Earth, Manhattan, two hours earlier...

The crate was delivered into its final destination and was kept alone for some time now. After what seemed like an eternity, a series of creaks and cracks sounded off as Tyler slowly opened the crate from inside. Peeking out, he whistled in wonder.
“Oh my God...”

Twilight's head popped up beside his.
“What? What is it?”

“Whoever lives here has a 120 inch widescreen TV!”

Hopping out of the crate, Twilight shook her head.
“And I thought it would be something important.” Looking around, she tried to spot anything of interest, but only found blank walls and a minimalistic living room. “It appears we are alone, Tyler.” Approaching a bookshelf, she leaned in to read the titles, but couldn't understand the dots on the books. “Tyler? Can you come to me please?”

After climbing out of the crate and closing it carefully, Tyler looked over to her and came to her side.
“What is it?”

Looking up to him, Twilight shook her head and pointed at the books, levitating one of them up to him.
“I've tried to take a look at these books, but there are only these bumps on the cover and on the pages. Is that some sort of secret code?”

Tyler inspected the book and nodded in agreement.
“This is a book in embossed printing, Twilight. A blind human can read these dots with his fingertips like we see the letters of the alphabet.”

Twilight's eyes widened in marvel.
“Wow! To utilize your sensitive fingers in such a useful way. Ponies could never do that. Our hooves lack that kind of sensitiveness. Normally a blind pony would be tutored by a special teacher, for they could never see so they could never learn to read... However, there are research programs running in Canterlot and funded by the Princesses to create spells able to counter blindness. Up to this point, these projects have been fruitless.”

Meanwhile Tyler looked around. They were in some sort of flat and by the looks of it, it was on an elevated position in New York City, probably a penthouse. Going into the kitchen and opening the fridge, he found several things laid down tidily inside, although some were near the expiration day. Making his choice quickly, he grabbed some slices of bread and two jars.
“Well, maybe we can send some Rangers back to Earth to gather some info for Equestria. Maybe scientific data from Earth can give Equestria a nice boost to extend life expectancy. As for now, we two should probably eat something.”

Upon seeing him placing everything on the kitchen table, Twilight arched a brow.
“Plundering the food of other people? Tyler! It's bad enough we trespass into this building! Taking something from another is not what we-”

“And who's to say we're not coming back to pay the guy back who lives here?” He interrupted her. As he looked into her stern face, he shook his head with a smile. “Now come on, Twilight... We won't be fighting the Descendants forever... We'll come back here one day to visit Earth once again. I mean now we have the means to do so.”

Giving a sigh, Twilight shook her head and came over to the kitchen table where Tyler was preparing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
“You talk like we're already won... I wish I could have your optimism into the future, Tyler. Don't be too overconfident!”

Handing her one sandwich, Tyler then continued to prepare the next one for himself.
“One can't worry all the time, Twilight...” Her frown didn't disappear, so he answered with one of his own. “Alright then... There are times when one needs to do wrong things in order to do the right thing.”

Grumbling a bit, Twilight took a bite out of the sandwich when her eyes widened suddenly and darted down to her meal. 'This is delicious!' Shooting him a much less aggressive glare, she pointed a hoof at him while digging into her new-found delicacy.
“But we should always do the right thing. Taking something what doesn't belong to you is wrong!”

Closing his eyes, Tyler sighed with a smile before he looked at her again.
“Yes, you're right. It's wrong. And we should try our best to do the right thing. But unfortunately life isn't always that easy. Too much is at stake now, Twilight. The fate of Equestria is more important than the belongings of one wealthy human. When too much is at stake, one may have to do a wrong thing in order to the right thing that's important. One day you'll understand me in this.”

Shaking her head with a smirk, Twilight gave her a doubting look.
“I think I'll never understand this kind of thinking.”

Tyler chuckled a bit when all of a sudden, he noticed how her eyes were glued on his sandwich. Their eyes met, went down to the sandwich again, before Tyler leaned in to her with a wide grin.
“Some pony got hungry and is enjoying me trespassing into the fridge of a stranger preparing her some peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches it seems...” Twilight simply answered with licking the small remnants of jelly from the corners of her mouth. Handing her his sandwich as well, he then stood up and noticed a desktop PC on the other side of the living room. “Oh, great! Just what we need now. I so hoped we could have one of these to show you, Twilight...”

After devouring her second sandwich with great appetite, Twilight came over to the computer.
“Tyler? Is that one of the machines you mentioned? The ones wired to the entire world?”

Smiling a bit, Tyler nodded.
“Give me a minute or two and I'll have you in the internet right away.” Twilight looked over his shoulder. A series of screens activated and after a short while, a simple picture showed with a series of icons on it. Tyler clicked on one of them and a smaller screen seemed to open with another set of little pictures in it. Making way for her, he waited until she took a seat on
Alright, sweetie? You use the mouse like this. If you click the left mouse button, you'll do this and if you click the right mouse button, you'll open the menu like this.”

Twilight nodded and while she browsed through the internet, Tyler managed to make himself a meal as well, ate it and cleaned up afterward. In the meantime, Twilight was slightly frustrated. Normally she would gladly take all the time in the world to read the websites one by one, but due to the current crisis, time was of the essence. Leaving the mouse alone, she instead charged her horn. The computer, at least that she knew, was operating on a certain language of 1s and 0s.Her horn electrified a bit, making her wince a bit as she tried to accumulate to the speed of the operation system. It felt alien, felt so simplistic and barren, void of all magic. And when she opened her eyes, they'd began glowing.
“Tyler? I... I think I have built up an interface.”

While about to take a sip from his glass, Tyler looked over to her and saw the rapidly changing screen and her supercharged horn, prompting him to spit his drink out and jump up, storming right at her.
“Twilight! What are you doing?!?”

But just as he was about to reach her, a force field slammed him away from her. Holding his aching nose, he looked over to her, slowly understanding. She herself was uncertain how fragile and sensitive this interface was and if she would take harm if the connection ceased all of a sudden.
“I... I have access... I... I...” Twilight closed her eyes and her magic ceased. With a groan she shook her head. “It's too vast. I can't take it all at once; I think I only scratched on the surface.”

