Celestia’s giant wings flapped majestically in the wind as she ducked and swerved under the massive swift paws of the mother Ursa Major. She put up a shield to defend herself against the scorching breath attack that the beast aimed at her, even as it lowered her close to the ground under her. With a surge of her godly magic her shield turned into a giant beam of golden magic that slowly ate up the Ursa Major’s fire breath, before her own attack struck her right into her mouth. The Ursa Major threw its head back and roared loudly before swinging one of its paws out and sending Celestia flying to the side.

“Celestia!” Venture Vine shouted, stopping in her flight with the guards upon seeing her Queen get shot straight into a tree. “Hold on, I’m coming!”

“No, don’t focus on me Venture Vine!” Celestia shouted, pulling herself from out of the gigantic tree. “Focus on protecting the guards while they protect you, and make sure the Ursa Major doesn’t eat them! We cannot afford to lose any soldiers as of this moment!”

“But your Highness-” Venture began to protest, only for the Ursa Major to let out another roar, alerting her back to the beast. Her reptilian eyes widened upon seeing its massive paw heading down towards a few fallen Pegasus guards, who didn’t look like they could make it out in time. Acting out of complete instinct, Venture flew over and landed in front of the guards, raising both her forehooves just in time to stop Ursa Major’s paw from crushing them. Venture grit her teeth from the impact of the impact, but was able to keep herself steady. With a roar, she pushed the gigantic paw back upwards, before leaping up and delivering a swift yet savage tail swipe to it with her tail blade.

“There we go, that should distract her for a minute.” Venture told herself before turning back to the flabbergasted guars. “Are you all alright, where did she get you?”

“W-we weren’t stabbed or anything, but she smacked us to the ground when we were trying to get her with lighting attacks.” The first Pegasus, a stallion, replied shakily. “We were stunned for some time and we weren’t able to see the attack coming in time.”

“Well, that’s what happens when your bitch slapped by a bear whose size rivals even that of Canterlot Castle.” Venture murmured, helping the guards to their feet. “Can you all still fight?”

“Y-yes, we can, thank you Venture Vine.” A Pegasus Solar Guard mare replied, coughing up a bit of fluid. “W-we’re still a little bit dizzy though, we’re gonna need to shake the impact off of us before we can fight.”

“Well you better do it quick, because this mama’s not done with us yet, far from it.” Venture Vine replied, turning back to the Ursa Major. “In fact, by th looks of it, she’s not gonna let us go until she’s killed every last one of us.”

“Then the only option that we have is to kill her before she does us.” A third guard, another Pegasus stallion said, rubbing his head. “But given its size, I’d say that it’s just about impossible!”

“Then don’t focus on trying to kill her.” Venture Vine said sharply. “Just focusing on either keeping her down or stunning her long enough for all of us to escape. Plus, killing this Ursa is probably the last thing you should be trying to do.”

“Why do you say that?” The first guard asked.

“Because I’m not the only one whose got a child in this forest.” Venture Vine replied before she took to the air, leaving the gob smacked guards down below.

After nursing her injured paw, the Ursa Major switched her attention back to the ponies, only to see Venture flying up towards her. Growling, she opened her jaws and shot a fire breath at the grass green mare, who only smirked when upon seeing the attack coming. She opened her own mouth as the flames envelope her, only for all of them to disappear a few moments later, much to the Ursa Major’s surprise.

“Bet you’re wondering how I survived that attack aren’t you?” Venture asked, a toothy smirk on her face. “Well, I might show you, if you can survive this!”

Inhaling deeply, Venture reared back and shot out a huge blast of crimson fire that completely enveloped the Ursa Major’s furry chest. It staggered back on its hind legs from the pain, but it managed to keep its footing before swiping at the Kirin mare again. Venture’s agility and speed were able to keep her from getting sliced in half, though the Ursa Major’s whip like tail was a bit of a different story.

“Everypony, watch out for the Ursa Major’s tail!” The voice of Celestia called out as she flew towards Venture Vine and the beast. “Don’t be fooled by its size, it can move with the speed like that of a whip and can easily slice you in half!”

“Yes Ma’am!” The guards shouted from down below, before taking cover from said tail.

“Solar Beam!” Celestia shouted, aiming her horn at the Ursa Major’s face and sending the blast of magic at it. To Celestia’s shock, the beast actually managed to dodge the attack and took a swipe at the Sun Goddess, who promptly put herself in a sphere of her own magic. It bounced across the ground like a basketball on a basketball court before she made it disappear and took flight again. With her eyes flowing, and a pale lavender aura surrounding her, she flew up once more at the Ursa Major, her wings flared fully in preparation for another attack.

“Solar Wing Slice!” The Solar Queen shouted, swinging both of her wings forward and sending giant golden fiery slices at the Ursa Major mother. It roared before swinging its claws forward and sending off its own flock of slashing attacks at the swan white Alicorn. After her first two were extinguished, Celestia huffed and swung her wings out in a repeated graceful barrage, sending off more and more of her fire covered slices of magic. They clashed with the Ursa’s own, causing a brief power struggle before an explosion rang out within the air, and Celestia was showered in smoke.

“Queen Celestia!” A Unicorn Solar Guard mare cried, only for Venture to suddenly appear in front of her and hold a wing out.

“Don’t worry, she’s alright.” She said firmly, yet reassuringly. “A little smoke isn’t going to do anything to harm her. If anything, that Ursa Major should be worried about what Celestia has planned from within that smoke.”

The Unicorn mare turned to the grass green Kirin in confusion. “W-what do you mean?”

As if to show just what Venture meant, Celestia suddenly appeared out of the smoke, eyes glowing as her horn blazed brightly. With an echoing whinny, she fired off a bolt of magic that blindsided the Ursa Major as it struck her in the neck. It choked as Celestia folded her wings and dove down towards the Ursa Major’s midsection, turning around at the last second to deliver a powerful kick to the beast’s stomach.

While the kick wasn’t enough to make the Ursa Major completely lose its footing, it was able to make it stagger back again, its back hitting a giant tree. Celestia then flew up to its head and gave it another powerful kick to its chin, causing it to snap its jaw shut with a deafening snap that made everypony go temporarily deaf.

“Oh, now that had to hurt.” Venture winced, rubbing her own chin tentatively. “I felt that from all the way over here.”

“So did I. I honestly feel sorry for the poor girl.” A Lunar Guard Thestral mare said softly, shaking her head. “I’m just hoping that she doesn’t have to face off against Queen Luna, when we get her back from Nightmare Moon that is.”

