"Okay, this must be the place." Twilight said as she and her friends arrive at the coordinates that Rainbow tracked down: Nightmare Canyon. Luna teleported them here before leaving to make sure that Lorcan doesn't try to attack Ponyville while they are gone. "The castle is here somewhere."

"Ah still say 'dat 'dis here is a trap." Applejack mumbles a bit as she and her friends move on. "Lorcan is going 'ta mess us over first chance we git."

"Oh relax, AJ." Rainbow said in confidence. "Lorcan needs the Elements so he will get them...right in his gut and we will send him packing like we did Nightmare Moon and Discord!"

"Let's not overestimate 'dis guy. He appears 'ta be one step ahead o' us."

"Shouldn't we at least waited until Ben, Nyx and Phobos gets back?" Fluttershy ask nervously. "That way, we would stand a chance...right?"

"A chance, yes...but we don't know when they will get back and if they show up by sun rise, it would be too late." Twilight said grimly and worried. Lorcan has already killed a foal years ago. It wouldn't do well on the poor mare's conscience should he do the same to another. "And we don't know what happens until..."

"We're here!" Pinkie exclaim happily. The Mane Six soon find themselves in front of a familiar castle, the same as it was when they left it the last time, the Castle of Nightmare Moon. It's no wonder why Lorcan has chosen this place to be his new dwelling.

"Here it is: just as I remember it."

The front gates open up, much to their notice. Fluttershy said, "Looks like they open the gates for us...oh, I got a bad feeling about this."

"I know, keep on your toes, girls." Twilight said sternly.

The mares enter the castle and right in the courtyard. They can guess that Lorcan must've rearranged the place since the ponies were here last. Sinister laughter is heard throughout the castle, it doesn't take a genius or less to figure out who made that.

"All right, Lorcan; you brute, come on out this instant!" Rarity demands sternly to the villain in general.

"Are you sure?" A familiar voice taunts sinisterly, "Because you won't like it."

"Why won't we like it?" Pinkie asks Lorcan confused. The ponies yelp as a familiar villain appears in smoke in front of them: Lorcan in all his evilness.

"Simple: because I got the advantage here, unlike your enemies before you."

"Yeah, overconfident," Rainbow mumbles to herself in amusement.

"We have the Elements, so give us back the foals." Twilight demands to Lorcan more than she asked.

Lorcan scoffs while saying, "There was nothing about letting them go."

"But you said-" Rainbow begins to protest but Lorcan cuts her off.

"That you would be able to see them again," Lorcan gestures to the CMC chained and here they are. But if you want the little kiddies back so badly...well, how about a little fight?"

The ponies heard movement, seeing their old enemies coming out of the shadows or hiding, even Discord appears in his usual way. The chimera remarks, "Told you it was naughty to spy; my, my!"

"Oh shut up, Discord. You allowed us to spy on you just to get us here." Rainbow snaps to Discord in annoyance. "Well, here we are."

"Ready to get a bit embarrassed!" Trixie remarks in amusement. "You ponies are done for; Lorcan will win once we pound your flanks into the ground."

"Trixie, I thought I knew you better...I didn't allow Rainbow to chase you because I wanted you to think about what your bragging and lying." Twilight said in pity while looking down. "What happened that change all that?"

"Oh, like I want to tell you anything, Twilight Dorkle!"

"Hey, watch what you called my friend!" Fluttershy snaps to Trixie with a frown.

"Oh, what; you want to fight for real, Cluttershy?" Gilda taunts Fluttershy in amusement.

"Ha ha ha; give one to the birdie!" Rover laughs a bit as his pals join him.

"You smelly despicable mutts; I will give you something!" Rarity snaps to the Diamond furiously.

"Just remember one thing: Twilight is mine...but then again, she always was." Boris remarks with a sly smile to his pals.

"She never was yers, yew Earth Pony Hating Monster!" Applejack scowls at Boris. "What yew did 'ta mah cousin an' kidnapping mah sis an' her friends is too low!"

"Tough talk coming from Earth Filth!"

"Stop calling me 'dat!"

The two sides continue throwing insults at one another until Lorcan yells out, "Children!"

Both sides turn to see Lorcan standing on a cloud, his hands folded over his cane. Pinkie exclaims in surprise, "Whoa! How did he do that?"

"What? Even our Spikey-Wikey wouldn't do that!" Rarity exclaims, shocked by what she's seeing here.

"That still amazes me each time I see it." Boxco remarks as Dum-Dum nods in agreement.

"Children...now that we all had our chance to speak, why don't we get started," Lorcan ask both sides with a sly grin.

"That's fine with me!" Rainbow growls as she prepares for a fight to save the foals.

Lorcan smirks, "Well then...begin! Enjoy yourselves. I have a death to avenge...my father's!" The dragon vanishes in a burst of green flames.

"Gilda's mine!" Rainbow snaps as she glares at the griffin.

"Ah will handle those con artists." Applejack cringes as she glares at the Flim-Flam brothers, the same creeps who tried to run her family out of business.

"Oh, oh, let me have Discord! I wanna fight him!" Pinkie giggles as she bounces up and down eagerly.

"I will handle those butt sniffing gem hunting mutts." Rarity said sternly.

"I can handle Trixie and Boris." Twilight said in determination as she prepares herself for a fight.

"I guess that leaves me with the meanies. Ooh!" Fluttershy yelps as a bit as Boxco and Dum-Dum chuckles towards her sinisterly.

Before anyone knew it, a strange music filled the air surrounding the opposing sides. It was actually playing some background music called 'The Encounter', from the Kingdom Hearts II Game, in which case, it's special to use in long lasting major fights like what's about to happen here.

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"You think it's wise for them to go alone?" Luna asks Celestia in concern as the two ponies return to Canterlot. "Lorcan isn't an opponent to underestimate."

"Yes, I know, but we can only hope that Twilight and her friends can stop him this time...or at least enough when we can send them some help." Celestia said sternly.

"Sorry, but help isn't an option, Celly!" A familiar voice taunts sinisterly. The two alicorns saw a familiar figure appearing right in front of them...and right on a cloud even!

"Lorcan. Shouldn't you be at the castle with your so-called Brotherhood?"

"Eh, they can do well without me. For now, though, we got some old business to settle: your demise!"

"You want my sister; you have to go through me." Luna said, standing sternly in front of Celestia.

Lorcan glares at Luna as if wanting to take her challenge...but for some reason, he couldn't. The little dragon remarks, "You, I'm saving for next time, Luna. It's your sister I want. Now move, please!"

"Funny, for a serious villain, you said 'please'. Sounds like I was right before."

"Luna, this isn't your business, move out of the way. I don't want you to get hurt...yet!"

"If you don't want me to get hurt, then stop this; End your madness, you aren't like your father, I can tel!" Luna pleads to Lorcan who is struggling between taking her out now or doing what she asked.

"Luna. If it's me he wants, I cannot deny him." Celestia said as she moves past her sister, heading to Lorcan. "I must warn you: I will defend my subjects to the death if I must."

"Best offer I heard all day!

The two got their weapons out then clash them.. Whilst clashing, Lorcan pushes Celestia away. The villain gives the come get it sign and the two continue.

Lorcan punches Celestia, who then retaliates by kicking him to the ground. The dragon knocks Celestia off her feet. She gets up and prepares to stab Lorcan, who then, most her shock, grabs the sword and breaks it. The villain zaps her with lightning, sending the princess to the ground.

"Weak, weak as usual; you didn't act against your sister or Discord and falls to a Changeling who once impersonated your niece!" Lorcan taunts as he prepares to deliver the final blow. "And thus, Tadaka shall be avenged!"

But before Lorcan can deliver the final blow, Luna stops him, pleading with tears coming from her eyes, "Please, stop! She's my sister, I care for her!"

"Shut up, Luna! You won't stop me!"

"Lorcan, p-please! You're breaking my heart! Would you do the same for Spike if either of us were going to kill him?"

