Eclipse stood proudly over the remains of Corrosive. He now had his gift. And now...he was ready. Eclipse shuddered and twitched. He screamed in both agony and in accomplishment. And then suddenly, he was gone.

Eclipse reappeared in the void that he was keeping the Elements of Harmony, the Princesses, and the guard pony. In the void, there was nothing there, save for the ponies. He walked over to each seeing that they were still lying on the ground. Eclipse grinned menacingly as the flesh-like wires erupted from his back, allowing blood to go flying everywhere. They each connected to the ponies' necks and Eclipse could feel himself calming down. He looked to his left and found Luna and Cadance grappled by the wires and drained of their power. Then, he looked to his right and Celestia was no where to be found.

"What...?", Eclipse muttered. Celestia was missing. But, Eclipse brushed off the idea. He had enough power. And, it was time.

It was time....

"Elements of Corruption. I had long sought to find you. I had sheltered the Elements of Corruption from the Elements of Harmony. Now, it is time for you to repay me back for my deeds."

The area around Eclipse began to glow with blood-red light.

"Elements, give me power!"

The light began to intensify.

"Darkness, Betrayal, Deception, Greed, Brutality, and Fear...MAKE ME INTO WHAT I AM!"

Eclipse and the rest of the void vanished.

--

Ben still lay there on the ground motionless. A small stream of blood began to trickle out of his mouth, and Rainbow Dash still remained by Ben, convinced that he wasn't dead.

Then, a white hoof rested on Rainbow Dash's shoulder. She looked up slowly through her tearing eyes and she found the kind-hearted and soft-speaking ruler of Equestria behind her, Princess Celestia.

"Wha-Princess?! How did you-", Rainbow Dash stammered while trying to bow down as fast and clumsily as she could.

"Do not be alarmed by my presence. I am not actually here. I am channeling my being from my mind as I am in Eclipse's void. And I am sorry to say that time is running out."

"But, Ben's..."

"I know he is dead...but there is a way..."

"What? Y-you can bring Ben back to life?"

"Yes. But it is a forbidden spell in the highest form of Necromancy. I wish for you to leave us for a moment."

Knowing that there was a chance to save Ben, Rainbow Dash trudged away. She looked at the ruins of Canterlot. Everything was so silent...

Celestia began to chant while her horn etched a symbol into the air.

"Rise the hero that has fallen. Rise the one to save us all. Rise the one to bring redemption. Death hear me...bring him back."

At the end of the last verse, a cloaked pony trudged up the hill and tapped Celestia's shoulder. The pony was wearing a black cloak that was torn from all edges, it had a small case with it, and it was carrying a scythe on its back.

"Death...you came."

"What is it that you desire, Princess?"

"Resurrect him.", Celestia pointed at Ben's body.

Death stroked the base of his hood with his hoof.

"What do you offer me?"

Celestia's eyes moved to her left and saw Rainbow Dash watching the silent Canterlot.

"My immortality."

"This is not a trick now...is it Princess?"

"I would not lie to Death."

"Very well."

Death drew his scythe and slashed Celestia. Celestia gasped in pain as the scythe had gone clean through. But, no blood was shed, there was not even a cut. On the tip of Death's scythe was a tiny speck of golden energy. He stowed Celestia's immortality into his case and he looked at Ben. He walked over and took a small blue orb that showed an image of Ben crouching in it. He placed the sphere on Ben's body and stepped away.

"Farewell, Princess.", Death whispered as he suddenly vanished from sight. Celestia looked down at the orb and found that it was slowly sinking into Ben's body. Celestia yelled for Rainbow Dash to come at once. Rainbow Dash now shifted her attention from Canterlot and rushed over to Ben's side, just as the orb had buried itself into Ben's chest. Rainbow Dash touched down and knelt down next to Ben. The orb had submerged into Ben.

Ben's finger twitched.

Then, Ben's eyes opened.His first sight was Rainbow Dash, with tears in her bloodshot eyes. Immediately, Rainbow Dash lunged downwards and caught Ben off guard for a quick kiss. This startled Ben, but he relaxed and went along with it.

Until he found out that he was alive. He broke the kiss, and stood up.

"What the...How the- how am I alive?", Ben looked towards Celestia,"And depending on how long I was dead, how did you escape from Eclipse?"

"I did not escape, I am channeling my essence through my mind. And how you came back to life...I had a deal with Death."