Embracing her, Tyler inspected her eyes for any sign of trouble, but to his own relief he found nothing. Taking her cheeks into his palms, he looked into her eyes.
“Twilight, that was very stupid! Celestia was one alicorn assimilating my entire knowledge about mankind as well as my entire memory. One person at a time! But you are trying to download the internet, the entire spirit and knowledge of the human race. You are sure to fail like this.”

Rolling her eyes, she smiled sheepishly.
“I noticed. Such a vast library awaits me in there. Knowledge so bright I could go blind would I see it all at once. I reckon I would begin with a nosebleed within seconds continuing like that, my condition getting worse by the second.” She shook her head. “No. This spell is pointless and to use it like that utterly foolish.”

Patting her shoulder, Tyler then shut the PC down.
“Well, what did you manage to find out?”

“According to certain search engines, the best place to look for facts is this website... Now what was it... Ah! Wikipedia! Not what I'll call a good source to validate facts, but it helped me to gather several facts.

Now Tyler's interest was piqued.
“Several facts? How many sites have you visited?”

“1.839.586!”

Arching a brow, Tyler slowly shook his head.
“I don't know what to worry about more. That the computer survived this in these few seconds or you. And you're sure you can get all that by visiting so many sites in that little time?”

“That spell is a long working one. It will take weeks to remember everything like something I heard once before. I would need to re-do the spell sometime in the future to remember it like common knowledge used on a daily basis. I gave information about our current location, New York City, a higher priority, so I can be of better use for the others. You know? City layout, police force, traffic connections... I even learned about several military bases in the surrounding area, so we can avoid them altogether when we head for this Bermuda place.”

Tyler patted her cheek and caressed it for a bit. His favorite little nerd was faster in collecting vital data than he was, but on the other hand, the Wikipedia sites were not encrypted. Standing up now he stretched a bit, when he noticed a certain set of cutie marks in the morning sky over several parts of the city.
“Seems to me the others are regrouping...Rainbow and Rarity seemed to have found ways to signal their cutie marks.”

“That's a relief.” Looking into the sea of lights of the city from a window, Twilight smiled. “Your world is wonderfully big and vast.”

Coming to her side, he rested a hand on her shoulder.
“That it is... I only hoped to give you a better introduction to it under better conditions. But then again...I'm happy to have you here right by my side now, Twilight. Here in this darkest of moments of our journey.”

Both turned to each other and Twilight got up on her hind legs, resting her front hooves at his chest before they both leaned in for a passionate kiss. It was this moment, when an idea sparked in Twilight's head. An absolutely crazy idea. A bright light emitted from her body, forcing Tyler to turn his face away from her for a short moment. And as he returned his eyes to her, a young human woman stood in front of him, naked. Once he recognized her in her human form, Tyler gulped.
“Twilight… What... You're wasting your precious magic!”

Smiling up to him, she shook her head.
“If it's for you, it's not wasted.”

Tyler's mind began racing. Searching for words, he looked to the ground while stuttering.
“Sweetie, you- I mean... You... I don't think this is the-”

With that her fingers rested on his lips and she nodded slowly.
“This is the precise time to do something crazy like this! Can't you see?” He looked up into her face, only to spot glittering little diamonds in her eyes. “I'm worried sick about you! The man I love is always facing danger, always facing enemies who want and aim to harden his heart. You taught me everything I know about love, despite the differences our species have. We both chose to be together… and the others followed in the path we created. But I can be brave like Applejack, as our herd's Alpha I have to be.” Looking into her eyes, Tyler gulped. She was serious about it. “…Only this one step is missing. I know it's risky since we don't know if the sun of your world can change me back as well like our sun can, but... I want to do this with you. I want to be as close to you now as I can. Here in this darkest of moments of our journey.”

It was this determination in her words that made him nod.
“Hey... Don't you worry, sweetie... Nothing will make me hurt you girls. I won't let that happen, I just won't!” Not taking his eyes away from hers, he undressed as well. Right now all that mattered was they were together, facing the dangers ahead as companions, and their bond was stronger than ever. Embracing her body tightly, he let her slide down his member and entered her in one long thrust, what caused Twilight to moan in delight. Calling out for him, her lips searched and found his for a barrage of passionate kisses, as she began to move on her own.

While Twilight was moving her hips on Tyler’s lap, her eyes closed as she enjoyed the lovemaking with him with a deep blush.”
“I’m so happy… So happy!” Due to her closed eyes, she didn't see the blue glow in his eyes, which became stronger with each passing moment, paired with a lustful grin on his face. Her human body was leaned back and rested onto the bed while he held her legs up and spread, his thrusts pumping in a steady pace into her.

It was then when Twilight finally opened her eyes and noticed the blue glowing eyes of Tyler. 'Tyler…?' Before her eyes, he transformed, clenching his teeth as his muscles began to swell, doubling in size. Was this due to her own alicorn influence? 'Oh Celestia! What’s happening to him?' Fear sparked inside of her when he lifted her and rolled her over. In this human form, she was helpless, a doll at his mercy. Even more so than the weakened alicorn without magic. As he took her from behind, she closed her eyes. He was unusually rough with her and it hurt once in a while. His member, as well as his entire body was magically enhanced now and each hard thrust made her butt jiggle, followed by a short moan of her. Somehow her influence seemed to drive him crazy, turned him into something wild. A primal beast was awakening and surfaced in his mind. Or was it there all along? Maybe this was what caused him to turn violent in the recent past.

But Twilight had faith in Tyler. He would never do her harm and if it was with him, this act of love was something she wanted and enjoyed, no matter what form he was in. As his powerful hands grabbed her hips and he literally masturbated himself with her body, Twilight could feel his fingernails digging into her skin. She as well clawed herself into his body and the ground to find any hold. Although she was afraid of what was happening with him, it was paradise. Both of them were letting go of all limits and restraints and somewhere within her grasp was a lesson she had to fully grasp and understand. The world span in her mind.

She couldn't tell anymore when certain things were happening due to the many sensations she was under now. The feeling of her breasts rubbing against his muscular chest, the constant and fast movement inside her womb, the pressure each time he was balls-deep inside of her and the tip of his penis hit her deepest sanctuary. It felt like the strongest heat she ever endured. Was she sex-crazed right now? She couldn't tell, nor could she tell how she suddenly was on top of Tyler's body. What she could tell was that each new thrust from below was slowly chipping at her mind, which was currently going blank. Somehow this had to be some sort of influence she herself was under, it awakened her primal lust to be bred by the male. It reduced the two of them to mere animals, male and female and nothing was more important than to receive her lover's load.

