short years ago, wouldn't even look at or try to understand. You fed us, told us how to work together, think for ourselves, how to love and how to make friends instead of enemies."

Brutalis growled at the foreman, still recovering from his injury. "I will eat your bones."

"Twilight, all of us here in this community are your friends. Friends to the very end" The foreman walked toward Brutalis, clearly ready to fight him, but stopped short to look back at Twilight. "The very end, whatever it may be." The forman charged forward, but was quickly batted aside as if insignificant. However, before Brutalis could take another step forward, a wave of changelings washed over him like a tidal wave of black. Thousand of changelings, all kicking, biting, firing bolts of magic. Brutalis was struggling even to move as wave after wave hit him.

Twilight laid there, astonished. However, as she watched the changelings getting the better of Brutalis images flashed into her mind of all the things she had done while posted here. Images of the first birthday party she had thrown for one of the workers, much to his confusion as to what a birthday was. Images of her helping the first live changeling birth in centuries, images of her teaching young changelings math, language and arts. There were even images of her getting wasted off of cider with the foreman after the first houses were complete.

"I was never really alone, I was just so blinded by my duty to realize it till now." Tears began running down Twilight's cheeks, but not tears of pain. As the images of all she had accomplished flooded her mind, the pain was gone; replaced with tears of joy and pride.

"I must help my...friends." Twilight tried to stand up, but her body just would not cooperate with her, When suddenly, she felt a rush of power; as if she could suddenly lift a thousand mountains with ease. Twilight felt the clang of metal and wood land next to her, she looked up to find the weapon she had made earlier standing upright next to her. It was radiating a rainbow light; the light of the Elements of Harmony.

Twilight stood up and grabbed the staff. Instantly, all her fatigue melted away, there was no longer any pain and there was something else. She could feel the wall that had protected her life from Brutalis shatter, allowing all her power to flow. Flooding her with the power of Luna, Celestia, her own connection with the universe and the smallest tinge of changeling power; a gift left to her by the late Chrysalis.

"Get off of me, you fleas!" Brutalis yelled, soon followed by a blast of purple power, throwing off all the changelings that had attacked him. "Insignificant whelps! I will suck you all dry!"

"You will never harm another creature so long as I breathe." Twilight lowered her staff and pointed it at Brutalis. "Everyone, I need you all to vacate the area. I don't want any harm to come to my friends while I wipe this monsters existence from our world."

The changelings all looked at one another, then nodded. The foreman flew to the front of the pack and called out to Twilight. "If you need us, we will be in the sky as an insurance policy." The swarm took to the sky, carrying along any injured to safety.

"Ha! So you were somehow blocking me from getting to your power. Also, friends? Really? Worker caste are all brainless buffoons that only eat, sleep and work. Any 'friendship' they offer is just a ruse to get free love from you." Brutalis turned his attention to the fleeing cloud of workers that had attacked them. "That said, this is a good thing. I'll kill all your help and then I suck you dry...slowly. You will beg me for death and I will deny you, but first-" Brutalis opened his mouth and a faint red ball formed at the back of his throat.

He's planning on firing an energy bomb at them!

Twilight leaped into the air, moving faster than she ever thought possible. "I can't, I won't let you kill anyone else!" Twilight intercepted Brutalis's attack at near point blank range, the attack hitting her square in the face. The resulting explosion could be heard for miles around and was brighter than the brightest day. It threw thousands of pounds of debris into the air and covered what was left of the changeling town in a thick, dusty haze.

"What? No! All that power and I blew it!" Brutalis stood there, staring into the smoke. "Great, now I don't get even get a corpse to toy with." Brualis stared into the haze, but there was no movement, only the clatter of falling debris kicking up more dust and dirt. "Oh well, I can still suck the other two Alicorns dry at my leisure."

"I said you will never hurt another creature didn't I?"

