Starfleet Magic: Season 1 (Rewrite)

by PikachuSkitty

Rating: everyone
Tags: How to Train Your Dragon, Adventure, Princess Celestia, Crossover, Alternate Universe, Anthro, Princess Luna, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Cadance
Length: 64875

Lightning Dawn and Starfleet are back! This time they get some help dragon-style

Lightning Dawn and his friends get the shock of their lives when another human arrives on United Equestria with a very special dragon. Together they will defend United Equestria from King Sombra while dealing with and discovering new dragons of all shapes, sizes and attitudes.

Published 2018-12-04 14:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2018-12-20 10:35:45 UTC

Chapter 1: An Old Enemy Returns

On bright and beautiful morning, Sapphire was with Lightning and the gang at New Canterlot Palace to begin her training."Now Sapphire, to get you familiar with your magic, we'll start you off with simple magic. Ready?" Lightning asked.

Sapphire nodded her head and Lightning put three blocks in front of her."We'll start off with some levitation. Now concentrate on the blocks and use your magic to lift them into the air." Lightning instructed. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She concentrated and get horn began to glow light pink as well as the blocks and they were lifted into the air. Sapphire slowly opened her eyes and gasped softly with excitement."Good, now start moving them around." Lightning added.

Sapphire concentrated some more and the blocks moved up, down and side to side. Then, she put the blocks back on the floor and cancelled her magic."Well done. Now for teleportation." Lightning told Sapphire where to teleport to and she easily disappeared and reappeared in the correct spot. "Good, Now I want you to teleport me in front of the Grand Ruler's royal throne." Lightning instructed.

Sapphire's expression changed from calm to nervous. "Teleport you? Isn't that a bit advanced?" She asked.

"Just try. Remember stay calm and concentrate." Lightning reassured.

Sapphire reluctantly nodded and concentrated. Lightning began to glow in her light orange magic arua and Lightning vanished and then reappeared in front of the royal throne. "I-I did it!" Sapphire cried with joy.

"Impressive. Let's try some more." Lightning suggested. Sapphire instantly agreed. So for the next two hours, Lightning showed her various spells and she quickly perfected all of them. Lightning was very impressed; Sapphire used her magic to create powerful shields and barriers as well as create powerful magical arrows that can injure a pony on impact. She also mastered an invisibility spell, making her vanish from sight.

Next, they did sparring practice in the palace dojo. "Next part is combat training Sapphire. This way you'll be able to defend yourself if need be. Now Jewel, see if you can pin me to the ground." Lightning stated.

"O-Okay Lightning." Sapphire replied nervously.

Lightning charged Sapphire and she dodged then tried to tackle Lightning, however Lightning swiftly moved out of the way and she fell to the ground. Within seconds Lightning was on top of her.

"Wanna quit?" Lightning taunted.

"Not yet." Sapphire suddenly rolled over and pinned Lightning to the ground.

"Nice move." Lightning panted, "Ready to go again?"

"Yep."

Lightning and Sapphire continued their sparring; Lightning's punches and kicks were skillfully blocked by her an she mananged to pin Lightning five times! When it became noon, Sapphire was tired from sparring session.

"Well look at you." A voice called out. Sapphire and Lightning turned and saw Snowflake, Skystorm, Lightning's friends and their majesties stand in the doorway. Sapphire immediately felt shy. "H-How long have you all been standing there?"

"Long enough to see you catch on quickly. We are all very impressed with your abilities." Celestia replied.

"Hehehe, thank your majesty." Sapphire said with a blush.

"Now onto the next training phase." Grand Ruler added. Sapphire found herself in the New Canterlot Royal Garden in some heavy clothing and in front of a huge sleigh with heavy boulders in it. She also had large weight balls on her arms, legs and back. Incredibly, she was still able to stand... sort of.

"Now Sapphire, you will need to build up your strength, speed, dexterity and etc. First, we will work on your strength. I want you to pull this sleigh to the other side of the garden." Grand Ruler stated.

Sapphire stared at the large rocks on the sleigh and gulped nervously. "You can do it!" Dyno encouraged.

"Si chica." Myte added. She took a deep breath and struggled to the sleigh worth the weights. She soon reached it and grabbed the rope. She grunted as she pulled with all her strength. Even with the weights on her she managed to pull the sleigh to the other side, surprising the ponies and their majesties. After that, Sapphire was tasked with keeping up with their majesties in an obstacle course. She kept up with them with her long, perfect stride. Next, she had to try and take a flag from Grand Ruler and stay in the fight for 20 minutes. She succeed and stayed in for 25 minutes!

After the training was completely, She was taking a break with her friends. Her mane was a little tangled and she was sweating a lot. Lightning gave her some water and Starla gave her a towel to wipe away the sweat.

"You're did great, Sapphire!" Buddy praised.

"Excellente chica" Dyno said.

"You were amazing." Myte added.

She smilied at her friends, "Thanks guys."

Their majesties walked up to Sapphire with proud smiles on their faces."Very good, Sapphire. Looks like your a fast learner." Grand Ruler said.

"Thank your majesty."

"Now how about we have some breakfast." Celestia suggested. Everybody humbly agreed. They went into the dining room and the servants brought food for everybody. Sapphire had about twenty courses; all that training made her really hungry.

Soon, three weeks passed and Sapphire's strength, speed, magical abilities had increased drastically; now she could teleport over long distances, create powerful barriers, and her body became more muscular, enabling her to run faster than a projectile and break boulders with her fists, feet and even her tail. The ponies were all very proud of her. Now, everybody was enjoying lunch in the dining area."Sapphire, you've shown great improvement over a short period of time. We are all very proud of you" Celestia commented. Sapphire blushed."Yeah, sugarcube, you got this down faster than us when we were training." Applejack commented.

"Indeedy." Pinkie Pie added.

"Hehehe. Thanks you guys." Sapphire said.

Suddenly, the alarms sounded and Goldwin, a magic statue brought to life by a magic mask, burst into the room.

"Guys, it's horrible, you better come quick." he cried.

"Slow down Goldwin-- what's wrong?" Celstia asked.

"I was staring at the clouds out the window when I saw down below in the village... King Sombra." Everybody gasped in horror! "impossible! We destroyed him!" Starla cried. "Whose King Sombra?" Sapphire asked, having never heard of him before.

"He's an evil unicorn with a heart as black as knight." Lightning replied. "We destroyed him months ago, but he seems to have returned."

"Let's not dwell on that now." Grand Ruler said.

"Let's go you, guys." Artie asked.

"We're coming to." Celestia called.

"What about me?" Sapphire asked.

"You will stay here, Sapphire." Grand Ruler replied, “it's still too dangerous for you to enter battles yet."

"Okay." Sapphire replied. She watched as her friends ran out of the dining room and into the village, while Goldwin her stayed and they both looked out the window. Sombra was strolling down the village streets, while the villagers ran away in fear and utter panic. Alongside him were his three minions. They were all demoncorns.

Breaker: A brown burly-looking unicorn stallion with a black mane and tail who wore and black cloak. He was stronger than his two comrades. His magic specialty was ground and earth.

Flame: A red unicorn mare with a orange mane and tail. Her magic specialty was strictly fire and heat.

And Frost: A light blue unicorn stallion with a dark blue mane and tail. His magic specialty was water and ice.

"Looks like they haven't put out the welcome mat for us." Sombra said.

"Think again!" A voice shouted from behind. Sombra and his minions turned and saw Lighting, his friends, the mane 5, Spike, their majesties and Princess Luna, Cadence and Shining Armor. "Well, well, well look whose here." Frost added.

"What do you want this time Sombra?" Starla snarled.

"That's none of your business! Now, let's get started so we can destroy you." Flame taunted.

"Let's go guys!" Lightning said.

"STARFLEET MAGIC"

Lightning: Power of Believing

Starla: Power of Space

Buddy: Power of Flora

Artie: Power of Art

Rhymey: Let us begin...Power of the wind

Dyno and Myte: Power of Fire

Then the girls transformed...

"HARMONY HOUR, FRIENDSHIP POWER!"

And finally little Spike....

"DRAGON POWER!"

"Warrior-mode, go!" Celestia and Luna transformed into their warrior garments. Cadence changed into the Silent-Ninja and Shining Armor turned into Saber. The two sides glared fiercely at each other, until Sombra and Grand Ruler shouted, "ATTACK...!"The two sides charged each other, yelling like true warriors. Lightning and friends dealt with the minions while the royal ones dealt with Sombra.

Shining Armor, Luna, Cadence, Celestia and Grand Ruler kicked, punched and blasted Sombra with their magic, but Sombra took their attacks like they were nothing. Same thing with the minions. Lightning's friends threw their attacks at her.

