Saving the Elementsby Flames173ChaptersThe Kindess ChroniclesLaughter is the Best MedicineManhandling That MagicKill it With KindnessElements of DissonanceThe Kindess ChroniclesRainbow Dash was holding with all her strength trying to stay on the ceiling, so the guards wouldn't see her. They won't look up, no pony ever looks up. A guard paused beneath her, he looked around, then used magic to take out a flashlight to investigate the shadows, but he wouldn't move. A trickle of sweat appeared on Rainbow Dash's face from the exertion. She couldn't fly, the beat of her wings would be too loud, and she couldn't get out, the door was closed and she didn't pay attention to the code Soarin punched in to enter. Soarin. Rainbow Dash thought. When I get my hooves on that two timing back stabbing piece of shit, he's going to pay. She would've kept ranting in her head, but more sweat formed on her face, and it was about to drip down and hit the guard, and just like in all spy and secret agent movies, the guard would feel it, look up, and catch her. So she begged to Celestia that gravity wouldn't work until the guard went away. After a few excruciatingly slow seconds, the guard shrugged, if ponies could shrug that is, and walked away. Just in time too, the little beads of water plopped on the ground right when he left. Rainbow Dash sighed mentally, and dropped down gingerly, so gingerly it was silent. "Rainbow Dash, what are you doing here?" Soarin asked her from behind. "What am I doing here, what are YOU doing here? You know if her plan succeeds, Spitfire will end up destroying Equestria!" Rainbow Dash whispered back. "Look Rainbow Dash, I love you, I really do." he said quietly. "Then you wouldn't have done this!" "I'll let you out of here scotch free, just promise me you won't interfere in any ways." Rainbow Dash suddenly formed a plan. "Yes, ok fine, I won't get in the way of your plans." she said. "Here's the code."Soarin slipped her a scratch of paper. "But it changes every fourth use, so this will be the last time that code will work." "Thank you." Rainbow Dash quickly took the paper and bolted for the door. She quickly punched in the numbers, but she screwed up on the last number. The mechanism buzzed loudly. "Shit." she quickly typed the numbers again. She got out and slammed the door, just in time to catch two guards in the face. Who should I tell first? Rainbow Dash wondered. FLUTTERSHY! Then she darted for Fluttershy's cottage. There wasn't a pony in sight. "Oh no, oh sweet Celestia no!" she said, frantically running around the property, looking for her friend. Eventually she saw a familiar white rabbit hopping around happily. "ANGEL! Where's Fluttershy?" Angel made a bunch of gestures that made no sense to the Cyan pegasus. "Where?" Angel looked at her, not used to a pony who couldn't understand him. After a few seconds, he picked up an apple that was conveniently lying on the ground next to him. Then Angel pointed at it. "She's at Sweet Apple Acres?" Angel nodded. Rainbow Dash took off so fast, the wind blew Angel's newly groomed fur. He swore the best a being incapable of speech could. "FLUTTERSHY?" Rainbow Dash shouted when she arrived at the Apple house. "Ya just missed her, she and mah brother went over to Rarity's to talk for a while." Applejack said, taking a bite of a doughnut. "Why do you need her?" Rainbow Dash payed no mind to the question and flew top speed to the boutique. I swear if she's not there when I get there, I'm going to kill someone. She arrived just as the two left the building. "Fluttershy, you have, to, get your, element, of harmony, and go to, my house, now!" Rainbow Dash said between pants. Flying that fast all around town is tiring, even for her. "Why." Fluttershy asked. "I'll, explain, later." Fluttershy looked at Big Mac, who looked at Rainbow Dash, who stared back. Then Mac looked ta Fluttershy and nodded. "Ya know, you didn't have to ask my permission to right?" he asked. "OH, well ,its just, I'll be there in a few minutes Rainbow Dash." then Fluttershy took off, slowly, she was going fast for her, about 10 miles per hour. "Why do you need her now?" Mac asked, then he looked over to where Rainbow Dash was, only to see a rainbow streak fading. "Damn, that girls fast." Eventually, Fluttershy arrived at Rainbow Dash's cloud, so she knocked to be polite. Two hooves darted from the door, grabbed her, and pulled her in. Then the shutters were closed, and the doors and windows locked. Fluttershy was thrown into a chair. "What the, whats going on?" She asked, a pony, shrouded in shadows was slowly circling her. Whoever it was didn't bind her in any way, so it obviously wasn't going to be someone too bad right? Right? "Fluttershy, do you truly know why I asked you to come here?" "N-no, who are you?" "Oh, sorry, it's Rainbow Dash." then the pegasus stepped into the light. "See? Anyways, I needed you here, for your element of harmony." "Why?" "Spitfire and Soarin, they're trying to get all the elements of harmony, Celestia knows why. We need to defend them the best we can! Give me you're necklace." Rainbow Dash extended a hoof towards Fluttershy. "Don't you think it would be better if all of us had only one element at a time. that way if they get robbed, we only lose one of them?" "Yes, but they already took mine, and we both know I'd be better at defending anything than you." Rainbow Dash said, not moving her hoof. "Oh, ok, here." Fluttershy slowly gave Rainbow Dash her necklace. "Yes, yes, YES!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "Just four more!" "Wh-what?" "You fool! I'm not you're idiotic friend. I am Queen Chrysalis." Then the changeling leader reverted back to her normal form. "This is going to be easy!" Fluttershy gasped and jumped back in her chair. "What did you do to Rainbow Dash?" "Look up." Fluttershy looked up to see Rainbow Dash duct taped to her ceiling, her mouth taped shut and her arms, wings, and legs bound, she was completely incapable of movement. "Good luck stopping us now!" then the queen changed back to Rainbow Dash and darted off, laughing evilly. Fluttershy flew up to her friend and took the tape off of her. "Are you ok Rainbow Dash?" she asked. The cyan pegasus brushed off her coat, still a bit sticky from the tape. "Yeah, now we have to stop her!" Rainbow Dash flew full speed after the royal changeling. Queen Chrysalis was going just slower than Rainbow Dash, but she had such a good head start, it would take a while for the two to meet. Rainbow Dash flew as fast as she could, pushing the limits of physics. She was gaining speed insanely fast. Mach one, two, three, four, five. She couldn't go any faster, her skin was barely clinging to her muscles. Eventually, the two were 5 miles apart when Chrysalis changed back to herself and changed direction flawlessly, from straight forward to straight down. Rainbow Dash couldn't turn fast enough, and she was sent way off in the distance. She turned back. When the pegasus arrived at the not so secret base of Spitfire and company, the door was already locked shut again. "NO! WHY! I was so close! What did I do wrong to deserve this? I was trying to help Equestria!" she shouted at the sky angrily. She turned back and went back to Ponyville. "I am a failure, I don't deserve to be on this planet." she said. "I deserve to be, on the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!! No, I will not fail again, I will not let any more of the elements slip through my grasp, I will stop you Spitfire, and Soarin, I will personally see to that you get your punishment. I must tell the rest of the girls." Laughter is the Best Medicine"Girls, I've called you all here today for a very very very very, very, important announcement. I cannot stress how important this is." Rainbow Dash began to explain to the girls. "GET ON WITH IT!" Applejack shouted. "WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!" "Spitfire is the leader of a secret evil organization and they have teamed up with a bunch of ponies I don't know and the changelings and their goal is to take all six elements of harmony, I don't know why but it's probably to destroy Equestria and I need your help to make sure that they don't succeed for whatever reason." Rainbow Dash explained quickly. The mares looked at each other then dashed home. They all returned in 10 minutes. "Ok, is anyone missing their element?" Rainbow Dash asked. "ME ME OOH ME PICK ME!" Pinkie Pie raised her hoof and jumped up and down excitedly. "I LOST MINE!" "Pinkie, was there anyone taking it when you got there?" "Yes, it was Soarin, he had two other pegasi wearing all black with him." "So you just let him take your element?" "No, I gave it to him!" Pinkie smiled widely. "WHY?" "What, did I do something wrong?" "YES YOU DID RETARD!" Rainbow Dash quickly ran out of the house and stared up at the sky. "If your story is correct, they should be flying then, right around, THERE!" Rainbow Dash pointed at three small shapes quickly streaking through the sky. "Pinkie, got your