[My Little Pony] The Egg of Destiny LAST PATH P.07

SCORE: The Other Side [Original by Radiarc] (Undertale) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQFZcB…

After hearing Aeon’s last words, the two heroes  fly through the ethereal gateway and find themselves surrounded by the sight of a destroyed Realm full of dark red gears, chains hanging from rusted cogs, broken clocks, and crimson sand coming from broken hour glasses, and spiraling dark energy creating a heavy and violent atmosphere… Some ominous faces glare out from the darkness around them… Nightraid looks to Eros with an unsettled expression while receiving the same from his brother.

Nightraid: We’re not dreaming all this, are we?

Eros: I wish I could say that, Brother…but this is all too real...I’d rather this be some nightmare we can just wake up from…but that’d be asking too much at this point.

Nightraid: No kidding… Well, I didn’t really have to ask that… I just wanted to make sure I was still, y’know…”Me”.

Eros: *Nods and smiles* Don’t worry about that, Nightraid! We just need to stay focused now! We got this! *Nightraid agrees with a thumbs-up and they continue flying through* It doesn’t matter how scary it looks. All you have to do is concentrate ahead and keep going! As long as you have Faith, you don’t need to be afraid!

Nightraid: “Hope, Faith, Love”… Eros, I’ve heard those words being thrown around a lot in our Family. Can you tell me what it means? If these are supposed to be the Powers that can beat this guy, I want to know what they’re supposed to mean!

Eros: I’m glad you asked that. I meant to talk to you about it before we were interrupted by those couple of fights. I’ll try to be brief with them so you can get an idea and figure out the rest from there. “Hope” is what keeps us alive and pushing forward even when we’re at our weakest. It gives us “Willpower” to face its enemy; “Despair”. “Faith” is what allows us to face the trials of Life while knowing we are protected against True Death. It gives us “Wisdom” to face its enemy; “Doubt”. “Love” is what gives us purpose, whether it is for ourselves in what we do, for others that we care for, or for the Holy Father whom we Love and Worship; Love gives us a reason to keep going. It gives us our “Emotions” to influence our abilities and our responsibilities. Together, they make up our “Determination”; the power to change Fate and face OUR enemy… “Hatred”, “Sin”, and a whole bunch of other negative words that would take too long to recite! You get the idea…

Nightraid: Oh…! I see…  But what could’ve caused that other Nightraid to turn into something like that? If he’s just as strong as me, then wouldn’t he be able to resist Styx’ power like I did?

Eros: If I had to guess, he didn’t have any positive influences in his Timeline. He was led down a Path knowing only of Hatred and Violence. That Hate Path he went on led him to becoming… *Sees the colossal mass of dark energy and black-and-red flames emerge from the abyss as he breaks apart the locks of the Time Loop that Aeon mentioned* …….THAT!!!

Nightraid: *Jaw drops as he looks up at his monstrous foe as the red outlines of the pitch-black flames form the shape of a massive dragon and it glares down on them with flaming red eyes before spreading his wings and opening his mouth to let out a most powerful roar* ……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“RRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

SCORE: LOVE [Mashup by The Great Anansi] (Undertale) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8BuS…

A loud Heartbeat can be heard in the darkness.

The Heartbeat echoes throughout Time and Space. Everyone can hear it.

It is coming from the Dragon. It sounds like drums counting down to The End.

The Dragon lets out an indescribable combination of a roar and a maniacally evil laugh!

The ABSOLUTE Final Battle is about to begin! Blessed Nightraid! Light Eros! It’s up to you both now!

No matter what! For everyone’s sake! You MUST stay DETERMINED!!!!!!!

“RRRREEEEHEHAHAHEHAH!!!!!!!!!! RRREEHEEEHAHAHAHAAA-HEHEHEHEAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!”

The roar echoes throughout the Time Rift and the two brothers cover their ears, but struggle to keep their focus. They also feel a pulse of heavy and dense energy that disables their ability to Synchronize temporarily. They take notice quickly and look at each other with concern for a moment, but remember to keep their chins up. They look back at the nightmarish Demon before them. The Demon raises a left claw and out of it comes Dark Eros, who opens his eyes and grins. He raises his right to bring out the Mortal Dragon whom threatens to annihilate everything…

[N I G H T R A I D]

Cursed Nightraid sends out Dark Eros to assist him in this battle, forcing the Blessed Nightraid and Light Eros into two-on-two combat! Both Dragons and Angels face off without even bothering with words. The two brothers know nothing they say will get through to them at this juncture, so they rely on what they know to try and get a quick advantage on their darker counterparts. Every time they do enough significant damage to their foes, they combine their efforts into an elaborate team attack that, while seeming like it takes them down, but they survive and get back up from them. They use different attacks in retaliation to whatever the heroes use. Strangely enough, they don’t have the same fighting style.

