Trixie stood atop the crystalline creature beating it in the face, or she presumed its face. She held a wicked grin as her hooves rained down on the creatures face laughing the whole time. The creature slapped her off with a flick of its tail sending her flying across the town.

She spun in the air, using her flight jet spell to propel herself forward towards it striking it a second time. This time she was intercepted by Rainbow Dash. The two tumbled in the air as they exchanged blows to one another. All the time Rainbow tried to reason with Trixie but was only met with mockery and laughter.

Rainbow gripped her around the while Trixie pounded her face with her hoof. Finally tired of the pegasus she blasted her wings stunning them. They went completely limp making the two fall out of the sky. Trixie positioned her hooves against Rainbows chest and blasted her with her jet spell sending her soaring and the pegasus tumbling to the ground.

Rainbow Dash hit the ground with such force a small imprint of herself was left behind. Trixie all the while laughed at her fallen adversary flying into the sky with great speed as the crystal beast charged after her.

Maud trotted calmly over to her two friends/rivals. Mary and Platinum had mixed emotions. Mary watched her with awe and wonder, Platinum looked at her guiltily.

"I thought you left us." She said not looking up at the grey mare.

To their surprise Maud smiled gently reaching for her and helped her stand. "I wouldn't leave my friends behind. Especially not you two."

"Why? you barley know us."

"I know you care for, little moon. That's good enough for me."

Platinum was taken aback by the forward and simple answer. Her eyes welled up with tears and she leaned forward hugging her. Mary smiled at the sight rubbing her hooves trying to dry the layer of blood on her hooves.

The two mares broke away looking up to the sky as laughter caught their attention. Trixie hovered above them her arms crossed. She looked down at the three mares grinning. "So, you three finally are together? Glad to see you decided to stand together making it easy to depose of you!"

She aimed her horn at them, it glowed red as charged a powerful spell to destroy them in one go. Maud stood in the front with Platinum, Mary stepped behind them. Trixie fired her spell at them, Maud stomped the ground making the earth crack and Platinum used her magic to bring it up making a barrier. She focused her magic on the rocky barrier, reinforcing it with a shield spell.

To Trixies horror the spell she fired redirect back to her. Her eyes widened and her pupils dilated and she was forced to stop firing the spell of doom to deflect the redirected one away from her. She held out her hoof and using the amulets power deflected the beam back to the forest. The beam flew across the Everfree and impacted somewhere deep within.

The unicorn recovered quickly from her stupor and grinned at the barrier before her.

"That was clever girls! But you'll have to do better than that!"

She curled up into a ball focusing on her very anatomy and in seconds she split herself into two separate beings identical to one another. One flew off to the side the other went in eh opposite direction turning invisible. The visible Trixie flew to the side of the barrier kicking Maud in the face. Platinum turned to fire a stun spell but only met a grey wall of fur. The two mares went down on top of one another.

Platinum opened her eyes to a truly wondrous sight of Maud's marehood less than an inch from her face. Blushing she pushed the mare off of her and dusted herself off like nothing happened.

Mary was left shaking in fear as Trixie approached her.

"Oh, Mary, Mary, Mary," she cooed to the cowering mare, summoning an energy blade from her right arm. "You should have run while you had the chance."

Dragging the blade across the wall, she drew nearer to the tan mare who to her surprise stood her ground defiantly.

"Oh, brave mare I see. Well, let's see how far that gets you."

"Farther than you realized Trixie."

"Hmm?"

"Now get her!" Mary yelled as the element bearers lunged at her with Mary. But Trixie held her grin and in a flash disintegrated into small particles o light as all the mares collided into a pile. In their daze none of them noticed the other Trixie become visible again as she charged the group with her crimson blade, only to be stopped by the crystal beast.

She halted her advance and focused on the giant monster before her. It made several wild swipes at her, forcing her to shield herself from every strike. Even with the power of the amulet she found it difficult to hold the beast back. She growled forcing the shield spell outward blasting the creature back, but it dug it's clawed arm into the ground stopping itself from falling farther away. It returned seconds later continuing its assault as Trixie held up another barrier.

