Author's Note

Yay, longer chapter!
You're down to 50/100 health
After defeating AJ, you gain 2000 apples, making 3000 in total.
After defeating AJ, you gain a new weapon:
Big Red- Gauntlets/Boots that give your attacks more strength. Allows more Apples to be gained during battle.
You guys know the drill and how this works. You know what to vote on and how to vote on it, so i'll let you get started.

Currently available locations: Ponyville

From this point forward, you will have a choice to make. However, since you haven't unlocked all of her abilities, the only choices you have right now are, where mission 3 starts, which style she should make use of in mission 3, and which boss she should fight in mission 3, if any at all.

Depending on where the mission starts, her boss choices change. The weapons and skills she receives depends on the boss she fights, so choose wisely. (I won't include the children of Twilight's school.)

(Discord will act as the environmental part of the game. Basically any part that involves puzzles and or secret missions.)

Ponyville
The Main 6-
Twilight Sparkle
~~Midnight Sparkle~~
Rainbow Dash
Rainbow (Factory) Dash
Apple Jack
Rarity
Nightmare Rarity
Pinkie Pie
Pinkamena
Fluttershy
Spike
Spike (Greed)

The CMC-(You can choose just one, two, or all three.)
Scootaloo
Sweetie Belle
Apple Bloom

Side Characters
Big Mac
Vinyl Scratch
Snips and Snails
Derpy

Canterlot
Celestia
Luna
Daybreaker
Nightmare Moon

The Crystal Empire
Cadence
Shining Armor
Flurry Heart
Sombra

The Badlands
Thorax
Chrysalis

Griffonstone
Gilda

The Dragon Lands
Ember
Garble
Torch
(The voting closes at 12:00 P.M. tomorrow.)

Mission 2- An Apple Rodeo

As she made her way through Ponyville, looking to leave and widen her search, Sunset found herself unable to get her mind off the state of Sweet Apple Acres.

Why was it destroyed, when all the rest of the homes seemed in tact, if a little worse for wear.

Fluttershy's house was old and burned, but other than a few broken windows and a boarded up door, it was fine. Rarity's roof had been ripped clean off, and its decorative support poles were gone, but it was otherwise unharmed, and overall, Twilight's castle was just a mess.

So why? Why out of all the houses in Ponyville, was the Apple Family Barn the only one so broken?

It made her curious, and she figured maybe checking it out was something she could make time for.

She made her way over to the entrance to the once thriving orchard and went inside, walking through what was now a dead zone, in a very literal sense.

As she had noticed before, all the trees were dead. But now that she was closer, she could see that not only were all the trees dead, but all the animals in them as well.

From vampire fruit bats to regular squirrels, they were all dead. She quickened her pace to not have to be around so much death for a second longer.

Soon, she found her way to the wreckage of what was once the pride and joy of the Apple Family. Sweet Apple Acres.

She briefly considered rummaging through the rubble to see if she could find anything that would serve as a clue to finding Discord.

She ultimately decided against it when she remembered that this was Discord. If he didn't want to be found, she wasn't going to find him.

She soon changed her mind however, when she realized that unlike Twilight, AppleJack may have survived. And if there was any chance of her having done so, she would have to make sure by checking anyway. So without any further distractions she set to work, easily stripping away slab after slab of broken wood and shattered glass.

After quite a while of sifting through rubble, she was finally ready to give up. All she could see was a blank patch of singed dirt, the burn marks arranged in a circle.

A circle in the middle of which stood AppleJack's hat, completely fine, if a bit crumpled and covered in a layer of dirt.

She lifted the hat up and brushed it off, freeing it from the grip of the dust surrounding it. She coughed a bit at all the debris and stood, smiling as she stared at the hat, remembering her old friend.

The reminiscing soon stopped however, as the hat lifted into the air and glowed a golden color.

The glow brightened to the point where it hurt Sunset's eyes and she had to shield them from the light.

A sound followed after the light. A small, but slowing rising sound that began in the distance, but slowly got closer as time went on.

When the sound had reached it's peak volume, and the light had brightened enough to rival the sun, it instantly extinguished itself as if it was never there to begin with.

And when Sunset finally opened her eyes, what she saw, made her stare in shock. "A...Apple Jack?"

"Howdy, there, Sunset! Yup. It's me." The blonde haired girl smiled. "Thanks fer findin' my hat. I've been lookin' for it for a long time."

Sunset continued to stare in shock. "W-well, you're welcome but...how are you alive? Didn't Discord-"

"That no-good lousy varmint! I oughtta beat him to a pulp myself. " Apple Jack cut her off.

"What did he do?" Sunset asked.

"He came to Ponyville and used his chaos magic to trap the residents in some kinda other dimension, or somethin'! I swear when I get my hands on him!"

"Wait, wait. So, you're all okay? You're not dead?"

"Why, heavens no, Sunset! We're just trapped. Can't figure a way to get out for the life of us either." Apple Jack answered with a wave of her hand as if to dismiss the question.

Sunset sighed. 'That's a load off my back...'

"Now, you listen here, Sunset. I have a favor to ask." Apple Jack suddenly said.

"You don't even have to ask. I'll free you girls from Discord in no time!" Sunset gave a thumbs up.

"Now that's what I like to hear! But, do ya really think ya have what it takes? He's pretty powerful, ya know?"

"Well, so am I!" Sunset smiled.

"I think I'm gonna need a bit more than words to convince me, Sunset. How about...a demonstration?" Apple Jack smirked.

