It had been about five days since the meeting, and so far the Shadowbolts had been quiet. The Main 8 had been summoned to the Crystal Empire for the rest of the week to guard the Royal family, so Applejack and Rainbow Dash were staying in the capital with the rest of their friends. Applejack was walking around the Crystal Empire to pick out a wedding spot for them, and Dash was searching the skies with the Royal Guard, so both of them were extremely busy. And after the Royal Guard had been killed by Lightning Dust, a Kingdom-wide curfew was initiated until further notice, and both Dash and Applejack were on the way to their room.

"Hay, sugarcube," Applejack said as Dash came walking in through the castle door.

"Hay," Dash said. "Any luck finding a place?"

"Not yet," Applejack said. "It’s harder to find a wedding place than it is to round up a bunch of cattle on a cool summer morning."

"Where’s Twilight?" Dash asked.

"She's with Flurry Heart," Applejack said. "Cadence and Shining Armor said they found a lead, so they are going to investigate."

"Really?" Dash said excitedly. "We finally caught the bastards!" she said.

"Rainbow! Language," Applejack yelled.

"Sorry," Dash said. "But did we really catch them?"

"I said it was a lead," Applejack said. "We don't know if they are even there or not"

"I hope they find them," Dash said. "I would like to give Lightning Dust her own metal wing, if you know what I mean."

Just then, ten royal guards came bursting into the door, followed by Shining Armor. As they came running in, Dash and Applejack could see that they had blood all over them, and some of them even had a missing eye. Shining Armor approached Rainbow. He had a bunch of scars around his face, his legs were bleeding, and his armor was all dented.

"Rainbow!" Shining Armor said. "Call Twily and the rest of your friends-- tell them to prepare for battle!"

"Where is Princess Cadence?" Applejack asked, worried.

“She has been captured by Princess Cinch and the Shadowbolts!”

The Outskirts of The Crystal Empire

As the cold wind blew through Rainbow’s fur, she knew that this would be a tough battle. She saw Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Sunset Shimmer, and Starlight Glimmer in the royal chariot, followed by at least twelve guards; behind them was Shining Armor and his 1,000 royal guards for Crystal Army, 500 pegasi, 400 unicorns, and 100 earth ponies. And behind them was Princess Celestia and her royal guard. Rainbow had put on her Wonderbolt uniform to symbolise that the Wonderbolts would not give up that easily.

"We are almost there," Shining Armor said. "When we get to the cave, Twilight, you and your friends will find the Seventh Element and save Cadence, while me and Celestia take on the Shadowbolt army."

"Okay," Twilight said.

All of a sudden the sky stopped snowing, and storm clouds appeared in the sky. "Twilight, run to the cave, NOW!" Just then, about 500 Shadowbolts came out of the clouds at once. Doing as Shining Armor said, Twilight and Rainbow Dash ran towards the cave with the rest of the Main 8.

The Shadowbolt Flight Camp

As the Main 8 went into the cave, they were surprised to find what awaited them was an exact replica of the Wonderbolt Flight Camp standing before them, except in the colors of the Shadowbolts. As they walked onto the runway, they stopped to catch their breath.

"Okay… Now that we are in, let's find the Element," Sunset said.

“Rainbow, since you know the Flight Camp well, can you find the captain's quarters?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, I’m pretty sure It should be right where Spitfire’s quarters were in the original camp," Rainbow said.

"Okay, here is the plan," Twilight said. "Sunset, Applejack, and Rainbow, and I will go find the Element, while the rest of you look for whatever we can defend ourselves with," Twilight said. "We might not be alone in here, so be careful."

As the gang split up, Rainbow was wondering what Lightning Dust was up to, and if she herself knew what she was doing.

Captain's Quarters/Throne Room

As Twilight, Rainbow, Sunset, and Applejack ran to the captain's quarters, they noticed it was also immediately different from the captain's quarters from the Wonderbolts flight camp; instead, it was an exact replica of what appeared to be Princess Celestia’s own throne room.

"Princess Cinch must have wanted to feel the comfort of royalty after she left," Twilight said. "Sunset, when Princess Cinch was in your world, did she by any chance say anything that might help us?"

"The only thing Principal Cinch did when she was in my world was corrupt my Twilight," Sunset said. "She didn't really reveal anything about Equestria. When you told me she was originally from Equestria, I was surprised."

"Then I'm afraid that's not going to be really useful, sugarcube," Applejack said.

As the group walked over to the throne, Dash noticed immediately that there was something in front of it. "Guys, that look exactly like Spitfire’s desk!" Rainbow said.

As Rainbow and Applejack walked over to the desk, they saw something that made Rainbow Dash so angry, she could have bucked the first person behind her. Above the desk and throne was a frame, inside of which, to Applejack’s disgust, was Rainbow Dash’s cut-off wing, just like a trophy.

"What kind of sick person would do this?!" Applejack yelled.

Just then, they heard the door open behind them, and a familiar dangerous pony stood right behind them. "Welcome to my humble abode, Rainbow Dash!" Lightning Dust said. "Enjoying my prized trophy?"

"I’m gonna buck you so hard that you will die before you hit the ground!" Applejack said.

"Really? I would love to see you try," Lightning Dust said, "but I don't think you want to hurt me while I am wearing this."

Then Lightning Dust pulled out what appeared to be a necklace that looked exactly like the Elements of Harmony, except the necklace wasn't made of gold, but silver, and the shape of the element on her neck was Sunset's cutie mark, only dark blue.

"This is no longer the Element of Empathy," Lightning Dust said. "This is the Element of Apathy, the first-ever Element of Disharmony."

"What did you do to it?" Twilight asked.

"Let's just say you are not the only one who knows a Princess," Lightning Dust said.

"Enough!" shouted a mysterious voice.

Just then, a tall alicorn stepped out from behind Lightning Dust. She looked older than Celestia, she had a purple and black mane, and her fur was light blue, slightly lighter than Rainbow Dash's. "I am Princess Cinch," she said.

"We know who you are," Sunset Shimmer said, coming out from behind Twilight's back.

"Well, well, well! So the teenagers return. I'm surprised that you came through the mirror--or were you originally from here as well as I?" Cinch said.

"I'm not going to let you corrupt this world like you almost did mine!" Sunset said.

"We would like to see you try," Lightning Dust said.

Having had enough of this bickering, Rainbow Dash emerged from behind the desk. Her metal wing and real wing lifted her high into the air, and then she hurdled towards Lightning Dust, bucking her right in the chest. As Lightning fumbled into the wall, Rainbow Dash pulled out her metal wing, and she was peeved. "You took something of mine; now I'm going to take something that belongs to you!" Rainbow Dash raised her metal wing and shaped it like a knife. She went full throttle and tried to slice into Lightning Dust's wing, but missed as Lightning Dust kicked Dash off her

"You're stronger then the last time we met Rainbow," Lightning Dust said. "Now, how about me and you finish this once and for all?" Lightning Dust then grabed a dagger with her mouth and sliced it across Rainbow Dash's eye, leaving a scar on her right eye.

As Rainbow Dash backed up, she replied furiously, "I couldn't agree more."

Author's Note

Well this is it so close to the final two chapters the next chapter is going to be a bit long or a bit short depending on how it goes and the Final Chapter will be the prologue