“Give me your power Malice. Give me everything.”

Malice didn’t know what to say or do, this was a DJ that he had never seen before. And for some reason, it frightened him. Although Malice would never admit it, DJ was actually the stronger of the two of them. Malice may be bloodthirsty and cruel, but he lacked the emotions to properly fuel his power. DJ, on the other hand, was ruled by his emotions and they could give him strength beyond what anyone had seen previously from him. There was something to be said about a man who had everything to lose, compared to one who would lose nothing.

Are you sure about that? Malice asked uncertainly. Who knows what that could do to you?

DJ’s mental form suddenly lunged forward and grabbed Malice by the collar of his jacket. Malice’s eyes widened at the sight before him. His partner’s eyes were now the bottomless voids that should have belonged to him. Malice could feel the anger and fury coming off him. “Give. Me. Your. Power,” DJ said in a deathly whisper.

Malice could only nod in response; this DJ was something to fear, that was the truth. As he was asked, Malice then allowed all of his own power to begin flowing out of his form and into his partner. DJ simply stood there, basking in the power that flowed into him. He closed his eyes as the power coursed through his very being. When he opened them again, something new had been created.

Back in the real world, DJ’s physical body still hung in the chains as he was forced to listen to Sombra’s maniacal laughter. His anger grew with each cackle, wanting nothing more than to shut up that monster. Then, the power of Malice began to take effect. There was so much strength pouring into him and he now knew what he could do; he knew how to avenge Long Run and Peppy Cheer, to take vengeance on the murderer of Scootaloo’s parents.

DJ felt his lightsabers fly into his grip. He lifted his head and saw that not only were his hands glowing, but so were his swords. His hands had that dark blue energy wrapped around them that he had gotten used to: he was now able to use his magic in human form! What was really strange was that his weapons had a distinct golden glow to them, making it look as if they were made of the precious metal. As he stared at his glowing lightsabers, several words began to repeat themselves in his head: an incantation, one that he had never learned, yet somehow knew. He lowered his voice so that Sombra would not hear and began to recite the spell.

“Generosity.” As he spoke, the outline of a purple diamond etched itself into the green lightsaber in his right hand.

“Laughter.” This time was a blue balloon outline that was marked into the blue sword in his left hand.

“Kindness.” A pink butterfly appeared on the right.

“Honesty.” The outline of an orange apple was etched into the left.

“Loyalty.” A red lightning bolt made itself appear in the right sword.

“Magic.” As he spoke, the final symbol, a magenta star, was forged into the left sword. This final word was also much louder and caught Sombra’s attention. Needless to say, he wasn’t happy about this.

“What do you think you are doing?!” Sombra screamed in anger at the saiyan.

DJ lifted his head and looked the evil stallion directly in the eye. “You think you have won?” he asked. “You think you have broken me!? No, what you have done is unforgivable and I will destroy you for it.” With a slight tug of his magic and his wrists and legs, DJ broke free of the chains and shackles. “You made a fatal mistake in this game, Sombra. Humans are not so easy to break as ponies.” As DJ spoke, his tone got more and more menacing, his eyes radiating nothingness, while his body emitted the aura of pure fury. “When you threaten a human’s friends and family, they do not bow down before the one who caused them grief. No, they get the one thing that humans are best known for: REVENGE!!”

When DJ screamed that final word, another came to his thought: the activation for the incantation. “HARMONIC CONVERGENCE!!!” A burst of light sprang forth from the saiyan, causing his body to be coated in a golden glow. His lightsabers matched the light and filled DJ with even more power. DJ looked Sombra dead in the eye and said, “Time to end this, you monster!” With a burst of speed, he launched himself at the dark king, but went right through Sombra’s smoke form. This didn’t discourage DJ, though, as he immediately turned and launched a powerful blast of lightning at Sombra, causing him to scream in pain. No physical attacks could hurt Sombra in this form, but spells and lightning were still fair play.

Bolt after bolt was flung at Sombra, each one connecting and sending waves of massive pain through the unicorn. Sombra knew he had to get away so he ran for the door, going into his solid form to go through the door. DJ followed and sent another blast of lighting as Sombra reached the only exit, causing him to be sent flying and pushing right through the door. When DJ walked out of the pitch black room, he found himself in the throne room of the Crystal Palace, with Sombra limping away, and several ponies watching in fear.

“DJ!?!” his friends and family called out to him, but DJ ignored them; Sombra was his only priority right now. As he approached the fallen king, he lifted his right hand, still grasping a golden lightsaber, and let loose a constant stream of Force lightning on his enemy. Sombra screamed and writhed in pain on the floor as the electricity burned through him. The others watched on in horror as DJ continued to torture Sombra.

“Stop DJ! Please, you’ll kill him,” Twilight yelled to her husband. Yes, Sombra was evil, but he didn’t deserve to die. Not unless a trial and jury deemed it the right thing to do. DJ stopped his lightning, but placed a boot on Sombra’s head and pushed, keeping him pinned. Then he turned his head to the gather ponies,

“That is my plan, Twilight. I am going to kill this pony, whether you like it or not. HE MUST DIE!”

“That is not your decision,” said Celestia who was aghast at her son’s actions. She was shocked at how he was acting, but also by the power that was radiating from him. This power was all too familiar to her: the power of the Elements of Harmony. Somehow, DJ was now able to access the power of all of the Elements and wield them at will. He was now a true force to be reckoned with and that frightened her to the core.

“He made it mine.” DJ turned back towards his prey and put more pressure on his foot. “Tell them. Tell them what you did!”

