After explaining to the three, about her story and trying to get back home, Pinkie, known as Anna, gasped in surprise, while Scoots and AJ, known as Alice Jade, were surprised by this tale.
"Multiverse is real!?" said Anna.
"Anna, you first hoof seen it? Remember Heat? How her universe was crashing into ours?" explained Scoots, as she remembered her old friend.
"Oh, right silly me! Wait, you're from another multiverse and not from Heat's universe right?!" shouted Anna, as she turned back to Dash.
"Who?" asked Dash, but before anyone could say, a yellow floating AI pegasus appeared between them.
"Enmity?" said Scoots as she was taken by surprise of their new friend, who Bolt helped in saving her father from a evil moon.
"I sense a weird energy reading during Bolts fight with the evil moon. It wasn't the Elements or the Chaos readings, so I came here to check it out." said Enmity, as she looked at Dash and was surprised to see her.
"Hey, you look like Fluttershy!" said Dash, as Enmity was trying to process this, as she didn't know this Fluttershy person.
"What happened to Bolt? Why is she different?"
"I can explain it again." explained Dash, as she told her story a second time, with Enmity caught up as well.
"I see. Another universe version of Bolt and you are trying to get home?"
"Yeah, is that bad?" asked Dash
"No. In fact, I can help."
"Really, how!?"
"Follow me." smiled Enmity as she floated into the air.
"You sure about this, Enmity?" asked Scoots as she believed who Enmity was going to take Dash to.
"This is the best thing we can do." explained Enmity, as the group followed Enmity to a open cliff side, which had flowers.
There, Dash could see a another familiar face. Sitting on a large rock, was Discord but he was a different color, purple and red than his normal look.
"Father, my readings were correct. It wasn't the Element or the Chaos energy." Enmity told Discord as she hovered to him, who then petted her on the head.
"Good work. Let me guess, Enmity, the reason you brought them here is because you think I might help them with their problem, right?"
"Yes, she's not from this universe, she's not the same Bolt."
"Not from this universe? Not Bolt?" said Discord in confusion as turned around and noticed Dash. He was shocked at her.
"You're not our Bolt." said Discord as he was studying Dash, as he floated to her and started circling her. "She's a Pegasus, no, half-human, half-Pegasus...Interesting."
"Human?" asked Anna, as the group never heard of that name before
"She's from a universe where humans exist and they are the dominant race, but looking at her, she has half human DNA and normal pony DNA..."
"So a "human" is her? Wait, how you know this?" asked AJ, trying to understand this.
"I'm one of the Lord of Chaos. I know a lot of things, but you, I never expected you." smiled Discord as he floated back to his rock "You being here, starting to make more sense now."
"What are you talking about Discord?" asked Dash as she went up to him and glared.
"Easy, don't want to upset a powerful being, especially the Element of Loyalty."
"She's a Element? Like Accord and the emeralds?" questioned Scoots as she flew to them and wanted to know more.
"Yes, but the Elements in our universe is much different than her own, which takes form or shape, depending the creature who takes up the Elements. Ours are just emeralds and with enough power to transform somepony into a "super" state."
"A super state, you mean Super Bolt?" asked Anna, but Discord didn't answer as he was staring at Dash.
"What are you looking at?" asked Dash.
"The Element of Loyalty...I sense it in you but I sense another."
"Other what?"
"I sense two different Loyalty elements, but one is getting more stronger than the other." explained Discord as he looked away and stared up at the morning sky.
"Another?" questioned Dash, as she held her chest and was feeling something.
"Father, I'm not sensing anything from her, I'm not even sensing the elements. What are you seeing that I'm not?" asked Enmity as she flew next to him.
"Enmity, I want you to tell me, what's wrong with her?" asked Discord, ignoring her question.
"With her? Well, her personality is different than Bolts, less carefree and her body is different as well, but I'm not sensing anything strange from her other than that." explained Enmity, as Discord sighed.
"Enmity, the reason I'm sensing the two Loyalty energies is because, she's not the only one here. There's another person inside of her."
"What do you mean by "inside of her"?!" shouted Dash as she was shocked.
