Meanwhile, Solar Flare gazed into a crystal ball and watched the scene of the group getting attacked by bats as she smiled with pleasure. "I know the maze would stop them in their tracks," She remarked to herself. "I win, I win! Muahahahaha- Wha?" Her mouth gaped open as she saw the group fighting back against the malevolent bats. Right now, Luna was in the throne room with Solar Flare because Solar Flare enjoyed watching her suffer from imprisonment.

"What the hell?" Solar Flare continued.

"I can't stand the language," Luna shouted. "It hurts my ears!"

"Your shouting hurts my ears!" Solar Flare shot back. "Now, silence! I don't want them to figure out where you were held!"

"Oh, please... I'm sure they'll eventually find me-"

"Not now! They have to find the others. They didn't realize how far away they are from their wimpy friends! They have to endure the cruel heat of the blazing sun!"

"Have you no idea what the eternal day could do to the world? There would be droughts, increased chances of heatstrokes, increased chances of sunburns, and more wildfires."

"Hmm... I never thought of that. I'll make the day even hotter! And there will be more wildfires... Especially in the Everfree, where the group is!" Solar Flare arched her brows, and chuckled evilly.

"No!" Luna's firm voice echoed throughout the ruins as Solar Flare quickly swung a club at Luna, causing her to pass out.

"Good. I love a silent listener, not a noisy rebel." Solar Flare then ordered her guards to infiltrate the Everfree Forest to ambush the group. She placed her hoof to her mouth as she allowed her magic to pulse into the crystal ball. "Shh... A wildfire shall appear out of nowhere," She muttered as she slowly sipped her soda like wine. "I shall create a barrier between the castle and the forest."

And so, she created a huge wall of fire around her castle so that nopony could gain entry to the ruins. Only her guards could gain entry, since they followed every order that she tossed at them from time to time.

---

As the group escaped the maze, they found a pink gem laying in the grass. Fluttershy gasped, and ran to retrieve it. "The Element of Kindness," She exclaimed.

"That's nice. Now, let's go before any monsters-" Zelda started as the fires emerged from nowhere.

The armored ponies surrounded them and prepared to attack them. Discord used his Chaos magic to levitate the ponies into the air. The flames ceased because the fire was in the presence of Chaos magic. The ponies screamed and shouted as their legs flung around. They dropped their weapons and their helmets slid off.

Discord levitated the ponies to the left, and forced them into the undying embers of the wildfire. The ponies screamed in pain as the flames consumed them. Discord then flung the ponies to the right with full force, and allowed the rest to die in the flames. He then froze the flames, and the flames became foreboding pillars of ice. He was now finished, and said 'success' as he lead the group out of the forest.

"What's next, freezing the lava?" Link asked with curiosity.

"Possibly," Discord replied.

"Was that inspired by a scene in the movie that you once watched?" Fluttershy asked.

"Possibly," Discord said.

"Who will we save next?" Zelda asked.

"Either Apple Jack or Rainbow Dash."

"Wouldn't Rainbow be in Cloudsdale?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes," Discord responded.

---

Meanwhile, Solar Flare finished her lunch and stared into the crystal ball once more. Luna woke up after a few minutes, and felt a huge pain near her horn. She placed her hoof onto her head, and groaned with pain. "Celestia wouldn't do this," She said. "This is abuse! Why must you have to abuse me so?"

"Because you're my prisoner," Solar Flare replied. "I told you to keep silent! Or else, you'll fall into a sleep-like death like that princess from a filly tale!"

"You can't do that to me."

"Yes, I can! Or, I'll chop off your head."

"You seem to get the best treatment. Why did I get the worst of it? I only got served a half-full glass of water and a piece of disgusting bread!"

"That's how it was in medieval times. I wish I could go back to that period."

"You'd rather rob the rights of mares and fillies everywhere? And rob the right to have freedom? And what's next, racial discrimination and disability discrimination?"

"You humor me sometimes, fool. Only I get to be a ruler!"

"You know what? You're the cruelest tyrant ever! You're possibly as cruel as Tirek! I want Celestia back! What happened to the sweet sister that loved me?" Luna could barely hold back her tears and frustration. She thought it right to be angry at Solar Flare, though.

"I'm not your sister anymore! You want to be punished?" Solar Flare retorted as she stood tall and approached Luna. She flashed her wings, and stared down the almost limp alicorn.

Luna felt intimidated for a moment, but chose to hide her fear so that she could seem more courageous than the cruel oppressor. Her ears moved back, and she clenched her jaw to seem tough and queen-like. She narrowed her eyes as she huffed. "You're not going to rebel, are you?" Solar Flare taunted.

"I will, for the sake of the citizens of Equestria and for the sake of my dear friends! I won't let you touch the citizens of Equestria in such a cruel way," Luna asserted.

