Things had gotten even worse for the residents of Ponyville, and it did not look like it was going to be letting up anytime soon. The few ponies that weren’t in the Town Square were running away screaming and crying from the Tantabuses that were prowling all throughout the town, trying to get at anypony that they were able to catch off guard or chase down. Foals were clinging and to their mothers as the mares held and stood over them protectively, doing their best to keep the Tantabus flock at bay despite the latter being far more magically powerful. This did not deter them though, and they bravely fought on, even as their started to get overwhelmed by the magical beings.

The ponies that weren’t being chased by the ethereal creatures were either trying to escape the ones they were surrounded by or protect the ones that were cornered by them. The sounds of magical blasts, electrical shots of lightning in the air, and the shaking of the ground could be heard all around town. It filled the ears of ponies that were either running or fighting for the lives, letting them know that things were indeed looking bleak, and it’d only get worse from here. For two particular ponies, things were about to get even more worse than they already were.

The sound of hooves beating against the dirt ground in a steady gallop could be heard to those closest to it over the numerous of explosives and blasts resounding around the town in the sky. Amethyst and Dinky ran across the streets of Ponyville, the former keeping her gaze ahead of her while the latter clung to her tightly, her hooves wrapped around her neck. On either side of her, Cloud Kicker and Blossomforth were flying above them, looking all around for any signs of any Tantabus monsters that my pop out and ambush them.

“How’re things up there Aunt Cloud, Blossomforth?” Amethyst asked, looking up at the two Pegasi up above her. “Are there any of those things up there around the roofs or houses?”

“Not that I can see from where I’m standing sweetie.” Blossomforth replied. “I see some of them farther away and a bit close by, but they’re fighting the guards right now. So, we don’t need to worry about any of them right now.”

“Yeah, at least not yet.” Cloud Kicker nodded, her eyes narrowing as they sharply scanned the area around them. “Don’t let your guards down though…any one of them could pop out from any moment, no matter where it’d be. Those things are powerful, much more than the average Unicorn, and certainly a lot more powerful than Twilight.”

“Yeah, I think the pony manifestation back at the Town Square proved that already.” Dinky squeaked fearfully. She looked up at her older sister’s face, her own expression clouded with worry. “Are you sure that momma is going to be okay big sis? I mean, we all saw what had happened inside the Town Square when one of those creepy monsters fought Captain Shining Armor…what if it happens again?”

“It won’t happen Dinky; I swear that to you.” Amethyst replied reassuringly, glancing back at her little sister. “I know it may have seemed like Captain Shining Armor was losing against that creature, but it didn’t look like he was going all out against it. More like he was testing its magic and strength to see just how much magic he needed to use on it, which is why he really didn’t use that much magic until the end. You saw it too, didn’t you little sis?”

Dinky took a moment to think back at the fight back at the Town Square, before recognition set into her mind. “Oh, yeah…you’re right; I didn’t feel him using that much magic. I guess he really was sizing that scary monster up.”

“Exactly.” Amethyst nodded. “Plus, he said that he’d be putting up a barrier around the Town Square in case any of those things try to get inside again, so mom will be safe.” She made a sharp turn onto another dirt road. “What we need to focus on is your safety, and we won’t be able to do that unless we get to Miss Twilight’s library.”

“Are you sure that’s a good place to go?” Dinky asked, an unsettling feeling forming in the pit of her gut. “What if there’s more of those monsters at her library too?”

“Then we’ll try somewhere else that doesn’t.” Amethyst said simply. “And if that doesn’t work, then we’ll go to the one place where I know we’ll be safe, whether those things are there or not.”

Dinky’s ears perked up. “You mean Sweet Apple Acres?”

“The very same one Dinks.” Amethyst nodded. “And with the Apple Family there, I know that we’ll be safe, along with Aunt Cloud and Blossomforth. Though I think we should focus on getting to Twilight’s and try their first until we choose that option.”

The sight of something falling form the sky and landing right in front of them stopped the older Unicorn in her tracks as she, Dinky, Blossomforth and Cloud Kicker scream in surprise. Almost instinctively, Amethyst ignited her horn and readiness for whatever had landed before them and stopped them in their tracks. When the smoke cleared, the magenta Unicorn felt all the blood drain from her face as she took in the sight before her and her sister. Dinky wasn’t too far behind, and let out a scream of terror when she saw what had made her sister stop running, while Blossomforth and Cloud Kicker reeled back in horror.

