Hi everypony and welcome back to another chapter. Sorry it took so long, the traffic was terrible lol. Nah, I was going through some personal troubles and hopefully they won't be around much longer.

I'm glad the last chapter got so much attention, I know the song I used was a little confusing, but you'd have to hear it for it to make sense.

Anyway, this will be the first part in the final fight with Zelga, I'm not sure what I'm gonna put into it, so it might be a little short. I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 66: The Bitch is Back – part 1

Canterlot castle

The large double doors at the front of the castle burst open as a large fleet of guard galloped out, they rushed across the city and started knocking on doors before they searched the houses.

The citizens all watching in shock and confusion as the guards searched endlessly, most of them where going up to random ponies and held up a poster of Blaze Horn, asking if they had seen him, mostly ending with them shaking their heads no.

As the day went on, they kept searching, Shining Armor walked through the street in his captain armour. A guard walked up beside him and looked at him. "Captain, we've searched the first quarter of the city and still no sign of Blaze Horn." He said.

Shining Armor turned his head to face him. "Keep searching, if he's still here, the Princess wants him found!" he ordered.

The guard nodded and saluted. "Yes sir!" he said before he rushed off to keep searching.

Once alone, Shining looked down at the floor and sighed. "I can't believe you did this, Blaze, I thought we were friends…" he said as he thought back to all the good times he had with Blaze, and how they were all just a cover up.

The countless guards practically tore the city apart looking for Blaze, but so far, they had no luck, some began to wonder if he was even in the city anymore.

Meanwhile: Mount Forbidden

Through the green pool, Blaze watched the guards search for him tirelessly, he just smirked at how much time they were wasting. "Go ahead, search, search 'till your hearts content, you'll never find me." he said before he chuckled darkly.

Zelga then walked up from behind and stood beside Blaze. "So my son, are you ready to begin the first part of our take over?" she asked curiously.

Blaze turned his head and looked up at Zelga. "Yes Mother, then we'll finish what Uncle Thorn started, we'll take Canterlot and take our places as the rightful rulers of Equestria." he said proudly.

"You mean…my rightful place as ruler." A dark voice said, Blaze and Zelga turned to see the Leader walk in. "You aren't a Prince yet, my student." He said as he walked up to them.

Blaze looked down at the floor, unable to face him while he answered. "Y-Yes, master." He responded.

The Leader stopped in front of him. "But before you can do any of that, there is a nuisance you must deal with first, you're true challenge." He said.

Blaze looked up at him and gave him a firm look. "Matthew…I know, but don't worry about him, he's not an issue." He said with confidence.

"Do not underestimate his abilities, he's gotten stronger since you first met him. Thorn thought the same as you, but look what happened to him…if you're going to deal with Matthew, you'll have to do it with something that can make his Element look like a cheap antique." He said before he turned his head to look back at the entrance, where Rage stood with a metal case held up in his magic.

Rage came over to them and held the case in front of Blaze. "To beat Matthew, you must become stronger than him…and this will do just that." The Leader said before Rage opened the case with his magic.

Blaze looked into the case to see an Amulet, it was in the shape of a black Alicorn and had a red gem in the middle. "I give you, the Alicorn Amulet." The Leader said as the red gem glowed for a moment.

Blaze picked it up with his magic before he examined it. "What does it do?" he asked curiously.

"It'll enhance your abilities and grant you new ones, you'll become more powerful than ever before, even Matthew will see you as a challenge." The Leader explained.

After hearing that, Blaze wasted no time in detaching the hatch and placing the amulet around his neck, then once he reattached the hatch, he felt a strong power surge through his body. He grunted and closed his eyes tight as he tried to take control over it, once he did, he slowly opened his eyes and they flashed red as he grinned evilly.

The Leader returned the grin. "How do you feel, Blaze Horn?" he asked.

Blaze was about to answer before he looked over to a large rock at the other side of the room, his horn glowed bright red before a powerful beam shot out, it struck then rock before it started cracking and then exploded. "Powerful." He said darkly.

The Leader chuckled. "Very good…now go to the training room and test your new skills, you'll need to be properly prepared for you fight with Matthew." He said in a rugged tone.

Blaze bowed his head. "Yes master." He said before he turned and made his way towards the throne room's exit, Zelga followed him before she looked back at her brothers, wondering why they were truly helping Blaze. Though her suspicions were high, Zelga soon left the room to follow Blaze.

Once they knew they were both gone, the Leader and Blaze turned to face each other. "Did you modify the Amulet like you said?" the Leader asked.

Rage nodded. "Yes, I did…I added a curse onto the Amulet, the more Blaze Horn uses it, the more it'll take him over, he'll become mad with power, eventually it'll destroy him." he said with an evil smirk.

The Leader was silent for a moment before he returned his smirk. "Excellent." He said.

As they kept talking, they didn't know that Zelga's bats, Clara and Dag, we're hanging upside-down on the ceiling above them. "Did you hear that, Dag? They've given Blaze an Amulet that's gonna suck out his soul." Clare said.

Dag tuned his head to face him. "Good riddance, he was a pain in the lower part of the fluff ball that is my body." He said, not caring at all.

"Don't you think we should tell the Mistress?" Clara asked with a firm tone.

"And do what? Mess up the Lord's plan and get in trouble with him? Sorry, but I like my head, I'd like to keep it on my neck instead of rolling on the floor." Dag said before he tucked his head back into his wings to continue resting.

Clara groaned. "Fine, be that way, but we're still going with them to this Ponyville place." She said before she continued to rest with her brother.

Meanwhile: Ponyville

I walked through the streets of Ponyville making my delivery runs for Applejack, I had already stopped by Sugar Cube Corner, the Schoolhouse and the Town Hall. I was now on my way to Fluttershy's cottage, which would be my last stop before I could go home.

I soon reached Fluttershy's cottage and knocked on the door with my hoof. Within a second, the door opened and Fluttershy emerged. "Oh, hi Matt, what are you doing here?" she asked with a kind smile.

I returned it. "I've got your delivery, a sack of freshly picked apples." I said as I looked back at the cart behind me and saw the sack.

Fluttershy then walked past me to get it. "Thanks Matt, so many of my animal friends have been waiting for these all day, especially Angel." She said as she hovered over the cart and tried to pick up the sack, but it was too heavy for her.

I tapped my hoof against the ground, waiting for her to get it, but it looked like it was gonna take longer than it seemed. I unattached myself from the cart and flew up to her. "Here, I've got it." I said before I grabbed the sack with my hooves and picked it up easily.

Fluttershy smiled. "Thanks Matt, I've been trying to get stronger, Rainbow Dash has been making me workout with her." she said.

I flew the sack into her cottage and placed it down in the kitchen. "Really? How that going for ya?" I called from the kitchen while she waited outside.

"Really good, yesterday, I finally managed to do seven wing push ups." Fluttershy said, sounding impressed with herself.

As I walked out of the cottage, I looked at her with an awkward look. "Well that's…really impressive, Fluttershy, sounds like you're really making progress." I said, actually thinking of how little a work out that was.

