"And the plan is...?" Barrel asked again, for the third time.

"Ugh, right. We need the scroll to summon Discord, as we won't casually bump into him in Ponyville. So we need to steal the scroll, get it to Star so he can cast a Duplication Spell on it, providing a way for us to communicate with him whenever we like." I explained again.

"Right, I got that. I just want to clarify how we manage to get that spell? Princess Twilight is a fucking Alicorn for Christ's sake. One Earth, two Pegasi and one Unicorn are planning to steal a highly secured spell... I do apologise if I sound a bit reluctant." Barrel replied.

I sighed heavily. This was going to take a fortnight to explain to him. Star was ready, and loading up on appropriate spells and Armstrong was in his new fire-proof flight suit. Apparently it was precisely stitched by Rarity herself and then enchanted by Princess Twilight, for extreme fire-retardant capabilities.

"So, the plan of action is..." I continued.

I pointed to a crudely drawn battle-plan that was scribbled on a "Tourist's guide to Ponyville" flyer we had laying around.

"As you know, I'm a suspect in the explosion that happened the other week. So Applejack keeps trying to interrogate me. But if word gets around that I have a Harmonious Crystal in my possession while I'm in town, I'll have instant Five Stars, if you know what I mean." I explained further.

Barrel simply nodded and waited for me to continue.

"So, I have had Star enchant a rhinestone to look similar to a Harmonious Crystal, and incase it in a pendant that looks like it can augment my abilities. But it's all smoke and mirrors. It can grant me slight teleportation, and provides an anti-magical field for short periods of time, despite me being an Earth Pony. Armstrong will run into the library and dob me in, saying that I am causing havoc in town with my newfound powers. Following me?" I told Barrel again.

"Yeah, I got ya. But how do we get the scroll?" Barrel questioned.

"As I lead the Mane Six away, as they'll all be on my tail, you and Star get inside the Library. Star will cast a Time-Dilation spell, but only for a very short time, as it is an expert level spell. So, Spike and the owl shouldn't give you any problems. Once you find the scroll, get it to Armstrong. He'll be doing laps of the neighbourhood and he'll go through Tornado Valley with it, losing any tail he'd have following him. You get the hell out of Ponyville and you will meet up behind Canterlot Mountain with Armstrong." I explained, finally.

"That sounds good so far, but how are you going to get away from the Six Elements of Harmony? If that is even possible... And what about Star?" Barrel said unenthusiastically.

"Don't worry... Since we have pretty much finished the construction of The Excalibur, we have whipped up our own little treat. A grand finale, if you like." I smirked.

"Okay, so when do we do this?" Barrel questioned.

Armstrong approached Barrel from behind him and placed a hoof on his shoulder.

"In about five minutes... Suit up." Armstrong said in a monotone.

"Let's go and piss off the fuzz."

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I stood behind Sugarcube Corner and watched the town do it's daily routine. It was 12:36pm so the town was bustling. I saw Armstrong in the distance in front of me, waiting for my signal. To my left, I saw Star and Barrel hiding as well. Star was going to be the one to give the proper signal. I took a deep breath and walked out. I walked contently with my rhinestone pendant hanging from my neck.

I scanned for a empty stall within the market that was open today, and I luckily found one. I faced it for a few seconds and then turned around. Star and Barrel were now directly in front of me. Star stood up and mouthed "You ready?" to me. I nodded slightly and closed my eyes. Star then charged a dark green spell and cast the bolt directly at me. I felt the faux magic flow through me as I started to levitate slightly.

I was now a flying magic battery. Most of the town was staring at me at this point. I turned slowly in midair and looked at the middle stall. I raised my forelegs and brung them down harshly as if I was a Sith Lord. The fake magic bolted from the end of my hooves and struck the market stall, disintegrating it and sending debris all over the market. Though Star made sure it did not strike anybody.

As well as charging me with a Expulsion Spell, he also gave me a voice changer. So now I sounded like a Goa'uld from Stargate.

"Behold my unlimited power! Now bow before me, Ponyville!" I shouted as loud as I could.