Meanwhile her head had become completely dizzy when she could feel the ecstasy build up in her. The pain had already numbed down and she took the entire length of his shaft into her with ease. Then it finally happened. With power the sperm jetted up her womb. Once more it was bliss all around her and she closed her eyes with a sigh. She did it. She did the one thing Princess Celestia was so afraid to do.

But little did they know what this would do. As magic glittered all around both lovers, Twilight’s ovule and Tyler’s sperm were brought together by magic itself, determining the pregnancy. Right in this instant her eyes opened wide as her pupils began to shrink. It was in this moment that a massive magic energy wave went from Twilight’s gasping body through Earth, which was noticed through time and space, not only by the other Elements of Harmony on Earth, but also by all the alicorns on Equis. Several heads turned right in this very moment towards the epicenter of the wave. It was a clear message to the entire existence.

Deep in the chaotic plane, Eris began to grin widely.
“There you are... Alright, little brothers... Go and have some fun while I meet with the Darkness Sisters. I expect you to wreak some nice havoc until I'm there!” Chuckles of Madness echoed in the plane as the Draconequii prepared themselves for their attack.

Meanwhile Tyler's body had become limp and his eyes clenched together, only for him to blink twice and come back to his senses with a painful moan. His body ached after that much alteration and he felt spent for no reason. Slowly the muscles which had grown, slowly ceased and returned back to normal. A process both tiring and painful.
"What the... what the hell? I feel like I partook in a triathlon! All my muscles are sore."

Twilight felt dizzy and disoriented. The tingling sensation in her womb was lingering warm inside. That orgasm was so intense she had to come to her senses again. What worried her most was this unfamiliar wave that had left her body. It was unprecedented. Never before did something like that happen. Not even when Tyler had sex with Applejack in her human form. Suddenly a great quake that was shaking the city of Manhattan got her out of her thoughts and a detonation occurred in the ground near Fifth Avenue and 109th st, when a pillar of energy streamed up high into the sky.

Tyler and Twilight stood up and went to the near windows, completely ignoring being naked. Witnessing the magic of Equis streaming into the human world, both their jaws slowly dropped.
“Draconequis magic... Chaos magic!” Twilight stated before holding a hand in front of her mouth in mild shock.

Looking at her, Tyler pointed at the constant stream of magic.
“You mean this is Discord?”

Turning her head to him, Twilight shook it for a second.
“No... He's reformed, he would never misbehave like that...I think...” Deep inside her head, she hoped for this to be the truth, yet she never met another Draconequis beside Discord, so the chance of him backstabbing them was at least present.

Right in this moment, the first rays of sunlight caused Twilight's body to return back to her normal alicorn body and Tyler nodded.
“Time for me to get dressed again, we should go down to the streets and see if we can find the others. Whatever is going on out there, the others will either go there or they'll think we're going there.”

Meanwhile on the streets of Manhattan, the chaos spread in a myriad of ways. On Timesquare, several people were storming out of a movie theater, chased by a Draconequis laughing hysterical while popcorn machines shot their content all over the people. Meanwhile, the more wealthier people got their problems as well as fur coats returned to life again and began biting whosoever was wearing them. In the New York Police Departments the phones were glowing red hot due to all the emergency calls. Several dozen officers were answering calls making little to no sense to them.
“No, Sir. I don't believe you that a Central Park bench chased you up the tree...”

“You say your daughter speaks in languages she never learned? Ma'am, in that case you don't call the police, you call the church!”

“Sir, I don't care if there's a 'dragon' in your subterranean garage nor do I believe you... Well, then park elsewhere!”

“Is it a little dinosaur or a big one that's chasing you? Oh, only the skeleton, I see...”

One police officer entered an office, the phone still in his left hand, one part covered so the person on the other end couldn't listen in.
“Lieutenant? You better check this call here.”

“I'm kind of busy here, Benson! The Commissioner is on his way to the mayor and told us to sort it out. And that's currently what I'm doing!”

But Nick Benson remained stubborn.
“Some of the the big bosses down from pier 34 is on the line. He wants to talk to you.”

With an annoyed look the Lieutenant rolled his eyes.
“And what's his problem?”

“He says the Titanic just arrived...”

* * * * *

New York City Hall, 1 hour later...

When the mayor arrived in his office, Police Commissioner Jim Redfield and the Chief of the Fire Department, Joe Nicholson were already speculating with other officers. Nicholson shook his head looking at a map of the city.
“Right now we don't know what is causing this. But we're certain that it is not a gas attack nor is it something in the water. People on the streets are not hallucinating when they report these strange things.”

“Which is clogging the emergency call lines.” Redfield continued, “Some of my officers are even complaining... about... Mayor, are you alright?”

The mayor looked up a little pale and some sweat on his forehead.
“Jim, until half an hour ago I was having a little chat with Mayor William F. Havemeyer. The man is dead for over 140 years... What the FUCK is going on out there in my city?”

Redfield grimaced a bit.
“W-we don't know...”

Turning to the map again, Nicholson shook his head, not believing his own words.
“The traffic is completely jammed, accidents are all over the place since someone deemed it funny to smear soap all over the streets. The ambulances are overstrained city-wide. The northern streets off the island are blocked by a glacier of mint ice cream, ridiculous as it sounds. The bridges along the Hudson- and East River are sunk, since they were clogged with spaghetti until the weight took them down. And the Statue of Liberty...”

Rolling his eyes, Mayor Bill Bigsby held his forehead.
“Oh, what now...

“Sir, she's having a sunbath... nude.”

“Goddamn!”

Redfield couldn't help but chuckle.
“Well... She's french, Sir.”

Slamming a fist onto his desk, the mayor then shot Redfield a glare.
“NOT THE POINT!!!” Looking at the map, the mayor then pointed at a particular corner of the island. “What about the Battery, Lincoln, Queens-Midtown and Holland? Are the tunnels free?”

“As far as we know, yes.”

