The Return of the Dark Lightning Menace

It seemed like an ordinary day at the kingdom of Rogue Mountain. But at the bottom of the kingdom, lies a sealed gateway leading to the dungeon known as Tartarus. It was created by the first rogues who founded Rogue Mountain centuries ago. It served as a purpose to banish any enemy who threatened the lives of the citizens no matter the circumstances. Pretty soon, the gates of Tartarus were being breached from the inside. This caused a tremendous earthquake around the entire lower part of the kingdom making the citizens panic a bit. Finally the gates of Tartarus had been blown wide open and out of the gates came a large amount of black mass and lightning bolts.

Then out of the black mass came a stallion with fur white as fallen snow, brown eyes, and charcoal black mane. He started to chuckle and soon grew into an evil laugh.

"Finally, after 5 long fucking years, I can finally smite my revenge on that blasted ETERNAL FLAMES!!!!!!!" He shouted causing lightning and darkness to shoot upwards into the sky.

Meanwhile, up at the top, king Blue Blaze, the alicorn with white fur and blue mane and scar like birth mark over his eyes, and his fiance Crimson Ruby, a unicorn with red fur and burgundy curly mane were enjoy their time in bed.

"You know something, dear, I was just wondering." Crimson says.

"What might that be hun?" Blue Blaze asks.

"What do you think our child is gonna be? Is it going to be a filly or a colt?"

"It doesn't matter, as long it's a healthy foal."

"Oh, you always know what to say to make me happy."

"I try, Crimson, my dear."

With that, she climbs on top of her fiance and starts giving him the bedroom eyes while he did so in return.

"Now what do you say we make our child now?" Crimson asks in a lustful way.

"Ready when you are, my dear." Blue Blaze says.

Sadly it is cut tragically short as they both heard a loud boom from outside the bedroom window. Blue Blaze peeked out and saw black mass and lightning shooting into the sky.

"Oh shit! Honey, stay here, i'm gonna go check outside." Blue Blaze says, gently lifting his mare off of him.

"Honey, what's going on?"

"5 years ago, my brother, Eternal Flames once took down this stallion named Thunder Drum, who tried to take over the kingdom with an iron hoof, but his plans were foiled with Eternal triumphing over him. Father then banished the tyrant to Tartarus for 100 years hoping it would change Thunder's ways. Now he's escaped after 5 years of imprisonment." Blue Blaze explains as he starts writing a letter.

"But how and why did he escape now?" Crimson asks.

"He must've been training while in Tartarus and he's doing this for one reason and one reason only: He wants to murder my brother in order to exact his revenge for not becoming king." Blue Blaze says, writing the letter to hsi father. Soon he looks out the window and sees Thunder Drum flying away using his powers to do so. "Oh no!" Blue Blaze says, with his eyes widened.

"What's going on?" Crimson asks.

"He's probably persuaded one of the citizens into telling him where my brother is! I have to warn them." said Blue Blaze. Finally he uses his magic to send the letter to Canterlot.

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Meanwhile, back in Canterlot in Celestia's castle. Royal Blaze, Celestia's husband, was asleep in Celestia's chambers, but she had got called to the Changeling kingdom for a peace alliance. Moments later, Royal Blaze woke up and saww that a magical aura had flown in through the window only to morph into a wrapped up message. Royal Blaze unwrapped it and started reading. His eyes flew wide open after reading the whole letter.

"Father

It's Blue Blaze. I have some bad new. Thunder Drum has escaped from Tartarus! I saw his powers from outside my window. One of our subjects over here must've told him where Eternal Flames is. You must warn my brother and quick. I have a feeling it's going to take more than just one stallion to beat him. There's not much time!

Blue Blaze"

"This isn't good!" Royal Blaze said to himself. He then rushed out of the room and sprinted outside the castle with the guards following him close behind.

"Sire, what's going on?" One of the guards asks.

"I have to get to Ponyville and fast, my son is in danger!" Royal Blaze replies.

