Friendship is dead
Chapter 11: Friendship is dead : part 1
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"Out of the way Trixie" Applejack growled at the corrupted magician standing right in front of the group.
"OH I don't think so farm hick" Trixie refused earning a bigger growl from the element of honesty, She then turned her attention to the royal couple. " Well, well, well we meet again . Did you guys miss my lips?"
"You wish woman" Shining Armor snared in disgust remembering that horrific night back in Las Pegasus. " If you think I'm gonna stand by and let you manipulate my sister any further, than your surely mistaken Lunamoon"
“ He’s right Trixie” Cadence jumped in. “ We will not let you corrupt our friend any longer, your surrounded so give up now and give us the Elements of harmony ” This only earned an evil giggle from the blue magician.
“ Oh please” Trixie retorted. “ You honestly think just because it’s 6 to 1 that I should be worried? Hell no, look at all the damage and destruction not just I but Twilight created these past few days. We’re practically unstoppable thanks to these amazing Alicorn amulets constructed by my favorite salesman, we could practically take down both the sun and the moon goddesses themselves, that’s how strong me and her have gotten. And you honestly think I’m the one who corrupted her? No, I simply saved her from you horrible ponies. After she informed me of how y’all treated her back in Canterlot during the rehearsal, it broke my heart to realize that the poor girl was cursed with such terrible ponies like yourselves. And here I thought Nightmare moon was a monster”
“ Shut up” Shining Armor growled while gritting his teeth in anger.
“ But you know what though?” Trixie continued. “ I should thank you guys for driving her away like ya did, cause honestly after our last encounter I hated that unicorn with all my heart. But after spending these last few days together and teaming up on our path of vengeance, I came to realize that me and her actually have a lot in common. Not to mention that she’s also an excellent kisser❤️ Such a shame that you guys will never experience her love and friendship, because you’ve long since blown it thanks to your selfish natures”
“ Y’all better stop talking right now ya blue toned bitch” Applejack threatened with a snarl.
“ From your selfish demands for that extra ticket to the Grand galloping gala when you all could have just let her choose one of you on her own and be patient, that’s right she told me all about it” Trixie continued. “ but no, you all chose to compete with each other to see who goes with her, heh it’s as if you didn’t care if you all didn’t go and only wanted to spend the day with Twilight while leaving the others in the dust while ya flaunted your newly received invite in their faces”
“ Stop it” Fluttershy replied with an angry stare as tears started to form.
“And another thing is Winter wrap up” The magician once again continued. “ Honestly farm girl , what’s wrong with using a little bit of magic? No offense but your family has some of the stupidest traditions that Trixie’s ever heard” Saying this earned her an even bigger snarl from the offended farm girl. “ I know hard work and labor is good in all, but do you honestly expect anypony to get all that snow cleared up in one freaking day using only manual labor instead of making it easy and just use magic? Twilight had the right idea there, you could have had it all cleared up before night fall. But instead of a thank you, how do you respond? By screaming at the poor girl when she was only trying to help you, wow what a great friend you are” The farm pony growled at the fact that the magician had the nerve to remind her of the winter wrap up fallout last year.” Oh and let’s not forget the wedding”
“ Don’t…….you……….dare” Shining Armor threatened.
“ All Twilight was trying to do was warn you guys about the changeling queen impersonating your little bride” Trixie said. “ But instead of taking her warnings seriously, what do you guys do instead? Accuse her of being jealous and throwing a tantrum, ban her from the wedding, and straight up ditch her just when she was trapped underground by that imposter. And to think you didn’t even think to go look for her? No, instead you just went on ahead without her like you didn’t even care for her well being and safety” Shining Armor snarled heavily and was a few seconds away from attacking if she continued. “ You all had a chance to defend your friend and to prove that you care for her, but no. You chose a wedding over the one pony who’s had your back since day one, I said this once and I’ll say this again. With friends like you guys , who needs enemies? Instead of the elements of harmony, y’all instead deserve the title of the stupidest ponies this side of equestrian cause y’all don’t know the meaning of the word friendship and love, and you never will. What happens now is gonna be all........your...........faults”
“SHUT UP!!!!!!” Shining Armor roared and then fired a deadly blast towards the gloating magician whom looked the least bit surprised, instead the magician conjured a simple shield spell stopping the blast entirely.