"Wait, Death, the actual being is real?"

"He is very real, and I gave up my immortality in order to resurrect you."

"You what?!", Ben and Rainbow Dash both gagged at the same time.

"You must both understand, it was the only way for you to gain another chance at saving Equestria.", Celestia pleaded.

"I can't say I like you giving up your immortality to bring me back to life, but when there is a world on the line..."

"Ben, Eclipse is in Canterlot. He currently has The rest of the Elements, the Princesses, and Shining Armor's power in him. I don't know how you will even be able to remotely match his strength now, but you must stop him."

"My friends!", Rainbow Dash screamed.

Suddenly, the sky began to draw hazy red. The ground around the three began to die and crack. As this was happening, Celestia's form began to dissipate.  

"Ben, Equestria is in your hands! Please, save everypony!", Celestia shouted as she disappeared. Ben just had no idea what happened. Then, the feeling sunk in.

He was to go up against an impossible enemy and if he failed to defeat him, then all living things on Equestria would perish, and a new horrid world would build over it.

"I don't think I can do this.", Ben panted.

"I hope to disagree.", a familiar voice rang in ben's head. It didn't take long for him to realize who it was.

"Safeguard!", Ben cried out with joy.

"Yes, that's my name. Any other brilliant observations like the world is literally crumbling around you?"

"Shut up Safeguard. You know what to do."

"Ah yes, I must tell you that I have received some new software with that resurrection."

"Like what?"

Suddenly, Ben floated into the air. Then his wing emerged slowly from his body, but they weren't all white with metallic feathers making them up. They were blue and in the shape of spires. The blue wings were absolutely pulsing with energy, and Ben took a good look at his wings.

"Strike Freedom? Well, now that's an upgrade.", Ben smiled at his new wings. Then, pure white armor began to encase him from all angles of his body. It built around him at all corners and every exposed area. It continued to build until it reached his head. A helmet was formed onto Ben's head and it continued to build. Then, it suddenly stopped after creating a large V-shaped antenna on his forehead. When all of the construction was done, this was what Ben looked like:

He just floated down slowly and looked at his side. Rainbow Dash could not stop staring at him in awe.

"Wow, Ben. You look...amazing."

"That's Strike Freedom right there."

"Just...wow Ben.", Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Alright, ya ready to save your friends and kick Eclipse's ass straight to hell?", Ben smirked.

"Do you really have to ask that?", Rainbow Dash challenged.

"Let's go."

--

It was really a short flight with Ben's new wings. They provided an amazing amount of thrust due to the fact that every inch of his wings were covered in boosters. Canterlot had come into view from the smoke and ashes. Ben and Rainbow Dash touched down into the open roof leading to the throne room. Ben stood up and saw nothing in the room, save for various guard ponies laying in their own blood here and there. Then, squinting into the center of the room, Ben found Eclipse kneeling down and panting heavily. Ben found his mask on the floor.

"Rainbow Dash, stay the fuck back."

Eclipse then looked up. Ben got a good look at his face now. The skin was nearly completely burnt off and scabs of red and black blood dotted it. Only his skeletal formation remains of his face, save for his blood-red eyes. He realized why Eclipse had worn his mask. It was to cover his scared and torn face from the rest of the world.

"So the demon and the Element of Loyalty come.", Eclipse growled. His voice echoed unnaturally and he stood up. Ben  scowled at Eclipse's depiction of Ben being a "demon." Ben looked to his side and found the Elements of Harmony, The Princesses and Shining Armor laying on the ground, motionless.

"I have no use for them anymore.", Eclipse's horn glowed black and teleported the ground of ponies out of Canterlot.

"You won't succeed."

"It is too late already. I have reached my true form. There is no hope for anything still remaining on this pathetic world."

"I beg to differ.", Ben challenged Eclipse.

"Ahahahaha...your ignorance shall be your death.", Eclipse walked backwards into the smoke. Ben's targeting systems came online. He drew two Beam Rifles and aimed into the cloud.

Then, a roar shook Canterlot. The entire foundation shook as Ben and Rainbow Dash lost their footing. Ben boosted backwards and grabbed Rainbow Dash. He over boosted and shot straight out of Canterlot. After reaching an appropriate distance, they both witnessed Canterlot crumble to ashes. Everything was destroyed in it. Ben shielded Rainbow Dash into his chest as she cried when Canterlot was demolished.

A roar echoed throughout Equestria.

