As pointed out by Ross - Helena, Jeremy, and Livian are startled by the commotion outside. A new addition to the outskirts of Home Town had manifested itself, and they would have quite the sight to behold.

“W-what? How- Ross!” The Angler exclaims while the Nurse and Stylist remain in shock. “How did you do that?! And what do you mean, ‘Ponyville?!’ Isn’t that the-”

“Yes, yes, youngster,” Ross interjects with a chuckle. “The same place Twilight and her friends call home. Now then, I’ll be needing to finish things up here, but take these,” The Tavernkeeper reaches down under the counter before revealing three sets of apparel and placing them onto the counter one by one.

“Daedalus did you all a solid and ‘handed’ out some of these here armor pieces,” Ross said. “Along with some weapons.”

“Wait… that’s Molten Armor,” The nurse comments in recognition. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen these.”

The Angler hurriedly equips the armor, “We can admire these later! Get dressed, you two!”

“Oh, no, no, no, no, no!” Livian exclaims while gesturing her hand back and forth in front of her chest. “I am NOT getting changed while men are present!”

“And that’s why you’re single, sweetie,” The Nurse comments, stripping herself into her lingerie before starting to equip the armor. “Who cares? Just get the armor on.”

The Stylist looks towards the Nurse with her mouth hung agape, “I-It’s just- that’s so indecent!”

“Tch, women,” Jeremy said with a scoff.

As Jeremy and Helena nearly finish equipping their new apparel, Livian remains reclusive, staring at the armor with reddened features. The Stylist was about to comment, but Ross laughed lightly before lifting his right hand and preparing to snap his fingers.

“It’s alright, Livian. I’ve got you covered, my dear.”

[SNAP]

The Stylist’s body becomes engulfed in a green aura for a mere moment before the Molten Armor is fastened onto her form. Because of this, more questions arise, but before the trio could speak their minds, Ross reaches under the counter once more and pulls out a vibrant weapon that’s embued by holy affinity: Excalibur.

“Do me a favor, would you, Helena?” Ross starts, everyone else staring at the weapon, absolutely dumbfounded. “You need to go to Camelot asap. If this weapon were to remain there when all this madness started, the demons would’ve ensured that no one could ever find it. They’ll try, at least.”

“R-Ross…” The Angler starts after regaining his composure. “Just, who the hell are you? How did you get Excalibur even though you’ve been here in Home Town from the beginning?”

“I have my ways, Angler,” Ross responds, followed by a chuckle, “Well, that, and we had a small assistant.”

The words ‘small assistant’ instantly creates even more questions, and before the trio could question the Tavernkeeper, a resounding ‘SNAP’ echoes throughout the tavern. The trio of Pillars vanish in a green flash as a result, and after ensuring that his work was done, Ross clears his throat before stating:

“You can come on out now, Cozy Glow. They’re all gone.”

A small red anomaly manifests, followed by the form of the aforementioned pegasus who exits the breach - said breach sizzling away. But upon closer inspection, a feminine figure could be seen within the breach, waving ‘goodbye’ to the pegasus.

“Oh golly, that Sunset Striker person is quite nice,” Cozy Glow said, a smile creeping onto her muzzle.

Ross nods, “Indeed. She’s quite the protogen.”

“So, um, what happens next, Ross?” The pegasus inquires, placing themself onto a stool and before the counter Ross attends to.

The Tavernkeeper walks over to a nearby fridge, “Before I tell you that,” He pulls out a frozen beverage, “Have yourself a cookie crumble smoothie, my dear. According to uncle Yog’s book on you, Chocolate chip is your favorite. Got to say: it’s kind of frightening how he has an ever-expanding book for every single one of us. It’s all recorded in his library, and he knows what makes you, well, you.”

Cozy Glow simply observes as Ross places her beverage onto the counter in front of her, piercing a straw and a spoon on the top of the smoothie’s curl of whipped cream. The pegasus’s eyes glittered upon seeing the treat before her eyes, but a thought lingers in her mind, which causes her features to become somber.

“W-why…?” She inquires while looking downward. “Why are you and Sunset being so nice to me? In fact, now that I think about it, even Zalgo is being nicer… kind of.”

Ross raises an eyebrow, genuinely confused. “An interesting question,” He shrugs, “But the simple answer is that Sunset and I are nice. As for Zalgo, he and Yog operate in ways perceived as ‘nice’ or ‘cruel,’ although these concepts can never truly be applied to them. Why? Do you want us to be mean to you or something?”

“Well… yeah?” Cozy glow responds, unsure of her answer. “It’s just; you do know about what I’ve done, right?”

Ross chuckles, “Cozy, I’ve seen what you’ve done in person - or pony, at the time.”

“Wait, you were there?!”

