Starfleet Magic: Season 1 (Rewrite)

Sombra was seated in the throne room and his minions were present. “So what’s the new plan to destroy those annoying ponies, your majesty?” Flame asked.

“Well we’ve taken an interest in a certain creature in New Tartarus…… Lord Tirek.” Sombra stated.

The minions gasped. Tirek was a centaur who can use his dark magic to steal ponies magic. “Are you sure your majesties?” Breaker asked.

“Of course I’m sure.” Sombra scoffed. “With a special spell Tirek will be under my full control. With him on our side we will bring those measly ponies to their knees!”

The minions liked the sound of that. “So when do we start?” Frost asked. Sombra chuckled, “Right now.” Using his magic, he teleported all of them to New Tartarus.

They appeared in a place with caverns and rocky peaks everywhere. “So this is New Tartarus.” Frost said.

This land was once used by Equestrians to seal their most dangerous criminals, like Tirek, underground. It became obsolete when Starfleet came along and introduced stronger and more efficient prisons. However, all dangerous criminals of Equestria’s past still remained sealed within New Tartarus.

“Indeed and this is where we’ll find Tirek, come.” Sombra led his minions to Tirek’s seal. The seal can only be unlocked with the magic of an equestrian pony, since Sombra was originally Dusk Shine from Equestria of Old, he could unlock it. “Stand back.”

The minions backed away and Sombra used his dark magic to break the seal. The ground began to tremble and quake as the seal pulsated like crazy, and then it broken, and all was suddenly quiet… quiet… quiet still, and then a huge fist pushed through the ground, making the team jump in fear. Then another large fist emerged. The minions gazed on in astonishment as the giant centaur emerged, and thundered “I… am… free!!”

He was at least the size of Twilight’s old home.

“King Sombra? What do you want?” Tirek snarled.

“I want you to help us destroy some meddling ponies and conquer United Equestria.” Sombra offered.

Tirek rolled his eyes, “I don’t have time to help a foolish creature like you.” Sombra knew he would say that. His blasted Tirek in the head with his magic. Tirek screamed in pain as he held his head. Suddenly, he stopped and looked at Sombra and the minions with his green eyes with smoke fluttering from the sides. “I’m ready to serve you, master.”

Sombra grinned widely, “Victory will be ours!” He declared and laughed and his minion laughed as well.

Meanwhile, Lightning and friends were at New Canterlot for some training, including Cadence and Shining Armor. Sapphire was sparring with Lightning and was doing really well.

Lightning tripped her but before she hit the ground, she caught herself and came back up and punched Lightning in the chest. “Nice.” he commented.

Sapphire was about to use her magic to paralyze him when...

“Hold.”

The ponies turned and saw Grand Ruler and Queen Celestia standing in the doorway. “Very impressive Sapphire, you’ve grown into a fine fighter.” he commented.

Sapphire felt flattered and blushed. “Hehe, thank you.”

Suddenly, Captain Shania came into the doorway, breathing heavily and she’s turned to their majesties. “Your majesties! Your majesties!” she cried.

“What is it Captain?” Celestia asked.

Shania caught her breath, “I’ve just received word form new Tartarus. Lord Tirek has escaped!” Their majesties exchanged looks of concern and the ponies, except Sapphire, gasped in horror.

“Who’s Lord Tirek?” she asked.

“He’s a big meanie pants who can steal other ponies magic!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“Do you how he escaped, Captain?” Celestia asked.

“Yes. One fairy soldier reported seeing King Sombra and his minions releasing Tirek. They they’re on their way here as we speak.” Shania replied. Grand Ruler said. Their majesties immediately held an emergency meeting in the throne room. “We cannot allow Tirek to roam free.” said Luna “If we don’t recapture him at once, all of United Equestria will be in grave danger.”

“But how?” Sapphire asked.

“Yeah, that big brute will just absorb our magic, like he did before.” Applejack stated. “And with Sombra and the minions it’ll be almost impossible to attack Tirek.”

This made the ponies worry even more. “Can he absorb your magic too?” Sapphire asked, referring to Lightning and the space ponies.

“Fortunately, Space ponies like us are immune to absorption magic.” Lightning replied.

“Unfortunately, Equestrian ponies, like the girls, Luna, Cadence, Shining Armor and myself are not.” Celestia stated. “We must stop Tirek as soon as possible.” Celesto stated.

“But if we face him, he’ll just suck the magic out of us.” Applejack objected.