The isolated demons looked at the ruins of Canterlot in pure amazement.

Ben looked in complete horror.

Suddenly, the ruins of Canterlot were thrown into the air as a massive beast emerged from the wreckage. After the dust cleared, Ben and Rainbow Dash rested their eyes on the biggest dragon they had ever seen in their lives. This dragon made the one that Fluttershy evicted from the cave seem like a puppy compared to a bear. The dragon gave a mighty roar that shook Equestria and riddled Ben and Rainbow Dash.

"I-is that...?", Rainbow Dash asked in horror.

"That's Eclipse's true form.", Ben answered.

"Rainbow Dash, go back to your friends and help them get back to their senses. I'll kill Eclipse."

"Ben, I can't leave you."

"Rainbow Dash, just please...you have to go."

Rainbow dash shed a tear through the ashes as she slowly hovered away. She looked back and flew back to Ben. Before he could protest, she kissed him quickly and flew away as fast as she could.

"Good luck, Dashie.", Ben muttered to himself as he turned around and faced Eclipse. Eclipse now got an eye-sigh of Ben. He roared and bared his teeth. Ben drew both of his Beam Rifles and aimed down below at Eclipse.

The battle for Equestria had begun.

BEN STRIKE FREEDOM FORM

VS.

ECLIPSE TRUE FORM

Commence the most epic battle music you shall ever hear in this story!

*Note, just close your eyes and imagine the ruins of Equestria while the girl is speaking. When the music starts...

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Ben suddenly whipped forwards and fired both of his beam rifles. Green lazers streamed out and exploded all over Eclipse. unable to see any damage, Ben flew in for another attack. Eclipse roared and flew up and darted forward at incredible speed. The dragon's mouth opened and green flames spewed out. The emerald-colored fire encased Ben in  flames. Ben screamed in agony as he flew upwards to escape the fire. Eclipse then detached crystals from his back and sent them flying towards Ben. The crystals seemed to have a mind of their own as they pursued Ben and exploded into razor-sharp fragments around Ben. He flew backwards, drew his Beam Rifles, and fired at the incoming shards. He managed to intercept half of them, but the rest were still incoming. He turned around and hoped to outfly them, but a jet of emerald fire erupted in front of Ben. He flew to his left and burnt his right side on the fire.

"Ben, DRAGOON systems are online.", Safeguard alerted.

"DRAGOONS, how could I forget one of Strike Freedom's greatest weapons?", Ben spoke as the crystals continued their pursuit.

"Engage DRAGOONS."

"Releasing."

The spires on Ben's wings detached and floated around him. His wings now glowed with a magnificent blue fire surrounding the different points as they were now called, "Wings of Light". The DRAGOONS suddenly launched forward and began to fly around in random directions. At one point, they all lined up and fired their laser batteries. Green beams of energy struck the incoming crystals and blew them into little fragments, which then exploded. The DRAGOONS now found a new target. Eclipse. They suddenly formed back up and launched towards him. They began rapid-fireing their weapons at him. Green and Yellow explosions riddled the dragon as the DRAGOONS open fired. Eclipse roared as a slot on his scalp opened. His horn emerged from the slot and began to glow red. The DRAGOONS were immediately caught into the red aura and were sent hurling in different directions. Many crashed into the surrounding burning landscape and exploded, but two were sent right back at Ben. At the current velocity that the projectiles were incoming, Ben had no choice but to use his Beam Rifles and obliterate the two DRAGOONS.

"Ben, all DRAGOONS have been destroyed. I must produce more."

"You do that Safeguard. Hey, where's that Assault Cannon?"

"Ah, I see you know quite a bit about Strike Freedom."

"New favorite."

Ben then drew the massive Assault Cannon and directed it at Eclipse.

Ben fired the massive cannon. Eclipse managed to put up a shield in order to block the incoming laser, and it succeeded. Ben then fired in rapid succession as the second laser struck the shield. Eclipse now flew up and let loose another blast of green flames. The fire bathed around Ben and he screamed in agony. He flew upwards, but was caught into Eclipse's magic aura and flung into the ground. Ben impacted with great force and dug out a massive crater. He strained to open his eyes, and when he did, Eclipse was attempting to end him with a well-placed fireball. ben immediately reacted by angling his Assault Cannon and fired into the fireball. The sphere of flames exploded as it connected with the beam, but the laser kept traveling until it hit Eclipse square in the chest. Eclipse staggered backwards, but seemed unharmed. The smoke disappeared from his chest, but Ben fired again. However, Eclipse, despite his huge size, flapped his wings and sailed over the laser. He opened his mouth and roared with great intensity. Rings of sonic energy shot out and caused Equestria to be riddled by massive screeches. The waves of sonic energy managed to wake up the rest of the Elements, but the Princesses and Shining Armor remained knocked out.