“STAR SHOWER”

“LEAF SWARM”

“PAINT BOMB”

“DRILL QUILL”

"BOOM-BOOM ROCKETS"

However, it was like throwing a small pebble in front of a moving train. The friendship ponies all kicked and punched her but she didn't even flinch. Applejack tried to lasso her, but the minions simply dashed out of the way. "Too easy." Sombra thought. They both blasted the ponies with shockwaves, sending them flying. Goldwin and Jewel were horrified. The ponies struggled to stand up again, "They are way stronger than before. How can that be?" Grand Ruler asked.

The ponies got up and charged the duo again, but Sombra and the minions dashed towards them and began punching and kicking them all ruthlessly, really hurting them. Sombra and the minions blasted them back hard. Lightning and all his friends as well as Cadence, Luna and Celestia de-energized from weakness. Shining Armor’s mask fell off from the explosion, turning him back into his unicorn self.

"Esto es terrible What are we gonna do?" Dyno cried.

"They're just.... too strong... for us" Myte added.

Sombra and his minions laughed maliciously and combined their magic, trapping the ponies in a cage with special bars that wouldn't allow them to use any form of magic."Hey! Let us go this instant!" growled Grand Ruler.

"Not a chance!" Breaker replied, angrily.

"Hahahaha! After all these years of suffering, we will finally have our revenge on Starfleet." Sombra snarled. With that, Sombra and the minions teleported away, along with the captured ponies. Up in the palace, Sapphire, Snowflake, Skystorm and Goldwin saw the whole battle and were extremely worried. "No, no, no, this is really bad! What do we do?" Goldwin said in near panic. Jewel was stunned and horrified by what she just saw.

Everybody in New Canterlot felt the same. Sapphire and Goldwin were immediately called to the throne room. They saw the captain of the royal guard, Captain Shaina. She heard what happened and was desperately worried. "We'll have to plan a rescue mission." She said.

"But, how? We saw how strong they are now! They creamed Lightning and the others. There's nobody left that can defeat them." Goldwin protested.

"But, there's one human they haven't faced." Shaina said, slyly, while turning to Sapphire. She saw everybody looking at her with hope in their eyes and caught on. "M-Me! Bu-but I've never been in a battle before." Sapphire said.

"Yes, however, you’ve trained with Lightning, learning new spells and attacks. Riiiiight?" Shaina asked. Sapphire nodded.

"Then you'll have a chance. Also, Sombra and the minions don't know anything about you, so they don't know your attacks or what you are capable of." Shania added.

Sapphire thought for a moment. Her friends were in serious trouble. The fate of United Equestria was at stake! If she doesn't do anything, who knows what Sombra and the minions will do to them and the planet.

"Okay. I'll do, but do you really think I can do it..... by myself?" She asked.

Goldwin, Shaina looked at each other and nodded. Shaina began to sing:

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(Shaina)

Everybody has times in their lives

When their hearts are filled with doubt

(Sapphire)

Fear and nerves builds up inside

And it makes you want to run

(Goldwin)

But if you just take that first step

The next one will appear

(Goldwin and Shaina)

And you find you can walk, then run

Then fly...!

Into the stratosphere

You've got to give it your best

So you can save the day

Give it everything that you've got

Your friends don't have much time

Now it your time to shine

Have to put that training to the test now

(Sapphire)

There are times when you want to give up

When you think that you can't go on

(Goldwin and Shaina)

But if you fight through with all of your might

You will find that you can't go wrong

That you could do it all along

(Shaina)

Everybody has times in their lives

When their hearts are filled with doubt

(Shania)

But if you just give it your all

You'll start to work it out

(Sapphire)

And I know I can't give up too soon

Get myself in the zone

And I find I can walk, then run

(All)

Then fly...!

(Jewel)

I can do it on my own

(Goldwin and Shaina)

You can do it on your own

(Sapphire)

I can do it on my own

I can do it on my own

"You're right! I can do this. Only one problem.. Where did Sombra take them?" Sapphire asked. Skystorm sniffed the ground, picked up their scent. She roared softly at Sapphire, "You have their scent, girl?" Sapphire asked.

Skystorm nodded. "Alright then, let's go girls." She mounted Snowflake and they all flew off towards Fire Mountain.

Sombra and his minions had brought the captured gang into their chamber lair. Sombra levitated the cage up and over a large pool of lava and tied a strong chain to it. His minions were watching the surrounding areas on the monitors.

"You won't get away with this Sombra." Celestia growled. Sombra chuckled, "Oh on the contrary, Celestia. No one would be foolish enough to challenge me with my evolved dark magic and my powerful demoncorn minions at my side." Sombra and the minions laughed and as much as the team wanted not to believe, he was right. If they couldn't take down Sombra, what chances were that anybody else could?

"Master, there's something coming this way." Frost called.

"What?" Sombra snarled. "Who?"

Frost showed the images on the monitor, shocking the team. "It's Sapphire and her dragons!" Pinkie cried.

"Ahh, so the little human thinks she can come in and be the hero, huh?" Sombra hissed.

"If you lay a hand on her, I'll destroy you!" Grand Ruler exclaimed.

Sombra let out a hearty laugh, "Oh Pu-lease, three horn, I have something special planned for that girl. Frost, Flame, you know what to do."

Frost and Flame nodded and raced out of the lair. The team and Mykan were now very worried for Sapphire.

The trio were a few miles away but they all could see Fire Mountain from there. "There it is... Fire Mountain." Sapphire said. "Hopefully getting there won't be any trouble." Unfortunately, she was proven wrong when a stream of ice came and almost hit Snowflake if she hadn't few up and avoided it. "Woah! What was that?"

Sapphire got her answer when Flame and Frost appeared. "So you came to rescue your friends, huh?" Frost hissed. "Well, your not gonna live to rescue them."

Frost fired a stream of ice at Snowflake but Skystorm fired his magnesium blast, pushing the ice back and striking Frost, hard. "Ugh!" Flame blasted a stream of fire from her mouth, but Snowflake flew up and dove towards him and blinding speeds. Flame redirected her fire to hit the Light Fury, but Snowflake dodged every attempt. At the last second, Snowflake blasted her at close range with her plasma blast, knocking her out of the sky. "Well.. that was surprisingly easy." she commented.

Frost and Flame burst from the ground, looking furious now. "Alright, now you're dead!" Frost cried. She and Flame combined their magic and fired a large stream of magic at Sapphire and the dragons. Sapphire gasped and took out her shield. "Skystorm, get behind us!" she cried. The Deadly Nadder obeyed and hovered behind Snowflake.

The blast hit the shield and pushed them all back a little but, Sapphire used her own magic to enchant her shield. The now enchanted shield, deflected the beam of magic back at the two demoncorns. "... Uh-Oh."

KAPOW! What an explosion, the two demoncorns crashed to the ground once again. "Quick, into the volcano!" Sapphire cried. Snowflake and Skystorm swiftly flew to Fire Mountain.

Sombra and Breaker, meanwhile, saw everything on the monitors and were not happy. "So that girl thinks she can win so easily? Well, I have another trick up my sleeve." Lightning and the other didn't like the sound of that. Sombra turned to them.

"In the meantime, I'll just destroy you all right here." Sombra pulled a lever on the monitor controls and the cage started to be lowered towards the pool of lava. "Galloping Galaxies!" Buddy cried.

"That little human will never get here in time to save you." Breaker said with glee. The Space Ponies tried to break the cage, but their super strengths didn't make so much as a dent in the bars. Their only hope now was Sapphire and her dragons.

Shadowbolt guards were walking through the tunnels. Sapphire and her dragons sneaked past them when they were going down another tunnel. Sapphire's heart was slightly racing and she was sweating nervously. "Man, this isn't anything like the training Lightning put me through. How I gonna defeat Sombra and rescue my friends all by myself?" she questioned.

Snowflake and Skystorm rubbed against their rider. "I have been training, but I don't know if it'll be enough."

In a bright ball of light, Twilight showed up once again. "You can do it, Sapphire."

"Twilight?"

"You may think you are alone, but you're not." Twilight said. "You have your dragon friends with you."

"Yes, but Sombra has powerful dark magic. How can I counter that?"

"By using the magic that defeated him before; The Magic of Friendship."

"The Magic of Friendship?" Twilight nodded. "It is what we used to defeat Sombra before. Now it's your turn to use it."

"How do I use it?"

Twilight smiled, "That is something you have figure out on your own." Sapphire sighed, "I was afraid you'd say that."

