Shadowblade's Revenge

Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack sighed simultaneously. “You need to find her.” Twilight said. Drukoh, the kind eskimo pony, nodded. He went outside to search for the mares' friend. He felt bad for them. They told him about banishment from Equestria, and how evil took over. Drukoh searched many places in the mountain, but did not succeed in finding Pinkie Pie.

“Hello? Pinkie Pie? Are you there?” He called. No answer. After a long search, he headed home.

Drukoh walked inside of his house and hung up his coat.

“I'm sorry. I couldn't find her.” He said, but to rise hopes of her at least still being alive, he added, “It's possible she was taken to a different place.” Fluttershy fell to the floor sobbing.

“Well I'm gonna believe she's on this mountain! I'm goin' out to get her myself!” Rainbow Dash decided. “No!” Her friends yelled. “You can't do anything until you get those casts off. But luckily that time is today.” Said Drukoh, who happened to be a medical expert. “Yesss!” Rainbow said, almost sounding like Napoleon Dynamite. Drukoh undid her bandages and casts and made sure nothing was still broken. “You've healed well. You'll have to wait a few days, but you will be able to fly again.” Rainbow's spaz level went higher than Pinkie Pie's to know she'd be able to fly again. After a while of spazzing, she suddenly stopped and stood still. “Well, now I'm leaving.” She said, heading towards the door. “No, Rainbow, you can't go out there alone.” Twilight said. “Yer right, Twilight. Rainbow can't go alone. Ah'm goin' with 'er.” Said Applejack. “Then I shall go as well. No matter how cold.” Rarity agreed. “Me too.” Fluttershy said, standing up. “Then we will go.” Twilight concluded. Drukoh didn't know them very well, but had picked up on their personalities enough to know he couldn't do anything to stop them, so he just said,

“Be careful, and good luck.” The five friends left to find Pinkie Pie.

Pinkie began to slowly gain consciousness. When she blacked out before, she had been under an old storm shelter that was lame but better than nothing. She knew she would Pinkie Pie woke up. She opened her eyes. She could not see anything except white. “Dashie? Twilight? Fluttershy? Applejack? Rarity? Is anypony there? Help!” She screamed. She only heard her echo repeat her. “HELP!!! Somepony! Anypony!” No answer. She trudged along the mountain, blinded by the snow. She shivered in the blizzard. Pinkie didn't know where her friends were, or if they were even alive. She only knew one thing: She wouldn't last long in the storm.

“You have to find her, she's our friend! Please!” Twilight said. “I'll do my best. But this mountain is huge. I can only hope that I'll be lucky enough to find her. You sit there and drink you're hot chocolate and I'll take care of the searching. I'll be back in a few hours.” Said Drukoh, the friendly mountain pony who let the friends stay in his warm home. “If he doesn't find her I'm going out myself.” Rainbow Dash said. “No ya won't, ya don't even know this mountain. We can't lose you, too.” Applejack replied. “Oh I do hope she's alright. Life would be just miserable without her.” Said Rarity. Fluttershy barely held back from crying. The five drank from their pints of hot chocolate, worried about their friend.

Drukoh walked through the snow with his Eskimo coat. He wanted to find those mdie if left out for too much longer. But she was too weak to call for help. But she stayed awake, for her life depended on it.

“Pinkie Pie!” Rainbow Dash yelled as loud as she could. She was furious that she couldn't find her lost friend. “Pinkie, are ya there?” Applejack asked. “Oh I'm so angry I could just scream!” Said Fluttershy. Rarity sighed. “Me too.” They all ran as fast as they could (which wasn't very fast in the snow), searching for Pinkie and calling her name. Pinkie Pie heard voices, familiar voices, the ones she was yearning to hear. “Over here.” She managed quietly. “Did anypony hear that?” Twilight asked. “Hear what?” Applejack said. “Oh, nothing. It was probably something in my head.” “Help.” Pinkie said again. Twilight heard the voice. “It's a small voice, can't tell what it's saying.” Her thoughts were interrupted by Rarity's victorious yell, “I found her!” They all rushed to Rarity to see Pinkie Pie, barely living. Applejack carried Pinkie on her back to Drukoh's house.

When Pinkie was all warmed up, the first thing she did was throw her arms around Rainbow Dash. “I never got to hug you in the hospital.” She said. She hugged them all multiple times.

