-TERRARIA, SPACE: MOON-

The battle on the moon continues to rage on as the transformed Echo Silhouette, currently imitating the Moon Lord, was thrashing his arms around and unleashing all manner of magical projectiles, of multiple elements.

Pinkie Pie-and Shroom-, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack were beaten and battered as they had clear signs of Echo landing successful attacks on them. The summoned allies of both Rarity and Fluttershy were beginning to reduce and waver as the conflict progressed.

Rainbow Dash was currently flying high above, but ran out of stars for her Star Cannon as she comments with gritted teeth:

“I knew two hundred stars wouldn’t be enough…” She then sends her cannon away and brings forth her rapid-firing Minishark. In addition, she also equips a new series of ammunition for her weapon: Silver Bullets. With a confirming ‘click’, she aims the weapons towards Echo’s form and says:

“Round two, bucko.”

Applejack and Pinkie Pie were still dashing around the large behemoth, taking their opportunities to slice away at him, at every location of his body. They’d manage to stab some of ‘Razeem’s’ eyes, but Echo would use a spell with a simple flick of his wrist to heal up the wound with a green aura.

Rarity continued to fire her Space Gun, but her magic was too low to unleash her other magical weaponry. In addition, and due to the low state of mana, her summons also disappeared soon enough due to Echo destroying them, and the unicorn unable to summon them again. She could use a Mana Potion… if she didn’t already use them all. Her one saving grace was the fact that her Meteorite Armor reduced the magical cost of her Space Gun.

Fluttershy, in terms of her summons, was suffering a fate similar to Rarity’s but was still able to rely on her ranged weapon: Overloaded Blaster. She fired off her weapon as a wave of gelatinous liquid splats onto Echo’s form. It would acidically harm the large entity, and as a result, the changeling would look towards Fluttershy’s direction and roar out before unleashing a beam of green energy, similar to what Queen Chrysalis could often perform.

Rainbow Dash rejoins the battle as she unloads her Minishark equipped with the new ammunition. The results were apparent as ‘Razeem’ growls in discomfort, but Echo aims his right hand towards the pegasus and spews forth a wave of flames in her direction.

“Oh, buck!” The rainbow pegasus exclaims as she attempts to dodge, but it’s soon revealed to be a diversion as the large form of the ‘Moon Lord’ appears behind her.

[WHOOM]

Echo swipes her away with his right arm which sends the pegasus crashing to the lunar surface.

Seeing this, Applejack shouts:

“RD!”

A large shadow suddenly towers over her from behind, “You took your eyes off of me!” Echo shouts as he punches into the lunar surface with his right arm, drags it underground, and collides with the cowmare’s form.

“Graugh!” Applejack cries out in a fit of pain as she’s sent flying away by the force of Echo’s attack.

The ‘Moon Lord’ rises up to his full stature and says:

“Two down,” He turns to the last three ponies remaining, and truffle, “Four to go. Yes, I’m including you, Shroom.”

Shroom hides deeper into Pinkie Pie’s mane, “Sh-Shroom…”

The large entity rushes forth with a frightening force as Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity brace themselves for impact.

“Don’t worry, darlings,” Rarity comments, holding the Ice Mirror in her right forehoof, “I’ll teleport us to-”

The ground behind the fashionista erupts as a humanoid changeling comes bursting out, “That mirror of yours is irritating,” Echo says as he kicks the white unicorn with a shocking force. Her armor is able to absorb some of it, but Rarity exclaims in pain as she’s sent flying in a fashion similar to Applejack.

Incidentally, the white unicorn dropped her Ice Mirror as Echo picks it up while saying:

“I’ll give this back to her later, but I’m holding onto it for now.”

Both Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie look on in utter shock as the yellow pegasus says:

“H-how did you d-do that?!”

“Yeah!” Pinkie Pie exclaims. “Aren’t you transformed at-”

The large form of the ‘Moon Lord’ casts a shadow on the two ponies as it comments:

“Oh, I’m still disguised as Razeem, but I turned my right index finger into another ‘me’.”

As it was revealed, ‘Razeem’s’ right hand was currently missing its index finger. Suddenly, Fluttershy realized what happened as she comments:

“When you attacked Applejack, you shoved your arm into the moon…”

“And you created another you! And it was underground the whole time!” Pinkie Pie exclaims, pointing a forehoof towards Echo.

The large form of the ‘Moon Lord’ remains still, casting its shadow down upon them, as the humanoid changeling before them states:

“Very well assessed, you two,” Echo takes on a combative stance, “Now brace yourselves. You two are all that’s left standing,” He smirks, “Do try to last a bit longer than the others, mmkay?”

Both Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy brace their forms, the yellow pegasus saying:

“I’ll have to summon the power of-”

[WHOOSH]

“Fluttershy, watch out!” Pinkie exclaims with an extended forehoof as she spots a certain changeling appear behind the yellow pegasus in one swift motion.

