"Hey, you guys stepped in on my que!" Cozy Glow complained, then the three villains began their argument.

Just then, Grogar himself stepped into the room. "Enough!" He shouts with a stomped hoof. The villains stop their bickering and turn their attention to their leader.

"I was hoping that during my time away, you three would have reached an agreement with each other, but apparently not!" Grogar gruffed.

"Well, if we knew what the plan for vengeance was, then we would be better able to prepare for it," Chrysalis marked.

"That is if you even have a plan in mind," Tirek adds.

"Of course I have a plan in mind! With the free time of focus I have given myself, I was able to finally locate an object of incredible power... And it just so occurs to me, that this would be the perfect test for you all to work together better," Grogar said with a sly smile.

Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy all shoved each other to prove who would be better than the other.

"And you three will do so to retrieve it. Once you retrieve this item for me, those ponies won't even stand a chance against our might," Grogar said.

It was then that Chrysalis stepped forth. "I have come close to ruling Equestria several times before. Perhaps I should be the one to lead us," She said with a grin, but then Cozy shoved her out of the way.

"I nearly drained all of the magic from Equestria, that was the best plan any villain could ever come up with," Cozy said with a confident smile, but then was shoved by Tirek.

"I absorbed all the magic in Equestria! I could feel the power of it surging through me as I rule," Tirek said with power, then the villains started bickering again.

Grogar gritted his teeth and charged his horns, releasing a shock-wave of dark magic around the room. The three villains flew at the walls and were cuffed by the dark magic to the walls.

"Each of you FAILED to defeat Twilight Sparkle and the others!" Grogar shouted with powerful frustration. The three villains each struggled to try and get out of the cuffs, but they were much to powerful for them.

"My power is far more greater than all of yours combined into one ethereal embodiment. This is but a fraction of it, UNDERSTOOD!?" Grogar barked.

The villains conceded and were released to the ground.

"And now, you three shall work together to retrieve the rest of it," Grogar said. Then the emblems on his sash glowed darkly and released dark magic into the air of the room, showing an event that happened many years ago.

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"Many thousand moons ago, the self-righteous Gusty the Great, seeing that she was unable to best me face to face, stole my Bewitching Bell, a talisman containing a vast majority of my power and a weapon used to take the magic of those who feared me, and the bell cannot be destroyed. At least not by anything that the ponies know of. Seeing this knowledge come to pass, Gusty decided to lock the bell away in a secret cave upon the top of Mount Everhoof. Also taking into account that those who sought the bell would venture the mountain, she placed a mighty spell over the mountain of enchanted winds and a golden barrier to keep it out of anypony and anyone's reach, and the winds would prevent any who scaled the mountain from reaching the peak of it.

There the bell has remained... Until now."

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“You three must scale Mount Everhoof by working together. Go and retrieve my bell," Grogar said.

Chrysalis giggled loudly, "The ease of this task is laughable." Tirek and Cozy agreed.

What the four villains didn't know, however, was that an ethereal eye was watching them from the ceiling. Once it heard everything it needed, the eye seeped into the ceiling, every ounce and pint of the ooze going with it to not leave a mistake for investigation.

Mount Everhoof...

"Well it sounded easy," Chrysalis said.

"Well, Grogar never said it was easy, but the plan is simple. We scale the mountain..." Tirek began.

"Find the hidden cave and retrieve Grogar's bell..." Chrysalis added.

"Together!" Cozy Glow chirped, a rolled up piece of parchment in her hoof. "I drew out a detailed plan showing how we can..." But Tirek and Chrysalis already started off to their own directions. "Ditch each other and do it alone..." Cozy said rather reluctantly. "Maybe when I reach the top, they'll finally take the chance to appreciate me," She said more confidently, throwing away the parchment to the wind.

However, when the parchment reached the trees, an oozy claws snatched the parchment and brought to the viewer's eyes... that is if they could see anything at all. The hybrid himself couldn't see the drawing, but he sniffed it a couple of times, smelling the hidden desire of teamwork. The hybrid looked over in Cozy's direction and saw her heart in the blackness. It was crimson-red, but there was a spark of whiteness in the center.

