Equestria Wars: The Magic Unleashed IV

Chapters

Prologue
Chapter 1: Arriving at Camp Everfree
Chapter 2: Camp Introductions
Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted
Chapter 4: Spooky Campfire Story
Chapter 5: Encounter
Chapter 6: New Equestrian Magic
Chapter 7: Discoveries
Chapter 8: Working on the Dock
Chapter 9: The Truth
Chapter 10: Confrontation
Chapter 11: The Ball

Prologue

Once upon a time in a magical land of Equestria....

The Magic Unleashed IV

Not long after the battle against Midnight Sparkle, Principle Celestia proposes a field trip. With the funding of nobles Mephiles and Mana, the school goes on their field trip to the Everfree Forest.

However, with evil luring about, a shadow comes to stop the darkness that residents in the forest. Evil within the forest draws a close return and the shadow may be the only thing to helping save the heroes of Canterlot High.

Plagued by nightmares, Charming Thunder worries about Twilight as he and his new friends of Canterlot High make their way to Camp Everfree....

Chapter 1: Arriving at Camp Everfree

Charming Thunder walked through a dark and wet cave wearing his camp uniform with red long sleeves on it. Sound of animals and water was heard as he walked through the cave. As he walked past a jungle of vines, he heard a noise behind him coming from the other side of the vines. He stopped and decided to look through the vines to see what the noise was when suddenly, the other human self of Charming Thunder popped out trying to reach for him. Another grabbed his shoulder as Charming Thunder activated his lightsaber and turned to see them. He then deactivated his lightsaber as he heard them crying for help. They then froze in place as he walked past them to venture deeper in the cave. Another sound was heard as he ventured deeper and deeper until he encountered Midnight Sparkle grabbing Twilight Sparkle. "I'll always be there waiting in the darkest shadows of your mind!" Midnight said. Charming Thunder was shocked on seeing her hurting Twilight. "I'll be back, Twilight! And this time, I won't stop until I have all the magic!" She was then absorbed into Twilight and she transformed into Midnight Sparkle herself.

"NO!!!" Charming Thunder shouted as Midnight turned to face him.

"Come to save your girlfriend, hm? I'm afraid that she is not here at the moment." Midnight grabbed her lightsaber and activated it as Charming Thunder did the same thing with anger in his eyes. Charming Thunder struck first when Midnight approached. Midnight continued to block the incoming strikes and took an oputunity to grab his arm with the blade in hand and chop off his arm. Charming Thunder screamed in pain as he got to his knees. "Your friendship with Twilight makes you weak, Charming." She then raised her blade and delivered the blow.

Charming Thunder woke up fast and breathed deeply and checked to see if his arm was still intact. He sighed with relief and turned to Twilight. "You alright, love?" Twilight asked; worried.

"Yeah," Charming Thunder replied. "Just another nightmare."

"Me too."

"Midnight?"

"Yup."

"Attention, students, we're almost there," Principle Celestia announced. "But before we arrive, we just wanted to say how proud we are of you for raising enough money to go on this class field trip."

"When we were your age, we made some of our favorite memories in these woods, and we're sure you will, too," Luna added.

"Now who's excited for Camp Everfree?!" Everyone in the bus cheered as the ride to the camp continued. Charming Thunder looked out of the window next to him with a little worry. Twilight placed a hand on his shoulder to cheer him up.

"You want to talk about it?" Twilight asked.

"Not here," Charming Thunder said. "Not now."

"When we reach camp?" Charming Thunder turned to face Twilight.

"Deal." Both Twilight and Charming Thunder shook hands as they sat in the bus ride.

Arriving at the camp grounds, Charming Thunder helped the students while Twilight was with her friends. "Isn't Camp Everfree just beautiful?" Fluttershy asked. "I can't wait until we have our first nature walk."

"I definitely wanna go on one of those," Spike said.

"You wanna see all the adorable woodland creatures, too?"

"Yeah! Specifically squirrels. More specifically, so I can chase 'em!" Spike barked and panted for joy.

"I'm just lookin' forward to roughin' it.," Applejack said. "I'm gonna make my own shelter, forage for food..."

"Uh, you know they provide us with food and tents, right?" Rainbow said.

"Yup! Still gonna forage though."

"I'm just after some R&R," Rarity said with a sigh. "The past year has all been a bit too much for my tastes."

"I'll say!" Pinkie added. "We fought three evil sirens who tried to hypnotize everybody with their singing, one ridiculously competitive rival school, and two demon friends!" Charming Thunder turned as he heard what was said. "Uh, no offense."

"None taken," Sunset said. She leaned towards Twilight. "You'll get used to it."

"Yep," Applejack said. "Canterlot High has become a regular magic magnet. Gonna be nice gettin' away to a place where we don't have to worry about that kinda stuff." Charming Thunder approached Twilight as Flash arrived with her backpack.

"Here you go, Twilight," Flash said.

"Thanks," Twilight said. "It's...Flash, right?"

"Yup, that's me! And you're you. And we don't know each other very well."

"Right. I guess I'll... see you around."

"What's his deal?" Charming Thunder asked as he received his backpack from Vinyl.

"You know how there's that girl who looks just like you when she's here but lives in another dimension and she's a pony princess?" Sunset explained.

"Uh-huh."

"Flash kinda had a... thing for her."

"That explains it," Charming Thunder said as he went through his bag to make sure he didn't forget anything. Twilight noticed that he brought his helmet with and walked up to him.

"You promised not to wear the suit again," Twilight said.

"Just in case of an emergency, Twilight. I promise." P.A feedback was heard as students covered their ears from how loud it was.

"Hey, everyone!" a female said from the P.A. "If you could start heading to the courtyard, that would be rad! It's time to start the best week of camp ever!"

"Guess we will talk about earlier later, Twilight." Twilight nodded as they made their way to the courtyard together.

Chapter 2: Camp Introductions

Everyone heard a honk and looked, seeing a black limo arriving. Vice Principle Luna smiled and began to approach the limo and when it parked, the door of a limo opened and a foot came up. Then a figure came out and Charming Thunder, along with his friends, had their jaws drop as they see a dark skinned teenage boy coming out. The teenage boy wore a dark Blue shirt that has the purple symbol on the front of it, black hoodie on with combined 'DE' symbol on the back of it. He wears black pants and wore black and white shoes. The teenager wears black biker gloves that were fingerless. He wears a purple medallion around his neck. His lower hands, lower legs, entire chest and upper stomach, and entire left and half middle head were covered with blue cyber metal and had purple circuit pathways. His left pupil, the robotic eye, was color of purple and his right eye color is neon green. Only Vice Principle Luna, Principle Celestia, Charming Thunder, and his friends knew who this was. This was Danny Eclipse. "Danny, I'm so glad you could make it!" Luna stated with a smile. Danny smiled and hugged Luna and when the hug ended, he looks at them. His cybernetic eye begin to look at them. But suddenly, Charming Thunder noticed that Danny's cybernetic eye lands on him and stared at him for a few moments before acting normal.

"Allow me to introduce myself," Danny said to the crowd and bowed. "My name is Danny Eclipse, the son of the Mephiles and Mana. Vice Principle Luna, here, is my godmother and requested me to be here." Danny grinned. "But I brought some friends with me." He stood back up straight from the bow and looked at the limo. "You can come out now." A foot stepped out and everyone was surprised when they see another Danny come out of the limo. The two went side-by-side with each other and stared at the group, who were shocked to see them.

"I'll let you guess," the Danny on the right said.

"Which one is the real me," the Danny on the left added.

"Oh! Oh! Pick me! Pick me!" Pinkie shouted as she jumped with her hand raised. Both Dannys gave the 'go ahead' gesture and Pinkie pointed at the Danny that was the first to get out, the right one. "You are a teenage girl who is a doppelganger of Sunset Shimmer!"

"Pinkie, darling, your answer is totally wrong," Rarity said. "They have to be twins."

"Actually..." The left Danny stated when suddenly, the right Danny's eyes changed and had a demonic grin on his face and a flash of red light. The light ended and everyone looked before having a shocked expression when they, indeed, see a teenage girl who resembled Sunset but different.

"I knew it!!" Pinkie shouted. "I was right!"

"We rise from the ashes," the duplicate of Sunset said with a demonic voice.

"Oh hey," a voice said as everyone besides Trixie and everyone jerked to looked.

A light of flash occurred with the voice crying out, "MAGIC MARE!!!" When the light ended, everyone sees a doppelganger of Trixie floating next to said girl with a smile. The doppelganger flashed blue and appeared to the left side of Danny. When the shock ended, Charming Thunder and the others got into a fighting position. Danny looked at them.

"You guys looked like you want to fight," Danny said.

"We don't like demons and such and we tend to take care of them," Rainbow said before looking at Sunset and Twilight. "No offense."

"Are you threatening me?" Charming Thunder was about reply when they heard a sound of a gun being drawn. They looked at the source, which was on top of a roof, and they see doppelgangers of Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Derpy. The doppelgangers of Rainbow and Derpy were cyborgs and the Rainbow clone had a gun aimed at them and grinned. Suddenly, they heard a shotgun reloading sound and looked, seeing the doppelgangers of Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack.

"Pills!" the duplicate of Applejack said with excitement, which drew the attention of her comrades with a frown. The crowd began to realize that they were surrounded and Charming Thunder was about to take action with his lightsaber when he heard swords drawn and everyone looked, and to the horror of Twilight and the girls, standing before them with two swords drawn and smiling like a maniac was a doppelganger of Twilight Sparkle. Finally, they see three more girls coming out of the limo and were shocked to see the doppelgangers of the Dazzlings. The girls looked ready to fight as well.

"Everyone, meet my crew and friends," Danny stated with a smile. "They are; Rarifruit, Fluttershout, Applepills, Pinkis Cupcake, Rainbine, Brutalight Sparcake, Painset Shimmercakes, Magic Mare, Derpigun, Sonica Douskan, Rodagio Dazzsome, and Piria Cakez present." He blinked before looking around then noticing something and chuckled "And of course; Creepy Belle, Francie Bloom, and Karataloo." They followed Danny turned to see Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo talking with their doppelgangers. Danny smiled before looking back at them. "We have two others but they are back at HQ since they are a bit... unstable. It is a pleasure to meet you."

Spike barked as everyone gathered at the camp courtyard to see a girl holding a mic and a man standing next to her. "Hi, everyone! Welcome to Camp Everfree!" the girl said. "I'm Gloriosa Daisy, your camp director! Think of me as your friendly camp and nature guide. And this is my brother, Timber Spruce!" Timber grabbed the mic and did tricks with it.

"Think of me as that awesome guy...who should always be invited to fun things."

