At this point we were really worried about the Beast coming back
I was looking over all case records that the guard had access to that could be connected in any way

Twilight walked into her and Rainbows study to find the prismatic mare slumped over the desk asleep. With a sigh, Twilight walked over to the desk to wake her marefriend up from her nap.

"Rainbow, hey Dashie, wake up." Twilight gently shook Rainbow's shoulder. Nothing happened, Rainbow remained asleep. Continuing along this line for the next ten minutes proved fruitless.

"Oh screw it," Twilight slammed her fist into the surface of the desk on the opposite end from Rainbow's head, "WAKE UP!"

"I'm up!" Rainbow shot up into the air and looked around the room. After seeing Twilight, Rainbow landed softly on the floor, the prismatic maned mare looked rather annoyed with the alicorn.

"I see you're looking over old files that may pertain to the monster that Scootaloo saw at her school." Twilight telekinetically picked up a file and began to look through it. The file had all the same visual components as the Beast as the image the mare who had been affected the other day had drawn, paralyzing fear, unending fog, monstrous glowing eyes and the mangled wings.

"You know the worst part? Every case has this thing described differently, which is why no one put it together sooner." Rainbow handed a file over to Twilight, "That's the first case we believe was about this 'Beast' and the description is entirely different to all of the other cases."

Twilight read the description in the file, then another file and another, and was confused by what she saw. As far as Twilight could tell the creature from this case was a normal manticore, only with a slight aura of fear and the glowing eyes.

"That first one I handed you. That's from around two months ago." Rainbow looked back at the pile of files on the desk, "Two months Sparky, that's how long this things been around, how long it's had to plan and we had no idea until now? There's something else going on here, and we need to find out what."

"Your right, we do." Twilight set the file down and grabbed Rainbows hands, "But not now. How about we get the guards on this and join the others in giving Scootaloo and FireFly their birthday presents."

The idea of not dealing with this threat personally made Rainbow Dash squirm in her seat but there was one thing Rainbow would drop everything for, family or more specifically, her children.

We had no way to know what the beast was planning at this point, mostly because everyone who knew was either dead or with the beast...
However, once again Scootaloos birthday was interrupted...

"Sorry, we didn't get a chance to do this sooner squirt," Rainbow said as the first gift was passed to the orange-furred filly.

"It's not a problem," Scootaloo opened the new gift to find a new pair of flight goggles to go along with her new scooter, stereo, wing care set and various books and wonderbolts merchandise.

"Put them on, I have a feeling that they will prove to be useful." FireFly enjoyed moments like this, just sitting with family. Scootaloo took the goggles and put them on, positioning them over her eyes. After getting a feel for the fit Scootaloo pushed the goggles up onto her forehead, her mane getting pushed out of the way.

"Thanks, Rarity" Receiving a quick 'your welcome' Scootaloo moved on to the next gift that was presented to her. After unwrapping it Scootaloo found a set of mana crystals, the largest of which were on a necklace as a pendant, which scootaloo put on.

"That one has a localized shield spell tied to it, the spell normally takes a lot of focus so this way all you have to do is pour magic into the pendant." Rainbow grinned as the stone lit up mere moments before a bubble of violet magic popped into existence around Scootaloo.

"We can set up the others later, there's a lot you can do with these crystals you know." Twilight Smiled at her daughter and glanced at her new goggles, "Those goggles allow for some interesting things with these mana crystals."

Scootaloo looked up at that and smiled as she thought of the spells she could attach to her goggles.

"So many possibilities, perception spells, vision-based spells or just a flashlight." Scootaloo laughed lightly at that last one.

"Oh hey, that reminds me, remember back when you first noticed my chain?" Scootaloo looked at her parents, Twilight looked at Rainbow Dash and nodded.

"Aw come on Sparky, why do I have to explain it." Rainbow leaned back in her chair as she looked at her marefriend, "Alright fine, so the reason why I was the one who did all the spell recognition stuff is because as captain of the guard I have to be able to recognize if a spell is harmful at the minimum, and as it turns out I'm pretty good at it. I can get information on spells that most can only get with a spell scan while it's being cast."

That's... really odd, I'm going to sort through our memories for anything odd like that concerning our parents and their friends." Before Scotaloo could protest FireFly dived into their shared mind.

