While Midnight and the three farmers prepared for the reunion with their youngest loved ones, things back at the Nightmare Moon’s castle had gotten a little bit rowdy. A good majority of the castle was quiet, with Nightmare Moon’s Dark Army confined in their makeshift rooms, all of them preparing for the incoming battle. Nightmare Moon was sitting within her throne either doing some quiet meditating or letting her thoughts drift off to who knows where. As for Nyx and the Galaxy Star Bolts, things were a little bit more active where they were. Deep within the underground interior of the newly rebuilt castle, the seven ponies were currently going through their own preparation for the fight. Though, unlike the Dark Army that were all training within the essence of their mindscapes, the six were doing it in an outward fashion.

Nyx flew about with the Galaxy Star Bolts as they flew about in the air, dueling each other in a contest of speed, flight and magic. Bright scorching flames, bursts of chirping lightning, and sharp roaring whirlwinds went about the underground training room. They sliced at the ceiling, struck into the ground, and burnt the walls as the six Pegasus ducked and swerved on one another, wings flapping violently as they zipped through the air. Any damage that was done to the room was automatically fixed thanks to the magic that Nightmare Moon had infused within it, meaning none of them had to any of it.

The sin black Alicorn giggled gleefully as she shot off magic blasts wind slices, and hard impact blows at the agile Pegasi. Each of them retaliated with their own devastating attacks, to which the mare efficiently blocked or evaded with her own magic. The noise that was being made in this training chamber was so loud that it could’ve shaken the entire castle. It was only thanks to a noise encasing spell that neither the Dark Army or Nightmare Moon could hear what was going on, or else they would’ve been driven insane.

“I have to say Princess Nyx; you haven’t gotten rusty for a single second since we’ve gotten here!” Nightshade praised as she and Nyx flew around each other. “I would’ve thought that all of those times that we weren’t training on the Moon with our Queen would’ve lead you to taking a lot of R&R time.”

“Maybe, but you should really know me by now Nightshade! I’m a Princess, and as the future ruler of Equestria, I have to be at my very best if I want to protect this land from any outside threats!” Nyx giggled, firing a blast of magic at the light blue Pegasus. “And this little training session we’ve been having will certainly help me down that road!”

“That may be so…” The gruff voice of Straus said from behind Nyx as he came up from behind her. “…but do you really think that you’ll be able to handle all of us at the same time?!”

The pale grey stallion spun around and aimed for a kick to the mare’s back, only for Nyx tail tow wrap around both of his hind legs. She wildly spun him around, before letting Straus slam into the ground, leaving a large crater in his wake.

“If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t really be doing this with you all right now.” Nyx replied, looking over at the stallion from the corner of his eye. “The only reason I even trying to take you all on is that I know that I can hold my own against all seven if you. if I can’t do that, how can I even attempt to stand up to a whole army?”

The sound of chirping lighting alerted Nyx, and she looked back in front of her to see Blueball in front of her, lightning coating her entire body. “Yeah you’ve gotta point there Nyxie! Still, that doesn’t mean that it’s gonna be any less fun zapping you, heeheehee!”

The bluish-purple mare grinned widely as she shot a gigantic wave of lightning down at Nyx, who simply smiled as it enveloped her completely. It vanished after a few moments, and there was no sign of Nyx anywhere around the room. At first, Blueball thought that she had gone too far in her attack, but that soon turned to fear when she felt a hoof grab the back of her suit.

“While there is nothing wrong in getting a thrill from battle that others wouldn’t approve of…” Nyx cooed quietly into Blueball’s ear. “…it can also be your downfall if not handled in a proper manner…like right now.”

The sound of blazing electricity could be heard throughout the training room as Nyx zapped Blueball with as much electricity she could muster with her magic. Surprisingly, Blueball didn’t scream or cry out, but instead let out low moans that made the other Galaxy Star Bolts blush deeply. With one final zap, Nyx let go of Blueball, and watched as she hit the ground, her body giving off little twitches with her eyes rolled in the back of her head.

“Oh wooooow…that felt sooooo goooood~!” Blueball cooed a large dopey smile on her face as her own face turned red. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt something that good before~!”