Twilight gave her a confident smile, "I have every confident you will succeed with you mission. You just have to believe in yourself. I must go now, Sapphire. Remember what I said."

With that Twilight disappeared in a flash of light. "Believe in myself.... I think I can do that." she gulped nervously and took a deep breath. "I can do this!"

The dragons smiled at the rider's newfound confidence. "Come on girl, we've got some friends to save!"

The cage was now halfway to the pool of lava. "Ooooh, what do we do?" Fluttershy cried.

"There's nothing we can do. Our powers are useless." Lightning replied.

"Correct." Sombra said. "Finally, I'll get rid of you pesky ponies forever. HAHAHA!"

Suddenly....

"Not while I'm around!"

Everybody looked and saw Sapphire, Snowflake and Skystorm. The dragons were growling angrily at Sombra. "Sapphire, get out of here. He's too powerful!" Lightning pleaded.

"He's right chica." Dyno said.

"Run away." Myte added.

"No! I'm not leaving until you all are safe." she objected. Lightning and his friends were very concerned. Their majesties were also concerned, but at the same time impressed by Sapphire's bravery.

"You made a big mistake coming here, human. And now your going to face the consequences." Sombra threatened. He lunged at Sapphire. Sapphire leaped over him and tackled him to the ground. "Let my friends go!" she grunted. Sombra flipped Sapphire over and was now ontop. "Never!"

Sapphire kicked Sombra off and charged him once again. Snowflake and Skystorm flew up to the cage. "Snowflake, Skystorm, get us out of here!" Rarity cried.

"Yeah, before we're cooked." Pinkie added.

Before the dragons could blast the cage open, Breaker flew in and launched a large rock and the duo, forcing them away from the cage. "You'll have to get past me, if you want them." he challenged. That's when Frost and Flame showed up. They were a little battered but nowhere near beaten. "And us." Frost said. The two dragons growled and flew straight at them.

Sapphire and Sombra were still brawling and seemed to be evenly match somehow. Sapphire matched Sombra's punches, kicks and blocks perfectly. She blasted Sombra with her magic, sending him skidding back. "Grrr.... alright, no more playing around." Sombra growled.

Sombra roared and flared up with his dark magic, catching the attention of everyone.

Sombra suddenly dashed up to Sapphire started bombarding her with punches.She used her shield spell to defend herself and spread out the shield, sending Sombra into the wall. Sombra was now furious. Sombra fired a shockwave at Sapphire, stunning her and He blasted her hard with his dark magic. The gang watched in horror as Sapphire fell to the ground.

"SAPPHIRE!" the ponies cried.

Sombra floated down to the small crater and stared down at Sapphire. She had a black eye, bruises everywhere and mane was matted and tangled. "Looks like this is your final curtain. Too bad you couldn't save them. You were just too pathetic to do it. Now say goodbye!" Sombra said.

He powered up his magic and fired the finished blow.

"NOOOOOOOO!!!" The gang cried.

Just as the beam was about to hit. Sapphire felt the a spark of magical energy run through her. She leaped out of the crater and punched the beam, canceling it.

"What?!" Sombra cried.

The gang, minions and dragons were shocked. Sapphire's whole body glowed brighter than ever.

"STARFLEET MAGIC... POWER OF ANIMALS!"

She transformed into her battle suit and lunged at Sombra. In mid charge, Sapphire changed in front of everybody. Her wings grew large and her body became sleek and white. She grew tail fins and her arms and legs turned into shorter with claws on the end. She rammed Sombra, sending him flying. It was reveled that Sapphire had changed into a Light Fury dragon. "Incredible!" cried Grand Ruler.

"Awesome!" Rainbow dash added.

"Cool!" agreed Lightning.

Sombra recovered and growled at Sapphire "I will not... GIVE UP! PLASMA BLAST!"

She fired a large plasma blast, three times the size of Snowflake's, at Sombra who were consumed by the blast. "Master!" the minions cried as they rushed to his side. Sapphire went to the control panel and pushed the lever up, causing the cage to stop mere inches from the lava. The ponies, Mykan and Spike sighed in relief. Snowflake and Skystrom blasted the cage opened and they all flew out.

Sapphire landed on the ground, just as the minions helped their injured master to his feet. "This isn't over, Sapphire. I will be back!" Sombra declared. His minions teleported away with their master. Sapphire glowed again and changed back into her human self. Her injuries were healed again, but she was extremely exhausted. Her friends rushing towards her was the last thing she saw before she passed out.

Beep... Beep... Beep

When she woke up, Sapphire saw all of her friends by her bedside. "Hey there, sleepy head. How are you feeling?" Starla cooed.

"A little tired, but alright." Sapphire replied in a woozy voice. Artie poured her a cup of water and handed it to her. "Thanks." Sapphire gulped down the liquid until it was all gone. "We're so glad you're alright, we were really worried. Especially Lightning." Buddy added.

Sapphire looked around and saw that she was in a hospital bed. "What happened?" Jewel asked. "After you passed out, we brought you here to the royal sickbay." Starla explained.

"What about Snowflake and Skystorm?"

"They are fine. They're outside the room. They seem a little worried." Buddy explained. "Dr. Penny says you'll make a full recovery."

"Good, I wanna see Lightning." Right after she said that, Lightning popped into the room with the four royal alicorns and Shining Armor.

"Did someone call for me." Lightning joked.

"Lightning!" Sapphire cried, happily.

Lightning came to her bedside and they both hugged. "It's good to see you awake, Sapphire."

"It's good that you all are safe." she replied.

"I'm very proud of you, Sapphire. Using what you've learned to save us. You've impressed me, my brave pony." Lightning praised.

"Indeed, you were very brave, Sapphire. I don't think any other creature would have done what you did." Celesto added.

Everybody nodded in agreement. "Now, it's time to celebrate! Yeah!" Pinkie suddenly screamed. Sapphire groaned and held her head at Pinkie's screaming. "Pinkie!" Starla hissed.

"Oh, sorry." PInkie apologized.

Sapphire gave her a tired smile. "It's alright, Pinkie." That's when Dr. Penny came into the room. "Alright everyone, Sapphire needs her rest. You all can come back tomorrow." Snowflake and Skystorm roared softly. "Including you two. Don't worry, she'll be well cared for."

One-by-one, the ponies, Mykan and Spike left the room and exited the sickbay along with Snowflake and Skystorm. "That Sapphire sure is something." Pinkie said.

"Yeah, turning into Snowflake like that, I didn't even know she could do that." Spike added.

"Me either. Looks like there's more to Sapphire than meets the eye." Lightning stated.

"Indeed. We will have to keep an eye on Sapphire, but for now we must focus on Sombra. With his return, who knows what scheme he's planning." Grand Ruler said.

The team nodded, knowing that had a long battle ahead of them. United Equestria was at war with an old enemy.

Episode 2: Double Trouble

Deep in the prison caverns of New Canterlot, the section where all the changelings that Starfleet captured were kept, all in capture spheres. Five of the capture spheres began to glow and suddenly broke open!

The five changelings came to their senses and were terrified. The changelings turned into birds and they all flew out of the prison caverns and out of the palace all the way into the New White Tail Woods.

The next morning, Lightning and the two teams were immediately called to New Canterlot and informed about what happened.

“Five changelings escaped last night!?” Lightning exclaimed.

“Indeed, five capture spheres were mysteriously broken and there is no trace of the changelings.” Grand Ruler stated.

“Ummm.... what’s a changeling?” Sapphire asked.

“A changeling is a ghastly insect-like pony that feeds off the emotions of other creatures. They are all evil and disgusting!” Rarity explained.

“Nevertheless, we must recapture the changelings before they do damage on the kingdom or being stealing love from ponies.” Queen Celestia added.

“Yes, your majesty.” Everybody said.

With that, everybody flew out of the palace and immediately began searching for the changelings.

“Girls, search New Everfree Forest. Starla and I will look around New Ponyville and the rest of you spread out.” Lightning ordered.

The ponies obey and spread out. Sapphire went to the New White Tail Woods with Snowflake and Skystorm to begin her search. She began walking down the path, observing anything that would lead her to the escaped changelings. Some bushes near her began to rustle. “Hmmm.” Snowflake walked over to the bush and pushed them apart, revealing the five changelings; they all had transparent wings and holes in their legs. Each of the changelings has different colored eyes and wings.

The first had a red and purple shading.

The second had yellow.

The third had lime green and blue shading.

The fourth had red and orange shading

The last one had the normal transparent blue wings and blue eyes.

Just by looking at them, Sapphire could tell they weren’t savage beast as her friends described as these changelings screamed and cowered before her, in fear. Looking at the changelings eyes, a rainbow stripe washed over her eyes. “It’s okay. I won’t hurt you.” she soothed.

