Twilight dodged as Applejack jumped at her. "Applejack! Stop!"
They had managed to find Applejack, she was like a bull in a china shop, only the shop was Nightwish's art shop. Shining Star tried to grab Applejack but she was a lot stronger then the others.
"You don't get to tell me what to do! I'm not your servant!" Applejack growled.
"Your not my servant, your my friend!" Twilight shouted.
"Your nothing but a user and a liar!" Applejack said. "You don't deserve your alicorn powers!"
"I..." Twilight hung her head believing her.
"You know that's not true Twilight, that's Sombra talking not Applejack!" Shining Star said grabbing Applejack only to get thrown off. "Oof!"
"Your right Shining Star, I can't let them get to me!" Twilight tackled Applejack and pinned her. "Your not yourself Applejack!"
"Get off me!" Applejack shouted in anger.
Shining Star readies her spell and held Applejack's head still and placed her horn on her head. Applejack's eyes glowed and the darkness flowed out of her and into Shining Star's horn. "Ahh!"
Applejack shook her head and looked at the two confused. "Twilight...and uh.."
"Applejack! Your okay!" Twilight said hugging her. "I'm so glad!"
"I'm sorry about what I did Twilight...I guess you don't want to stay friends with me huh?" Applejack said sitting up.
"Don't be silly, we could never not be friends" Twilight said with a smile.
"Twilight look at the sky" Shining Star looked up to the sky.
Twilight looked up and saw the dark cloud was slowly stop and was disappearing. "I hope this is a good sign"
"I think Sombra's hold is slipping" Shining Star pointed out as her horn formed dark crystals around the tip. "Ooohhh..."
"He's hold is slipping, but so is your mind, we need to find a vessel for that darkness in you" Twilight said. "Maybe we should stop and get that evil out of you"
"We don't have time Twilight, we know that his hold is affecting your friends the most" Shining Star said.
"But look at your horn. It's being affected by the darkness" Twilight said.
"We can worry about that later, trust me Twilight" Shining Star said with a smile.
"But...you can't trust me.." Twilight said hanging her head.
Shining Star ignored that part and looked at Applejack. "Can you walk? You need to get to the castle, Cadance is waiting for you girls, she'll heal you"
Applejack nodded and get back up. "Thanks, I'll see you later Twilight"
"Yeah" Twilight said. They got up and dusted off before heading out again. Shining Star wasn't looking good, she looked sickly and weak now. Twilight didn't know how she was able to handle the darkness inside of her, not even she was that good. "You okay?"
"I'll be fine" Shining Star said, Twilight could tell she was lying but she knew whatever she said wasn't going to help.
"We only have to find two more" Twilight pointed out.
"Whoa!" Sharp Petal was thrown past them.
"Sharp!?" Twilight gasped seeing Sharp fly past them.
Sharp Petal landed on the ground. "Ow..."
"Don't you dare pity me! I'm still better then you even if I'm blind!" Rainbow Dash said wheeling up. "I'm blind not a loser!"
"Rainbow Dash!?" Twilight turned to face her. "What are you doing!?"
"Twilight!? Oh great another loser to deal with" Rainbow Dash sighed annoyed.
"Remember Twilight, she's not herself" Shining Star whispered to her.
"I know" Twilight said. "Rainbow Dash, you have to stop, this isn't you!"
"What would you know!? Your the great princess after all!" Rainbow Dash wheeled over towards her voice.
Shining Star sneaked behind her and cast the spell on Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash however jumped out of her wheelchair and tackled Twilight to the ground. "I'll show you who's the better flyer!"
"Get off me!" Twilight struggled against her.
"Oh come on!" Shining Star said annoyed and went over to them and placed her horn on Rainbow Dash releasing the darkness inside her and into her horn. Her horn tip turned red and bent a little as the darkness crystals formed more around her horn. "Ahhhh!"
"Whoa...huh?" Rainbow Dash sat up a little. "What happened?"
"You were being controlled by Sombra's magic, but thanks to a friend your safe" Twilight said.
Shining Star looked around with only her eyes and saw Sombra appear before her. "Hello, you managed to hide yourself well by making...ugh...friends, but now with so much evil inside of you, I can finally have a chat with my dear daughter"
"Wha...what are you talking about? My father wasn't a king, he was...was..I don't really know.." Shining Star said backing up.