"Calm down, pal!" said AJ as her and others held her back, as she suddenly got up in Discord face.
"Inside of her?! Does that mean Bolt is trapped in there?!" asked Anna
"No." simply said Discord as he kept looking at the sky, not once turning to them.
"So, not Bolt. Who?" asked Scoots
"It's not my place to say. We all follow rules in every universe."
"Rules?" said Anna, but Dash pushed her and others off as a rainbow halo appeared behind her back, as she walked closer to Discord.
"Discord! Drop the bullshit! What are you trying to say about me!?" demanded Dash as her rainbow aura was starting to grow, but Enmity quickly flew in and stopped her.
"Stop! Don't hurt father!" ordered Enmity as she tried her best to keep Dash under control.
"He knows something, I can see it on his face. Tell me what's inside me. What's wrong with me!?"
"Dash, don't!" shouted Scoots, as she saw that Dash's wings were open and flapping with rage.
"Enough, calm down. Bolt would never act like this!" ordered Anna, but Dash kept getting madder.
"Enough! Tell me what's wrong with me!" demanded Dash
Discord finally look away from the sky and faced Dash, with no emotions in his voice, said "Do you remember her yet?"
Dash backed away, as she started to freak out. How did Discord know about her memory problems.
"Father?" said Enmity
"You, do you remember her yet?"
"...her face...she's a friend...I'm remembering her...wait, how did you know that?" questioned Dash.
"I have my ways. Tell me, if you are remembering her, you are getting closer to finding her but you are also getting closer to..." stopped Discord as he returned looking into the sky. Everyone followed him and suddenly saw it.
"What the hay is that!?" pointed AJ as she and others could see a black slime monster with two white eyes, as an image that was floating above in the sky, no, their universe.
"The end." finished Discord.
Dash was confused, as her body was starting to shake and her head was hurting, as she fell to her knees. The more she was shaking, the more her human traits were disappearing. Her body was losing mass and was turning into a Pegasus pony but she quickly returned to her normal state, like something was stopping it.
"What's going on? What's wrong with us?" asked Dash as she looked up to Discord, with fear in her eyes.
"You're not the only one's who was a passenger when you two jumped between universe. You are also carrying someone else."
"Someone...else?" whispered Dash, as she felt pain in her mind, as she placed her hand on her face "Wait, why did I say "us"? Wasn't there someone else with me before?"
"Father, what are you talking about?! Who else is there, what's going on!? Tell us!"
"I can't. Even telling you this is breaking the rules."
"Rules?" everyone said
"The multiverse has rules. Things need to happen, no matter what. The further the multiverse branches from the prime universe, there will be different outcomes. Different takes from the prime universe events, different outcomes to different telling of things. But, the more it branches, the more the universe starts to completely drop, change or add things. They become different, completely new. A completely new take on someone or everyone lives. For example, Bolt is a hero in this universe, who's fate is to stop me from destroying this world but in the prime universe, we're friends because of a certain yellow Pegasus..." sadly said Discord as he petted his AI daughter.
"A completely new take on someone lives...?" whispered Dash
"That's what makes you, "you". Every universe, every reality, there's an infinite amount of possibilities. An infinite number of versions of "you" across the multiverse, but that's not the main point. The point is, you can't change your fate, as it's written in stone. In one universe, you and your friends stop a world ending event but another, you don't. It's how things work. That's the rule, don't change things or the infected dead branch will spread and kill the roots. And if the roots dies, so will the whole tree."
"What does this have to do with me? Are you saying that there's someone else in my body that's want to change something?!" asked Dash as her hands were on her face and crying, as she didn't know why.
Discord stood up and looked down at Dash, with anger in his voice, he spoke "Why couldn't you let it go? Why couldn't you accepted your fates? Because of you, the whole multiverse is gonna die!"
"No! That's not what I wanted!" shouted Dash, as her face was in shock, she didn't say that but it was as if someone forced her to say it.
"What do you mean, "that's not what I wanted"? Tell me! What did you wanted!?"
"I wanted to save her! I wanted her back! I didn't want her to die! I'm not going to give up!" shouted Dash as she didn't realize that she said it herself, without force. She was surprised by her words, she never felt this way before.
