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Chapter 23
Eden's End

                Star Bolt and his party stood in front of Osiris as the broken shards of crystal around them turned to sand and began reemerging with The Dark Alicorn’s hooves. As they stood there, Princess Twilight leaned forward and spoke quietly to Star Bolt, “what’s the plan commander?”
Star Bolt replied, “You three focus on trying to use the elements… Spitfire, you, and I will do everything we can to keep his attention on us. I won’t lie, I doubt we will come out of this unharmed.”
Spitfire nodded her head, “That’s fine…. If it gives us a chance to beat this thing… then it’s worth it.”
Star Bolt nodded as he yelled, “GO!”

                As soon as the unexpected order was given, Star Bolt began sprinting around one side of Osiris and Spitfire flew to the other while Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash, stayed where they were as they faced each other with Twilight speaking, “alright girls, focus. We never did this with only three, but we still need to try.”
Shortly after the group split up, Star Bolt charged Osiris form one side, as he drew his sword. Osiris smiled as Star Bolt jumped into the air with the intent of striking him with the first swing, however, as he swung the blade, Osiris melted away into a pile of sand leaving Star Bolt to miss his attack as he continued flying towards one of the pillars that sat behind Osiris. Star Bolt turned himself in midair so he could jump off the pillar instead of colliding with it. Jumping off the pillar as if it were any other wall in his path, Star Bolt quickly threw his sword straight down at the pile of sand and watched as a circle quickly opened up leaving the sword to stick into the ground without touching any of the sand that was now surrounding the weapon.

                As Star Bolt landed on the ground, and slide a few feet from his momentum, he quickly faced the pile of sand as it began spiraling around the blade and began taking the form of Osiris’s hoof as he formed around it and smiled, “Impressive commander. You’re just as quick witted as they say. But you forget, you’re not alone.”
Osiris raised his hoof up as the sword slowly emerged from it as if it were a part of his body. Then he pointed his hoof towards Spitfire and with his magic taking hold of it, Osiris shot the sword from his hoof straight at the unsuspecting mare with no time for her to react. Seeing the incoming attack, Spitfire flinched as Star Bolt called out, “NO!!!”
Before the unprepared mare fell victim to the projectile, the blade stopped in midair as Twilight, and Rarity both used their magic to stop it. Star Bolt sighed in relief but what he didn’t notice was that the attack was a distraction. While focus was on Spitfire, Osiris sent a small vine of sand along the ground that quickly made its way behind Star Bolt before wrapping around his right back hoof. With no time to react, the vine jerked his hoof under his body to his left as it caused him to fall over before picking him up into the air and slamming him against one of the stationary pillars. Then the vine slammed him against the ground as it dissolved and went back into Osiris’s hooves, “Commander I’m appalled, to think that you of all ponies would drop your guard so easily. It’s kind of insulting, don’t you think?”

                Star Bolt struggled to pick himself up as he glared at Osiris, “B-bite me!”
Osiris smiled, “oh… I intend to do more than that.”
Osiris started trotting towards Star Bolt, as Star Bolt braced himself for anything. But just as the alicorn approached him, Star Bolt’s sword flew through the air as it hit The Dark Alicorn in his back causing the blade to jump out of his chest as the rest of his body stopped it. Osiris looked down at the blade that was now sticking out his chest and smiled amusingly, “hmm… that’s interesting.”
Osiris grabbed the weapon by its blade and pulled it completely through and out his chest as he turned back and looked at Princess Twilight and the group, “It would appear that you want to hasten your deaths… Very well.”
Twilight and the group became nervous as Osiris dropped the sword at his hooves, and turned towards them as many vines of sand rose from the ground around him. Osiris could only smile as the tip of each vine hardened into a sharp glass spike before they each shot towards the group.