“That all you got?” She asked as a red aura began to form around her body. “ Now it’s my turn” Trixie then responded back with a deadly blast of magic of her own which the group was quick to dodge.
The guard that was with them was quick to brandish his Spear and charged towards the corrupted unicorn as the others followed suits. Trixie however was quick to overpower the man and simply sent him flying back crashing into Fluttershy in the process.
"Sorry about that miss, you ok?!" He said as he quickly got up , he then extended his hoof for the pegasus which she was quick to grab.
"I'm alright" Fluttershy replied with a slight groan as the guard helped her up.
Cadence then jumped in and was quick to conjure up a magic bubble in an attempt to trap Trixie, but the magician however easily shattered it before firing a blast towards the princess of love sending her flying a few feet from the group.
"That all you got Princess?" She gloated. " I expected better from the royal family" As she laughed maniacally Shining armor unsheathed his sword and charged forward, She then conjured up a magic sword of her own and the two soon clashed. Sparks flew into the air each time the stallions metal blade clashed with the unicorns magic sword during each swing.
But as he was about to clash with her again, Trixie was faster and soon swatted his sword away as it hit and stick to a nearby tree. She then took this as an opportunity and swung at the Stallion, slashing his cheek in the process causing him to shriek in pain. The magician then blasted him against a tree with her magic.
"Shiny!!!!!!" Cadence Shouted and then she and the others charged forward all at once against the corrupted unicorn, Trixie was quick to conjure up a shield spell as the rest of the group shot forward and began hitting and kicking the shield in an attempt to break through which proved to be futile.
"Hehehehe" Trixie giggled as they continued to attack her shield. " Well I would say this was pretty fun, but now it's time to end this" She then extended her right leg into the air and then brought it down hard onto the earthly terrain causing the ground beneath then to shake and rumble like a mini earthquake, this sent the others flying back as they landed onto the ground hard. Trixie then dispelled her shield and surveyed the group laying on the ground moaning in pain from the lil earthquake attack brought on by her. Trixie's eyes soon turned a dark reddish color as she slowly advanced towards the downed group.
"You see?" She continued with a dark tone . " I told you , you all don't stand a chance against me and Twilight. I'm not the same pushover as last time, I'm ten times stronger and deadlier now. You can't stop me, you can't stop us, you can't stop anything" But as she was about to attack again, she was quick to notice something was off with the group. " Wait a minute 1,2,3,4,5, wheres that pink headed moron?" She soon got her answer in the form of a sly chuckle from the element of honesty.
"Simple partner" Applejack replied. "Lets just say she's right under your nose, now Pinkie!!!!!!!!"
"DOGPILE!!!!!!!!!!!!" came a voice and Trixie was quick to look up to find Pinkie pie jumping off of a nearby tree and landing on top of the corrupted magician.
"GET OFF ME YOU PINK MORON!!!!!!" Trixie shouted as she struggled to get the earth pony off of her back ( literally).
"Not a chance silly billy!" Pinkie refused as she struggled to restrain Trixie. " Hurry AJ I can't hold her for much longer!!!" Applejack then pulled out her trusty lasso and was quick to aim it towards the unicorn, and in a swift second she tossed it forward as Pinkie finally jumped off of Trixie and soon the unicorn found herself hogtied between the tight rope. But before she could react any further, Applejack in an split second tossed the edge of her lasso near a tree branch and using all of her strength pulled the bound unicorn up in the air like a pinata. She then tied the edge to the same tree to keep the unicorn from going anywhere.
"You think this is gonna stop me?" Trixie said as she struggled. " Than you got another thing coming farmgirl!!!" Trixie then concentrated her magic and was ready to free herself.