Celestia sighed deeply “It pains me to say this, but we cannot risk it. We have decided…” she paused a moment “…to give up our own magic and hide it away where Tirek will not get to it.”

Everyone gasped in the deepest of shock and concern. “Give up your magic!” cried Artie.

“But if you do that, and the Tirek does attack,
You’ll be defenseless; you won’t be able to fight back.” added Rhymey.

“This is something we are quite aware of…” said Luna “But as my sister said, we cannot take such a risk, but know this…” she said as she eyed the girls, Cadence and Shining Armor. “Fear not, your powers will be well cared for. We have chosen the safest place for them.”

“Where?” asked Pinkie.

“Not where, but whom…” Grand Ruler said. “Sapphire will absorb your magic and keep them within herself. Doing this will also increase her power dramatically.”

The team gasped in even more shock and concern while Sapphire had no words.

“M-Me! Why me?” she asked.

“We do not believe Tirek is aware of your presence or the powerful magic that you hold inside. If we transfer our magic to you, Tirek will not know where it has gone.” Celestia explained. “But what if Tirek comes after me?” Sapphire squeaked in fear.

That’s when they all heard three roars and whinny behind them. Looking back, they saw Skystorm, Snowflake along with the changelings. "We won't let that creep anyway near her." Pyrite promised.

Though the ponies weren’t all too keen with this idea, it was their only shot.

Lightning sighed. “Okay, do it.”

Celestia, Luna, and Shining Armor and the mane five all surrounded Sapphire in a circle. Sapphire nodded her head saying she was ready. Then all the ponies concentrated hard, sending their magical forces from their bodies and into Sapphire.

When the transfer was finished, she was floating in the air, glowing brightly. The light diminished and she landed on the ground. The girls, and the royal ponies checked their flanks and no cutie mark was present. They’ve all lost their cutie marks.

Queen Celestia sighed, “It is done.”

“Sapphire, you now possess our powers. Hopefully we will reclaimed them.” Luna added.

Suddenly, the alarms went off and Goldwin burst into the throne room. “Guys! It’s horrible— come quick!”

“Calm down Goldwin— what’s wrong?” Grand Ruler asked.

“It’s Tirek! He’s in the village stealing magic!”

Everybody gasped. “Let’s go!” Lightning called. The two teams transformed…

“STARFLEET MAGIC!”

“HARMONY HOUR, FRIENDSHIP POWER!”

They flew out of the palace, heading straight towards the villages. Meanwhile, Tirek was enjoying absorbing the magic from the Equestrian ponies.

An army of space ponies and the pegasi, including the Wonderbolts charged Tirek, however, he just deflected the space ponies off like common flies and he zapped the pegasi, causing them to lose their ability to fly, “Going down.” he sneered. All the ponies fell like rocks.

Sombra and his minions were blasting everything in sight and having fun.

“Tirek! Sombra!” a voice yelled. Tirek looked and saw the ponies. “Ahh. More pathetic ponies trying to stop me.” he sneered.

“You pests might as well give up now.” Sombra added.

Suddenly, Tirek sensed a strong magic coming from Sapphire. “I sense one of you has great power. I must have it!”

Sapphire didn’t like the look Tirek was giving her and she gulped nervously, “Don’t worry Sapphire, we won’t let them get you.” Pinkie promised.

“Just to be safe, you should go and hide somewhere.” Lightning suggested. Sapphire nodded and called, “Snowflake!”

Snowflake and the dragons came to her side and Sapphire mounted Snowflake. They all flew off just barely escaping Tirek’s attempt to grab them. “Let them go Tirek! Once we deal with these ponies we’ll go after her.”

“Yes master.”

The ponies got into the fighting stances. “Let’s go!” Lightning snapped.

Lightning and the ponies transformed.

“STARFLEET MAGIC!”

Then the girls,

“HARMONY HOUR, FRIENDSHIP POWER!”

Finally, little Spike,

“DRAGON POWER!”

“Warrior-mode, go!” Luna and Celestia touched the cutiemark symbols on the fronts of their garbs and changed into their warrior garments.

Sombra and the minions stood before Tirek. “Attack!” Sombra cried. The two sides rushed forward and brawled. The minions used their magic to easily power up themselves and blast, kick and booted the Space and Friendship ponies. They all were sent flying and crashed hard.

Their suits were already flashing red and were at forty percent power. “Woah, their stronger than before.” Rainbow said.