Lorcan hesitates a bit; this moment is causing an awkward atmosphere. Soon the villain put his weapon away, snapping, "You're lucky that I got more important business elsewhere! Make no mistake: next time, your inference...will be your last."

With thatl the villain vanishes with a scowl, leaving Luna to tend to her downed sister...

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"Okay, where in Ponyville did them no good apple wrecking brother get 'ta?" Applejack declared out in looking around, she knows Flim & Flam are around here somewhere, but where are they? They just got popped and vanish with them magical horns of theirs.

"Looking for us above, are we?" Flim's voice spoke off in an echoey tone in the air, puzzling Applejack.

"When we're under your noise?" Flam's voice was heard in the same echoey tone matter in the air as his brother?

"Ha-hahahahah….." Both the Flim-Flam Brothers were laughing in a maniacal sense as Applejack looked around puzzled, bringing out her diamond enforce rope she used during the Demon Pony case, never knowing what to expect.

"Grugrugurfruvhmmm…" Suddenly, the ground began to shake, and the cow girl pony yelped a bit from trying to keep her balance from this unexpected play.

"HOLY APPLE BUCKS," Applejack cried out in horror and tried to keep herself from losing her hoof balance? "What's causing 'de ground 'ta shake?" The mare pony asked in confusion, what was causing all of this to happen before her, anyway?

"Powwfruvhmmm/Bizizizivhmm…" Then suddenly, just a few feet away from her, something was busting its way out of the ground…or in this case, drilling. "Stompfruvhmm…" Then it shot out and bashed on the ground, causing a shake at this moment as Applejack saw something in what her mind calls…unnatural. She had a pretty good guess what she was facing was now mere animal, but something very much created by the Flim-Flam Brothers.

The creation was of a 50 weight, height, and length with gray & black armor coating. The feet were raised up by trade-wheel tractions; the body was the seating controls for a good number of passengers. The front looked like a triceratops head-figure with crystal glass gem eyes wide enough for those inside to see, the three horns were actually 15 feet in cone shape sizes for drilling. The back showed a wiggly lay-low tail that could swipe off debris, and with spikes sticking out that were actually pipes that were releasing steam of the running machine. Inside the mouth was a hidden cannon that with one aim, could blow up a field spot between houses to castle walls.

"Introducing, the latest in our creations, built to ram down and dig tunnels that even the Diamond Dogs could not." Flim spoke off first in presenting the newest weapon design by the brothers & it's functions.

"The RhinoRex Tank 8000 is made of the strongest reinforce iron that's 6 feet deep, withstanding any force of underground nature, or enemies alike." Flam explained the next part of what this marvel can do, as it's made from fine reinforce materials.

"With horns for drilling, tail for whacking off hard rock objects and a cannon to blow the competition away. It's a model to say, Tanks-A-Lot to all that stands in the way!" The Flim-Flam Brothers spoke in union in doing once more; their salesmen catch up pitches of their next masterpiece.

"Yew all expect me 'ta be afraid o' something' 'dat don't even look like hino, but o' a dinosaur?" Applejack asked in remarking how that there was no rhino but a dinosaur creature known as a Triceratops from the Dinosaur Age.

"No, but you will be afraid in what else we have in store for you." Flim's voice echoed out in telling the pony that there's more than just the looks here.

"Yes, a special little someone that's right in joining our cozy little ride," Flam's voice echoed off in announcing, that they had one more surprise up their sleeves.

"Sis; Help," The voice was heard out to be Apple Bloom and that sent bolts down Applejack's mind.

"Apple Bloom; how'd ya…?" Applejack was about to ask why her sister was somehow inside that thing and what them evil unicorn salmon twins were doing to her.

"Poofvhm…Clipvhmm…" Suddenly, from underneath the tank's mouth, something was shot and cupped around the Earth Pony's neck.

"What in dat Sam Hill?" Applejack asked off in seeing she got collared by something strange, it was a gray collar with a yellow gem with a bolt mark in the middle. "What's 'dis thing?" She asked in demanding to know of this collar around her neck and what it's supposed to do to her.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Flim's voice remarked off in a teasy tone in trying to say that Applejack doesn't known, but they do.

"But now, I start running now." Flam's voice spoke off in suggesting that the Earth pony get ready to run about now and here's why.

"Grugrugrufruvhmmm…" Soon the tank was starting to move, and Applejack put up a determined face and dogged rolled just as the RhinoRex zoomed past her.

"Hah!" Applejack pointed and laugh in feeling cocky in what she just did. "Ah can out run 'dat slow tank o' yours anyway 'dis week!" The farmer pony exclaimed that she'll be able to handle herself just fine against something so slow.

"Frusvhmmm…Crashvmm…" Suddenly, the RhinoRex swung its tank off during that sharp turn, and destroyed a boulder nearby to pieces.

"Ouch…ouch…" Applejack yelped from some raining rubble that was whacking against her body, she got a few scrapes along her, but she was still in the game. "Okay, so Ah gotta be careful in what yew do swinging dat tail o' yers!" Even the tough cow girl pony knows that with them brothers, they got tricky schemes and so that swinging tail could pose as a problem to watch out for.

"Oh, you should be more worried than that, my dear." Flim's voice is heard in sounding oh so remarking the fact that Applejack still doesn't get the situation here.

"Brizizivhmm…" Suddenly, the gem around Applejack's neck glowed brightly before her for some reason? "What, what's happening?" The Earth pony was about to brace for something that might happen to here but nothing was affecting her, why's that?

"Trzizizivhmm…" Then the answer suddenly came unexpected, as even brighter lights were seen inside the RhinoRex Tank, but what was worst was…the screaming. "WAAAHHAAAHAAAAAAAA…" The sweet little voice of Apple Bloom was sounding in pain, so much that it be unbearable to see what was happening.

"Applebloom; what happened?" Applejack exclaimed out in shock, something was happening to her sister, but what was it?

"The question is what happened to you that cause your little sister such pain?" Flam's voice spoke with an ego in telling Applejack about the cause of this pain that her sister was receiving.

"Wha just saying," Applejack asked in demand with an angry tone, whatever these two brothers were doing to her little sis, she make them pay.

"That collar you wear is magically leaking whatever pain you take, your sweet Apple Bloom will receive the pain by voltage." Flim's voice explained off the contexts of the collar's true purpose, and it was to deliver pain.

"However, I advise caution in your case, whatever hurts you, is 10 times worst for Apple Bloom than you imagine." Flam's voice spoke off remotely in a calm manner, stating what Applejack's sister gets is ten times more painful.

"Oh no; Ah gotta git mah sister outta there!" Applejack yelped in realizing the terrible trouble her sister is in, if she gets hurt, then Apple Bloom takes even greater damage then what she gets.

"Try it if you can, remember, this tank is tough to break." Flim's voice spoke off in rhetorically stating how beating them in a tough protected tank, is next to impossible.

"But you on the other hand are not tough to break at all." Flam's voice spoke off with an ego remark that they can just as easily break Applejack unlike the RhinoRex.

"Let's continue on the pain giving!" The Flim-Flam Brothers declared out in union over their loud speaker voices, as it's time to continue this game. "Drizizizivhmm…" Now the drills of the horns of the tank were rotating fast and the RhinoRex was rolling along down were Applejack was.

"Oh man, Ah'm in over mah head here." Applejack muttered out under her breath, if she gets too much hurt, her sister will be in pain. But on the upset, if she doesn't try to stand and fight back, Applejack will be letting her friends down. Boy, what a tough choice to make, the Earth Pony sure wished there was an easier way; too bad…the others have problems of their own.

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Gilda smirks sinisterly to Rainbow, taunting, "All right, Rainbow Crash, your first move!"

"Call me Rainbow Crash one more time, and I'll rip out your beak, freek!" Rainbow shouted angrily.

"Yeah, yeah; I would've beaten you the last time if Boris hadn't interfere." Gilda said while rolling her eyes. "So that proves which one of us is the better superior here."

"Get ready, Gilda! 'Cause I came prepared," Rainbow Dash declared out as she brought out her signature magical nun-chuck gun into the act.