She screamed in fury at the beasts relentless nature. Firing a blazed of firework to blind it, but found ti was completely ineffective. The next thing she did was something she was taught by Maud. All rocks and gems had a specific resonance that could make them shatter. Even diamonds were no exception.

She focused on adding a new layer of magic to her horn as she vibrated her horn to find the resonance the creature needed to break it. Mary and the others recovered helping each other up. They watched in awe at the sigh to Trixie holding back the giant monstrosity. Pinkie looked over to her sister.

"Maudie? What's that?"

"It a hydranga. A crystal hydra sub-species that lingers deep in the planet. This one is a close friend of mine. We've known each other since we were both young."

"You did?"

Maud nodded, earning looks of respect from everypony around her. Mary was truly envious. Here were all these magnificent mares who could do great things, and she was nothing more than a regular earth pony. She felt useless. Maud notice her and nudged her gently in the side of her belly.

"We need a plan!" Twilight said to her friends.

The mane six huddled together to discus a plan to stop Trixie. But hushed whispers turned to a full argument as half of them wanted to stop Trixie no matter what, the other half wanting to save her.

"She's our friend Rainbow! We can't abandon her!" Rarity screamed to her marefriend.

"I know rares, but we have to stop her before somepony gets hurt!" She said flexing her injured wing. "If we stone her, we'll have time to find a way to get the amulet off her and-"

"OUT OF THE QUESTION!" Mary yelled pinning the pegasus to the ground.

"If you can't save her then you'll do nothing to her!" Platinum added stepping over the prone pony.

"I agree." Maud stepped in. "But we do need to stop, little moon."

"How?"

"I'm sure something will come up. Until then-"

Maud was cut off by the hydranga screeching in pain as its body began to fracture. Trixie released her barrier as the beast fell to the ground screeching and thrashing about in great pain. Maud recognized what Trixie was doing and rushed over tackling her from behind. The two mares rolled on the ground as Twilight looked to her friends gathering the power of the elements while Trixie was distracted. The hydranga burrowed itself into the ground fleeing from the fight.

Maud rolled over Trixie landing on top of her. She straddled the unicorn and pinned her horn to the side so no spell could hit her. Or so she thought. Trixie fired abeam off the surface of the hydranga hitting Maud in the back. The smell of burnt flesh and fur invaded her nostrils and Maud let out a pained groan.

She then pulled a chunk of earth from beside of Trixie's head and hit her several times in the horn dazing her. The unicorn spun over and slipped under the earth pony pulling her back legs from under her sending her flying onto her back effectively winding her. She then drove a solid punch to the mares chest knocking the wind out of her again.

Just then Mary and Platinum tackled her to the ground immobilizing her. But their victory wouldn't last. Trixie used a focus blast blowing the two off of her. Before they got far they were encased in a crimson aura and smashed head first together. Trixie dropped them beside Maud and drew her energy blade preparing to deliver the final blow.

But she couldn't do it. She stood there as ponies watched from their homes expecting her to show no mercy, yet she hesitated. The mane six were now glowing with the power of their friendship rising above Trixie, who turned to face them. A rainbow of colors swirled together forming a giant beam of radiant light.

Trixie was about to fly away. She easily could have but then the thought of what would happen to her friends stopped her. She glanced behind her and saw they were still clumped together in the line of fire. A million thoughts ran through her head as the amulet hissed in her mind.

Evade them! You don't need them! They mean nothing to you! It hissed.

"But they said they'd save me... why?" she asked looking to them.

As the radiant light struck her she held up both of her hooves creating a barrier between the beam and herself.

What are you doing?! Obey me! Leave them to their fate! The amulet commanded causing her to flinch.

"n-no I-I won't leave them!" She cried out as her eyes pulsated red. "I won't - I-father..."

In a moment all her memories from her life pasted in the blink of an eye. The times she laughed with her family, the times she cried, every moment she spent to this very moment flashed in the blink of an eye. She thought about her time with Maud on the farm, Igneous and even Cloudy Quartz and their two other daughters.