"We aim to please, so before we hand out our tent assignments, we'd like to hear from all of you. You're free to do whatever you like here."

"Uh, except hike near the rock quarry. That's off-limits." Timber turned to look at Twilight as Gloriosa continued.

"Y-Yes, but otherwise, your options are wide open. So what activities will make this the very best week of your lives ever?"

"Ooh! Rock climbing!" Rainbow said.

"Done!"

"Archery!"

"Of course."

"Tetherball!"

"Naturally!"

"Rainbow, I know you're excited, but maybe give somebody else a chance to make a suggestion," Sunset said.

"Arts and crafts!" Bulk said. "My mom... needs new pot holders."

"I'll supply the looms!"

"Something I'm interested in," Charming Thunder said to himself.

"Cookie decorating!" Pinkie said.

"Ooh, I do make a mean sugar cookie," Gloriosa said.

"Early morning nature walks?" Fluttershy asked.

"With walking sticks for everyone!"

"Ooh! Me!" Rarity said. "A fashion show! Where I design the most fabulous camp looks inspired by today's hottest trends and have them modeled by my classmates in a gorgeous outdoor setting!"

"A camp tradition." Charming Thunder noticed Gloriosa and Timber talking, but can't make out what since he's standing with Celestia and Luna.

"What about the camp gift?" Celestia asked. "That was my favorite Camp Everfree tradition."

"The camp gift! Of course!" Charming Thunder then began to sense tension between both Timber and Gloriosa as they talked to each other again. "Every year, campers work together to create something useful. A gift for future campers. Working toward this common goal is key to forming the strong bonds that will last well beyond your time here at camp! Which is why it's so important. This gazebo was a gift from last year's group. Oh, oh, oh, and the totem pole and the sundial were also made by campers!"

"The sundial was our year's gift!"

"Even though 'some people' thought it was a little impractical, since the sundial can't be used at night," Luna said.

"You all seem like a-a really amazing group," Gloriosa said. "So I'm certain you'll come up with something inspiring to leave behind." The campers cheered.

"Speaking of leaving things behind, now's the time when we give out tent assignments so you can leave your heavy bags behind," Timber said.

"Uh, girls will be getting their assignments from Timber. Guys, you're with me." Charming Thunder and the other guys went up to Gloriosa as some of them grabbed a card. Charming Thunder was next and grabbed a card with a picture of an aquamarine stone. Danny was next and got the same one as him. Charming Thunder was depressed that Danny is now in the same tent as him. He then looked to see Twilight talking to Timber as the others grabbed a card.

"Looks like you're with me, er Charming was it?" Danny said as he wrapped his arm around Charming Thunder.

"Yes, of course," Charming Thunder said as he removed himself from the arm and walked to their tent.

Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted

Birds were twitting around them, people were talking in the woods, and the sound of Rarity talking about the Fashion Show. Inside the aquamarine tent, however, was different. Charming Thunder was unpacking his things, making sure to hide his armor and helmet from sight. Not only that but he made sure to hide his lightsaber. That is when he heard the entrance move and looked, seeing Danny walking into the tent. When he came in, Danny began to put his bag down and began to unpack. Charming Thunder began to watch and stare as Danny pulled out pictures. The first picture shows a man, a woman, and a teenage boy who was Danny but wasn't a cyborg. The man wore a grey business suit, green eyes, black hair with some grey streaks in them, black pants with fancy black shoes. The man had a smile on his face as he held the full flesh Danny with one of his arms. The woman looked like the man, but it was a female version who had a grey dress, black pants and shoes, as well as had a silver crown on her head that had some green gems. She had a smile and had a arm wrapped around Danny and had a smile on her face of joy. The second picture of Danny that was still flesh and he was with his entire doppelganger crew, but there were a few that Charming Thunder didn't recognized. Like the black and orange dog that with Brutalight and the gothic version of Brutalight. The dog looked like the Doppelganger of Spike. The Brutalight lookalike had grey skin, some purple makeup around her eyes, black hair, and had an electric guitar on her back. There was also doppelgangers of Lightning Dust and Doctor Whooves. The picture looked like they were a great group. "You know, my friends and family are like family to me," Danny said, not even turning to Charming Thunder. "You know how that feels like, don't you?" Charming Thunder turned to look away, blushed in embarrassment for being caught like that and Danny wasn't even looking.

"Well," Charming Thunder replied. "Yeah, I feel it. I love Twilight and I care for Sunset and the girls."

"Do they feel like people you want to protect? Like they were your family?"

"Yes."

"Then be there for them, supporting them." Danny finally finished unpacking and turned to face Charming Thunder. He noticed that Danny's cybernetic eye was not there and suddenly, it came down from the top of the eye and went to look at him. "Especially Twilight, she looks depressed for some reason."

"Was that normal for you? The cybernetic eye appearing from top of the eye?"

"Nope. My cybernetic eye can see everywhere, and with it, I saw you staring."

"Whoa..."

"I recommend being with Twilight more often, she looks like she needs you more than ever." Danny began to walk away and stopped at the entrance. "If you need me, I'll be at the docks. My eye spies a lot of heat signatures converging over there." Charming Thunder followed Danny out of the tent. He decided to look into Danny using the force. When he did, he saw nothing but a black wall in Danny's head. He frowned at this discovery. It was obvious that he was being blocked.

"Danny, what happened to your brain when...this happened to you?" Danny had a sad look and looked at his hands.

"When I became this... my father, Mephiles, funded the government to give me enhanced metal and made me become half cyborg. My entire brain is connected to all sorts of chips, making my brainwaves undetectable and sort of shielded from telepathic people. Why do you ask?"

"Its' nothing. I was wondering with the whole cybernetic eye and all of that."

"Alright, next time, I'll tell you how I got my scars." Danny began to walk ahead and Charming Thunder sighed out in relief.

At the docks, Charming Thunder sat next to Fluttershy as she fed the ducks. "Aren't they the cutest?" Fluttershy said. Charming Thunder nodded as Twilight passed by. The wood on the dock cracked and made Twilight trip, but was caught by Timber.

"I know I'm charming, but you don't have to fall for me," Timber said. Charming Thunder chuckled as he got the joke. He then got up and checked on Twilight.

"You alright?" Charming Thunder said.

"Yeah," Twilight said. "I'm fine thanks to Timber here."

Luna and Celestia checked where Twilight walked and Luna said, "This is a safety hazard. I suggest we close down the dock for the remainder of the camp." The students complained to the fact that the dock will not be used.

"Oh, I'm sure it won't have to be for the remainder of camp," Gloriosa said. "Just needs to be patched up a bit. I've got this!" This gave Applejack a brilliant idea.

"Or maybe we do!" Applejack said. "If you ask me, this whole dock needs to go. Building a new one could be our camp gift. Sure, it would benefit us, but a nice new dock would benefit future campers, too." The students cheered as Charming Thunder nodded.

"I don't know," Timber said. "It's an awful lot of work. I wouldn't want you guys to miss out on doing other fun camp stuff because you're so busy building a dock for future campers."

"Nonsense," Charming Thunder said.

"I hear what you're saying, Timber, but we're Canterlot Wondercolts," Rainbow reassured. "We've got a reputation to uphold! And there was no way we're gonna leave this place without contributing the most awesome camp gift ever! I'm with AJ. Building a new dock is definitely it! What do you guys think?" The students cheered again as an agreement. Charming Thunder then began to sense tension between Timber and Gloriosa just like during the introductions. This is going to be a long first day of camp.

Chapter 4: Spooky Campfire Story

Charming Thunder helped the students with building the dock as Rainbow hammered a nail. "Huh, nice hammer," Applejack said. "Where did you get it?"

"Uh, duh," Rainbow said. "The toolbox?"

"Ha, that's cool. I made mine." Charming Thunder chuckled a little before he continued to work on the dock. He placed down another piece of wood and hammered the nails to seal it down.

"All right, now," Celestia announced. "You've made a lot of progress, but it's going to be getting dark soon. We can pick this up tomorrow between our other camp activities."

"Everyone, get cleaned up, and we'll gather by the fire pit at eight to share s'mores and scary stories!" Gloriosa announced.

"S'mores!" Pinkie said as she held bags of marshmallows.

"Could use a long break anyway," Charming Thunder said as he wiped a sweat and carried the tools he used and put them back in the toolbox.

The students sat around a campfire as Rarity told them a scary story. They ate s'mores as they listened Rarity say, "...And that's when she looked down and realized she was wearing purple socks with a burgundy dress!" Rarity cried out in fear as everyone looked bored, even Danny and Charming were rolling their eyes. Pinkie was eating a lot of marshmallows. Rarity stopped, noticing everyone wasn't even scared. She tried to explain and cried out again but it did no good.

"Uh...that was a terrifying story," Applejack commented, causing Rainbow and Danny to snicker.

"Yeah, I'm terrified she'll try to tell it again," Rainbow said.

"Anyone else have a spooky story?" Luna asked. Danny grinned and got up.

"I have several, but I have one in mind," Danny said. Everyone looked at him and darkness around them seemed to have grown darker. Charming Thunder and Twilight felt a ripple in the force and the dark side had spiked all of a sudden and disappeared the same time it had appeared. "How about I tell you about a Sith known as Darth Nox?" The name alone made Charming Thunder and the girls tense. For what they were told by Danny of Equestria, the Sith were Dark Side users.

"Who is this 'Darth Nox', Danny?" Charming Thunder asked.

"They say he appeared from the shadows, out of the blue. No one knows who he is, but they say he appeared as both a Anti-Hero. They say he shoots lightning out of his fingertips, he disappears into the shadows without a trace, and they say that he is like a sorcerer. There is a legend saying that ghosts fear this hooded masked man, it is said that this man could 'consume' ghosts like a snack and they say his power grows even stronger. Even the government fear him for they tried to send their entire military to capture this man and they say that the weather shot down purple lightning from the sky, they say that tanks, helicopters, even jets were taken down by a flicker of his power." Everyone was in awe by the sound of this power, even Charming Thunder and Twilight were surprised to hear this. "And here is what they say to those who anger him. 'Beware the feeling of dread, the shadows darkening, the signs of black clouds shooting purple lightning, and the glowing blood red eyes staring down to your soul. For you have met with the wraith of evil itself, you have met the dark sorcerer! Darth Nox!" A lot of people screamed in fear of the warning while Danny and the doppelgangers laughed up a storm.

When everyone stopped, Rainbow looked away and muttered, "Probably isn't real."

