My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 40

Final Light

Catapults and cannons were rolled into position for when Oscurita returns but with the humans long gone, this is a losing battle and they all know it.

“was it really wise to send them away, Celestia?” Cosmos asked. “we could’ve used their help. They had some powerful magic that could have helped.”

“yeah, and we saw it.” Celestia replied. “we saw it almost destroy the town and the planet. I don’t trust anyone that would put our world at risk.”

“Really? We saw destructive magic from them before. Why choose now to crack down on them?” Celestia kept quiet. “Celestia…”

“what do you want me to say, Cosmos? I want to protect my people but those humans…”

“Would’ve saved us.” Twilight said as she walked up.

“Twilight…”

“think back, Princess. What would’ve happened when Nightmare Moon was revived? Or if all of us were still Human ourselves? Or with the Winter War or Discord? Celestia, without the humans, we would’ve lost against our foes long ago. And I would’ve have the best things in my life right now. Nobody would. Cosmos would still be trapped, I wouldn’t have had Starlight, and Canterlot would still be under Dark Chrysalis’ control. Face the facts; we own the humans everything. And they didn’t ask for anything in return. Are you sure you were looking out for Equestria’s best interests? Or yourself?”

Celestia kept silent. She looked up to the sky and saw dark clouds forming overhead. That monster was already coming back.

Oscurita stood on top of a mountain, eager to get this over with. He looked at the bracelet and growled. He spread his wings and took to the air.

Orochi, or rather Tenebrae, shot shadow’s up into the sky, forming dark clouds that floated over the town. “this is gonna be one hell of a show.” Ventus said before he disappeared.

A heavily bandaged Derpy slept in her hospital bed, unaware of what was going on around her. She didn’t even feel that her daughter was there.

“Mommy… please get well…” Dinky softly said. For once, she wasn’t crying. She placed flowers right next to her and kissed her on the forehead.

Carrot Top walked in to see Dinky over her mother. “Dinky? Are you okay?”

She looked back and acknowledged her. “Hey, Aunt Top.”

“we should really be going. They’re evacuating the town.”

“I’ll leave when they take mom.” she said.

“Dinky…”

Dinky stood silent for a moment before asking, “Carrot Top? Why didn’t mom tell me that eTu`nes was my dad?”

C.T. thought for a moment. “well… truth be told, I didn’t know. I was as surprised as you were. But… if I were to guess… I think Derpy thought you couldn’t take it; that you would freak out or something.”

Dinky chuckled. “that’s the thing.” Dinky chuckled. “for a time, I had a feeling that da… that Clockwerk wasn’t my real dad. I had no evidence; it was just a feeling. Guess that turned out to be true.”

“well…” Carrot Top sat down next to the filly. “you know that Clockwerk loved you, right? Even if you weren’t his daughter, Clockwerk still loved you. Hopefully you’ll remember that.”

“I know. And I will.”

Suddenly, the hospital shook violently. Carrot Top held Dinky close as they rode it though.

Outside, a intense beam of blue light came down from the clouds and struck the ground just outside Sweet Apple Acres. The beam began to move and surround the town in a wall of flame.

Time Turner and Sparkler ran into Derpy’s hospital room and saw C.T. and Dinky already in there.

“What’s going on out there?” Carrot Top asked.

“what else?” Time Turner asked. “Trouble.”

The beam finished encircling the town in a ring of fire.

“this? Not good.” Halo said.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaaOUlBhQ-c

Monster X Appears - Godzilla: Final Wars Soundtrack

Thunder rumbled though the clouds. A loud roar echoed though it, a roar that everyone in Ponyville recognized all too well.

A part of the clouds parted.

Oscurita descended from the clouds as dark and as demonic as can be.

“oh… crap…” Zil gulped.

The monster from hell touched down inside the ring as gently as he could. His eyes glowed yellow as darkness took him over. He opened his mouth and powered up his beam attack.

“still glad you sent the humans away now, sister?” Luna angrily asked her stunned sister.

