With their focuses set to victory, two mighty opponents face off against each other. With this battle, however, there is one fact written in stone... only one Boulder shall survive.

While the two colossal titans of war battle outside the castle, however, another series of battles rise, as our heroes brawl through, not only a group of Black Wings, but an entire army of a corrupt king, in an effort to save their friends, and even some of their family.

The war bells have rung... and the Skirmish of Diamond Peak... has begun.

The tension has risen between the two mighty opponents that stood in the center of a battlefield... the front entrance of a massive golden castle. The opponents, of course were a gray Rock Golem with a massive headless torso, a pair of rocky arms, and a pair of rocky legs, with the top central area of his chest containing a light blue, glowing, round orb that shone brightly; and a Minotaur with a silver coat, and a black mane tied in a long ponytail over his back. On his chest, he wore a black t-shirt, and on his legs, he wore a pair of dark brown pants and a pair of black boots.

After a moment of the cold blizzard stirring up around them, the two made a mad dash towards each other, with the Minotaur taking a massive leap in the air, and the Golem lifting his arms up to counter the Minotaur's bash. The second the two collided, however, the ground below them began to shake, and in an instant, a mixture of snow and dirt covered the air within the entire area around them.

When the dirt and snow cleared up, the Minotaur laughed when he saw the Golem lying on the ground in pieces. "Well... that was easier than I thought! I'm beginning to wonder why your little 'mistress' had such faith in you to begin with!"

Suddenly, the Golem chuckled before replying, "Perhaps because I could do this."

"What?!" The Minotaur was able to say, before a large rock floated from behind him, and launched him in the air towards the Golem's torso and remaining left leg, only for the Minotaur to be punted up from the leg, while the rocks that scattered around the Golem re-attached in their proper joints.

Then the Golem stood back up the second the Minotaur landed on the ground, and raised his fists again. "A humorous attempt, ol' boy..." the orb formed a crescent shape before he continued, "but you'll have to hit harder that that, if you expect to break me down!"

The Minotaur glared at the Golem, before running towards him again. This time, however, he used less powerful, but slightly swifter, attacks, while the Golem managed to deflect each attack, and attempt counter-thrusts, which the Minotaur, in turn, blocked, and shortly followed with counter-thrusts of his own, which resulted in more blocks and counter-thrusts from the Golem, and vice versa.

From inside the dungeons of the tower in the castle, Limestone and Marble sat down, and grumbled at the binds they were in. Then, once they heard the explosion outside, then checked and, sure enough, the first thing they saw was their butler, Boulder. "Oh, no! Boulder's out there, and he really needs our help!" Limestone cried.

Marble grumbled before she sat on the cold stone floor, and began looking around the area. Then she said in her naturally tomboyish accent, "I don't think there's much we can do right now, Limestone. Besides, we kinda have ta figure out ah own mess, first."

Limestone sighed before sitting down on the cold stone floor next to her sister. Then, with a nod, she meekly replied in her high-pitched accent, "Yeah... you're right... if only we didn't have these shackles on, maybe we could do something... guess all we can do is wait."

Then they sat there for another few minutes, listening to the action going on outside their cell. With a sigh, they just sat there quietly for more silent minutes.

Eventually, out of sheer boredom, Limestone started jingling the chains that her hands and hoover were bound to... for well over five minutes. Within each passing minute, however, Marble's expression turned from bored to plain annoyed, and then eventually, angry.

Finally, once the five minutes were up, Marble shouted, "UGH! I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" Then she angrily slammed the chains on the ground, causing a few of the rocks to start cracking. This, of course, caused her eyes to widen.

Limestone also noticed, and stopped jingling the chains. "Marble! You're a bucking genius!" Then she felt a hand slap her on the back of the head. "Ow! HEY!"

"Language, Limestone! You're only seventeen!" Marble complained.

Limestone, in turn, glared back at her. "So?! You use that language all the bucking time!"

Again, Marble popped her sister in the back of the head. "Yeah! Cuz I'm twenty, dumbass!"

