Making their way to town, the heroes decided to move by shadow, "Ok, here's the plan, Heiru, since you have ghost powers, you go and scout ahead, and see what the situation is like," Silver said.

"On it!" Heiru said, turning invisible and going to find the guild masters.

"So what're we supposed to do until he gets back?!" Rainbow Dash demanded.

"We wait," Silver said, as he and the others went to wait for the ghostly teenager to come back.

"Ugh, too boring!" Rainbow said, falling on her back.

"It may be boring, but its the smartest option we've got," Twilight said.

"And besides, Heiru is never gone that long, so it shouldn't be long," Brian added on. True to his word, Heiru came back, with a look of worry on his face.

"Guys, we may be in some deep trouble," Heiru said.

"Why's that?" Twilight asked.

"Well, it appears that the guild masters are holding the mayor for ransom, as well as holding a few more ponies hostage," Heiru explained, which put worried looks on the faces of his brothers, and their new friends.

"Alright, we should go and try to negotiate a peaceful agreement with the villains," Matterhorn started, only to see that Rainbow Dash was flying off towards town hall, "Or we could just take them on head on," she deadpanned, as she and the others raced off to town hall.

Meanwhile in town hall, the Power Ponies' mortal enemies were all keeping the mayor, as well as a few townsfolk hostage in the main hall, "So, what should our next course of action?" the pharaoh asked.

"Well, the ruckus we caused must've drawn the attention of the princess who resides in this flyspeck of a town, so she should be coming anytime now to try and stop us," Mane-iac replied, giggling evilly.

"And she might bring the same humans that foiled our previous plan," Shadow mane added on.

Just then, the front of town hall exploding, and from the smoke came the seven titans, who all struck a heroic pose, "These are the same humans that foiled our plans? They look like fruit cups if you ask me," Long Face commented.

"Yeah, well, I'm sure your commander told you about what we're capable of?" Raiden asked.

"Yeah, and who much of a nuisance you boys were, and... wait, why are there only seven of you?" High Heel asked.

"Oh yeah, Stealth stayed behind to hold the fort," Silver replied, as the power ponies and Twilight and her friends came in from behind them.

"Ah, well, if it isn't the Power-less Ponies? Come back for more humiliation?" Mane-iac asked.

"Actually, we're here to take back our powers," Matterhorn said, glaring at the crazy mare.

"Uh, Matterhorn, I think that was rhetorical," Humdrum whispered to his friend, who blushed out of embarrassment.

"We thought a peaceful negotiation would be appropriate, but after seeing what you've done to the mayor and these townsfolk, that's one plan thrown out the door," Twilight said in annoyance.

"Well that's rather ironic, seeing as how we're weren't going to negotiate with you either," Mane-iac said, as she and the others went on the attack.

"So, what's the plan?" Silver whispered to Matterhorn.

"Just keep them busy long enough for us to use this device," Matterhorn said, pulling out a spherical object, "They used this to siphon our powers, but Radiance reprogrammed it to give us back our powers," she said as Silver nodded.

"Alright, lets get them!" Silver said, s he and the other titans wet on the attack, of course, this battle is just a time saver since the writers couldn't come up with anything good for this scene. Great time saver guys, "Joe, what are you doing?" Silver asked, as he and the others quirked an eyebrow at the narrator.

"Hey, I'm just stating the truth! Plus, I'm tired of fixing everyone's mistakes!" Joe replied.

"You know Joe, you've been getting a real attitude in this story!" High Heel commented.

"Big deal!" Joe snapped back.

"You could be replaced by an intern!" Heiru warned.

"Or the announcer from Sargent Frog!" Long Face added.

"Oh?" Joe asked with worry.

"Yeah, so stick with the script!" Silver yelled, before turning back to the villains, "So, what were we doing before?" he asked.

"Uh, I think we were going to battle just as Joe interrupted us," Shadow mane replied.

They all just stood there, all calm like, before erupting into a fight. Brian was duking it out with High Heel, Silver and Echo-Echo were keeping Long Face at bay, Icezer was trying to immobilize the Pharaoh, Raiden was deflecting Smudges lightning bolts, Heiru and Shadow Mane were busily out maneuvering each other, and Francisco was warping space to block Mane-iac's freeze rays.

"Whoa, these titans are good," Zap commented.

"Yeah, but don't forget, as soon as they can give us an opening, we use the device to take back our powers," Matterhorn reminded. Just then, the titans were able to heave the villains, save for the Pharaoh, who was encased in ice, into the air.

"THERE'S YOUR OPENING! DO IT NOW!" Echo-Echo called. Radiance nodded, and activated the device. In a few short seconds, each of the villains felt drained, and they fell to the floor, but it was taking them a long time to do so.

"Silver, why is it taking them so long to fall?" Heiru asked.

"Because its funny!" Silver replied.

"No its not! Its even dumber than somepony using their own hoof as a sidekick!" High Heel commented, as she, along with the others fell to the ground.

But as Shadow Mane fell, she fell towards Humdrum, who looked up in fear of being a cushion for her landing. But as the two ponies saw each other, a memory flash burst into their minds. Shadow Mane saw a young foal, one that she knew very well was reaching out to her. Humdrum saw a mare that he barely recognized reaching out to him, and he could faintly hear her say, "That's Mommy's good baby," as the mare picked him up in the flashback.

'Could it be?' they both asked themselves, just as Shadow Mane just barely missed Humdrum. Looking up, Shadow Mane could see a curious look on Humdrums face, 'Could he/she be...?' they asked themselves.

"Humdrum? Are you alright?" Matterhorn asked, worried for her friend.

Snapping back into reality, Humdrum looked up to see Matterhorn, as well as the others, who had equally worried looks on their faces, "Uh, yeah, I'm ok," Humdrum said uneasily.

"Shadow Mane, we should retreat for now!" Mane-iac called. Snapping back into reality herself, Shadow Mane quickly dashed back to her comrades, before taking one last glance back at Humdrum. This caught the attention of Heiru. "This is only another set back, Power Ponies! But mark my words, we will have our revenge! Again!" she said, as one of the unicorn guild members teleported them away, before any of them could get them. But one question still lingered in Humdrum and Shadow Manes minds, 'Is Shadow Mane/Humdrum my mommy/son?'

Author's Notes:

Here's chapter 5! So, now the Power Ponies have their powers back. But what of these memory flashes that Shadow Mane and Humdrum had? Stay tuned.