"Fine. If that's what you want!" Sunset removed Redemption from its scabbard and lunged at AJ, the blonde countering with her own attack, bright red gauntlets and boots covering her hands and feet.

The two struggled against each other for a moment before Apple Jack broke loose and struck her in the stomach, sending her flying into the orchard, where she landed on her back.

"Don't tell me that's all the strength you have Sunset! If that's all then you'll never be able to beat Discord!"

"I'm not done yet!" Sunset yelled back as she rushed forward, clashing with Apple Jack's gauntlets again. The two traded blows for a while before it was Sunset's turn to fight back. She jumped high into the air and came down hard upon Apple Jack, causing her to have to block with her own weapons, only to still be sent skidding back a few feet. Sunset followed the attack up with another rush...

"That's more like it, Sunset!" AJ grinned as she watched Sunset charge her, only to fall over as AJ tripped her, followed by two quick jabs to the stomach and face, and a full fledged haymaker to the jaw that sent her flying back into the forest yet again. But AJ didn't stop there.

She rushed over to Sunset, reared back her fist, jumped high into the air, and returned Sunset's earlier strike with one of her own. The force of her attack caused the ground to crack around them to the point where it actually crumbled away and made a hole in the ground where they stood.

Luckily, Sunset blocked it with the flat of Redemption's blade, and so was able to stave off most of the damage, but she still got thrown back further into the woods, much to her dismay.

"Come on, Sunset! Is that really all ya got! You can't even beat me let alone a god!" AJ put her hands on her hips. She was actually getting worried for Sunset. If she was doing this badly against just her, how would she fare against the stronger enemies out there. Would she be able to win if it came down to life of death?

'I really hope she doesn't hate me for this...'

Then, to her surprise, Sunset moved. At first, it was just a twitch of her finger, then, slowly, she started to move more and more, up to where she could finally move her legs again. She picked her self up off the ground, panting and using her sword as a cane to keep herself propped up. Apple Jack could do nothing more than grin, crossing her arms in pride at how tenacious she was. "That a girl, Sunset..." She got into a stance. "Now come at me."

Sunset obliged her silent request by standing up straight and brandishing her blade. "Now, it's my turn, AJ! No more holding back!"

"I wouldn't have it any other way!" AJ yelled back, grin still one her face.

Sunset rushed forward, her sword at the ready.

'This again?' AJ was just confused at this point. Why use the same strategy as before when the last two times didn't work?

However, in her musings, she failed to notice Sunset pulling out her pistols, Nero and Bianca, and firing off shot after shot in her direction.

She barely had enough time to cover her face before they could reach her, and they bounced off her gauntlets, some of them bouncing off at odd angles. One of them hit her left leg and she cried out in pain, dropping to one knee.

Sunset kept firing, and soon AppleJack could only defend with one arm. When AJ looked over her arm to check if Sunset was still there, she was surprised to see taht she was gone.

She looked up to see Sunset running up a tree and jumping behind her, where she slashed her back from the right shoulder blade and down in a diagonal motion, reaching the small of her back.

It was AJ's turn to hit the ground as she cried out in pain again.

After this, Sunset stood above her a grin of her own. "Looks like I got you one the ground this time, huh?"

"Yeah, you got me." Aj admitted. "But it's not over yet!" Aj then started to rise up from her prone position on hthe ground, holding her shoulder and wincing in pain.

'Wow, she's tough!' Sunset thought as she took a few steps back in shock. But she soon steeled herself and readied her sword again as AJ charged her, launching punch after heavy punch at her.

She was forced to block with her sword, and even then she was still forced to step back a few feet. All of this and AJ was only using one hand.

Sunset narrowly dodged a strike aimed for her face, which went through the faimly shed, which was amazingly still standing after all that happened.

Sunset took a moment to admire, in terror, the sheer force it must've took to break the wood, even if it was old.

"Where're you looking?" She quickly dodged another punch aimed directly at her and jumped over AJ before anymore damage could be done.

Sunset landed on her feet and responded with a slash of her own, which AJ easily dodged with a backwards jump, and the two clashed again, struggling for dominance.

This time it was Sunset's turn to jump back, as AJ won the struggle and launched her fist forwards.

For a moment the two stayed like that , just staring each other down with menacing glares. Then, finally, when they felt there were ready, they charged each other.

Mighty battle cries rang out as the two rushed each other, each hoping to end the fight with this last attack.

And with that, the two fighters take the other's position, breathing heavily and simply waiting for the other to fall.

In the end it was apple Jack who lost, blood spewing from a new wound across her front, her arm outstretched all the way up until she began her descent to the ground.

Sunset meanwhile, propped herself up on her sword and looked back at Apple Jack, who lay in a bloody heap upon the ground.

"So, how did I do?" Sunset asked, a nervous smile on her face.

Apple Jack could do nothing more than smile and give a thumbs up before passing out, her spirit fading into particles along with the hat.

Sunset held up a fist in victory and went on to catch her breath. When she was finally in control of her heartbeat, she looked around for anything else that may have been around that she missed, only to see two things laying right where AJ just was:

A pair of Bright red and gold gauntlets, and a pair of Red and gold boots.

'These must've been AJ's. Guess i'll take them now, since she doesn't need them.'

Sunset grabbed up the items and walked away, putting her sword back in its scabbard and her pistols back in their holsters.

She was about to to walk away, only to see the two things glow brightly in her hands and disappear in a shower of red sparks into her blade.

She shook out her hands and made her way into the Everfree Forest, looking to exit Ponyville for a new place. It was time to leave.

'Time to get back on track. Discord, here I come.'