Limestone, at this point, glared at her sister even more before swinging her fists out of frustration. Marble, due to her gymnastic capabilities, managed to dodge it in time, while Limestone's arms swished over her, and hit the metal bars.

The second they hit the bars, however, the bars bent dramatically out of shape, causing both of their eyes to widen. Then, Limestone looked at her arms and smiled triumphantly, as her bindings were no longer attached to her wrists, but rather, on the ground in two pieces. "YES! I'M FREE!" Limestone shouted, only to notice the main door to the jail cells burst open, and a group of three Minotaurs run inside; each holding spears and shields, and aiming them straight at their prisoners. "BUCKING TARTARUS!" she yelled, only to get slapped in the back of the head by Marble again. "STOP HITTING ME, MARBLE!"

"WELL QUIT YA BUCKING CURSING, AND MAYBE I WILL!" Marble retorted, while the guards looked at each other and raised their spears up, while scratching the backs of their heads.

"HEY! I CAN BUCKING CURSE WHEN I BUCKING WANT, ALRIGHT?!" Then she lightly shoved her sister's ribs with her hands, causing Marble to stumble back a few steps, and the guards' eyes to widen, as the sisters feuded.

"WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET HOME!" Marble then shoved Limestone in the ribs, causing her to stumble back a few times. A few of the guards began to chuckle in the background, but the sisters didn't really seem to even care about the guards in the room... which went from three guards, and built up to six.

"Is anyone gonna stop them?" one of the guards asked, only for a few other ones to shrug.

"I don't know, man... this is getting pretty good, actually!" another one replied.

Then the mares continued to bicker even more, this time incomprehensible, and in unison. Finally, Marble asked, "ALRIGHT, THEN! YA WANNA FIGHT RIGHT HERE AND NOW?! WILL THAT SHUT YA UP?!"

Limestone retorted, "BUCK YEAH! I'LL BUCK YOU UP BIG TIME, YOU UGLY LITTLE WHORE!"

"LITTLE?! I'M A COUPLE INCHES TALLER THAN YA, DUMBASS!" Marble shouted, before the two of them locked each other's arms together, and butted foreheads with glares in their eyes.

"LET'S GO, THEN! READY?!" Limestone asked, before Marble tightened her grip on her sister's forearms.

"YEAH!" Marble replied, while Limestone tightened her grip on her sister's forearms.

"ALRIGHT, THEN! GO!" Before any of the guards could react, Limestone slung her sister across the room, while her chained hooves swept across all six guards; finally breaking off at the last one's skull. Then Limestone placed Marble back on the ground, and chopped her sister's hand bindings off, while Marble stomped Limestone's hoof-bindings off.

"Awesome thinking, sis!" Limestone said with a smile, while Marble chuckled and bumped her fist with Limestone's.

"What I say? Works every time! Now come on, let's get the buck outta here!" Marble replied. With a nod, Limestone followed her out of the jail, while the guards that were lying on the ground grunted in disoriented pain; completely confused, and unsure of what just happened. The last one, of course, was dead, though.

From the entrance to the castle, a large swarm of soldiers clad in plate armor and tower shields lowered to the ground, and held their shields in a wall, with their spears aimed forward between the cracks. They also encircled the group of heroes, while the group braced for battle. Then, in one loud battle-cry, the soldiers began closing in on them, while the heroes charged forward, ignoring the soldiers behind them, and instead, focusing on the ones in front that led to the hallway to the throne room.

When they were within reach, Pinkie Pie quickly threw the swords that were in her left hand into the skulls of two of the guards, then drew the box that transformed into her self-proclaimed "Party Cannon". Instead of confetti, though, she was sure to pre-load it with rocks that, once fired, went through a triangular wave of guards, allowing the group enough time to go through the halls.

As they were in the halls, however, they soon found themselves caught in a dead end. "BUCKING TARTARUS!" Gilda shouted, as she saw the end straight ahead.