Standing up, Bigsby then headed for the door.
“Then take whoever you need and get the people out of there. In the meantime I'm going to ask for-” Just when he was out to open the door to the hallway, a soldier opened the door and made way for a man in a suit. A sight that made the otherwise calm and collected mayor gasp. “G-Governor...”

Shaking his head, the older man patted Bigsby's shoulder while entering the room.
“Bill, I must say: When I heard about Yonkers being attacked by a massive 'spider creature', I thought someone had way too much to drink. I came here personally to leave a few heads rolling, but even at the outskirts of the city one could see that this isn't just one monster or the doing of some crazy gunmen... That's why I brought the boys over to play a bit with these unwelcome guests.”

Looking at the soldiers, Bigsby gulped.
“The national guard in my city?”

“Well with the police and fire department maintaining order within the population, I reckon you could need all the manpower you get to counter the threat. That's why I'm here, Bill...”

Leaving the office now, the governor left the mayor standing there, who gritted his teeth. 'Yeah... That and the upcoming elections, you calculating pig...'

* * * * *

In the meantime, Tyler and Twilight made their way through frantic people fleeing the chaos. While Tyler originally thought people would react crazy due to Twilight, they simply ignored her most of the time. The few who noticed her, seemed to be cautious of her, seemingly deeming her yet another terror of chaos. At the West side of the Central Park, the friends found each other and Tyler smirked at the van where they all stepped out from.
“There you folks are. Good to see you all again and unharmed as well. Who ordered the chaos? It wasn't me!”

Storming right at him, Applejack nuzzled him fiercely.
“Sugarcube!”

Welcoming Applejack in his arms, Tyler embraced the earth pony mare with closed eyes and a sigh of relief.
“AJ! Thank goodness you're alright as well, sweetie.”

A car door opened next to them and Rick got out, before he slowly approached the whole group, hands in his pockets.
“Mr. Tyler Jones?” As soon as Tyler turned around to face him, he continued with a formal smile.“Agent Rick Marshall, FBI. Sir, would you please put these on?”

When he held up some handcuffs, the others gasped while Tyler remained silent. Flynn, however, shot his big brother an angered glare.
“Rick, you can't be serious!”

“I don't know what this man is to all of you, Flynn.” Rick said in a sober tone, “But for me, he's work. Work I'm going to see through. So then, please, Mr. Jones. Would you let us do this civilized?” But before Tyler could even comment on that request, people were running out of a nearby subway station as a Draconequis flew out of it in hysterical laughter. As it passed by them, the Elements of Harmony followed it with their eyes.

“Was that...?!?”

“No, this wasn't Discord. But it was a Draconequis, no doubt.”

A few seconds later, a sudden wind came up and followed the Draconequis, prompting the ponies to open their eyes wide all of a sudden. The air was way less heavy for them to breath, their bodies felt lighter and stronger. Looking at her hindquarters, Applejack then looked at the others.
“Folks, do ya feel that?”

With a few flaps of her wings, Rainbow gained flight again as her wings have found their former strength once more. Exchanging nods with Fluttershy, both Pegasi mares began to smile.
“We can fly again...”

The horns of the unicorns lighted up again.
“Our magic is back!” Rarity exclaimed gleefully, jumping up to her hind legs and paddling her front hooves. “I so hoped it would return to me again!”

While Sam played his muscles and shot some lightning into the ground, Flynn took the next three seconds to take a round around Central Park.
“And so are our powers... Man, I feel awesome!”

Lifting and tipping over a car, Sam nodded.
“I can only agree!”

Looking at her hands, Rachel shook her head.
“Yes, but why is this happening?”

Frowning for a bit, Twilight then looked up into the sky, where some of the dimensional rips were open in the air.
“The Draconequii! They entered this dimension and all the rips in time and space are leaking the the magic from Equis into this world. This means the magic gets much more abundant in this part of Earth, much to our advantage.”

Stepping right beside her, Tyler looked up as well and folded his arms.
“Well, we have to stop them. Trans-dimensional rifts are nothing we need in lower and upper Manhattan. Totally destroys the skyline. First thing: Twilight? We need some crystal communicators. Think you can summon one with the magic you now have?”

Giving him a big grin, Twilight bumped her rear into his hip.
“I can give it a try, big boy!”

Nodding at her, he looked at the others.
“Good! Next, we need to get a better oversight over the whole-”

He was interrupted as a tan-colored Humvee came to a sudden halt only a few yards away. Stepping outside, a soldier approached them, followed by his two colleagues.
“Why are you still here? This is a combat zone! I'm sorry, folks, but I have to order you to leave the combat area by going south to the nearest evacuation point. And take your... multicolored... ponies... with... What the hell?”

While Twilight already charged Tyler and Rachel, Tyler shook his head while looking at the soldier.
“This is no combat conventional weapons can win. Do your duty and evacuate the folks from the streets. We'll handle these creatures.”

Arching back a bit in surprise, the soldier then returned to his former stance
“Listen, buddy: This was not a request! The last thing we now need are some wannabe heroes playing Superman!”

Rachel approached one of the soldiers and nodded.
“I'm in need of a firearm without ammunition. Corporal, do you have a spare assault rifle?”

Fighting the urge to laugh, the Corporal shook his head.
“And can you name me even one good reason why I should do so, ma'am?”

Standing at attention, Rachel saluted.
“Sir, yes, sir! Corporal Rachel Higgins! United States Marine Corps! Sir!”

Seeing the dog tag chain around her neck, he lifted it and inspected the tag. Looking up to her, he shook his head once again, but this time in amazement.
“I don't know what is going on right now, Corporal... But if Abraham tanks get transformed into giant cheeseburgers, I'm willing to give anyone able and willing to fight for us a weapon.” He then unloaded an M16 rifle, ejected the remaining bullet out of the weapon and handed the weapon to her. “But what you want with an unloaded rifle is beyond me.”

Rachel took the rifle, took aim with it and blasted away a magic bolt before grinning wildly.
“Oh that's alright... I got my own ammunition!”

Sam nodded at the soldiers.
“Got something with a bit more punch in case we run into something bigger?”

The soldiers looked at each other. One of them cocked his head.
“Should we really do that? I mean we're still responsible for these items.”