"Your right, your father wasn't a king. He was THE king!" Sombra approached her. "The princess's tried to hide it from you, your true past"
"You...you were the one that killed my mom!" Shining Star her eye twitching as darkness flowed around her. "Your lying!"
"Am I?" Sombra asked licking his lips. "You have your mother's looks, she was just too pretty to kill, so I let her go, I don't know what happened to her after that. But I remember making you in her belly, poisoning her with darkness as I took her by force. Haha!"
"You...then...what does that make me?" Shining Star asked with wide eyes.
"You were born from my seed as I raped your mother, your only purpose was to serve as my vessel should mine be destroyed" Sombra said with a grin.
"No...then all my life...I was lead to believe...a lie?" Shining Star asked.
"I made sure you were a perfect body. I had you thrown in that room to keep you from aging, everything that happened to you as a child was meant to keep you my new body, however I didn't count on you making friends. It made it impossible to reach you" Sombra explained.
Shining Star felt him trying to enter her mind and she pushed him away. "I hate you! All I ever wanted was a family!"
"Family is pointless. Give in!" Sombra grabbed her by her arms.
"No! Leave me alone!" Shining Star shouted, her horn glowed and a bright light hit him.
"Ahhh! You dare!?" Sombra growled backing away from her. "I will have my body back, and you will give me your body willingly!"
He vanished and Shining Star came back into reality. Twilight was in front of her looking worried. "Are you okay?"
"Twilight..." Shining Star was in tears looking at her shocked. "I saw him...my real father.."
"Oh no...Shining Star, I'm so sorry..." Twilight didn't know what to say, she didn't think this was the way she would find out about her past.
"You knew!?" Shining Star asked.
"We all did...we were just trying to look out for you, I swear!" Twilight tried to explained.
"You could have just told me!" Shining Star said wiping away some forming tears. "I always held on to some kind of hope that I had a family, that maybe I wasn't alone. But no! My father is one of the greatest evils in the world! And my mother didn't die, she left me!"
"I wish there was something I could do Shining Star. But right now we need to focus on stopping him and Rarity is the last one we need to get" Twilight said.
"I..yeah..okay" Shining Star said with a nod. "I feel sick..."
"Don't give in to him Shining Star. Your not alone anymore" Twilight put a hand on her shoulder. "You have a lot of friends now, including me"
Shining Star felt a lot better now. They helped Rainbow Dash on her wheelchair and Twilight looked her over. "Rainbow Dash? How are you feeling?"
"Still blind, and feeling as useless as ever" Rainbow Dash said plainly.
"Hmm..." Shining Star looked at her and smiled. "I might be able to help you Rainbow Dash, once we save Rarity I'll see what I can do"
"Really? I don't even know you" Rainbow Dash said.
"Twilight you'll have to take Rainbow Dash back to Cadance, I'll go find Rarity" Shining Star said. "I can cure her and be back with you in no time"
"Alright, just be careful" Twilight took Rainbow Dash and left with her.
Shining Star turned around and saw a quick flash before Rarity was right there, she was holding a book of forbidden magic and she was wearing a black robe with dark blue gems around it. "Oh I'm sorry, did you say you could cure me? HA!"
"Rarity? Is that you?" Shining Star asked.
"Well yes and no" Rarity said in a strange tone. "I've come for you my daughter!"
"Wait...your Sombra using Rarity's body!" Shining Star said as she realized the truth.
"That's right, it was easy with her being the weakest of that foolish group, and now you will give me your body or something bad might happen to this girl" Rarity said in Sombra's voice.
Shining Star sighed. She knew she had no choice now, she was about to speak when a blast of pink came out of nowhere and hit Rarity. "Gah! What!?"
Trixie came running up and grabbed Shining Star. "Hurry!"
"Wait! Who are you!?" Shining Star asked. "You don't understand, I have to stay!"
Trixie ignored her and ran off into Misty's house. She checked the windows and checked the upstairs only to find Misty and the others there. "Misty?"
"Trixie? What are you doing here?" Misty asked.
"I'm trying to figure out what's going on in this crazy town!" Trixie said.
"You two know each other?" Sharp Petal asked.
"We had a one night stand, I was mainly drunk from all the cider I had" Misty said rather calmly.
"Oh wow, that's really bad" Nightwish said. "I wish Melody was here though, with her magic we would stand a chance out there"
"Anyway, can we please stay here for awhile?" Trixie asked.