"Nunchucks, really, Dashie? That's just lame-o." Gilda remarked off in seeing this was a pathetic, how can two nun-chucks beat a griffin with the strength of a lion and the talons of an eagle?

"Then you better get ready, these bad boys helped me against Heckhounds and Boris, and they'll do the same to you and your group." Rainbow Dash declared out with a smirk of pride, as she soon brought out...the sunglasses trade feature. "It's time to get... Dasheresque," She put the specs on her eyes, bringing her cool degree up to a new level.

"More like Crasheresque!" Gilda rolled her eyes in seeing this was another excuse her former friend of cool was making, how can she possibly hope to beat her with those things, "Pow-Pow-Pow!" Then she suddenly dodged from magical projectiles that came out from the nun-chuck gun the Pegasus pony used. "Hey, wait! Those things are loaded! You never mentioned that!" The griffin girl exclaimed in shock and annoyance, that wasn't what she was aware of.

"Oops, slipped my mind!" Rainbow Dash shrugged off playfully with some smoke coming from her weapons as she posed herself in midair, ready to duke it out now.

"Two can play that game, Rainbow Crash!" Gilda groaned with her gritted teeth, if it's a clashing of who's got the coolest moves to show off, she won't lose to this pony. So she flew off after Rainbow Dash, and it was a flying cycle motion of aerial movement, performed with attacks for close and range specialty.

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Fluttershy found herself surrounded by two familiar minions. Boxco smirked while saying, "All right, little Pegasus. Want to have some fun?"

"Yeah," Dum-Dum laughed madly. "We don't mind hitting little ponies. But give up now and we can go easy on ya!"

Fluttershy gulped a bit, she needs some way to deal with these guys...then an idea popped into her head, something 'interesting', 'funny' and enough to kill the suspense.

"All right...I give up." Fluttershy said with a sigh. "But can one of you handsome stallions care to escort me to some chains or a cell?"

"Well, that's better!" Boxco remarked with a smile. "I will be happy to!"

"Hey, Box-moron, she was talking to me!" Dum-Dum snapped to his pal with a frown. "I am the handsome one!"

"You; Please," Boxco scoffed a bit. "You were voted 'Big Ugly Moron' back in school! She was talking to me! Let me handle her!"

"Ha! You can't even handle a bag!" Dum-Dum snapped at Boxco furiously. "I will handle her!"

The two minions growls as they quickly attack one another, fighting over which pony to handle Fluttershy who watch in amusement.

"Sometimes, it helps being the cute one." Fluttershy said with a smile. "Squee!"

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Discord smiles as he hovers above Pinkie Pie, while taunting, "So we meet again, Miss Element of Laughter. How shall I handle you this time? Discording you the last time was a mistake. Perhaps I should go for candy clouds? Screeching chalkboards? Pony mousetraps, perhaps?"

"You know, if you weren't just a big evil meanie pants, you would've been a fun guy to hang around with." Pinkie said playfully, rolling around on the ground a bit. "You're kinda my favorite guy with that chocolate rain!"

Discord rolled his eyes, saying, "Yes, yes, but now is not the time for fun, time for your demise!"

"Come on; wanna play a game 'Bet you can't do this'?" Pinkie asked Discord eagerly. "Betcha you can't turn rocks into marshmallows!"

"Oh, please, too easy!" Discord scoffed as he turns some rocks nearby into marshmallows, "Child's play!"

"Impressive," Pinkie exclaimed with a smile. "But can you do anything else? Like make stars appear in the sky?"

"Come on, are you pink?" Discord laughed as he uses his magic to make weird looking stars appear in the sky. "Way too easy! I am the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony!"

"I betcha you can't turn into a lot of stuff too, like monsters, ponies, rainbows..." Pinkie said, lying on her back playfully.

"Oh, please." Discord scoffed as he transformed into a lot of animals, ponies, rainbows, etc. before stopping. "Way too easy! Ha ha ha! Oh, I'm loving this!"

Discord is so absorbed in the whole thing, the pink pony says, "Bet you can't turn into an explosive cannonball in my party cannon that when shot off, explodes into pretty fireworks."

"I most certainly can, watch!" Discord claimed. Then, with a snap of his fingers, he got into the party cannon, is in the same of a cannonball, just like that.

"Okay, now for the rest of the bet to be played out." Pinkie Pie responded with a cheery face and aimed her cannon high up in the air.

Then Discord realized a grave error in where this is going. "Ohhh, I should have foreseen this chaotic moment coming!" Discord groaned in seeing the pink pony's plan now.

"FIRE," Pinkie Pie shouted out, as she set her dial to 'Spirit KABOOM Mode' before pulling her trigger. "POWWvhmm...Booomm-Booomvhmm..." Then from firing something out of the cannon, it exploded into an array of fireworks lighting up the skies.

"Aahhhh...Aaaaahhh!" Discord is seen aching and hurting all over cause he did 'TOO' well being an explosive force to wound himself, he got tricked; by a whacky pony like Pinkie Pie.

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The Diamond Dogs smirked sinisterly as they surrounded Rarity, Spot remarks, "All right, miss whiny pony, this time, we ain't going to fall for any more of your tricks!"

"Yes, we became immune to your whining!" Rover remarked as he showed ear plugs in his and his pals' ears. "So nothing you can do can make our ears hurt this time!"

"Oh, boys, looky what I have," Rarity spoke with her sly and noble gesture as she used her magic to levitate her diamond gems of her arsenal up to sparkle before the enemy.

"Ooooh, gems!" Fido spoke with intrigued eyes at the gems Rarity was showing them.

"Pretty gems," Spot spoke off in a trance, the dogs do love gems.

"Hand over those gems, pony!" Rover spoke off in demand while never looking away from the pretty gems.

"As you wish," Rarity spoke with a hidden sly smirk as she was gonna give it to these dogs...but not in how they think of it.

"Frushvm-Frusvhm-Frusvhm.../Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang..." Without warning, Rarity used her gems to be launched off, dashing, smacking and spiraling around in attacking the Diamond Dogs in a swarm-style manner.

"Ow, ow, ow, gems hitting us!" Fido yelped to hold his arms up against this attack that's hurting him.

"Me not like hitting!" Spot yelped to cowardly state about not liking this at all.

"We not want gems that hurt Diamond Dogs!" Rover exclaimed off that the dogs were not wanting of this.

"Too bad, oh so sad, should have choose your words more carefully." Rarity spoke off in her playful manner that she couldn't possibly have known that, but then again...who's to say she didn't intended for this. Rarity used her own style of be-fooling the Diamond Dogs with her gems as each time she kept them hitting them when the dogs tried to 'shoo' them away. The white unicorn doesn't need the diamond gems' magical defense properties against these brutes, unless another enemy comes into the picture, then she'll use her special reflection move from that time that she defended Applejack from Boris that one time.

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Twilight glares at Trixie and Boris who surround her. The Red Devil Pony warns the blue unicorn, "Trixie, do not harm Twilight too much. I want her alive to be by my side to watch her 'true love' gets slaughtered!"

"Oh, I won't. The Great and Powerful Trixie won't harm your precious." Trixie said to Boris slyly, "Just like Lorcan won't let her harm me."

"Honestly, I don't see you with him at all." Twilight groans to Trixie in disgust. "He's only using you for his evil means."

"That's a lie! He loves me, he really does!" Trixie snaps to Twilight insanely.

"Yeeeah, now you with Boris, I can imagine happening." Twilight remarks to Trixie with a smirk.

"Shut up!" Trixie and Boris snap a bit. The unicorn fires a blast at Twilight who dodges it. Boris flies at her and tries to hit the purple unicorn, only to dodge.

"You are a failure, just like you did with Spike and Starlight!" Boris taunts Twilight evilly. "Oh yes, Lorcan told me about your brother. You left him to get killed!"

"Shut up, this is between Lorcan and me, not you!" Twilight snapped as she fired blasts at Boris, who dodged and kicked her down. "Ouch!"

"I hate to hurt you, but I may have to if it means getting you for myself." Boris remarked to Twilight with a shrug.