“Oh shit…” The former whispered, staring wide eyed at the white Tantabus in front of them. “I so did not want to run into another one of these bastards! We just left the Town Square only fifteen minutes ago!”

“W-well, it looks like we were going to have to face them sooner or later.” Blossomforth said as she began to sweat. “T-that doesn’t mean that I’m not terrified though.”

“You and me both Miss Blossomforth.” Dinky whimpered, clinging even tighter to Amethyst’s neck. “What do we do now big sis?”

Amethyst was frozen for a moment or two, not really able to say anything as she stared into the pure red eyes of the white Tantabus in front of her. The blood curdling snarl that it gave off manage to snap the young adult Unicorn back to her senses before she registered what her sister had just said. Taking in a calming shaky breath, she looked back at the younger Unicorn resting on her back, then back at the Tantabus, before looking up at her aunt.

“Hey, aunt Cloud Kicker!” She said, quickly gaining the persian blue mare’s attention.

“What do you need Amethyst?!” Cloud Kicker asked from above.

“I need you to take Dinky and let her ride you instead of me!” The magenta coated Unicorn replied. “I’m gonna blast monster into oblivion!”

Blossomforth’s eyes bulged. “You’re going to what?!”

“Sure thing! Just give her to me when you’re ready!” Cloud Kicker nodded, holding out her forelegs as she hovered down towards them.

Amethyst looked down at Dinky, who was staring back at her with wide terrified eyes. “Dinky, I need you to listen to me very carefully okay? Big sis is going to make all the big bad wolves go away, and while I’m doing that, I want you to stay with Cloud Kicker. She’ll keep you high away from them, alright?”

“W-w-what about you?” The grayish violet stuttered, shivering as if she was in a storm. “What if that monster does to you what the other almost did to Captain Shining Armor?! I don’t want to lose you too!”

“Don’t worry Dinky, big sis will be just fine. I’ll make sure that both of us are fine.” Amethyst said reassuringly, giving the filly a gentle smile. “I promise, nothing will happen to you as long as I’m here. I need you to trust me on that, okay? Do you trust big sis?”

“I do!” Dinky replied immediately with a vigorous nod. “As much as I trust momma!”

“Good, then trust me when I say that I’ll be fine. When I’m done with this thing, I will be right here to get you, and we can all head to Twilight’s library together. Just stay with Cloud Kicker and everything will be fine, okay?” Amethyst asked softly, earning a slow reluctant nod from the younger Unicorn. “Alright, now hold your forelegs out. I’m gonna throw you up to aunt Cloud Kicker. Oh, and try not to scream, okay?”

“Okay.” Dinky squeaked.

With a satisfied nod, Amethyst leaned in and gave a quick, yet loving kiss on Dinky’s head, before she looked up at Cloud Kicker, who was still hovering above them. With a heave, the magenta Unicorn bucked her back legs out and threw her little sister in the air as hard as she could, watching as she sailed through the air. Dinky gave a squeal as she shot through the sky, only to go silent when she found herself in the warm furry arms of Cloud Kicker, who held her as close as she could.

“Whoa there, sweetie! I got you!” The persian blue mare said, looking down at Dinky with a kind smile. “Don’t worry, Auntie Cloud’s not going to let you fall.”

“T-t-thanks…” Dinky stuttered as she slowly looked down, before letting out a terrified squeal a second later. She wrapped her forelegs around Cloud’s chest, burying her face in her chest fluff as she looked down at the ground with one eye. “We’re...really high up here.”

“Yeah, it can be pretty scary up here, can’t it?” Cloud said sympathetically, running a hoof through her mane as Dinky. “It’s not so bad...once you get passed the hovering, speeding, and landing, it’s like second nature to us! Trust me, once you get your wings, you’ll know what it’s like for me, and you’ll love it!”

“If you say so…” Dinky murmured, nuzzling her face deeper into her aunt’s chest fluff. ‘Note to self: Ask momma for flying lessons once I’m able to activate my Pegasus Ascension Mode.’

