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Friendship is Failure #10- THE END OF ENDS! (2017 Revision)

by DakariKingMykan

Chapter 16: Truth Revealed

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Truth Revealed

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Inside the castle, it was much, much darker than it was outside. So dark, the horned ponies made their horns glow softly to illuminate things. Starfire held up a small glowing light in her hand, and Cyborg flashed his shoulder light. Still, even with these lights and the many large flaming torches perched up high, it was still dark and rather creepy too.

Whistling winds and dripping sounds echoed all along the dark walls.

“This place gives me the creeps.” said Rainbow.

“I hear you there…” agreed Negative-Man.

Rarity’s face suddenly bumped right into a cobweb, and she screamed in fright. “Get it off me! Get it off me!”

“Hey, stop!” said Robot-Man. He held her still and brushed the webbing off her face. “Oh!” she sighed in relief “Thank you very much!”

“Yeah… sure...” grumbled Robot-Man, and then he muttered “What a diva.”


They all treaded cautiously, anticipated danger lurking around every corner, every stone column. “Count Logan must surely be aware of our presence.” said Copione. “Then why doesn’t he attack, or at least show himself?” asked Mento.

No one could tell, but they treaded forth.

Cadance felt shivers run through her body, fear of such darkness. “Even King Sombra was never this dark.” she said “It’s almost as if this darkness represents… a feeling.”

The others didn’t think much of that, but it did seem just as strange to them. “Why would anyone wish to live in a place to so dark and creepy like this?” wondered Starfire “It does not seem very lively or active with much to do.”

The others realized this too, but now wasn’t the time to think of such things. They had to find Terra and the two royal sisters. “Raven, can you make any psychic contact with them?” asked Robin. “I’ve been trying,” replied Raven “But it’s no use. The darkness here is a lot stronger. It’s blocking me out.”

“I can’t even try to reach them by telepathy.” said Twilight, “And I can’t scan for their DNA or vital signs.” added Cyborg “It just won’t penetrate.”

“Well, we’ll just have to find them old-fashioned way.” said Applejack, and by that she meant plain Looking. “Yeah, um… where exactly are we supposed to look?” asked Rainbow. “This place is huge! They could be anywhere.”

Pinkie tried sniffing around like a dog hopping to pick up a trail, much to the dismay of the others. “What? It was worth a try.” Pinkie said.

Twilight shook her head, “If only we had some kind of sign.” That’s when the entire castle shook violently and everyone nearly fell off their feet.

“What’s happening?!” cried Robin. The shaking stopped and Cyborg scanned the tremor with his seismograph, “Dang…! This baby’s off the charts.”

Copione stiffened, “The void must have shattered more worlds. I fear that time is very short, we must move more quickly.”

Everyone agreed, when suddenly there was a loud crash that made everyone jump, “Now what?” snapped Raven, but she got her answer as she and the others turned round and saw a load of black-armored knight-like creatures, warmed with strong swords, spears and shields and stomping their way towards them.

“What the hell?!” snapped Cyborg “What are these things?”

“They must be sentries loyal to Count Logan!” said Copione “They are here to destroy us as they would any intruders!”

“Oh, that’s just peachy.” Applejack sneered.

Fluttershy freaked out as the iron creatures stomped forth even closer, and she dashed on ahead in panic. “Fluttershy…!” Twilight called. “Fluttershy, come back!” shouted Mento.

Fluttershy suddenly stopped and began to inch backwards as more knights stomped forth, and then were even more that showed up, surrounding the team at all ends. The heroes all huddled together and Robin decided, “Since there’s no way out, I say we fight!”

Copione agreed, “It is time to put our training to a test! Go!”

Everyone dashed forth!

Copione reached out to touch one on the metal chest, “Ugh! I cannot copy it!” then, just as the knight prepared to slash at him with his sword, Copione extended his battle claws and parried the sword hard.

Robin got out his staff and blocked a knight’s sword, and actually pushed the large iron creature back hard. “Wow! I can’t believe I just did that.” This was all thanks to his training; now he was much stronger and swifter than he was before. So were all the others…!

Rainbow charged forth, roaring loudly, and collided right into a knight and shoved it hard into another, making them both hit a wall. “Awesome!”

Elasti-Girl grew larger in size, not too large to hit her head on the ceiling, and she kicked the knights off like soccer-balls.

“Rita! I’m open!” Mento called to her. His wife nodded and kicked a knight towards him, and he used his psychic-shockwaves to blast the knight, vaporizing it into actual darkness. “Hey!” he called to the others “These guys aren’t even real creatures! They’re just made of darkness and metal.”

That was good to hear, and it meant they could fight more fiercely than ever.