The other one merely shrugged.
“Kowalski, do you remember what happened to Carter and his team when they fired their pipe at one of these things?”

This question prompted Kowalski to shudder in mild terror. With an uneasy feeling he remembered the RPG fired directly at one of these floating creatures, only to turn back with a flash and suddenly being something else.
“Yes, and frankly I never imagined I'd see a man getting buried beneath a ton of cake. But you're not answering my question!”

“Well, we could have used it as well or someone stole it in the midst of battle while we were engaging the enemy...”

Shaking his head, Kowalski let out a sigh.
“I get it... Well, maybe they can put it to better use. But only one RPG! More and that explanation loses credibility.” With that he got Sam an RPG and explained to him how to handle it.

Looking over to Rick, Tyler opened his arms.
“Well then.... Agent Marshall? I take it you have no objections that we first clean up this mess before you arrest me?”

Rick's right eyebrow twitched.
“Why do I get the feeling you'll try to escape? But OK... Clearly we have bigger problems than you right now. First this mess here, then we can talk normally... Whatever is normal then.”

Closing his eyes for just a short moment, Tyler concentrated and felt the magic flowing through his body once again. A feeling he became used to and never wanted to miss again. Levitating himself up half a meter, several lightning arcs went off between his limbs and hairs before he opened his eyes again to establish a stable levitation bubble he could steer and fly inside, which also had the purpose of a shield. One of Twilight's higher tier spells that got so familiar to him by now.
“Alright... Everyone? Full force forward! Time to show Manhattan the Power of Harmony!”
While Rainbow and Fluttershy accompanied Twilight, Flynn went with Rarity and Applejack, Sam went with Pinkie Pie and Lyra. Rachel tried her best to keep up with Tyler in a jeep.

Upon seeing Flynn go to sonic speed within a second and Tyler levitating himself into the skies, the jaws of the soldiers dropped.
“Whoa...”

“Who are those people?”

Folding his arms, Rick leaned back at one of the MRAPs.
“My take? Wherever they came from, they are superheroes there. Me? I'm the sorry ass who has to arrest one of them.”

It was then when the third soldier stepped outside the MRAP and looked to the others.
“Kowalski, Miller! Message from HQ. We're to retreat from the city as soon as possible. It seems the shit really hits the fan hard right now.”

Turning around, Rick glared at the soldier before he pointed at Kowalski.
“I need to speak with your superiors!”

“But-”

Slamming his fist onto the MRAP, Rick gritted his teeth.
“From what I see, they are pretty misinformed! So you have two options now, Corporal! You can either follow your orders like a good little shithead or you take me to HQ and maybe you'll help saving millions!”

Looking at the others, Kowalski then nodded to the MRAP.
“Alright, get in.” While they drove off, a drop of sweat ran down Rick's forehead. 'Please don't tell me they're up to what I think they're up to...'

After making a few sweeps through the streets, both Rainbow and Fluttershy returned to Twilight and shook their heads.
“No luck, Twilight! They keep dodging.”

Looking to the ground, Fluttershy winced a bit.
“I feel bad for all these humans down there. They never were a part of this and we dragged them all into this conflict.”

Activating her communication crystal, Twilight then talked into it.
“Tyler, what should we do? With all these tall buildings, we can't get a clear aim! They can evade all too easy now.”

While in pursuit of one of the Draconequis, Tyler nodded.
“I see... Yes, we could chase them around, stopping them from making more chaos, but all we would achieve is buying the city some time to evacuate the people. That's not a final solution. And if they're bored here, they might go elsewhere...” Looking around, he suddenly got an idea and took the communicator into his grasp. “Alright, Elements and Rangers! We'll meet up at 432 Park Avenue! Head for the roof. One of the highest places of the city. We have to get an oversight and think of something.”

Meanwhile Rick stepped out of the MRAP and was escorted into a series of tents on the other side of the Hudson River. Everything was full with uniforms and Rick simply hoped he could buy enough time for the others to find a a solution. He was then brought into what looked like an operation headquarter and Kowalski saluted in front of an older man in uniform.
“General O'Neil? Sir, this man says he has vital information about the situation in the city.”

Turning around, the general inspected Rick for a short time before he paid attention to the life video feeds on the monitor screens in front of him.
“Alright, son. You got three minutes.”

Rick gulped and nodded.
“Agent Rick Marshall, FBI. I was pursuing a man named Tyler Jones for a few weeks now until the slaughter of a police station took place on the West Coast. I was able to claim vital information about some extraordinary individuals to that point. Beings that aren't human, but benevolent to mankind.”

O'Neil shot him a glare.
“Benevolent? Marshall, there are seven creatures in the sky over Manhattan, one gargantuan beast in the streets of it. They are anything but benevolent!”

“Yes! But they're the enemy to the beings I mean as well!” Rick countered on the spot.

“And what makes you think that they won't just fight for themselves but for us as well?”

“Because, sir, with respect: My brother is with one of them and from what I saw so far, they somehow altered four human beings beyond human capabilities. These humans are also fighting as we speak!”

Now Kowalski stepped in front and nodded.
“I can confirm it, Sir. One of them is fighting with an assault rifle shooting energy projectiles, while one has superhuman speed, one has superhuman strength and the last one seems able to fly like Superman.”

The general wanted to say something, but Rick forestalled him.
“Ridiculous, I know. But so is this whole situation. What I ask of you is giving them a little bit more time...” Lowering his voice, Rick then came closer to the general. “O'Neil... I'm not an expert on military tactics, but I know so much to know that if the military retreats so easily, it usually has something worse in mind. I urge you: Please wait and let the situation resolve itself.”

* * * * *

Half an hour later, everyone was assembling on the determined roof, some more exhausted than others. Sam groaned in exhaustion.
“That was probably the worst tour through Manhattan I made in my entire life.”

Rolling her eyes, Rachel gave him a grin.
“Oh, stop complaining, you big crybaby.”

Placing down Lyra and Pinkie, he arched a brow.
“Oh yeah? Well you weren't carrying two ponies!”

Leaning against him, Lyra battered her eyelids.
“Don't you worry, Sam. Once all of this is over, you'll get your reward for that.”