“A-A-Amethyst…” Blossomforth stuttered. “…Y-you’re not seriously thinking of battling this thing on your own, are you?”

“Of course I’m not!” Amethyst replied, sounding as if she was offended by the pinkish gray mare’s question. “Do you honestly think I’m stupid enough to take on something this powerful on my own? Especially after I felt how powerful it was at the Town Square.”

Blossomforth blushed in embarrassment. “W-well, I, um…”

“Never mind don’t answer that.” Amethyst sighed with a role of her eyes. “Anyway, yes, I am gonna fight this thing, but I want you to give me some backup when it looks like I’m getting overpowered. You’re a really strong mare in your own right Blossomforth so you and I should make a pretty great due together.”

“Wait, you two are going to fight him?” Cloud Kicker asked, hoisting Dinky onto her back. “Wait, what about me?”

“What do you mean, ‘what about me’?” Amethyst asked, raising an eyebrow at the persian blue mare. “You’re gonna go and take Dinky to the Golden Oaks Library and keep her safe there with Miss Twilight!”

“Awww, come on Amethyst.” Cloud Kicker whined, pouting down at the magenta Unicorn. “You mean I’m not going to be here to lay the smackdown on these things?”

“No Cloud Kicker, you’re not.” Blossomforth stated sternly, crossing her forehooves. “Amethyst left her sister in your care, and she expects you to get that poor filly to safety. If you waste your time fighting here, your only gonna put Dinky in danger.”

“Not only that…” Dinky said, tugging at her aunt’s mane. “…but if momma finds out that you’ve been trying to fight while carrying me, she’s gonna get super mad. And you don’t want to see my momma mad when it comes to me deliberately being out in danger.”

Cloud Kicker flinched, her face going pale as images of her little sister giving her furious looks flashed through her mind. She squeezed her eyes shut and violently shook her head, before looking back over at Dinky. “Yeah, you’ve got a good point there, Dinks.”

“That she does.” Amethyst nodded. “So why don’t you go on and get your sex-obsessed ass outta here already? Me and Blossomforth will take care of this thing and meet you at the Golden Oaks Library.”

“Are you sure you don’t need me for any extra backup?” Cloud Kicker asked, before Dinky reached up and tugged on her ear. “Ow!”

“Big sis wouldn’t be saying that if she didn’t know for sure!” The filly replied, sounding slightly frustrated at her aunt’s lack of faith in her sister. “Don’t worry Aunt Cloud, she’s got this! Now let’s go before this scary monster decides to go after us instead!”

“Alright alright, jeez! No need to get all bity about it!” Cloud Kicker snorted, rubbing at her right ear. Sighing, she looked down at Amethyst and Blossomforth, the former having hovered down next to her. “Alright then, I’ll leave this guy you Amethyst…if you think you can take him, then I’ll trust that you can. As for you Blossomforth, you’d better keep my big niece safe and in one piece, or else you are going to be in for one hay of a bucking bang when this is over!”

“Trust me, I intend to make sure Amethyst makes it out of here with as little wounds as possible.” The pinkish gray mare replied, smirking back up at Cloud Kicker. “As for the bang…well, we’ll have to see how tonight goes, and if I’m actually up for it after this.”

Cloud Kicker smirked but said nothing else as she nodded to her best friend and her eldest niece, before turning tail and flying off with a blushing Dinky upon her back. The Tantabus, seeing the two fly off, summoned a pair of wings of its own, and made to fly after them, only for a bolt of brilliant blue lighting to strike it through its side.

“I don’t think so mister.” Blossomforth said firmly, her eyes glowing as she lowered her outstretched hoof. The blue aura surrounding her body grew in power as it became streaks the swirled around her, Amethyst’s own moderate violet aura cloaking her. “If you want to get to them, you’ll have to go through us.”

“Damn straight.” Amethyst nodded, glaring daggers at the white Tantabus. “The only way you’re getting to my aunt, let along my sister, is over my dead body!”

With its pure red orbs for eyes glowing, the bleached white Tantabus screeched and shot itself towards the duo, with Amethyst making the first move. Igniting her horn, the mare shot off a powerful bolt of telekinesis that was just barely blocked by a shield that the Tantabus had put up. With the creature distracted, Blossomforth came up from behind it and soared down towards it, lightning coating her entire body.