"We?" Misty asked confused.
Shining Star walked up with Trixie and the girls smiled. "Your that friend of Twilight's aren't you?"
"Uh...yeah.." Shining Star said hiding under her hood, but she didn't understand why these girls weren't affected. "Can I ask you something?"
"What?" Misty asked.
"How are you not affected by the evil out there?" Shining Star asked.
"I might be able to answer that" Trixie said. "I believe it deals with the heart, it's only a theory but Sombra can't affect the pure of heart"
"Pure of heart...that would explain a lot actually" Shining Star said. "But that girl...Rarity, Sombra is holding her body hostage, he wants my body in exchange"
"You can't give him what he wants, if Sombra truly comes back, we're all dead" Sharp Petal said.
"I know...but Twilight's friend..." Shining Star couldn't just abandon Twilight's friend.
"We'll save her, but right now we need a plan" Winter Sugar said.
"Oh Shining Star? Come on out and give me what belongs to me!" Rarity called out from outside.
They all quickly hid and Shining Star watched from the edge of the window. Rarity was looking around annoyed, she growled as she continued on.
Misty sighed as she could finally breath. "This is really bad"
"Okay Ms. Whatever your name is, what can we do to stop Rarity?" Trixie asked.
"I've never done this before, I thought I could take the evil out of her with a spell but she's the center of the darkness right now" Shining Star explained. "I can't take all that evil out of her without something to put it all in"
"Something to put it? Will this work?" Trixie asked taking out a crystal with a alicorn symbol etched into it. "I don't really know what this is, but I found it when I-uh was in the castle of the two sisters once"
"You stole a relic from the old castle!?" The girls asked in shock at the same time.
"You dirty thief! I thought you were better then that!" Winter Sugar yelled at her.
"Hey! Leave her be Winter Sugar!" Misty said getting between them and faced Trixie. "Why did you take that?"
"I...I thought I could sell it to get some money...I was just wanting a warm meal for once..." Trixie said looking away.
Misty couldn't be mad at Trixie, unlike the others she knew about Trixie's past. She went over to her and hugged her. "I'm sorry Trixie, but can we use that relic? We need it to save the town"
"Yeah...go ahead, I don't need to eat anyway" Trixie said giving the crystal to Shining Star.
Shining Star nodded and focused the darkness inside of her into the crystal to test it. Sure enough the darkness was trapped in the crystal with ease. "It works, thank you Trixie. I'll see to it you get a meal from the palace after this"
"Thanks..." Trixie smiled a bit from this.
"Wow, your magic is a lot like alicorn magic" Nightwish pointed out.
"Oh uh...don't worry about that" Shining Star said. "You girls just stay indoors"
They all nodded and Shining Star walked downstairs. She felt a lot better now and her horn was back to normal. She realized Trixie was right about the pure heart. When the evil left her she felt her connection with Sombra cut off.
She headed outside with the crystal in hand, she looked around hoping not to run into Rarity to soon. "I wonder what my mother did when she left me to him.."
"There you are!" Rarity came out of the shadows and jumped at her.
Shining Star looked back and got hit onto the ground. "Ow!"
Rarity pinned her on the ground and licked her lips. "You naughty child! I made you, and I can break you just as I did to your mother!"
Shining Star growled at this. "You would rape your own flesh and blood!?"
"Rape is such a harsh word, I like to think of it as enjoying my soon to be body" Rarity said in Sombra's voice.
"I'm...not...your...body!" Shining Star said kicking her off. "I'm my own person and nothing you do will ever change that!"
"You foolish little brat! Your nothing, you were always alone and you will forever be alone!" Sombra said trying to get in her head.
"That's where your wrong! I have friends now, Twilight and her friends are my friends. Celestia, Cadance and Luna are my family now. So get out of my life and stay out!" Shining Star said casting the spell again. Her magic flared this time and she shot a wave of energy at Rarity.
Rarity dodged and growled. "You'll regret that!"
Shining Star grabbed Rarity and held her down. She used her spell and touched Rarity's horn with herself. The spell made Rarity's eyes and mouth glow. "Get out of her body!"
"NOOOOO!" Sombra's soul flowed out of Rarity and Shining Star held out the crystal making his evil flow into the crystal and sealed him away.
Shining let out a sigh of relief and smiled. "It's over..."