"Don't forget, I still owe ya for my own humiliation!" Trixie snapped as she somehow sent down lightning onto Twilight, hitting her hard.

"Trixie, the idea is to keep her alive!" Boris snapped to Trixie in annoyance.

"I was planning on knocking her out. Don't act so coy around me." Trixie said slyly; Suddenly, Twilight teleported off the ground and next to her, "Oh? Come back for more?"

"Yeah, I'm ashamed of you, Trixie Lulamoon!" Twilight snapped to Trixie, making the other unicorn gasp.

"How...how did you know my last name," Trixie asked intensely as one of her eyes twitched a bit.

"I read about your story, though not too much." Twilight said. "I thought you would change after letting you go...I even heard how you helped the Flutterponies when they were on their way to Megan's party! Why did you choose this path now?"

"That's none of your business...but whenever I think back...gah, no, stop," Trixie exclaimed as she thinks about to what happened, causing her to scream in emotional pain. "Please, Lorcan, no more...no more..."

"Trixie, what's wrong with you?" Twilight asked Trixie gently and worried.

"SHUT UP!" Trixie shouted as she fired a blast at Twilight who teleport out of the way in time. "The Great and Powerful Trixie isn't about to be taken down by you, Twilight; Not you or anypony else!"

"Then forgive me, but I must defeat you to save my friends." Twilight said with a sigh of concern and pity.

"Not if I can help it, Twilight!" Boris said as he fired a blast at Twilight from behind.

Twilight yelped as she almost stumbled and fell into a hole. The purple unicorn had almost forgotten about the one who transformed Ben into a Demon Pony years ago.

"Boris, don't think I have forgotten you!" Twilight snapped to Boris sternly. "When this is over, you will face a lot worse than the Void!"

"Try me, sweet cheeks!" Boris snarled.

"Sweet cheeks; SWEET CHEEKS," Twilight growled as she turn into flames again. "Oh, it is on, Devil Freak!"

"Come and get me! In my new form, I'm not afraid of you!" Boris snarled as he gets in a fighting stance.

"You will when I'm done with you!" Twilight snapped as she flew at him.

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Rainbow dodged her former friend's talons, the griffin slashed at her like mad. Gilda crowes, "You know, I can do this all day...and I may do so when this is over!"

"Gilda, you're better off just being an anti-hero than a bad guy!" Rainbow remarks as she hit Gilda with the nun-chuck part of her gun. "May as well since you were acting like two bosses during the time when somepony else released Metal Iron the Invincible onto Equestria!"

"Forget it, Rainbow Crash!" Gilda snapped, "I ain't gonna be no friend to a bunch of loser ponies, especially that crybaby Fluttershy!"

Gilda slashed at Rainbow again before adding, "And anyway, it was you who released your creation!"

"You can't prove anything." Rainbow said though what Gilda said is true. "And anyway, you are just jealous which is why you try to keep Pinkie Pie away from me and why you were bagging on my pals!"

"Oh, sure, like I am jealous of a bunch of rejects with symbols on their butts!" Gilda scowled to Rainbow by that accusation.

"Sounds like someone is jealous to me," Rainbow taunted, making Gilda growls as she charged at the pony again.

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Back with Applejack, she was really not having the best time of her life, especially against the Flim-Flam Brothers and their monstrous creation; The RhinoRex Tank 8000. Sure, the problem was the enemy had a strong tank defense, a long expending tail that breaks solid boulder rock, but the thing was really slow. This be no problem if Applejack wasn't being so super careful and super cautious to whatever happens to her, even the tinniest inch of something that hurts her, is ten times worst to what the evil brothers are doing to Apple Bloom who is being held captive in the tank. The cow girl pony knew she had to save her sister, but the tank went underneath the ground to stop Applejack from following. It was made much worst as this fight was lasting for so long, Applejack couldn't keep herself from getting hurt by the Flim-Flam Brothers, and felt like it was a nightmare, as the screams of her sister made Applejack almost lose hope.

"Is 'dis Lorcan's game?" Applejack snapped off towards the Flim-Flam Brothers piloting their tank while almost out of breath. "Bashfruvhmm…" The pony jumped away from a nearby tail swing attack but continued to debate. "'Ta give torture to fillies an' break our spirit!" The Earth Pony exclaimed that what these two brothers are doing, is hurting innocent foals, and that just ain't right. "Ruvhmm…." Then she dodged the tank when it almost charged her down, AJ was being worn down, pretty soon she'll make a mistake and get hurt and she can't have that. "Is 'dat how ya all doing business now?" Applejack snapped up to the Flim-Flam Brothers in asking if this was the thing they signed up for when Lorcan recruited them.

"Well, we wouldn't need to, if you just surrender." Flim's voice spoke off in telling the pony that they wouldn't be doing this if all Applejack does, is give up.

"Yes, surrender and the torture will be over." Flam's voice spoke of reasoning, just a simple 'I Give Up' signal, and the torture nightmare will be over.

"Alright, then I…" Applejack sighs in feeling like she has no choice, she best just say it and save the life of her sister?

"NO! DON'T QUIT APPLEJACK!" Applejack froze when she heard Apple Bloom talk back to her in where she almost would give in. "Yew said 'ta put 'de truth in yerself an' in your friends! If yew betray 'dat trust, then yew be lying in what yew said was 'de honest truth!" Applejack froze with wide eyes while staring at the RhinoRex, pass it Apple Bloom was telling her to not quit, cause that's not like her at all.

"I be lying…" Applejack spoke in muttering the repeated words, then soon, her toughness return to her self-doubt. "Apple Bloom, yew're right! Ah can't just surrender 'ta salesmen jerks like these two!" The Earth Pony declared in determination, she won't quit now or ever and will continue to fight back.

"Very well, we gave you the easy way out!" Flim's voice spoke off with the sound of disappointment in the tone.

"Then we'll do things the hard way." Flam's voice spoke off in clearly stating, they'll have to do this the hard way now, as it wasn't hard enough.

"Grouuaarruughh…" Soon the RhinoRex opened its mouth to reveal its cannon inside after making that growling roar noise, "Firing the RHINO-CANNON!" The Flim-Flam Brothers united in announcing the name of their attack before… "Powwwwhmmm…." Then soon, a larger explosive force blast rivaling Pinkie Pie's dial setting cannon was fired. "BOOMGRUFRUVHMMM…." The blast made contact with the ground a few feet away from Applejack, but its power was enough to create 40 inch crater!

"Waaaugh…Gaaugh…." Applejack was shot back from that powerful explosion and then soon hit against a wall before skidding down on the ground, that one hurt her badly….which meant…..

"Trzizizivihmm…" Then from inside the RhinoRex Tank, more of the bright light show was happening from inside, and boy did that ring a bell of bad news of what's to come next.

"WAAUHGAAAAHAAAHAAAAHHH," And once more, Apple Bloom's screams were heard, sounding even more horrible than before!

Inside the tank itself, Flim and Flam were piloting their device from the inside. And behind them, Apple Bloom was strapped to a wall by her waist and had the same collar as Applejack. Once the filly's screaming was done, she took a heavy breather and looked a little roasted at the time, being shocked and electrocuted will do that. But near the little Earth filly were her friends also in a tiny cage (all of them were teleported once the big battle has begun), Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Pipsqueak, Twist, Dinky Doo, and the Nyx Clone and were they afraid. Not of being captured and being imprisoned by the villains, but by watching their friend Apple Bloom be tortured like that, it was horrible for any little filly to watch.

"I don't wanna watch anymore!" Pipsqueak yelped to shield his eyes as he was not use to seeing a friend of his get hurt in such a way.

"It's too horrible to watch this." Dinky Doo closed her eyes, almost to tears; she couldn't bear to watch this horror.

"Apple Bloom, are you okay?" Sweetie Belle asked when she noticed her friend was not being electrocuted at this moment.

"Haaah-Haaah, a little, girls," Apple Bloom took some deep breath from almost passing out, she's tough, but the filly won't last if this keeps up much longer.