“Yeah right!” retorted one changeling. “you’ll probably lock us up again.”

“Actually, I kinda.... wanna be friends with you guys.”

“Pfft. Yeah right.”The second changeling replied.

“Really, I want to be friends with you. I don’t think you’re as bad as my friends say you are.” That got the five changelings by surprise.

“Friends?” One changeling asked.

“Yeah. My friends told me that changelings are evil, but you five don’t seem like that at all.” Sapphire replied.

“Evil? Not us, all we’ve ever wanted was a friend. But Chrysalis said that friendship is weak.” the shy changeling added.

“We were apart of the attack on United Equestria but we couldn’t steal love from other ponies after seeing friendship. We wanted to share it. When we escaped we hide here so that nobody could find us.” the other changeling replied.

She felt bad for these changelings. Her friends told her that all changelings were evil but, even with her being on the force for no more than a couple days, she could tell these five were the complete opposite.

“Well if you want friends, I’ll be your first one.... Umm I didn’t get your names.

The changeling introduced themselves in order.

“I’m Pharynx.”

“I’m Pyrax.”

“I’m Crystal.”

“I’m Sliver.”

“And I’m Pyrite.”

“I’m Sapphire Shimmer, nice to meet you all.” she greeted back.

Suddenly, she heard some voices, she peeked out of the woods and saw Lightning and Starla coming towards the forest.

“Guys hide!”

The changelings compiled and hid in their bush. Lightning and Starla approached Sapphire. “Find them yet?” Lightning asked. Sapphire started to sweat a little and replied, “Nope nothing.”

Lightning sighed in dismay. “We’ll keep searching.”

Sapphire nodded and watched Lightning and Starla fly away. Sapphire sighed in relief. “It’s okay, they’re gone now.” She called.

The changelings came out of the bush. “That was too close.” Pyrite said.

“Don’t worry. I’ll keep you safe and teach you about friendship.” she promised. The changelings smiled at her with such gratefulness. “I’ll check up on you guys every day and teach you about friendship.”

For the next week, she went to the New White Tail Woods and taught the changelings about friendship. They soaked up all the information like sponges, vowing to never forget them.

Then changelings were grateful for her showing them friendship even though she would get in serious trouble by doing this. However, Sapphire didn’t care. “Everybody deserves a chance at friendship.” she said to the changelings.

The five changelings all smiled at their teacher and friend.

Now, Sapphire was with her friends at the Cake’s Café for some lunch.

Lightning was not very happy, “I still can’t believe we haven’t found those escaped changelings yet!” he grumbled.

Sapphire, being optimistic as always said, “Don’t worry guys, you’ll find them soon. I’m gonna go to New Whitetail Woods, see ya.” she stated.

When she left, Buddy asked, “Have you guys been noticing she’s been going to the woods a lot lately?”

“Yeah, she’s never been to the woods that many time before.” Applejack agreed.

“What do you think she could be doing there?” Rarity asked.

“You guys don’t think she found you changelings and just isn’t telling us, do you?” Spike asked.

“No way, she would never do that. She knows the consequences.” Lightning replied.

“But we should probably go check on her.” Dyno suggested.

“Si, I agree.” Myte added. The ponies left the café and went to New Whitetail Woods. There they saw Sapphire talking to somebody.

“Who is she talking to?” Pinkie whispered.

“Don’t know Let’s get a closer look.” Lightning replied. The ponies got closer and were shocked at what they saw. “Why is Sapphire talking with the escaped changelings!” Starla cried.

“What is she thinking?!” Rainbow added.

“Is she crazy! She’ll get court martial for sure!” Fluttershy said.

“Okay see you guys tomorrow.” Sapphire said. The changelings went back into their bush and she exited the forest but before she could take another step.

“Stop right there!” She turned around and gasped as she saw her friends staring at her with angry faces. “What have you done Sapphire!” Lightning asked grimly. She stammered as she tried to find a reply. “You know that you were supposed to report if you found the changelings!” Lightning scolded.

“But guys, the changelings are nice.” Sapphire replied desperately.

Her friends didn’t believe her. “Pfft. Yeah right! They probably cast a spell on you and made believing that.” Artie snarled.

“It’s true!” Sapphire cried.

“Sapphire darling, forgive my tone but.. THEY ARE THE ENEMY!” Rarity stated.

Before she could say another word. “LIEUTENANT SAPPHIRE!”

Everybody looked up and saw Grand Ruler and Queen Celestia in the sky and they did not look pleased at all!

“Report to the palace for inquiry and court martial.” Grand Ruler said.

All the ponies shuddered in fear, but not as much as Sapphire. They all went to the palace for the trial. When they were gone, the changelings came out of the bush. They heard everything “This is bad. Sapphire’s in major trouble now.” Pyrite whimpered.

“What do we do Pharynx?” Crystal asked. All the changelings turned to Pharynx for an answer. Pharynx took a deep breath and said, “We have to go there.”

The others were shocked. “We can’t do that Pharynx! They’ll lock us up again!” Pyrite said.

“But what about Sapphire?” Silver added.

“She’s right, we’ve gotta help her. If we don’t, who knows what’ll happen to her.” Crystal said.

“Crystal is right. She’s in big trouble and it’s our fault. We can’t leave her.” Pyrite added.

Pharynx thought about what everybody said. “You’re right. We’ve gotta help her.” he said. The others smiled at their friend and all headed to New Canterlot Palace to save their friend before it was too late.

Meanwhile, Sapphire was in trial. The supreme pony council of United Equestria presided. The Chairman pony and his five councilors called the court to order.

“Sapphire Shimmer…” said the chairman “This court holds in contempt on the charges of treason to the United Equestrian Empire. Evidence has convinced this court that you are defying their majesties order to bringing in the changelings. Have you anything to say for yourself?”

Sapphire just stayed quiet and shook her head. Her friends were in the front row seats, looking on with worry and concern.

Grand Ruler then stood and called to the Judges, “Will the Panel need to deliberate?”

“We see no need. We have decided on our verdict.” said the Chairman.

“You may proceed.” said Celestia. Everyone in the court stood waiting to final word from the Chairman. “It is the ruling of the supreme world high court of United Equestria that the defendant, Sapphire Shimmer is found-“ Before he could say anything else, the doors of the courtroom burst open. “WAIT!”

The chairman wasn’t happy. “WHO DARES INTERRUPT THIS COURT TRIAL!?” He bellowed.

“We do!” Everybody turned towards the door and gasped in horror. The escaped changelings at the door! Lightning and his team immediately surrounded them. “What are you doing here?” he snarled.

“We’re here to tell you we’ve changed.” Pharynx stated.

“Yeah, right.” Starla muttered.

“Please just listen.” Crystal pleaded.

The music began playing and the changelings began to sing.

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(Pharynx)
We never claimed to be evil
Our mistakes are all written in ink
None of us claimed to be evil
And it's sad if that's what you all think
She showed us the power of friendship
No evil or stealing ways
Her light is what brought us together
So stop acting like something's wrong

(All)
We're not darkness
We're reformed for goodness
Cause right now we know our role
No longer mope, now we have hope
Yeah, we're not darkness
We're reformed for goodness
Thanks to her we all know what’s right
It’s thanks to her own friendship and light

(Pharynx)
They say I'm a big shot
That my ego's the size of a whale
She help me confidence is power
And it gives me the courage to fail

(Silver)
Sure, I can be a temperling
A small hot head, it's true

(Pyrax)
And I can be too too stubborn to think
She taught me to think through my choices, too, cause

(All)
We're not darkness
We're reformed for goodness
Cause right now we know our role
No longer mope, now we have hope
Yeah, we're not darkness
We're reformed for goodness
Thanks to her we all know what’s right
It’s thanks to her own friendship and light

(Crystal)
Ponies think we’re all bitter and ruthless
And we don't seem to care
She helped us change our public image
But I’m just so happy you’re here

(Pyrite)
She helped me to bring out my confidence
And really come out of my shell

(Pharynx)
She showed us the magic of friendship
And now we’re all reformed for good, forever

(All)
We're not darkness
We're reformed for goodness
Cause right now we know our role
No longer mope, now we have hope
Yeah, we're not darkness
We're reformed for goodness
Thanks to her we all know what’s right
(Pyrite: Know what’s right)
It’s thanks to her own friendship and light

The whole court was silent, except for Sapphire, who ran towards her changeling friends. “What are you guys doing here?” She asked. “You’ll get sent back to the prison caverns for sure.”

“We came to save you.” Pyrax replied. “We weren’t going to just stand by while you take the fall for us.”