"Yeah, we all thought it was mighty odd too," Applejack commented as she downed her drink and stood up to toss the can out. The entrance into the common area burst open as several guards ran into the room.

"Queen Twilight, Captin Dash, Ladies Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Applejack, new information has come to light concerning the case of the Beast." The lead guard handed Twilight a witness report.

"This says one of the guards who tried to hold the Chimera off heard it mention a cave behind the old castle in the Everfree Forest." Twilight handed the file off to Rainbow Dash, who began to look through it.

"We may even have an idea on why the elements vaporized the Chimera, it's leftover magic signature was dark, not corrupt, and it wasn't just dark magic it felt like it would rot everything around it simply for pleasure if it was alive."

"What was done with the ashes?" Rainbow asked the guard who had described the magic.

"They were gathered and placed inside a jar then placed in a secure location."

"I want that secure location to be somewhere no one ever goes, that jar is to be isolated except for two guards on a rotating station, no living things within eight meters of it, am I clear," Pinkie ordered the guard. as she stepped forward, none of her usual cheer present in her demeanour.

"Crystal ma'am." The lead guard nodded to a pair behind him, both of whom rushed off to carry out their orders.

"There's one other thing, we have a prisoner who claims to have information on the beast."

"Take us to them." The look on Twilight's face spoke volumes about her opinion on this matter.

This part occurred a few hours beforehand...

A small timberwolf-like being was hiding in a bush as various creatures from the Everfree forest gathered in a clearing just outside of a fairly large cave. The wolf shook slightly with fear as it looked towards the cave waiting for a chance to escape

"You have to wait until you get something useful to tell the ponies," The wolf reminded itself. This wolf was rather small, roughly the size of a small colt of around thirteen, it had black fur and brown bark-like plating adorned its body, mostly on its arms and legs with a series of plates on its back that stretched around to the front, although it had no plating on its chest or stomach. The weirdest part of this wolf was that it appeared to walk on two legs and had arms.

"Welcome all to my humble abode. We will be attacking that pitiful town just outside our forest in three days then we shall move onto the rest of the world." The Beast called out to the creaturs of the Everfree. That was all the wolf needed to hear before it's fear got to be too much and it bolted in the direction of ponyville. The Beast looked at the fleeing wolf with a grin

"Perfect."

It knew I was there the whole time and took advantage of that
you couldn't control that but back to where we were...

All six of the Everfree Kingdoms leaders and Princess Scootaloo stood outside a cell that contained the being with information on the Beast. The cell block had walls made of an opaque crystal and heavy metal doors.

"Alright let's get to it, this info could save lives." Rainbow opened the door and stepped into the room.

"Finally they sent you all here." The timberwolf thing looked relieved to see the seven of them. Scootaloo held a half-formed energy construct sword behind her back.

"Alright first question, what are you exactly?" Fluttershy sat across from the handcuffed wolf, who looked shocked at the question.

"What? How the fuck does that matter. I have things I need to tell you otherwise your citizens will die!" The wolfs fist hit the table in frustration.

"You want to give us that info? Fine, but first your gonna answer the questions we ask you, whether you like it or not, clear." Rainbow pulled a second chair up to the table and sat down. At the Wolf's nod, she seemed to relax about the situation a little.

"Fine. I am a timberwolf, or at least that's the thing I'm closest to being, and no I have no idea how I ended up like this." The Wolf looked fairly angry at being delayed in giving the information he held.

"Alright, and your name?" Fluttershy was now holding a clipboard and a pen

"Frost Walker, why?"

"Legalities." Twilight took the clipboard from Fluttershy and left the room. Rainbow got up to follow her, Scootaloo stayed in place wither her sword still behind her back.

"Now what is the information on the Beast that you claim to have?" Fluttershy asked the wolf.

"It's gathered a small army of creatures from the Everfree, including timberwolves, manticores and I think I saw a hydra." Frost Walker tapped his knuckles against the table. "And I'm fairly certain they will be attacking here in three days."

Rarity and AppleJack both left the room, followed by Fluttershy after she thanked Frost for his time. Once everyone else had left Scootaloo left as well.

"I want the guards ready for an attack by tomorrow," Rainbow told her second in command, who gave a salute and rushed off.