"You won't be able to get there in time on foot and plus, we need you to watch over the castle!" Another guard says. Royal Blaze realizes that they're right. He felt defeated but then he had came up with the next best thing.

"Alright, gather a few troops and head for Ponyville and tell my son this: The Dark Lightning Tyrant has returned! He'll know what you mean when you tell him this! Now GO! HURRY!"

"YES SIR!" The guards shout in unison. Half of the troops teleported to Ponyville, while the other half flew to Ponyville.

"If that bastard hurts my ANY of my sons...I won't hesitate to roast HIM alive!" Royal Blaze says to himself angerly, making his fire powers surround his body.

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Meanwhile, the evil stallion, Thunder Drum wasn't wasting any time gliding through the skies using his powers. His mind still set on destroying Eternal Flames for taking his future away.

"You cannot hide forever, Eternal! When I find you, I'll make you regret the day you EVER heard the name of Thunder Drum! Then maybe after that, I'll drag your brother, Heat Wave, AND your pathetic parents down with you as well! PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A TRUE HELL, PRINCE ETERNAL FLAMES!!!!!!!!!!!" Thunder Drum shouted zooming through the skies where all anypony could see was a black mass followed by sparks of lightning as well. As he zoomed by, a stallion with a brown poofy mane and golden orange-y yellow fur, known as Cheese Sandwich, witnessed this as he was deciding to take a walk to Ponyville and revisit his best friend, Pinkie Pie. Sadly that's where Thunder Drum was heading off to.

"Uh-oh, this doesn't look good. I'd better get to Ponyville and QUICK!" Cheese said, running towards Ponyville. Surprisingly Cheese was a bit faster than Thunder Drum even though Thunder was flying and Cheese was running.

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Meanwhile, the Mane 6 and the Rogues were enjoying a picnic on a nice Sunday. Ground Dasher was stuffing his face silly with apples that AJ brought from her farm while AJ was leaning next to him. Spark Wave and Rainbow Dash were enjoying some fizzy apple cider, Spike and Rarity were enjoying a nice slice of strawberry cake, never braking eye contact. Tidal Wave was enjoying a side salad with his beloved special somepony, Nurse Red Heart, Twilight was reading a book with Heat Wave while enjoying some hay fries with him, Hurricane Blitz was having some refreshing tea with his marefriend, Fluttershy, and Shadow Force was having a giant chocolate vanilla milkshake with his lovers Lyra and Bon Bon. Eternal Flames, however, was only having a hot bowl of vegatable soup, which he made for himself.

The others couldn't help but notice how they thought Eternal might be lonely. Twilight, decided to talk to him while he was still sipping his hot bowl of soup.

"Hey, don't worry, Eternal. I'm sure you'll find the right mare. Who knows, you might end up getting married." Twilight says.

"I appreciate your concerns, Twilight. But as I already told you, my heart belongs to Sunset Shimmer." Eternal replies.

"Wait, hold on! You're in love with Sunset?" Rainbow asks.

"Well, I'll be, partner. That's nice to hear." AJ says.

"Yes, but I don't believe she'll be returning to Equestria anytime soon, darling." Rarity implies.

"Oh come on girls, I'm sure he'll find a way to be with her." Pinkie says.

"Really, how do you know, Pinkie?" Fluttershy asks.

"I can feel it in my Pinkie instincts. In fact he might actually get married pretty soon!" Pinkie says with a beaming smile.

"Let's not get our hopes up, Pinkie. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm flattered to have your support, but I don't know if I'm getting married anytime soon since I'm still only 18." Eternal implies.

"Well at least ya still got time to enjoy yer youth, partner." AJ says.

Their picnic was shortly interrupted by a group of guards who all headed towards Eternal Flames.

"Young Prince, we have a message from your father." said one of the guards. Immediately, Eternal stood up and looked at the guards with a serious look in his eyes.

"Alright then, tell me. What's the message?" Eternal asks.

"The message is: The Dark Lightning Tyrant has returned." says the guard.