                 Thinking fast, Star Bolt made a Lightning Orb cloud appear and sent a bolt of lightning into Osiris’s back causing him to cringe as the vines stopped in midair and fell to the ground like normal sand. Now enraged, Osiris turned and sneered at Star Bolt, “You will pay dearly for that.”
Seeing the rage in his eyes, Star Bolt lunged forward to his sword that was less than a foot away, but as he did, Osiris sent a small pillar of sand forward from the ground that hit Star Bolt in his face before slamming him against the wall behind him. Seeing that Star Bolt was in trouble, Princess Twilight looked at Rarity and Rainbow Dash, “alright… it’s now or never! Focus!”
as the three mares looked at each other, their elements started to glow as the magic started to gather in each. Back at the wall, Osiris smiled looking at his pinned prey before slamming him against the wall three more times. Then tossing him along the curved wall causing Star Bolt to roll as his own momentum continued inflicting pain with each foot of wall he was rolling along before hitting the ground. As Star Bolt laid on the ground in pain, he tried to stand, but as he did, Osiris sent one more pillar from below that sent Star Bolt into the air and slammed him against the ceiling before releasing him and dropping him to the ground below with nothing to cushion his fall. Seeing Star Bolt on the ground and in trouble, Spitfire rushed in and tried to attack Osiris from behind, “EAT THIS!”

                 Osiris smiled slighting, as he waited for Spitfire to get close enough before turning around and creating a wall of sand right between the flying pegasus and her target. With almost no time to stop, Spitfire tried to turn to avoid hitting the wall, but as she did, a thinner wall appeared in the direction she turned to as it solidified into glass. This wall couldn’t be avoided, as Spitfire crashed into the glass causing it to shatter and cut up her body as she fell to the ground in pain. Star Bolt opened his eyes and looked at Spitfire who was only a few feet away, “S-Spitfire… you… you ok?”
Spitfire picked herself up as she smiled, “yea… I’m fine commander just a little…”
Before she could finish her sentence, A vine of sand wrapped around her neck as it jerked Spitfire back causing her to fall on her back, before being raised in the air by her throat. Star Bolt struggled to pick himself up as he spoke, “No… S-Spitfire…”
Osiris melted away into sand before reforming next to Spitfire as he smiled, “Foolish pony. Shouldn’t you know that you have no place here? You wield no element… and no magic. You’re nothing but an acrobat who performs to entertain little foals. But don’t worry… I will reunite you with your team.”

                 With those dark words spiraling in Spitfire’s mind terrifying her even more, the vine of sand started to tighten around her neck as it started strangling her. The helpless Pegasus started struggling as much as she could in an attempt to free herself, but it was useless. Her body was starting to feel weak as Star Bolt struggled just to take a step towards her, “S-Spitfire!... N-No!...”
With Osiris’s focus on his pray, Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash managed to use the elements, as a white glowing orb appeared between the three. As the elements gathered what power they could muster, the white orb slowly rose above them, as it fired three beams of light across the room at Osiris. The moment Osiris noticed his incoming projectiles the first beam had already hit him pushing him slightly, then the next which pushed him even more, and finally the last beam of light that pushed him far enough to take a step to prevent himself from falling over. However, the beams didn’t seem to do anything to The Dark Alicorn, as he smiled, “Fools! All of you! You should know by now that those pathetic Elements are no match for me! Especially since you only have three left to use!”

                 Osiris loosened the sand around Spitfire’s neck just before she lost consciousness. Then he precisely threw the weak pegasus across the tomb as she flew through the pillars in the center and hit Twilight on the other side. As the group quickly surrounded Spitfire to see if she was all right, Osiris smiled before starting to turn back to Star Bolt, “Now commander where wer…”
When Osiris finished turning towards Star Bolt, he noticed that Star Bolt Had not only managed to pick himself up, but he stumbled against the wall, on his way to retrieve his sword, leaving a small trail of blood from his many scraps and cuts. Osiris could only smile at the sight, “It’s good to see that you’re determined as ever commander. No matter, if you want that sword so badly… then here… Take it!”
With that said, Osiris’s horn started to glow as an aura surrounded Star Bolt’s sword sending it flying straight at him in high speed. Though he was weak, Star Bolt still managed to dodge the sword as the blade ran across his cheek cutting him as the sword flew by. As he felt the pain of his sword on his face, Star Bolt placed his hoof quickly on his wound, then looked at his blood before quickly looking back to see the sword stop in midair, turn around, and fly at him a second time.