Suddenly, there was another tremor that shook the whole castle again. It felt stronger than the last one, and everyone nearly fell off their feet again. “I don’t know what’s worse: The shaking or these guys!” sneered Negative-Man.

“Let’s bust these bozos!” said Pinkie, and she roared as she cantered forth, “Take THIS…!” and she head-butted one knight hard.

Cyborg and Robot-Man wrestled two more knights, pinning them down hard and then crashed on them hard, knocking them into darkness.

“Booyah!!”

“Rock on!”

They slapped each other a high-five.

Twilight, Rarity and Cadance stared down a group of knights, and they nodded at one another. Their horns glowed brightly and they blasted the knights away. “Nice!” said Twilight “I’ve never felt so strong.

The remaining knights all huddled together, and the team huddled together as well. “Altogether now!” said Copione, and everyone raised their hands, and hooves, up, combining their powers together into a super blast of light, vaporizing the last of the knights into ashes!

The friends all cheered and hollered in delight. “Adios ya hunk of junk-boys!” sneered Applejack, but suddenly another tremor hit and the castle shook more violently than ever, that everyone fell off their feet this time, some of them even fell on top of one another.

“Hey, watch it!” Raven grumbled.

“Take your foot out of my face!” demanded Rarity.

As everyone got back to their feet, “These tremors are getting worse and worse.” said Cadance. “They sure are.” agreed Cyborg, “My seismograph can’t even measure them anymore.”

Starfire looked concerned, “This is just how it was before my planet was destroyed. The tremors grew more and more violent with each one.”

“Funny, that’s how Equestria was before it went too.” said Twilight. A strong silence fell as everyone seemed to have the same sickening thought in mind. “Um… you don’t suppose… this world is going to collapse too?” said Fluttershy.

“But that’s crazy.” said Elasti-Girl, and everyone felt the same as she did. This was Count Logan’s home castle, so why was he letting the destruction ravage his home? What sort of evil plan was it if he destroyed himself in the process? Was he not even aware of this?!


Suddenly, they heard the sound of someone applauding from off in the dark. The team stood poised, ready to take on whoever it was, and it was revealed to be Dr. Nekard “Well done, everyone. You truly are the heroes of the legend.”

“Who are you supposed to be?” asked Rainbow.

Copione clenched his fists, “Dr. Nekard! He is one of Count Logan’s loyal servants. I have dealt with him before.”

Everyone’s expressions hardened and the looked ready to take on the crazy-looking cyborg. “Wait!” shouted Nekard “Do not be so hasty. I have come to help, like I have been helping you all before.”

“Don’t play dumb with us!” Robin sneered. “No. It is true.” replied Nekard, and he looked towards the ponies, “Do you not remember how you were somehow mysteriously transported out of your world before it collapsed?”

The ponies all thought back-- to those last few moments as Equestria was breaking up, and they had all given up hope and decided to embrace their fates, when suddenly they began to fade away, and were somehow transported to Earth.

“That was you?” asked Cadance “You transported us?”

Nekard nodded, “I couldn’t let you be destroyed. As one of The Three Teams of Legend, you play vital roles in this raging Light and Dark war.”

The ponies weren’t sure what to believe now, or the heroes. Cyborg nudged Copione softly and whispered to him, “Is this joker really telling the truth?”

“I cannot tell. My foresight does not seem to work. Something is off about him.”

Nekard could actually hear them, but rather than feel insulted, he pointed down a long dark hallway that lead to a flight of stairs going down. “Follow those stairs, and you’ll end up in the dungeons, where your three friends are being held.”

“Terra?” asked Starfire.

“Celestia and Luna?” added Twilight.

Nekard nodded, “All that I ask in return for all this, is for you to help me destroy Count Logan.”

Everyone looked shocked at this request. “You want to destroy Count Logan?” asked Raven “You’ve been plaining on betraying him all this time?”

Nekard chuckled, “I… betray him? No, no, no… you have it all wrong. It is Count Logan who is the traitor. It is HE who has been deceiving me and my comrades from the very beginning!”

“What are you talking about?” asked Mento.

“Count Logan promised us that he would destroy all worlds and then build perfect, peaceful new worlds in their place. Worlds were we could live our own ways that were just suitable for us.

But he was lying! I could sense his true intentions from the beginning!

He plans to obliterate all worlds, and keep them in ruin so that nothing will be left at all!”



Everyone felt their insides churn! “Just leave them all in ruin?!” asked Negative-Man “That’s beyond all words of sick!”

“I think I’m going to be sick!” cried Rainbow.

“I’ve never heard of a thing so despicable!” said Starfire “This Count must be stopped!”

“Yes!” sneered Nekard “I ask again… will you help me?”