The girls all had a confused look in their eyes, except for the guys, who immediately stood up with a serious look their eyes too, the mane 6 looked at them with confusion. Eternal then started to look angrier.

"Sire, what is it?" the guard asks.

"So that bastard has come back, huh? Alright. I'm heading to Canterlot to meet with my dad. If that tyrant gets here before I get back, evacuate the citizens and don't even let them out of your sight! But for now, just guard the town!" Eternal says.

"Wait, what's going on, Eternal? Who's this "Dark Lightning Tyrant?" Twilight asks.

"An old enemy of Eternal Flames, he goes by name of Thunder Drum." Ground Dasher says.

"Thunder Drum?" AJ asks.

"Yeah, he had a fight with Eternal back when was starting out as a teenager. He wanted to rule over the Rogue kingdom by ripping the crown from his father AND his older brother. But he got his ass handed to him and got sent to Tartarus." Ground Dasher explains.

"But from what we heard just now, Thunder is on his way to exact his revenge." Spark says.

"Eternal, let us come with you!" Shadow says.

"NO! I need you guys to stay here and guard the citizens in case Thunder Drum shows up. This town needs all the protection it can get should that bastard come sooner than we might think." Eternal says.

"But just exactly how dangerous is he?" Twilight asks.

"Let's just say his power could probably overthrow Tirek and Sombra put together." Eternal says. "Guard the citizens until I get back, do I make myself clear?"

"YES SIR!" The guards shout in unison.

Eternal then flew off to Canterlot using his fire powers. On his way there, he started thinking to himself. 'So he's finally broken out of Tartarus after only 5 years huh? Well then, by the time I'm done with him, I'll send his ass back there in a body cast. But if he so much as lays a damn hoof on my family, I'll BLAST HIM INTO OBLIVION!'

That was his only thought before he reached Canterlot.

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The guards wasted no time in keeping the citizens of Ponyville under guard with the help of the rogues and the mane 6.

"Lyra, Bon Bon, I don't want you girls to get hurt, so stay indoors and I'll let you know when it's okay to come out." Shadow says to his two inseperable mares with a stern look.

"But what about you, babe?" Lyra asks,

"Yeah, what if you get hurt?" Bon Bon asks.

"I can handle a little danger. This wasn't the first time I've dealt with dangerous foes, and it might not be the last." Shadow says reassuring his mares in the best way possible.

"Just promise us one thing." Lyra says.

"Promise us you'll come back to us alive." says Bon Bon

"Yeah, we can't lose the stallion we love." says Lyra.

"Alright girls. I promise. If possible, I'll take you both out for milkshakes." Shadow says. Finally, Shadow gave both of his mares a passionate kiss on the lips before they safely got locked in their house.

"Red Heart, promise me you'll be safe." Tidal Wave says to his marefriend.

"I promise, love. Just promise me you'll be alright." Red Heart replies. They both share a passionate kiss.

"I'll do my best, my darling." Tidal replies. She then proceeds to lock herself up in her house. 'But if I die, then I'll have died for you, my darling Red Heart.' he thought.

The rest of the ponies had gotten the orders to stay indoors, but they weren't inform of the reason why, so as to not cause the citizens to run wild in a state of panic. While this is happening, Twilight decided to head on over to her castle for a brief moment.

"Wait, whoa, Twilight, where are you going?" Heat Wave asks,

"I have to do something real quick, I'll try not to be long!" Twilight replies back while running towards her castle.

"Just what in the hell is she up to? Thunder Drum could show up at any moment!" Shadow asks.

"I don't know, but we need to stay vigilant." Heat Wave replies.

"Correction...WE need to stay vigilant." Shadow says, jestering to himself and the rest of the gang. "You have to be stay with the others so you won't get hurt. Your dad and brothers love you too much to lose you."

"I never said I was going to fight. I'm going to act as a shield while you guys do the fighting." Heat Wave explains.

"If you guys are done, chatting, we have to get back to our posts until Eternal gets back!" Spike says.

"Right!" Shadow and Heat Wave reply.