"Today, I'm aiming for eight." Fluttershy said with confidence before she changed the conversation. "Anyway, I'm just wondering…how you are." She asked.

I gave her a confused look. "How am I?...I'm fine, Fluttershy, why?" I asked curiously.

Fluttershy acted a little nervous, but eventually spoke. "I was just wondering because you came out of hospital not long ago, Twilight said you had a really bad dream caused by the Fear Hex." She said.

I then thought back to that time, I dreamt I had died and became a ghost, I remembered how lonely I felt and how I couldn't be with Twilight. "I…try not to think about it, but I'm fine, really." I said, giving her a small smile.

"Well ok, but if you ever want to talk or just have someone to cry with, I'm always here." Fluttershy said before she paid me for the delivery and walked past me, she went back into the cottage before she turned around to face me. "Say hi to Twilight for me." she said.

"I will, thanks." I said as I watched her close the door.

I sighed heavily as glimpse of my dream came rushing through my head, I then shook them off and went back to the front of my cart. "It was just a dream, get over it, you idiot." I said to myself before I reattached myself to the cart and turned around to leave the area.

I followed the path back to town before I made my way back to Sweet Apple Acres to return the cart and get paid.

That night

As I returned home to Twilight, I thought back to when I was in the hospital, I was in there for almost a week after I woke up, Twilight always visited and took care of me…in more ways than one, if you know what I mean.

Applebloom left a few days before me, she told me how she and her family had something called a Zap-Apple harvest, they made jam out of it and everything. She even told me how Granny Smith had to come into the School House for Family Appreciation day and told everyone how she helped found Ponyville…didn't see that coming.

I came out of hospital at least two days after that, I took things slow and stayed off work until I was back to normal, in fact, today was my first day back on the job. Now that I felt better, I dedicated my time to show and remind Twilight how much I loved her, I brought her gifts, took her out to places and was as passionate as I could be in bed.

Right now, Twilight and I were on the roof looking up at the stars, we watched them shoot by through the sky, Luna was surely putting on a show for us tonight. We both watched in awe at its beauty, but as I turned my head to face Twilight, no stars or moon could compare to her beauty.

I stared at her, unable to turn away, Twilight soon noticed this and looked at me. "What?" she asked with a small amused smile.

"Nothing, just looking at the most beautiful pony in the world." I said as I moved a little closer to her.

Twilight smiled and rolled her eyes. "Always such a flatterer, aren't you, Matt?" she said before she gave me a serious look. "Why are you so determined to be so affectionate? I know you love me and I love you just as much, you don't have to keep trying to prove that." She said.

I then sighed before I turned away. "I know, its just…I haven't felt the same since I woke up in the hospital…I remember all the things I did to Jersey and how I talked to you…I just feel really ashamed of myself." I said as my ears dropped.

Twilight then placed her hoof on my arm. "Hey, I told you not to beat yourself up so much…so you did some things in the past that you regret, that doesn't mean you're a bad person. As long as you're kind, caring and generous, you'll always be the man I fell in love with." she said before she nuzzled her head against my neck.

I smiled warmly before I kissed her head through her hair. "Thanks Twilight, I love you so damn much." I said as I nuzzled my chin against her neck.

Twilight then moved away and looked into my eyes again. "But there are a few things I'd like to know…like, what did you do before you met me? What big things happened in your life?" she said as she lied down and rested her head against my body.

I wrapped my arm around her before I thought back to my days in England. "Well lets see…in my Primary School, I once won an entire Easter competition by making a hat that looked like a big birds nest with a giant egg that had a bird toy hatching out of it." I said as I remembered how young I was back then.

Twilight giggled. "So you looked like you had a hatching bird egg on your head?" she said with an amused smile.

I nodded. "Yeah, it was very creative actually…I think my dad made it more than I did, but I was the one who wore it at the contest." I said with as I kept staring up at the sky.

"You've hidden this from me even after all the times you've joked about me being an egg-head…well, looks like I have a little something to tell Rainbow Dash if you ever call me that again." she said with a amused yet devious smile.

I chuckled. "Oh c'mon, that's not fair, this stuff is supposed to be between you and me." I said as I looked down at her.

Twilight giggled again before she spoke. "Ok, sorry, go on." she said before she waited to hear what I had to tell her.

I then thought back again and remembered something else from my Primary years. "I once got a letter from the Queen of England, everyone keeps saying that I was the only one who got one, but I could've sworn everyone got one." I said, trying to search the foggy memories for the answer.

Twilight looked up at me. "The Queen of England? You mean the ruler of your home? To get a letter for her at such a young age, you must've really impressed her." she said, sounding slightly amazed by this.

I shrugged. "I'm not sure, I don't remember what I wrote to her, to be honest." I said, not even gonna try to remember what I wrote.

"So what else did you do?" Twilight asked curiously.

I thought back to my young years again before I remembered the one thing that still causes me pain every time I thought about it. "Well…there was one thing that happened to me at Primary School…" I said before I looked out into the distance with sadness. "My Granddad died of cancer back in 2006." I said sadly.

Twilight then looked up at me with shock and felt pure sympathy. "Oh…I'm so sorry, I didn't know." She said gently.

"It's ok, it was so long ago…yet it still feels so recent." I said before I looked up at the sky, thinking Granddad was watching me even from this world's heaven. "He was a good man…I just hope I can live up to that and make him proud of me." I said.

Twilight then got up and cupped my cheek with her hoof, she made my head turn to face her and I looked into her eyes. "He will be proud of you. Look at the things you've done, you've done so much for all of us and me, he'll always love you and I think you've made him more than proud." She said with a warm loving smile.

I returned the smile before I moved my head closer to hers. "You're the best, you know that, babe?" I asked.

"Yeah, but I told you to stop calling me 'babe'." Twilight smiled with a small smile.

"Don't see it stopping any time soon." I joked before I chuckled and got a giggle from Twilight, we then moved closer and shared a loving kiss.

We kissed for a few seconds before we broke away and continued to watch the stars shoot by, the other star shined and dazzled in the calm night sky, usurping a breath taking and love-filled night.

The next day

I was still asleep at least 2 hours after the sun rose up, my eyes blinked open and I yawned. "*Yawn*…Morning Twilight." I said as I turned my head to face Twilight's side of the bed, but to my surprise, she wasn't there.

I leaned up on the bed and looked around. "Twi?" I called while looking around, but she wasn't in the room.

I got out of the bed and walked down the stairs to the lower part of the room. I began to wonder where she was before I suddenly heard a noise coming from the living room. I walked down the stairs until I reached the living room, that's when I saw Twilight standing next to Spike.

"Alright, lets try this again." Twilight said before she hovered a scroll over to Spike, he took it in his hand before he burned it with his fire breath, turning it to a poof of smoke. But instead of floating out the window, it came straight back and turned back into a scroll before falling onto the floor. "For goodness sake! Why does this keep happening?!" Twilight said, sounding frustrated.

I walked over to them and looked at Twilight. "What's wrong, Twilight?" I asked curiously.

Twilight turned to face me. "It's this scroll, Matt, it just doesn't want to spend. I've been trying to send it up to Canterlot, but it won't go up there, it just keeps coming back." she said while looking down at the scroll with an annoyed look.