“Ditto.” A Thestral stallion nodded beside his fellow guard. “I mean, it’s bad enough she’s trying to fight Queen Celestia, but from what I heard about our own Queen, if this Ursa were to face off against our dear Moon Goddess…” He shivered. “I really don’t wanna think about what would happen if that were th take place.”

Venture nodded to both Thestrals. “Neither do I.”

The sound of Celestia’s screams and something hitting the ground drew the groups attention to their leader, and they saw her in a massive crater. Smoke rose from it was it swept across the clearing, but it was soon cleared away by Celestia’s wing flaps. With her aura swirling around her like a whirlwind, she shot back up into the air and aimed her spear forward.

“Solar Spear Blast!” She yelled, a large sphere of golden magic surrounding the top of her spear before it shot off in a giant beam of magic. It was as big as the cosmetic breath of fire that the Ursa Major retaliated with, and they engaged in a brief yet violent power struggle. Moments into it, the Ursa Major’s fire began to gain dominance over Celestia’s spear beam, much to the swan white Alicorn’s dismay. Just as she was about to be incinerated by it, several more beam of magic appeared from around her, alerting her to her guards surrounding her.

“W-what’re you all doing?!” Celestia asked, shocked by the sudden addition of strength. “You all should be trying to escape the Ursa Major!”

“We’re not leaving you your Majesty!” One Unicorn stallion said from beside her. “We’re your guards, and it’s our duty to protect you!”

“Even if it means going off against this beast!” A Unicorn mare added, her eyes blazing as she amplified as much magic as she could with her horn. The others did the same, and all of their attack combined with that of Celestia’s making her own attack six times as stronger than it was prior moments ago. This was something that the Ursa Major was not expecting, and by the time it realized its attack was being pushed back, the ponies’ attack struck her full force.

As the Ursa Major toppled to the ground from the pain of the attack, Venture flew over to the guards and the Queen. “Did…did you all combine your attacks back there just now?”

“It looked like we did.” A third Unicorn Solar Guard murmured, rubbing at his horn. “I mean we didn’t really plan for it to happen. We were just trying to help the Queen in gaining the upper hoof with the Ursa Major is all.”

“Well, it looks like it worked.” Venture murmured, glancing back at the downed purple bear. “It also looks like it left quite the burn on her too.”

“Well, yeah of course it did!” The fourth Unicorn guard said. “Wasn’t that the whole purpose of us coming to Queen Celestia’s aid in the first place? To keep it from going after the other guards that’re supposed to be fighting Nightmare Moon’s own forces?”

“Of course, your little combined attack saw to that, however unplanned that it was.” Venture replied with a slight snort. “It also gave me an idea on how we can take her down long enough for us to escape.”

A fifth Unicorn guard raised a brow. “What plan is that?”

“It’s a bit of a long shot, but I think that it’ll work in bringing the Ursa Major down to the point where she won’t be able get us once we escape.” Venture replied, glancing over at the Thestral Lunar Guards. “Okay, so, you all know how the Pegasi and the Thestrals can unleash lightning, fire and wind attacks, the Unicorns can cast powerful spells, and the Earth Ponies can summon earth walls and vines right?”

“Well, yeah, that’s why we were given the name the E.U.P Guard.” A Thestral mare replied, glancing over at the Solar Guards. “Well, why they were given that name anyway.”

“You’re just as much as a part of the guard as they are honey, Thestral or not, and you should not think that makes you any less of a pony either.” Venture stated, causing the Thestral mare to blush. “Anyway, here’s what I think we should do…first, we’ll have the Thestrals and Pegasi take flight and unleash their attacks on the Ursa Major from above. With them doing that, she’ll have trouble focusing on the other guards down below.”

“Yeah, I think we can work with that.” Another Lunar Guard murmured, as his fellow Thestrals nodded in agreement. “What about the Unicorns and Earth Ponies?”

“I’m getting to that.” Venture said patiently, holding up a hoof. “Now, for the Unicorns, we’ll have them fire off the most devastating spells they can muster at the Ursa Major. Feel free to combine the attack if you want, because that seems to be the only way for them to cause any real damage to her, like you did just now. For the Earth Ponies, we’ll have them summon their strongest vines to subdue the Ursa while the Unicorns and Pegasi fire off at her, while me and Celestia deliver the final blow.”

“Both of us?” Said Solar Queen asked. “Are you saying that we should combine our moves?”

“We can if you want.” Venture shrugged. “I was planning to combine the elements that I can use into an attack that’ll stun the Ursa Major enough for you to finish it off. Though if you want to combine our attacks together, then I’m all up for that too.”

Celestia mulled over the plan for a moment, before she gave a nod. “Yes, that sounds like very well-articulated plan. Is everypony else up for that?”

“Hay yeah we are!” A Thestral Lunar Guard exclaimed. “Nothing against the Ursa or anything, but I really want to get this over with! Every moment we spend here is another moment that Queen Luna is suffering, and who knowshow long it’ll take for Goku and her friends to get to Queen Celestia’s old castle to free her?!”

“Both Celestia and Luna’s castle.” Venture corrected, glancing back into the path of where the old castle was. “Still I can see your point. I also want to get to Zephyr as quickly as we can so I can help him in whatever Nightmare Moon will have for him.”

“Well then, that’s what we’ll do.” Another Solar Guard said, stomping his hoof. “We’ll go along with your plan and go from there.”

“And me and Celestia will give you the signal to let you know when we’re ready to unleash our own attack.” Venture added, glancing over at Celestia only to see her nod. “Oh, and one more thing, whatever you do, don’tkill the Ursa Major.”

Before anypony could ask any further on that, the grass green mare spread her wings and took off towards the Ursa Major, who had managed to regain its footing once more. Venture took a deep breath, but instead of letting out a breath attack, a draconic roar came out instead. The explosive sound took the Ursa Major off guard, the sound nearly making her go deaf as her ears pinned back in discomfort. When the sound ended, she looked up to see Venture hovering in front of her, her cloak fluttering behind her.

“Hey honey! Are you looking for me?!” She shouted, her tails wishing about behind her. “I’m right her out in the open! Why don’t you come and get me?!”

The teeth of the Ursa Major gleamed as she snarled up at the Kirin mare, before letting loose a powerful roar that nearly sent Venture flying off into the forest. The stars on its fur began to glow brightly as a white aura surrounded the beast, before swirling around it like a tornado in a desert. The force was so strong that it caused the more normal sized trees shake, some being ripped out form the ground by their very roots. Had it not been for Celestia encasing them all in a protective barrier they would’ve all be blown away.

