-TERRARIA, SPACE-

Mind blown. That is the best way to describe the current state of Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack. Their eyes widened, and mouths hung agape; even imitating a goldfish at times. Shroom was sitting within Pinkie Pie’s mane, but unlike his seemingly mother-like figure, this wasn’t new to the truffle. Even so, he enjoyed this opportunity all the same.

They were flying within Terraria’s atmosphere, and as they continued to distance themselves from the planet, the group could very well see one side of the entire sphere. This was an experience that anyone back on Equus would envy them for, and the only one who even had a shred of comprehension for this majesty would be Princess Luna.

Incidentally, they were now nearing Terraria’s moon as both Echo Silhouette and Athena guided them in the lead.

“Ah’-Ah’ can’t believe this!” Applejack exclaims in utter shock, flapping her angelic wings. “Ain’t nopony in ma’ family ever gonna believe me when ah’ tell em’ ‘bout this.”

“We’re actually in space! In! Space!” Rainbow Dash shouts, flying alongside the cowmare.

“Oh my gosh, this is so amazing,” Fluttershy comments as she flies alongside Rarity. “I wish I had a camera.”

“I do say, darling,” Rarity responds with stars in her eyes, “It’s a shame Twilight, Zecora, and Starlight isn’t here to experience this, this is simply divine!”

“I love being in Terraria!” Pinkie Pie shouts while raising her forehooves, but she suddenly takes on a saddened expression as a thought comes to her, “Although…” She sighs sadly, “I wish Mena was here with me…”

……….

The group was beginning to land on The Moon as Athena and Echo were the first to set their foot onto the celestial object, white dust seemingly being kicked up in response. Soon, the trainees behind them also land together, each pony digging their hooves into the lunar surface.

Athena looks around, then turns to the group of ponies and truffle, “Is everyone alright? Is my blessing still in full effect?”

Applejack nods with a smile.

“Sure is, aunty Athena!” Pinkie Pie exclaims.

“I’m one hundred percent awesome.” Rainbow Dash says with a dismissive forehoof.

“When you told us that your blessing will allow us to breathe in Space, I was absolutely mind blown, darling.” Rarity comments.

Athena nods, “That is correct. My blessing also allows you all to control yourself; your bodies, with relative ease, rather than surrendering to the absence of gravity control in my domain. It also keeps you at a safe temperature so you don’t literally freeze to death while out here.”

Pinkie Pie felt something strange about the area they were currently standing in. It was enough to nearly set her ‘Pinkie Senses’ off, but not quite there yet. Still, this feeling was all too new to her as she says:

“Where are we? I mean, I know we’re on the Moon, but something about this spot feels… scary,” She sits on her flank and hugs herself with her forehooves in a horrific fashion. Shroom also lowered himself deeper into the party pony’s mane.

At that very moment, the other ponies seemingly feel this sense of dread as Applejack leans against Rainbow Dash, much to the pegasus’s delight as the cyan mare embraced her marefriend. Both Rarity and Fluttershy leaned against each other as the fashionista states:

“I feel it too, Pinkie dear.”

“Y-yes,” Fluttershy responds with clattering teeth, “It’s so scary h-here.”

Echo nods in response before saying:

“Where we are, and in this exact spot… is where the Moon Lord was once sealed away.”

The ponies all froze up in that very instance as they began to recall Razeem’s first appearance on Equus. They remembered the fear they felt just from gazing upon his form, and even the power he displayed by striking Celestia down right where she stood. In a matter of seconds. Sure, they stood up to him, but they also realized that not only were they empowered by Celebes and the Terra Blade, but the Moon Lord was also in a weakened state.

Athena takes in their fear and comments:

“This will be the final phase of your training,” She gestures to the Moon’s surface all around them, “And this, your final arena.” The Ancient then turns towards Echo and nods to him. He seemingly prepares for something as Athena says:

“I will bend the space all around the moon in order to hide what’s coming next. Good luck to you all, I believe in you.” The Queen of Acropolis spreads her silver wings and takes flight.

