"Looking for these, I presume?" The dark antagonist asked, still laughing. Rainbow was the first of us to speak, "Who are you, and want do you want with the Elements of Harmony?" The former stopped laughing, and sneered down at us as she resonded, "My identity...is none of your business. Your Elements, on the other hand, have much greater importance, correct? I'm not here for the renowned Element Bearers, I'm here for them." She pointed a hoof towards me, Dusk, and Fire.

"What?" Twilight was astounded. "Why would they be so important to you?" The Ursa lowered its head, and we could see the trail of destruction behind it. The evil pony stepped off to confront us. "Their mere existence here interferes with my plans. And since I've got what I've came for, I'll just move along." She cackled, as she began to trot away from us.

Rainbow and Applejack, ever the persistent ones, ran after her. Before they could reach the evil pony, the dark aura surrounding her lashed out at them. It struck them hard, and sent them flying back towards us. If Twilight hadn't reacted quickly with her magic, the two ponies would have sustained great injury. The rest of us, as in me, Dusk, Fire, Rarity, Twi, and Pinkie, (Fluttershy was still very scared of the Ursa, and wouldn't budge) took a galloping dash towards the assailant. Then, the dark aura surrounding her began to swirl, and we (for some reason) stopped to watch what was happening). The cloud began  circling the dark pony, and faster and faster until the dark aura disappeared, and the mysterious pony and the Elements of Harmony along with it.

"Why," Dusk began, "Did we just stop and let her go?" We all looked to him. "She just made off with the most powerful artifacts in the world, ad now we're powerless!" Twilight was about to retort when, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" We turned to see the Ursa in front of Fluttershy, its paws raised to attack. Rainbow Dash flew and pulled the shy pegasus just in time to avoid the falling claws.

"I-I-I t-tried everything," Fluttershy sounded near tears. "Pleading, petting, crying, but nothing calmed it down!" Rarity pulled her away to comfort her, while the rest of us sought to retaliate against the big, purple bear. "Is there anything you can do Twilight?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Like perform a spell to make it fall asleep?" I've never heard her that serious before. Twilight shook her head. "No Pinkie, that time was with a baby. I doubt my spells would work.

At this moment, three armored pegasi (probably from Canterlot) flew in to take charge on the Ursa. They flew at its side, but bounced off like flies off a window. "How're we gonna take it down without the Elements?" Applejack asked. "Leave it to us!" Fire Storm replied. Dusk and I looked to her as if she was insane. "C'mon! Now's our time to see what we can do!"

And so, she took off towards the head, avoiding the beast's swipes. I was completely taken by surprise by her new found bravery. Dusk shrugged and galloped towards the bear's feet. I followed, "Here we go!"

I flew up to meet Fire above the Ursa's back. "Alright, so..." She began. "How do we go about defeating a giant, magicallly inclined Ursa Major?" I facehoofed. "Ooooh, I've got it!" I'll distract him, and you and Dusk can force him back into the forest!" I was beginning to get frustrated, seeing as I abandoned Dusk below the belly of the beast. Fire Storm rose her front hooves up to the sky, and upon instinct, I made lightning strike them. Her body, once again, became engulfed in fire. She flew towards the head and began to fly circles around it. I could see Rainbow joining her, but flying in the opposite direction.

"That..." I said, as I began to see what Fire was trying to do. "Was a pretty smart idea." Now there were two trails of light for the Ursa's eyes to follow: one rainbow, and one firey. I could hear Dusk far below me, and I dashed to meet him. He was right under the long tail. "Just wait, I'll get Applejack to help you here. I teleported next to Twilight and the farmer. "Applejack, can you go help Dusk, by the tail?" "Gotcha!" The earthpony galloped away. I saw Rarity still comforting the seriously upset Fluttershy. "Hey Twilight," The unicorn looked at me, a look of worry on her face. "Where's Pinkie?" She pointed her hoof to a third fast moving trail around the Ursa's head, a completely pink trail. "Just Pinkie being Pinkie," Twilight said. "She modified one of her flying machines to go super fast, and is using it to help Rainbow and Fire Storm." I stared incredulously at the pink trail; I knew there was a reason why she's my favorite pony.

"Twilight, I need your help." I asked. She tilted her head, asking why. "Can you conjure lightning?" I asked. She nodded. "Alright, you see that star on the Ursa Major's head?" She looked to it, nodding in understanding. "On my mark, we will both hit that star with lightning. The bear will be stunned and too dizzy to get up, as it was being confused by Pinkie, Rainbow, and  Fire Storm. Then Applejack and Dusk will pull, both magically and physically, the tail, and make the bear fly back, deep into the Everfree, okay?" "I'm ready, then. On your mark?" She responded.I nodded this time. We both looked up to see a huge purple paw looming over us. I tackled Twilight out of the way, and we saw the paw hit ground, causing a mini-earthquake around us. We looked up to the bear, and saw that it was beginning to stagger, since it was so dizzy trying to follow the trails. "Now, Twilight!" At that moment, we both cast our spells and two powerful lightning bolts simultaneously hit the star on the bear's forehead. And with that the bear swayed a bit, then fell to ground, leveling two houses in the process. Then, Dusk's magical aura enveloped everything but the tail, which was being tugged hard on by Applejack. Twilight and I teleported over and helped pull the tail. Dusk then released the bear and the three of us released, causing a comical catapult effect, sending the Ursa flying away over the Everfree, its roar echoing back to us.

It was exhausting, holding back the tail of such a huge, heavy creature. I was sweating hard!. I saw the Mane 6 gather with us, and Fire also joined the group. "Good.. job...everypony." Fire and Rainbow were completely tuckered out. We started trotting for the library, Rarity and Fluttershy behind us. The library was almost completely destroyed! Twilight screamed, "NONONONO! My books!" She went inside to pickup whatever had survived. "Good thing is in Canterlot with my parents. He won't have to worry about seeing all this." She added, very stressed at the sight.

"Yeah, at least he's alright and..." Fire Storm began, before falling out cold. "Wow," Dusk laughed tiredly, "she must be ex-" then he fell out cold, too. The Mane 6 looked at us with great concern. "It's okay," I answered them. "We're all just so...so..." And with that, I blacked out as well.

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