Rise of the Titans (edited)

by darkmage1997

First published 22nd of June, 2014

Discord tries to be a father to a human child after all his friends have their own humans.

This story is a sequel to Epic human child in Equestria Crossover to end all human child in Equestria crossovers of epic crossoverness
After seeing all of his pony friends with their own human child in their care, Discord questions why he is the only one that isn't a father to children. He then goes on a quest to find a child or children in need of a father. During his travels, he comes across 8 super powered teenagers and their little sister, Heaven, who are all orphans, and outcasts because of a cruel dictator who sees the titans and anyone related to them as imperfect. Can Discord prove to the titans and Heaven that he can be a kind father? I can guarantee he will. Note: The titans in this story are all 13 years old.

Chapter 1: Why don't I have a human? (rewritten)

Deep within the boundaries of a realm that seemed to be made entirely out of chaos stood a house that seemed entirely normal on the outside, but on the inside was completely bizarre. Doors were on ceilings, pictures were on the floor, etc. Within the house stood the spirit of chaos, the draconequss, Discord, who was standing in front of wall of photos of all his closest friends. Taking a closer examination of the pictures, he saw that each of his friends each had a human child to call their own; Fluttershy had Toby, Rarity had Conner, Luna had Timmy and Drake, Twilight had Joshua, Kelly, Crystal, and Cory, Pinkie Pie had Melody and Clover, Celestia had Chris, Rainbow Dash had Echo, Applejack had Mike, and Cadence and Shining Armor had Nathan. The more he looked at the photos, the more jealous he became, "It's not fair! They all have human kids of their own, as well as kids of their own species. I mean, I have my daughter, but why don't I have my own human child?!" Discord ranted, clenching his bear claw. He then sighed, "Oh well, I'm sure I'll find my own human kid sooner or later," he said, looking at a nearby clock, "Well, for now I'd better go meet up with my pals," Discord said, teleporting away.

In an abandoned warehouse, in the futuristic city of New Burbank,

Nine figures sat around a small blanket as they ate a meager feast of fruits and bread. Eight of them were teenage boys, and the ninth was a little girl, no older than five years. "We need to change the meal plans," one of the boys commented. He had a green t-shirt and khaki shorts. He had brown hair and blue eyes.

"But what more can we do Brian? Ever since John Clark came into power, we're lucky to get this," another teen said. He was dressed in oriental attire and was wearing a straw hat. He had blue eyes and brown hair like Brian.

"Raiden is right. Until we find a better solution, we need to make do with what we have," another teen said. He was wearing a denim jacket, yellow t shirt, and long jeans.

"I know Silver, but if we keep this up, we're bound to get caught sooner or later," Brian said.

"It won't come to that, will it?" the little girl asked a teen who was dressed up like a ninja. She had long blonde hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a pink dress.

"Don't worry Heaven. We won't allow you to fall into the wrong hands," the ninja replied.

"Akira makes a good point. Just remember that, and nothing will happen, cool?" another teen asked. He was wearing a bright blue shirt, beige shorts, and had an orange headband.

"Icezer, I told you; Takashi or Echo-Echo and I prefer to be called by our new names," the ninja said.

"Well excuse me!" Icezer said defensively.

"Now break it up you two. Remember, we need to finish lunch, before we continue on," a teen that looked to be a goth said. He was dressed all in black.

"HEIRU MAKES A SOLD POINT. IF JOHN CLARK'S FORCES FIND US HERE, THEY'LL DO ANYTHING TO CATCH US," a blue robot teen commented.

"Well, if that does happen Echo-Echo, I'll just open a portal to somewhere else," another teen said. He appeared to be dressed in robes that looked to be made of spacial energy.

"But remember Francisco, that's only a short term solution. John's forces will only increase their hunting forces," Raiden said.

"Looks guys, we'll deal with this after lunch," Silver said. It was then they heard helicopters whirring outside.

"How'd they find us so fast!?" Brian demanded.

"Don't know, but we need to get out of here, now!" Silver said, as banging could be heard from the doors.

"OPEN UP! WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED! YOU ARE ALL UNDER ARREST!" a voice on a megaphone called.

"Francisco, anytime you want to open a portal, now's the time!" Brian said.

"Stop pressuring me! Its hard enough to open a portal without you guys breathing down my neck!" Francisco snapped, as he began to open a portal. While he was doing so, he got a splitting headache all of a sudden. Normally when this happened, the portal he would open would close up instantly, but it stayed open.

"You ok Francisco?" Silver asked.

"Uh, yeah, anyway, get through the portal!" the spacial teen said. One by one, each of the teens went through the portal, along with Heaven. Francisco was the last one to go through, just as the soldiers outside broke through.

"They're gone!" one of the soldiers yelled.

"Man, John Clark is not going to be happy about this," another commented.

"Well, you're going to be the one to explain our failure this time," the first soldier said.

"What?! Why me?!" the second soldier asked.

"Because I gave the report last time," the first soldier replied. The second groaned dreadfully, as they got back in the car.

Deep in the Everfree forest,

The portal opened up, depositing the nine siblings in the middle of a dark forest, "Ok, so where are we now?" Raiden pondered, looking around.

"Looks to be the middle on a thick forest of some kind," Stealth replied, looking around.

"In any case, maybe we should try to find some sort of shelter. Who knows what could be lurking in the shadows," Heiru said.

"I think I can see some ruins of that way," Icezer said, pointing in the direction of what appeared to be the ruins of a castle.

"That should be suitable enough, c'mon," Silver said, as they made their way towards the castle ruins, unaware of green eyes staring at them from the shadows.

In Canterlot Castle,

While enjoying their lunch, the two sisters, Celestia and Luna both felt a power spike, "What was that sister?" Luna asked.

"I can't say, but I'm almost certain it came from the Everfree Forest. Most Likely in the vicinity of our old castle," Celestia replied.

"What shall we do about it?" Luna asked. Celestia pondered.

"We should send Twilight and her friends to investigate. Discord too," Celestia replied, as she began to write to Twilight.

"My most faithful student,

I write to you about a sudden power spike from within the Everfree Forest. I am requesting that you and your friends, Discord included, go and investigate, and report back to me upon discovery,

Your mentor and fellow Princess, Celestia," after finishing the letter, she rolled it up, and teleported it away.

"Hopefully it is nothing of ill will," Luna commented.

"I hope so too Luna," Celestia replied.

In Sugarcube Corner,

Twilight and friends, minus Fluttershy and Discord, were all sitting around Sugarcube Corner, completely bored out of their minds, "Why can anything cool happen?" Rainbow Dash complained.

"And with our kids all out doing their own thing, that pretty much slims our options," Applejack commented. They all let out a bored sigh. Just then, Spike came in with a scroll.

"A message from Celestia!" Spike said, giving Twilight the scroll. Their ears perked up upon hearing this, as Twilight began reading the scroll.

"Girls, apparently there's some sort of power surge that is emanating from deep within the Everfree Forest. We have been called upon to investigate and report back," Twilight said.

"Finally, an adventure!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"We've also been asked to bring Discord along so he may help," Twilight added.

"So our first stop is Fluttershy's cottage to pick her up along with Discord?" Rarity asked. Twilight nodded, as they all left.

Back with the nine siblings,

All nine siblings stood in awe at the ruins that stood in front of them, "This architecture is incredible," Raiden commented, examining the ruins.

"In any case, it should provide suitable shelter, right?" Silver asked.

"Hmm, a few holes in the walls, and the doors aren't stable, but we should be able to fortify this place by nightfall," Raiden replied, as they entered the castle, unaware of the green eyes watching them. Inside, they saw that the inside of the castle was just as aged as the outside.

"Man, looks like a train ran through here," Brian commented.

"Well, our first concern should be repairing these walls, and then fixing those doors. From there we can find somewhere in this place to rest up," Silver replied. They were just about to get to their tasks, when they heard a bone chilling howl. They all turned to see a pack of what they thought were wolves that were made out of wood.

"What the...?!" Icezer exclaimed.

"Wood Wolves?" Heiru added.

"They look pretty hungry," Stealth commented.

"HEAVEN, TAKE COVER," Echo-Echo said. Heaven complied, as she hid behind a large slab of rock, just as the wolves attacked.

"Get out of here!" Brian yelled, summoning a tornado of fire that seared through the ceiling, burning some of the wolves to a crisp. Silver attacked by launching a blast of telekinetic energy at the wolves, causing them to shatter.

"Your hunch was right Raiden. They're just piles of wood. Maybe we can drive them back?" Silver asked.

"I doubt that highly," Raiden said, as he found himself surrounded by several of the wood wolves, "What a complete bother," Raiden sighed, completely bored, as he unleashed a column of lightning, which burnt up all the wood wolves. The lightning was strong enough to break through the ceiling.

With Twilight's group,

"So that's what we need to check out," Twilight said, explaining the situation to Fluttershy and Discord. Fluttershy seemed a bit hesitant at the task.

"Seems a rather straightforward mission," Discord commented. Just then, they all noticed a pillar of fire erupting from deep within the forest.

"Fire? The Everfree Forest isn't on any volcanic area," Applejack said.

"It must be some other source," Twilight theorized.

"Uh, maybe I'll just stay here," Fluttershy meekly said.

"No can do Fluttershy. Celestia wants all of us to investigate," Twilight replied. Just then, a volley of lightning erupted.

"Fret not my dear Fluttershy, I will provide suitable defenses," Discord commented.

"This is weird," Rainbow said, looking at the lightning.

"Yeah, lightning should never last this long," Pinkie piped in.