"What are we going to do with Frost Walker?" Applejack was the one to bring the question up to the group, Rainbow grunted in response. Fluttershy sighed as she looked back to her friend.

"Right now our main concern is the Beast we'll deal with everything concerning Frost Walker afterwards." Fluttershy looked back towards the cells, "We have too much going on at the moment."

"Indeed, as much as it pains me to say it, the situation with Frost isn't nearly as urgent as the incoming attack," Rarity's displeasure at the current situation was made evident in her voice. At this point, Rainbow looked thoroughly annoyed.

"This beast is coming after our kingdom, probably after our citizens. And you know what we know for sure?" Rainbow gestured to Scootaloo, "It's coming after Scootaloo in three days or less."

"Which is why Scootaloo will have a guard detail at all times." Twilight put an arm around her daughter's shoulders.

"I'm not sure that will make a difference mom." Scootaloo looked up at the lavender mare with a frown, "I don't think we can do anything to keep it from getting to me."

The rest of the group seemed disturbed at the fillies attitude. Applejack walked forward and placed her hand on Scootaloo's shoulder.

"That doesn't mean we won't do everything we can," Applejack told the young pegasus. Fluttershy nodded in agreement along with Rarity.

At that point we had a timeframe for the Beast to attack and we knew where it would attack, where ever I was
Not your fault
I know that but doesn't change the fact that this monster attacked the whole town, anyway things really started going the next day...

Scootaloo sat in her usual seat in the classroom staring at the back of Diamond Tiara's head as Cheerilee went on about something, Scootaloo didn't know what.

"So how long till Tiara ask Scootaloo to the dance next week?" Scootaloo faintly heard Apple Bloom ask Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo sat up straight in surprise at her friends' words, not believing that Diamond Tiara would ask her to the dance.

"Don't know. Tomorrow maybe?" Was Sweetie's response. Scootaloo scowled and moved to turn around to confront her friends on their choice of conversation when the door slammed open and one of her personal guards stood in the doorway, his hand still on the doorknob.

"Everyone needs to get to the emergency bunker now! Princess, you're with us." Scootaloo kicked her bag to Sweetie and jumped clear over her desk, the smoky shape of her sword forming in her hand the whole way.

"It's here," Scootaloo stated as she followed the guard squad out of the building.

"Town square, but it's forces are all over town so we'll likely have to fight our way there." Scootaloo nodded as her sword solidified and her chain glowed a little brighter. As the group ran through town they took pot shots at whatever they could hit that wasn't a civilian or a guard member.

Scootaloo rolled forwards under a timberwolf as she threw her sword to the side, it began to dissipate at the pommel once it had left her hand and ended up going through the neck of a manticore with glowing red eyes. The Warrior flicked her chain out behind her as she stood, wrapping the chain around the midsection of the wolf that had jumped her, she pulled with all her might and threw it at another wolf down the street that was about to pounce on a mare. A pair of nearby guards rushed forward to get the mare out of there.

The guard to Scootaloo's left rushed forward and stabbed his sword into the chest of another wolf, lifting it up over his head and slamming it into the ground behind him he withdrew his sword and sprinted back to the group. There was chaos all around them at this point, fires both beginning and spreading, ponies were running and screaming.

"We'll have to turn roads blocked ahead, look!" The lead guard of the group pointed up in front of them, Scootaloo ground her teeth together as she looked at the three manticores and timberwolf pack in front of her.

"I'll deal with that, just keep running." Before the guards could protest Scootaloo sprinted forward.

"Maybe I can affect the form of my chains the way Twilight taught me to form my sword." Scootaloo thought as she ran. Scootaloo whipped her chain at the manticore on the left, which also hit a timberwolf and went right through its head due to the bladed edge Scootaloo added to the chain. The manticore managed to step out of the path of the chain.

Scootaloo pushed off the ground slashing at another wolf with her sword as she did. She then pushed off of the wall she hit with one foot and thew her sword at the manticore quickly following it with one end of her chain. The sword struck home in the beast' arm and the chain snacked its way around the manticores neck twice. The Manticore tried to pull the chain from its neck, however, once Scootaloo hit the ground behind it she pulled hard on the chain, severing the manticores neck.