The heroes were still uncertain of whether or not to accept, but Copione stepped forth, “I refuse!” he declared making the others gasp in shock. “But he wishes to help us.” said Rarity “I for one can’t turn down such an offer, especially since he saved us.”

“No!” snapped Copione “I cannot trust him, he may be willing to beat Logan, but feel an ulterior motive at hand.” then something caught his eye behind Nekard, and he fired a beam of light at the wall illuminating the small device in the corner.

“He’s a hologram!” cried Robin.

“He’s trying to trick us!” added Twilight.

All the others began to feel the same and sided with Copione refusing the offer. Nekard didn’t seem offended at all, “Very well… if that is your decision. Don’t say I wasn’t generous.” And with that, the hologram vanished and the projector exploded softly.

“I can’t believe we almost fell for whatever he really wanted!” snapped Applejack.

“That is why I never trusted him.” said Copione “An enemy wishing to betray an enemy cannot be trusted, no matter what mask they wear.”

The others agreed, but now they didn’t know whether or not to actually head to the dungeons.

“I say we check it out anyway.” said Cyborg “Who knows, they just might be there.”

With that, everyone treaded to the staircase, and headed down the long flight emerging in the dungeon where they saw the prisoners.

“Terra…!” Robin cried.

She awoke and looked through the bars, “Robin? Guys…?!”

Twilight’ eyes lit up, “Princess Celestia! Princess Luna!”

All the ponies saw them, as glad as they were their smiles didn’t last. The sisters looked very weak, their manes had lost their sparkles and weren’t fluttering like they used to.

“Stand back.” said Copione, and he raised The Light Prognosticus, and recited another spell in Ancient Equestrian.

While at the same time, Raven used her powers to magically Terra right through the bars and out of her cell. The second she was out she hugged her tightly, nearly choking her, but Raven was so overjoyed she didn’t care and hugged her back, and the other Titans jumped in the hug as well.

“I can’t believe you’re all here!” Terra sobbed!

At the same time, Copione’s magic began to revive the sisters, restoring their strengths to full and dispelling the dark bands that held them to the machine. “They will be fine now.”

The ponies were so overjoyed.

The sisters opened their eyes feeling wide awake for the first time in a long time. “Princess…?” Twilight cried to Celestia.

Celestia could hardly believe her eyes, “Twilight…? Is it you?”

Twilight, with tears in her eyes, hugged her lovingly. Cadance did too, and the other ponies huddled around her and Luna with tears and happiness.

Between the titans and the ponies’ happy reunions with their friends, Elasti-Girl felt like crying herself, and her husband held her hand and smiled lovingly, while their comrades felt the same way.

“However did you find us?” cried Luna.

“These are our friends…” replied Twilight, “The Teen Titans, and the Doom Patrol.”

Twilight then stepped forth, “And this is Prince Copione. He helped us and guided us here.”

Copione, being polite bowed to the princesses, and the Titans and the Doom Patrol did as well.

The sisters bowed as well.


While in another area of the castle, Logan felt the time was right. He had been well aware of the heroes intrusion, and now that the power had been cut off, the two sisters had been freed, which told him they were altogether now.

“The time has come…” he hissed softly. He raised his cane, and its tip started glowing, “Come to me, my prey!”


In the dungeons, there was a soft rumbling. “What’s happening?” asked Celestia, and suddenly she and Luna vanished. Then the other ponies vanished, and so did the two teams, and Copione and Terra!


They all appeared in the castle’s inner sanctum. “How did we get here?” asked Mento. “It felt like we were teleported.” said Twilight.

“Yes… you were, thanks to me.” hissed a voice from behind. Everyone slowly turned round, and there he was snickering at them. “Count Logan…!” Robin hissed. Everyone’s features hardened… except for Terra.

“You…!” Cadance sneered. Looking upon him brought on all the horrible memories of all the ponies she saw him kill, including her little Flurry Heart and beloved Shining Armor.

Logan merely snickered at her, “I must admit, I’m most impressed that you all survived to make it this far.

But you are too late to stop The Dark Prognosticus! All worlds will be destroyed and nothing shall remain! Come to grips with that now, for you cannot stop it!”

Hearing him say that actually confirmed what Nekard had told the heroes earlier, Logan was indeed just destroying everything and leave it all as it was; in ruin!

“I can’t believe you would do such a thing!” sneered Elasti-Girl “How can you do something so monstrous?! Why do you really wish to do all this?”

Logan growled behind his mask and thundered, “I told you before; these are the wishes of The Dark Prognosticus, and I am the one whom obeys and carries out its will!

Besides, I don’t care about any world anyway! They are all meaningless! Better that I destroy them! Better yet, I will make it as if they never existed at all!!”