                 Seeing the blade come at him again, Star Bolt jumped up dodging it a second time as the blade flew under him taking off a few hairs from his tail. Before Star Bolt could turn around and ready himself to dodge the blade a third time, the sword swung around and flew at him much earlier than expected. The only thing Star Bolt could do was turn his body and open his left wing to block the attack, luckily it worked but just like Shinning Armor’s sword, it pierced his wing completely causing Star Bolt to fall to the ground screaming in pain. As his screams echoed through the tomb, Twilight and the others stopped trying to treat Spitfire’s wounds as Rainbow Dash spoke, “The commander is in trouble! We gotta help him!”
Twilight replied, “Yea… but what can we do? The elements don’t work.”
Rarity continued, “Well, we can’t just sit here and wait till he dies! We must do something.”
Spitfire spoke through her exhaustion and pain, “G-go… I'll be fine… just… help him…”
Twilight nodded her head as she looked at Rarity and Rainbow Dash, “Let’s go girls! We can’t do much, but we still have to try!”
With that said, the three keepers of the elements started galloping through to tomb towards Star Bolt as Osiris stood over the injured pegasus and smiled, “well commander… it looks like both of your wings are now useless. But don’t worry, you won’t ever have to use them. Because now… you di…”

                 Before Osiris could finish his sentence, the three charging ponies entered the hexagon that the five pillars stood in the center of the tomb. And as they did, the element on each pillar started glowing brightly as the three ponies stopped and shielded their eyes from the intense light. Seeing the light out of the corner of his eye, Osiris turned his head towards the pillars and used his wing to shield his eyes, “What?... what is this?...”
With everypony in the tomb focused on the light in the center, the five pillars that held the second set of Elements began cracking up as each gem freed itself from the socket that held them in place. After the elements were free, they each slowly moved to the center of the hexagon and surrounded the three ponies that were centered in the tomb. As the elements hovered around them, Rarity asked, “Twilight!, what is this?”
Twilight replied, “I… I don’t know!”
Osiris could only stare at the sight as his expression went from amazed to enraged, “No… they’ve been accepted by the Queen!...”
Star Bolt looked at the sight in shock as he mumbled to himself, “the… the Queen?”

                 Slowly the five elements that were free from their place started orbiting the three ponies as they backed up into each other in worry that they would get hit as the elements increased their speed until they looked like a colorful ring that surrounded the them. In a fit of rage, Osiris yelled at the sight, “The queen may accept you… BUT I WILL NOT!!!!”
Just then in his rage filled scream, a long glass spike formed in front of him as it shot straight at the light filled spectacle that was in the center of the tomb. As the spike approached the ponies, it stopped in place as it shattered under the power of the elements leaving the three ponies unharmed. As the five elements continued their orbit, a light started cascading from Rainbow Dash’s for head, Rarity’s back, and from under Twilights bandages. As the light shined, slowly Rainbow Dash started to grow a unicorn horn on her head, as wing emerged from Rarity’s back. And finally, Twilight bandages fell to the ground as her wings reemerged from the place her wounds used to sit. Now, the three stared at each other in shock as they realized that not only did Twilight get her wings back regaining her alicorn form, but now both Rarity and Rainbow Dash were alicorns too.

                 Osiris could only sneer at the new alicorns and he mumbled to himself, “No… a perversion of nature. THIS SHALL NOT GO UNPUNISHED!!!”
With their newfound forms, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity glared at Osiris as Twilight spoke, “It’s over Alicorn!”
Osiris sneered, “it’s not over!... Not yet! Mockeries can never stand up to the genuine article!!!”
With that said, Osiris gathered his sand and shot it in a stream of power as if her were a dragon breathing fire on the group. As the stream got close, the five elements that were orbiting the group stopped their orbit as they circled up in front of the three and created a force field that blocked the attack. As Osiris continued shooting the stream of sand at the three, Star Bolt yelled from the ground, “P-Princess! Use them! Use the Elements! ALL EIGHT OF THEM!!!”
Osiris realized what Star Bolt meant as his eyes widened, “Eight…”
On the other side of the barrier of light, the three alicorns looked at each other as they nodded their heads, “Let’s do it!”

                 The three ponies looked at each other as the same orb from before appeared between the three, only this time, a thin beam of light shot from the five defending elements as they hit the brightly glowing orb. Then the three ponies looked at Osiris as they focused on firing the orb at him. The brightly glowing orb shot forward into the continuous stream of sand that Osiris was shooting at the alicorns. Slowly the stream was getting pushed back until it was no longer against the magical barrier. As the elements magic slowly pushed the stream of sand back from the alicorns and eased its way closer and closer to Osiris, he could only sneer as he started focusing more on using his magic to fight back. “No… You cannot win… I won’t let you!...”
With Osiris using every bit of strength on his magic, he increased the power of his stream of sand as the orb stopped pushing it back towards him and held its position as the two forces entered a stalemate. With both the stream of sand and the orb of harmony holding each other in the same position, Osiris smiled, “There… you see… Even with Eight elements, I cannot be defeate-“
before Osiris could finish gloating, the orb that was being held back by the stream of sand split into eight different colored beamed that scattered in all directions as they each moved out of the streams path and closed in on Osiris like an opening and closing talon on a griffins wrist.