“Of course. I was in the Crystal Empire during that whole fiasco with the Hivemind, which then transformed into Ocram, which also kicked off the events that led to Ambient becoming the Divide. Poor mare,” Ross chuckles, “You know, you actually would’ve beaten her were it not for the fact she was the host to the Primordials.”

Cozy Glow waves it off, “Meh. Don’t really care about her or any of that stuff anymore,” She takes a sip of her beverage; a sense of absolute satisfaction overtakes her taste buds. “Oh, golly! This tastes amazing!”

“Hah! That there is one of my dessert specials,” Ross comments proudly with his hands set on either side. “Enjoy, and take your time. Best not to get a-”

“Ouch!” Cozy interjects, holding onto her head with both forelimbs.

“Brainfreeze.”

The pegasus recovers from her discomfort, “Ugh, noted. Anyway. Back to my earlier question: why are you guys being so nice to me?”

Ross takes a moment to reflect on her question. Then, he places his hand onto the counter and slowly raises it. As he lifts his hand, a large black book with the insignia of a mysterious tentacled entity on its’ cover is pulled out from a green anomaly. The book is so large, in fact, that Cozy Glow’s form became eclipsed from the product of literature.

The pegasus floats off her seat and hovers above the closed book’s cover. Her eyes shoot wide open as she sees the words that are present:

Cozy Glow.

Yog-Sothoth’s Library: Section - 454, Shelf - 89081.

Cozy Glow’s muzzle drops in response. She manages to recover from her shock before swallowing a lump in her throat.

“What… what is this…?”

“Depending on perspectives, Cozy Glow… it’s you,” Ross answers, causing the pony to look towards him before turning back to the closed book. “Simply will it to open, and it will do so in response.”

Cozy Glow hesitantly wills for the large book to unfurl before her very eyes. The book floats into the air and opens. And upon seeing the words etched onto the very first page, a strange gathering of black ink begins to form on the page before the ink shoots out of the page and transforms into a mass of tentacles. These tentacles wrap around the pegasus mare and attempt to pull her into the book.

“Ross! W-what’s going on!” The struggling pony inquires. “H-help me!”

“It’ll be fine, Cozy Glow,” The Tavernkeeper responds comfortably. “I’ll keep your smoothie cold while you take a short trip down memory lane.”

The pegasus continues to struggle and plead for help, but as half of her body is dragged into the book, Cozy Glow could feel a comforting hand rest itself onto her head. She looks upwards and sees Ross with a smiling expression.

“I know it’s scary, little one, but when you emerge from this, you’ll be a changed mare. Trust me.”

Cozy Glow disappears into the black book with those parting words, which closes shut after the event has concluded. The book lowers itself onto the counter as Ross gently places a hand onto its’ cover.

“Sometimes fate can be cruel, Cozy Glow. However, when one conquers the challenges fate has laid out before them, they become forever changed by the experience. Will this change be good? Or bad? That’s for you to determine, my little pony.”

-TERRARIA, OUTSKIRTS OF CAMELOT-

[SHLINK]

[BLINGK]

High in the crimson skies, the blades of Tzana and Sheeraiah continue to clash against one another. In addition, the forms of other distant battles, both in the air and on the ground, progress all around them.

Simply put: It was one giant battlefield.

Rainbow Dash soared through the sky and unleashed a relentless barrage of bullets from her Minishark. And thanks to the Angel Wings bestowed upon a particular orange earth pony, Applejack flew just behind the former cyan pegasus - slicing away at any flying foes that got by Rainbow Dash with her Orange Phaseblade.

……….

Twilight unleashed the magical fury of her horn as the alicorn’s magic was a true force to be reckoned with. She follows up these actions by aiming her Space Gun towards other foes and firing off green energy projectiles.

……….

On the ground level, Rarity is among a collective of other beings of Equus, in addition to various mages and warriors. She uses her prowess to tend to the wounded while also shielding her allies in spheres of magical barriers. All while she summoned allies via their respective staves to assist them in the conflict, and much like Twilight, she too wields her Space Gun within her aura.

……….

Callie screams out as a surge of crimson energy leaks out from her form before exploding outwards, forming a small mushroom cloud. The clone of Calamitas’s magical outburst is so great that she caused indentions into the earth, and after the smoke clears out, the silver-haired woman stands in the epicenter of a crater. However, she then falls onto her knees and grabs onto her head with heavy breathing.

“C-control… control…” She muttered. “Callie… control…”

……….

Both Starlight Glimmer and Shadow Thunder stand back to back and are surrounded by demons of various types, along with Crimson enemies.

“How are you holding up back there, Shadow?” Starlight inquires with an alighted horn.

“I’m good, beautiful,” Shadow responds, a surge of electricity surrounding his form. “Actually, there’s something I want to try with you. Do you trust me?”

“Hah! What kind of question is that?! Of course, I do! You’re literally the stallion whose foals I want to have!”

Shadow Thunder chuckles, “That’s all I needed to hear,” A surge of darkness engulfs his form, “Starlight.”