“Like you said, a friend does anything for others no matter what the cost .” Crystal stated. Sapphire was surprised by their actions. Her changelings friends risked getting set back to the prison caverns just to save her from getting into major trouble.

Lightning and everybody else in the courtroom, including their majesties couldn’t believe. Everybody in the courtroom was speechless. “But why?” she asked.

“We came to fight for you.” Pyrax replied.

“Fight for me?” Sapphire asked.

“Fight for her?” Everybody in courtroom repeated in shock.

Pharynx nodded. “We were all disasters when we first met but you showed us that when you know something in your heart is right, you stand up for it.” Crystal said. “You did that for us. Why can’t we do that for you?” Silver added.

“But I went against Starfleet regulations, it tells me everything I have to do to keep the universe safe.”

“And you went against that just to show us friendship.” Pharynx started. “Why should you let, excuse my next words, other ponies stop you from doing just that?!” Silver added.

Sapphire pulled out her copy of “The Starfleet Codes of Regulations” containing all the rules, codes, and regulations which Grand Ruler had spent centuries writing and rewriting since Starfleet first began. “But the regulation book-“ she started but was cut when the Crystal smacked the book out of her hands.

“Doesn’t matter!” All five of the changelings said. Everybody gasped.

“You went against them because you’re doing something new, something important.” Pyrite stated.

“You went against them to give us something nobody else did... a second chance.” Pharynx added.

A moment of silence followed when Lightning spoke up, “Listen Sapphire.... we owe you an apology.”

“We do?!” All his friends asked in shock.

“Yes. We didn’t even give the changelings a chance at friendship because we didn’t think they could learn friendship, but Sapphire showed us all that it’s possible and that there is still hope for them as well.” Lightning spoke in a confident voice. Tears started to form in his eyes as he turned to his student. “And it’s something that’s made me ever so proud.” Lightning hugged her and she hugged him back.

Just then, Snowflake and Skystorm growled. “What’s wrong, girls?” Sapphire asked.

"They sense something coming. Something big." Suddenly, the ground began to rumble and something burst out of the floor! The civilians screamed in fear and the figures revealed themselves. "The Whispering Deaths again?!" Rainbow cried. The three dragons roared and charged the ponies but Snowflake and Skystorm blasted them, halting them in their tracks. The changelings themselves turned into Snowflake and Skystorm and blasted the Whispering Deaths. The dragons roared and flew back down the hole with the changelings following them.

"Come on!" Lightning snapped. The team and their majesties rushed outside the palace and saw the changelings and dragons fighting in the village. The Whispering Deaths tried blasting the changelings with there rings of fire but the changelings dodged and blasted the dragons back. "I've gotta help them." Sapphire said. She took out her shield and she reflected the light into the dragons' faces. They roared and the changelings fired at them rapidly.

Having enough of this the Whispering Deaths all flew away from the village and hopefully for good.

The changelings landed near the ponies and changed back into themselves. A moment of silence passed.

"... Well, looks like Sapphire was right." Lightning said.

The team met up in the throne room. "We're sorry for not believing you Sapphire." Pinkie said.

"Yeah, we judge the changelings based on our past with them. And we almost sent you to prison for it. Can you ever forgive us?" Lightning asked. Sapphire smiled at her friends. "I forgive you, I'm just glad they don't have to live in fear anymore."

"It's all thanks to you." Pharynx replied. The changelings all hugged Sapphire while the team and their majesties watched with smiles on their faces.

Episode 3: Magical Duel

Sapphire, Snowflake and Skystorm were walking through New Ponyville just admiring the view. Lightning and the team have been training harder than ever to boost up their strengths. Sapphire has been doing the same. By learning a variety of spells from teleportation, to transfiguration, to shields, she’s been learning to them all. The ponies knew this was good, having variety of spells at her disposal, but they also told her to keep up with her training. Rhymey, Spike and the girls helped her with her sword work while Lightning and their majesties helped her with her shapeshifting.

But for now, she was just enjoying the view. That’s when she noticed a lot of ponies gathered in the middle of town. “Wonder what’s going on?” Warming over, she saw a stage with a unicorn on it. She was bright red with a yellow mane and tail. Also, wearing a magicians hat and cape. By her side was another Deadly Nadder but this one was purple with yellow shading on it's wings.

She was performing tricks with her magic while her dragon created sparking shapes with it's magnesium blast. Sapphire, Snowflake and Skystorm walked into the crowd and found the girls along with Lightning and friends including Mykan. While Spike and Krysta were interested in her act, the ponies were giving her annoyed looks. Sapphire leaned over to Spike and Mykan. “What’s the deal with them?”

“It’s that unicorn and her dragon. Her name is Star Sizzle and her dragons' name is Vemon, she claims to be they are the most powerful duo ever.” Spike explained. Krysta finished “Lightning and the gang don’t like her bragging.”

“Hmm.” Sapphire replied.

Star went on about how she and her dragons defeated a hydra and manticore once. Of course most ponies automatically believed her except for Lightning and his friends. Then she went on about how there was no creature how could possibly beat her in magic. Spike yelled at her “OH YEAH? WELL SAPPHIRE AND HER DRAGONS CAN BEAT-“ Sapphire quickly covers his mouth hoping Star didn’t hear that.

Unfortunately, she did.

“So the little human thinks she and her dragons can beat me in a magic duel, do you?” Star challenged as she leaped off stage and approached her. “I-I didn’t say-“ Sapphire stammered but was cut off by Star. “Well... if you think you’re so powerful then we’ll have a showdown.” Sapphire tried to decline, but her friends cut her off.

“Bring it on, you little bragger!” Rainbow exclaimed. “Sapphire and her dragons will beat you anytime, anywhere.”

“Sapphire will take your battle call,
And we’ll watch her make you fall!” Rheymey added.

“Darn tootin’” Applejack added. “They’ll beat in two shakes of a bunny tail. They beat King Sombra on the first try.” The girls nodded in agreement. The crowd gasped in awe. Star scoffed. “Fine then... I challenge you, Sapphire and your dragons, to a magic duel at high noon. Winner is dubbed the most powerful creature.”

“And the loser?” Rarity asked.

“Give up their dragons and is banished from New a Ponyville FOREVER!” Everybody gasped in horror. Star walked off leaving Sapphire frozen in fear. Lightning waved his hand in front of her face. “Sapphire, you okay?”

“... what did I get myself into to?”

Meanwhile, up in his spaceship high above United Equestira, Sombra watched everything on the monitors. “Hahaha. A magic duel huh, we’ll I think I’ll add one more contestant. MINIONS!” At his cry, his minions cane into the throne room.

“You called, master?” Frost asked.

“Yes, I want you three to enter a magic duel.” The minions were confused. “Umm.. your majesty what good will a magic duel do for us?”

“Idiots! This will give you a chance to destroy my enemies and learn about a certain human girl.” The minions liked the sound of destroying the ponies. “Be warmed the human girl is more powerful than she looks so be cautious.”

The minions nodded. “We’ll destroy those pests easy!” Breaker exclaimed. “You better you else things will end up very badly... for you.” Sombra warned and he shocked the minions with lightning to empathize his point. “Yes, your majesty.” The minions responded. Sombra laughed with glee.

Back in New Ponyville, Sapphire was at Lightning and Starla’s place along with their friends. “I can’t enter the magic duel!” She cried.

“Why not? You’ll be fine.” Rainbow replied. Sapphire shook her head. “But I don’t want to battle her. Or lose Snowflake and Skystorm. ”

"You won't lose them." Rainbow reassured.

"You don't know that!" Sapphire cried. Rainbow was taken aback by her sudden yelling. "... Sorry. I was don't-"

Lightning came up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I know Sapphire, you don't want to lose your friends or battle, but we kinda forced you to do it anyway." The team felt bad for putting all this pressure on Sapphire.

"Yeah, we were so caught up in wanting to beat Star that we didn't see how pressured it made you feel." Starla added, feeling ashamed.

"We're so super sorry." Pinkie added.

"It's alright you guys. I have no choice now. Guess I'd better get this over with." Sapphire said. "Come on girls." Snowflake and Skystorm followed their rider out the door, leaving her friends feeling guilty about their actions

Sapphire and Star were in the middle of town with their dragons. A crowd of ponies surrounded them, including Lightning and his friends. “Alright, shall we begin?” Star asked. Sapphire nodded.

Star began by using her magic a create a ball of light she launched it up and her dragons blasted it with it's fire attack. The ballexploded and caused sparkles to appear spelling her name in the sky.