I thought about this and knew it never did this before. "That's weird, they usually do send." I said before I thought of something. "Maybe I should take it up myself." I said.

Twilight turned to face me. "You don't have to do that, Matt, it's such a long trip and I don't want you to be tired out because of this." She said.

I then gave her a gentle smile. "Twilight, you need to keep calm, especially when you're carrying our kid, I'll take it up and ask Celestia why it won't send." I said before I lowered my head down and picked the scroll up with my mouth.

Twilight then gave me a loving smile. "Thanks Matt, please be back soon." She said.

I smiled and tapped my nose against hers, unable to kiss her due to the scroll in my mouth. I then walked towards the front door and opened it with my hoof. I walked out of the library and felt the warm sunlight on my body, everything seemed like a lovely day…but then I turned to look up to Canterlot and my cheerful feelings went away. The entire city was surrounded by a giant purple forcefield, electricity surged through it violently.

I was so stunned that I dropped the scroll and my mouth hung open. "Jesus…what the hell is that?" I asked myself while continuing to stair up at the trapped city.

Twilight then came out to me and wondered what I was staring at. "What's wrong, Matt? What's wrong?" she said before she looked up in the same direction I was looking at and gasped when she saw Canterlot in this state. "What's that thing?" she asked in shock.

"I don't know, it looks like some kind of forcefield." I said, not taking my eyes away from the horrific sight.

Twilight stared at it with concern. "I haven't seen anyone put a forcefield like that up there, I hope everyone's ok up there." she said, thinking about Shining, her parents and the Princesses.

I then turned to face Twilight. "I'll go up and check on them, see if I can get through." I said before I flapped my wings and started hovering in the air. "I'll be back as soon as I can." I said before I took off into the sky to head to the city.

Twilight watched as I flew away towards the city, she felt a worrying feeling and new something bad was coming. "Be safe, Matt." she said as she continued to watch me.

After a few minutes, I finally reached Canterlot and stared up in awe at the giant forcefield surrounding the city. As I tried to figure out a way in, I soon noticed Celestia and Luna fly up to me on the other side of the forcefield, they both looked scared and worried.

Celestia flew closer and tried to talk to me, but I couldn't hear her, her mouth was moving but the forcefield blocked out the sound.

I shook my head. "I can't hear you!" I said while pointing my hoof at my ear.

Celestia and Luna looked at each other before Celestia's horn glowed, a paper and scroll appear in front of her and she started to write something down. When she was done, she turned the paper around to show me what she wrote. It said "We can't get out, forcefield too strong with magic!"

Celestia then made the writing disappear before she started to write something else down. She turned the paper around to me again so I could see what she wrote. "The forcefield is air-locked! We have limited air!"

Once I read this, I began to panic. "Don't worry, I'll get you out of there!" I yelled before I summoned my Elemental armour and Horned Helmet, the crystal horn on my helmet then glowed before I pointed it at the forcefield and it shot a beam towards it.

The beam struck the forcefield, but it didn't do much good in breaking it, it actually absorbed the power from the beam. I saw this before I made the crystal on my armour glow, it shot a powerful green beam at the forcefield, but the results were the same.

I growled in frustration before my hooves glowed green brightly, I shot towards the forcefield and prepared to punch my way through. Celestia and Luna saw this and tried to tell me to stop, shaking their heads and waving their hooves, but I didn't notice.

I then struck the forcefield with my hooves, but instead of breaking it, the electricity on the forcefield struck both my hooves, I yelled in pain as I got powerfully electrocuted. I managed to pull myself off and tried to keep myself in the air as I tried to recover from it.

Luna look really concerned for me while Celestia began to write something else on the scroll, she turned it around to me to show me what she wrote. "Forcefield is electrified, we can't touch it without getting hurt."

"Electrified? Should've seen that coming." I said to myself before I returned my attention to the Princesses. "Don't worry! I'm going to get you out of there!" I said loudly, moving my mouth slowly so they could tell what I was saying, I also did movements with my hooves to make it more clear.

Celestia and Luna understood what I was saying and nodded before they watched me fly away back to Ponyville.

Suddenly, Discord appeared beside them the Princesses as a construction worker with a jackhammer, he hovered up to the forcefield and tried to drill his way through, but it didn't work and the electricity shocked Discord, his body twitched and froze in different poses while his skeleton was visible. When it finally stopped, Discord was in a daze and covered in soot, he held up a wooden sign that said 'ouch' before he tilted backwards and fell down.

Later that day: Ponyville Library

After returning home, I called everyone to the Library to let them know about the situation. The Mane 6, Spike, Jeff, Peewee and I sat in a group and tried to come up with a plan to free the city.

"So you're telling us that there's a giant forcefield around the entire city of Canterlot and there's no way to bust through it?" Applejack said while looking at me with a raised eye-brow.

I nodded. "Yeah, everyone up there is trapped and nothing can break through the forcefield, even my own Element couldn't break through it. But we'll have to find a way through it fast, the Princesses where able to told me that they had a limited amount of air…if we don't get that forcefield down soon…"

"The entire city will suffocate." Twilight said, finishing my sentence for me. "Matt, we have to get them out, my family is in there!" she said, starting to worry.

I looked at her and gave her a caring look. "Don't worry, Twilight, we'll get them out…we just have to find a way through." I said before I tapped my chin with my hoof, trying to think of a solution.

We all thought for a moment before Pinkie hopped up with cheer. "I've got an idea! Instead of going through the forcefield, we should dig under it, then we'll be able to make a tunnel leading up into the city." She said.

I thought about it for a moment before I realised that it could be done. "That's actually not a bad idea. The last time I checked, the Diamond Dogs were still in Canterlot with Discord, we can have them dig down into the mountain and come out right under on the mountain side." I said before I turned my head to face Pinkie. "Nice work, Pinkie." I said with an impressed smile.

Pinkie smiled proudly. "No problem, besides, when do I ever have bad ideas?" she asked.

I then looked into my memories and thought of something that happened not too long ago.

-Flashback-

Pinkie and I were stuck in a thunder storm and we only had one umbrella. "Are you sure about this, Pinkie? I think this is very unsafe." I said while holding her up on my shoulders.

Pinkie leaned left and right while holding the open umbrella over her head. "Sure I'm sure, we only had one umbrella. This way, we can both stay dry." She said.

Suddenly, a lightning bolt struck near us and I yelped in a high-pitched voice, hoping the next one wouldn't strike where I think it might.

-End of Flashback-

I snapped out of my train of thought and looked at Pinkie. "Let me get back to you on that." I said before I turned to face everyone else. "Alright, does anyone have any questions before we set off?" I asked curiously.

At that moment, Fluttershy raised her hoof. "Umm…I need to go to the little pony's room." she said with her back-legs twitching.

"…Alight, it's down the hall over there." I said as I pointed my hoof to the hall with my hoof.

"Umm…yeah, I already know where it is, I've been in this Library like a hundred times." Fluttershy said nervously as she walked over to the hall and started making her way to the bathroom.

"Just thought I'd remind you." I said before I sat down and we all waited for Fluttershy do finish up in the bathroom.

