....Those words seemed to cause an adverse effect. In the blink of an eye the monster was back to Scootaloo's normal form. Sweetie Belle slammed into the ground as she and The Scootaloo dropped to the invisible floor, The Scootaloo did not move. It was apparently dead. Sweetie Belle cautiously approached it as it began to squirm.

Scootaloo's eyes shot open as she saw Sweetie Belle standing before her.

"Wha...what happened?" The orange filly got up slowly with Sweetie Belle striking her. "Ow! Sweetie Belle! What did you do that for?"

It was Scootaloo. Sweetie galloped over to her and hugged her. "I'm so sorry! I thought you were still that monster!"

"Wait...so it wasn;' a dream? Where are we?"

"I don't know..." Sweetie Belle said. "Have you seen Apple Bloom?"

"No." Scootaloo answered. "Just you."

"Well if Apple Bloom is in the same weird place we are then she has to be out there somewhere!" Sweetie Belle squealed.

"But where?" Scootaloo was confused. "There's nothing here."

Twilight and company had been primarily dodging Celestia's attacks for the duration of this battle. None of them of course striking her either. The odd thing about her sheild seemed to be the fact that it drew from a power outside the control of magic. Twilight tried several magical reclamation spells and they did not work on the sheild, Though it did work on her when it deflected back onto her.

Celestia said nothing as she grew bored of playing 'whack-a-mole' with these pests. Her horn now glowed with a silver color. With this, Scootaloo appeared. Or at least it looked like her. It was enough for Rainbow Dash.

"Scootaloo!" The pegasus cried as she charged for her.

"Rainbow NO!" Twilight cried. She knew this was but an illusion but sadly for Rainbow it was too late. The form of Scootaloo shifted into a aura that surrounded Rainbow Dash and turned her into crystal. She shattered as she fell to the ground.

Celestia laughed manically.

Twilight and Rarity both combined their magic to form a massive beam themselves. It fired and seemed to penetrate the shield, only to be caught in the same silver glow as their friend. It exploded with the shrapnel sticking both Twilight and Rarity. Unknown to them, that shield was not supposed to have been penetrated. It appeared to have weakened somehow.

Apple Bloom's eyes opened again as she was now in another location. And to he surprise, she was a differnt pony. Her fur was orange and her mane was purple. Her small wings sat at her side. The feeling of having these appendages was odd and uncomfortable. It is as if she literally stepped into a new body and called it home.

She was in the playground of Ponyville Elementary. She noticed she herself was not there. She figures this was around the time she was still at the farm or with Twilight.

"Say one more thing you brat!" A familiar voice cried. Sweetie Belle had Diamond Tiara on the ground and was swinging wildly at her. This did not last for Sweetie was herself brutally slammed into a puddle of mud and one could see, and hear that it hurt badly.

"Get off her!" Scootalbloom yelled. Now that she had DIamond's attention she needed to do something. Somehow, though she was Scootaloo, she maintained the injuries she had sustained in the previous episode, she also had some scars and marks she did not remember having.

"Okay Scootaloser." Diamond cackled. "Do your worst." Scootabloom charged for the bully but was stonewalled when she was brought to her back and on the ground. She never remembered Diamond Tiara being this strong, through she was never this weak either. The hooves began pummeling her in the face. All too familiar. Scootabloom could not move, this bully with a tiara was amazingly powerful, pinning her down and beating her simultaneously. Worse yet she did not cease. Cheerilee came to mitigate the mess.

"Girls!" She hollered. That is enou--" She too was now on the ground as Diamond towered over her.

"I'm not done with her yet." Diamond hissed. "And you're not stopping me!" Diamond's tiara began to glow and a wicked smile crept across her face. As this occurred, Cheerilee began to literally deflate as she screamed in pain. It appeared the literal life was being sucked out of her. Diamond stood there, laughing with glee as the teacher was but a pile of fur and skin, flat as a deflated ball. Diamond's eyes glowed a sinister red for a few seconds as she grew slightly. Her hooves expanded and her size was nearly doubled. She turned her attention back to Scootabloom.

"Now where were we?" Diamond grinned as she charged for Scootabloom who dodged. Though it wasn't long before Scootabloom was smashed into a tether-ball pole. Diamond yanked the pole out effortlessly with her mouth and snapped it in half with her teeth, She pinned Scootabloom down, this time the pressure was unbearable. Then, the feeling came, of her life literally being drained out of her. As the bully laughed, Apple Bloom resigned, once again she was unable to prevent her worst fears from being realized.

