AN: I'm back, baby! From this point on, I'll be using my current writing style, which includes commas after quotations. Maybe one day I'll go back and fix everything, but for now just sit tight and enjoy the new and improved (even though that statement is literally impossible) Final Fantasy MLP!

No one wanted any of this to happen, and yet it did. They never wanted to come to this castle, yet here they stood. They never wanted their friend to die, yet there she was; Fluttershy, holding the lifeless corpse of her comrade, friend, and perhaps... something more? She was well aware by this point the cyan Dragoon had feelings for her as Fluttershy had feelings for her, but never did she think she would confess her feelings on the last thread of her life. Fluttershy did her best to restrain herself from crying, but alas, there was nothing she could do to repress her tears.

All through the rest of the team were also greatly saddened by Rainbow's death, they were more uncomfortable by Fluttershy's sudden change of personality than anything else. All through their adventure, they knew her as the quiet White Mage that aided them when necessary and kept them general company. But to see her so serious and determined to not only bring back her friend, but to kill another... It was jarring to say the least.

Nevertheless, they pushed onward. Fluttershy had lead them to the secret entrance she used to make her attempted escape located in the dungeons. It had thankfully not yet been discovered by Lord Dario, despite the fact he could have easily retraced her steps and fixed the problem.

"You'd think that though, right?" Discord pondered "If Dario liked Fluttershy all that much, you would at LEAST expect him to tidy up after himself and prevent something like that from happening again."

"I do find it odd, but that isn't really important right now, Discord," Twilight brought up.

"Exactly," Fluttershy said, still making others nervous whenever she spoke "Now, there will be some monsters, but I think by this point we'll be fine, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"Now, please, if there's anything you all wish to do before we jump down, do it now," Fluttershy brought up "This is an important task, which means I want you all to complete your personal tasks before-"

"Sugarcube, ah was born ready," Applejack nodded.

"For a friend, I wud do anything," Pipes grinned.

"Let's get Rainbow Dash back!" Pinkie jumped a bit.

"Darling, my task is your task," Rarity bowed a bit.

"Well, I don't know," Discord rolled his eyes "Rainbow Dash has been a nuisance to me for the longest time, always being so egotistical and the sort. Why on earth would you want to bring her-"

Fluttershy scowled at Discord with an intense fire burning in her eyes.

"...oh dear," Discord legitimately looked scared of her "Fine, very well. I'll help you... but only because you terrify me."

"Fluttershy, I was in from the start," Twilight smiled and placed a hand on her friend's shoulder before giving her a look of concern "But Lord Dario seems powerful. If he appears in the chamber, we'll have to fight him if we're going to get Rainbow Dash back. Are you prepared to fight him yourself?"

"Of course I am, Twilight," Fluttershy nodded "Why do you think we're-"

"No, Fluttershy, that's not what I meant," she interrupted her, removing her hand "I mean are you prepared to keep your emotions in check when you fight him? You are clearly very, very angry right now, and I'm worried this may affect your focus."

"...I understand," Fluttershy sighed "But I have spent half of my life living with that... that... thing. He has done terrible things to me, Twilight; oh so terrible things... Whenever I see him, I just want to... I just... want to..."

"Kill him?" Twilight wondered.

"Y-Yes," Fluttershy had now begun to cry "And n-now, he's taken the o-one person I... well... loved."

"So the feelings are mutual between you two?"

"Yes, I suppose so..." Fluttershy clenched her teeth a bit "Oh, Twilight! What if I can't do this? What if my anger gets the better of me and Dario finds a way to-"

"...Fluttershy, lemme tell ya somethin'," Applejack walked up to her and smiled "Some people would DIE just ta prove a point, and some would even die just ta prove their love. But you... Yer gonna be the one to prove their love by gettin' her back! There ain't no one stopping ya from doin' what you gotta do!"

"Well, maybe I have a say in-"

"SHUT-UP, DISCORD!" everyone else shouted at the odd man.

"Applejack, thank you," Fluttershy smiled, wiping away her tears.

"Anythin' ta help a friend out," Applejack chuckled a bit.

"Now c'mon!" Pinkie Pie said rather ecstatically "I wanna see what the water crystal thing looks like!"

