Shadowblade's Revenge

Rarity was shocked when she heard that Princess Luna was the leader of the army, but also relieved, because there was no way that the evil forces they were facing could could stand a chance against them with her as a leader. Everyone in the room bowed as Luna entered. “We need to take action as soon as possible. We cannot let the enemy make another move.” She said urgently. “Princess Luna! How can we help?” Twilight asked as the six did an awesome heroic-ish approach. It almost looked rehearsed but they tried to keep it natural. “I'm glad you're all here. The war will be much easier to win with you and the Elements.” Luna said. “Um... about that...” Rainbow Dash began. “We kinda lost 'em.” Applejack finished. “What?! You cannot lose the Elements of Harmony!” Luna shouted in her traditional royal Canterlot voice. She was angry, not particularly at them, but with their greatest weapons in the hooves of the enemy, desperate measures would be required. “I believe Pinkie Pie knows exactly where they are.” Said Rarity, immediately drawing Luna's alertness and attention. “Pinkie Pie? Is this true?” Luna asked. “Of course! You think I'd hide the Elements and not know where they are?” She said. “Where are they?” Twilight asked. “I would show you and get them if I could get to Canterlot!” Pinkie said.

Princess Luna, Rainbow Dash and a few pegasi from E.R.A. headed to Canterlot, with Pinkie riding on Luna's back, which slowed her down, but she still was able to fly well. They needed a distraction to get past the ponies in Ponyville and neighboring cities and towns that had turned evil, so Rarity, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Applejack lead a group of soldiers to fight them. Rarity didn’t hesitate to started fighting immediately.  She kicked one in the face with both legs as she out of fashion mode and into fight mode. She shouted out orders to different soldiers. “You guys charge that group and don’t stop no matter what! You guys corner them over there!” She continued commanding the troops as she fought, and her other friends did so as well. Rarity rarely saw this side of herself. She wasn’t exactly used to leading an army. She thought it would be easy, but the ponies in Ponyville were stronger than she thought. Soon, Rarity and Applejack were surrounded by enemies. They exchanged glances and knew they had the same idea. AJ and Rarity linked their front legs together and Applejack, on her hind legs, lifted Rarity up, who kicked the soldiers with her hind legs as Applejack spun around. The enemies were down. The fight was soon over.

As the pegasi landed in Canterlot, they began to sneak behind buildings to avoid the sentries posted on the streets. As they moved, Rainbow Dash spotted containment camps where the remaining good ponies in Equestria were being kept as the leader, Shadowblade, turned them evil with his staff. “Princess Luna!” She whispered. “Rainbow Dash what’s wrong?” Luna asked, her voice also hushed. She followed Rainbow’s line of vision and gasped. “He’s using that staff to turn all of the ponies evil.” Rainbow said. “I see. It seems the only way to turn everypony good is to destroy the staff.” Luna replied. The continued sneaking until they heard Pinkie’s voice. “Here they are!” She dug them out of the ground and grabbed the Elements. But soon after she had her hooves on them, she was robbed of them. They were stolen by Princess Celestia.

Rarity looked upon Ponyville in disgust. Her home. All destroyed. They had several hostages. They didn’t kill anypony because they knew there’d be some way to get them back to normal. Then she remembered. Before they were banished, they all ran into the room with the evil Celestia, several evil guards, and their enemy, Shadowblade. He had a long, dark gray staff in his hooves. The staff. That was it. That’s what Shadowblade used to turn everypony evil. “Girls!” She called urgently. “Rarity! What is it?” Twilight answered quickly as she rushed to Rarity with Applejack and Fluttershy. “Do you remember the staff that Shadowblade held?” Rarity asked. They all nodded. “That’s how everypony became evil. He used the staff.” She explained. “Are you sure?” Twilight asked. Rarity shrugged, but then nodded. “Could he have done it any other way?”