Then it stopped. Sweetie Belle had mounted the bully and was now riding it like...well....a pony. The unicorn bit the bully in the neck and pushed her down again. Sweetie's movements were odd. It appeared as if she was but a costume being worked by two foals inside. One had no idea what the other was doing but soon enough they figured it out.

Sweetie Belle took one half of the pole and tossed the other to Scootabloom.

Without words, Sweetie Belle took the pole and shoved it into DImaond's side. Instead of blood, an odd black and red substance emerged from the punctured area. The Diamond Tiara squirmed wildly. Scootabloom followed suit and punctured the over-sized filly it began spewing the same odd black and red substance as all the other monsters had. Within minutes everything was black again.

Celestia looked on as two unicorns attempted to desperately attack her. The shield had suffered one intrusion but she was swift to crystallize it. Her horn was still acrewing power. She was preparing quite the spell. Not only would it end these miserable traitors, but it would erase the memories of everypony in the Empire effectively, making the last few months never exist. She was just about at full power when a stinging feeling pierced her coat.

She had been hit.

Her shield was rapidly deteriorating and shrinking to an odd red blob-like shape. Celestia continued firing at the uncorn's keeping them at bay. The red shape floated back towards Fluttershy and formed the shape of three fillies who came falling to the ground.

"Girls!" Rarity screamed. She went to see her sister and had forgotten she was a target. Celestia aimed precisley and struck her the same way Rainbow was. The former unicorn solidified and exploded. Sweetie Belle and the fillies lost it.

Twilight was now on her own.

Celestia smiled. "Not the way I wanted this to end but it's better than nothing!" Her beams became one large force of magic bearing down on Twilight who used all the power she had to deflect it. Though she was losing, quickly. The large ball of magic slowly pushed towards her.

Sweetie Belle looked on in horror. Twilight was alone, and nopony else could help her. Or so she initially thought. She focused her own magic to try and form a shield around her and her friends for the inevitable when something else happened. The shards of Rainbow Dash and Rarity glowed the same color as her horn. A feeling of power came over the filly as her eyes widened.

"Sweetie Belle what are you doing?" Scootaloo yelled.

"I don't know...": The filly whimpered. She saw Twilight cornered. This concentrated energy was a mere inches away, She looked to Apple Bloom.

"I'm sorry." The lavender unicorn cried. Apple Bloom began sobbing as she ran for Twilight. Sweetie Belle gave chase to try to retrain her. No luck. Apple Bloom was now holding on for dear life to her doomed guardian.

"If yer gonna die, I'm coming with you!" The filly wailed. Twilight brought her close and held her. This was the end.

Sweetie Belle concentrated her horn once more and the shards lit up. Her horn now disobeyed her commands to stop as the shards started floating in the air. She rose as well nearly to the ceiling. The crystal shards of her fallen friends begans circling around her, glowing brightly. And much to everypony's shock, Celestia's concentrated sphere of magic was stalled and brought in front of the floating filly.'

"Wha---what the hell..." Celestia muttered. "No."

The shards began spinning wildly now as they came closer, ringing around the filly whose eyes were glowing white and her body was surrounded by a green hue. The shards then formed the shape of a spear tip and moved to the front of Celestia's magical force.

Sweetie Belle grinned as she heard Scootaloo's words.

"Give her hell Sweetie Belle!"

"Okie dokie!" The filly grinned devilishly as the spear solidified into a glowing green mass, the val of magic that was once Celestia's turned green as well. It then fired. Celestia could not dodge this. As it passed into her body, a brilliant white light burst through her eyes, mouth, and....plot. Her wings turned to flames and her jewelry fell to the ground as it appeared she was being destroyed form within.

Sweetie Belle continued concentrating her magic as slowly but surely, Celestia was dying.

"NO! NO YOU FOOL!" Celestia roared.

Twilight watched in awe as she saw the unthinkable take place.

"You hurt my friends." Sweetie Belle recited, "You killed my sister," The magic's potency seemed to increase as the tyrant now screamed in pain.

"You're a bully Celestia." The filly continued. "And I'm not going to let you bully us anymore."

Sweetie threw up her hooves, her emerald eyes glistened with a new look of conquering nature. A series of colors then formed a beam and swirled around the princess as the final act of Sweetie's trick came into play.

With that the energy of whatever was in Celestia imploded. It was loud, violent, and bright. The vision of everypony in the room was obscured as the brightness began to fade.

Her eyes revealed a crater. A crater in the side of the throne room in the Canterlot Castle. The princess once stood there but was no more. Her headdress was the only remains of her existence. Wearily she got to her hooves. Focusing her vision enough to see what was around. She gasped and galloped to a sight she dreaded.