“You just left yourself wide open!” The watermelon maned mare shouted before she unleashed her attack. “Lightning Pegasus: Striking Spear!”

Both of her lightning coated hooves slammed directly into the Tantabus’s back driving it deep into the ground and causing a huge hole to be made in its wake. Blossomforth immediately took to the air to fly away from it, only to cry out when an ethereal streak wrapped around her leg and slammed her to the ground. It then pulled her towards where she had struck down the Tantabus, before a bolt of pure red magic struck her and sent her crashing into a nearby house.

“Blossomforth!” Amethyst shouted, before turning back to the Tantabus. “Oh, you’re so going to pay for that one!”

With her horn glowing even brighter aura than it was before, two gleaming moderate purple diamonds appeared on either side of Amethyst. They extended and formed into handles as long blades appeared out form the top of them, thus making them into five-foot-long swords. Purple auras covered both appendages as the young Unicorn shot both out in front of the Tantabus, ready to slice it to bits.

“Solid Form Magic: Diamond Swords!” She shouted, galloping towards the Tantabus, who immediately leapt at her with its own horn extended. Amethyst’s swords clashed with the beasts own curved horn, causing sparks to fly through the air as they fought to push each other back. They separated as Amethyst, swung both swords at the beast, only for the Tantabus to dodged both swords, and swing its wing out, the edge of it formed into a blade. Amethyst’s sharp eyes were able to see the attack coming, and used one of her diamond swords to block to wing, doing the same to the other that was coming from the left of her.

“It’s going to take a lot more than wing blades to get passed these swords!” The young adult Unicorn shouted before swinging both swords outward. “Two Sword Style: Slicing Waves!”

With a loud neigh, Amethyst swung both her swords out in two different angles, sending magic waves slashing right into the Tantabus’s chest. It made now sound as it was hit, but Amethyst could’ve sword she saw a faint flash of red glowing from within its chest before it leaped away from her. Igniting its horn, it shot a few magic blasts at the Amethyst, to which she sliced in half with her swords, before firing bolt of magic of her own, large enough to envelop the Tantabus. Much to her shock it didn’t even attempt to evade the attack, and the moment it vanished, it leapt right at Amethyst, who instinctively leapt back.

“Two Sword Style: Twin Slashing Waves!” She shouted, swinging both sword and sending an ‘x’ shaped wave of purple magic at the Tantabus. It used a bolt of magic to dispel the attack, before it med Tantabus in a clash of swords and horns, generating another shower of spark.

They stayed like that for a moment longer before they both vanished, reappearing in the same place repeatedly, either ducking or dodging each other’s attacks. They clashed both horn and sword as they battled for dominance, occasionally shooting magical blasts at each other. Some of them missed, others connected, while some even ended up crashing into homes nearby, leaving good sized holes in the walls or rooftops. Neither payed any attention to this though, the former especially, the only thing on her being to assure Dinky and Cloud Kicker were safe.

“Lightning Pegasus: Electric Shock!” She shouted, shooting both of her hooves out and sending a powerful bolt of lightning at the Tantabus’s stomach. It was left no time to dodge as it the attack struck home, going right through it in the process as it flew back from Blossomforth. The pinkish gray mare wasn’t letting up unfortunately, and before the Tantabus knew it, the mare was already delivering her next attack.

“Lightning Pegasus: Thunder Axe!” Blossomforth yelled, flipping in the air and letting her left forehoof collide with the Tantabus’s face. Amethyst watched in awe as the older mare sent the creature crashing back into the ground, before she grabbed it and hoisted it into the air.

“Lighting Pegasus: Feather Flock Shock!” The pinkish grey mare cried, shooting her wings out and sending a flock of lightning coated feathers at the Tantabus. They struck all over the beast before exploding in a shower of lightning that covered the Tantabus in a huge thick cloud of smoke.

“I’m not done yet!” Blossomforth shouted, landing on her hindlegs, wings still flared, and shooting her forehooves out in front of her. With her eyes glowing brightly, she summoned a large electric orb of blue, before shouting. “Lightning Pegasus: Electric Explosion!”