Oscurita reared back and fired his beam attack.

End Song.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACn4dolmFq0

The Worlds - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep OST

A eternity. That’s what it felt like since the earthlings had been in the Between-Realm. That’s what Gabriëlle called the lanes that connected each world to the other and nobody could think of a better name so they’re sticking with Between-Realm. It was nothing special to look at; just a pink, organic looking tunnel. You may feel like you’re not moving but, in truth, you’re traveling at 1000 Miles Per Hour.

The shock of leaving was still hanging over the group like a dark cloud. Celestia’s sudden outburst for something that happened 10000 years ago, that they weren’t even a part of. Okay, they agree that Jax casting that spell was stupid-- not stupid, retarded -- but it was no reason to shout like that. She rarely uses it, plus this one missed.

Jax depressingly sat at the aft section of the ship, sitting over the edge, watching as the tunnel flew by.

“I think Jax feels bad about what happened.” Cynder said.

“you think?” Emil angrily retorted.

“Emil!”

“sorry. Just a bit on edge. I don’t like leaving friends to deal with a monstrous threat by themselves.”

“and you think we like it?” Req asked.

Jax sighed deeply, looking away as someone sat down next to her. “You okay, Jax?” Amelia asked.

“no. I just can’t believe that Celestia would just… snap like that. She never did it before.”

“I think that spell you tried to pull would be reason enough.”

“yeah, but still…” Jax leaned forward and rest her hand on her hand. “why would she even care? We weren’t even here.”

“well… sometimes the past can affect the present. Sometimes in large ways, sometimes in small. Sometimes in ways we would never imagine.”

“yeah. Sometime the past can…” Jax stopped in mid-sentence and thought about it. Oh! Stupid. Why didn’t she piece it together before?

Derpy kept talking about this eTu`nes guy who’s been missing for 8 years, That Oscurita fella didn’t appear till after they all arrived on Equestria, and that jerk from Symphonia was on this world as well. And Derpy said that this eTu`nes guy had a bracelet, and this dragon had a bracelet. Well, there’s a reason why she didn’t piece it together; it was too convoluted to piece together without a little nudge.

“That’s it. That’s it!” Jax exclaimed.

“What’s it?”

Jax got up and ran over to the pilot. “Satoshi, turn this ship around! We have to go back!”

“What?” Satoshi exclaimed.

“Are you crazy, Jax?” Aura asked. “Celestia isn’t exactly in a keen mode so if we go back, she’s gonna get angry and kill us.”

“I’ll take care of it.” Jax said. “just turn the ship around. They’re going to make a HUGE mistake.” nobody thought this was a good idea. They could get into a lot of trouble with Celestia.

Sora thought for a moment. Jax never acted like this around any equine. Did something happen to her back there? “………. Do it.” she said.

“What?”

“I think Jax is right. something bad is going to happen- All our new friends are going to get killed because of some thing that happened 10000 years ago! Req, you agree with me right?”

End Song.

Of course. Everything is placed on her. What a shock. She looked up at Jax, who looked back with her with genuine concern. She thought for a moment then nodded. “Turn us around, Satoshi. Take us back to Equestria. I’m not going to let our friends get killed at the hands of some beast.”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lK5wulOmGE

To The Last Battle - Xenoblade Chronicles OST

0:00.

Jax happily gasped as she smiled wide.

“I was actually hoping you would say that.” Satoshi said as he spun the wheel.

The Orion stopped in it’s tracks, turned around, and headed back to Equestria.

0:13.

“Fire!” Celestia ordered.

The catapults and cannons fired at the giant dragon, hitting with explosive forces.

“Did that do it?” Luna asked as she ran up.

One flap of his wings and Oscurita cleared the fire away. He was unscathed but he was mad. He roared down at them as he brandished his claws.

“nope.”

Oscurita brought his arm back then slashed down at them, cutting though the air itself. That same attack cut though almost all of the catapults and cannons, destroying all but 3 of each.