Brutalis frantically looked around, trying to find the source of the voice he heard. "Impossible, not even the former Queen at full power could have taken a blow like that and still be alive. Then again, I guess I should be happy, I still get to have the meal of the century if you still yet live. You're bound to be hurting from that attack at the very least."

Brutalis continued to look around, but couldn't see so much as an inch in front of his face. "Why the hiding? Surely you want to get this over with?"

"I do" Twilight said.

Brutalis turned his head to find Twilight hovering in front of him, a vibrant aura of rainbow, shadows, twilight and fire enveloping her entire body. He lunged at Twilight, managing to grab her by her back right leg, he then opened his mandibles into a locking position and dived for her waist in an attempt to put her in a death hold again.

"Not this time!" Twilight kicked Brutalis in the chest, her kick landing with such force that it made a sonic boom as it moved and an explosion when it connected. Brutalis flew back from the impact, landing on the ground some hundred feet away. The ground itself parted ways like water as he landed, his body dragging in the dirt, knocking up mounds on either side of him as he slid to a halt.

Brutalis stood up, but there was a sharp pain where his right front leg used to me. He looked down to find most of it missing, completely torn off seventy percent of the way up the shoulder, the stump was bleeding profusely, but he quickly closed the wound after some concentration. He looked up to find that what was his front right leg was still firmly grabbing onto Twilight's leg. Upon closer examination ,however, he noticed that Twilight had a cut above her right eye that was also bleeding profusely. "Not exactly tit for tat, but I can regrow limbs with ease, every wound I inflict on you is permanent."

Twilight mostly ignored Brutalis's ramblings. However, she noticed an anomaly that she hadn't before, she could feel very tiny bits of her power being sapped away just from the mere touch of what was left of Brutali's right leg. Even after being entirely severed from his body, it still held on with an iron grip.

It's not magical power it saps with a touch, but physical. This explains why Chrysalis failed to break his grip. His combat expertise and powers are all based on contact and body locks, like some kind of weird combination of pro wrestler and lamprey Twilight thougth to herself.

She stared at Brutalis, trying to think of a way to destroy him from range. She felt something warm drenching her mane and flowing around her eye. When she reached up and touched it, she knew exactly what it was, blood; her own blood. That was one of the most powerful barriers I have ever created and yet here I am bleeding from the impact and the explosion itself didn't so much as dent him. yes he's missing a leg, but... Twilight shook her right leg, but the grip from Brutalis's severed limb would just not relent. "I wonder..." Twilight fired a beam of pure magic from her horn, striking the leg towards the middle.

The leg seemed to swell up, but then set on fire, breaking its grip and falling to the ground. Within moments it was little more than a pile of ash. This explains so much. His body has storage mediums for magical power all over, but they must be concentrated at his core elsewhere in his body. As far as she could remember this was nothing like how a changeling absorbs love, they take it in and spread it around the whole body, not centralizing it in any given spot.

He absorbs power through his tongue, mouth and sexual appendages, which means that his power must be in his- Twilight remembered when she managed to break through his armor earlier on and how quickly his body reacted to closing the wound and re armoring it as quickly as possible.

"It's in your chest isn't it?" Twilight asked aloud.

"What's in my chest?" Brutalis asked back.

"Don't play dumb with me, where you store the power you consume...and the souls of the lives you have taken" Twilight growled.

"Why don't you come closer. Maybe you can track it down while I rip that wonderful power from your body" Brutalis retorted, beckoning her over with his still functioning foreleg.

It must be his chest, same goes for his brain as well. That would explain why snapping his neck didn't kill him earlier. Twilight examined Brutalis further, every part of his body was moderately armored except that his waist had little to no armor on it and his broad chest was many times thicker than the rest of his armor. It was almost genius in its simplicity, he could lose limbs, his head and many other body parts and still fight. The blood flow around the brain must have a closed circuit with the heart as well, which would explain why blood loss didn't seem to phase him in the least.