"That's not how it's suppose to be. You're suppose to give up and accept your fate, not jump through the multiverse. Your story was to find her and accept her death. Accepted the death of your whole world!"
"No! I won't give up! I'm going to save her!" screamed Dash as a second rainbow halo appeared behind her back, as she roar with rage and tackle Discord off the cliff.
"FATHER!" shouted Enmity, as Dash flew out to sea and punching Discord.
"Stop!" yelled Anna, but they were to far away now to hear her.
Scoots quickly thought of something and took off back to the field they were at, as she found her orange plane and hop in.
"Bolt, I wish you were here but I'll stop this!" shouted Scoots, as she started the plane and took off. She pressed a button on the plane, transforming it into a jet fighter mode. With this form, Scoot blasted off where Dash and Discord were.
Meanwhile, Dash was beating on Discord and was still screaming.
"I won't give up, not ever! I don't care if you or anyone thinks I should, I'm not giving up! I'm saving her and nothing can stop me!"
Discord was just taking the hits, he didn't fight back. "What is it with you? What makes you think you have a choice in all this? The rules..."
"I don't give a fuck about the rules!" shouted Dash as the two rainbow halo behind her back glowed brightly.
"I'm not gonna give up and you can't stop me. I will get her back, I don't care what anyone says!"
"Dash, that's what's why rules are there, to keep everything going. If you against it, you create "that"." coughed Discord as he pointed to the slime monster in their universe. "You are creating the end of everything!"
"I'm not gonna let that thing get me!"
"It's not after you! It's after everyone!"
Dash looked up at the sky, to the slime creature.
"Why? Why is it there? What's it doing?!"
"It's trying to spread itself. It's gonna make dead branches and infect the prime universe."
"But, why!?"
"Because, like I said, this is what happens when the rules are broken. It's gonna kill everything and everyone. And if it spreads to the prime universe, it'll kill that as well. The End. Nothing, all life in the multiverse will be gone. You got to let her go..."
"Let her go? I can't, not now, not ever. She was my world and I won't leave her!"
"She's gone..."
"SHE'S NOT!"
"I'm sorry..."
"SHUT UP!"
"It's time to move on..."
"NO! I'm saving her!"
"You got to accept that..."
"I CAN'T, I'LL NEVER ACCEPT IT!" screamed Dash with rage as she punched Discord in the face and sent him flying across the ocean. She's filled with rage, so much, that a third rainbow halo appeared behind her like the others.
"FATHER!" shouted Enmity in fear and sorrow, as she appeared and caught him in her small arms.
"Foolish daughter...run..." coughed Discord as his blood was falling out of his mouth
"But..." Enmity held on to Discord and started to cry, she wasn't going to leave her father.
Dash saw this and got furious, the third halo grew brighter and her eyes became blank. She's filled with so much rage, so much, that a fourth rainbow halo appeared behind her back.
"I'M NOT GIVING UP AND NO ONE IS STOPPING ME, RULES OR NOT!"
"Father!" cried out Enmity as she held Discord tight as a bright Rainbow aura appeared around Dash.
Dash was filled with so much anger, she wanted to kill them but she froze. She watch the little AI Pegasus holding Discord so tight and crying. She remember something, something from her past, as static filled her vision.
The static faded and Dash vision was like a worn out video tape, as she held ashes in her hooves. She was crying, as the world was burning all around.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't save you." she cried as she was holding the ashes to her charred burning chest. "I will never let you go..."
She looked up and could hear a voice, telling her to finish it. Break the world.
"What? Finish it? Finish what?"
The world is already dying, break it! Lets finish it together.
"Break?"
Break the world and you will be with her forever.
"With her?"
The voice said yes and Dash smiled. She closed her eyes and could hear the voice again, as her eyes turned blank.
"Break the world...and be with her...be with you...Breaker..."
Her vision burned away into the whiteness. She blinked and could see herself in a white void.
"What was that?" said Dashie
"No clue." said Dash, as she appeared next to her human version.
"Dash! You are alive!" cried Dashie as she hugged her pony version
"Miss you too!" laughed Dash as rubbed Dashie head
"I'm sorry..."