Solar Flare's mane flickered around her face as the flames appeared around her. The flames seemed to light up parts of her face, giving her an ominous and malevolent look. "Very well, then," She said darkly. "Looks like I'm going to make you suffer like this... If you close your eyes and let me do this, then you won't feel pain. You won't escape, either!"

"No! I'm not letting you depower me!" Luna stood up with full strength, and stared into the evil alicorn's eyes.

Solar Flare blasted her with a sleeping spell, causing Luna to fall into a deep sleep as she collasped to the floor. "Hmm," Solar Flare said deviously as she levitated a knife and brushed it gently across Luna's back. "She won't fly out once I take away her wings."

Solar Flare jabbed the blade into the area between Luna's wings and her back. Blood poured out freely as Solar Flare sliced off the left wing. "One more to go," Solar Flare muttered.

Don't do this to my sister! A voice screamed in her head.

"You can't stop me," Solar Flare retorted.

If we were to separate, then I will get you! Like, really! I swear that you're worse than Nightmare Moon, the mare that took my sister.

"Huh. What a fool..." Solar Flare sliced off Luna's right wing, and she levitated the pair of wings into the air. She placed them into a glass container next to the golden throne. She quickly wrapped the bandages around Luna's back, and chuckled evilly. "Just as I planned..."

Are you insane? You'll break her love for me for real! And you'll make her thirsty for revenge! You know how she can be... The voice finished.

"I can handle her, coward," Solar Flare remarked.

Oh, please. I'm not a coward, but you are! You're too afraid to act kind to Luna, and you're too selfish to release me from your grasp! You're also too evil to spare the powerful Elements of Harmony! You need some time on the sun, as Nightmare Moon once did on the moon!

Solar Flare snorted loudly as she sat upon her throne.

---

Zelda, Link, Fluttershy, and Discord reached Cloudsdale, and they were surprised that the skyward city was almost abandoned... Or so it seemed. In the distance, they heard the ambulance sirens. Fluttershy wondered who got hurt or worse. "This villainess is setting off a genocide. Is she happy now?" Zelda asked.

"Sadly, yes," Link replied.

"That villain life would be lonely," Discord admitted.

"Although, she gets to talk to her guards," Fluttershy said.

"We can't trust the sun! Get inside for the best air conditioning!" A mare shouted in the distance.

"I'm worried about my animals," Fluttershy confided.

"I'm sure they'll manage," Zelda said. "For now, we should worry more about rescuing others from their prisons."

"Hey! This cloud cavern seemed interesting. Let's see what's in there," Discord suggested.

"What does that have to do with rescuing others?" Link inquired.

"Come with me!"

They all crowded into the cloudy cavern, and saw that the interior looked like dark rainclouds. "Not as dark, eh? I can see beams of light peeking through," Discord commented.

"I wonder what a cloudy cave-in would be like," Zelda replied.

"Maybe this?" Discord snapped his fingers, and the clouds gathered behind them.

"You'd fall through anyways," Fluttershy said as she placed her hoof onto the clouds. She found that the clouds were ironically harder than the clouds in the cloudy cavern. "Discord! Is this for humor?"

"Yes."

"Oh, how ironic."

"What's more ironic is that you're so willing to rescue Luna," Zelda told Link. "Am I not important anymore?"

"You're still important, but I'd do anything to make sure she was okay," Link replied.

"Do you really think princesses are that fragile?"

Suddenly, Zelda placed her hoof onto a switch, and the trapdoor opened below the group. "Oh, come on!" Link complained. "You lied about your wisdom, right?"

"Nope," Zelda objected.

A familiar pegasus in the corner seemed surprised, yet determined. "I don't understand why I can't fight Solar Flare alone," Rainbow Dash muttered. "Do we have to slam the Elements on her as we did Nightmare Moon, because I prefer hoof-to-hoof combat! I want action, okay?"

"Rainbow Dash, didn't you remember what Twilight once told us?" Fluttershy asked.

"Don't bring up that princessy egghead."

"That's not very nice," Zelda said. "There's nothing wrong with being royal and being intelligent."

"Royalty gets kidnapped sometimes."

"It didn't happen to me today, at least."

"You're just so ungrateful," Link commented.

"Politeness is overrated," Rainbow Dash said.

The group escaped the cloudy cavern, and flew to Ponyville to continue their adventure. "Here, I found this while we escaped that place," Discord told Rainbow Dash.

"It's just a clou- what? How'd you find the Element of Loyalty?" Rainbow Dash responded.

"Chaotic coincidence."

"I'll take it."

The group rushed to the train station. "I'm guessing we have to run all over Equestria to find Rarity and Apple Jack right now. We got Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, and wait-" Link said.

They all rushed away from the train station, and soon reached Sugarcube Corner. The building was boarded up, and the group wondered why.