Her time in Ponyville with Mary and Platinum. Silver Spoon, Diamond Tiara, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and yes even Applejack. All the time she spent here. The precious moments she spent with all of them.

Clarity came to her in the blink of an eye and she thought about Mary. How she loved her and how she felt for the others. She loved them all. Dearly. She loved Maud, Platinum, and Mary and here she was fighting to save them from an attack that was meant for her.

Trixie fought the amulets influence but the fight was being lost. She held onto the barrier spell but slowly it waned with her mind. The three downed mares groaned from the aching in their heads. They looked up to see Trixie standing over them using a barrier to protect them from a beam of light. She looked like she was struggling to fight it back, not realizing it was her fighting the amulet as well.

They stood up ready to make a break for it when they heard Trixie talking to herself.

"I-won't I - Trixie won't fall for your lies again!" She screamed as the amulet hissed.

You will obey me! A voice hissed from the amulet creating a blast sending the nearby building crashing down on Mary, Maud and Platinum. The three mares screamed as the rooftop fell on them pinning them down.

Trixie screamed in horror at the sight of her closest friends being partially buried under the rubble of the fallen house. She saw they were alive, but there was no telling for how long. Summoning all her strength she focused all her power on one thought. Throwing out all the noise and sounds around her she focused on just protecting them. She had too. She wouldn't fail again.

Failure. A voice called out to Trixie. The amulet glowed brightly, the voice now audible for all to hear. You'll fail just like you failed your father. The amulet hissed.

"No, I won't fail again!"

No, you won't. Not with me you won't. It said. Memories of her fathers death passed in her mind in seconds. Every moment she had with him till the moment he died. Why would you want that to happen again? Don't you want to save them? It hissed as a red orb appeared beside her.

From under the rubble, Mary managed to crawl out seeing Trixie being circled by the red orb. She forced herself up. Her body was wrecked with cuts and bruises her mane was dirty and her glasses were missing. Her left ear was torn slightly like a knife clipped it. She slowly limped forward tripping behind Trixie who turned to see the tan mare struggling to get to her.

Mary reached out wrapping her arms around Trixie's neck. She leaned into her ear and whispered, "I'm here Trixie. I won't leave you to fight this alone anymore."

Trixie flinched as the amulet orb hissed loudly. You can't save them without me! You are nothing without me! Without me you'll fail and no power in the universe will change that!

Mary shook her head pressing her lips against Trixie's cheek. "Don't listen Trixie. You have nothing to fear. I will be there in the end, always." She looked over her shoulder and saw the other two crawling out from beneath the rubble, Maud was first to get free, and with her help Platinum was able to get free as well. "We'll all be there for you Trixie." Mary calmly said reaching with one arm for the others.

Each mare took hold of her arm and were brought into the embrace surrounding Trixie with the warmth of their bodies. Maud stood to the right of Mary with Platinum to the left of Mary and Trixie buried in the center.

"We love you, little moon." Maud said kissing her.

Platinum too kissed her. "We may have fought before but now all we want is to be with you no matter what happens or who you choose, Trix."

Mary warpped her arms around all three mares and pulled them close. 'Alone you were lost Trixie. Now," She loooked at Maud and Mary each giving a smile, "you have all of us and together we'll overcome this together!"

"Together we stand!" Platinum Declared reaching for Trixie's extended hoof, the barrier became brighter.

NO! You can't! I will not be denied! The amulet declared trying to strike Trixie but bounced harmlessly off her, as a blue barrier covered her. What magic is this?! The orb exclaimed.

Maud gave the orb a death glare that could put Fluttershy's stare to shame. "We love her. Our love will protect her from any influence you have on her." she replied calmly, reaching for Trixie's hoof as well. A third stream of color mixed with the first ones making it turn a deep violet.

But how!? the orb cried out. How can you have greater influence than I?!

Mary sneered at it kissing Trixie in the back to the head. "She has us! Her true friends! You promise her power but she doesn't need it. She never did!" Mary turned to face Maud and Platinum. With a flick of her tail, she wrapped her tail around Maud's and then she pulled Platinum's in too. "We now have each other and no power in the world is more powerful than us! Not even you!" She declared.