"And its coming from trees," Rarity added.

"Which means our hunch about an outside source is correct," Twilight said, as they all made their way into the Everfree Forest, with Fluttershy staying close to Discord and Twilight.

"If I'm not mistaken, the direction of the fire and lightning were coming from the Castle of the Two Sisters," Discord commented.

"Which means something must be happening there," Twilight said, as they picked up the pace.

After about ten minutes, they arrived at the castle ruins, where they saw several Timberwolves being thrown out of the castle, completely singed, or broken, "What could have happened here?" Discord wondered, examining the charred spots on the Timberwolves.

"What do you make of it?" Rarity asked.

"Hmm, no ordinary fire or lightning could do this damage," Discord said, looking towards the castle. Carefully, the group approached the castle. Peering in, they saw eight teenage boys, all who seemed exhausted from a fight.

Chapter 2: A new world (rewritten)

The eight brothers, exhausted from the battle, sat down to catch their breaths, having fended off the hoard of wood wolves, "Heaven, its all clear!" Silver called to their little sister, who came out from behind the rock slab.

"Are they all gone?" Heaven asked.

"Yeah, and I doubt there'll be anymore," Raiden said, laying down on the floor. Brian then noticed an alert expression on Stealth's face.

"What's up Stealth?" Brian asked.

"I can sense more life forms. They don't appear to be as hostile as those wood wolves," Stealth replied, looking towards the door.

"How could he notice us?!" a rough sounding voice said.

"This guy must have some sort of sixth sense," another, calmer voice said.

"Uh, if you guys are peaceful, then you should know we mean no harm!" Silver called. The nine sibling looked in awe at what came out from behind the door. Six ponies of unusual coloring, one with a horn, two with wings, one with a horn and wings, and two with neither.

"I don't believe it, unicorns, pegasi, and an alicorn?" Raiden asked. Silver raised his hand, which glowed in a cyan light.

"Ok, if I understand this correctly, their names are Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. They came from the nearby town of Ponyville to investigate something by request of their leader," Silver said. The six ponies stood in shock.

"How did you know all that?!?" Twilight asked.

"I have psychic powers. They let me read minds, lift stuff, and attack with," Silver replied.

"Interesting," Twilight said.

"And to answer your question, yes, we caused those pillars of fire and lightning. They were actually caused by Brian and Raiden," Silver added, looking at his brothers.

"Let me guess, you read my mind?" Twilight asked dryly. Silver nodded.

"Well, I guess its time for our side of the introductions. My name is Silver Fujiyama. These are my brothers, Raiden, Icezer, Francisco, Brian, Heiru, Akira, and Takashi, but the last two would prefer if you called them Stealth and Echo-Echo, respectively. And lastly, this is our little sister, Heaven Fujiyama," Silver said, introducing himself and his brothers and sister, "By the way, where is that other friend of yours? The one named Discord?" Silver asked.

"I'm right here!" Discord said, appearing out of thin air. Brian and Heiru instinctively moved their hands in front of Heaven.

"It's alright guys. According to Fluttershy, he's a good guy," Silver said to his brothers. Brian and Heiru had skeptical looks on their faces but relaxed their hands.

"Anyway, Celestia wanted us to report back when we found the source of a mysterious power she sensed," Twilight said.

"You kids better come with us back to Ponyville. Right now, we're smack dab in the middle of one of the most dangerous places in Equestria," Applejack said. The seven brothers gave a questioning look to Francisco.

"Francisco, care to explain?" Raiden asked. Francisco froze up, and had an extremely nervous look on his face.

"Uh, well, when I opened the portal, I may have gotten a slight headache, that may have thrown off my aim," Francisco replied sheepishly.

"And you didn't tell us this, because?" Silver asked.

"Well, everything was moving too fast for me to think clearly," Francisco said.

"In any case, we should at least check out the town," Icezer said.

"Good idea. I don't want to be around if any more of those wood wolves show up again," Heiru commented.

"'Wood wolves'?" Twilight asked. She then realized what he was talking about, "Oh, you mean Timberwolves," she said.

"Well, whatever they're called, lets just get out of here," Silver said. With that, they left.

Chapter 3: Ponyville (Rewritten)

It took about 10 minutes of walking to get out of the Everfree Forest, but the Mane 6, Discord, and the Fujiyama siblings finally made it to the outskirts of Ponyville. Silver looked rather indifferent about it, while Heaven was ecstatic about a world full of unicorns and the other seven brothers seemed suspicious of the group of friends, "Silver, are you sure we can trust these guys?" Silver heard Raiden ask in his head.

"I'm sure we can. I haven't seen them thinking of anything like what that dictator put us through. It'll be fine, trust me," Silver said back. Raiden still seemed unsure. But as they neared the town, they saw smoke billowing up from the buildings.

"What happened?!" Twilight exclaimed, as the six ponies, and Discord rushed towards town, leaving the nine siblings behind, looking rather confused.

"What was that about?" Icezer asked.

"I don't know, but we should see what we can do to help out," Silver suggested, as they rushed towards town, with Francisco staying behind with Heaven. As they drew nearer, they saw an army of robots attacking the town, "What is all this?!" Silver exclaimed, as they saw some ponies trying in vain to fight off the robots.

"No time for questions, we got to help them!" Brian exclaimed, as he became enveloped in fire, and delivered a powerful drop kick to some of the robots. The ponies were frightened by a human surrounded by flames, but were grateful, as they ran for safety.

"Always in with a flashy entrance. Just like Brian," Raiden said, as he turned into lightning, and rocketed across town, destroying robots left and right.

"Let's get in there too guys!" Silver said, as the other five brothers leapt into action. Icezer was skating along an icy trail he made, piercing robots with giant icicles.

"You guys need to get to shelter!" Icezer said to the ponies he rescued. They ran off as he ordered them to.

"Spectral Surge: Gale of Lost Souls!" Heiru said, as an eerie wind began blowing, which seemed to short of the robots that were caught up in it, "If you value your lives, you need to evacuate to safety," Heiru said to the ponies he saved. They ran off.

Silver was being backed up into a corner by some robots. Just then, they began glowing cyan, and started getting crushed, "Never underestimate everyone," Silver said, as he used his telekinetic powers to rip some more robots to pieces. Echo-Echo's arms then reformed into cannons, and blasted away a bunch more robots using sound, which caused some nearby glass to shatter. But as he was doing this, he never noticed a larger robot coming at him from behind. The metal teen was sent flying when he was hit with a wrecking ball. However, he was undamaged.

"IT IS USELESS. MY EXOSUIT IS MADE ENTIRELY OF ADAMANTIUM, THE HARDEST METAL THAT EXISTS!" Echo-Echo said, as some sound disks come off of his palms, and surrounded the robot that hit him, "SONIC DOOM!" he yelled, as sound began crushing the robot.

A few moments later,

The seven brothers regrouped, trying to catch their breath, "I think... that was the last of them," Brian said, completely exhausted. Raiden then began inspecting one of the robots.

"Hmm, judging by the workmanship, I can assume that whoever built these bots was human," Raiden said, opening an access panel.

"But why were they just attacking?" Silver asked.

"They weren't attacking. This programing indicates that they were built for some sort of search and seizure mission," Raiden clarified. Soon enough, they were rejoined by the ponies from before, save for Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie.

"Did you boys do all this?" Rarity asked.

"We did. You're welcome, by the way," Icezer said.

"Where did you learn to do all that cool stuff!?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"We were created solely for combat, and also protecting our little sister," Silver explained in a tone that made the ponies think he didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"Hey guys, is it safe yet?" Francisco asked, appearing from a portal.

"Yeah, we took care of the last of these bots," Heiru replied, as the spacial teen, and the youngest of the nine siblings exited the rift.

"By the way, where are the other two from before?" Stealth asked, not seeing the shy Pegasus or the hyper active pink pony.

"They went to go look for our children, to make sure they're safe," Twilight replied. No one could have expected what happened next. The brothers, save for Silver, who read each of their minds, and Heaven, who wasn't really paying attention, all had varying looks of contempt.

"Take it easy guys. They haven't done anything to incite rash action," Silver said to each of his brothers through their minds.

"But they said 'their children'! That means they're adults!" Brian raged.

"Silver, you know what happened the last time we trusted adults," Raiden added, sounding equally as angered.

"I know, but I haven't seen any thoughts on them capturing us. if anything, they're all thinking about helping us," Silver retorted.

"I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE BIT," Echo-Echo countered.

"But if what Silver says is true, then we might as well give them a chance," Stealth added. The other six brothers still seemed leery about it, but they reluctantly agreed. Not two seconds later, Fluttershy came back with Toby and Serenity, riding on her back.

"A human?" Silver questioned, as he began reading Toby's mind. What he found horrified the psychic teen, "Oh my god! How can a human father turn against his own flesh and blood?!" Silver thought, sounding sick to his stomach.

"What's wrong Silver?" Raiden asked. Silver relayed what he had just seen to his brothers and sister. Needless to say, they were just as horrified as Silver.

"And from what I've read in Toby's mind, there are other humans in this world, and each of them have had experiences just as bad or even worse than he did," Silver said.

"I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE A HUMAN THAT'S BEEN THROUGH MORE CRAP THAN US," Echo-Echo replied.

"Are these the guys that got rid of all these robots, Momma?" Toby asked.

"Yes. They were able to stop them all," Fluttershy replied.

"And somehow, this guy can read minds and use psychic powers!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, motioning to Silver.