The hybrid released the parchment and divided himself into 3 eye-worms.

With Chrysalis...

The former queen of changelings was flying through the air, feeling the wind getting a little stronger as she came closer. When she looked down, she noticed a small clearing for her to safely walk. She pushed through the winds and landed in the woods, and then started walking.

A bunch of yellow eyes with red pupils watched her as she walked, taking this changeling as a fresh meal to snack on.

Then, a shadow started following her in secret.

Chrysalis walked with a cocky smirk, until she felt a presence behind her. She simply narrowed her eyes, whirled around, and hissed loudly at the shadow.

The shadow whimpered and instantly retreated with a look of fear.

"Pfft! As if anything on this mountain is scarier than me," She said with a chuckle, hovering in the air as she continued to travel.

The shadow however, as it retreated, was devoured look smoke by something a lot smaller. It was a hybrid eye secretly following Chrysalis as it stared at her heart, it too was crimson-red with a whiteness at the center. The eye kept following quietly to not be seen.

With Tirek...

As Tirek walked, he stopped by a river and scooped up a handful of dirt. He aimed it at the mountain and blew it. The wind barrier threw the dirt back into Tirek's face, making him grumble under his breath.

Just then, another oozy eye peeked from behind a rock and saw the mighty centaur heading towards the woods.

With Cozy...

Cozy traveled a little ways up the mountain and saw a cabin.

That's when a pony came out and saw her. "Halt! Who goes there?" The pony asked. "A pony? Huh, there hasn't been any ponies around here in I don't know how long!" The stallion said in surprise.

Cozy saw the pony from afar and decided to play her innocence trick. She pretended to well up her eyes and give a sad and scared expression, fake sniffles following with big puppy eyes.

"Oh, good golly, good sir. I'm trying to look for some help on this cold mountain," Cozy pretended to say sadly.

"Aw, don't worry, little filly. Ol' Rusty Bucket is here and at your service," The pony known as Rusty Bucket said with a bow and a smile.

"Oh, I'm so glad I found you, sir. I was wondering if I could get some help trying to get to the top of the mountain," Cozy asked.

Rusty's expression turned dutiful. "Oh, no can do, ma'am."

Cozy's face suddenly turned from somber and happy to perplexion and frustration. "WHY NOT!?" She screamed in rage, causing the mountain to rumble.

"Shh! Not so loud, this is avalanche territory here. And I'm the guardian of this mountain, it's my job to keep pony's from heading up. There's absolutely nothing but dangerous snow, dangerous ice, and dangerous wind. So, basically, it's dangerous to go up," Rusty Bucket explained.

Cozy cooled off and got another idea. "It must be really lonely for somepony like you to be up here all by yourself," She said innocently.

"Oh, it most certainly is. I often wish I had someone to keep me company while I'm up here guarding the mountain."

"Maybe I could be your friend?" Cozy asked innocently.

"Aww, I'd love that, I haven't had a friend for so long," Rusty Bucket said happily.

"So, now that we are friends, would you be willing to help me get to the top of this mountain?" Cozy said with a smile.

"Well, if the mountain wasn't so dangerous and full of avalanches, I would. But like I said, it's incredibly dangerous," Rusty Bucket said.

Cozy suddenly had an angry look in her eyes. "ARE. YOU. KIDDING ME!?" She yelled, causing the mountain to rumble again. Then she walked away with an upset look. "I didn't wanna be friends anyway," She said rudely.

"Aw," Rusty Bucket said sadly.

While Cozy walked away and sat down to rethink her strategy, the third hybrid eye peaked from the snow and looked at her heart. It was a little redder than before, but the light inside grew a little against it.

All three eyes looked at the hearts of the ones they followed in secret. These were the ones with the unstable emotions, these were the ones in emotional and mental pain. The hybrid himself would see to it that they were fixed, especially Cozy and Chrysalis.

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