"Yes, quite. Besides... this place is starting to send shivers down my spine," Rarity complained a bit.

"Okay, everyone," Fluttershy nodded, feeling a lot more confident now "There's a bit of a drop, but I'm sure if we slid down as carefully as possible, we shouldn't be-"

"GERONIMO!!" Pinkie shouted in pure joy as she hopped over the pit and fell down into the depths below.

"Ugh... That Pinkie, I swear," Pipes rolled her eyes before jumping in down after her. After witnessing both women fall down with no preparation whatsoever, the others simply shrugged and jumped down after them, Fluttershy being extra careful as not to further damage Rainbow's body.

"Oh, heavens no!" Rarity complained "Never would I jump down a hole like that. It's so uncou-"

"Sure," Applejack rolled her eyes and pushed Rarity down the hole, to which the latter let out a scream that echoed through the entire dungeon "Hey, ah was encouragin' and honest. Ah never said ah was patient," she jumped down soon after.

After taking a mine cart and traveling through the long hallway filled with the strange one-eyed flying monsters, the group finally found themselves in the large cavern behind the waterfall Fluttershy found herself in previously. Though, the crystal blue rocks covering the entirety of the cave were slightly darker than she remembered. Perhaps even... corrupt?

The sound of water rushing next to the cavern's opening was pleasing, to say the least. It would be a truly beautiful sight had it not been for pool of water in front of the team. It was not dark nor corrupt itself, but rather the crystal floating above it. Under the crystal was an odd creature lying down, breathing heavily and looking very sick. It's body was long and blue, much like a serpentine dragon, with an arrow-shaped head and mouth, as well as two fins on its upper body with four large red spikes on both of them.

Slowly, Fluttershy, with Rainbow in her arms, approached the dragon.

"S-Sir?" she began, awakening the creature. It's eyes stirred open, but it remained in it's exhausted state.

"Fluttershy... You... came..." he struggled to speak "Good... I was... tired of... waiting... I am known as Leviathan... protector of... the water crystal..."

"Leviathan?" Twilight questioned "Of course! One of the six guardians! But... you look so-"

"Tired?" Leviathan finished her sentence "To protect... those in need... I sacrificed... my power... Now I lay here... fading away..."

"Oh no, but you can't die!" Fluttershy urged "Please, you must help my friend! She... She's very important to me."

"My child... I would like to... do nothing more than... help your friend..." Leviathan winced in pain a bit "But I am... so very tired... The water crystal has been... dangerously corrupt... Only I and... her can... protect it."

"Her?" Rarity stepped up "A name would be nice, no?"

"Hahaha... It has been an age..." Leviathan chuckled a bit before coughing "I've known her... all my life and yet... as the years passed... this old mind of mine... has faded away."

Everyone looked slightly disappointed.

"Is... Is there nothin' y'all can really do?" Applejack quietly asked.

"You... You could kill me..." Leviathan suggested.

"Leviathan, don't say things like that!" Fluttershy scolded him a bit "Never would we ever kill you!"

"Don't be... afraid my child..." Leviathan looked directly at Fluttershy's eyes and smiled "Honestly... killing me now would... be the best option... for you all... In a few moments... I will be corrupted by... Sombra's influence... Never would I dare... imagine what hell that... would be like... Please, I beg of you... It will only take one... solid... blow..."

No one truly wanted to kill the creature, but they knew he would find peace if they killed him here and now. With a sigh, Applejack approached Leviathan and withdrew her sword, raising it high in the air and preparing to strike him.

Before she could even begin the attack, a burst of energy came out of nowhere and impacted itself onto the beast, severing and destroying his head and causing his neck to bleed into the pool beneath him. Everyone turned around to see who else but Lord Dario with a hand extended out at the now perished beast. He had a near-sadistic smile on his face.

(Sound Stop)

"Ha... Hahaha..." he began to laugh "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!"

"Lord Dario!" Twilight growled.

"Hahahaha... Don't even get angry at me..." he laughed a bit "This is what that old fool wanted anyway, right? Death? A chance to escape? Besides, what good is death if you can't savor every last moment of it?"

"You... You sadist..." Twilight clenched her fists "Is this what you're really like? Do you just enjoy taking the lives of others for your own sick pleasure, sparing the ones you find amusing or entertaining?"

