"Why?" Sunset Satan groaned out, trying to push herself up from where she had fallen to the ground. Unlike Daydream, she had not fully changed back to a normal appearance for Sunset Shimmer. There were some changes. Her hair no longer pointed up, and the sclera of her eyes was white again. The wings had vanished, as had the tail. However, her skin was still the burnt red color it had taken during her transformation, and she was still wearing the tattered red and yellow dress.

"You said it yourself," vampire Sunset answered. "We shouldn't trust each other." Her eyes narrowed as she smirked. "After all, we're all out for ourselves and will destroy each other given the opportunity. Then you just had to go and make yourself the biggest, most obvious threat." Tilting her head, she raised an eye brow. "Did you really think we would let you have more power?"

Sunset (formerly) Satan's legs wobbled as she stood up. It had been so long since she properly used them instead of floating, and with no magic to help support them, they had become quite weak.

"I had thought you wouldn't be so stupid as to attack me just before a fight."

"Fight?" vampire Sunset cried out. "Fight?" She threw out her hands. "What fight?" She pointed a finger at Sentai Villain Sunset. "She was useless even before losing her staff," she then shifted to siren Shimmer, "she wants to go back to an Equestria, not be trapped on a human world, and I just want a place where I don't have to worry about The fucking Slayer coming after me." She glanced toward the group of heroes, then to Satan. "With you and Daydream out of the way, I'm sure I can escape." She gave a shrug. "Maybe even find a few willing people to have as my brood."

"You're forgetting one thing," Satan stated as she straightened up. "And in this case, it might be pretty important."

"What's that?" the vampire asked, raising an eyebrow.

Grinning with very normal, human teeth, Satan held up one hand, spread her fingers wide, and wiggled them.

"There were five of us."

Vampire Sunset's brow furrowed.

"What does tha--"

Although faster and stronger than humans, vampires are not the most powerful or dangerous of monsters. Among the ways to kill one is a wooden stake through the heart (although some stories say it must be made of one specific wood or another, and treated in a certain way to work), and burning it.

The arrowhead poking out through the vampire Sunset Shimmer was not wood at all, the bits of metal not covered in blood glistening in what little light there was. The shaft was not wood either, but some sort of high-density plastic-ceramic composite. Shortly below the head of the shaft, however, was a gap where a glass vial had been. Said glass vial could be filled with a variety of substance, the impact of the tip causing the glass to shatter, and releasing the contents.

In this particular case, the vial was filled with an alchemical mixture that burst into flames once shattered.

The vampire Sunset Shimmer, for lack of a better term, burned alive from the inside-out. She was not even to scream or cry out, as her lungs were incinerated near instantly.

It was not long before all that remained of her was a pile of ash.

Darth Phoenix, the dark street mage version of Sunset Shimmer, walked up, a crossbow in hand, loaded and pointed at the siren.

"Don't move," she ordered. "If you try anything, even singing a single note, then you will get to find out what literal heart-burn feels like." Her gaze flicked to the sentai villain Sunset. "Goes for you as well." Her smirk widened wickedly. "It'll be a lot slower and a fuck-ton more painful for you, too, seeing as you're a hundred percent alive."

The two glared at her, but did not say anything.

Sunset Satan returned her attention to Crystal Prep Sunset.

With Satan stripped of her power, and the vampire dead, Crystal Prep Sunset found herself free of their mind control influence. Turning around, she ran over toward the others.

"I can fix it!" she called out as she came to a stop in front of Daydream. She held up the device. "I should be able to reverse the process." One finger moved to the button. "All I need to do--"

"NO!" Daydream, Satan and Fluttershy all called out.

But the warning came too late. Crystal Prep Sunset Shimmer had pushed the button, opening the device and releasing the magic contained within. A small burst of blood red and sunny yellow energy shot out, knocking all the others away. The ball of swirling dark and light grabbed a hold of the girl, holding her as it expanded, pulling her inside.

Eyes wide in terror, she turned toward the others as much as she could.

"Help! Me!" Crystal Prep Sunset cried out.

None of them could. The energy surrounding her kept any from helping. Not even with magic. Twilight was unable to grasp Sunset with telekinesis, her power more bouncing off the outer layer than anything (an entirely new experience for her that she would love to study under different circumstances). Rainbow Dash's speed and Applejack's strength were just as useless, the two of them being pushed (or in Rainbow's case, launched) backwards in the process (which in the case of Applejack, left massive furrows in the ground). Pinkie Pie even gave an experimental toss of a magically infused sprinkle, but it just bounced off and fell the ground harmlessly.

As such, all they could do was watch as the blood and sun magic engulfed the poor girl.

"What's happening?" Sonata asked, watching the girl disappear.

"I fear we are about to meet the equivalent of Sunset's own Midnight Sparkle," Rarity stated. She reached up to her pendant with one hand, ready to throw up a shield in a split-second.

"Ah, yeah," Aria purred out. With a wicked grin, she rubbed her palms together. "This is going to be so awesome."

Sonata Dusk moved to stand behind Rarity. She did not know what a "Midnight Sparkle" was (although she did think it a great name for a toothpaste), but if it got Aria "I'm so fucking metal I'll punch a sword blade first" Blaze was excited about it, it had to be dangerous.

When the energy finally pulled into the former Crystal Prep Sunset Shimmer, revealing her newly changed form, it was not quite what those that had seen or heard of "Midnight Sparkle" had been expecting. A pair of bloody red wings spread out from her back, but they were not entirely matching. One was covered in feathers, the longest one at the tip glistening along the edge with razor sharpness. The other was a dragon's wing, the claw on the thumb of it a burning ember. Her hair did not simply stick upright, but waved back and forth, glowing with energy. Her eyes opened, revealing that one had turned black with smoke pouring off it and along the side of her face. Ruby-red lips split into a grin, revealing perfect white teeth with way too long incisors in both the top and the bottom.

One arm stretched out in front of her, her gaze focusing on the long, listening nails that shimmered and shifted with energy.

"Oh my," she purred out in what sounded like three voices talking at once: her own; a high and soft angelic voice; and a low and raspy growl. "This... this is simply incredible." Her gaze then drifted up, looking at the sky. "I... I can see... I can see so much."

"Yes," a voice called out. "Yes! You can feel it. See it."

The dark angel looked down, noticing the former demon that stood grinning up at her.

"Now you can defeat this pathetic group, and we can rule this world how we see fit?"

Dark Angel Sunset raised an eyebrow a second as she studied Sunset Satan. Her gaze then narrowed as she smirked, letting out a deep chuckle.

Everyone shifted, feeling shivers down their spines, although one -- Aria Blaze -- was actually with excitement.

"There are two problems with that idea," Dark Angel Sunset said. "First," she returned her attention to the sky, "I don't need you. Especially now that you have no power."

Satan frowned, but said nothing.

"Second --" Dark Angel Sunset held up a hand, the nails glowing brighter and pulsing with energy "-- why should I be satisfied with only one reality?"

She made a slashing motion.

Reality shrieked in pain.

The sky tore open.