"THREE WEEKS!?!?!?"

The force of Raiden's yell and the shock behind his voice was enough to make Twilight jump back, hit a bookshelf, and cause a book to fall off and hit her in the head. She couldn't help letting out a small "Ow." She rubbed her head to recover from her small daze before looking back at Raiden. Now the hedgehog's fur wasn't all that was red. His eyes were completely bloodshot.

You see, when Celestia teleported everypony back to Ponyville, most of them had all gone their separate ways. Raiden, however, wanted to talk with Twilight. Being a student of the princess of this land, he figured that she would be the most knowledgeable. Raiden didn't know much about this world, so he would ask her how things worked around here. Twilight accepted the favor, and they talked when they got to the library. However, the exchange of information eventually led to how long Raiden was asleep.

Needless to say, he didn't take it too well.

"Are you seriously telling me that I have been laying in that hospital bed for THREE DAMN WEEKS?!?!?!"

Despite the current situation, Twilight's objective side could not help but kick in. "Raiden! Language!"

Raiden was angry. Very angry. Almost too angry for his own good, and he knew it. In fact, he could almost laugh because he knew he was overreacting. Slowly, he took deep breathes and started to calm down. "Excuse my behavior. It just...came as a shock to me, that's all." That was only half the truth. In reality, he hated the thought of his world being without his protection from Armstrong for three whole weeks. He shuddered at the thought.

Twilight gave Raiden a narrow eyed, annoyed stare before sarcastically saying "No, really?" She regained her composure. "Anyways, yes, you have been asleep for three weeks. During that time, everyone had almost forgotten you had ever showed up. I don't see how anyone could forget a red lightning bolt out of nowhere, but that's how it went."

Raiden thought of something. "That reminds me, are you really so willing to believe that I came from another world?"

Twilight stared thoughtfully at Raiden. She was reminded of some of her earlier misadventures in Ponyville. "...I'm an open-minded individual. Very crazy things have happened here before, after all."

Raiden raised an eyebrow. "But isn't there such a thing as being too open-minded?"

"Perhaps," Twilight replied, "but the princess said she knew of other worlds, so I'd believe anything, really."

"...And are you always so willing to believe your princesses?" Raiden retorted, the fact a bit annoying to him.

Twilight didn't seem to hesitate."Well of course. They are over one-thousand years old, after all."

Raiden's eyes widened. How many years old? He, to, had seen some pretty ridiculous stuff, but that was just nuts. They barely looked in their twenties. Was that some kind of magic to? Did it just apply to the type of pony they were? "Alicorn's" he remembered Twilight telling him.

"...I see. Very well." Raiden turned towards the door. I have all the information I need. I thank you for your cooperation. I'll now take my leave."

Raiden started to walk towards the door, but Twilight held out her hoof and stopped him. "Wait. Where will you go?" Despite what she knew he had done to Rainbow Dash, she was worried for Raiden's safety. That was just in her nature. She couldn't help but worry for others.

Raiden, however, knew what he was doing, and just found her worrying as a distraction. "I told you and your princess, I'll be able to find a place to stay. I'm just going to get to know my surroundings first. I'll be perfectly fine. If you'll excuse me."

Raiden didn't say another word and left the library. Twilight decided against going after him; his back alone told her that he was not stopping. Twilight shivered. She was indeed worried for the hedgehog's safety, but the whole truth was that she was also worried for the town. If he did that to Rainbow Dash...

"Than he could do it to anypony" she thought fearfully. She shivered again.

As stated before, Raiden went out to get to know his surroundings, but quickly found that there was not much to 'get to know.' That is to say, it was a small town. It would only take him about three hours to walk all around the town and back, and about four and a half to detail his surroundings.

Actually, he took that back. The village was big. Big for a village. Especially for a village built by ponies. He had just never seen a place this small before. All his life he had been traveling in big cities. This was just...unfamiliar. Normally it would take him all day - sometimes longer - to navigate a city. This wouldn't take long at all.

"Okay," he thought, "first stop is the center of town. Good a place to start as any."

Raiden walked for about five minutes before he found a cylinder-shaped two-story building with a pointed crimson roof."Some kind of town hall, I guess." Several things surrounded it like a fountain and some flags, but the area it was in was an open circle. The residence all seemed to hang out here often. "Hmm...definitely the center of town, if I knew any...which, admittedly, I don't, really, but it seems to make sense. Definitely looks the part."