"What horrid things could have happened to you to compel such behavior?" Rarity questioned.

"Nothing, truly," Dario giggled "In fact, I don't show this side of me very often. Only when I'm really, REALLY angry will this be revealed to others. And now, you lot have taken from me the one thing I love the most... We could have lived a happy, peaceful life together away from others. I would have allowed it, you know. I would have left all others and only taken care of you, my dear Posey. Wouldn't you-"

(Music Stop)

"Shut-up..." Fluttershy had started to become cross with Dario.

"Ex-Excuse me?" Dario was taken aback.

"I said... shut-up!" Fluttershy shouted. She placed Rainbow Dash onto the ground and bared her fangs at the person she so dearly loathed. She slowly began approaching him, but he remained still.

"Posey, my dear, you're-"

"Stop calling me that!" Fluttershy shook her head "Posey is dead. You killed her a long time ago with your confused beliefs of how love should work. All you have ever done for me is lock me away and bring me out only to sing for you! I was isolated, alone, and... terrified. So, I ran away, and met the most amazing friends I could ever ask for."

"Fluttershy..." Applejack smiled.

"But now one of them is gone... and it's all your fault," Fluttershy continued "It was always your fault! I HATE YOU!!"

"Ah, but my dear..." Dario smiled a bit "Had it not been for me, you would have never met your friends. I believe on the day I found you, you were sad and alone, striving for excitement in your life. You were so young and-"

"Don't remind me, please..." Fluttershy turned her head away from the madman.

"You're right... Better to just show you instead!" Dario charged forward at Fluttershy and suddenly vanished with her, shocking and confusing her friends.

"FLUTTERSHY!!" Twilight shouted.

"Oh dear..." Discord nonchalantly sighed, as if he had seen this thing happen before "Fear not, those lower in power than I! She'll return to us soon."

"How would you know, Discord?" Rarity looked at him in disbelief.

"I just know, okay, you little marshmallow?" Discord grinned, causing Rarity to scoff.

Fluttershy awoke on a bed of flowers. The petals were soft yet firm; perfect for breaking any fall. This made her question what happened before she arrived where she was now. After lifting her torso up, she looked around and saw that she had appeared in some sort of dark room that seemingly never ended. As she checked feel the flowers underneath her she pulled one up and gasped at what she saw, dropping the plant almost immediately.

It was a yellow posey.

"A-A yellow posey?" she questioned "But those only grew... Oh dear, where am I?"

"Welcome, dear Pose- er, I mean, Fluttershy," spoke a voice all to familiar to her. She turned her head only to see Dario standing right there, looking down upon her with a kind smile.

She knew the smile was fake, however.

"Where are we?" she asked "Where have you taken me?"

"This is everywhere and nowhere," Dario calmly explained, contrasting his expressions from not a few minutes earlier "A space between spaces, if you will. This is a world only accessible to those with the willpower to come here. Something tells me you and your friends will be coming back one day."

"Then... Why am I here?" Fluttershy questioned.

"I am here to show you a memory," Dario replied simply "A memory of when you were but a child, years before you even met me."

"W-What?" Fluttershy stuttered a bit "B-But my childhood was-"

"I know," Dario nodded as he slowly waved a hand at the darkness, causing a faded yellow screen of glass to appear. Fluttershy stood to her feet and looked through the glass. There was a small wood house atop a hill with several trees and a well nearby. She knew this place; it was her old home. But something was different.

"The well, it's... cracked..." Fluttershy pointed out before finally realizing what Dario was trying to show her "...no. Please, Dario, no! I don't want to look at this! Please!"

"This was the day..." Dario's sadistic smile once again appeared on his face.

"No! I beg of you, no!"

"...when your brother died, wasn't it?"

The entire space of darkness lit up with the exact same vision of the house on the hill. Everywhere Fluttershy looked was the same memory. Was there no escape? The vision then showed two young children, a girl and a boy, running across the hill, happy as could be. Tears began appearing in Fluttershy's eyes, knowing what would happen next.

"This was the reason you became a singer, correct?" Dario asked her "All because your brother passed away when you were but a child. It traumatized you, didn't it? You couldn't bear it, so you ran away from home."