“I feel woozy already.” Spike added. That’s when Sombra stepped forth. “Time to end this.” He powered up his magic and fire a large dark beam at the ponies. “Lookout!”

Suddenly,

“No!” The royal family got in front of the beam and took the blast head on. Without their magic the attack caused massive damage. When the beam ended, the royal family fell to the ground from exhaustion. “Your majesties!” Lightning cried.

The ponies rushed to their side. Sombra laughed. “Now, Tirek!” Tirek snapped his fingers and the team was surrounded in individual bubbles.

The bubble also powered down the team’s suits because they blocked their powers. “Hey! Let us go!” Buddy snapped.

“Why would I do that. Now I can get that human and her magic!” Sombra sneered.

“You’ll never get her magic!” Lightning yelled.

“Oh, on the contrary, once she’s sees I have you all in my possession, she’ll have have no choice.”

The ponies didn’t like the sound of that. Sombra and Tirek were going to use them to force Sapphire to hand over her magic. They just hoped she was okay.

Meanwhile, Sapphire and her changeling friends were in the Everfree Forest near the Castle of the Two Sisters; where Queen Celestia, Princess Luna and Grand Ruler Celesto used to live. Now it was really torn up and looked like it was falling apart. Snowflake landed in the front of the castle and Sapphire dismounted her.

“Looks like we’ll be hiding here for a while.” she said.

Her dragons roared with worry, “Don’t worry, I’m sure the others will beat Tirek and we can go back. Right now, we have to hide so Tirek doesn’t get the magic that you have.” Pharynx explained. The creatures nodded and they began walking around the castle. Just then, "Hey, guys!" The friends looked and saw Crystal standing by what looked to be a large cavern. "What is it?" Pyrite asked.

"There's something down here." The gang looked and saw something glowing inside of a large hole in the side of the cavern. Suddenly, Sapphire's chest began glowing as well. “That’s new.”

"Should we investigate?" Pharynx asked.

"I think we should. Who knows it could help us beat Tirek." Sapphire said. She walked down the staircase while the dragons and changelings slowly descended to the floor. Entering the cave, they all gasped in awe. Inside was a crystallized tree with the center of it being a star, like Twilight Sparkle's cutie mark and Queen Celestia and Princess Luna's cutie marks on the trunk as well.

“Woah.” she gasped in awe. “What is this?”

“This is the Tree of Harmony.” a voice replied. Sapphire, the dragons and changelings turned around and saw Twilight Sparkle’s spirit floating to the ground. “Twilight?” Sapphire gasped.

“Hello Sapphire. I see you've made some new friends."

“You said this was the Tree of Harmony? What is it?” Silver asked.

“It is a powerful and magical tree that control all that grows in the New Everfree Forest and it is where Queen Celestia and Princess Luna first discovered the Elements of Harmony.”

Sapphire walked towards the tree and as she got closer the more the tree and her chest glowed. Finally, she stood a few feet from the tree and touched the base. In a instant the tree glowed brightly and released six multi-colored beams at Sapphire’s chest.

The light on her chest began to morph into what looked at be necklace with a gemstone in the middle.

With a final flash, the glow diminished and Sapphire felt a bit woozy. “Woah, that was intense.” She looked down at her chest and was shocked “What the-?” On her chest was a golden necklace with a silver star symbol in the center.

“Wha-What happened?” she asked. Twilight's spirit came up to her. “The Tree of Harmony gave you a hidden element of harmony.”

“Hidden?”

“This element is a combination of all of the other Element of Harmony. You’ve shown all six of them during your time with Lightning and his friends. Together, they make the Element of Hope.

This Element is twice as powerful as the Element of Magic as it doesn’t require the other six elements to unlock its true power.”Sapphire and her creatures were all amazed, but Sapphire was confused. “But why me?”

“You expressed the full power of your friendship that you end up creating a brand new element like I said before. Your element is not only a new form of the Element of Magic, but it also represent your own element. The Element of Hope.

You should all that hope over everything you faced, and it also helped bring friendship to the dome unlikely creatures. In doing so, you showed them the magic of friendship. The elements sensed it, helped you create your own element.”

“So I can use Valkyrie magic like my friends?”

“Yes, however, your Valkyrie magic is different from the girls.” Sapphire was surprised. “How much different?” Twilight smirked. “You’ll find out in battle.”

Sapphire sighed. Suddenly, the dragons began growling. “Skystorm, Snowflake, what’s wrong?”

