The Shadowbolts

Night mare moon stood outside her ship with her minions behind her, all at attention to greet their reinforcements. They watched as the comets descend down before them and crashed into the cloud valley and halted just before Night mare moon and the line of diamond dogs.

The smoke cleared to reveal the landed objects to be chariot aircrafts. Emerged from them came four ponies and one hulked humanoid with horns. They all wore tight black uniforms that even strapped over their heads, on top of that they had purple unicorn armour with yellow trimmings and had over their eyes goggles.

At first, they stood still and quiet, until the tallest pony on the left of Night mare moon started to slowly howl and lifted up his upper arms and then swung them down pointed right at the group with his right leg stretched out and halted his howl with a bark. “Cremetop!”

The tall lean one on the opposite side then did a similar motion that reflected Cremetop’s movement and shouted. “Buttersly!”

The shortest one next to Cremetop spaced out his back legs and stretched up his upper legs and then pulled down his hooves aimed away from each other and shouted. “Yogut!”

The one next to Buttersly then waved his mane and flashed into the pose that Yogut stood in and yelled. “Chester!”

The final one, which was the hulked humanoid with horns revealed to have his back turned away, but the bended over to appear his bullhead between his head and bent his arms with his hands spread out and yelled. “Iron Will!”

Each one of them then took their own individual poses (Which I’m not going to bother explaining) mixed together and all cried out. “And together! We are the Shadowbolts!”

Stood before the Shadowbolts, Night mare moon and the diamond dogs gaped at them in such confusion. The only really sound that was given to their arrivals was a gust of wind that blew on pass.

It took a moment before Night mare moon could say. “Greetings Captain Iron Will, I am thankful that you have made it.”

The minotaur stepped forward, he revealed to have a combed black mane and ring in his nose. “The pleasure is mine! Captain Iron Will and the Shadowbolts are here! To solve your day!” Each time he spoke, he would flex himself into a new sporadic pose. “Just tell us what you need doing! And we’ll get right on it!”

“Uh, yes well, did you bring the new scouters we asked for?”

“Indeed! We have! Show our highness! Chester!”

The pony pulled out from one of the chariots a cast and opened it to reveal a whole new set of scouters.

With a delighted snicker, Night mare moon’s horn glowed and one of the scouters then glowed and levitated right to her and fitted onto her. “Excellent and are they then new updated scouters?”

“New and improved! Yes! More reliable! More accurate! But the boys! Back at the base! We’re not sure if you wanted the latest fashion?”

“Um, latest fashion?”

“We may look like we’re wearing goggles! But really! These are the latest scouter designs! And they go so well with outfits! That we thought! They’d go well with you! My highness!”

“That’s okay; I’ll think what you said later. For now, as you understand there’s a very important mission.”

“Whoever’s upset you this time! We’ll make sure they pay double this time!”

“Make sure you do. Our little unicorn pet, Trixie appears to have gotten rabies and has turned against us.”

Yogut flinched at the sound of Trixie’s name and placed an ugly snarl on his face. Cremetop leaned close to him and whispered. “Yo, Yogut, something up?”

“Oh nothing.”

“Trixie you say! I knew it was a matter of time! Captain Iron Will and his team will personally make sure she suffers big time!”

“There’s something though I’d more preferably you focused on.”

“And what is that! Your highness!”

“Trixie stole what’s called the Orbs of harmony, four of them to precise and has a fifth one as well.”

“Orbs of harmony! You mean the ones that grant any wish! If all six are gathered!”

“Exactly, gather. Get them back for me and I promise you Captain, you’ll be richly reward.”

“Trust me your highness! Serving you as the captain of the Shadowbolts! To work on a very important mission! And to happiness to you! Is reward enough that I will not regret!” Iron Will turned back to his squad and yelled. “Alright Shadowbolts! You heard your highness! Let’s move it out!”

“Yes captain!” The squad circled around one another and started to run in one place. They soon started to next butt shoulders into one another and roar. After they made several roars, Iron Will shouted. “Who are we!” and was responded by the team. “The Shadowbolts!” They then aligned themselves into a zigzag line and with one step sorted them into a straight line. “The Shadowbolts go!” yelled Iron Will and all sped off the ground all at once off to their mission.

