Everyone in the room was in a state of shock after surveying the empty crate, with the horrifying fact that the elements of harmony were missing chilled the main 3 to the core as those were the key to stopping any threat that plagued Equestria. But now they were gone and each one of them knew exactly who has them.

"Oh my" Fluttershy said with a hint of worry. " You don't think Twilight and Trixie has them do you?"

"There's no doubt in my mind that Twilight has them Shy" Spike replied. " She and Trixie must have staged that explosion from earlier as a distraction so that they could snatch the elements without anyone knowing"

"That is a possibility Spike" Cadence jumped in" This is bad, if Twilight does have the Elements in hoof. There's no telling what kind of damage that they'll bring to Ponyville and the rest of Equestria"

"And with those evil amulets that they're also sporting, those two would practically be unstoppable" Pinkie said. " This is turning into a major doozy, no scratch that a massive doozy"

"Pinkie for once I agree with ya'll" Applejack replied, the others then took a moment to pother on what their next move is gonna be, without the elements of harmony approaching Twilight and Trixie would be a pretty dangerous move. Especially given to how powerful they are with not only those evil amulets, but with the elements in hoof as well. They all knew that they'd need to approach and use their words carefully as they knew that Twilight was possibly beyond reasoning at this point given the circumstances. As everyone was still trapped in their thoughts, the sun goddess finally broke the ice.

"You three must make your way to Ponyville immediately" She said earning shocked looks from the remaining elements.

"Beg pardon your majesty but..........................................are you serious?! Applejack replied.

"Yeah I agree" Pinkie jumped in. " As Dashie would say....................that's nuts!!!!!!!!!"

"Plus Celestia" Spike said. " Twilight has the elements with her, and without those I highly doubt AJ, Pinkie, and Fluttershy stand a chance against her and Trixie with those two being overpowered like a character in an RPG.....................uh no offense girls" Spike then stopped talking out of fear that he accidentally offended the girls with his words.

"Non taken partner" Applejack reassured. " And I agree with ya'll, without the elements we're practically underpowered against those two. Especially given the fact that they could practically cause an earthquake with just a swift of their hoof"

"I know Applejack, i know" Celestia replied. " But listen, Twilight is in a dark place right now and we must put a stop to her and Trixie's destruction before it's too late. I know it's risky , but we can't sit on the sidelines any longer. We weren't their for poor Twilight during the rehearsal, but it's not too late for us to be there for her now. Whatever happens we must stop her and Trixie before they do anymore damage to Equestria, even if Twilight doesn't forgive us we must get the elements and the Alicorn amulets away from her before it's too late"

After the sun goddess was done with her statement, the others pondered for a moment about their next move. While going up to Twilight when she has the elements in hoof along with that amulet was a pretty risky move, they each knew that they couldn't avoid this any longer. They new the time would come where they'd have to face Twilight eventually, and while there was a slim chance that she was gonna forgive and forget right away. They knew that they should at least try and quell her of her rampage before anymore damage was caused. Soon they made their decision.

"Alright your majesty" Applejack began. " We'll head on down to Ponyville and stop Twilight" The others nodded in unison.

"Amen!" Pinkie jumped in. " I know she's not gonna be super dooper, dooper, dooper, dooper happy to see us. But the least I can do is show her that I'm sorry for what I've done''

"Me too" Fluttershy said with a hint of bravery. " It's gonna be dangerous, But Twilight and Ponyville needs us, we must put an end to this before it's too late" Celestia let out a proud smile after hearing the trio's words.

"Thank you girls" Celestia said proudly. " Now let us make haste, I shall call a chariot for you three to Ponyville immediately"

"But what about you your majesty?" Fluttershy asked.

"I shall stay here just in case Twilight and Trixie decides to come back and attack Canterlot" Celestia replied. " Plus it might make her more upset if I was there too, Twilight was like a daughter to me and I ended up taking her for granted all because of that changeling queens trickery. So I'll leave this to you guys, and once Twilight's apprehended I'll say my part to her and hope that she at least knows that I love her like a daughter and that I'm sorry for not believing her"

"Count me and Cadence in too" Shining armor jumped in earning the groups attention.

