At this moment, we return to where our favorite ponies are at this moment, are being kept in a prison castle area that the Brotherhood of Tadaka was using for a hideout. In a cell block specially made wall structure that was magic proof, kept the Mane Six and the CMC jailed in. Outside of the cell were some of the Dragon Army Guards Lorcan had given orders to be station near the captive ponies. The prisoners saw at least two big dragon guards guarding outside a chamber door that lead to their cell area, some thoughts were on a wonder, if they did break out, could they really fight without setting off an alarm to warn of a problem?

"Aaaaaaugh…I can't just sit here and do nothing while Lorcan is out there doing who knows WHAT to Equastria!" Rainbow Dash snapped out from holding her head, about to lose her mind staying stuck in this cell.

"Rainbow, calm down, Ah admit, things don't look mighty right." Applejack tried to calm down the impatient Pegasus, but that was hardly a working progress.

"Things don't look right AT ALL, Applejack!" Rainbow Dash snapped at the farmer cow girl about the state they are in is not one for a good time.

"Please, girls…let's not fight here." Twilight Sparkle came between her friends to cease the argument as they are getting nowhere with this.

"Ugh, sentence to life in a jail cell, the only thing worst then that, is the uniforms…or-or…the sloppy meals, gaaaaugh! Where's a mirror? Am I starting to wrinkle from stress?" Rarity was moaning and complaining but yelped from touching her face. Panicking over if being in prison has ruined her complexion that she was getting wrinkles from the prison hard life stress.

"Cheer up Rarity, you're still as fine and pretty from my sight!" Pinkie Pie popped up near her friend in speaking with assurance that Rarity does not look terrible or anything else in a bad way of seeing it.

"Huugh, at least that calms my nerves a bit." Rarity sighed in feeling a bit relieved by what Pinkie Pie said helped calm her nervous nerves.

"We've only been here for no less than a day or so." Rainbow Dash remarked off at seeing the overly dramatic pony make such a fuss over the small things. She notices that her friend is looking sadly to her sister, who hasn't spoken to her in a while now. "Still worried about Sweetie?"

"She hasn't spoken since Lorcan tricked me into hitting her! Oh, the shame that I put on my family and myself! She thinks that I would never hit her...and I prove my baby sister wrong! What kind of a sister am I?"

"I don't know. What kind are you?" Pinkie asks Rarity, blinking her eyes in a puzzled matter. The white unicorn sighs as she tries to communicate with her sister again.

"Sweetie Belle..."

"Get away from me!" Sweetie snaps as she moves away from Rarity. "You hit me..."

"Sweetie, I'm truly sorry." Rarity said in regret and guilt. "I didn't know that Lorcan would pull a dirty move like that and trick me into hitting you."

"Well, you did." Sweetie remarks angrily with tears from her eyes. "Perhaps I was wrong that time ago...we don't need a sister!"

"Sweetie Belle, don't say that! We do need one another, you are my little sister, I would never hit you intentionally."

"Talk to me when I get my cutie mark...if I ever get one!"

Rarity sighs in sadness while looking down some more, "Oh, Sweetie Belle..."

"At least you still got a sister you can try to make amends with." Twilight said in sadness. "What Lorcan said to me...is kinda true. I didn't thank Spike at times, gave him gratitude, even treat him like a slave...and those times were unintentional! He must really hate me right now."

"Look, Twilight, Lorcan is trying to freak you out." Rainbow said to Twilight with a grin. "You regret saying what you did about Spike in your journal entry, you didn't meant to treat him like a slave, and we all know about the birthday thing...and deep down, you care for the little dragon, right?"

"Yeah...but..."

"But, nothing; if we wanna prove Lorcan wrong, we must find a way 'ta do so," Appleack exclaims in determination.

"Sis….are we ever gonna get outta here?" Apple Bloom asked with hoping in despair from their state that they get out of this somehow.

"Course we will little sister, just leave it 'ta yer big sister 'ta handle it!" Applejack proclaimed in trying to brighten the mood of their state with her feeling in her gut. "Now maybe if we try 'ta dig wit' our hooves, we could get out." The cow girl pony pointed to the side corner of the wall, suggesting a course of digging their way out of here.

"FINALLY; something to do," Rainbow Dash jumped up to cheer in hearing something that finally brought out a task to kill the boredom.

"Ssssh, you'll alert the guards outside." Twilight Sparkle held up her right hoof to hush her loud friend or she'll alert the guards to their escape plot.

"But Rainbow Dash has the right attitude; we can get out by digging!" Scootaloo responded with a smily attitude as Applejack and Rainbow Dash were starting to use their tough hooves to try and dig a bit through the stone structure to make an escape hatch path.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news everyone, but that might not work." Twilight Sparkle spoke in regrettably stating that the plan choice to escape might not be digging their way out. "These walls seem made to hold against any pony that's strong, even for Big Macintosh. It takes a long time to dig out through them." The smart pony made her case very clear, the task of digging their way to freedom would be a long and hard journey, and the guards may get wise to them hiding a hole.

"Gee, I guess that plan is a bust." Sweetie Belle looked a bit down in thinking that Twilight made a point, they can't just waste so many days trying to dig, what'll become of Equestria by then. The filly also didn't bother to look at her sister during this.

"Well we won't know until we try!" Rainbow Dash snapped before she and Applejack tried to continue digging near a wall's side without being so distracted by their struggling is useless.

"I sure wish my mommy was here." Dinky spoke in feeling a little bit sorrow in who she missed.

"Yeah, I wish the princesses were here to help." Pipsqueak spoke off in feeling lonely with Celestia, even Luna, of who he feels is his favorite princess despite how others seen her as Nightmare Moon long ago.

"It's okay you guys, we'll find some way out!" Twist came up to her friends to expression an assuring word and cheeky smile to wanting their belief to keep up. "Um, does anypony know what other way we have?" The curious filly girl asked in being unsure what to do as far as what they can do to find a way out.

"Mommy, who else is out there that can help us?" The Nyx clone came up to Twilight in wondering who was outside these prison walls that could stop Lorcan and his forces of the Dragon Army.

"Well Nyx, I guess beside Celestia and Luna and their friend Golden Heart, there are some we know that could stand up to Lorcan and his Dragon Army." Twilight Sparkle stated in feeling that there were some ponies that could stand against Lorcan and his reign of terror, but who else would give in for supporting a good cause?

"Oh-oh, I can guess some ponies that could be helpful!" Pinkie Pie raised her right hove like a girl wanting to be picked in class before starting off. "Let's see, um… There's….Applejack's brother, Big Macintosh. Then Twilight's brother, Shining Armor, his Royal Guards and his wife, Princess Cadance!" The pink pony spoke off a nice list of names of ponies that maybe very helpful as they were to them in the past.

"Don't forget to include the Wonderbolts!" Rainbow Dash spoke off from her and Applejack's work area in adding in another group to fight the good fight. "After all, there's Spitfire and then Soarin' and many more great Pegasus elite fliers on the squad." The dare-devil pony boasted out in knowing her dream hero squad would certainly be within the group trying to fend off Lorcan's reign of rule.

"Well, there might be Derpy who can help us too." Fluttershy spoke off shyly in stating another dear friend of theirs that's been helpful on some occasions.

"Yeah, my mamma can help even for a little bit." Dinky jumped for joy in knowing her mother has gotta be apart to help even if she can be a klutz at times.

"Hey, maybe Tough Apple might help!" Apple Bloom spoke off with a smile in bringing up another pony's name that REALLY got everyone in the room to freeze on the suggestion.

"Wooh there Apple Bloom, not that Ah'm complaining, but Tough Apple might cause more trouble than y'all think!" Applejack protested a bit in thinking that's an idea that might be a bit much…but then again. "Hmph, then again, charging down 'ta beat up these dragons might be something he might like doing anyway!" The cow girl exclaimed from second thoughts that if Tough Apple could easily beat down the enemies and when he gets angrier, then there's no stopping him.

"Then there's Phobos, he can help out!" The Nyx clone spoke off in reminding everyone of her friend she (the real self) got for her birthday as her friend and not just a pet, "Oh, and Daddy too!" The black filly exclaimed in nearly forgetting her father, Ben Mare, he's got the magical power to fight the good fight too.

"Well I'm sure Ben Mare, having the power of the Triforce would be seen as a foe to catch Lorcan's eyes." Rarity spoke from adding her own two-cent into the conversation in knowing what else might happen. "The poor dear might very much be targeted just to have that power bestowed on him taken." The white unicorn expressed a worried concern that if Lorcan ever got a hold of Ben Mare, he'll kill him to take the Triforce Elements inside the stallion.

"Rarity," Twilight Sparkle silently snap her friend to hush, as it was not only upsetting her but making Nyx gulp with worry about what her daddy might be in serious danger that she never thought of till now.

"Sorry Twilight, I shouldn't have opened my mouth suddenly." Rarity apologized quickly for her rude actions in speaking out of term.

"Okay, who else does that leave?" Pinkie Pie pondered out to her group in who else was not mentioned to be a part of the known likely ponies to play hero.

"Could we include Miss Cheerilee?" Twist raised her left hoof in suggesting that the fillies and colts teacher be a part of this too.

Some of the older ponies had doubts of a school teacher wanting to fight, and if Big Macintosh found out, he will be fighting to keep her safe, even facing a an entire herd of cows, or dragons in this case.

"Well sure, can't see why not?" Pinkie Pie shrugs off after thinking it over quickly and responded with a smile to the little foal's hopes.

"How about Thunderlane; That guy's got excellent wing-power to almost be on pairing with Rainbow Dash," Scootaloo exclaimed with a smile which made Rainbow frown that the filly caught on that made her yelp to correct herself. "Eheh, almost, just something I heard his little brother Rumble say to the other foals in our class." Scootaloo made a quick save from hurting Rainbow Dash's feelings even in the sheepish of ways.

"How's about Daisy, Lily & Rose; Think they can help?" Sweetie Belle asked out if the known flower trio mares might help in some way.

"Well…maybe. I'm not sure what they could do, but…I have faith that they can help with something from their natural talents." Fluttershy stated from trying to think of the positive side of everypony they can think of.
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Yeah, and the Cakes, they can provide the refreshments!" Pinkie Pie added off with a smile in knowing more than anything, you can't go fighting in battles or wars on an empty stomach.

"Hey, we're forgetting about Zecora. Ah bet you anything, she could whip up a potion 'ta knock 'e stuffing outta these guys!" Apple Bloom also spoke out another idea on another friend that thepnies can count on, the mysterious zebra that lives in Everfree Forest with her hocus-pocus work that can really help out.

"Well maybe the Mayor is trying to gather up anypony that can help out against this army!" Pinkie Pie spoke off in looking around in speaking out from what's on her mind. "Ohhh, they can be called…the RESISTANCE!" The pink pony exclaimed in excitement, the Mayor creating a pony bad known as the resistance to Lorcan and his Dragon Army, how thrilling that all sounds to picture such a cool thing to happen.

"O…kay; I think we got it cover that we're not the only heroes, so long as someone comes to help." Twilight Sparkle slowly responded from finding that the situation of their few friends out there and hearing Pinkie's crazy idea of them becoming a resistance army was…kinda farfetched.

"But how; No one knows where we are." Fluttershy said, feeling sadness. Most of the other ponies are starting to agree with her. How will their friends save them since no one but them or the princesses know where the castle is?

"Wait, what's this?" Pipsqueak asks as he saw something. The other ponies saw a note that came from out of nowhere.

Twilight uses her magic to take the note before reading it, "'Your friends are coming to get you out. Sign unknown. P.S eat this note so that the dragons do not see it.'"

"Well, what do you know! We are getting saved," Pinkie exclaims happily as she grabs the note, pour frosting on it and ate the whole thing, "Looks like the Resistance like I said is happening!"

"But what about Spike; Do you think he might help?" Pipsqueak spoke up to Twilight if she knew that their baby dragon friend would help stop the enemy.

Twilight remain silent and feeling a bit sad around such a question that was asked. She still blames herself for what's happen, from Spike's shock of the truth about Lorcan to the argument that they had, it's like the baby dragon isn't the same as who she once knew him.

"Mommy, it's okay, you don't have to keep blaming yourself for…" Nyx tried to comfort her mother in what she must be going through, but...

"No Nyx, I should!" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed in defiance for her own actions it seems. "I was told about Spike's history and promised to never tell. And now…I feel that I lost someone important during my times as a filly. A Friend I looked after while growing up." She felt heartbroken, after all the things, the times through good and bad, this maybe the case that she might not recover if she's lost Spike.

"Twilight, we know it's not your fault, none of us knew about Spike's past…or about his brother." Fluttershy spoke to help ease her friend who is feeling to take all the blame upon herself and no one else. "It's sad, Lorcan says that he himself is very much evil, but if he's Spike's older brother, shouldn't there be another side from what he's pretending to hide?" What the yellow Pegasus spoke ended up catching some ponies attention about Lorcan and him 'hiding' another side to him.

