Back on Psyconia, Fluttershy asked to Copione, “Um… you said that book was in your family a long time”

“Oh, yes… pardon me.” said Copione, and he went on explaining.

“The Light Prognosticus has been passed down within my family through the generations. For all that time it was studied, and fascinated by many, but not even the smartest of Psyconians were able to understand what it was, or what it was for. No one was able to even read the Ancient Equestrian text written within, having never seen it before. As such, the book was kept well-guarded, and never used or understood… until recently.

The powers slowly began to awaken, and I was soon able to actually to translate the ancient text within. It was as if the book were magically awakening, and choosing me as its holder or guardian.

As I studied the book constantly, I began to uncover more and more passages, and with that I was bestowed with great power drawn from the magic of Light dwelling within the pages. This enhanced my natural abilities many fold, and also granted me extraordinary magic to use in battle.

The Light Prognosticus: Its purpose is to counter and fight The Dark One, and it appears to be the only weapon that is able to stand up to the evil that is, even now, obliterating all worlds as we speak.”

His features the hardened, “Count Logan and his followers; they will never cease until they obliterated every inch of the universe, and they will not hesitate to skewer anyone that dares get in their way.

I know this because my parents fought against the villains while seeking out answers to The Light Prognosticus and its secrets.”

He opened the book and waved his hand over it showing past images of his parents, brave Psycnonians, flying in their starship thought he cosmos, when the void suddenly appeared, and transported them to an alternate, dark dimension.

“Wow!” cried Rainbow, “So the void’s not just any black hole, it’s a portal gateway too?”

“Yes.” replied Copione, “It is within that ever expanding force of destruction my parents discovered the domain of Count Logan and his evil minions.”

Everyone looked at the images of a large, dark castle in a realm composed entirely of darkness, chaos, small flashes of lightning. Fluttershy almost wanted to hide under her bedcovers in fear of such darkness.

“Hey, I bet that castle is where he took Terra.” said Cyborg.

“And Princess Celestia and Luna as well.” added Twilight.

The images continued: The starship got nearer and nearer to the castle, only to then realize that the castle was mounted with special and powerful laser beams that blasted at the ship hard. With the ship going down, Copione’s parents were only able to teleport The Light Prognosticus back to Psyconia and to their son, as they were not able to teleport themselves.

The ship exploded, and the parents were lost!

Copione snapped the book shut, cringing deeply, but remaining calm. “Oh, you poor dear!” cried Rarity.

“I’m ever so sorry!” added Elasti-Girl.

“Thank you…” said Copione. He was still horribly enraged, but spoke calmly, “Count Logan destroyed my parents, and I seek vengeance, as well as justice for those e he and his wicked forces have slaughtered!

I dedicated myself all this past time studying and training hard under the guidance of The Light Prognosticus, I became stronger and more skillful than ever, and I also discovered there is but one way to stop all the evil and restore what was destroyed to its normality.”

Everyone began to feel hope returning to them. “You mean, we can get our worlds back?” asked Twilight, “And all who were destroyed as well?”

Copione nodded.

Starfire almost leapt out of bed, “I shall have my planet back!”

Pinkie Pie leapt for joy too, “We can restore Equestria, too!”

All the others seemed raring and edging to fight for the worlds. It was at that moment The Light Prognosticus began to glow brightly, softly levitating, it went around the room softly hovering over every one of the others, basking them all in bright light before going back into Copione’s hands.

“Um… what was that?” asked Robot-Man, but Copione gazed down at the book and up at the others with glee, “I was correct! You ARE the chosen ones!”

“Chosen ones?” asked Raven.

Copione explained that in his studies he had learned of three Legendary Teams, “I had left Psyconia and came to Earth where it was believed I would find these teams to help aid me in my quest against Count Logan and his evil forces.”

One-by-One he gazed at each team and compared them to their respective passage.

The Doom Patrol: “-One Team of “Great Strength.”

The Ponies: “–One Team of “Heart and Soul.”

The Titans: “-One Team of “Righteousness and Truth.”

That is what is foretold, and the way you are now all dedicated in this quest, The Light Prognosticus recognizes you as the chosen ones to aid me. It has bestowed upon you amazing powers that will become clear to you in time.”

The others all could hardly believe this, and while they didn’t feel any different than they had before all of this was becoming too incredible to be true.

Coponie then stepped before Robin, “I realize we have only just met and this is all so sudden, but you must trust in me and in The Light Prognosticus. The fate of all that is and all that ever will be now rests on our shoulders.

…Will you join me in this conquest against our enemies?”