“Rainbow Dash! Get the others back to Ponyville! I’ll take care of Celestia.” Princess Luna ordered. She ran off to face her sister. “You heard the princess! Let’s get back to Ponyville!” She yelled. A few of them grabbed Pinkie Pie and they took off. The skies were very quiet, and after a shockingly clear and enemy-free flight, they landed in Ponyville. Rainbow and Pinkie ran to their friends right when they saw them. “Did you find the Elements?” Fluttershy asked. “Well... we found them... but Princess Celestia came and took them so Princess Luna ran after her.” Rainbow explained. “Aw fiddlesticks. Ah really thought we’d be successful this time.” Applejack said, disappointed. “Don’t worry, Applejack. We shall have victory. I’ve had enough of those scoundrels pushing us around. I say we get to Canterlot with our soldiers and finish them!” Rarity decided confidently. “What about the Elements? We don’t have them.” Fluttershy said. “Don’t worry about that. We’re the only ones that can harness their power. They won’t be able to use them. And we’ve fought without them before.” Twilight said. They all nodded. “Let’s go back to the base before we go.” She added. The six ran back to the base to prepare for battle- hopefully for the last time.

Princess Luna dashed after her sister at full speed, crashing into her and tackling her. Both princesses were on the ground, and after a minute of grappling, they both got up and began to fight with all of the magic they knew. Luna didn’t want to fight Celestia. Her own sister had turned evil, but still she had a hard time fighting her. After a minute she realized this is probably what Celestia felt when she became Nightmare Moon. They were evenly matched for a while, but as Luna began to use more advanced magic, Celestia took hers to the limit, eventually getting the upper hoof. Luna was on the ground. Now she didn’t know what to do until a familiar figure came came forward. Princess Cadence. Relief flooded over Luna as she got up once again. With the two working together, Celestia was down quickly, and the Elements were again theirs. Cadence and Luna both extended their wings and began to fly back to base.

“Sir, our troops are back. They’re saying we’re going to battle in Canterlot. Are we going to leave?” One of the captains asked. “Eeyup.” Commander Macintosh answered. “Should I prepare my squad, commander?” “Eeyup.” “I’ll get right on it, sir!” At that the captain left. Big Macintosh stood up. He was about to prepare for battle when his sister and the others approached. “Big Mac! We gotta get goin’. Luna went to fight Celestia so you’re in charge of the army. We’re goin’ to war.” Applejack informed. Big Mac nodded and was off. “You’re leaving already?” Sweetie Belle was furious. (As well as Apple Bloom, who was doing the same to Applejack) “You can’t leave!” She said as she ran up to Rarity. Rarity put her arm around Sweetie Belle and said, “Don’t worry, little sister. We will return. I promise. Everything will be alright.” She tried to encourage her sister. But Sweetie was worried. “But what if they aren’t? What if you don’t come back? What if-” “We will be fine. Everypony will. I have to go.” Rarity said. Sweetie Belle reluctantly let her leave. As the six were heading out, they had their whole army right behind them and ready to march off to war.