The memory then showed the boy had tripped on something in the grass. He had tumbled down the hill until he eventually stopped at the bottom, laying there motionless. The girl rushed over to him quickly and shook his body, suddenly starting to cry. The boy had died from the fall.

"It... I-It was all an a-accident..." Fluttershy cried "He... I c-couldn't..."

"But... what if that wasn't an accident?" Dario asked her.

"W-What?"

Dario waved his hand over to behind the house, rewinding the memory and zooming in on something Fluttershy never noticed before. There, someone stood with a hooded cloak over their head. They forced their hand at the boy and caused a sharp pain in his neck, immediately killing him and causing him to tumble down the hill. The person laughed quietly before removing their hood and revealing themselves.

"Y-You..." Fluttershy gasped "From the beginning, you..."

(Music Stop)

"It was easy to dispose of your brother's frail body," Dario explained "He was a child, but that was okay; toys are meant to be broken, am I right? And it was all so I could finally meet you under easier circumstances. You see, I didn't want anyone getting in the way of our love, and your brother... well, you loved your brother FAR too much."

"You..."

"You monster? You savage beast?" Dario chuckled "Say it, I've heard it all. Nothing could phase me now. All I've ever cared about is listening to your beautiful voic-"

"You... killed my brother... just because of your sick obsession with me?" Fluttershy could feel herself clenching her fists. She had never been this angry before in her life. She didn't like the feeling of hating another so vividly, but she had no choice. This man had planned everything in her life.

"Posey, my dear, you must understand that I-"

"Shut-up..." Fluttershy cried "Just... shut-up..."

"He would just get in the way," Dario explained "Besides, if you truly loved him, you would have done more than just run away from home. All the way into my arms, if I may add."

"..."

"I love you, my darling," Dario smiled, attempting to touch Fluttershy "Only I love you now. Now, please, come back to me and we can begin anew! I promise you that we can-"

Fluttershy took no time in pulling out a dagger she had sheathed on her hip and quickly slicing off Dario's hand. Him being a vampire, no blood was spilled, but he still experienced immense pain. He clutched his now severed wrist and screamed out in agony, dropping down to the ground on his knees. He pathetically looked back up at Fluttershy.

"W-Why?" he asked.

"Why?" Fluttershy still had tears in her eyes "You murdered my six-year-old brother, took me away from family and my life, imprisoned me in your castle for years, made me kill my friend and true love, and now you're here showing me all the wrongs you did in a hope that I'll come back to you! Are you so simple-minded as to not realize maybe the things you've been doing are horrid acts against me and my family!"

"Posey, I-"

"Stop calling me that!" Fluttershy shouted "...and you're wrong, Dario."

"W-What?" Dario questioned.

"My brother and family may be gone, but you are not the only one who loves me," Fluttershy had begun to smile a bit at the thought "My friends, who have been there every step of the way, love me. They CARE about me. They helped me live the life I never could. I've seen the most amazing things in the short time I've been with them, and for that... I love them."

"You... You ignorant bitch!" Dario shouted, pulling out his rapier with his remaining hand "Are you blind to the things I have done for you?! The ways I've shown my love?!"

"No, I'm not," Fluttershy looked directly in Dario's eyes with a confident smirk on her face "And neither are you!"

"Well then, if I can't have you, no one can!" Dario yelled as he charged right at Fluttershy with an attack that would surely kill her "I gave you everything and you revolted against me! All that work for nothing... DIE, YOU WHORE!!"

But Dario could not hit her.

Not out of reluctance, but for a magical power that had somehow begun to surround Fluttershy. This caused Dario to shake in absolute fear of her. He dropped his weapon with a clanging sound that echoed through the dark void.

"This power... Is this from... my friends?" Fluttershy questioned "Yes... I can feel them... They're cheering me on! Dario, allow me to show you what true love is!"

Extending her hand, Fluttershy released a giant amount of energy at Dario, causing him to scream in pain. Fluttershy tried not to listen to the cries for help. Even she couldn't bear watching let alone listening to a living person die. Finally, a flash of light shone from Dario's burning corpse that enveloped Fluttershy caused her to black out.

(Music Stop)

"...shy..." spoke a voice in the distance.