Raiden looked around. Now that he was here, he needed to do a survey of the village. He decided to take the path leading southeast of the building. He moved slow to take in his surroundings. It was easy remembering what everything looked like. The hard part was ignoring the looks everyone gave him. The residence of this village didn't even try to be subtle, always glancing in Raiden's direction, curious and somewhat intimidated by the sight of the walking, talking red hedgehog. Some of them actually looked disgusted or horrified. But those that did had something in their eyes more than just 'Holy s**t, there's something that walks, talks, and isn't a multicolored pony.' They looked at him like he had done something. something that had affected them personally. Was it Rainbow Dash? It was the only thing that really made sense. "Word travel's fast, I suppose."

Fortunately though, Raiden was able to make it past all the unpleasant looks and eventually stumbled upon a rather grand looking house. Two massive windows with skilfully woven yellow curtains stood surrounding the purple door, under a sign that looked like a horse that was part of a carousel. Above that was a second floor on top of a roof, and the outside of the second floor looked like an actual carousel. There was a smaller roof to that with the same pattern as the first roof, finally leading to a flag at the top of the house. Also, he noticed, every inch of the house was covered in some kind of pattern. "Geez. Whoever this pony is clearly tries to live up to some standard. Seems to me like he/she tries a bit to hard to look good."

Raiden noticed several different ponies enter and exit the building. It was clear that this was some kind of public place, but what for? He was getting to know his surroundings, so there was no harm in checking this place out. He walked up to the place, inevitably getting more bad looks, and opened the purple door to enter. Inside was several purple-ish crimson curtains. On the right was several mirrors surrounding a stand, all in front of a door leading to a dressing room. On the left was a work table, and it looked like someone was sewing clothing. "Oh, I see. This place is a boutique - a place for selling fashionable clothing or accessories. Hmm... I bet I can guess who lives here."

As if on cue, a familiar white pony ran from upstairs to the front of the store. Raiden recognized her as the pony that had identified herself as Rarity. She seemed to...sparkle. and that wasn't a euphemism to say that she was pretty. She literally sparkled upon entering the room. "Is that some kind of trick?" What is up with this world?"

"Good day to you," said Rarity, in a cheery voice and slightly British accent. "My apologies for the minor delay, but welcome to the Carousel Boutique!" Raiden quickly took note of that name. "How may-" It was only now Rarity took the time to notice who was in front of her, and her gleaming smile faded. "Oh, it's you, Raiden." Her voice was lower when she said that. She clearly held a little grudge from the Rainbow Dash incident, and there was a little venom in her tone.

Raiden scoffed "And good day to you too, Ms. Rarity."

Rarity regained her initial demeanor. "Don't bother with the formalities. Just 'Rarity' is fine." Her gaze regained that initial venom. "Now would you mind telling me what business you have in my home?"

"This is a public enough place, is it not?" replied Raiden. "What did you call it? The 'Carousel Boutique?'"

Rarity's pride and ego began to swell a little, quickly taking in the opportunity to boast about her business. Her eyes gleamed. "Why, yes, that is its name. This is a shop existing for those who seek my aid in freshening up and looking their best." Rarity then frowned at Raiden a bit...disapprovingly. "It appears that you yourself could use some help in that department."

On the outside, Raiden only frowned, but on the inside, he was banging his head against the wall. "A pony! I seroiusly just got told by a freaking pony! If anyone was able to find that piece of my dignity, please return it to the front doorstep of my remaining sanity's house."

Although, looking down at himself, he did see that he was rather filthy. The hair on his body was rather shaggy, he some dirt on him, and he...well...smelled bad. "I suppose I could use a little wash off."

"A LITTLE wash off!?" Rarity actually looked surprised at Raiden's statement. "Dear, you look terrible! You could a long shower. You can't go out in public like this!"

Raiden raised his hands in a 'back it up' gesture. "Jeez, Rarity, calm down. It's not a big deal. I'll just find a river and wash my-"

Rarity place a hoof over Raiden's mouth. "Oh, no no no, dearie, that simply won't do. You must get cleaned up the proper way. I know an excellent spa that would be perfect for you. I'll even pay. Come, let me show you the time of your life." Before Raiden could protest, Rarity grabbed his hand with her hoof and pulled him out the door.

"Wait, what ar-AGH!" That was all he could say before he was dragged off to the supposed time of his life.