Both Dashes turned to the figure that was sitting in front of them, with her back towards them.
"Who are you?"
"You should know who I am, Rainbow Dash."
"No clue. Why are you here?"
"I'm here because...I want to apologize."
"Apologize?" questioned both Dashes.
"I'm sorry. I should have never made that choice. It was too late for me, it was too late to stop myself from making the wrong choice but I'm going to make things right, I promise."
"Make things right?" asked Dashie
"I'm going to save her, no matter the cost. I'm sorry for everything."
"Sorry for what? Saving her? Who are you!? Why did you took over Dashie body!?" shouted Dash
"I'm sorry for not saving her."
"Sorry?" questioned Dashie, as tears was falling out of her eyes.
"I couldn't save her, no matter how hard I try, I couldn't save her. She was gone. She's not coming back."
"But..." cried Dash, as tears was filling up her eyes as well.
"I'm sorry for making that choice. That choice, that choice that broke me..."
"What choice?"
"I couldn't save her...so I made a new one..."
"New?"
"To break everything..."
"Break everything?"
"Yes. To break everything, if I couldn't be with her..."
"But why? Why would you do that?"
"Because..."
The figure turned around and quickly melted into a black ooze looking pony as it screamed out to them.
"BECAUSE WE'RE MEANT TO BREAK EVERYTHING!" laughed the monster.
Both Dash was horrified by what they saw and quickly stepped back.
"Who are you?" asked Dash, as she was backing up.
"My name is...Rainbow Breaker."
"Rainbow Breaker? What's going on?!"
"Break!"
The monster attack them but froze in place, as something or someone controlling it's body, as rainbow tears were falling out of its eyes.
"Please, save her...remember her...It's why I sent you away..."
"Sent away?" said both Dashes
"I couldn't save her but maybe, just maybe, you can..."
"Wait!"
"Find her..."
The monster's body was melting away into the whiteness, leaving a small piece of a rainbow shard behind. Dash and Dashie slowly walked up to it but stopped, as a third version of them walked up to the shard and picked it up.
"I will. I'll save her."
Both Dashes were confused by the third version.
"Sorry you two, I'm taking the wheel again."
The white void engulfed everyone and Dash was back in the real world and seeing Enmity and Discord in front of her. She finally let go of her rage and the halos on her back faded away.
"I'm sorry...for hurting you..." cried Dash
"You finally took over?" questioned Discord but before he could get a answer, a energy ball came out from nowhere and landed on Dash back, shocking her.
"AGH!"
Enmity and Discord was thrown back from the force, as Dash was being electrocuted and screaming.
"ENOUGH OF THIS!" yelled Scoots as she fired another energy ball from her plane cannon, hitting Dash again.
"AAAAAGH!"
All three watched as Dash lost consciousness from the attacks and fell into the ocean below. Stinking into the bottom of the ocean floor. As her body lay there, a metal arm came from above and grabbed her. Slowly taking her back to the surface, revealing Scoots saved her.
"Scoots, listen to me. You need to find the Rainbow Ruby!" said Discord as he flew next to Scoots in her plane.
"Rainbow Ruby?"
"Yes, don't remember that ruby from a few years back?"
Scoots tried to remember and did, she remember the Rainbow Ruby and how she, AJ and Bolt were teleported to places to their past adventure as they fought Discord and Chaos Spirits.
"Yes, I remember the ruby now but why?"
"It can help her remember "her" and it will send her back to her universe. Bolt is in danger. She's fighting against "that" and is losing, even super state 2 isn't enough." explained Discord as they look up and see a golden light fighting the ooze monster and flickering in and out.
"No!"
"Quick, she doesn't have much time."
"But where is the Ruby?"
"It's somewhere on Gala island. After you find it and make her remember, let her take the Master Element Emerald with her. Bolt is going need "those" again. Now go!"
"Right! But where are you going?" asked Scoots as she could see Discord and Enmity disappearing
"Going to meet my other selves." smirk Discord as they vanished into thin air
Scoots flew back to the island, and picked up her friends and told them what they needed. AJ didn't like this but if it had to save Bolt, she would help, same with Anna as both hop into the plane and headed to Gala island, that was floating above the sea.