                 Before he could react, all eight beams of light hit Osiris and pierced his body as they flew through him and vanished into thin air leaving him to scream in agony at the massive string of magical attacks. As soon as the barrage had passed, the large stream of sand that Osiris was shooting had stopped and fallen to the ground as he fell to a knee trying to catch his breath, “N-no… this…. This can’t be… I… I can’t be defeated by lower ponies…”
“Hey… Alicorn…”
Osiris stood back up as he turned around to see Star Bolt standing there with a smile of confidence, “Yea… and what do you want commander?”
Star Bolt smiled, “let me show you something…”
with Osiris watching, Star Bolt gripped the sword that was sticking through his wing and cringed as he pulled it out, trying his hardest not to scream in agony. As soon as the sword was free, Star Bolt continued standing there with the sword in his hoof as he breather heavily. Osiris could only give him an unconcerned stare as he replied, “Impressive… but what was the point of that display?...”
Star Bolt smiled as he spoke through his pain, “that… that wasn’t what I wanted to show you… this is.”

                 Without warning, Star Bolt swung his sword at Osiris as the blade nicked his face, leaving behind a cut as sand began pouring out of his wound like blood. Osiris raised his hoof and felt his wound as he glared at Star Bolt, “you… you cut me… how…”
Star Bolt smiled, “you can’t regenerate anymore… can you?”
Osiris tried all he could to reform his face as he had done numerous times before, but Star Bolt was right. No matter how hard he tried, the sand wasn’t responding to his commands. Seeing the worry in Osiris’s eyes, Star Bolt continued, “How does it feel, Alicorn? To be… LIKE EVERYPONY ELSE!!!”
in rage, Star Bolt swung his sword a second time only this time, he hit Osiris on his forearm cutting his arm partially off at the elbow. As the lower part of his front hoof dissolved into sand leaving Osiris to hold himself up at the elbow, he could only scream in pain as Star Bolt smiled, “Hurts… Doesn’t it?... I'd ask for you to beg for mercy… but even if you did, I would never show mercy for a monster like you!...”
Star Bolt sheathed his sword and braced his hooves to prepare himself to use the Lightning Orb as he continued; “Now… you’re going to pay… Luna, Canterlot, the entire world. I will make you feel the pain of their deaths and I will make sure this bolt allows you to suffer as long as you can before it kills you.”

                 Osiris breathed heavily through his pain as he bowed his head down and chuckled, “there… there is the Commander Bolt I wanted to see… there is the heartless, monster that Discord liked so much. You truly are a legend commander… that much is certain… but… all legends meet a terrible and gruesome end.”
leaving no time for him to react, Osiris with his head still bowed down, charged forward as his horn went directly into Star Bolt’s chest as the determined alicorn pined him against the wall of the tomb. Seeing the action from the center of the tomb, the three alicorns called out, “COMMANDER!!!”
“STAR BOLT!!!”
“STAR!!!”
Star Bolt coughed up blood as Osiris kept him pinned with Star Bolt’s blood running down his face, “If today is the day I shall meet my end… then it is only fitting that you join me in meeting that end!”
Osiris became confused as he started to hear Star Bolt laugh under his own pain, “You… stupid monster… hasn’t anypony already told you?... I died… a long time ago.”
Star Bolt placed his hooves on both sided of Osiris’s head as he started focusing on using the Lightning Orb. He didn’t know if it would work or not, but he was going to try it by channeling the electricity into a living creature instead of the ground.