“You think I’m just going to stand there and let you?” The sudden voice of Echo comments from behind Fluttershy, her eyes widening in horror, as the changeling chops her on the back of her neck with his right palm. This renders her unconscious after she lets out a gasp, as her form falls limply to the lunar surface.

The humanoid changeling turns to the party pony, “And now it’s just you, Pinkie Pie.”

The pink pony was admittedly shivering on the spot, not due to any kind of cold, but from fear of what she just watched happen. She then grits her teeth and prepares to swing her Blue Phaseblade while saying:

“I, I won’t back down!”

Echo chuckles, “That’s good to hear, my friend,” In a shocking display, the humanoid changeling turns his right arm into a Red Phaseblade, “Because I got a special request from Lady Athena, Lord Silence, and Lord Anubis.”

Pinkie raises an eyebrow, “Oh yeah? What is it?”

Echo lunges forth, raising his Phaseblade arm into the air, “To go even harder on you, Demi-Ancient!”

[SKSH]

[SKSH]

[SKSH] [SKSH]

Both of their phaseblades collide against one another as a high speed battle of blades takes place. Pinkie Pie tries to add a few kicks into their flurry of attacks, but Echo matches it as he collides his own leg with hers. Then, the party pony zooms off and reappears behind the changeling, but Echo glances over his right shoulder and says:

“You forgot about my ‘other’ friend.”

[WHOOM]

“Ahhugh!” Pinkie Pie shouts in pain as the ‘Moon Lord’ swats her away with its right hand.

As the pink pony is sent aloft, Echo look up to his ‘other’ self and taps the hand of the ‘Moon Lord’. The large behemoth disappears soon after as Echo then starts to make his way towards Pinkie Pie.

Currently within a crater, the pink pony strugglingly gets onto her forehooves as she grits her teeth in pain. She conjures forth a Health Potion, but something seems to let loose a shockwave in the distance, and before she could drink the alchemistic beverage, Echo suddenly appears and snatches it from her.

“I’m sorry, Pinkie,” The changeling said, covering the potion in his right hand with a green flame; causing it to melt, “I can’t let you heal yourself just yet.”

……….

Still positioned high above them, Athena observes the conflict as she comments:

“Oblivion… Harmony… Mena… I hope you can forgive us for doing this to her.”

Down below, the Ancient could see both Echo and Pinkie Pie now fighting each other in hand-to-hoof combat. Pinkie was rapidly unleashing a flurry of attacks with her forehooves as Echo matches them with his arms.

“Harmony ensured that Pinkie Pie would always be safe. Even instilling a trigger, one that can only be activated by meeting a certain requirement.”

The conflict below Athena continues; Pinkie Pie spits out blood as Echo manages to punch her across her right cheek. She does manage to retaliate by striking his own face with her left forehoof, the changeling smiling in response.

Athena takes on a saddened expression, even regretful, as she says:

“My sweet Pinkie Pie… you must be beaten to the point that you simply can not fight back. Only then will the light inside of you activate itself.”

……….

Echo slams his right fist into Pinkie Pie’s stomach region as she coughs up blood and exclaims:

“Ack!”

-Hang in there, Pinkie.- Echo says internally before jumping up and kicking the mare with his right leg, sending her flying away once more.

Another crater is created as a result from Pinkie colliding with the lunar surface, and although her Crimson Armor does help her by absorbing Echo’s strikes, not to mention healing her with the ‘armor set bonus effect’, she can still feel the pain from her opponent’s attack.

Echo was now standing above Pinkie Pie’s crater, the pink pony laying on her back with her eyes closed, but gritting her teeth, as he comments:

“Pinkie… I want you to know that I take no pleasure in this,” The changeling looks down to his hands, “Even now, I want to gag myself for-”

“N-no,” Pinkie Pie manages to say, then coughs, “I… I want to… get stronger…” She coughs once more, “B-because I’m scared… for my friends… and M-Mena’s sake…”

Echo smiles, “You remind me of myself, a long time ago. After my mother was killed by Yharim, I vowed to get even stronger after I mourned her, and countless times I was planted on my own ass by Lord Anubis during our training.”

Pinkie Pie opens her left eye, but her right remains shut. Echo continues:

“I admire you, for you understand what it takes to truly get stronger. Something that I didn’t learn until some time after my mother died, and after I acted like a complete fool...” He raises his right index finger to emphasize his words, and lowers himself onto a knee before saying:

“Fear is not evil. It tells you what weakness is. And once you know your weakness, you can become stronger as well as kinder.” The changeling rises to his feet, but during his words of advice, the pink pony falls unconscious.

Unbeknownst to him, a conversation would soon take place within the pink mare’s mindscape.

-MINDSCAPE-

The party pony was currently standing on a grassy field, but empty all the same. The sky was a mist of white energy, but somehow an invisible wind managed to cause blades of grass to dance in response, as did her mane and tail.