party cannon?" "Always do!" Pinkie Pie pulled her party cannon out of nowhere and began to load it with party charges. Rainbow Dash crawled in it and commanded Pinkie where to aim. "Left, left, left,left, a tad bit up. Fire on my command." "Wait, here, for protection." Twilight used her magic to put a pair of goggles over Rainbow Dash's eyes. "Thanks Twi, now girls, plan delta ultra minor." Twilight enhanced Fluttershy's flight ability, and she flew into the air. Pinkie Pie lifted the cannon up, Applejack kicked it as hard as she could. Fluttershy flapped her wings as hard as she could, causing a small gale force. Rarity used her magic to pull the cord on the cannon to shoot it. Rainbow Dash was shot out instantly. Her speed was, in mathematical terms, flight speed+cannon launch+ cannon flight speed+wind speed-drag=HOLY SHIT WHAT WAS THAT? Bugs blasted the goggles while she flew. She almost immediately crashed into Soarin. He dropped the bag he was carrying. She managed to stop there. "Take that you dick!" Rainbow Dash shouted at him. "Rainbow Dash 1, Soarin, ehh, umm, 2. But still, I BEAT YOU!" "You are truly foolish, I won this." Soarin said, chuckling slightly. "How? You dropped the element of laughter, and the girls have it." "I'm a decoy you imbecile!" "What?" "The real element of laughter is in Spitfire's possession. I gave it to her when none of you were looking." "GIRLS, SPITFIRE, GET HER!" Rainbow Dash cupped her hooves around her mouth as she shouted to the mares at least 10 miles below, then she pointed to another black shape on the other side of the sky. Rarity barely heard her friend, she used magic to form binoculars and looked at the pegasus, then she pointed them where she was pointing, Spitfire was wearing a necklace with a pink balloon on it. "TWILIGHT!" Rarity shouted. "That shadow there, is Spitfire, she has the real element of Laughter!" "WHAT?" Twilight shouted, she took the magic binoculars and looked. Sure enough. "Shoot her down." Both unicorn's horns began to glow, a bolt of lightning shot from Twilight's while a giant icicle launched from Rarity's the two magic spells intertwined. "I have never noticed that my element was made of cardboard before." Pinkie Pie said, trying on the face necklace. "Lightning?" Rarity asked. "Yeah, it's fast and powerful, and much more natural. Why did you pick ice?" Twilight asked. "It's much more marvelous." Rarity answered as if it were obvious. "Ok then, hey, why didn't Spitfire go down? We should've hit her by now." "Well, that there is our magic, that is Spitfire." "We had the wrong trajectory? But how?" "Don't ask me, you're the one who aimed." "Oh shut up." "GIRLS, shut up! If we keep up like this, this will have all been for nothing, they have half of the elements. We have none." Rainbow Dash said, bowing her head in shame. "So, how will we protect the rest?" Applejack asked. "We keep them all in the same building, and two of us defend each one." "So which building?" "I saw we go with Fluttershy's house, not many ponies know where it is, and the animals would surely warn us if someone was nearby." "Well then, what are we still doing here?" The six mares took the remaining elements of harmony and went to the cottage just outside Ponyville. Manhandling That MagicAll six mares were spread throughout the house, on constant watch for any intruding ponies. There was nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Four weeks after they took up camp, Angel ran up to Fluttershy and tugged on her tail. "What is it boy? What do you need?" Angel pointed at the window and put his paws on his back and moved them, flapping his fake wings. "You saw a pegasus?" Angel nodded. Then he put his paws in his mouth pretending to be a vampire. "And its a bad one?" Angel nodded again then jumped onto the window sill and pointed at the woods frantically. Fluttershy looked. "Girls, get ready for a fight." She said gently. "What?" Twilight asked. "CHANGELING!" Fluttershy shouted, seeing herself walking towards the house. She bolted for her room and hid in her closet, it was one that didn't have solid doors, but the little vents, so she could see if someone was coming in. The element of magic at her feet. Rainbow Dash went into the closet too, she stood on the other side. Twilight and Rarity protected honesty in the kitchen, the element sitting in an empty cereal box in the cupboards. Applejack and Pinkie Pie stood by generosity, in a bag of bear food in the shed. A few minutes passed, nothing happened, then the back door opened. It creaked loudly. Fluttershy's doppelganger cringed. He had some trouble walking. "Curse this blasted female body, how do they walk with such small muscles?" he said under his breath. He headed for the bedroom. He checked in all the original hiding places, the nightstand drawers, under the bed, the closet. After he left the closet, he thought of wear to search next. "Wait, what the fuck?" he turned back and looked through the vents in the closet and saw two ponies standing on either side of the opening in the closet door. He quickly opened the side with the yellow mare. He pulled her out and wrestled with her a bit. By the time Rainbow Dash came out of the closet, it was impossible to tell who was the real Fluttershy. They stopped fighting and stood staring at Rainbow Dash with the exact same expression. "I'm not doing any of that question asking crap. YO ANGEL GET IN HERE!" The white bunny bounded into the room, he was extremely happy and confused when he saw his second owner. "Sniff them." The bunny went around to both of the pony's rear ends and smelled their nether regions, the best way for an animal to tell who is who is by sniffing there. He jumped over to Rainbow Dash. He stared at her, wide eyed and spooked. They were both exactly like Fluttershy, looks, AND smell. "Ok, guess I have to ask, what is my deepest darkest secret?" "You have a huge crush on my husband." both ponies said in unison. "Oh Celestia this is going to be hard." "I GOT IT FRANK, RUN!" A voice shouted from behind Rainbow Dash. She turned around, Soarin was clutching Twilight's crown. The Fluttershy farthest from the hall turned into a changeling, he and Soarin bolted for the door. Soarin somehow out maneuvered Rainbow Dash, he began to fly away once he got outside. "Look Rainbow Dash, you may be faster and all around better than me in almost everything, but I'm just smarter, you won't beat me!" then a grey pegasus smashed into Soarin and the two plummeted to the ground. "Oops, I'm sorry sir." Derpy Hooves said. "Get out of here, where's my crown?" Soarin asked annoyed and in a hurry. "You mean this?" Derpy held out a small wood box with a golden lock on it. Soarin ripped it from her grip and flew as fast as he could away from the area. "How did we lose ANOTHER element of harmony?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Actually you didn't." Derpy said. "It's right here." Derpy gave Rainbow Dash an identical box to the one she gave Soarin. Rainbow Dash opened it and saw the crown. "But, how?" Derpy vanished and was replaced by a small changeling. "My name is Frank, I'm with you guys." Kill it With Kindness"Girls this is Frank, say hi Frank." Fluttershy said, pointing at the changeling. "Hi." Frank said, waving. "I don't trust him." Rarity glared at the deceptive creature. This made Frank a little sad, and a single tear slipped down his face. Rainbow Dash ran up to Rarity and stared her down. "Without him, we would've lost another element! He has enemy intel and can shape shift into anything seamlessly, and take their memory and skills. He is an invaluable resource for our team. Spitfire probably doesn't even know he's with us yet. Plus, he has the code generator for the door, he will always know what to type in to get to Spitfire's base. I trust him, Fluttershy trusts him. I'm pretty sure you're the only one here who doesn't. He saved one of the elements! Do you trust him now?" "Sure, sure, just get out of my face!" Rainbow Dash backed up to where she was, staring at Rarity as she went. "So what is he going to do exactly?" Twilight asked. Even her advanced ingenuity and intelligence couldn't come up with a way to have seven ponies defend three objects so each one had the same defenses. "There's no possible way to have all the remaining elements have the same protection without cutting some of us up. "Yes, I am aware, but he will be a spy for us." Rainbow Dash explained. "He will go into the enemy base and keep us up to date on their plans, and eventually take the elements back." "Where did he go?" Rarity asked. "What?" Rainbow Dash looked to where the changeling used to be standing, one of Fluttershy's seemingly infinite animals was sniffing the ground. At first glance it appeared to be a small cat, but it was truly a large squirrel. "I bet he left to go steal the rest of the elements. I'm going to check right now!" Rarity turned to leave and look for the two necklaces and crown. She checked them all. Nothing. Nothing. Soarin trying to steal