“Your Majesty what in the world is happening?!” An Earth Pony Solar Guard cried. “What is the Ursa doing?!”

“I know not what is happening!” Celestia replied, one of her wings shielding her eyes from the blinding light. “Whatever it is, I fear that we must ask quickly!”

As if to show how fire that situation was, the bright aura surrounding the Ursa Major vanished, and the ponies were greeted with a sight of the beast once more. Her eyes and claws gleamed brightly as she glared up at them all with unrelenting balefulness, before she roared and lunged at them again, her agility taking them by surprise.

“Fire Kirin: Brilliant Flame!” Venture Vine shouted, shooting down a massive golden yellow ball of fire down at the Ursa Major. It struck her right in the back, sending her crashing down to the ground and once again releasing a dust glowed that covered everypony down below. When it cleared, the Ursa Major too notice that a majority of the guards, mainly the Thestrals and the Solar Pegasus Guards, all were gone. At first, she believed that she had crushed them, but that theory was soon proven wrong when she felt a bolt of lightning strike her in her shoulder. With a snarl, she looked up and saw Venture Vine, and a good majority of the Pegasi and Thestrals up in the air with her.

“You shouldn’t be focusing on just them you know!” Venture commented, baring her teeth down at the large purple bear. “There are other opponents up here too, so why don’t you show us what you’re made of too?!”

As if complying with her request, the Ursa Major roared and let out a huge stream of space-like fire at the flyers above her, to which most of them were able to evade. Against all odds, none of the Thestrals were hurt, but the same could not be said for some of the Solar Guard Pegasus ponies. While most of them were able to keep from getting burnt alive, there were some that did get hit, and ended up falling out of the sky. Luckily for them, Celestia saw this, and caught as many as she could in her aura, while the Unicorns and Earth Ponies caught them from below. It didn’t really matter, for the ones that were still flying flew around the Ursa Major, unleashing a series of attacks that either sliced, burnt, and zapped her on the spot.

The giant purple bear let out a roar mixed with pain and anger, and took wildly slashes with her gigantic paws sending off her own slashing attacks one more. The Unicorns and Earth Ponies down below and either ran or put up barriers to protect each other. The slashes slammed into their shields and sliced through their earth barriers and into the ground below, and some were taken in the ground with them.

Doing her best to ignore the screams and cries of her army, Celestia looked to the ones standing and shouted. “Earth Pony Squad, summon your vines and ensnare them around the Ursa! Whatever happens do not let it escape from its spot!”

“Yes ma’am!” The Earth Pony Solar Guards shouted in unison, racing past their fallen comrades and towards the Ursa Major. Raising their forehooves, they slammed them into the ground the force causing it to crack under the pressure of their combined strength. With their eyes flashing multiple different color, they shouted. “Earth Make: Vine Snare!”

Multiple upon multiple vines burst out from the ground in front of them and shot towards the Ursa Major, all of them wrapping around the beast’s hind legs and her lower torso. At first, the Ursa Major didn’t notice that she had been subdued, put when she tried to lift her hind legs, she took notice of the plants on her. Growling in annoyance, she reached out with her tail to try to cut them apart, it was stopped by a bolt of magic that blasted into it.

“No way in Tartarus we’re gonna let you break free!” A Solar Unicorn stallion shouted, his eyes blazing as he lashed his leonine tail. “We’re not done with you just yet!”

“Good work my little ponies!” Celestia praised, raising her spear in front of her. “Now, FIRE ALL!”

With those words, a flock of magical bolts rose towards the Ursa Major, and she found herself assaulted by multiple colors of light. She roared and swiped at them, trying to either block or make them bounce off, but this proved to ultimately be futile. Growing even more enraged, she tried to life her legs to rip the vines off of her, but they barely budge, with only a few of them getting torn in two.

“Good luck trying to rip those vines apart sweetie!” Venture shouted from above. “They’re not like your ordinary ones back in jungles! They’re unfused with the magic of the ponies that are the most connected to the earth out of almost all of us Pony Tribes! No matter how hard you try, you’ll need to put in a love of effort to rip them out, and even then, you’ll only get a few at a time!”

The Ursa Major shot the grass green Kirin a seething glare, and opened her mouth to send off another breath of space fire at her. Venture merely stated at it before taking a breath and letting off her own fire attack at the beast. “Fire Kirin: Roar!”

The two attacks connected with even more force than it did with Celestia’s, and a shockwave tore through the air that blasted the leaves off the tallest trees. As the power struggle went on, Venture took notice of the Pegasus and Thestral guards surrounding her, and before she knew it, they were all combining their attacks with her own.

“Hey there Venture, we thought that you may need some help in dealing with this Ursa!” A Thestral Lunar Guard said, flashing her a fanged grin. “Then again, can’t have you taking all of the credit, can we?”

Venture would’ve laughed if she wasn’t occupied in her breath attack, but the amused look in her eyes was enough to show it. At some point, she heard a roar from down below, and she looked down to see the Ursa falling back first into the ground, the combined breath attack driving it deeper in. A huge cloud of smoke enveloped the beast, along with most of the flyers, but none of them were harmed by the cloud.

“Whoa, now that was one hay of a bucking explosion!” A Pegasus Solar Guard said, before looking over at Venture Vine. “You okay there Venture?”

“Yes, I am, don’t worry…I just have a little dust in my mouth.” Venture replied, coughing a little smoke out. “And it looks like the right time is right for me and Queen Celestia to end this.”

“Wait, you’re gonna do it right now?” A Solar Guard Pegasus mare asked in surprise. “Are you sure that now is the right time? Shouldn’t we give off another attack just in case?”

Venture shook her head. “That last attack we all shot at it was more than enough to stun her to unleash another to render her unconscious. It’s alright, we’ll have enough time to do it, just wait for me and the Queen signal to take cover.”

Before the guards could protest again, Venture Vine dived down towards the Queen, the others following behind her a few moments later. As she landed in front of her, the grass green mare took notice of the aura surrounding the mare growing with intensity.

“Um, your Highness?” Venture asked, taking a couple of steps back. “What are you doing?”

“Generating enough power needed for our final finishing blow.” Celestia replied, her eyes closed in concentration. “I take it that you’re ready as well?”