As they arrived and landed at the shrine of the Master Element Emerald, Scoots quickly got to work.
"How are we going to find the Ruby?" asked Anna
"Well, that's where AJ comes in."
"Sugar cube, you can count on me! I can find any stone on my island!" wink AJ as she stormed off into the forest with great haste.
"I will stay and keep a eye on "Bolt"." said Anna, as she watched Scoots work on a device before getting out of the plane and checking on Dash.
"Ok." replied Scoots as she continued to work on a device.
After a hour later, Dash opened her eyes, as she could hear voices.
"So, this is the Rainbow ruby." said Anna as she was looking at the ruby and watching AJ handing it to Scoots.
"Would had been here faster, if it wasn't for a certain diamond dog!" snapped AJ, as a certain diamond dog came out from a hole in the ground and looked up at her, Dash could see it had a white fur and fancy dark purple hair.
"Hehehe, Sorry darling. Didn't mean to steal it from you. Just saw it and must have it!"
"Rarity..." sighed Anna.
Scoots was looking at the sky before she turned to Dash and noticed she was awake.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" asked Scoots, as she floated towards her.
"Like a truck ran me over."
"That's good to hear, means my weapon was effected against you." smiled Scoots as she pointed a smaller version of her planes cannon gun, at her face.
"You can say that." groaned Dash, as she sat up and looked at her. "I'm not fighting you. I lost it back there and I'm sorry."
Scoots and everyone wasn't sure to believe her but Scoots didn't lower her weapon.
"Look Discord asked us to give you two things. First, here." said Scoots as she tossed a rainbow ruby stone at Dash, caught it and her eyes went wide.
"This is a rainbow shard? but it's so huge!"
"Not a shard. It's the Rainbow Ruby, It's a ruby that can teleport you to your past events or people you met. Thing caused a lot of trouble years ago."
"Really?"
"Yeah, after the last time it was used. We didn't know where the Ruby went or what happen to it but it seems it landed on Gala again. So, use it." explained Scoots.
"How?"
"Think of the person or the time you want to go back to. After remembering the past, it will send you back here."
Dash thought about it and she knew who she wanted to go back to, the pony that she was trying to remember so hard for and she held the ruby tight. The Ruby glowed brightly and surrounded Dash with a rainbow light, before teleporting her away.
"Where did it send her?" asked Anna, as she watched the rainbow light fade.
"To where she needed to be." smiled Scoots.
Dash opened her eyes and could see she was in a city. It was a beautiful sunny day, as the sun was in the middle of the sky, and the streets were filled with ponies and other creatures. She was looking around and didn't recognize where she was.
"Where am I?"
"What's wrong?"
"Huh?"
Dash turned to the pony that was talking and could see "her" again. All three flickering between each other.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just wondering where we are."
"We're at Spark city, silly. Where else would we be?" laughed "her"
Dash could only smile, as she held her hoof/hand out for Dash to grab. Dash grabbed her hoof/hand, and they continued their walk together.
"It's nice here, right Rainbow?"
"Isn't it?"
"Yeah, ever since the war ended between the two sisters all those years ago, its been peaceful. I heard the war ended
when both kingdoms were destroy by a weapon. I wonder what would had happened if that war had continued on. The two sisters never spoke about the reason they fight in the first place."
"Really?"
"Yeah. The only thing we do know is, it brought peace. Peace between all. All the creatures are free to walk these lands and cities. The sisters war ending faster, created this world and its our home."
"I'm glad you like this place." smiled Dash, as she flicker between her three different versions
"It's my favorite place. I love walking down these streets and talking to everyone. This place has everything but you made it more peaceful. You defeated the gangs and those that wanted the sisters war to be a thing again. Thank you." smiled "her"
"It's the least I can do..." Dash took "her" hand/hoof and held it tight. "You are my world. My everything, you gave me so much love, joy and happiness, I can't imagine my life without you."
"Same for me. I would do anything for you. No matter what, I will always be by your side. I love you."
"Love you too."
Dashes closed their eyes and started to cry.