"Fluttershy, whatever could you possibly mean?" Rarity asked a bit astounded that her friend could even come to bring up such a claim without much proof to help strengthening it.

"Well, when he saw Spike, he showed signs of a caring, worrying and loving person, who thought something precious to them was lost?" Fluttershy spoke off in recalling the events when Lorcan invaded Ponyville, that for a villain, he showed signs of someone that once knew love. "That's not something all evil creatures show and if we've know that Spike was someone never really evil, and if we include Phobos's connection to the Dragon Army, it makes sense." When the girl mentioned about Spike and Phobos, much of the gang were wondering where this conversation might lead to. "They were those that choose'd to never be evil and never wanted to, maybe Lorcan followed that path because of the thought of losing Spike at some point." Fluttershy concluded her statement that if losing Spike was what set Lorcan to go rouge, then maybe somewhere deep inside the monster and master villain he appears to be…is nothing but a false lie.

Twilight felt silent in thinking over what she heard, could this meaning be really true? Nothing was making much sense but the major thing that they all need to focus on is getting out of this prison cell and finds them answers for themselves.

"Cruffvhm…" Suddenly, a crumbled noise of a loose rock was heard that brought attention and broke the conversation these ponies were having. From near Applejack and Rainbow Dash's side, they stumbled upon with much luck, a loose broken crack in the wall which they moved away to reveal…a nice size escape hole leading somewhere in the castle.

"Hey guys, I think we managed to catch a break!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed with a prideful declaration of their work, it paid off and they got an exit out of this cell room.

"More like a tiny break, looky here." Applejack pointed out something that she and her friends never noticed, the only way out is just a broken piece hole in the wall. "Dat there is nothing more than a hole behind 'dis wall. An' we're all too big 'ta fit through it!" The cow girl exclaimed in making a good point, there is no way they can squeeze through such a small space.

"Maybe if we squeeze real tight, it could work." Pinkie Pie perked up to suggest a positive view of this bad dilemma.

"Please, I'm not going through that tiny hole, it may mess up my mane and tail!" Rarity argued off in protest, escape is one thing, but she's not going through a useless struggle and come out a mess.

"Aw, ye an da problems!" Applejack remarked off with a roll of her eyes in seeing how much Rarity was making with her complaining.

"It looks like the hole is only big enough…" Twilight Sparkle spoke from studying the hole in the wall and the ponies in the cell to come up with something, "For a little foal to squeeze through!" The smart pony exclaimed from looking at the CMC who shared puzzled expressions as Twilight looked back between them and the hole before…realization. "Girls, I think I figured out our escape plan. But some of you might disagree to it." Twilight stated to her friends with a stern and serious face as she has a plan, but it's something some might not like.

"Well out with it, what's the plan?" Rainbow Dash asked off a bit impatiently that if the smart pony of their group has something, they have to hear it as their only way of knowing what to do.

"The hole's too small for us, but not for those of us of a filly and colt size." Twilight Sparkle suggested this with a clear determine tone from looking pass her to where the fillies and colt are, stating that they can fit through what the bigger ponies cannot.

"Wait a sec, Twilight; Are yew suggesting 'dat my sister an' her friends go through there?" Applejack held up one hoof in asking rhetorically that the plan was to have the little ones go through their only escape opening.

"Hey, 'dat's a great idea!" Apple Bloom smiled up in thinking that idea just might work, the other CMC were nodding and chatting to thinking the same thing.

"No, it's a horrid idea! We can't let innocent foals storm a castle of the enemy!" Rarity rejected solidly in thinking that such a plan to let little foals, including some of the Mane Six's sisters go through such dangerous of places.

"Aww, but Rarity, we can help!" Sweetie Belle pouts to say that in her defense, that she and her friends can help the bigger ponies.

"But I already felt terrible when I was tricked into hitting you before...I would never forgive myself if I do so again."

"Look, we will put aside that matter for now. Please, trust me and my friends to do this!"

"Yeah, we could go out and find the keys to your cell and we're home free!" Scootaloo exclaimed in a determine expression mostly seen on Rainbow Dash, thinking if they get the key, their escape is clear.

"Yes, we could do that and fit into any small place that the Dragons would never think to suspect a pony to hid!" Twist nods with a smile in pointing out that the Dragon Army would most likely be on guard for adult ponies but never expect to find foals sneaking in their castle of the enemy.

"And with so many of us, we can watch each other's back." Pipsqueak perked up in thinking that, if the CMC each look out for another, they'll be just fine.

"Yeah, it's perfect!" Dinky nods with a smile in thinking the little ones have everything all cleared up on what to do.

"Girls, I know I'm asking a lot, but we'll have to trust that those smaller than us can really do this." Twilight Sparkle approached her friends of whom some still had the expression of doubt, but she begged them to trust her, this was their one shot and they can't miss cause they're afraid of what may happen.

"And they won't be alone; I can try to help from some of my magic." The Nyx clone steps up to assure Twilight's friends and her aunts that the black alicorn filly clone will be around to protect her friends. She is much better with magic than anyone else, being not just an alicorn, but from what her original self was once suppose to be, even if some of that power gone back to Princess Luna.

After a few minutes had pass, the rest of the Mane Six started to calmly smile in seeing the determination of the fillies and colt and soon those of the little one's sisters sigh in giving in to this debate.

"Hugh, alright Twilight, truthfully, I have second thoughts about this, but I'll comply." Applejack sigh in giving in as she brought up a smile to have trust that Twilight's plan can help them and that her little sister & friends will be okay.

"Yes, if you can trust Nyx and Applejack with Apple Bloom, I suppose I'll do the same…for Sweetie Belle." Rarity spoke with a little smile, feeling that if her two friends are putting much fate in their sister/daughter, then she'll do the same. "I will do whatever it takes to make up for what I did before..."

"And that goes for the rest of you fillies and colts too, okay." Fluttershy gently spoke in addressing the rest of the CMC that the big ponies are trusting them with this task.

"Yes Fluttershy." The other fillies and colt responded out but in a silent hush manner so the guards didn't hear them.

"And don't worry, we'll keep the guards from noticing a few missing foals in our cell until you get back." Pinkie Pie proclaimed with a smile in stating with a positive attitude that the Mane Six will keep the Dragon Army Guards from ever knowing that there are some escaped prisoners on the loose.

There was a small silence that filled the air as those that were like little sisters and mother/daughter hug their love ones and even Fluttershy hug the others to comfort them. It was a bit awkward for Rarity and Sweetie since the memory of the big sister hitting the filly before was still on their mind. But the two must put that terrible memory aside for now.

"Okay, okay, enough with this touchy feeling, time to get operation: Foal Infiltrators, underway!" Rainbow Dash spoke off in cutting in the middle of this soap opera moment to get serious as she smiled in announcing their code phrase plan of getting out of here.

Soon, the CMC nods with a determine expression as they went over to the only hole in the walls big enough for only a filly and colt to squeeze through. Each one went by one at a time, first being the daring Scootaloo, the determine Apple Bloom, the cautious Sweetie Belle, the puzzling Twist, the wondering eyes of Dinky, then the confused Pipsqueak in who got stuck, but luckily, the clone Nyx helped push her friend out with her following. The CMC were out of sight from the Mane Six still stuck in the cell room, they hope that they themselves made the right choice here or else if anything happens to the fillies and colt, they might be living in this prison with heavy regrets.

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Back in the battle, the three stallions kept on the attack on Lorcan who stabs at them with his beam swords. He then kicks Ben Mare right onto the ground hard.

"There you go, Benjamin! Right in the dirt where you belong," Lorcan taunted Ben Mare sinisterly.

Ben Mare got up, spitting out dirt as he snapped, "Lorcan, that joke is bad timing and not very funny!"

"Lorcan, your reign of terror ends today," Shining snaps to Lorcan sternly as his horn glows, causing rock to raise and be thrown at the dragon who got hit by each one, "Equestria will be rid of you and Tadaka's influence once and for all!"

"Awww, you are getting serious!" Lorcan taunts Shining wickedly, then spoke darkly, "Why so serious?!"

"I'm getting sick and tired of you saying that!" Shining shouted in anger while gritting his teeth.

"Eeyup and the same with you and your shorty wrath," Big Macintosh remarks as he charges at Lorcan who jumps back.

"I AM NOT SHORT, I AM NOT SHORT!" Lorcan snaps at Big Macintosh furiously.

"Actually, you are the size of a baby dragon, you are short." Ben Mare points out to Lorcan dryly.

"Hey, I'm more older than I look, Mr. Mare, Mr. Pony Whose Last Name Is A Filly Name!" Lorcan remarks to Ben Mare in annoyance.

"Make fun of my name liked that again, and I'LL BEAT THE LIVING TARTARUS OUT OF YOU, MIDGET LIZARD!!" Ben roared in anger.

Ben send out blasts at Lorcan who dodges them, taunting, "Ha ha! Your mother was a hamster, your aunt smells of Wonka Berries!"

"Yeah? Well, your mother rides a vacuum cleaner!" Ben snapped while launching blasts at Lorcan.

"Watch it, you insult my mother, you insult Spike's! He and I share the same mother!" Lorcan pointed out to Ben Mare in amusement.

"Enough of this insulting," Shining snapped as the battle resumed itself, all the fighters appeared to be on length with each other.

"Hmm, where are the royal sisters?" Lorcan ask, noting that Celestia and Luna are nowhere in sight, "Wouldn't surprise me, really. I mean, Celestia never did anything during her sisters or Discords return."

"That shows what you know! The princesses are keeping your armies at bay!" Shining snapped at Lorcan in defiance. "And don't insult Celestia like that! She just has some bad luck at times. She can fight you when or if she cans!"

"In that case..." Lorcan then pointed to a number of dragons watching the battle, "You! Go and bring me the Royal Sisters! But do not harm Luna!"

The dragons nod as they prepare to leave to do their task. But Ben exclaimed, "No!" The hero flew upward and quickly blast and hit the said dragons, sending them to the ground in pain.

Lorcan glared as Ben landed on the ground, snapping, "Leave my mother and my aunt out of this!!! This is our battle!"

"Oh, bother, this comes from a pony who doesn't know anything about his own father." Lorcan remarked to Ben Mare with a devilish smile.

"Shut up!!!" Ben shouted as he stood back up.

"Do you want to know who your father is?" Lorcan remarks to Ben with a sinister smile. "I betcha it's going to be a shock to you."

"I will find out the identify of my father on my own terms, not yours!" Ben snaps to Lorcan in determination.

"Eeyup; If Ben wants to wait to find out who his pa is, there's no reason to rush him." Big Macintosh remarks as he slashes at Lorcan with his beam sword, the dragon dodges it.

"Very well...and before you go on thinking that I was still lying to myself, I am not! I care for Spike; he is my brother, something that Twilight would never understand!" Lorcan snaps to his enemies in defiance.

"No, Twilight understand...and if you truly did care for your brother, you would know that he wouldn't like what you did, like killing my little brother Starlight!" Shining snaps to Lorcan furiously.

"Ooh, getting scared here...NOT!" Lorcan laughs madly. "No worries, I will make sure to spare you long enough to see Twilight gets what she deserves: a stab right in her heart!!!"

"DON'T YOU DARE," Ben yelled as he charged towards Lorcan, enraged at the idea of the dragon killing his beloved filly-friend. Lorcan chuckled a bit. This is going to be so much fun...

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The scene changes to where somewhere in the dark hall corridors of the castle where Lorcan plans his evil, the Dragon Army's set of duo guards march down each section. Nothing was going to catch them off guard, if they even see a mare or stallion; they have orders to deal with the problem before reporting. But while the guards watch out for any large invader threats, they don't see that the biggest concerns are something of a smaller package. Sneaking around many tapestries, suits of armor and statues figures were the CMC. They use their small size as their advantage against the slow guards only watching out for big ponies or other creatures while never expecting small and weak beings to stand against them.

"Coast clear, let's move!" Apple Bloom signaled her friends before they were trying to continue to sneak across the empty halls.

"Um, you sure this is the way to, gauhaugh.., where they keep the keys to the cells?" Twist spoke in asking if Apple Bloom's direction was really leading them to where the key to their friends' cell is nearby.

"Ah don't know, it's the first time Ah've gotten out of a cell 'ta look fer 'de keys too." Apple Bloom shrugs off to look at her friend in asking her this as she has not much of an idea as anyone else here.

"We best be careful, the guards are almost everywhere." Sweetie Belle spoke in caution from looking around, something was giving the atmosphere the feeling that the guards are closer then they think.

"Ah, they don't scare me, not one...guphm..." Scootaloo almost said, but someone held their hoof up to quiet her which was Dinky.

"Ssssh, someone's over there!" Dinky warned her friend in noticing from where they are, she could see from near a corner was the sounds of another presence besides them in the room.

There were a sets of guards marching down a corridor hall area, and what's worse, was that they were going to come up to the fork split in which the CMC are on one side and only are peeking over a corner.

"What do we do now? If we run ahead, they'll see us." Pipsqueak asked silently in worrying what the CMC can do, if they run for it, the guards are sure to see and notice them.

