[My Little Pony] The Egg of Destiny LAST PATH P.16

SCORE: Hopes and Dreams [Orchestrated Remix by Adriel Garcia] (Undertale) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYmn5B…

Aphrodite appears in the starry void and looks to everyone…she is also focusing to find someone there. Everyone who looks to her giant form is awe-struck.

Eros:.........!!!!!!!

Nightraid: *Eyes widen* M-Mom!

Aphrodite: *Looks to them* So... He was right... There was one where it all paid off. But...where is he?

Eros:........ *Floats up to her* Hi....Mom...

Aphrodite: *Looks to him and smiles* You have done well, Eros...but where...is my…?

Eros:.............I didn't see him anywhere...after he....

Aphrodite: *Smile turns to a frown* I........see.....

Eros: I'm sorry...but he completely vanished when he took Baal's last attack.

Aeon: *Sighs* It is very unfortunate that it ended that way for him… To perish in the Void between Time and Space…is to be removed from a Timeline… Even a Spirit cannot come back from that…

Author: *Looks down* Even if we Reset all the Timelines… I’m sorry…

Aphrodite:........So....he sacrificed his very existence....to die a hero...

Nightraid: I'm so sorry...

Aphrodite:................At least...I can still see you...the way he did......... Thank you..... Thank you for giving rest to my children... They both suffered so much in my absence... *Sniffles and sobs*

Eros: They...aren’t the only ones…

Nightraid: *Hovers over and hugs her neck* I’m very sorry, Mom…

Aphrodite: Please....do not call me that...... I am far too pathetic to deserve to be called that..... I could have prevented this.....but I... If only I were stronger......if only I were faster.... I could have.........

Dream Vania:.........!!!!! *Fidgets a little and focuses her eyes to Aphrodite*........

Flash Sentry: Huh? Hey, are you awake?

Dream Vania:.........I........I know....you......

Flash Sentry: *Looks to her and then up at Aphrodite and his eyes resonate with hers* That's... She's...

Phosphorus: My daughter...her Ethereal Spirit... They've both been broken...

Aphrodite:......... *Looks into her Mortal's eyes*

Dream Vania: *Eyes still resonate with her Spirit's* .........

Nightraid: feels some loving warmth coming from Aphrodite's body, it's not much due to her being full of despair, but it's still present

Thanatos: *Deeply sighs well, I suppose we should get to work.

Soul Wind: We have a HUUUUUGE workload a head of me...

Aphrodite:.......Dream Vania....?

Dream Vania:..........Aphrodite....... I......I.......

"I  H a t e  y o u" . . . . .

SCORE: Heartache [Orchestrated Remix by Adriel Garcia] (Undertale) www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0W4qs…

Aphrodite:...........!!!!!

Dream Vania: Where were you...? Why weren't you there?! Why didn't you... Why didn't you come for me?!

Author Bat: Aphrodite:.............

Dream Vania: You made me lose everything...!!! Do you know what I've lost because of you not being there for me...like you were supposed to?! DO YOU?!?!

Flash Sentry:.........???

Phosphorus: *Lowers head and closes eyes*.....

Dream Vania: My family...my home...my childhood...my DREAMS!!! Everything I ever Loved...everything I ever had Hope or Faith for... It was all gone...!!! Losing composure And... it didn't even end there!

Author Bat: Eros:.........

Nightraid:.....

Dream Vania: Do you know what it's like.....to go from all that...to losing the only bit of Hope and Life you have left.... DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT TARTARUS FEELS LIKE?!?!?!

Aphrodite: *Tears up as she looks into her memories*...............

Author: *Winces* ........

Aeon: *Adjusts monocle*......

Many memories surface from within her. She’s shuddering, hating every moment of recalling it.

