I ruined everything… Why did I have to!? I… All I wanted to do was make things right...

Ugh… Let me explain. My name is Twilight Mist, generation three of Power Ponies and leader of the New Power Ponies. I was raised by Humdrum, or Spike after my mother died in childbirth, and my father was murdered by a monster named Delirious, whose power encompassed even the founding Power Ponies.

My fillyhood was pretty bad. The only enjoyment was my adopting father. He kept me from getting too sad, but even he couldn’t help my social life. I was a very held back pony who found logic to be my best quality. I couldn’t understand others emotions, and I found my only interest in studying. I think I get it from my grandmother. I was pretty good at magic, and could mess with the darker side of it, though Spike made me swear to never do it.

When I was ten… My world fell apart. I may not have know my dad, but Spike… He was my family. All I thought I’d need. Him, I knew. And when… Delirious killed him… I was alone. I still, to this day feel a hole in my heart… Delirious was only held back because of Spike, so his full plans were brought to life when my guardian angel fell.

After that, our entire world was raptured by death and destruction. It was then that Applejack Three, Firefly, Glory Radiance, Surprise, Posey and I formed our team and defeated the one who killed Spike and my father. Afterwards, Equis was in peace, and the six of us became the new heroes of our time. We were Mareador 3, NRG, Lightmare, Transport, Thorn and Black Mask.

Then more and more ponies joined, and we became widespread. I was so proud of my team- my friends and myself, I couldn’t be more high on pride. We saved lives, and that was all there needed to be. It was perfect. But in my lust for knowledge, for something more, for… Revenge… I sent us back in time, to before our parents birth. To when crime was stronger than ever. To when Delirious was free, and I could destroy him before Spike’s, my father's, and anyone else’s death.

Just the six of us, them not even knowing my true purpose. Unfortunately, I didn’t think about the repercussions of casting a one way time travel spell, and we were all stranded. When I finally got the chance to get what I believed I deserved, I hesitated. I didn’t kill him, instead, I helped in his capture.

In that moment, our Timeline broke in two. A fake copy of our time, where Delirious wasn’t captured and my family died. Where everything became a continuous loop. And then the changed one, where we were stuck.

What was worse, is that we… I messed up. In our rush to fix everything, I opened our Universes barrier to other worlds a Displacer had set up to protect everypony, letting in a maddened monster who… Killed Surprise’s grandfather. After that happened, my grandfather left my grandmother before they fell in love, and… My mother was never born, meaning I was never born.

After that, we went into hiding. I still think AJ3 hates me, Posey’s to scared of me, Firefly’s become reckless(er), and Surprise is a nervous reck. And Glory has ignored me for the most part.

The whole team, in their haste to fix everything, damaged the timeline even more. I’d rather not talk about those.

If anything… I’m a villain… I ruined a timeline leading to absolute peace, all because I wanted to prevent the death of Spike… It’s not my friends fault… It’s mine, all mine… I’m an idiot… I’m Humdrum’s biggest mistake… Spike… He should have just left me… I wish my fr-... My team would leave me. They’re better off without me. I’m… A broken tool.

New Yoke, Hidden Headquarters

Twilight Mist was working on the control panel. It was picking up a distress signal from Applejack Three.

“Damn it!” Twilight cursed, “This is becoming really bothersome!”

“Well,” Firefly said, trotting over. “Guess we’re going after ‘em?”

Twilight growled, “We have no choice… Get the team together.”

“And Aya?”

Twilight massaged her temples with magic, “She knows more about these things than we do. Wake her up.”

Firefly nodded and flew away quickly. Surprise blinked next to her Unicorn leader, a worried expression causing Mist to sigh.

“I get it, I’m making a fuss over nothing.” Twilight said, though the Pegasus spoke not a word. “Get Posey…”

“We should use our super-” Twilight’s growling stopped Surprise from continuing. “S-sorry…”

The pink Unicorn turned around and stormed away.

New Yoke Alleyway

Twilight, Firefly, Surprise, Posey, and Aya stood over the opened manhole, all looking in.

“I thought your shit would smell like rainbows…” Aya smirked.

Firefly and Surprise got the joke, while Posey was confused and Twilight fumed.

“Whatever…” Mist growled, “I think it’s best to let you lead here, since you know so much about these things.”

Aya bowed mockingly, “I would be honored to. I’ve always wanted to go into a tunnel of sewer.”

“Please tell me you aren’t always like this…” The Unicorn asked.

“Nah, I’m just doing this because I’m having a mental breakdown. My son did this.” Aya stated as she mounted the ladder. “I do have to say it is fun acting childish.”

And so she went down into the stinky sewers. Firefly pulled out a flashlight, as well as Twilight, and the mares went down one at a time. When they were all down, Mist examined a watch she was wearing.

“Okay, they’re about one hundred hooves east.” Twilight explained, “We placed a tracer in each member, and that’s how we track each other.”

“Can I have one?” Aya questioned.