“Oooh, so this is what my mind looks like? The mindscape thingy me and Mena used a while ago?” She questions, running a forehoof through the grass beneath her, “Hehe, grassy.”

“Hello, Pinkie Pie. You’ve finally opened the way for me to enter your mind, my sweet.” A motherly tone says as it echoes throughout the internal landscape.

Pinkie’s ears perk up, “Hmm? Who’s there?” Her eyes widen, “Wait, you sound so… familiar.”

A multicolored beam of light shines down before her very eyes as an equine entity appeared soon after. Yellow fur was the first to become vibrant, followed by the fluttering pink mane and tail of the beautiful pony. Fae-like wings outstretched themselves as a rainbow-colored aura constantly surrounded the newly-formed being.

Two ocean blue eyes open up, and their owner bears a vibrant smile before saying:

“Pinkie, my sweet daughter... Mommy missed you and your sister so much.”

“M-momma?” Pinkie questions, and after a moment, her eyes shoot wide open as a vibrant grin forms onto her muzzle. She then zooms into her mother in a pink blur and hugs them with her forehooves.

“Oh-my-gosh-I-finally-get-to-meet-you-which-is-funny-because-I-also-met-dad-some-time-ago-In-uncle-Anubis’s-Pyramid-and-” The pink mare’s words were cut off as Harmony sits on her flank and raises Pinkie into the air within The Empress’s forehooves.

With tears strolling down her features, Harmony rubs her right cheek against Pinkie Pie’s face while saying:

“To hold you in my hooves after so long... I love you and your sister with all my being, Pinkie.”

Pinkie forms a vibrant blush onto her features and sighs contently as she warmly gives into her mother’s embrace.

After a few moments, the two part from each other as Harmony gently places her daughter onto the grassy fields of the mindscape. Pinkie hops in place happily as she comments:

“So were you, like, trapped in my brainie brain this whole time?” She questions, poking her head with her left forehoof.

Harmony giggles, “I was indeed. Your Element of Laughter contained a healthy portion of my own consciousness.”

Pinkie Pie blinks twice, then sits on her flank, “This mind-stuff is so confusing sometimes, momma.”

Harmony laughs lightly, “If you think that’s weird, you should see how Nightcrawler performs her duties within the Dream Realm.”

“Ooooh, you mean like how Princess Luna does it?” Pinkie questions, ears perked up.

“Take that, and multiply it tenfold. The thing about the Dream Realm in Terraria is that it’s bigger. Waaay bigger,” Harmony emphasizes by parting her forehooves, “The one that my grandchild governs over is comparable to a small pocket dimension, or even an Inventory.”

Pinkie Pie suddenly hops in place, from shock, as she shouts:

“Princess Luna is your Grandchild?!” She then places a forehoof to her chin in thought, “Wait, does that make me her aunty Pinkie Pie?”

Harmony giggles at her daughter’s antics, and nuzzle her before responding:

“It’s a little complicated, and I’d tell you, my sweet, but that story is too vast to be told at this moment. Besides, you’ve got important business to attend to,” Harmony then rises off of her flank and stands onto her hooves, her full stature instantly demanding respect. Pinkie’s eyes widened in response as she comments:

“Woah… you’re really tall, mama.”

“I’m seven feet tall in my current state, but in my true form, I’m quite gigantic,” She then laughs as she recalls something else, “Your father always said that I ‘Got Back’,” She glances back to her flank, and turns back to Pinkie, “He’s right, in a sense.”

Pinkie pie giggles, then questions:

“What now? Ooh! Are you going to appear before Echo and go all ‘I’m The Empress, grrrrr’ on him?!”

Harmony starts to laugh in response, and barely manages to recover before saying:

“Oh, my sweet Pinkie. You are too precious for this world,” She smiles, then clears her throat, “But no, not me,” She 'boops' Pinkie’s nose with a forehoof, causing the pink pony to scrunch her face in response, “You’re going to do it, sweetheart.”

The party pony’s mouth drops in response, and imitates a goldfish before saying:

“B-but momma, I’m not strong enough to beat him! Are you loco in the coco?!”

“You’re wrong about that, my sweet,” Harmony responds as she then spreads her wings, glitters of energy dripping off of them, “Your body isn’t conditioned enough to house your true power, but you’re also not using the strength you do have access to.”

The mindscape seemingly seems to be vanishing as the grassy field is consumed by a wall of darkness. Seeing this, Pinkie shouts:

“What’s happening, momma?! Why is everything going dark like King Sombra after eating a bad taco?!”

“You’re waking up, Pinkie, and when you do…”

Harmony’s words become faint as the world surrenders to the darkness. However, she does manage to say one final thing before Pinkie regains her consciousness:

“Now that you’ve released me within the mindscape, I can see everything you and the others are doing here from Equus, through your eyes. I look forward to us all being a family again, Pinkie Pie.

We will be together again...

You… me… Mena… and Oblivion.”

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, Angel Wings(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, Angel Wings(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, Angel Wings(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.