“I think we should head down the mountain in the morning.” Rainbow said, yawning. “They've taken over Equestria. There are probably hundreds of them now. What can we do now?” Fluttershy said. “We've fought off more bad guys than all steps you've walked in you're life.” Rainbow said. “Ah agree with Rainbow. We gotta save Equestria.” Said Applejack. Suddenly someone knocked on the door. “Come in.” Drukoh said. Two stallions held spears and wore armor. “By the order King Shadowblade, identify yourselves!” They said. Rainbow Dash and Applejack killed the guards with their own weapons. Pinkie closed the door. A few seconds later, the door was knocked on again. “By the order o-“ They were interrupted by the spears that cut through their bodies. A few seconds later, another knock. RD and AJ nearly stabbed the stallions standing there, but stopped shortly before cutting their throats.

“Sorry 'bout that. There've been evil guards comin' this way and we thought ya'll were one of 'em for a second.” Applejack said. “Oh it's okay. Is this the right address? You ordered pizza, right?” “No, sorr-“ Twilight was interrupted by Pinkie. “Yup! That's right!” She said. She took the pizza from them and paid for it. She rushed back inside, grabbed two cups of hot chocolate and gave them the warm drink. “Thank you. Have a nice day.” They said and traveled down the mountain. “What kinda pizza is it?” Rainbow asked. “I didn't know what everypony liked so I just got two pepperoni pizzas. That's okay, right?” Pinkie said. They all nodded. They ate the pizza. They loved the pizza. They could eat the pizza forever. But sadly that wasn't an option so they decided to lounge and relax for a while. “Well, that was an interesting day, was it not?” Rarity said. “You can say that again.” Rainbow Dash said, yawning. “Well, that was an interesting day, was it not?” Rarity repeated. They all laughed. It was mostly over-loud, nervous laughing because of what they’d been through the last two weeks. They soon fell asleep.

Pinkie woke up and yawned. She was up before everyone except for Drukoh, who was already up making pancakes and hot coffee. “Good morning, Drukoh! How'd you sleep?” Pinkie asked. “Good. You?” Drukoh said. “Good!” She replied. Applejack woke up. “Mornin', Pinkie.” She muttered tiredly, rubbing her eyes. Not long later the others woke up.

“So what's for breakfast?” Pinkie asked. “Pancakes.” Drukoh answered. Once he finished the coffee and pancakes, they all sat down at a table. “Are we headin' out this mornin'?” Applejack asked. “Yes. We need to go back.” Twilight said. “Good. I'm looking forward to kickin' those guys' butts again.” Rainbow said, yawning. There was a knock on the door. Drukoh looked out the window and saw a score of men by his door. “See that cellar door?” He asked. They nodded. “Get in it now.” He said. They did as he said. Drukoh opened the door. “Good morning gentlemen.” He said. “By the order of the King, we need to search your home.” One said. “Be my guest.” Drukoh replied.

The six friends hid silently in the cellar, listening to the footsteps of the soldiers that searched Drukoh's home. “They aren't here!” One said. They left. Once the door was closed and the soldiers were gone, Drukoh said, “You can come out now.” They all climbed out and continued their breakfast. “That was close.” Twilight said. “Indeed.” Rarity agreed. Pinkie Pie finished breakfast first. When the others finished, they all stood. “Thank ya kindly for yer hospitality.” Applejack said to Drukoh. “Oh, no big deal.” He replied. “Oh, but it is a big deal. We'd all be dead if it weren't for you.” Rarity said. “Thank you for everything. Good bye.” Twilight said. The six walked out of the door. Pinkie turned and waved at him.

“We should get to the bottom of the mountain by sundown.” Twilight predicted. “I hope earlier. I wanna get down there.” Rainbow said. They traveled down the mountain for a few hours, freezing. Pinkie stumbled upon a cave. “Hey girls! Look!” She exclaimed. They walked into the cave and began to warm up when Pinkie heard a growling noise. “Did anypony else hear that?” She asked. “Hear what?” Fluttershy asked. “That growl.” Another growl came. “There it is again!” Pinkie said. “I hear it.” Rainbow said. “Me too.” Said Applejack. “I hear it as well.” Rarity said. Out of the shadows a creature came. It was a very unusual creature, because it was made of rocks. After the chorus of screams that came after its appearance, the rock monster made its first blow, aiming a punch at Applejack, who jumped onto its fist and lassoed its head. It pulled its head back and broke AJ's rope. Twilight and Rarity used magic to pin him against the wall. Pinkie knew there was no time to waste so she offered the rock monster her friendship. He quickly revealed a kind side. “Hello. My name is Ariek. I apologize, I just have my ways of defense.” It said in a deep, gravelly voice. They began to enjoy some conversation, temporarily forgetting about their urgency to leave.