The dark pegasus’s voice became deepened, and as Starlight looks back over her shoulder in response, a wave of shadows and electricity attaches itself onto her. This event is all too similar to the Pony of Shadows, and how the entity once engulfed Stygian’s form. But when it came to this particular unison, Shadow Thunder’s blanket of blackness gently travels from Starlight’s flank and works its’ way towards the front parts of her body.

As for the unicorn mare herself, she couldn’t feel a single ounce of pain. On the contrary, she was becoming empowered by Shadow Thunder’s actions, a surge of power seeping into her form. This event caused some confusion to their enemies, but once the action is complete, a gigantic mare of light-purple darkness is the result.

The Mare of Shadows spreads her wings apart with closed eyes, and as she opens them, a surge of yellow electricity escapes her eyes.

“Now… we are one!” The entity says, its’ voice echoing with the blending cadence of Shadow Thunder and Starlight Glimmer.

The Mass of Flesh continues to unleash endless numbers of elongated tentacles and various entities it spawns from its’ very own body. In addition, the ever-present barrage of lavender lasers let loose by the abomination’s eyes and maws continues to destroy the land, and claim many lives.

……….

Braelor throws his war hammer towards the Mass of Flesh as the blunt weapon slams into the being’s form with frightening force. The weapon recalls back to its wielder before the armored terrarian raises it above his head.

“For Nanna! For Baldur! For Odin! For Asgard!”

……….

A certain pink mare finds herself blasting away at the large Mass of Flesh with cannonballs via an assortment of her own cannons.

“Take this, you meanie!” Pinkie Pie exclaims. “Sorry it took me a while to lay down some Pinkie Pie flank kicking, but I had to get Poundy to safety!”

[BOOM]

“Wohooo! Right in the eye!”

……….

Linn rushes towards an encroaching tendril from the Mass of Flesh, her lance is held to her side as she prepares to thrust it forward.

“Raaaawr!” The pink-haired terrarian roars out as she thrusts her weapon forth, which makes contact with the tentacle. “I will make you pay for what you’ve done to us!”

In response to Linn’s anger, her normal Jousting Lance begins to change drastically in appearance as prominent light surrounds the weapon. Then, the light fades away from her weapon, and what remains is something different, but also, the same: Hallowed Jousting Lance.

The transformed lance sends a wave of luminous auras all across the appendage it had struck before this wave travels up the rest of the crimson tentacle.

……….

Suddenly, the Mass of Flesh roars out as it seemingly takes notice of Linn’s actions. All while the Dryad, Venomous Sting, The Mech, Celestia, Luna, and others who had joined the fight as of recently, continue to assault the abomination in tandem.

-This power… this familiar presence…- The Mass comments internally, many of its eyes shifting towards Linn before an echoing growl leaves the abomination’s form. -It’s coming from HER!-

The large behemoth of flesh then proceeds to crawl towards Linn in a hurried fashion by using its tentacles and other appendages to lunge it forward.

“Shit!” Celebes shouts before she, The Mech, Venomous Sting, Braelor, Celestia, Luna, and the rest of their allies give chase.

“SHINING ARMOR! I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE!”

At that very moment, the Shining Armor from Equus looks towards the direction of the Mass of Flesh with sleight confusion.

“D-did that thing just call my name?!”

“Linn, watch out!” The hurriedly approaching voice of Twilight exclaims as the Mass of Flesh still continues to approach the pink-haired terrarian, who takes notice of the crimson mass coming towards her like a sentient mountain.

“YOU BEAR THAT WRETCHED FOOL’S BLOODLINE! FOR THAT, YOU WILL DIE!”

The world practically goes into slow motion for Linn. Twilight could be seen approaching at a distance and trying to save the terrarian, while the forms of those who chased after the Mass—led by Celebes—are just behind the large behemoth.

Nothing but crimson flesh could be seen before Linn’s eyes, but then, something with remarkable speed wisps her away in one swift motion. And if Linn didn’t know any better… white fur?

“Fear not, innocents! For WE are here!”

A heroic voice echoes all across the battlefield, and when it comes to those from Equus, they instantly recognized this voice - although there are also those of Terraria upbringings who did so as well.

The form of a large rabbit reappears on a nearby cliff as the furred heroic figure has Linn’s body held within his arms. And as for Linn herself, the terrarian looked upwards in absolute confusion, although there is indeed something very familiar about this rabbit - she wondered.

However, as the bipedal rabbit sets Linn down gently, and onto her feet, an assortment of other entities and individuals appear alongside him. Beings who radiated power and authority. The rabbit poses heroically with his hands placed onto his waist before shouting:

“The Ancients, Gods, and great heroes of Terraria are here to help! Brought to you by yours truly: Rajah Rabbit! Ahahahahaha!”

I love Rajah Rabbit. Of all the characters to write, he's easily the most fun.