"Oh, he's real all right. I've only met him once when the man who did this..." He gestured all across his body where the cybernetic parts were at. "...Attempted to kill me. My dad thanked Darth Nox for saving my life, and they say that ever since that day, Darth Nox has been following me like a guardian angel to watch over me for the suffering he could not save me from." This made everyone whisper amongst themselves, even Charming and Twilight were intrigued. Charming, suddenly, felt a feeling of dread and looked over his shoulder. When he did, his eyes widen in surprise. In the shadows of the night, a pair of glowing red eyes were on him and suddenly, the eyes disappeared the moment they appeared to Charming Thunder. He shuddered, thinking that this 'Darth Nox' was more than a false rumor. "Anyone else who could match that?"

"I have one," Timber said. "But I'm warning you, you might as well hug a friend now. That's how scary it is!" The students except Danny hugged the person next to them. Charming Thunder held Twilight's hand in case she got scared. "It's time I told you about the legend of Gaia Everfree. Many years ago, my great-grandparents came to this forest. Seeing its beauty, they decided that it would be the perfect place for a camp. But once they started building, strange things started to happen. One pitch black night, when the wind was howling, a tree branch crashed through the roof of their cabin! They screamed and ran outside, only to see the giant creature rising from the earth! She had wild hair like the roots of a tree. Her mouth had jagged rock teeth and her eyes were pools of black tar. But her aura shimmered like diamonds. Anywhere she went, she left a trail of gem dust in her wake. Trembling, my great-grandparents asked who she was and what she wanted. In a deep and hollow voice, she told them that her name was Gaia Everfree – an ancient spirit who held domain over the forest, and that my great-grandparents were trespassing on her land. They begged her to let them stay and build their camp, to share this wonderful place with others. Gaia Everfree finally agreed but warned them that they would not be able to keep it forever. Someday, she will return and reclaim the forest as her own. So if you see a trail of gem dust, you'll know that it is...Gaia Everfree!" A shadow figure appeared behind him which caused the students except Danny to scream. It turned out to be Gloriosa the whole time.

"Hey, guys!" Gloriosa said. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you!"

"Then why'd you come out of the bushes?" Sunset asked.

"I... took the scenic route, because the forest is beautiful at night. But no one else should do it without a guide, kay? All right, everybody, time to head to your tents."

Snips approached Gloriosa and asked, "Oh, hey, Gloriosa. Do you have extra toothbrushes? I forgot mine."

"Sure do! I'll get one for you."

"I'm scared of the dark!" Snails said, shuddering. "Do you have flashlights?"

"Of course! I got this!" Fluttershy hugged Spike tight after hearing Timber's story.

"Fluttershy?" Spike said as he struggled.

"Sorry, Spike," Fluttershy said. "I guess that story got to me."

"Why?" Applejack asked. "It can't be real."

"I don't know," Rainbow said. "Gaia Everfree could be some creature that got booted from Equestria and ended up in this world. That's what happened with the sirens."

"Sounded more like something that Timber was makin' up just to scare us. At least I hope it was. Last thing I want is to have camp ruined by some power-crazed magical creature."

"Oh, hear-hear," Rarity said in agreement. "We've had to deal with more than our fair share of those. At the Fall Formal, a musical showcase, the Friendship Ga— Well, I mean, you know, everything turned out all right, of course."

"I'm kinda tired," Twilight said as she laid her head on Charming Thunder's chest. "I'm gonna turn in." She then got up and stretched and walked off to her tent. Charming Thunder wanted to say something to her, but he didn't get a chance to since she already took her leave.

"Maybe lay off bringing up what happened at the Friendship Games?" Sunset said. "I think she's still pretty sensitive about it."

"Our lips are sealed," Pinkie said with her mouth full of marshmallows. Charming Thunder had a thought about something which got the girls curious.

"Oh, don't tell me you got scared of Danny's story," Rarity said.

"A little bit," Charming Thunder said. "But I did sense the dark side then it just...vanished real quick before he told the story of Darth Nox."

"Come on, Charming," Rainbow reassured. "It can't be real. Trust me." Charming Thunder smiled and nodded as he got up and walked with his friends back to their tents.

Chapter 5: Encounter

The next day, Charming Thunder was mediating on the floor, Danny was on his head and he looked bored. "Why are you doing that?" Danny asked. "Keep that up and you're going to be as bad as those monks I heard that mediate like this."

"I'm trying to think about something," Charming Thunder said.

"You are, in a way. But your brainwave activity barely even spikes, so that means that you aren't thinking about a lot or something is bothering you." Charming Thunder sighed, he knew there was nothing past Danny's eye. When Charming Thunder was about to answer when he felt Twilight's frustration and a spike of Equestrian magic. He opened his eyes, the force had his armor and lightsaber go into his backpack without Danny noticing, and darted out the tent with it on.

"Hey, where are you going!?" Danny shouted from inside the tent before he got out and gave chase.

Charming Thunder and Danny arrived and saw the boat had crashed into the newly made dock. Danny was looking around until his cybernetic eye stopped at something. When Charming Thunder came into close proximity to Twilight, they felt the ripple once more. They looked around until they both looked into the forest and sees a shadow moving away from the scene and Danny was helping the people out. Charming Thunder looked at Twilight, who nodded and went after it.

Charming Thunder had put his armor and helmet on was running down the path. That is when he began to feel the dark side spike. He looked and see a white hooded figure approach Gloriosa; who was on the ground. He jumped down and grabbed his lightsaber, activating it. The figure stopped and Charming Thunder took a fighting stance. Then, the figure turned around and Charming Thunder saw the same glowing red eyes from within the shadows of the hood looking at him. "Step back, CT," the hooded figure said, which made Charming Thunder mad about that both this figure had filtered his voice to makes it impossible to know who it was, a he or she.

"How about you make me?" Charming Thunder said as he activated his lightsaber.

"Alright, let me show you my power when you mess with Darth Nox." Nox began to slowly step towards Charming. Then, the figure began to charge at Charming. Charming Thunder charged at him and when he thought that Nox was just a pushover, a lightsaber came from Nox's right sleeve and Nox activated, revealing a green with a black core blade. Their blades clashed in a powerful strike. The figure began to slash at Charming Thunder, who was dodging and blocking the attacks. Charming Thunder, then, went to the offensive and punched the figure a few times then knocked the figure forward. Charming Thunder tried use a force choke, but Nox managed to avoid it by flipping to the side and charged forward in a blur. Charming Thunder and Nox began to clash blades, shockwave after shockwave was created. "You having fun?" Nox said. "Because I am."

"Don't mock me!" Charming Thunder tried to enhance his strikes with force push, but Nox managed to prevent the strikes from hitting. Charming Thunder finally had it and force pushed the figure away. However, Nox landed on the first tree and was literally standing on it, shocking Charming Thunder completely. The shockwave of the force push had shattered the bark on the tree, but Nox was still standing on it.

"Time to blow you into the water!" Nox jumped towards Charming Thunder and fired a powerful force push and made Charming Thunder fly backwards into the water.

Everyone, including Danny, had finally managed to get the boat back to shore. However, they heard a shockwave and everyone looked, seeing the armored Charming Thunder flying to shore and he began to roll and landed on the ground with a thud. "Charming!" Twilight and the other girls shouted and began to rush to him, but was stopped by purple lightning flying around them.

Danny gasped and began to back off as he said, "It's Darth Nox!" The people began to shiver in fear and they heard footsteps, everyone looked and see Darth Nox coming out of the forest, his lightsaber in hand.

"Had enough yet?" Nox said. Charming began to get up, his helmet broken off completely. Charming Thunder was scowling in anger. Charming activated his lightsaber and the force shook in his position, Charming Thunder was serious now.

"Not even close," Charming Thunder said. The figure fired balls of lightning at him while he replied with force pushes. Nox dodged Charming Thunder's last attack and fired a stream of lightning at him. Charming Thunder blocked it with his lightsaber then jumped to slam a slash at Nox. Nox flipped backwards then Charming Thunder charged. The two clashed blades together, both perfectly countering each other like they were master swordsmen. Once they finished, the two backed off. The two stared before Nox put away his lightsaber.

"You're a good opponent Charming Thunder. We will see each other, very soon. I'll be closer than you may think." A small black tornado surrounded Nox before Charming Thunder and the others could stop it, the black tornado dissipate and Nox was gone.

"He's gone!!" Pinkie shouted and began to look just in case and found no trace. "He's even better than Trixie at disappearing!" Trixie huffed in annoyance.

"He's no more than just a simple Trixie wannabe!" Trixie said.

"Told you he was real," Danny said. Twilight and the others didn't care and went to Charming Thunder to see if he was alright. He wondered why Nox was after Gloriosa in the first place. He got up when he saw Twilight run off into the forest. He used the force to heal himself up and then ran after her.

Chapter 6: New Equestrian Magic

Charming Thunder walked through the forest to search for Twilight and found her sitting on the log crying. He then walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder which made her jump. "Oh, it's you," Twilight said. "If you're here to bring me back, I'll be there in a few. Just need some alone time."

"Twilight, I know something is wrong," Charming Thunder said as he sat down next to Twilight. "Why did you run off?" Twilight got up and walked towards a pond.

"I fear that it was me who destroyed the dock. Everyone thinks it was Gaia, but it's not."

"I sensed you use magic earlier, but it wasn't the case of the destruction of the dock. I think it's Darth Nox."

"He was powerful than you when you faced him. I don't want you to get hurt."

"You worry a lot. Just like the time of the...well... you know."

"You just don't understand. I think Midnight is trying to regain control of me. I just had another one of those dreams about of her."

(Note: Sung to the tune of the Hunchback of Notre Dame’s Someday)

Sung by Twilight Sparkle and Charming Thunder

I used to believe
In the days I was obsessed
That I’d be able to see
A day without magic
And with all these dreams
Long before the morning comes
I fear I will loose control
It will come when she comes

Someday
When we are wiser
When this world is older
What we have learned
I pray
Someday it will come to pass
Both dreams and visions

Someday
Life could be fairer

Life could be fairer

Need could be rarer

Midnight will not stop

Midnight will soon stop

Guide me

Through the darkness

On its way

Let it come
Someday

Charming Thunder walked up to Twilight and held her hand. "You know that won't happen. Not while I'm around, Twilight."

When this is all over
When things have changed

Someday
These dreams will all come true
Til then, we’ll
Wish under the stars
Change will come

One day

Someday

Soon

Twilight and Charming Thunder's foreheads met eachother softly as they smiled. "Ready to go back?" Charming Thunder asked.

"I am," Twilight replied as she and Charming Thunder held hands and walked through the forest back to camp.

