"FLASH!" Twilight yells as Flash falls to the ground in a dead faint.

I smirk and shake my head. "Wow, Fluttershy. Way to lay it on."

Fluttershy frowns. "I don't think he fainted just because I cut the big dick in half."

//I agree. There's something wrong with him. Give him some air...Rainbow Dash, you still need to confront your Shadow.//

"Oh, yeah." Sighing, I walk up to the Shadow that looks and talks like me, but is totally psycho and not cool. "Hey. Get up."

My Shadow stands up, giving me a hateful glare.

You should just let me finish these losers off. You're better off without 'em.

"No I'm not," I say. "They're my friends. Yeah, they're better at me at some stuff. Yeah, it kinda sucks that I'm always the one that gets killed in here. And yeah, maybe..." I sigh. "Maybe a lot of stuff. But you know what? That doesn't matter. They're my friends, and I've always got their back. Even if maybe they don't always need me...sometimes they do, and..." I shake my head. "They're my friends. I'd never leave 'em hangin', and I'd damn sure never hurt 'em."

My Shadow turns into one of those silly Tarot card thingies...

A lightning-shaped ruby gem appears in front of me. As I reach out to take it, my phone beeps, and my battle outfit changes into a dark blue bodysuit with golden lightning trim and a sweet emblem of a three-colored lightning bolt and a silver cloud on the chest. My knives change into little silver tubes with blades made of air coming out.

Zecora stands nearby, regarding me with respect. "Well met," she says. "But we are not done here yet." She glances at Flash, who's just starting to wake up...