"Just hang in there, Apple Bloom!" Nyx tried to encourage her friend to not quit yet, they just have to figure a way out of this mess.

"Darn it!" Scootaloo cursed under her breath, they are sitting around here, trapped like rats and can't do a thing about it. "We gotta get you out of that thing!" The little Pegasus looked up to her friend in her tough bind and stated that they gotta free Apple Bloom from the torture that she's being given.

"Save your breath fillies, it won't matter!" Flim spoke from not looking away from piloting the tank in overhearing the CMC try to make up some ideal plan to get out, as if.

"Right, that cage is meant to hold wild animals, get use to it." Flam looked a bit back in stating that the CMC group can't escape, it's impossible to do from their situation.

"Yew'll never get away wit' 'dis!" Apple Bloom snapped off at the brothers and their evil ways of doing things.

"But we already have, and thanks to you, the competition is about to lose its member," Flim quoted to look at Apple Bloom, as they all see before her, a nearly weaken Applejack.

"Right, another hit by the RHINO-CANNON at even closer range and it's bye-bye Applejack." Flam declared out in wicked joy in what will happen, one more shot and it's all over.

The CMC had worried and horrid expressions, if they don't do something, Applejack is gonna be toasted by these whack apple jerks. But what can they do when Apple Bloom is strapped to a wall and four fillies and one colt are in cages.

"What are we gonna do now?" Dinky Doo asked in worry, if they can't do something fast, Applejack is done for.

"Nyx, couldn't you just zap these cages?" Pipsqueak asked the black filly if she herself could use strong magic to free them somehow, she's got a great talent for that.

"Even if I wasn't a clone copy, these cages are magic proof, sorry." Nyx shook her head in sadly regretting that she can't, the cages are made to keep them trapped.

"Man, just once, I like to give them a piece of my mind!" Scootaloo groaned in fury while staring at Flim and Flam, if only she got get her hooves on them, then the filly would so….

"Wait, I think I have something." Sweetie Belle spoke out suddenly as she looked to brush her mane a bit and from inside of it was a neatly and hidden pin? "Maybe this can help us escape." The unicorn filly stated a possible fact on how they can get out, as she used the edges of the pins to fix the lock.

"A Mane pin, come on Sweetie Belle, how's that gonna help us…" Scootaloo asked off rhetorically in thinking such an easy way to get out is not gonna happen from...

"Creakvihmm…." Suddenly, the cage bar was opened after the unicorn filly fiddled with the bar's lock.

"Escape; How you…" Scootaloo finished off in disbelief, how did Sweetie Belle pulled that off?

"Rarity showed me this trick once, saying she learned about using any Mane pin clip to trick the lock to opening, like it was a key." Sweetie Belle explained to her friend in how she managed to learn about doing such a simple trick from her sister.

"Wow, I never knew that!" Dinky Doo spoke from being impressed, that's a neat trick to have.

"Me neither!" Pipsqueak shook his head in agreement, that is one handy little way to pick locks.

"I think Rainbow Dash might use that in her Dasheresque story." Scootaloo nods off with a smile in knowing what she'll request her hero to use in her next issue to make a cool escape.

"Can you do the same for Apple Bloom?" Nyx asked Sweetie Belle, who nodded that she could free their free from being binder to the wall.

Once the fillies and colt got out of the cages, they soon approached their tired friend Apple Bloom.

"Aaaawwww…" Apple Bloom was moaning a bit in her tired state, it was amazing she handled that much punishment. "Creakivhmm…" Soon what Sweetie Belle did to the cage, ended up happening for the bind around her waist and she dropped into the hooves of her friends. "Guys, yew got me out." Apple Bloom saw her friends; she smiled in what they did for her.

"That's what friends are for." Sweetie Belle smiles to remind Apple Bloom of what they stand for.

"They help each other." Dinky Doo stated off the next part of their knowledge in being good friends.

"No matter the danger," Pipsqueak nodded off in agreeing to that claim really well.

"Now we better get outta here!" Scootaloo stated from jerking her head the other way, meaning that they gotta escape from here.

"Now we're closing in! Target: One Applejack," Flim's voice broke the moment in letting the CMC overhear what the evil brothers were planning.

"Rhino-Cannon loaded and ready for firing," Flam's voice stated, as the evil brothers were setting their tank to fire its stronger attack at the weaken Applejack.

"Hold it, girls; we gotta stop 'em before 'dey hurt Applejack anymore." Apple Bloom whispered to her friends in worry, they can't leave yet if Applejack ends up getting attacked by that powerful cannon thing.

"Hello, whenever you got hurt was when she got hurt!" Scootaloo exclaimed with an annoyed fact, that its cause Applejack got hurt by chances that the Earth filly got hurt, too, only worse.

"That's right, even as a clone, I got to get that collar off you." Nyx nodded in knowing she can remove that collar on her friend, but it'll take time.

"If you're not here, then maybe Applejack can fight without worrying about not getting hurt for you," Sweetie Belle reminded Apple Bloom of the reason why Applejack is having a hard time, cause her little sister is in the enemy's tank, what else could one do about that.

"Or maybe….Ah need her 'ta hurt herself one more time." Apple Bloom spoke from rubbing her chin and suddenly smiling off at an idea.

"Hugh?" The CMC responded puzzled, what in tarnntion was Apple Bloom thinking? The filly musta been zapped one too many times and was talking nonsense now.

"Trust me; we can beat 'de Flim-Flam Brothers at their own game!" Apple Bloom stated with a sly smirk on her face in letting her friends know with a determine look, that she's got a way to win here.

At this time, Applejack was struggling to get up from where she landed after that last attack. But as she was pushing and struggling to get up on her hooves balance, she saw a giant shadow towering over her; the worried Earth Pony looked up, seeing the RhinoRex Tank before her, the girl was starting to get worried. She was cornered, no way out, and too injured to easily run around without watching out for the whipping tail.

"End of the line, but then again, even a dozen or so soldiers could barely do much dent work here." Flim's voice spoke off in telling what has come for Applejack; even the tough Earth Pony can't do something of the impossible.

"One pony alone can't accomplish that; now prepare to meet your maker, little pony." Flam's voice exclaimed off in speaking that the time has come, they'll finish their foe where she stands now.

"GrouuAArruughh…" Soon the RhinoRex opened its mouth to reveal its cannon inside after making that growling roar noise. "Trsusuusfruvhmmm…." At this time, the RHINO-CANNON was being charged up for one final assault, and when the time to unleash its power, it'll be all but over…for Applejack.

"Hugh, it can't end 'dis way…Ah gotta free mah sister an' find 'de other young'ins." Applejack huffed a bit from her breath, how can she turn this around and managed to save her sister and find the rest of the missing CMC that were taken?

"Applejack, quickly; hurt yerself," Apple Bloom's voice was heard inside the tank which from hearing that request sparks an unusual result.

"What 'de hay? Apple Bloom," Applejack responded off very puzzled and confused, what was her sister even saying? For that matter, why would she wanna hurt herself to only hurt her sister 10 times worst?

Inside, however, Apple Bloom jumped up on the controls where Flim and Flam were piloting the RhinoRex Tank. And when the brothers saw the filly was on the controls and was requesting something crazy about being hurt, they put two and two together.

"Do it! Ah'm free, yew gotta zap me again 'ta zap 'dis tank!" Apple Bloom requested out to her sister in wanting her to do something crazy as it's the only way to harm the tank it seems.

"Wait just a second here, what are you doing here?" Flim responded off in finally getting down to business of the filly's arrival on the controls.

"Better question to ask, how did you escape confinement?" Flam asked off in how this filly they had trapped managed to get free suddenly.

"We did!" More little voices are heard, which Flim and Flam turned and got a surprise look. Nyx, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Dinky Doo and Pipsqueak were lined up like some troops preparing to attack.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders; CHAAAARGE," Scootaloo took command and issued out that they charge forth against the enemy front line, the Flim-Flam Brothers.