Oscurita slashed again with his other set of claws, destroying quite a number of buildings.

“This guy means business!” Shadow yelled. Oscurita attacked again and one of the attacks headed straight for Dash. Shadow pushed her out of the way in the nick of time.

“Thanks Shadow.”

“te nada.”

Oscurita roared and stretched his wings wide. He rose up into the air as his eyes glowed yellow.

“now this is a show.” Ventus chuckled as he tossed some popcorn into his mouth. A whooshing sound came from behind him, making Glacies take over. “is HE there?”

“not yet, but I found his little deally. I expect he’ll arrive in the hour.” the Black Knight Tsylatac said.

The two looked to the rampaging giant dragon they had let loose. “Considering the world isn’t destroyed, of course.” Ignis chuckled.

“and what of the key? Did you obtain it yet?” Fulmen asked, taking over.

“Not yet. I think I’ll wait until they’re all tired, then take it.”

“Good thinking.” Terra said. “just go easy on them. We want to have our fun as well, you know.”

“I am well aware of your definition of ‘fun’.” Tsylatac said before disappearing in dark fire.

Oscurita roared and stretched his wings wide. He rose up into the air as his eyes glowed yellow. He shot up into the air then flipped upside-down, flying to the outskirts of town. He turned down, flying down like he was in a dome.

He flipped right-side up and flew over the city at supersonic speeds, causing roofs to break off of houses and ponies to be sent flying into buildings.

The royalty stood their ground but the force from the wind was a bit much.

The dragon stopped, turned around, and flew back the same way he came. The force from this hurricane-gust tore the paint and bark right off of houses and trees.

He halted, turned around, and fired his beam attack into the middle of town. It hit the town hall, making it explode into nothingness.

A magic whip wrapped around his arm. This little whip belonged to one stubborn Alicorn of the Stars. He even tried to pull him down. What a laugh. Oscurita just jerked his arm towards him a little bit. To Cosmos, however, he was pulled half-a-mile into the library.

“we have to evacuate the citizens, sister.” Luna said to Celestia.

“Where? That ring of fire is making it impossible for anyone to leave.

A explosion happened not far from them and twilight crashed into the ground right in front of them. “Twilight!” Celestia exclaimed. She and Luna ran over to her and helped her up. “Are you okay?”

“yeah.” Twi groaned and held her side. “I think so.”

A shadow cast over the 3 of them. They looked up and saw Oscurita standing right over them, looking right down at them. He snarled and powered up his beam attack.

“Help!” Twilight yelled.

2:02.

Against all odds, despite what Nurse Redheart had just said about her being blind for the rest of her life, Derpy opened her eyes. They weren’t all derped up anymore; they were back to normal. Of course, she can’t tell but if anyone looked at her, they’d see it.

She got up out of bed to see her family staring out the window, watching the fight go down in town. She looked out the window to see Oscurita rampaging, destroying everything in sight.

“eTu`nes…” she softly said with her eyes watering. She looked down at his left hand… and at the bracelet. Even after all this time, he still had it.

Without her family knowing until she was long gone, Derpy walked out the door.

2:28.

Oscurita stood over the princess’ and twilight, looking right down at them. He snarled and powered up his beam attack.

“Help!” Twilight yelled.

Oscurita reared back to fire when a explosion hit him in the back of the head, making him fire the beam straight beneath his feet. It exploded but, like with everything else, it didn’t effect him.

Something streaked along the sky like a meteor, flying far from Ponyville before making a u-turn and heading back.

“Impossible.” Glacies said.

“They’re back!” Pinkie cheered.

Oscurita snarled as angrily as he could.

2:42.

The Orion flew at top speeds, making a bee-line for the demon dragon.

“We’re Back!” Satoshi exclaimed before hitting the big red button.

The main cannons fired, striking the monster in the chest. That actually left a scratch. And damn, that hurt.