the element of honesty. "This just never ends, does it?" She asked him, leaning against a wall inspecting her hooficure. "I guess not, so, are you going to try and stop me?" Soarin asked. "Nope, I'll let you take it to prove a point." "Umm, ok then." He slowly slid the necklace into a satchel he had on his flank. "You set a trap didn't you?" "No, and neither did the others." Then she gasped suddenly. "WHAT?" he asked, worried the other mares would hear this and come to investigate. "That satchel, it's the wrong color for your coat, and that strap is much to long and ratty! You should stop by my boutique sometime and I'll fix you up with a nice good matching one." "Umm, ok, so, I'll be going now then." Soarin left the room cautiously and started heading for his exit point. Rarity heard a shrill scream from the hallway. "ITS SOARIN!" Fluttershy shouted. Fluttershy ran up to the stallion and tackled him. She knocked him down somehow. The satchel's strap ripped and the bag slid across the floor a few feet. Soarin got up and scrambled for it. He and Fluttershy got there at the same time and they began to play tug of war with it. Frank arrived a few minutes later. He saw the struggle between the two, he quickly placed the element of kindness around Fluttershy's neck. Rarity, who was watching the whole thing stared in awe when Frank arrived, she though that Frank was disguised as Soarin. After her element was put on her, Fluttershy's strength was amplified. She ripped the bag from Soarin's grip and punched his face. He quickly turned into a changeling and was sent sprawling across the floor. Rarity bolted from the her location, where she watched the action, and inspected the unnamed creature's body. There was no pulse, and it wasn't breathing. "Its, its dead." Rarity said, amazed at her friend's strength, and the fact that there was no bodily damage to the dead changeling. "Fluttershy, you, you killed it?" Frank asked. "Fluttershy killed what?" Applejack asked, walking to the scene with the other girls right behind her. All the mares, and Frank, stood staring at the dead changeling. "I always hated him." Frank said after several long minutes of silence. The six ponies agreed. "So, now what?" Applejack asked. "We give him a funeral." Twilight said plainly. "OOH, I'll go get my party cannon!" Pinkie shouted. "Uhh Pinkie, this isn't exactly something to celebrate about." Applejack pointed out. "Yeah I know, duh silly, I'm getting my sad one, the one that has black streamers and balloons." "Girls, I hate to state the obvious, but we're in the middle of a war! We'll have the funeral after the war!" Rainbow Dash said. All the ponies in the room agreed besides Fluttershy, who stood staring at the body, crying. "It's ok Fluttershy, you didn't mean to, you won't be banished to the moon. They stopped doing that decades ago! Instead, they hang the pony, so at least your death is quick!" Rarity tried to reassure the yellow mare, but it just made her cry harder. "But, you killed a changeling, there isn't a law against killing a changeling!" This made Fluttershy's crying slow down. "And, and, also, umm." Rarity paused to think of more ways to reassure her friend. "You didn't, ok you know what, I'll just shut up, anything I say will make this worse. Just, look at this." Rarity passed a small piece of paper with a funny picture on it to Fluttershy. Fluttershy looked at the picture and giggled slightly. "Now come on, lets go get some chocolate milk." The two mares trotted into the kitchen and got a glass of chocolate milk. "So, now what?" Fluttershy asked. "We fight this war until the end." Rarity answered, trying not to cringe. She hated chocolate milk, but it always made Fluttershy feel better, almost everything is worth making her happy. "What if someone else dies?" "We just keep fighting." "Wait, what if we get bored? How will we pass the time?" "I don't know, read a book, maybe a good fan fiction?" "Good fan fictions? Those exist?" "I'm not sure, but wouldn't it be ironic if we were in one right now?" "Yeah, I know we aren't, it would obviously be a bad fan fiction if the characters were talking about being in a fan fiction with no clue they're actually in one." "Yeah it would, jokes like that are just terrible and corny! The author would obviously be some wannabe comedian." "Heh, yeah." Fluttershy and Rarity continued to talk for a while. Their conversation was uninterrupted until the wall next to them exploded. "All right maggots, where are the elements? Give me now!" Spitfire said. "Oh, wait, sorry, read it wrong, that's next chapter." Spitfire walked away. "We'll just say the wall exploded next time." "Next chapter? What is she talking about?" Fluttershy asked. "I don't know, but I hope this doesn't mean we're in a terrible fanfic." Rarity said. Elements of DissonanceSpitfire kicked down what Twilight had repaired of the exploded wall. "All right maggots, where are the elements of harmony. Give me them now or die." Spitfire said, adjusting her sunglasses. "What makes you think you can get them?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Because you are weak compared to me." "How? There's seven of us and one of you. Plus we have 4 of the elements and you have two! We out number and out power you!" "HAH both of those statements are wrong, I assure you that. In fact, take your worthless elements back." Spitfire threw the necklaces at the mares then adjusted her mane. Twilight noticed something sticking out of Spitfire's head. "Wh-what the?" Twilight asked, scared. "What? Does my horn scare you?" Spitfire taunted the lavender alicorn. "A little, yes." "HAH, pussy. I will give you three minutes to prepare yourself for the fight of a lifetime." The six mares looked at each each other then at Spitfire. "Starting now." her voice boomed around the small cottage. Then the ponies all ran to their elements and put them on. After about three minutes, they appeared in the main room, ready for action. "Hmm, I was beginning to think you skipped town with the elements." Spitfire said. "Never." Twilight glared at the golden mare. "Ok, well, now to balance the fight." Spitfire took out three silver necklaces, exactly like the elements of Kindness, Laughter, and Loyalty, and put them on, the gems were a dark grey. "What the heck?" "I call them the elements of dissonance. Kindness is now hatred, loyalty is now betrayal, and laughter is now, now, umm, ok I haven't thought this one through, but it doesn't matter. Each one is the strength of their good counterparts doubled." "Ok, but Frank here gives us more strength than you, and you're still outnumbered!" "I figured you notice that." Spitfire put a hoof to her lips and whistled. Six changelings walked in and stretched their muscles. They looked at the mane 6 and smirked. "Fresh meat." one said. "Easy pickings." the second said. "Frank, you traitor!" the third shouted. The fourth simply cracked his neck, pointed at Twilight, then slid his hoof slowly across his throat. The last two stared at Spitfire, awaiting commands. "Maybe this was a bad idea." Pinkie Pie said. "Yeah, I have a husband to go back to." Fluttershy put in. "And all the fashion disasters in Ponyville, if I die, who will fix them?" Rarity asked. "Wow you girls are a bunch of pansies. Bring it on!" Applejack quickly flexed her arm and leg muscles then got ready for battle. "Prepare your anus, for some serious ass kicking!" Spitfire adjusted her necklaces and looked at one changeling, giving a silent command with a jerk of her head. The six changelings instantly switched forms to various ponies, and they attacked the mane 6 and Frank. Each mare took one changeling and Frank took Spitfire. Pinkie watched as Vinyl Scratch advanced on her. "OOH, pretty horn!" She said giddily. "OH, I heard you're an AMAZING DJ, maybe you should do one of my parties sometime. How much do you get payed being a DJ who doesn't have a regular gig?" Pinkie went on and on asking various questions. "OH SCREW THIS!" The changeling switched forms again. "Celestia? No way, I never thought I'd get to talk to you again! So, how hard is it to be an immortal being? What about controlling the sun? Did you know that it's the single most powerful force of nature and nearly impossible to control?" "OH MY FUCKING CELESTIA! I QUIT!" The changeling reverted back to normal form and walked away. "Wait, where did Celestia go, and what's Vinyl's answer on being DJ to one of my parties? Hmm, I wonder where Frank is?" *** Applejack waited for her opponent to get close to her. She instantly turned around and kicked it in the face. "OW! Why'd you go and do that? Maybe I was gonna be like Frank and join you. Ever thought of that, huh, HUH?" He asked. "Nope." Then Applejack kicked him again. "Seriously, what the fuck? STOP!" "Nope." Then Applejack kicked again. "Ok, really, you're more evil than me!" "Oh really?" Then she kicked again. "Yeah, you keep kicking me for no reason!" "No, I have a reason." Another kick to the face. "Just, please, stop." "Nope." She kicked again. "Why won't you stop? What did I do? Just, please stop, it's not fun!" "You're wrong, this is fun." Then she, can you guess what she did? That's right! She slapped him! Oh, that isn't what you thought she'd do? Meh, oh well. "Well that was a twist." "No it wasn't, this is." applejack grabbed the changelings hoof and twisted one part one way and the other part the other way. The changeling howled in pain. but Applejack didn't let go, he eventually bit her. Applejack let go of the changeling's hoof then kicked the changeling in the jaw. "Ok, you know what, I'm done, I'm just done! Goodbye! YO GEORGE, START THE CAR!" she shouted, heading for the door after the other changeling. *** Frank and the other changeling stood staring at each other. "How about we play Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth Pony instead of fighting, then nobody gets hurt." Frank proposed. "Sure." The other changeling responded. Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth Pony is the changeling version of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Unicorn beats Pegasus, Pegasus beats Earth Pony, and Earth Pony beats Unicorn. The two changelings chanted the game's name then they changed forms. They both became Land Ponies. "Ok, so it's a tie, lets try again." Frank said, then they did it again and they were both unicorns. The game continued on for countless rounds. Every game ended in a tie. "Hey hey Frank, whatcha doin?" Pinkie Pie asked, bounding up to the two changelings. The two changelings looked at the pink pony. Frank was about to respond when the other changeling got a devilish smile, he transformed into Frank then tackled him. "Oh, is this one of those guess who's who games? I absolutely LOVE them!" Pinkie said. The two changelings glared at each other. "I can solve this!" Pinkie walked up to one of the changelings. She stared him in the eyes. The changeling stared back nervously. "Are you the real Frank?" "Yes." Pinkie looked at the other changeling. "Are you the real Frank?" "Yes." She backed up and looked at both of them again. "Well, this is going to be hard." She thought for a few seconds. "You know Frank, I've always loved you since I've met you." Then Pinkie tackled one of the Franks randomly. She hugged him tightly and kissed him affectionately. "I love you so much." "Oh sweet Celestia I'm done!" he changed back and broke free from the pony's grasp and ran. "You don't love me and you were just doing that to test who was the real me right?" Frank asked. "Yeah sure." *** Fluttershy slowly stepped back as a changeling advanced on her. "P-please don't hurt me, unless, you want to." She said quietly. "Umm, ok." he said. He stepped up to the yellow pegasus. She was curled up into a ball on the floor. "Are you ok?" "Just make it quick please." "So, do you want to die?" "No, I have a husband and I think I may be pregnant." "Oh, well, now I can't kill you, then I'd feel guilty. I'll just, come back some other day." The changeling turned around and started walking away. "Hey, if you don't mind me asking, what's your name?" "My name is Elvis." He answered then left the building. "Elvis has left the building, how original." Fluttershy said then stood up and looked around. *** "Look, there's no way you could possibly beat me. I'm too fast for you to land a hit!" Rainbow Dash taunted her changeling. "Oh really? Are you faster than yourself?" He asked. "No, but I could still beat you even if you were me, hell, I could beat you if you were Celestia!" "Wanna bet?" He transformed into Celestia. The changeling towered over Rainbow Dash. "Wow, you're pretty tall." "Yeah, not so awesome now are you?" "Please, I'll still destroy you, I would win even if there were a thousand of you!" "Honestly, you're just too overconfident and big headed." "Do you really think that?" "Yes, and I'll prove it." "Ok, sure. First one to Sugar Cube Corner and back wins." "Fine." "I'll give you a five second headstart." "Ok. Get ready to be crushed." Rainbow Dash and the changeling stretched their wings. "3, 2, 1, GO!" Rainbow Dash shouted. The changeling darted into the distance, he made pretty good time. Rainbow Dash waited five seconds then took off after him. She caught up quickly, the changeling was having trouble navigating the air. "Blast this female body. Why did I allow myself to be tricked?" "Having trouble there?" Rainbow Dash slowed down and flew backwards to talk to the changeling. "How can males and females have such a different way of flying straight?" "Dude, you're tricking yourself, they don't fly different." Rainbow dash turned around and bolted to Sugar Cube Corner and back to Fluttershy's cottage. The changeling arrived a few minutes later. "No fair, I can't fly like that!" "All is fair in love and war." "But this isn't love." "No, but it is war." "I hate when you're right." "Now get out of here, I beat you fair and square." "Fine." The changeling switched back to himself, hissed at Rainbow Dash and walked away. *** Rarity pulled out a dress and forced her changeling to put it on. "Seriously?" she asked. "What, I made a new dress and I needed someone to model." "So why me?" "I love a free model." "Oh, this isn't free, it costs your life." The changeling lunged at Rarity, hooves outstretched, probably trying to strangle the unicorn. She fell just short of her because she slipped on the dress when she jumped. "Of course, nothing in my life is ever simple." She quickly changed to a large stallion, her new muscles ripping the seams of the dress, then she reverted to her normal self and the torn dress fell off of her. "Better." "What did you just do?" Rarity asked, her eye twitching. "I ripped off the dress. So what?" Rarity went berserk on the changeling. She stopped just short of ripping her head off. "NEVER, do that again, got it?" she asked. "Yes yes, ok, just don't kill me, please." She said. Rarity released the changeling and watched as she ran away. *** "So Twilight, you scared?" Spitfire asked. "You scared cuz you know I'm gonna win?" "No, I'm not scared, because I know that I'm going to win." Twilight answered. "How? I have the power of six elements of harmony and you have one! Plus we're both alicorns." "Yes, but I know how to use the magic much better than you." "And I know how to fly much better than you." "I have all of my friends." "I have all of my changelings." "I am the protagonist in this story, I won't lose!" "Well, I'm the antagonist, so I won't die." "Well, take this then!" Twilight shot a blast of magic, which Spitfire blocked. "That all you got? It's gonna take a shit load more power than that to beat me!" Spitfire taunted. "How about this!" Twilight leaned forward and she charged a spell. A small bolt of energy started to form on her horn. It grew quickly to a ball of pure energy of such size that could only be described as epic. She released it and was instantly winded. Spitfire used her magic to form a shield. The ball collided with the shield. Sparks flew everywhere. The ball slowly dissolved as it made contact with the shield, but the effort of blocking it was quickly tiring Spitfire. She began to sweat from the effort. Her mouth formed a cringe and stayed like that. She started panting shortly after. The ball of energy was nearly gone. Her shield shattered as Spitfire lost concentration just as the ball completely vanished. "I admit, you got some power, but it isn't enough, to beat me." Spitfire said between gasps of breath. "That isn't anywhere near my maximum power." Twilight did her best not to show how tired she was. The two alicorns continued to battle. Neither one getting an advantage, and if she did, the other quickly ended it. The rest of their teams battled. Twilight's friends stood by and watched the battle between two seemingly unstoppable forces. "Should we help her?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Nah Sugarcube, if we did, we would surely be vaporized, look at what's happening to the house." Applejack answered. Fluttershy, being bored, threw an acorn at Spitfire. Spitfire quickly shot it with an obviously weak attack, and it vanished from sight instantly. "Yeah, I don't think we should get involved." Rarity said. The two alicorns continued to duel, eventually, Spitfire began to beat Twilight. She was just short of sending Twilight on a one way trip to pony heaven, when Soarin burst into the house. He flew over to Spitfire and ninja-kicked the elements of dissonance off Spitfire's neck. Spitfire's horn shrunk down into nothingness, cancelling the spell that was about to kill Twilight. "WHAT, NO! YOU TRAITOR!" Spitfire shouted at Soarin. "Sorry Spitfire, but you were growing too evil. I couldn't let this continue on." Soarin smashed the three necklaces on the ground. "Soarin, I vow to personally send you to the deepest depths of tartarus! You will pay for this!" Spitfire started to run to the pegasus. "Not so fast Spitfire!" Twilight shot a blast of magic at Spitfire, it took almost all of her remaining energy, but it hit the pegasus in the side. She was sent sprawling across the floor, knocked out cold.