Dream Vania: When... *Looks at the unconscious Advent* When he failed...I was sent to Tartarus... I had to bear that Demon's torture...and do all of his biddings... I lost every reason I had to keep going...so I became a Demon there myself...!!! I killed so many Mortal Ponies there... I had no choice but to... It didn't take long...before I lost my Mind! My Heart was already broken and lost...but then my Mind....it was gone too..... My Soul was all that was left for me to cling to... It was the only thing left for me to protect...so... I learned how to kill...and kill...and K I L L ! ! ! ! ! ! Do you want to know how many lives I took before Tartarus itself even could?! T O O  M A N Y ! ! ! ! ! ! Then I came back...just to find my whole WORLD gone because of that abomination... *Glares at Nightraid* that he killed...! Looks back to Aphrodite Do you get it now?! I BECAME A MONSTER BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE! You...were supposed to be there for me... You were supposed to prevent all this!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU!?!?!?

SCORE: Respite (Undertale) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekx-WU…

Aphrodite:.......Styx....

Dream Vania: What...?

Aphrodite: Styx...she is the cause of all of this... She wanted all of this to happen… She planned everything so carefully…

Aeon: *Sighs* (Of course…with my control over the Time Rift in her grasp, she must have had all the Time and resources to plot out this whole scenario.)

Author: (And she took my Pen so she could organize it all. We BOTH slipped up big time there…)

Dream Vania: You...are putting the blame on someone else?! Are you SERIOUS?!?!

Aphrodite: She...defeated me... She killed me in my Physical form...and removed me from the Mortal Plain... I was sealed away from your World.

Eros: And she could not return in the state that she was in... Mom...it's not her fault! Styx is to blame for all of this. She planned it all out!

Dream Vania:….Stay out of this!!!

Eros: *Sneers* No! I won’t! Not with you pitting something on my mom when she doesn’t deserve it!

Aphrodite: Listen…please… In the time I was absent...so many horrible things happened because of her influence on the World.... Hatred and Despair took over and removed as many threats as possible.

Dream Vania: But you seriously couldn’t have come back?!

Nightraid: Don't you think she wanted to!?

Dream Vania:…!

Nightraid: If she could, you know she would have! I get it, you had it rough, but don't you think she had it that way too!? She hated herself because not only was she unable to help you, but also her whole family! You’re able to read Hearts, right?! You should already know how she’s feeling!

Dream Vania: *Feels something burning in her chest*

Nightraid: She’s hurting too! Her own son became evil because she couldn’t help him but It wasn't her fault, it was all STYX AND BAAL!!! They did this to everyone! Not just you! If anything, you should direct your hate to them, not her!

Dream Vania:.....Styx........she...... She told me it was...Destiny... That Fate itself kept you from me... That it decided that we would turn out like this… And I...accepted her.....

Eros: You said you lost your Mind, right? That was before she got to you, wasn't it?

Dream Vania:............

Eros: The fact that you were in that state of Mind was exactly what she wanted. She needed a vessel so she could pull one over on Baal... You were the vessel she was waiting for.

Aphrodite: You...

Eros: Your son told me everything while we were restoring the rest of the Lost Souls in the section of Baal that held Ethereal Spirits down. It wasn't exactly easy... Neither to hear all of what he told me...nor reaching out to everyone that were devoured.

[Flashback]

SCORE: His Theme (Undertale) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkOK8t…

D. Eros: So you really think this'll work? Restoring all of these victims so they can help you two this fight?!

L. Eros: Yeah, that's exactly what we're counting on!

D. Eros: It's so funny... We both started out the same...but became so different...

L. Eros: What do you mean?

D. Eros: Let me fill you in on a little secret... You and Nightraid may be able to defeat Baal...that, I'm fairly certain... You've given me that much Hope at least... But, not everyone here will agree. You'll be lucky enough to get at least half of them to listen to and support you... I couldn't... You think I didn't try when I first got assimilated by Baal?! I.......tried......but failed..... No one would listen... They couldn't...

L. Eros: Of course they couldn't. Baal jammed up their senses so they couldn't see, hear, or feel anything except their worst Fear and Despair. But that's why we just need to break through their dark auras and get to their Hearts! If we can break through that Despair and set them free, Hope will return to them! No matter how many we find, no matter how stubborn they may be, we'll reach out to them! We'll get through to them! We can do this! I know we can!

Euphrosyne: *As she passes by* It will be a challenge, and a bit tedious. But what is important is that we keep at it! You are both right, though.