In the northwestern end of Ponyville, school for young fillies and colts alike had just finished. Everyone had left the school being very cheery, since today was an absolutely beautiful day, and a perfect day to have fun and just go with the flow. No disasters, no major events, no distractions, no nothing. All signs of a perfect day.

Three particular little fillies were especially energetic. One had a bright yellow coat and a fiery red mane and tail, along with shiny orange eyes. The second had a coat as pure white as Rarity's with a curly mane and tail with a nice color contrast of pink and purple, her eyes a tinted green . The third and final had a very stand out orange coat and violet shaded mane and tail, her eyes matching that color. Their names were Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, collectively known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Well known around town, their goal was to find their calling's in life, with little success. Often times they caused mischief and mayhem in their crusading, but their resolve was unbreakable, and they never gave up their quest, nor would they until the day they died. And if their goal wasn't met by then, they would keep searching in death.

Today was no different. They hadn't come up with any new idea for gaining their cutie marks quite yet, but no matter what it was going to be, they could not wait to carry this one out. Why? Because that was the case for all their escapades. Why should this be any different?

Applebloom and Sweetie Belle had gone their respective homes and agreed to meet up with Scootaloo in the Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse later in the day. Scootaloo had mounted her scooter and rode off to the clubhouse on the outskirts of Ponyville. Scootaloo was always confident that her cutie mark would come to her no matter how many times she failed. Perhaps she had gotten her unbreakable determination from her idol, Rainbow Dash. Nopony really knew for sure. Although it is likely that Rainbow Dash had given her the brash and rebellious nature she was so known for. Her rebellious side had gotten her in trouble before, but often times she didn't care; for nothing was going to stop her from obtaining her cutie mark.

She continued riding towards the clubhouse when she saw a red glint out of the corner of her eye. She stopped, curious. The glint had come from behind a bush. She went closer, her curiosity now at its peak. Slowly she pushed aside the leaves of the bush, and what she saw made her eyes widen in bewilderment.

What she saw was a red gem. It sounds unimpressive, but this one was crafted perfectly into an emerald shape and seemed to...radiate some sort of energy. Scootaloo smiled. It felt strange but nice. She liked the energy it gave off. It made her feel good. Feel powerful. She touched the gem.

It sparked. Scootaloo jerked her hoof back out of instinct, but the spark didn't actually hurt. In fact, it felt good. Great even. She smiled. She brought her hoof closer to the gem more carefully. She picked it up. It felt warm. Scootaloo smiled at the gem again. Suddenly the gem flashed, causing Scootaloo to shield her eyes. It flashed again. Scootaloo began to worry. "Is it some kind of trap? Is it going to explode!?"

Fortunately for her, the gem did not explode. It flashed and flashed and kept flashing until a red stream of energy came streaming from the gem. Right then and there, Scootaloo probably would have dropped the gem and ran. But something about this energy...it felt good. It felt warm. It started to seep its way up Scootaloo's right foreleg. Scootaloo shivered and forced herself to keep her grip on the gem. It eventually found its way to the area of Scootaloo's heart and began to seep into her chest. Scootaloo welcomed the energy into her heart. It was warm. It was powerful. She loved it. She felt like she was being lifted off the ground. It took her a moment to look down and realize that she was.

Scotaloo gasped. Was she flying?! She tried to control her self in mid-air, and even did a few tricks. She was! She was actually flying!! She couldn't believe it. "I love this gem!!" she thought. "Imagine what else this could do for me! Wait until the other Crusaders find out. This could help me get my Cutie Mark!"

After that she couldn't contain herself. Abandoning her scooter, she flew off at speeds matching Rainbow Dash's towards the clubhouse, leaving a magnificent red streak behind her.

Raiden was exhausted.

After Raiden and Rarity had got done with their time at the spa(where Raiden had forced every part of his body not to scream) Rarity had been kind enough to show Raiden around town so Raiden could map out Ponyville. In about two hours, Raiden had the names and locations of all the important places. Unfortunately, Rarity had insisted that Raiden had come back to her place. Why? Well, why else? Raiden didn't look 'ideal', and Rarity needed his measurements for an outfit for him. Now this wouldn't be too bad, but...