"Uh are you sure that's a good idea Shining?" Pinkie said. " Cause it was mostly your fault we turned on her in the first place"

"PINKIE!!!!!!!!!" Everyone shouted slightly scaring the element of laughter, Shining Armor then raised his front leg ushering the group to calm down.

"No it's alright fellahs" He said. " Pinkies right this was my fault, If I hadn't had banned Twilight from the wedding and actually taken her warnings seriously we wouldn't be in this mess. Like Celestia I love Twily with all my heart, she's not just my sister, she's my best friend and I betrayed that trust. So it's high time that I make up for my mistake, even if twilight chooses not to forgive me and we have to resort to locking her away for a while I will let her know how sorry that I am and that I love her with all of my heart" Cadence smiled warmly after hearing her soon to be husbands words, happy to know that he and the others really do care about Twilight and regret their harsh actions towards her. She then leaned in and planted a quick cheek peck to the blue haired stallion.

"I'm right behind you shiny, and you guys too" Cadence replied and the others nodded in unison after reaching their agreement, Cadence then turned her attention to the young dragon. " Spike I know you want to apologize to Twilight as well, but I'm gonna need you to stay here. it's too dangerous for you to be with us" Spike instead of protesting nodded in understandment.

"No It's fine Cadence, I understand I won't even argue" Spike replied. " I'll stay here with Celestia, just be careful ok?" Shining armor then walked up towards the young dragon.

"We will little bro, don't worry" He said and then brought the dragon into a hug which he was quick to return.

"Then it's settled then" Celestia said. " I shall request a chariot for you five at once, we must make haste for Ponyville before it's too late"

"But wait, what about Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked. "She's still out there too"

" I'm afraid there's no time Shy" Applejack replied. We'll look for her later, right now we must head on over to Ponyville and stop Twilight and Trixie before they cause anymore destruction"

Fluttershy let out a small nod, while a part of her wanted to find her best friend. She knew that AJ was right and there wasn't time right now as Twilight and Trixie were making their way towards Ponyville and that it was not just the citizens, but her animal friends as well who were in danger as well. And she knew that they needed her help, With nothing more to say the five of em made their way outside towards the Chariot that the sun goddess was about to summon for them. Spike stayed behind and watched as the group made their way out of the magic archives and into the outside world.

"Please be careful you guys" He said to himself while also praying that this situation will come to an end soon.

1 hour later

We find the citizens of the town of Ponyville going about their day doing their usual routines of either hanging with friends, managing their storefronts, teaching at the local schoolhouse, farmwork (mainly from the Apple family), construction work, etc. But unknown to them a double threat was soon to come upon them, as everyone galloped upon with their day we find the element of loyalty aka Rainbow dash landing softly in town square looking exhausted after searching long and hard for the rogue element of magic.

"Damn it I checked everywhere, where could that girl be?" She said to herself. " Twilight I know your upset at us, but would it have killed ya to at least leave us a clue or a note or something before you left?" The rainbow maned pegasus then took a second to rub her temple as she continues to wonder the whereabouts of twilight Sparkle and Trixie lunamoon before letting out a long sigh. " Maybe I'll go meet up with the others back in Canterlot, perhaps they have some news about Twilight's whereabouts? Plus I still owe Applejack an apology.........................................................

But before the pegasus could finish her sentence, a strong force of malevolence took over the air as every citizen in the area was quick to turn their attention to the source. Soon a familiar looking pentagram formed at the center of town spraying a large cloud of red aura as a figures silhouette could be seen in the center. Dash took a long hard look at the mysterious figure who teleported into the town, and to her surprise the figure began to advance forward slowly as the pentagram and the red aura cloud began to disperse. After a few seconds, the figures appearance was now fully visible causing the element of loyalty jaw to drop at the sight of the familiar purple unicorn standing right in front of her.