“Er, y-yes, I am.” Venture replied as she quickly collected herself. “In fact, I had come up with a secret technique that I had been trying to master since Spike moved away. I had over four years to do it, and I’m positive that it’ll be enough to stop this Ursa for good.”

Celestia raised a brow. “What move are you going to use?”

“You’ll see.” Venture replied smiling slightly. “By the time I unleash it, everything will be over before you know it!”

The grass green Kirin mare then closed her eyes and concentrated on channeling as much magic as she could in her next and final move. Golden flames appeared and surrounded her in a bright yellow cloak, along with Celestia, who couldn’t help but feel relaxed by the warmth that the fire produced. It mixed in with her own lavender aura, producing a surprisingly bright brown color as they fused together. Everypony nearby couldn’t help but look on in silent awe at the scene that they were witnessing, but they had little realization of the move that was going to come next.

‘This fire is so warm…I wonder if this is what it feels like with all Kirins whenever they summon it.’ Celestia thought to herself. ‘It must be, given how protective they are of their foals, just as much as the Thestrals are of their own young.’

The Solar Queen’s eyes soon picked up the movement of the Ursa Major letting her realize that she was getting up again. She had a good number of slashes and burn marks on her body, but it did nothing to lessen or sooth the rageful murder in her eyes, or the anger bristling within her soul. Celestia knew that it was only a matter of time before the beast finally lost itself, and she knew that the battle needed to end, before they suffered real casualties.

“Venture Vine, I believe my power as at enough of an enlarged state to unleash the move that your planning.” Celestia said, doing her best to keep the anxiousness in her voice hidden. “Are you ready?”

Despite her best efforts, Venture could still sense the anxiety in the swan white Alicorns’ tone, and she quickly responded in time. “Yes, your Highness. Let’s end this now!”

“Very well.” Celestia nodded, flaring her wings. “Everypony, stand back!”

All immediately replied to the request, some of them dragging their fallen comrades out harm’s way to allow their Queen to finish the job. Both Venture and Celestia’s eyes glowed brightly as their combined power grew stronger, sending ripples through the gigantic clearing as they both finally unleashed their attack.

“Solar Beam of the Sun!” Celestia shouted, her horn shooting off the biggest beam of magic she had displayed.

“Fire Kirin Secret Art: Flame Lotus Exploding Flame Blade!” Venture roared, rearing up on her forehooves and sending off a razor whirlwind of golden flames.

The two attacks shot off at the same time, almost immediately fusing together into a solar beam that had a drill of roaring flames surrounding it. It shot up at the Ursa Major with speed that matched that of a falcon diving after a pigeon. The Ursa Major, who was once again up on its hind legs, was unable to block the attack in time, and was struck right in the stomach. Unlike all the other times where she was sent flying, the attack actually went right throughher and out the back of her as well. The Ursa Major’s eyes bulged, and a large glob of blood left her mouth as she let out the loudest roar she made. Overwhelmed by shock and the fiery pain in her body, the Ursa Major topped over, first falling to her knees before the rest of her followed.

“Oh no, here she comes!” Venture cried in alarm. “INCOMING!”

The powerful warning was enough to send all the guards, the ones injured included, take off towards the safety of the trees before their minds could followed their bodies. After encasing Venture in her magic, Celestia turned tail and took off after her subjects as well, and was able to make it behind a behemoth tree just as the Ursa Major hit the ground. The next thing they knew, a gigantic cloud of dust enveloped them as it swept over the clearing and even further into the forest. It swept over them all like a wave on a beach, and the guards found themselves flying and crashing to the ground as others tried to withstand the dust. As quickly as it came, it had passed, and all that remained was the motionless body of the Ursa Major and an entirely wrecked clearing.

“Wow! We got a lotta new party guests, don't we guys?” Pinkie Pie giggled. “Things just got a lot more fun for us!”

“I don’t see how any part of this can be considered fun Pinkie Pie.” Storm Shadow muttered bluntly. “We have a flock of giant bats ready to drain us try and a reptile able to swallow any one of us whole, that hunts on the water, and on land. How can anypony even think of this as a pleasurable situation?”

“Only those who had no consecutive sense of fear.” Lightning Shadow muttered. “Regardless, it still doesn’t chance what’s happening right now. We’re surrounded on both sides by creatures that pose more than a danger for us, and we need to get passed them quick. Least we become mummified, or get torn to the very bone.”

“Oh dear, I don’t want to become a mummy, especially not in some filthy underground cave in the Everfree Forest!” Rarity whined pitifully, dramatically falling to the ground. “I love my fur, and it gives me such a divine shine with the rest of me, but I don’t wanna become a ghost! You have no idea how long it took me to get to this measure of beauty, and I don’t want it to be lost!”

“Then stop acting like damn drama queen and do something to prevent that!” Rainbow Dash advised. “We don’t have time for you acting like somepony had torn up your dresses! We need you to get your ass in the game and fight these things so we can get to Nightmare Moon!”

“Rainbow Dash is right Rares, now ain’t th’ time fer is t’ be squealin’ like a lil’ piglet.” Applejack nodded, lightly kicking Rarity’s flank. “Th’ sooner we end these varmints here, th’ sooner we can git outta here!”

Fluttershy shot a sideways glare to the farmer. “Applejack…”

“If we want to stand any chance in escaping, then we’ll need to come up with a plan.” Twilight murmured; her horn ignited in preparation. “Goku, are you with me?”

“As if I wasn’t with you to begin with.” The tan Thestral replied dryly. “So, what do you suggest that we do Twily?”

“…Alright, since you, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and the Shadowbolts can all fly, you all can fend off the Dōkutsuakumas.” Twilight replied, blushing slightly at the nickname. “Me, Applejack Rarity, Zephyr, and Pinkie Pie are the more earthbound ones, so we’ll see to it that the Ragadile doesn’t try to eat any of us, or you.”

“As you wish sweetheart.” Violet Fire nodded, before turning to the rest of her team. “Are all of you okay with that?”

“Hay yeah we are!” Fast Tracks replied in an upbeat tone. “Let’s get this party started!”

“Hey, that’s what I was gonna say!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, frowning hard at the Shadowbolt.

“W-w-wait a minute, you’re saying thay we have to fight that, that…thing?” Rarity asked, as if she didn’t hear Twilight right. “A-all of us?”

“Yepperooni Rarity, including you!” Pinkie Pie chirped happily, winking at the terrified alabaster Unicorn. “What? You’re not planning on chickening, out are you?”