“Sure, if we need to split up, we’ll need a way to contact you.” Mist gestured with her head for Surprise to give Aya a communicator watch. She examined it a bit, noting it’s sci-fi look, yet simplicity that it could pass by the radar of normality. Instead of wearing it, she placed it in her vest.

“Let’s hurry up before your friends die.” Aya prepared her 30. caliber and started her way down the tunnel.

Twilight nearly cringed and what she was stepping in. Blood. Thick, crimson mixed with sewer water. Pretty much shit and nosebleed.

“AJ and Rade are probably dead…” Firefly said. Surprise’s eye started to tear up. “I mean, they’ve been down here all night, what kind of villain leaves their prey alive in captivity.” Surprise’s eyes started to trickle, and Posey took notice. “Once we get there, we’ll find their body’s and the mourning with-”

Surprise openly sobbed, cutting out on what the pink Pegasus was trying to say. If it wasn’t for Posey, the white Pegasus would have fallen in sewage. The Earth Pony rubbed up and down Surprise’s back with a long flower protruding from her mane.

“There th-there, they are alive, Firefly’s j-just being a j-jerk.” Posey stated. When Surpris wasn’t looking, Posey glared daggers at Firefly, who guiltily looked at the blond.

“Would you all shut up? Both life signals are clear, so if they were dead we’d just tell the Power Ponies!” Twilight growled.

“Who?” Aya asked, lowering her weapon and turning back around to see the Unicorn.

“Nobody! Can we just get moving!?” Twilight’s voice echoed throughout the sewer. Her right eye twitched, “Did I just…?”

Before she could continue, three frogs and a giant alligator monster popped out of nowhere.

With Twilight and Surprise yelping, Aya took a few shots at the nearest frog, and Firefly shot energy out of her hoof which when combined killed the beast.

The team didn’t have any time to react, as the other monsters started getting closer. One of the frogs were about to attack Surprise, but she blinked away.

“Killitkillitkillitkillit!!!” The white mare screamed. Aya mentally smirked, as she remembered this boss from Parasite Eve(Obviously), and knew it was the easiest next to the first Eve fight.

When all of a sudden, weird gunshot noises caused the Parasite(she needed a new way of describing herself) to flinch. Numerous bolts ricocheted off the walls and killed them… Like they were nothing! Little to say, it hurt Aya’s already small ego and self esteem.

A blond human wearing a white hoodie landed in front of the team and said to Aya one of the scariest things she’d ever heard. “Are you guys okay?”

Okay, it wasn’t that scary, but it nearly made Aya piss herself. So much so that she shot upwards in fear. The human, though, tried to calm her down in a slightly creepy way. “Easy there everyone. I’m not going to hurt you. We got your distress signal and tried to get here as fast as we could.”

‘Nice going moron, you nearly killed a nice person because you were too trigger happy!’ Aya thought.

Twilight trotted forward, “Th-that wasn’t our distress signal. We sent two of our own in here last night to investigate the disturbance. Three and Rade probably got attacked, and we’re still too far away from them.” She seemed scared, and Aya would have cuddled her if she wasn’t knee high in sewer.

Aya narrowed her eyes. She couldn’t just trust this guy. She watched movies, and it was always the pretty boys. Frozen… Well, Frozen was what came to mind, but it was a valid point. She stuck her hand out and uttered her name, “Aya Brea.” In return, he gave his own name as he took hers.

“Lance Walker, at your service-.”

Pain entered Aya’s head and she pulled away, holding her head. “ L-Lance… Walker… Why does that name sound familiar?”

“A-are you okay-?” He was cut off again when she hugged him tightly. She knew him! He was her nephew, her little cookie, the one who played with her makeup… ‘Wait, that last one didn’t happen...’

“L-Lance! It’s you, right? Really you? It’s me, Aunt Jiri-... Jir… Uh…” Aya groaned. She couldn’t remember her real name.

A look of recognition appeared on his face, “Oh my god… Aunt Silvia!?” he embraced her closely. Aya would have hummed knowing someone she loved was with her, but she didn’t want to seem weird. “I-i can’t believe it’s you!! Oh, I’ve missed you so much!!”

Nothing could ruin this. She hadn’t reunited with her son, but this was really close.

“Not to ruin a family reunion, but we still have a bunch of parasitic monsters that have two of our own,” The team leader said, “I’m Twi- I mean Mist. These are my friends, Firefly, Surprise, and Posey.” She pointed to each one of her team. Aya wanted to strangle the mare, but knew her warmth would be lost.

“Nice to meet all of you. Now… as for your friends… Aurora?” Lance looked to his own communicator. The screen held a little light blue filly with a Unicorn horn.

“Yes, I detect two pony lifeforms up ahead.”

Aya’s mind was blown. First her nephew was returned to her, and now a girl pony inside his TV watch… What next?

“Guide me there. It’s time to kill some bugs.”

Twilight Mist stepped forward, “Actually, this parasite doesn’t seem to be a-” Mist tried, but Firefly glared, shutting her up.