The other manticore took a step away from Scootaloo at this point. Once Scootaloo turned her gaze to said manticore, however, it did the intelligent thing and fled only to be caught in a storm of arrows. Scootaloo stood and grabbed a timberwolf that had been coming at her out of the air, using its momentum against it she threw it at the building she had just jumped off of, then she threw her newly formed sword at it.

As the guards caught up Scootaloo found herself terrified by how naturally this whole thing came to her. No one should find fighting this easy, no one should be this effective with a weapon without training. Scootaloo couldn't understand why it was so instinctual to her. The group continued to pick off enemies until they would arrive in the town square.

"Ah, so the Warrior does come." The Beast grinned at Scootaloo, "And is that fresh blood?"

This was my first real fight and it would take everything I had to win, but first
We had to deal with our own trouble back at the castle, it wasn't pleasant...

"Two days at most, that's how long we have." Rainbow was dressed in full battle armour as she and her fellow rules sat around a table in the war room.

"We won't be ready for this." Rarity looked down at a map of Ponyville, "How likely is it that the enemy has planned for the power of the elements?"

"I'd say it's guaranteed, we foiled its first plot with that power, it won't allow that a second time." Twilight was taking note of every safety bunker on the map.

"True, which means there is probably little to nothing we can do to prevent Scootaloo's involvement in this." AppleJack didn't like this, there was something more to this but they had no clues.

"But it has no way to know about the other effects of the elements, seeing as we just found those recently." Fluttershy was the type to always look for a positive, and in these situations, those kinds of people were needed.

"We'll have to do everything in our power to stop this and be prepared for the next threat then." Pinkie was unusually sombre.

"The flair was set off! it's here!" The group hears from the other side of the door. All six mares rushed out of the castle to get to the location the flair had been set off.

"Ah ah ah, where do you think you're going?" A hydra sneered as it walked towards the six. Twilight nodded to her friends and began to activate the elements. The rainbow energy beam that came with the use of the elements blasted towards the hydra, who dodged to the left.

"Did you really think that we wouldn't be prepared for that, really?" Once the Hydras vision returned to normal and it could make out what was in front of it, they were shocked to only see Twilight standing in front of them.

"The real question should be why was it so much brighter than normal?" Twilight grinned up at the hydra as an earsplitting boom could be heard and a rainbow wave washed over the sky, None of that registered with the hydra as it was sent reeling from pain as Rainbow Dash plowed into it faster than sound.

Applejack dove out of a nearby bush, planting her left foot she did a quick spin and drove her heel into the side of the hydras bowed head. Pinkie seemed to appear behind the hydra and fired a shot from her party o be an actual cannonball. The cannonball was quickly followed by Pinkie herself, grabbing the hydras rightmost head, Pinkies trajectory curved back to the ground, where she landed on the hydra head, cracking the road underneath her.

Rarity came out of a short-range teleport and sent hailstorm of rocks and dirt towards the hydra from the right, immediately followed by a subsonic uppercut from Rainbow Dash to the right centre head. Applejack punched with all her might with her right hand into the hydra's center of mass, pushing it back a couple feet. A wave of fear and guilt washed over the hydra as Fluttershy glared at it, this caused the hydra to hesitate. The moment of hesitation was all Twilight needed to fire off a simple magic bolt spell for each head before she blasted forward grabbing the necks of the two central heads as she passed, completely flipping the hydra.

The next attack came from Fluttershy who slammed a guards discarded shield into the rightmost head, knocking it out. Rarity used the disorientation of being partially knocked out to weave a rope out of the grass, leaves and sticks around the area and pinned the Hydra with that. Pinkie ended up knocking the Hydra out completely by bouncing from one head to another.

As it turns out, fighting six highly coordinated people that know each other really well is incredibly difficult by yourself
They always fail to realize that theirs a difference between being outnumbered and outclassed, and can never see it when both are true

Author's Note

3,454 before i went back over it...
what? How does this keep happening!
I really don't want people expecting 3,000-word chapters but I keep getting longer and longer
I tried to keep this one under 2800 damit!

Well new character, YAY! when do people usually start to hate the new character?

But to be serious this chapter was a blast to write, it's really getting into what this story is going to feature, fights and for a first real combat chapter it turned out well. But that's my opinion, I'd like to hear yours
...
Unless it's something like 'bad story cause twidash'