They had left Night mare moon and the diamond dogs completely gawked at what they had just witnessed.

*

Caught up with Trixie, all four of the heroes formed around her and followed.

“The great and powerful Trixie asks if Twilight is really not here and if not is, she on the way?”

“Sorry to be the one to tell you she isn’t here and I don’t know if she’s coming. We didn’t exactly count on having you and this big evil organisation on going on here,” replied Applejack.

“Truly? So she just sent you and stay home to admire herself of something!”

“No, she was still recovering from the damage you inflicted upon you.”

“Trixie thought you had something special that regenerated you people instantly?” But before anyone could answer. “Wait! Here we are, down there. Hurry let us all get six Orbs of harmony together.”

Trixie had landed back down to the ground and rushed over to her collection of Orbs of harmony. About to place the she held with them, she sensed the four halted behind her. Faced around, she saw all them all glare at her and Pinkie Pie at the back with their Orb of harmony held away from Trixie.

“Please don’t tell me what I think you’re doing.”

“In that case we’ll just as you this,” said Applejack. “What happens when we put all six Orbs of harmony together?”

“I’ll tell you what I will do if you don’t. Now hand them here, so that I can wish for infinite power and be able to save us all.”

“We came to wish our friends back! Not to help you!” shouted Spike.

“Really? Just so they can die all over again because you didn’t make the right decision!”

“Watch how you speak!” yelled Rarity.

“Or you’ll what?” Trixie noticed all their eyes peeled back and their teeth cringe, but not at her. Trixie’s ears flopped down and she asked. “They’re right behind me aren’t they?”

“Captain Iron Will says hallo to Trixie and to all her new friends!”

“And one of them speaking in third person worse than I do.” Trixie then turned to see the Shadowbolts stood in a straight line in between them and the Orbs of harmony.

“Captain Iron Will has to ask what you have to say for yourself Trixie, before you face the might of the Shadowbolts?” asked the minotaur, stood straight with his chest out.

“One thing already came to mind.” Trixe twisted herself around and used her magic to fling the orb she had. “Catch!”

Buttersly dashed from his position and immediately flew after the orb and caught it in his hooves. Returned to his place amongst the Shadowbolts, they all sniggered at the stupefied faces of the pony.

“Nice try Trixie, but you’re dealing with Buttersly, one of the fastest ponies in the whole universe,” said the tall lean pony.

“Darn it! You! Destroy it or else!” snapped Trixie at Pinkie Pie.

With no real thought put into that demand, Pinkie Pie dropped the orb to the ground. About to stamp down on it with her right hoof, the orb simply disappeared before she could. Looked around for it, they saw it was in the hooves of Yogut.

“Looking for this?” asked Yogut.

“How’d he do that? Is he like the fastest pony among them or something?” asked Spike.

“No, the shrimp one there actually knows how to stop time somehow,” said Trixie.

“Don’t call me shrimp! You have no right to even talk about me!”

“Don’t tell me you’re still upset that I wouldn’t go out with a worm like you?”

“Woah? You actually asked the unicorn on a date?” asked Cremetop.

“Shut up! All of you shut up! I thought you Trixie was really pretty! And I thought you and I would make a really good team together! I didn’t even give enough of an explanation to why you wouldn’t go out with me! Just called me stuff like shrimp!”

The other three Shadowbolt ponies were clapped Yogut on the head and back. “It’s alright, Yogut, we don’t blame you for wanting to date Trixie. She is really pretty and she has no idea on what a guy she’s missed,” said Chester.

“Thanks you guys,” said Yogut as he sniffled.

The heroes moved their eyes between one another because of how awkward the scene was. Trixie just sizzled and blushed at the situation.

“Alright, that’s enough with the waterworks! Time we got down to business!” yelled Iron Will started to flex and pose each time he said a sentence. He clicked his goggle scouter and watch numbers shuffle in front of him. He moved his sight to each pony after it gave a fixed number. “Iron Will is impressed! You! Trixie! Have a power level of fifteen-thousand! That is so amazing, I’d offer you a place on the Shadowbolts if you hadn’t upset my team and our highness!”

“Ah well, it’s the thought that counts,” replied Trixie sarcastically.