The Kindess ChroniclesRainbow Dash was holding with all her strength trying to stay on the ceiling, so the guards wouldn't see her. They won't look up, no pony ever looks up. A guard paused beneath her, he looked around, then used magic to take out a flashlight to investigate the shadows, but he wouldn't move. A trickle of sweat appeared on Rainbow Dash's face from the exertion. She couldn't fly, the beat of her wings would be too loud, and she couldn't get out, the door was closed and she didn't pay attention to the code Soarin punched in to enter. Soarin. Rainbow Dash thought. When I get my hooves on that two timing back stabbing piece of shit, he's going to pay. She would've kept ranting in her head, but more sweat formed on her face, and it was about to drip down and hit the guard, and just like in all spy and secret agent movies, the guard would feel it, look up, and catch her. So she begged to Celestia that gravity wouldn't work until the guard went away. After a few excruciatingly slow seconds, the guard shrugged, if ponies could shrug that is, and walked away. Just in time too, the little beads of water plopped on the ground right when he left. Rainbow Dash sighed mentally, and dropped down gingerly, so gingerly it was silent. "Rainbow Dash, what are you doing here?" Soarin asked her from behind. "What am I doing here, what are YOU doing here? You know if her plan succeeds, Spitfire will end up destroying Equestria!" Rainbow Dash whispered back. "Look Rainbow Dash, I love you, I really do." he said quietly. "Then you wouldn't have done this!" "I'll let you out of here scotch free, just promise me you won't interfere in any ways." Rainbow Dash suddenly formed a plan. "Yes, ok fine, I won't get in the way of your plans." she said. "Here's the code."Soarin slipped her a scratch of paper. "But it changes every fourth use, so this will be the last time that code will work." "Thank you." Rainbow Dash quickly took the paper and bolted for the door. She quickly punched in the numbers, but she screwed up on the last number. The mechanism buzzed loudly. "Shit." she quickly typed the numbers again. She got out and slammed the door, just in time to catch two guards in the face. Who should I tell first? Rainbow Dash wondered. FLUTTERSHY! Then she darted for Fluttershy's cottage. There wasn't a pony in sight. "Oh no, oh sweet Celestia no!" she said, frantically running around the property, looking for her friend. Eventually she saw a familiar white rabbit hopping around happily. "ANGEL! Where's Fluttershy?" Angel made a bunch of gestures that made no sense to the Cyan pegasus. "Where?" Angel looked at her, not used to a pony who couldn't understand him. After a few seconds, he picked up an apple that was conveniently lying on the ground next to him. Then Angel pointed at it. "She's at Sweet Apple Acres?" Angel nodded. Rainbow Dash took off so fast, the wind blew Angel's newly groomed fur. He swore the best a being incapable of speech could. "FLUTTERSHY?" Rainbow Dash shouted when she arrived at the Apple house. "Ya just missed her, she and mah brother went over to Rarity's to talk for a while." Applejack said, taking a bite of a doughnut. "Why do you need her?" Rainbow Dash payed no mind to the question and flew top speed to the boutique. I swear if she's not there when I get there, I'm going to kill someone. She arrived just as the two left the building. "Fluttershy, you have, to, get your, element, of harmony, and go to, my house, now!" Rainbow Dash said between pants. Flying that fast all around town is tiring, even for her. "Why." Fluttershy asked. "I'll, explain, later." Fluttershy looked at Big Mac, who looked at Rainbow Dash, who stared back. Then Mac looked ta Fluttershy and nodded. "Ya know, you didn't have to ask my permission to right?" he asked. "OH, well ,its just, I'll be there in a few minutes Rainbow Dash." then Fluttershy took off, slowly, she was going fast for her, about 10 miles per hour. "Why do you need her now?" Mac asked, then he looked over to where Rainbow Dash was, only to see a rainbow streak fading. "Damn, that girls fast." Eventually, Fluttershy arrived at Rainbow Dash's cloud, so she knocked to be polite. Two hooves darted from the door, grabbed her, and pulled her in. Then the shutters were closed, and the doors and windows locked. Fluttershy was thrown into a chair. "What the, whats going on?" She asked, a pony, shrouded in shadows was slowly circling her. Whoever it was didn't bind her in any way, so it obviously wasn't going to be someone too bad right? Right? "Fluttershy, do you truly know why I asked you to come here?" "N-no, who are you?" "Oh, sorry, it's Rainbow Dash." then the pegasus stepped into the light. "See? Anyways, I needed you here, for your element of harmony." "Why?" "Spitfire and Soarin, they're trying to get all the elements of harmony, Celestia knows why. We need to defend them the best we can! Give me you're necklace." Rainbow Dash extended a hoof towards Fluttershy. "Don't you think it would be better if all of us had only one element at a time. that way if they get robbed, we only lose one of them?" "Yes, but they already took mine, and we both know I'd be better at defending anything than you." Rainbow Dash said, not moving her hoof. "Oh, ok, here." Fluttershy slowly gave Rainbow Dash her necklace. "Yes, yes, YES!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "Just four more!" "Wh-what?" "You fool! I'm not you're idiotic friend. I am Queen Chrysalis." Then the changeling leader reverted back to her normal form. "This is going to be easy!" Fluttershy gasped and jumped back in her chair. "What did you do to Rainbow Dash?" "Look up." Fluttershy looked up to see Rainbow Dash duct taped to her ceiling, her mouth taped shut and her arms, wings, and legs bound, she was completely incapable of movement. "Good luck stopping us now!" then the queen changed back to Rainbow Dash and darted off, laughing evilly. Fluttershy flew up to her friend and took the tape off of her. "Are you ok Rainbow Dash?" she asked. The cyan pegasus brushed off her coat, still a bit sticky from the tape. "Yeah, now we have to stop her!" Rainbow Dash flew full speed after the royal changeling. Queen Chrysalis was going just slower than Rainbow Dash, but she had such a good head start, it would take a while for the two to meet. Rainbow Dash flew as fast as she could, pushing the limits of physics. She was gaining speed insanely fast. Mach one, two, three, four, five. She couldn't go any faster, her skin was barely clinging to her muscles. Eventually, the two were 5 miles apart when Chrysalis changed back to herself and changed direction flawlessly, from straight forward to straight down. Rainbow Dash couldn't turn fast enough, and she was sent way off in the distance. She turned back. When the pegasus arrived at the not so secret base of Spitfire and company, the door was already locked shut again. "NO! WHY! I was so close! What did I do wrong to deserve this? I was trying to help Equestria!" she shouted at the sky angrily. She turned back and went back to Ponyville. "I am a failure, I don't deserve to be on this planet." she said. "I deserve to be, on the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!! No, I will not fail again, I will not let any more of the elements slip through my grasp, I will stop you Spitfire, and Soarin, I will personally see to that you get your punishment. I must tell the rest of the girls."
Laughter is the Best Medicine"Girls, I've called you all here today for a very very very very, very, important announcement. I cannot stress how important this is." Rainbow Dash began to explain to the girls. "GET ON WITH IT!" Applejack shouted. "WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!" "Spitfire is the leader of a secret evil organization and they have teamed up with a bunch of ponies I don't know and the changelings and their goal is to take all six elements of harmony, I don't know why but it's probably to destroy Equestria and I need your help to make sure that they don't succeed for whatever reason." Rainbow Dash explained quickly. The mares looked at each other then dashed home. They all returned in 10 minutes. "Ok, is anyone missing their element?" Rainbow Dash asked. "ME ME OOH ME PICK ME!" Pinkie Pie raised her hoof and jumped up and down excitedly. "I LOST MINE!" "Pinkie, was there anyone taking it when you got there?" "Yes, it was Soarin, he had two other pegasi wearing all black with him." "So you just let him take your element?" "No, I gave it to him!" Pinkie smiled widely. "WHY?" "What, did I do something wrong?" "YES YOU DID RETARD!" Rainbow Dash quickly ran out of the house and stared up at the sky. "If your story is correct, they should be flying then, right around, THERE!" Rainbow Dash pointed at three small shapes quickly streaking through the sky. "Pinkie, got your party cannon?" "Always do!" Pinkie Pie pulled her party cannon out of nowhere