"Whoa...who?" Rarity took a deep breath and looked at Shining Star. "What happened?"
"My name is Shining Star" Shining Star said as she got up. "And you were taken control of by Sombra"
"I..I remember, he used me..." Rarity got up as well. "The things he made me do.."
"That wasn't you, he used your heart to attack us" Shining Star said.
"Thank you stranger...I owe you" Rarity said giving her a quick hug.
Shining Star and Rarity looked up and saw the sky become clear. "I'll take you home"
Twilight and Cadance was busy for the next couple hours fixing the citizens and all the damage, Shining Star was helping explain what had happened to Twilight's friends and the rest.
"And that's about it" Shining Star said keeping her hood on.
"I just have one more question" Fluttershy asked.
"What?" Shining Star cocked her head.
"Can we see what our hero looks like? You saved us and we have no idea who you are" Fluttershy pointed out.
"Oh uh.." Shining Star didn't know how to answer that.
"It doesn't matter, I'm just glad we're all okay" Rainbow Dash said.
"You know? After all this, I'm going to go see my family and forget about my jobs for awhile" Pinkie said happily.
"And I'm going to focus on my magic, but on my own pace. No shortcuts" Rarity said.
"I just want to see again" Rainbow Dash said.
"You know, I think I can help you" Shining Star said going over to her.
"You can?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Give me some time and I'll have something to fix you" Shining Star said.
"Thanks" Rainbow Dash said with a smile.
"You know? It might have been Sombra's influence that made me able to fly with such speed. But I'm actually grateful, now I can fly at a much faster speed" Fluttershy pointed out.
"You know? Sombra was a horrible jerk, but we all learned something from him about ourselves" Pinkie pointed out. "We're all better for it too"
"In a way yeah" Applejack said. "I'm done with thrill chasing"
"Haha! That's good" Nightwish laughed a bit.
Twilight walked in and smiled. "You girls okay?"
"We're good Twilight" Applejack said. "It's a little hard, but we understand what happened thanks to your friend here"
"I'm glad you girls are back to normal" Twilight said. "I was worried"
Twilight's friends went over and hugged her, Trixie went over to Shining Star and looked down at her feet. "So...what happens to us now?"
"Don't worry, in about one years time I'll have my own kingdom, and I'd like you to be there if you'd accept" Shining Star said.
"Maybe..I'll have to think about it" Trixie said. She had forgotten what it was like to have a home and she didn't know what to say. But she knew what she needed to say. "Excuse me"
Trixie then went over to Rarity and tapped her shoulder to get her attention. "Um.."
"Oh Trixie" Rarity turned to her and smiled. "What is it?"
"I wanted to say...I'm sorry, I stole your sister away from you and I embarrassed you in front of everyone...I can't ask for forgiveness, but..I hope-" Trixie spoke but Rarity put a finger on her lips making her stop.
"It's okay, I forgive you" Rarity said simply.
"Thank you" Trixie couldn't help smile.
"Good news everyone, Celestia and Luna wishes to celebrate our victory! And they have a special announcement" Twilight announced.
"Great!" The girls said in unison.
They headed out shortly after and Cadance took Shining Star back to the castle as quickly as she could without anyone seeing her. Celestia was rather upset with Cadance when she found them.
"Cadance I'm disappointed in you, bringing Shining Star out like that before she is ready is dangerous!" Celestia said.
"I'm sorry, but if she didn't come Ponyville would be a wreck" Cadance pointed out.
Celestia sighed. She knew Cadance spoke the truth, she was still worried though. "I know..I know"
"Can I speak with Celestia alone?" Shining Star asked Cadance. She nodded and walked out of the room into the hallway where Luna was listening in.
"What do you wish to talk about?" Celestia asked.
"It's about your offer actually, if it's still up, I'd like to accept it" Shining Star said.
"You would? Even though you know I lied to you?" Celestia asked.
"You lied to keep me safe, I don't blame you for it" Shining Star said. "It was because of you and everyone that I managed to stay off my fath-I mean Sombra"
"Well then, how about we make it official and reveal you to the world?" Celestia said with a smile.
"I'd like that" Shining Star said.
Luna and Cadance grinned and Luna hopped a little in joy. "That makes her family! Oh what joy we shall have!"