“This obviously needs to be dealt with because it has seemed to be under everypony’s noses and has grown out of control.” Lance retorted, “And I don’t need an explanation on what they are because something tells me that they can take on multiple forms. I already found a bunch of dead rats aboveground.” Given the directions from Aurora, Lance followed her instructions as he pressed on, the ragtag team soon following him.

“I actually know what these things are,” Aya said, “They’re Mitochondria took over them. It was a part of a PS1 game called Parasite Eve I used to play when… Uh… My son wasn’t around.” She grinned, blushing.

“Heh… Looks like that’s one thing I need to tell Sun next time I see him.” Lance said to himself, unaware that Aya was listening to him. She was about to ask, when more mutated Rats jumped out of opened pipes. Aya started shooting the Rats on the left, while Mist helped by using her magic. For those that came towards Lance… Best not to ask. None of the others knew what he did, but he did.

“So… You’re w-with the p-Power Ponies?” Asked Posey.

“Yeah. I have been for a little while. Been trying to help manage things in the city while also managing my family life.” He replied. The last part though, specifically got Aya’s attention rather quickly.

“Family?”

“Yeah, I’m getting married to two Displaced and currently am helping raise four children. Well six if you count Shalltear in her world and also when our boy Lyall will be born.”

Aya scratched her head, “Wow, I might need to ask you for pointers.” She mentally slapped herself.

“Remind me about that when we’re done and I can introduce you to Max. She’ll be a great place to start.” Lance explained, handing the family photo that he had on him to her as she looked at it… with Firefly peeking over her shoulder, as well as Surprise.

“Aww!” Surprise gushed, and nearly squealed.

“Why the hell is Rainbow a filly?” Asked Firefly. Yes, in fact, there was a Rainbow filly, as well as a female human.

“That’s the Rainbow from Max’s universe. She adopted her after finding her barely alive. In her world, I heard that Spike is the element of loyalty.” Lance explained. Neither of the three that looked at the photo knew what he was talking about.

“Element of what?” Firefly asked, before Mist commented.

“Alternate timeline,” She rubbed her horn, “Sheesh, that’s a really messed up world.”

“You tell me,” Lance turned a corner as they continue. “When I first met her, she told me that her Celestia and Luna handed down their powers to her before they died. And don’t get me started on our… relationship.”

Aya didn’t quite get who Celestia and Luna were. She absolutely adored Lance, but he could be dense when he wasn’t paying attention to how much others knew.

“I still can’t believe you’re married… To two different woman, no less.” Aya said. Really, she was just trying to change the subject since she was getting bored.

“Well, the wedding is in a couple of months…”

Aya wanted to counter by saying ‘then why do you call her your wife’, but there was obviously an answer that she wouldn’t understand.

“Hang on… What’s this thing about your… relationship?” Firefly asked, confused. Aya wanted to tell Firefly not to ask because she’d get boring exposition, or a really weird comment that explains everything he’s been avoiding.

“Basically, we’re in an open relationship… Meaning that we’re allowed to basically-.”

“Cheat on the other without fear.” Aurora, the computer/watch girl interrupted.

“I know what an open relationship is, I had the same thing with L- Lance’s uncle.” Aya said, having a bit of trouble keeping her nephew's name in her head, “But I was too shy to really argue the point.” This was true, because it was all him cheating on her openly.

“I didn’t know you had an open relationship… Then again, Uncle Steve, from what I heard, was a real asshole.”

“How d-did you know?” Asked Aya in surprise.

“I overheard my dad talking about it one time. I think he was calling you to see how you were doing,” Lance replied before looking at something, “I think we're getting close to your friends. You guys ready?”

Aya reloads her gun, “Ready as I’ll ever be.”

The other ponies nod, but Posey freezes. “I-isn’t this under… The cathedral?” As soon as she says that, screams are heard.

“Ah crap! That must be civilians!” Firefly yelled as she flew up and through a hole in the ceiling.

“Mist, go with Firefly and check above ground. Aya and I will proceed forward.” Lance told them as the pony chased after their teammate.

“Firefly!” Mist yelled. It was a bit hard to climb for her, but she pushed through. When she was backstage, she looked around. The area looked pretty fine, but there was the smell of smoke and… Burnt flesh…

Twilight quickly galloped to the outside where a giant monstrous lady floated, teasing her Pegasus friend… With a foals burnt corpse…

Tears were streaming from Firefly’s eyes, running down her muzzle. The monster lady flew away.

It was only then that Mist saw the extent of the death. One hundred ponies, charred to the bone. It made her sick to her stomach.

The Unicorn trotted over to Firefly, using her magic to try and pull the mare away from the foals corpse. “Come on Fly… W-we gotta go…”

Firefly stayed still, just staring and the child. “She killed a kid… A poor… Defenceless filly right in front of me… I couldn’t...”

Firefly collapsed, sobbing her heart out, “I couldn’t save her! I- I just c- couldn’t!” Twilight gave her friend a sorrowful hug. There was nothing she could say.

Author's Notes:

I'd like to thank Frost The Wolf! If you wanna know what happens with Lance and Aya, check it out.