Charming Thunder and Twilight were almost back at camp as Charming Thunder encouraged Twilight along the way. "Just keep it together," Charming Thunder said. "Take deep breaths. You are not a monster." They then noticed Timber and both screamed.

"Oh, hi," Twilight said; chuckling. "What are you doing here?"

"Looking for you two," Timber said.

"Oh, we just went on a nature walk and got a little lost."

"We were?" Charming Thunder said before he got hit by Twilight's elbow on the arm. "Oh, yes we did."

"Let me show you the way," Timber said. "I'm kind of an expert at these woods. I've lived here my whole life."

"That must have been nice," Twilight said. "Growing up at a camp."

"Yeah, though it has its downsides. When I was younger, I wished we'd sell this place so we could live in a town like normal people."

"Really?"

"I was ten. I really wanted to hang out at the mall." Both Twilight and Timber giggled at the thought except Charming Thunder who rolled his eyes. "I've never told that to anyone. You must be special. And not just because you have tree branch in your hair." Charming Thunder and Twilight noticed the tree branch and Twilight pulled it out of her hair carefully.

"How long has that been in there?"

"Not long. Just the whole time we were talking."

"Well, why didn't you say something?"

"Maybe it's because you were too distracted," Charming Thunder said. The three continued their walk out of the forest to get back to camp.

"Rock climbing is all about perseverance and trust." Principle Celestia stated to Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow "Rarity, you can trust that Applejack will spot you."

When Celestia left them, Rainbow complained to Rarity and Applejack. "Yeah, so you can totally go faster than you're going." Applejack glared at Rainbow.

"Rainbow Dash!" Applejack said.

"Sorry. I've been waiting to do this since we got here. I would ask Danny if he could spot me but he said that he wanted to explore the forest alone."

"Well, you have to wait a little longer, darling," Rarity said. Rainbow Dash scowled and turned, just in time to see Charming Thunder and Twilight approaching. "Oh, good! Twilight, if you spot me, I can finally go." Twilight tried to protest but Rainbow didn't let her get the chance. "I'll go get another harness."

"I'm not sure---" Twilight said.

"Where is Danny?" Charming Thunder asked.

"Danny went to explore the forest, went alone and he seemed to be serious for some reason," Applejack answered. "Believe it or not but Rainbow was actually hoping to spend some more time with Danny. Been doing that a lot since the beginning." Sunset Shimmer came out of the forest, holding Spike.

"Twilight, there you are!" Sunset said. "I was looking for you!" Before they could ask, they began to feel rumble and Charming Thunder felt a spike of magic. He noticed that it wasn't Twilight so something had happened. Some students were screaming.

"Is that an earthquake?" Spike asked.

"We aren't near any fault lines," Twilight said.

"I do hope Danny wasn't anywhere near the source," Charming Thunder added.

Before anyone could reply, a student known as Bulk Biceps shouted, "Hey! Who left this crystaly dusty stuff here?!" Charming Thunder looked at them before hearing Rarity yelping from above and he looked.

"I-I believe I'd like to come down now!" Rarity shouted down to Applejack. Applejack nods and tried to help her down but the cable was jammed and she struggles to move it.

"Sorry, it's a little bit stuck," Applejack said. Applejack tried to see if she could jerk it up but a orange glow surrounded Applejack's hands and when she pulled, she made Rarity go even higher, making her scream. At the last second, Applejack managed to catch the cable and stopped it from making Rarity from hitting the ground.

Rarity, who had her eyes closed in fear, turned to Applejack and screamed, "Applejack! What are you doing?!" Celestia came over.

"Is everything okay over there?" Celestia asked.

"Uh, I don't know what happened," Applejack explained. "I didn't even pull the rope that hard. It's like she was light as a feather all of a sudden." Rarity was breathing heavily and glared at Applejack.

"I was scared half to death!" Rarity said.

"It wasn't my fault! Let me help you get your harness out."

"No, thank you!" When Rarity pushed her hands forward to stop Applejack, a giant diamond wall appeared and pushed Applejack away, making her scream. After a bit, Applejack came out of the bushes, wet and spit out water.

"What in the world just happened?" Celestia asked.

"Oh, dear! I am so sorry! I think. Did I just do whatever that was?"

"I don't think it was your fault," Twilight said. "I gonna go get Applejack a towel."

"Me too," Sunset said.

"I might as well go as well, just to make sure another earthquake doesn't happen to get them," Charming Thunder said. Sunset and Charming Thunder went after Twilight when she walked away.

"You're not the only one with a new kind of magic! This is great!" Twilight shook her head.

"No, it's not!" Twilight said. "Rarity and Applejack could have really hurt each other! Why is this happening? I don't---"

Suddenly, Gloriosa came from nowhere and said, "Hi, girls! Anything I can do for you?"

"Uh, Applejack just fell into the lake!"

"Oh, no! She's gonna need warm towels, dry clothes, oh, and a hot cocoa! I've got this!" Just as Gloroisa left, the three heard Fluttershy's screaming. Charming Thunder, Twilight, and Sunset looked at the mess hall.

"Fluttershy?" Twilight and Sunset said in unison. The three ran to the mess hall and when they opened the doors, they see dough everywhere.

"What happened?" Sunset asked Fluttershy and Pinkie.

"I don't know," Fluttershy said. "We were just decorating cookies and---"

"And I was all, you need more sprinkles! And you need more sprinkles!" Pinkie finished. Twilight, Sunset, and Charming Thunder had walked into the room and Charming Thunder rolled his eyes at Pinkie's silliness.

"So, standard Pinkie Pie stuff," Sunset said.

"I was just tossing sprinkles to Fluttershy, when all of a sudden they glowed pink and exploded!" Pinkie did what she just explained and the sprinkles that she was tossing had glow pink and exploded, Fluttershy protected herself this time but Twilight, Sunset, and Charming Thunder were hit by some dough. Pinkie shook herself like a dog and was clean. "Just like that, only earlier!"

"Oookaay. Why don't you lay off touching stuff for a while?" Sunset stated, making sure to obverse Pinkie's hand.

"Oh, dear," Fluttershy said. "We really should clean all of this up." Fluttershy went to get some paper towels but was struggling to get them. "Can someone help me out?" he was answered by tweets of a bird and a orange bird grabbed the paper towels and dropped it in Fluttershy's arms. The bird landed on Fluttershy's open finger. "Thank you, Mr. Bird." The bird tweeted to Fluttershy. "Why, of course I can get you a little something to---" Fluttershy gasped when she noticed she could understand the bird. "Did you just... talk?" The bird tweeted back. "But I don't speak 'chirp'." The bird tweeted in question. "I don't know if you're the only bird I can understand." The bird did a loud tweet out. "Oh, no! Please don't call for your friends." But it was too late, as many birds and owls had came into the room and landed on Fluttershy's arms. "It's nice to meet all of you, too."

"Were you just talking to the birds?" Sunset asked.

"Um, yes?" The door slammed open, surprising Fluttershy and the birds that caused them to scream/tweet/hoot and at the doors, Rarity and Applejack walked in.

"Did you tell them what happened?" Applejack asked the group. "So crazy! I hoisted Rarity up the rock climbin' wall like it was nothin'! Like I had way more strength than I usually do."

"And I made diamondy thing appear out of nowhere, which normally I'd be excited about. I mean, the facets were just perfect, and the---" Rarity said.

"Rarity!"

"Oh, sorry. It knocked Applejack over and then it disappeared!"

"Speaking of disappearing, has anybody seen Rainbow Dash?" Her answer came in a form of a rainbow blur passing by Applejack and knocking her into the wall with her screaming and a thud and landed on the ground. Applejack rushed on over to Rainbow. "Whoa! How'd you do that?"

"I don't know," Rainbow said. "I started running to get the harness, and the next thing I knew, I was practically back in town!"

"But if you had some sort of super speed, why you were gone for so long?" Rarity asked. Rainbow had a dreamy look and smile.

"I met with Danny while running back to town and it turns out he had super speed as well. But then he told me that his cybernetic enhancements in his feet gave him super speed and the shoes he wore were heat-proof. So, he helped me get back to camp. I was a rainbow blur while he was a black and white blur. It looked like we were racing and when we returned, he told me that he will be back in the forest to continue exploring so I ran around camp until I finally found you here."

"Oooh! Someone is in love!"

"Being at camp is giving us all new magical abilities!" Pinkie said.

"Not all of us have gotten new abilities," Sunset said. "I haven't, but Twilight---" Twilight shook her head and Sunset lied. "...hasn't, either."

"So much for my theory that leavin' CHS would mean leavin' any new magic business behind," Applejack said with a sigh.

"Something at the camp must be making this happen," Sunset concluded.

"Um, Gaia Everfree?" Fluttershy suggested. Suddenly, the door opens and Fluttershy screams but it turned out to be Gloriosa with a towel and new dry clothes as well as Applejack's hat.

"Applejack!" Gloriossa shouted. "I was looking for you! Here, I brought you some towels and dry clothes." Gloriosa was about to leave when she noticed the dough everywhere "Uh, what happened in here?"

"We're kinda trying to figure that out," Sunset said.

"Well, don't worry about it. I got this!" Sandalwood came into the mess hall.

"Gloriosa, I kicked my beanbag into the lake!" Sandalwood said.

"I'll get you another one."

"And I'm all out of arrows!" Derpy added.

"Say no more! New arrows coming right up!"

"There you are!" Timber shouted from behind the two classmates. He went into the room and went to whisper into Gloriosa's ear. "Filthy Rich is back. Do you want me to handle it?"

"Absolutely not! I've got this!" As Gloriosa tried to pass Sunset, they touched each other and Sunset heard a screaming in her mind.

"Fluttershy, enough with the screaming!" Sunset said.

"I didn't scream," Fluttershy said.

"For once," Rainbow added.

"Nobody did," Rarity added. Sunset looked confused.

"Attention, campers!" Celestia's voice said over the PA. "Anyone who's interested in making floating paper lanterns, please meet us by the picnic tables."

"I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I've been lookin' forward to comin' here for a month," Applejack said. "Maybe we forget about this 'new magic' for a bit and just try to focus on enjoyin' our time at camp?"

"I was oh, so excited about designs I've come up with for the camp fashion show," Rarity said with enthusiasm.

"And I've barely gotten to whoop anybody in tetherball," Rainbow added.

"I think we should try to figure it out," Sunset concluded. "But if letting it go for now is what the rest of you want..." Everyone except Sunset, Charming Thunder, and Twilight agreed to the solution.

"Abso-tootly-lutely!" Pinkie added. Charming began to think. Near this camp, the powerful magical source triggered some sort of reaction to the girls. Yet, he was still unaffected, despite the fact he had contact with Equestrian magic before. He began to think before he felt something paper in his pocket.