and began to load it with party charges. Rainbow Dash crawled in it and commanded Pinkie where to aim. "Left, left, left,left, a tad bit up. Fire on my command." "Wait, here, for protection." Twilight used her magic to put a pair of goggles over Rainbow Dash's eyes. "Thanks Twi, now girls, plan delta ultra minor." Twilight enhanced Fluttershy's flight ability, and she flew into the air. Pinkie Pie lifted the cannon up, Applejack kicked it as hard as she could. Fluttershy flapped her wings as hard as she could, causing a small gale force. Rarity used her magic to pull the cord on the cannon to shoot it. Rainbow Dash was shot out instantly. Her speed was, in mathematical terms, flight speed+cannon launch+ cannon flight speed+wind speed-drag=HOLY SHIT WHAT WAS THAT? Bugs blasted the goggles while she flew. She almost immediately crashed into Soarin. He dropped the bag he was carrying. She managed to stop there. "Take that you dick!" Rainbow Dash shouted at him. "Rainbow Dash 1, Soarin, ehh, umm, 2. But still, I BEAT YOU!" "You are truly foolish, I won this." Soarin said, chuckling slightly. "How? You dropped the element of laughter, and the girls have it." "I'm a decoy you imbecile!" "What?" "The real element of laughter is in Spitfire's possession. I gave it to her when none of you were looking." "GIRLS, SPITFIRE, GET HER!" Rainbow Dash cupped her hooves around her mouth as she shouted to the mares at least 10 miles below, then she pointed to another black shape on the other side of the sky. Rarity barely heard her friend, she used magic to form binoculars and looked at the pegasus, then she pointed them where she was pointing, Spitfire was wearing a necklace with a pink balloon on it. "TWILIGHT!" Rarity shouted. "That shadow there, is Spitfire, she has the real element of Laughter!" "WHAT?" Twilight shouted, she took the magic binoculars and looked. Sure enough. "Shoot her down." Both unicorn's horns began to glow, a bolt of lightning shot from Twilight's while a giant icicle launched from Rarity's the two magic spells intertwined. "I have never noticed that my element was made of cardboard before." Pinkie Pie said, trying on the face necklace. "Lightning?" Rarity asked. "Yeah, it's fast and powerful, and much more natural. Why did you pick ice?" Twilight asked. "It's much more marvelous." Rarity answered as if it were obvious. "Ok then, hey, why didn't Spitfire go down? We should've hit her by now." "Well, that there is our magic, that is Spitfire." "We had the wrong trajectory? But how?" "Don't ask me, you're the one who aimed." "Oh shut up." "GIRLS, shut up! If we keep up like this, this will have all been for nothing, they have half of the elements. We have none." Rainbow Dash said, bowing her head in shame. "So, how will we protect the rest?" Applejack asked. "We keep them all in the same building, and two of us defend each one." "So which building?" "I saw we go with Fluttershy's house, not many ponies know where it is, and the animals would surely warn us if someone was nearby." "Well then, what are we still doing here?" The six mares took the remaining elements of harmony and went to the cottage just outside Ponyville.
Manhandling That MagicAll six mares were spread throughout the house, on constant watch for any intruding ponies. There was nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Four weeks after they took up camp, Angel ran up to Fluttershy and tugged on her tail. "What is it boy? What do you need?" Angel pointed at the window and put his paws on his back and moved them, flapping his fake wings. "You saw a pegasus?" Angel nodded. Then he put his paws in his mouth pretending to be a vampire. "And its a bad one?" Angel nodded again then jumped onto the window sill and pointed at the woods frantically. Fluttershy looked. "Girls, get ready for a fight." She said gently. "What?" Twilight asked. "CHANGELING!" Fluttershy shouted, seeing herself walking towards the house. She bolted for her room and hid in her closet, it was one that didn't have solid doors, but the little vents, so she could see if someone was coming in. The element of magic at her feet. Rainbow Dash went into the closet too, she stood on the other side. Twilight and Rarity protected honesty in the kitchen, the element sitting in an empty cereal box in the cupboards. Applejack and Pinkie Pie stood by generosity, in a bag of bear food in the shed. A few minutes passed, nothing happened, then the back door opened. It creaked loudly. Fluttershy's doppelganger cringed. He had some trouble walking. "Curse this blasted female body, how do they walk with such small muscles?" he said under his breath. He headed for the bedroom. He checked in all the original hiding places, the nightstand drawers, under the bed, the closet. After he left the closet, he thought of wear to search next. "Wait, what the fuck?" he turned back and looked through the vents in the closet and saw two ponies standing on either side of the opening in the closet door. He quickly opened the side with the yellow mare. He pulled her out and wrestled with her a bit. By the time Rainbow Dash came out of the closet, it was impossible to tell who was the real Fluttershy. They stopped fighting and stood staring at Rainbow Dash with the exact same expression. "I'm not doing any of that question asking crap. YO ANGEL GET IN HERE!" The white bunny bounded into the room, he was extremely happy and confused when he saw his second owner. "Sniff them." The bunny went around to both of the pony's rear ends and smelled their nether regions, the best way for an animal to tell who is who is by sniffing there. He jumped over to Rainbow Dash. He stared at her, wide eyed and spooked. They were both exactly like Fluttershy, looks, AND smell. "Ok, guess I have to ask, what is my deepest darkest secret?" "You have a huge crush on my husband." both ponies said in unison. "Oh Celestia this is going to be hard." "I GOT IT FRANK, RUN!" A voice shouted from behind Rainbow Dash. She turned around, Soarin was clutching Twilight's crown. The Fluttershy farthest from the hall turned into a changeling, he and Soarin bolted for the door. Soarin somehow out maneuvered Rainbow Dash, he began to fly away once he got outside. "Look Rainbow Dash, you may be faster and all around better than me in almost everything, but I'm just smarter, you won't beat me!" then a grey pegasus smashed into Soarin and the two plummeted to the ground. "Oops, I'm sorry sir." Derpy Hooves said. "Get out of here, where's my crown?" Soarin asked annoyed and in a hurry. "You mean this?" Derpy held out a small wood box with a golden lock on it. Soarin ripped it from her grip and flew as fast as he could away from the area. "How did we lose ANOTHER element of harmony?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Actually you didn't." Derpy said. "It's right here." Derpy gave Rainbow Dash an identical box to the one she gave Soarin. Rainbow Dash opened it and saw the crown. "But, how?" Derpy vanished and was replaced by a small changeling. "My name is Frank, I'm with you guys."
Kill it With Kindness"Girls this is Frank, say hi Frank." Fluttershy said, pointing at the changeling. "Hi." Frank said, waving. "I don't trust him." Rarity glared at the deceptive creature. This made Frank a little sad, and a single tear slipped down his face. Rainbow Dash ran up to Rarity and stared her down. "Without him, we would've lost another element! He has enemy intel and can shape shift into anything seamlessly, and take their memory and skills. He is an invaluable resource for our team. Spitfire probably doesn't even know he's with us yet. Plus, he has the code generator for the door, he will always know what to type in to get to Spitfire's base. I trust him, Fluttershy trusts him. I'm pretty sure you're the only one here who doesn't. He saved one of the elements! Do you trust him now?" "Sure, sure, just get out of my face!" Rainbow Dash backed up to where she was, staring at Rarity as she went. "So what is he going to do exactly?" Twilight asked. Even her advanced ingenuity and intelligence couldn't come up with a way to have seven ponies defend three objects so each one had the same defenses. "There's no possible way to have all the remaining elements have the same protection without cutting some of us up. "Yes, I am aware, but he will be a spy for us." Rainbow Dash explained. "He will go into the enemy base and keep us up to date on their plans, and eventually take the elements back." "Where did he go?" Rarity asked. "What?" Rainbow Dash looked to where the changeling used to be standing, one of Fluttershy's seemingly infinite animals was sniffing the ground. At first glance it appeared to be a small cat, but it was truly a large squirrel. "I bet he left to go steal the rest of the elements. I'm going to check right now!" Rarity turned to leave and look for the two necklaces and crown. She checked them all. Nothing. Nothing. Soarin trying to steal the element of honesty. "This just never ends, does it?" She asked him, leaning