No! You're nothing but a common earth pony! What power could you have? The orb asked mockingly.

Trixie laughed to herself. "I never knew you three would help me like this. I always thought and feared that I would have to choose between all of you. Hurting the others. Now, I see that you all love me, and I guess to an extent you do care about each other."

All three mares looked at one another blushing and averting their gazes to the side.

"But now I know. Destiny has bound us together," Trixie said wrapping her tail with theirs. "Now we are bound together and nothing will drive us apart! Together we are great and powerful! And nothing! Not even you can stop us!"

Trixie reached for the amulet yanking it off.

NOOO! You fool! Without me you're nothing!

Trixie grinned looking to the amulet. "Trixie thought that once too. Not anymore."

She then threw the amulet up in the air and together with her mares she used her power to siphon the Elements blast and redirected it up in the air. The rainbow blast now flew high in the sky and hit the alicorn amulet dead center. The orb hissed loudly as the amulet began to crack.

Trixie turned to each of the mares beside her and kissed each of them. "Trixie will never be alone again. Promise you will all be there with me forever?"

The all nodded together. "Forever." They agreed in unison.

Just then a bright light emanated from each of their forearms as small armbands of light formed around them. They gasped at the sight but a strange feeling overcame them. Clarity of purpose. They knew what to do as if they had done it a million times before, they focused on their love and together as a second beam of violet light shot from them and entwined with the blast from the Elements of Harmony. The amulet hissed as it cracked more and more from the power of the Elements and the four mares, unable to take anymore the amulet shattered into dust vaporized by the blast.

NO! I can't-I will not! NOOOOooooooooooo... The voiced echoed out to nothing as the orb disintegrated to noting as if blow away by the very wind.

The blast shot past up into the sky tearing through the dark mass and blew it away with little effort, leaving only clear skies above.

After the blast dissipated the Mane Six landed on the ground landing near the four mares who now bore small golden bands with their cutie marks on it. Amazed at the sight the two groups met and began to chatter about the mysterious bands.

"Wow Trixie! That was totally awesome!"Rainbow exploded with excitement. "The way you threw the amulet in the air and blasted it was sooo, cool!" She gushed.

Twilight inspected the armbands inquisitively.

"So, what do you think they are, Twi?" Applejack asked standing beside her.

"I'm not sure AJ." the unicorn responded.

"Well whatever they are I'm glad we got the-hey!" Platinum yelped as the armbands glowed and vanished into particles of light.

"What gives?"

"Did you break them?" Maud asked calmly inspecting her arm.

The silver mare turned puffing her cheeks. "NO! I didn't break them!"

Trixie stood beside her and Mary pulling her close rubbing her cheek to cheek.

"Now Platinum she wasn't blaming you." Trixie cooed to her making the mare blush.

She swatted at the azure unicorn in mock annoyance. "Stop it Trixie!"

"Speaking of which." Applejack walked over taking her hat off and looked at Trixie square in the face. "Ah'm right sorry for the way I treated y'all."

Mary looked at her in disbelief. "Are you sure?' She asked incredulously.

Applejack looked ashamed of herself. She felt this was better than she deserved. She placed her hat on the ground and sat down bending her body over in a low bow.

"Ahm really sorry. Honest to mah element I swear ah am." She then stood up reaching over for Twilight pulling her close. The lavender unicorn blushed from the sudden show of affection but nuzzled the orange shoulder beside her. "Ah was wrong bout you Trixie. What you said about love, it's indeed true. Ah just wish ah listened sooner."

She craned her neck over to kiss Twilight on the forehead. Twilight blushed as red as a tomato and tried to hide her face behind her mane in a very Fluttershy way. Rainbow and Rarity giggled at the affectionate sight while Pinkie and Fluttershy gave silent congrats to them.

Applejack returned her focus back to Trixie who was now surrounded by her three mares. "You were right, love does change ponies. Sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worst. Ah should know." She took up her hat replacing it on her head. She turned to walk away but a tug on her tail held her in place.

She turned to see her tail in a pink aura held by Trixie who smiled at her. "Don't worry Applejack. Trixie forgives you. Can you forgive yourself though?"