Athena soon positioned herself just above the trainees, high in the lunar skies, as she spread her hands and arms apart while surrounding herself with a vibrant silver aura. The entire moon seemed to shift in response, practically vibrating from Athena’s influence. Then, the ponies could’ve sworn that they could see flickers in reality itself, to which Echo comments:

“To everyone on Terraria who isn’t an Ancient or Terra herself, it will look as if nothing changed on the moon. Granted, it’s about to become noon but still.”

Applejack pulls herself out of her shocked state and comments:

“Why are y’all hide’n the moon? Or playin’ mind games with everyone down there?”

The other ponies perk up their ears in response as if waiting for the changeling’s coming words. Shroom was now lowering himself even further into Pinkie Pie’s mane.

“Rather than tell you,” Echo comments as a powerful series of green flames overtake his form, “I’d rather show you. Prepare for battle!”

The changeling begins to transform as the green flames enlarge themselves. All the while, green energy seems to mix with the flames as Echo roars out:

“Raaaauuuurgh!”

He becomes completely consumed by his own flames as it molds itself into a large sphere. This sphere lifts itself high into the air as it then begins to form a pair of limbs. Two large arms with clenched fists were becoming recognized as a head formed moments after.

A series of gasps from the ponies echoes out as they realize what the changeling was doing, or more accurately, who Echo was transforming into. Their eyes widen in fear and two among them, Fluttershy and Rarity, begin to shake in place.

An eldritch, tentacled-face entity with multiple eyes was now looking down upon the trainees, a green brain exposed to everyone present. On this familiar being’s hands was another set of eyes, one in each palm. An exposed heart rested on the entity’s chest and the lower portion of its body was naught but bones, a skeletal structure.

“Now face me, and don’t you dare hold back!” Echo’s voice echoes out from ’Razeem’s’ form. “I’m going to slap you all around!”

The goliath raises its right arm into the air and clenches its hand into a fist before slamming it down upon the ponies, and truffle. Before it makes an impact, and as if the world itself was slowed down, Rainbow Dash acted quickly as she swiftly grabbed onto Applejack and Rarity, zooming them away from the large fist’s collision course. In addition, Pinkie Pie also managed to save Fluttershy during this time.

[SKR-BROOM]

A large series of white dust is thrown up into the air; creating a choking fog as two teams of ponies flew off into separate directions. Pinkie-Shroom by extension-and Fluttershy head in one direction while Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow go off into the other.

“Holy buck!” Rainbow Dash exclaims. “He’s not playing around!”

“Thanks for the save, RD,” Applejack comments as she starts to fly herself; flapping her Angelic Wings.

“Sweet Celestia! Thank you so much, Rainbow Dash,” Rarity said, also flapping her wings to stay aloft.

Applejack glances back to Echo over her right shoulder, “We got’ta strike back, y’all!”

Both Rainbow Dash and Rarity nod in response as the trio starts to conjure forth their weapons. The cyan pegasus’s Star Cannon, Applejack’s Orange Phaseblade, and Rarity’s summoned allies along with her spellbook and magic weapon: Book Of Skulls; Space Gun.

The trio of mares turns around in a triangular formation and flies together towards their foe with their weapons at the ready.

……….

On the opposite side, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy flew a distance away with Shroom now holding onto the party pony’s mane in the process.

“Thank you so much, Pinkie,” Fluttershy says as she covers her forehoof in a pink aura, and places it on her chest, “Heart of the lion.”

“No problem!” Pinkie responds while waving her left forehoof, flapping her Angelic Wings, “Oooh, you learned a whole buncha stuff with the slimes, huh?!”

Fluttershy’s features become determined as she turns to the pink mare and nods.

Pinkie Pie smirks and shouts:

“Let’s go beat some space booty-pattooie!”

The duo turns around in a similar fashion to the other group of ponies and brings forth their weapons. Pinkie Pie conjures forth her yoyo-like weapon: Aorta, while Fluttershy summons her allies via their respective staves and takes aim with her slime-spewing, flamethrower-like weapon: Overloaded Blaster.

……….

As Echo spots the two teams of combatants approaching him from either side, he spreads his arms apart, one aimed at both teams, as the open palm of each hand starts to charge up a spell in front of the eyes. In mere moments, ‘Razeem’ lets loose a barrage of electrical projectiles as balls of sparks are fired towards the ponies and truffle.