--

*Note, stop music, then resume at the perspective change.

"What...the...what happened?", Twilight rubbed her forehead.

"Twilight!", Rainbow Dash squealed as she came in for a hug.

"Uh, Rainbow Dash, you're okay.", Twilight smiled weakly,"Uh, my head."

"Gaagh, where in tarnation are we?", Applejack mused.

"I-I just can't say how glad I am to see you all okay girls.", Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Rainbow Dash darling, are you okay?", Rarity asked while touching her forehead.

"Uh, yeah, why?"

"Well, you're not as upbeat as usual."

"I told you all, I'm fine. I'm just glad you're all okay."

"Wait, what about the Princesses?", Fluttershy asked.

"We'll have to wake them up."

"Hiya everypony!", Pinkie Pie suddenly popped up from her spot.

"There's our Pinkie.", Twilight smiled,"Wait, where's Ben?"

They all suddenly turned towards the screeching and found the human with a set of new wings under horrendous stress from the sonic attack from the dragon.

"I-IS THAT ECLIPSE?!", Twilight panicked.

"It is."

"We have to help Ben some how!"

"He told me to help you girls wake up and protect you."

"Well, we jus' can't stand here an' do nothing!", Applejack protested.

Rainbow Dash just looked back.

"You're right. Follow me girls! Fluttershy, Rarity, stay with the Princesses!"

Fluttershy did not have to protest twice. She did not need another bad experience with a dragon. And Rarity would defiantly not fight a dragon of that size.

The four ponies galloped down the road and were ready to help Ben.

--

Eclipse continued the sonic attack against the human. Pieces of Ben's wings were being torn off from pure sonic force, and Ben had gone deaf. He managed to open his eyes at Eclipse's mouth, still producing the sonic waves. Suddenly, a bolt of purple magic collided with Eclipse's face and forced him to stop the attack. No damage was done, but Eclipse had turned his head sideways to see a familiar purple mare with a determined look on her face. Ben turned his head as well, and observed the mare. It didn't take long to figure out who that pony was.

"Twilight?! That the fuck are you doing?!"

Twilight seemed to ignore Ben and fired another bolt. The sphere of magic exploded against Eclipse's face and only proceeded to annoy him. He opened his mouth and fired a jet of flames at Twilight. She merely teleported and avoided getting barbaqued alive.

"Damnit damnit damnit!", Ben began to curse.

"Wait, the Elements are creating a distraction. Fire now."

Ben did not hesitate and shot his Assault Cannon. The laser collided with Eclipse and sent him sprawling backwards. Smoke and fire erupted on Eclipse's chest as he strained to recover. It didn't take long for him to do that, but right as he recovered, Ben sent another blast at him. Eclipse flapped his wings and few up over the beam. But, a boulder was sent straight at Eclipse and smashed him in the left eye. The dragon roared with pain as Ben turned his head and found Applejack running along a clif and bucking boulders as hard as she could. Ben found another opportunity and drew Beam Rifles. Multiple blasts of lasers struck Eclipse over and over again. He could not recover in time, as he was temporarily blinded in one eye, but he did manage to put up a defensive shield to protect against further damage. After recovering fully, Eclipse launched a fireball at Ben. The fireball managed to strike Ben as he was waiting for his Beam Rifles to cool down and sent him flying into the side of a mountain. Ben fell into darkness after impacting. He strained to recover, but only saw Eclipse approaching him with his mouth open. As he got closer, it was clear that he intended to end Ben with a sonic pulse. Suddenly, a blast of pink collided with Eclipse. He turned his head, and Ben turned his head. Ben managed to see Pinkie Pie on a cliff with a very familiar cannon on her.

"Get ready for a party you'll never forget.", Ben could barely hear Pinkie in his helmet.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Four blasts of various party favors were sent at Eclipse, exploding all around his body. Eclipse roared in annoyance and sent his tail smashing into the cliff. Pinkie amazingly just hopped away and avoided the attack. Suddenly, two cannons swiveled to the front of Ben's waist.

