Twilight Sparkle has obtained the combined power of all four princesses of Equestria. Wielding this power, she confronts Lord Tirek, but the result of their fight is a tie. When he holds her friends hostage, she is forced to make a difficult choice.
All is not lost, however: one force remains in Equestria that could give her the edge she needs to defeat her foe, save her friends, and restore the world. She need only retrieve it from Zecora and place it around her neck...
Runner-up (one-shots category) in the Twyrant's Kingdom Competition.
Story inspiration: Corruption of a Desperate Mare, by Chris Wöhrer.
Edited by NightWolf289, AugieDog, and Prak. Thanks also to Pascoite for his WRITE review.
Rated teen for gore and dark themes.
Featured on:
Fimfiction.net Feature Box (05/12/14)
The Royal Guard's Fic Spotlight #10.
Desperate to save her friends, but not desperate enough to surrender her alicorn magic, Twilight makes a dangerous gambit against Lord Tirek.
Twilight Sparkle has ruled Equestria for thirty years, under the corruption of the Alicorn Amulet. The youth of her powerless subjects have decided that enough is enough. A sequel to The Ultimate Alicorn.