                 As Star Bolt eyes started to glow with electric arks in his irises, Osiris started to scream as he felt the incredible pain of electricity surging through his head like a powerful vice. With his energy being bleed away through both the Lightning Orb and his wound, Star Bolt looked up at the cloud that appeared above his head, but something was wrong. As the cloud hovered over the two, an uncontrolled bolt of lightning shot straight up and dug a deep crack into the ceiling before it stopped and a second bolt shot out to the side digging a second crack into the wall next to Star Bolt. seeing the uncontrolled spasms that the cloud was giving off worried Star Bolt, He didn’t know if it was because he was channeling the electricity into a living creature, or if it was because of his weakened state, but one thing was certain. Not only was its simple discharges too powerful for him to control, but the clouds size and power was increasing too rapidly for him to regain control. After a few more seconds, another bolt shot downward taking off a chunk of Osiris’s torso as it dug a deep gash on the ground below the alicorn. As Osiris cringed in pain, everything around them started to shack as the crack on the ceiling and walls started to spread with the surprise tremors. The three alicorns in the center of the room tried all they could to stand straight as Rainbow Dash spoke, “W-What’s going on?”

                 Twilight looked at the ground beneath them as the cracks started to spread then began glowing in a red color, “No… the volcano… It’s waking up!”
Closer to the entrance of the tomb, Spitfire regained enough energy to stand as she saw a crack spread close by her on the ground and a small drop of Magma trickled in from below, “T-Twilight! We got to get out of here! Now!”
Twilight nodded her head as she turned towards Star Bolt, “You all go… I’m going to get the comma…”
“NO!!!”
Twilight stopped as Star Bolt coughed trying to call his order to them, “Princess!... Leave! Get out while you… still can! I… I’m done… Even if I… get out of here… I can feel my life draining… away. I won’t survive this!... SO GO!!! NOW!!!”
Twilight looked at Star Bolt with worry, “S-Star…”
“Twilight darling we must get out while we can. Commander Bolt knows what’s best… so I think we should respect his decision, just as we respected applejack and Gilda’s. We have to go!”

                 Though Rarity made a good point, Twilight continued looking at Star Bolt’s determined expression as Rarity put her hoof on her shoulder, “Princess?”
Though she didn’t like the idea, Twilight knew she had to make this decision so she turned to her friends and spoke, “Let’s get out of here!”
With that said, the three alicorns began galloping towards the entrance to the tomb, however, as they exited the Hexagon on the floor, Rarity’s wings and Rainbow Dash’s horn vanished as the only pony to keep her alicorn state was Twilight. With all three ponies outside the hexagon, the five elements that were hovering in the air, fell to the ground and turned black as the magic inside them faded away. With no time to focus on their or the elements transformation, the three ponies rushed to the entrance of the tomb as they reunited with Spitfire and continued as fast as they could through the corridor. As soon as the four mares left the tomb, another bolt of lightning from the unstable Lightning Orb cloud hit the wall along the bottom which tore a hole big enough for molting lava to shoot into the tomb from below. As soon as the floor was covered in magma, Osiris screamed as the magma was starting to burn his hooves, solidifying the sand into glass before beginning to melt it away. With his mind only set on his fleeing friends, Star Bolt started to feel dizzy as he mumbled to himself, “Hurry Twilight… Hurry… and get… to safety.”

                 Down in the corridor, Twilight and the other ponies sprinted as fast as they could but it wasn’t long before they reached a dead end with only the covered hole above them to escape through. As the group looked at the castle roof that covered their entrance, Princess Twilight and Rarity tried to use their magic to lift the roof but like before they didn’t have the power to lift it. As the group looked back down the corridor, they could see the magma slowly flowing towards them as it melted everything it touched. Seeing the slow flowing river of magma, Spitfire spoke, “There is no way out! What do we do your majesty?”
Twilight thought to herself for a few seconds but there was only one thing she could do. She stopped using a spell on the roof above as she focused on creating a barrier to hold back the flowing magma. As the barrier appeared in the magmas path, the lava slowly flowed until it touched it, but to no avail. Even the barrier composed of magic couldn’t stop the intense heat that the lava was producing as it pushed it closer and closer to the group. Trying to help, Rarity created a second barrier right behind Twilight’s, but it still didn’t make a difference. The flowing magma started to push the barriers back as the rest of the ponies started to worry, “What now! We can’t stop that stuff! We can’t get out! What do we d…”

                 Before she could finish her panic induced rant, Rainbow Dash was interrupted as the roof covering the entrance above exploded inward causing the rubble to fall in and momentarily stop the flowing magma from getting closer to the group of ponies. As the four confused ponies looked through their now cleared entrance, Zecora poked her head in as she smiled innocently, “I used too much, I didn’t not suspect, that this simple potion would have quite the effect.”
The group was shocked to see Zecora alive as Rainbow Dash spoke, “Zecora! But I thought you we…”
“No time! Gotta go!”
After interrupting Rainbow Dash, Twilight grabbed Rarity as she quickly flew out of the underground corridor and landed on the surface above. Shortly after the four ponies were on the surface, Twilight asked, “Zecora? Have you seen Gilda or Applejack?”
Zecora shook her head, “I’m sorry but no, there were none I could find. Even my destination remained undefined. Though I’m happy to find you all unharmed, though I see there are absent, should I be alarmed?”