A little while later: Canterlot

After returning to Canterlot, we managed to find a little spot of land for everyone to stand on while we try to make contact with Princesses through the forcefield. Twilight brought a quill and paper to write messages for them to read.

We had already told them to fetch the Diamond Dogs and they were prepared for the task. I stood beside Twilight as she wrote down the message on the paper. Once finished, she turned it around for the Princesses to read. It said. "Tell the Diamond Dogs to dig as deep as they can go and them come out into the open."

Celestia nodded before she turned to face the Diamond Dogs, by the looks of her mouth moving, she was telling them what to do. They saluted before they dove down and started digging through the ground.

While they started doing that, I turned to face Twilight. "Do you think they'll be able to do it?" I asked curiously.

Twilight turned to face me. "I'm not sure, but if anyone is capable of digging a way out, it's them." she said.

We all watched and waited as the Diamond Dogs kept digging, suddenly, the Princesses became aware of something like a pair of startled meerkats. They turned their attention over to the hole where the Diamond Dogs were digging and saw them emerge up from it, they were in a rush getting out and they looked terrified.

Celestia and Luna sudden took flight and hovered in the air.

"What's going on?" I asked out-loud, concerned about what was happening.

Celestia turned to us before she wrote something down on the paper, she then turned it to us and it said "Earth Worms!"

All of us looked at them with confusion. "All that fuss over a bunch of Earth Worms?" Applejack said with a raised eye-brow.

Suddenly, a giant light-brown worm burst through the hole and pointed it's head at the Princesses, the pointed-tip head then opened to reveal its large mouth full of grinding teeth, by the looks of it, it was roaring. A few more then burst near the Princesses and they started to fight them off with their magic.

We all watched with fright as the Worms tried to attack the Princesses, they shot up out of the ground and tunnelled right into the ground once they landed. "What the hell are those things?" I asked, watching them fight off these monsters.

"I don't know, they're like Worms, but I've never seen any like this before." Twilight said as we kept watching the Princesses fight.

Eventually, the Worms had their fill before they dived into the ground and started tunnelling under, they were even kicking the dirt up so the holes they made filled back up, preventing anyone from following them.

"I may not be from here, but I know Canterlot never had Worms like this before, someone put them here." Rarity said.

I then turned to face her. "Probably the same person who put up this large forcefield. They definitely don't want anyone to leave the city." I said before I started tapping my chin. "But the question is, who would want to do this?" I asked out-loud.

While we were all trying to think, one of the Earth Worm's burst up from the ground behind us and we all went wide-eyed in surprise. "…One of those Worms is behind us right now, isn't there?" I asked.

Pinkie then turned around and saw the Worm before she returned her attention to us. "Yep." She answered.

"Ah crap…RUN!" I quickly responded.

At that moment, the Worm roared loudly and we quickly ran away from it, screaming and yelling for dear life. "Run for your life if you love it!" I yelled as we ran towards the train tracks, the best path to get back to Ponyville.

As we reached the tracks and quickly ran down them, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash flew in the air while the rest of us stayed on the ground. "Well that didn't work very well!" Rainbow Dash said loudly while looking down at us.

"Well, there's always Plan B." I said as we kept running.

"There's a Plan B? What is it?" Applejack said from behind me.

While I kept running, I turned my head around to face her and gave her a nervous smile. "Yeah, funny thing about Plan B…I'll tell you it as soon as I come up with one." I said.

Twilight then gave me a firm look. "Matt! This is serious!" she said loudly.

I then looked at her. "I know it's serious, but I don't know what else to do. I mean, we can't go through it, we can't go under it, and the thing is like a giant dome so we can't go over it, I think it's impossible to get in there." I said as we stopped and looking back at the trapped city.

"But we have to get through it, if we don't get everyone out of there, they're gonna suffocate." Rainbow Dash said while looking down at me.

I took a moment of silence to try and think of a solution to this problem. "Well…maybe instead of trying to break through it, we should find out how it got put up in the first place." I said, looked around at everyone. "That forcefield didn't come out of no-where, someone put it up and wants to keep the city trapped, we just need to find out who put it up and why." I said with a strong tone.

"But Matt, it could've been anyone, it would take up a long time to find out who did this, time everyone in Canterlot doesn't have." Rarity said while coming up to me.

I turned to face her. "Well we have to do something, we can't just wait around and see if an answer will fall from the sky!" I said while pointing my hoof up at the sky.

At that moment, something rapidly shot down from the sky and hit the ground near us, we all yelped in shock over this and looked down at what it was. It was a black arrow with a note tied against it.

"What's that?" Pinkie asked while pointing her hoof down at the arrow.

"Looks like a note attached to an arrow, but where did it come from?" Twilight asked curiously.

I then looked around to see if I could see anything, but there was no one in sight. "But there's no one else here, and if there was, why would they send us the message this way?" I asked.

Twilight then used her magic to untie the message off the arrow and help it up to her face so she could read it.

"Unless you want the Princesses and all those little ponies to die from suffocation, you'll be in the town square tonight with the remaining Elements of Harmony, we're done toying with you and we're ready to get what we came for.

See you soon: Zelga *kiss mark*"

Once we heard that name, we all looked at each other in shock. "Zelga!" we all said loudly.

"Zelga put up that giant forcefield? I should've known, that no-good, dirty, little…" Rainbow Dash said with her anger building.

"She just doesn't know when to quit!" Applejack said with a glare. "First she tries to play friendly so she could ruin Matt and Twi's relationship, then she tried to kill Matt, and now this? Why does she keep doin' this?" she asked.

"Revenge, darling, she want's revenge for what we did to Thorn…that, and she wants the Elements." Rarity said with a brave look in her eyes.

"But we can't give her the Elements, without them, we're powerless." Fluttershy said, stepping forward with a concerned look.

Rainbow Dash then hovered down to her. "We're missing three of them anyway and they can't work without the others, we're already powerless!" she said strongly.

"Well do you wanna just give her the Elements? Just like that?" Applejack said while looking up at her.

Rainbow Dash spun around and looked down at Applejack. "We're not gonna give her anything." she said before she grinned. "Unless you've forgotten, we have a secret weapon. Matt here kicked Thorn's flank easily, beating his sister should be a piece of cake, right Matt?...Matt?" Rainbow Dash said as she turned around to face me.

I was taking a few steps back, remembering what it was like the last time I faced Zelga and all the horror she put me through, I remembered the realistic dream I had about my death and never being with Twilight again. The mere thought of going through all of that again made my fur stand on end. "Urr…I…I can't do it." I said as I backed away.

"Huh?!" The mane 6 all said at the same time in confusion. "But Matt, you're the only one who can fight her. If you don't, who knows what kind of horrors she will cause." Rarity said as she took a step forward.

I then turned to face her. "Trust me, I know, I've had a good sample of her horrors…and I don't think I can bring myself up for a second dose." I said, feeling utterly terrified of what would happen if Zelga was to use the Fear Hex on me again.

Twilight then came up to me. "But Matt, you won't be alone this time. Besides, she only managed to curse you because you were an easy target, you'll have more of an advantage against her this time. You just have to bring yourself to fight." She said.