"So there's no need for introductions on your part, Toby. I'm Silver by the way. Silver Fujiyama. And these are my brothers, Brian, Icezer, Raiden, Akira, Takashi, Francisco, and Heiru, and our little sister, Heaven," Silver said, introducing himself and his brothers.

"Something's buggin' me. A moment ago, you said you were 'created for combat'. What do ya mean by that?" Applejack asked.

"We'd rather not talk about it," Brian replied.

"Well, I for one find that phrase entirely barbaric. Living creatures being meant for just fighting?" Rarity said in an appalled tone.

"And did I hear you right, that these robots were just searching for something?" Twilight asked Raiden.

"Indeed," the thunder teen replied. They all then noticed the sky turning orange, as the sun was setting.

"This day went by fast," Silver commented.

"And we've got a lot of rebuilding to do," Twilight commented, seeing the destroyed buildings of Ponyville.

"I got this, don't worry," Francisco said. He clasped his hands, and began glowing magenta. A wave of energy then expanded from him which not only fixed the buildings, but also got rid of the robots.

"Where'd the robots go? And how are the buildings all fixed?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, not seeing any destruction.

"That would be my ability. I can warp space to create or rebuild stuff, or to deposit junk, like those robots, in a pocket space," Francisco explained.

"Well, it's getting late. Would you kids like to rest at my castle, over yonder?" Twilight asked, pointing to her castle. The eight teens looked rather uncomfortable.

"Sorry Princess, it's nothing against you or your friends, but, my brothers and I have extreme difficulty trusting adults and humans," Silver replied.

"But you kids do need somewhere to sleep," Rarity commented.

"I can take care of that myself. Plus, we'd rather not be a burden. But don't worry, we'll try to stay close to town," Francisco replied, opening a portal. One by one, each of his brothers went through, leaving only him and Heaven to go through, "Come on Heaven," Francisco said, taking Heaven's hand.

"Hold on a minute," Heaven said, turning to the ponies, "Sorry about this guys, but my brothers really hate adults and humans. But I can tell they can trust at least all of you," Heaven said, as she and her brother went through the portal, leaving the ponies and Toby to reflect on what they just witnessed.

"They hate all adults and humans?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

"I don't think it's possible for someone or something to hate their own kind," Rarity added.

"Well, we should take baby steps with these kids. After all, they did fend off all those robots," Twilight commented. Fluttershy then felt her son and daughter slumping on her back, completely tired.

"It's getting late. I should get going," Fluttershy said, taking her son and daughter home.

"I'd better get my kids home too," Rainbow Dash said, taking off.

"We should meet up tomorrow to discuss what to do with those kids," Rarity commented.

"Agreed. See you guys in the morning," Twilight said, returning to her castle. After the elements departed, a certain draconequess was very intrigued by the group of kids from another dimension.

"Oh yes, I think I should try to be a father to them. But how?" Discord pondered.

Chapter 3.5: Bad Memories

At Twilight's Castle,

"So, we've learned that those boys not only have powers, but they also bear a strong hatred for adults and humans alike," Twilight said, as she and her friends were all gathered around her table.

"They did say they were also 'created solely for combat'. What does that even mean?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"I don't know, but hopefully Luna will be able to help shed some light on this," Twilight said in hope. Just then, a flash came from the center of the room, and Princesses Celestia and Luna had appeared.

"I came as soon as we got your reply," Celestia said to her former student.

"Though, we're still a bit unsure by what you meant. How did eight teenaged humans repel an attack on Ponyville by themselves?" Luna asked.

"Get this! They have these crazy cool superpowers! I'm talking flames, electricity, even telekinesis!" Rainbow Dash blurted out.

"As it turns out, the eight of them were the source of that energy spike from this morning," Twilight stated.

"They were just protecting their little sister from a bunch of Timber Wolves," Rarity added.

"Hmm, that's rather a lot to take in. Are you sure you saw them with these superpowers?" Celestia asked.

"We saw one of them engulfed in fire," Applejack replied.

"But that's not even the weirdest part. Before they disappeared, they said they have an immense hatred towards all adults and humans, all except for the little girl that was with them," Fluttershy added.

"Hmm, that does sound rather strange, but it doesn't tell us about who they really are or where they come from," Luna commented.

"Well, we were hoping you could show us there memories?" Twilight politely asked.

"I can try," Luna said, as she began casting her spell. IN a flash of light, they were all gone.

In the Mind Scape,

The eight ponies all saw that they were in some kind of black room, nothing in it, "Well, this is a whole lot of nothing," Rainbow Dash commented. All of a sudden, Silver appeared.

"You guys seem to be busy with something," he commented.

"I take it this young man is one of the teen heroes?" Celestia asked. The ponies nodded.

"'Hero'? My brothers and I have been called numerous things over the past few months, but never heroes," Silver said.

"I'm terribly sorry to hear that. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Celestia, Princess, and co-ruler of Equestria" Celestia said.

"And I am Luna, the other ruler," Luna said.

"Forgive me if I don't bow, but I'm still a bit leery about trusting adults, even though I can read minds and what not," Silver stated coldly.

"It is quite alright young one. But I can sense something is troubling you. Care to elaborate?" Celestia asked. Silver turned away.

"You guys are here to see my memories, right? It would be better if you found the truth yourselves, rather than me telling you," Silver said, as he began levitating. With that, images began appearing all around. First everything began out in a sepia light.

"Where... am I? This.... this isn't the same, was everything before just a dream?! Why?" they heard the voice of Silver question. Images of a laboratory then appeared, with eight different lifeforms in eight different tubes.

"Professor! One of the specimen's brain wave patterns is changing!" a scientist called out.

"The water in three tanks is either increasing, decreasing in temperature, or increasing in voltage!" another called out.

'Those voices,' they heard Silver's voice say, 'They're on the outside, where I must be!' the ponies then saw one of the test tubes glowing cyan, the glass around it breaking, until *CRASH*. The scientists took notice. The ponies were shocked to see the lifeform was none other than Silver himself!

"Can you hear me?" the chief scientist asked. The newly hatched Silver looked up, "Answer, can you understand me?" he asked.

"Um, yes," Silver replied, feeling immensely confused.

"Astounding! Your Psychic Powers have already been proven by breaking out of the test tube!" the chief scientist exclaimed.

"Psychic.... Powers?" Silver asked, confused.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Mark Fujiyama, your Father, in a manner of speaking, and this is your Mother, Lily," the chief scientist said, introducing himself and his wife.

"Um, it's nice to meet both of you. I'm... rather confused?" Silver commented.

"It's quite natural, given your current state. You were not alive before today. In a matter speaking, today is your birthday," Mark stated. No sooner than he did, seven more crashes come from the other tubes, "Brilliant! Our experiment is a success!" he exclaimed gleefully.

"Your.... experiment?" Raiden asked.

"Allow me to explain. My wife, our colleagues and I have been experimenting with human reproduction. Strictly speaking, we were thinking rather than do it the traditional way, why not speed things up with science? And all eight of you, my sons, are proof that the experiment is a success!" Mark explained.

"So, we are simply the end result of your experiment. What becomes of us now that your experiment is complete?" Raiden asked.

"Oh several things! First, we'll get you dressed. Then, we'll brief you on our current situation. After that, we need to help you to control your powers. But before all of that mess with your powers, we should introduce you to others who are just like you, including our own daughter, your sister, Heaven," Lily replied, as each mutant were handed some clothes. The ponies covered their eyes, as the eight brothers dressed themselves. Once they were done, the ponies saw that that were wearing the outfits they saw them wearing, save for Silver's denim jacket, "Now then, what you need to know is that a political tyrant has come into power. His name is John Clark. He's an absolute monster. He's been imprisoning mutants such as you boys, and killing off their families," Lily began. The ponies were, needless to say, shocked at this.

"So, what does this have to do with any of us?" Brian asked.

"We created the eight of you for two purposes. One is to try and take John Clark out of power. In order to do this, we designed each of you to be super mutants, much more powerful than a regular one," Lily replied.

"With these powers, we want you to break into John Clark's fortress, free every mutant, and take him down for good," Mark explained.

"I see, so, what happens to the second task we were created for?" Icezer asked.

"The second task may sound a little on the boring side, but it is extremely important. You boys are to protect and guard this little girl," Mark said, presenting Heaven.

"Are these my new big brothers?" Heaven asked.

"Indeed sweetheart. They will be in charge of protecting you from John Clark's forces," Lily replied.

"Is she a mutant?" Heiru asked.

"No, she's purely human. But much like you boys, she's our pride and joy," Mark said.

"Now then, I don't think this needs to be said, but invading John Clark's fortress is not an easy task. In that sense, you boys will not be alone in this fight," Lily added.

"If you come with us, we'll take you to meet up with the rest of your squad. Oh, and before I forget," Mark said, placing gold bracelets on each of the brothers, "These power inhibitors will limit the amount of power you use, so you don't burn out," he explained, as he then led the eight brothers out the door. The ponies then saw them all walking to what looked to be a training area. In it, there were a quite a few mutants, including a redheaded girl wearing an armor breastplate and a plaid skirt, a cat girl who was only wearing a black bikini, black thigh high socks and purple boots, a trio of well dressed boys, one dressed in attire similar to Raiden's, and another redhead in overalls, who had her hair in braids.

"These the new guys?" one of the well dressed boys asked.