With a force powerful enough to shake the ground beneath her, Blossomforth shoot a large drill of lightning that tore through the ground and ripped up the earth. It chirped loudly with lightning as it soared right at the Tantabus, who concurred up another shield to block the attack as it hit. This didn’t deter Blossomforth, and she continued to fire off her wave of lightning even as it began to spread all around her.

“Dammit…this thing is a lot more powerful than I had originally thought it’d be!” Blossomforth said to herself, gritting her teeth. “Looks like I’m going to have to take this up a notch.”

“Mind if I give you a hoof there, Blossomforth?!”

Blossomforth’s ears flicked at the sound of Amethyst’s voice, and she turned around to see the young adult Unicorn galloping towards her. Before Blossom could say anything, Amethyst leapt in the air and landed on both of her shoulders, shooting both swords out in front of her.

“H-hey, what’re you-?!” Blossomforth said, stumbling forward a bit. “What’re you doing Amethyst?! Get off of me!”

“It’s alright Blossomforth! I know what I’m doing Blossomforth!” Amethyst said, as her horn glowed brightly with magic. “Just right there alright?!”

“W-why?!” Blossomforth asked, struggling to keep her balance on her hindlegs. “What’re you going to do?!”

“We’regoing to blow this motherbucker into Kingdom Come!” Amethyst replied, lowering her head as her horn and swords glowed brightly. “Three Sword Style: Triple Magic Beam Cannon!”

With an explosion that almost knocked Blossomforth off of her hind hooves, Amethyst shot out powerful beams of magic right into wave of lightning. The attacks fused together immediately, thus creating a wave of purple magic coated in brilliant blue lightning, growing twice as big as it was before. It created an even deeper trail into the ground as the combined attack slammed right into the white Tantabus, driving the ethereal creature back a much farther distance. It tried to pump more magic into its shield, only for it to begin to crack as the combined lighting and magic of Amethyst and Blossomforth chipped away at it.

“You’re not gonna get away from this one, you asshole!” Amethyst shouted, not letting up in her combined blasts. “Come on Blossomforth, let’s give this bastard everything we have!”

“Right!” The pinkish gray mare nodded, digging both hind hooves into the ground. With a loud whinny, she channeled even more of her magic into her hooves, making her lighting wave as powerful as she could. It certainly did the job as it helped strengthen Amethyst’s own growing attack to overwhelm the Tantabus, who was now looking seconds away from getting blown away. Its shield eventually cracked to the point where it could no longer be supported, and it shattered upon impact, leaving the Tantabus no longer able to defend.

It screeched as the combined wave of magic and lighting enveloped it, sending it flying away from both mares and into the streets of Ponyville. The two mares kept the attack going of a couple moments longer, wanting to make absolutely sure that the creature would be gone for good, and it wouldn’t come back. Finally, their attack ceased, until all that was left was a deeply scorched and torn up trail of dirt.

“We did it…we won.” Amethyst said as she leapt off of Blossomforth and stumbled on her hooves. She panted heavily as the whiplash of using so much magic got to her, all four of her legs shaking as her tail drooped. “Holy shit, that was a big ass amount of magic that I used on that freak.”

“Yeah…same here. I don’t think I’ve used that much magic in a long time.” Blossomforth nodded, chuckling a little as her wings hung limp at her sides. “Are you okay sweetie?”

“Y-yeah, I’ll be fine. Just gotta take a breather is all.” Amethyst nodded as she fell to her haunches. She reached up and gingerly touched at her horn, wincing at the heat coming off of it. “Oh boy…that’s going to take a while to cool down.”

“Well, that’s what you get for using so much magic at one time.” Blossomforth said teasingly, before wincing at the pain in her wings. “Then again, who am I to talk when I’ve used up so much of my magic that my wings are going to fall off?”

“Guess that makes two of us doesn’t it?” Amethyst giggled, giving her tail a few flicks. She then looked in the direction where they had both sent the white Tantabus flying, and her smile fell a bit. “Hey…you don’t think he’s going to be coming, back is he?”

“I hope not; I really don’t want a round two when I still feel sore all over.” Blossomforth replied, slightly whining. “And I haven’t even activated my Ascension Mode yet…if that happens, I might not even be able to walk.”