"Does everyone in your world look the same as you? If so, I feel very sorry for you. But no matter. In a few days, I will have an outfit for you, and you will look absolutely dazzling! Perhaps you could even have an outfit for the gala. That is coming up soon. I can just imagine it: you being a bright star among those in your current primitive fashion. This will most certainly be my most unique creation. What an odd race you are! I do wonder why other hedgehogs don't have the same level of intelligence as you. Or for that matter, the same-"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!!!" This pony could not help but voice her every. Single. Thought. Raiden was used to dealing with that, but this pony just seemed...well...racist. Was it even possible to care about fashion this much? Even seeing it now, a part of him was still convinced that it wasn't, and that he was hallucinating all of this. He almost wished that he was.

After a few more minutes of frustration, to the point where Raiden could memorize Rarity's speech patterns, she was talking so much, Rarity finally stopped. "Well, I do believe that I have everything that I need. Thank you, Raiden. You may take your leave, now. Check back with me in a few days, and I'll have a perfect outfit for you."

Raiden fought not to breath a long sigh of relief. He was about to walk out when he just remembered something. He turned his head back and asked "What do I owe you?"

Rarity looked at, slightly confused. "I beg your pardon?"

It was Raiden's turn to look confused. "I mean what do I give you in return for your services? You know, like money."

Rarity's confusion was now gone, replaced with a look of understanding and then a...smile? "Oh, don't you worry, dear,"said Rarity, "You are a guest in our town. I ask for nothing in return."

Raiden raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me? I'm sorry, but you can't expect me to just accept that. I need to pay you back in some way."

Rarity was actually shocked. Was somepony actually denying her generosity? Normally, anypony would be happy to just walk out without owing her anything, but this hedgehog, he was determined to give her something in return. Rarity cleared her throat. "Raiden, dear, I assure you, there is nothing you could give me that I really need. You need not give me anything other than privacy to do my work."

Raiden could only stand there for a few seconds. This pony not only did everything she could to help her, but asked for absolutely nothing in return. Forget the fashion sense, was it even possible to be this generous, because this time most of Raiden was convinced that it wasn't. Had he really gone to another mortal world, or did that fight with Armstrong really kill him and he had gone to ponified heaven? Given his track record, he was very strongly convinced that Rarity would later ask for something in return.

Raiden finally made contact with his brain and spoke. "Alright. I thank you for your generosity. I will now be taking my leave."

Rarity gave another smile. "You are most welcome, dear Raiden. Come by any time you need help. Now I-" Rarity stopped when her horn flashed. Both Raiden and Rarity at the horn curiously. Rarity was completely confused. "Now that is odd. That was my spell for detecting gems. Why is it acting up?"

Raiden's eyes widened. "Detecting gems?" Suddenly Raiden felt a spike of energy coming from outside. Although this energy seemed familiar. Raiden looked out the window. His eyes widened once again. What he saw was a red pillar of massive amounts of energy coming from the edge of Ponyville. Everyone in town was looking at it Raiden thought that there could only be one thing that could release that kind of power. He looked back at Rarity. "Rarity, are you seeing this!?"

Rarity's eyes were glued to the scene before her. "How could I not? What is it? It's incredible!' Rarity put a hoof on her horn. "My spell seems to act up more when I face it."

That was all Raiden needed to confirm his suspicion. His face was plastered with worry. "It only gives off that much energy when in someone's possession. That means...Oh no!"

The red pillar shrunk back down to nothing and Raiden looked to Rarity. "Rarity, I know what that is! Can you track that gem's exact location?"

Rarity looked back at Raiden, slightly curious. Raiden's face was showing worry and determination. Rarity nodded and ran outside the house. Raiden followed her.

Back outside the Golden Oak Library, Twilight and Spike were one step ahead of them. They had already begun running towards the disturbance. Twilight, like everybody else, had saw the red pillar of energy, but the odd thing for her was that she felt no magic. This was not caused by some unicorn having a magical overload, but by something else. Some foreign power. This is what made her worry more than anything. Never before had such a phenomenon occurred. Never before did she even consider something non-magical could be so powerful. Not only did the worried part of her tell her that this power was dangerous, but the curious part of her wanted to know what kind of power this was. Or what could have caused it.

Twilight's thought's were interrupted by Spike's voice. "Hey, Twilight! Look!"

Twilight turned to the left and saw Raiden running in the same direction as her, carrying Rarity on her back, with Pinkie Pie bouncing close behind.

"Raiden!" Twilight called out. Raiden looked over to Twilight and gave a nod before running over to her. He then put Rarity down, and Rarity could only wobble due to dizziness.

