My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Starlight, Starbright

Chapter 40

True Colors

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XcYFsK8R9k

What Are You Prepared To Sacrifice - Crysis 3 OST

0:00.

After what felt like a long night’s sleep, Starlight stirred and opened her eyes. It felt like the past few days have been a complete dream… or a total nightmare. Verbally hurting her friends, forcing Bass to leave in such a heart-wrenching way… it had to be a nightmare.

And it’s not going to get better.

Starlight opened her eyes to find her surroundings… shimmering? She reached out to touch it, only to find it slippery and cold. “glass…?” the mare got up, only to hit her head on the top. It was clear; she was inside a glass bubble, but why?

She looked over the side to see machinery working in unison, generating electricity and sending it into a big machine, a large teals coil of which Star and her sphere are on. Shadows swirled around the machine, snarling and growling like inpony beings. Something was wrong. Something was very, very wrong.

She pushed on the glass, hoping there was some kind of exit. There wasn’t, not one that she could find. She tried ramming into it. The glass was as thick as a baby’s arm. The mare whined in fear. “What’s going on?” she rammed into it again, this time warrenting a response.

“I wouldn’t do that, if I were you.” Sombra said. Star looked and saw that he was busy putting in calculations into a computer. To his right was a screen showing her vital signs. Her heart rate was elevated, which was understandable giving what she’s going though. “you could break something important.”

Starlight pounded on the glass, hoping it would break. “Dad! Dad, please let me out of this! Please!”

Sombra’s cape turned into demonic wings. with a flap, he flew up to her. “I’m afraid I can’t do that. You are far too important to let go.”

“What are you talking about? Just let me go!” she pleaded.

Sombra hovered there for a moment, giving her the illusion that he’s actually thinking. “no.” he coldly said. He flew back down to his computer and continued putting in calculations.

“w-what? Dad, why?”

Sombra growled. “For Faust’s sake, stop calling me that!!!” he yelled. Starlight went wide-eyed when he yelled.

“d-dad…” then it hit her. He never really cared. He was just putting on a façade. “you lied to us, didn’t you? You lied to my friends, you lied to Bass… you lied to me…” she shook her head, hoping this part wasn’t true. “am I really your daughter?”

1:01.

The group returned to the castle to find that the gates were locked tighter then a bank vault. Sombra must’ve considered them returning if they found out or got suspicious.

“1...2...3!” Bolt, Bass, Filigree, Leon, and Soarin‘, the toughest members in their group; physically, rammed into the gate, trying to get them open. They didn’t make any leeway. They tried again, and again, and again, but the gates are locked tight.

“it’s no good. This thing is locked tight!” Daring said. She turned her attention to the Draconequus. “You’re like Discord, right? Can’t you use your powers to stop this?”

“I can’t. I’m just a baby.” Eris said.

“Powerful enough to decorate the hall with Hearths’ Warming Eve decorations.” Peppy said.

“yeah, but that took a lot out of me. I’m not that powerful. I might have been able to do it years ago but when your spirit is inside someone else, you tend to become lazy with powers.” Daring and Friction looked at each other weird expressions. They didn’t know and they didn’t want to know. “why not use a tree? They make good battering rams.” Eris suggested, pointing to a nearby pine.

“it’s better then nothing.” Glade said. He spread his wings and flew over to it. “we gotta stop Sombra from whatever plan he has cooked up and that means getting though that door by any means necessary.”

Nobody argued, especially Bass. He was going to rescue Starlight, even if it costs him his life. He was going to save her, no matter what.

1:25.

“…am I… really your daughter?” Starlight heartbreakingly asked.

Sombra didn’t plan on her asking that. He stopped what he was doing and, without moving his head, glanced back to her. “Yes. You are my daughter. Everything I told you and your friends was true; I can use shadows, I am your father, I was chased out of my hometown. But… I didn’t tell you everything.”

Didn’t tell them everything? Starlight looked on in fear, worried about what he’s going to say. “when I told you that Orochi and Tsylatac came to me, I said I declined…” he physically pulled down a switch, sending electricity running into the machine. “I lied.”

“Lied?” the machine beneath her stirred and powered up.

“yes. I accepted their offer of universe domination, considering they let me rule Equestria. They accepted and we forged our alliance.”

“so why didn’t you go with them then?”

Sombra stood silent for a moment. “I needed to… obtain a few things.” he used his magic to summon up the item he stole from the museum. “one being the Staff of Jeria. Their compatriot Kyra already took Zax’s Blade from Manehatten years ago, during Discord’s and Eris’ rampage. The other…” he looked back to her.

She knew what he was going to say. The one thing nobody of Equestria could do. “… was someone with mastery over time.” she couldn’t believe this. “You used me. You needed me for this whole Faust-Forsaken thing! I can’t believe you’d do that!”

“Like how you didn’t use your friends? Or that they didn’t use you?”

Starlight looked away. She forgot what she did to her friends just a hour ago… and what her friends did to her for a lifetime. She shook her head, clearing her head. “that’s beside the point. They’ll come rescue me. I know it.”

Sombra rolled his eyes. “Face it! Your friends never cared for you. They only hung out with you because of your power. They wanted nothing but the power you held.” Sombra’s cape turned into wings and he flew up to the machine. “they never cared for you. Bass included. When he found out you’re a Alicorn, he decided to use you to find a way to gain power.”

Starlight didn’t want to hear anymore. “You’re lying!” she cried, tears falling down your face.

Sombra snarled and slammed the lance into the glass, cracking it. “Accept the truth, Starlight! Your friends aren’t coming to rescue you! They never loved you before and they won’t love you now!!!” a burst of darkness shot out of him when he yelled. It only lasted for a brief second. Certain he got his point across, Sombra flew down to the bass of the machine.