"Are we going to finish this or do you want to continue daydreaming? I can entertain myself with a worker drone or two while you sort things out if you want" Brutalis taunted, staring off into the cloud of workers in the distance.

It all makes sense now, he made his entire body magic resistant, filling it with dense metals and magic absorpbtion of all kinds and he goads his enemies into close combat with him. He then intentionally lets them attack him close range and even injures himself just to get a grab. He then locks them in any way he can and his body drains their ability to fight back over an extended amount of time. Twilight rubbed the wound on her head, the bleeding had stopped, but the fact was that Brutalis was right, a prolonged fight with him at close range was a death sentence. His body is perfectly suited to physically overpowering his prey, all it took was a single mistake and her life would end.

"You know, I think I have had enough of you. If it's a brawl you want, then it's a brawl you shall have!" Twilight stated triumphantly.

"Good, my favorite kind of battle!" Brutalis grunted, and a whole new armored limb sprouted where the stump used to be.

Foreman, get as high into the air as you possibly can. I don't know if the explosion I'm going to create will hurt you, so it's best to stay away. Twilight sent out a thought and waiting, it seemed the foreman got the message and his cloud of changelings ascended higher into the sky.

"You know I can hear you right? I have the same connection to the swarm that you do. You saw what explosions do to me, literally nothing. I had an entire mountain top fall on me after taking your first blast and not so much a dent. Be it far from me if you have a death sentence though." Brutalis kicked his back left leg into the ground, knocking up dirt and dust then lowering his head into a charging position.

Twilight held out the staff like a lance and began pouring every last bit of power she had into the head. I pray that the elements of harmoy protect me, otherwise this is suicide. The staff hummed and began firing beams of rainbow light from all the jewels in the head. The very earth itself was cracking beneath her power. "No matter what happens, this ends now!"

Twilight charged forward and Brutalis followed suit. The ground beneath Brutalis set ablaze as he ran toward Twilight; his tongue extended in preparation for his meal. As Twilight charged forward the ground itself was being torn up by the power radiating from the staff, making waves of earth on either side.

Just mere moments before impact, Twilight tripped on the shaft of the staff and slid underneath Brutalis back first, seizing the opportunity for an easy kill Brutalis reared up and slammed both forelegs into Twilight's back legs; her legs making a sickening crack followed by a yelp of pain from Twilight.

"Checkmate Princess!" Brutalis yelled triumphantly, his tongue hanging out and ready to feast.

"Exactly!" Twilight pressed the head of the staff into his belly, just below where his rib cage should have been and slightly under his chest armor. Twilight closed her eyes and braced herself. The staff let off a few sparks of power and then detonated.

I'm sorry everyone, this is the only way... Twilight thought as the power within the staff enveloped both her and Brutalis. The explosion wake spread out for miles in every direction and as tall as Chrysalis tower. The blast wave alone leveled entire mountains and even wiped some of the local volcanos clean from the face of Equestria.

Twilight just kept her eyes closed, oddly enough, death didn't hurt. Not nearly as much as she expected it to. She remembered how painful the one time she nearly died years ago felt like and it was nothing like this. It felt as if she was floating in a void of infinite power and light. Light so powerful that it was nearly blinding; even through her eyelids. Oddly, there was no sounds, she wasn't sure if she had already died or the explosion made her deaf, either way it didn't matter. She had avenged not only Chrysalis, but every creature Brutalis had ever killed and for that she was glad to end her journey there.

Except, it didn't feel like an end. There was no pain, her soul certainly hadn't passed into the afterlife. There was no sounds of an ocean, or death itself poking her to get her to wake up. Only silence and something else; she could feel the wind on her coat and the smallest hint of sulfur in the air that was always present in the town. She could even hear some of the bubbling from the hot springs in the distance.

This isn't right, by all accounts I should be dead. Twilight thought to herself.