"Well we can't turn back; there's gotta be a way." Apple Bloom whispered back in knowing that the foals have to get by this without backtracking, the question is, how?

Suddenly, the Nyx clone saw a suit of armor behind the marching Dragon Guards and that's when an idea struck her.

"Hang on guys. I think I have an idea for stalling!" Nyx spoke with a determine expression as she was using her horn to glow and the same color was seen on the armor which the other guards had not seen yet.

"Clumpvhm..." The suit of armor made a noise of collapsing across the ground which the guards took immediate actions to see something off.

"What happened?" One guard responded puzzled to look where the noise originated from.

"Who goes there?" The second guard snapped off in the back distance, believing an intruder came from there.

"Did you see anything? I didn't notice?" The first guard asked puzzled if there was anything or anyone over there.

"No, but that armor just fell; think it was the wind?" The second guard responded in stating that was only the armor that made the noise and what the reasonable explanation might be.

"Come on, let's go back where we came and check it out!" The first guard stated in thinking they better check it out to be on the safe bet side.

"Right, Lorcan will have our heads if there are any intruders!" The second guard responded with a nervous thought of what Lorcan does to those that fail to stop intruders.

Soon, the Dragon Guards left their spot, giving the CMC a sigh of relief from their breaths. Then they ran across to the other side and gave a silent high-five hoof action to the other.

"Great work, Nyx, that got them fooled." Apple Bloom exclaimed with a smile of relief that her friend got the guards off their tail now.

"But they won't be fooled long; we have to find a way to help mommy and the others!" The Nyx clone stated that while that trick helped, they really need to find a way to help get Twilight and their other friends out of that prison cell.

"Um, I was wondering, what if when we find the keys, it's with the guards by the cell that has them?" Pipsqueak spoke in worrying about a fact that if the keys that the CMC are looking for were with the guards that was guarding them and not in a separate room.

"Aww great, we completely let that one slip!" Scootaloo groans to complain in seeing a mistake they completely let slip their minds. "They probably have the keys attached to their waist or around their tails or neck!" The little Pegasus complained off in thinking them dragon guards must have them key sets attached on some part of their body that'll make it extra hard to obtain.

"Then how do we get Rarity and the rest out?" Sweetie Belle asked with concerns in what the foals can do now to help their trapped friends and family friends out. "We can barely use much magic and from our lack of experience, it'll give us away!" The girl made a good point, as fillies, they don't have much on strength or wing power or the best magical works to fight off tough dragons even if only two prison guards.

"Nyx is 'de only one 'dat's better than 'de rest o' us, but even she's got limits." Apple Bloom spoke off in knowing that out of the CMC, Nyx had the most special talent of being an alicorn, but even her tiny filly form has limits to her magical power.

"Hey, guys; there's a door here!" The group turned to Dinky who was beside some big double doors set near a certain corridor area. "Maybe it leads to somewhere! It even says 'Keep out' and 'private'!" The little filly pointed out something very true as there was something written stating 'Keep Out/Private' on a board from one side to the other on the door.

"Those are some big doors, what could be behind them?" Nyx looked up in gazing at the double doors, whatever this lead to; something really big was needed for even dragons to get through with ease, etc.

"Well, it's better than staying out in 'de open, come on!" Apple Bloom sighed in seeing that the CMC may as well check it out and get out of being seen in the hallway for now, they might find something useless that might even help them.

The CMC quickly approached the door to look first around the halls for no signs of enemies. Once the coast was clear, they quickly tried to get to work in opening the double doors, which was kinda much for a couple of fillies and colts to do even when working together. After much work, they made a creak noise from trying to open this door, even by a crack that was just enough for foals to squeeze in. Inside however, it was dark, as there was not much light except from the door itself they left opened. Or so the CMC thought before there was a loud slam noise that caught the fillies to squeal in fright to hug each other, wondering who did that and made everything become dark.

"Sorry." Pipsqueak apologized which ended up explaining who the guilty party was for scaring the fillies in the first place.

"Pipsqueak, did ya have ta shut 'de door? It's dark an' we can't see!" Apple Bloom complained off that their friend had to do something like that and in a room where there is no light for them to see anything.

"Hey, guys, I think I found some lever." Twist's voice spoke from going over near something from feeling it's a lever switch of some kind.

"Just whatever you do, don't..." Nyx tried to say something to where Twist was and what she shouldn't do was...

"Creak..." But by the sounds of it, the lever was already pulled without that warning getting through on time.

"...touch it." Nyx finished her late warning to tell Twist not to do that which they were not the only ones alone here, it could give them away.

Then, without warning, there were loud gear noises being heard in the entire room that made the CMC yelp, a bit nervous to what was gonna happen now. Suddenly, automatic torches were being lit and connected by some pipe-work that lined it up to cover the entire room. But that wasn't the strangest thing to have happened, in fact, it's what's inside this room that really caught the CMC's attention. For thanks to the lighting works of the torches, things hidden in the shadows were being presented as some strange machinery and objects of engineering works. But what was more shocking to believe was that the CMC recognized some of the works here and knew what they were.

"Holy Apple Cider," Apple Bloom yelped from looking around in seeing something shocking. "Ah reckon Ah remember these inventions! These were made by them Flim-Flam Brothers!" The little filly farm girl exclaimed in knowing who made these crazy devices and such, the known salesmen brothers that the Apple Family of Ponyville once had to deal with.

"Well duh, look up there!" Scootaloo exclaimed from pointing up at where there was a sign. It was labeled 'Flim-Flam Brothers Workshop and Inventions Hall Storage Room' on such design billboard on the near close entrance side on as if folks would come on tour to see these guys' works. "Leave it to Flim and Flam to make themselves well known with this stunt." Scootaloo expressed in remotely stating who the brothers like to be seen as the show off their invention types alright.

"Gee, looky at all these machine things!" Twist spoke from gazing at all the strange and crafted works of modern day machinery and gears that not many see for your simple pony folk.

"Hey, there's one that tried to take the Apple's Farm!" Sweetie Belle pointed over in recognizing a machine used during the Apple Cider case, "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000!" The girl exclaimed from seeing the well known machine meant to take apples, find only the fine product types to transform item into Cider.

"Uagh, my family an' Ah still say 'dat it's better 'ta make Cider wit' 'de right stuff, which, as Granny always said, was love." Apple Bloom sighed off the remarking that her granny says that Cider is made with love and not just about the fast business work. It's also because of that, that Flim and Flam had to increase their efforts which they chosen to not have their Cider taste well if it meant that they win in the end of beating the Apple's finished products.

"Check this out." Pipsqueak pointed to a strangely octopus machine that we've seen before. "It's called, um, the Octo-Apple Launcher 7000 and had similar models to attack Ponyville against the barrier by taking and turning apples into magical bombardments." The young colt read some display board in what this machine was and what its purpose was.

"Applejack did say that that was when they used the apples of Sweet Apple Acres as weapons." Nyx spoke with a deep concerning thought over the matter, recalling the day the barrier around Ponyville fell, and most of it was from this invention.

"Man, this would make the time when the Cakes thrown a party and some pony tripped to throw a pie, which cause what the pie hit to set the other folks off to have a food fight look like nothing." Scootaloo shrug off in expressing a time where the CMC saw a food fight event happen by mistake at the Cake's bakery shop and this device was something far much more than a simple throwing of food.

The CMC checks out the other inventions made by the Flim-Flam brothers, the machines' descriptions are on plaques nearby. There's the Black Widow X-ATM, a massive mechanical black spider with four legs and pincer fangs in front, and two visor marks where a red gem is located for the eye above and below. Design: This heavily armored mechanic can scale walls, climb steep mountain terrain, and it's use of pursuing targets. With the four legs to lift one up, it can break through a boulder with ease by jetting it's self off like a steam-built pipe line. The front pincers are used to slash across any gravel that's blocking it or just walk over it. It has excellent leaping agility and when in front of larger targets, will grip its legs to bind itself to the target, restricting the movements. It also comes with a powerful explosive magical beam that it shots from its two red gem eyes. And on the back, is a shelter spot where a dozen or so passengers can ride it while the pilot tries to steer this beast.

There's also the Scoot Falcon 4300, a mass-produced 12 feet standard orange bird machines with red beauty eyes and fire magical laser shots at their target from their gun/engines in the middle of their wings. Design: They also have Speed Reading Detectors, able to track any fast target they are tracking to find. They are best to scoot areas, send magical video feed-back to user controlling them before receiving orders to attack or guide folks, even carrying a passenger on their backs.

The Forest Gorilla 6500 is a gorilla mechanic with basic brown colored body with black ankle, waist, shoulder pads and wrist while also having a yellow bolted line across some of them, two green emerald eyes, no mouth, a pointy spear antenna, and two pink chest capsules for piloting it. The machine is about 26 feet tall and weights about 10 tons. Design: It uses camouflage magic that renders it invisible, but it can only do this in a jungle/forest field area, any metal items in the scene won't make it blend in.

Then there's the Inferno Weazo 7400, a large green weasel-like robot equipped with a flamethrower. Has one big emerald eye with a flamethrower mouth piece, crab claws and it's legs, arms, neck and tail are grey colored while the tail's edge was a spike green color. Design: Combating Enemies with it's arms, legs, and tail while using it's flamethrower design to make quick ends meat of foes. The thing can by piloted with a chameleon device with an emerald to give it orders.

There's the BIG Golem, a giant animated stone statue of an Egyptian warrior with red eyes. This creation is 57 meters tall and weighs at about 250 tons. Design: The BIG Golem fights by smashing its hands and head against the circular platform that anyone is standing on when near its height, when not, it uses its feet to stomp or throws its hands to smack the targets. It can also create an electrical magic field around itself to repel attacks, or spin its arms around itself in order to sweep enemies from reaching up to its chest or head. Its only weakness is when attacks on the BIG Golem's control mechanism atop of its head or takes the remote control to it away from the user. A Golem device with a white gem inside is what's used to control it.

The Amphibian Frog Predator, a Mechanical creation in the shape of a gigantic frog with a razor, tipped tongue and retractable spikes on its chest. Design: To leap across in the air, stomping on larger foes and restraining them with its tongue, even to deliver a magical electric shock to paralyze them into submission. There is a control seater on the head which can dive inside to protect whoever is piloting this creation; it can even allow extra company to ride on top or inside of it.

Naga Troopers, numerous mechanical creations with humanoid torso and snake-like tails. They wear some form of samurai armor getup on their torsos to their heads for protection as its light-weighted armor. Design: Utilized in operations tasked to them to act accordingly as they slither pass targets, attack by wrapping their tails around the target or using their magical trident spears to fire a magical blast to subdue them or until they pass out. They act as sentry guards and work well to watch-out for possible enemy threats with sharp reactions. When capturing intruders, they are to restrict them and bring them to their superiors for questioning. In close inspections, some could say they have a resemblance to the Hydralisks of legends past.

And finally, there's a yellow rabbit/mouse mixture creation with black stripes. The only thing odd about it is that it six tentacles on its back that can stretch a good length range, and delivery some electric shocks to anybody in contact. The creature has a special life-stone gem into its creation to function almost like a living being while expelling its electrical functions.

"So are these all what Flim and Flam have made?" Dinky asked off in wondering from seeing the machines and devices made here are all what those pony brothers made. "It even tells what each one of them was meant for a purpose." Dinky stated from looking over some boards that were labeled in what each invention here was meant to work as some were actually meant for good, others...more from working apart of the Brotherhood of Tadaka.

"We're wasting time here, let's go!" Apple Bloom snorted off to turn her tail to leave, the last thing she wants to do is be in a room where Flim and Flam display their engineering and machine works, all to impress some pony crowds.

"Right, we need to find a key, not look at these machines." Nyx nods to getting the rest of the CMC to focus back on the task that they are trying to do here, free their captive friends.

"Hey, you guys, I think you better see this." Pipsqueak's voice called out to a corner spot in where it was something to be seen.

The CMC group gathers around Pipsqueak in staring up at something that some could call it, the marvel of the collection displaying here in this room. There towering over the little ones was a 20 foot tall mechanical lizard man beast with designs here and there, wearing hard case armor, wielding a 'Y' shaped kana blade with a chain for grapple use and a twin bladed battle axe in the other claw. This creature of creation was closely looking to be a dragon race species if it wasn't a mechanical being, and the way it's position, showed it's 'awe' inspiring force of its mighty nature. It would appear that it's none other than what was the last creation by the Flim-Flam Brothers that Lorcan spoke of taking to a shine to it; the Garoozis.

"Woooohh...." Scootaloo nearly gasped in being awe-struck at this little invention, it was something that in her dictionary and Rainbow's as,cool. "What... is it?" She asked the question many are probably asking about now, what is this unusual device of machinery before the CMC?

"Here's a board explaining about this thing." Sweetie Belle pointed to a sign board imbedded to the floor where anyone could read what it says. "It's called; The Garoozis." Shee read from focusing on the bolded name under the cross line, pretty much like the other inventions, this had a name highlighted for some folks to take notice on what this thing is called.