"I don't think so toots!" The guard screamed and was quick to toss a mysterious band towards the unicorn which landed perfectly onto the mares horn, and in a split second she soon found her magic cancelled out all of a sudden.
"What the hell?!" She shouted. " What is this thing, and why isn't my magic working?!''
"Dispersion band" He replied with a smug grin. " Good luck struggling , cause you not gonna be able to use magic as long as that bad boys wrapped around your horn" The defeated Trixie let out a growl as Pinkie jumped up and snatched the amulet right off of her neck.
"I'll take that" She said with a smile and then tossed it aside.
“ Shiny are you ok?” Cadence asked as she surveyed her soon to be husbands bleeding cheek”
"Don’t worry honey, it’s just a cut . Luckily she didn’t cut too deep I’ll be ok” Shining reassured as he wiped the blood off of his cut, he then turned his attention to the duo standing right in front of him.” Good work Pinkie, and you too soldier" the duo then gave a solute to the blue maned captain. " Alright let's grab the elements and head on down to ponyville"
"I'm on it Shiny" Pinkie said and then began rummaging through the unicorns saddlebag.
"I can't believe I was bested by this clown"Trixie sneered.
"Hehe I'm a pony silly not a clown" Pinkie replied in her usual tone only earning an annoyed sigh from the unicorn.
"How did you even pass school?" Trixie retorted as the earth pony continue to rummage through her saddle bag, but to her surprise found it to be empty without a trace of the elements in sight.
"What the? They're not in here!" She proclaimed as the others walked over in shock after realizing that the elements weren't on the corrupted unicorn, Shining Armor then walked up and brought his hoofs against the mares face so that she was facing him head on.
"Where are they?" He demanded but only earning him a chuckle from the unicorn.
"Where do ya think?" Trixie replied. " Me and Twilight figured that you boneheads would try something like this, so as part of our plan I was to act as a diversion while she makes her way over to your little town with the elements in hand. and once she's finished up with you guys, she'll come on by and free me so that we can head on down to the next city to cause more destruction" The shocked looks of the group increased after hearing that this was nearly a ploy to destruct them while Twilight heads on over to Ponyville with the elements in hand, suddenly another loud boom can be heard from the horizon from non other than Ponyville most likely from Twilight. “ Hehe seems Twilights having a little fun while waiting for y’all, I’d say don’t keep her waiting but it seems it’s probably too late. Cause soon your town and all of its friendship will be long gone”
“ We’ll see about that!” Applejack jumped in. “ Come on y’all, we mustn’t dilly dally any longer. We must go over and stop Twilight before she does any more damage!” Shining armor then jumped in as well.
“ She’s right” he said. “ We must make haste before it’s too late” he then turned his attention to the guard and gave him his newest command. “ Stay here and make sure Trixie doesn’t get away”
“ Are you sure you all will be ok by yourselves?” The guard asked.
“ Don’t worry, we’ll be alright” Shining armor reassured. “ Just make sure that she doesn’t get away, is that clear soldier?”
“ Sir yes sir!” The guard solutes as Shining armor gave an assuring nod. With nothing more to say the group made their way down the narrow path through the everfree straight to Ponyville before it was too late, as the guard watched them leave while praying that they all stay safe Trixie then turned her attention to the man.
“ Ya know” she began. “ I always found you Pegasus guards to be the handsomest, what do you say you and your friend guarding that little chariot up in that hill come work for me and Twilight instead? You’ll have a lot more fun with us than with that weak sun goddess and Twilight would agree with me as well…….” Her words were cut short as the man shoved a tree branch into her mouth, gagging and shutting her up entirely.
“ No thank you Houdini” He said in an annoyed tone earning him an angry muffle from the magician.