"CHAAAARGE," The CMC roared out, as they were now attacking by jumping and gripping around the two adult unicorns by the hooves, and necks.

"Ow, ow, quit it! Ouch now," Flim yelped out to complain from this sudden action of being attacked by foals.

"Get off, ouch, we're working here!" Flam yelped out from trying to fight back, but the CMC were not quitting.

"Sis, listen, yew're always asking me 'ta trust in you, please trust me, Ah got a way to save us." Apple Bloom spoke out to her sister while her friends were keeping the Brothers occupied for the time being.

"Us, ya mean 'de rest o' yer friends are in 'dere?" Applejack asked from outside with a disbelief expression, the rest of the CMC were inside that Tank? It wasn't just her sister then, boy, talk about being surprised in more ways than one?

"Gotcha," The Flim-Flam Brothers shouted, as though through struggling foals, they grip Apple Bloom's back legs.

"Waaugh…HURRY, APPLEJACK!" Apple Bloom yelped out, but kept a firm grip on the controls, even for being small, she was not gonna call it quits here. "Do some damage an' Ah can break this contraption fro' within!" The little filly was begging her sister to do the impossible task; it was the only logical way to win this thing.

"Hugh, Ah don't like doing 'dis to agreeing in hurting mah sister 'ta beat an enemy, but…." Applejack spoke off to mutter her words in the tough choice she's gotta make but she ain't gonna like it. "If yew' all willing 'ta go 'dat far, then Ah guess Ah better too!" She stood up more better in showing her determine eyes as the pony won't let this chance slip by that her sister and friends are opening up for her. "I'm gonna feel 'dis one after 'dis! Hiiyahhh," Soon, Applejack turned around, faced the wall and then did a head-bop against it. "BREAKRIVHMM…." Well, that did it, she left a forehead dent mark in its place and the farm pony looked a bit dizzy in doing that act, but she'll be fine.

Inside, now, something began to happen from Applejack's hurting action which triggered the mark for a little filly.

"Trizizizvhmmm….." Soon, the collar around Apple Bloom glowed with bright light and was covered by strong electric voltage. "WAAAUGH-AAAAHAAAHAAA….." Apple Bloom let off a cry of pain while keeping her grip on the controls, but it didn't end with just her in pain, "WAAAH-HHHAAAUUGHHAAAHHHH!" Even the Flim-Flam Brothers that held the little filly were getting a shocking jolt, "Waahahhahahahaha!" Even the rest of the Cutie Mark Crusaders were getting the little shocking effect since they failed to release themselves from the evil brothers.

"Bam-Bam, Poofruvhmm…." Soon, the controls to the tank were sorting out, and they were smoking, as there were flashing lights, "Uh-Oh." The CMC spoke off after the electric shock treatment ended, to see this and realized that can't be good.

"Trugurgurfubvhmm…./Trziizizvhmm…" During the RhinoRex Tank's charging of the cannon, volts were electrifying it to suddenly have a malfunction. "Ruvuuhmm…." Suddenly, the tank was turning to drive itself over by a small rubble pile it made

"Looks like it's time Ah got this bully by 'de horns!" Applejack stated off with a determine expression as she brought out her diamond enforced lasso rope. "Easy, easy now, and…." The pony cow girl spoke in watching her target, waited for the right moment to…strike, "YEEHAW!" Then she tossed her lasso that tangled around the RhinoRex Tank's neck design, as the Earth Pony held on tight. "Oh, no, you don't, you ain't going nowhere but…." As Applejack struggled, the tank was running up the pile, but with enough hooves in the ground and force of strength to not give in…came a surprise.

"Clrusfruvhmm…." Soon, from enough pulling, Applejack did the impossible and pulled the front face so far up, that the tank tip over and landed on its back from trying to climb up the rubble pile?

"Down, big fella," Applejack smirked off in seeing she managed to topple that big tank all by her lonesome. "Looks like one were enough fer them brothers' contraption!" The Earth Pony remarked off in recalling the cruel remark that the Flim-Flam Brothers spoke about her not doing what dozens of soldiers could do, she sure showed them.

Of course, during this time, the Rhino-Cannon was now fully charged, and was aiming at the ground a bit too close before…. "Boommgrufruvhmmm…Fruvhmm…." Then what happened next was a mighty explosion that sent the tank flying up into the air, and was spinning in mid-air. "Waaaaugh-aaahhh….." Then what happened next was that the CMC soon fell out of the open lid from the tank and that's when the next action took place. "Whipvhmm-Gripvhmm, FRoosuvhmm…." Applejack's lasso swung up, caught the foals in the air and swung them from where they were and landed where there by luck was a hay stack were they safely impacted.

"Gator's Ghost, yew fillies and colts alright," Applejack asked from checking to make sure that the little ones are not hurt anywhere.

"Let's do that again!" Suddenly, the CMC popped out from the hay stack, smiling and asking to go through what was life-threatening, like it was some kinda fun amusement ride. Applejack just smiled and sighs in relief, her sister and friends are safe, what a time getting by that.

"Y'all better not scare me like 'dat again." Applejack shook her head in stating this fact from her rolled eye expression, the last thing she needs is worrying what would happened to the foals if she wasn't around.

"Don't worry, sis, Ah trusted ya, just as yew trusted me in what Ah was doing." Apple Bloom spoke with a smile to her sister, Applejack saw the little scorch marks, but smiled that her sister was still okay.

"It was the craziest stunt Ah ever heard ya do, but then again, Ah'd probably done the same." Applejack shook her head off in stating how that plan was crazy, and that no pony does that except maybe her.

"It was so cool, the way those guys were being zapped!" Pipsqueak spoke off in remembering what was happening to Flim and Flam when they grabbed Apple Bloom.

"And lighting up like fireflies." Dinky Doo responded off in knowing that when they were being zapped by electric volts, the evil brothers lit up more like brighter lights.

"That was the funnest thing yet!" Scootaloo smirked off in declaring how awesome it was to see them two jerks get it one forth.

"Yeah, and we're okay!" Sweetie Belle nodded with a smile in being cheerily glad of this little outcome.

"Just a minute, I think this might work…." Nyx spoke from having her horn glow a bit, even as a clone, she had to focus enough for…this spell that was cast. "Click…click…." Soon, the collars on the Apple Sisters were off, giving them a moment to rub their necks in relief. "There, your collars are off, now Apple Bloom won't be hurt no more when you are, Auntie Applejack." Nyx stated off to her aunt, stating the plus side of this moment of not to worry about the collar thing no more.

"Thank yew kindly, Nyx, but Ah thought yew was going 'ta 'de Dragon Clan wit' yer daddy, Spike and Phobos. Mind explaining why ye ain't there?" Applejack nods with a smile in what the black filly did, but was puzzled as Nyx was suppose to be where the others took Spike to.

"Um…." Nyx struggled to look up and explain that she's actually a clone left behind, how can she say she's real and the other one was the clone?

"Ccrusshpruvhmmm…." Suddenly, there was a crash sounding noise and the others were distracted to turn and see what it was. It was the RhinoRex Tank 8000, and its mouth was buried in the ground while facing upwards. Once more, Flim and Flam had fallen out of their invention and lie on the ground, groaning and moaning, but seemingly were alight.

"Hold 'dat thought, Ah got me some unfinished business wit' them varmints!" Applejack sternly stated to the fillies and colt and soon rushed off to have a 'talk' with the evil brothers.

"Uuuugh, that didn't go well as expected." Flim soon stood up in a sitting position, rubbing his head in the back from that impact.

"Yes, I agree; those foals ruined a brilliant work!" Flam soon stood up in the same manner, rubbing his forehead that was aching.

Suddenly, the brothers soon met the shadow and slowly followed it up where they soon met a gaze. It was the gaze of the Apple Family's mid sister, Applejack, though wounded, looks right as rain.

"Yew boys ain't through till y'all answer fer what yew've done! An' believe me, Ah can be almost as loose-tempered as mah Cousin Tough Apple!" Applejack sternly scolds these brothers about the crimes they commented, and before she's through with them, the action she'll be doing is just as rough as her cousin does it. "Feewwvhmm…." She let off a snort of smoke from her nostrils with angry glaring eyes that were looking pretty red about now.