“Dear Lauren Holy Faust Blueball, is there nothing that causes you pain instead of being turned on?” Charger asked, frowning down at his teammates. “This has to be the millionth time that this has happened.”

“Oh, don’t be so hard on her Charger.” Starry Skies said smoothly, smiling in amusement at Blueball. “This is just how our Blueball is. Not all ponies react the same way when they get done in the way she just did.”

“That’s true, but that doesn’t mean everyponygets pleasure from pain!” Nyx shouted as she flew at Starry Skies. The mare was able to dodge the incoming punch that the sin black Alicorn had thrown at her, but was not able to do the same with the wind slash Nyx launched at her with her wing. As Starry shot it away with her own wing attack, Nyx sent a whole flock of them down at the pale violet mare sending her crashing to the ground in the same way as her last two teammates. “Oh, and another thing, never turn your back on the enemy, even if you are concerned for the safety of your teammate. While I’m not saying you shouldn’t be worried, if you don’t keep in mind that you could be attacked as well, then you won’t be able to help your teammate recover.”

“And if that happens, your teammates will be left by themselves without any help from the others!” Nightshade shouted as she ascended towards Nyx. The sin black alicorn blocked the punch aimed at her stomach by the light blue mare, and they got into a martial arts duel. At some point during the duel, Nyx had managed to grab Nightshade by her right foreleg, before kneeing her in the gut. Nyx then raised her right foreleg and elbowed nightshade deep into the top of her head, before flipping over and axe kicking the Galaxy Star Bolt Captain right into the ground.

“Another important lesson in battle.” Nyx nodded as he flew down towards the downed light blue mare. “Followed by always looking out for any attacks that come out of the blue, no matter what kind of attacks they are.”

“Er…r-right…that too.” Nightshade replied, a slight wheeze in her tone.

“You mean like this one?!” Charger shouted as he came diving down towards Nyx, his whole body cloaked in a giant tornado. Just as he was about to make contact, he suddenly found himself encased in a turquoise blue aura and thrown out of his tornado. Flying over it, Nyx encased herself inside of the tornado instead and used Charger’s own attack to send him spinning right into the wall.

“You should be mindful of anypony, be it Unicorn or Thestral, that might try to use your own attacks and tactics against you.” Nyx said as she hovered down next to Nightshade. “Or else you could find yourself on the receiving end of it.”

As the floor fixed itself from behind her, Nightshade fixed her mane before smiling up at Nyx. “Yep, I think it can be said that you have not slowed down a single bit since you first started your training Nyx. You are certainly going to wipe the floor on those mares that’re coming to defeat us and our Queen.”

“Heheheheh…she sure is.”Blueball nodded, wobbling as she got to brought to her feet by Charger. “Oh Faust, that was such a good zap of lightning…now that really turned me on!”

“Please tell me that you don’t mean what I think you mean by that?” Straus groaned as he glared at the bluish-purple Pegasus. “It’s bad enough that we get our asses kicked by Nyx, but now we have to deal with your sexual references?! Don’t make me careen you into the damn wall!”

“Oh, can you please do that, please please please!” Blueball pleaded grabbing Straus by his own suit. “Give me a nice good wallop just like the zap Nyx give me! Now that’ll really turn me on!”

“Oh dear, now you just made it worse Straus.” Starry chuckled, watching as a tick mark formed on Straus’s head. “Now you’ve really got our little Blueball wanting to be ridden.”

“Yeah, just what were you thinking?” Charger asked, pulling himself out of the wall. “Are you trying to get Blueball so pent up that she’ll try to screw us into the ground right here?”

“Don’t you go starting too!” Straus shouted, lifting up his goggles to shoot a death glare at the greenish gray stallion.

“Awww don’t worry Straus, there’s nothing to be ashamed of.” Nyx cooed sweetly. “There’s nothing wrong with being attracted to a mare so much. Especially somepony like Blueball. I wouldn’t be surprised if you actually did want her all this time.”

“I DO NOT!” Straus roared, stomping his hoof as he pushed Blueball off of him “I am by no means wanting Blueball in any way, shape, or form! And you all telling me that is not helping my case either!”

“Whatever you say Straus." Nightshade laughed as the floor fixed itself up behind her. “Still, feel free to say out loud of you do want Blueball all to yourself…along with any of us beautiful and sexy mares.”