"Yes. These are your new teammates; Silver, Raiden, Brian, Takashi, Akira, Icezer, Heiru, and Francisco. I want you all to help them to control their powers, so that they'll be ready for their first mission," Mark explained. What the ponies saw was jaw-dropping. One by one, each of the new mutants took turns with fighting the eight brothers, showing them how to properly control their powers. Luna used her magic to fast forward a bit, to what was a scene of true barbaric nature. There were soldiers marching in, slapping handcuffs on each of the new mutants, which then teleported them away, while also firing their guns at the scientists. These actions left the Fujiyama brothers and Heaven the only ones left.

"Come along quietly. You're all under arrest by the authority of John Clark!" one of the soldiers demanded.

"You are in no position to be making demands, human," Silver said, using his psychic powers to lift up some of the soldiers, and hurl them into the wall, leaving huge craters.

"Let's use this opportunity to escape," Francisco suggested, as he opened a portal. The brothers all made their way though, with Icezer taking Heaven. Francisco was the last to leave the portal as it closed.

"Well, that is truly traumatic. But I still don't see why they hate adults," Celestia commented.

"I hate to ask, but are there any more memories?" Twilight asked, hopeful that there weren't anymore gruesome images for them to see. Her hopes were dashed when Luna nodded.

"From what I can tell, the brothers and their sister all attempted to seek refuge with some human adults, but in truth, they only wanted to turn them in for cash," Luna replied, showing them all scenes where the siblings were taken in by seemingly nice people, only to later discover that they were just doing it for money. And each scene ended with the brothers using their powers to escape with Heaven.

"Now you see," they turned to see Silver, "It isn't you guys who did something bad," Silver explained.

"We understand Silver, but as the Princess of Friendship, I can guarantee that no one will trade you boys or your sister in for something petty like money," Twilight reassured.

"I know. I can read your mind, remember? And while you do speak the truth, my brothers are not as easily convinced." Silver explained.

"We understand. We'll just have to bide our time if we want to earn your brother's trust," Celestia said.

"Thank you for being so understanding. I do what I can to keep this family together. I am the oldest of us, after all," Silver said.

"Well, I guess this is all we can do for now. We'll see you later then," Twilight said, as Luna took them all out of the Mind Space.

Back in Twilight's Castle,

"So, now we know why they hate adults and humans. The question is 'how do we move on from here?'," Rarity wondered.

"Our best bet is to try to befriend them gradually. They seem rather hostile if provoked," Luna commented.

"Well, we'll figure that part out. Thank you both for coming on such short notice," Twilight said.

"It is no trouble at all. We hope to hear from you soon," Celestia said, as she and Luna teleported away.

"Ah'd best be gettin' back home. It's gettin' late," Applejack said, as she and the others took their leave.

Chapter 4: A Demonstration of Power

The morning came, and the Fujiyama siblings had to find food for breakfast, "Ok guys, where should we start looking?" Silver asked.

"I think I see an orchard over in that direction," Stealth replied, pointing towards Sweet Apple Acres. Raiden took out some binoculars from his hat, and inspected the orchard.

"Well, it certainly does look to have more than enough apples for us to eat, but it also looks to belong to that orange pony we met yesterday," Raiden said, seeing some fencing around the trees, as well as the farm further up.

"Well, our best bet now would be to try and find some fruit trees growing elsewhere," Icezer commented.

"Well, I know how you guys feel about it, but we could always ask the princess and her pals if we can join them for breakfast," Silver suggested.

"Are you sure? We don't even know them. For all we know, they can be just like the adults and other humans back home," Brian countered.

"Do you have psychic powers?" Silver asked. The other seven brothers knew he had them there.

"Well, alright. But I don't like this one bit," Brian snarled, as they walked towards town. Unbeknownst to any of them, or the townsfolk, a group of evil was slowly encroaching on the unsuspecting town.

For the Mane Six and their families, the morning was fairly normal. They did all their normal morning routines, having breakfast, doing their normal hygiene regiments, and their chores. While busy in her library, Twilight couldn't help but wonder about the Fujiyama kids, "I hope they're ok," Twilight said to herself. She had only stepped outside for a moment, when she saw the very group of kids she was thinking about, walking about, no doubt looking for food, "Oh, boys! Over here!" Twilight called, drawing the attention of the nine siblings.

"Hello again Twilight. I trust your morning is going well?" Raiden asked. Though she could tell he was being polite, Twilight could sense a hint of caution in his words. It became apparent to the lavender princess that the other seven brothers, apart from Silver, still don't fully trust Twilight.

"Yes it has. I take it you boys are looking for something to eat?" Twilight asked.

"We are. Though it's proving difficult to find some unclaimed fruit trees," Silver replied.

"Well, I could whip up some pancakes if you want. I'll even let you eat out here, if you're not wanting to come inside," Twilight offered.

"Well, that would be much appreciated. Thank you," Silver bowed. With that, Twilight retreated back into the castle to make them some pancakes. Lookin around, Icezer saw that some ponies were all looking towards the sky with alarmed expressions. Looking towards where they were all looking, he adopted a similar alarmed expression.

"Guys.... LOOK!" the icy teen exclaimed, pointing to the sky. Looking towards what their brothers looking at, the Fujiyama siblings all saw a particular gang of teenaged dragons, all coming in for a landing in front of the castle.

"There it is guys. An entire castle made entirely of crystal! All for us to eat!" the lead dragon, who was red, said ambitiously.

"Looks amazing!" a chunkier dragon commented. It was then they noticed the Fujiyama brothers.

"Hey, beat it! This place is OURS to eat!" the lead dragon snarled.

"Last I checked, this castle was claimed, so I see no reason why you should claim it for yourself," Silver commented, stepping forth.

"I guess you guys aren't from around here. See, here's how things work. We're dragons, the mightiest of all creatures! We take what we want and no one can stop us!" the lead dragon snapped.

"What a complete bother. You only make that claim because you view every other living creature as inferior to you. But riddle me this..... what do you do when you face some one who is stronger than you?" Raiden questioned, as the brothers all took a stand in opposition to the dragons.

"You're out of your mind! There's nothing stronger than a dragon! Go teach these chumps a lesson!" the lead dragon barked at the chunky dragon.

"Got it," the chunky dragon said, as he charged at the brothers. He was about to rake them with his claws when Silver held up his hand, becoming enveloped in a cyan glow, stopping the dragon's attack, much to the shock of the other dragons and some ponies who were watching them. With a flick of his fingers, Silver sent the hapless dragon back, crashing through a tree.

"You don't seem to get us either. Our powers are far too great for such basic attacks to work," Silver explained.

"Then I guess we're just going to have to do this the hard way then," a lankier dragon with hair covering his eyes commented.

"Is that a challenge?" Brian questioned.

"More like an invitation to getting taught a lesson!" the lead dragon yelled, as the chunky dragon rejoined them.

"Very well. Which of you shall oppose us first?" Silver demanded. Another dragon stepped forward.

"You guys may be strong, but we're practically invincible!" he stated. Silver nudged for Stealth to go, which the ninja did. From the sidelines, the other Mane Six members, along with their kids were watching. Fluttershy, Toby and Serenity were watching with a hint of fear in their eyes at the dragons. Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash had looks of unease, while Pinkie Pie looked to be eager to see how this pans out. As for the other kids, they had looks of fear and unease at the sight of the dragons, as did some of the surrounding ponies, "Alright, take this!" the dragon yelled, as he blew fire at the ninja.

"So predictable," Stealth said, as he dissipated into a bunch of leaves, making the fire breath miss. He then made some gestures with his hands, before placing them on the ground, "Briar Vine Jutsu" he said in Japanese. This made a bunch of briar vines sprout from the ground, and wrap all around the dragon.

"Hey! What the....?!" he exclaimed before being tossed a great distance into a bunch of large boulders.

"No way, how did they...? No matter, keep going!" the lead dragon barked. The lanky dragon went next. Silver then sent Raiden in.

"I'll go with a more direct approach," the dragon commented, as he went in to slash at the straw-hat wearing teen.

"How quaint," Raiden said, as he turned into electricity, and rocketed at the dragon. This not only stopped the dragon's attack, but sent him careening back into another massive boulder, critically injured.

"Maybe those dragons should leave before they get hurt worse. Those guys are way too strong," Toby commented.

"Not likely to happen, Toby. Dragons are extremely prideful, so they won't back down from this," Rarity replied, as Brian stepped up, enveloping himself in crimson flames.

"Looks like once again, I have to do everything myself!" the lead dragon said, as he took flight, breathing fire at Brian, who simply dove into the flames.

"Huh, looks like the stories I've heard about dragon fire weren't exaggerated after all," Brian said, as he used his fire to keep himself suspended in the air. Garble attacked, only for Brian to deliver a powerful kick to his jaw. The dragon attacked again, only for Brian to counter even harder.

"I thought that dragon was much faster?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

"That Brian guy is just too fast!" Pinkie replied, as the two combatants flew even higher into the skies. Garble tried hitting Brian with his fire breath, only for Brian to latch onto him from behind.

"Hey, let me go!" Garble demanded, as he struggled to break free.

"If that's what you want," Brian said, as he went full on nova, before hurdling towards the ground like a meteor.

"No way.... even dragons can't stop these guys?!" Lyra exclaimed, as Brian and Garble neared the ground.

"Here's my final move...… BLAZE EXECUTION!" Brian yelled, as they made contact with the ground, creating a massive crater, and a tornado of scarlet flames rocketed up into the sky. From the flames, Brian leapt out, unscathed. The same could not be said for Garble, as he struggled to keep standing.

"Why..... you....," he said before loosing consciousness.

"No way... the boss actually lost?" the chunky dragon commented.

"Maybe coming here wasn't such a great idea after all," the lanky dragon replied, as they collected Garble, and ran off.