Dear boy,

If you are reading this and you felt that magical spike too, it what I have feared. Something, or someone, is using equestrian magic at a big scale and those who are connected to Equestrian Magic or has been exposed to it are having a reaction towards it. I already know who and what the source is, but here is a hint. She has five shards around her neck.

Sincerely, Darth Nox

Charming Thunder looked confused but nodded, thinking Nox may be someone he knows. As the group left, they never noticed a pair of purple pupils appear from the forest that was watching them. And below the figure, glowed a red glow and a red symbol was visible. Then the lights disappeared from sight.

Chapter 7: Discoveries

Everyone was making lanterns, Charming Thunder and Danny sat with Sunset and the girls. Danny was making his lantern black and white while putting painting the same purple symbol that was on his medallion on the lantern. Charming Thunder made his red and yellow with the tri-force symbol on it. Everyone made their own when Rarity looked at Pinkie Pie. "Um, Pinkie Pie, what are you doing?" Rarity asked.

"Putting marshmallows in my lantern," Pinkie said with a smile. "Then when we light them, mine will be beautiful and delicious!" While they were talking, Twilight and Spike sat on a different table.

"Hey, Twilight, why aren't you with everyone else?" Spike asked.

"Sunset said something at camp is causing the other girls to get new magic," Twilight said. "I think it's Midnight Sparkle. She's still part of me. I can feel it. And I think her magic is infecting my friends."

"What are we gonna do?"

"I don't know what I can do." Danny turned his head to Twilight before looking at Charming Thunder.

"She's sad," Danny said. "Something about new magic and a person called 'Midnight Sparkle'? Do you know what she is talking about?" Charming Thunder looked at Twilight.

"Yeah, I know," Charming Thunder said.

"Who is she?"

"No, her inner demon."

"Ah. True me, everyone has one."

Charming Thunder was about to ask Danny when Gloriosa called out, "Okay, everyone! It's time to watch your lanterns fly!"

Everyone began to get up and Timber went to Twilight and said, "Hey, cool lantern! Mine's my face!" When he showed it to Twilight, she just laughed nervously laughs nervously and walked away. Timber frowned and went next to her "Uh, you okay?" Twilight nodded. "You don't seem like yourself tonight." Twilight didn't pay attention and both Timber and Twilight got their candles' lit. Twilight smiled at the small flame and joined the others, Twilight was right next to Charming Thunder.

"Ready?" Gloriosa asked and everyone nodded "And... go!" Everyone let their lanterns fly. Everyone was admiring the view until there was a thud and everyone looked, seeing Pinkie's lantern hit the ground with a thud.

"Aw!" Pinkie said in disappointment before smiling again "Oh, well! Now I get to eat it!" Pinkie took one marshmallow and began to eat it "Yep, beautiful and delicious." Everyone watched as their lanterns flew.

Charming Thunder was resting when he heard rustling. He began to get up and noticed that Danny was up as well, he was looking out of the tent. "There is two heat signatures, one definitely human while the other is a dog," Danny said as Charming Thunder sees Danny's cybernetic was now a target sign with crosshairs that was moving around before the cybernetic seemed to narrow down "Wait... I'm seeing another heat signature. It looks like Sunset Shimmer. Wait... another heat signature, it is Timber. He is quite a ways away from them, looks like he has firewood or something."

"Anything else?" Charming Thunder asked he was getting up.

"Yeah. I'm seeing something in Timber's back pocket. Running through the internet to match subject." Charming Thunder sees images off to the side appear that were flashing very fast until it stopped "Match founded. It matches... a magical signature? One that was recorded sighted by multiple campers in camp here." Charming Thunder had enough and took off heading to that area Danny had spotted. Danny got up too and was following Charming Thunder. But none of them noticed a pair of blood red eyes behind them.

Charming Thunder and Danny began to approach Twilight, Sunset, and Spike in silent and when they came into earshot, they heard Sunset saying, "-cause I would. Twilight, you can't leave." They see Sunset touch Twilight and that is when they see Sunset's eyes turn white for a moment before she let go. While Twilight was feeling her hand, Sunset added, "Twilight, there's no Midnight Sparkle. There's only you."

"How did you know what I was thinking?" Twilight asked in a panic.

"When I touched your hand, I could see things. I could understand why you were leaving. My new magic...! This is my new magic! This is incredible!" Charming Thunder and Danny were surprised. Charming Thunder looked at Danny but could tell that Danny had a raised eyebrow at the three.

"No, it's not! I'm infecting you now!" Twilight shouted.

"Twilight, you have to stop looking at this as a bad thing."

"Easy for you to say. Magic turned you into something beautiful. The last time I tried to use it, it turned me into a monster. I'm just so afraid it's gonna happen again."

"Yes, last time I turned into something amazing, but I've let magic turn me into a monster, too. So if anyone understands what you're going through, it's me. I can help you, Twilight. And the rest of our friends can be there for you, too. But not if you run away."

Twilight began to look over her options until she said, "I'll stay. But I still don't think it's a good idea for me to be near the rest of our friends right now. Not until we know why this is happening."

"Understood." Danny looked at Charming and the two were about to walk away when they hear rustling. The two stopped and Twilight and Sunset looked at the bushes. "What was that?" Charming Thunder looked ready to jump at whatever was coming out but Danny stopped him and shook his head no. Then, they see something in the view and both Sunset and Twilight screamed. Then they heard a guy scream as well. That is when they see that the guy was, in fact Timber Spruce.

"Wait. Twilight?" Timber said. Twilight was relieved to see it was Timber

"Timber?" Twilight said. "I'm so glad it's just you! Wait, what are you doing out here?"

"With an axe?" Sunset added.

"I was chopping down firewood," Timber said.

"In the middle of the night?"

"We needed more for tomorrow night's campfire. And if I didn't take care of it tonight, it would be one more thing Gloriosa would add to her list." Timber then imitated Gloriosa. "I've got this!" Twilight giggled at what he did.. "What about you two? Why are you hanging out in the woods in the middle of the night?"

"I was sleepwalking," Sunset quickly replied. "Twilight found me and was bringing me back to camp." Twilight nodded.

Danny grinned and hang upside down and, to Timber, appeared upside down behind Sunset and Twilight and said, "Is that so?" The girls screamed and turned around, seeing Danny grinning and that was when he was joined by Charming Thunder, who did the same thing. "Cause it looked like Twilight was walking away and Sunset was the one who gave chase." Timber chuckled at the girls' surprised and shocked look. The two boys came down from the tree.

"Come on," Timber said. "I'll walk you guys back. I'll protect you from," Timber turned his voice to spooky. "Gaia Everfree! Everfree! Everfree!"

"Come on," Sunset replied. "That's obviously just a spooky story you made up to tell around the campfire."

"Oh, no. It's legit. How else would you explain what happened at the docks? And that weird thing where the earth shook? Come on. I know a shortcut back to the tents." Timber and Twilight began to walk away. Timber never noticed his pocket was spilling glowing powder. Sunset, Spike, Charming Thunder, and Danny looked at it.

"Legit, huh?" Sunset knelt down to look at it. "I think we just found our 'Gaia Everfree'."

"But why would he work so hard to make us think she was real?" Spike asked.

"You heard what he said about wishing his sister would sell this camp. If nobody wants to come here because it's home to some angry ancient nature spirit, it sure would help his cause."

"No, it can't be Timber," Charming Thunder said.

"Why not, Charming?" Charming Thunder began to recall the letter from Darth Nox.

"Nox left me a note shortly after the earthquake occurred. He told me that Gaia Everfree was a girl who wore a necklace that had five shards on it."

"We should tell Twilight," Spike said. Sunset and Charming shook their heads.

"Not yet," Sunset said. "She's obviously going through a lot right now. We should probably be a hundred percent sure before we tell her the guy she likes is a jerk who's trying to run everybody out of camp." Spike nodded.

"I think you guys are thinking too much of it," Danny said as he began to walk another way. "If Nox said it isn't Timber, then it isn't. Trust me, he hasn't been wrong before if I heard the rumors right." Charming Thunder raised an eyebrow and the others began to follow Danny.

Danny went to bed as Charming Thunder to bed as well, but it hit something when he tried to lay his head against the pillow. He got up and he noticed a red container with a shiny red symbol there. Charming Thunder held it up before it opened and a red medallion came around his neck and that is when he felt a warm feeling. He put the container away and went back to sleep.

Chapter 8: Working on the Dock

The girls except Sunset and Twilight, along with Charming Thunder and Danny, were helping with repairs of the dock. Rainbow was slowly stepping, trying to not speed run. She was carrying some wood, Applejack was trying to hammer in a nail without trying to over her strength. Rainbow sighed before looking at Rarity, who was sitting and sowing a cloth. "Uh, you gonna give us a hand here, Rarity?" Rainbow asked.

"Oh, I'd love to, but I really need to get the stitching on this poncho done if it's going to make it into the camp fashion show," Rarity replied. "Though at the pace you two are moving, I don't know that the runway will ever be finished."

"The dock is our gift to the camp, and it's gonna get finished," Applejack said. "That is, if Rainbow Dash would hurry up and bring me more wood."

"Oh, I can't go any faster!" Rainbow scowled. "I don't want to end up in the woods again."

"Don't be silly."

"Really?" Rainbow began to gesture how Applejack was hammering a nail.

"I know I said we should try to forget all about this new magic business, but I can't. What if I hammer the board into splinters?" Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash nodded in agreement.

"Oh, don't be dramatic," Danny said. "If Rainbow ran into the woods, I would catch up to her and help her back. And if Applejack hammer the wood into splinters, then I would have gotten her to safety before the splinters ever hit her. Cyborg here, I can do things no normal human CAN do."

"Aw, shoot!" Applejack said. "I'm all out of nails."

"Oh, here you go!" Pinkie said.

"Pinkie, no!" Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash shouted in unison. Pinkie threw the nails and before anything could be done, the nails began to float in the air. Everyone looked and see Charming held a hand out to them and stopped them and the nails landed in his hand. Applejack sighed in relief.

"What? Ohhh, did you think the nails would explode like the sprinkles? Wow! Glad that didn't happen, huh?" Rarity sighed before helping Rainbow and Fluttershy, who she pushed down with her diamonds when she used them to defend herself.

"Sorry, girls," Rarity said. "I didn't mean to. I don't know how to control this."

Rainbow and Fluttershy accepted the hands and Rainbow replied, "It's okay."

"Oh, none of us do," Fluttershy added.

"Which is why we shouldn't pretend this isn't happening." Sunset said as she approached the dock.

"Do you have them now, too?" Rainbow asked.