She got her answer when she heard, “SAPPHIRE SHIMMER!!!”

She gasped in horror. “Tirek!”

“You have something that I want.” Tirek stated. Sapphire was in complete panic. “Wha- What do I do?”

“You have to fight him.” Twilight said.

Sapphire gulped at the sound of that, “Fight him?!”

“It’s the only way he’ll be defeated. Remember you have Valkyrie magic and the aid of your dragons and alicorn. You can do this.” Twilight encouraged as she disappeared.

Sapphire was still unsure about facing Tirek. Snowflake came up and rubbed against her. Snowflake roared softly. “You really think I can do this?”

The drgaons and Kyara nodded. Taking a deep breath, Sapphire declared, “Alright, but if I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna need your help.”

"How can we help?" Pyrite asked. Sapphire smirked at them. "Just follow me lead." She mounted Snowflake and they all flew out of the cave and cavern where Tirek spotted them.

Sapphire could see Sombra and the minions in Tirek’s head. “Finally, you have something I want. Now give it to me!” Tirek stated.

“Never!” Sapphire and her dragons blasted Tirek, making him scream in pain. Tirek tried to punched Snowflake into the ground but she easily dodged the attack. The changelings turned into multiple Skystorms and blasted Tirek with their magnesium blast. Skystorm launched her spines at Tirek. Sapphire blasted another burst of magic at Tirek, he shielded himself with his own magic, but Sapphire’s power consumed him in a large explosion.

When the dust cleared, Tirek smirked, “Now I see what your friends have done.” he sneered.Sapphire and Snowflake blasted Tirek again. That’s when Tirek levitated the two up to his face! They struggled to get free but Tirek threw her into a mountain, “YYYAAAHHHHH!”

BOOM! They both collided with the mountain side. "Sapphire!" the changelings cried. Luckily, when the smoke cleared, it was shown the two were unharmed thanks to Sapphire using a shield to protect them. Tirek came flying in, “Brace yourself, girl!” and rammed them right through the mountain! Recovering from being winded by the massive impact. Snowflake got on top of Tirek and blasted him hard. He crashed into the ground leaving an small crater in the ground. Tirek stood up and the group landed in front of him. “It seems we’ve reached a disagreement Lieutenant. How about a trade?”

He snapped his fingers and behind him, floating in the sky were nineteen bubbles, each containing her friends, including Mykan! That’s when Sombra and his minions appeared.

“Their release for all of the magic you have in your possession.” Tirek offered. Sapphire gasped in horror while her dragons and changelings looked at them, horrified. All of her friends cried out, telling her not give him the magic. “So what’s it gonna be, Lieutenant?” Sombra asked.

“Don’t do it, Sapphire!” Lightning called.

“We’re not worth it!” Starla added.

“Don’t give him your magic!” Mykan added. Tirek grew very impatient. “ENOUGH! I WANT AN ANSWER AND I WANT IT NOW!” he thundered.

Sapphire looked at the mane five and the Queen. A rainbow stripe went across their bubbles as they were all looking at her with pleading eyes. The same rainbow colors reflected in her eyes.

She knew what she had to do.

She dismounted Snowflake and said “... I will give you my magic... in exchange for my friends.” she said. Everybody gasped in horror while Tirek smilied victoriously. “As you wish.” He snapped his fingers and all the bubbles came to ground, popped and freed her friends.

“Now for your end.” Tirek said. He levitated Sapphire up to his face and used his magic to steal her magic...

But nothing happened! “What?” Tirek tried again, but the magic didn’t enter Tirek’s mouth. Even the team and changelings were confused. “What have you done?” Tirek asked.

“Nothing.” Sapphire squeaked.

“Well, if her can’t adsorb your magic, he’ll just have to destroy you. Do it!” Sombra declared.

“ NOOOO...!” the ponies cried. Just as Tirek was about to crush her with his free hand, the element on Sapphire’s chest glowed and blasted Tirek in the face. “Auughhh!” Sapphire was released and Element glowed brighter and brighter. “Alright then…VALKYRIA!”

In a bright flash, Sapphire changed into her Valkyrie form. Her armor was silver with a white skirt and a headband with white wings on the end: she wielded a sword in her left hand and shield that had the elements’ symbol in her right. Her hair flowed and gained rainbow streaks along with her wings.

This totally shocked her friends.

“Sapphire’s a Valkyrie now?!” Rainbow cried.

“How?” Applejack asked.