"Behold our power! We are the strongest Mutants that exist! We're even stronger than a dragon," Silver proclaimed.

"Amazing, they're strong! Incredibly strong!" Melody commented.

"That's my big brothers for you! They always fight at their highest level when facing a threat!" Heaven proclaimed. It was then, that Twilight came back out, using her magic to levitate nine plates of pancakes.

"Ok kids, come and...." Twilight silenced herself, when she saw what the three brothers had done. There was a massive crater where Brian used his final attack, with the earth still looking like lava, "Uh, did.... I miss something?" Twilight questioned, as her kids all saw the destruction.

"Eh, some trouble making dragons thought they could chow down on your castle. We chased them off," Silver replied, as they all accepted the pancakes.

"You should've seen them! They were way too strong for those dragons to handle!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"One of the perks of being Super Mutants," Silver replied, as they ate the pancakes that Twilight generously provided. Heaven practically drenched her stack in syrup, before devouring them all.

"Dang it, Heaven! You need to control yourself with syrup," Raiden scolded.

"Could we maybe use one of your bathrooms so we can clean Heaven off?" Silver asked.

"Of course. You're all more than welcome to freshen up after breakfast," Twilight replied.

"I think I may take you up on that offer, Princess," Raiden said, as they all finished up with their breakfast.

"If you'll come with us, we'll show you guys to the bathrooms," Kelly offered, as she and her siblings led the Fujiyama Siblings into the castle.

"So, can anyone tell me what exactly happened out here?" Twilight asked the crowd that amassed. However, unbeknownst to anyone there, an even greater evil approached.

Chapter 5: The villains and a shocking memory

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.

Chapter 6: Questions and a new threat

After the defeat of the villains, our heroes went to help the hostages. But as Humdrum was helping untie some hostages, he couldn't shake an uneasy feeling when he saw that memory flash when Shadow Mane fell towards him, 'What could it mean?' he asked himself. This did not go unnoticed by Saddle Ranger or Filli-Second, who looked on at their sidekick and friend in worry.

Out of instinct, the two mares walked over to the young colt. "Humdrum? Is something wrong?" Saddle Ranger asked.

Looking up and seeing the worried looks on his friends faces, Humdrum let out a soft sigh, "Girls, do you know how I got my start as your sidekick?" he asked. This made the color from both mares faces drain away.

With a soft sigh, Saddle Ranger sat down, and scooped Humdrum up in a hug, "We were wanting to tell you when you were older, but I think its time we told you, but can we wait till we're in private, then we can tell you?" she asked.

"Ok, but don't forget, I want to know where I came from," Humdrum replied, as Saddle Ranger sat him down.

"We won't. We'll tell the others," Filli-second said, as she, Saddle Ranger, and Humdrum went back to helping the hostages.

Meanwhile, back at the Castle of Friendship,

While they were waiting for the return of the heroes, Heaven decided she wanted to play with the other children. Crystal and Kelly decided to braid her hair, while she painted Clovers nails. Every time she finished painting one nail, she would look towards Stealth, to see if he was up and moving. Just as she finished Clovers left hand, she saw Stealth jerk his head up, with a concerned look in his eyes, "Stealth, what wrong?" Heaven asked.

"I feel a disturbance," he simply replied. Standing up, Stealth walked over to a window, "Hmm, there's no sign of enemies outside, but something just doesn't feel right," he commented, "Stay here, while I go see where the others are," he said, which everyone nodded, before Charity kindly spoke up.

"But Stealth, the others agreed that you would be our guard, in case something were to happen," she explained.

"Oh, well, I should at least check the perimeter, and see if there are any bad guys," the ninja reassured.

"Don't wowwy! Heiwu isn't the only one who's good at that wecon thingy that they do! Stealth is the sneakiest guy there is, and he doesn't take vewy long to come back!" Heaven reassured everyone.

"Right, but if something does happen, scream as loud as you can," Stealth instructed, which everyone nodded. As he walked out of the castle, he then looked left and right, scouting for possible dangers. 'Hmm, nothing here. Maybe behind the castle?' he thought to himself as he checked around the corners of the castle. 'My instincts are hardly ever wrong, so why is there no danger?' he questioned. Just as he went around the entrance side of the castle, he heard an explosion, followed by a blood curdling scream that he recognized, "Oh no, HEAVEN!" on instinct, Stealth quickly ran through the castle, and to the dining area where he left his sister and their new friends.

Upon opening the dining room door, Stealth gasped when he saw a large hole in the wall, "HEAVEN!" the ninja called. He then heard some whimpering coming from a cabinet. As he walked closer, he could faintly hear his sisters whimpering coming from in the cabinet. Stealth then proceeded to open the doors, only to be avalanched by his sister and their friends, "Oof, are you all ok?" Stealth asked.

"We all are Stealth," Stealth turned to see Rarity and Fluttershy coming towards the children with sad looks on their faces, "But, as for that hole, a big robot came in and stole Vibrant Sky!" Rarity cried in distress.

"Oh boy, Rainbow Dash isn't going to like this," Stealth commented.

"Was anyone injured during the attack?" Stealth asked.

"Not physically, but we were terrified when that thing took Vibrant," Toby replied, as he comforted a crying Serenity.

"And don't wowwy Stealth, I'm ok too!" Heaven said, hugging her ninja brother by the legs.

Smiling at his sisters sweet, reassuring tone, Stealth kindly ruffled her hair, "That's good, but I think we should let the others know what's happened," he suggested, as he lead everyone towards town.

Back with our heroes,

As they walked through town, looking for something to eat, Humdrum was getting anxious about his origins, 'I hope Saddle Ranger and Filli Second will keep their promise,' he thought to himself. Just as Twilight was about to suggest something, the group heard a ruckus coming from the market.

"More thieves?" Brian asked, as they ran to investigate. When they got their, they saw some sort of creature, completely made out of water, with eerie green eyes and a visible brain, "What in the world is that thing?!" Brian asked, as the creature began destroying stuff left and right.

"You know, I think I saw that creature in a video game and TV show," Silver commented.

"Yeah, wasn't its name Chaos?" Heiru asked.

"Yeah, but why is Chaos here? There aren't any Chaos Emeralds in Equestria," Icezer asked.

"Maybe it feeds off of some other powerful form of energy?" Raiden suggested, as he saw the creature coming towards them, "We can see you have a brain, so why don't ya start using it?" Raiden taunted.

"Oh, it does know how to use its brain," a voice called. Looking up, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Pinkie Pie all scowled at the sight of Toby's former father, James Mason, sitting comfortably in a hovercraft.

"And just who are you?" Brian demanded.

"My name is James, James Mason, and you are looking at the Equestrian Chaos," James explained.

"James? As in James Mason, the father of Toby, who also killed his sons mother out of jealously?!" Heiru demanded.

"That's right," James said smugly.

"YOU JERK! How dare you show your face in Equestria again?!" Rainbow Dash shouted, as she bolted towards James.

"Chaos, take care of this fly," James ordered, which the Chaos creature complied, by smacking away the rainbow maned mare. Acting fast, Silver caught Rainbow Dash in his telekinesis.

"You ok Rainbow?" Silver asked.

"Yeah, but that thing's strong!" Rainbow replied, looking at the Chaos creature.

"Ah yes, this is the manifestation of Chaos itself!" James explained.

"But I thought Discord was the manifestation of chaos," Twilight said.

"Eh, that amateur won't know what chaos is until he were to meet this little guy," James said, looking at Chaos.

"Au contraire, Jimmy," they all jumped as Discord suddenly appeared out of thin air, "I know Chaos very well," he said with a scowl.

"So, who or what is Chaos?" Silver asked.

Discord was about to answer, but then, they heard an angry lady's voice call, "HEY JERK!" they turned to see a female draconequss running towards them, "WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE MASTER ELEMENT?!" she demanded.

"Eris, did something happen to the master element?" Discord asked.

"Yeah daddy, you could say that," the new draconequss said, before taking notice of the humans standing with her father, "Oh, these new friends of yours?" Eris asked.

"Yes, but for now, we need to focus on that man, and Chaos," Discord said.

"Oh yes, but first, I thought I could give Chaos a little snack," James said, pulling out a tranquilized Vibrant Sky.

"VIBRANT!" Rainbow Dash cried in distress, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BABY!?" Rainbow Dash demanded.

"Oh don't worry, she's still alive. In fact, she is one of the few necessities I need to completely flatten out Equestria," James explained, throwing Vibrant towards Chaos. As soon as Vibrant made contact with Chaos' watery skin, she emitted a bright light that prompted our heroes to cover their eyes. When they looked up again, they were shocked to see that Chaos had grown. It now had a stone hand on the inside of its skin, where the element of Loyalty now sat.

"What did you do?!" Raiden demanded.

"Ah yes, its just as the stone tablets depicted, 'When the Chaos creature devours an element of harmony, it shall grow to new shapes and sizes. Total destruction will befall the land if it is fed all six elements'," James explained.

"Guys!" the group jumped again when they heard the voice of Stealth. Turning towards where the sound originated from, they could see Stealth, along with everyone else, "Drat, we're too late!" Stealth cursed.

"Too late for what?" Twilight asked.

"A big robot stole Vibrant from the castle," Stealth explained, before hearing frightened whimpers. Turning towards his group, he could see Trinity, Lucky, Serenity, Charity, and Season all cowering at the sight of Chaos.

"Girls, what's wrong?" Toby asked.

"T-that thing!" Charity cried.