It was clear to Ben that those were the Railguns.

They spat out their hypersonic projectiles immediately and battered Eclipse. The dragon staggered backwards and it became evident that ben had damaged Eclipse, due to two bloody holes in his chest. Eclipse flew backwards and spun himself. His tail collided with Ben and sent him tumbling down towards Equestria. He collided with the ground and stared blankly up ahead.

"Fuck, I can only hurt him because of those distractions."

Then, a boom was emitted from the sky. A massive trail of Rainbows emerged from a ring of multicolors and a very familiar cyan mare sailed at Mach 10 speeds down towards Eclipse. Rainbow Dash collided and caused a massive rainbow colored mushroom cloud to build up from Eclipse's position. Ben covered his face from the incoming shockwave, but his wings did that for him. The dust had cleared, and Eclipse was on his back. He suddenly managed to get over and regain his stability. Rainbow Dash tried to get clear from the dragon as it got up.

"This is becoming annoying.", the dragon growled. Eclipse's horn appeared from the slot and it began to glow black. SUddenly, Rainbow dash, Pinkie Pie, Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack were caught in black force fields. They floated towards one point and were trapped in the shield.

"I prefer to remove all distractions from battle. Don't worry demon, I won't kill them. When I burn over Equestria, they will have a much more painful death than what I can give them right now. That goes for my sisters and my niece.", Eclipse growled as he caught the still unconscious Princesses into he same kind of sphere.

"One last thing. My dragon form is too clumsy to kill you. I must adapt."

Eclipse suddenly began to shrink and roar while disappearing into a cloud of thick black smoke. The smoke quickly disappeared and Eclipse strode out of it in his normal Alicorn form.

"Why did he change into something weaker?", Ben wondered.

"Be on your guard Ben, Eclipse still retains his power from his true form.", Safeguard warned.

Eclipse then flew upwards with his blade-like wings and flicked his hoof. Immediately, his Katars appeared in hand and he was encased in armor. He angled one Katar at Ben, signaling him that Eclipse intended to flay Ben alive.

"Ben, prepare for close-quarters combat. Might I suggest the Lacerta Beam Sabers?"

"Ah, of course."

Ben grabbed the two white hilts attached to his waist and activated them. Magenta colored blades of light ignited from the hilts and glowed violently in the burning landscape.

"Hmmm...such technology.", Eclipse snarled. He suddenly lashed forward and brought down one of his deadly blade onto Ben. The human quickly brought up his left sword to parry the attack, but only managed to lock the two weapons. Eclipse attempted to skewer Ben with the other, so he smashed it away from harm's way with his right Beam Saber. Eclipse kicked Ben away to break the lock and he fired an energy pulse from his horn. Ben could not recover in time from the kick and was blown towards Equestria by the black blast. Ben impacted painfully in the ground, but recovered in time to see Eclipse diving downwards with both Katars in front. Ben rolled to the side and narrowly avoided getting his face split in half by the deadly blade. He attempted to slash Eclipse with his beam saber, but he flew off and fired another blast. It collided with Ben sending him further underground. Eclipse stood over the hole in the surface and began to charge up another large blast to send down the pit. Suddenly, a green laser streaked out and impacted with Eclipse, sending him tumbling backwards. Ben flew up from the hole and again released the DRAGOONS. The little spires proceeded to gun down Eclipse. After regaining his senses from the laser, Eclipse once again had to deal with those little annoying weapons.

His horn glowed red and the DRAGOONS stopped in midair. His horn suddenly glowed green and the DRAGOONS exploded. However, as he was taking time to do this, Ben appeared behind him all of a sudden and blasted him with the Assault Cannon.

"ARRRGH!", Eclipse growled as the beam exploded on his back. He turned around and rapidly fired magic blasts as Ben, who flew around and dodged one after another. But, Ben was exhausted from the dodging and one sphere collided with him, sending him toppling through the air. Ben clutched his side and found his armor had been breached. A tiny trail of blood trickled out and Ben didn't like the sight of that.

"Safeguard, can you do something about that?", Ben asked while dodging a Katar slash from Eclipse.

"Engaging Auto-repair.", Safeguard replied. Slowly, but steadily, Ben's armor began to regrow like a plant.

Ben breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't get over confident. I cannot repair every part of your armor. And I can only do this for a limited time- Incoming at your six!", Safeguard warned as Ben flew upwards to avoid a backblast from an energy sphere.