Meanwhile back in Canterlot
Inside the Canterlot medical wing, we find the comatose Element of generosity still laying in her bed but this time with Spike by her side. After the others left for Ponyville, Celestia allowed the young dragon to go on over to check up on rarity while she began to set up defenses around the city just in case Twilight and Trixie struck again. Though it was a few days ago, seeing his closest friend and secret crush in this state still broke the young man’s heart especially given the fact that she’ll never be able to use magic again and the heartbreak that she’ll go through when she discovers it for herself the second she wakes up.
“ Oh Rarity” He said quietly.” I hope you wake up soon, you didn’t deserve this. Damn it why didn’t I no why didn’t we take Twilights words seriously? I swear if I ever come across that changeling queen again I’ll burn her alive!” He then took a deep breath to calm himself, but before he could speak again. A small groan can be heard getting his attention, the groan soon grew louder as he surveyed the source. To his shock and surprise , there stood the Element of Generosity now fully awake after 3 days of comatose. She slowly risen up and lightly rubbed her temple.
“ Oh dear me” She groaned. “ What happened?” She then turned her attention to the teary eyed young dragon standing at the edge of her bed. “ Spikey Wikey?” Before she could say anything else, Spike lunged forward and gently hugged the mare as a grateful smile soon formed on his face, happy that his friend was finally awake.
“ Rarity you’re awake!” He cried happily. “ We were so scared, I’m so happy that your alright” A small smile formed on the mares face as she returned the hug to her dragon friend. But suddenly a small migraine formed on her forehead to which she was quick to rub as to ease the pain, but to her shock and surprise. Instead of her horn, she instead found her forehead bandaged up and blank with no sign of her horn in sight. Her shock turned to realization as the memories of the changeling aftermath and Twilights outburst from a few days ago played again in her head, Spike was quick to notice this and wasted no time at comforting the mare out of fear of her breaking down at the realization that her horn was gone.
“ I’m sorry Rarity” Spike said in a sad tone. “ There was nothing the doctors could do for your horn, it was beyond repair so they had no choice but to amputate…………..
“ I’m not worried about my horn Spike” She said in a calm tone surprising the dragon who was not expecting that reaction. “ I’ll manage somehow, but never mind that now. Where are the others, and what happened to Twilight after I blacked out?” Spike was hesitant to answer the mares question at first, but soon caved in and began explaining everything to her.
5 minutes later
“ Oh my goodness” Rarity said in a shocked tone. “ Were we really that terrible to her, I never would have expected Twilight of all ponies to stood so low as to attack innocent souls. Let along team up with Trixie of all ponies. Where is she know Spikey?”
“ Like I said she and Trixie are on their way over to Ponyville” Spike answered. “ They already sent the message that they’re waiting for them to arrive for a final showdown, and the others are already on their way to try and talk some sense into Twilight before she and Trixie causes anymore harm to others” After hearing Spikes statement, the former fashionista slowly got up from her bed with a determined look on their face.
“ I see” She began. “ Well in that case , I better head on over too” Spikes jaw dropped in surprise after hearing the mares statement and was quick to block her path as she made her way towards the door.
“ Rarity stop!” Spike shouted. “ You can’t go to Ponyville cause A. You just woke up, B. Your horn is gone so you can’t use magic, and C. Twilight has the elements so you won’t be able to defend yourself. It’s way too dangerous for you to leave the hospital, again you just woke up and as Pinkie would say it’s not really a super Dooper idea” The mare however refused to heed her friends warnings.
“ I don’t care Spike, I must go” She replied still determined. “ I wasn’t being very generous towards Twilight at the wedding rehearsal, and honestly I deserved to have my horn shattered by her. But I can’t stand by and let her bring harm to other especially my parents and little sister back at home, I’ve always been seen as some sort of pushover. Always afraid of getting dirty or wanting to be pampered and appreciated and not being as active in battle like the others, but not anymore. It’s high time I get out of my comfort zone and actually do something for a change regardless if I get a little filthy in the process, even if Twilight doesn’t forgive me right away. I at least want to show her that I still love and care about her, I’m not about to stand by and let one of my closest friends turn over to the dark side because of my foolish mistake”
Spikes was completely speechless after hearing the mares statement, not expecting those kinds of words to come out of one of the most pampered mares in Ponyville. There was no doubt in his mind that she truly meant every word that just came out of her mouth and like the others and himself wishes to make amends with Twilight or at least try, a proud smile then formed on the dragons face and a Peter a few seconds he caved in and moved out of the way to allow her to go through.