"W-we know it very well," Trinity said, cowering under the sight of the creature.

"I-its powered by us!" Lucky said.

"Ah well, we can take one little drip," Brian said, launching a fireball at Chaos, who deflected it with an electric barrier, "What the...?!" Brian said, bamboozled by the creatures power.

"Ya can't attack Chaos directly like that!" Season explained.

"Oh, so that country horse is smart, eh? Well, Chaos does deserve another little snack," James said, as a claw shot out from his hover craft, and heading for Season. It was about to latch onto the earth filly, Serenity jumped out in Seasons stead, protecting her friend from certain doom.

"SERENITY!" Toby, Season, and Fluttershy all cried, as they grabbed onto the claw.

"Land sakes girl, what were ya thinking?!" Season asked, as she and Serenity's family tried breaking the Pegasus filly out.

"I d-didn't want you being gobbled up by Chaos," Serenity replied.

"But you'll become a part of Chaos yourself," Fluttershy explained.

"I would r-rather that than one of my friends being a part of it," Serenity explained.

"DADDY! Let my sister go!" Toby pleaded.

"Sister? Toby, that's a horse, you're a human," James explained.

"They're ponies! There's a structural difference!" Toby deadpanned, which resulted in an eye roll from James.

"I have no time for you little bugs," James explained, as the claw whacked Toby, and his mother and little cousin, "And as for you," James said, eyeing Serenity, "You aren't what I was originally going for, but you'll work either way," he said, throwing Serenity at the Chaos creature, who immediately absorbed Serenity in a bright light. Now, Chaos had a symmetrical set of arms, with both the elements of loyalty and kindness in the hands of each, "Ah, he has such a healthy appetite. Now then Chaos, destroy these whelps," James ordered.

And Chaos did just that, it went on a rampage, destroying everything in sight. It even tried attacking our heroes, "We can't just sit here!" Brian yelled.

"Right, so Saddle Ranger, you know what to do," Matterhorn said, which Saddle Ranger nodded, and started getting mad, and turned into a super strong monster, and tried to attack Chaos, only to be sent flying.

"Are you alright?" Francisco asked.

"Yeah, but that thing is tough!" Saddle Ranger replied. Raiden, upon hearing this, then tried to think of a way to get around Chaos' power field. After a few seconds of thinking, he got a brilliant idea.

"Filli Second, Rainbow Dash, I need you both to run all around Ponyville, and build up some static electricity," Raiden explained.

"Ok, but why?" Filli Second asked.

"I have an idea that requires your speed," Raiden explained. The two mares nodded, and began doing as the electric powered teenager had asked. In a few short minutes, electricity was building, "Ok Saddle Ranger, I'm going to focus the electricity at Chaos, that should give you a wide enough opening to attack," Raiden called, as he held up his hands and began emitting his own electricity, and fired it at Chaos, "Ok, you have your opening! Take it NOW!" he called, which Saddle Ranger complied. With just one buck, she was able to defeat Chaos.

"NOOO! CHAOS!" James cried, as he used a tractor beam to beam up the puddle that remained of Chaos, "Grr, be lucky that Chaos can only absorb the power of TWO elements at a time, but mark my words, I will be back!" James vowed, as he fled. Rainbow was about to go after him, but she was stopped by Mistress Mare-villous and her lasso.

"LET ME GO! I HAVE TO GO AND RESUE MY DAUGHTER!" Rainbow Dash snapped, trying to break free.

"And what would you do then? We need to be cautious about our approaches, now that we now we have more to worry about than those villains," Twilight explained.

"She makes a good point. I mean, If you tried anything brash, James might try to hurt your daughter and Serenity," Eris explained.

"And you are...?" Rainbow asked.

"Oh, right, I am Eris, goddess of chaos, and daughter of Discord," Eris said, introducing herself.

"Its nice to meet you Eris," Raiden said, but then, he looked at the draconequss curiously, "When you came into battle, you mentioned something about a 'Master Element'. What's that about?" he asked.

"Perhaps, we could exchange information over some lunch, I'm quite hungry," Eris suggested. This drew growls from everyone's stomachs, "He-he, ok, I'll make us something to eat. Can we head back to the castle?" Eris asked, which everyone nodded, and Twilight lead the group to her castle.

Author's Notes:

Here's chapter 6! So James has come back for revenge, eh? And he's got a Chaos creature working for him! And poor Serenity and Vibrant have been swallowed up by the Chaos creature. Will the titans, Power Ponies, and the remaining Elements of harmony stop James, and the villains? Stay tuned! Also, can you find the references in this chapter?

Chapter 7: Origins and a plan

As they headed back to the Castle of friendship, Humdrum was getting annoyed at the wait he was forced to endure, 'How long must I wait to hear my story?!' he thought to himself, as he accidently bumped into Matterhorn, "Oh, sorry Matterhorn, I was thinking about something," Humdrum apologized.

"Its alright Humdrum," Matterhorn reassured, as the group was lead into the castle, and to the dining room.

"Ok, take your seats, and your lunch will be along shortly," Eris said, as she snapped her eagle talon, and some platters appeared around the table. The ponies took their seats, and as they lifted the lids, they were all surprised to see their favorite dishes, "Well? Bon appetite," Eris said, as everyone dug in.

"So, lets review on what happened, what have we learned so far about the new threats?" Silver quizzed.

"We know what the Power Ponies' enemies can do," Heiru said.

"We know that my Daddy is somehow back in Equestria," Toby said.

"And he has a chaos creature working for him," Zap said.

"That thing can gobble up elements of harmony as if they're candy," Brian said.

"And when I first saw it, the Master Element was destroyed," Eris said.

"You mentioned this 'Master Element' before when you first showed up. What is the Master Element?" Twilight asked.

"You could say that the Master element is the father of the elements of harmony, the one that created them," Eris replied.

"Ok, so what does that have to do with you?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well, it all began 1000 years ago, when my father, Discord, was imprison in stone for his reign of chaos. I was different from Daddy, in terms of personality, where he was mischievous, I was a very playful and kind draconequss. The two regal sisters decided to spare me from the same fate that daddy took, provided I guard the Master Element, hidden deep under the Tree of Harmony," Eris explained.

"Wait, so Discord was evil?" Silver asked.

"He was, but I was able to reform him, so that he could use his magic for good instead of evil," Fluttershy replied.

"OK, BUT IF THIS 'MASTER ELEMENT' IS UNDER SOME SORT OF TREE, THEN WHY AREN'T YOU THERE GUARDING IT ANYMORE?" Echo-Echo asked.

"Because, it was destroyed when I first saw the Chaos creature," Eris replied. "I was guarding the Master Element as usual, when a huge explosion woke me up. And there, at the Master Elements alter, was that Chaos creature," Eris explained, "I went to go and try to save the Master Element, but it was too late. It was in pieces, and the creature warped away," Eris explained further, "But that was when the real trouble began. I noticed that some of the plants began to slowly wither away, and that's when I knew that the magic of the Master Element was beginning to fade away," Eris finished.

"I see, so we have to find what's left of the Master Element, in hopes of keeping Equestrias magic from deteriorating indefinitely?" Raiden asked.

"Yeah, but finding the shards will be like finding a needle in a haystack," Eris replied.

"Then that's what we'll do!" Silver said.

"But wait, we need to go and find our enemies, and stop whatever it is they're planning first," Matterhorn explained.

"And we need to keep the remaining Elements of Harmony safe," Twilight explained.

"Not to mention, find Toby's jerk of a father and stop him, and the Chaos creature," Rainbow Dash said.

"Alright, the leaders of each group will meet, and discuss what will happen," Twilight said, as she lead Silver, Matterhorn, and Discord into another room.

"So, I guess its time we told you about where you came from Humdrum," Radiance said, looking at the young colt, "Well, it all began on night, when we were off duty from patrolling the city for any crime," she explained.

"We were all just lounging around, when we heard a knock form our front door," Zap joined in.

"When Matterhorn came back, we were all surprised to see a young foal in the basket," Filli Second said.

"And that foal was me?" Humdrum asked.

"Yes, and you had a note attached to you, saying, 'Please take care of my baby, since I can not take care of him my self. His name is Humdrum'," Saddle Ranger explained.

"Knowing we couldn't just let you go to some orphanage, we decided to try and look for your real mother, but after a month of searching, we decided that you should stay with us, and be a hero, just like us," Mistress Marvelous added on.

"But you guys never found my real Mommy?" Humdrum asked, which resulted in a round of sad shakes from his teammates.

"But, what brought all this on?" Saddle Ranger asked.

"Well, as Shadow Mane fell towards me, I saw a mare, none of you girls though, reaching to pick me up," Humdrum explained, which put looks of shock on his friends faces.

"You know, before they teleported away, I saw a worried look on Shadow Manes face, so its possible she knows something as well," Heiru commented.

"So, we need to find Shadow Mane, so she can tell us about her side of the story," Zap said. Just then, the leaders came back.

"Alright, we've figured out something," Twilight said.

"We have decided that we need to divide and conquer," Silver said.

"So here's the plan, Saddle Ranger, Mistress Marvelous, Brian and Francisco will guard two of the remaining Elements of Harmony, Filli Second, Eris, Stealth and Raiden will hunt for the shards of the Master Element, Echo-Echo, Rainbow Dash, Zap, and Silver will try to find James' base, and the rest of us will hunt down the Mane-iac and the others, while Discord will stay behind with Fluttershy and Rarity to look after the children," Matterhorn explained, which everyone nodded in understanding.