"I can't just force myself to fight her or Blaze Horn like that, what if I lose control again like I did with Jersey. I promised myself and you that I would never brutalize anyone ever again." I said before I turned away and my ears dropped. "I hate Zelga for what she did to me…I hate Blaze for what he did to all of us…if I fight them, I don't know how I'll control myself."

Rainbow Dash then hovered down to me and gave me a firm look. "Ok, when did you suddenly turn into Fluttershy?" she said before she looked over to Fluttershy herself. "No offence." She said.

Fluttershy waved her hoof. "It's ok, I'm just glad to be included…sort of." She said with a small smile.

I looked up to Rainbow Dash. "If you saw the things I did while being in that dream, you'd feel the same way. What if you were cursed with the Fear Hex and you had a realistic dream of being denied the opportunity to become a Wonderbolt, and all your feathers start falling off piece by piece until there was nothing left?" I asked while giving her a firm look.

Rainbow Dash's strong look then turned into a slightly frightened one. "…Ok, that would be super uncool." She said before her strong look returned. "But not as uncool as you just letting Zelga force you into hiding." She said with her hooves on her hips.

I then looked down at the floor before I looked at everyone else. "….I'm sorry…but I just can't do it." I said before I spun around and took off into the air to get back to Ponyville.

The Mane 6 all watched as I went away, Twilight's ears dropped before she looked down at the ground. "Oh Matt." she said in slight pity.

A while later: Ponyville library

I was in the guest room, lying on the bed and thinking long and hard about what I should do. I knew I couldn't let Zelga take the rest of the Elements or hurt anyone in town, but I couldn't bring myself to even think about facing her again.

Every time I felt I could do it, my mind would remember what happened the last time I saw her. I remembered the horrible visions she made me have, the terrible nightmare she gave me. And if I remember correctly, I was scaring myself to death under the influence of the Fear Hex and the Princesses weren't gonna be around to save me this time.

I was stuck with hopeless knowledge and didn't know what to do, face Zelga and risk a soul crushing death or let Zelga take the Elements and possibly hurt some of the towns folk.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and I quickly look over to it. "Yeah?" I called.

At that moment, Twilight entered and looked over to me. "Matt?...i was just wanting to see if you were ok." She said as she walked over to the bed.

"Yeah, I'm fine…I'm just…I'm just struggling with what to do." I said before my ears dropped. "I mean, I know I can't let Zelga win…but I might die for real this time…and if everything goes the same way as that dream I had…I just can't bear the thought of it." I said as I felt like I was going to choke up.

Twilight noticed this and placed her hoof on my shoulder. "I know Matt, that's why…I think we should give Zelga the Elements." She said.

I then looked at her with shock. "You can't give Zelga the Elements! We might as well give her the Throne to Canterlot as well." I said as I sat up.

Twilight nodded with her ears down. "I know, it was a hard choice to make. But with the rest of the Elements missing, we have no power to stop her, and the Princesses are trapped so they can't help. We're left with no choice, we have to make sure she doesn't hurt anyone in town." She said with a small frown.

I then placed my hoof on top of hers. "But she'll hurt you instead, you can't expect her to come into town, take the Elements and then just go. She's Thorn's sister, she'll be more devious than that." I said, trying to make her see how crazy this all sounded.

"We don't have a choice, Matt, we have to do it…for Ponyville's sake." Twilight said before she turned away and made her way towards the door.

As I watched her leave, I quickly leaped off the bed and rushed around in front of her. "Twilight! If you get hurt, it could risk our child getting hurt…please, don't do it, we'll just hide and wait it out, there has to be somewhere we can go." I said, trying to think of another way we can handle this.

Twilight shook her head. "Like you said, she's Thorn's sister, meaning she'll be as persistent as he was. She won't leave until she gets what she's after, we'll never get away from that." She said before she looked deep into my eyes. "The only way we can get out of it is if you can bring yourself to fight her." she said.

As Twilight walked around me to leave the room, she looked back at me. "I know you're afraid of losing yourself to your anger, but just try to remember what Element you represent…and know that I'll always love you, no matter what you choose." She said before she left me alone in the room with my thoughts.

Once alone, I thought about all the things she said and looked down at a book on the floor. Unable to come up with a decision and seeing how it affected Twilight made me so frustrated that I just kicked it away hard with my hoof. "Damn!" I said loudly through my teeth.

-Meanwhile: Downstairs-

Twilight walked down the stairs and into the living room where the rest of the Mane 6 waited, they all noticed Twilight come down the stairs and they all went up to her. "Any luck?" Applejack asked curiously, but sounding like she wasn't expecting much.

Twilight shook her head. "No, Matt is still scared of what'll happen if he faces Zelga again. If only there was a way to make him brave enough to face Zelga just as he faced Thorn." She said, looking back up the stairs.

"So does this mean we'll have to give Zelga the rest of the Elements?" Fluttershy asked curiously.

Rarity turned to face her and sighed. "Apparently so, as disgusting as it is to say, I'm afraid Zelga has us out matched." She said with a sting in her voice.

Rainbow Dash then slammed her hoof down on the floor. "No way are we giving the Elements to her! We gotta get Matt to start fighting again, it's the only way to stop Zelga for good." she said with a firm voice.

Twilight took a step towards her. "We can't just ask him to start fighting again, ever since he woke up from that nightmare he had, he's been afraid of letting his anger getting the best of him like it did when Applebloom got kidnapped, do you all remember what he was like after that?" she asked.

They all looked at each other as they thought about it and remember how I was when Applebloom got kidnapped by Blaze Horn, I was a vengeful, blood thirsty beast. They all then looked back at Twilight with sympathy. "Guess we see what you mean." Pinkie said as she rubbed her left-front leg with her right-front hoof.

"But what can we do if Matt refuses to fight? We can't just give Zelga the Elements." Fluttershy said, wondering deeply about what they could do.

Applejack looked at her. "'Couse we can't." she said before she looked at the rest of them. "I dunno what Zelga and Blaze have in mind with the Elements, but if they're the ones who've been stealin' the others, one can only wonder what kind of scheme they'll cook up if they got their hooves on the rest of them." She said while thinking of what Zelga and Blaze would want the Elements for.

Twilight tapped her chin with her hoof and tried to think of a solution. She knew they couldn't give the Elements to Zelga, but they could risk the safety of the town, part of her really wanted me to feel better about myself and fight off Zelga.

Just then, Twilight thought of something that could solve everything. "I've got an idea, but we'll have to work fast! Follow me!" she said before she rushed towards the front door and left the library, the rest of Mane 6 rushed off after her to follow her.

Two hours later

Nightfall was drawing near and everyone in Ponyville was told to stay indoors until it was safe to come back out.

I was still in the guest room, staring out the window to see if I could see anything. All I could see was a bunch of dark clouds coming towards Ponyville, I gulped in fright at the thought of what was coming along with them. I then turned my attention to Canterlot and thought about all my friends up there, how they must've been suffering from the air they have left slowly running out.

I wanted to help, I truly did, but I just couldn't do it. I was too scared of being cursed again, plus, I didn't want to fight and get out of control.