"Wow, now that's an awesome name!" Scootaloo exclaimed with a smile pasted out and pointed up at the thing, liking the name of this nice and cool looking lizard-bot thing.

"It wields a kunai with an inescapable grip by the strength of diamond materials used to create it. The axe was style and design to chop up to over 10 trees and even slice a large boulder rock in half with one swing." Dinky was up to the sign in which she explained the equipment this Garoozis model machine is capable of doing. "It says right here, it's the latest for Forest Demolition." The girl stated from looking at what's label for this machine's function, which was for the strength to chop down numbers of trees and carry them.

"'Dey built 'dis thing 'ta cut down trees?" Apple Bloom exclaimed in shock and surprise to hear this piece of info, "Now Ah feel offended!" The girl exclaimed that since she grew up around forest trees and apples, she now knows that this machine was meant to chop down a large number of trees for some evil by the Brotherhood of Tadaka.

"But, don't we need to cut trees down for firewood and building materials?" Sweetie Belle spoke off in thinking that the ponies of Ponyville do stuff like this too, even everyone in Equestria.

"Sweetie Belle's right, we do that stuff." The Nyx clone nods in agreeing that what was said about getting wood from the trees is natural. "It's only that the Flim-Flam Brothers build something like this as a weapon for use." The black filly clone stated in knowing that this was a creation meant for some task of evil and to serve Lorcan, considering that it looks pretty close to a dragon.

"Says from the axe attack, the maneuver is label as the Dark Axe Swing, since this creation has lightning fast ferocity speed to outrun 10 Pegasus pony powers and rival even a dragon in speed, strength, and fire," Dinky explained the next part that explained what else this Garoozis creation is capable of doing, and it's feature display of its works keeps on surprising the little ponies.

"This thing...can breathe fire?" Pipsqueak asked from gulping a bit, if that's true, this forest devastator machine could even burn trees down or be used for another task but he can't think of what.

"Can't tell, says it's untested, so maybe... it just reads that it's build to be on combat rival to a dragon or be completely overpowering them." Dinky shrug off in answering the first question before moving along in explaining that this machine can truly compete with some powerful dragons, even fight a bit of a bunch of them.

Suddenly, Scootaloo freeze frame a moment with wide eyes as if hearing this has caught her interest suddenly? "Guys, this is it! Our chance," The little Pegasus exclaimed with a smile in pointing out something to her puzzle friends. "If we're facing dangers of dragons, this bad boy is our key!" Scootaloo made a sly smile in pointing at a 'secret weapon' they got to even the odds against, oh say, the Dragon Army that Lorcan commands.

"Yer're suggesting 'dat we use 'de brothers 'dat tried 'ta ruin mah family's apple business wit' one o' their creations?" Apple Bloom asked with a raised eyebrow in hearing something from her friend's mouth that sounded completely crazy to her in what they gotta do.

"Is it safe?" Sweetie Belle asked a bit unsure, looking at the Garoozis, it looks highly dangerous, even for an adult pony to handle.

"Says here that there's a cockpit control center by opening its back, allowing pony pilots to control it and use their magic to have it perform magical abilities of a stronger magnitude." Dinky explained to her friends in what they should know about how to control the Garoozis.

"Then, would it work even better if Nyx was giving it some magical energy?" Twist asked a curious question that if their friend who has better use of magic out of all of them did the task, this machine could work for them even better.

"Well, I'm not sure." Nyx spoke from looking unsure if she could actually do something like that.

"Come on, Nyx, think about it, we could bust everyone out with this thing." Scootaloo patted the black filly on her back to give Nyx the old encourage cheer up routine. "Besides, the way we stand out; the grown up ponies would say that we need protection and this guy's got it all made." The Pegasus filly made her own point that if they would face danger, what better protection then inside some heavily armored mechanical creature with great defense and nice offensive usages.

"Oh, okay, let's check it out." Nyx thought it over for a moment before shrugging off her feeling to nod with a smile, she'll do the task in helping to power this mechanical device with any magic usage it may need.

Soon, Nyx used her magic to glow near the Garoozis, and its eyes flashed before steam escaped off its back and the machine was opening to reveal a big cockpit that could fit two to four big ponies inside. But in this case, it was perfectly roomy enough for a bunch of fillies and colt of the CMC to check it out when Nyx hovered them all inside.

"Well, it looks safe, how do we work it?" Pipsqueak stated from looking at this thing from inside as it looks like safe to protect the foals but how can they really work this thing?

"Maybe pulling one o' them lever or switches?" Apple Bloom pointed to the number of levers and switches that look like how one operates this thing.

"Wait, here's an instruction book." Sweetie Belle spoke from looking under a seat to find, an instructions guide book. Looks like the Flim-Flam Brothers decided to make one for this type of model for some strange reason.

"Why would Flim and Flam leave an instruction book in this thing?" Scootaloo asked skeptical in not getting why anybody like those brothers wanted to leave a book that explains how to use this thing.

"Um, maybe to remind them how to work their creation here," Twist shrug off to make a guess in how the guide book was meant to instruct for some pony to use, like one of the other Brotherhood Members for example.

"Think you can understand much of this, Nyx?" Dinky asked her friend that since she's the most best at knowing her stuff with books, like Twilight is, maybe Nyx can figure out most of the technical stuff.

Nyx was using her magic to hover the book found by Sweetie Belle and was zooming a bit through the volumes of details and instructions to a good basic knowledge.

"Okay, I think I got enough to figure out how to get this thing up and running again." The Nyx clone spoke from having a small amount of confidence in herself in what she's learn about the object in question they are going to use. "Okay, gang, we got to take things slowly, we might be young to be doing this, but we may as well go along with it." Nyx instructed this to her friends by encouraging them that while they might be small to run this lizard-bot mechanic, they can do it if they try.

"Yeah," The rest of the CMC cheered inside the cockpit controls in full on agreement to what Nyx just said.

"Ya know, we could be 'de Cutie Mark Garoozis Pilots," Apple Bloom spoke out an idea, which made her smile and jump in realizing what this could mean for those in the CMC to earn their Cutie Marks.

"YEAH, CUTIE MARK CRUSADER PILOTS! GO!" The rest of the CMC cheered loudly for some of the members that don't have their Cutie Marks, this might be the perfect shot to earn them.

Soon, some of the gears were turning to close the hatch of the back of the lizard man's body with steam pushing out. Then the Garoozis's eyes flashed again as the machine were feeling some of its late systems starting up again. The next sign was from the claws twitching a bit until the free left claw grip itself from the chain wrapped around it. Then some of its feet and legs started to slowly begin moving at an easy paste, and it even was stretching its arms and reflexing its neck from getting started since it may have been stiff. It's clear that the new pilots inside are carefully trying to control the mechanical creation to the point where they need to get it going down a secret exit door made by the Flim-Flam Brothers to have any invention, big or small, get out through. While it will take time, the CMC were piloting Gazooris out step by step, they may end up wobbling into some walls here and there, but they'll get the hang of it as they themselves are off to save the captive Mane Six. Let's just hope that the foals don't get into bigger trouble then they already are when piloting a giant mechanical machine that would take a serious know-it all pony pilot to control it, Equastria only knows what may happen next.

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At this time, we return to the Mane Six still in their cell, unable to escape at this moment. And worst yet, one of the Dragon Army Guards were coming up to deliver some grub sloop meal to them while doing an inspection from outside the jail bars. He was counting from Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie as the adult mares. But when it came to the fillies and colt count, they appeared to not be in sight for some reason.

"Say, where are them small ponies?" The Guard asked off in seeing a few missing prisoners that they are suppose to be guarding?

"Um, what do you mean?" Rarity asked a bit nervously while standing behind the corner where the hole the missing foals escape through was trying to be kept hidden from sight.

"There were at least six big ponies and seven small ponies. Where are they?" The guard stated off, a bit annoyed that the last time he and the others were reported, they had captured the foals and then the Mane Six, this number doesn't add up.

"Um, they're..." Twilight Sparkle looked around the room, trying to not seem suspicious, but tried not to look guilty in this guard's eyes.

"Right here," The voice of Pinkie Pie brought everyone to see her near a bed side which had a sheet covering over it with some lump figures of those of small foals. "They're just hiding under the covers." The pink pony exclaimed off that the fillies and colt that are with them are simply hiding under the covers.

"Well, remove them covers so I can see it!" The guard snapped in wanting to see them little foal ponies for himself to believe.

"Now, just a minute, buster; can't you tell that they're afraid?" Rainbow Dash flew up to this Dragon Guard to snap at this guy not getting that it's cause of him and his buds that ponies are becoming afraid of them.

"Yew gone an' done frighten their little minds, ain't 'dat enough what ya want 'ta let them be?" Applejack snapped off in remarking how the guard from the Dragon Army has causes enough damage to the little ones could give them nightmares and are a nervous wreck.

"That may be true, but I gotta check to be certain!" The guard replied in some thought, but shrug it off that he still has to check to be certain that the foals are there.

"Please, can't you just..." Fluttershy was about to approach and ask this guard to reconsider; bad idea.

"Listen, when I say I will, then I will check to be sure you're all here!" The Dragon Guard snapped near Fluttershy and looked to the rest in declaring that he'll do this check to make sure nothing is out of place.

"No, you won't, cause we're all here anyway!" Pinkie Pie step up with a determined expression to tell this guard that he doesn't need to do that, cause everypony in the cell is here.

"Yes, I will check by my orders!" The guard, however, argues off with the pink pony that he's got orders to do it.

"No, you won't!" Pinkie Pie snapped back in arguing what this guy can't do.

"Yes, I will!" The guard snapped back in saying what he can do.

"No, you won't!" Pinkie Pie repeated herself in saying 'no' here.

"Yes, I will!" The guard just repeated his own statement to her.

"No, you won't!" Pinkie Pie still repeated herself in telling this guy off.

"Yes, I will!" The guard still argues off to the pink pony getting in the way.

"Yes, you will!" Pinkie Pie snapped off to argue while slyly mixing things up suddenly.

"No, I won't!" The guard argued off to the pink pony while unaware of what transparent.

"Yes, you will!" Pinkie Pie repeated off in still arguing with this guy.

"No I won't!" The guard repeated himself in stating what he won't be doing.

"Yes, you will, cause it's your job!" Pinkie Pie pointed at the guard's gut in pushing the argument to the limit in trying to get her point across.

"No, I say that I don't have to and that you're all staying put here! And that's FINAL!" The guard finally snapped in declaring the end of this debate and stating he won't need to check on seeing the foals anymore then what he sees here.

Then the Dragon Guard left the cell without truly knowing that he just got played.

"So, they all in," The other guard that was outside asked his partner if their prisoners were all accounted for.

"Yeah, they're there!" The guard that checked the ponies responded without having a clue of where he was going with the argument.

The Mane Six sighed in relief, somehow they managed to fool the guards, especially from under the sheet was nothing but pillows to make it look like little bodies hiding under it.

"Okay, that was too close." Rarity sighed from removing herself from her station near the hole in the wall that they made to let the CMC escape through.

"Pinkie; that was pretty awesome how you randomly played that guard to think the other way," Rainbow Dash smiled to express her words of thanking the pink pony for a great job there in tricking the guard like that.

"Aww, that was easy." Pinkie Pie swung off happily to say that pulling off that sneaky stunt was easy to do, and fun while doing it.

"Easy nothing, why, Ah darn would have thought 'dat trick never fly," Applejack expressed with a crack of her own smile in seeing Pinkie Pie play that act so well, you has to be a half-brain fool to be played like that.

"Well, Pinkie and Rarity tried to use that kinda stuff to help me once." Fluttershy admitted with a shy expression in letting the others know that she had a situation where Rarity and Pinkie tried to teach her about standing up or trying to get some things by playing others out, etc.

"For now, that bought us time, hopeful the girls' team can help us escape." Twilight Sparkle sighed with some relief, thinking back to how the CMC are doing to find a key to help them escape their prison cell.

"Well, maybe on the plus side, maybe things can get better." Fluttershy spoke with a shy smile in trying to brighten up their mood of their state.

"Fluttershy, I know you like to think that way, but unless we get proof of things will be better," Rainbow Dash sadly was about to pop the bubble on her friend's kind thought of things can get better until she was cut...

"Oh, how about if someone were to knock out the guards to open the door to come in and then free us from our cell just like the note told us," Pinkie Pie spoke out with a positive happy thought in how the mares can get out of here if they were to be rescued.

"Pinkie Pie; that sounds nice, but we need to be reasonable, we know that there's going to be a rescue party, but who would possible..." Rarity was about to sadly decline the idea of being rescued was far in their imaginations, but...

"Clump-Clump.../Augh/Waaugh..." Suddenly, there were noises of something hard bashing against something which sound like the two guards outside making moans. Then came a sound of something hitting the floor which made the Mane Six look at the other puzzled, it sounds as if the guards were knocked out.

"Um, what just happened now?" Applejack asked off with a raised eyebrow that what happened sounded kinda strange to the cowboy girl.