Placing down Rarity, Flynn nodded over to Rainbow and while the two of them began exchanging each others records they achieved in the city with their speed and agility, Rachel approached Tyler.
“Alright, Jones... here we all are. Now what's the plan? Sniping them from the skies with the Elements? I don't think this will work.”

“No, but maybe-” A detonation in the distance caused Tyler to halt in mid-sentence. Looking into the direction the noise came from, he shook his head. “They're really trying to blast these Draconequii with tank shells?”

In the next moment, several M1 Abraham tanks and military trucks were tossed through the street like toys before one tank came to a halt below them and fired down the road. Soon after the resulting detonation further down the street, a fierce and unnatural screech became audible in the city. Coming to the edge of the roof, Twilight shook her head in worry.
“What was that?”

“This looks and sounds like something much worse than Draconequii, if there is anything...” Sam stated with narrowing eyes.

And there it came around the street corner. An eight-legged beast, 60ft high with the lower body of a spider and the upper humanoid torso of Mimesis. Stomping through the streets, he roared at the soldiers who concentrated their assault rifle and rocket fire on him. While the bullets from the assault rifles didn't even cause a dent into the armor, the rockets packed some punch able to place the one or another crack into the chitin. Taking a car from the streets, he tossed it at the soldiers and their Humvee jeeps. Once the firing stopped, the drider's throat bloated up and a fountain of gastric acid was splattered all over the street, resulting in a melting, screaming crowd of soldiers.

Rachel wrinkled her nose in disgust.
“Now that's something you don't see every day...”

Tyler could only shook his head.
“What kind of black magic does it take to transform a mere asshole into such a monstrosity? And even our human military has difficulties with him. He was transformed not only to kill, but to exterminate any opposition.”

“Yeah...” Flynn mumbled, “These Darkness Sisters sure are crazy bitches...”

Stomping through the streets, the gigantic Changeling drider then looked up to the roof the friends were standing on. Roaring up to them, his whole stance became different, more like a predator readying itself to leap at its prey, causing Rachel to shake her head.
“Oh shit, he noticed us...”

Now making haste towards them, it completely ignored the soldiers in the streets firing at it. When it stepped on one of the tanks, Rachel pointed her rifle at him.
“Nobody treads on Amercian forces in this city!”

Looking towards the other Element Bearers, Twilight gritted her teeth.
“One, two, three, blast him!” In the next moment, six beams of harmony blasted down the immense body, and the drider swayed back burning. Crashing into the house behind, the drider screeched up in pain while a big cloud of smoke ascended into the sky, obscuring the sight to him.

Tyler looked over to the others and and began to grin.
“Sam, if six little ponies the size of your thumb would bump you into a building side and set you on fire with their friendship beams... how pissed would you be?”

Sam grimaced a bit, trying to suppress a laugh.
“Yeah... We better think of something...” As soon as he had said that, the building was shaking and Mimesis was climbing up the walls. “And we better do it fast!”

Taking a safety distance from the edge of the roof, the friends grouped together and Twilight took a look at everyone.
“The Elements of Harmony are not at their full capacity due to the lack of magic in this world. The magic dissipates too quickly, even with these dimensional rips in the air. But I have a radical idea. That Changeling drider is something the Elements of Harmony could battle, if the attack was only stronger. So we need to focus the attack into one searing burst to not only battle the drider, but also reverse the chaos caused by the Draconequii that are on the loose.”

Shrugging, Tyler pointed into the skies.
“And how do you suppose we do something about that? We can't get a clear aim to hit any one of them. And their distance differs from that of Mimesis, who comes directly at us. How do we get that much power into one attack?”

Giving Tyler a serious stare, Twilight nodded at him.
“We overcharge you with harmony magic!”

Now Tyler's right eye twitched.
“Excuse me, Twilight? You know what overcharge did to me and Dragon Mountain?”

Flynn gulped and looked at the ground, not very fond of the idea.
“Overcharge…”

Tyler then continued.
“You’re going to endanger us… You’re going to endanger Manhattan! The nice metropolis down there that has millions of inhabitants, even if it’s a Draconequis wonderland right now!”

But Twilight shook her head and stomped her hoof on the ground.
“No! Not necessarily! There’s definitely a very slim chance the harmony magic itself will protect us all.”

All looked uncertain at each other. They all knew to some degree about the risk of overcharge and if Twilight would have made the slightest miscalculation, it would be over with Manhattan. This uncertainty remained until Rachel slapped Tyler's head playfully.
“I love this plan! I'm thrilled to be a part of it! Let's do it!”

Shaking his head, Sam rolled his eyes when they jumped up one by one.
“This job is definitely worth more than just one painted window in Canterlot!”

Readying herself, Rachel aimed for the edge of the roof where she expected Mimesis to climb over.
“Alright! You Elements charge up Jones, we Rangers keep that thing at bay. Let's just hope this works or we'll get evaporated by the blast.”

With the Elements charging him up slowly, Tyler looked over to Rachel, a smile forming on his lips.
“See you on the other side, Rachel Higgins…”

Rachel nodded over to Tyler.
“Nice working with you, Tyler Jones…” As the bright energy of the Elements began to charge up Tyler, Mimesis climbed up the roof with a fierce roar. But as soon as he showed his face, the Rangers opened fire upon him with whatever firepower they managed to muster, meaning Flynn and Rachel shooting full autofire upon the Drider and Lyra firing beams at the monstrosity.

Giving a fierce roar, the drider then noticed Sam holding up a rocket launcher and aiming right at him.
“Surprise, motherfucker!” As soon as the rocket was fired, its fiery trail shot directly towards the drider, making Flynn and Rachel grin. But in an instant that grin withered as the rocket was caught in mid-flight and simply detonated in Mimesis' claw. The detonation was strong enough to force the Rangers to turn away, but when cloud of fire faded, all the detonation managed to do was to rip away one limb of the drider. Looking up now, Mimesis roared at the Rangers, well aware that they had shot everything they had at him. That's when he noticed the glow emanating from Tyler's charged body.

Unnoticed by all however, was the small team of Marines on one of the other roofs spotting the Changeling drider. They as well noticed the charging of Tyler and several pictures were shot
“Unknown energy weapon spotted! I repeat: Unknown energy weapon spotted! I don't know if they're trying to blow this bitch to pieces with this or the entire city!”