"Um, brother, I do believe this call for…." Flim slowly spoke with a worried sweat-drop off his forehead in seeing where they stand now.

"A technical retreat, couldn't say it better." Flam slowly spoke with the shared sweat-drop expression, this event calls that they leave at once.

"RUUUN," The Flim-Flam Brothers screamed out as they got up to start running for their very little lives.

"Now, wait a minute!" Applejack shouted out as she soon took upheld a chase around the spot where the crashed tank landed. "Come back here!" Applejack called out to the brothers that were running around the back of the tank with an angry Earth Pony tailing them. "Ah just wanna pound yew!" Applejack continued to chase after the Flim-Flam Brothers while declaring out what she's gonna do to them. "If ya don't stop, Ah'll pulverize Ya!" In record's notice, saying stuff that you'll hurt someone when they stop isn't the wise move to make, but when you're angry, that concern don't matter squat! And with the running of the Flim-Flam Brothers with an angry Applejack, even the CMC watched this from the hay stack with smiles and laughed at what'll happen to the brothers when the middle Apple Family sister gets a hold of them….it'll be as bad as when Tough Apple loses his temper.

"Man, those two will be sore when AJ is done with them." Twist remarked with a giggle.

"Yeah," The rest of the CMC said as they watch on.

"Well, well, enjoying ourselves, kiddies?" A familiar voice asked wickedly. The CMC turns and gasps as they come face to face with Lorcan himself!

"Lorcan," The CMC gasped in surprise.

"I hope you're enjoying the big show." Lorcan taunted as he grabbed the CMC with one claw. "Because it's about to come to its finale!"

"Let us go, you won't get away with this!" Nyx demanded angrily as she struggled in Lorcan's hold. "You will go down big time, you monster!"

"Awww, you are getting serious." Lorcan said sweetly to the clone, then gave her a scary face, "Why so serious?!"

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Pinkie hums a while, waiting for Discord to recover. The villain reappears, scowling, "Well, you think you're so funny, are you Miss Pie?"

"Come on, wanna play again?" Pinkie asks Discord happily. He responds by putting a zipper on her mouth. Pinkie muffld, "Guess not!"

"Well, guess what? I can still play tricks, Miss Pinkamena Pie! I can advance my pals' strength! Observe!"

Discord snaps his fingers; Suddenly the Brotherhood members' powers being to increase, along with their strength and powers. Rainbow yelps as Gilda's talons hit her like mad, Trixie and Boris blast at her at once with their horn blasts, Applejack finds herself being overpowered by the Film-Flam brothers as did Rarity with the Diamond Dogs. Even Boxco and Dum-Dum stop fighting to go after Fluttershy again.

The Mane Six find themselves forced into the throne room of the castle, surrounded by their enemies. Applejack remarks, "Dang, looks like 'de tables are turned."

"This is temporarily of course but enough for our win." Discord said with a sly.

"What are we going to do now?" Fluttershy ask Twilight as the members are closing in.

"I don't know." Twilight said with a sigh. Then she notices Pinkie is trying to talk but is having trouble with the zipper on her mouth. The purple unicorn unzips her mouth, getting rid of the zipper. "What is it, Pinkie?"

"Time to play my new favorite game," Pinkie Pie declared out in looking around the villains that are trying to harm her friends. "It's called...Ten Little Villains! And it goes...LIKE THIS!" she spoke off with a maniac expression, as she brought forth her cannon, set the dial to 'Multi-Task Mode' before aiming.

"Bam-Bam-Bam...Boom!" The pink pony's cannon fired off three shots that went off and exploded in a big force wave, "Waaaughh!" The Diamond Dogs screamed out from being knocked off their rocker with surprise faces from that stunt. Then what Pinkie Pie did next was sing a little tune in a jolly manner.

Pinkie Pie: 1 little, 2 little, 3 little Villains

After the singing was done, she turned her cannon to another direction. "Bam-Bam-Bam...Boom!" The pink pony's cannon fired off three shots that went off and exploded in a big force wave, "Waaaughh!" Then it was Trixie & the Flim-Flam Brothers that yelped from being knocked off by that surprise attack that came out of nowhere. Pinkie Pie still sang her little song still with the jolly beat.

4 little, 5 little, 6 little Villains

The pink pony soon directed her cannon to the next set of villains, and... "Bam-Bam-Bam...Boom!" The pink pony's cannon fired off three shots that went off and exploded in a big force wave, "Waaaughh!" Boxco, Dum-Dum, even Boris screamed out in surprise when they were blasted off from their areas by the mad pony with the cannon. And Pinkie Pie was still not done with her little song either.

7 little, 8 little, 9 little Villains

The pink pony aimed her cannon at the last little foes around before firing. "Bam-Bam-Bam...Boom!" The pink pony's cannon fired off three shots that went off and exploded in a big force wave, "Waaaughh!" And lastly was Gilda & even Discord got blasted off from their spots from the unexpected attack by the pink pony that sang.

I]10 little Villains Left To Go!

Pinkie Pie managed to finish her little song phrase even during a background song still playing. "Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam.../Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom..." Then Pinkie Pie ended up jumping on her party cannon and was hopping & rotating herself so fast like a spinning top, her cannon was firing a heck of a lot of shots. "Waaaughhh..." And boy, did that end with a lot of villains running, yelping, and screaming for their lives, they got a mad lunatic pony operating a cannon, it's like madness. And the big explosions were REALLY leaving a lot of marks to which Equestria will remember as 'The Pink Bakooza!' in how Pinkie Pie was blasting out an entire army by herself with additional help from the rest of the Mane Six.

Finally, the song was slowly starting to fade from being heard in the background as the battle with the Brotherhood of Tadaka seemed to be over. And boy was it a tough one, crazy one in the least but tough none the less. As the Mane Six were looking over at the pass from their spot to where the villains all were apparently down for the count...it seems.

"Ugh, your pink friend is as crazy as ever!" Gilda signs to remark this towards Rainbow Dash in hearing her remark how the pink pony was just plain crazy for shooting at everything with that party cannon of hers.

"More like Random, get use to it, cause she sure is kicking your group's behind!" Rainbow Dash remarked off to tease the griffin girl in boasting how awesome her group of friends are compared to Gilda's little get to gather villains group.

Slow clapping is heard as the ponies turn to see Lorcan who is doing all the clapping. The dragon remarks, "I'm impressed, ponies. I thought my pals would take you down but clearly, this shows why you are the wielders of the Elements of Harmony."

"We didn't come to impress, Lorcan." Rarity said as she saw the CMC and the clone chained right near the villain. "We came here to save my sister and her friends!"

"Right, we beat your army, now let them go!" Twilight snaps to Lorcan furiously.

"Hold it, not so fast, my little ponies. You forgot one little thing: me!" Lorcan taunts as he then fires flaming fireballs at the Mane Six who dodge each one. "You got to defeat me to win!"

Lorcan then jumps around, attacking the ponies who try to hit him, only to either miss or hit each other. The dragon laughs madly while dodging even Rainbow's speed. During this time, the Brotherhood members recover, getting back to their feet, hooves, whatever.

"Pathetic, is that the best you can do?" Lorcan asks evilly then he disappears. "You can't hit what you can't see!"

"Now girls! Let's use the Elements!" Twilight Sparkle announced off that it was time that she and her friends bring up the power of the six elements.

"Right," The rest of the Mane Six responded as they soon placed on themselves the necklaces and Twilight's tiara. This was it, once the Elements of Harmony were unleashed, even the Brotherhood of Tadaka won't be able to win against such odds.

"Oh no; they're gonna use the Elements on us! We're roast!" Dum Dum yelped in fear in knowing its curtains for them.

"No, not roast, toast!" Boxco correctly stated to his partner about what he really meant.

"Personally, I prefer scrambled eggs and bacon for a delay breakfast." Discord shrug off in actually making a small-chat even during this case.