“All you needed was to ask,” Sombra said through a pained smile. “I am quite proud of it after all. I killed a young filly’s parents in front her. Now young Scootaloo will forever remember to fear my wrath! AHK!” DJ immediately kicked Sombra away once he spoke those words and then turned back towards his family. Their faces were full of shock and fear and sadness, although Rainbow looked as if she were ready to kill Sombra herself.

While the others were more shocked by Sombra’s declaration, Twilight was focused on her husband. His voice was much darker and coarser than normal and, at first, she thought he had transformed back into Malice. This thought was crushed, however, when she noticed that he was still fully colored. Twilight now realized that over the past year, she had seen her love at the best times of his life, and now she was seeing him at his very worst. Turns out, Malice wasn’t the only demon that DJ possessed; many more lurked beneath the surface.

DJ returned his full attention to Sombra and snarled fiercely at him. “You tried to break me by hurting a dear friend, well congratulations; you succeeded. You broke me and made me into a monster bent on your destruction,” a small sneer made its way onto his face, “now, prepare to die.” DJ adjusted his grip on his lightsabers, the blue one in his left in a reverse grip and the green in his right at its normal position. He sped forward towards Sombra and leaped into the air. Sombra was standing again and took notice of his enemy midflight. He realized that this would be his perfect chance to win, so he powered up his horn his as much magic as he could possibly gather and fired it dead on at the harmony powered saiyan.

DJ was ready for this and let the Force and his instincts take over his body. He adjusted himself midflight and spun around, catching the magic with his reverse gripped lightsaber. This motion blasted the magic bolt into nothingness, but the momentum was enough to keep DJ’s spin going. With this burst of speed, it was all DJ needed to land near Sombra. Before landing, however, DJ’s spin had allowed his right lightsaber to cleave right through Sombra’s horn. The dark king didn’t even have a chance to scream in pain as DJ’s final landing sent his left lightsaber right through the side of Sombra’s head.

Everything was still and quiet, except for the hum of the lightsabers and DJ’s panting. In less than thirty seconds, the fight was over and done. DJ deactivated both lightsabers, causing Sombra’s now limp body to collapse to the floor, eyes wide in pain and surprise forever imprinted on his face. As DJ clipped the swords to his belt, a final thought came to his mind and he spoke it for everypony to hear,

“We have won; King Sombra is dead.”

Without saying anything more, he walked off, away from his family and friends.

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The others found him a few hours later, sitting alone on the train awaiting to go home to Ponyville. He had also returned to his natural pony state, but not his natural mood. They were all worried about him, everything Sombra said still fresh in their minds. Of course Twilight was the one who was volunteered to go and speak with him. She approached him slowly, not wanting for him to get startled or worse.

“DJ?” she asked in an uncertain voice once she was right next to him. DJ raised his head towards the voice, his eyes even more distant and empty than before. The sight alone would normally be enough to cause Twilight to start crying as well, but she felt that she needed to be strong for his sake. “I know that you are hurting right now, but everything will turn out okay. It always does, right?” she said not all that convincing.

DJ returned his gaze to the floor and Twilight thought she had failed. But then he spoke to her, his voice almost a whisper, “This is all my fault, Twi. I need to make this right.”

She couldn’t believe her ears. Her husband was actually blaming himself for what Sombra had done. “Don’t blame yourself, DJ. Nopony could have seen this happening.” Twilight looked up at the clock and then back to her grieving husband. “We will be heading home in a few minutes, so be ready.” Twilight started to get up from her seat, but a blue aura that suddenly wrapped around her prevented her from doing so.

“Please don’t go Twi. I don’t want to be alone,” said DJ in a somber whisper. Twilight now realized how hurt he really was by all this. She smiled, though, as he wanted her there with him. Twilight sat back down on the seat and leaned into him, hoping that her presence was making him feel better. They stayed like this until the train began to move and head back towards their home.

Along the way, Twilight thought back to what had happened after DJ had walked off. Celestia and Luna were at a loss for words at what had transpired in front of them, along with everypony else. It was Shining’s decision to burn the body so that all trace of the evil tyrant was gone forever. When they had relayed the message to the troops, celebrations sprang up all across the Crystal Empire. The parties went on for hours, but Twilight and the others could only sit and worry about their friend. DJ was nowhere to be found amongst the parties. Not even Pinkie was willing to join in the celebrations. Celestia eased their worries, though, when she used her magic to find that he was waiting on the train that was intended to take them all back to Ponyville.

The group had decided to leave him to his thoughts for now, but would surely speak with him later. Rainbow Dash had announced that she was flying back to Ponyville ahead of them so she could be there for Scootaloo. They had all agreed with her decision and watched her fly off into the distance at breakneck speed. From there, Cadence and Shining went through the process of clean up with the other soldiers that weren’t out drinking the night away. It would be many months before the Crystal Empire was back to its former glory, but it would rebuild.

These thoughts were interrupted as the train began coming to a stop. Her memories had lasted the entire express trip, even though it was still a thirteen hour train ride. They all piled off the train, but once they were all out on the station, DJ took flight and fled into town faster than anypony could know. None of them knew where he was heading, but Twilight was determined to find out. It took nearly an hour to find him, and what she saw when she did find him was nowhere near what she had expected. Twilight saw her husband, siting on his haunches with his forelegs spread wide to his sides and his head lowered with a somber expression and eyes closed, and Scootaloo holding his green lightsaber pointed directly at his heart.