“Not on my watch she’s not!” Rainbow Dash replied, flying behind Rarity and pushing her forward to the others. “Twilight said that we’re going to be whipping this giant lizard’s ass, and that includes you Rares! Don’t even think about trying to make any excused about it being too damn dirty or anything like that, because we won’t be buying it!”

“No! No no, please don’t make me do this girls!” Rarity pleaded, her tail tucking between her legs. “I’m not cut out for this, I’m a pose and graceful fashion designer, not a barbaric fighter!”

“Rares, Ah’d like t’ think th’ fight we had with them Timberwolves begs t’ digger ‘bout you bein’ able t’ tango ‘r not.” Applejack snorted irritably. “Now ya got five seconds t’ git that fancy ass o’ yers over here, and light that horn o’ yers with yer fancy magic, ‘r else I’m gonna use these here boots o’ mine t’ scorch it like caramel on an apple!”

Rarity shot an ashen faced glare at Applejack, her forehooves going to her rump. “You even think of even trying that, and I will that sew that big apple munching mouth of yours shut!”

Before Applejack could make a witty retort back, they both noticed something shining out of the corner of their eyes. They looked up to see the Cragadile's large tail club sailing towards them, looking large than any Timberwolf tail club. They both screamed and leaped away as it slammed into the ground, making huge pieces of earth shoot up into the air. Hissing, the Cragadile swung its tail club again, sending the chunks flying in all directions. They would’ve crushed Applejack and Rarity flat, had it not been for a flock of garnet orange lightning zapping them to bits.

“Um, you guys, giant draconic alligator at twelve o clock here!” Zephyr shouted. “You guys can make out with each other later! For now, focus on not getting eaten!”

“You could give us a bit more of a polite warning next time!” Rarity exclaimed hotly, as she and Applejack joined Zephyr, Pinkie Pie and Twilight in battle.

“I swear those mares…” Goku sighed with a shake of her head before turning to Chenoa who was hovering beside her. “Chenoa, honey, I need you to listen to me. Auntie Goku needs you to find someplace to hide while we fend off the big bad bats that are after you, alright?”

The bat pup stared at Goku for a moment, looking as if it was hesitant on leavin the tan Thestral behind with the rest. It let out a few soft squeaks to express its worry to the mare, his large ears flattening to further emphasis it.

“Don’t worry baby, everything will be alright, I promise you.” Goku said soothingly, reaching over and rubbing the bat’s head. “Just go into one of those rocky pillars and don’t come out until all is over, alright?”

After a bit more hesitation, Chenoa finally relented, giving off a squeak of compliance before flying off towards the group of rocky mounds. Once she was sure the pup was safe and wasn’t seen, Goku looked back to the flock of Dōkutsuakumas in front of her and her fellow flyers.

“Come on girls, let’s lend a hoof to the Shadowbolts with this flock!” She declared, giving a stomp of her hoof. “Are you all ready?”

“I was born ready!” Rainbow Dash grinned, lightning surrounding her body.

“Yes!” Fluttershy nodded, wind swirling around her as her mane and tail floated gracefully in the air. “And I’ll be here to heal any of you should you get severe injuries!”

“I don’t think you need to worry about that sweetie.” Violet said sweetly. “You have a fellow Rosario here, plus two sisters who’re experts at healing potions!”

Fluttershy faltered slightly. “T-that’s not what I-”

The screeching of the Dōkutsuakumas and the sight of them charging stopped Fluttershy from finishing her sentence. Out of instinct, the buttermilk Pegasus shot a blast of wind at the giant bats with her wings with a resounding clap. It sent the flock of Dōkutsuakumas flailing away from them, but they quickly recovered and continued on with their assault. This time, the two Pegasi and one Thestral were ready and they retaliated almost simultaneously. Goku blasted out breaths of golden fire instead of lightning, with Rainbow Dash unleashing a flock of bright pink lightning, while Fluttershy shot blast after blast of razor-sharp wind.

“Fire Thestral: Scorching Whinny!” Goku yelled, the golden flames roaring from out of her mouth and soaring at the Dōkutsuakumas. Members of the flock that saw it coming either evaded the attack or blocked it with their wings, with a few being scorched. Those that were able to keep from getting burnt made their way to Goku, fangs glistening in preparation for ripping her throat out. Goku flew back as one came upon her, lunging right for her neck, only to get a back hoof to the face that nearly knocked its teeth out. she was about to land another punch, only for the creature to grab her by both of her shoulders and slam her down to the ground. With a screech, the Dōkutsuakuma lunged for her neck again, only for Goku’s right hoof to spit at the middle and grab it by the neck.

“Almost had me there, big guy!” She smirked, driving her other hoof deep into the beast’s chest before kicking it off of her. Spinning back upright, she got to her hooves just in time to avoid the claw swipe of another Dōkutsuakuma. One of its wings swung forward and got her in the neck, but thankfully it didn’t have enough force to drive into her throat and try to severe it. Goku went across the ground in a tumble before landing on her back, and was about to get up, only for another Dōkutsuakuma to come and drive its claws into her chest. Goku yelled out at the sharp appendages digging into her skin, and watched as the beast opened its mouth for the kill, only to be stopped Rainbow Dash.

“I DON’T THINK SO!” She yelled, zooming forward as she shot her forehooves out. “Lightning Pegasus: Electric Explosion!”

A sphere of electricity encased in both of Rainbow Dash’s forehooves exploded into a wave of magic that all but turned the Dōkutsuakuma into ash. In addition, the attack had also hit the Ragadile that Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie, and Applejack were fighting, and sent it crashing into the wall behind it. This in turn angered the giant reptile, proven by the hiss it let out, before it charged at the girls with its tail club raised.

“Watch where yer aimin’ RD!” Applejack shouted, summoning vines with her hooves that stopped the Ragadile’s club. “Ya nearly burnt mah hat off with that last attack o’ yers!”

“Whoops, sorry AJ!” Rainbow Dash apologized, before ducking under the incoming wings of a giant Dōkutsuakuma. “Whoa!”

Thinking fast, the cyan mare swung an electrified hoof at the beast aiming to decapitate her, slamming it right into its face. A zap of electricity shot through the Dōkutsuakumas body as it screeched in agony from the blow. As it flew away, it lashed out with its tail and wrapped it around the mare’s hindlegs, bringing her with it. Before Rainbow knew it, she found herself hurdling towards the Dōkutsuakuma’s flock with no time for a defense. Luckily for her, a defense came for her in the form of the Shadowbolts.