He’s lying… he has to be lying… he just has to be. They… they loved her for her… didn’t they? Starlight fell to her knees, accepting what he said as truth. They just wanted to use her, just as her father is using her now. She may have said it to get them to leave but she’s now accepting it as truth.

Her life… is a abomination. A mistake.

2:35.End Song

“HRAH!!!”

everyone rammed the stripped pine tree into the castle gates for the 10th time. This time, the doors burst open and slammed into the walls.

“Finally!” everyone cheered.

Bass let go of the tree and ran in. “Bass, wait!” Marian yelled out. She jumped over the tree and ran after him.

“we gotta help Starlight!” he yelled back.

Suddenly, Bass was whacked by a tail, sending him flying into the left side of the wall. The tail whipped again at Marian. She yelped and quickly ducked.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbs6-BnNdO8

The Bloom of Passion - The Last Ranker OST

A large 2-headed dog made out of fire roared at them, baring teeth.

“AHHH!!!” Marian yelled.

“Great. Should’ve known Sombra wouldn’t make this easy.” Glade said as he powered up his magic. All the other Unicorns and Alicorns did the same.

The Hell Hound howled with both heads, sending fire out of it’s body and striking them. The magic users jointly cast a shield spell that protected them from the fire. The fire splashed over the barrier and onto the walls, burning everything on it.

“No, it took me ages to come up with those designs.” Peppy whined.

Once the fire passed, they cleared the shield. Bad idea. The Hell Hound jumped at them, mouths wide open. Chaos Gun got in it’s way and blasted a magical beam into it’s eyes. The heads ducked and the monster laughed.

“oh, you know it’s not good when a monster la--” Chaos’ little observation was cut short when he was swiped by the beast’s paw, sending him into the right wall. The impact knocked him out cold.

“CHAOS!” Sweet Song yelled. She attempted to run over to him but was blocked by Leon.

“remember? Giant hell beast running about?”

Speaking of which, the monster roared and reared it’s entire body back. With a sinister howl, it slammed down on to the ground, causing a powerful earthquake. The shaking caused everyone to lose their balance and fall down. The fliers took to the air to avoid it, which was what the Hell Hound wanted.

The left head roared and breathed fire in their direction like a dragon. Glade and Woona quickly summoned up a barrier to protect them all but as they were the only ones, they didn’t have enough power to make it last.

From within the basement, Sombra and Starlight felt the ground rumble. Starlight looked around, trying to find where it came from while Sombra just snarled.

“(Dammit. They came back for her. Why else would Twinbellows be active?)” he looked to the computer screen and snarled. “(you better hold them off, you mangy pup, or else it’s back to that volcano for you.)”

The Hell Hound roared as it tried to bite down on Daring. She dodged it by jumping to the side, only to be nearly crushed by it’s paw. Bolt swooped in and saved her before being crushed.

The Hound roared and breathed fire again. Everyone ducked or flew out of the way. Those who ducked had their tails singed.

“Anybody have a giant bucket of water or something?” Goldie asked.

“Now’s not the time for jokes!” Eris and Fire Ruby exclaimed. 2 large paws came down in front of them. They gulped and looked up to see the monster standing over them, teeth bared and dripping whatever drool a Hell Hound drools.

“RUBY!” Filigree yelled.

The right head snarled then snapped it’s jaws down at the helpless children. The 3 of them yelled, closing their eyes and awaiting the inevitable.

A sudden explosion appeared on the side of the monster’s body. It caused the monster to stagger and trip into the wall.

The blast came from Chaos Gun, who was super pissed. A spear of electricity appeared in his right hoof. “Get away from them, you son of a bitch.”

The Hell Hound regained itself and roared at him. Chaos scoffed at the monsters foolish attempt at scaring him. He heaved the spear up and chucked it at the beast. It hit in between the heads, at the nape of the joining. Electricity shot from the monsters body, causing it to roar in pain.

Chaos disappeared then reappeared behind it. He powered up his magic and set loose a powerful magic attack. It tore into the monsters back, causing more pain. It hit the heart and the battle was over.

The hound suddenly exploded. It didn’t leave any gorey messes behind. It just… went.

End Song.

Everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief, thankful that that monster went bye-bye. Chaos Gun walked over to the children, who cuddled together out of fear, eyes closed tight.

“You can open them now.” he said with a smirk.

Goldie opened one eye to see that the monster was indeed gone. “Whew! That was close.” she got up and breathed a sigh of relief. “right guys?” Ruby and Eris didn’t answer. “guys?” she looked down to see the two of them still holding each other tight, having not heard Chaos, apparently. Goldie rolled her eyes and poked both of them in the heads. “you can get up now.”

Still fearful, both Eris and Ruby opened their eyes to see that the monster was indeed gone. Both went ‘whew’ and lightly chuckled. The chuckle was cut short when they saw how close their mouths are to each other.

“Aw. So cute.” Filigree and Eris Shine cooed. Ruby and Eris quickly separated and got up. Their sisters laughed.

Bass walked up, rubbing his head. “How’d you know where to hit that thing?”

Sombra showed me where to hit it in case Twinbellows went on a rampage. Which it kind of did, in this case.

“Twinbellows?” Sweet Song repeated. How did he know what the monster’s name was? He couldn’t have known. Unless… “Chaos? Did you… regain your memory?”

Chaos looked to her and nodded. “yep. That whack from Twinbellows brought it back. I remember everything.”

“then maybe you can fill in some holes.” Glade said as he walked up. “what is Sombra planning? What does he want with Starlight?”

Chaos didn’t hold back. He spilled everything.

Author's Notes:

we're so CLOSE! next chapter, it's the long awaited battle with Sombra.