Sombra, the minions and Tirek simply smirked at her. “You think that little trick will save you?” Frost sneered.

“Yes I do.” Sapphire replied.

“Well you are sorely mistaken BLAZE OF DESTRUCTION!”

The blast heard right for Sapphire but she blocked it with her shield. Sapphire dashed up to Tirek and slashed him in the chest multiple times, causing much damage to him.

Sapphire charged and repeatedly struck Tirek with her magic. Her dragons got in on the action, blasting Tirek with their fire attacks. Sapphire finally bashed into Tirek sending him flying! The others were shocked amazed by her new power. “Look at her go!” Mykan said.

“Back and forth,
To and fro.” Rhyemy added.

Tirek snarled and Sapphire’s horn begin to glow in a mystical light. Suddenly the friendship ponies and the Queen changed into their Valkyrie forms and their shields went up to Sapphire and circled her.

“What’s going on?” Starla asked.

All of the seven shields glowed brightly as well as Sapphire and they circled her. They each shot out a beam of color at Sapphire’s element.”HARMONIC BLAST!”

Launching the combined magic of the elements, she consumed Tirek, Sombra and the minions in the blast He screamed in pain as he felt all the magic he’d stolen being taken away and when it was done, he was back in New Tartarus.

The magic from the attack sent out a large wave of magic across the kingdom, giving the equestrian ponies their magic back including the Mane five, and the royal ponies and restoring all the damage done during the battle.

Sombra and the minions were left lying on the ground. “Grr… retreat.” Sombra grunted. Together, the four of them teleported away. “Ah! They got away again!” Spike cried.

“We’ll worry about them later, look!” Applejack said pointing at Sapphire.

Sapphire floated down to the floor and the six shields went back to their owners. She changed back into her normal uniform. Breathing heavily, she looked at her friends right before she collapsed.

Beep Beep Beep

Sapphire opened her eyes and saw many blobs in front of her.

“Is she gonna be okay?” asked the orange blob.

“Ooh, I’m so worried.” whimpered the yellow blob. Her vision cleared and she clearly saw all of her friends.

“Hey Sapphire.” Starla said softly. She rubbed her head and saw she was in a hospital room “Wh-What happened? Where am I?”

“You’re in New Canterlot in the sickbay. You collapsed after you used your Valkyrie power.” Mykan explained.

“How’s the kingdom?”

“The kingdom is safe once again thanks to you, your dragons and the changelings” Grand Ruler replied. Hearing about her creatures friends she became a bit worried. “Are they okay?”

“They’re just fine. They’re more worried about you.” Mykan replied.

“Now about your Valkyrie powers... they... are... awesome!” Rainbow cried. “Totally epic!”

Everybody chuckled, but when Sapphire chuckled she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. “Ugh, laughing hurts!” Fluttershy came to her side immediately, “Easy Sapphire. You’ll need lots of rest.”

Sapphire looked around the room and noticed Lightning and their majesties were absent. “Where’s Lightning and their majesties?” she asked. As soon as she said that, the appeared in the doorway. “Did somebody call for us?” Lightning teased.

Sapphire smiled at the sight of her friends. Lightning came to her bedside. “How are you feeling?” Lightning asked.

“Sore.”

“Well, you’ll be fully recovered in a few days.” Queen Celestia said.

“But right now we’d like to ask you something Sapphire.” Grand Ruler added.

“Yes, your majesty?”

“How did you manage to acquire Valkyrie magic?” Grand Ruler asked.

“Well.” Sapphire went on about everything from the Tree of Harmony to Twilight. When she was done, everybody was shocked.

“So let me get this straight.” Starla said “You created a new, hidden and powerful Element of Harmony that is another form of the Element of Magic, the Element of Hope, due to you giving hope and friendship to those who really needed?” Starla summarized.

“That’s correct.” Sapphire replied.

Everybody was amazed by this. To create a new Element of Harmony is very special. Now there are seven Elements of Harmony now.

“Cool.” Lightning said.

“Wowie!” Pinkie cried.

“Simply Incredible.” Grand Ruler stated.

That’s when doctor came in an ordered everyone out of the room, saying that Sapphire needed all the rest she could get. Everybody did what they were told and left the room.

”You’re growing into a fine fighter and friend, my brave pony” Lightning thought as he exited the hospital.

“This is great! We have another Valkyrie of Harmony now!” Pinkie cheered.