“Sir, they are very strong and resourceful, but can be tricked if you are clever about it. They are very close friends and to break them apart would be impossible. You can only beat them in a battle with your best soldiers. They must be greatly outnumbered, sir. They left my house a few hours ago. They're going back, sir.” “We'll have a nice surprise waiting for them. Good job.” Said one of the commanders. “Yes sir! No problem sir!” Said Drukoh. He smiled at his deception toward those 6 ponies, who were definitely fooled by his hospitality, and he was able to learn lots about them and report them to the commanders. He was a spy.

Surrounding the cave were dozens of other rock monsters, all heading towards the 6 friends. “Ariek? Are these guys good?” Pinkie asked, frightened. “No.” Ariek answered, running towards the other monsters. He hurled himself into them and fought them. He said one word. “Run.” They did as he said. “Ya know, I never thought I'd say a rock is awesome, but a rock is awesome.” Rainbow said. Applejack was of the same mind. “Ah'd think you were crazy if Ah didn't think the same thing.” There was silence as they continued down the mountain. Pinkie thought about Equestria. Surely after all of the darkness that had taken over, the beautiful world she knew would no longer be the same. Pinkie saw that her thoughts were true as they arrived in Ponyville. Darkness had consumed it, and she figured the rest of Equestria shared the same fate. Rainbow Dash flew up into the air to get a view. She saw many familiar faces heading towards them. “Hey guys! Everypony's coming towards us! And they've got really angry looks of their faces!” Rainbow reported as she quickly landed next to her friends.

“They're under a spell just like Princess Celestia! We can't hurt them, we just need to make them good again!” Twilight said. The other ponies came closer. They all held deadly weapons in their hooves. “It is absolutely impossible to face them. They are armed and we do not have our Elements.” Rarity said. They all slowly backed up, moving away from the friendly members of their community, which were now their adversaries. “We gotta fight! There's no way out of this!” Rainbow yelled. “Ah'd like to agree with ya, Dash. But we don’t have weapons. We ain't gonna stand a chance if we fight.” Applejack said. They retreated and tried to find a headquarters. Luckily, they didn't have to do any work. A perfect base waited not to far from there.

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle paced uneasily around their HQ. “You guys need to stop worrying. They'll be fine.” Scootaloo tried to make her friends calm down a bit. “Ya heard those guards announce that mah sister and 'er friends are banished from Equestria! Ah can't help but worry!” Apple Bloom said. “Aren't you worried about them, Scootaloo?” Sweetie Belle asked, puzzled at how laid back Scootaloo was. “Yes, but it's them. They can do anything. They'll be okay.” Said Scootaloo. “Intruders!” Said a member of the E.R.A. (Equestria Rebel Alliance). The three friends sighed. Several troops rushed towards the entrance of the base. Their fancy security device thingamajig scanned the intruders and the computer said, “Access granted. You may enter.” The three little fillies were shocked to see the familiar faces that entered.

Pinkie Pie walked into the base with her friends. To her relief, all faces were friendly.

“Commander Macintosh! We've got visitors.” One said. Applejack was the first to speak when Big Macintosh appeared. “Big Mac! Thank Celestia yer alright. What's goin' on here?” Because Big Mac didn't like to talk much, some other guy answered. “This is our rebellion. The E.R.A., which stands for the Equestria Rebel Alliance. We're trying to stop these crazy lunatics who took over.” The 6 nodded. “Applejack! Yer okay!” Apple Bloom ran up and threw her arms around her sister. Sweetie Belle did the same to Rarity. Rainbow Dash spotted Vinyl Scratch and Octavia. “Hey guys! What's up?” She asked. “Everything out of the ordinary.” Octavia answered. “We heard you were banished, dude. What'd you do to make them kick you out of Equestria?” Vinyl asked. “Oh, we destroyed most of their men and tried to defeat the leader.” Rainbow said as if it was no big deal at all. “They turned Princess Celestia evil and it was all chaos from there.” Pinkie came up behind Dash. “Hey, aren't these the ponies that helped you when you were lost?” She asked. “Yup. Pinkie, this is Vinyl and Octavia. Guys, this is Pinkie Pie.” She said, introducing them. The other four came too. Rainbow intro-ified them. As they continued exploring the base, Twilight stopped to ask a soldier a question. “Big Macintosh is your commander, so I assume your leader is a general.” He answered immediately.

“No. She's not a general. She's a princess.”