Alex ran out of the castle and looked around for his friends. None of them were around. He waited for a few minutes and started calling out for them. He was finally joined by Erex.

"Yo, Alex, where are the others?" Erex asked, looking left and right for the other two horsemen.

"I don't know. I was hoping that you would know." Alex replied. "Okay, you go look for Lucas, I'll go for Darragh." He continued.

Erex ran off towards Felix's wing of the castle. Alex ran off towards Ulthane's. Alex mumbled a silent prayer, praying that the two missing horsemen were alright.

"Do you think they are okay?" Twilight asked, worry rising in her eyes.

"Don't worry, they will be fine. They're our boys we are talking about here." Cadence replied, though she was beginning to have doubts. The boys had been gone for a long time.

"Do you think we should go look for them?" Celestia asked.

"No. Alex gave us strict instructions to go back and stay there till they returned." Luna said, no worry visible in her expression.

"What's up with you, sis? I thought you would be the one concerned the most." Celestia asked her sister.

"I am not concerned at all." Luna said, looking away from the others.

Erex was sprinting through the halls, looking left and right for the throne room. He slid along through a turn in the hallway and ran as fast as he could. He looked left and saw two double doors as he ran around with large spiders on it. He tried to stop but slid on a green liquid. He hit the ground with a clatter.

"Aw, son of a bitch." Erex said, sitting up.

Erex stood up, looking at the green slime on his arms. He took a step forward and heard a crunch of something hard. He looked down and saw that he had stepped on a large spider leg. He took a few steps back and stepped on another one. He found himself standing in a large pile of dead spider parts.

"Holy hell. What happened here?!" Erex yelled out.

Erex finally got his composition and busted through the door. He saw a pile of dust off to one side and his fallen brother not far away from it. He ran over to him.

"Hey, Luke! Wake up buddy, you still with me?" Erex said, shaking Lucas. There was no response.

Erex felt Lucas's neck for a pulse and found a faint heartbeat. He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled him up, carrying him army style. He ran from the room, hurrying as fast as he could.

Alex kicked the door to the throne room in. He was horrified with what he saw. Darragh's left arm had been separated from his body and was thrown aside. There was more blood than he had seen in a long time, and a lot of blood was no surprise to him. Alex could only describe the scene as something from a Rob Zombie movie.

"Darragh! Oh god please don't be dead!" Alex said, sliding next to his friend.

Alex felt Darragh's remaining wrist and felt a slow beat. He pulled Darragh on his back and ran from the room. Darragh needed extreme medical attention, and he needed it now.

Erex and Alex met outside the castle. Each of them did not have to say a word. They both made a mad dash down the mountain, not stopping for anything.

"Alex, we're not going to make it in time! Darragh and Lucas are going to die by the time we reach Ponyville." Erex said.

"Okay, I have an idea." Alex replied. He focused his mind and centered in on Luna's position.

Alex called out to her with his mind.

"Luna! Luna are you there!"

"Alex? Is that you?"

"Yeah, no time to explain, I need your help. Darragh and Lucas are severely injured. I need you to grab the girls and pick us up."

"Okay, on our way."

Luna suddenly stood up.

"Come on girls, our men need us." She said.

"What are you talking about?" Cadence asked.

"No time to explain, but if you want to see Darragh and Lucas alive again, then lets get moving." She told them.

Twilight and Cadence shot up and darted out of the clearing. Celestia and Luna were close behind.

Alex and Erex were halfway through Ponyville when they were intercepted by the girls. Alex and Erex put the boys on Cadence and Celestia's backs. The girls took off, flying back to the clearing.

"Are you two okay?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah, we're fine." Erex said.

"Yeah…..Fine…" Alex said, suddenly dizzy.

Alex fell forward, holding his shoulder. The wound Samael had given him was deep and was still bleeding.

"Alex?! Darling are you okay?" Luna said, catching him as he fell forward.

Alex held his shoulder. He winced in pain.

"Okay, come on, stand up, we have to get you to a doctor. Come on, you have taken a lot worse than this." Luna said, helping her husband to his feet and helping him keep his balance with her wing.

"Yeah, thanks babe." Alex said, walked weakly forward.

"Don't you 'thanks babe' me. I'm still very mad at you." Luna said, looking away.

"What did I do?" Alex asked, dazed and confused.

"You know what you did." Luna replied.

Alex had seen this before. His father would come home from work and his mother would be angry for no apparent reason. She would claim that he "knew what he did" when he really didn't.

"Fine, we will discuss this when we get back. But first, I want to make sure my brothers are okay." Alex said, walking faster, not needing his wife's assistance.

"Whoa, okay, wait up." She said, trotting after him.

The four of them took off, wanting to get to the clearing as fast as possible.

"Do you think they will be okay?" Erex asked.

"I am certain that they will live. I trust that Chrysalis will know what to do." Alex replied.

The four of them picked up the pace, they knew that time was not on Darragh and Lucas's side.