"...Flutter..." the voice spoke again

"...Fluttershy..." the voice, now fully clear to Fluttershy, spoke one final time

Fluttershy groaned as she opened her eyes and found herself lying on the ground surrounded by her friends. Her eyes darted around to each of them before she smiled and let out a small giggle. She got herself up and began hugging each and every one of them.

"H-Hey, what's with the hugs?" Twilight confusingly laughed "You were only gone for minute or so."

"I... I was?" Fluttershy wondered.

"I don't mean to be rude, darling," Rarity brought up "But wherever is that Dario scoundrel?"

"Dario is..." Fluttershy sighed before smiling "Dario is finally dead."

"He is?" Applejack cheered "YE-HAW!! 'Bout time that good-fer-nothin' sparklin' vampire kicked the bucket!"

"Oh Fluttershy, dear!" Discord called over to her "I hate to break this little family reunion of yours, but there's someone here who would LOVE to meet you."

"Family..." Fluttershy whispered the word again; she had grown to love it "...who is it?"

"That would be me, Fluttershy," spoke a voice unfamiliar to her. She looked over to see a spirit like the two others she saw before that had bonded with the crystals. Her skin was palish blue and her hair was fluffy and curly just like clouds. Behind her were two beautiful wings, and on her head and torso was the armor that privates of the old armies used to wear. They were very Romanesque.

"Who, um... Who are you?" Fluttershy asked the new soul.

"I am Private Pansy, or just Pansy, I guess..." the soul answered somewhat shyly "I've waited here for a long time to, um... give you my power to stop Sombra, or something..."

"Oh yeah, Sombra!" Applejack laughed "Ah remember him! Weren't we supposed ta be stoppin' him 'er somethin'?

"It's true that this little adventure has caused us to deviate from our path," Twilight chucked a bit "I think after this, we should continue on our path towards stopping him."

"M-Miss Pansy?" Fluttershy asked "If it's alright with you, may I ask you to, um... revive my friend here?" she pointed to Rainbow's body on the ground "She never deserved to die, and... I love her."

"Love her?" Pansy asked "She... reminds me of someone I loved as well... Always the show-off, she was... S-Sorry, I'm getting off topic. I myself cannot heal her, but the properties of the water crystal could."

Everyone looked directly at the crystal, which had now lit back up since the evil presence of Dario was nowhere to be found. Fluttershy smiled as she went to pick up Rainbow Dash and bring her over to the crystal to heal her. She moved the latter's hand onto the crystal and sent a wave of energy into Rainbow's body.

At first, nothing happened.

Then, her eyes began to flutter open.

Fluttershy couldn't remember a time when she was ever more happy.

"RAINBOW DASH!!" she began to cry as she hugged her now revived love "Rainbow Dash... I-I missed you..."

"E-Eh?" Rainbow weakly said "Where... am I? What... What happened?"

"It's a long story, Rainbow Dash," Fluttershy smiled "Such a long, long story... But that doesn't matter right now, okay? What matters is that you're back... What matters is how much I love you..."

"Hey, you actually... admitted it..." Rainbow chuckled "You're getting braver and braver every day."

"I-I am?" Fluttershy questioned "...thank you."

(Music Stop)

"...y-yes, you're s-so... special, a-aren't you?" spoke a familiar yet raspy voice to everyone in the room. They all turned around to see none other that a nearly-dead Lord Dario inching his way closer to the team. His robes had been torn to shreds and one of his arms, the one which previously had a hand cut off from it, was now completely missing. His mouth was bleeding heavily, despite the fact he was a vampire, and he was now missing an eye. This added to all the scars along his face and torso.

"Crap, does this guy ever give up?" Pipes questioned.

"...Posey... will b-be mine... eternally... W-We will l-live... happily and-"

He never even finished his sentence before he was impaled by an oncoming spear. He let out one final cry of agony before he finally collapsed onto the ground and burst into dust, leaving the spear to fall to the ground. Everyone looked and saw that Rainbow had thrown her weapon and ended his life once and for all.

"Man... That guy... really was a dick," Rainbow chuckled a bit "I mean, c'mon... Who in the world thinks they can... cheat death?"

Everyone all laughed at that comment.

"...me..."