L. Eros: Huh?

Euphrosyne: Logically speaking, it is true that not everyone here will listen to reason, no matter how hard we try to get through to them. Some of the dark thoughts that keep them locked in their current states may be so great that it could have or already has transformed them from Souls into Demons...

L. Eros:......I see.... If that is the case, then the only thing we can do for them is keep them at bay. Neither fighting nor reasoning will do anything more than waste time. Focus solely on the ones that WILL listen! They are the other ones chosen to be saved. But whatever you do, just don’t surrender!)

D. Eros: Oh good, I thought I was gonna have an argument or something there.

L. Eros: Nah! I'm not difficult to teach! But remember this! You’re never a failure unless you give up! All you have to do is keep trying and pushing forward until you REALLY can’t go any further! And if you feel like there’s really nothing left to lose…that’s when you win! Isn’t that what Hope really is? *Winks*

D. Eros:………………. *Eyes glow and he blinks, feeling something in his Heart* What Hope…really is…

[Flashback Ends]

Eros: He told me that we wouldn't be able to save everyone, but what mattered then…and now, is that we still try to! That’s what we’re supposed to do!

Dream Vania:........

Eros: But...in regards to all you've endured... After going through all that, anyone would have the right to complain... I know how it feels.

Dream Vania: W-What…?

Aphrodite:.....Eros...

Nightraid: You're not the only one who had to walk a tough road, I had too as well... Even though my suffering pales in comparison of yours, the pain of loneliness, the pain of isolation, the pain of losing someone you love right in front of you... begins to tear up I've felt all of it...

Love Breeze: Nightraid...

Eros: And if you want to talk about Tartarus... I can talk to you anytime about that...

Dream Vania: You…? But…you’re an Angel…aren’t you?

Eros: Yeah, but that doesn’t change the fact that I was lost in Tartarus at one point like you. And so was Dad… *Points to Advent*  The only thing either of us had that kept us going was our respective Core Trait, the Free Will that helped us keep our Souls from turning into...well…what could have been.

Dream Vania:..........

Eros: (Though it looks like it’s completely different for him… Wait, now that I think about it, in all this, I forgot a big elephant in the room! Where’s Dad?! Advent’s Ethereal Spirit?! Uzziel! Where is he?!)

Nightraid: That…goes for me too! I could've been a shadow of my former self... I could have become another one of Styx’ puppets…for a short time…I was…

Euphrosyne: The pain of loss...unwarranted suffering... We've all gone through it. Even in the best case scenarios, even when all of our efforts get us to the highest peak, we still lose something along the way... You are not alone.

Dream Vania: I'm........not.......? You don't get it... I doubt any of you have lost your own former selves.... How many of you lost what was left of your own identities?! Have you any idea what it's like to become nothing but a husk inhabited by the worst being imaginable! No! NONE OF YOU DO! The only one like that here.... *Looks back to Advent* Is him... You say I'm not alone...but how am I supposed to believe that when the only other one who REALLY knows me is as silent as a vegetable?! And even if I COULD talk to him… I… *Tears up* I don’t…..*Shudders coldly* I…..can’t…..

Author: *Sighs* Hate to say it, Aeon, but I think the damage done here might actually be irreversible.

Soul Wind & Thanatos: No kidding...

Aeon: I wouldn't be too sure just yet.

Dream Vania: The only other one to truly understand me was Styx... You all see her as your enemy...and I can see why...but at least she understood me! At least she was THERE!!! But... Even then… She abandoned me...too….. Is…is that what this was supposed to be…for me…a life of being used…and tossed aside like a used up tool?! It must be…after all…I became a slave for one…food for another…a slave again for one more…..and then…a weapon for the last one…DEMONS!!! A slave…a broken toy! That’s all my life was after Mama and Papa died… I wanted to die too… I just wanted to so badly…just so I could finally see them again…but... Death finally came to take me away, but it was worse than even Tartarus itself... And...she didn't even stay with me. I got eaten...she just went back to Tartarus to enjoy her victory... She got what she wanted out of me...and tossed me aside like I was nothing... I thought I could be happy once I was finally dead...but the nightmares still went on... Hope...Faith...L o v e . . . I had nothing of any of them... I was alone.......