Authors Note: After many people asking me to continue the story or add a sequel, I have come to this conclusion. This chapter will be the ENDING of the story as an alternate ending ONLY and not the actual ending. The next chapter will have most of the same text as this one to a point then switch over to the continued story line. So Unless you dont want to read anymore then finish this chapter. If you plan on reading until i either die or run out of ideas for this story, then skip ahead to the next chapter. I hope you guys know how much I enjoy your continued support. I will edit as time permits and write as often as possible. Updates will continue to be 2 per week as I have NO MORE CHAPTERS completed. I will try not to rush them and will post them usually around 2pm Eastern on Tuesday and Saturday. Thanks guys and keep reading on. Also if you have any ideas that i should implement into the story then please message them to me in private. Sometimes i get a nice big block to stand in front of me to prevent me from writing. Useful ideas can keep the story flowing smoothly.

As they approached Canterlot, plumes of black smoke were rising into the air from several areas around Canterlot. Although late in the evening the sun was staying still in the sky. It had not moved for almost several hours now and the time was now almost eleven pm. As they near the castle they could see bright flashes of light erupting from inside several of the windows in the castle. As they drew nearer one of the walls erupted sending out several unicorn guards.

They all fell around 40 feet to the ground. None of them stood back up once they hit. Everyone gasped seeing this, then slowly flying toward the fallen wall to peek inside.What they saw made them gasp. Midnight was standing over not only Celestia, But Luna as well. Luna was laying across her sister protectively as Celestia lay there, her eyes closed, her breathing was rough, several scorch marks riddle her body, Many of her feather from her wings had been scattered
about from a large burn mark on one of them.

"Begone thou evil being, You will leave us be with out sister. BEGONE! Or face our WRATH!" Luna's eyes glowed as her horn began to fill with power. Midnight stepped forward only to run into a powerful beam spell that hit him head on. He staggered for a moment regaining his footing then began to advance again. Yet another beam hit him from Luna. This went on for another 5 minutes. Blast after blast of energy hitting the former human but never hurting him.

Midnight let out an evil cackle as Luna tried in vain to keep casting the spell, until she finally exhausted her power.

"My my, little Luna is such the patriot, Fighting to protect her big sister after she had fallen to her former lover. How sweet." Midnight spoke sarcastically. Mischief in his voice as he moved closer to the exhausted Luna. He lowered his head to her's, an evil grin across his face.

"Once I have taken care of you and your sister. There will be nothing to stop me from taking over Equestria." He began to raise his head as he cackled loudly. But it was short lived as a powerful beam hit him from the side sending him down the hallway and through a wall to the palace gardens.

Twilight stood there panting loudly through clenched teeth. Her horn literally white with magic. Her coat had transformed to a pure white while her mane was now ablaze. Her voice echoed throughout the hallway as if it were several Twilight's talking at once.

"You will NOT harm the Princesses!" she shouted.

After the wall finished falling that Midnight had been launched through everything fell quiet. A loud cackle could be heard from the hole Midnight had been put through. "Well isn't this a surprise. Twilight and her friends finally coming to the rescue. I'm not sure if you noticed but most of the royal guard is dead. Celestia is wounded, and Luna is out of power. I'll give you this one chance to walk away unharmed. After that I will bend you to my will if you do not leave." Midnight growled out the last of the sentence sending shivers down everponies spines.

Twilight stepped forward still on fire. "Midnight you have to listen to me. You've been infected with poison joke, its somehow altering your nature to go against what you normally do and believe in, let us help you. You still have the chance to be forgiven." She spoke out pulling several water balloons from Pinkies bushels, floating them to her side.

"Forgiveness?! Do you think I want that? No I don't want that at all. What I want is very simple." Midnight laughed.

"And what would that be?" Twilight asked looking at him oddly.

"The complete destruction of the entire universe." He yelled causing the windows in the castle to shatter. The girls were all pushed back by the sudden outburst.

"Girls, we have no choice, we have to use the elements. I doubt we could get any of these balloons near him without loosing them instead of hitting him."

They all felt tears come to their eyes as the power from the elements began to shine brightly sending out a bright light from each of them.