It took a moment for Rarity to be able to speak. "Well, that was...that was quite an experience, Raiden."

"You were going to slow," said Raiden without looking back at her.

Rarity looked at Raiden annoyed. "Well, excuse me, sir, but some of us like to run at a normal pace."

This time Raiden looked back at Rarity. "It isn't my fault you aren't as fit as I am."

Rarity and Raiden proceeded to glare daggers at each other before Twilight interrupted them. "Raiden, Rarity, Pinkie! Do any of you know what that red energy was?"

Both the red hedgehog and the white unicorn looked at Twilight in confusion. "Pinkie?" they both said in unison. They both looked behind them. Pinkie Pie was bouncing right behind them with a big smile on her face.

"Hi, guys!" she said happily.

"GAH!" Both Rarity and Raiden screeched and fell back. Both of them pointed at Pinkie. "When did you get there!"

Pinkie tilted her head in confusion. "I've been here since you started running," Pinkie said. "You didn't notice me?"

Raiden got up. "But you were- we just...never mind." He looked back at Twilight. "Look, Twilight, that was-"

He was interrupted by a boom and he felt another spike of that power he felt before. Rarity's horn glowed again. Everyone turned towards the direction of the sound. That red pillar had appeared again coming from the same area, though it seemed twice as powerful as it was the first time. This time it ceased to die down, so Spike was the one to speak, "Okay, does anybody know just what that's supposed to be?"

Raiden was the one to answer, "What we need to save Rainbow Dash."

Everyone looked at Raiden, first with surprise, then with a look that said 'you are freaking crazy.' Though Raiden didn't look back at them. He seemed determined and sure of himself, so Twilight was ready to meet him half way. She looked back at the red pillar, then back at Raiden. "Are you sure?"

Raiden nodded. "I'm sure," he said, "so if you want her out of a hospital bed, let's stop gawking and start running!"

Raiden starting running at sonic speeds, faster than anypony could ever hope to run. For a moment, Twilight, Spike, Rarity, and Pinkie could only stand there and stare. After a few seconds, Twilight was the first to regain her senses. She shook her head and said "He's right. Let's head over there now!" The others looked over at Twilight and nodded before running behind Raiden.

Raiden had already made it there. The red pillar was much bigger up close, and he could make out a detail he hadn't seen before: the energy wasn't rising from the ground. It instead seemed to be...spreading out. A part of it was going up, and a part of it was going down, hitting the ground. But it was all coming from a point of origin, floating in the middle of the air. Raiden could make out the shape of another pony, but no details beyond that. Raiden was correct: it was in someones possession. Whoever was using it clearly didn't know how to use it's power.

Raiden had noticed that he wasn't alone. Behind the pillar of energy from his view was a tree-house that could actually pass for a decent living space, and two other ponies. They were small, and couldn't have even been out of third grade. One a yellow coat and fiery mane and tail, her mane being in a bow. The other looked like a mini-Rarity, but her mane was curlier, and both her mane and tail had lighter shades of purple and white in them. They looked scared. Clearly they had seen what had happened here.

Raiden dashed over to them. Both their eyes widened at the sudden sight of him. He crouched over the ponies. "Sorry, but can you tell me what happened here?"

For a moment, a bit more of that fear flashed in their eyes. They clearly didn't want to relive those moments again, and they were at first too afraid to speak. Eventually, the white pony worked up the nerve to speak. "...Our friend...she had messed around with gem, a shiny red gem, and it could help her do a lot of things. She could even fly with it! Me and Applebloom had asked for a turn with, but she had accused us of stealing it. She kept saying 'it's mine, it's mine,' and she tried...she tried attacking us for it!" Both ponies shivered at the memory.

"Damn. She's fallen that far already." Raiden got to his feet. "You girls get out of here. I'll talk to her."

Both ponies look up at Raiden. The one called 'Applebloom' tried to protest. "But she's-"

"Now!" said Raiden a bit forcefully. The ponies saw a flash of...something in his eyes, and whatever it was, it was enough to send them running to hide. Raiden looked back at the pillar of energy. Without fear, he walked inside the pillar.

The energy would usually make anyone who wasn't used to it nauseous, but not Raiden. He had experienced this kind of energy before, and was more than just used to it. He was practically a part of it. Compared to the kind of power he had experienced, this was nothing at all.