“As for your friends! Their powers range from four-to-five thousand! That is arguably good allies you have! But here’s what we’ll do! We’ll divide you into two groups! One will be Trixie! One will be all the rest and-!” He got interrupted though when he saw Pinkie Pie rise her hoof up ecstatically. “Um yes! You at the back there!”

“Can our group be called Cupcakes!”

“Sure why not! This group will be Cupcakes! The other! Trixie!”

“Could that be the great and powerful Trixie.”

“Um, does it really matter?”

“It’s a big deal.”

“Fine, one groups Cupcakes! The other’s the great and powerful Trixie-!” He then noticed Pinkie Pie raise her hoof. “What now?”

“Sorry! What group am I in again?”

“The one that Trixie’s not on!”

“That’s Cupcakes right!”

“Pinkie Pie, mind not making the monster anymore angrier?” asked Rarity.

“I’m a minotaur! Why doesn’t anyone-!” He slapped his face though as he realised what he got himself into. “Okay, I’ll just leave you to sort yourselves out. I’m taking these off back to her highness, Night mare moon!” Iron Will grabbed the Orbs of harmony, three under each of his huge arms and flew off back to base. The heroes and Trixie watched in agony as Iron Will took off with the Orbs of harmony.

“Let me have Great and powerful Trixie team! I want Trixie!” snarled Yogut as he was already about to make his move on her.

“Oh no Yogut! We all want a piece of Trixie, she’ll be the most fun, considering how we’ve never liked that attitude of hers and it’s rare we have a one on one fight with someone outside the team,” said Chester. The Shadowbolt then pinched four hairs with his teeth from Buttersly’s tail and caused him to yelp. “Alright team, here’s how we do this, shortest hair gets Cupcakes, longest one gets the favourite one, Great and powerful Trixie.”

The other three Shadowbolts eagerly took one of the hair strands, but everyone except Cremetop frowned when they compared hair lengths they got.

“Yahoo! I got Great and powerful Trixie!”

“Come on! Can’t we swap Cremetop!  You can get all the runts that way!”

“No thanks little buddy. I cut you a solid last time, I’m not doing it again! I’ll let you go first though afterwards you can watch me pummel Trixie and I’ll probably let you have what’s left afterwards.”

“Grr, fine!”

“Alright! You heard you small fry! We’ll see how long you can survive against Yogut here!” yelled Chester.

The heroes gathered ready to fight Yogut, who stepped out to face them.

“There wouldn’t be any advice you’d like to give us about Yogut, Trixie?” questioned Rarity.

“Only that if Yogut didn’t have his abilities, he wouldn’t be even the diamond dogs would take him in.”

“So he relies on his abilities.”

“Enough talks, come on you losers.”

“Guys just one pony, everyone surround him!” shouted Applejack.

All four of them vanished and reappeared on all corners of Yogut. Soon as the Shadowbolt realised he was surrounded, everyone assaulted him, but he held his breath and disappeared.

“Where’d he go?” asked Pinkie Pie.

Yogut ran behind Spike about to trample him, but the baby dragon quickly swerved around and swiped Yogut with his tail. The Shadowbolt was knocked from the blow and hit metres away.

“How’d you know I was there?”

“Quick everyone! Now that he’s down!” Applejack led a charge at him, which panicked Yogut and almost made him forget to hold his breath.

Soon as he did, he saw all four of his attackers frozen. Around him the observers were frozen still as well, even the clouds and wave didn’t move.

Struggled to hold his breath already, no thanks to the startle he just had. Yogut focused and found four rocks that he was able to pick up and was able to leave levitated right in front of his assaulters. After that, he rushed behind one of the mountains and finally breathed again.

Everything moved once more and all four heroes crashed forward into the rocks in front of them.

“Ouch!” cried Rarity. “What did he just do?”

They heard Yogut laugh from behind the mountain. Applejack raised his right hoof to try and keep everyone quiet.

“Get him!”

“Pinkie Pie!” yelled Applejack.

Spike fired an energy blast that aimed for where Yogut was. Suddenly appeared in front of it though was Pinkie Pie who was struck by it and exploded against her.

“Pinkie Pie!” screamed Spike.