"What do we have here?" Midnight smiled seeing the colors of a rainbow heading toward him. He smiled watching it bolt toward him. After a few seconds the rainbow from the elements disappeared. The girls gasped at what they saw. Midnight stood there laughing at them in the same spot. Some type of clear crystal floating in front of him.

"B-but, that should have worked?! What happened?" Twilight shouted in a panicked voice.

"Oh my poor poor Twilight. You forgot about one thing. I'm smarter than you." He began to laugh as Twilight stomped the ground infuriated by the insult.

"You can't be smarter than me! I've done nothing but study my entire life. How can a mere human be smarter than me?!" She growled.

"HUMAN? HUMAN!? I'm a fucking Alicorn you little snot!" Midnight growled teleporting to right in front of the girls.

"You see this crystal? This is called a prism. It can turn white light into a rainbow and a rainbow into white light. This is how I have defeated you pitiful ponies." He began to laugh again as the group powered up their elements again. Firing them at Midnight repeatedly. Every time he would laugh as the light show was altered to innocent white light as it was blocked by the prism. After an hour of trying to use the elements on Midnight they all stopped falling to the ground crying. Twilight's white coat and fire mane turned back to normal. Midnight moved forward giving an evil smile.

"So have you finally given up girls?" He laughed as he walked into the center of the group.

They all stood on shaky legs as they looked at him. Midnight smiled looking around at them, he walked over to pinky who was sitting next to the water balloons, her hair deflated, a look of horror across her face as she gazed up at the dark Alicorn. His smile never left as he lowered his head to her laughing.

"LIttle balloons? What were you going to do? Pelt me with them? Was that your fallback plan?" He cackled.

Pinkie picked up one of the water balloons giving an evil grin as she burst it over her own head. Her mane now drenched as it began to soak her coat.

Midnight laughed at the sudden self water ballooning.

"So it is just regular water after all. You all were seriously going to pelt me with them instead of using your elements? I feel a little sad for you six now. But how about this. I'll indulge you as your final request. Go ahead and hit me with as many as you want." He laughed standing there.

*splash*
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Midnight laughed as he was assaulted with water balloons until they were all gone. A minute passed by and he smiled to the group.

"M-midnight? Are you back to normal now?" Twilight asked as she moved forward to him.

"Normal? I've never felt better!" His voice drew venom into it as his horn began to glow.

"NOW GIRLS!" Twilight shouted as the elements charged and fired at him once again. Midnight laughed as the beam connected with the prism again turning into a harmless white light beam. His eyes shot open at the last second as he watched in slow motion as a single droplet of water fell from the tip of his horn into the white lights path. Before he could react the white light hit the droplet turning it into a bright flash of colorful light.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He shouted as the rainbow envelope him, spinning around him at untold speeds. He screamed loudly sending out a powerful shockwave which caused the rainbow tornado to be obliterated. The girls stood in shock at what they saw. Midnight stood there shakily, his head lowered as his breathing was strained. His right wing mangled and broken. Blood and feathers lay all around him. His entire right side burned badly. He took several steps
forward before finally falling to the ground in a heap. The girls walked cautiously over to him surrounding him, ready to charge the elements again if needed.

"Twilight......" He softly spoke laying on his left side.

Twilight came over to his head giving him a saddened expression.

"Twi........wha......what happened?" He asked breathing hard.

"You don't remember?" She asked looking down to him.

"*cough* N-no........ Why do ........ do I feel like a.......... train hit me?

"You were infected with poison joke. You went on a rampage through Canterlot and....." Twilight was cut off by him as he spoke out in strained words.

"NO! D-did I kill anyone?"

Twilight looked over to Luna and Celestia who were laying on the ground behind them. Midnight moved his head slowly to see them. Luna looked at him, tears in her eyes as she nuzzled Celestia who was laying on the ground.

Midnight cried out in horror.

"P-please Twilight. Tell me I didn't do this. Tell me I didn't kill Celestia?! She was carrying my foal, I can't live knowing I took that life." He cried out.

Twilight lowered her head, tears falling from her face, no words escaped her lips.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Midnight shrieked as his horn began to brighten, The illumination filling the room quickly to a blinding light.