The moment that voice arose, everyone stopped laughing. They looked back to find the pile of ash that once was Dario had now begun floating in the air. It surrounded what appeared to be a core in the shape of a heart. An actual, beating human heart. The dust soon enveloped the heart and grew to gigantic sizes. A single, never blinking eye opened from the ball of dust. It looked down upon all the party members with a judging glare.

"I am Orfeo," the ball of dust spoke in a voice as deep as darkness "I am darkness born from the hatred of love."

"Oh no... Not again!" Pinkie remembered something important "Are you gonna start spouting stuff about death and darkness that was ripped straight from Star Wars?"

"This man, nay... monster, Dario, had an ambition," Orfeo explained, completely ignoring Pinkie's comment "From his love for this one woman grew a power too great for man to comprehend. It bore me and gave me strength. While his ambition, thus life, was cut far too early, I still have the power to complete his greatest wish."

"Wh-Which was?" Twilight stuttered a bit, not truly wanting to know.

"To utterly destroy any who stood in the way of his love!" Orfeo shouted before closing his eye.

His body then began to mold into something new. He grew arms and hands, legs to walk with, and a torso for which to connect everything with. Soon, a head emerged from the top and the dust that made his entire body solidified into a red and dark grey, spiky, armor-like skin. In the middle of his chest was the giant eye looking over the group. He now stood three times as high as everyone in the party. Finally, he let out a ferocious roar, forcing everyone to shield their ears with their hands.

"What in tar-nation is THAT?!" Applejack shouted as she and the others finally let down their hands and looked at the creature.

"That's called being a big-lipped alligator!" Pinkie shouted back, confusing the team.

"Yes, sure, Pinkie," Twilight sighed before allowing Spike to crawl along her arm "This thing... This is the last bit of Dario left. If we can defeat this thing-"

"I'll finally find some peace," Fluttershy nodded, gently putting Rainbow Down and going to help her friends.

"Go kick his ass, Shy!" Rainbow cheered her on.

There they were, once again facing a powerful creature of darkness. Orfeo took no time in summoning a giant flaming sword to swipe at the team, knocking a few of them back but damaging all. Applejack took this time during the creature's recovery to strike down on him with the full force of her sword. Due to the tough armor, the sword was knocked back.

"Ah!" Applejack winced a bit "It ain't no good! That armor is hard as a rock!"

"Then maybe some magic will be the better contender?" Rarity guess, raising her staff and launching her magic "Fira!"

A large burst of fire flew right towards the monster, apparently dealing a good amount of damage to him. He stepped back and prepared for yet another blow as if nothing happened, however.

"Fire, that's it!" Twilight figured out "Rarity, spellblade Applejack's sword with fire! As for me..." she pulled out her book and began chanting her magic words again "Summon Lv.2 Ifrit!"

A purple summon circle appeared before her feet, giving rise once again to the large man with tanned brown, scarred skin, a red loincloth covering his crotch area, and horns growing from his head. He waved his arms a bit before summoning a giant sword of fire. He swung the blade from left to right and slashed right at the eye in Orfeo's chest. The man finally descended back down into the summon circle, which disappeared soon after.

"Attack the eye... got it..." Fluttershy deduced by herself. She suddenly realized something important.

"What is it, Shy?" Rainbow asked her girlfriend.

"Blue magic... I have no idea how to use it and what to do!" Fluttershy brought up.

"From what I remember, blue magic is an ancient form of magic which-" Twilight began before just barely noticing the large fist coming right at her. She was punched back and somehow slid right next to Rainbow Dash.

"Just try usin' whatever you can remember!" Pipes mentioned "Blue magic is all 'bout copyin' monsters' attacks, yeah? So, try and think o' an attack you saw and use it."

"W-Well... Okay," Fluttershy nodded and hoped for the best. She tried remembering the powerful attack she used on Dario, yet nothing happened. She tried using it again, but nothing happened again.

"Take yer time, Shy!" Applejack swung her now fire-infused sword at the monster's skin, finally being able to do some damage it looked like "We know yer still strugglin' with bein' one of thems blue mage vampire thin's', but ah think we can hold him off fer no-"

Applejack was forced back by Orfeo's sword and landed past the pool of water the water crystal hovered over, which for some reason no long had Leviathan's body in it. Rarity reached out for her friend, but was too focused on that to notice the foot coming over to kick her away, sending her flying over to where Applejack had landed.