That was the cue for Armstrong to burst in the Library and warn Princess Twilight of my "rampage". I could see him from where I was hovering, so I knew exactly when to get Star to drop the Levitation spell and make a break for it. As typical as Ponyville was, the whole market burst into total pandemonium. Ponies were bumping into each other, and stalls were being knocked over left and right.

I looked up and saw Princess Twilight nearly running outside her Library door and stop in her tracks when she saw me. We shot each other a thousand-yard stare across the distance. Her expression instantly tightened and she took off from the ground, charging at me with full speed.

"NOW!" I shouted as Twilight took flight, and Star instantly dropped the Levitation Spell and ran towards the direction of Twilight's Library, pretending to look scared.

I hit the ground softly and darted in the other direction. Because of me not having wings or magic, I learned to get fast on my hooves. But I could hear Twilight's repeated demands to stop getting closer.

I turned a corner and hesitated for Twilight to turn the corner, as soon as I saw the purple blur, I entered my Vision. Like the many times I practiced, if I imagined a general direction to go in, the pendant would charge up and teleport me about 20 metres in that direction. I turned around to see Twilight's face drop.

Well, it isn't everyday you see an Earth Pony teleport without assistance from another Unicorn nearby.

"Circuit learned how to teleport... Uh oh..." I mimicked in my Goa'uld voice at Twilight.

Now she looked pissed. She fired up her horn and instantly appeared in front of me.

"You won't get away from me!" Twilight shouted at me, running at full speed.

I turned and ran in the direction of Sweet Apple Acres. But as I was on my way there. I saw Rainbow Dash circling in the clouds above. I heard Twilight shout something at her, but I was too focused at running to listen properly.

Before I knew it, a rainbow streak came flying at me with unreal speed. I waited until the right moment and focused as hard as I could into going to the left. And the pendant obliged and teleported me to the left, avoiding Rainbow Dash easily. I turned to see Twilight charge a bolt of magic and cast it right at me. At that point, I imagined I was in a thick bubble. And the pendant took this as my anti-magical shield Star also placed in the rhinestone.

The magical bolt just dissipated into thin air one foot in front of me. I just smirked darkly and kept running.

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"Have you fucking found it yet? I cannot keep this spell up for long!" Star shouted, straining as he kept the spell active.

"I'm fucking looking!" Barrel said, ruffling and unravelling scrolls in Twilight's collection.

Barrel opened a certain scroll that contained a shimmering spell code that looked odd. But the word "Chaos" was hinted in the wording.

"This has got to be it!" Barrel shouted as he flew downstairs and straight outside.

He proceeded to catwhistle as loud as he could, and three seconds later, Armstrong landed in front of him.

"This is it. Go! I'll see you at the meeting point!" Barrel said as he handed Armstrong the scroll and Barrel watched him take off towards Tornado Valley.

Star then followed out of the Library, dropping the expert spell.

"Go on, I've gotta find Circuit." Star said before running in the direction of the shouting and commotion on the outskirts of town.

Barrel then took flight and flew towards Canterlot Mountain as fast as he could.

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I was tired. I didn't want to run anymore. But when I looked behind me, I saw five furious ponies right behind me. It was taking it's toll on me. I had to imagine I was in a bubble, periodically launch myself in a random direction and sprint as fast as I could, at the same time.

But once I saw a dark blue magic flare shoot into the sky, I gained a slight feeling of relief and turned on a dime. I headed straight for the scrapyard on the outside of town. After avoiding magical fire, Rainbow's charges and the occasional lasso attempt, I was near the scrapyard. I saw it directly ahead of me and decided to use all of my brain power to continually teleport towards the doors.

I gained a bit of a lead and got past the doors. As soon as I past them, the doors were in a dark blue aura and were slammed shut. Star was holding them shut, whilst keeping them outside.

I just wanted to collapse at that point, I was so tired.

"Did you... Find... The... Scroll...?" I asked Star, gasping between words.

I was lucky I didn't throw up.