“Cough- cough! I’m okay!” responded Pinkie Pie staggered out of the smoke with her hair a mess and her body singed. With a simple shake though, Pinkie Pie turned back to bright as normal. “Good thing it wasn’t too serious a blast.”

“Focus! Where’s the little rat now?” shouted Applejack.

“Here!” Yogut stood before Applejack, but disappeared and reappeared on the mountains. “No wait here!” And shortly reappeared elsewhere. “I mean here!”, “Here!”, “Or maybe I’m here!”

“This isn’t going well; he can use his abilities in flash and is able to move us or anything anywhere he wants,” said Rarity.

“There has to be a way! We’re just no thinking! Rarity, see if you can use Astounding flare on the little creep?”

“If you think it will work.” She saw Yogut on top of a mountain top while he snickered at them. “Astounding flare!”

The flash burnt against Yogut’s eyes and blinded him. He was now fumbled around and shouted. “My eyes!”

“Now that was a dirty move,” said Chester.

“What can I say, all Yogut does is use dirty moves as well,” replied Buttersly.

“Good point.”

“Everyone charge!” yelled Applejack.

They all rushed at him again, but must to their disappointment, Yogut vanished again.

“Darn it! He could still use his abilities to get away.”

“That wasn’t funny,” said Yogut. He came out from behind a cliff and gritted viciously at all of them.

“Would you stop messing around Yogut? I want my turn against Trixie!”

It boiled Yogut, to be reminded that. But he was right; it was time to stop messing around.

“Don’t give up sugarcubes, we’ll-.” Applejack suddenly felt herself paralysed however and soon the rest of the ponies were the same, all unable to budge or say a thing. All they could was move their eyes and see Yogut clumsily walk on two rear hooves and his upper hooves were aimed at them.

“You’ve lost now. I’ve used my mind freeze ability, another mysterious trinket of mine that doesn’t require me to hold my breath. Although I admit it requires me to hold up both my upper hooves, I won’t have to do it for long.” Focused his mind, Yogut summoned forth an energy that formed into a jagged speared aimed at the ground. Pony was evidently started to get worn out from the effort he put into this, but smirked. “You all maybe pretty strong. But trust me when it won’t matter, my mind freeze makes you all defenceless as well. Therefore just one good job of this and we’re going to get a big mess.”

The four struggled, but it was no use, they were just trapped.

“Not going to say goodbye to one another, ah well su-.” Just as Yogut was about to throw the energy attack, a beam fired through him and caused him to pause. He could barely speak, yet was able to push the words out. “Trixe... how could you... I truly loved-.” Yogut exploded before he could finish his words.

All four were released and dropped back to the ground safely and saw with her right hoof raised out, was Trixie who stared at the cloud of smoke without remorse.

“Did Trixie just take out Yogut!” screamed Chester.

“It was so cold the way she done it too!” said Cremetop.

“Did you just save us Trixie?” asked Pinkie Pie. “Are you like a good guy now?”

“Keep dreaming. I just did it while I had an opening. After all if we’re to win this, we need every opportunity we can get.”

“Guess that makes sense for a lowdown pony like yourself to take such a low blow,” said Applejack.

“Remember, we’re allies here and it’s best you addressed me as the great and powerful Trixie, if at least just Trixie.”

“Well, Trixie guess who’s up next.” Cremetop stepped forward from the group with a displeased look on his face. “This here is personal now and just so you know, you aren’t going to get any openings this time.”

“You sure you’re going to be able to handle a ruffian like him?” asked Rarity. “I can feel his energy, he’s quite the menace.”

“The great and powerful Trixie is too great to be brought down by someone like him.”

“Does that mean you have a plan or something?” questioned Spike.

Trixie placed an annoyed frown across her face. “Just sit here and watch as I handle things.”

The group watched nervously as Trixie stepped forward. They didn’t like her odds as the two combatants got closer and compared their energy’s more easily.

*

Finally walked back into princess Celestia’s chambers after she took care of a few things, Daring Do saw the three little ones play nearby while Celestia watched them fondly. She turned her head with a disappointed glance at Daring Do, when she arrived.

“You didn’t go with the others?”

“Of course not, I’m here to protect you princess Celestias.” Daring Do laid down nearby to the princess on a more humble carpet.

