I was stood on a hill, on the outskirts of Appleloosa. I had specifically requested to be alone for this, I also had a small mini-fridge standing on the ground. A portal opened and Teridax walked through.

“Why exactly have you summoned me?” he asked.

“To threaten you” I said, I then walked over to the mini fridge and got out two glasses and a bottle of Baileys imported from Earth “drink?” he raised an eyebrow.

“You intend to stall me?” he asked.

“No” I said “threaten, no drink, you sure?” I then began pouring myself a generous glass of the Irish cream “you really do not seem to grasp how pissed off everyone is after the battle of Appleloosa”

“That was the plan” he said.

“Fucking terrible plan” I said “because now the Union will stop at nothing to bring you down”

“Union?” he asked.

“It’s what we call ourselves” I said “let’s do a quick head count. Your brother; the demi god” Teridax grimaced.

“Two Immortal Princesses with the power to move planetary objects. Myself and my team of Toa. The entirety of the population of Spherus Magna, the world’s first Toa and her team of worriers sword to follow the will of Mata Nui, a 2 ¼ million ton airship with a crew of 70’000, the Elements of Harmony plus all of the Saurian nations” I said “and you, have managed to piss off every single one of us” Teridax smirked.

“I take it Rainbow’s old friend didn’t survive the battle?” he asked.

“You would be correct” I said “when exactly did you think it would be a good idea to piss us all off?”

“You think this gives you any more chance of defeating me?” he asked “I have a nation…”

“We have a rail-gun” I said “which, might I add is pointed directly at you. The Spherus Magnans think you immortal, shall we test that?”

“This isn’t over” he said, before walking back through the portal. When he was gone I heard whispering and some rubble shifting and sighed.

“I can hear you” I said, walking over to the source of the sound. One by one Garnet, Ruby, Aurora, John, Thel, Spike and the Crusaders all poked their heads up, I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose “what am I going to do with you kids?”

“Not tell our parents?” Garnet said, sheepishly. I deadpanned.

“I am your parent” I said “Garnet and Ruby, you stay here, the rest of you get back to Appleloosa now. Before I tell your parents and sisters to ground you” the rest of them walked back to Appleloosa with their heads hung low.

“Why did you want us to stay?” Ruby asked, nervously, I picked up the rather weighty mini-fridge and handed it to them.

“As punishment for needlessly putting yourselves in danger, you can carry this all the way back to Appleloosa” I said.

“But, Dad…” Garnet said, struggling to hold it up.

“No buts” I said “mini-fridge, Appleloosa, now” they both grumbled before making their way back towards Appleloosa with the mini-fridge laid across both their backs.

“You know you should really go easier on them” Autumn said, deactivating her mask power “they’re just kids”

“Garnet and Ruby are both 17” I said “they’re only about 4 years younger than us, but they’re still our children, and I can’t just let them go walking into danger” Autumn raised an eyebrow.

“Were we so different?” she asked “when we first met?”

“I just…” I trailed off and sighed “I don’t want to see them get killed” Autumn walked forward and pulled me into a hug.

“I know” she said “I worry about them as well, but we can’t hold them back” she then stepped back and watched Garnet and Ruby walk back to the settlement.

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We were all stood around a holo-map of what was Equestria, trying to plan where to strike next.

“I’m telling you” I said “Manehatten would be the best target”

“Why exactly would it be a good idea to strike there?” a Matoran asked “it’s a huge city, it could take all of our warriors to take it. We can’t risk something like that. We should take Ponyville, if we take Ponyville then Canterlot would literally be a kanoka’s throw away”

“It’s too soon to take Ponyville” I said “plus it’s too close to Canterlot, Manehatten has a lot of political power and it’s outskirts are full of factories. All Ponyville has, and I mean no offence Applejack, is a large apple orchard, strategically speaking it isn’t that important”

“Non taken” Applejack said “ah have tuh agree with yawl, Maneha’en would be best fer buildin’ up our troops an goin’ from there, plus ah have kin livin’ there who are rather high up the political ladder, so I could help to get them on our side” I nodded to her in thanks and she tipped her Stetson towards me.

“That would be a big help” Mata Nui said “does anyone have any sound arguments against taking Manehatten?” no one went to say anything.

“Very well” Celestia said “then it is agreed, we next strike for Manehatten”

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*POV 3rd person*

An ice tribe Agori stepped through a portal into a cave.

“They plan to strike Manehatten next” he said, two humans stepped forward out of the shadows.

“Good” one of them said in an American accent, and chucked a rather large bag of money to the Agori’s feet.

“You have done well, Metus” the other said, before turning to his brother “What do you say we give our big brother a small surprise, I hear he’s rather good at controlling light these days”

“Well let’s see how well he can stand against the power of shadow” the other said, and they both shape shifted into Makuta.

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