“Dash!” Fast Track shouted, zooming in an catching the mare just as she fell into the waiting arms of one of the giant bats. He spread his massive wings to stop them from hitting into a nearby wall before he examined her. “You okay?”

“Yeah, thanks there dude!” Rainbow Dash thanked as she separated from the stallion. “Now, where was I?”

With her eyes glowing, Rainbow Dash flapped her wings and took off at the Dōkutsuakumas again, ready to electrocute them. The sound of roaring wind made its way into her sharp ears, and Rainbow found herself skidding to a halt just as a blast of wind soared passed her.

“Sky Pegasus: Whirlwind Explosion!” Fluttershy and Blue Skies shouted, shooting off giant blasts of wind from their hooves that slammed into the Dōkutsuakumas. It didn’t get all of them, and a good portion of the flock made their way towards two Pegasi.

“Not on my watch!” Violet Fire shouted, landing in front of a terrified Fluttershy and Blue Skies with her wings flared wide. With her goggles flashing, she inhaled before letting out a large breath of fire. “Fire Pegasus: Neigh!”

The purple and black flames that surrounded the Shadowbolt Captain shot towards to the giant Dōkutsuakumas heading towards Fluttershy and Blue Skies. By the time they realized that Violet Fire had fired at them, it was too late for some, and they were scorched in midair. Despite the power behind the attack, there were still some that managed to get passed it and continued on towards their desired target, but they too were stopped in their tracks. Lightning Shadow and Storm Shadow both flew in and landed on either side of their Captain.

“Dark Pegasus: Black Explosion!” They both shouted in unison, firing off twin blasts of darkness at the Dōkutsuakumas in front of them. Just like with their captain, the waves of magical energy enveloped the bat-like creatures and sent them all flying. They crashed into the nearby cavern walls, the force causing large chunks of it to burst out and fall on top of the flock.

“My goodness, that came so fast!” Fluttershy gasped as she tried to recover from the shock of the rescue. “T…thank you for that Violet Fire…I didn’t think that you were going to be coming this fast.”

“Don’t worry Fluttershy, my team will always be there to save ponies in danger, regardless of whether they’re clan members or not.” Violet replied kindly. “You are okay, aren’t you honey?”

“Yes, I am…I-I just had a bit of a jump scare that’s all.” Fluttershy murmured, hanging her head as her mane fell over it. “B-by the way, h-how did you see that the Dōkutsuakumas were going to come after me?”

“Oh, that’s because i while I was burning my own flock, I had noticed some of them had evaded your attacks and were coming after you.” The ebony mare explained “So I had Lightning and Storm come with me and devise a plan should the same thing happened again.”

“And it looks like it worked!” Blue Skies exclaimed a beaming smile on her face. “Way to go Captain Violet!”

“Awww man, what the buck you guys?” Fast Tracks whined, hovering above the flyers. “I wasn’t able to get a single hit in with any of those giant bats! How could you guys take all of the good targets away from me like that?!”

“Aww, don’t be like that Fast Tracks.” Violet Fire cooed. “They’re not the only adversaries here in this underground cavern! There’s also a large water dwelling Ragadile here with them and us too! Maybe you could help Zephyr Twilight and the others with that!”

Raising a brow, Fast Tracks looked over at where Zephyr and the other girls were fighting the Cragadile, and his eyes widened upon seeing the intensity of the fight. The giant dragonish reptile was currently in the process of trying to crush the ponies under its clawed feet and its large clubbed tail. The one stallion and three mares were either burning the rocky scales on its body, or blasting it with multiple magical blasts and spells. It didn’t look like they were really having much luck with the beast, probably because of the swiftness and agility it was displaying despite its large rocky frame. However, the Cragadile wasn’t the only one with combined speed and strength, and Fast Tracks could see just by looking at the battle that his help was needed.

“Solid Form Magic: Wind Slicer!” Twilight shouted, shooting off a flock of wind slices at the Ragadile looming over them. The weakest parts of the dragon-like reptile were sliced off like scissors through blank paper, but other than that, little damage was done. The giant Cragadile growled loudly and swung its massive claw down at the lavender Unicorn. Twilight conjured up a shield just in the nick of time and a cloud of dust tore through the ground as the Ragadile's claw slammed into the shield. She gritted her teeth as she fought to maintain her shield, but just before the Ragadile could break the shield, Rarity came to her rescue.

“Belle Machine Gun: Gattling Gun!” The alabaster Unicorn shouted, her sword horn firing off a flock of magic bolts. They hit the Cragadile right in its face, and it loud out a shriek of pain at the multiple bolts hitting its face, using other claw to try to bat them away. Rarity didn’t let up, and was relentless in her assault on the reptilian, fueled by her deep desire to protect Twilight. The Cragadile eventually finally snapped, and raised its tail club, sending it straight towards the pony, who leaped out of the way. Unfortunately, this left Twilight vulnerable once more, and the tail club slammed into her shield, with much more force than the Cragadile's claw. The added force behind it almost broke Twilight’s shield, but she was still able to keep it up, albeit barely. With a hiss, the Cragadile raised its tail to strike again, but wasn’t stopped in it tracks by another one of its adversaries.

“Earth Make: Vine Snare!” Applejack shouted, stomping her hooves and summoning a group of vines from out of the ground. They wrapped around the surprised Cragadile, ensnaring him in their leafy grip and rendering him almost completely still. Its clubbed tail was pinned to the ground, and thus rendering it unable to attack or defend itself.

“Ah’m sure yer wonderin’ how it is that Ah’m able t’ summon mah good ol’ vines.” The farmer smirked, her hooves emitting a bright emerald glow. “It’s because mah connection t’ th’ earth is limitless, no matter where Ah am! Th’ fact that Ah’m even deeper underground makes it all th’ stronger, so Ah’m able to summon even stronger vines!”

“You sure are Jackie, and the same goes for me!” Pinkie Pie giggled, bouncing in front of the tangerine Earth Pony. “And that gives me time to plan out my own party trick!” Her eyes glowed a bright blue as she lifted her rear hooves up. “Earth Make: Armored Hooves!”

Slamming her hooves down, the very earth of the cavern slithered up her hooves, stopping halfway up, before Pinkie lifted them up. With a powerful bound, she soared towards the Cragadile’s midsection and began to fire off a rapid series of bunches, going at an even faster speed than Rarity with her last attack. The Cragadile shrieked and yowled loudly in pain as Pinkie pushed further and further back, making the vines ensnaring it shake. With one final double punch, Pinkie Pie struck the reptilian right in its chest, making the vines holding it snap, letting the Ragadile crash into the wall behind it.