"Stand back, I've got this!" Maud replied, as the group stood aside, and watched her run towards the wall non-stop with her right fist behind her back. Then, once she was within reach, she punched the wall with all her might, causing a large crater to form where her fist landed... a crater large enough for the whole group to go through.

When the guards in the background saw that action, a few of them stopped in place, and gasped, before nervously falling behind, while their co-workers continued to run through relentlessly.

When the group went past the crater, they found themselves in the center of the left wall of the Dining Hall... only instead of seeing a large number of tables and chairs neatly arranged, they saw a number of broken planks, rocks, dishes, weapons, armor, and an absurd number of unconscious and dead guards scattered across the room. In the center of the room, however, they noticed a pair of all-too-familiar Earth Pony mares in the center... Marble and Limestone.

"Marble! Limestone!" Pinkie shouted with joy, before running up to her sisters, who turned towards them, and smiled at the sight of their sister, Pinkie Pie.

Limestone and Marble Pie were both running through the halls of the castle... blindly and aimlessly. They heard a large number of commotion going on in the Main Hall, so they decided to avoid it at all costs, and try to find another way out of the massive castle.

Instead, they headed straight into the Dining Hall, where they were "greeted" by the guards who were on lunch break. Then Limestone and Marble noticed the entrance that they came from was blocked off by more guards who somehow managed to give chase to them without them even knowing.

"Uh... hey! What's on the menu, fellas?" Marble asked nervously, only for Limestone to plant her face into her right palm.

The guards looked at one-another, before shrugging their shoulders and drawing their weapons. Then they all stood from the tables, and approached the mares, while the guards behind them grabbed hold of their arms.

"HEY! YA DON'T TOUCH A WOMAN ON THE FIRST DATE, ASSHOLE!" Marble shouted, before kicking her hooves in the air, and landing them on the guard that held her. The awkward position caused the guard to lose his grip fast, before feeling her left hoof land on his left shoulder. Following that, her right hoof kicked the back of his head; sending both him and his helmet flying separately into the crowd in front of them.

Limestone, on the other hand, gripped the guard's arms that were holding her, and slung him over her head, and planting his face into the stone floor; leaving a red chunky puddle where his head once was. "You Minotaurs are so fragile!" She said, before turning to the guards that stopped in their place at the sight of the unbelievably strong mares.

At that point, the guards all stepped away from them while the two mares walked towards the center of the room with menacing smiles on their faces. Then, when they were in the center, the guards nervously surrounded them, and held their weapons up.

Marble looked at Limestone and winked, before turning to the guards that surrounded them. "What's wrong, fellas? Can't handle two mares at once?"

Limestone grinned before adding in, "We can make it quick for you... if you ask nicely!"

The entirety of the guards looked at each other confusedly, before turning to the mares with glares on their faces. Then, in unison, they all charged after the mares with their spears aimed at them.

"What do you think, Marble? Think it's nice enough?" Limestone asked while turning her head to her sister.

Marble chuckled before nodding her head. "Sounds nice enough ta me!" Then Limestone and Marble faced each other, and placed their hands on each other's shoulders, while the guards closed in on them.

Then, the very second that they were within the center, the entire room was engulfed in a whirlwind of flying guards, all of which were attacked by the pair of mares who were, at this point, doing an attack that they called "The Tornado".

Marble was lifted upside-down onto Limestone's shoulders with her hooves spread out, while Limestone spun in a circle with her arms spread out. With her arms, Marble quickly spun the opposite direction, sending the guards that were caught in Limestone's "Fist Hurricane" flying even further with her own "Hurricane Kick".

When the guards were all sent flying, Marble quickly leaped from her sister's shoulders, and landed on the chest of the last Minotaur who was standing; sending him to the ground. Then she leaned down to his eye-level, and smiled wickedly. "Next time... try ta last... alright?"

Before the Minotaur could even respond, she raised her right leg, and smashed his face into the ground, sending a gush of blood from where his face once was in the process. Then she walked back up to Limestone and raised her right fist, which Limestone bumped with her fist, in return.