"It started last night. When I touch people, it's like I can feel what they're feeling and see their memories."

"Oooh, fancy! Try me, try me!" Pinkie said before grabbing Sunset's arm and had her hand touch her forehead. Charming Thunder used the force to see what was going on in Pinkie's head. Sunset and Charming Thunder then left Pinkie's mind and both were baffled. However, everyone but Sunset and Charming Thunder noticed that even Danny was baffled and was shivering before he stopped and regained his composure.

"That explains so much," Sunset and Charming Thunder said in unison.

"Yep."

"Girls, we can't just brush these powers aside because it doesn't seem like the ideal time to get them," Sunset said. "What if it turns out that they could actually make things better?"

"She's right," Charming Thunder said. "We should not let our fear for our powers make us afraid, we should instead use them to help others. Who's with me?" Everyone including Sunset nodded and continued to work on the dock.

"Okay, that was pretty awesome!" Rainbow said as she admired the work finished on the brand new dock.

"And look what you managed to accomplish!" Sunset added.

"Please, please, please can we do a run-through for the fashion show on it right this minute?" Rarity said.

"Thought you weren't finished with the stitching on your poncho." Applejack said with a smirk. Rarity had a look of surprise before finishing the final touches to her poncho.

"I am now."

"Get started without me," Sunset said. "I've gotta go find Twilight. Seeing what we've been able to do here might make her embrace the new magic, too! Uh, not that she has any." Charming Thunder rolled his eyes and followed Sunset. When he caught up, Charming Thunder was about to see something when they heard Gloriosa muffled voice.

"I just wish you didn't tell them that ridiculous story!" Gloriosa shouted.

"Ah, this is all too much for you!" Timber shouted. "You have to let it go!" Sunset and Charming Thunder gasped.

"I knew it!" Sunset whispered. "He wants her to get rid of the camp!"

"I'm telling you, he isn't the one," Charming Thunder replied. That is when the door opens. Charming Thunder and Sunset managed to remain undetected but when Charming Thunder looked at Gloriosa's neck, he noticed a flash and sees a shard. He frowned and when Timber passed by, Sunset walked away and when Charming Thunder was about to close the door, but it hit something. He looked and that is when he thought he saw sliver of a cloaked figure moving from it's position. Charming Thunder was about to chase after the sliver figure, but sees Sunset talking with Flash Sentry so he went to her.

"Is something wrong?" Flash asked.

"What," Sunset replied; shyly. "No. Why?" Flash had a unconvinced look

"Come on, Sunset. We used to date. I know when something's bothering you."

"Okay, here's the deal. My friend really likes someone, but I don't think that someone is who she thinks they are. I don't wanna upset my friend by telling her what I think, because I also want to protect her, because if what I think is happening is really happening, then she deserves to know. You know?"

"No. But what I do know is that your friend is lucky to have someone like you to look out for them."

"Really?"

"Yeah. You know, you've changed a lot since we went out. You're so much... nicer." Sunset blushed.

"Thanks. I'm glad you noticed."

"Uh, look, maybe you and me, we could start over as... friends."

"Uh, uh, sounds great. I gotta go!" Sunset walked away as Charming Thunder followed her.

"Cool, yeah! I want to start over later, too!" Sunset and Charming Thunder began to follow Timber into the forest. Inside Charming Thunder's shirt, his medallion began to glow red.

Chapter 9: The Truth

Sunset and Charming Thunder were following Timber as he walked into the woods. Then, he went down another path and they tried to follow but they couldn't. Suddenly, they hear another rumble and Charming Thunder saw felt a tug to go somewhere, obvious that the force was trying to guide him. Sunset followed him and the two came across a cave and see magic emitting from inside. "Ah, shoot!" Sunset said. "He's definitely up to something!" Charming Thunder didn't say anything but watched as Sunset pulled out her phone.

Twilight was reading when she heard her phone going off and grabbed it to look at what it was. "It's Sunset," Twilight stated as she looked at the message "She says to meet her by the rock quarry."

"I thought we weren't supposed to hike out that far," Spike said.

"She says it's important!!" Twilight got up, along with Spike, and were heading to the forest, her direction towards the rock quarry. That is when Twilight noticed a glow of lavender in the sky nearby. "What is that?" She ran into a web and shrieked, but was cut off when Sunset covered her mouth and Charming Thunder removed the web. Sunset removed her hand and grabbed Twilight's hand and all three went behind trees and see a lavender light emitting from behind two giant boulders. "What's going on down there?"

"I think it's Gaia Everfree," Sunset said. "Or rather, someone who wants us to think she's back. C'mon!" Sunset, Charming, Twilight, and Spike got up and went into the cave. But when they got inside, they see all sort of crystals and more. It was a very beautiful sight.

"This is a peaceful place."

"There's Equestrian magic here," Charming Thunder said as he felt a presence. "I can...I can feel it."

Wait," Spike stated. "I thought Timber was just faking there was a magical nature creature. Are you saying it's real?"

"Timber?" Twilight asked. "What does he have to do with any of this?"

"Nothing," a familiar voice replied from the darkness and all three looked, seeing Gloriosa with a maniac grin and one of her eyes twitching madly "It's all me."

"Ha!" Charming Thunder shouted and looked at Sunset "I told you it was Gloriosa!"

"Gloriosa?" Sunset asked. "But... Timber. I was sure he was the one trying to make it seem like Gaea Everfree was back. It was you who was trying to scare everyone away?"

"I would never try to scare anyone away from Camp Everfree," Gloriosa said. Sunset grabbed Gloriossa and entered her mind as Charming followed with the force.

"My, oh, my," Filthy Rich said. "You fell behind on your payments, Gloriosa. I own the land now." Filthy teased with a grin.

"Please," Gloriosa replied in a begging tone. "My great grandparents founded this place. It's been in our family for generations! You have to let the camp stay!"

"Instead of turning it into a spa resort that will line my pockets with more money than this camp ever could?" Filthy chuckled in sick pleasure. "I don't think so." They heard the door open and sees Mephiles Dark; Danny's father, walk into the room.

"Now, now, Mr. Rich," Mephiles said. Mephiles had a dark tone that sent shivers down Sunset and Charming's spines "We should at least hear the girl out."

"Why should I?"

"Remember what I can do to you and your family, Mr. Rich! Let me remind you that I can bankrupt you, blackmail you, and can send you to jail for life." The threat made Filthy gulp in nervousness. "All of your fortune would be transferred to me. You will lose everything!"

"Please!" Gloriosa begged. "I-I-I-I just need a little more time!"

"Fine," Flithy said. "I'll give you 'til the end of the month." Filthy turned and left the room. Mephiles looked at the man leave before looking at Gloriosa, who started crying.

"What'll I do?" Mephiles watched as Gloriosa cried in misery before looking sympathy and walked in front of her.

"Perhaps I can help, in a way," Mephiles said. "I fund a school known as Canterlot High. I can send a word to my best friends; Celestia and Luna, to do a fund raiser and do a camping trip here. It would buy you more time. And I can send my son, Danny Eclipse, here to enjoy some time here. Never did like Mr. Rich. If my son, Danny Eclipse, sends me a word to me saying that he loves this place, me and my wife, Mana Dark, will fund this camp to keep going." Gloriosa sniffed in her tears and smiled.

"Thank you, Mr. Dark."

"It is no problem, Ms. Daisy." Mephiles turns around and leaves Gloriosa alone.

The scene changes with Gloriosa looking at a pond before hearing something. Gloriosa looks and see a lavender spirit in the sky and she followed it to the rock quarry, where it went behind the giant boulders and landed somewhere inside. It caused a rumble. Gloriosa barely fit through and went in between the two boulders and fell into a cave, landing on the floor and coughed. That is when she noticed the beauty within the cave "Wow!" Then Gloriosa heard noise and looked, seeing two pedestals. On the left side, there were 8 shards. There were orange, yellow, pink, white, lavender, cyan, red, and yellow and red. On the right, there was eight shards as well. There were tan, bluish-green and red, blood red, bright pink, dark purple, green, red and blue, and black and purple. She tried to grab them but gasped when she felt it pulse and send her backwards. But she was caught and looked at her hand, seeing she had grabbed most of the shards from the left pedestal. The five she had on hand began to float and spin. She looked at the right pedestal and went to it. But the moment she touched it, the black and purple went off and shocked her. She pulled away and then noticed something. Below the right pedestal was a purple alien symbol that matched the medallion that Danny had. And the symbol below the left pedestal was a red alien symbol that matched Charming Thunder's medallion symbol. Gloriosa began to leave the cave.

The scene changed again to show Timber and Gloriosa talking. "You don't know what those things are!" Timber reasoned.

"But I know what they can do!" Gloriosa reassured. "I've been practicing! I can control their power now!" Gloriosa proved that by having vines extend from her plants and grab some of her equipment. Timber had a look of worry.

"You don't know that for sure!" Timber turned to leave and before he was out the door, Gloriosa grabbed his arm.

"This is our camp, and it's being taken away! If this has to be our last week here, I'm going to use whatever it takes to make it count!" When Gloriosa finished that sentence, the shards glowed and Gloriosa's eyes turned white.

The scene changed once again to see Gloriosa is looking from afar, in the forest and sees the boat in the middle of the lake. Derpy tried to blow at the sail to make it go but it wouldn't work. Gloriosa felt sad and held a hand to her chest and another at the boat. Two twin vines came out of the water behind the boat and gave it a push, but it sent the boat crashing into the dock, making Gloriosa even more sad. However, it was short lived when she heard something and turns to look, seeing Darth Nox looking at her."You made the mistake of attack those sailors," Nox's filtered voice said with seriousness. Gloriossa began to back away.

"P-Please!" Gloriosa begged. "I didn't mean to do that!"

"You could have killed somebody! I'll make you pay for doing that." The conversation was interrupted when they see the armored Charming Thunder interfering and the two fight and clash before Charming Thunder was sent launching while Nox chased after him. Gloriosa got up and run away.

The next scene shows Trixie and some other person walking to a empty river with fishing poles. But they were shocked and disappointed when they see no river. Gloriosa came around a tree and looked afar and sees giant boulders together and used her magic to push the boulders away and that is when the river was filled, making Trixie and that guy happy and Gloriosa smiling. But it was short lived when she notices a shadow nearby and nearly screamed when seeing the glowing red eyes of Darth Nox. She did, however, run for her life.

The next scene revealed Timber and Gloriosa again in an argument. "You were using magic all over the place!" Timber said. "I had to tell them something to cover for you! What did you want me to do?!"

"I just wish you didn't tell them that ridiculous story!" Gloriossa replied.

