Author's Notes:

This is it! This is the final story ark! Welcome to the endgame! The Dark Endgame! *evil laugh*

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I couldn't resist...

Beginning of Dark Endgame Story ark

"This is really bad Lulu..." Celestia said to her sister Luna. "First I lose contact with Twilight, then I lose all contact with Spike, then I lose all contact with Twilight's friends and the other element holders; alongside that Trixie girl as well as Sunset Shimmer who was my student before Twilight; and now I've lost contact with Ponyville..." Celestia said, tears falling from her eyes.

"The tyrant King Sombra has been quite effective at his work. If we must, we must prepare for defensive measures." Luna said. To which Celestia nodded.

Meanwhile, Big Mac and Granny Smith had just suffered a lot of verbal backlash from Dark Diamond Tiara and Dark Apple Bloom at the start, before Dark Applejack showed up and helped the two out with Apple Bloom's brother and grandma.

"Thanks for the help sis." Dark Apple Bloom said, hugging her sister. "Granny was making it super difficult for us to get to both her and Big Mac." Dark Apple Bloom said.

"Ah figured as much. That's why I asked Dark Twilight if I could lend ya a hand." Dark Applejack said. She looked at Dark Diamond Tiara.

"Um..." Dark Diamond Tiara swallowed. "...I suppose thanks are in order from me as well. So um...how about I just say thank you; apologize for my past; and you let me make amends for what I've done." Dark Diamond Tiara said. Dark Applejack approached Dark Diamond Tiara; the latter of whom was getting scared now. "...Um...please?" Dark Diamond Tiara said.

"Dark Applejack..." Dark Apple Bloom said.

"Let me make one thing very clear upfront Dark Diamond Tiara..." Dark Applejack started. "Before this, your family was on very--" Dark Applejack said.

"To hell with my biological parents!" Dark Diamond Tiara said out of anger which took Dark Applejack by surprise. "I offered them service under King Sombra and Queen Twilight and you wanna know what they said? They said that they'll 'sleep on it'. Which to me, sounds more like a 'no' then a 'yes' so I want nothing more to do with them." Dark Diamond Tiara said before going over to Dark Apple Bloom and putting a hoof over her lover. "...The only one who matters in my life now is Dark Apple Bloom. No matter what happens from here on out, I will make sure that the apple of my eye is treated with love and respect. Most of all from me." Dark Diamond Tiara said. "And I don't care if you don't approve; neither of us do. We just want to be together forever." She finished.

"That's...a lot of emotion ya just dumped on me, Dark Diamond Tiara." Dark Applejack said. Dark Diamond Tiara's eyes went wide.

"...My...humblest apologies, I didn't mean to go off on you like that. Every time someone mentions my biological parents I just...I tend to just lash out." Dark Diamond Tiara said.

"Yeah. Dark Scootaloo learnt that one the hard way too. Though she realized quickly that she struck a nerve." Dark Apple Bloom said as the rest of the Dark CMC soon joined them.

"I suppose we all have our touchy subjects. It's my fault for bringing it up in the first place. So...I apologize as well." Dark Applejack said.

"Meh...it's fine." Dark Diamond Tiara said. "Just please understand one thing: I would sooner feed myself to a hydra then do anything that would dare upset the love of my life and her friends again." She said.

"And if she accidently does, we've agreed to let her off easy." Dark Scootaloo said.

"But just to make sure, we've all agreed to be more open towards one another." Dark Sweetie Belle said. "Which has started by mentioning subjects we just do not like talking about." She added.

"And right now, it's been working perfectly: It's helped the five of us bond in ways one can only dream of." Dark Silver Spoon said.

"You should really try it sometime with your friends." Dark Diamond Tiara said. "It's worked for us. It should work just as well for the eight of you." She added with a smile.

"Plus it'd help bring you all closer together too." Dark Apple Bloom said. Dark Applejack smiled and suddenly went over to Dark Diamond Tiara to ruffle the filly's mane.

"Ya know what, that's not a bad idea Dark Diamond Tiara. Your alright with me, sugarcube. I know you and Apple Bloom are not old enough to be married yet, but I do approve of your relationship. I would also like to consider you part of the Apple Family." Dark Applejack said. Dark Diamond Tiara's eyes went wide.

"M-me? Part of the Apple Family?" Dark Diamond Tiara asked.

"Of course." Dark Applejack said. Suddenly she was hugged by Dark Diamond Tiara who had tears running down her face.

"Thank you...thank you so very, very much! I promise to make sure that I will do everything I can to live up to the forgiveness you have given me..." Dark Diamond Tiara said. "...Sister..." She added. Dark Applejack smiled.

"We're not related by blood, and like I said, you and Dark Apple Bloom are a bit too young to be married." Dark Applejack said.

"I know. But I have a feeling the two of us will become very tight." Dark Diamond Tiara said.

"I have the exact same feeling, sugarcube." Dark Applejack said. The two sister in-laws gave one another a hug.

Dark Applejack arrived back with her friends.

"So, Ponyville has mostly been taken care of now." Dark Twilight said. "Which means Canterlot is a stone's throw away." She added.

"Where's Sombra?" Dark Applejack said.

"He is expecting resistance from my former mentor and all of Canterlot." Dark Twilight said. "And I have to agree with him: I don't see a way where the situation can be resolved without force." She admitted. Sombra arrived.

"But doesn't that jeopardize everything you've been doing?" Dark Sunset asked.

"No." Sombra said. "She already planned for this to be the course of action that would most likely be taken." Sombra said.

"And King Sombra had already arrived at the same conclusion I did when it came to Canterlot. At most, only my parents would come to us willingly." Dark Twilight said before taking on her Dark Queen form. "But everyone else in canterlot will need to be forced. There is just no other way." Dark Queen Twilight said.

"Do you need us there?" Dark Pinkie Pie asked.

"If your asking to come with, you may if you want." Dark Queen Twilight said.

"Well do we absolutely need everyone?" Dark Trixie said. Dark Queen Twilight shook her head.

"No. Sombra is making some undead soldiers for the battle ahead." Dark Queen Twilight said.

The final battle looms...