The ship flew past it’s head, dropping it’s anchors. The anchors wrapped around the monsters neck. They constricted, gagging him as the ship flew away from Ponyville. They both passed though the ring of fire, causing it to dissipate into nothing but air.

Satoshi turned off all propellers except the center mast and let the ship spin. The dragon spun with it, moving as fast as the vessel.

“3...2...1...” Satoshi clicked down on the same button as the anchors.

The anchors detached and the monster fell to the ground. It crashed into a gorge, causing a large plume of dirt to explode up from it.

The wings retracted into the ship and the Orion went after the beasty.

“They came back! I can’t believe it, they came back!” Pinkie cheered. Her cheer was short-lived as Celestia spread her wings and went after it. “HWEEEEEEEEEE! I forgot!”

“what are we waiting for, then?” Edge asked with a wink.

The royalty, the Mane 6 and their families, and a few of the guards ran after Celestia and the Orion.

3:40. End Song.

“this… could be a problem.” Tenebrae droned.

“Plan D?” Aqua asked.

“Plan D.” Glacies said as they disappeared in a flash of dark fire.

The ponies ran though the woods and came out at Ghastly Gorge to see this following scene.

“Grave!” Jax, Riku, Req, Lina, Amelia, and Zel yelled. Spyro slammed his tail into the ground. The ground closed up on Oscurita, who was struggling to get up from the crash. Once closed, the lines welded together, making it absolute.

“And that’s how we do it in the land of Oz.” Jax smugly laughed as she twirled her rings in her fingers.

“Jax!” the CMC suddenly hugged Jax, catching her off guard.

“Hey, guys. What’s up?” she said like nothing had happened.

“What’s up?” Trixie exclaimed. “you get banished and all you can say is what’s up!? Don’t you know what will happen when--” Celestia landed in front of her sister-in-law, shutting her up.

“here we go.” Ash sighed.

Celestia walked over to Jax as angry as can be. The CMC let go and backed away. “un… please go easy on us.” Hiccup pleaded. “And know that some of us were against coming back and… I should shut up now.”

Celestia approached Jax, who was fully prepared for her fate. Celestia raised her hoof and…..

Patted Jax on the shoulder. “What kept you? Half of Ponyville got destroyed.”

“I know. But I had trouble convincing my friends to come back; it’s more difficult then you can imagine. What with them all worried about…”

As Jax and Celestia continued talking, both groups looked up with dumbstruck eyes and mouths agape. Cynder and Erys looked at each other with those same expressions. What the heck is going on?

“Wait! Whoa! Time out!” Spike exclaimed, breaking up the conversation. “What are you two talking about? Did you two plan this?”

Celestia and Jax looked at each other. “Yep.”

Spike’s mouth dropped then he face-palmed. “un-freakin believable.” he said as he fell backwards.

“wait wait wait. How did you two plan this? We spent almost all day together.” Req said.

Jax chuckled and put her hands behind her head. “well… when I woke up from the battle, I want into Celestia just as she and her family arrived in town. She was angry that I cast such a destructive spell. I plea bargained, she forgave with a price, we made a plan where we humans were ‘banished‘. We danced, we kissed, we schmoozed. we carry on. What do you say? Come on.”

“that… is… utterly devious.” Lina chuckled. And she saw devious. Hell, she is devious.

“It was my idea.” Celestia said. “we’re just thankful that Luna, Cosmos, Trixie, Erys, Armor, Cadence, and Dis weren’t there when we made the plan. Otherwise, we would’ve been found out.”

“but that book…”

“oh, that was real. But it happened a long time ago and I know you all wouldn’t do that.”

Jax snickered. “I should probably audition for a play. I was very convincing.”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fpyi2iTQrQ

Battle for a Future to Believe in - Tales of Xillia OST

“Oh, I could just hit you!” Sora exclaimed. Nobody was aware that the ground where they sealed Oscurita was starting to break open.

“for what? Being a talented actress?”

“No, for not filling us in.”

The cracks got even bigger. “hehe. Well, that would’ve ruined the plan and we didn’t want that.”

