//------------------------------// // Vance's Tragic Consequences // Story: PAW Patrol: Equestria // by Robert Emerald Fountain //------------------------------// As Vance searched Twilight's castle for something with more power to fill her veins, she broke into the library and discovered the Elements of Harmony. Using the power she had stolen from the Royal Sisters, she could sense that these artifacts just might be her ticket to overpowering the Mighty Pups and completely defeat them at long last. However, Twilight, Flurry, and Skye barged into the room as she was beginning to absorb the energy. Twilight was horrified when she saw Vance absorbing the Elements' power. "STOP!! YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE POWER FROM THOSE ARTIFACTS!", Twilight shrieked. "SHUT UP, PONY! The Mighty Pups beat me once, and I seek a way to pour out my wrath, starting with SKYE!", hissed Vance. Skye started flying fast to dodge Vance's attacks, and she only got grazed once. Moments later, Vance started feeling weakness and extreme pain until she felt her legs give out. Suddenly, her face went pale and she spewed a massive volume of fluid out of her mouth. Upon seeing that the fluid was red, she started to panic. "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?", she shrieked. Flurry put up her shield and rushed over to assess Vance's condition with a bio-monitor. When the results came back, Flurry was startled. "You have absorbed so much power that you are having symptoms of radiation poisoning. You need to let it all go before it's too late.", Flurry said worriedly. Suddenly, Vance's skin began giving off light and she began to scream loudly. Simultaneously, Flurry's radiation sensor began to go ballistic. "SWEETHEART, TAKE COVER!!", Twilight yelled as she and Skye dived under a table. As Flurry ran and ducked behind a bookshelf; Vance managed to stand up, even though it was painful. Before she could relinquish the power that she had stolen, her arms and her head began glowing brighter than any other part of her body. With a bloodcurdling scream that made everyone's ears bleed, including her own, beams of blinding light flew from her hands and around her neck. Eventually, her screams faded and the light in the room died down. When Twilight looked up, she saw that the Elements were back to normal and all of the stolen magic had begun to scatter and return to its owners. Skye looked up and heard what sounded like something falling to the ground. Following the sound, she followed Flurry over to Vance after putting on a safety suit. Vance was lying facedown and motionless on the floor and Flurry's sensor was continuing to show high levels. "It's too late. She absorbed so much power that it all escaped her body at the same time. In the process, it seems that the excessive energy dealt her a massive dose of radiation. She's gone.", said Flurry in a saddened tone before laying a lead-lined blanket over Vance. Just then, Ryder showed up along with the other six pups. They had seen the bright light from the beams that burst out of Vance as they came back towards Twilight's castle. "Is she about to strike again?", asked Chase angrily. "No, she's not going to be of trouble for you ever again.", replied Flurry Heart. "She isn't? How so?", asked Ryder. "She's dead. It turns out that the power she absorbed somehow had a radioactive effect on her.", said Twilight. "GEE WHIZ!!", yelped Rubble. "OH DEAR!!", shuddered Liberty. "YIKES!!", cried Zuma. Ryder and all seven pups got to work and quickly repaired the damage from Vance's attack on Twilight's castle. They also placed Vance in a lead-lined casket as protection from the radiation she had absorbed. Knowing that the princesses would recognize them soon, Twilight advised that they get a good night's rest and everyone laid down after finishing the repairs.