"Ah, this is all too much for you! You have to let it go!" Gloriossa began to storm off.

Sunset released Gloriossa as the visions ended. "Timber wasn't talking about letting go of the camp," Sunset said. "He was talking about you letting go of the magical geodes! All those things you were doing to make this week the best week ever. Every time you used magic to do them, you caused another problem somewhere else! Timber was...covering for you!"

"How do you know what I was doing with the geodes?" Gloriossa asked. "How do you know about the magic?"

"I can see things," Sunset said. "Feel things. Because I have magic, too. And so does she. And so do our friends."

"Gloriosa, Timber wasn't wrong," Twilight added. "Maybe you should stop using magic. Too much of it can be dangerous if you can't control it."

"Oh, I got this," Gloriosa replied in a maniacal look. "And I'm going to use it to save my camp. I just need more power!"

"No!" Twilight, Sunset, and Charming Thunder shouted. Gloriosa grabbed last three geodes with one hand and aimed another hand at them. Vines came from the ground and grabbed Twilight, Sunset, and Spike, but missed Charming Thunder as he jumped back and his medallion revealed itself. Unknown to Charming Thunder, his medallion was glowing red and his eye color was now blue. Charming Thunder went into the darkness and hid inside. Gloriosa didn't bother to go after and let the transformation happen to her. When the transformation ended, Gloriosa was floating in the air and wore a green dress with some leaves and flowers on her. Her hair was dark green and her whiteness was black while her pupil color was pure green. She was surrounded by a green glow.

"Sorry, girls. I know what I need to do. But I feel like we're not on the same page. So..."

"Gloriosa!!" Sunset shouted. The super Gloriosa, Gaia Everfree, began to head out but was stopped when Charming Thunder tried to strike at her but she blocked it with vines to grab him. He tried to cut the vines but there were too many and he was tangled and was struggling to escape. Gaia grinned and went out of the cave and used her vines to block the entrance but not enough to block their air supply.

"No!!" Twilight, Sunset, and Charming shouted. Gaia smirked before turning and began to head to Camp Everfree. However, she never noticed a pair of blood red eyes in the shadows and Darth Nox came out. He looked at her before looking at the boulders.

"Let's see you get out of this one, kid," Nox said as he looked at the boulders. "I want to know how strong you are in the force."

Chapter 10: Confrontation

Spike, who managed to get away from the vines, tore the last of the vines from Sunset. Twilight and Charming used the force to free themselves. “Nice work, Spike!” Sunset said. She patted Spike’s head before running to the boulders and tried to push through, but failed.

“Get clear Sunset, we’ll clear it with the force.” Charming Thunder said. Sunset nodded and both Charming Thunder and Twilight aimed their hands at the boulders. They were trying to use the force to push the boulders that blocked the cave but couldn't.

"It's too much!" Twilight said.

"Their too big, I can't move an inch of them."

"Size doesn't matter to you with the force, boy!" a familiar filtered voice shouted from the other side. "Reach out with the force and move those boulders or your friends will die by Glorriosa's corruption!" Charming Thunder closed his eyes and began to reach out with the force. Someone from the other side gripped his hands and began to move the giant boulders. Once he felt them moved out of the way, the three of them went out and see Nox waiting for them. "Excellent work, boy."

"Why are you helping us?" Sunset asked. "You have no reason to help us."

"I'm no hero, but I'm no villain either. I felt a disturbance in the force a while go and investigated it when I managed to recover some things involving in the Friendship Games." Nox began to walk away. ""I know of your secrets, all of you. I especially know of Midnight Sparkle." That statement made Twilight nervous and Charming Thunder tense. "Enough talk, your friends are in danger." Charming Thunder, Twilight, and Sunset looked at each other before running after Nox as the four began to run towards camp.

While Charming Thunder and the others were busy at the cave; the Mane Five, Danny and his crew, and Timber were fighting against Gaia Everfree. Timber was trying to talk sense into Gaia, but all attempts were futile. But that didn’t stop them from fighting her. "Why are you fighting me?!" Gaia shouted. "I'm doing this to save our camp! I'm doing this for you!"

"Gloriosa, let's just think about this for a moment, shall we?" Rarity said with a chuckle. "I mean, I think Camp Everfree is absolutely delightful, but I just don't know that I'm quite ready to give up my weekly trips to the spa." Gaia had an insane smile.

"To the spa...?" Gaia was now enraged. "To the spa?!" Roots began to surround Gaia and the girls began to back up. Rainbow tried to dash at her, but Gaia used her power to make Rainbow trip, making her yelp. Rainbow hit her friends and they hit like bowling pins.

"Gloriosa, this isn't the way!" Timber shouted.

"I appreciate your concern, Timber, but I got this!"

"No you don't!"

The four stopped in front of the wall of vines surrounding the camp. "Looks like we're cutting our way in," Sunset said. Nox nodded his head and held out his hands and two lightsabers went into his hands. The right lightsaber was still the green with black core but the left lightsaber was a purple with a black core blade. The other three were surprise to see Nox a duel-wielder, especially Charming Thunder now that he realized that Nox was even better than him. He was actually glad that Nox was holding back. He cuts a hole and the four went into the confined space and they see Gloriosa winning while the others were losing. "You can't win, Glorriosa!"

"She isn't Glorriosa anymore," Nox said as he looked ready to fight.

Gaia looked at Nox and scowled, "I know of you. You tried to kill me for trying to help those people on the boat to move. Here, how about a return the favor!" Gaia fired a ball of magic at Nox. Nox tried to block it but it didn't work and it hit him square in the face. Smoke covered his face and the hood was down and they heard a 'clank' and see a broken helmet on the ground. Everyone looked and see the smoke was clearing. But to everyone's shock, they see the face of Danny Eclipse.

"Damn, no need to hold back now." Purple lightning began to crackle and the darkness in the forest began to intensified around Danny as everyone sees Danny's eyes change for neon green to purple and they see the medallion around Danny's neck glowing. Danny looked at Charming Thunder before pulling out a red sphere and tossing it to him "Catch, boy." Charming Thunder caught it, but was surprised when it opened, revealing a red medallion of another symbol. The medallion went around his neck and began to glow blue as the force began to whip around him like power. The two began to look at Gaia, who was frowning. She began to use her magic again and more vines began to grow. Danny raised his hands and fried the vines with lightning. "Nightmares! Attack!" Everyone looked at Danny before they see a black blur leave the shows. Charming and the girls gasped as they see a blue blur jumping at Gaia. Gaia wrapped the blur with a vine and the blur was revealed as a demonic blue hedgehog, who laughed in an echoing and creepy way. Before anyone could react, a red laser hit the vine that this creature was tangle around and everyone sees a yellow doll with a red gem on its' head.

"Don't try to get caught again, Sonic.exe," the doll shouted.

"Tell yourself that, Tails Doll," Sonic.exe replied.

Everyone sees two figures jump from the roofs. The first one had a white hoodie and an insane grin on his face with a knife. The second looked like Pinkie Pie only she had straight hair and she had an insane smile. The two tried to cut at Gaia, but she placed a wall of vines in the way. Suddenly, they see multiple nightmare-ish animatronics appear and they start cutting at the vines, doing their best but it wasn't working. Gaia had enough and began to entangle everyone in vines. However, the boys and girls went around Rarity as she places a shield around them.

"Who were they?" Sunset asked.

"They were my nightmare-ish summons," Danny explained. "I can call on them for assistance from the void, or that was what I learned while I was out exploring the forest. For some reason, I can summon nightmares, creepypasta, and a few other summons. But we need to find a way to defeat Gaia."

"I can't keep this up forever!" Rarity said. Sunset looks at Twilight.

"It's up to you," Sunset said. "You can use your magic to pull the brambles apart!"

"No!" Twilight said as she shook her head. "There's too many of them. It would take too much magic. I can't!"

"Come up with something and fast!" Danny shouted as he pushed his hands forward and the force field was enforced with an electrical field. "I can only hold this for so long!" As Danny said that, Danny’s medallion was revealed and it was glowing purple as Danny’s eyes were doing the same.

"It's the only way! You have to embrace the magic inside you!" Twilight had a doubtful look.

"What if she takes over?" Twilight said. "What if instead of saving everyone, I turn into Midnight Sparkle and only make things worse?"

"That won't happen! We won't let it." The sound of the shield cracking began to be sounded and the growls from Danny were made as purple smoke began to radiate from his eyes and his eyes were glowing bright purple as purple markings began to appear all across his body. Twilight tries to use her magic but it didn’t do anything. Rarity fainted from the pressure and the only thing keeping the vines at bay was Danny. Danny growled fiercely in rage.

"I refuse to be buried alive by a BUNCH OF WEEDS!!" Danny shouted in anger and put more force into the defense.

"Come on, Twilight! You have to be stronger than she is!" Magical energy emitted at her forehead and it formed into a horn and Twilight’s environment changed to a cosmo with a giant Midnight Sparkle laughing at her.

"You will never control me!" Midnight said. "I will always be a part of you." Midnight turned into green energy and entered into Twilight, giving her leather wings and changing her eyes.

"Nooooo!" Twilight shouted.

"Leave her alone!" Danny’s voice shouted and a purple image of Danny appear and he held a hand at Twilight and a wave of black energy hit Twilight. Twilight and Midnight were separated in the cosmos.

"What?!" Midnight said in shock before she became stiff. "W-What’s going on!?" Danny’s magical image appeared in front of her with a grin.

"You may be very powerful. But you are no more than a spirit. A spirit I can bind to my will!"

"No..." Danny touched her forehead and she began to be covered in black energy. Suddenly, both Twilight and Midnight sees Danny’s eyes changed to black with blood red pupils and that is when Sonic.exe, Tails Doll, Zalgo, BEN Drowned, Jeff the Killer, Ticci Toby, Herobrine, Nightmare, Nightmare Fredbear, and Nightmare Marionette appeared around her, all laughing. Midnight looked around her as began to feel herself being bounded to something. “No. No! NO!!!” Suddenly, all of them besides Twilight disappeared and in the physical world, she has a pair of wings appear on her and Danny opened a hole and Twilight rushed out of the hole and began to hover in front of the central weed and began to part it, revealing Gaia.