Twilight opened her eyes, directly above her was a clear blue sky, only potmarked by a few stray rain clouds from earlier. She slowly sat up and looked around. The entire town had been atomized there was nothing but a massive crater as far as she could see, even the tower in the distance was leaning up against a mountainside which she surmised was the only thing keeping it standing. Oddly, there wasn't even any pain in her back legs either, apparently the Elements of Harmory took care of that injury as well.

Whatever was left of Brutalis was nothing more than a memory. Then she heard it, something landed behind her with a thunderous clang. Jumping up, she quickly turned to defend herself, only to find that it was merely what was left of Brutalis, a single, mangled breastplate. Twilight approached what was left of Brutalis with caution; she had no idea of his regenerative capability and this may even be a backup vessel for reincarnation; much like how Chrysalis reverted to an egg to save her own life years before.

Twilight examined the plate and found a gem glowing toward the middle of the upright hunk of metal. As she got closer she noticed with was green in color and seemed to have very small bits of flesh pulsating around it. That's ...a soul storage medium? Twilight remembered large gems of the same kind back in Maskia's fortress years ago of which they used to extract souls.

"If they can extract souls, then they can possibly store them as well." Twilight watched the gem pulsate, little bits of flesh began to cover the outer edges, albeit at a snails pace. "No, there will be no rebirth for you, monster!" Twilight turned on the spot and kicked the center of the gem with all she could muster.

The gem cracked and then fell into a million little pieces. Quickly followed by what she could have sworn was Brutalis howling in agony. That wasn't the only effect, however the ground beneath her spread out in a light blue circle the size of a hoofball field. At First twilight put a barrier around herself , fearing a possible attack or failsafe, but it never came. Instead, light blue transparent ponies, griffons, dragons and all manner of creatures both exotic and mundane began to float up into the sky.

"Souls?" Twilgiht asked herself, reaching out to touch on of them out of curiosity. Her hoof went right on through the griffon she reached out to, but it felt warm, not in a temperature manner, but like it was pure concentrated joy. The rest of the air around her felt the same way, as if all these creatures were overjoyed to finally be free. One of the souls tapped Twilight on the shoulder. Twilight turned around to find a filly, no more than seven or so years of age holding a stuffed bear under her right leg.

Next to her was a mare with a green coat and blonde mane. "I don't know who you are, but you have saved us from an eternity of suffering. Me and my daughter may have lost our lives to that monster, but you set things right and for that, I am eternally grateful. Please, may I know the name of our savior?"

"Twilight, Twilight Sparkle." Twilight beamed, tears running down her eyes.

"We all owe you a debt we can never repay...wait. I think I know how..." The mare and her daughter flew into the sky, other souls congregating around them as they disappeared.

"I wonder what she meant by that?" Twilight stared off, losing herself in all the joy in the air when she noticed the tower leaning against the mountainside and snapped back to her senses. "Crap, I forgot to check how Cadence was doing!"

Twilight took to the skies, flying as fast as she possibly could, the fear that she may have injured or killed Luna, Celestia or Cadence by accident making her push her wings harder than she had ever pushed them before. Within seconds she could see the room she had left Cadence, Luna, Celestia and the late Chrysalis. She landed and screeched to a halt, frantically searching for her friends.

"Cadence? Cadence where are you?" Twilight called out.

"Twilight, down here!" The voice of Cadence called from the hole in the floor.

Twilight rushed to the hole in the floor and jumped down into it, spreading her wings to glide and landing just to the right of a bunch of broken wooden crates.

"Where are you, I can't see you." Twilight noticed a wall that seemed oddly undamaged considering all the fighting that had been going on, it looked incredibly out of place compared to all the other damage in the tower.

"Cadence, you really need to work on your illusion spells" Twilight said, pointing at the wall.

"Are you...yourself Twilight?" Cadence stepped forward, the wall illusion she had put up fading behind her the second she walked through.