“While that is true, we still do not know, if she can fully control it when she uses it again.” Celestia said. This reminded everyone of how Lightning had trouble controlling his Enticorn form after the first time he used it. He went out of control during battle and almost ended up hurting his friends.

“Indeed. For now, we must continue to study Sapphire’s new form and aid her in controlling this new power, if needed.” Grand Ruler said.

A day has passed since Sapphire defeated Tirek, Sombra and the minions and saved United Equestria. Now she was beginning to awake in her bedroom.

Sapphire stretched and yawned when a blast of wind shot out of her mouth, blasting the wall creating a hole. Sapphire quickly covered her mouth in shock. “What the-?”

When she got out of bed as soon as her feet touched the ground, cracks began to form in the wood, surprising her. “Woah!” She leaped back onto the bed. Next, she felt something rubbing against her legs. Looking down she saw she somehow grown a blonde tail! “What the-?”

That’s when Mykan came into the room. “Sapphire, what wrong?”

Sapphire showed Mykan her new blonde tail, surprising him. “How’d you grow a tail?!”

“I don’t know, but that’s not all, look.” She carefully stepped on the ground again and cracks formed in the wood again. She retracted her foot again. “Woah, that’s weird.”

“I know, I don’t know-“ she was cut off when she suddenly sneezed and her horn launched a bolt of lightning at Mykan. “Wah!” Luckily, he ducked and avoided the bolt.

Sapphire sniffled while Mykan looked at her in shock and concern. “Did you just shoot lightning from your horn?!”

“I think, I just did.” She waved her hand and strong wind current came out of and made another hole in the wall. Sapphire was really freaked by this. “What’s happening to me?!” Sapphire asked as she shook in fear.

Mykan came up to comfort her. “Don’t worry, let’s go to their majesties. Maybe they’ll know what’s happening to you.”

“Okay.”

Soon, the two of them headed to the royal palace.

Meanwhile, the two teams were currently in the throne room with their majesties, looking at images of Sapphire’s latest battle against Tirek.

“I still can’t believe she’s a Valkyrie now.” Rainbow mumbled.

“Yeah. Wonder what other powers and magic she’ll get next.” Rarity said. That’s when Mykan and Sapphire came in.

“Mykan, What are you and Sapphire doing here? And why are you carrying her like that?” Lightning asked.

“I think we just found another power she gained. Look.” Mykan placed Sapphire on the ground, cracks appears in the floor, surprising everybody.

“What in the name of the galaxy?!” Artie cried.

“Galloping Galaxies?!” Starla added.

“Sorry.” Sapphire apologized as she softly flapped her wings to hover in the air, but they generated strong wind currents that blew the team into their majesties.

“Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry... again.”

The teams and their majesties sat up. “Let’s get you to the sickbay.” Celestia suggested. Everybody immediately agreed.

Soon, Sapphire was scanned by the doctors and they determined she now has the magic to control fire, water, wind, earth and grass. They explained she could now shoot one of the five elements from her horn or even her hands. She could also create rock spires just by stomping or punching the ground.

Everybody was nothing short of astounded. “But how did she gained these powers, doctor?” Grand Ruler asked.

“The only thing I can think is that something triggered these powers deep within her.”

“But what’s the trigger?” Artie asked. The friends thought about what Sapphire might have done that would trigger her new abilities. “What about the battle with Tirek, she unlocked her Valkyrie magic. Maybe that was the trigger.” Mykan said.

“That was the only time she’s shown an extreme burst in magic.” Celestia agreed.

“Okay, so now she’s has these powers. What do we do now?” Rainbow asked. Sapphire sneezed and lightning as well as a ball of water energy shot out of her horn and mouth. “Right now, I would advise you all to help her control her new powers so she doesn’t cause anymore accidental damage.” Grand Ruler insisted with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

“I’m sorry.” Sapphire said. Celestia saw her sadness and came up to her. “It's not your fault Sapphire, you just need to learn how to control your powers.”

Rainbow and the girls came up, “And were here to help you.” Lightning and his team came up to her as well, “And so are we.”

Sapphire felt so grateful for having friends willing to help her through this new transition.

First, they decided to coach Sapphire in controlling her release of her new magic.

It was decided they would concentrate more on her lightning and fire magic, since they propose more threat of harm then water and wind. “Okay, Sapphire, aim at these targets and use either you lightning or fire magic.”

Sapphire nodded and concentrated. Her horn’s magic aura appeared and turned from pink to firey red. She blasted one of the targets with her fire magic.

KABOOM!