The ground burst open in a torrent of fire, opening the gorge back up and widening it. Oscurita rose up like the devil he was and roared loudly into the sky.

“And we didn’t want that to happen either.”

The voice. The owner of that voice made his rage run even deeper. The darkness inside has officially taken him over. “you… Miserable Little Human!” he said.

“AH! He spoke!” Emil yelped.

“You… You will pay for interfering with me!” the dragon snarled.

Jax scoffed and grabbed her chakrams. “Try me…” he spun them around her wrists before grabbing them and taking up her battle pose. “eTu`nes!”

Oscurita snarled as his eyes went wide. She knows. She knows and must be killed. “DIEEEEEE!” he punched at her with his bracelet hand. It connected, causing a lot of dirt to kick up, but not with Jax.

The nimble spell caster ran up the beasts arm, Ranga Blades coming out of both rings. She jumped up and yelled as she slashed down at his face. It didn’t wound him but it did harm him. He yelled out in pain, franticly flailing his arms about. He swat Jax out of the sky, only to have her caught by Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

They let her go and turned to her friends. “Keep him off of me!” Jax ordered.

“Why?” Spyro yelled.

“just do it! I got a idea.” She replied. Jax spun around like a ballerina and let the chakrams go. They spiraled around her as a glyph appeared beneath her.

They weren’t exactly sure what was going on with her but they do know they aren’t going to let some monster kill their friends.

Derpy ran though the woods as fast as she could, hoping to reach eTu`nes before they did something monstrous to him. Her wounds pain hit her, causing her to yell and fall over. Blood slowly seeped out of her wounds but she’s not going to give up.

“no… not again…” she painfully vowed as she got up. “I lost him 8 years ago… I won’t lose him again!” she said with gusto. There was a faint twinkle in her eyes as she said that.

“Derpy! Derpy!”

“Mom! Mom, where are you!?”

She heard her friends and family call out to her. She was glad they still cared about her but she had something else to deal with right now. She just hopes she’s not too late.

“Burst Rondo!” Zel and Amelia yelled. The attack struck Oscurita in the side, making him yell in pain.

How is this possible? Nothing could wound him before, so why is it now that he’s starting to get injured and feeling pain?

Magic artillery fired from the Alicorns and Unicorns, striking the bastard in the body and head.

Of course. Magic. Before, they were relying on nothing but brute force. It was always magic.

“Seraphim Blade!” the sword beam shot out of Req’s blade, striking him in the back.

But that spell was used in the last battle and it didn’t harm him. It must be their resolve. The last time, they were caught completely off guard and couldn’t gather their resolve.

Spyro, Cynder, and Bahamut flew up above the beastie and fired fireballs down at him. The fireballs fell like rain, hitting him everywhere.

Resolve or not, it’s going to take more then some puny spells to take him down. Luckily, Jax figured that to be the case and powered up the only spell that could end this once and for all.

“Oh, powers of the infinite mind that we can only dream of grasping…”

The wind picked up around her in the form of wisps.

“Let us break the bonds of reality and bring back the ones we love or separate the good from the evil…”

The glyph glowed even bright as a blade began to take shape.

“Let us dive into the stream of time and space and do the impossible!”

Jax opened her eyes as a white blade materialized above her. She jumped up, grabbed it, spun around, and landed in a epic pose.

Oscurita took notice of this, figured it was just another attack spell, and fired his beam attack at her. Jax dodged to the right and ran right for him.

Oscurita fired again and again and again but Jax was too fast.

The human jumped onto a exposed rock and headed right for him. Oscurita snarled and opened his mouth wide.

A certain grey mare ran out of the woods and into the clearing of the fight. She saw the dragon and couldn’t control herself.

“ETU`NES!”

That yell distracted Oscurita long enough.

“PERSONALITY SHIFT!!!”

End Song.

To Be Continued…

Author's Notes:

oh, Cliffhanger. you have to hate those.