"Matt?" a voice said behind me, I turned around and saw it was Jeff. "You need to get out there and protect the town, you're the only one who can stop Zelga." he said as he flew over to me.

I sighed. "I told you, I can't do that, she's too strong." I said before my ears dropped. "Who was I to think I could protect this town when I couldn't even protect myself? It was a mistake to get involved in whatever this all is, it was a mistake to go after Zelga without a backup plan."

"Then I suppose it was a mistake to come here to Equestria!" Jeff said before he landed on the bed and looked me straight in the eyes. "It was a mistake to meet Twilight, it was a mistake to become friends with the other ponies, all of this was a big mistake." He said strongly.

I gave him a small glare. "Don't you dare say that! Coming her to Equestria was the best thing that could ever happen to me! Twilight was the best thing that could ever happen to me!" I said loudly.

"Well what you're saying, what you're doing right now, it's a very dull way of showing it. You're gonna be a dad soon, Matt, you're gonna have to risk your life sometimes to protect your child. But the way things look now, you'll be lucky if you have a child to protect after this!" he said while pointing his wing out the window.

I knew well and true he was right, but the fear of being cursed still frightened the fur off me. I returned my attention to Jeff and sighed. "I know…but…but I just can't deal with this stuff right now, so please…can I have a moment to myself?" I asked calmly as I sat down while staring at the floor.

Jeff huffed before he flew away towards the door. "I'll be in my bed, Spike and Peewee are hiding out somewhere downstairs…waiting to see if Zelga will blow up the town or not. As for you, I hope you can find a way to get over this and do something before its too late." He said before he flew out the door and left the room.

I sighed heavily as I stood up and went back onto the bed, I looked out the window again and saw the clouds getting closer, it wouldn't be long now.

Meanwhile: Ponyville town square

As the sun finally finished setting, the Mane 6 stood and waited in front of the Town Hall, while most of them held a brave face, Fluttershy looked slightly nervous…no shocker there. Beside Twilight, there was a large sack, containing the rest of the Elements of Harmony.

The black clouds floated above all of Ponyville, the faint sound of thunder could be heard as the sustention grew larger. Some of them wondered where Zelga was or if she was gonna show up, while the rest wondered if I was gonna appear to help them protect Ponyville.

Suddenly, a large bolt of purple bolt of fire burst up from the ground in front of the Town Hall. When it cleared, Zelga stood tall in the centre of the area.

The Mane 6 gasped at the sight of her, they've never seen her in her Alicorn form before. The way she looked reminded them too much of Thorn.

Zelga looked at the Mane 6 and smirked. "Well look at this…us girls back together again. It seemed like only yesterday I was here, walking these very streets with you. *Sigh* Where do the good times go?" she said as she walked over to them.

"The only good time I remember was when we found out you left!" Rainbow Dash said coldly with a hate-filled glare.

Suddenly, a large black blade appeared under her chin and pressed against her neck, Rainbow turned her head to see Blaze Horn standing beside her, his eyes flashed red as he held to blade against her throat with his magic. "I'd watch my tone around her!" he growled.

Rainbow growled back before she turned away in silence.

Twilight then returned her attention to Zelga and glared at her. "Well do you want the Elements or not?" she asked in a rough voice.

Zelga grinned before she looked over to Blaze. "Blaze, be a dear and bring mother that little sack." She said in a sweet tone.

With that, Blaze picked the sack up in his magic while continuing to hold the blade against the six girls. "Momma's boy." Applejack growled under her breath.

Blaze back away until he was stood right beside Zelga, he hovered the sack up to her and she took it in her magic. She then opened the sack and looked into it to see the remaining Elements, which made her chuckle with a pleased smile. "Good girls, you're making a wise move." She said as she placed the sack down beside her.

Twilight then took a step forward. "Well now you've got the Elements, now release Canterlot from that forcefield and let them have air!" she demanded.

"But of course." Zelga said before he horn glowed dark purple, everyone then turned their attention up to Canterlot.

Meanwhile: Canterlot Castle

Princess Celestia breathed heavily as she grew weak from the air getting thinner, she steered out the window and watched as everyone in the city struggled to breathe. Luna and Cadence stood behind her, also struggling for air. "Sister…we have to find a way out…the citizens don't have long until we are completely out of air." Luna said, taking deep breaths while talking.

Celestia was about to speak before she noticed something going on with the forcefield, parts of it were opening in large holes, but they didn't get any bigger than that. Suddenly, the air they breathed in got cooler and was able to take in more than they could before.

The three Princesses breathed in deeply and took as much air in as possible. "The air…it's getting better, we're able to breathe again." Celestia said with joy as she looked back at Luna and Cadence.

Luna and Cadence smiled back before Cadence looked behind Celestia and her smile went away. "But wait, why isn't the forcefield going away?" she asked as she took a step forward.

Celestia then spun around to look out the window again to see the forcefield was indeed not going away, it only opened some holes to let the air through. "Well that shouldn't be a problem, we'll just escape through those gaps." Celestia said as she pointed her hoof up at the large holes.

At that moment, they noticed a Pegasus flying up towards one of the holes. But upon reaching it, the Pegasus was shocked by a big bolt of electricity, making it fall back down to the ground.

Celestia saw this and quickly grabbed the Pegasus in her magic, she placed him gently back down on the streets for the other ponies to tend to his injuries.

Once that was taken care of, Celestia returned her attention to the forcefield. "We may have air again, but we're still trapped…someone doesn't want us to go anywhere." She said before she closed her eyes. "Twilight…Matthew…our freedom is in your hooves." She muttered to herself.

Back in Ponyville

The Mane 6 noticed the change, but they were shocked to see the forcefield wasn't taken away completely. "Hey! We told you to let them go!" Rainbow Dash said as she hovered up into the air fast.

Zelga and Blaze looked over to them and they both smirked. "Not quite yet…I still have much to do before I leave and I'd rather not be interrupted." Zelga said before she continued. "The Princesses are trapped! You are all powerless…there is no one who can stop me from taking my revenge for Thorn's death!" she said darkly.

"You're letter said you just wanted the Elements, then you'd leave us alone unharmed!" Twilight yelled, feeling like they've all been cheated.

Zelga tapped her hoof with her chin. "Did I say that? I could've sworn I only promised to let the good ponies of Canterlot breathe again, I never said I'd leave anyone unharmed." She said with an evil smile.

"You had better leave straight away if you both know what's good for you." Rarity said, taking a step forward. "If you've forgotten, we still have Matthew with us." she said strongly.

At that moment, Zelga gave them a slightly surprised look. "Matthew?...So he survived the Fear Hex?." She asked curiously.

"Barely, no thanks to you." Twilight said in a growl.

Zelga's smirk then returned. "What can I say? The opportunity presented itself." She said before she looked around. "Speaking of which, where is the stallion of the hour? I want him to watch the things I'm gonna do to his precious home." She said, while looking around at all of Ponyville.

At that moment, Twilight's ears dropped. "He's…he's not here, he decided not to come." She said, trying to keep a tough face.