“Well…with all that’s going on, I don’t think either of us will have a choice in the matter, do we?” Amethyst shrugged. “Those things are incredibly strong, and with how much magic we used in this fight, we may have to go into our Ascension Modes sooner than we’d like. I have a feeling that we’ll need all the power we have if we want to win against these things, let alone live to see tomorrow.”

“I hate to say it, but you may be right.” Blossomforth sighed as she rubbed at her wings. She then looked up at the dirt trail left by their magical attacks, only to pause when she noticed something from within it. “Hey…what’s that?”

Amethyst looked over at the pinkish grey mare. “What’s what?”

“That, there inside of the trail.” Blossomforth replied, pointing forward. “Can’t you see it?”

Raising an eyebrow, Amethyst got to her hooves and followed the line of Blossomforth’s gaze, and she immediately noticed a glint from within the ground. At first, she thought she was just seeing things, but as she got closer, she realized that she wasn’t. Several feet away from the two mares was a large glass-like red orb, giving off a faint glint in the light of the Moon. It was a deep crimson red in color, looking almost as menacing as the once alive Tantabus.

“What the hell?” Amethyst whispered, igniting her horn and bringing the orb over to her and Blossomforth. “What is this thing?”

“It looks like some kind of orb of some sorts.” Blossomforth replied, examining the object closely. “Do you have any idea what it does?”

“Not jack shit…” Came Amethyst’s blunt reply, bringing the orb even closer to her. Pursing her lips, she closed her eyes and brought the tip of her horn to the glass-like orb of red. The contact lasted for only a second and a half, before Amethysts eyes snapped open and she dropped the orb to the ground.

“Whoa what is it Amethyst?!” Blossomforth asked, seeing the shocked look on the younger mares’ face. “What’s wrong?”

Amethyst took in a few shaky breaths, trying to calm herself down as her whole body shook with fright. Slowly, she reached a shaky hoof down at the orb and said, “T-that orb…it has that monster’s magic it.”

Blossomforth paled. “W-what?”

“You heard me!” Amethyst said, making Blossomforth jump. “That orb has that monsters magic contained inside of it!”

“It does?! But that’s impossible!” Blossomforth shouted, snapping her head back down at the red glass orb. “T-there’s no way that something that small could contain something that big and powerful, not unless…u-unless.”

“Unless it was the very source of its magical power and life essence.” Amethyst finished darkly as she glared down at the orb. “The one thing keeping it from dying no matter how much magic we threw at it.”

“Wait, really?” Blossomforth asked, looking back over at Amethyst. “You mean it was this thing is what was keeping that monster alive in the first place? How can you be so sure about that?”

“I had first noticed when I went one on one with that thing.” Amethyst replied, not looking over at the older mare. “When I had slashed it with both of my sword, I cut right into where its chest was, and I saw something red shining from inside of it. I didn’t think much of it since I thought that it was just its body giving off some faint glows or something like that.” Her nostrils flared as she lashed her tail out angrily. “It looks like I was wrong about that…dead wrong.”

“So…you’re telling me that it was this glass that was keeping that creature from being killed off or blown away by any of our attacks?” Blossomforth asked as she connected the dots. “A-and the only reason we even managed to defeat I was because…we found the…c-core of its magic and power?”

“It looks like it.” Amethyst nodded, glancing at the terrified Pegasus. “And if the creature that we fought right now has it, then I’m guessing that all of its other buddies have the same thing.”

“W-well…if that’s the case then we have to let everypony know about it quickly!” Blossomforth exclaimed, taking to the air despite the aching in her wings. “All of those guards and ponies are out here fighting those things, and I know that it’s only going to be a matter of time before they get overwhelmed! We have to find a way to let them all know before that happens!”

“Don’t need to tell me twice...after what we've found out, we're definitely going to need a change of plans.” Amethyst sighed, looking down at the ground in concentration. A minute later, she breathed in a deep sigh, and looked back up at Blossomforth. “Alright, here’s we’re going to do; you can get back to the Town Square from here, can’t you?”

Blossomforth paused, giving Amethyst a perplexed look. “W-well sure…we’ve only left twenty minutes ago. W-why?”