Misty and the others were outside waiting for a special announcement, Then a gray mare in a blue shirt and blue jean shorts, her eyes were gold and her hair was blonde, she hovered down and landed next to her. "Derpy!"
"Hey sweetie!" Derpy said happily. "What did I miss?"
"Just another world ending disaster, also I had a couple hours with Applejack, just so you know" Misty said as if it was normal for them.
"Applejack huh? That's a nice fling, did you have fun?" Derpy asked.
"You know I did cutie, now give me a kiss, I missed you" Misty said wrapping her eyes around her and kissed her on the lips.
"Mmmmm!" Derpy kissed her back and hugged her as well. Some of the crowd watched in awe at this but they didn't care.
Applejack blushed when Fluttershy gave her a funny look. "Uh..."
"Did you think we didn't know?" Fluttershy said. "It's perfectly normal Applejack, no need to be embarrassed"
"You mean you don't think less of me for...doing you know what with someone dating another?" Applejack asked.
"That's how their relationship works silly, It was Derpy's idea after all, and Misty is a special girl, so if you want to keep doing the deed with her, then go for it, nobody can judge you" Fluttershy pointed out.
"Thanks Fluttershy, that means a lot to me" Applejack smiled at her friend.
"It's finally happening huh?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah, it's amazing" Melody Bloom said. "I'm sorry I missed the action, I was only able to get Trixie to go out there to help"
"Trixie was there because of you? What do you mean?" Twilight asked.
"Well...I sort of...I talked to her about being one of your suitors" Melody confessed. "I was setting up a date with Flash Sentry and we got to talking.."
"Trixie...and me!?" Twilight wasn't sure if she was grossed out or interested. Both were making her feel odd.
"Flash and Trixie are both really good catches" Melody pointed out.
"I uh...that's true" Twilight admitted. She then saw Celestia and Shining Star turn around the corner.
"Are you ready Twilight?" Celestia asked walking up to them.
"Of course Celestia" Twilight said and headed off with her. Melody laughed and watched from the balcony.
Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Twilight all walked out onto the main balcony. Celestia smiled and spoke to the crowd. "Greetings to you all, today we celebrate the fall of king Sombra, but more importantly we celebrate the heroine who saved Ponyville and greet her into our kingdom with open arms!"
Luna turned to Shining Star and took off her cloak. "Go on, it's your time"
Shining Star nodded and slowly walked forward so everyone saw what she was. The crowd gasped in shock of seeing a new princess. Celestia then continued. "This is Shining Star, a bright beacon of light for those lost in darkness. And I am pleased to announce that she is my daughter from today onward!"
The crowd cried out in joy making Shining Star blush but she didn't back away scared. She was shaking but she was happy at the same time.
"I had no idea Celestia had a daughter!" Fluttershy said confused.
"Nether did ah!" Applejack said even more confused.
"I think it's wonderful!" Rarity said.
"Hey! What does she look like!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Is she as awesome looking as me?"
"I'd say so! She's blue and purple and pink! She's like walking candy!" Pinkie said happily.
"I hope you will all except her as my child as I have come to love her, she isn't my child by blood but she is family to me as Luna and Cadance are" Celestia said to the crowd.
After the announcement and all the cheering was done Shining Star was greeting all the fancy men and women, the men kissed her hand a lot for some reason and the women were all trying to get her attention for trivial things. It was a long day but the night fell in a couple hours but Shining Star had gotten to know Twilight's friends and the others. She was actually really happy to be known to the public.
"Your absolutely beautiful Shining Star, your name suits you" Rarity said looking her over with sparkles in her eyes. "To think your Celestia's daughter!"
"It is special, but I'm not the only special girl here, I heard about you all from Twilight, your all more special then me" Shining Star said.
"Don't sell yourself short darling, you saved all of us didn't you?" Rarity said.
"That's true, but I'm not one for taking credit" Shining Star pointed out.
"That was a mistake I made, but never again, from now on we all share the credit, no matter what" Twilight said.
"Thanks for accepting me girls, it means a lot" Shining Star said happily.
"Group hug!" The girls all shouted and hugged her all at once.
Shining Star hugged them all back. Only a few days ago she would never have thought any of this was possible. Now she had a family, a life of her own and the past was behind her. Celestia had locked the crystal away so Sombra could never escape his fate and now the world was open for Shining Star. She wanted to see it all, but first she was going to build a kingdom of her own as Celestia suggested.
THE END.