Starshooter stood in the dirt plot looking down. It was raining, rainfall supplying the ground with drinkable water. The soil immediately sucked it in, causing it to turn a dark brown color. Starshooter hooves slid into the sulky mud, his tears adding water to the already ample supply for the soil.

"We didn't make it." Starshooter said over and over again. He was deeply enveloped in despair and worry over his brother's whereabouts.

Fluttershy sat under a tree, away from the dirt. She didn't know what to think of the whole situation. One of her best friends was missing, along with her newfound big brother. And there her little brother was, crying his eyes out, lamenting it. She wanted to do something about it, but what could someone like her do against someone who took both Rarity and Dark Side down at the same time. She curled into a fetus position and wept.

Starshooter began walking back to comfort his big sister when something fast, metal, and sharp zoomed by his face, cutting it so quickly he didn't notice until moments afterward.

"Augh!" Starshooter yelped as he jumped out of the mud, wiping blood off his muzzle. The continuous rain stung his cut, but at that point it didn't matter. What did matter is what that blue creature was in the tree across from them.

The creature jumped from that tree to the ground, it's fist sticking into the shallow mud. As it knelt at that stationary position, it's red scarf flowing in the gray rain. It looked up slowly, showing it's mechanical eyes as the glowed yellow, it grabbing a katana from it's back sheath, the silver gleaming in the shallow daylight. The shuriken on it's head glistened as he rushed at Starshooter, who began to fly into the air to avoid the assault, unintentionally leaving Fluttershy with no protection.

Fluttershy, hearing faint, muddy footsteps looked up quickly, only to see a blue blur with a red material on it's neck rushing at her at unimaginable speeds. Fluttershy quickly dipped out of the way as the robot smashed its katana through a tree, creating an air blade that knocked over the tree with a huge crunch sound.

It turned around, looking at it's intended targets as Starshooter held Fluttershy in his hooves, even though he was the injured one.

"I am Shadow Man of Dr. Albert's Battalion: 3rd Sector." The robot said in a plain, calm voice. It's voice was almost soothing to Fluttershy, and would have been, if she didn't have the knowledge that it was attempting to brutally kill her and her brother. "You are Fluttershy and Starshooter, correct?"

"Uh... yeah, what of it?" Starshooter said, showing a little vanity in his voice.

"You two are targets assigned by my masters. You two will only get in the way. The like of you must be..." Shadow Man said, stopping in the middle of his sentence. Very suddenly he swooped over the Fluttershy and grabbed her head with his palm. "Eliminated!!!" Shadow Man finished as he violently slammed Fluttershy's head into the ground. Luckily for her, the rain had softened the soil, but the pain was still immense.

"Aaaeeeiii!" Fluttershy yelled as Shadow Man pulled out a giant shuriken that was hanging off his back. He raised it high in the air, about to slash her when Starshooter speared Shadow Man, rushing at him and tackling him at the waist. As the two of the fell, Fluttershy quickly made a move towards the two, hoping she remembed a few Jutsu she read out of a Forbidden Book Celestia gave Twilight on chakra.

Fluttershy began to switch her front hooves around in a semi-awkward fashion, finishing with her hoof smashing into the ground in front of her. "Water Style: Mud Dragon Missile!" Fluttershy said a bit reluctantly at first, but when she saw a large mass of mud rise up she finished. The mud transformed into the shale of a dragon. Fluttershy was amazed, but for whatever reason, the other two were not as they were busy upside each other's heads.

"Say your prayers!" The mud-covered robot said as he raised his katana high with both hands as his legs held down Starshooter. Suddenly a giant blast of mud rushed at him at high speeds, forcing him off Stsrshooter, but blasting him In the process. The force of the mud blasted him into a nearby tree, crushing him until he was halfway forced into the tree.

Shadow Man felt himself loosing consciousness. He knew the water had gotten into his system. As a last resort, he tossed his giant shuriken at the two Fluttershy quickly jumped out of the way, but Starshooter was grazed deeply on the neck by it. Blood began pouring out as Fluttershy rushed to his side, before Shadow Man exploded into several energy spheres, which then flew off somewhere in the distance.

As Applejack lie there, feeling helpless as Apple Bloom fought the remorseless Heat Man, she felt a power growing inside of her. Then, multiple power spheres rushed into her body. A white explosion ensued, causing everyone else n the room to look at Applejack. As the light cleared, Applejack's mane had turned pink and her body had turned purple. Suddenly a shuriken appeared in her hand as she smirked.

"Step back Apple Bloom. He's mine."

Author's Note

Yeah sorry it took awhile, got school and all of that. Hopefully my choice of Applejack's power isnt that bad.