"Yeah man. Just, take your time a second. Catch your breath. We are gonna need focus for the grand finale." Star responded, straining with his magic further.

A few deep breaths later, I stopped hyperventilating and just breathed heavily.

"Okay... I think I'm ready... You good to go?" I asked Star.

"Mmhm." Star murmured, gritting his teeth. The Elements really wanted to get inside. It even sounded like Rainbow Dash was slamming into the doors.

"Alright. Let's do this. I just hope the Absorption Spell goes as planned." I said.

I turned behind me to see the instrument of the finale. A crudely made exo-skeleton capable of supporting one pony on their hindlegs. I stood inside and strapped myself inside the suit.

With my hoof, I clicked a button and the transformer on my back whirred into life. I stood up, feeling over-encumbered. Walking was difficult in this thing.

"On my mark... Three... Two... One..." I spoke slowly and clearly.

Star was losing the will to hold the Isolation spell around the scrapyard.

"MARK!" I shouted and charged towards the doors.

With perfect timing, the spell was released off the doors and I burst them open. The five ponies in front of me were stunned. I decided to make use of the surprise and ran to the back. I stood by lots of scrap metal parts and entered my Vision once again.

I was using the exo-skeleton as a magnet, encompassing myself in metal like a suit of armour. A few seconds later, the Elements, excluding Fluttershy for obvious reasons, also turned the corner.

"That's enough!" Twilight shouted as she charged a large spell.

I simply ignored her as Star stayed out of sight and continued to upgrade my exo-skeleton, which has completely hidden me by now.

"Final... Warning!" Twilight said as she strained, struggling to keep the large spell from discharging in a random direction and possibly injuring another pony.

I ignored her again. I could see through the metal in front of my face by using the Vision, but I only had a short time left. She took the silence as a threat and cast the large Disarm & Stun spell right at me. The spell wrapped around me as the exo-skeleton absorbed all the raw magical energy it had thrown at it. The transformer roared into life four times stronger than before.

I was now a huge super-magnet.

Metal was colliding with me and slotting into appropriate places so that it upgraded me further. I had to take steps to increase my height width. Half of the scrapyard was attached to me at this point.

The Elements stood in awe.

"Rainbow Dash, get Fluttershy! We'll need the Elements of Harmony to take him down!" I heard Twilight yell.

That was not good news. I had to wait until the suit had covered my completely and that I had disappeared from view. Once I felt it was ready, I smashed the rhinestone in my chest and it started to go extremely unstable.

"If I cannot harness this power, nopony can!" I shouted loudly underneath all the metal.

I was over 20 feet tall now. But the rhinestone's explosion was going to be real. But Star was observing and calculating it just right. I began to laugh maniacally, as the sign for Star to get me out of this massive exo-skeleton.

I was teleported from underneath the armour, to arrive at a hill nearby, but far enough away that we could not be easily identified. I anxiously awaited, as this whole plan was hinging on the next few moments.

Then, the torso of the exo-skeleton, where the rhinestone was, exploded. It wasn't massive explosion, or even pretty. It was just enough force to disembody the exo-skeleton and feign my death.

I watched as the armour collapsed under its own weight in front of the four Elements. I breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Star.

"It's done. Let's get back to the guys. Great work Star, couldn't have done it without you." I said, making us both smile triumphantly.

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A few teleports later, we were behind Canterlot Mountain. Me and Star could see Armstrong and Barrel in front of us.

"You guys got it?" I asked both the ponies.

"Yeah, at least we think so." Barrel responded.

And Armstrong handed the scroll to me.

"Don't hand it to me dude! I'm not the magical one here!" I said, looking primarily at Star.

Armstrong gave Star the scroll and he looked through it contently.

"Still cannot believe we managed to pull that off man. But all that for one fucking scroll?" I asked myself rhetorically.

"Michael, Trevor and Franklin would be green with envy!" Barrel said as we hoofbumped.

"Alright guys, I think I cracked it." Star said after five minutes of intense reading.

We all stood back as Star cast the spell in the middle of the huge field...

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