Robin didn’t have to think for a moment, “You got it!” he said shaking his hand, and all the Titans agreed. “That goes for us too.” Mento added, and his team agreed. “Count us in too!” said Twilight, and the ponies all agreed as well, even Fluttershy.

Copione was very pleased in his new aliens. He then looked through the columns and up at the sky. There was no sign of the void anywhere, yet. “While The Light Prognosticus will shield this planet from a direct assault form Count Logan’s forces, once the void reaches here, this world will fall too.

We must begin training and preparations immediately if there is to be any hope.”

The others couldn’t agree more.

Meanwhile, Logan and his minions were wreaking much chaos and destruction upon the universe.

Kamica gave a huge swing with her sword, slicing and entire planet in half.

Pyrus blasted her flames into a bright star, causing it overheat and explode, wiping out the system of planets that orbited it just like that, and Sir. Elik cast his lightning storms all over, blowing planets to dust and destroying the stars instantly.

Thanks to Celestia and Luna’s power aiding them, whole galaxies were falling fast, and the void was ever expanding, wiping out more and more every second!

“Yes!” Logan hissed, “Destroy it! Destroy it all!” and he let out a loud roar as he raised his cane up high and unleash a big wave of energy that spring out like ripples on a pond, that stretched a long, long way, obliterating all planets stars and others things its path.

He then panted stressfully, and felt and looked more exhausted and agitated than satisfied, much to the concern of his minions. “Count, are you alright?” asked Kamica. “You wiped out one tenth of an entire galaxy with that blast!” added Elik.

Logan caught his breath and softly murmured “I am alright. I am fine.”

“Are you sure?” asked Pyrus “You seemed awfully disturbed.”

“I said I am fine!” Logan sneered softly, making his minions wince. “Forgive me. I just really wish for these useless worlds to be destroyed quickly.” He then silently thought to himself, “The sooner they are gone the better, and I won’t have to deal with his unbearable shame and suffering I feel!”

The minions were worried. Their master had been acting rather peculiar ever since he had captured the Earth girl that was now locked up in their castle!

“Perhaps he’s upset that the heroes escaped?” Kamicia whispered.

“Or maybe that those seven ponies survived as well.” added Elik.

“Shh, he’ll hear us!” snapped Pryus, but Logan had already heard their muttering, “I know perfectly well where they are, and know exactly what they are up to.”

“Then why not go after them and smash them all to bits?” asked Kamica. “We won’t have to,” replied Logan “They’ll come to us. After all, we have the bait.” he was referring to Terra and the two sisters locked up in the castle. “Try as they will, all they’re hopes are in vain. No one defies the will of The Dark Prognosticus!”

Sooner or later, they will come to us, and when they do...” Logan paused and stroked the tip of his cane with his finger, “…I will be ready!”

Copione escorted his new team from the safe house within the village, past the homes and lanes, eventually up to the royal palace, where the guards all bowed to him as he passed.

“Wow!” exclaimed Cyborg “Look at the size of this place.”

“We have arrived at the palace of my mother and father, The King and Queen.” said Copione.

“King and Queen?” asked Applejack, “But that would mean you’re…”

He chuckled as he turned and bowed to everyone, “Yes, I am their son and heir to the throne: I am Prince Copione!”

The ponies bowed in respect, as did the others, but Copione insist they not be so formal. “Come. We have much to do and very little time.”

“So, how can we stop all this?” asked Negative-man. “And how do we restore all worlds to their former glory?” added Starfire.

Copione looked within The Light Prognosticus and explained from a passage, “There is only one way for the prophecy of destruction to end and all that was lost by it to be regained: We must destroy The Dark Prognosticus!”

A moment of silence followed, and at first the teams thought that quite a simple thing to end something so massively destructive. “Uh… how do we do that exactly? We tried before and we couldn’t even scratch it.”

Twilight agreed, “Even the royal sisters couldn’t break that book, even after throwing it into the sun.”

“Then how are we supposed to do it?” asked Robot-Man “Maybe if we train enough, we can blast that book to bits.”

Copione shook his head, “That will not work. The Dark Prognosticus cannot be destroyed by such simple means, fortunately I discovered the key that will in fact do the job.” He looked through the pages of his book and quoted a passage.

He looked up at the others, and they all got the message perfectly. “So what you’re saying is,” said Robin “We need to destroy Count Logan to put everything back right.”

“Oh, dear!” cried Rarity “I can imagine that is easier said than done.”

“She’s right.” agreed Rainbow “I mean, we’ve already faced those creeps many times and we always got our rumps kicked.”

