Several days had passed since Bullseye decided to train everypony. A message sent to Celestia and her sister had Motel go to their guards and train these in hitting the weak points on the Final Failures. Fyra had gotten quite adept as manipulating her flames , and Twilight, despite not having abilities akin to these, helped Fyra perform techniques with these flames. Rainbow Dash had warned everypony in Ponyville of a massive black thunderstorm coming this way. She hadn't heard any news from the weather team, so this wasn't their doing. Ponies could see it looming several kilometers far away, launching lightning bolts like an angry dragon.

It was coming closer , but Pinkie Pie decided to pull off a smaller to break the tension. It was happening in the Cakes' house. They had left with the babies for a little personal time together. Pinkie took advantage of this and organized a quaint little "fête". Not too flashy but not too boring either. Motel couldn't be present as he was still training the royal guards.

Twilight decided to talk to Bullseye who was looking at the punch through the bowl. He still didn't understand how anypony could drink this...pink substance.

"Well , I didn't expect this to be seeable. I thought it would just happen without us noticing," Bullseye kept looking at the punch, following the little yellow pieces of fruit with his eyes , but answered nonetheless: "The one responsible for this wasn't exactly the most discreet. She may have the innate ability to control those things , but she isn't too smart. I'm pretty sure the Princesses could easily destroy her , or you Elements of Harmony could dissolve her--"

"How did you--"

"I have my ways. Just like your pink friend over there."

He pointed at Pinkie who had jumped into a giant cake and was eating through it with Fyra.

"However , she always was surprising in the way she used those things."

"How so?"

"Let's just say that , if she ends up walking towards us from a far away distance, we'll be dragged underground and drained of our life."

Twilight cringed. "W-wow. And what's 'her' name?"

"I don't know. Motel and I always referred ta her as the "Soul Glare" , due to how her wierd eyes can pierce through yer soul."

Twilight remembered the encounter with that shadowy creature and the eye in the shadow. She had to tell Bullseye.

"Umm, Bullseye , I have something important to tell you," Bullseye turned around and faced her.

"What is-OOOOH!" He suddenly looked straight across from him then squinted his eyes and looked around and tried to whisper to Twilight.

"I see."

"Wha-what? You do?"

"Yeah. You like Motel don't ya?", Twilight became redder than Fyra , who was more blue now because of the cake icing.

"WHAT?! NO! I don't--"

"Yeah, yeah. I here ya. Winkwink nudgenudge 'n all that."

"You are SOOOO irritating."

"Just facing the facts."

"Oh yeah? Then how about the way you act in front Applejack?"

"What do you mean?" he started to sweat.

"Oh? Did I hit a nerve?"

"Nonsense! I only have feelings for my duty."

"SUUUURRRRE you do. Like you said , nudgenudge winkwink."

"Grrrr."

"But that wasn't what I wanted to tell you about."

The atmosphere around them became heavier and more sinister.Twilight gave a very serious look to Bullseye. He looked back , his mouth starting to open. He seemed to have understood.

"What did you see?" he asked , having a stuttering sound hidden in his words.

"I think Rainbow , Pinkie , and I met her, or atleast , we saw and spoke to her shadow."

"What did she say?"

"Well, Rainbow Dash asked her who she was, and she answered: 'Your demise'."

Bullseye rubbed his forehead , curving around his horn. He started to breathe very fast.

"That isn't good. She plans on killing you and the other five to get to Fyra."

"What?!"

"She has some type of grudge against Fyra that Motel and I don't understand.Only Fyra knows , and the reason is still hidden in her memories somewhere."

"Oh no. We should stay grouped and get the elements."

"NO! Don't do that. Even if you haven't spoken about them to Fyra , she certainly knows about the elements now , and will steal them from you if you aren't careful."

"Then what CAN we do?"

"Use the techniques I taught you all. It was thanks to those that me and Motel plowed through literally hundreds of those things at once."

"Oh, one last thing Bullseye."

"What is it?"

"What happened to your accent?",Bullseye cleared his throat.

"What're ya talkin' about?What accent?"

"RRRIIIGHT!Well I'll be back to the party with the others."