In the military operation room, General O'Neil shook his head.
“Alright, that's enough. Operation Hammerfall is commencing! Kowalski! Get this civilian out of here!”

Kowalski gulped and nodded.
“Yes, sir...”

But as his hand was resting on Rick's shoulder, the federal agent shook himself free.
“General! Destroying Manhattan can't be your solution to this!” Several heads turned over to him. “If this unknown energy weapon is fired, it could reverse the effect we see on the city right now!”

“That is exactly the point, Agent Marshall!” O'Neil spat out. “It could! We don’t know what this weapon will do! And doing nothing is not an option!”

Struggling against Kowalski's grip, Rick's eyes rested on O'Neil.
“And I suppose killing untold numbers of innocent US citizens is an option?” Looking at each other, both men remained silent until Rick spoke up again. "General… These flying creatures and this giant spider thing are hostile. But these ponies are fighting them, as stupid as this sounds! We shouldn’t interfere with a trans-dimensional battle if there is hope that the situation resolves itself to our favor! Who can tell if these rips are made worse if you bomb them?”

Standing directly between the Elements and accumulating their magic for the attack, Tyler's body shined brightly in all sorts of colors. Now seeing Tyler being charged up by the Elements, Mimesis understood the current situation, and his fierce expression turned into one of terror. Storming right at Tyler, the drider was out to perform the final blow. Tyler was defenseless now being charging. One devastating blow and it would be over and the others would be mere prey for him. The huge spider legs rushed towards Tyler, mere inches separated two of them from total carnage.

Until Tyler opened his eyes.

Tyler's unforgiving glare was the last thing Mimesis was about to see as the following flash scrunched his body to pieces and dissipated them so nothing was left of the Changeling terror. The detonation dome engulfed all of Manhattan, reversing everything the Draconequii had done to the city and turning each of them into statues. But since most of them were airborne at this particular moment of time, their bodies fell to a swift and painless demise. Outside of Manhattan though, the light was still too bright to see the skyline. Several jaws dropped in the operation room, aghast. The radio went dead for a second, before another voice became audible again.
“Echo Squad here, alive and kicking!” Several other squads reported in now as well, much to the relief of the operations room. Several sighs were given, followed by relieved smiles.

Two seconds later, other squads called in as well.
“Charlie Squad here! A bit shaken by surprise due to that statue falling from the skyscraper, but we are fine!”

“Alpha Sqad here! We're unharmed! All the stuff that deformed the city is gone!”

A heavy sigh of relief escaped Rick and he looked over to the General.
“You see?”

General O'Neil, however, harrumphed at this.
“There was no guarantee for that, Agent Marshall! Maybe it was the right decision from your point of view, but this might as well end badly for me! A man like me can't just let a reality-bending situation grow out of control!”

Going through his hair, Rick now began to smile.
“Well, I think the people who are allowed to live on today are thankful for your sacrifice, General.”

Harrumphing, O'Neil shook his head and kept giving orders. “Keep Operation Hammerfall stalled, the bomber doesn't need to come to Manhattan... At least for now. Nevertheless I want to keep things ready just in case. Lieutenant Hunnigan? Fetch me the phone, I need to report this to the Eagle...”

Hearing his mission put on ice got a lot of pressure from the pilot and he pulled a sharp turn to the right.
“Roger that, control. Thor-One goes into standby position.”

One minute later, the bright light around the city had ceased and Manhattan was turned back to its former normal state. Looking around, the friends cheered after seeing that the city had returned back to normal. Embracements were exchanged until Twilight's ear twitched a bit. Looking to the horizon, she cocked her head in wonder, not fully sure what she was feeling right now. It was magical, that was certain.

Then, all of a sudden, several lightning paired with bright flashes and harsh winds stirred the sky until a dark vortex accumulated the magic. Twilight shook her head in disbelief. She knew that spell since she had used it herself not long ago.
“Somepony's opening a portal...” Her ears dropped in fear. “A very big portal...”
The portal sprang wide open in the sky, looking like a gateway into Darkness itself and the dark cloud of Black Omen spread through it, followed by the gargantuan hull of Nagohod. “It's them!!!”

With the massive portal behind them, the Descendant fleet spreading out of Nagohod had no problem maintaining flight as the magic simply kept streaming through. Dozens of their shuttles filled the skies and enforced a strict air supremacy by shooting down every last helicopter in range.

Looking down at Manhattan, Lamira and Asira shook their heads.
“Yet another cancerous city. Look at them. These humans really grow worse than ponies.”

Asira pointed towards one of the skyscrapers.
“I sense them on the roof of that building. Commanders! Take precautions, do not let them escape another time!”

Lamira looked over to her sister.
“Relax... We have an entire hour before these fools of their alliance catch up with the portal.”

Asira arched a brow.
“I wonder if coming here was such a good idea. I mean victory is at hoof, why stalling with coming here?”

A dark grin came to Lamira's lips.
“Destroying Equestria isn't enough, I want it to be broken, first.”

On top of the building, the friends grouped together, thinking of possible ways to handle the situation at hand.
“What do we do now? We can't defeat an entire armada!”

Tyler shook his head while witnessing the Descendants encircling them more with each passing minute.
“That's not the entire armada. They had thousands of citadels. Things must have turned bad for them on the other side if they approach Earth with so few citadels.”

Meanwhile Rick was witnessing total chaos in the operations room. Several helicopters had been shot down in a matter of minutes and the video feeds showed the massive armada of shuttles around Nagohod. Several analysts tried to make sense out of the floating sky fortress while other officers organized the troops. The phone rang and the General took it.
“Yes? Yes, we see it as well. We seem to have some friends in the city on our side, but I highly doubt they're responsible for this big opening. No, Mr. President, I don't think these come in peace. Their advance party already spread some chaos in order to paralyze our defenses and now the main attack force seems to come through. A force significantly greater complete with air supremacy. Yes... Yes... I understand, Mr. President.” Hanging up, the general looked at Rick. “Get that civilian out! Operation Hammerfall will commence and this is final!”

Rick whirled around, not believing his ears.
“WHAT?!?”

“I won't argue with you on this one, Agent Marshall! First they opened small portals to scout and disable our forces, now they've opened a giant one that's permanent. For the sake of this nation and the rest of the world, we'll show them that they're not welcome here with their invasion force!”