Zelga returned her attention to them and raised her eye-brow. "He's not here? Well…I must say I'm disappointed." She said with a disapproved look.

Blaze then looked up at Zelga and gave her a sharp look. "You said Matthew would be here, I've been waiting all this time to get revenge for what he did to Uncle Thorn. I want my showdown with him." he said in a frustrated growl.

Zelga then looked down at Blaze. "Don't worry, dear, you'll get your chance." She said before she looked over to the Mane 6 again. "But first, we'll probably have to draw him out." She said darkly.

"Draw this out!" Rainbow Dash said before she shot towards Zelga with all her speed.

However, Zelga shifted out of the way, making Rainbow shoot right past her. Zelga grabbed her with her magic and threw her back towards the rest of the Mane 6, causing her to crash to the ground right in front of them. "I didn't say you could move." Zelga said with a small glare.

At that moment, Twilight leaped out in front of Rainbow Dash and shot a powerful beam of magic at Zelga. Zelga managed to dodge it before he horn glowed brightly again. "Pregnant girls shouldn't be so rough!" she said before she shot a more powerful beam towards Twilight.

Twilight then quickly ducked out of the way and the beam shot right over her head, striking the wall of the Town Hall behind them. Twilight gave them a furious look before she shot another powerful beam at them.

At that moment, Blaze used his magic to force a shield in front of both himself and Zelga. After the beam struck the shield, Blaze teleported away and reappeared behind Twilight.

Twilight spun around and was shocked to see Blaze about to strike her with his hoof, but Rainbow Dash suddenly tackled him away before he could hit Twilight.

Rainbow Dash pinned Blaze to the ground and growled at him. "You're not hurting anyone! Not on my watch!" she said firmly.

Blaze's eyes flashed red before a bright light shined from his horn, Rainbow's eyes widened before she was forced to shut them. While she was blinded, Blaze's horn pulsed with electricity and gave her a powerful shock which made her fall off him.

Blaze then got back up with a pleased smirk, but that smirk quickly went away when he saw Applejack standing in front of him. She used her hoof to tilt her hat down a little in front of her face. "You kidnapped my sister…time for some pay back." she said with a sharp glare.

Blaze grinned. "A lot of guts for a farm girl." He said before she charged towards Applejack.

Applejack quickly dodge by moving out of the way at the right time, Blaze tried to throw a punch at her, but she blocked it with her arm. Applejack then spun around and slapped him in the face with her tail, stunning him along enough to give him a good strong buck in the chest.

Blaze stumbled backwards and placed his hoof on his chest, he growled in anger before her rushed back towards her to keep fighting. But while Blaze was trying to attack Applejack, Rainbow Dash reappeared behind him and got him in a headlock.

While they were holding off Blaze Horn, Twilight and Rarity were fighting off Zelga. Zelga grinning at the site, see them as only a small threat that can easily be stomped out, she pointed her horn at them and shot a powerful volt of dark purple electricity at them.

Twilight and Rarity leaped out of the way before the volt struck the ground, creating a large scorch mark in the grass.

Rarity returned her attention to Zelga and shot a small blue beam at Zelga's face, temporarily blinding her. Twilight use this opportunity to shoot Zelga in the face with a powerful beam, making Zelga stumble a little.

Once she recovered, Zelga glared at both of them before her horn glowed again. Suddenly, a bunch of thorny vines grew under both Twilight and Rarity, they wrapped around their legs and held them in place not matter how much they struggled.

Zelga grinning at this before her horn glowed violently. But before she could blast them, Twilight's horn glowed before she and Rarity teleported away, they then reappeared behind Zelga.

Surprised, Zelga spun around to face them, but was suddenly met with a powerful blast from both their horns.

Meanwhile: Library

I watched out the window as I saw flashing lights coming from the Town Square. Part of me desperately wanted to go out there and help them, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.

I even placed my hooves over my ears to stop myself from hearing all the loud boom noises, I lied down on the bed and closed my eyes tightly.

Back in the Town Square

Blaze Horn stumbled backwards and panted as he faced Rainbow Dash and Applejack, they were definitely giving him a run for his bits. Blaze's eyes flashed red again before his horn glowed brightly, but was suddenly interrupted by a water-balloon falling down onto his head.

Blaze looked up and was hit in the face by another water-balloon. While up above, Pinkie was on the roof of the Town Square with Fluttershy hovering beside her. Pinkie gave Fluttershy another water-balloon and she looked down at Blaze. "Sorry." She said quietly before she dropped the water-balloon.

It his Blaze on the head and he looked up at the with anger in his eyes, his horn glowed brightly before he shot a powerful beam up to them.

Seeing this, Pinkie quickly leaped off the roof and landed onto Fluttershy's back, much to her surprise. The beam then struck the roof while Fluttershy tried to fly away. "Pinkie! I can't hold on!" Fluttershy said as she slowly started floating down to the ground.

"Just a little more, Fluttershy!" Pinkie said, watching them getting closer to the safe ground.

But suddenly, Blaze stuck the ground with his magic and more Earth Worms burst from the ground and instantly noticed Fluttershy and Pinkie getting lower towards them, they started chopping their mouths as they got closer.

Pinkie went wide-eyed with fright before she looked at Fluttershy. "Keep flying! Keep Flying! Keep Flying!" she said repeatedly with each time getting louder.

Fluttershy bared her teeth as she started flapper her wings harder just enough to make them go a little further away from the Worms.

Meanwhile, Twilight and Rarity continued to fight off Zelga with everything they had. Zelga raised her front-hooves before she slammed them to the ground. Suddenly, the ground under her hooves started to crack, the cracks moved quickly towards Twilight and Rarity before stopping right under them.

Knowing something was going to happen, Twilight used her magic to form a shield bubble around both of them. At that moment, a bunch of black spikes shot up from the cracks. Unable to penetrate it, the spikes raised the shield bubble up with Twilight and Rarity safely inside.

Startled by how close they were to being struck by those spikes, Twilight and Rarity breathed gently, trying to stay calm. Twilight's horn glowed and they were both teleported out of the bubble and back on the soild ground.

Zelga's horn glowed brightly again before a pair of giant see-through claws appeared hovering above her, they spread their fingers wide before they both shot towards Twilight and Rarity. Seeing this, they started dodging out of the way every time the claws tried to grab them.

One of the claws then raised high above Twilight and tied to slam down on top of her, but Twilight teleported away before it could do this. She reappeared on the other side of the street and tried to zap Zelga with another powerful beam.

But before it could strike Zelga, the claw came back and shielded her from the beam. The claw then shot towards Twilight with its fingers open wide.

At that moment, Twilight shot a powerful beam of magic towards the claw, the beam was so strong that it broke right through it and struck Zelga, making her yell in pain and stumble a little. This made her lose her concentration and the claws disappeared.

Twilight smirked at this achievement, but it went away once she saw the angered look on Zelga's face. "This game ends now!" she said loudly before she pointed her horn at Twilight and shot a powerful beam at her.

Twilight then quickly pointed her horn at Zelga and also shot a powerful beam at her, the two beams then came into contact and made a strong explosion that spread dust and smoke through-out the area.