Straus grit his teeth as Nyx, Nightshade and the other Galaxy Star Bolts laughed at his expense, all of them taking immense amusement in his embarrassment. That mirth immediately turned to surprise and fear when they heard the sound of screaming from outside of the room. It was not the sound of any typical scream, it was one of primal rage, like somepony had lost in the most important time of their lives.

“You…you guys heard that, too right?” Charger asked as the scream echoed about. “I couldn’t have been the only one who heard that!”

“No Charge, you didn’t, I heard it too.” Nightshade replied, her ears pinning back. “It sounds like our dear Queen is not happy, and she is pissed off…royally.”

“That’s an understatement!” Straus snorted. “She looks like she’s going to freeze somepony solid and shatter them into icy mist!”

“W-what do you think she could be angry about?” Blueball asked fearfully as she hid behind Starry Skies.

“I don’t know, but I think we should find out.” Nyx replied warily, her eyes narrowing. “Come on everypony, let’s go see how mother is doing!”

The sin black Alicorn ignited her horn and encased each of the Pegasi in her magic, before they all teleported out of the training room. A few moments later, they appeared outside of the throne room of Nightmare Moon, where things were not as quiet. Each of their eyes widened upon seeing the sigh of the Dark Queen herself pacing around, a look of murder in her eyes.

“Those little PESTS!” Nightmare Moon snarled, screaming out as she stomped the ground with her regalia covered hooves. “Those heartless insignificant bastard pests! How dare they do this to me and my precious pet?!”

“U-um…Momma?” Nyx asked, taking a step back. “A-are you alright?”

Nightmare Moon, upon hearing her ‘daughter’s’ voice, snapped her head over to her heiress and the Galaxy Star Bolts. Her expression softened considerably, though the seven ponies could still see the rage burning within her draconic gaze.

“Oh…it’s just you Nyx.” She sighed as she calmed down. “Forgive me for that…I didn’t see any of you there until it was too late.”

“Um, she does realize we’re here too, right?” Straus asked, only to get elbowed by Nightshade.

“T-that’s okay…w-we’ve actually had a feeling that it was you who screamed a few moments ago.” Nyx said, watching as Nightmare Moon winced. “Speaking of which, what has you so angry?”

The vampiric fangs on the larger dark Alicorn gleaming as her lips curled into a snarl. “You want to know why I’m ready to blast something into ice?! I’ll tell you exactly why!” She slammed a hoof down as she shot her head up to the icy blue ceiling. “My dear sweet little Tantabus…has been defeated!”

“What?!” Nyx and the Galaxy Star Bolts cried.

“H-how?! That shouldn’t be possible!” Nightshade shouted; her eyes full of disbelief. “T-that Tantabus is the most powerful one out of all of us besides you and Nyx! How can he fall down so easily?!”

“Because of those day worshipping little excuse of ponies that’s why.” Nightmare Moon growled. “It would seem that I had underestimated the amount of power that they were capable of wielding. I had believed since the Tantabus was a creature made of pure magic that it would be able to wipe out that entire town! It would seem that I did not think this through…either that or I had sent the Tantabus out too quickly.”

“What do you mean your Majesty?” Starry asked, tilting her head. “You said it yourself that the Tantabus was a pure magical creature. I don’t see how it can fall to none pure magical beings like them.”

“I think I can.” Blueball said, raising her hoof. “You all know how Queen Moonie you had said that you had sent the Tantabus out too quickly? I think what she means by that is because the Tantabus’s weakness was found.”

Charger raised an eyebrow. “You really think so?”

“I know that she does, because its true.” Nightmare Moon murmured, bowing her head. “The Tantabus’s mane weakness is the metallic core that I had created for it in order for it to be able to maintain its physical form. I was so focused on ensuring the destruction of that town that I neglected to remember just how long it would take for the Tantabus’s core to be able to withstand anything thrown against it. Even as it slowly began to gain a more solid form in the process.” She sighed as she looked back up at her ‘daughter’ and the Galaxy Star Bolts. “It now seems that mistake is coming back to haunt me.”

“Well, judging by the look on your face, I’d say that it is.” Nightshade murmured, a sympathetic frown on her face. “So, what’re you going to do now?”