“I want you to go down there and find Captain Shining Armor and any other guards that aren’t in the middle of fighting these space pony things.” Amethyst replied, tilting her head in the direction of the Town Square. “I want you to see if he, or any other guard here can use their magic to amplify their voices to enough of a decimal to where they can talk to the rest of the guards around here and in the air.”

“So that I can tell them about what we had found out about these creatures and how to defeat them?” Blossomforth asked, earning an approving smile and nod from the magenta purple Unicorn. “Okay, but…what about you? What’re you going to do Amethyst?”

“What you do think I’m going to do?” Amethyst asked as if it was clearly obvious. “I’m gonna go see if my little sis and my aunt are okay. I know it hasn’t been that long, but I’m pretty sure tha Dinks is already worrying about me, and I wanna put those fears to rest before she drives Aunt Cloud crazy. That and I want to give her some extra protection; I am her big sister after all.”

“Yeah, that you are.” Blossomforth nodded, giving the younger mare a little amused smile. It turned into a concerned frown as she cupped Amethyst’s face in her hooves. “Just be careful when you’re going to the library okay? I know you’re a strong mare and all, but still…even with the weakness we just found out, those things are powerful. So…don’t engage with them if you don’t feel like you can win against them. If anything were to happen to you, let alone Dinky, Derpy would drain my dry of all my blood!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll watch my back while we’re split. I’m already getting you into enough trouble with my mom by doing this, so the last thing I want for you to look like a ghost. Otherwise, my aunt would find you too scary to bang.” Amethyst said, giggling a bit as Blossomforth blushed. “Speaking of which, you had better manage to make it back to us in one piece too, or else my aunt is going to give me a real earful.”

“Sure thing Amethyst.” Blossomforth replied, leaning in and kissing the younger mare on her forehead, just above her horn. “Good luck.”

Amethyst nodded, and with a brief hug, the two mares separated before breaking off in different directions towards their destinations. As Amethyst galloped towards the Golden Oaks Library and Blossomforth flew back to the Town Square, the two mares had one singular though etched into their minds.

‘Please come back to me alive!’

Author's Notes:

This chapter is one that I can say is downright one of the shortest I have ever written so far, and one of the chapters that I have given a quite significant change to. In the last version of this, I had named it 'Ascension', and showed the scene where Blossomforth and Cloud kicker engaging in a fight with the Timberwolves, with Dinky still with them, while Blossomforth was out in other part of town fighting them. Sometime around that last version of this new chapter, I had Cloud Kicker have Amethyst take Dinky and run from the Timberwolves, while Cloud Kicker fended them off, with Derpy eventually coming to her daughters' rescue, followed shorty after by Shining Armor. And after that, they'd all go straight to Sweet Apple Acres where they'd Snowflake, Midnight Sheton, Crescent Shield, Spike, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders after they had gotten trapped inside the library by the Timberwolves, and saved by Moon Blade and his guards.

For this scene, besides the change in the enemies, I decided to have Derpy stay at the Town Square to recover from her injuries, while Blossomforth and Cloud Kicker went with Dinky and Amethyst to the Golden Oaks Library to see shelter there, unaware that Twilight was no longer there. I also planned to have them separate again, only this time, Amethyst and Blossomforth would stay to fight their Tantabus, while Cloud Kicker took Dinky to the Golden Oaks Library so they can both seek shelter there, while promising that they'd meet up there. Other than that, the rest of the chapter was made entirely from the top of my head, with some obvious differences in the beginning. The next chapter will contain the same thing, although it might not take as much changes as it needed for this.

Now, as for those of you who were wondering about the supposed weakness that I had added inside the battle between that one Tantabus, Amethyst, and Blossomforth, let me help you quell your confusion. If any one as watched Akame Ga Kill, and saw both battles between Mine and Seyru Ubiquitous, and learned about the weakness that former's Imperial Arms has, you'll know why I added that in there, and I I thought that it was a rather appropriate weakness to add. Since Seryu's Imperial Arms is an Organic type of Imperial Arms and can only be stopped by destroying the core, I felt that I should do the same for the flock of Tantabuses. Of course, that won't be the only weakness that they have, especially since Nightmare Moon was the one who created them in the first place, though that won't be revealed until later on in the story.

Well, that's all for now; next time we're going to be seeing a revised edition of the break in in Twilight's castle...only this time, with a couple additional guests.