"I believe this is what you would call getting out of jail for good behavior." Spoke a voice that opened the front door of the chamber as the being flew in a grace in front of the prison bars. And then, look to behold in whose the rescuer to the Mane Six was none other than...

"Golden Heart," The Mane Six exclaimed with surprised faces, as it was Golden Heart who used the keys that he got from the guards to unlock the cell's door keeping those captive inside. So the one who wrote the note was right!

"Were you mares expecting a Prince Charming to sweep you off your hooves?" Golden Heart rhetorically stated in a joking sarcasm on what young mares like these would expect a handsome stallion of any other to save them like in fairy tail books.

"Well, I wouldn't go that far, since Twilight already has a stallion of her dreams already and a father to Nyx!" Pinkie Pie spoke off in correctly stating that Twilight has someone spoken for already.

"Eh-heh, I think we follow that one clearly well, Pinkie Pie." Twilight chuckled sheepishly by that comment to blush in how she was brought in to having a lover of her own right now.

"Awesome! You came in at the right time!" Rainbow Dash proclaimed with a cheer in seeing that the gang have their way out.

"Oh, thank Equestria, we can escape!" Rarity sighed in relief, the Mane Six won't have to stay and rot away in a cell which she was most pleased with.

"But what about Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, couldn't they come?" Fluttershy asked concerning the part that it's only Golden Heart that came, but what about the Royal Pony Sisters?

"Unfortunate, they're dealing with some of Lorcan's forces right now." Golden Heart sadly spoke in saying that the Royal Sisters could not come because they are needed to stop Lorcan's Dragon Army from progressing anymore takeover as best they can. "By the time I managed to come and warn of Lorcan's plans, it was already too late and he used the Elements to free his Dragon Army!" The alicorn sadly exclaimed the fact that he was too late to do much and Lorcan had freed his Dragon Army to the point where the odds were overwhelming against them.

"Aww, it's okay, you're here now, and that's what matters!" Pinkie Pie smiled to friendly pat the stallion alicorn on his back to cheer him up.

"True, Lorcan doesn't know of my presence here which gave me and others a chance to get in." Golden Heart nods in feeling a little bit better by Pinkie Pie's words and that its cause of the events happening that he could get in this place in the first place. "Shining, Ben and Big Mac are keeping him busy in a fight so that we can do this."

"Ben and my brother are here?" Twilight asked Golden Heart hopefully.

"Correct. Once we get you, the foals and the Elements out of this place, we will give them the signal to escape."

"Others; who else came besides you," Twilight Sparkle asked a bit surprised, who else came with Golden Heart if not the Royal Sisters to give them the best edge against some of the dragons serving Lorcan?

"A few ponies that volunteered to save the mares that have saved their lives many times in the past, and save..." Golden Heart was explaining that from the many deeds the Mane Six have done for the good ponies of Equestria, some wanted to return much of the favor. But then he stopped momentarily in noticing, something was off with the picture here. "Um, didn't you have some fillies and a colt captive along with you all?" He asked in seeing nobody else was here except for the Mane Six and he remembered some innocent foals being captive by the Dragon Army.

"Oh boy, we sent the young'uns out without realizing we got our break right here just now!" Applejack slapped her forehead in grief in realizing what this all means when the ponies got rescued but they sent the little ones to save them. "We have 'ta go an' search fer them!" The cowgirl pony exclaimed that they need to hurry up and find where the foals are, before they go into bigger harm's way to rescue them when they don't need it now.

"They went through this hole, but we don't know where it leads." Rarity pointed to the expose hole in the corner of the wall in where they had the fillies and colts go through to escape. "Golden Heart, could you help us find the little darlings, we said we trust them to help us escape, but now that we are, we have to alert them of our freedom." The white unicorn asked that the noble alicorn and friend to the Pony Royal Sisters could help them find the foals so that everything can be alright again.

"I understand completely, now come along and let's see about finding them." Golden Heart nods in understanding while issuing that the mares follow him so that they can escape and track down the missing foals.

Soon, the Mane Six along with Golden Heart were quickly going out of the cell, to the door leading out of the prison where the unconscious Dragon Guards lied on the ground. Whatever Golden Heart did, caught them off guard to allow her the chance to catch them by surprise. The Mane Six were impressed that one alicorn alone could take down two dragons including those from the Dragon Army somewhat with ease.

"Boy, what did you do to those guards?" Rainbow Dash asked from while they ran and was impressed in how one alicorn alone took out two dragons without much of a fuss.

"I used a spell to enchant a simple rock to deliver a sleeping side effect once it made contact with the target." Golden Heart explained in a quick and simple noted fact in how he managed to pull off such a stunt.

"Wow, that's an amazing trick! It sounds so simple, yet somewhat complex in how to make it happen." Twilight Sparkle responded in awe at how this person that Celestia was friends with knew such spells and performing them so easily like a child's play.

"Hmph, being the wielder of the Magic Element, I say you'll have a special hand in learning that trick somewhere along the road." Golden Heart smiled in commenting Twilight that she herself, being link to the Element of Magic can also do feats like what he did when after a little time. But just then, Golden Heart's eyes shot wide open from suddenly feeling distorted about something. "Hugh! Wait a minute!" He tried to exclaim his warning to the others in having a bad feeling all of a sudden of the moment.

Suddenly, the ponies cease running, but it was too late. For in front of the other corner came four big and mean looking Dragon Army Guards who took notice of the prisoners escaping. Most of the ponies managed to bring out some of their key items since Golden Heart retrieved them for the girls, Rarity's diamond gem stones, Applejack's specially made rope, Pinkie Pie's Party Cannon and Rainbow Dash's specially crafted nun-chuck guns. These items had since been going through major changes after their last use against Boris the Red Devil during the Demon Pony event.

"Hey, what are you doing...?" One Dragon Guard asked off in annoyance that suddenly the minions find the Mane Six out of their cell and being aided by Golden Heart.

"HIYAAAH," Rainbow Dash charged off with a battle cry and swung her nun-chucks from right to left. "Powwvhmm," And that made a big impact on the target of a certain creature's head.

"Gaaugh," One Dragon Guard that got hit by the hotheaded Rainbow Dash's attack fell to crash against the wall and slip into unconsciousness. The daredevil pony pumped her hove at seeing this; her items were reinforced with diamond texture to leave off an even harder hit against the enemies.

"Yeee-haaah," Applejack then went up next by whirling her lasso rope around until she sent it to catch one of her targets.

"Gaugh, GAUGHMM," That guard yelped from getting caught in not just any rope, but one with diamonds embedded inside to keep even those of stronger strength and tossed him, a dragon, to crash against a suit of armor before being knocked out by a helmet. After being released, its proof that this rope had gotten a new upgrade since the times it went against the Demon Pony and Boris the Red Devil, if even now to hold a dragon.

"Take this, beast!" Rarity snapped at the last two guards as her diamond gems swirled around her at a fast rotation before firing off quicker than a flash.

"Smackvhm..." That attack managed to get not only one, but the last two guards left against the group. "Aaaugh..." Both Dragon Guards yelped out a cry before they fell backwards on the ground and out cold. As the gems in question levitated over to Rarity in a sparkly manner of looking extra majestic, it seems the gems and this pony have gone through enough changes to be on a new magical fighting force level.

Soon, the guards were down for the count, out cold and in an unconscious state from some of the tough muscle or just well reacted ponies of the Mane Six. Most were very proud of their work and the others, amazed that the group has come a bit since their last adventure of fighting against a great evil.

"Awww, I wanted to try my Party Cannon on them just once!" Pinkie Pie pouted from finally having her cannon pointed out and wanted to try it to get the feeling of it.

"Unfortunately, that would have made too much noise." Golden Heart explained to Pinkie Pie that with the most regret, if the pink pony were to use her cannon, that would have been loud enough to get the entire castle to alert of their activities. "But still, I am amazed how well you fought and seeing why Celestia has such high faith in you all." It's true, Golden Heart can see why Celestia, the Princess of the Sun, had fate in these six, even if just three of them, they've really handled some things in their adventures from Nightmare Moon, to Discord, to the Changeling Invasion and the recent Demon Pony Event cases.

"We had practice when Ben Mare was the Demon Pony and then around to beating Boris around the bush when he went all Devil." Rainbow Dash boasted with self pride in bringing her sunglasses out, kept them above her eyes to make herself appear cool to the crowd. Though the rest of the Mane Six rolled their eyes in seeing Rainbow act like the cool person, at least she was being honest that the group got more to work things out after their last task mission, etc.

Suddenly, Fluttershy nearly yelped when she heard some footsteps from down the hall...

"Girls; I hear more footsteps approaching!" Fluttershy spoke with cautious and worry, knowing they'll meet more guards of the Dragon Army soon than just the few the Mane Six took down.

"We have to get out of here; they'll notice what's happen here and call in reinforcements!" Twilight Sparkle issued with a serious tone, they must leave, cause when whoever comes sees what's happened here, the whole castle will be alert of something going down.

"And the little foals and our sisters are still somewhere in this place." Rarity stated with concerns for those still not with the ponies, they can't leave the enemy's hideout unless they all go together.

"Guys, we can go through this double door and seal it up from the other side." Pinkie Pie pointed to, as luck had it, a double wooden-steel door which was opened on the inside and had a number of locking mechanisms to seal the thing from the outside.

"Yeah, that might keep them goons busy in trying to pry the door open while we continue our one business." Rainbow Dash nods in liking the idea; the gang can escape and keep the door locked so that the number of Dragon Army Guards can't follow them.

"Come on, y'all! Let's hurry out!" Applejack waved her left hoof to signal the others in picking up their pace and moseying on outta this place, pronto!

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The dragons soon arrive almost to the edge of Nightmare Canyon. Spike got off King Spykoran's back as he advises, "This is close as I can get you. You must get there on your own."

"Yeah, thankfully I can see where the madness is happening." Spike remarks as he saw the storm above a castle in the distance. "I must go. Wish me luck."

"Good luck, Spike, and may Celestia watches over you for your fight with destiny."

Spike nods as he rushes off. King Spykoran pauses to frown a bit, Mei Long notices as she begins to ask "My King? What troubles you?"

"We must return and get the rest of the Dragon Clans. Spike and the ponies will need further assistance." King Spykoran remarks grimly. It's not like he doesn't have faith, the dragon feels like Spike and his pony friends would need more help.

And the Dragon King can still try to get Lorcan to end this madness before it spreads too further...

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Soon the Mane Six and Golden Heart went to the double doors and out through them before quickly trying to shut them behind their pursuers. They helped grab a board to set it up in a slot-rail to hold the door close. Then Pinkie Pie helped in passing some boards for Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy to place and bang some nails of this against the door. They did the same with the next to make an 'X' shape board over the first rail board in the middle. Applejack and Pinkie Pie were getting two boards and making an 'X' shape cross on the bottom side of the door to bolt it in. Then Golden Heart made a magic chain appear which from his, Twilight's and Rarity's magic, sealed the door with chains to keep it very much tight. Then the ponies turned around and rest their backs against the double doors being sealed off, signing in relief to be done.

"Few…'dat outta keep them out!" Applejack sighed in relief that the gang got rid of their chasers.

"I like to see the look on those dragons faces when they see this!" Rainbow Dash made a smirk in remarking how those Dragon Army goons are freaking out that they lost trace of capturing seven mare ponies.

"Um, girls…problem," Fluttershy spoke with some tone of worry in her voice in noticing something ahead of them.

Then right there, without knowing it, in front of the Mane Six and Golden Heart was…dozens among dozens of the Dragon Army aiming their steaming breaths and magical spears to take careful aim at the caught heroes.

You can imagine the surprise the ponies had at seeing this unlikable odds end. Many were wide eyed, gasping, a frozen pale face and one of them took it the most.

"WAAAUUUUGH…" Pinkie Pie had her eyes become wide with astonishment and jaw dropped wide enough while making a screaming face expression at seeing this awful looking odds before her face went back to normal.

"Aaaahhhg…WE'RE SURROUNDED!" Rarity screech out in horror, the ponies were not expecting to face from small odds to bigger odds and this was the worst of it.

"I don't suppose you knew that they were out here?" Twilight asked Golden Heart with a sheepish smile of being nervous about noticing that the alicorn that came here didn't know much about these guards awaiting for them to enter the castle courtyard, which is away from Lorcan's battle with Shining, Ben and Big Macintosh.

"In truth, I was expecting lesser numbers." Golden Heart shook his head in knowing agreeing that he had no say in knowing of this either.

"You ponies have the right to remain silent! By order of Lorcan," The one dragon dressed in a captain's armor guard addressed the Mane Six & Golden Heart to surrender by their authority.

"So…many…dragons," Fluttershy muttered to herself in seeing the situation, too bad for the dragons, the yellow Pegasus didn't get those words from being so frighten. "Gaaaaugh…WAAAAAUUUUHHH…", As she opened her mouth again to scream at the top of her lungs with a high pitched, ear splitting scream, clearly waving her 'right' to remain silent even by the bad guys.