Sapphire concentrated and blasted four clues the sky which glowed yellow and grew and turned into four, howling wolves. Snowflake and Skystorm combined their fire attacks and made it rain flaming sparkles. The crowd was in awe.

“Alright Sapphire!” Mykan called.

“Keep it up!” Pinkie added.

Star was not amused.

Next, she then made herself and her dragons invisible and reappear in front of Sapphire. "Beat that, punk." she challenged. Sapphire used her magic and blasted six flower pots turning them into six, flower printed cats. The cats and dragons all leaped into the air and blasted a pulse of energy and fire out of their mouths. They combined and exploded into many flower shaped sparkles in the sky."Cool!" Lightning exclaimed.

Now Star and her was getting angry, any trick she tried was outclassed by Sapphire and her dragons’s skills. Sapphire changed into Snowflake and flew up into the air. Using her plasma blast she struck the clouds, making them flash the same color as her attack. Skystorm and Snowflake flew up and together combined their fire attacks. The clouds exploded and made a what looked like a fireworks display. “Incredible!” Lightning cried. The crowd went wild. Sapphire and her dragons landed on the ground. Sapphire glowed and changed back into her human self. Star and Vemon, on the other hand, had enough! “That’s it! You think you can beat me?! Well, I’ll show you magic!” Star fired a beam of fire magic from her horn.

“Sapphire!” Mykan cried.

“Look out!” Lightning and Starla cried in unison. Before it could hit her, Sapphire surrounded herself in a barrier deflecting the beam into the sky. Star growled.

She sent multiple blasts at Sapphire but her barrier deflected every single one. Snowflake and Skystorm fired their at her but she and her dragons dodged it. “Hey this is a magic and dragon duel, not a magic and dragon fight!” a pony cried from the crowd. The others ponies shared his feeling and began booing Star. “Who asked you?” she snarled. “I’ll show you all WHAT REALLY MAGIC IS!” Star prepared to charge Sapphire again.

Suddenly...

Three blasts came between the two causing a large explosion sending Star flying back. The crowd screamed in fear. “What was that?” Lightning asked. That’s when Sombra's minions appeared. “Surprise.” Frost said.

“Why are you here? What do you want?” Lightning asked.

“We’re here to enter this silly competition and win.” The three turned towards Sapphire, who was still protected by her barrier and dragons. Sapphire didn’t like the look of those three. The ponies dashed and came between the minions and their friend. “You three are not laying a hand on her!” Buddy yelled. The minions readied their magic. “Try us.” Frost challenged. The minions touched horns and combined their magic. They send a large blast at the ground, sending the team flying in different directions. “Guys!”

Sapphire lowered the shield, “Nobody messes with my friends!” and fired at the minions who blocked it. “Hahaha, you really think you can beat us like that?” Breaker taunted. Sapphire frowned, “You haven’t seen anything yet.” and in a flash, changed into a Zippleback dragons.

The minions smirked, thinking she would be an easy opponent. Sapphire roared at them. Sapphire charged the minions but they flew up and out of her range. “You can’t catch us!” Breaker taunted. Sapphire exhaled green, flammable smoke from one head and the other head ignited it, but the minions dodged that attack as well. Sapphire noticed the shields around the buildings and got an idea. She landed on the ground and changed back into herself. Leaping onto the shield and into the sky, in mid-air, she changed into a Light Fury and fired her plasma blast. Frost didn’t notice her in time to avoid getting struck by the attack. Sapphire landed on another shield and did them same thing to Flame. Sapphire roared at them. “You are so pathetic!” Flame insulted.

Sapphire growled and lunged at the minions. They fired their magic at her but she spiralled around it and bashed them hard, sending them crashing to the ground. “Awesome!” a pony cried. The team got to their feet and watched as Sapphire swooped and ram the minions, repeatedly. She landed and changed back into her normal self. The minions stood up and growled at Sapphire. “She’s more powerful than I thought.” Flame whispered. His comrades agreed and they all decided to retreat.

Sapphire, breathing heavily, was relieved they were gone too. She changed back into her human self.

Then, she heard some clapping from behind her. “Huh?” Turning around, she saw ponies coming out of their houses flapping their hands... for her. Even her friends were doing it. “That was amazing, Sapphire!” Spike exclaimed.

“Heavens to bestie, we knew you had ability, but not that much.” Applejack added. Sapphire lightly blushed at the comments. Star and Venom came up to her. Snowflake and Skystorm growled at her. Venom growled at them as well. “You may have bested me this time, Sapphire but I will have my revenge!” The crowd rolled their eyes at her. Sapphire lit her horn and she teleported Star and her stage away. “Good riddance.” Pinkie called happily.

The crowd laughed. “It appears Sapphire has been practicing with her shape shifting.” a voice said. Everybody turned and saw their majesties fluttering down to the ground. Everybody bowed to them and Grand Ruler approached Sapphire. “What are you two doing here?” Rainbow asked.

“We saw the whole battle thing from the palace. You were very brave taking on Sombra’s minions alone.” Celestia added. Her husband agreed, “Very well done, Sapphire. Using the environment to your advantage in battle.”

Sapphire smiled, “Just using what I've learned.” Spike came up to her with a smirk on his face. “Soooo. Ready to admit that you and your dragons are the most powerful in United Equestria?”

“Well... just at a standard. I can’t compete with their majesties in magic.” Sapphire replied. Everybody shared a chuckle.

Meanwhile, Sombra was looking at the footage via Frost’s magic. “Hmmm... I see this girl is honing in on her shape-shifting and magic.” He looked at his minions. “Well done, my minions. With this information we can plan our next attack, conquer United Equestria and destroy those ponies for good.” The minions smiled evilly and they laughed along with their master.

“With that girl under my control, destroying United Equestria will be a breeze.” Sombra laughed maliciously and the minions laughed along.

The next day, Sapphire was flying over New Ponyville on Snowflake and Skystorm watching life go on, despite the war. Children going to school and adults going to work. Citizens were made aware that the planet was once again cloaked under the cape of war, while some were shaking in fear, the rest were all confident that Starfleet and Friendship would prevail like they always did.

Once again, the laws of war were put into effect, and Starfleet patrols carried on all day. All officers continued to train hard to keep their strengths in check. Today, all the friends had received a letter from their majesties. The letters said that they and all of their friends were to come to New Canterlot Palace at once that day to discuss newer battle strategies to use against Sombra’s forces and Blaze, but also for training. Their majesties along with Professor Brain had worked hard on special spells and formulas to help for future battles, and today Lightning was to bring his teammates on Starfleet to have this new skill added to their weapons and train with them to get a new feel of things. Twilight and friends would need to brush up on their normal training as well.

After breakfast, all the ponies had met up, and Krysta warped them all to the palace. “Thanks, Krysta.” said Lightning. Krysta winked at him, and they were all announced into the throne room at once. The guards saluted to Admiral Lightning as they all made their way across and made their way to their majesties. They all exchanged bows of greeting, and Grand Ruler dismissed the guards.

They held their meeting immediately. Sapphire used her magic to replay footage of the last battle in holographic sparkling images. “That’s enough.” Grand Ruler said, and she made the images vanish. “It would now seem that we know what Blaze intends to do."

"Yes Master." Lightning said. "She obviously wants to destroy Sapphire." The dragons growled angrily at the mention of her name. "It's alright, girls." Sapphire cooed.

"Yeah, Blaze won't get near Sapphire." Fluttershy said. The dragons calmed down and rubbed against Sapphire.

"And what about Sombra?" Spike asked. "He may be after Sapphire too."

"For now, we don't know what Sombra is truly up to." Celestia replied. "Until then, Sapphire must keep up with her training."

"Yes your majesties." Sapphire replied.

With that, the meeting was over and the team went to the dojo to continue their training.

On Sombra's ship, he had called his three minions to his chamber. "As you know, that human girl is more powerful than we originally thought."

"Yeah, she kicked out butts the last time." Frost said. Flame growled in anger. "When I get my hands on her, she'll pay."

"Exactly which is why I want you three to capture her." Sombra agreed. "With her magic under our control, we'll conquer United Equestria easily."

The minions liked the sound of that. "Only one problem; what if her friends get wise about us?" Frost asked.

Flame smacked the demoncorn on the head, "Idiot! We'll strike her when she's all alone."

"Right Flame, now go and bring me that human." Sombra ordered. The minions nodded and exited his chamber. "Once that human is mine, Starfleet will fall to their knees." Sombra thought to himself and he laughed evilly.

Sapphire was flying over New Ponyville on Snowflake watching the ponies below go about their day. "Wanna do some trick flying, girl?" Sapphire offered. Snowflake roared in glee and Sapphire chuckled. "I'll take that as a yes. Let's do it!"