“I am both honoured and flattered by your dedication to me Daring Do. But those four are our only hope to defeat Night mare moon. They need you if they are going to achieve that.”

“It’s not my problem.”

“It is Daring Do. With them gone, who is to go out there and stop my sister from gathering all six Orbs of harmony. If she does, all hope if lost and it will mean the end of us all.”

“You know that’s not fair, saying that.”

“Is it fair to them? Daring Do, they need you. I have nothing left to offer them. Only you on behalf of the pegasus have something left to give, the help they need.”

Daring Do looked at the ground. She thought hard with her eyes fixed. Eventually she pulled her head back up to Princess Celestia with a hard stare. “You promise to be alright while I’m gone?”

“Night mare moon can’t do anything to me. She needs me to live in order to gain her wish. Besides, I have three young ponies here to help protect me.”

“Okay then, I’ll get going then.” Daring Do got up to her hooves and began to exit the room. Just as she opened the door though, Scootaloo rushed up to her and asked.

“Hey, Daring Do? Where are you going?”

“Just gone to help the others, I’ll be back I promise.”

“Can we come with?” asked Scootaloo and the two other young ones.

“Um no, I need you to stay here and protect princess Celestia.”

“Oh, alright,” moaned all three of them.

Daring Do moved up to Scootaloo and messed up her hair with one of her hooves. “Hey, your tasks more important, your guarding the princess here. Make sure she’s alright when I get back.”

The three gave a fake smile to her and Scootaloo responded. “Okay, we promise.”

“Good, catch you later then.”

Daring Do had then finally left the chambers to go to the heroes’ rescue.

*

Paced around the outside of her ship, Night mare moon grew impatient with how long it took for the squad to come back. She didn’t know if Trixie had made her wish yet or she had hid them somewhere that not even the Shadowbolts could find them.

“Your highness!” shouted a diamond dog, stood on top of the ship and pointed up.

Night mare moon looked up to landed down was Iron Will with all six of the Orbs of harmony his arms.

“You’ve done it captain!”

“Not a problem your highness!” shouted Iron Will. He placed down the Orbs of harmony before Night mare moon and start to flex and pose again. “captain Iron Will and his Shadowbolts do not disappoint! We bring back one-hundred percent satisfaction! Guaranteed!”

“Excellent, though where is the rest of your team so I can congratulate them?”

“They are in the middle of providing one-hundred percent satisfaction! They are dealing with Trixie and her friends and giving them what happens when you cross Night mare moon and her Shadowbolts!”

Night mare moon started to get distracted by the movements and poses Iron Will made. Shook herself out of it. “That’s fine then. Now is the time to make my wish and be granted infinite power.” She then gave some space to the Orbs of harmony that now radiated amongst one another as they could feel their power desired. “Greet dragon! I beckon you! Rise and grant me my wish!”

The two braced themselves, Iron Will showed a bit on anxiety, while Night mare moon grinned in delight ecstatically. The both cooled down though when the realised that nothing happened.

“Um, Iron Will would like to ask if this is meant to happen.”

“In matter of fact, it isn’t. My sister must’ve changed the summoning chant required to awaken the dragon.”

“Your highness! Allow Iron Will to find your sister and get the chant out of her!”

“Not necessary captain. In matter of fact, a little family reunion between us does interest me. I’ll leave you to guard the Orbs of harmony. You have my diamond dogs minions under your command if you need anything while I’m gone.”

“Iron Will will not let you down!”

“Good to know. For now, farewell.”

The alicorn then dashed off and left Iron Will and her other menus. Once she was gone, Iron Will turned to one of the diamond dogs nearby.

“You! Gather the other foot soldiers! Due to the fact Iron Will is here! He can’t just sit around! He must strive for Night mare moon and the best way to do that will to give her minions some personal training!”

“Uh- yes sir! Right way!”

*

Stood faced one another, Trixie glared at the large pony Cremetop. The shadowbolt towered over the smaller pony with a goofy, but malicious grin. After a gentle breeze cut through, Cremetop spoke.

“Well, Trixie, what are you going to do, I’m giving-.”

The unicorn punched Cremetop with an uppercut, then delivered a second which knocked Cremetop off his two front hooves. Trixie then sprung up in front of him and gave a round house kick to the face. She was frustrated though when she saw it only nudged Cremetop’s head slightly.