"Uh oh..." Pinkie said, strumming her instrument and giving Fluttershy an attack boost "I guess it's all up to you now, Flutter- SHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!" Pinkie was forced back by Orfeo's strength as well. It wasn't long before Pipes was kicked away too, landing right in the pool of water. This left only Fluttershy to fend for herself.

"I would help, but I think Fluttershy needs to learn a lesson about friendship here," Discord mentioned, kicking himself over to roughly where the others landed.

"Discord... you... suck..." Twilight breathed heavily.

Suddenly, Fluttershy felt that power swelling up inside her again. It was still out of anger, but somehow, she felt as if she had a bit more control over it.

"You hurt my friends..." she clenched her fists "You use the body of the most despicable man in the world..." she grit her teeth together and raised out her hand toward Orfeo "And now, you're going to pay the ultimate price! I'm so tired of everyone pushing me around, so now, you're going to be the one getting pushed!"

(Music Stop)

Orfeo only had a split second to react before Fluttershy let out a beam of light from her hand that pierced the creature's body like butter. As soon as the laser stopped, everyone noticed the giant hole where Orfeo's eye and most of his torso had been. It wasn't long before his entire body had begun turning into dust. He made not a sound as his body began sweeping into the water, melting down from the force of the waterfall.

Orfeo was gone.

Dario was gone.

"That power..." Fluttershy mentioned "I don't... feel it any more... I must have used the last of it to defeat Orfeo. But that's fine. I finally feel... happy. After so many years I'm finally... happy..."

"Hahaha... well, that was certainly an entertaining display," Pansy smiled and clapped, feeling less shy now "Fluttershy, thank you for defeating that... thing... I hate to intrude on what could be, um... an important moment, but it is time for you to accept my power. Will you-"

"Yes," Fluttershy nodded "Yes, yes, and a thousand times yes."

"Relax, babe, this isn't our wedding day," Rainbow joked.

"I know... But I AM prepared to take on the responsibility of being one of the six heroes," Fluttershy confidently said "After everything, my friends have filled me with a new courage I don't think I ever would have found if it hadn't been for them. They would die for me... and now it's time for me to pay them back."

"You... are a noble soul... Fluttershy..." Pansy smiled as she allowed her form to be completely absorbed by Fluttershy. Finally, she was gone. But no tears were shed.

After all, how could you shed more?

"Well, I think I've had enough anti-climaxes for one day," Pinkie yawned, getting up and meeting with her friends as soon as they picked themselves up as well "Now that this whole thing is over-with, who wants to go back to my town and have a PARTY!!"

"That sounds cool," Rainbow nodded before placing an arm over her forehead and exaggerating "I'll have to be carried back though... I'm not sure... if... I... could... walk... another... step..."

"You have wings," Applejack pointed out.

"...fine, spoil my fun," Rainbow rolled her eyes.

"It's fine, Rainbow Dash," Fluttershy giggled "I'll carry you back. Anything for my... g-girl... girlfriend?"

"Yeah, you got it," Rainbow nodded.

(Music Stop)

"Wait, I just realized something..." Twilight gasped in sudden thought "We got here on our airship... but it's not our airship, it's Luna's. We crashed the ship she had been working on for years."

It took a moment for everyone to process this information.

"...oh crap," literally everyone said at the same time.

Author's Notes:

HA! Get it? Because Necron from Final Fantasy 9 came out of nowhere and I used his theme for the boss battle? COMEDY!!

Bit of an anti-climax, as Pinkie pointed out, but I think everyone got their just-deserts for this. Dario was killed, Fluttershy was reunited with Rainbow Dash, Rainbow Dash was revived, and Discord is still Discord. So yeah, looks like everything's going great so far!

This story is back and better than ever!

But it needs your help!

You see, I'm running out of ideas. I have a basic premise all planned out, don't get me wrong, but I still need ideas to help keep the story afloat. That's where you guys come in. If you have any ideas that are not OC related or dumb related, then please comment them down below. I'll be looking forward to seeing what you guys can come up with!

Be sure to Upvote/Like, Comment, Favorite and Follow, and until then, dream on everyone!