“Oh yeah, now that was awesome!” Pinkie Pie cheered, doing a few back flips before landing next to Applejack. “I felt a real sugar rush after that!”

“Yeah, ya really let loose on him.” Applejack nodded, glancing back at the Cragadile, who was slowly raising back up on its feet. “Though it doesn’t look like it was enough to keep him down.”

“Well then, it looks like we’ll just have to keep hitting him until he does.” Zephyr declared as a cloak of fire surrounded him. “Fire Pegasus: Scorching Explosion!”

Rearing up, Zephyr shot a blast of orange fire at the Cragadile’s mouth, which was open at the time, letting the fire strike inside. The Cragadile snapped its mouth shut as it let the smoke out through its nostrils before growling menacingly at the royal blue stallion. Swinging its body around, it swung its tail club down right at Zephyr, but just before it could hit, Fast Tracks intercepted it.

“Like hay I’m gonna let you crush my best friend!” Fast Tracks shouted, flying just under Zephyr and catching the tail club with his hooves. Thankfully he wasn’t stabbed or sliced by the sharp points and edges, but that still didn’t stop jaws from dropping at the strength behind the light brown stallion’s catch. The sheer raw power that the Shadowbolt displayed when he caught the Cragadile’s tail club made even Applejack a little frightened. That is until she remembered that one of her friends was a Thestral herself, and she was just as strong.

‘Land sakes, if Granny Smith were here t’ see this, she’d be demandin’ Ah make this stallion mah mate just for his strength alone.’ The farmer thought. ‘Then again, she has been doin’ that since Ah met Goku, so Ah should probably be expectin’ it when we git back t’ town. Still, she’d totally be goin’ crazy if she were here right now.’

With a loud battle cry, Fast Tracks sent the Cragadile’s tail club back up, but not before sending volts of electricity from its tail to its entire body. With a purple cloak of lightning still enveloping him, he blasted a breath of it right at the Ragadile. It sent the beast flying back up into the wall where the whitish light was, hitting it so hard that chucks of the wall fell onto top of it when it fell. Just like with the Dōkutsuakumas when Violet Fire, Lightning and Storm Shadow fired off against them.

“That’s what you get for trying to crush my friend, you scaly bastard.” Fast Tracks hissed acidly, watching as the Cragadile silently writhed. With a calming breath, he turned to the others with a softer expression. “Sorry about that guys, I felt that you need some help.”

“My Celestia Fast Tracks, that was incredible!” Rarity exclaimed, her eyes shining. “I honestly thought that Zephyr was a goner there!”

“Yeah well luckily for him, he had a friend that has powers of a creature that’s supposed to be supernatural!” Fast Tracks boasted, feeling the danger was over for the time being. “I saw that big guy’s tail coming a mile away, and just like you saw, I acted fast!”

Twilight giggled. “Well, you certainly lived up to your name in that moment.” She commented, making Fast Track grin even wider. “Though I’m still trying to comprehend how you were able to keep from getting stabbed and crushed at the same essential time.”

“Well, having eyes like that of cat with the sharp senses of one can really help you with moves like that.” Fast Track replied with a wink. “I mean sure, they can hurt like a bitch when in the sunlight, but then again, having moves like that does come at a cost.”

“Yeah, it does!” Pinkie Pie said casually. “But you still get to do all of those awesome party animal moves right?”

Fast Tracks laughed. “You got that right!”

“Well, however you were able to do it, I’m so glad you were able to save Zephyr. It would have been so devastating to Twilight if she had lost him, Goku as well.” Rarity sighed, looking over at the royal blue stallion. “Not only that, but I wouldn’t have been able to repay him for so nobly risking his life to save me.”

“Repay me?” Zephyr asked, a brow raised in confusion. “What do you mean?”

“You’ll see after this is over darling~.” Rarity replied, batting her eyelashes as she flicked the stallion’s chest with her tail skirt. “Trust me, I think you’ll love what I have in store for you~.”

Applejack facehoofed. “Oh, fer th’ love o’ buckin’ Harvest Sapling Sweet Apple Titan…”

“Anyway, I don’t think we should be celebrating just yet.” Fast Tracks said, his expression and tone turning serious once again. “Our large reptilian friend doesn’t look like he’s done with us just yet.”

“As if he hasn’t not tried giving up.” Rainbow Dash snorted as she and her fellow flyers flew over to the rest of the group. “Compared to what we saw you go through with this guy; our own group was easy.”

“Easier yes, but by no means any less formidable.” Fluttershy murmured. “Due to how strong Ragadiles are on land, it may take most of our combined effort to keep it down long enough for us to make an escape. So, our best option is to do just that.”

“T-that does seem like a well thought out idea.” Blue Skies commented. “Though we should do it quick. With each minute that passes, Nightmare Moon’s growing stronger, and planning a scheme that could put all of Equestria in danger. If we don’t get out of this cavern soon, getting eaten by Cragadile's and sucked dry by Dōkutsuakumas will be the least of our worries.”

“Blue Skies is right.” Storm Shadow nodded, flaring her wings. “Things will only get worse the longer we stay down here with these animals. Let’s end this all in one go so we can get out of here.”

“In that case, let’s-” Lightning Shadow began, only to pause at what she saw next. “What in the…?”

As the Ragadile rose back to its feet, it didn’t notice the ever-growing cracks in the shining cavern ceiling growing until it grew in volume. A relatively loud crack finally drew the reptile’s attention to it, and by the time it turned its head, chunks of the shining ceiling were already falling down towards it. The Cragadile only had time to hiss out in surprise before it found itself buried in the large earth chunks of the cavern top. The ponies in front of it covered their eyes from the dust that enveloped them, and when they looked in front of them again, they were greeted with the sight of a buried Cragadile.

“Oh my, I wasn’t expecting that.” Violet Fire said, a hoof coming to her mouth. “Was anypony else expecting that to happen.”

“I sure wasn’t!” Goku exclaimed, her head whipping to face Fast Tracks. “How hard did you hit him with your lightning Fast Tracks?!”

“I-I honestly have no idea.” The light brown stallion replied. “I didn’t think I hit him that hard, I was only trying to at least knock him out!”

“Well, you certainly succeeded in doing that.” Rainbow Dash said bluntly. “Still though, it looks like you may have gone a little bit overboard.”