The target burst into a million pieces.

“Woah!” Rainbow cried. Next, her aura turned bright yellow and fired lightning at the second target cutting it down the middle. “Incredible!” Lightning praised.

The team put Sapphire through more magic training. For hours they had her performing various tricks; from changing normal clouds into thunder clouds; for water magic training, from setting fires on purpose and then using her nature magic to restore the trees; for her grass magic training.

Now, it was almost nine o’clock at night and Mykan was busy doing his research on United Equestria. He was reading a book on all the magical creatures that existed on the planet.

That’s when the front door opened, “Hey Sapphire How was tra-“ Mykan stopped talking when he noticed the condition Sapphire was in.

The poor girl looked absolutely beat. She was barely standing. Her hair had dirt in it and it was really messy. Her clothes also had holes in them but they were intact.

“Woah!” Mykan rushed over to her and helped her over to the couch. “Sapphire, what happened?”

“Lightning and the others... put me through a little... training.”

“A little?!”

“Okay... a lot of training with my magic.” Her head flopped on the pillow. “I’m so exhausted.”

“You sure do look like it.” Mykan placed a blanket over her. “Well, you just get comfy while I make you something to eat. You must be starving.” He wasn’t proved correct when her stomach growled. She placed her hand on her stomach and winced.

“I could use something to eat.” she groaned

Mykan smiled a little and went into the kitchen. That’s when Skystorm and Snowflake came into the house. When they saw Sapphire they were immediately concerned. Sapphire saw them, “Hey guys.”

Snowflake roared softly with concern and came to her side and nuzzled her. Sapphire could see the concern looks in her friends eyes. “I’m okay, you three. Just a little over training. That’s all.” Skystorm roared softly. Mykan returned to the den with a nice hot bowl of soup for Sapphire. “Okay, you three, it’s dinnertime for Sapphire.” The dragons made way for Mykan while Mykan places the bowl on Sapphire's lap. He fluffed up her pillow to help her sit up. “Thanks Mykan.”

“Your welcome. Now eat up and then you can go to sleep.” Sapphire complied and ate her soup until it was all gone. When it was she yawned and fell asleep.

Mykan and the creatures quietly went up stairs. Mykan put on his pajamas and climbed into bed as the dragons and Kyara curled up around the bed and began to fall asleep. ”Sleep well, Sapphire. You really need it.” Mykan thought.

Early the next morning, Mykan felt something shaking his shoulder softly calling, “Mykan, Mykan.” He opened his eyes and was with Sapphire.

She still had bags under her eyes and she still looked really tired. “Sapphire, you should still be sleep. What are you doing up?”

“Lightning and the others are waiting for me at the palace dojo for my training, so I have to go.” Mykan looked at the clock on his bedside, “At six in the morning?!”

Sapphire nodded, “Sapphire that’s too much for you. It not healthy. You need rest.”

“But Lightning and my friends said-“ Mykan raised his hand to cut her off, “Forget what they said. Your health is more important than training. You need to tell them that.”

“I tried but they wouldn't listen.” she replied shyly. Mykan sighed irritably. “I’ll talk with them while you go back to sleep, okay.” Sapphire sighed but knowing how tried she was she complied, “Okay.” Mykan smiled as she went downstairs. Mykan got out of bed and decided to pay his friends a visit. He arrived at the palace dojo where Lightning and his friends were waiting. “Hey Mykan, where’s Sapphire, she’s about to be late for training.” Lightning questioned.

“She’s at my house. Resting.” Lightning and the others were shocked, “Resting?! But she should be here training!”

“Have any of you noticed how fried Sapphire was?” Mykan asked. “The poor girl couldn’t even stand.”

“When we were training we were the same way but look at us now. So we treat Sapphire the same way.” Starla replied.

“But Sapphire isn’t like all of you. She a human and she can’t be put that kind of strain like you guys. It dangerous for her.” Mykan retorted. The ponies didn’t believe that. “Pfft. Please, we’ll believe that when we see it.” Rainbow said with smirk.

Mykan grunted irritably and just walked out of the dojo, unaware their majesties were nearby and heard everything.

Just then, the alarms went off! That’s when a loud roar came from outside. “What the?” Mykan faced to one of the windows and saw what was causing the ruckus. It was a dragon! And not just any dragon. It was the same female Monstorus Nightmare they encountered before!