"Would you just pipe down," Gilda snapped at the others to be quiet at this moment.

"Looks like they're showing us up..." Flim spoke off in seeing what the Mane Six are doing.

"And they're going for the attack!" Flam stated out in seeing how their foes shall attack.

Soon, the Mane Six were in a familiar glowing stage where Twilight's horn glows and her friends' Cutie Marks on the necklaces releases some pulsing wave. Their eyes were glowing bright white as even this started to freak out some of the villains in the group.

"Uh-oh," Fido yelped up in concern, this may actually look bad.

"This seems bad!" Spot stated in worry, they never seen this Element thing up close before.

"Really bad," Rover exclaimed out with caution, they even wonder if this was part of the plan.

"So...this is the power of the Elements." Boris spoke from studying this display, even he wonders what could happen if this power went up against him during the Demon ony event.

"Yes, it's just...as we hoped." Trixie rubbed her mane with strangely, a sly smile in actually not being worried at all and she knows why.

Suddenly while in the trace of unleashing the holy powers of the elements, something felt...strange. Without warning, there came forth some green mist starting to enshroud the ponies which the Mane Six noticed.

"Um, Twilight...is this a new feature?" Rarity asked a bit in seeing this was...off a bit.

"I'm…not sure. This never happened before!" Twilight responded puzzled, the Elements don't have something of a weird mist, especially one giving off a sinister feature.

"Whatever it is, it doesn't look right!" Applejack responded in seeing this and not liking it even more.

"It looks weird, not an Element of Harmony look, really!" Pinkie Pie responded skeptically saying how weird this green mist feels.

"Then why did it come out of the Elements?" Rainbow Dash asked annoyed that this unexpected thing came from the items that only they wield & use.

"Eeep! I feel...strange! Like it's...unnatural," Fluttershy yelped from the mist somehow doing something to her, even the others felt it...and were liking this even less than before.

"Ha-Hahahah-Aaaahhh...." Soon a sinister laugher was heard from the girls' surroundings. "Frsusufruvhmm..." Then without warning, Lorcan appeared in his signature green emerald flames, smiling at this sight. "How right you ponies are!" The villainous dragon expressed with a wicked smile in watching these ponies in confusion.

"Lorcan," The Mane Six responded off in shock, what was the leader of this brotherhood doing here now?

"You all fell right into our trap, just as I planned it!" Lorcan exclaimed off in seeing how these six ponies have been caught in their little ploy.

"What are you talking about?" Twilight asked in demanding to know what was going on here.

"Let me ask you something, you wonder...how Boris escaped from the Void?" Lorcan moved pass that question to ask something that was concerning over a mystery.

"Shoot, cause yer're 'de varmint 'dat let him." Applejack shot off in answering that question off the bat.

"True, my powers that I've learned have given me such" Lorcan nods in stating he knows of how to free one from the Void.

"Then why are you asking?" Rarity asked with a rolled eye expression, was this getting to something?

"Because it's not enough for a more...bigger, effective spell when tampering between the realm of the Void in which all are trapped!" Lorcan exclaimed off with a stern look in his eyes as he stated a certain drawback to opening the Void.

"A bigger spell," Pinkie Pie replied off in not getting where this guy was getting to.

"Wha-what do you mean by that?" Fluttershy nervously asked in where this might actually lead to.

"Compared to Boris's size & species, even with tremendous devil-like powers, only the dragons imprisoned were meant to be held strongly so that they never escape. That's why he was easier to free." Lorcan explained the part in why he freed Boris from his imprisonment, yet only him & none of the others could be much luckier than him. "So, to fully open a gateway out of the Void, a more powerful spell is needed, along with a certain item you each have." The dragon villain pointed to the items the six mares hovering in a glowing green misty sphere that covered them.

"The Elements of Harmony; that was your gain? But how is..." Twilight yelped in realizing Lorcan's true goal, but then how the villain achieved such feat?

"I have the lovely Trixie for aiding me." Lorcan smirked off to wave to the mentioned mare who blushed bashfully in being complimented. "I placed my evil essence inside the Elements awaiting for when their wielders unleashed their full power... and use it for my own...in freeing my Father's Army!" The dragon explained all that he's been wanting to do and now...he has it…the power to free Tadaka's Army.

"Huuagh," The Mane Six gasped in horror, they were actually used for such a ploy & never knew. "Brzizizivhm...." Then without a warning, sparks of voltage were zapping the girls inside the misty sphere. "Aaaahhhhh...." The six ponies screamed out in pain, something was happening & they can't stop it.

"Now....OOOOOPEEEEN THE VOOOOID," Lorcan slowly at first but then roared out up with his slaws raised up to the skies. His throne room has a ceiling with a massive hole which will allow him to open the crack in the sky using the Elements.

"Prussssvhhmmm....." Then from the Mane Six, a burst of energy erupted that was heading to the skies. "Kurpowvhmmm...." Then from touching the tip of the sky, swirling storm clouds of dark coloring was covering the very skies, the whole sky itself begins to turn blood red. Booming thunder & lightning flashed with a strange mixture of red coloring...something was happening.

"RARRRUGH/ RAARRRUGH!/HRAAAUUUGAAAAH!" Soon something was coming from the loud roaring sounds...Dragons. Then bursting out of the crimson colored clouds were dragons & a large size of them that filled the skies with their might and terror.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha; AT LAST," Lorcan laughs off with a wicked cackle as he stares at the dragons that were long imprisoned. "Every Dragon, even the Moon Dragons...ARE FREE!" True to his words, it looked like all of the dragons that were sealed away, even a few of Phobos's old Moon Dragon acquaintances were there.

Soon the Mane Six dropped to the ground, looking weaken and tired as they struggled to get up.

"You're all too late to stop this...YOUR TOO LATE! Haha-hahahaaaaah," Lorcan roared out in a maniac cackle that filled the skies from booming thunder and lightning, he has done it; he's unleashed the fearsome & deadly Dragon Army ever!

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The ponies of Ponyville gasp as they saw an image of Lorcan all over Equestria, laughing as they can also see the Dragon Army's arrival.

"What is that?" Lyra asks Bon-Bon scared.

"I don't know, but I got a bad feeling that I won't like it!" Bon-Bon exclaims with a gulp.

Shining looks scared as he and the pets of Twilight, Ben and Spike watch from inside the library. Lorcan has done it, he has released his father's Dragon Army. Looks like all hope is lost...

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Celestia's eyes widen in horror as she and Luna saw what's happening in the image...as well as in the sky. The Goddess of the Moon said, "Luna...Lorcan has done it; But how?"

"Lorcan has put up his image before the Dragon Army was released...he has somehow has Trixie to put his essence into the Elements of Harmony, using a dark nature...I think it happened when the invasion happens the first time." Celestia said grimly. "We got a major battle on our hooves here..."

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Soon from a distance, a familiar Golden Heart runs up a near edge of a hill....Only to stare up in horror as the clouds were warping into something like Nightmare Moon's Eternal Night but with a twist of black & red coloring and no stars. Even from afar, it looked like the setting sun and rising moon were becoming crimson color of light from what's happening in the skies.

"No....it's started!" Golden Heart muttered out in horror, Lorcan has managed to do the thing that he & the Royal Princesses have feared most... "The return of Tadaka's Army...I have to learn what has happened!" He soon rushed down the hill, using his wings to glide him down in silence. "With any luck, the enemy does not know of my presence, I should take that into my full account and use it until the time to come out is right." Golden Heart muttered under his breath, he'll learn what he can and if he must, try to not be seen by Lorcan or the other enemies. It may be a struggled step, but the situation calls for it, the stakes just went up higher than expected. Now Golden Heart managed to land on the ground and continues to run off towards Ponyville, the closest thing that's right in the center, he's got to try whatever he can, for the rising of...the Dragon Army!

Author's Notes:

Yikes, the Dragon Army has arrived...Lorcan's plan has come into fruition. In the next chapter, the Mane Six takes on Lorcan, but can they win? Read, review and suggest.