"Oh boy, Fluttershy sure can scream." Applejack responded in surprise to see what her friend just gone and pulled out, she really does have a terrible fear of dragons of this massive size and nature compared to the small innocent Spike and Phobos.

After the screaming had stopped, the dragons had put their fingers in their ears and rotated them in an effort to remove the ringing that now echoed inside their eardrums. After the army felt like they can hear again, they return to their poses while glaring down at the caught ponies.

"Alright, let's try that again!" The Dragon Captain exclaimed from getting himself fix to reinstate what he was getting to. "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of our dragon law!" The dragon declared that they'll hold court, one under their law by Lorcan to charge the ponies that stand before them.

"Yedibububobo, nenenwuwuwawawa, chichichichci-cowowowowowo, pindimtimbincihn, hocuspocus-bowwooo-pow," Pinkie Pie exclaimed out a bunch of nonsense words that were too complicated for even anybody to understand. Not even the Mane Six or Golden Heart fully followed what the pink pony just went and spoke off.

And this left the Dragon Army puzzled as they looked to the other in hoping someone would translate but were all confused. They couldn't use gibberish stuff in a court of dragon law.

"Anybody get that or wrote it down?" The captain of the army asked if anybody understood what the dragons just heard.

"Get that? I couldn't even follow?" One dragon soldier asked in a 'are you kidding me' expression from having a hard time knowing the answer.

"I barely understood it!" A second dragon soldier responded in being confused by not getting those words clear.

"Anybody speak whacko pony gibber talk?" A third dragon soldier looked around to ask if somebody might be able to translate at all.

This causes many of the ponies to be surprised by what Pinkie Pie did. They just got a little more time after making the Dragon Army very confused and lost to what happened. During which, Golden Heart seem to have been making his horn glow with magic, building something up with these dragons so easily distracted.

"Okay, once more from the top!" The leading dragon stated to get things done right here and gazed at the cornered ponies. "It's all over ponies! Put them hooves up where we can see them! Or we'll attack!" The Dragon Captain declared out in fixing their state of situation before announcing that if nobody surrenders, then they'll consider it treason and attack the ponies.

This looked bad, if the Mane Six and Golden Heart don't do something, they'll be either blasted or roasted by the dragons' choices. They can't surrender and go back to the cell dungeon, but one wrong move against the dragons and they'll attack the heroes from all surrounded sides with almost no escape.

"Does anypony have an idea to get us out of this mess?" Rarity asks around her friends for a last minute save before they can kiss themselves goodbye here.

"Don't worry, during that distraction you all did, I managed to create an Immense-Enhancement Abilities Spell!" Golden Heart calmly explained and showed from his horn that it was glowing a bright aqua color with a strong presence.

"What does it do?" Twilight asked curious while looking back and forth between Golden Heart and the Dragon Army awaiting their surrender.

"A spell with unusual properties that when come into contact will give such great power to a being to perform their natural talents to a new level," Golden Heart explained with a calm statement, that once coated with this, that pony will gain an increase like nothing before.

"Oohh, I wanna see how that works! I wanna see it!" Pinkie Pie smiled in liking this and came a bit too close to Golden Heart while she was trying to hold the spell up to transfer it.

"No way, I gotta be it!" Rainbow Dash pushed over to wanna be the one to get that boost in her abilities so she can quickly out maneuver these goons.

"Nah, 'dat's fer me 'ta help us out," Applejack came between the others in stating that with her strength, she could easily handle them dragons, even rowdy them with her lasso and then some.

"Girls, girls, wait…" Twilight Sparkle tried to get her friends arguing over who gets that spell to calm down before something happens and they make a mistake.

"The Army is staring at us." Fluttershy spoke in pointing out that the Dragon Army is glaring at the ponies as they were taking a long time to give up, which would tell the enemy that they won't surrender.

"Uagh…" Suddenly, Golden Heart was pushed by the mares that thrown his spell off his horn and soon was enshrouded into one pony…

"Ohh…tingly," Pinkie Pie responded from being the one that got the spell engulfing her in it's glowing work.

"Pinkie Pie," Fluttershy slowly responded in staring at the pink pony in surprise to see what was happening now.

"Alright, you had your moment, so we'll just attack!" The Dragon captain declared out annoyed that the ponies choice to not surrender so they'll just have to strike then instead.

"Oh no, now what can aid us?" Rarity yelped in horror in not knowing if the Mane Six can fight this much odds while cornered, even with Golden Heart's aid.

Suddenly, the spell that affected Pinkie Pie was glowing a bit more, making something very strange happens. The pink pony was feeling somewhat odd and then when she gazed up at the Dragon Army, Pinkie had a somewhat familiar crazy look while letting off a sly teethy grin hiss from her mouth.

"Ugh, everyone, I think we better stand back for…" Twilight tried to warn her friends in feeling cautious of what's about to happen here might be…unexpected.

"Hit it!" Pinkie Pie declared out in jumping up and signaling for something to happen out of nowhere.

Then suddenly, the castle's lights flashed on to beaming from a shaft, shinning down to the spot where the ponies were trapped. But what was even stranger was that from the quick blindness, everyone saw Pinkie Pie dressed in a pretty Mexican style dress and disk black hat on top. If that wasn't the strangest thing yet, the pink pony looked ready to dance and there was some trumpet and drum beat in a Mexican style being heard out of nowhere. (It was playing the 'Cuban Pete' song by Jim Carrey)

"Pinkie Pie?" Rainbow Dash responded puzzled as the pink pony had maracas and were giggling them to the beat a bit near the Dragon Army.

"What…happened to her?" Applejack asked from watching in bizarre expression, their friend was dancing in front of the enemy, feeling left in the dark and confusion.

"The spell I tried to give out has unleashed her fullest of her abilities. Both are enhanced and immense'd up by a powerful magical force. But what is her ability?" Golden Heart reported out the effects of his spell and it's properties, yet was curious to what ability did Pinkie Pie have.

"Oh boy, I think we know what that might be." Twilight sighed in feeling like that answer was easy to know, Pinkie Pie's unique ability, was to thrown parties & fun. Top off with the spell, and you get it in more ways than one.

As Pinkie Pie danced around in front of her friends to the Dragon Army, she poses herself. Then in the oddest of nutshells as the army was standing up to attack whatever trickery plot this was, one of the dragons was swinging his shoulders in getting into the beat. The other dragons near the left and right side gazed at the middle guy who yelped to stop what he was doing to focus back here.

Then what happened next was a shocker to the extreme as Pinkie Pie started to sing a song with an excited melody female sounding voice that the Mane Six never heard of before. (Note: When being sung, the normal routine of 'Cuban Pete' is done differently of who sings the male voice is female while the rest just follows the lead singer. Also, the name will be changed to fit a female star leader, 'Cuban Mari', has a catchy ring to replace Pete.)

Pinkie Pie: They call me Cuban Mira.

Pinkie declared to give herself an alias nickname while shaking her maracas to the enemies to watch her.

I'm the Queen of the Rumba beat.

The pink pony expressed in who she is titled for with some honest and innocent face to her audience.

When I play the maracas, I go chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky boom

Then the pink pony held up her maracas and shook her sides left and right which oddly what happened next…were a few dragons shaking their shoulders to follow that beat without even realizing it.

Yessir, I'm Cuban Mira

Pinkie proclaimed herself as she danced in front of her friends and for the dragon enemies to watch her still.

I'm craze of my native street

The pink pony exclaimed herself while making a silly statement on that part during her dance step forward.

When I start to dance, I go chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky boom

Pinkie Pie pose herself as she held one maracas each for over and under her chin while looking around the crowd of dragons while stating this.

Then the pink pony tossed away her maracas away which broke from smacking into the wall, but Pinkie just smiled without being distracted.

The senoritas they sing and they swing with terampero-

The other dragons tried to hold their position as they watch Pinkie Pie dance a bit off to the next spot of the corner.

It's very nice, so full of spice

Then she came around Fluttershy & Rarity as she made this while they said 'hi' to the pink pony with smiles; Then on the next line, Pinkie Pie lean down from a pole in addressing that last part out while swinging off two kicks.

And when they dance in they bring a happy ring that era keros-

Then as Pinkie Pie sang, she sat up to shake her hid which made a ringing of a boat's bell before Fluttershy & Rarity had suddenly push their friend off with a 'wooh' cry.

Singin' a song, all the day long

Then Pinkie Pie ran up a balance board from left to right, stop at the edge that was leaning down…But as she swung her front hooves out to in, the board lean up that made her slip down while the dragons watched her work still

"Boooommm…" Then the pink pony bounced off from the bottom into the sky from making that loud cry which made the dragons and the cornered ponies watch until Pinkie Pie soon swung around the castle flagpole by luck of chance.

So if you like the beat, take a lesson from Cuban Mira

Pinkie Pie sang from swinging down the pole and pointed to the dragon army to take this as her lesson for them.

And I'll teach you to chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky boom

Then Pinkie Pie span around and started to approach a female dragon of the army, the others thought she was crazy. But on that second line verse, the pink pony then wiggled her front hooves to the dragon and some glow escaped from it that came in contact with the female dragon.

Female Dragon Solo: She's really a modest gal,

Then in the blight of confusion, the female dragon warrior started to sing against her own will, much to hers' and the others puzzlement in what was happening.

Although she's the glamorous gal

The female dragon was observing herself, wondering if this pony infected her with that weird spell that made her sing against her own judgment.

In Havana, in Havana

But then, she gave in and began to shake her shoulders and actually smile to joining this fun that's happening without a reason what so ever.

Pinkie Pie: Si, sinorita I know that you would like to chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky boom

Then Pinkie Pie popped behind the female dragon and they danced together while the other Dragon Army tried to keep their place in seeing the weird pink pony was up to something fishy.

It's very nice, so full of spice

Then without much else warning, more of the Dragon Army soldiers were hugging the other and happily joining to sing along.

[I'll place my hove on your hip,

While the action was going on, two other enemies noticed this from the window that caught their attention. They were a couple more dragon soldiers and the two stared in shock surprise to see something going on outside the courtyard.

And if you will give me your hand

Then Pinkie Pie danced in the center with her dance partner while the army jiggled to the beat. But in a funny matter, the pink pony gave the male she was dancing a few slaps to the cheek.

Then we shall try - just you and I. I-yi-yi!

Then when Pinkie Pie was set down, she was holding her dance partner's hand to stretch off to sing before letting that person go into a crowd of soldiers that caught their own when the pink pony let that one go.

"Oh-La," The Dragon Army soldiers cheered out after catching their own to happily respond.

So if you like the beat, take a lesson from Cuban Mira

"Wow, that ain't bad." One dragon soldier responded curiously in seeing this dance performance was nice.

"Can it! We gotta get down there!" The other dragon soldier snapped at the guy for saying that as they quickly tried to get moving to get out there.

And I'll teach you to chick-chicky-boom, chick-chicky boom

Then Pinkie Pie jump off from a cart's top to the edge while she sang and danced before jumping off again with the rest of this army dancing to her beat.

"I can't believe Pinkie Pie is doing this!" Rarity exclaimed in seeing this and yet still not believing it for her eyes to handle.

"Believe me, who knew she could do dat?" Applejack responded in seeing this was a surprise, who could have foreseen this coming?

"And the spell is doing more than just that, look" Golden Heart pointed as it looks like another event is happening even after that song and dance routine looked to be done.

"Yaaaah," The Dragon Army cheered in loving this whole thing while the pink pony was on the ground, and prepared for…the next stage.

As there was sudden conga music being played with Pinkie Pie leading a small and growing group of dragons for a Conga Line, "Hay," They all chanted out from the pause of the beat and danced off again when the music started again, "Hay!" Then the dragons repeated that step again as they were making some circle line formation of an 'S' shape from their positions, "Hay!" They chanted out again from stopping to say and then moved along soon afterwards.

"Well, they do look like they are having fun." Fluttershy stated with a shy smile in seeing the fun being seen here.

"How long you think that spell can last?" Rainbow Dash asked off curious to how long Pinkie Pie will be under the spell's effects.

"It will last for some moments, but we best make use of the distraction." Golden Heart instructed out to the ponies as they better get going while the getting good.

"I-yi-yi," Pinkie Pie cheered from signaling the others from dancing on by happily as the group of dragons did another 'hay' response stop while the pink pony stopped to spin around.

"I think Pinkie Pie is already too much into the distraction to stop now!" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed with a sheepish smile in seeing how much their friend is into this party.

Finally, the song felt like it was ending just as the only two dragons not involved managed to get out another door to watch what was happening next here.

Then the music beat was jamming up to where Pinkie Pie was leading some dragons to jam dance with her in a funky style of doing things.

"Wow!" Pinkie Pie called out loud as she was taking this partying thing to a whole new level that many still have a hard time believing with the waving and shaking of legs and arms, "Wope! Bah-Doby, laity! Cock-A-doodle-lotty," Pinkie Pie sang out some mumbled words while the army danced and jiggled to her beat.

This was even effecting one of the two other enemies watching this as the first dragon soldier was happily feeling the dance beat affect him too.