The dragon is seemed to be fixated on something. Mykan took a closer look and saw to his horror, Sapphire was fighting the Monstrous Nightmare Dragon! “Sapphire!” Mykan flew out of the window and towards the battle asking with Lightning and the others. They saw Sapphire taking a beating. The dragons kept batting her with its tail. Sapphire tired to stay in the air, but the strain from the training made every attack attempt painful.

She was barely able to keep her fighting stance or even stay in the air. Lightning and the others were confused by this. “What’s wrong with Sapphire?” Pinkie asked.

Mykan rolled his eyes in annoyance. That’s when the Monstrous Nightmare blasted Sapphire hard with it’s fire, consuming her in a big explosion. She crashed to the ground leaving a small crater. “Sapphire!”

The Monstrous Nightmare roared and flew away, while the gang rushed towards the crater. “Oh my stars!” Rarity cried.

Sapphire had severe burns on her body, due to her being too tired to realize she didn’t activate her super suit. “Quick Let’s get her to the sickbay!” Starla ordered.

“Right!”

Soon, Sapphire was laying in a hospital bed with an IV in her left arm with bandages around her burn marks. The doctors gave her burn cream so they could heal properly.

Outside, her room, Lightning and the gang were trying to figure out how she lost the battle. “I don’t get it. Sapphire’s powerful, how could she lose against that dragon?” Artie asked.

“It’s because you guys over trained her.” Mykan retorted.

“No way. Sapphire’s tough she can handle our training style.” Rainbow replied. Mykan sighed and shook his head. “Well, I disagree.” a voice came.

Everybody turned and saw their majesties at the doorway. “Your majesties?!” Lightning cried. Their majesties walked over to the gang. “You agree with Mykan?”

“Indeed. Sapphire may be strong, but even she has her limits. And from the sound of it, all of you ignored her limitations, causing too much strain on her body.” Celesto explained.

“But the training we do doesn’t have that effect on us anymore.” Buddy added.

“That’s because you’ve gotten used to the style. Sapphire, on the other hand, is not. She’s human not pony. True, she passed her first day of training with little issue, but everybody has their own style of training. Perhaps you need to change the way you train Sapphire.” Celestia said.

That’s when Sapphire began to wake up. “Uhhh... Mykan?” Mykan immediately came to her side and held her hand. “I’m here, Sapphire.”

“What happened?” she groaned.

“You got beaten by a Monstrous Nightmare. Luckily, you’ll be fine in a few days.” Mykan noticed the sad look on Sapphire’s face. “What’s wrong?”

“I.. I failed Lightning and his friends. I was supposed to use the training I had to defend ponies but I was beaten so easily. I’m pathetic.”
Lightning and his friends now felt bad. Sapphire tried so hard to make them proud, but when they pushed her to the limit, she ended up failing them, even though it wasn't her fault. Lightning and Starla came up to her. “You’re not pathetic, Sapphire.”

“He’s right. You’re strong and resourceful. If anyone’s to blame its us.” Starla replied.

“How?”

“We didn’t notice your strain cause we thought you were just like us. We were wrong. We should have treated you like you are; a special human with limits. Now we need to train you with a different style.”

Mykan and Sapphire smiled at Lightning and the others. Happy they have learned their lesson.

Some friends are different and may need a different way to do things. Just because they have similarities to you doesn’t mean they’re exactly like you.

Hours later, Sapphire began to awake. She saw all her friends at her bedside "Hey sugarcube." Applejack greeted. "How are you feeling?"

"A little sore. But okay." Sapphire noticed the remorse expressions on their faces. "Whats wrong, guys?"

Lightning sighed and spoke, "Sapphire... we're sorry. We shouldn't have pushed you as hard as we did. We should have known you would't handle the training as well as us."

Starla then stepped up, "We should have changed our training style for you, but instead we didn't and we you got injured." Sapphire smiled at her friends. "It's okay, guys. Really."

Lightning and the others didn't think so. "No it's not. We caused you to end up here cause of what we wanted for you, instead of the doing things the way you wanted." Buddy retorted.

"So from now on well train the way you want to." Artie added. Sapphire smiled at her friends as well as Mykan.

A few days later, Sapphire was given a clean bill of health and released from the sickbay. Lightning and the team made a completely new training course for Sapphire. They used trees to help with her climbing and jumping skills and had the obstacle course filled with cones and other things, like hurdles for her agility training. As for her magic training, they decided to let her decided what she wanted to do with her magic.

Mykan and their majesties watched from afar and were proud of Lightning and his team.