Then, the wall behind them burst open, and the next thing they heard caused their eyes to widen... Pinkie Pie's voice.

"Marble! Limestone!" their playful sister called out.

Turning around, their mouths formed wide smiles at the sight of their unharmed sister. "Pinkie Pie! Oh my gosh, we were so worried about you!" Then the three of them wrapped their arms together in a group hug.

Then, Maud decided to intervene. "LIMESTONE! MARBLE! WHAT IN THE NAME OF TARTARUS HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU BOTH?!"

Marble glared at her older sister and retorted, "MAUD! WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT PINKIE PIE TOO, YA KNOW!"

Maud shook her head and sighed, before taking a deep breath with her hands over her forehead. "That doesn't give you both the right to leave the bucking Rock Farm, though! Mom and Dad are getting way too old to have to deal with the manual labor! Please, in the name of Celestia, tell me that you both at least told them about this!"

At once, Limestone and Marble looked at each other uneasily, before turning to their oldest sister. "Well... not exactly."

Maud's new-found glare only intensified at that statement. "Not exactly? So..." she tried to take deep breaths, but in the end, her anger still caused her to yell. "YOU BOTH RAN FROM THE HOUSE WITHOUT OUR PARENTS EVEN KNOWING?! HAVE YOU BOTH LOST YOUR BUCKING MINDS?!"

Pinkie stood between her three sisters and nervously asked, "Girls?"

"WELL EXCUSE THE BUCK OUTTA ME FOR ACTUALLY CARING ABOUT AH FAMILY! HAY, YA DON'T EVEN WRITE TO US ANYMORE, MISS 'I'D RATHA LIVE IN ATLANTIS THAN EQUESTRIA'!" Marble shouted in response.

"GIRLS?!" Pinkie asked, now getting more serious.

"DON'T EVEN GO THERE, MARBLE! YOU KNOW GOOD AND WELL WHY I HAD TO LEAVE THE FARM! AND AT LEAST I TOLD MOM AND DAD BEFOREHAND, SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT STATEMENT, AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ATHLETIC A-"

"GIRLS! SHUT THE BUCK UP!" Pinkie shouted at the top of her lungs, causing her sisters' bickering to cease at once. Then Pinkie pointed towards the incoming guards, and said, "We don't have time to argue right now! We have a situation on our hands!"

Maud, Limestone, and Marble stared at their pink-coated sister, before realizing that she did raise a point. "Thanks, Pinkie... we kinda needed that." Marble stated with a smile, before gently patting her on the shoulder.

"HEY! YOU DIDN'T SLAP HER FOR USING PROFANITY!" Limestone complained, only for her to get popped in the back of the head by both, Maud and Marble.

"Yeah! Because she's still, technically, a Legal adult now! And were you using profanity, Limestone?!" Maud retorted, causing Limestone to glare at her "unfair" sisters.

Then, all at once, the entirety of the guards ran into the room, and before they knew it, the entire group was caught in a battle with the guards... which was easily won in the end, at least.

Gilda managed to cut through the groups of enemies that Pinkie launched in the air with her modified "Party Cannon", while Pinkie cut through the ones that she didn't hit with the scimitars and spears that she pillaged from the corpses.

Maud merely dodged the attacks that the Minotaurs did, and punched them in the chest hard enough to fly into Marble's back kick-flip, launching them in the air, only to get pummeled down by Limestone's "Quake Fist" attack, where she jumped in the air, and bashed both of her hands into the chests of the flying victims, and then fell to the ground with them, while she angled her legs over her fists in a "diving" pattern. When they landed, they were instantly impaled by her fists, while she remained unharmed, despite the armor that her hands smashed through.

Thor'lok sliced through the enemies with both of his axes in his hands, while Swift used his tower shield to block off any attacks, before impaling his enemies with his spear.

Topaz, Sand Barrier, and Storm Light all took the combat at a safe distance, while covering each other's backs from any who attempted to attack them from behind.