"What's a matter with daddy's gaze?" But as Pinkie sang out, the other dragon soldier grabbed his friend's shoulder over to his side. "I been liven' with, bada-doba!" Suddenly while the song went on, the other dragon soldier had to talk with the first one of what he almost did.

"Start dancing and Lorcan will blow our brains out!" The second dragon soldier warned his foolish friend of the risk in doing this stupid act was, well stupid.

"Ah been Zuit-ta-skid-de-la! Now we focus back to Pinkie Pie dancing to the groove of this dance party with the dragons she's got playing along, "Whoop-pa-lop-pa, to-da-lop-bye!" They kick it up and bring it down, it was like a mad horse, "Hit doc, troint-doc!" It's like this party was not gonna end…or so we thought.

"Give us that spear!" The second dragon soldier shouted to take a spear weapon from one of the dragon's affected by the pink pony's singing and dancing while the first one was trying to assist in a way. Of course, they ended up firing it off into the air which signaled the ponies that the gig was up, someone is bound to know of their escape if not from the crazy party show.

Shake Your Booty, Daddy, Wow!
See ya!

Pinkie Pie sang out with one last dance before slipping away from the crowd just like that without a trace.

"Wait, there they go! Get them!" The second dragon soldier shouted to get these guys' attention but they were still entranced by the singing and dancing.

"Come on, snap out of it!" The first dragon soldier shook these dragons to get their senses back from being under some sorta spell.

"Come on, this party is over! Let's get going!" The second dragon soldier issued from with him and the first one trying to give chase, but it was useless with too many dragons blocking the way.

"Eheheheh…." Pinkie Pie was seen giggling with a suspicious laugh when she peeked to see if the coast was clear before rushing off to go after her friends ahead of her.

"We gotta search more of the courtyard!" The first dragon soldier got around to snapping some of the dragons to their senses as they gotta chase the escapers.

"Come on, half go one way, the other, other way!" The second dragon soldier pointed out in what they gotta do to find them ponies or they themselves are in big trouble.

It was around this time, the ponies managed to sneak of pass the other Dragon Army while they were engulf into the musical melody of Pinkie Pie's song and dance number. It was also around the time when the song ended that the pink pony cease glowing, the outfit she wore vanished and she looked to have return to normal…in a Pinkie Pie normal way of speaking.

"Wooh, what happened?" Pinkie Pie asked from feeling a little weird, a bit off balance from what happened to her, she doesn't recall.

"You mean you don't remember aiding our escape from those dragons?" Fluttershy asked her friend from seeing that the pink pony doesn't remember spinning and dancing while putting the dragons under some effect of her ability by the spell.

"Other than that spell that Golden Heart casted, it's a blank. What I miss?" Pinkie Pie shrug off in stating what she last remembered before questioning if she herself has missed out on anything.

"Let's just say that out of all the times I said you were so random…THAT…." Rainbow Dash started off saying in recalling how she was talking how random her ferried was until… "Back then was more randomly Far-out than your usual Pinkie Pie act that saved our hides!" The dare-devil pony exclaimed that it's thanks to Pinkie Pie's personality and her talent of her ability that got them out of that jam so well.

"Oh, you're welcome!" Pinkie Pie responded with a puzzled but replaced by smile in seeing that she ended up helping in some way while not knowing how she did it in the first place.

"Not so fast, ponies!" Suddenly, about a few dozens of them Dragon Army came around the corner as they were not enchanted like the others were.

"So much fer easy escape," Applejack groaned at seeing that these guys are pretty thick and stubborn to wanna catch them.

"On the bright side, it's less of them and we're not surrounded so easily, we should make good use to counterattack them now." Golden Heart points out to the ponies.

The Mane Six got themselves into a battle position, ready to expect the worst. It was only about to get real ugly here for the ponies to face more dragons when...

"STORM'S JUDGEMENT," A loud voice yelled out above the dark clouds covering the skies that earned some attention.

"Thrsuvhmm…Boomm…" Then from above those darken clouds, lightning and thunder were raining down from above and clashing right on those in the castle.

"Waahahahahahahha-aaauugh," The Dragon Army was being electrocuted to the point where from their wide eyes, they fell unconscious soon after.

Now this attention left the Mane Six puzzled and confused, wondering why a sudden storm like that came out of nowhere and only got the dragons and not them. The ponies looked up and saw a sight above the castle walls that some could not believe.

"Spell Nexus," The Mane Six exclaimed with a surprised shock expression as it was true, Spell Nexus was standing above the castle's guard walls in staring down to the ponies below.

"Hi everyone," Then popped out next to him was none other than Derpy that gave a goofy happy face from her cross-eyes at the gang.

"Derpy's here too, wow!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed with a bizarre look while smiling this off with some joy in seeing who has arrived here.

"Hey Derpy, surprise to see that you helping us out," Rainbow Dash waved with a calm smile in stating how she's surprise to see that their friend was here suddenly.

"Yeah, I came with Spell Nexus by bringing him up to the castle for him to perform that spell." Derpy responded to signal to the other unicorn pony when she flew down and Nexus used his horn to teleport below to the group.

"You actually made that spell?" Twilight Sparkle looked to her old teacher in surprise shock, that's a very powerful spell that even she's never seen until now.

"A simple matter, I assure you Twilight. Like the Unicorn Burst, that spell I used was called the Storm Judgment." Spell Nexus nobility assured his number one student that the spell he used was something of an understanding measure. "Takes ten unicorns to perform and perfect it to strike multiple foes, but for those like myself…and you, in the arts of magical knowledge, we can pull off some caliber." He insured that the ability to perform a spell that strong can be done by only the luckiest of unicorns that don't need extras to perform it, such like the Royal Pony Sisters or perhaps even Golden Heart, maybe.

"Oh, well now we can flee without much worry." Rarity responded quite impressed and sigh in relief that now they have a chance to get away now.

Then suddenly without warning, something swooped down near the ponies at a fast rate.

"Look out!" Golden Heart tried to warn the others of sensing the danger before the rest, but…

"Waaaaahhh…" Suddenly, Fluttershy was ponytailed when out of nowhere, a Dragon Army soldier grabbed her tail and held her up to look between her frighten expression and the other ponies.

"Make one move, and this one gets it!" The Dragon goon threatened to harm the yellow Pegasus with his glowing flames from the mouth and his free sharp claws that he'll do either one.

"Fluttershy," The ponies cried out in fear of their friend being hurt if they make one wrong move.

"Eeek," Fluttershy squealed in fright, this might not go well and could be the end for her…

"Suueeee-weeeeeeee," Until suddenly, there was a loud battle cry roar from the distance that got the others attention before...

"Gaaugh…" The dragon guard is tackled in the back of his head by what appeared to be some large and tough built stallion that plowed into giving a knock-out chop to the enemy's back neck.

"Haaugh," Fluttershy yelped from what happened, but once freed, used her wings to flap to be more air board.

"Cluspvhmm…" That dragon guard hit the pavement hard and look and behold who ended taking him down stood a familiar stallion that the Mane Six knew from that voice and battle cry was…

"Tough Apple," The girls responded surprised to see this rouged farmer pony here and taking down a dragon.

"Whoooo-weee; who guess'd it dat Ah could let off stress anger by knocking off some bad guy' hides!" Tough Apple replied off with a sly and jolly smile in looking over his work in beating down a bad dragon, made him felt pretty good when sticking up for his friends.

"Cousin, yer're here 'ta help," Applejack asked in real disbelief that Tough Apple was now coming into the dangers of enemy territory to help rescue them.

"Course Ah came to help as Granny said if an member of dat family is in BIhihihiiIIig Trouble, ye gots 'ta lean a hoof-helping assistance!" Tough Apple exclaimed off in knowingly stating that when someone's in trouble, it's the right thing to help them out of it. "Uh, schuss me, but where's Apple Bloom?" The stallion asked puzzled and confused from noticing a shortage of another pony in the group.

"And Nyx," Came another voice of a small creature that flew from above the skies to land to reveal it was Phobos. "Where is she?" The Moon Dragon asked from noticing that from the crowd, the little black filly he cares for was not among the rest. Of course, Phobos knew that it was really the clone, the real one is still waiting for her move.

"Phobos, you're also here!" Twilight Sparkle responded shocked to seeing Nyx's pet, err, dragon friend was also here too.

"Yes, Golden Heart said that he need a small rescue party." Phobos nods in explaining about why he's here, cause he was asked to, of course.

"An' we're 'de rescuers! Well, most o' us, 'de rest is still in 'de castle!" Tough Apple proclaimed out with a smiling pride at first but then went back to being worried. "But seriously, where is dat filly girl an' friends?" He asked from really wanting to know, where his cousin Apple Bloom and her CMC pals are.

"Boomvhm…" Suddenly, an explosion happened off near the side of the castle walls that got many of the heroes' attentions. And coming out while making a growling noise was a mechanical dragon lizardman beast wielding a kunai and axe in its hands.

"Waaaaugh…WHAT…IS…that thing?" Rarity squealed out and pointed in terror at seeing a mechanical beast was coming out now suddenly from the castle.

"My guess, something that the Brotherhood of Tadaka cooked up," Golden Heart stated with a clear and serious expression in knowing who might be in charge of making such an object to be used for Lorcan's wicked scheme.

"DARK AXE SWING," The giant mechanical lizard creature roared out with a mechanical male voice as it lifted up its axe in preparing to attack. "Bsuvhmm…" Then the creature smacked its axe into the ground unleashed a powerful quake wave heading for…the Dragon Army.

"Gaaaugh…" The Dragon Army in that direction was suddenly blown away by that attacked and dog piled the other into an out cold state with swirling dizzy eye expressions.

"CHAIN KUNAI," Then the creature mechanical beast swung its chain which entangled some extra dragons around the kunai part locking them together.

"Gaugh…waaugh…gaaaugh…." Then in an amazing feat was swirling the dragons around and crashed them against another building just when the machine creature let them go from its chain.

"Wooh! 'Dat was some pretty slick stuff!" Tough Apple whistled impressed by what he saw when the rest of the dragons that the heroes didn't get were taken care of.

"Oh yeah, that was awesome!" Rainbow Dash smiled in exclaiming how seeing that kinda scene was excellent.

"But why did it attack the dragons?" Twilight Sparkle broke the tension in mentioning that this mechanical creature was fighting against what was supposed to by its allies.

"Silly, it's cause it's on our side!" Pinkie Pie smiled off to happily say that seeing the lizard-bot thing was clear it was fighting for them and not the bad guys.

"But 'dat don't make sense, how…?" Applejack was also confused and was asking of who it was possible when…

"Hey sis, there ye'll are!" The voice of Apple Bloom came from the mechanical dragon warrior which shocked many of the ponies' faces.

"Great Horny Toads; Apple Bloom," Applejack yelped in surprise shock and looked up at the mechanical beast that soon stood over the other ponies group.

"Wooh, is 'dat yew cousin' or is 'dat thing sounding like ya?" Tough Apple replied calmly, yet surprised to wonder if that was Apple Bloom or not at all.

"No, we're in here, you guys." The voice was heard next afterwards that sounded more like the Nyx clone answering off for the group.

"Nyx," Twilight & Phobos responded in more surprise to know the black filly that they care for was inside the Garoozis.

"Goodness, are all you inside that…thing," Rarity asked completely shocked to believe that the foals are piloting such a contraption.

"Yes Rarity, we are all in here!" Sweetie Belle's voice responded from inside which really does clarify the whereabouts of the CMC group.

"We thought of taking this thing out for extra protection." The voice of Dinky stated out in what the CMC were planning on doing.

"So that if we ran into a problem, we could help," The voice of Pipsqueak clear off in their good intention of why the CMC are doing this.

"Well that's easily understandable, big mean dragons all around, of course you need to pilot something like a giant mechanical creation to protect yourselves!" Pinkie Pie smiled off in easily stating that to fight big, huge, ferocious dragons like in the Dragon Army of Tadaka, some grade-A protection is very much needed for all ponies alike.

"Hey, there's something here labeled 'Heat Hyper', wonder what it does?" The voice of Scootaloo stated from finding a button of some kind which, by the name of it, didn't settle in with the adult ponies outside and would have debated against such use, but...

"Graaughh…" Then Garoozis let off a growl from opening its mouth and speaking with a deep male voice, "HEAT HYPER!" The Garoozis roared out from having a glowing emerald color energy inside the opened mouth which was its own attack. "Powvhmm…Boooommvhmm…" Then it fired a powerful emerald flaming fireball from its mechanical mouth in a direction of the walls which on contact blew that portion to bits and let a steaming hole of where it struck.

"Woooh…" The CMC responded from where inside, they stared in awe at what they themselves managed to do there.

"Okay, that was kinda impressive." Rainbow Dash slowly responded in seeing this was something totally outrageous.

"Well I think that shows this thing's too dangerous for fillies and colts to pilot." Twilight Sparkle sternly objected the fact that this Garoozis creature was too much a danger for little foals to be messing with.

