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Terraria: Hardmode

by Pomp-Neigh

Chapter 41: Chapter 41 - Ter-Rarity.

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Chapter 41 - Ter-Rarity.

-TERRARIA, MEADOW CLEARING-

The afternoon sun paints a canvas of orange over the damaged meadow clearing, a current battlefield. Many slimes were, in their own unique way, lying unconscious on the ground. Shockingly, even King Slime was rendered unconscious during this time. Both the Ebonian and Crimulan-like slimes continued to watch as they seemingly were looking upwards. There, high in the skies, both Fluttershy and Queen Pinkie were engaged in combat. However, Queen Pinkie was slightly different as she now sported a pair of angelic wings.

Fluttershy’s multicolored aura was still present while Queen Pinkie’s own aura was blue, pink, and purple.

A series of shockwaves echo out as the two crash into each other repeatedly. Clouds would be dispersed due to their actions, and a series of sonic booms erupts as they chase one another.

“RAWR!” Both Fluttershy and Queen Pinkie roar out in unison before crashing into one another.

A high-speed conflict results soon after as Fluttershy’s forehooves and the various tendrils from the Queen Slime were being thrown at one another. Each combatant would dodge a strike before retaliating with another, all at incredible speeds.

The two suddenly slam into each other with an appendage and the resulting shockwave sends them backward, creating a distance between them.

Fluttershy huffs and puffs, her mane a frazzled mess and clear bruise marks on her body, before saying:

“T-thank you for going all out on m-me, Queen P-Pinkie.”

Queen Pinkie seemingly nods in response, “Of course, Fluttershy. This wouldn’t be training if I held back on you, now would it?” She chuckles, “You must increase your physical capacity so that you can store more power you draw from slimes, into your body. And handle it without any painful aftermaths.”

What was most impressive is that Queen Pinkie was not only unscratched, seemingly, and despite her gelatinous form, but the Slime Queen wasn’t fatigued at all. Compared to Fluttershy, and to put it simply: Queen Pinkie looked as if she hadn’t been fighting at all.

Suddenly, two dome-shaped entities appear before them in a duo of red and purple beams of light.

“That will be enough for today, dear Core, Queen Pinkie,” The Ebonian-like slime says, floating before them with the Crimulan-like slime at its side.

“The sun will be setting in just a few more hours, but before we return you to the Desert Biome,” The Crimulan-like slime comments as it then turns towards Queen Pinkie and nods.

This of course causes Fluttershy to look on in confusion, her form still damaged from today’s conflict, as she questions:

“What’s going on?”

“Fluttershy, we would like to take you back with us, but just for a short while.” Queen Pinkie responds, flapping her large; angelic wings.

……….

As this goes on, the large multitude of slimes below starts to regain their consciousness. Among them, King Slime also recovers as he looks up towards the sky and says:

“I am proud of you, my daughter,” The Slime King seemingly looks down towards the ground, “This will be my final battle… before I pass on and become a part of Goddess Fluttershy. I can only pray to the Slime Gods that you will forgive me.”

“Father!” Queen Pinkie exclaims as she lowers her form, Fluttershy and the two Slime God imitations just behind her, “Fluttershy has agreed to come with us!”

“Oh yes, indeed!” Fluttershy exclaims in agreement, “I can’t wait to see your Slime Kingdom!”


-TERRARIA, CAMELOT: RARITY’S CAMELOT BOUTIQUE-

Positioned in the back of the boutique, Starlight was currently in the dressing room as Rarity herself, this world’s version of the fashionista, or even Ter-Rarity, was currently standing outside while saying:

“How are you in there, darling?”

“I’m fine, thank you! Following your instructions to perfection!” Starlight exclaims from within but in a friendly fashion.

The unicorn mare made doubly sure as to carefully strap her beautiful dress onto her form. Various jewelry was present on the room’s desk, and the pony’s mane was currently done into an exquisite style.

“That’s very good to hear!” Ter-Rarity exclaims gleefully and claps her hands together, “Beauty should never be rushed, darling. It is most uncouth, and you are going to stun your significant other on your date tonight.”

“I want to look my absolute best for Shadow Thunder. Thank you so much for your recommendation.” Starlight responds from within. Then, the door to the changing room opens up as Starlight gracefully walks out, standing before Ter-Rarity.

“You are simply divine, dearie!” The fashionista exclaims. “Just turn around, and see your beauty for yourself.”

The fashionista gestures towards a large mirror behind the unicorn mare who, in turn, heeds to her request. Starlight turns in place and her eyes widen when she sees her look.

The dress she wore was mostly transparent as a pink fabric covered most of her hind legs. Shining beads adorned the dress while also complimenting her styled hair, not to mention the ones that went over the back of her neck and met with a star that was etched onto the dress’s chest region, which also has a resemblance to her cutie mark. This also went with the jewelry that she had adorned onto her ears. In addition, a purple fabric was covering her stomach region.

“Well? Tell me what you think, darling,” Ter-Rarity says with a wink.

Starlight was still in absolute shock as she stared at herself in the mirror. Then, a smile builds up onto her muzzle as she half-lids her eyes. The unicorn stands sideways and says:

“Oh yeah, I look good~”

……….

Some time passed by as both Starlight and Ter-Rarity now stood at the cash register, the unicorn mare’s dress properly stored within appropriate packaging.

“Thank you again for this, I really appreciate it.” Starlight comments with red features.

Ter-Rarity waves a dismissive hand, “Oh, think nothing of it, darling.”