Walking farther into the pillar, he eventually found who he was looking for. This pony was about as old as the other two ponies he had seen before. Her coat was a light shade of orange, and her mane and tail were both shaggy and purple. There were a few abnormal features about her. Her coat was covered in red, veiny lines, the ends of her mane were red and glowing, and her would-be small wings were surrounded in a red, wing shaped aura.

"Damn! She's way too overexposed! I need to get that emerald! Raiden attempted to talk to the pony. "Excuse me. If I have your attention, could you tell me your name?"

The orange pony lanced towards Raiden. He now noticed that the eye was glowing red as well. She just stared at him for a few seconds before speaking "...Scootaloo."

Raiden tried to hold back a laugh. "Okay, she just tried way to hard to make that sound intimidating." Raiden looked back up at 'Scootaloo,' immediately serious again. "Okay, Scootaloo, you mind telling me what this is all about?"

Scootaloo's expression became angry suddenly. "This was supposed to protect me from those evil thieves that would dare try to take away my precious emerald. Your just like them, aren't you? You want to steal what's mine!"

Raiden wasn't affected by her words. "Actually, that's mine."

Scootaloo's eyes widened. "What did you say?" She asked.

Raiden replied "That's mine. I dropped it on a walk and have been looking for it ever since. I'd like it back. Please?"

Scootaloo was still surprised from the first time he said it. She looked down at the gem in her hooves. Her eyes softened. There was a look disappointment in her eyes, but also a look of understanding. For a moment, Raiden thought he actually might have gotten through to her. But just as that thought started to hit him, her eyes grew dark again, and Raiden's rings began to spark.

"I get it..." she said in a low voice. "Don't you ever try to fool me." She looked up at Raiden, very angry. "I see right through your lies! This gem is mine!"

Raiden's rings sparked again. He continued to try to reason with her. "Scootaloo, it's not a lie! I need that back! I need-"

"SHUT UP!!" Scootaloo screamed back, sparking Raiden's rings again. "You can't fool me! You hurt Rainbow Dash! i can't trust you at all!"

Raiden made one last ditch effort. "Scootaloo, i can save-"

"IT'S MINE!!!!" Scootaloo took to the air and flapped her transparent wings, causing a massive gust of wind. Raiden tried to hold his ground. His rings kept sparking, until at one point they snapped off.

"What!?" Raiden exclaimed. He couldn't contain his surprise. While he was distracted, Scootaloo flapped her wings again, this time sending Raiden flying back. He flew out of the pillar and was skidding across the ground before coming to a halt when he crashed into a tree.

Slowly, Raiden got up, rubbing his head. He looked at his wrists in awe. "Impossible! How!? That's never happened before! He looked back up at the red pillar of energy, only to see that it was dying down, the energy retreating back into the emerald. He heard Scootaloo speak "I understand now...Everyone wants it."

"Raiden!" He heard a voice behind him. He turned to see Twilight, Spike, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie all running towards him, and it appeared that they ran into Applejack along the way. They came to a halt in front of him. "Raiden, what happened?"

Raiden waited a while before replying "Someone - or rather, somepony, I suppose - got her hands on a Chaos Emerald."

Twilight tilted her head in confusion. "Chaos Emerald?" she asked.

"The source of all that power," Raiden replied, "I'll explain later, but that pony is named Scootaloo. Do you-"

"WHAT!?" everypony exclaimed, answering Raiden's unfinished question: they definitely knew each other. Everyone looked in the direction of what was left of the pillar of energy.

They heard Scootaloo's voice, "And the only way to prevent anyone from taking it..."

The pillar subsided completely and revealed the form of Scootaloo. Now her sclera were completely black, and she herself seemed to radiate darkness, a sore reminder of Raiden's rings. She looked up at Raiden and the ponies.

"IS TO KILL THEM ALL!!!" she completed. She screamed and let loose a shock-wave of pure power. Everyone tried to hold their ground. Raiden looked at Scootaloo with dread. Her mind was almost completely taken. He didn't want to have to fight a kid, but...

"Fine," Raiden said, "I'm sorry, but this is the only way." He crouched into a stance. "Let's do this!"

At that moment, Both Raiden and Scootaloo charged each other, and a battle ensued.

Author's Note

Sorry for the wait. Yeah, I'd hate to leave you on a cliffhanger, But If I was ever going to get this done, I had to. But of course, next chapter is a FIGHT SCENE! Stay tuned for that. Laters.