Just as fast as the regretful look was on Nightmare Moon’s face, it morphed into one of sadistic excitement. “I plan to ensure that my plan to demolish that town does not repeat itself. Now with the more intelligent subjects that I plan to send there.”

“Wait, you mean…!” Blueball gasped. “You’re going to send the Dark Army there?!”

“Not all of the Dark Army mind you.” Nightmare Moon replied. “But just enough needed to completely turn that town into a pile of ashes. I believe that they’ll be able to handle this task without a problem, even find it entertaining.”

Nyx frowned worriedly. “Do…do you really think that these ponies will be able to get the job done?”

“I don’t think, I know, especially since all precautions for the upcoming battle have been taken.” Nightmare Moon replied, grinning savagely. “And this time, I don’t have a single shadow of a doubt that my plan will follow through.”

“W…what did you just say Fluttershy?” Twilight whispered fearfully, her pupils morphing into pinpricks. “I-I could’ve sworn that you just said…”

“Yes, I did.” Fluttershy said firmly. “That Battookuma is Mor’du; the very same Battookuma that came to Ponyville four years ago!”

Twilight just stared at Fluttershy, her expression one of pure horrified shock as her intelligent mind struggled to take in what her friend was saying. She didn’t want to believe it; she wanted to just pass it off as Fluttershy joking with her. The longer she looked into those beautiful teal eyes however, the more Twilight realized that Fluttershy was not joking, and she was serious in what she was saying.

“Wait a second, hold on…” Zephyr began, his own eyes wide with shock. “You’ve seen this Battookuma before?”

“Y-yes, we have…at least me, Twilight and Pinkie Pie have” Fluttershy replied, glancing at the royal blue stallion. “It’s only been once before, but that day that Mor’du came to Ponyville is one that I’m not going to forget any time soon.”

“Wait, so you’re saying that…Mor’du had come to reign your town looking for food?” Zephyr asked, after doing a quick think over in his head.

“Well, in a way, yes, he did.” Twilight replied, calming down a bit. “It didn’t happen exactly the way as you think, but you certainly got the motive right. Thankfully, nopony was killed and eaten, and Mor’du was fought and chased away by one of my friends.” The image of a certain Kirin colt entered her mind. “And boy did he get physical with that bear.”

“Wait, one of your friends fought that thing?!” Zephyr asked incredulously. “Who was it?!”

The roaring of Mor'du alerted the three ponies over to the scene in front of them, and they found themselves jumping back at the sight of their friends being blown away once more. The only one who managed to stay with the Battookuma was Goku, who had managed to get in a few good blows to the beast. Though it wasn’t long before Mor'du managed to score a lucky hit with his tail, sending the tan Thestral flying away from it and right into Zephyr’s arms.

“T-that was a lucky catch there, Zephyr, thanks.” Goku grunted as her fellow Shenron set him down. “Sweet Faust, that guy hit me really good with that last move. I thought he had busted my head open for a moment there.”

“It certainly looked like it.” Zephyr murmured dryly. “Still, I think it can be concluded that it’ll take a lot to crack that skull of yours. You can take being hit on the head by a full-grown tree and you’d still be able to keep going.”

“Damn right that I would, one of the many quirks to being a Thestral.” The tan mare nodded as she flashed a fanged grin at the Pegasus stallion. It soon faded when she saw the wounded bodies of each of her friends. “The same can’t be said for the others though. That’s why we need to get out of here as quickly as we can, before we become this guy’s dinner.”

“Goku, about the Battookuma Fluttershy had-” Twilight began, only for her eyes to widen when she saw the Battookuma flying at them. “WATCH OUT!”

Twilight pushed other three out of the way and put up a large shield just as Mor'du was about to slam into her. A powerful shockwave burst throughout the trees as the giant bat winged bear fought against Twilight’s bright purple shield. The raw power from behind the beast’s form was enough to send a pulse of pain throughout Twilight’s head as she struggled to hold the shield up and protect her friends. The lavender Unicorn fought with all her might to keep Mor'du at bay, but the bear’s own wild and chaotic power won out in the end, and with a powerful slam, it finally shattered. The scream that Twilight let out upon feeling the Battookuma's claws slash her in her side, chest, and barrel echoed about as she was flown away. She then found herself slamming into the ground with the wind getting knocked out of her, staring into the burning fiery eyes of Mor'du.