Robin was growing furious “You’re so full of shit!” he snapped. Twilight agreed with him, “You think all worlds are meaningless and that gives you the right to destroy them and kill innocent beings?! How can you say that? What did they ever do to you?”

Logan laughed wickedly, “It’s simple!” he shouted “They deserve it after all the pain and suffering they’ve caused me! It’s their fault things are happening this way!”

The heroes and the ponies couldn’t understand what he meant by all that, and Terra finally spoke up, “You guys, don’t you realize who he is?!”

The others all gawked forth, and Logan decided-- he reached up and pulled his mask off revealing his face before everyone, making the Titans and the Doom Patrol gasp in horror!

“I thought they said he was dead!” said Rainbow.

Robin in deep shock, “No…!”

“It can’t be…!” added Mento.

“Yes!!” sneered Logan “I... am what remains of Beast Boy!!”

Elasti-Girl felt like fainting, “Garfield! This can’t be!”

Terra buried her face in her hands in tearful shame.

“How can this be?” Copione wondered. He had heard the Titans talk of Beast Boy, and though he didn’t know Beast Boy all that well, he too was just as shocked and confused at how he was alive, but he suspected The Dark Prognosticus was behind it all.

Indeed, the Titans had no way of knowing it was him. What were they to believe? They found Beast Boy's dead body and froze it within Titan's Tower in a capsule. Now the truth was revealed, and they were all ever so horrified!

Starfire felt her anger turn into sadness and shock, “Beast Boy… it is you?” she cried “You are the one who destroyed my planet.”

Beast Boy just glared at her with his angry, hate-filled eyes, and he put his mask back on!

“I thought that, we were the best of the friends!” cried Starfire.

Logan just sneered, “That’s not how the story goes, Starfire, not this page anyway. You are no friend of mine, you are nothing but a shit-filled bitch who deserved she got… that goes for all of you!”

Before anyone could protest, Logan raised The Dark Prognosticus and waved his cane over it. The Book began to show the images of how harshly all the titans had treated him.

All the times they gave him a bad look, made fun of him, Raven especially and how she used to smack him a lot, even when he had a good idea or what right about something all along.

The Doom Patrol was no better; or rather Mento wasn’t for his harsh and strict ways, and Terra… she dreaded what she saw.

“Things Change, Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory.”

The heroes and the ponies all gawked at her, and Celestia approached her with a shocked expression, “It’s not true! Tell me it’s not true…!”

Terra said nothing, bur her shameful expression confirmed it. “I can’t believe it!” cried Cyborg.

“You did THAT?” Raven asked in shock.

Terra still didn’t answer, and didn’t have to.

Logan snapped the book shut, snickering. “I’ve waited a long time for this moment.

I showed you all kindness… and you showed me hatred and disrespect! Well… now the tables have turned, I’m going to show you all what true hatred and darkness really is in this one final spectacle before the worlds are no more!”

Fluttershy gazed deeply into his eyes behind his mask, “I’ve never seen anyone so angry before. It’s like he’s trapped in his own darkness.”

“Beast Boy, listen to me…” said Twilight “You don’t have to do this. Let us help you!” all the ponies agreed, but Logan refused to heed, “Your sincerity is as pathetic as the worlds! Whether you choose to fight or not doesn’t matter to me. I’m going to be rid of you Mother (Bleepers) once and for all, and even your precious Light Prognosticus will avail you naught!"

By this point, everyone could tell there was just no getting through to him, and Copione stepped forth “Beast Boy… or rather Count Logan! We came here to destroy you. The worlds will never be safe unless you fall, and if it is the only way… SO BE IT!!”

The others all agreed, except for Terra unsure if she really wanted to fight or not.

Logan stood where he was, glaring the heroes down and glowing with extreme darkness, while the others glared him down and glowed in light.

Who would triumph would be up to fate to decide.


Author's Note

Beast Boy is Logan

Sure, you viewers knew that, but it's all part of "Viewers Anxiety" We KNOW the truth, but how long will it take the characters to find out is what keeps us on edge.

Also, I'm not wrong-- The Titans could never tell it was Beast Boy all along

-They Found his body and froze it-- BB can't be in TWO places at once.
-Logan's body is completely hidden under his outfit, except for his eyes (and ANYONE can have green eyes)
-"Logan" it may be BB's last name, but "Logan" can still be ANYONE'S name (Wolverine's name is Logan)
-Logan doesn't look, act, or sound much like BB at all-- he's taller, stronger, uses sorcery, has a deeper/darker voice, and even if they were able to scan him (Which they can't) his DNA and Molecular structure are different too

...So what was anyone really to think in there? Logan is not a dead giveaway to the characters... not with all THAT up there.

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