                 The group went silent as Twilight started to answer, “Applejack, Gilda, and Commander Bolt… they…”
before she could finish her sentence, another tremor shook the ground as everypony tried to keep themselves from falling over. As they did, Rainbow Dash spoke, “Hey, just a though… maybe we should get out of the erupting volcano before we continue this conversation.”
Spitfire nodded her head as she picked up Rarity and replied as she took to the sky, “Fine by me!”
as the ground continued shaking, Twilight picked up Zecora as Rainbow Dash followed closely behind as the four ponies and their zebra companion took to the sky trying to get out of the city before the massive volcano could erupt. Below the ground inside the tomb, the Lightning Orb cloud continued shooting bolts in all directions as the magma continued pouring in. with the chaos ensuing inside, Osiris continued pinning Star Bolt to the wall as he mumbled to him, “Finish the job commander… your friends are at a safe distance now… I know it because I can feel how far my elements are.”
Star Bolt didn’t pay any mind to the comment, my elements. Nevertheless, he did nod his head as he agreed, “Fine… let’s die… together!”
Star Bolt slowly looked back at his Lightning Orb cloud as he smiled, “Luna… I’m coming.”

                 With those last words, the Lightning Orb released its full power that was so immense that not only did it incinerate Osiris… but it took Star Bolt with him, as the sudden increase in pressure stretched to all sides of the tomb destroying everything it touched. Just outside the city in the sky, Twilight looked back as she saw a bright flash come from the ground surrounding the castle, then the castle collapsed inward and fell into the reawakened pit of the now live volcano. As the castle of Eden fell and melted into the magma below, the surrounding building started to fall in too in a wave that spread from the center of the city until the forest burst into flames and fell in, leaving everything inside the natural walls of the volcano to vanish into the pit of fire. Twilight could only stare back at the ancient city of Eden, as it was permanently erased from existence. Shortly after, the group of ponies landed on the summit of a nearby mountain as they looked back at the distant volcano as it erupted sending ash and smoke into the sky.

                 As the ponies watched the eruption, Twilight stared with a depressed expression as she spoke, “We… We won.”
Rainbow Dash also had an unhappy expression as she spoke, “We came to Eden, and we destroyed The Dark Alicorn… Once and for all…”
Rarity held the same expression as she spoke, “I guess… it’s finally over.”
Spitfire could only sit down with the same expression as she spoke, “If it’s over… Then why does it feel like we lost?”
Twilight sat down as she replied, “Because… even if we won. We still lost too many friends in the process. Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy…”
Rarity continued, “Applejack, Gilda…”
Rainbow Dash finished, “and Commander Bolt… the one pony who motivated us to come out here in the first place. If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t have even made it to Eden.”
Rarity nodded her head, “I agree… the main reason I was so enthusiastic about this whole trip was because I had confidence in his ability.”
Spitfire continued, “and he gave us confidence in ours… you can’t forget that.”

                 Twilight sighed, “and now, he, and everypony else we know are gone…”
Rainbow Dash looked at Zecora and asked, “Speaking of which… how did you survive? Commander Bolt said you were dead.”
Zecora nodded her head as she replied, “If not for a potion in my special brew, then my death and end would surely be true. But thanks to this potion that I myself did mend, I was saved at the last second by its spiraling wind.”
Zecora pulled out a flask with a potion inside as Twilight read the label, “Liquid tornado… well I guess that would do it. Though Star Bolt didn’t tell how you died so I’m guessing you fell into the ravine, right?”
Zecora nodded her head as Spitfire looked at Princess Twilight, “So… now what? Should we head back to Canterlot… erm… what’s left of it?”
Rainbow Dash put her hoof on her head as she replied, “I think the question is, should we even bother?... Canterlot, Ponyville, Cloudsdale, heck all of Equestria is gone now. I don’t even know if there is a place to go back too.”