For what seemed to be forever, the Battookuma and Twilight just stared at each other, the former eyeing the mare with need and hunger, and the latter looking back up at him with fear and terror. Its mouth was filled with the acidic poison that hung just out of reach of the protégé, the substance giving a bright glow of green as the creature licked its lips eagerly. Finally, the beast it raised one of its giant paws, its long sharp black claws glinting in the moonlight as it prepared to deliver the finishing move. Twilight squealed in terror and clenched her eyes shut, hunching her body in preparation for the blow.

“TWILIGHT!!!” All six of her friends Zephyr included, screamed, their voices filled with absolute terror.

Just as the Mor'du was about to finish Twilight off, its ears picked up the sound of cracking lightning and roaring fire coming from above it. It looked up and its eyes widened when it saw a huge ball of violet fire and black lightning rushing down towards him. It had no time to doge before the attack slammed into him at breakneck speed, sending the winged bear-like creature flying away from Twilight as it exploded in a haze of fire, lightning, and dust. Several more of those attacks came raining down like meteors, sending the Battookuma further away from the mares.

Twilight covered her face with her forehooves as the cloud of dust enveloped her from the force of the unexpected incoming attack, squeezing her eyes tightly so the dust wouldn’t get in her eyes. It took a few moments for the dust to recede, but once it did, Twilight immediately picked up the very power magical aura of a pony directly on top of her. With some nervousness and caution, Twilight slowly opened her eyes, and felt a gasp leave her throat when she saw a purple suited Pegasus mare standing in front of her.

“Looks like we made it just in time.” Violet Fire said softly, relief flowing through her tone as she stared ahead of her. “I expected you all to be in a bit of a tight situation, but I didn’t think it’d be like this.”

“Who…” Twilight began as she composed herself. “Who areyou?”

Violet Fire turned around to face Twilight, allowing her to see the mask and goggles framing most of her face, save her mouth, nose and ears. She stared at the lavender Unicorn for a few moments, before a soft gentle smile appeared on her face. “I’m afraid I’m going to have to save the introductions at the moment. Though I willsay this...you’ve certainly seen us before. Along with the rest of my team.”

Twilight blinked, her face morphing into that of perplexity. “We…we have?”

“Wow… I did not expect somepony else to dropping in like that.” Rainbow Dash breathed; her mouth agape as she stared at the elusive looking mare.

“Jus’ who in tarnation is that mare?” Applejack asked. “Ah don’t think Ah’ve seen her anywhere ‘round Ponyville before.

“I have no clue…” Rarity said, doing her best to brush the dirt out of her mane. “Whoever she is...her mane and tail are simply divine!”

“I’ll say, and her outfit is really cool!” Pinkie Pie added, her cerulean eyes sparkling in awe. “It looks like it’s something somepony would wear on Nightmare Night!”

As the six mares conversed, Goku and Zephyr, who had also taken notice of the newcomer, stayed silent as they pulled themselves up from the ground. Their eyes scanned Violet Fire from head to tail, taking in her extended ebony back and indigo mane and tail, her deep purple suit, and her large phoenix like wings. At first, they didn’t know who the mare was, but there was something telling the two Shenrons that they had seen this mare before. As this thought crossed their minds, Goku and Zephyr’s caught the scent of the mare thanks to the wind blowing in their direction. As soon as they did, the Pegasus stallion and Thestral mare let out loud gasps, the latter reeling back as she fell back on her haunches.

Applejack, who noticed this sudden action, turned to Goku, her brows furrowed with an expression of morphed concern.“Somethin’ th’ matter Goku?”

“I...I-I know that mare!” Goku cried, her eyes widening in recognition. “T-the one in the suit, I know who she is!”

“Wait, really?!” Pinkie Pie gasped. “You’ve seen this pony before?!”

“We both do, a lot more personally than any of you are thinking.” Zephyr replied, sounding calmer but by no means less shocked. “She’s part of a Military Air Force group that was said to have vanished over a thousand years ago, and came back only recently! That’s Violet Fire Kindheart Rosario! The Captain of the Elusive Shadowbolts!”