The Shadowbolt made a devious smile and grabbed Trixie with both of his upper hooves, before she dropped back down. “That wasn’t very nice Trixie.” Cremetop slammed Trixie back down onto the cloud surface. The unicorn felt her spine being forced to bend to the way she was dropped and screamed. While she did, Cremetop kicked Trixie and propelled her over the surface and slammed into one of the mountains.

Climbed out from the wreckage coughed and bruised, Trixie still managed to notice Cremetop’s charge at her and quickly shot herself into the air. While Cremetop was then confused at what just happened, Trixie fired a barrage of energy blasts that rained down on him. Burst through from created smoke and ashes created by the attack, Cremetop speared through and rammed into Trixie and hit her higher into the air. Cremetop appeared above Trixie out of nowhere then and trampled down on her and sent her hurtle back onto the ground.

Had to pull herself up, Trixe was already a mess, with her hair frizzled, bruised and hindered movement. Cremetop however was just dandy and barfed out from mouth an energy beam at her. Looked grim, Trixie was surprisingly able to move backwards out of the way.

She then fired out gathered energy at Cremetop. With the simple lift of his right hoof, Cremetop blocked the energy and caused it to harmlessly split in half.  Soon as the attack was finished, the Shadowbolt received a punch to the face by Trixie. The unicorn started to hammer into him with all her hooves, but it didn’t leave much of an effect on Cremetop, in fact, he just smirked as each punch was like nothing more than prod against him. The Shadowbolt eventually blocked one of Trixie’s attacks with his own hooves.

“You might as well just give up Trixie, if this is all you’ve got.”

Before Trixie could angrily react, Cremetop kicked her in the stomach and doubled her over. He was then able to put his upper hooves around her and lock against her waist and grab her head with his legs and then descend them both slam into ground with Trixie head first.

Got off her and stepped back, Cremetop to see the way Trixie seemingly stood on her head. She flashed back up though and started to try and viciously jab at the Shadowbolt, but he was easily able to parry and dodge each blow.

“Darn it, Trixie is doing impressively well, more than I thought against a much larger and stronger opponent, but there is little hope for her, with the way things are going,” said Rarity.

“We have to do something!” yelped Pinkie Pie.

“Pinkie Pie’s right. Trixie’s our star player, we lose her, our chances are seriously dropped,” said Applejack.

“What can we do. If group Cupcake jumps in, the rest of the Shadowbolts might jump in,” said Spike.

“Okay for a starter, let’s not call ourselves group Cupcake. I’d more prefer we were called team Applebuckuroos or something,” replied Applejack.

“Let’s just forget the names in general. I bet if we just mosey on over there to the other fiends, we can maybe politely ask if we can jump on in.”

“I think we should go for Rarity’s sweet idea.” Spike even raised his hand in support.

“Well, better than what I can up with, so might as well give it a shot.”

Rarity tided her hair a bit from their battle with Yogut and shuffled her pose a bit and trotted over to the Shadowbolts that paid attention to the fight. “Um, yo-hoo, boys.”

“Huh,” responded Chester and Butterslice, both turned their heads to stared at Rarity, entranced by her beauty.

“The fight over there is a little unfair at the moment. We thought that we’d mix things up a bit if little young me and my friends could step in to make things a little more fair, if that’s alright with you two gentlemen.”

The two gawked for a moment, but Butterslice eventually nudged Chester and got him to clear his throat and speak. “Uh sure, no problem. Though you know you could fight against me if you wanted, I’d go easy on you if I did.”

Butterslice then jumped over Chester “Or me, heck why fight when-.” His friend tried shove him back and started to wrestle with one another

“Oh that’s alright boys, thanks for the offer, but I’d much rather help level the fight with that’s going on.” Rarity swung back around to her friends and winked, while the two Shadowbolts tried to cool down.

“Rarity’s so awesome at the way she talked there,” said Spike with his tongue out.

“Alright, so you all heard that? Good let’s start sorting on a plan to jump in there,” said Applejack.

Punched against Trixie’s chin, Cremetop caused her to flip backwards and then receive a kick to the back. Trixie tumbled and hit across the ground, but eventually managed to catch herself with her two front hooves and halt her skid backwards until she got her two other hooves against the ground.