Snowflake shot up into the clouds and dove down towards an open field outside New Ponyville. Wind blowing in her mane and feeling the adrenaline rushing through her veins, Sapphire cried in joy, "WOO-HOOO!" Snowflake pulled up and soared and blinding speeds across the field. "YEAH!" Sapphire cried.

Snowflake did some flips in the air and weaving in and out of the trees in the field. Finally, Sapphire and Snowflake came to a stop in a clearing. Sapphire dismounted Snowflake. "Great work girl." she praised. The Light Fry smiled.

Hidden in a bush, the minions were watching her and her dragon. "Let's just rush them already." Breaker suggested.

"No you idiot, that will give us away." Frost replied. "We have to strike quietly."

"Alright let's move in." Flame said. The three minions started moving close using the brush to hide them.

Sapphire, completely unaware of the plot, was busy scratching behind Snowflake's head. The dragons purred, liking the scratches. "That's a good girl." she cooed.

Snap!

Snowflake growled and Sapphire looked around. "Wh-Whose there?" she called out.

There wasn't a response for a moment...

Just then, ice came and stuck Sapphire, trapping her from her neck down. "Ugh!" Snowflake leaped out of the way and watched as Flame, Frost and Breaker came out of the brush. "Haha! Got'cha!" Frost declared. Snowflake was about to use her magic to break out when Frost fired her ice magic at her, trapping her horn in the ice.

Snowflake readied a plasma blast at the minions when Flame used her magic to levitate Sapphire in front of them, stopping the attempt. "You wouldn't want to hurt your precious rider now, do you?" Breaker taunted. Snowflake hissed at them. She was about to pounce on them when Frost froze her legs to the ground, preventing her from rushing them. "Now then, we'll be delivering out capture to King Sombra, thank you very much." Flame stated, shocking Snowflake.

"See ya." Frost said. The minions teleported away. Snowflake tried to break the ice with her plasma blast, but the ice was too thick. She knew she had to alert someone, she she let out a loud roar hoping someone would hear her.

Lightning and his friends were on their patrol rounds when they all heard a loud roar echoing across the town. "What was that?" Starla asked.

"That sounded like Snowflake." Fluttershy said. "Something's wrong." The gang flew in the direction of the roar and found the Light Fury Dragon stuck to the floor. "Snowflake!" Lightning cried. The gang landed near the Light Fury. Dyno and Myte blasted the thick ice off of the Light Fury's legs. Snowflake immediately started looking around frantically and sniffing the ground.

"Snowflake, what's wrong?" Applejack asked.

Snowflake softly growled at the team and Fluttershy gasped.

"Fluttershy, my dear
What did you hear?" Rhymey asked.

"Snowflake said Frost, Flame and Breaker captured Sapphire and are going to take her to King Sombra!" Fluttershy exclaimed. The team gasped in horror. "We've gotta find her!" Pinkie screamed.

"But we don't know where they took her." Spike replied.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise.

Everyone turned to look way out beyond the clearing, and they could see a whole load of smoke in the distance along with a dragons' roar. "What's that?" Rainbow asked.

"Sounds like trouble." Buddy replied. "Come on, Sapphire might be there." The team agreed and they flew off with Snowflake following close behind.

"You didn't see thing big lizard, you moron!" Flame cried as she blasted the large dragon attacking them. Frost placed Sapphire away while he and his comrades dealt with the dragon.

The dragon was 61 feet long with a wingspan of 68 feet. It possessed a long, snakelike neck and tail. Unlike some other breeds of dragon, it has no forelegs, and its ground-based locomotion is similar to that of Pterosaurs, except that it has a lower profile due to its sprawled wings; it can use its claw-tipped wings to "crawl" along the floor. Their horns might be used as a visual display and in defense, but the swept back position of the horns means it is unlikely to use them in combat. Its stripe skin patterns seem to mimic that of a tiger's. Name: Monstrous Nightmare.

This one was purple and yellow.

The dragon roared at the four intruders of it's territory.

Frost blasted it with her fire but the dragon set itself on fire, destroying the ice instantly. That's when Lightning and the team showed up on the scene. "What in the galaxy is that thing?!" Artie cried.

"Whatever it is, it's distracting the minions. Let's move!" Lightning snapped. The team quietly flew down to Sapphire, who was now shivering. "G-G-Guys!"

"Oh my stars, Sapphire!" Rarity cried.

"Hang on chica, we'll get you out." Dyno said. He and his brother transformed and used "BOOM-BOOM FLARE!". The broke the ice and Sapphire almost fell to the ground if Snowflake hadn't caught her. "T-T-Thanks girl." she stammered.

The Monstorus Nightmare blasted the minions with her fire, sending them flying back. Getting back up, Frost turned behind her. "Hey! What are you pest doing here?!" She cried. The other turned and gasped in shock. "Rescuing our friend, that's what. And if I were you, I'd leave." Starla said. The Monstrous Nightmare growled at the three minions. "You won't hold on to Sapphire forever, we will capture her one of these days!" Breaker declared and he and his comrades teleported away.

The Monstrous Nightmare calmed down and looked at the team. "Thanks." Lightning said to it. The dragons nodded, turned and walked further into her territory. "Come on, let's get Sapphire warmed up." Artie said, seeing Sapphire shivering even more.

The team took her to Mykan's house where she was wrapped in blanket. "Thanks." she said.

"Well, now we know Sombra is after you." Spike said with worry.

"Yeah

Episode 4: New Element of Harmony

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.

Episode 6: Tunnel Vision

One morning Applejack was picking trees off of the apple trees in her orchard. She stared at the many, many trees that made up the orchard. She sighed, "Nothing gets better than this." She continued going from tree to tree picking apples until she spotted something laying next to one of the trees.

"What this?" She picked it up. It looked like a spine, but it was white with red shading. Looking at the ground, she saw more of them. She followed them further into the orchard and gasped. There was a humongous hole in the middle of the orchard! Trees were uprooted and the ground was covered in spines.

"BUDDY!"

Soon the entire gang was at the sight. Sapphire examined the spine Applejack found. "Hmm.... I've seen this spine before. It's not good."

"How can something just burrow right through the orchard without us hearing it?" Buddy asked.

"Whispering Deaths again?" Rainbow suggested.

"No, this one wasn't made by a Whispering Death." Sapphire replied, walking over to the hole. "And how do you know?" Rainbow added.

"Whispering Deaths don't have white spines with red shading. But there's one dragon that does.... A Screaming Death."

"Not a Screaming Death!" Pinkie cried. "... What's a Screaming Death?" The friends sighed irritably. Sapphire took out her trusty Book of Dragons and showed the team a picture of the Screaming Death.

It is white in color, has large red eyes, a longer and a more massive body, and larger tail than an 'average' Whispering Death. It also has three rows of teeth, but they are aligned differently than those of the Whispering Death. They have rows of frilly spines that line the edges of its unsegmented underbelly.

"Galloping Galaxies!" Lightning cried.

"It looks just like a Whispering Death." Starla added.

"The Screaming Death is a rare offspring of the Whispering Death, only born every 100 years. They are extremely dangerous Boulder Class dragons. It's scream can disorientate and knock a dragon out of the air. When the Screaming Death is breathing fire, it releases excess fire from gaps in its frill (when any flammable gas is emitted in the inside of his mouth, a similar phenomenon can be observed as a small explosion occurs). At least a dozen fireballs can be launched in rapid succession. This is reminiscent of a gun with a muzzle.." Sapphire explained.

The team shivered at facts Sapphire said. "Please tell me this thing has a weakness like the Whispering Deaths." Rarity squeaked.

"Unfortunately, no. It goes after the sunlight instead of flying away. Me and Snowflake haven't encountered one before, but we have heard about it." Sapphire turned to the whole. "And judging by this, Sweet Apple Acres is in trouble." The team looked at each other with much worry.

The gang reported to the royal palace where they found out something very distributing. "More holes have been discovered!" Lightning cried.

Their majesties nodded regretfully. "Indeed, all morning, ponies have been reporting of large holes being dug throughout their homes. Buildings have collapsed and ponies have been hurt." Celestia reported. "All that was left was were white spines with red shading. We do not know what's causing this." Grand Ruler added.

"Unfortunately, Master, Sapphire does and it's not good." Lightning replied. Sapphire explained the Screaming Death to their majesties. And you can bet they were both horrified. "Are you certain about this?" Luna asked.

"Yes your majesties. The Screaming Death is making these holes." Sapphire replied. "The reason is still unknown." That's when the ground began to rumble and screams were heard from outside. The team looked out of the window and saw the Screaming Death in the flesh! It was blasting buildings with it's rapid fireballs, destroying them and injuring nearby civilians. "Umm.... I like him better in the book." Rainbow whimpered.