“The Shadowbolts?” Applejack asked, blinking a couple of times. “Now what in th’ hay ‘re th’ Shadowbolts?”

Before Zephyr could reply to the farmers question, Goku beat him to it. “Only one of two greatest Air Force Warriors in all of the history Equestria, besides the Wonderbolts.”

Pinkie looked over at the tan Thestral, blinking once.

“Two?” She asked, not quite getting what the Kirin meant.

“The Shadowbolts are said to be a large team of Pegasus ponies that used work for and fight alongside Queen Celestia and Luna during times of war and hardship, very much like the modern day Wonderbolts do today.” Goku explained knowingly. “Just before the Wonderbolts were founded by General Firefly Tenshi, which was said to have taken place three hundred years after Queen Luna was banished, she had allowed a Pegasus Air Force group to join her military force and assigned them on missions that she could not do herself. They were called the Shadowbolts, a powerful group of Thestral weather masters, tamers, and destroyers that were known to rule the skies they flew. According to the Legends of Equestrian History, this group was founded by one of the ancient warriors that lived over three thousand years ago. A Pegasus mare that when by the name of Night Fire Kindheart Rosario, the very first Shadowbolt known to ever rise and exist in Equestrian history.”

“Whoa, wait a minute! Back up!” Rainbow Dash said, holding her forehooves up. “Did you just say that the Shadowbolts were founded before the Wonderbolts were?!”

“Yes darling.” Rarity replied dryly. “Yes, she did.”

“Oh wow! Somepony from Fluttershy’s clan was part of a Military Air Force?!” Pinkie gasped, her eyes widening with awe. “I had no idea her ancestors used to be soldiers, let alone work for both Queens!”

“Neither did I.” Rarity murmured, staring at the two Pegasi. “She never really mentioned having any family that was part of the Royal Guard for either Queen. The poor dear was probably very embarrassed to bring it up.”

“Anypony would be embarrassed to bring up ponies with a history like our own.” A calm and patient voice said from behind the fashionista. “So, it shouldn’t be any surprise that we keep things like this in the dark.”

Rarity screamed in fright and whirled around, her right hoof already going out in a strike to the pony behind her. Her hoof was caught before it could even go halfway, and she found herself staring into the icy blue eyes of Storm Shadow.

“My Celestia, don’t do that!” Rarity shouted hotly, glaring sharply at the mare. “I thought that you were somepony else coming to take advantage of me!”

“And what gave you that idea?” Storm Shadow asked, not in the least bit intimidated by Rarity’s glare. “It’s not like I’m a stallion or anything, and it’s not like I go after mares just for the sake of a rut, that’s Fast Track’s thing.”

“F-Fast Tracks?” Rainbow Dash asked, her ears perking. “Who in the hay is fast tracks?”

“That would be me!” The light brown stallion chirped, coming out of the tree a few feet away from the mares. “Hey there nice to meet ya!”

“Wholly moly!” Pinkie Pie gasped, her eyes bugging out. “Goku, look there’s another Thestral here like you!”

“Yeah, I can see that Pinkie Pie.” Goku said patiently. “I can also see that he and Storm Shadow aren’t the only ones who’re here.”

As if to justify her claim Lightning Shadow, and Blue Skies all appeared form out of the sky all of them forming a protective line in front of the seven ponies along with Storm Shadow and Fast Tracks. Twilight was the only one outside of it, with Violet standing protectively in front of her as she glared defiantly at Mor'du, who was still down on the ground.

“Wait a minute, there are more o’ y’all here?!” Applejack shouted, slightly indignant. “Jus’ how long have y’all been here?!”

“Just about the same time that Captain Violet was here.” Lightning replied. “Which was approximately half a minute ago.”

“W-we’re sorry that we couldn’t get here sooner everypony.” Blue Skies said apologetically, rubbing one of her forelegs. “We have um…some run ins with a few of the animals here.”

“Oh yeah?” Rainbow Dash asked, raising an eyebrow. “And just what kind of animals did you face that it needed to take you three hours to get here?!”

“Animals that would more than likely be a match for ponies such as us.” Fast Tracks replied with a grin. “We can tell you about it later though; just sit back, relax, and let Captain V take care of this big guy here.”

“Yes, about that Fast Tracks…” Violet replied. “Could you please be a sweetie and take Twilight over to Goku and the other girls?”