There stood Twilight Sparkle

But as Dash surveyed her missing friend, she a few things off about the once proud owner of the element of magic. As she took a long hard look at the alicorn amulet that rested on her friends neck, she noticed the menacing tone that the trinket gave off in the air along with the evil looking aura that surrounded the gem area. Her fur coat was different as well with it sporting a much darker purplish tone, her horn also seems to have increased slightly in size and was sharper, her retinas were now the same color as the amulets gem and gave off a demonic tone, and she was sporting a pair of bat like wings created from the amulets aura. As Dash surveyed her, she knew that this was Twilight but at the same time she felt that she didn't even recognize the former bookworm anymore. Her new found appearance brought chills down every occupants spines, after a few seconds the dark unicorn surveyed her surroundings and the terrified citizens surrounding her.

"Ahhhhh it's good to be back home" She said in a slightly dark tone. " Too bad it's not gonna last long"

"Twilight" Dash began earning the unicorns attention while also trying her best not to look terrified by her deathstare. " Is that really you?"

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the element of loyalty and my former friend" Twilight coldly replied. " Also yes it is me"

"Twilight what's happened to you?" Derpy said as she stepped up with her little sister hiding behind her. " Why do you look like that? And why are you wearing that evil looking amulet?" Twilight then turned her attention over to her cross eyed friend with her deathglare still visible.

"You can say I've been through quite a bit Derpy" Twilight replied. " Remember when ya asked me why I was so upset a few days ago? Well let's just say what happened down in Canterlot during my so called brothers wedding really hit me hard in the gut, I'm not gonna go into full detail until the rest of those traitors arrive. But what I will tell you is that I've officially abandoned the word friendship, after that incident a few days ago I've come to a realization that friendship is just a big waste of time. cause sooner or later those whom were close to you will just up and abandon you the second you do something to piss them off, and I'm done with being betrayed"

Derpy was in a state of shock after hearing the unicorns statement, the pegasus wasn't expecting to hear those words come out of one of her closest friends mouth. She began to wonder what went down back at the wedding during the changeling invasion and why she was being so cold and hostile towards her five friends.

"Twilight listen to me, this isn't you" Dash jumped in. " I know your upset with us and you have every right to be, we were compete dicks to you at the rehearsal and maybe we deserved that lashing you gave us. But what your doing isn't the answer, the Twilight Sparkle i know wouldn't stoop so low and attack innocent lives just from being betrayed. It's not you Twilight it's Trixie and that Amulet that your wearing, they're both brainwashing you into doing these unspeakable acts. Please I'm begging you, take that thing off before it takes over your body and mind" However the pegasus only earned a chuckle from the dark unicorn as a response.

"Oh no dashie" Twilight darkly replied. " You got it all wrong, this anger that I have is genuine. You think it was just you guys? No throughout my life I've dealt with so many ponies whom I thought were my friends only to have them either ditch, betray, or bully me in the end. After I lost my best friend Moondancer back in canterlot I thought I was officially ready to give up on the meaning of friendship, but then princess sunbutt decided to ship me hear to Ponyville where I met you five"

"At first I felt that I finally had actual friends, that is until I realized your true colors and intentions" She continued. " From your selfish demands for the extra ticket that I won for the grand galloping gala to that farm hick straight up shouting at me all because I broke the one rule about using magic during winter wrap up, and don't even get me started on the dreaded wedding rehearsal incident a few days ago. I was a fool to believe that I finally found happiness, The only one I sorta trust now is Derpy as she's had my back and I always had hers. But i wonder how long that's gonna last?" Derpys head hung low seeing her friend in this horrible state wishing that it would come to an end soon.