Software Patch blasted the enemies with his arm cannons, and occasionally sent a blast towards Nightshade, who in turn, reflected the magic from the blasts, and sent directly into the enemies that weren't already struck by his talons' sharp claws.

Zero Gravity took the flight in the air, and managed to decapitate any of the enemies that Gilda missed, before going for a few swoops onto the ground level, and sending a few of the guards flying.

Zula, since not fit for combat, encased herself and Heavenly Quill in an "Earth Magic Barrier", which surrounded the two of them in thorny roots that would whip any hostiles that went their way.

Quill, while under Zula's protection, used his quill to summon a pair of Armored Golems to attack any of the nearby guards, while also defending each other, since he would end up receiving their injuries on his end, should any of the two Armored Golems take any hits.

Finally, after five minutes of relentless assault, the entire group stood in the center of mountains of corpses gathered in the Dining Hall, while panting heavily.

Whenever the Armored Golems were dispelled, Quill instantly grunted in pain, and held onto his side, which caused the group to look his way.

With his left hand over his stomach, Quill quickly moved his coat and his shirt; revealing a nasty-looking cut on his side.

"Quill! Are you alright?!" Zero asked worriedly, only to notice Zula quickly go through a bag, and pull out a small bag of green dust.

"Here, let me see." Zula stated, causing Quill to look at her confusedly. "I'm a Shaman... I know what I'm doing."

With a nod, Quill slowly removed his hand from his cut, giving Zula enough room to sprinkle the green dust over it.

In an instant, the cut was covered in a green foam, and no longer hurt. "It should speed up the recovery process... but as a side-effect, it will make you tired. You'll need to rest for now."

Nightshade looked at Software and asked, "Software, how much more hostiles are around?"

"Calculating... only two within one-hundred miles, and growing." he replied.

"So they're retreating, then... that's good to know." Gilda replied with a nod. Then she turned to Topaz and said, "Topaz, you take these guys' friend here to the resting area in your ship."

Topaz nodded his head, and turned to Quill. "Can you stand, my friend?"

Quill slowly started to rise to his hooves again, before nodding his head with a chuckle. "Yeah... thankfully, this stuff is holding me together pretty well!" Then he turned to Zula. "Thanks, Miss... Zula, was it?"

Zula nodded her head. "You have a good memory, that is true... I wish a good rest to come for you."

Quill chuckled before replying, "I could probably use your help in some of my poetry!"

With a nod, Zula replied, "Indeed, us Zebras can be good with poetry, for rhyming in non-Druathican comes naturally!"

Then, the group pressed onwards, while Topaz and Quill decided to sneak out of the castle through the abandoned courtyard.

Once the rest of the group made it to the Throne Room, then stopped, and caught their breaths before checking the others if they were ready for whatever lied ahead. Then, with a nod of approval, they kicked the doors to the throne room down, and stepped inside.

When they stepped inside the room, however, they were greeted by the sight of nothing but emptiness... save for the cage in the center of the room that contained two comatose figures.

"JUSTIN! RUBY!" Pinkie shouted before breaking from the group, and running towards the cage they were in.

"PINKIE! DON'T-" Maud began, before Pinkie was flung backwards by an unseen force-field. When she landed, she was unconscious, which caused the Pie sisters to gasp in panic.

"PINKIE PIE!" they all screamed in unison, before rushing towards their fallen sister. When they checked for a pulse, they were relieved to find that she was merely unconscious... but also furious at the spell that her friend was caught in.

After a few moments of panic, Pinkie's eyes shot open, and her body began to quiver... followed by the other Pie sisters. Then, all four mares gasped in horror.

Gilda raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong?!"

In unison, Maud, Pinkie, Limestone, and Marble looked at each other and shouted, "BOULDER!"

Without sparing another second to lose, the group quickly raced back to the entrance of the castle, and burst out the front door.

After a long moment of fighting, the Rock Golem and Minotaur breathed heavily, while staring at one-another with hatred in their eyes.