“Aww, do I have to?” Fast Tracks whined, giving Violet Fire a childish pout.

“Yes you do, and if you don’t you’re going to be the one guarding these mare’s against the next beast we face.” The ebony black mare replied, speaking to the stallion as if he was a young foal being lightly scolded by their mother or elder sibling. “Now, are you going to get her away from here so I can fight, or am I going to have to make you sit the next fight out?”

“Oh alright, but I wanna get at least one good hit on the next animal we come across!” Fast Tracks said, making his way over to Twilight. “I don’t wanna have to have come all this way here for nothing.”

“Oh, don’t worry baby, you’ll get your chance to shine enough, even if its not with this beautiful animal.” Violet Fire said dryly. “Besides, this guy’s not even the one that we’re supposed to be really fighting anyway. Oh, and it’s called a Battookuma, like I’ve already told you a thousand times before.”

“If you say so.” Fast Tracks grumbled, gently sitting Twilight up. “Come on, I’ll take you back to your friends. You just leave this big guy to Captain V over there.”

“Um, okay…” Twilight said softly, letting the stallion hoist her onto his back. “Thank you for saving me by the way.”

“It’s not really me who you should be thanking; Violet Fire’s the one managed to keep you from getting eaten.” Fast Tracks said, grinning over at the lavender Unicorn. “You can thank her later, but you’re welcome, nonetheless. Just you wait, you’re going to see what we’re really made of!”

“Thank you, Fast Tracks.” Violet Fire shouted, spreading her large wings and taking off towards Mor'du. The rest of the team stayed behind, acting as guards for the seven mares behind them while they watched their captain fly at the beast the beast. “Fire Pegasus: Twin Scorching Hooves!”

Violet Fire was the first one to strike, shooting her flaming forehooves out in front of her in an attempt to deliver a powerful strike to Mor’du’s gut. The Battookuma saw this, and used its massive feathered bat wings to shield himself from the attack, just as the ebony black mare collided with him. A powerful shockwave spread throughout the clearing as Violet Fire sent the creature skidding back farther from the seven mares behind her. Its large paws left deep trails in the dirt as it fought to withstand the force of the attack from the ebony mare, before lunging at her.

“Sorry, but it’s going to take more than just charging at me to get a hit on me!” Violet said a cloak of black and purple flames swirling around her. “Fire Pegasus: Neigh!”

Snarling, Mor'du let out roar and flared his wings and lunged at the ebony mare, swinging his wings forward with breakneck speed. Large slices of wind emerge from the creature’s wings and made their way towards Violet Fire’s breath of fire. As expected, the flames were blown away, thus allowing the Battookuma to lunge at Violet without any fear of burnt. Mor'du gave powerful flaps of his own wings as he dodged and whirled his way around Violet’s strikes, snapping his wings to his sides to keep them from getting flaming slices by the Shadowbolt Captain. Once he was sure that they flew well past him, he flared his wings back out and have them a powerful beat as he shot his paws out to slice his foe.

“I don’t think so!” Violet Fire shouted, slamming her left hind leg into Mor'du’s gut, making the giant bat winged bear hunch over. Mor'du growled and swung a large clawed paw in the air to try to slice Violet again, but she shot up above his paw, spun around in the air, and slammed her right hind leg onto the bat winged bear’s head. The Battookuma yelped at the force driven into its skull, causing it to lose its footing and slam into the ground. As it tried to recover from the attack, Violet Fire grabbed it by its muscular tail and began spinning it around in the air, before she let it go and let him fly into the air.

As the Battookuma began to fall, it snapped its fiery eyes open and spun its body around, landing hard on its feet as he let out a howl of defiance. It shot off the ground for a third time as it gave powerful flaps of its large feathered bat wings, it’s poisoned filled jaws open and ready to kill. It suddenly felt something slam right into its chest, and it looked down to see another Violet under it, having driven their hind hooves right into its chest, stopping it in mid-flight.