Both teams have similar techniques, but the corrupt team…something about their approach is lacking in synergy and focus. They’re more dispersed and sloppy. They don’t seem to be taking this seriously. In fact, Cursed Nightraid is holding back. He’s merely playing around with his prey, curious to know what the hero is capable of and how to pull the carpet out from under them. He’s enjoying the pain from the heroes’ attacks… It’s not long before they realize this shocking truth. This must be what Aeon was talking about. Blessed Nightraid has to think before making another move now that he knows all he’s doing is amusing his foe. Eros decides to hold his attack for a moment. He speaks to Dark Eros for info.

L. Eros: What is wrong with you?! Are you some kind of masochist?! *Readies a charged shot*

D. Eros: What was your first clue?! Are you some kind of I D I O T ? ! *Fires out several shots*

L. Eros: *Puts a shield up and blocks them all* Tch…!!! Why are you fighting like this?! How far did you really have to fall?!

D. Eros: YOU REALLY HAVE TO ASK!?!? *Rapid-fire plus spread shot* [GATTLING MALICE] I KNOW AEON TOLD YOU EVERYTHING!!! YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW!!! *Appears behind the other Eros and aims straight for his head from behind* You don’t understand how it feels right now…don’t worry, though…! Y O U  W I L L  V E R Y  S O O N ! ! ! ! ! ! [VINDICTIVE BOLT] *Light Eros turns his head around and dodges just in time, leaving an afterimage behind him as a dark bolt fires from his right bow as he holds it like a crossbow* YOU KNOW! THIS IS REALLY FUNNY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT!!! *Aims and shoots while the other Angel keeps dodging*

L. Eros: HOW SO?!?! I’M NOT LAUGHING!

D. Eros: *Grinning while shooting like a madman* MOM ALWAYS SAID; “Love is the greatest strength!”, RIGHT?! Well guess what?! STRENGTH MEANS NOTHING TO THOSE WHO USE THEIR BRAINS!!! YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT STARTED ALL OF THIS?!?!? YOU WANNA KNOW HOW FAR WE FELL TO BECOME THIS?!!? Tell ya what?! I’LL SHOW YA!!! *Sends flashback images to Light Eros and Blessed Nightraid*

B. Nightraid: *Overhears this but still fighting his counterpart* (Huh?! What is he talking about?!) *Sees images of the Hate Path’s Prelude and sees how Styx removed both Aphrodite and Euphrosyne from the Mortal Plain and murdered Love Breeze* ………!!!!!!!!!! What….the….?!?!?

L. Eros: That’s………That’s……horrible…..!!!

D. Eros: Oh please, it shouldn’t even come as a surprise! You’ve seen this before! It’s exactly what you were Hoping wouldn’t happen! It was exactly what caused your plan to fail! And what caused me to start down the road that turn me into THIS!!!

L. Eros: So…all Styx had to do was get Mom to let her guard down for just a moment… But…if that was Styx’ doing, then…shouldn’t you have resisted her?! You’re not telling me you just gave in to her whims, are you?!

D. Eros: WHAT DO *YOU* THINK, IDIOT?!?!? *Looks down and frowns* Of course I resisted…of course I gave in… After everything that was lost, it was the only option that meant anything anymore… *Looks back up and glares before shooting again* AND IT’S NOT LIKE I DIDN’T TRY!!! *Light Eros creates another shield to protect himself from the flurry of shots flying at him*OF COURSE I RESISTED HER!!! I HELD ON THROUGH THE WORST NIGHTMARE IMAGINABLE!!! I KEPT HOLDING ON……..UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO HOLD ON TO ANYMORE!!!

L. Eros: You mean… *Listening through the onslaught of dark arrow exploding around him and on his shield* ….!!!!!!!!!

D. Eros: Yup… Everyone I ever Loved… All gone… *Remembers Styx* B E C A U S E  O F  H E R . . . *Looks to the fighting Dragons* H I M . . . *Looks up and grins* Y O U . . . *Looks back down and frowns*………. M E . . . ! You can take THAT to H E A R T ! ! ! ! ! !

C. Nightraid: S h u t  u p, E r o s . . .

B. Nightraid:…..!!!!!!!! *Feels more uneasy after hearing his own voice as distorted and vicious as it was*

C. Nightraid: Y o u  t a l k  t o o  m u c h . . . In fact…I’m already getting bored with fighting you like this… You can kill me over and over again and it won’t mean a thing…but I only need to kill you…o n c e ! ! ! *Glowing red twinkles appear within the red flares of smoke* [MALICIOUS FURY]

B. Nightraid: Not like you’ll get a chance! There’s no way I’m dying to the likes of you!

C. Nightraid: *Speaks with Baal’s voice* “Y O U  D O  N O T  H A V E  A  C H O I C E ! ! ! ! ! !” *Twinkles in his eyes shine brighter in the moment he crouches down and spreads his wings out to vanish with incredible speed* I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL EVERYTHING BURNS IN DESPAIR!!!!!!