While Rick was pulled away by two officers, he kept struggling.
“But what about the population?!?”

O'Neil closed his eyes and gave a heavy sigh.
“Against the threat of this spreading across the nation or even the world, one city is... expendable.”

* * * * *

Meanwhile, on the roof, the friends were completely surrounded. Twilight had built up a force field dome protecting everyone while Tyler and Rachel made themselves ready to fight for their lives. One of the Descendants shook his head.
“You can't win. Not this time.”

Looking up, the friends noticed that Princess Lamira and Asira were descending down from Nagohod.

But suddenly Rachel frowned and looked closer into one direction.
“Jones! Something's coming! Looks like a bomber escorted by drones!”

Whirling around towards the direction Rachel was looking. There were only three dots in the distance before one of them had a bright white dot coming forward. Realization struck Tyler with terror. Stretching out his arm as if he could order the catastrophe to be undone.
"NO!!! DON'T!!!"

Split seconds passed and everyone was looking at the direction Tyler was shouting at. There was a blindingly hot flash of light and for a split second, Tyler thought it would be all over. But yet, the darkness engulfing him never came. In surprise, he opened his eyes and blinked twice. If the government really fired a tactical nuke, shouldn't they all be dead by now? One by one, the Elements of Harmony and the Harmony Rangers returned their eyes back to the Darkness Sisters, as a bright ball of energy was encapsulated inside a magic force field and came near to them. Giving it a short glance, Lamira arched a brow.
“Ah yes... the power of the atom... Impressive for a species relying solely on technology, yet futile against alicorns.”

Asira scoffed at the ball of energy which was maybe thirty feet wide.
“Is that the best they can do? Adorable...”

“We are talking about a measly species without any magic on their world, Asira. Don't be too high in your expectations. No force fields, no levitation, nothing but technological reliance. A species like that will always succumb to the need for resources with the risk of destroying itself over battling for said resources.”

Gritting his teeth, Tyler clenched his fist and prepared himself to attack, but Lamira unleashed her own form of the Royal Canterlot Voice.
“STAY WHERE YOU ARE, MONKEY!!! AND YOU ELEMENTS AS WELL!!! ONE MORE MOVE AND THIS CITY WILL NOT LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY!!! I HALTED THE DETONATION, I CAN UNLEASH IT AS WELL!” This threat made Tyler and the others halt in an instant. They were able and willing to level entire cities to achieve their goals. As Tyler stopped in his attack, Princess Lamira took a look at the situation and closed her eyes, an evil smile on her face. “I'll give you a choice, Tyler Jones: Surrender to us, hand over the Elements of Harmony and return with us to Equis as our slave... Or be responsible for the deaths of the many people of this city.”

Standing there, Tyler thought about the possible ways to continue from here, until he finally lowered his magic charge and went out of combat stance. This caused Twilight to gasp.
“Tyler! You mustn't!”

Yet Tyler shook his head.
“Twilight, we have no other choice... This is a fight for Equis, not Earth... Down below are millions of humans that are at stake. If we don't do as they say, innocents will suffer once this bomb levels the city. We saw what they did with Shadowgate. If such a thing would happen here, mankind would come for them with a thirst for revenge leading into a bloody war that could take decades. And then even more innocents would die!” Twilight looked over to the other Element Bearers, but not one of them could think of another way. None of them wanted others to suffer. One by one, the Elements of Harmony were surrendered and fell to the ground as lifeless trinkets. Tyler gave Twilight a last glance. “You know what to do to do the right thing, honey.”

Laying handcuffs on Tyler's wrist, the Descendants escorted him and the Elements to one of their shuttles, smirking all the while over their victory. One last look was exchanged between Tyler and the others, before the hatch closed and the shuttle he was in flew up to Nagohod. Then one of the Descendants turned to Princess Lamira,
“What to do with the Element Bearers and remaining Harmony Rangers? Should we kill them now?” This prompted the girls to group together behind Twilight.

Yet Princess Lamira looked at Twilight and the Mane Six with a victorious smirk as she shook her head, the ball of energy flying high up into space until vanishing out of sight.
“Leave them alone… Tyler Jones is our slave and the Elements of Harmony are ours. As long as these ponies remain unharmed he is bound to his word. Let the Princess of Friendship witness her friends rot on this tasteless alien planet…” An evil chuckle came from her as she turned away. “Let them rot...” The shuttles ascended with the Darkness Sisters one by one to Nagohod and the gargantuan fortress went back through the portal back to Equis before the portal began to close and with it all hopes for Tyler to escape somehow.

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The world ended for Twilight in this moment. The Elements of Harmony were lost, Tyler was taken by the enemy and the Fortress of Nagohod was still out to harm Equestria. Even worse, they were still stranded on Earth, hunted by the authorities for crimes they didn't commit. Everything seemed to lost its taste, seemed to move in slow-motion as a lonely tear ran down her cheek. Tyler, Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Shining... They were all in grave danger and all she could do was surrendering? No, she had to be be capable to do more.

Rachel looked down the staircase where she already spotted the soldiers storming up, weapons ready. Running back to the others, troubled looks were exchanged at her message. In the next moment an attack helicopter ascended right next to them and a spotlight was pointed at them.
“Remain where you are!” the speakers barked down to them. “Do not attempt any hostile act or we will open fire!”

Shaking her head, Rachel shook Twilight a bit.
“Twilight! If they arrest us now, it will be all over! We have to get out of here!”

When Twilight looked up again, her facial expression was very grim and determined.
“And getting out of here we will!” With that her horn began to charge up and shine.

The door behind the friends was kicked open and several Marines stormed on the roof, aiming at them from all sides.
“FREEZE!!!” Hot tears of anger ran down Twilight's cheeks now and she raised a shield about her friends. Her love had been taken, not her friends as well. Spooked by the sudden force field, a volley of shots were fired by one soldier, only to bounce off the shield. Too strong was the magic residue that gave the alicorn its power. And with a sudden flash, Twilight teleported herself and the others away.

Author's Notes:

Not proofread yet, any notification about typos or mistakes is highly welcome. Send them to me so I can send the Daleks to EXTERMINATE them.