"I warned you that trying to escape would not go unpunished."

Applejack and Rarity stared at the bodies of their sisters. The cruelty and violence of The Overlord never seemed to end.

"This has gone too far, you've left us no choice but to use these." Luna pulled the Elements out of her bags and use her magic to hover them in formation around her.

The Overlord cocked his head in curiosity. "Now what are those little trinkets? I hope you don't plan to defeat me with those."

Luna closed her eyes and concentrated her magic into the Elements.

"Well this should be fun to watch."

The Elements began to spin around Luna and glow brightly.

"And now I've lost interest."

Luna kept her eyes shut. The Overlord was going to try everything in his power to break her concentration, but she must not allow that to happen. She had to bring Guardian back no matter what was happening around her.
Someone, Luna couldn't tell who, went into a coughing fit followed by a wet splat as something hit the ground. There was screaming coming from all of them along with a soft thud as someone else fainted. Luna's focus was beginning to slip, all the horrendous ideas of what just happened began to creep into her mind. Luna grit her teeth and closed her eyes tighter, fighting the urge to turn around.
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Twilight shrieked as Applejack doubled over and coughed up a thick, bloodied mass. Rarity fainted and the rest just stood there screaming in terror, disgust, and at the loss of their friend. Twilight didn't know what to do. Luna was feeding power into the Elements and The Overlord was just looking around as if the scene in front of him wasn't even happening.
For all the lessons and tests Celestia gave her she could never have prepared for an enemy so powerful and savage. Twilight fell on her stomach and broke down in tears.

"I'm sorry Celestia! I'm sorry I couldn't save you! That I can't save anyone!"

The Sun was growing in size, no doubt The Overlord was accelerating its death, soon it would envelop the planet, burning everyone on it to dust. Twilight didn't care anymore. They had lost. The Elements wouldn't be enough to destroy The Overlord. All she wanted was for it all to be over.

Then make it happen.

Twilight almost didn't hear the voice, until a warm, comforting presence entered her mind. This wasn't The Overlord, it was brighter, without any hint of malice at all, but it sounded the same.

The Ruler of the Night won't last much longer, The Dying Star is almost upon us. You must continue the spell with the Elements.

"But the Elements aren't enough to destroy The Overlord. He's too much...."

The Elements' purpose isn't to destroy Him.

Twilight began to return to reality.

They are meant to balance Him

Twilight could feel the heat becoming unbearable. She looked to the sky and saw the Sun collapsing on itself. The fiery giant quickly shrunk inwards then burst out with a deafening roar. All of her friends lay dead, their necks and limbs twisted unnaturally. She didn't give a second thought to them. She turned her attention to The Overlord and Luna.
The Overlord's eyes held a mild disinterest to the events around them. Then they quickly changed to a look of rage and disbelief.

"YOU PATHETIC LITTLE WRETCH!"

Luna's eyes snapped open and looked to Twilight. Hardly a second passed from Luna transferring the Elements to Twilight to the bolt of lightning shooting from The Overlord's fingers and hitting the Princess of the Night.
Luna was sent flying backwards and hitting the side of a house. She lay on the ground, spasms wracked her body. She gave one last twitch before becoming completely still.
Twilight was already channeling the power of the Elements into the Overlord. He was infuriated now, at having been so foolishly deceived into thinking that the nature of the artifacts were to kill him.

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How DARE that worthless excuse for a goddess use that spell on me! I'll make her pay-

"Your not hurting anyone else today."

No!

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Twilight pieced the remains of Guardians mind back together while using the Elements to remove the evil residue left behind by The Overlord, which also reversed all the things the dark lord had done. The Sun was returning to its natural state. Life was restored to all those slaughtered by His hand. She felt her friends beside her. The Elements were restored to their wearable forms. Twilight placed the Elements around the necks of their respectful bearers. They completed the spell and Twilight opened her eyes. The Overlord was clutching at his head, yelling in frustration. He spotted Twilight and tackled her to the ground. His hood fell back and revealed a silver, metal skull. His eye sockets glowed red and his furious stare bore into Twilight. The alicorn could only cower in fear as the metal skeleton held her down.

"You think this is over?! I was just the opening act, there is a force coming that will not bother with seeing you suffer. They will sweep across this land and destroy all of you!"

Then his form changed. In a flash of light The Overlord's face became that of a lynx. His fur was brown with large pointed ears ending in black tufts of fur. His arms and one eye remaind robotic, and his now pure white cloak parted to reveal metal legs and torso with a large, red, octagonal gem in the center of his chest.

He looked at Twilight with a grateful smile, "Thank you."

Then everything turned white.

Author's Notes:

And thus ends the reign of The Overlord.

I've had so much fun writing this. This story has opened me into a world I never thought I'd live in. Thank you all for your support, and for taking the time to read my one-in-million story. There will be an Epilogue following this chapter but this is where the story stops.