                 The group went into a depress moment of silence as they thought about Rainbow Dash’s words, then Zecora looked at Twilight and spoke, “Well your majesty, its easy to know, that we look to your guidance, on which way to go. To return to our homes, though broken and gone, or to find a new home, and move on.”
Twilight thought to herself as she replied, “Equestria is our home. And even if it’s broken and lonely, Gryphus proved that The Dark Alicorn missed a few survivors. Maybe we can find more and rebuild the kingdom. It won’t be as great as Princess Celestia’s or Princess Luna’s… but it’s the best we can do.”
The group nodded their heads as Rainbow Dash replied, “Well if you say so… maybe Niether found s…”
Before she could finish her sentence, a loud explosion was heard coming from the now active volcano. As the group turned their attention to it, the saw something inside glowing with intense light that was obviously not the volcano itself, “What? What is…”
before Princess Twilight could finish her sentence, the element on her crown started glowing as the elements on Rainbow Dash and Rarity also started to glow.

                 The group looked at the growing light in the volcano as they started to see eruption on the surface of the volcano, but what concerned them the most was that this wasn’t a normal eruption like a volcano would often do, but it was an eruption of pure magic. However, this magic was unlike anything that Twilight or any of the group had ever witness before in their lives; it even outmatched the eight elements that were used to weaken Osiris. As the ponies marveled at the once and a lifetime sight, Spitfire brought up a nerve racking question, “is… is this The Dark Alicorns doing?... Did… did he survive?”
Hearing that question sent a chill up everypony’s spine as they could only continue watching the event unfold, in hopes that what Spitfire was asking was wrong. With the sky filled with ash and the air thick with unknown magic, the group of ponies and their zebra companion could only stand there and ready themselves for anything… even death.

Well here ya go. but is this really the end? or the beginning? more is up.

Proofread by :icondaraniel1000:

The Price of Harmony
Chapter 1 The Cloaked Stallion
Chapter 2 The Ponies of Ponyville
Chapter 3 The Keepers of the Elements
Chapter 4 Old Friends, and New Storms
Chapter 5 Truth and Lies
Chapter 6 Letter From a Princess
Chapter 7 Gathering Resources
Chapter 8 Closure
Chapter 9 Judges, Jury, Executioners
Chapter 10 Commander and the Prince
Chapter 11 Gathering Help
Chapter 12 The Last City of the Alicorn Race
Chapter 13 Tis Time...
Chapter 14 Reconciliation
Chapter 15 Discord...
Chapter 16 Canterlot's Genocide
Chapter 17 The Fall of Canterlot
Chapter 18 Aftermath
Chapter 19 The Ruins of Gryphus
Chapter 20 The Battle of Eden
Chapter 21 Director?... Wingmare?... Captain?...
Chapter 22 Teacher?... Prince?... Dreams!
Chapter 23 Eden’s End
Chapter 24 Osiris’s Sacrifice
Chapter 25 The Queen of Eden
Chapter 26 The Price of Harmony


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This story is a sequel to:

Tears of a Fallen Star
Chapter 1: The Colt Awakens
Chapter 2: The Exam
Chapter 3: Commander Bolt’s Decision
Chapter 4: The Friendly Foe and the Eclipsed Nightmare
Chapter 5: Two Orphans, Celestia, And New Recruits
Chapter 6: Celestia's Stand, and Forgotten Foes
Chapter 7: Peace in Death, Love in War, And Good in Evil
Chapter 8: Confrontations between Nations
Chapter 9: The Bolt That Cleared the Mist
Chapter 10: The Fatal Funnel
Chapter 11: Wounded Spiritually, Physically, and Emotionally
Chapter 12: A Murder In Cloudsdale’s Shadow
Chapter 13: Past Wounds in Present Skies
Chapter 14: Who I Am
Chapter 15: My Home Front
Chapter 16: The Emotions of War
Chapter 17: True Pain
Chapter 18: Letter From a Mare in Love
Chapter 19: A Meeting to End the War
Chapter 20: By the Light of the Stars
Chapter 21: The Fallen Star
Chapter 22: A New Dawn

 
&

The Wandering Star
Chapter 1 An Ancestors Promise
Chapter 2 Diary of a Rose of Luck
Chapter 3 Memories of a Princess in Pain
Chapter 4 Legacy of the Rich
Chapter 5 When Bolts Cross
Chapter 6 Under Your Muzzle
Chapter 7 My Hero's Hero

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ChaosPhantom444's avatar
Action packed and magical affects in this chapter, nice work.