Band of Five Attributes (Re-Written)

The beast’s horn stilled glowed, its grin not wavering once from its face as the aura grasped the weapons. Next thing their owners knew was that they could not for the life of them even raise the forelegs three of which were attached to, as if gravity decided to work overtime and make them weigh a ton. In addition to this, it had completely made magic and wings useless for the five--which meant their chances of fighting flew straight out the damn window.

The monster roared again, only to cut its own cry short when a voice shouted, “Stop right where you are!”

All heads, even those from the frightened nobles in hiding, darted around for a moment or two, trying to figure out where that voice had come from. The monster stomped a front hoof and snorted, eyes still narrowed at the group of ten before it.

“I am aware you, my little pet, hate those ponies just as much as we do. We shall deal with them personally.” The voice rang out again, and before any could ask whom the identity of the owner was, a blue unicorn with a navy mane and thin mustache suddenly appeared next to the monster. Standing at his side was a familiar gold-pelted frame with short crimson hair.

“Look who decided to crash the party.” Nagare coldly remarked, eyes narrowing upon seeing the two unicorns.

Celestia glanced around, noticing there were no royal guards present. Before she could speak, though, Baki said, “Oh, your little military? We went and knocked them out while we fooled you with our Blueblood illusion.”

“So...you made an illusion...for us to wrongfully remove one of our own from Canterlot?” Luna asked, eyes narrowing.

The two unicorns broke out laughing at the question. Cadance slowly looked to her aunties with an arched brow, just wondering who in hell these ponies were. Their monster stood still, occasionally twitching its wings now and again.

Maki was the first to stop laughing, and he composed himself before all present. A ghoulish smile was on his lips. “Oh, no, we were just seeing if you fell for it, and you did. How can you two, beings who raise sun and moon, not notice the illusory spell we cast? You honestly thought you had the real deal before you.” He taunted, still grinning.

Luna winced at the remark. “Are you expecting us to be perfect?” She asked.

“What more could one expect from long-lived ponies such as yourselves, with your powers?” Baki remarked, grinning slyly.

“Even we aren’t perfect.” Celestia stated, her eyes narrowed as she stomped a hoof. Her horn started to glow gold, and she turned her attention to the monster in the room. The beast took a step forward, the sands held within its hourglass frame shifting as it did.

“Don’t bother. Magic is useless on our pet.” Maki stated, still grinning horribly.

Celestia grinned at the unicorns. “I’m not charging a magic blast.” She said.

“Then what are you doing with that horn?” Baki asked, brow arched. As soon as he asked, the princess’s horn ceased glowing.

“That’s none of your concern.” Cadance hissed, flaring her wings wide. The monster’s horn glowed again, and the pink alicorn found her wings suddenly limp at her sides.

“Oh, please. Our pet can disable your magic and wings. You’re all powerless against us now.” Maki taunted, his grin widening. Before he could say anymore, a deafening boom resonated outside the castle, and this was followed by a rainbow-hued trail that appeared from behind the Aliglass-Q and crashed into him. The unicorn found himself careening towards the stairs, landing on his side with a rainbow-maned pegasus pinning him down.

A growl came next, and this was followed by a bear and a pair of vultures suddenly coming up behind Baki in an attempt to swipe him with their deadly claws. The monster’s horn began to glow, but before it could react, it roared as Applejack turned around behind its orb and kicked it with all her might. The monster began to spin, its magic finally wearing off of Cadance and the armed ponies, and it stopped with its orb positioned right before the lot.

Nagare’s sword began to glow. “Could you all please make some room?” He asked, and immediately, his friends obliged. Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Shining did the same thing. Spitfire took to the air. Poising the weapon in his front hooves and spreading his wings wide, he charged forward. The blade quickly quintupled in size before all, and it slammed into the orb and shattered it with ease.

The monster uttered a final cry before it vanished from the world, and Nagare’s sword returned to normal. The group turned around to see Rainbow Dash get flung away as Maki rose to stand. His eyes glowed gold in fury, and fire quickly writhed all of his body in its searing blaze. Likewise, Baki’s form was encased in navy volts, and his eyes were glowing bluish-white. Horns were charging, and both howled in fury.

Just then, geysers of water appeared from nowhere and drenched the two stallions, causing one to radiate steam off his body and the other to convulse as his own volts shocked him. Twilight and the rest of her friends appeared in the room, as did Raki, whose horn had been glowing.

Both stallions, after shaking themselves, glared at the mare. “You traitorous bitch!” They cried in unison, only for a lightpost-pony and two-legged trashcan to appear out of nowhere and flank their former ally.

“Try me--you’re outnumbered.” Raki hissed back, the trashcan going up to Baki in an attempt to pin him. The lightpost went to the other unicorn and began swinging its head to and fro, very narrowly missing him as he dodged.

Before they could be hit, the duo teleported away. The trashcan and lightpost went back to their maker and stood at her sides like diligent guards, and the bear and vultures went back to Fluttershy. The bear picked up the yellow pegasus and cradled her in his front legs, breathing out a sigh of relief after that.

Tenmei looked at the bear holding the pegasus, and his eyes went wide. “How do you do that without getting mauled?” He asked.

“My...my talent is being able to talk to animals. Harry really likes to hold me like this sometimes.” Fluttershy answered, a sheepish grin on her face. Harry the bear nodded, smiling warmly. The vultures did this as well.

Slowly, the nobles came back into the room once they realized the coast had been cleared. A few guards came to Celestia, all three of whom had flattened ears.

“If it’s about Blueblood, disregard my earlier orders, as well as those of Luna. The one you dragged away had been nothing more than an illusion sent to fool me.” Celestia stated, nodding to the guards.

“Alright, Your Majesty. We’ll tell the other guards to let him be.” Spoke one guard before trotting away.

The lightpost watched the nobles intently, only to get a nudge from Raki’s hoof. “Leave them alone, they’re not doing anything.” She said, and the lightpost nodded. The trashcan caught on and nodded as well.

A pegasus in a blue and yellow jumpsuit flew into the room with the bucket that was in the Wonderbolt Academy on his back. The bucket was cursing and throwing a hissyfit, bound by ropes to keep it from getting away. Spitfire let her hooves touch ground, watching as the pegasus who came in had done the same thing.

“That thing causing trouble again?” Spitfire asked. The pegasus nodded. The orange mare then looked at Raki. “Hey, can I borrow your trashcan for a moment?”

“Sure.” Raki replied, nodding to her pet before it made its way towards the pegasus. Spitfire grabbed the bucket by the rope, lifted the lid off of the trashcan, and threw the bucket into it before slamming the lid back onto its frame. A rattling sound was heard as the bucket struggled to break loose, but ultimately failed in doing so.