They marched at a quick pace to get to Canterlot, and the six managed a bit of conversation. “Well, ya’ll ready to fight?” Applejack asked. “You bet!” Rainbow Dash answered confidently. “No. I’m never ready to fight. I don’t like fighting.” Fluttershy spoke her opinion. “I personally am not much for fighting either, but I am very ready to finish off these villains. When they stopped marching, the six were puzzled at the size of the enemies’ army. Rarity looked back at the army to compare their army with the opposing army, there. Every last pony in the army was gone. “You girls are seeing this too, right?” She asked. She looked at her friends, who nodded. All six of them gazed at the empty space where their army was. “Well, looks like we’re on our own. Let’s fight!” Rainbow Dash yelled. “Woah, nelly. No way! You even lookin’ at the size a' their army? It’s huge!” Applejack said. “Yes. Even if we had our army, we’re still greatly outnumbered.” Rarity added. The six friends just sat there, pondering what to do, remaining a safe distance from the enemy. “I’ve got an idea! We should go up the mountain. Maybe Drukoh can lend us a hoof.” Twilight decided. “Alright let’s go!” Pinkie exclaimed, optimistic as usual. The six friends began to hike up the snowy mountain at the quickest pace they could manage. There was a hideous blizzard going on there, as usual, which really slowed them down. Not to mention there were three feet of snow on the ground. The one thing they had to their advantage was that the mountain was not really steep. Rarity thought to herself the word ‘hurry’ over and over again. She didn’t bother speaking, considering nopony would hear her over the storm. But in their haste, it took a surprisingly short time to get up the mountain. They approached Drukoh’s house as soon as they spotted it. Twilight was about to open the door when Fluttershy said, “Wait! Look at those guards!” She was peeking through the window, and her friends did the same. “Ya think he’s gettin’ arrested or somthin’?” AJ asked. “No. He’s talking to them, but he’s not being interrogated. You can tell by the look on his face.” Twilight observed. “Well it’s not like he’s evil. Oh wait nevermind. He is.” Rainbow said. She changed her mind so quickly because she saw the guards handing Drukoh a sword. The six chose that time to take action. They stormed into the house. They began easily annihilating the guards in the room. Rarity had adrenaline bolting through her. She fought like a mad-pony even when there were not many guards, quickly taking down everypony except for Drukoh. They immediately began to interrogate him. “Why did you trick us?” Twilight demanded. Drukoh remained quite calm. “To tell you the truth, I was hoping you would all come back. I was a spy, but I liked you guys from the moment you arrived here.” “Oh yeah? Why should we believe that?” Rainbow asked harshly. “Just listen to me. Now, once you left, a commander came and asked me about your personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. I didn’t want to tell, because you guys had such a good effect on me, but I had to. Because if I didn’t he would have killed me. I wasn’t originally with them, they forced me to be their spy. If you need me, I will happily help you stop them. This is the honest truth, I swear it.” He explained. Rainbow was still skeptical, but the others, closely observing the look on his face, knew he spoke the truth. “Very well.” Twilight said. “But-” Rainbow began, but was interrupted by Rarity. “Rainbow, trust him. He is good.” Rainbow Dash hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “Well, if you’re willing to help, our army’s gone missing, and I know they didn’t just run away. Shadowblade did something to them. Could you investigate?” Twilight asked. “Don’t think we’re forcing it upon you, it requires sneaking past enemy lines and will be very dangerous.” Rarity added. “I’ll do it, if it means ending Shadowblade’s cruelty.” Drukoh agreed. “But they probably already turned our army evil.” Rainbow Dash said, bringing up yet another difficult situation. But Drukoh already had an idea. “I can take care of that. You didn’t think I lived alone on this mountain, did you?”

Luna and Cadence were back at the base to find it was empty. “They must have gone to battle.” Cadence said. “Yes.” Luna agreed. “We should go back to Canterlot. They may need our help.” The two princesses left the base and began to fly to Canterlot. “We need to get the Elements to the girls. Then we will win.” Luna said. “But where are they? I was looking down on the way to the base and didn’t see them, and I don’t see them anywhere now, either.” Cadence said. “I hope they’re okay.” “Yes. It would be a horrible loss if something happened to them.” Luna agreed. They landed in Canterlot and immediately started to look around. A huge army would be easily spotted so after the first few minutes they began to fear something happened to them.

Shadowblade laughed madly. “It’s finally ready! They will be gone for good! There’s no way they’ll make it back to Equestria after this!” He stared at his teleporter, which he had finally finished after lots of work. There was no way the six could get back after he teleported them to an alternate world. He was sure this time because he had already tested it two of the ponies that remained good. He began using his computer to locate the six so he could shoot his teleportation ray at them. He started working more hastily when he heard hoofsteps. He knew he would be in trouble if he didn’t locate the six in time.

Rarity watched as Drukoh and his army of fellow eskimo ponies began to prepare for battle. She ran her hoof through her mane, which, to her disappointment, had not been combed for quite some time. She stood without a word and continued watching as Twilight, Rainbow, and Applejack gave the army orders to the three teams the army was divided into. “Squad one, you will break into the containment camps and free the ponies who are still good. They may be of some help to us.” “Squad two, Ah’ll have you investigate our missing troops and find out Shadowblade’s plans. Ya’ll gotta be real quiet.” “Squad 3, go kick butt!” The soldiers saluted. Rarity smiled. Finally, things were working out. The army left, one squad after another, each pony prepared to do their jobs. The six were alone, and as they thought things were going great, Rainbow Dash was struck by some ray and she disappeared. They all gasped. And just before Rarity could say anything, the same happened to Applejack, then Pinkie Pie, then Twilight. Rarity and Fluttershy were alone. Both were speechless. After a minute Fluttershy disappeared. Rarity shut her eyes and prayed she was dreaming, but then she disappeared, too.

When Rarity woke up, she could see nopony but heard Rainbow Dash freaking out. “No! No! This can’t be happening! I can’t fly! My wings!” Rarity looked at her hooves she let out a shrill, blood-curdling shriek. “I don’t have hooves!”