The orange pony grinned tilting her hat as her tail was released. "Ah'll try."

With that the ponies broke apart heading for home. the sun was setting and the sky was now at the twilight hour. Rarity and Rainbow went back to the boutique, Applejack and Twilight went to the library. Fluttershy and Pinkie went their separate ways heading for home.

Trixie, Maud, Platinum, and Mary walked together back to Mary's place. Maud walked beside Mary silently observing her. Mary noticed this and turned to the grey mare.

"What's wrong dear?" She asked not stopping.

"I was just going to say thanks for saving, little moon." she replied.

"We saved her together, Maud." Mary looked over to the two unicorns as they chatted away giggling like school fillies.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Maud asked eyeing them.

"I don't know. Let's ask." she said walking closer to the two mares who ere whispering. Their heads bobbed as they realized the two older mares approaching them.

"What you two talking about?" Mary asked bumping her rump into Trixies.

The two unicorns giggled again looking over the two earth ponies. Platinum looked over at Mary and Maud with a mischievous look on her mug. The two earth ponies looked at her oddly wondering what the two were concocting in their minds.

"Oh, Trixie and I were just wondering if you two old horses can keep up with us young ponies?" she grinned breaking into a full pace run with Trixie right at her heels. Both laughed as they ran.

Before both mares could comprehend what happened, they looked at each other before it clicked in their minds it was a game of chase. With only a nod , they gave chase after the two younger mares.

As the sun set the sky gave way to darkness, and briefly the was absolute darkness. Trixie and Platinum giggled lighting their horns in the dark and vanished in bright lights with no trace of themselves. Maud and Mary rounded a corner where they saw the two run to but found a dead end.

Just as they got the idea they had been duped a bright flash came from behind them as the two unicorns giggled running off again. Maud smiled looking at Mary with a fiery passion. She then picked up the tan mare wedding style and jumped into the air with a great leap right over the wall. Mary blushed from the sudden act.

She looked up at Maud as they flew through the air. It took only a few seconds to clear the wall, but to Mary time seemed to slow down. She looked at the mares mane flow in the cool night sky. Her eyes glittered with the reflections of stars in them giving them a cosmic beauty that she had never seen before.

Maud looked down at the two unicorns who managed to get around the wall and were running perpendicular to the wall now. Their trajectory would bring them right over the fleeing unicorns. Shifting herself Maud angled herself to land when she gave Mary a warning.

"I'm going to release you. Get ready to run." She said before letting Mary go who landed on the dirt road with a yelp.

Maud landed on top of both mares using their heads as launch points propelling herself past them and continued down the dirt path. Trixie and platinum looked in shock at the mare as she ran and stopped at the edge of the street. Mary took the lead giving a hoof bump to her as she past. Maud grinned sticking her tongue out at the unicorns before continuing down the street with a playful wave of her tail.

Platinum scoffed at the sight. "Come on Trixie let's get them!"

"Right!"

And with that the two were off like a shot. The unicorns ran eventually catching up with the earth ponies and kept up with them all the way home. All of them giggling as they ran, even Maud which seemed oddly refreshing to the others. Maud tried flicking her tail in Platinums face slowing her down. She then looked at Mary with a mischievous grin. Mary opened her mouth to speak but got it full of Maud's purple tail instead making her slow down as well.

"He-hey! Maud we're on the same team!" She cried indignantly.

"Sorry love," she replied looking behind her. "It's a race and there can only be one winner!"

Trixie leaned in kissing Mary on her left cheek. "Don't worry, she cheats all the time."

"Do not!" Maud called back.

"Come on let's get her!"

Platinum Mary and Trixie banded together to chase the grey mare down. A short while later the house was in sight and Maud grinned sure of her victory. Unbeknownst to her, the three ponies took a short cut by teleporting ahead of her and were already in the house waiting for her. She came to a stop at the fence as the door flew open and three mares tackled her to the ground. They rolled over the cobblestone path landing in the grass.

The mares fell into pile of limbs and fur laughing as they rolled over the ground falling apart into a tangled mess.