"There's no stopping me now Dash" She once again continued. " Soon i shall erase Friendship entirely from this world so that no one has to deal with what I've been going through"

"Twilight" Dash replied. " You can't do this, this is madness. You can't seriously sit their and tell me that your gonna up and abandon friendship entirely? You'd be no better than the other adversaries that we've come across these past 2 years together"

"But at least Nightmare moon aka Princess luna, and Discord had their reason Dash" Twilight said. "There's no doubt in my mind that they too were betrayed by those they once called friend and it drove them to the darkness, there's no stopping the end Dash. Friendship will soon become extinct and it will be on all of your head's. If your serious about ending all of this then your gonna have to fight me first" Dashes expression changed to a look of sadness after hearing her fallen friends dreadful request.

"Twilight you and I have been through so much together" She replies in a sad tone. " And i already hurt you once, I have no reason to fight you"

"But I'm afraid you have no choice in this matter element of loyalty" She said coldly. " Soon everything that you knew and love will come crashing down" Twilight then began to ascend into the sky using her magical wings. " If you truly want to put or attempt to end all of this , then your gonna have to try and stop me first. So what's it gonna be? Rainbow Crash"

A shocked look formed on the pegasus face after being called her childhood nickname that was given to her my her former bullies, while she would normally be pissed at anyone who dared to call her that again. Apart of her couldn't be mad at her friend especially given her having a part of her downfall, the pegasus still refused to wanna fight Twilight but she also knew that there wasn't a choice in this matter, as she surveyed the crowd of scared and terrified ponies she knew that if she didn't do something fast their lives would be in serious danger.

But without her element in hoof she knew this fight was gonna be impossible, but she also knew that it might also give the others enough time to arrive on the scene if she stalled the unicorn long enough for backup to get her so that they'd have a fighting chance against her and Trixie. After a moment of pondering the pegasus rose into the air to meet the corrupted unicorn face to face and soon formed a battle stance.

"Very well Twilight" She said determined. " If this is what it's gonna take to snap you out of it and to bring the old Twilight Sparkle back then bring it on!!!!"

"Oh ho!!!!!" Twilight replied with a malevolent chuckle . " Now we're talking, show me what ya got then Crash" With nothing more to say the two ponies rushed to each other head on in a rippling crash as the citizens watched on in fear not knowing what the outcome was gonna be for either of them.

Meanwhile near the Everfree

We find the Chariot carrying the three remaining element bearers and the royal couple landing softly atop of a small hill, the group was then quick to exit the chariot and was all ready to take action and to stop twilight and Trixie before they does anymore damage.

"Well we're here, sorta" Pinkie said.

"It all comes down to this" Cadence began. " We must stop Twilight and Trixie before it's too late, lets hurry up and head on over to town before......................." Cadence words were cut short as a loud boom can be heard through the horizon as the group surveyed the source of the explosion and soon found the source, up in the horizon they could spot the town of Ponyville as a cloud of smoke potentially from the explosion hung in the air shocking the group.

"Oh no" Fluttershy said in a worried tone. " You think that's Twilight and Trixie?"

"There's no doubt in my mind Shy' Applejack replied.

"We must hurry there's no time to lose" Shining armor said as the group nodded in unison, he then turned to their two pegasus guard escorts and issued their commands. " You stay here and guard the chariot, and you come with with us" The two men soluted their captain after receiving their orders, with nothing more to say the group along with the extra guard made their way towards town to stop the rampaging duo before it was too late.

After a short trek the group could sense that they were getting closer and closer into town as the rampage could be heard getting louder and louder by each step.

"God I hope Bloom and the others are ok" Applejack said worried.

"No worries AJ" Pinkie reassured. I'm sure she along with her friends, Big Mac, and Granny smith got to safety and are............................

"LOOK OUT!!!!!" Shining Armor interrupted as a magical ray landed in their area creating a loud blast, as the dust cleared we find the group unharmed thanks To Shining armors shield spell. Suddenly the group was quick to notice a figure advance forward with her appearance now fully visible as the dust from the magic ray now fully gone, there standing right in the open stood a familiar unicorn whose appearance was just as menacing and malevolent as Twilight's.

"Going somewhere?" She said in a dark tone.

Another chapter completed folks I thank you all for sticking around for this long into the story we're getting closer to the end with only a few chapters left so stay tuned.

Until then I'll see you all soon