Everypony covered their eyes as it grew in intensity. They could hear Midnight screaming louder and louder until everything shook.

As quickly as it began, it ended. Twilight and the others opened there eyes gasping at what they saw. Celestia was walking toward the fallen Midnight as he lay on the ground glowing brightly. The castle and everything around was back to its original glory. All the guards now up and alive again. Luna joined Celestia at Midnight's side. Slowly his tail began to evaporate into the air, it looked like little lightning bugs pulling away from a disappearing pony that was glowing. He lay there as he spoke quietly, Looking around.

Celestia, Luna, I am so sorry this happened. I never meant to hurt any of you in any way. When I saw you laying there, and the thought of me having killed you and our foal, I snapped. I'm sorry to have hurt everypony, I hope that with my final gift, you can forgive my actions." His upper body and head were now slowly disappearing as they all came to him. giving him one final hug.

"We forgive you, you have been the best friend anypony could ask for. We love you. Please don't leave us." Celestia cried as she burried her muzzle into his neck.

"I'm sorry, but that won't be possible. I used all of my power to turn back time to the point where noone would remember the attack. Only you eight will remember. All the lives that I have taken. All the damage I have done. Completely restored. I have gladly given my life to protect the ones I love and cherish. Please, don't forget me. Although my time here was short. I have never been so loved in my life. If I ever get a second chance to live again. Please, make sure I stay away from those stupid blue flowers." He laughed softly at his final words, smiling to everyone as the rest of his body vanished into a brilliant display of glowing particles, ascending into the heavens.

Everyone was silently crying. Looking at the resting place of Midnight.

Time seemed to stand still as they sat there quietly.

"Why didn't the poison joke cure work?" Twilight asked herself over and over. She continued to think quietly until the answer fell onto her like a ton of bricks. She fell to the ground crying as the answer was now in front of her. "He must have smelled of the flowers. The cure would to have been a vapor to enter his lungs in order to fully cure him. The poison joke must have turned his love of protecting others into the complete opposite....." She trailed off as she thought of what had happened. Life from this point was going to be hard. As it would continue though, they all hoped it would get easier. Only time would tell.

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8 years later
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Celestia walked along the path in the royal hedge maze toward the center. A small group of colts and fillies following her. Cheerilee walked at the end of the school group as they came to a stop in the center of the hedge maze. Celestia smiled to the group as Cheerilee came forth looking to a large statue.

"Ok everypony. Who can tell me who this statue represents?" She smiled looking to the group waiting for a hoof to raise so she could call on them.

A small black hoof raised into the air getting Cheerilee's attention.

"Yes Midnight star? Do you have the answer?" She spoke out to him.

A small black Alicorn walked through the group of children to the front of the group. His entire body was a brilliant black that shone brightly in the sunlight. On his back rested a set of white wings being a severe contrast to his black coat. His mane flickered wildly like fire but was like liquid light. It was see through much like Celestia's mane.

"This statue is of Midnight Flame. My father. Although I never got to meet him. I have been told by everypony that has known him, that not only was he one of the kindest ponies alive, but traded his life to save everypony in Canterlot."

Cheerilee smiled, "Very good Star. Let's all continue shall we?" She said as the student's followed her. Star staying behind to look at the statue some more. Celestia walked quietly up to him giving him a gentle nuzzle which he returned.

"Mother?" He began.

"Yes my son?" She smiled.

"Was he really as great as everypony has said he was?" He asked looking from the statue to Celestia.

"My dear, he was not only the most powerful Alicorn to ever live, but also the most wonderful. Your father was a shining example to every pony in Equestria."

She smiled causing Midnight Star to smile widely. Celestia walked ahead joining the group as they headed toward another statue in another part of the maze.

Star looked up to the statue one last time as he walked on to catch up to the group.

"Father, I hope that I can make you proud, and be as wonderful as everypony has said you were. I won't let you down." He smiled as a single tear fell from his eye to the ground, hitting a small beam of light as it punched through the cloud line. The light refracted only for an instant as it passed through, sending a magnificent rainbow of colors over the statue.