SCORE: Erasure and Salvation [Mashup by Dakota Jones] (Undertale) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7Y1q…

B. Nightraid: That’s fine! Because I won’t stop either! Not until everyone is safe from YOU!!!!!!! *Eyes glow bright white and his whole body is surrounded by his bright aura before he spreads his own wings out to warp at light speed to keep up with and counter his enemy*

The two versions of our main protagonist fly around the decaying Time Rift, trading strikes and blows as well as blasts of black, white, and red flames are seen illuminating and dimming the lighting of the entire dimension as the battle progresses on! The two versions of Eros face each other onward as well until Dark Eros takes enough damage. He berates his foe as he does, but it doesn’t last long. He ends up falling once more, making Cursed Nightraid angry. In response to that, he decides to burn the Fallen Angel until he vanishes in black flames, screaming in agony as he goes. The other two are shocked and appalled at what they just witnessed. The situation appears to have become far grimmer than before.
(Didn’t even think that was possible…)

After all that little display, Blessed Nightraid and Light Eros can hardly contain their mixed emotions and maintain their composure. They fight their own instincts in order to stay focused. The giant Dark Dragon decides to make things more interesting by summoning Lost Souls to assist Cursed Nightraid in battle. The first batch consists of corrupt versions of both Aeon and all of his Soul Keys in their true forms. The many armed warriors and creatures of the Night attack, Eros rejoins his brother and puts up a shield to hold them back while Blessed Nightraid jumps up and breaks through their line of defense and rushes straight to Cursed Nightraid before a couple more Lost Souls appear… Flash Sentry and Comet Tail!

The Star Bolt Brothers move swiftly to give the Dragon a taste of their misguided Justice and Revenge! Eros fires two shots upwards with deadeye accuracy, hitting the two of them before they could hit with their red lightning and black stars! The two guards fall and fade away in black flames. The other members of Flash Drive appear as well. Drum Role and Bass Keys try to jump Nightraid with fast and strong attacks, but the young Dragon senses their ambush and blasts the two of them with a torrent of flames to knock them both down. Amp Atom’s form is too broken down to even move, so he merely self-destructs to try and damage Nightraid, but Eros shields his brother once again before yelling-!!!

Eros: ALL OF YOU!!! ENOUGH!!! *Fires up several beams that shoot back down to stop the fighting* … Look! Nightraid! It doesn’t have to be like this! I can tell your Mortal Heart is still beating! *Heartbeat still echoes* As long as it is, you can still turn all this around! You don’t have to do anything that Styx or Baal tells you! You can be better than that! We can help you…if you just let us! Come on! What do you say?!

Cursed Nightraid Looks down and grins with the Lost Souls around him doing the same as he says these words with Baal’s voice; “What do I say?! The only thing I CAN say… B A A L ! ! ! ! ! !” He lets out the same roaring laugh as before with every one of the Lost Souls around him laughing along with him while the heroes cover their ears! The giant Dark Dragon roars out once more as all the Lost Souls and the Mortal Dragon controlling them all flies into its black Ethereal form. The Dragon disappears into its own shadows and returns in the form of an old adversary of theirs. He stomps forth from the shadows and looks down upon them. He’s the one and only True Devil of Despair! The Evil Dragon…

[B A A L]

SCORE: Burn In Despair [Breaks Remix by DeltaHedron Mixes] (Undertale) www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2HTT5…

Eros: Great… I was really hoping the last time we saw THAT ugly face was THE last time!

Nightraid: He’s eaten everyone…I can feel an unbearable heat coming from him!

Eros: [CHECK] *Eyes glowing yellow and he sees the Lost Souls burning up and writhing in pain within Baal’s body* You’re right…Dark Eros and all those other Lost Souls are all the beings Baal’s consumed! He’s using all the pain and Despair within their burning, Broken Hearts to fuel his flames! It’s hurting them all nonstop… The longer this goes on, the worse it’ll get! We gotta stop this now!

Nightraid: But I still don't know how!!! What can we do to beat him?!

Baal: Accept this truth, miserable insects… “YOU CAN’T!!!!!!”  NOW [B U R N  I N  D E S P A I R] ! ! ! ! ! !

Baal inhales to charge his favorite attack while Nightraid and Eros put in their best efforts to stop Baal from firing off that attack, but to no avail. They end up getting engulfed by the dark flames and consumed by Baal! However…they REFUSE to let go! Nightraid and Eros hold onto each other as tight as they can to resist the urge to fall into Despair! This keeps them from burning to death despite being eaten alive by Baal. However, this is only the beginning of Baal’s special kind of digestion processes! They feel themselves being pulled apart from each other by arms, hooves, claws, and chains while falling. They desperately tried to stay together, but inevitably get separated and taken down two different paths. Eros is the quickest one to regain control, but can’t make his way back up and can’t see.

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