"Hey, no fair." Maud said in her monotone voice.

Trixie bit her lip trying no to laugh as she looked to see Mary's rear next to Maud's head. "Guess you got the butt end of the deal, huh?"

Platinum giggled pointing to Mary's rear as Maud looked over to see all she had to offer. Mary's tail was hiked up from rolling over and she didn't even realize it until she heard Trixie's joke. Blushing profusely she pulled her tail down scolding the two younger mares.

"Yo-you two are such sick perverts!" she said pointing to Maud. "I am glad there's a grown mare who is mature around here."

"Actually I was enjoying the sight. Any chance I can have another peek." Maud bluntly said.

All three mares blushed looking at her.

"Wow Maud. I never knew." Trixie said looking at Mary who was trying hard to cover herself. "Mary? What's wrong?"

"I don't know why Maud said that. I'm no pretty. I'm old and fat."

All three of the others looked at her like she'd just spit a the Princesses themselves. Maud pulled her in a hug still lying on the grass

"You're not." She said pulling her into a kiss.

Mary was surprised by the kiss that she pulled away.

"Maud! We barely know each other!" Mary yelled, her eyes widened from shock.

Trixie and Platinum looked at the sight with wonder. In their minds they were screaming. Again! Kiss again! Mary looked at Maud slowly inching away but the grey mare pulled her back and gently rubbed her cheek, slightly blushing herself. Mary stopped her struggle and slowly opened up to the embrace.

"Don't think that way Mary. You're very pretty." She said kissing her agian.

This time Mary allowed the kiss to persist, Trixie and Platinum watched in awe at the sight of the two mares kissing. When they broke the two earth ponies looked at their unicorn counter parts. "Enjoying yourselves?" Mary asked wiggling her eye brows.

Both of them nodded.

"Care to join us?" Maud offered her hoof to them.

Platinum and Trixie slid into a small huddle and laid there in each others embrace. They laid there and watched as the moon rose high in the sky for over an hour. By which time they all were cold and decide to retreat to the warmth of Mary's home. They walked into the room where Mary's bed was and looked it over. There was no way the four of us were going to fit on it together. Mary thought. Why did I just think that?

She blushed at the thought of sharing her bed with three other mares, especially one that was the daughter of her first crush from her child hood. "Sorry girls, I don't have a spare bed."

Maud walked over to the door. "I can sleep on the floor."

"NO!"

Three sets of eyes looked at Mary. She blushed from her sudden outburst. Coughing in her hoof she took a moment to compose herself. "I mean no, I won't let you sleep on the floor. There's more than enough room for us to share. If that's alright with all of you?"

"Trixie finds this acceptable." the azure unicorn said not missing beat.

Platinum nodded in agreement as did Maud.

"Well, I guess that settles that." She looked over to the bathroom. "Let's get ready for bed I guess."

For the next hour the three mares showered and prepared for bed. Once they were all finished they huddled together in the bed having the perfect amount of space for all of them to sleep comfortably. Mary took the farthest left end with Maud beside her and Trixie between Platinum and Maud.

"Good night girls." Trixie said nuzzling each of them.

"Goodnight." They all said together laying back into the comfy pillows.

Three of them fell asleep the instant their heads met the pillows. Trixie, however, stayed up for a few minutes looking out the window to Luna's moon. It was beautiful. She smiled looking at the moon brought her great comfort. Before closing her eyes she prayed that Luna would watch over them as they slept this night, protecting them from nightmares. After her short prayer she drifted to sleep in the warm covers with her newly formed pack of mares.

Trixie truly is the luckiest mare in the world. She thought falling into a deep sleep.

That night none of the mares had a bad dream but a shared dream of them having a picknick in a flowery field with small foals running about playing with them.

From afar in the dream, Luna watched smiling at the happy dream before vanishing into the dreamscape.

Author's Notes:

Hey my dedicated followers, readers, and writers alike!

Today we see the epic conclusion of the fight last chapter! So now all, if not many, of your questions will now be answered! So let's find out just what Trixie has in store for our heroines!

PS. I did this while sort of buzzed. Will make up for it later with revisions!

Enjoy!