"But before you guys go and do your tasks, we should probably prepare for a long battle," Francisco suggested, which everyone nodded, "OK Mr. Writer, take us to the next scene," Francisco asked, which resulted in this.

"NOOO! The OTHER scene! Am I working alone here?!" Francisco demanded, which resulted in a cave lair, with all sorts of different stuff, like a movie theater, an arcade, and a bunch of other stuff.

"Where are we?" Twilight asked.

"The titan Lair. I built it from scratch this morning, in a remote cave underneath Ponyville," Francisco explained.

"There are caves under Ponyville?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yeah, so, I decided to use this abandoned one for our living establishment," Francisco explained, as he led Silver and Echo-Echo to a small chamber, "And this is what you two will need for your mission," he said, as he opened the door, to reveal some jet planes.

"Uh, they're nice Francisco, but we don't exactly have our pilots licenses," Silver explained.

"Don't worry, they're easy to fly. In fact, you need to use your mind to fly them," Francisco explained.

"Ok, so I guess we can use them," Silver said, as he and Echo-Echo got into their seats, "Alright guys, if anything happens, just call us, and we'll come to help," he said, which the other titans nodded in understanding, as everyone left to take care of their own assignments.

Later, with Eris' group,

After splitting up to take care of their task, Eris and her group decided to investigate Las Pegasus first, "Its best to check the more unlikely places first, just to be safe," Raiden said, as the group came to the outside of a Casino, but the outside was destroyed, "Excuse us, but do you know what happened officer?" Raiden asked a police pony.

"Uh, yeah, witnesses say that some glowing rock crashed into that building," the officer said.

"WHAT?! Did they say what it was?!" Eris demanded, taking the officer by his shirt.

Leading the group inside the building, the officer took the group to where some investigators were examining the rock that fell from the sky, "That's it, right there," the officer said, pointing at a red crystal.

"That's it, one of the shards we're looking for," Eris said, walking over to the gem, and opening her eagle talon, and like magic, the crystal floated out of the crater, and into her talon. This drew gasps from everyone. She smiled at her prize, but then she frowned, as a vision entered her mind. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she was outside a castle of some sort, 'That's strange, this looks like the castle of the two sisters, but the building should be ancient. Why does it look brand new?' she thought to herself, as she made her way towards the castle. Once she was close enough, she could see some warrior ponies standing in front of a young mare.

"Father, you must listen to me, we shouldn't seize the elements for ourselves!" the mare said.

"Jewel Rush, the clan needs those six elements to make ourselves strong, in order to protect ourselves from our enemies," the leader of the warriors said.

"Seizing the elements for our own selfish needs and bringing harm to others is wrong!" Jewel Rush protested, as a flash of light engulfed Eris again. Opening her eyes, she found herself back inside the Casino.

"You ok Eris?" Stealth asked.

"Yeah, I'm ok," Eris replied.

"Seeing as how there wasn't a crime, we won't need that rock as evidence, now will we?" the officer asked.

"No, we won't," another officer replied.

"If any of you find any more shards like this, let me know," Eris told them, which they nodded, as Eris led her group out of the casino, in search of more shards, 'I wasn't able to stop the Master Element from being destroyed, but I can gather what's left of it, along with my new friends,' Eris thought to herself.

Meanwhile, with Brian's group,

After leaving to keep Lucky Joy and Charity harder to locate, Brian, Francisco, Saddle Ranger, and Mistress Marevelous, along with Pinkie Pie and Rarity, all decided to take the fillies somewhere scenic, and quiet, so that lead them to a rocky valley, "So, why bring us here?" Rarity asked.

"I figured that the rocky terrain will make us harder to be found," Francisco replied, just as a strong wind blew, "GAH! But it appears I underestimated the skyscraper currents around here," he commented.

"Skyscraper currents?" Lucky Joy asked.

"The tall a building or formation is, the stronger the winds are," Francisco replied, as another powerful gust blew.

"But why leave the other children behind in the Titan Lair?" Pinkie asked.

"To keep them safe, plus, with the home theater, they can watch some movies and/or TV shows," Brian replied, before another, yet more powerful gust of wind blew, "Ugh, the winds picking up!" he complained. Just then, the wind swept Lucky and Charity away from their group.

"Lucky Joy!" Pinkie cried.

"Charity!" Rarity cried, as both mothers rushed over to comfort their daughters. Just as they were a few inches from the fillies, their daughters were scooped up by a big claw. Looking up, they could see James in his hovercraft.

"Why thank you for the elements, I'm sure Chaos will just love a little snack, two of them, in fact," James cruelly said.

"Why don't you get out of Equestria, and leave us alone?!" Pinkie snarled.

"Not until I take back my son," James said, as he flew away.

"I don't think so!" Brian yelled, rushing towards the craft, and jumping onto it, "Now give back Lucky Joy and Charity!" he demanded.

"How about this instead?" James taunted, as he activated his crafts drill systems, and charged to the ground, knocking Brian off, "Now then, to make sure you don't interfere any more," James said, as he then charged towards Brian, only to be stopped by an angered Saddle Ranger, who broke the drills off, "Grr, how dare you?!" James snarled, as the hulking monster pony threw James back, also knocking Lucky Joy and Charity out of the craft, and into a pond. Upon entering the water, there was an eerie glow from under the surface, which made our heroes shudder with uneasiness, "Its ok, you can come on out now, Chaos four!" James called. And with that, the Chaos creature emerged from the water, now larger that it was before, taking on the shape of a fish, with a large stone like skeleton with the new addition of the elements of laughter and generosity. The heroes gasped in horror.

With a wave of its hand, it sent a wave of energy that sent the heroes flying, "Man, this thing is tough!" Brian cursed, as he, Francisco, Saddle Ranger and Marevelous went on the attack, prompting Chaos to dive under water, "Alright, where'd it go?" Brian asked, as he and the others landed on lily pads. Just then, Chaos emerged from the lily pad Brian was standing on, sending him flying. Once at the peak of his ascent, Brian then charged towards Chaos in the form of a fireball. Once Chaos saw this, it dove back in the water, with Brian latching onto its tail.

"Dunk that little punk until he's all washed up," James ordered, which Chaos complied, constantly jumping out of the water, trying to shake Brian off of it. The others tried to slow Chaos, with Marevelous trying to lasso Chaos, so it won't escape, Francisco trying to take after Icezer in the ability to freeze, and try to stop Chaos dead in its tracks, and Saddle Ranger, who tried to stir up enough water to make it harder for Chaos to concentrate. These attempts were all for naught. As Chaos jumped out of the water, a powerful gust of wind blew, which gave Brian an idea.

"That's it, I'll ride the wind!" Brian said, as he let go of Chaos, and rode the wind to pick up a strong velocity, while engulfed in a fireball, which dove right at Chaos, who tried blowing the others away, but didn't notice Brian, as he tackled the head, ultimately making Chaos dissolve into little droplets of water, much to the dismay of James, who used a tractor beam to gather up what was left of Chaos.

"You got lucky this time, but mark my words, I will have my revenge!" James said, as he escaped into a huge flying fortress.

"Whoa, that thing's enormous!" Francisco commented, as it flew away.

"Silver, come in Silver, this is Brian. James has now obtained the elements of laughter and generosity, and is making a run for it in a large flying fortress!" Brian said, taking into a communicator.

"*BZZT* 10-4, I copy. My group will hunt and pursue," Silver said.

"We'll join you shortly!" Francisco called, as he formed two more jet planes, which everyone got in, and flew off to stop James' ship.

Chapter 8: Season Harvest and Toby captured?! Attack the flying fortress!

Back in the Titan lair,

After they bid farewell to their parents as they went to complete their tasks, the children all decided to try to find something to do in the Titan Lair. While he and Mike were playing some video games, Toby looked over to see a depressed look on Seasons face, "Uh, can we pause the game Mike? Season looks like she's down in the dumps," Toby asked.

Looking over to see his little sister looking very sad, Mike then nodded in agreement, and walked over to the honey orange filly, "Hey, Season, are you feeling ok?" Mike asked.

Looking up to see her oldest brother and her first cousin, Season let out a sad sigh, "Well, ta be honest, no. Ah'm feeling guilty for what happened to Serenity," she replied, tearing up.

Pulling his sister into a warm hug, Mike then patted Season on the back, "Shh, its ok, any one of us would've done the same for you," he reassured.

"Yeah, and don't worry, I have a feeling we'll get Serenity back," Toby said, which helped to lift the spirits of Season.

"Thanks guys, I appreciate it," Season said, hugging her brother back, and nuzzling under her cousins chin.

"Hey, its that robot!" The trio heard Kelly's voice coming from around the corner, and went to check it out. When they got to where the commotion was, they saw a large green robot, with piercing red eyes.

"The same robot that kidnapped Vibrant," Toby said. The robot then took notice of both Toby and Season.

"SUBJECTS IDENTIFIED," the robot said, as it moved closer.

"Season, Toby, run!" Mike said, which is what they did, but it was all for naught, as the robot launched some cables at the two before they could escape. Season let out a high pitched scream, which caught the ears of Discord, Fluttershy, Heiru, and Icezer, as well as the other children.

Rushing towards where the screaming came from, everyone gasped to see Season and Toby were captured by the robot, "SUBJECTS CAPTURED. RETURNING TO BASE," the robot said, just as Heiru and Icezer ran to go and save Toby and Season, but they were too late. The robot then used some propulsion systems to fly through the roof, and away from the Titan Lair.

"TOBY!" Fluttershy cried in despair.

"MOMMA!" Toby called, scared of being taken away from his mother.