Twilight's ears folded back, she had forgotten all the horrible things she had done after she transformed. "I'm...I'll never know if I can go back to being normal. N-not after what I have done."

"You are far too harsh on yourself, Twilight." A ball of light illuminated a dark corner where the illusion wall had been, revealing Celestia, Luna still in a stupor and Queen Chrysalis's body.

Celestia stood up, her rainbow hue mane just starting to come back. She walked right up to Twilight and embraced her in a hug, much to Twilights surprise. "I forgive you, I too know the pain of loss and this being your first time experiencing it for yourself; and under such dire circumstances. I expected your reaction to be that terrible. That's why when you started to drain my power from me, I placed something inside you, a spell I kept sealed away in myself for eons. A spell I made from the Elements of Harmony themselves, in case Luna ever had a serious relapse."

Twilight stepped back, her ears still folded back. "Here I was all angry with you when I transformed, and you saved me from myself...and my life."

"While I was unconscious, my power kept me informed on what was going on." Celestia lowered her head to nuzzle Twilight. "There is much healing we all need to go though after this; healing and mourning." Celestia looked back at Chrysalis's lifeless body, shaking her head somberly. "I am sorry Twilight, but she's been cold for a while now. Cadence tried everything she could to revive her, but nearly every last drop of power had been taken from her."

"Hmmmm Twilight, lick me more!" Luna said, taking Twilight off guard.

"Wait, Is Luna still under the spell I put her under earlier?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, you may want to snap her out of it, though judging from her occasional drooling, demeanor and an odd smell of mare musk in the air, I think she is actually enjoying herself a bit too much" Celestia said, bemused.

Twilight walked up to Luna and touched her on the tip of her horn. Luna blinked a few times and then held her head up, rubbing her temples on both sides, as if getting over a massive headache. "Wha...where am I? Where were all the Twilights that were licking me all ov-" Luna stared around the room, blushing furiously. "I admit nothing."

Cadence let out a hearty laugh, as did the others.

"So...now that Brutalis is gone and so is much of the city. I guess I have to start all over again, don't I" Twilight said, glumly. "There's just ...one more thing I must do." Twilight approached Chrysalis's lifeless body, her ears folded back, trying best to hold the tears back. Twilight stood just above her body, bent down and gave a small kiss on the forehead.

"You saved my life years ago, died to save me and all changelings and then gave up the very last bit of your power, power we could have used to bring you back; all to save everyone." Twilight nuzzled Chrysalis, she didn't understand why things had to end this way. They had shared very intimate moments with one another, moments she wished were longer. I mustn't cry, not in front of the others...

Celestia put a foreleg on Twilight's wing. "Don't hold them back Twilight, there is no shame in crying or mourning a loss. Holding it in will only hurt you more."

Twilight smiled at Celestia and then embraced Chrysalis, as hard as she could, bawling her eyes out, choking on her own tears, even getting the hiccups. "I-it's just not fair! You had a second chance at life and then it was cruelly taken from you! I could feel it, you died in so much pain, it isn't right!"

No, it isn't...

Twilight's head shot up, looking around for what she thought was a voice. "Did anypony say something or hear that?"

"Twilight, Look!" Luna pointed where Chrysalis laid, a pillar of blue light enveloped her body, quickly spreading over the entire room.

"Twilight, do you have any idea what all this is?" Celestia asked, not afraid of the sudden change, but more curious than anything.

"I think the blue light is the least of our worries, if what my other side tells me is true, then before death Chrysalis made an order that would effectively dismantle the swarm. If I am correct, then that would mean civil war." Luna pointed to the sky just outside the tower. Hovering in place were hundreds of thousands of changelings, a cloud of black so dense that it blocked out the sun.

"Are they going to attack us?" Cadence asked, her horn lit up and ready to fight.