Cremetop was about to make another charge into her, but Trixie’s horn radiated and Cremetop was frozen and glowed with a similar colour.

“Have you in my magic,” said Trixie. She still gritted from the agony she was in from all the bruises and cuts. She began to build up her power and energy that she grew an enormous aura that forked up chunks of the solid clouds from the surface and trembled the island. Cremetop had an uncertain look about this and was anxious at what right now happened. “You thought just like everyone else that you could just defeat the great and powerful Trixie, but your own. I am one of the last unicorns and it’s me who is destined to return my ponies back to greatness!” She lifted up her two upper hooves and surged her gathered power into them aimed at Cremetop. “Now behold my wonders as I eradicate you from existence. Great and powerful cannon!”

The attack erupted forth into a great beam of energy that grinded against the ground and roared through the air. It struck against Cremetop and washed against him for a few moments until it exploded completely against him into giant mushroom cloud that had an impact so huge, it caused the waves to ripple and for everyone to nearly be blown back.

Huffed and gasped, Trixie was sure she got him.

“Oh Trixie.”

The unicorn was completely speechless and horrified to see still up his hooves with no trouble, Cremetop. The Shadowbolt hadn’t been unphased though, his uniform was now shredded, his mane mangled and some of it torn off and his goggles glasses had broken to show his slated eyes. Other than a few bruises as well, the results that Trixie had expected were far from what she hoped.

“That wasn’t very nice Trixie, just like it wasn’t very nice how you killed Yogut. I may as well just finish you before you do anything else that isn’t nice.” Took in a deep breath, Cremetop prepped himself up for another blast. It didn’t look like Trixie would be able to do anything with the condition she was in, the attack had been costly on her energy and she had taken far too much damage from him.

Just as Cremetop was about to open fire, Applejack and Rarity had appeared on both flanks and bucked him in the sides. It caused him to spew on the blast instead haphazardly. It was still about to hit Trixie, but snatched her into the air out of the way was Spike and Pinkie Pie. Gotten her out of the way in enough time, the blast indirectly continued and struck against one of the islands and destroyed it completely in one boom.

“You shouldn’t have done that,” said Trixie completely exhausted.

“Don’t worry, Rarity talked to the other two guys and said they’d let us jump in,” said Pinkie Pie.

“Not that, you’ve ruined my pride for interfering with my affair!”

“Sorry Trixie, but I’m pretty sure your life’s more important than your pride,” said Spike. They then rested Trixie on the surface nearby. “Stay here and recover, while we try and have a go against him.”

“You, little punks,” spoke Cremetop, effected by those double buck kicks. Both of them were about buck him again, but Cremetop ignited with this powerful aura that blew them both back.

“Hey! Cremetop, could you go easy on the cute one there?” shouted Chester.

Moved his head side to side at all four of the female ponies, Cremetop faced back to Chester. “Um, which one, they’re sort of all cute?”

Dropped down him, Spike delivered kick onto his head that drove him into Pinkie Pie’s buck kick. He was then dazed long enough for all four of them to appear in his face and fire point blank energy blasts that threw him across the island and splash into the river.

“I’ll take what you said as a compliment,” said Rarity.

“The one with the dazzling purple mane!” yelled Buttersly.

Stormed back out of the river like an angry shark, Cremetop appeared in front of the group with a relaxed grin on his face. “But I get to pummel the rest as much as I want right?”

“Might want to leave one for Buttersly here.”

“Hey! You mean you!”

The two started to squabble with one another and didn’t focus what was at hand.

“Animals,” said Rarity with her voice down.

“Alright, everypony, let’s get him with an old fashion roundup!”

They all charged at Cremetop, all at once and started to circle around him. The Shadowbolt was befuddled to what they were up to; until he received a swipe punch to the jaw from Pinkie Pie who rushed pass him. He then got one from Rarity, then Spike. Swung up his arm, expected to hit Applejack with it, the pony was right in front of him with a large amount of energy shaped in a red apple between them.

“How’d you like the Apple family speciality!”

Bucked the large apple against Cremetop’s face it exploded out into a mushroom cloud that consumed them both.

