Goodlands and Applejack

Relying on the fact that the Jackal seemed to love hearing his own voice Goodlands kept him talking, and while he was talking Goodlands nudged Spike ever so slightly so as to get his attention.
"When i say now, head for Twilight, and destroy that necklace." he barely whispered out of the corner of his mouth so only Spike could here him. To which Spike gave the smallest of nods.
"Power is all that matters in this wretched world. The Jackal will have that power. No Princess will ever be able to match The Jackal once he has succeeded." again he began his maniacal laughter. He threw his right hand up into the air. White hot flame's began burning in the palm of his hand, it was surrounded by electricity.
Goodlands took his hat off and whispered "Now.." as the Jackal started moving his hand towards the ceiling. Spike nodded and dashed with all his might towards Twilight.
Goodlands began building his own energy which began to make his head hurt, his teeth were clenched and it felt as though they were going to crack from the pressure. His eyes were fixed on the Jackal, and his brows were furrowed, he pulled as much as he could, and put it directly into the blast that came out of him. It was wild and potent but not very concentrated thus it was weaker once it finally hit him. Boom! At that same moment the Jackal dropped his arm and aimed it at Goodlands.
"YUAGH!" exclaimed the Jackal as his magic erupted towards Goodlands eating away at the power he'd just sent towards the Jackal. Not much of Goodlands magic hit the Jackal, so it did little to him. On the other hand Goodlands tried to dodge the on coming magic which hit his left shoulder and burned all the way down his body, burning his tail even. Goodlands landed on the ground with a heavy thud. Something small fell out of his pocket.
About two feet away Spike dove for the necklace around Twilight's neck, clutching it in his grasp he flew around her taking her down as he fell towards the floor. The wind knocked out of him, he tried as best as he could to yank it off her, but he couldn't due to Twilight using her magic to unclasp his grip.
"Not today little nuisance." said the Jackal as he picked Spike up and tossed him away from Twilight, he landed on the ground and rolled towards the opposite wall. "Remove these pests." The Jackal commanded and the girls immediately started towards them, as the Jackal turned slowly towards Goodlands.
Goodlands slowly got up, trying to stop the pounding in his ears. He shakily stood and stared at the Jackal as best he could.
"Such a valiant effort. Pity it was so weak." the Jackal spat him.
Goodlands quickly looked around for the others, Derpy seemed to be doing her best to avoid Fluttershy, as Gilda was doing her best to fend off Rainbow Dash. Trixie was dealing with Rarity, but was about to get flanked from Pinkie Pie, and Twilight was advancing on Spike who was just now getting up. This wasn't going at all how Goodlands had imagined. Wait a second he thought, where was.. His eyes grew big as he seen conformation on the Jackals face. He quickly turned to his left to see Applejack approaching him, her eyes were a dull grey color, blank and staring off into the distance.
"Applejack, please this isn't you." he said backing up "you've got to listen love, you need to snap out of it." he said as he caught the Jackal out of the corner of his eye pointing to the small sphere lying a short ways away from where he was standing. Still backing up he noticed a slight pink glow around it, and assumed the Jackal had made Twilight pick it up for him.
"Stop!" commanded the Jackal, and the girls stopped immediately. He looked intently at the little sphere in his hand, it gave off a small soft glow "The Jackal wonders what this is?" he said holding up the small sphere "Great annoyance" he said pointing towards Goodlands "what is this?"
"I'll tell you, but only if you release them." said Goodlands looking around, the others were in a bad spot. The Jackal laughed bitterly at this.
"How noble." he mocked "Sadly The Jackal believes that he will figure this little puzzle out regardless. It was worth a try for sure, but ultimately you are unnecessary.. Remove them." he said turning away from Goodlands.
Again Applejack started towards Goodlands, who kept backing up until he collided with the cavern wall.
"Applejack please, you need to snap out of this, your friends are in danger and they need you." he said as he started to push her with his front hooves. "Applejack." he said as he pushed with all his might.

As the Jackal looked at the small sphere he began to feel something, was this power? Was he in fact gaining power? No, he felt strange, weaker perhaps. Could this sphere be draining him? Was that even possible? By the time he realized his folly it was too late. It was actually absorbing his energy, taking it in at a rapid rate. He was starting to feel light headed, 'this was impossible' he thought. His eyes began to widen.
"APPLEJACK!" Goodlands exclaimed directly into her face. His front hooves slipped and he fell forward, as he did his right hoof caught the necklace, and pulled it away from her causing it to shatter. His eyes widened as Applejack's eyes quickly focused on their mouths connecting. A small red tint appeared around both their cheeks as she pulled away.
"What in Equestria?" Applejack blurted out "whats going on, where are we?" she asked giving a small look around. She dropped her voice really low "were we just, uh kissing?"
"Your friends are in trouble, the cavern where The Jackal resides, and yes.." he responded in rapid succession "now's not the time, we need to save your friends." he pointed over to the others.
"Whoa nelly!" she exclaimed "whats going on with them?" she asked looking over the mayhem.
"Those necklaces, their controlling your friends. They need to be destroyed." they looked at each other and nodded. Using his magic he removed the necklace from Rarity just as she was hit in the head by a rock that had been magically thrown at her by Trixie.
"Ouch! What ever did you do that for?" she exclaimed glaring at Trixie. She used her own magic to pick up a rock to hurl back when Trixie's eyes grew big.
"No you have it all wrong, you were attacking first.." she said backing up.