“How much do I owe you? I can pay any price you ask for!” Starlight declares with a raised forehoof.

“Now who said anything about you paying me, Starlight?” Ter-Rarity questions.

Starlight blinks twice in response, “But, it’s such a beautiful dress! Surely you’d-”

“First-time customers are on the house, dear,” Ter-Rarity responds with a shrug, “It’s one of the reasons my business has been so successful.”

Starlight was momentarily stunned by this before she hops in place happily and exclaims:

“Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for doing this! You’re just like the Rarity I know!”

-Oh, I’m well aware.- Ter-Rarity says internally before she exclaims externally:

“Oh, dear! You must be one of those ponies from another world!”

Starlight nods in response as she floats her packages around her, “I don’t mean to brag, but we’ve been around a lot, and defeated a whole bunch of monsters and bosses.”

“So I’ve heard, darling,” Ter-Rarity responds while performing tasks around the register, “I also heard about you all going to, what was it… The Dungeon?”

Starlight flinches, “Ooh boy, you don’t even want to know about that disaster.”

Ter-Rarity raises an eyebrow, “I heard you all faced an Ancient?”

Starlight’s eyes widen in response, “People know about that? I could’ve sworn only me and my friends, not to mention everyone in Home Town, knows about Greed."

“Ohoho, no. Only you lot and the other Ancients know anything about my father.” Ter-Rarity responds nonchalantly.

Starlight sighs in content, “Ah, that’s a relief. Honestly, it might be better than not many kn-” The unicorn cuts off her words as she suddenly, and truly, comprehends Ter-Rarity’s own. A sense of dread consumes her form as she stares at Ter-Rarity with wide eyes.

“What’s wrong, dear?” Ter-Rarity questions as she leans forth, fangs growing in her mouth, “Worm stole your tongue?”

A flashing multi-colored light escapes from Ter-Rarity’s eyes as she causes the world all around them to freeze in place. The background seemingly takes on a black and white coloration, the inners of her boutique, but Ter-Rarity herself kept her color. Starlight also lost her color and remained frozen, along with the other customers throughout the store.

“Too easy, dearie,” Ter-Rarity comments as she walks around the register and approaches the unicorn mare, “Now then, I want to see what those runes are truly all about.” She places a hand onto Starlight’s head and sees exactly what she was looking for: Everything that transpired within The Underworld, ever since Starlight’s capture. However, Ter-Rarity even looked further as she saw every last shred of Starlight’s life.

“Interesting. Very interesting, you’ve led quite the life now haven’t you?” Ter-Rarity questions with a small chuckle, “Enslaving a town, time travel, and everything you’ve experienced in Terraria after Razeem dragged you all here.” She comments, backing away from the unicorn before walking behind the register once more. The local area remains frozen in time all the while.

“So Nyarlathotep is indeed merging the worlds into one, and he used The Guide to set this all up. Or more accurately, the Voodoo Demon did,” Ter-Rarity says while lifting her fingers on the register’s desk and setting them down again, “You’ve been through a lot, my dear, and you’ve been a most helpful pawn.”

Ter-Rarity’s eyes glow once more with a multicolored aura, “I’ll, of course, be ‘taking’ your memories of my true self. Can’t have you running that big mouth of yours, now can we?” The aura that was within her eyes momentarily covers Starlight’s head before it dissipates moments after.

This aura then extends to the rest of the boutique as everything returns to normal once again. The customers continued to survey the displays as Starlight herself begins to rub her head and says:

“I feel so strange all of a sudden…”

“Perhaps you’re even more excited for that date of yours than you thought, darling~” Ter-Rarity responds, wiggling her brows and smiling vibrantly.

Starlight giggles with reddened features, “I know he’ll love it, and it’s all thanks to you. Thank you so much! I have to get going!” The unicorn mare then fires up her horn and disappears via a teleportation spell.

Ter-Rarity chuckles moments after as she says internally:

-Did you get all that, papa?-

-I sure did, my sweet- The voice of Greed responds in her mind, -I sure did.-


Author's Note

Character inventory/equipment:

Fluttershy: Statigel Armor(pony, equipped), Overloaded Blaster, Eviscerator, Crimslime Staff, Corroslime Staff, Slime Staff, Finch Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Hornet Staff, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Honey Comb(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Staff Of Necrosteocytes, Purified Jam.

Rainbow Dash: Necro Armor(pony, equipped), Star Cannon, Minishark, Eviscerator, Aquatic Discharge, Bloody Rupture, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Victory Shard, Slime Mount.

Zecora: Crimson Armor(zebra, equipped), Dune Hopper, Sausage Maker, Beenade, Tooth Ball, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Various Potions, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Sand Cloak(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bloodstained Gloves(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Skeletron Hand.

Starlight Glimmer: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Starfury, Vein Burster, Purple Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Healing Potion, Victory Shard, Rocket Boots(equipped), Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand.

Rarity: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Hornet Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Ice Mirror, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Rocket Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand, Staff Of Necrosteocytes.

Applejack: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Orange Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Rope, Metal Detector, Healing Potion, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Bone Glove, Skeletron Hand.

Twilight Sparkle: Meteorite Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Book Of Skulls, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Ichor, Victory Shards, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount.

Pinkie Pie: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Blue Phaseblade, Bloody Rupture x2, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Metal Detector, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, The Blood Butcherer, Skeletron Hand.

Next Chapter: Chapter 42 - The Date. Estimated time remaining: 13 Hours, 40 Minutes
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