Expected that to have worked, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Spike watched the smoke clear but were shocked to see Cremetop unharmed by the attack and pinned Applejack’s head to the ground. Her hat had fallen a distance from them.

“If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you all were starting to get on my nerves.” Compressed his weight on Applejack harder, he caused her to scream out as she felt her head burst like a fruit. “Let me see, should I leave you for those guys or should I just squish you and leave the pink one.”

“How about neither,” said Pinkie Pie. She dashed up to Cremetop ready to socket it to him, but he opened up his jaw and fired a point blank blast into her that hurtled her across the air with a trail of smoke.

“You brute!” Rarity ran at him, but managed perfectly pivot himself and stamp down on her head with one of his back hooves.

“Got you both now.” Cremetop looked to see where the baby dragon. He saw that the baby dragon was petrified by his display and stood there trembled with his eyes wide, unsure what to do. It made Cremetop laugh out and say. “Oh aren’t you going to do anything about your friends? Or at you just going to stand there and be the baby dragon you are?” He crunched down harder on both Applejack and Rarity and caused them both to wail in pain louder.

“We told you to go easy on the purple mane one you idiot!”

Cremetop was too entertained though to listen to Chester. He continued to grind down on Applejack and Rarity and cause their eyes to roll to the back of their heads, their voices to shrink and their bodies to twitch.

Unable to take it, something happened to Spike. A massive aura built over him that cracked the ground beneath him, made him grow three times his size and give out a monstrous roar at Cremetop.

The large pony was stupefied by what happened, that he didn’t do anything when Spike appeared up and slugged him across the face and hit him off his friends. While Cremetop flew back, Spike caught him by the neck and twirled them both a round in a complete circle, before he chopped down on the Shadowbolt’s side that splashed him into the river. Spike then breath down an inferno of fire at the water and split the river apart to directly fry against Cremetop.

When Spike was finished with his breath attack, he relaxed and all of sudden shrunk back down into his original form and descended downwards confused. When he landed on both feet still puzzled, the two other Shadowbolts were too.

“Did that dragon just grow big for a moment to kick the snot out of Cremetop and then turn back to normal?” asked Chester.

“I think so.”

Sprung back out of the water for a third time, Cremetop came back out with his smirk. He gave a stunned look however when Spike had returned to his short scared self. The Shadowbolt was singed and had bruise where Spike punched him, but other than that he was very much fine.

“This guy’s- a monster,” Pinkie Pie struggled to say. She was charred and badly hurt from that one attack and was only able to lay slumped against the ground with smoked sizzled from her.

Applejack and Rarity weren’t much use either, they hadn’t moved even after Spike had save them, but were at least still alive.

This left Spike on his own as Cremetop towered over him.

“I have no idea what that was, but looks like it was a letdown. Ah well, if you’re just going to stand there like that again, might as well just make you road trail.” Cremetop lifted his upper right hoof to stamp down on him. Rammed into his side though, was Trixie and the Shadowbolt was hit back.

Spike watched amazed at how Trixie just did that. But the unicorn still wasn’t able to hold her breath or stand right with the condition she was in.

“Uh, thanks for saving me Trixie.”

“Shut it!”

“Wow, Trixie you are impressive,” said Chester.

“She went for another dirty opening there though.”

“That’s true.”

Cremetop had caught himself on all four hooves before he fell flat against the ground. He turned to Trixie with a wide smile across his face.

“Your fights with me remember, not these worthless trash.”

“Oh don’t worry there’s enough fight to go around from me.”

In just a flash, Cremetop rammed Trixie and shot her back crashed into mountain.

“No!” cried Spike.

He tried to punch him, but Cremetop spun about and double back kicked the baby dragon way back off. Before he found out how far he went back, Cremetop appeared over him and dropped down with both upper hooves pressed. Spike was crushed was almost struck through the cloud island with the way he was hit deep into it.

Barely conscious anymore, Cremetop simply trotted off him and observed his hand work all around him. “I think this fight’s almost over.”

All the Shadowbolts snickered, while everyone else groaned and tried to move, but to no avail. It seemed all hope was lost. But a roar was heard up in the sky and everyone was drawn to see fall through nearby in the air this large round aircraft that descend onto the world not too far from them.

“Twilight,” spoke Pinkie Pie able to sense her energy. “She’s here.”