against a wall inspecting her hooficure. "I guess not, so, are you going to try and stop me?" Soarin asked. "Nope, I'll let you take it to prove a point." "Umm, ok then." He slowly slid the necklace into a satchel he had on his flank. "You set a trap didn't you?" "No, and neither did the others." Then she gasped suddenly. "WHAT?" he asked, worried the other mares would hear this and come to investigate. "That satchel, it's the wrong color for your coat, and that strap is much to long and ratty! You should stop by my boutique sometime and I'll fix you up with a nice good matching one." "Umm, ok, so, I'll be going now then." Soarin left the room cautiously and started heading for his exit point. Rarity heard a shrill scream from the hallway. "ITS SOARIN!" Fluttershy shouted. Fluttershy ran up to the stallion and tackled him. She knocked him down somehow. The satchel's strap ripped and the bag slid across the floor a few feet. Soarin got up and scrambled for it. He and Fluttershy got there at the same time and they began to play tug of war with it. Frank arrived a few minutes later. He saw the struggle between the two, he quickly placed the element of kindness around Fluttershy's neck. Rarity, who was watching the whole thing stared in awe when Frank arrived, she though that Frank was disguised as Soarin. After her element was put on her, Fluttershy's strength was amplified. She ripped the bag from Soarin's grip and punched his face. He quickly turned into a changeling and was sent sprawling across the floor. Rarity bolted from the her location, where she watched the action, and inspected the unnamed creature's body. There was no pulse, and it wasn't breathing. "Its, its dead." Rarity said, amazed at her friend's strength, and the fact that there was no bodily damage to the dead changeling. "Fluttershy, you, you killed it?" Frank asked. "Fluttershy killed what?" Applejack asked, walking to the scene with the other girls right behind her. All the mares, and Frank, stood staring at the dead changeling. "I always hated him." Frank said after several long minutes of silence. The six ponies agreed. "So, now what?" Applejack asked. "We give him a funeral." Twilight said plainly. "OOH, I'll go get my party cannon!" Pinkie shouted. "Uhh Pinkie, this isn't exactly something to celebrate about." Applejack pointed out. "Yeah I know, duh silly, I'm getting my sad one, the one that has black streamers and balloons." "Girls, I hate to state the obvious, but we're in the middle of a war! We'll have the funeral after the war!" Rainbow Dash said. All the ponies in the room agreed besides Fluttershy, who stood staring at the body, crying. "It's ok Fluttershy, you didn't mean to, you won't be banished to the moon. They stopped doing that decades ago! Instead, they hang the pony, so at least your death is quick!" Rarity tried to reassure the yellow mare, but it just made her cry harder. "But, you killed a changeling, there isn't a law against killing a changeling!" This made Fluttershy's crying slow down. "And, and, also, umm." Rarity paused to think of more ways to reassure her friend. "You didn't, ok you know what, I'll just shut up, anything I say will make this worse. Just, look at this." Rarity passed a small piece of paper with a funny picture on it to Fluttershy. Fluttershy looked at the picture and giggled slightly. "Now come on, lets go get some chocolate milk." The two mares trotted into the kitchen and got a glass of chocolate milk. "So, now what?" Fluttershy asked. "We fight this war until the end." Rarity answered, trying not to cringe. She hated chocolate milk, but it always made Fluttershy feel better, almost everything is worth making her happy. "What if someone else dies?" "We just keep fighting." "Wait, what if we get bored? How will we pass the time?" "I don't know, read a book, maybe a good fan fiction?" "Good fan fictions? Those exist?" "I'm not sure, but wouldn't it be ironic if we were in one right now?" "Yeah, I know we aren't, it would obviously be a bad fan fiction if the characters were talking about being in a fan fiction with no clue they're actually in one." "Yeah it would, jokes like that are just terrible and corny! The author would obviously be some wannabe comedian." "Heh, yeah." Fluttershy and Rarity continued to talk for a while. Their conversation was uninterrupted until the wall next to them exploded. "All right maggots, where are the elements? Give me now!" Spitfire said. "Oh, wait, sorry, read it wrong, that's next chapter." Spitfire walked away. "We'll just say the wall exploded next time." "Next chapter? What is she talking about?" Fluttershy asked. "I don't know, but I hope this doesn't mean we're in a terrible fanfic." Rarity said.
Elements of DissonanceSpitfire kicked down what Twilight had repaired of the exploded wall. "All right maggots, where are the elements of harmony. Give me them now or die." Spitfire said, adjusting her sunglasses. "What makes you think you can get them?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Because you are weak compared to me." "How? There's seven of us and one of you. Plus we have 4 of the elements and you have two! We out number and out power you!" "HAH both of those statements are wrong, I assure you that. In fact, take your worthless elements back." Spitfire threw the necklaces at the mares then adjusted her mane. Twilight noticed something sticking out of Spitfire's head. "Wh-what the?" Twilight asked, scared. "What? Does my horn scare you?" Spitfire taunted the lavender alicorn. "A little, yes." "HAH, pussy. I will give you three minutes to prepare yourself for the fight of a lifetime." The six mares looked at each each other then at Spitfire. "Starting now." her voice boomed around the small cottage. Then the ponies all ran to their elements and put them on. After about three minutes, they appeared in the main room, ready for action. "Hmm, I was beginning to think you skipped town with the elements." Spitfire said. "Never." Twilight glared at the golden mare. "Ok, well, now to balance the fight." Spitfire took out three silver necklaces, exactly like the elements of Kindness, Laughter, and Loyalty, and put them on, the gems were a dark grey. "What the heck?" "I call them the elements of dissonance. Kindness is now hatred, loyalty is now betrayal, and laughter is now, now, umm, ok I haven't thought this one through, but it doesn't matter. Each one is the strength of their good counterparts doubled." "Ok, but Frank here gives us more strength than you, and you're still outnumbered!" "I figured you notice that." Spitfire put a hoof to her lips and whistled. Six changelings walked in and stretched their muscles. They looked at the mane 6 and smirked. "Fresh meat." one said. "Easy pickings." the second said. "Frank, you traitor!" the third shouted. The fourth simply cracked his neck, pointed at Twilight, then slid his hoof slowly across his throat. The last two stared at Spitfire, awaiting commands. "Maybe this was a bad idea." Pinkie Pie said. "Yeah, I have a husband to go back to." Fluttershy put in. "And all the fashion disasters in Ponyville, if I die, who will fix them?" Rarity asked. "Wow you girls are a bunch of pansies. Bring it on!" Applejack quickly flexed her arm and leg muscles then got ready for battle. "Prepare your anus, for some serious ass kicking!" Spitfire adjusted her necklaces and looked at one changeling, giving a silent command with a jerk of her head. The six changelings instantly switched forms to various ponies, and they attacked the mane 6 and Frank. Each mare took one changeling and Frank took Spitfire. Pinkie watched as Vinyl Scratch advanced on her. "OOH, pretty horn!" She said giddily. "OH, I heard you're an AMAZING DJ, maybe you should do one of my parties sometime. How much do you get payed being a DJ who doesn't have a regular gig?" Pinkie went on and on asking various questions. "OH SCREW THIS!" The changeling switched forms again. "Celestia? No way, I never thought I'd get to talk to you again! So, how hard is it to be an immortal being? What about controlling the sun? Did you know that it's the single most powerful force of nature and nearly impossible to control?" "OH MY FUCKING CELESTIA! I QUIT!" The changeling reverted back to normal form and walked away. "Wait, where did Celestia go, and what's Vinyl's answer on being DJ to one of my parties? Hmm, I wonder where Frank is?" *** Applejack waited for her opponent to get close to her. She instantly turned around and kicked it in the face. "OW! Why'd you go and do that? Maybe I was gonna be like Frank and join you. Ever thought of that, huh, HUH?" He asked. "Nope." Then Applejack kicked him again. "Seriously, what the fuck? STOP!" "Nope." Then Applejack kicked again. "Ok, really, you're more evil than me!" "Oh really?" Then she kicked again. "Yeah, you keep kicking me for no reason!" "No, I have a reason." Another kick to the face. "Just, please, stop." "Nope." She kicked again. "Why won't you stop? What did I do? Just, please stop, it's not fun!" "You're wrong, this is fun." Then she, can you guess what she did? That's right! She slapped him! Oh, that isn't what you thought she'd do? Meh, oh well. "Well that was a twist." "No it wasn't, this is." applejack grabbed the changelings hoof and twisted one part one way and the other part the other way. The changeling howled in pain. but Applejack didn't let go, he eventually bit her. Applejack let go of the changeling's hoof then kicked the changeling in the jaw. "Ok, you know what, I'm done, I'm just done! Goodbye! YO GEORGE, START THE CAR!" she shouted, heading for the door after the other changeling. *** Frank and the other changeling stood staring at each other. "How about we play Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth Pony instead of fighting, then nobody gets hurt." Frank proposed. "Sure." The other changeling responded. Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth Pony is the changeling version of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Unicorn beats Pegasus, Pegasus beats Earth Pony, and Earth Pony beats Unicorn. The two changelings chanted the game's name then they changed forms. They both became Land Ponies. "Ok, so it's a tie, lets try again." Frank said, then they did it again and they were both unicorns. The game continued on for countless rounds. Every game ended in a tie. "Hey hey Frank, whatcha doin?" Pinkie Pie asked, bounding up to the two changelings. The two changelings looked at the pink pony. Frank was about to respond when the other changeling got a devilish smile, he transformed into Frank then tackled him. "Oh, is this one of those guess who's who games? I absolutely LOVE them!" Pinkie said. The two changelings glared at each other. "I can solve this!" Pinkie walked up to one of the changelings. She stared him in the eyes. The changeling stared back nervously. "Are you the real Frank?" "Yes." Pinkie looked at the other changeling. "Are you the real Frank?" "Yes." She backed up and looked at both of them again. "Well, this is going to be hard." She thought for a few seconds. "You know Frank, I've always loved you since I've met you." Then Pinkie tackled one of the Franks randomly. She hugged him tightly and kissed him affectionately. "I love you so much." "Oh sweet Celestia I'm done!" he changed back and broke free from the pony's grasp and ran. "You don't love me and you were just doing that to test who was the real me right?" Frank asked. "Yeah sure." *** Fluttershy slowly stepped back as a changeling advanced on her. "P-please don't hurt me, unless, you want to." She said quietly. "Umm, ok." he said. He stepped up to the yellow pegasus. She was curled up into a ball on the floor. "Are you ok?" "Just make it quick please." "So, do you want to die?" "No, I have a husband and I think I may be pregnant." "Oh, well, now I can't kill you, then I'd feel guilty. I'll just, come back some other day." The changeling turned around and started walking away. "Hey, if you don't mind me asking, what's your name?" "My name is Elvis." He answered then left the building. "Elvis has left the building, how original." Fluttershy said then stood up and looked around. *** "Look, there's no way you could possibly beat me. I'm too fast for you to land a hit!" Rainbow Dash taunted her changeling. "Oh really? Are you faster than yourself?" He asked. "No, but I could still beat you even if you were me, hell, I could beat you if you were Celestia!" "Wanna bet?" He transformed into Celestia. The changeling towered over Rainbow Dash. "Wow, you're pretty tall." "Yeah, not so awesome now are you?" "Please, I'll still destroy you, I would win even if there were a thousand of you!" "Honestly, you're just too overconfident and big headed." "Do you really think that?" "Yes, and I'll prove it." "Ok, sure. First one to Sugar Cube Corner and back wins." "Fine." "I'll give you a five second headstart." "Ok. Get ready to be crushed." Rainbow Dash and the changeling stretched their wings. "3, 2, 1, GO!" Rainbow Dash shouted. The changeling darted into the distance, he made pretty good time. Rainbow Dash waited five seconds then took off after him. She caught up quickly, the changeling was having trouble navigating the air. "Blast this female body. Why did I allow myself to be tricked?" "Having trouble there?" Rainbow Dash slowed down and flew backwards to talk to the changeling. "How can males and females have such a different way of flying straight?" "Dude, you're tricking yourself, they don't fly different." Rainbow dash turned around and bolted to Sugar Cube Corner and back to Fluttershy's cottage. The changeling arrived a few minutes later. "No fair, I can't fly like that!" "All is fair in love and war." "But this isn't love." "No, but it is war." "I hate when you're right." "Now get out of here, I beat you fair and square." "Fine." The changeling switched back to himself, hissed at Rainbow Dash and walked away. *** Rarity pulled out a dress and forced her changeling to put it on. "Seriously?" she asked. "What, I made a new dress and I needed someone to model." "So why me?" "I love a free model." "Oh, this isn't free, it costs your life." The changeling lunged at Rarity, hooves outstretched, probably trying to strangle the unicorn. She fell just short of her because she slipped on the dress when she jumped. "Of course, nothing in my life is ever simple." She quickly changed to a large stallion, her new muscles ripping the seams of the dress, then she reverted to her normal self and the torn dress fell off of her. "Better." "What did you just do?" Rarity asked, her eye twitching. "I ripped off the dress. So what?" Rarity went berserk on the changeling. She stopped just short of ripping her head off. "NEVER, do that again, got it?" she asked. "Yes yes, ok, just don't kill me, please." She said. Rarity released the changeling and watched as she ran away. *** "So Twilight, you scared?" Spitfire asked. "You scared cuz you know I'm gonna win?" "No, I'm not scared, because I know that I'm going to win." Twilight answered. "How? I have the power of six elements of harmony and you have one! Plus we're both alicorns." "Yes, but I know how to use the magic much better than you." "And I know how to fly much better than you." "I have all of my friends." "I have all of my changelings." "I am the protagonist in this story, I won't lose!" "Well, I'm the antagonist, so I won't die." "Well, take this then!" Twilight shot a blast of magic, which Spitfire blocked. "That all you got? It's gonna take a shit load more power than that to beat me!" Spitfire taunted. "How about this!" Twilight leaned forward and she charged a spell. A small bolt of energy started to form on her horn. It grew quickly to a ball of pure energy of such size that could only be described as epic. She released it and was instantly winded. Spitfire used her magic to form a shield. The ball collided with the shield. Sparks flew everywhere. The ball slowly dissolved as it made contact with the shield, but the effort of blocking it was quickly tiring Spitfire. She began to sweat from the effort. Her mouth formed a cringe and stayed like that. She started panting shortly after. The ball of energy was nearly gone. Her shield shattered as Spitfire lost concentration just as the ball completely vanished. "I admit, you got some power, but it isn't enough, to beat me." Spitfire said between gasps of breath. "That isn't anywhere near my maximum power." Twilight did her best not to show how tired she was. The two alicorns continued to battle. Neither one getting an advantage, and if she did, the other quickly ended it. The rest of their teams battled. Twilight's friends stood by and watched the battle between two seemingly unstoppable forces. "Should we help her?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Nah Sugarcube, if we did, we would surely be vaporized, look at what's happening to the house." Applejack answered. Fluttershy, being bored, threw an acorn at Spitfire. Spitfire quickly shot it with an obviously weak attack, and it vanished from sight instantly. "Yeah, I don't think we should get involved." Rarity said. The two alicorns continued to duel, eventually, Spitfire began to beat Twilight. She was just short of sending Twilight on a one way trip to pony heaven, when Soarin burst into the house. He flew over to Spitfire and ninja-kicked the elements of dissonance off Spitfire's neck. Spitfire's horn shrunk down into nothingness, cancelling the spell that was about to kill Twilight. "WHAT, NO! YOU TRAITOR!" Spitfire shouted at Soarin. "Sorry Spitfire, but you were growing too evil. I couldn't let this continue on." Soarin smashed the three necklaces on the ground. "Soarin, I vow to personally send you to the deepest depths of tartarus! You will pay for this!" Spitfire started to run to the pegasus. "Not so fast Spitfire!" Twilight shot a blast of magic at Spitfire, it took almost all of her remaining energy, but it hit the pegasus in the side. She was sent sprawling across the floor, knocked out cold.