“ Alright Rarity I understand” He said with a sigh. “ But please promise me that you’ll be careful”
“ No worries Spikey Wikey” Rarity reassured. “ As Dash would say………I got this!” She then made her way out of her hospital room as the young dragon followed suit. However as they trekked down the hallway of the hospital, they were soon greeted by one of the security staff on his lunch break sitting comfortably on a nearby table eating a sandwich. He was quick to spot the mare in the hospital gown and soon rose up, dropped his sandwich, and approached the duo.
“ Miss Rarity stop!” He shouted. “ You mustn’t be out of bed!”
“ I must get to Ponyville” She replied. “ Please you have to let me through, my friends need my help” But the only answer she got was the guard pulling out a syringe full of anesthesia.
“ I’m afraid I can’t do that” He refused. “ Please go back to your room, I don’t wanna have to drug you” But Rarity instead of feeling intimidated by the shot, instead thought of a sneaky plan.
“ Ok, ok you win. I’ll go back to my room” She said. “ But before I go, is that tartar sauce on your shoulder?” The guard was quick to look at his shoulder after hearing the mares statement.
“ Where? He asked. “ Wait a minute I’m not even eating a fish……….” But before he could finish his sentence, the mare shot forward and pushed the man’s hoof against his neck injecting him with the anesthetic instead. “ Night mommy” was the last thing the man said before passing out into a deep sleep as Spike looked on slightly impressed.
“ Damn Rarity” he said. “ Never knew you could be so sneaky” Rarity then giggled at the young dragons statement.
"Well Dash ain't the only pony who can think fast on her hooves Spikey Wikey" She replied with a wink. " Now come, we must make haste towards the train station" Spike nodded in agreement as the duo made their way out of the medical building and into the outside world, As they began their trek through the city avoiding any guard that they come across. Rarity took a moment to breath in the warm sun which shined on her face, happy to finally feel the outside world again after being trapped inside of a hospital room for three days. But she knew that there wasn't time to take in the fresh air as she knew that there was business to attend too. At last the duo made it to the station platform just in time before the train departed. The mare headed towards the ticket counter and was quick to take out a few bits from her purse .
" I would like one ticket to Ponyville, no baggage" She requested as she placed the money on the counter.
"Your just in luck" The ticket counter said. " The last train to Ponyville is about to depart in 5 minutes" The stallion then noticed the mares bandages up forehead. " Uh miss are you sure you should be riding a train in your condition?"
"Please sir, my friends in trouble" Rarity replied. " I must get to ponyville ASAP" The man was reluctant at first but never the less allowed the mare entry onto the train.
"Ok miss if that's what you want, here's your ticket" He said as he gave the mare her ticket. " But listen if your feeling uneasy in the slightest during the trip, just tell the conductor and he'll escort you to the medical coach" Rarity nodded at the ticket counter to assure that she'll be careful and will inform the conductor if she's in pain, With nothing more to say the element of generosity collected her ticket and made her way towards the train but not before turning back towards her dragon friend.
"Spikey Wikey listen..............................
"You don't have to say it Rarity" Spike interrupted. " The others already told me to stay behind and I'm completely down for that, just promise me that you'll be careful?" The mare gave a reassuring nod and then leaned down and kissed the young man on the forehead causing him to blush slightly.
"I promise Spike, don't worry everything's gonna be ok" She reassured, and with nothing more to say the mare made her way into one of the coaches just as the conductor signaled the ole "all aboard" to the remaining passengers. and a few seconds later, Spike watched as the train departed the city. As the young drake waved goodbye to his friend, he silently prayed that this whole mess would be over soon.