It appeared that Pinkie Pie had thrown a piece of cake at Twilight Sparkle, whose face was now pastry. Fyra threw one too, but at Bullseye , and hit him on his cutiemark.

"BULLSEYE!" both PInkie and Fyra started to laugh uncontrollably. The group had all started throwing in and the shop was being covered with cake and other pastries. Things weren't so restful at the castle of Canterlot , however, where Celestia had not gotten any sleep at all last night. Luna was worried. They were both in the throne room once again.

"Tia, you don't need to worry. Motel told us that if any pony is drained , they can be brought back just by destroying the one responsible."

"Perhaps , but what if those "things" he spoke about are with her and they are just using her to make more of my subjects disappear?"

Luna rolled her eyes , but couldn't help but understand what her sister was worried about.

"Didn't that blue pegasi also say that this 'group' had been disbanded after the destruction of the tower?"

"True," Celestia started to calm down."And he also said that--" ,

"We are both capable of handling her if she gets too careless. I remember Luna."

"Then why do you worry?"

"Because he said that 'she' is quite capable of killing , but only chooses particular targets for the deed."

"Yes , but our royal guards are being sent to Ponyville right now to evacuate the citizens , while the others her at Canterlot will be sent to the underground passages."

"I still don't know why she would only attack Ponyville and Canterlot."

"Because she knows that we and Fyra have a...close connection. Similar to you and Twilight." Celestia lift an eyebrow.

"So...what have you been teaching her, oh wise teacher?"

"Hmph! She asked to learn more about the stars and the moon from us. She has been doing very well."

"I guess since you managed to break her protective cage in the dungeons weeks ago , she might consider you to be a symbol of security , one who would protect her if she couldn't do it herself."

Luna started thinking about what her sister had said.It is true that Fyra did not know much of her past after it being erased by that "device", so perhaps, when Luna reached out to her , Fyra considered her as a parental figure. This made Luna feel...strange. However , the doors swung open with a creaking sound. Motel walked into the throne room , hundreds of guards following him. He walked towards the princesses who had been talking at the base of the throne. He bowed politely and used his typical flattery. The princesses weren't phased whenever he did this. He considered them to be good 'challenges' to improve on his 'skills'.

"Princesses , the troops have been trained and know exactly which spots to hit. A large portion of your guards have been sent to Ponyville to evacuate all citizens there except for your élements d'harmonie. The ones here in Canterlot have already been sent to those underground passages meant for a quick escape. I hope the exit will not be blocked."

"We hope so too," replied Luna."Your 'friend' is not very discreet, is she?"

"No. But her 'puppets' are. There are the greatest threat here. Now , while you two possess incredible strength and can easily disassemble them with your magic, the others won't be as strong. I suggest you only leave the castle when no other options are left."

"Understood. Anything else, Motel?"

"Yes. If they do appear in front of you , know that their greatest weakness is in their inability to fly. I believe you remember how they were created?"

Princess Celestia shuddered to remember it. "Y-yes. I do."

"Also , DON'T let them TOUCH you! They'll drain your life force, and if the Final Failures are imbued with your powers , Equestria will be left defenseless to these things. That, and they'll have super powers too. Hopefully they'll explode because of the excess of your powers." Motel just looked away, uncaring, at his final words , crossing his forelegs.

I parchment appeared in green flames right above princess Celestia.She opened it and a look of confusion sprouted on her face. Luna tipped over and a similar expression formed.

"What is it princesses?" Celestia lowered the letter and looked at Motel.

"It says:

The zombie ponies are coming! They're coming!

Motel scratched his neck ab it while looking pensive.

"Well , I GUESS they do look a bit like zombies.Wait, ALREADY?!"

He quickly informed the soldiers to sound the alarms.

"A final thing princesses."

They both looked back up at him.

"The Final Failures will aim for me only, so I'll be the best decoy to use if you need to destroy thousands of them in one go."

"But you just said--"

"Yes. As a final option. You will have to destroy me as well."

"Good luck then, Motel," said Celestia. Trying to reassure her newest soldier.

"Thank you milady."

And with that , he was off. While Motel ran through the streets of Canterlot , watching the guards readying up, he thought to himself:

"Pfiou. This feels so cliché."