"He's teleporting the pulses!", Ben shouted out loud as Eclipse sent another volley of magic spheres from all directions. Ben had to fly at an incredibly stressed speed to avoid the magic missiles. After dodging one more, he quickdraw fired his Beam Rifle. The laser connected with Eclipse and sent him staggering back in the sky. Ben found this breathing-space opportunity and fired his other Rifle. This blast however was deflected right back by Eclipse's Katar. The blast smashed into Ben and blew him out of the sky. He crashed through a marble pillar in the ruins of Canterlot and smashed into the hard tiled ground. Eclipse dived down to strike again, but this time, ben rocket forward in response to his intention to strike fast and hard. He drew his Beam Sabers, and connected the bottom of the two hilts so it had made the Beam Spear. Otherwise known as a double bladed Beam Saber. Taken slightly off guard by the change of weaponry, Ben boosted forward and began to twirl his Beam Spear. Right as he got into contact with Eclipse, he kept battering him with relentless attacks. Eclipse had much difficulty to withstand the pure aggressiveness of Ben's attacks. He strained to parry each blow, but Ben found an opening and stabbed him through the chest. Eclipse growled with pain and kicked Ben away. It was a burnt hole clean through him, but it didn't seem to do much damage to Eclipse.

"I have had enough of this."

Eclipse then flexed his hooves out in different directions. Suddenly, lightening flashed from the ash clouds and thunder crackled from the burning environment. Equestria began to rumble. Fissures opened up in the ground and suddenly, magma spewed out and melted all over the landscape. Ben watched in horror as Equestria was breaking down around him.

"All I had to do was buy myself some time. It was a matter of minutes before I would be able to fully use the Elements of Corruption."

Eclipse then produced six stones from his body. They circled around him and began flowing energy into him.

"Now, in order for there to be no distractions for my construction, I must kill you."

Ben suddenly glared at Eclipse. He drew his Assault Cannon and fired. The laser just bounced uselessly off a force field that was currently around Eclipse. It redirected itself at the very human that had fired it and the laser collided with Ben, sending him crashing down on Equestria. Ben left a massive crater and barely opened his eyes to see the Elements of Corruption producing a massive sphere of magic.

"No...not like this..."

Eclipse fired a beam out of the sphere and raised an enormous explosion when it collided with its target.

--

*If the Music is still playing, pause it and resume after the perspective change when the music is doing its slow and silent part.

Ben wiped his brow from the sweat that had formed on it.

"Wait, what the..."

Ben looked at his surroundings. Around it were posters of a few video games, military propaganda, and a picture of himself, his mother, his brother, and his dad.

It didn't take Ben long to recognize this as his old room in the South-side of Chicago.

Then, Ben heard some rummaging around in the corner. Ben turned around and aimed his Beam Rifles at the rustling, as he was nervous from the sudden change of scene. However he raised and eyebrow underneath his helmet when he saw who it was. It looked like a slightly and cleaner version of him.

It was him.

Ben put away his Rifles and took one step forward. The metal clank of his armored foot caused his past-self to turn around and back up against the wall.

"Wha-whada' fuck?", his past-self stammered.

"You're me."

"What the fuck are you?"

"I'm not here to harm you."

"I said, what the fuck are you?"

"I'm you. Just...from the future."

"Yeah, and in the future everyone gets fucking Gundam armor. Cut the bullshit!"

"Wait, what is today's date?"

"Uh, October 2nd."

Ben realized that this was the day that he was going to enter the Marine Service.

"Marines, huh?"

"How did you know that?"

Ben allowed his helmet to lower its faceplate to reveal Ben's face.

"Y-you are me."

"I wouldn't lie to you."

"Wait, if you're from the future, then what did you come back to tell me?"

"That you're future is quite short."

"Short?"

"You die after about two years. Ya know, you were in the Marines for two years...then..."

"I died in combat? How?"

"Well, you died twice."

"Twice, what the hell are you going on about?"

"Okay, sit down, this will have to take a while."

Ben took a small book that seemed to mold out of his dresser.

"Hey, that wasn't there before.", his past-self observed.

Ben opened the book. There was only one picture of it. And that was Rainbow Dash.

"What the- what the fuck is a cartoon horse doing in that book?!"

"Heh, that's no cartoon horse, that's the love of my and your life."