"I want this memory to go on forever but the memory we need isn't this one. I'm sorry.." said the third Dash, as her eyes were crying out rainbow tears.
The memory around Dash started to crack and fade, as the another memories appeared. Stepping out of the third Dash, was Rainbow Dash and Dashie, as they saw all the memories of the girl they needed to remember. They were reliving their lives within seconds. All the happy memories they ever had with them. All the good, the bad and the in-between, every memory was important. Dashie could only watch with tears in her eyes and was being embraced by Rainbow Dash, who also was crying.
"We need to remember..." said Dashie
"Remember...who?"
"Her..."
Dash could only watch, as the memories kept playing. Dash remember all the adventure she had with and memories that had her missing, was fixed. Her mind was clear and full of them.
"I remember..."
Dashie looked up and smiled, as she too remembered her. How could they forget her? them? The most important person and pony in their lives. They finally remember them, as their faces flashes between each memory.
"You remember, who they are..."
Dash and Dashie look over and could see the third Dash, sitting there, waiting for their replies.
"We do." said both girls.
"I'm happy, that you two could finally remember them." smiled the third Dash "Can you tell me their names?"
"We can. Her name is-" said both Dashes as they breath in and shouted at the same time "Twilight Sparkle Twilah Finkelstein!"
The third Dash watched as both girls broke down in tears and crying.
"She is the most beautiful and greatest pony, that anyone could ever meet. She's a egghead and a bookworm but she's a great friend, a friend that will help you no matter what. Twilight is my bestie!"
"She's my friend, my soulmate, the girl I love and adore. I can't live without her. I love her, I want to her that!" cried Dashie
"Good. Now, its time. It's time for you to head back, your universe will start to pull you back home. You need to stop her before it's too late." said the third Dash as she took out a rainbow gem, as all the shards they had, fused with the ruby and became a necklace. She put it on and smiled at it.
"What about you?" asked Dash as she and Dashie walked up to her
"Yeah, we seen your memories. You were the shards, weren't you? We know why you sent it to us. You wanted a avatar, didn't you? You wanted us to remember "them" so, you could take over our bodies, right?"
"Yes...but after being with you two, seeing your memories of "her", then my blind rage in my failure and not letting go...I don't deserve-"
"Come on, you do!" said Dash as she and Dashie wrapped their arms around her.
"Let us help you. Together, we can beat her and stop her!" said Dashie
"Yeah, don't be a coward! Your not alone in this." said Dash as she hugged the third Dash.
"I can't."
"You can and will." said Dashie as she hugged her as well.
"B-but you two will lose who "you" were."
"It doesn't matter, we are Rainbow Dashes and we're awesome, right?" smirked Dash as she winked at the third Dash
"Right. Come on, let us help you!"
The third Dash could only look at them and started to cry, before wrapping her arms around them and nodding her head.
"I would like that. I would like to save her."
"Good." said both girls, as the necklace started to glow brightly, and all three girls became one.
Scoots and the others watched as Dash returned but was much different, even her friends were confused by the new look.
"I see something happened?" said Scoots as she lowered her weapon.
"Yeah and tell Discord thanks. By the way, what was the second thing you wanted to give me?"
AJ walked over and tossed the Master Element emerald over to Dash, who caught it.
"He said Bolt is going to need "them" to stand a chance against that!" pointed AJ to the sky, as the slime monster was now the whole universe, as a fading golden light fighting it.
"Got it!" nodded Dash, as her body started to turn a rainbow color and flashes of her different versions, asthey flicker within in the light "Let's go! Back home!"
Within a flash, Dash landed on her hooves and could see she was back in the universes that her other selves come from. She stepped forward and the crater reappeared from the dark slime. She looked up and could see another version of herself, with grey out emeralds around her, as she was on her last leg. She looked up further and could see the monster. She knew who it was.
"Don't worry, I'm coming. Rainbow Blitz is coming!" said Blitz, as the monster sent out a roar so powerful that, reality scattered behind her and as the wall between broke, reflection of Twilight appeared before the broken glass vanish.
...to be continued in "Your name across the multiverse" and "Twilight Side"