“Fire Pegasus: Flaming Hoof!” She shouted as fire emerged from her hoof and enveloped the giant bat winged bear, making his body ablaze. Snarling Mor'du let out roar and flared his wings to fly up and away from the Shadowbolt Captain. He swung his wings forward with breakneck speed, large slices of wind emerging from them as they their way towards Violet. Wordlessly, she gave powerful flaps of her own wings as she dodged her way around them, snapping her wings to her sides to keep them from getting slices by the wind slashes flying at her. Once she was sure that they flew well past her, Violet flared his wings back out and flew up to body slam her foe.

“Fire Pegasus: Scorching Body Slam!” She yelled as she collided with Mor'du full force, sending him higher into the air. The Battookuma yelped at the force driven into its body, unable to find the strength to get Violet off of him. As Mor'du tried to recover from the attack, Violet grabbed him by his muscular tail and began spinning him around in the air once more. As she let him go, Mor'du soared even higher into the air and she followed it into the tree, going out of sight.

“What in the, where in the world is she going?!” Rarity cried, aghast at what the Pegasus mare was doing. “Is she abandoning us and leaving us to fend for ourselves?!”

“Ah don’t think so.” Applejack replied, glancing over at the other Shadowbolts that were still in the air. “The rest o’ her teammates ‘r here with us…she must be plannin’ somethin’.”

“Of course she is.” Storm Shadow said calmly. “Why else do you think Captain Violet Fire is flying off? So, she can this fight as quickly as she can.”

“How is she going to do that?” Twilight repeated quizzically. “I’ve only ever seen her use fire when she was fighting that Battookuma, and wind does cancel out fire.”

“That is true.” Blue Skies nodded. “Except Captain Violet doesn’t just use fire in her attacks, she’ll also use lightning wind in it as well. Not every Pegasus uses just one of the three powers that we were granted.”

“You do have a point there darling.” Rarity murmured. “Though, I still don’t see how that’s going to help her win the fight.”

“Something tells me that we’re going to find out in just a moment.” Fluttershy replied, watching as Violet Fire came rushing back to the clearing. “She’s come back…”

“Whoa!” Rainbow Dash shouted, her eyes widening as she stared up at Violet Fire. Or rather, what was surrounding Violet Fire as she soared through the air. “Is she…covered in three elements at once?!”

Indeed she was; a large cloak of jet black and violet flames, golden lightning and pure white wind could be seen surrounding the ebony black mare, making her look like a large tri-colored ball careening through the sky as she drew closer and closer to her to Mor'du. As Mor'du began to collect himself, he could see that Violet had done a fair share of damage to him, as evident by its burnt fur, missing feathers, and the holes in his wings. It was at that moment Mor'du know that this mare was more than a match for him, and that he was not going to succeed in making her into a meal.

“Alright, it’s time to finish this! I hope your ready sweetie, because this one gonna blow you away!” Violet Fire shouted as she began to spin. “Lighting Fire Wind Pegasus: Slicing Flaming Thunder Whirlwind!”

Mor'du, who was taken off guard by Violet Fire’s spinning action, was unable to form its own defensive attack. In a last-ditch effort, he flared his wings and wrapped them in front of itself in a large membrane shield. The attack collided head on, and the Mor'du tried with all his might to send Violet Fire spiraling, but the force of the collision, combined with the three elements, was simply too great for the winged bear to handle. Before long, it was engulfed in the giant swirl of elements and sent flying into the eastern part of the Everfree, its agonized echoing behind it.

Author's Notes:

Well, I think I can say that this chapter went much better when it comes to adding more than one scene in an entire chapter, and, looking back, this idea fit in this chapter much better than with all of the other ones. I won't lie, it was pretty hard for me to write the scene with Nyx and the Galaxy Star Bolts, especially since I didn't have enough of a clear mind to do it. Eventually I was able to get the scene in, and after that, the rest of the chapter followed smoothly, with a little bit of chances here and there.

As for the Battookuma, anyone who couldn't figure out who Mor'du is, he's one of the main protagonists in the Disney Pixar Movie Brave, a Demon Bear that was once human that terrorized the villages in the medieval times. Anypony who hasn't seen that movie, I suggest that you go and see it, because it is really really good!!! I would so watch it again if I had the chance!!!

Anyway, that's it for today y'all...next time we're going to be winding down for a little bit, at least on ponyville's point of view before going back to the girls. The things that're coming up next is something that I know that you'll all enjoy, in more ways then one!!!.