"Rarity, she's on your side. Help remove the necklaces around your friends necks." Yelled Goodlands as he rushed over to help Derpy who was being cornered by Fluttershy. "Remove her necklace Derpy!" he yelled in her direction, to which she swiped at Fluttershy and hit the necklace. It shattered and Fluttershy blinked a couple times then looked at Derpy.
"Oh, I'm so sorry.. Whats going on?" she asked as Derpy began to quickly fill her in on the current predicament. Looking over they noticed Trixie had Pinkie Pie encircled with her magic as Rarity was using her magic to destroy the necklace. Gilda was wrestling with Rainbow Dash and pulled the necklace off her mid grapple.
"Where am I?!" Rainbow Dash blurted out, she looked dazed but not to worse for wear.
"I did it!" yelled Spike as he managed to pull the necklace off Twilight.
"Spike?" she asked looking confused "whats going on?"
"Long story, we'll explain later. We need to get Discord, and get out of here." he said pointing to Discord.
"How did he get in there?" she asked looking over at the cell.
"Um, you put him there." he said in a small voice.
"Oh. Um, oops." she said readying her magic to release him. Swoosh! Magic narrowly missed Twilight as it flew past her. It would have hit her had Spiked not pushed her out of the way.
"We can do that later." he said pointing over to the Jackal who was generating more magic.
"This wretched thing is of no use." said the Jackal as he threw the sphere in his hand away. "Little nuisance!" he yelled aiming his hand at Spike, "you have lost The Jackal his servant!" as magic came towards him, Twilight stepped between them and used her own magic to battle with his. They met mid air and sparks and electricity flew away as the two collided and tried to over power one another.
"Every pony, a little help!" Spike yelled to the others who all ran over to where Twilight was standing.
"Shall we?" asked Rarity as she to used her magic to pick up rocks and threw them at the Jackal. Trixie followed in suit and Applejack kicked several rocks towards him as well. Pinkie Pie hurled several her self while Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Derpy all flew over top of the Jackal to pelt him with rocks as well.
With his other hand the Jackal covered himself with a magical barrier that threw the rocks back towards their owners.
"Keep at it girls." said Goodlands who started powering up his own broken horn to aid Twilight. Ducking and dodging the girls kept tossing, and kicking rocks towards him. Gilda flew over and tried to drop a large rock on his head but it flew away in a rapid motion, to which she had to dodge.
"He.. Seemed... Like... Such... a... Pushover!" said Twilight as she focused her energy on him.
BOOOM! The raw but unfocused power of Goodlands flew over causing the Jackal to use both his hands to push back the powers that were being aimed at him.
"Now girls, hit him with everything you've got." said Spike as he began to build up fire in his throat. Pinkie Pie grabbed his tail and pulled causing a blast of green fire to be aimed at him, while Applejack kicked several stones at him. Derpy, Fluttershy, Gilda, and Rainbow Dash flew overhead throwing stones down on him.
Rarity and Trixie were using their magic to do the same. Then several things happened at once, the rocks made contact, as he now had no barrier, Spikes fire engulfed him, and both Goodlands and Twilight's magic hit him full on in the chest. He flew back several feet and landed with a heavy thud, causing dirt and dust to fly up around him.
"Did we get him?" asked Applejack leaning forward to see if he was breathing.
"I think so." said Twilight, breathing heavy from the strain. "Discord." she said heading over to where he was sitting, playing a game of cards.
"Oh remembered me, did you? Could you get me out of here. I thinks its a one way ticket into here, I've tried teleporting several times, but to little avail. Unless someone from the outside disturbs this barrier, i think I'm stuck in here." he said poking at the magical barrier. Twilight used her magic to lower the barrier, and Discord touched it as he passed through it. "Tastes like gooseberry." he said smacking his lips. A rumble off to their rights made all of them jump.
"If The Jackal is to fall, so shall you all." he said standing up and raising his arms out wide, magic pulsing around him.
"You shall all perish, you pestilent, pernicious, PONIES!" he yelled "YAUGH!" a giant shock wave emitted from him, as the whole cavern begun to shake violently.
"Ever pony, on me!" yelled Twilight who created a semi-sphere of magic surrounding them all.
"There is no escape, Twilight Sparkle. The Jackal will pursuit you, TO THE ENDS OF EQUESTRIA!" he bellowed as he began to build energy up for another attack.
Rocks were falling from the ceiling smashing into the magic round them. They harmlessly fell to the ground and landed nearby.
"Discord, could you teleport us out of here please?" Twilight asked holding the magic as best as she could. Goodlands knew that the Jackal was going to hold to that threat, and thus he promptly kissed Applejack on the cheek and headed out of the circle.
"Goodlands no!" Applejack yelled as Goodlands broke through the magic barrier, running directly towards the Jackal.
"Go! You don't have long." he yelled back and collided with the Jackal at around his abdomen.
"Filthy bane of existence!" said the Jackal as he grabbed Goodlands by the back of the neck.
"GO!" he yelled once more to the others. The Jackal slung him towards the opposite direction, he flew with incredible speed. Off in the distance they heard a loud boom..
"GOODLANDS!" Applejack screamed as the Jackal turned towards them once more. An evil grin was playing on his face, as he began to advance on them.
"DISCORD!" yelled Twilight gritting her teeth as she held the bubble of protection as best she could. Just before they disappeared a massive boulder landed on the Jackal.
"Eww nasty." exclaimed Pinkie Pie, and with a loud 'POP' they were now floating high up above the island which was sinking rapidly into the ocean.
"A maelstrom.." Discord said, and with another 'POP' they were landing back in the castle in Canterlot.
"GIRLS!" said Celestia walking over to them, relief covering her face.