"No, stop!" Gaia shouted. The shards left Gaia and went to their original owners. When they did, they were given the power. Each girl transformed and when Charming Thunder received his, he began to feel himself changing as well. Charming Thunder wore armor similar to his armor, but it was red and made of crystals. Charming Thunder’s medallion changed to a dark red necklace like Twilight and the girls. He also pure blue pair of crystal wings on his back and the Star Saber appeared in his hands. And on the dark red medallion had the alien symbol on it still. However, that was not the only thing. A hole opened at the vine wall and 8 more lights came into the place. The vines that held Danny’s crew opened up and the Demented Six, as well as Painset Shimmercakes, was given crystals as well and they became similar but different to the Mane Six and Sunset. Suddenly, the black and purple shard went to Danny and he began to change as well. Danny had crystal armor similar to the Sith Stalker armor. But there was no helmet, and Danny had a black and purple medallion that was like the girls and Charming’s but it had another alien symbol on the center of it. He had a pair of purple crystal wings. His cybernetic attachments went with the design very well. Danny had the Dark Star Saber in his hand. Suddenly, all of the girls’ medallions began to glow and they fired a beam of magic at the two boys. The Demented 7 girls hitting Danny while the Mane 7 hitting Charming Thunder. Both boys’ eyes changed pure white and they aimed their sabers at Gaia and fired a beam of rainbow and inverted rainbow colors at Gaia. This caused a massive explosion of magical energy, destroying all the vines and altering Gaia back to Gloriosa. It was raining green magical energy. The campers inside the mess hall came out and rejoiced in their victory. Timber began to regain consciousness and looked at Gloriosa before walking over to her.

"Gloriosa?" Timber asked. A small particle of green magic hit Gloriosa’s face and she opened her eyes, groaning.

"What...What happened?" Gloriosa asked.

"It's okay. It's gonna be okay." Timber looked at the heroes and Twilight smiled back. They all landed on the ground and the campers cheered. But everyone were shocked when they see Danny and his crew like Charming Thunder and his friends.

"D-Danny?" Luna asked in surprise and shock.

Danny leaned to Charming Thunder and whispered, "I’ll need to talk to you and the girls about Darth Nox later. Can you give me your word that you won’t tell anyone about my secret identity?"Charming Thunder looks at the girls and they all nodded in agreement and Danny thanked them.

Spike jumped at Twilight, who caught him and said, "You did it!" He noticed the necklace around her neck. "Whoa. Nice bling."

"What...What are these?" Applejack asked.

"I'm not sure," Sunset said. "But clearly we have some kind of connection to them."

"I almost don't care what they are," Rarity added with enthusiasm. "They are gorgeous! And will totally go with the other collection I was working on for the camp fashion show!" Rarity giggled before stopping when noticing the awkward expression of everyone else. "That's probably cancelled, isn't it?"

Chapter 11: The Ball

Everyone was cleaning up. They did have help thanks to Danny’s nightmares. Sonic.exe, Tails Doll, and Slenderman were making quick work with debris. Midnight Sparkle and Demon Sunset were using their magic to help move heavy structures away. Gloriosa approached Celestia and Luna and said, "I am so sorry. I only wanted this to be the best week Camp Everfree has ever had. Then instead I've made it the worst. Maybe it's for the best that I'm losing the camp to Filthy Rich."

"No," Celestia said. "It's not. This camp has meant so much to so many people, my sister and me included."

"Why do you think we wanted our students to come here?" Luna asked.

"We can't let Filthy Rich take this place away!" Twilight said. "If camp meant so much to you two, maybe it meant as much to the other campers who came here in years past."

"And maybe we can get them to help save it!" Sunset added.

"Like a fundraiser?" Applejack suggested.

"Or a ball?!" Rarity added.

"Our band could play!" Rainbow shouted.

"I could help writing a new song just for the occasion!" Fluttershy said. The students were agreeing while Danny smirked before taking out his phone and left them to their work while making a call.

"Those are all good ideas, but where would we hold it?" Gloriosa said.

"We could hold it in the crystal cave," Charming Thunder suggested.

"A Crystal Ball!" Rarity said. "I'm on it!"

"I admire everyone's enthusiasm," Gloriosa said. "Really, I do. But I-I just don't know how we're going to plan a ball by tomorrow and invite everyone."

"We got this!" Charming Thunder and the girls said.

"So will we," Brutalight said as she came up to them. "Danny is already making preparations of something big." Everyone nodded and went to do their role.

With all the work done and the Rainbooms along with the Dementbooms finished playing their song, Gloriosa came up to stage and grabbed the microphone and said, "Thank you all so much for coming! And for helping us raise enough money to... save Camp Everfree!" Everyone cheered but in the background, Filthy Rich scowled and turned around and left the cave. Charming Thunder noticed and looked at Danny, who nodded and put his arms behind his back and flickered for a moment before looking normal. Gloriosa turned to the Rainbooms and Dementbooms. "Thank you. For everything. Oh, if I'd just asked for help in the first place."

"Hey, don't sweat it, it's kinda what we do," Rainbow said.

Later during the party, people were still pouring into the cave to join the party. Twilight was using her magic to put a pair of lights back into position. "Not to brag or anything," Timber said from behind. "But it's pretty cool how I saved all those campers from those Rubus fruticosus." Timber didn’t notice Charming Thunder watching in the shadows, examining Timber and Twilight. "Blackberry brambles."

"I'm familiar with the genus," Twilight said. "It's just a little weird you say you saved the campers. I thought I saved them."

"Yeah. But I saved you from falling on the docks, so that you can save the campers. So technically, it was all me." Twilight giggled.

"I'm really glad I met you."

"Uh-oh."

"What?"

"That sounds like a goodbye. And here I was hoping we'd still be able to hang out. Maybe get dinner and catch a movie?" Twilight however shook her head.

"I’m sorry but I can’t. I’m Charming Thunder’s girlfriend, I’m sorry if you thought we had a relationship but… we are just friends, right?" Timber was shocked that he was flirting a girl that was already taken but he shrugged it off.

"Ok, we’re just friends. Tell Charming that he is a lucky guy to have you." Gloriosa approached them, looking nervous.

"Oh, uh," Gloriosa said. "Sorry. I need to borrow Timber. There are some donors I really want him to meet. They were good friends with mom and dad."

"See you around then?" Twilight nodded and turned around.

"Adorable," Rarity said.

"He does seem like a pretty cool guy," Sunset added. " But I’m sure Charming is happy that you prefer him over Timber."

"More than you know," Charming Thunder said from behind and hugged Twilight.

Rainbow dashed over to them and said, "You know what else is cool? Our awesome new superpowers!" She zoomed away before stopping in the crowd. "I handed out, like, four hundred fliers." She zoomed on top of the stage. "Setup the stage." She zoomed and this time had a pizza box. "And still had time to pick up pizza! I love my super-speed." She stopped when she heard a zoom and turned, only to be met by a passionate kiss and sees that it was Danny. She blushed very red when Danny saluted and zoomed away. "And not only that, but my newly proclaimed boyfriend can keep up with me." Sunset clapped her hands.

"Congrats on that Rainbow," Sunset said. "About the power thing. I think the crystals are the source of the superpowers."

"You're not gonna ask us to give them up, are you?" Fluttershy asked.

"No. In fact, I think maybe we were meant to have them all along."

"Me too," Twilight said. The girls agreed on that notation.

"How about a dance to celebrate, Twilight?" Charming Thunder asked as he offered his hand.

"More than ever, love." Twilight placed her hand on Charming Thunder's and walked with him back to the party.

Charming Thunder and Twilight came out of the cave and they see Sunset leaning on a boulder, slurping her drink. Sunset looked at them and said, "There is one thing I'm still wondering about, though."

"What's that?" Twilight asked.

"Where did the magic that hit this cave come from?"

"I have no idea," Charming Thunder replied. "But I have a good idea where it originated from." The three began to head out to head back to Camp Everfree.

Meanwhile back at Canterlot High, magic began to glow on the destroyed statue and began to fly out of the crack.

The next day, everyone were having fun, but the entire Rainboom Gang alongside Danny had finally finished fixing the dock. "Third time is a charm," Rainbow said. "Or is it fifth? I've lost track."

"All that matters is that the runway is finished," Rarity replied.

"I think you mean the 'dock'?" Applejack corrected.

"Oh, to-mah-to, tomato."

"Let's celebrate!" Pinkie shouted and three sweets and confetti at the dock. However, it caused explosion across the entire dock, making it blasted to bits and pieces. Everyone was fried by the explosion, all except for Danny. Danny looked at the dock stunned and he was flicking blue a lot before he started laughing. Rarity squeals and faints. Danny, suddenly, stops and disappeared in a flicker of blue, ending a holographic clone. That is when they hear trucks pulling up and they see vans and trucks with Filthy Rich’s insignia on it parking in front of the camp. That is when a limo pulled up and thugs and soldiers came out of the trucks and vans with weapons. The Limo door opens, revealing Filthy Rich with a grin. Gloriosa frowned and came in front of the group.

"Mr. Rich, we have paid our taxes for the month, now leave the camp," Gloriosa demanded.

"I’m afraid that I have decided to take my land back, NOW!!" Filthy said. Everyone gasped and the Rainbooms and Dementbooms got in front of the crowd but they were stopped by Danny, who came in front of them.

"I’m afraid to inform you, Mr. Rich, but this camp is no longer yours," Danny said.

"You and what army?" Rich began to laugh until he was interrupted by Danny.

"This army." Danny snapped his fingers and all of a sudden, the sound of helicopters filled the sky and that is when five police helicopters arrived and the men aimed their weapons at Filthy Rich and his men. Suddenly, they hear sirens and see Police cars and SWAT vans arriving and covered all possible escape routes. That is when they heard another helicopter and see a fancy helicopter and see the side door open, revealing a smirking Mephiles Dark and he got out before helping his wife, Mana Dark, out. Then the mayor came out and Police Chief Shining Armor.

"I believe you just broke a federal and state law, Mr. Rich," Mephiles said as he walked to Danny's side. "You see, we had gotten word from Darth Nox that you were planning to attack and take this place by force. The Mayor technically owned this land and the country made this place a national forest zone, no modern equipment here to take this place."

"But-" Rich said, but the mayor interrupted him.

"You broke the state and federal law," the mayor said. "I hope you have a very good lawyer, Mr. Rich, cause you are going to need one for the Supreme Court. Take him away, Chief!"

"With pleasure," Shining Armor said as he cuffed Filthy Rich and his men. "Come along Mr. Rich, the trial is waiting for you."

"So, is everything done?" Danny asked Mephiles as the police took Filthy Rich into custody. Mephiles nodded and handed a contract to Gloriosa.

"This place is under my family’s protection and will be funded," Mephiles said. "Your camp is safe now, away from Filthy’s greedy hands." Mephiles turned to Gloriosa. "You won, Gloriosa. Celebrate your victory."

"Thank you, Mr. Dark," Gloriosa said.

"Anytime." The helicopter took off and everyone began to celebrate.

THE END