“And you didn’t with nearly zapping the Dōkutsuakumas to ash?” Fluttershy asked with a raised eyebrow.

Rainbow’s mouth snapped shut, before she muttered. “Right…”

“Hey you guys, look!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed pointing a hoof forward. “I see an opening in the ceiling, and it’s leading back out to the forest!”

“…Hey, she’s right!” Blue Skies nodded. “I can see the trees from up there, and the Moon too!”

“So, it wasn’t just emitting light by the crystals.” Violet Fire whispered. “It really was the Moon from up above. It looks like we found our way out of here after all…”

“Sure did!” Fast Track nodded, lifting himself in the air. “And now all we need to do is climb up it and we’ll be home free!”

“Wait!” Goku said suddenly, making everypony stop. “There’s somepony, er, someone else that we forgot!”

“What’re ya takin’ ‘bout G?” Applejack asked, raising a brow. “Everypony’s here, there ain’t any other pony here that we need t’ wait fer.”

“Goku wasn’t talking about a pony Applejack.” Fluttershy corrected as Goku galloped off into the group of rocky mounds. “She was talking about Chenoa.”

Rainbow Dash groaned loudly. “Ugh, this again?! Look Fluttershy, I know you love your little animals and all, but we have other matters to attend to here! Nightmare Moon’s out here in this forest somewhere gearing up for our incoming showdown! Nopony here is gonna care about some stupid bat while that’s happening!”

“We care Rainbow Dash.” Violet Fire stated firmly as Fast Tracks hissed menacingly at her. “We understand what’s at stake right now, but you saw what happened back up there! Chenoa was trying to get away from those Dōkutsuakumas, but he went out of his way to try to help us not meet the same fate as his colony! I’m sure he knew the consequences that would come if he did that, but he still decided to take that risk to help us. After doing that, especially warning us of the danger that came to get us in this cave, I think the least we can do is help him get back to his family.”

“W-while I will admit it was rather generous of…Chenoa to try to help us.” Rarity said. “Rainbow does make a point. We have more important issues that we need to attend to, and I am afraid having a bat accompany us will hinder that.”

“Not if said bat was willing to go out of his way to help us, even if it meant getting eaten.” Fast Tracks stated firmly. “Now that I think about it, I think it’d be essential to have another pair of extra eyes with us, even if they belong to that of a bat. That way, we’ll have a bigger chance of spotting danger and being more prepared for it.”

Twilight pondered it for a few moments. “He does have a valid point…bats do have acute night vision, even in the dark. And they have even better acute hearing when it comes to traveling in exceptionally dark places.”

“Are you serious Twilight?!” Rainbow Dash’s jaw dropped. “You’re actually considering this?!”

“You heard Fast Tracks Rainbow.” The lavender Unicorn stated. “Chenoa was kind enough to help us, even if he was a bat, and helped us in being prepared for the Dōkutsuakumas. That, and he even tried to help us in not getting buried underground, along with guiding us through the caves and letting us know of the Cragadile coming. It really wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t help him after all of that, would it?”

“No.” Zephyr nodded. “No, it wouldn’t.”

Blue Skies nodded as well. “Mhm!”

“B-but, Twi, Chenoa is a bat!” Applejack exclaimed. “Ah know how bats are! They’re nothin’ but selfish good fer nothin’ varmints that care only ‘bout themselves!”

“Well Chenoa just proved that isn’t entirely accurate.” Lightning Shadow retorted. “Even if it was, it’s not like you can really blame bats, or any animal for how they are. That’s just how they were made by Natura herself.”

“That’s right, thank you Lightning.” Fluttershy nodded, glaring sternly at Applejack. ‘And if you know what the bats were trying to do for you, you wouldn’t think such a thing about them.’

“Alright, I call for a vote!” Pinkie Pie suddenly shouted, raising her hoof up. “All who are in honor of having Chenoa come with us, raise your hooves!”

“You certainly have my vote!” Goku said as she flew back to the others with Chenoa in hoof. “I am a mare that likes to repay others for anything good they’ve done for me or anypony that I know, and I’ll be damned if I’m gonna go back on that motto now. I’m taking Chenoa with us, and helping him get home, and nopony is going to stop me!”

“As if we can ever change your mind Goku!” Pinkie giggled. “Anyway, any in honor?”

The Shadowbolts, Twilight, Fluttershy, Goku, and Zephyr all raised their hooves.

“All who oppose?” Pinkie Pie asked, slowly emphasizing the last word.

Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash raised their hooves, despite knowing they were vastly outvoted.

“The vote is ten to three.” Blue Skies murmured. “It looks like Chenoa is coming with us! At least until we can get him back to his colony.”

Chenoa’s sparkled as he let out a loud squeak of elation zipping and flying around the group as he did loops in the air. Violet Fire, Blue Skies, Fluttershy, Goku and Pinkie all giggled at the bat pup’s excitement, even as he nestled himself into Fluttershy’s chest.

“Well, it looks like that’s that.” Fluttershy said with a satisfied nod. “Applejack, would you be so kind as to create a vine latter for us and Chenoa?”

Despite the sweetness in the veterinarian’s tone, Applejack could sense an undertone below it that made demanded she comply. Grumbling under her breath the farmer complied, slamming her hooves down and creating several large wings that intertwined into one that latched onto the edge of the whole. With that done, those that couldn’t fly climbed up the fused vines, while the others merely flew out, leaving the devastated underground battlefield below.

Just before she fully exited, Fluttershy looked back down at the Cragadile and the flock of Dōkutsuakumas down below, who were still buried under the chunks of the cavern. She could sense their magical life force still going strong, indicating to her that they were still alive, and would heal in time from their fight. With a regretful sigh, and a silent prayer to both groups, Fluttershy followed her friends back out into the wild forest above.

Author's Notes:

Whelp, you saw it, I had decided to combine the battles of the Ursa and the Royal Guards and the beats of the underground with the Element Bearers, Zephyr, and the Shadowbolts as well! I'll just say right now that I was having a bit of trouble trying to combine this, let alone who I was going to end it, especially since there were some parts of the last chapter that was forgotten while writing this. So I took some time going back on that last chapter to see what I had forgotten to add, and went ahead and added it hear in this chapter though it's some some minor things.

Well, that's all for now! Next time we're going back to Ponyville to see the new arrival and foes that the town will be fighting off against. Though that'll be after another more tender little scene that will be shown before things ultimately go down to shit.