"Awww…" The CMC whined a bit even from their voices inside, the Garoozis just sulk it's arms down like it itself was expressing what its pilots were feeling now.

"But Twilight, if not for Nyx and friends, we still have those other dragons to deal with." Phobos stated in knowing what the outcome would have been if the CMC hadn't arrive at a good time to deal with the last Dragon Army troopers.

"That's true, they tried to help anyway." Fluttershy nods in feeling that the adults should cut the foals some slack since they only wanted to help.

"I hate to cut in, but we all need to get back to Ponyville, the rest of the resistance is trying to oppose Lorcan or keep him distracted." Golden Heart cut in to sadly state the situation that they are still in, even from those far from where they are now.

"Oh, they did go for that title of being called. The Resistance, after all," Pinkie Pie responded with a cheeky expression that the other ponies fighting evil of an army gone by that excellent name choice. "Just like the note told us that you were coming."

"Note?"

"Yes, some pony left us a note, telling us that you were coming to save us!"

"I see." Golden Heart said with a thoughtful look.

"Who's leading them?" Twilight Sparkle asked with a raised eyebrow in who was leading those against Lorcan's forces.

"Shining Armor is as well as I am, the princesses have other matters to deal with. As you recall, the others like Big Macintosh and Ben Mare aiding in facing Lorcan." Golden Heart explained the situation on who was helping to lead the Resistance and those that have gone in to aid with the much cause at state.

"What?" The Mane Six yelped by this surprise in hearing just a few more of those names got them to really be worried, especially to face the dragon causing all of this.

"We gotta get there an' help out!" Applejack exclaimed with caution and concerns, if they aren't there, then Lorcan could kill their love ones.

"No, what we truly need are the Elements of Harmony." Spell Nexus stop the others from rushing in to hear what he has to say first. "When Lorcan cast his spell on them, we were unaware and they took control when you used them in an attempt to stop him." He was referring to when the Mane Six were unaware of tampering with the elements that were under control by another force. "This time has to be different before we got to fighting these remaining dragons of the Army; we put the rest under a deep sleep to last for three days." Nexus explained that when he and the others came, they spread around, trying to put much of the other dragons to sleep before dealing with the last ones that were…just taken care of at the castle here.

"Right, we were gonna look for the Elements when we saw you in trouble." Derpy nods in responding to that statement in why the rescue team is also here after rescuing the Mane Six in trouble.

"And dancing with the enemy? Me not sure if you were in much danger from that!" Phobos shrug off in responding oddly in how such an act was going on felt very weird to him.

"So you're saying Lorcan left the Elements somewhere in this castle fortress?" Rainbow Dash asked a bit awkward with a puzzled face, having a hard time believing the main enemy did such a thing.

"And that if we find them, bring them to the battle field?" Rarity stated off so far in where this was going, if the ponies find the Elements of Harmony and brought them to where the main fighting takes place…

"Yes, that will aid in having the advantage over Lorcan and the Dragon army and we need the wielders of the elements to do the task." Golden Heart nods while explaining that if the pnies have the elements once again, they can regain an advantage to finally end Lorcan's evil scheme.

"But what if what happened last time happens again?" Pinkie Pie questioned with a sorrow face in recalling how Lorcan tricked the Mane Six to use the Elements was apart of a ploy to use them to free the Dragon Army when the evil dragon put a dark spell over them.

"Right, Lorcan's essence is still in the Elements." Fluttershy recalls in concern.

"Maybe I can help out. If Lorcan used a spell to take the elements under his control by force, then the only countermeasure is our friendship united to overcome his spell." Twilight Sparkle first spoke off while explaining something of a plan to help them overcome Lorcan's spell hold on the Elements of Harmony with the power of their friendship.

"Then it's agreed, now that all the dragons here can't harm you, we'll have to separate to aid more pony citizens against the remaining Dragon Army." Golden Heart nods while looking around the area, knowing that with the problem at the castle fortress settled, his group can focus on aiding other ponies in need.

"Shoot, it'll be easy pickings if we bring this giant lizard thing wit' us!" Tough Apple responded with a nodding smile and pointing at the Garoozis creature that was being pilot by foals.

"Ah think it has a name cousin it's called the Garoozis." Apple Bloom's voice responded in letting the others know the name of this mechanical lizard bot creature that the fillies and colt were using.

"Cool, right?" Scootaloo's voice responded out with a prideful tone that the name was wicked for their appearance in this mechanical device.

"Wrong, yew fillies an' colt can't pilot 'dat thing fer battle even if it protects ya!" Applejack sternly rejected that idea of having her sister and friends try to help while piloting such a dangerous mechanical device.

"But…" The CMC's voices were heard pouting from in the Garoozis, they really don't wanna miss out on the fun here.

"Well then maybe Ah'll do it while watching them, cousin." Tough Apple spoke off in offering some aid in piloting the Garoozis model to lift off any distractions of fillies and colts using a strange machine.

"Yeah, we can show Tough Apple how to work it!" Dinky's voice responded with a smile in liking that hopeful idea on what they can do instead.

"Oh boy, mah cousin piloting something 'dat's destructive is just asking' fer trouble," Applejack sighed to remarked off that if Tough Apple uses a mechanical creature like this Garoozis, with his temper gaining control of it, it's not gonna be some pretty picture when this stallion gets mad.

"We have no choice; we'll have to make do." Nexus stated that the gang has no time for any arguments, they'll just have to go with what's best for right now. "We must reunite with the rest of the Resistance."

"Okay, opener her up and I'll drop him in!" Phobos stated from suddenly lifting up Tough Apple from behind his back like no big deal.

"Wooh, easy little dragon buddy," Tough Apple yelped a bit from being handled by a Moon Dragon that had some impressive strength.

Soon the Garoozis' back opened up, allowing for Phobos to drop in Tough Apple into the cockpit before the back door closed up afterwards. And the stallion looked around the fancy gizmos like a colt in a candy shop and many of them buttons and dials and switches to levers, he pulled which made the Garoozis make a few weird movements. Some ended up crashing or bashing some parts of the fortress before the mechanic was trotting off in a reckless manner

"Hiiiiiyyhaaaaah! Tough Apple is coming 'ta Smack some heads!" Tough Apple's voice was hollering out in a battle cry while smashing a few things from moving the controls to the Garoozis.

"We better go and keep an eye on him." Spell Nexus waved his head off in motioning that the rest with him from Derpy and Golden Heart should get going after their friend.

"Right, Phobos, you stick around if the girls here need your help." Golden Heart nods before looking to the Moon Dragon in giving him a task to perform.

"But what about Nyx," Phobos asked in feeling he should be with the black filly should she need his help if ever in trouble. The Moon Dragon knew that if Nyx's clone was destroyed, who knows what will happen?

"She'll be fine as long as she's inside that armor lizard creature…I think." Golden Heart smiled to assure the Moon Dragon not to worry…much. In truth, maybe having Tough Apple pilot a giant mechanical lizard-man bot might be asking for trouble, but he'll try to work something out of it.

"Um…okay." Phobos responded a bit uncomfortable, but decided he'll just have to have trust that Nyx will be safe.

"Bye guys, good luck!" Derpy waved farewell to the Mane Six in wishing them the best of luck on their mission.

Now those of Golden Heart's group was racing off down to get to where they are needed after successfully occupying the castle fortress of the enemy to be under their control. With all the dragon soldiers they've found and taken care of, the Mane Six should be able to find the stolen Elements of Harmony, reverse the spell placed by Lorcan so they can use them to put a stop to him and his Dragon Army. Now Twilight Sparkle looked to her five pony friends and Phobos in seeing that their group was ready.

"Alright everyone, we got a job to do!" Twilight Sparkle issued out to her friends in knowing that the task at hand or hoof is gonna be tough.

"Find the Elements of Harmony!" Rainbow Dash declared out with a serious expression in knowing what they gotta do from here on.

"Remove that awful spell placed on them." Rarity stated off with a decree in nobility and sense in their aid to remove the spell placed by Lorcan.

"Then quickly take them out from this castle to where the others away." Fluttershy stated with a clear and focus face in where they go from there.

"And then give the Dragon Army a surprise that they'll never forget!" Pinkie Pie smiled off to exclaim where and what they'll do soon afterward.

"Hard 'ta tell after 'de last surprise ya gave them Pinkie, but what 'de hay?" Applejack mentioned off about the pink pony's earlier work, but shrug off that feeling in knowing that they may as well still go along with things.

"Right, the sooner we have them, the better!" Phobos nods in declaring out that the sooner they have the elements, the sooner they get to go and rejoin their friends.

"Alright, let's move out! I heard the guards say that Lorcan kept the Elements in the west wing corridor chamber! We'll go there!" Twilight Sparkle stated to her friends in knowing the plan as she heard where the Elements they seek are kept. So now is the time to get going and find the objective of their assigned mission.

"Right," The others responded with courage and determination in what they gotta do from here on.

Soon the Mane Six and Phobos quickly made their run to head directly for the spot of their destination; to retrieve the Elements of Harmony and to finally use them in the right state to put an end to Lorcan's evil plot of conquering their world with the Dragon Army of Tadaka. But while they all ran off to the west wing section, four small shadows of fillies peeked from behind the wall in seeing the others going off somewhere as they were none other than the CMC; Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Nyx, who somehow were not in the Garoozis bot.

"Okay girls, operation: Hologram Image Impostors went off without a hitch." The Nyx clone stated out to her friends in what they did was planned to leave a false posers of themselves to slip out and stick around here.

"Was it really okay to create holograms of ourselves and leave Tough Apple with the others?" Sweetie Belle asked in conferring the fact that they left and are no longer in the mechanical creature suit of armor for protection.

"Had 'ta, cause even though we got that big lizard bot thing 'ta help fight off more o' them dragons, mah sister an' our friends might come across trouble," Apple Bloom declared with a determine expression that even if the four CMC stayed where it's safe, they can't leave the thought that their friends and family might face unseen dangers ahead.

"Yeah, like when we saw two shady feature characters that were not dragons. We had to split up to watch out for them if Rainbow Dash's group run into some dilemma" Scootaloo stated out from recalling the 'two' particular characters that seemed goofy but familiar to the group (who was watching the whole thing) and had to split from the Resistance team to stick around if there was gonna be trouble.

"I know Phobos is with them, but I'm worrying about him." Nyx stated in concerning for her moon dragon friend, knowing that even with him watching Twilight's group, no telling what can still happen. "Come on, let's stick to the shadows, I can provide some camouflage spell to help us." The black filly clone signal her friends to gather around her as she was gonna use a spell to help them out here.

Soon Nyx did what she said as her horn glowed over the CMC before fading away from sight. And by the time the fillies looked at the other, their bodies were able to blend into the shadows, it's almost like no one could tell that they were really there. This was a very tricky spell to use and for Nyx to use it so well shows her talent in the arts of magic.

"Cool Nyx, now nobody would see us coming!" Scootaloo exclaimed with a smile in digging the camouflage spell that her friend performed.

"This be great for hide and go seek!" Sweetie Belle stated out with a smile in thinking how fun this spell would make in 'hide & go seek' games.

"We'll try 'dat later, we got big ponies 'ta find." Apple Bloom stated out to her friends to think about that later, they need to catch up to the Mane Six now.

"Right, follow me everyone & be silent." Nyx nods in agreement before signaling her friends to follow her while being as quiet as can be.

Soon the CMC went off in keeping to the shadows while trailing the unsuspecting Mane Six that managed to push open a door leading to the West Wing. But unknown to the ponies and the Moon Dragon, another pair of eyes were gazing from above a tower sector of the castle fortress. It spied on only noticing the big ponies entering the west wing doors' gate, and narrows them in recognizing the six all too well.

"Looks like while Lorcan is away, my time to play with those mares has come." The hidden dark figure stated from seeing what the Mane Six were gonna be up to now and believes it's time to make a move. "We leave now, come along." The hidden figure addressed those with him to follow him in where he shall be going from here.

The hidden other figures in the dark nods to back away nervously from this serious character. It was someone else that besides the dragons in the castle, this character was someone that was left out of being in an active role of meeting the Mane Six. And soon he made off a wicked smirk in stepping into the light, where it was revealed that before him was…Boxco & Dum Dum; which meant that this last person was none other than…

"This time around, Twilight Sparkle, you are a prize I'll obtain…by eliminating the obstacles of everyone dear to you." Yes, the revealed villain was none other than Boris the Red Devil as he glowed in his devil aura of magical abilities. Soon he summoned a flaming vortex portal that he went through along with his lackey minions before it faded. The time to put an end to the Mane Six that which stood in Boris's way of getting what he wants is about to come…to an end.

Author's Notes:

The Mane Six and the fillies escaped but it ain't over. In the next chapter, while Lorcan continues his fight, Twilight and her friends prepare to get the Elements but Boris has other plans up his sleeve which involves getting Twilight herself to be his...whatever she likes it or not! Read, review and suggest.

The song sequence of course is a reference to one in The Mask. I don't know if it's copyright song or not but if it is and want me to remove it, let me know.