Twilight paid no mind to the swarm outside. Nothing she had sensed would indicate any kind of attack. However, as she reached out to feel the swarms collective mind, she felt a dense ball of emotion, after feeling it out further only one emotion stood out; sadness, overwhelming sadness. Her attention was brought back to Chrysalis quickly though. Her body seemed, slightly warm almost as if she was somehow still alive. Twilight lowered her ear to Chrysalis's chest and listened intently.

*Bad-dump thump*

"She's alive!" Twilight yelled excitedly.

Suddenly, streams of green energy began to flow from the massive cloud of changelings outside the tower.

"Is it an attack!?" Luna put a barrier around herself and the hole in the wall only to find it entirely ineffective. Thousands of little green hair like fibers flowed through the room, some of them wrapping around one another to make larger ones, others spreading apart and flowing right through Luna.

"Calm down, don't you feel it? It's everywhere. I'm sure Cadence feels it as well." Celestia let a large quantity of strands flow right through her, smiling softly as they passed through.

"She's right, this isn't any kind of attack. There's no feeling of malice anywhere in these fibers, only...love, pure Changeling love." Cadence held out a hoof, the fibers bending to her will, but only for a brief moment as they made thier way to thier true target.

"I...am having a difficult time describing what I am feeling right now. A combination of joy, love and some small amount of sadness." Luna lowered her barrier and the few dozen or so threads that didn't automatically penetrate her sheild, flowed in like a backdraft in a fire, flooding the room in pure green love.

"It's strange, I didn't know changelings even had this kind of power." Twilight watched as the threads made a direct course for Chrysalis's body, each thread orbiting her like a moon.

Thousands of threads began orbiting Chrysalis's body, rotating faster and faster as more of them entered orbit. It wasn't long until they began to orbit her so fast that you could no longer make out individual threads at all, just a mess of green that was rapidly obscuring her body from sight.

Twilight watched in awe as the threads broke orbit as the last ones from outside joined them, they all swelled in the air like a blooming flower and then descended upon Chrysalis's body, enveloping her in a bright green flash of light. Twilgiht reflexively closed her eyes, but heard a sound come from where Chrysalis laid.

*Gasp*

Twilight opened her eyes, just in time to watch the green power begin to break apart, forming holes that she could see through. Chrysalis was breathing. How, I don't get it. This kind of magic shouldn't even be possible One part of her wanted to question how this was occurring, but the other part didn't care. Not all magic needed to be explained, least of all magic capable of bringing back the dead.

The green energy began to disperse, quickly replaced by a flood of blue orbs passing through her body at breakneck speeds, each on jolting her, making her limbs kick wildly in random directions. Twilight lunged forward and embraced Chrysalis in a tight hug. "Please come back Chryssi... for me."

The green light completely dissipated and the last of the blue orbs flew off into the sky, leaving Twilight holding onto Chrysalis tightly. "Please, I need you." Twilight cried, her tears dripping onto Chrysalis's face.

"Uhhhh" Chrysalis groaned as she slowly opened one eye. "Why is my neck so stiff?"

"Chrysalis!" Twilight hugged Chrysalis as hard as she could, much to her discomfort.

"You know, if you hug me any tighter I think I might die again. Also, how am I alive?" Chrysalis asked.

"I think you need to see this to believe it" Celestia said, pointing at the black cloud just outside the tower.

Chrysalis staggered to her feet, Twilight giving her a shoulder to lean on as they walked over to the hole in the wall. As soon as they made it to there, they were greeted with a deafening cheer from the crowd outside.

"The Queen is alive!" One drone yelled.

"So is the other Queen!" Another drone yelled, clearly pointing at Twilight.

Suddenly the entire crowd broke out cheering "Long live the Queens, long live the Queens!"

Chrysalis smiled and closed her eyes, breathing a sigh of relief. "I guess this means we will be seeing a lot more of each other, co-leader of the swarm."

"I don't have a problem with that if you don't" Twilight replied.

Chrysalis giggled. "Afterall we been through, I can think of no better company to have than you. Twilight...I love you."