The Rock Golem raised his fists in the air and asked, "Are you through, ol' chum? I'm still getting start-ED!" Right at his height in volume, he felt a sharp silver spike go through his back, and out his fore-chest. Then the rocks that were held together slowly started to fall, until the only obvious sign of his life (the glowing blue orb) was left on a short spherical rock.

The Minotaur chuckled, before turning around at the entrance to the castle, where the group just burst through. At that point, they all looked furiously at the Minotaur, who only chuckled and said, "Don't worry... you'll all join him soon!"

"N-not... YET!" the Rock Golem grunted, before the shattered pieces of rocks suddenly entombed the Minotaur, much to his surprise.

"W-WHAT?! H-HOW DID YOU-" The Minotaur began, only to yell in fear as his head was covered by the rock containing the orb of light.

"Boulder? What are you... BOULDER?!" Maud stuttered, before noticing a small, glowing blue pebble fall from the orb of light.

"Mistresses Maud, Pinkie, Limestone, and Marble... please... send the Masters my regards... and my thanks!" he weakly choked out, before the rocks shot into the air with the Minotaur screaming in muffled silence as the two flew in the air. Then, with a loud bang, a massive blue explosion filled the sky, sending small pieces of ash and pebbles on the ground.

Maud slowly walked up to the pebble that Boulder's "eye" cried out, lifted it up in both hands, then fell to her knees, while her sisters surrounded the pebble in her hands. Not long after that, all of the entire family's eyes filled with tears, as Maud's hands quivered.

In one loud cry, all four sisters screamed in a stretched-out cry, "BOULDER!"

The rest of the group watched with saddened expressions on their faces at the scene before them. Swift slowly walked up to them, and was about to say something, when he noticed a shadow within the fog... a muscular figure that he knew the shape of all too well. "No... you... didn't..." he mumbled through clenched teeth, before stepping forward.

From the sky, the rock that contained the orb of light that, at this point, was a thin crescent-shape, landed directly in front of the figure... King Goldheart.

Without even looking down, he placed his right foot over the glowing rock and, in the blink of an eye, smashed it to pieces, sending a thin trail of electricity to the ground.

That caused Swift to freeze in place, and gasp, before his glare turned to a look of sheer hatred. Then he clenched onto his spear and, with a shaking hand, shouted at the top of his lungs, "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT, FATHER!"

The rest of the group began to charge after Goldheart with Swift, but before they could even get close to where Swift was, they were pushed back by a similar spell that kept them from Justin and Ruby.

After that incident took place, Swift's eyes widened and he turned around to notice that his friends couldn't help him with this one. Then he turned towards King Goldheart, and breathed heavily.

"Swift... so good to see you again, my boy..." Goldheart spat on the ground. "I thought my little... pet... would kill you back in Druathica."

That statement caused Nightshade's eyes to widen, before he stepped closer to the, now visible, bubble that kept them from both Swift and Goldheart. "What do you know about Grimsley?!" He asked.

Goldheart looked at him and chuckled. "I was the one who freed him, of course!"

That statement caused the entire group to gasp. Then, Swift's nose crunched up in disgust. "You... you killed all those people... just to get rid of me?!"

Goldheart nodded his head with a smile. "But of course, son... I wouldn't be able to get rid of my... mistake... directly, of course!"

That statement tugged on Swift's heart, as tears began to fall from behind his helmet.

Goldheart continued. "Tell me, Swift... why do you even wear that armor? I doubt if your friends even know what you look like!"

Swift grunted angrily for a response.

"Is it because you're afraid?"

No answer.

"Is it because you want to look all-powerful?"

Again, no answer. Then Goldheart began to chuckle.

"Or is it because you remind yourself of your mother?"

That statement caused Swift's eyes to open wider, and his jaw to drop.

Goldheart then chuckled once more. "I see... and so you burden yourself with all of that armor... because you can't even avoid crying like a little foal... over your own reflection!"

"ENOUGH!" Swift shouted, before dashing towards King Goldheart with his spear at hand. "I'LL BUCKING KILL YOU, YOU BASTARD!"