Feeling frustrated for not saving his new friends, Heiru then pulled out a communicator, "Silver, come in Silver, this is Heiru. A big robot just stole Season Harvest and Toby," he said.

"*Bzzt* 10-4, My group is already in pursuit of James' base," Silvers voice came from the communicator.

"What do you mean?" Icezer asked.

"Lucky Joy and Crystal Charity were gobbled up by James' Chaos creature, according to Brian, and their base is a giant flying fortress," Silver replied, which made everyone gasp.

"A flying WHAT?!" Heiru asked.

"Its true. Icezer, Heiru, get to the two remaining jets, and take to the skies. We'll need all the help we can get with this behemoth," Silver instructed.

"On it!" the two replied, as they rushed to the jet hanger.

"Discord, can we trust you to keep the others safe?" Icezer asked.

"Don't worry boys, I'll make sure to keep them safe," Discord replied, as both titans flew off in their jets.

Later in the skies above Ponyville,

A dark shadow cast over the normally happy town of Ponyville. As the townsfolk looked up, they all gasped to see a humungous flying object. The high class city of Canterlot also took notice of the flying monstrosity, the princesses as well. "Sister, what is that thing?" Luna asked.

"I don't know Luna, but it can't be good," Celestia replied, as she and Luna saw a bunch of smaller aircrafts flying towards the larger machine, firing on it. Upon closer examination of the smaller crafts through a telescope, Celestia could faintly see the boys that Discord brought with him, each flying their own aircrafts.

"Princesses, what are those monstrosities?" the regal sisters looked to see some of the Canterlot nobility looking at them curiously.

"Worry not, our loyal subjects, the smaller crafts are on our side, but the larger one is another story," Celestia reassured.

Meanwhile, in the Mane Carrier,

James was sneering at the teenagers who were attempting to thwart his plans, along with the Power Ponies' enemies, "Don't those flies know when to quit?!" James asked.

"No need to worry James, my mummy minions are working every turret onboard," the Pharaoh reassured.

Looking over at Shadow Mane, High Heel saw her teammates staring off into space. Feeling worried for the stealthy thief, High Heel went over to her friend, "Hey, Shadow Mane, are you alright?" High Heel asked.

Snapping back into reality, Shadow Mane saw a worried look on High Heels face, "Oh, yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking about something," Shadow Mane replied.

"Would you like to talk about it?" the shoe themed villain asked.

"Uh, sure," Shadow Mane replied, as she and High Heel went to another room.

After the two mares left, there came a beeping from a monitor, "James, Alpha has returned with the targets," Long Face said.

"Good, I shall meet Alpha in the landing bay, in the meantime, can you guys supervise the activity here?" James asked, which everyone nodded, as he left.

Soon after James left, High Heel and Shadow Man came back in, "So, you believe that because of that vision, you have reason to believe that Humdrum is your long lost son?" High Heel asked, which Shadow Mane nodded in confirmation.

"What's this about a long lost son?" Long Face asked.

"Well, when we were defeated by those humans in Ponyville, and as I fell towards Humdrum, I saw a vision of the son I had to give up because I couldn't afford to keep him," Shadow Mane replied.

"I see, so you believe Humdrum is your son?" the Pharaoh asked, which Shadow Mane nodded.

"Hmm, well, if the Power Ponies ever find us up here, then we can ask them of Humdrums side of the story," Mane-iac said, just as they felt a hard jerk, "GAH! Are those pests still firing at us?!" she asked hysterically.

"Minions! Blast those humans out of the sky!" the Pharaoh ordered, which they complied, pressing some buttons.

Outside the Mane Carrier,

While they were blasting different parts of the huge battleship, Echo-Echo noticed something about some of the turrets, and how they were moving. Upon closer examination, Echo-Echo then noticed that they were locking onto their planes, "UH, GUYS? I THINK WE GOT TROUBLE!" the robot teen said uneasily.

"Don't worry, just make sure you keep moving," Silver instructed. What he didn't know was happening next, was that the energy cannons fired, blasting of a wing from each of the jets.

"GAH, I'M HIT!" Francisco cried.

"I am too!" Brian raged.

"Keep calm guys, we should try to find some where soft we can land!" Silver said, as each of the planes began to fall out of the sky.

Meanwhile, with Eris' group,

As they were standing in front of picturesque waterfall, Eris was thinking to herself, 'I was supposed to guard the Master Element, but now I only have one piece of it. What's the point of going on?' she cursed, as another vision entered her mind. It had the same tribal mare from her earlier vision looking on at an alter in fear, as it was ablaze. Snapping back into reality, Eris shook her head, which concerned her group.

"Eris, are you ok?" Raiden asked.

"Yeah, I was just thinking about something. I wasn't able to protect the Master Element, but we can at least gather what's left of it. I wasted too much time moping, so lets get on with the search," Eris said, as the others went on with their search.

A few hours later, the four were searching in an ancient temple, "Hey guys! I think I hit a jackpot!" Stealth called. The others came rushing, and sure enough, there were fragments of the Master Element. They all rushed to gather the pieces, but when they placed their hands and hooves on a piece, they were all engulfed in a bright light. Opening their eyes, they saw that they weren't in the temple anymore, but out in another cave of some kind. Looking around, they could see some sort of alter, with a young red mare with an orange mane and sky blue eyes standing in front of it, with little fairy ponies floating about.

"Please Chaos, the invaders are coming, we have to flee!" the mare cried, which resulted in some sort of indescribable sound coming from the waters, "Yes, I understand, we may flee, but you must stay here, I know that," the mare said, as the fairies started fluttering about, "Oh, uh, don't worry, I'm sure everything will be alright, I promise," the mare said, as the fairies began singing happily, as they took the mare up the stairs to the summit of the alter. Looking around, the mare saw six beautiful gem stones, "The Elements of Harmony," she said, as she reached the summit, where she beheld a large rainbow crystal, which sparkled in the colors of a rainbow, which the mare was able to figure out what it was saying, "Yes, the servers are the six harmony, our friendship intensifies their power. The controller, serves to unify the harmony," the mare said, when she realized something, "Its you! You control the Elements of harmony!" she exclaimed, as a bright light surrounded Eris and the others.

Opening their eyes again, they could see that they were transported in front a large alter of some kind, one that Eris knew very well, "What was all that about?" Filli Second asked.

"I'm not sure, but it might have something to do with the master element. Yes, it has to be! We've gathered quite a few pieces, so I think we got all the ones we need," Eris said, as she rushed to the alters summit. Focusing her magic between her talon and lion paw, the missing fragments appeared, and as she threw them up in the air, the fragments went back to where they originated, and a large rainbow crystal object appeared.

"Wow! Its just like in that vision!" Raiden commented.

"Just about, there's still one piece missing, so we'll have to keep looking," Eris said, just as a picture appeared in the Master Element.

"From what Silver told us on the communicator, that's James' ship," Stealth explained.

"But why would the Master Element show us this?" Eris asked.

"Maybe its a warning?" Filli Second asked.

"Maybe. James must be up to something dangerous!" Raiden said, as he and the others left.

Back in the titan lair infirmary,

Francisco was resting soundly in his bed, while dreaming. He saw Heaven walking through a forest, all happy and calm, until a giant robot came along, and forced the little girl to run in the opposite direction, and towards her brothers. Upon seeing their sister in danger, the titans went on the attack, Silver unleashing a psychic wave, Brian using powerful fireballs, Icezer launching a beam of cold energy, Heiru using a concentrated beam of ghost energy, Stealth throwing a nature bomb, Echo-Echo using sound blasts, Raiden throwing thunderbolts, and Francisco slashing with a special rift. The combined attacks were able to destroy the robot, only to reveal more on the way. The titans smiled at the new challenge, and went on the attack, just as Francisco woke up, just barely hearing dream Heaven say, "YAY big bwothers! You beat those big meanies of wobots!" Sitting up in his bed, Francisco looked around, seeing Discord, Heaven, Fluttershy and Twilight all looking at him with concern.

"What happened?" Francisco asked.

"You were shot down by James' battleships turrets. But you were able to land safely along the shores of the lake," Fluttershy explained.

"Unfortunately, James got away, but your brothers are doing better than we expected," Discord said, pointing towards the others, as they watched the TV in annoyance at the news story.

"And I'm sure you heard that Toby was kidnapped by his own father along with Season Harvest? Twilight asked.

"Yeah, but we won't rest until we bring the two of them home, along with the other four, right guys?" Francisco asked his brothers, who all nodded in determination.

"Right, but for now, you really need to rest," Fluttershy said, pushing Francisco back down on his bed.

"But we can't sit idly by while that jerk is out there, doing who knows what," Brian argued.

"Brian, Fluttershy's right, Francisco should stay behind and get some rest," Silver said, placing a hand on his brothers shoulder.

"No, I feel fine! I'm going to the hanger to modify the jets, so we can counter those turrets," Francisco argued, as he got out of bed, and left the room.

"WAIT! You can't move around just yet!" Twilight yelled.

"Give it up Twilight, once Francisco has set his mind on something, there's no changing his mind," Silver told the princess, who shakily nodded with reluctance.

"But, he's still injured!" Fluttershy said.

"Don't wowwy! My bwothers are wewwy stwong!" Heaven reassured.

"By the way, when did you and your group get back Twilight?" Silver asked.

"Well, it was sometime after we got your message, so my group decided to head back, so we can put our heads together on this," Twilight replied.

"Alright, lets head to hanger, and see if Francisco is done with those modifications," Icezer said, as everyone left the room to go to the hanger.