After a minute, the dust cleared and most of the Mane 6 coughed and looked around for Zelga and Blaze, but they were nowhere in sight. "W-Where did they go?" Applejack asked, trying to see them through the remaining dust.

"Don't move another inch!" Blaze's voice said loudly. They all looked over to where it came from and saw Blaze and Zelga standing beside each other, with Twilight held tightly in Zelga's magic. "Try anything, and the Unicorn gets a shock of a lifetime." Blaze said as electricity flowed through his horn.

Seeing this, the rest of the Mane 6 looked at each other before they decided they had no choice but to take a step back.

"You fools think you're so much better than everyone else, you think you know the defence between good and bad. But you know nothing about true evil! We may do bad things, but we're doing justice, to right a wrong that was made so long ago!" Blaze said, speaking from the deepest parts of his anger.

Twilight tried to get out of Zelga's magic as she looked down at Blaze. "Thorn was insane, he tried to enslave and probably kill every pony in Equestria, Matt did what he had to do." she said strongly.

Blaze then looked up at her and smirked. "I wasn't talking about that." He said, leaving Twilight confused. "But now that you mention it, this would be a good time to get revenge for Thorn's death. So tell me, where is Matthew?" he asked with a serious yet dark tone.

Twilight turned her head away, refusing to answer.

Blaze grunted. "Fine…luckily, I know his weakness…he won't back down if his loved ones are in danger. So, with that said…" he said before his horn pulsed with electricity before she shot a small bolt at Twilight, making her scream in pain.

The rest of the Mane 6 started charging towards them to try and help her, but Blaze shot another bolt at them and it shocked them all in a chained-attack. The Mane 6 screamed loudly in pain as they were powerfully shocked.

Meanwhile at the Library, I was still in the guest room, lying on the bed, when I suddenly heard the screams coming from the Town Square. I looked out the window and saw the electricity surging from it.

Once I saw that, I felt a boiling feeling inside me, I growled loudly before I flew up into the air and backed away from the window. "Screw this!" I said loudly before I shot towards the window fast. I smashed right through it and flew towards the Town Square with my speed getting quicker.

As I kept picking up speed, I pulled one hoof back as I quickly approached the Town Square, it wasn't long before I saw Blaze and Zelga up ahead. I yelled loudly and I soon shot into them with my hoof punching Blaze in the face.

Time slowed down as my punch came into contact with Blaze's face, but time soon came back up to speed as the power of my much sent Blaze flying into one of the nearby cottages, I then spun around with one of my hind-legs sticking out and it struck Zelga in the face, making her drop Twilight.

Before she could hit the ground, I swooped in and grabbed her in my arms. Twilight and I looked each other in the eyes. "Are you ok?" I asked with concern.

Twilight nodded. "I'm better now." she said with sweetness in her voice.

I then flew over to the rest of the Mane 6 and placed her down with them. "I'm sorry…I'm so sorry, I should've been here. But I promise you, all of you, I will never leave you again." I said looking at them with sorrow.

They all smiled warmly at me. "It's ok, Matt. We're just glad you finally came, now we can properly take on these ruffians." Rarity said.

"Isn't that sweet." Zelga said from behind me, I turned around and we all looked over to her. "The stallion we've been waiting for has arrived." She said as she glared at us with a sharp grin.

I took a step forward. "Stay away from my family, Zelga!" I said in a growl in my voice.

Zelga grinned. "I'm not the one who wants to fight you, Matthew, I simply want to test my strength on this town. Once I truly master the Fear Hex, I'll take it up to Canterlot and use it on every pony there, including the Princesses." She said with an evil smile.

"But we've seen what the Fear Hex does, if you do that, the entire city will tear each other apart through fear." Rainbow Dash said.

"That's the idea, then once the chaos has settled and the city is silent, I'll take the city and get it ready for it's true master." Zelga said with a wide grin.

I raised an eye-brow. "And who would that be?" I asked, curious as to who she was talking about.

Zelga chuckled. "All in good time, Matthew. But right now, I'd be more concerned about Blaze." She said.

I was confused by this until I was suddenly struck by a powerful beam of magic, it blasted me across the town and into a fruit-stand. I slowly opened my eyes to see Blaze storming towards me. "I suppose we can't talk about this." I said as he got closer to me, his shadow shrouding over me.

Blaze shook his head to say 'no' before he picked me up in his magic and threw me across the area, making me crash into the wall of one of the cottages. Once I hit the ground, I groaned in pain. "Ok…that hurt." I said as I slowly picked myself back up.

Blaze stormed over to me before he grabbed my shoulder with his hoof and forced me over onto my back, but I had a surprise for him, a lemon from the fruit-stand he threw me into. I squeezed it and the juice spurted into his face. Blaze yelled in pain as it made his eyes sting. "Ah, you little pain in the flank." He said as he rubbed his eyes with his arm.

"Buddy, you have no idea!" I said before I leaped into the air and threw my hoof down into his face, making him stumble down a little.

But while he continued to rub his eyes, his horn glowed and I was picked up again. "Oh, not agai-AHH!" I yelled as I was thrown away from the cottage and landed hard onto the grass.

I groaned as I leaned up and rolled over onto my hooves. "Ok…I'm ready this time." I said before I turned to face Blaze and saw him coming towards me.

Meanwhile, Zelga grinned again. "I'll leave you two alone, I have some town's folk to round up." she said before her body turned completely black and she sunk into th ground.

Twilight and the others rushed over to the spot where she stood, but weren't quick enough to stop her. Twilight then looked over to me. "Matt, we're gonna find Zelga and try to protect the other ponies, do you think you can keep Blaze occupied?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, don't worry, I've got him right where I want him." I said with a confident smile.

With that, Twilight smiled back and nodded before she turned around to face the rest of the Mane 6, she nodded to them before they all ran off into town to try and find Zelga, leaving me behind with Blaze.

I then returned my attention to Blaze before I got into a fighting pose. "Ok Blaze, time for some pay back." I said before I summoned my Element Armour and it appeared on my body.

"I was about to say the same thing to you." Blaze said as his eyes flashed red and the amulet around his neck glowed brightly.

Blaze and I then charged towards each other before we leaped into battle, beginning the long awaited showdown.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Again, sorry it took so long, I've been going through some problems. Hopefully I'll be back to normal soon.

If there are any spelling errors, don't worry, my buddy Aaron Thomas Vento helps with my spell check. He once said he likes to be helpful in FanFics, so if you have any chapters you want spell checking, looking him up on Twitter. But he doesn't like to be rushed, so take it slow with him.

I've been feeling a bit of self-doubt lately, so I'm gonna tell you a little about myself and then ask you a question at the end.

I'm normally a very nice person

Pleasant to be around

I like helping out when I can

I care a lot about people and animals

I sometimes get in moods, but that's only when I'm under a lot of stress

I've done some things in the past I'm not proud of and I later regret them

I try to be fair to everyone

I always try to do the right thing

Now that you know all that, answer me this. If it was all real, would I deserve to be in Equestria and would Twilight like me as a boyfriend? Leave an answer in a PM or Review.

Speaking of which, please remember to PM or Review.

Next chapter will be up as soon as it's done.