"Come again, am I married to some sort of horse with a mane resembling the gay rights act?!"

"Well...not married..."

"I can't believe my life got screwed up like this. Oh, and let me guess. After I died in combat, am I put in a world filled with these things?!"

"Yes."

"God, get the fuck out of my room!"

"What?"

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM YOU FREAK!"

Ben stepped backwards.

"Just get out...", his past-self began to cry.

"Look, your future is great. You are surrounded by tons of new friends and one who really loves you."

"Right. Multicolored ponies. Makes me feel godamn welcome."

Ben looked back into the book. More and more pictures were appearing.

"Look."

His past-self then looked at the book.

"Is that me? With that thing?"

"Her name is Rainbow Dash."

The picture showed the two staring off into a setting sun in Cloudsdale. Another showed Ben comforting Rainbow Dash after the bully incident. And the last showed Rainbow Dash nuzzling with Ben.

"Wow. I seem happy with her."

"You do, until this came."

A picture of Eclipse appeared.

"What is that?"

"His name is Eclipse. And he destroyed everything."

"He killed her too?"

"Everything. And now you died in the process."

"Wait, how are you still here if you went to this world and died again?"

"I actually have no idea."

Then, a white flash came into Ben's room. After the light cleared. Ben immediately knelt down, not in respect, but in complete happiness.

"P-Princess Celestia?! What are you doing here? And what am I doing here?"

"Wait, da fuck is Princess Celestia?"

"She's the ruler of Equestria, the place you were sent to and-just bow down!"

Ben's past-self shrugged and knelt down.

"Please rise you two.", she spoke gently.

The two rose and Celestia spoke to Ben.

"Benjamin, the reason that you are here is because the Elements of Corruption are attempting to destroy your mind. You must fight back."

"Wait, destroy my mind?"

"This is all a figment of your brain."

"Wait, what about me? I-I'm real, right?", Ben's past-self interdicted.

Celestia tried to ignore him.

"Answer me. Right?"

"I just said, you're a figment of Ben's imagination. But to prevent it from being destroyed, I have channeled my self as hard as I could into your mind. I am attempting to save you from mind evaporation."

"Wait, what's happening to Equestria?"

"It is collapsing. Now, I need you to concentrate."

"Why?"

"It is for you to be awaken from your death trance on Equestria."

"Wait, what the fuck is going on?!", Ben's past-self exclaimed.

"All that you need to know is that Ben here is about to die."

"What?! Holy shit! How do we stop this?!"

"Not we, him."

Celestia pointed at Ben.

"What am I to do?"

"The Elements."

"of Harmony?"

"Yes."

She pointed to the dresser, and the elemental pieces were sitting on it.

"Okay, how come my dresser is spawning weird magical items?!", Ben's past-self face-palmed.

"I shall send you back, but you will be alive for a short time. You must use the Elements to defeat Eclipse. If you do not do it within the set amount of time, you will break down to a horrible and painful death. And everything will be lost..."

"I-I don't know if I can do this."

"Hey man. Listen to me. You never saw life's joy where ever you looked. Everything was just horrible for you. Until, you came to Equestria, or what ever that place was. Anyways, now you have a great life. Friends, peaceful surroundings, and a love interest."

"Yeah, you're right."

"NOW ARE YOU JUST GOING TO SIT ON YOUR ASS AND ALLOW EQUESTRIA TO CRUMBLE FROM THAT ASSPIERCER ECLIPSE?!"

Ben suddenly had a change in attitude.

"Okay, I'm ready."

"Okay, it is time for you to make a final stand."

A large portal appeared in ben's room. Celestia herself stepped through it, then Ben. Before Ben could go, his past-self patted him on the shoulder.

"Hey man, thanks for the great life you turned out of this wasteland."

"You better join the Marines."

Ben stepped through the portal.

--

Ben scrunched himself together and recovered from his fatigue. He shook his head and climbed out of the hole. He rubbed his eyes from the ashes and saw Equestria literally being torn apart from its base. Eclipse was using the Elements of Corruption to tear the very fabric of Equestria.

Then, Celestia's words rang in his head.

"Remember, you have a limited time to kill him."

Ben's eyes widened and he immediately shot into the air.

"Safeguard system onlin-Ben! I thought you had died!"

"Nevermind that. When I give the word, open fire with everything you have."

"Roger."

Ben floated up and faced Eclipse.