“Look out!” Applejack shouts while in the lead of her own group.

“Get ready, Pinkie Pie!” Fluttershy exclaims as she and Pinkie flew side by side.

Both sides begin to dodge Echo’s electrical projectiles. Lightning and sparks start to connect all around them as a net made entirely of electricity are formed by the various balls of sparks that collide with each other.

Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie manage to dodge it all, but Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash are caught up in the elemental net. But quick thinking from Rarity saves them from this fate as she conjures forth her Ice Mirror and raises it up high into the air, wisping the trio away in a beam of light mixed with ice.

Seeing their disappearance, Echo decides to focus his remaining arm towards Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, preparing to fire another barrage towards them. However, a series of summoned allies, stars, explosive flaming skulls, and a quick slash by an orange energy blade interrupts this as Echo grunts in response, lowering his arms.

It’s revealed that the trio re-appeared behind ‘Razeem’s’ form via Rarity’s Ice Mirror and unleashed the full force of their weapons. During this time, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy take advantage of this as all of the yellow pegasus’s summoned allies start to rush the changeling, joining with Rarity’s own, as Pinkie Pie flies around the transformed changeling’s form, slicing at it with her Blue Phaseblade.

The group of trainees starts to fly all around the behemoth who, in turn, tries to swipe at them with his large arms.

……….

As this goes on, and while the battle continues to progress, Athena floats high above the battlefield and flaps her silver wings while commenting:

“For their safety, I asked Echo to hold back a fair amount of his power. After all, he spent over two-thousand years honing himself.”

A crashing sound echoes from the nearby battlefield as Echo slammed another fist into the moon’s surface.

“He can take the form of almost anyone thanks to his current level of power but is unable to copy their abilities. The power he’s displaying, and all of his attacks, are his... and his alone. Granted, he's weaker than the true Razeem, but a worthy foe nonetheless.”

Another series of explosions roar out as the various attacks from the ponies collide with ‘Razeem’s’ form, but he retaliates seconds after.

“However, he’s only just starting to warm up and things will get kicked up a notch,” Athena then focuses her gaze upon a very particular pony, “Pinkie Pie, I’m so sorry… but Echo is going to get serious with you in particular, very soon.”

All of the ponies could be observed giving it their all, screaming out while unleashing their combined might. Rainbow Dash was seen being flown away as a fist from Echo collided with her. Rarity and Fluttershy shouted orders to their summons while Applejack and Pinkie Pie cut into the changeling’s transformed form with their Phaseblades.

Athena crosses her arms and comments:

“The time has come to awaken your hidden power, Pinkie Pie. Where your sister takes after Oblivion, you contain the power of your mother… The Empress.”

Character inventory/equipment:

Fluttershy: Statigel Armor(pony, equipped), Overloaded Blaster, Eviscerator, Crimslime Staff, Corroslime Staff, Slime Staff, Finch Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Hornet Staff, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Honey Comb(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Staff Of Necrosteocytes, Purified Jam.

Rainbow Dash: Necro Armor(pony, equipped), Star Cannon, Minishark, Eviscerator, Aquatic Discharge, Bloody Rupture, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Victory Shard, Slime Mount.

Zecora: Crimson Armor(zebra, equipped), Dune Hopper, Sausage Maker, Beenade, Tooth Ball, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Various Potions, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Sand Cloak(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bloodstained Gloves(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Skeletron Hand.

Starlight Glimmer: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Starfury, Vein Burster, Purple Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Healing Potion, Victory Shard, Rocket Boots(equipped), Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand.

Rarity: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Hornet Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Ice Mirror, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Angel Wings(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand, Staff Of Necrosteocytes.

Applejack: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Orange Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Rope, Metal Detector, Healing Potion, Angel Wings(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Bone Glove, Skeletron Hand.

Twilight Sparkle: Meteorite Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Book Of Skulls, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Ichor, Victory Shards, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount.

Pinkie Pie: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Blue Phaseblade, Bloody Rupture x2, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Metal Detector, Angel Wings(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, The Blood Butcherer, Skeletron Hand.