“So that’s why we have to train here.” said Mento “We need to master these new powers we have, or we won’t have a chance.”

Copione nodded, “At present, I myself have the capabilities of handling small threats, such as the minions, but as you have all experiences, Count Logan is far stronger and much more devious. He has mastered many way of evil magic with the aid of The Dark Prognosticus. All the more reason we must prepare for the battle ahead.

I spent many Earth years learning and studying the power of The Light Prognosticus, and even now there is still much I do not understand as some passages have yet to be revealed. We will not have much time.”

Robin stepped forward, “We’re with you all the way. We’ve got to get Terra out of that castle.”

“The Princesses as well.” added Twilight, “And then we’ll make that evil creep sorry he ever opened that cursed book of his.”

Mento agreed, “We’re ready.”

…And so, training began. A song played over the elapsing.

The teams spent the days doing regular combat training and exercise to help beef up their normal strengths and abilities.

They ran through obstacle courses. The Titans and doom patrol excelled greatly, having done things like this many times before. Rainbow Dash did well too from her training as a Wonderbolt, but Rarity was not faring so well. She went rather slowly and could barely seem to get her timing right. This was due to the fact that she was much of an exercising pony and spent much of her life in peace… making a tad out of shape, but with her friends to help give her confidence, and the world at stake, she found herself able to look past her complaints and disgusts and got better.

They did lap racing to boost their speeds, and they were doing several courses; some on foot, some by flight for those who could fly.

Then there combat practice… Everyone spared with one other. Robin was impressed as he battled Applejack. “I never knew you ponies were such gifted fighters.”

He kicked and Applejack buck kicked with one hind leg, “That’s what comes from haulin’ so many apples.”

Copione battled with Cadance, copying her form so she’d be fighting herself and he own skills, and while Cadance was fighting extraordinarily well, Copione was most concerned, “You are letting your anger get the best of you! You must FOCUS, Princess!”

Cadance tried, but all she could think about was getting back at Count Logan for the way he killer her precious little Flurry Heart, as well as her dear Shining Armor, as a result, it fuled her to fight harder, but Copione managed to flip her over!

Copione sighed, and he helped her up.

“I’m sorry.” Cadance said, but while Copione fully understand how she was feeling, “You must not let your emotions cloud yourself. It will slow you down.”

Cadance reluctantly agreed and was ready to try again.

Fluttershy wasn’t faring too well either. “Come on, girl. Get it together.” said Cyborg “Come on and hit me.”

Fluttershy whimpered nervously, “I… I can’t! I could never hurt a friend.”

Cyborg sighed, he had heard from the ponies that Fluttershy was able to wrestle a big bear to the ground, and that’s what gave him an idea. He began to make growling sounds of a bear in pain and he wobbled and stumbled about as if he was having joint issues. This made Fluttershy hallucinate and see him as a bear in need of her care and help. “Oh, you poor thing... I’ll help fix your pain.” And she began to wrestle him, almost uncontrollably as if she were really trying to fix him. “Okay! Okay! Take it easy!” Cyborg groaned.

Then came the toughest part of the training: Mastering the new powers.

“You all have been gifted by The Light Prognosticus.” said Copione “The time has come for you to understand your new powers. They will not only enhance your own abilities, but you will be able to do much more.”

With that, he gave everyone a turn looking at passages in the book, about spells and how to work them. “Strange.” said Robin, “I’ve never seen this text before in my life, yet I can read it as if it were in plain English.”

Twilight was astonished as well, she studied Ancient Equestrian text before, but had never seen anything like this.

“It is because you have been recognized by the book.” Copione explained “For this, passages in the text become clear to you, and with this guidance you will exceed further.”

As the teams practiced, they found their natural strengths and power were enhanced! Robin was able to break a large boulder in half with one punch, and he hardly felt any pain at all.

Many of the others-- Cyborg’s Sonic Cannon, Mento’s shock-blasts, Starfire’s starbolts, and Twilight, Rarity and Cadance’s pony magic-- had intensified and fired more brightly and stronger than ever. It was so incredible.

Copione held Raven out a little. He stood behind her and held her hands together, “Concentrate, Raven, and just let it flow.”

Raven did as she was told and she unleashed a bright wave of energy that shattered many boulders used as targets. “Wow!” she said softly.

She then turned to face him realizing how close she was to his face, and the two of them blushes and back away from one another swiftly, but everyone else could see, and they didn’t have to be Cadance to realize something was happening between them.

Still, training continued.

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