Her sister was unconscious, lying face first on the floor.

"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity cried. "Sweetie Belle please say something, anything!"

The others, including Rainbow Dash came to their senses and rushed to the motionless filly.

Scootaloo shook Sweetie Belle in an attempt to wake her but to no use.

"Sweetie Belle?" The filly chocked up.

Tweilight backed away and looked at the massive hole before them. "She saved us..." Twilight said to herself though the others could hear. "Of all the things in the world it was her." She walked to the edged of the remaining floor and looked down to the valley below.

"She's breathing!"

Twilight rushed back to Sweetie Belle who was now stirring. Smoke was bellowing from her horn.

"Oh Sweetie Belle!" Rarity pleaded, "Are you alright dear?"

Sweetie stuggled to her hooves. Scootaloo muzzled her in an effort to assist her.

Sweetie's eyes shot open when she realized what had happened.

"Did I do that?" She asked. Still a little disoriented. She was instantly scooped into her sisters hooves.

"Yes Sweetie, yes you did." Rarity replied.

"Yeah it was fucking awesome!" Scootaloo buzzed happily.

Rainbow shot a glare at Scootaloo but chose to address it later. She decided to fly down the cliff and see if anything was done there. What she saw instead made her shoot back into the room. A large crack was spiraling up the mountain and towards Canterlot.

"Girls? I hate to interrupt and all but we might want to haul flank out of here!" Rainbow Dash grabbed Scootaloo and went out through the hole. Fluttershy grabbed Apple Bloom and followed suit. The crack began severing the castle as the whole structure began to quake violently.

"Come on!" Rainbow Dash hollered.

"Eep!" Sweetie Belle screamed.

"Hold on girls!" Twilight focused her horn and soon sprouted wings as did Rarity. Without haste Sweetie Belle was on Rarity's back as they too soared out of the castle and followed their friends.

As Twilight looked back she saw a horrifying scene.

The whole of Canterlot was sliding down the mountainside. Terrified ponies scrambled about but it was futile. The once prominent city slit in half like the SMS Titanic and the outermost portion fell rapidly down into the forest below with the other half sliding menacingly slowly. Some ponies jumping from the collapsing city in vein. As Ponyville came into view they saw but a immense tower of smoke behind them. Canterlot was gone. Whatever force Sweetie Belle had evoked, it had taken the city with it.,

The landing in Ponyville was quiet. The group decided to land int he forest and trot into town as to not cause too much of a stir. They weren't sure what to expect all things considered. They were certain the citizens of Ponyville had seen the collapse of Canterlot, the explosion of Princess Celestia, and they damn well knew that they had something to do with it.

The fillies walked behind the mares, for protection more than anything. Despite the fillies assuring them that they had a warm reception, they weren't too certain considering what just happened that that would happen again.

They arrived to empty streets. Nopony was to be found.

"Huh." Twilight wondered aloud. "Must've hid during the collapse."

They made their way through town inspecting windows and alleyways but nopony was to be found. They decided to check Sugarcube Corner. The first landmark of sorts that was on their path. It was pitch black as they all went in.

To say that Sweetie Belle....again pissed herself would be proper.

The lights flipped on and they were nearly sacred to death.

"SURPRISE!" The mares and stallions cheered. Confetti and cake was everywhere.

"What?" Twilight was confused.

"Well DUH haven't you heard?!" The pink party pony bounced towards them.

"No?" Apple Bloom answered.

"Well it would be so wrong of me not to throw an 'We're sorry for not listening to you earlier thank you for what you did we cannot wait to go on with our new lease on life' party!"

"...Kay." Rainbow Dash was damn near confused. "So you don't want us killed?"

"Psssh No!" Pinkie said excitedly.

"I do believe a certain somepony deserves a certain treat to herself?" Ms Cake hoisted a very rare and very prestigious cupcake with a candle in it. It was given to Sweetie Belle who was about as confused as everypony else.

"How did they-" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Just go with it." Twilight smiled.

The confusion was negated as the ponies being celebrated realized that they were home. They were in their happy, peaceful, likely far too forgiving village with everypony they loved.

Scootaloo plopped to the floor. Exhausted.

"I take it somepony want's to go home?" Rainbow Dash looked down at the tuckered filly.

Scootaloo hesitated. Parties were always fun but again, she was beyond tired. And had the feeling there would be plenty to come.

"Yeah." She grinned. "I'd like that a lot."

Author's Notes:

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