"You pest! Why won't you stay dead?!", he shouted as he fired a massive blast of energy. Ben dodged it, but remained still in the air. He closed his eyes behind his helmet and held out his hands. Then, from the forcefield that was keeping the Elements captive, six articles of unimaginable magic drifted out of the force field. They floated towards Ben.

"NO!", Eclipse shouted as he fired another magic bolt. This was deflected by a barrier of magic around Ben. The Elements floated around Ben,but he suddenly felt weaker and weaker. He was dying. He had to hurry up. He prayed to himself while the Elements began to circle around him. Then, his wings shifted. They released their DRAGOONS, the Railguns swiveled up to aim at Eclipse, the shoulder mounted Plasma Cannons clamped into position, and Ben held out both Beam Rifles.

"With Magic, Darkness is utterly extinguished.", Ben whispered as the tiara was moved in front of the right Plasma Cannon. It was absorbed into it and the cannon began to glow purple.

"With Kindness, Brutality has no effect.", the amulet was moved over the left Plasma Cannon, absorbed, then the cannon began to charge pink.

"Betrayal will never be as powerful as Loyalty.", the amulet was positioned in front of the left Beam Rifle, then absorbed.

"Deception is nothing when Honesty makes its mark.", the amulet was shifted to the right Beam Rifle, then drawn in.

"Laughter is the greatest weapon against Fear.", the amulet was absorbed into the right Railgun.

"And Greed is no match for Generosity." the last amulet was given to the left Railgun.

"No, this isn't possible!", Eclipse roared. He got together another blast to form from the Elements of Corruption.

"Corruption shall remake this world!", Eclipse shouted.

(And now, the part that all of you Gundam Fans are waiting for.)

"Full Burst Mode activated.", Safeguard informed.

The cannons all charged and wind wiped around Ben. The Elements were gaining power and gaining power. Until...

"Fire Full Burst Mode."

GLAZERRRRRRRK!!!!!!

The cannons fired the Elements at Harmony directly at Eclipse. They met with the beam of the Elements of Corruption. Both Ben and Eclipse kept a constant supply to their beams. In realization that he was about to be drawn back from the force of Ben's blast, he feed more power into the beam, turning it bigger and pushing back Ben's beam. Ben found this and strained to add as much power as possible. His beams grew and pushed Eclipse's beams back. But, Ben was beginning to black out due to the fact that he was dying, just as Celestia warned him. Ben hollered with might as he fed more power into his beams and pushed Eclipse's back. Eclipse did the same and his beam grew in power. Around them, the ground was getting torn apart and debris was rising from the magnitude of energy. Ben roared and fed more energy, Eclipse did the same.

Until, Ben saw his past-self and Rainbow Dash in his decaying mind.

"Hey man, thanks for the great life you turned out of this wasteland."

"Of course I love you."

The two echoed in his mind over and over. Then, he saw an image of Eclipse's new world. Equestria was a volcanic wasteland. Everything was in misery. And, there was a shrine. There was a shrine in the middle of it all. It was a statue of Eclipse, holding Ben's head in victory.

Now, Ben snarled.

He.

Would.

Not.

Let.

This.

Happen.

"RAAAAAGGGGGGHHH!!!", Ben screamed as he fed all of his remaining energy into his beams. Eclipse attempted to feed more energy, but it was no use. The beam drew closer, and closer, and closer until...

...it collided.

Eclipse screamed in agony as the sky exploded with white light. He began to bear cracks all over himself, and white light began to leap out of them. He screamed more and more as he was being torn apart from space and time. Greater cracks appeared and Eclipse began to disintegrate from existance.

"NOOOO! I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!"

Ben pushed his limit by adding more energy to the constant beams, and Eclipse began to disintegrate faster. The more cracks appeared, the more white light began to escape. More light escaped until at one point, the sky was absolutely covered in harsh rays of white energy. At this point, Eclipse was dying.

"NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

KABOOOOOM!!!!!

Eclipse disintegrated and white light exploded everywhere. The fissures began to close, the sky began to clear of ash, and, a miracle, the grass began to grow again. Eclipse's particles fell downwards towards Equestria and proceeded to feed the surface with life. The white light began to dance around in curved rays and spread everywhere. They entered into the bodies of dead ponies and they resurrected. They began rubbing their heads wondering what had happened.

Ben was wondering what had happened too. Until realization had reached him.

"I did it.", Ben muttered to himself.