Sapphire whistled and Snowflake and Skystorm came to the window. She leaped out and landed on Snowflake's back. "Come on girls, we've got a Screaming Death to stop." The dragons roared and soared towards the village. "Well, we can't let them face that beast alone, let's go!" Lightning snapped.

"Yes sir!" the others replied.

"We will come as well." Celestia said.

With that, the team and their majesties flew out the window. The shields were raised and the civilians were out of the streets. The Screaming Death roared at the ponies and dragons. "Snowflake, Plasma Blast. Skystorm, Fire." Sapphire ordered and the team unleashed their attacks.

"STAR SHOWER!"

"DRILL QUILL!"

"PAINT BOMB!"

"LEAF SWARM!"

"BOOM-BOOM ROCKETS!"

"DRAGON FLARE!"

"UNIFORCE!"

Their majesties added their own magic to the attack. The attack slammed into the Screaming Death. "Did it work?" Spike asked.

The Screaming Death burst from the smoke cloud and unleashed it high-pitched roar at the gang. Snowflake and Skystorm roared in discomfort while the ponies and Spike covered their ears. The Screaming Death stopped and fired it's spines at the large gang. "Incoming!" Sapphire cried. Snowflake and Skystorm flew up while the other scattered.

"PULSAR LASER!" Starla called as she fired a powerful energy ray from her horn at the dragons. It hit it in the face but the dragon didn't seem phased at all! "Nothing!"

The Screaming Death roared and charged the ponies and dragons. "Scatter!" the team scattered and the Screaming Death fired upon the with its' fireball again. "Plasma Blast!" Sapphire ordered. Snowflake fired her plasma blasts at the fireballs, destroying them.

Starla and Buddy attacked the Screaming Death from the front...

"STARLIGHT ARROW!"

"VINE WHIP!"

Artie flew in with his "COLOR KICK!" the attacks made their mark but the Screaming Death just bounced the attacks off. "It's no use! Nothing we do work against this dragon!" Starla said.

The Screaming Death roared and burrowed underground. It burrowed away from the village and out of sight. "Agh! It got away!" Lightning grunted.

"Who cares at least it's gone for now." Sapphire exclaimed.

"Still, this dragon will be a real challenge. None of our attacks so much as scratch it!" Artie said.

"We have to come up with something to stand up to this thing." Grand Ruler said. "For now, let's clean up the damage." The team agreed and they go to work repairing the village.

Next morning, their majesties were flying back to New Canterlot after raising the sun. There haven't been any signs of the Screaming Death since yesterday afternoon which was a relief. In the meantime, Professor Brain and the lab boys have been working on upgrades to the teams suits and armor, hoping to make some progress on defeating the Screaming Death.

Bur for now they looked down below in the village and saw Sapphire playing with her dragons. "Darling, do you think we should get a dragon of our own?" Celestia asked.

Celesto smiled at his wife. "Not now darling, even though they are formidable creatures, I don't think we'll be needing one. Besides our royal duties won't allow us to care for the dragons." Just then, the two of them hear a screech and a roar. "What was that?" Celesto said.

The two of them landed in a section of the forest and hear the sounds closer. "There!" Celestia pointed to a clearing where two dragons were spotted. One was a blue-hued green base color with darker splotches over its body and wings. it has a yellow nasal horn and blue leaf-like spines on its necks and back. Name: Zippleback.

The other dragon was red with orange on the ends of its wings and a cream underbelly. It had side horns protruding from head, antennae with leaf-like lobes, an under-bite and a nasal horn. Name: Changewing.

The Zippleback had a painful expression of it face. Their majesties saw it's wing was red and swollen. "It's hurt, darling." Celestia said. The Changewing screeched as it came closer to the Zippleback. "And it's about to be dinner, let's go, honey."

Celestia nodded and the two leaped from the brush and fired their magic at the Changewing. The dragon screeched at the two ponies. "Leave that Zippleback alone!" Celestia yelled. The Changewing screeched and flew away, leaving the Zippleback alone. The Zippleback looked at their majesties. They slowly approached the injured dragon, who screeched in fear. "Easy, boy, we won't hurt you. We just want to help you." Celestia cooed. The Zippleback calmed down and let their majesties get a closer look at it's injured wing. "Hmm.. it doesn't look to severe. A little magic should help him." Celesto stated. He lit his horn and the injured area glowed as well and the red and swollen area disappeared.

He stopped his magic and the Zippleback moved his wing up and down. No pain. The Zippleback jumped to his feet roaring happily. Their majesties laughed. "That's great, you're feeling better. Now let's get home, darling." Celestia stated. Her husband nodded and they both flew into the sky. "Bye Zippleback." Celestia called. The pair flew away hand-in-hand.

The Zippleback watched as they flew back to New Canterlot.

Hours later, their majesties had finished their morning yoga. It helped them stretched out and relax for a long day of royal duties. They opened the door... only to be greeted by a mountain of fish. They poked their heads out of the pile, "What the-? Who put this here?!" Celesto cried in anger.

No response.

Their majesties groaned in annoyance. Luna came along and saw the fish. "Hello sister and brother-in-law, oooh Salmon!" she said and she grabbed one of the fish and began eating the salmon. "Really sister? You're eating the evidence?" Celestia questioned.

"What?! There's plenty of it." Luna replied, licking her lips. Their majesties rolled their eyes and sighed. Next, after taking several showers to get the fish smell off of them, they went out for their morning flight. "Wonder who left us all that fish?" Celestia asked.

Celesto sighed, "I don't know, but whoever it was is not going to get away with that." Just then, something flew by the two of them. "Huh? What was that?" Celestia asked. The two swiftly turned around, but saw nothing. "... Hmm must have been nothing."

Turning back around, they were greeted by a hard nudge. "WOAH!" The two fell out of the sky and crashed into the bushes. "Uggghh... what was that?" Celesto groaned while holding his head.

He got his answer when a Zippleback landed in front of them. The same one they rescued yesterday! And it was carrying fish in it's mouth? "You again?" they said in unison. The Zippleback dropped fish into their majesties laps. "Wait... it was you who left us all that fish?" Celesto asked. The Zippleback nodded and rubbed against their majesties. "Well, uh, thanks for the fish." The two climbed out of the bush. "We should really be getting home, darling." Celestia said. Her husband agreed and they flew off towards the palace, but the Zippleback followed them into the air. "What?" they flew into the trees to lose them but the two-headed dragon flew beside them. "What is wrong with this dragon?" Celesto cried.

"What now?" Celestia asked.

"Maybe Sapphire knows what's going on?" The two of them flew into New Ponyville and found Sapphire and the team.

"What is that thing following their majesties?" Pinkie asked, pointing at the sky. The team looked up and saw a bigger version of Smoke and Fire following their majesties. "Your majesties?" Lightning said as they landed. "What are you doing here?"

"We're here cause we've got a dragon problem." Celestia replied. The Zippleback landed near their majesties and licked them. "See? We were hoping Sapphire could tell us what's going on with this dragon we rescued."

The ponies and Mykan looked at the Zippleback. "... Why is that one larger than a normal Zippleback?" Mykan asked.

"Because what their majesties found is a Titan Wing Zippleback."

"Titan Wing?!" Everybody exclaimed.

"What's the difference?" Rainbow asked.

"Titan Wings are larger than their normal counterparts. And they are really rare. I'm surprised their majesties found one so easily." Sapphire replied.

"Found and rescued it from a Changewing. And now it won't leave us alone!" Celesto exclaimed. The Zippleback rubbed against their majesties. "Ahh, I see what's going on."

"What?" Lightning questioned.

"It's a life debt. Since their majesties saved the Titan Wing Zippleback. The dragon will now serve them until the debt is repaid or for the rest of their lives, which ever comes first." Sapphire explained. Their majesties froze. "You mean we could be stuck with this dragon forever?!" Celestia asked.

"Yep." Their majesties eyes twitched and the two promptly fainted on the ground. "Your majesties! Master!"

After the two woke up, minutes later, the gang went to Lightning and Starla's place. Their majesties were pacing back and forth with concern. "W-we can't have a dragon with us, we're royalty. We don't need dragons!" Celesto stated.

"Not true!" Sapphire cried. "I'm royalty and I have three dragons." Their majesties sharply turned and stared at Sapphire. "Not helping." they grumbled. Sapphire shrugged her shoulders. "Master, it's not that bad." Lightning reassured.

"Yeah, having a Zippleback will be good for you." Sapphire added. Their majesties looked at Sapphire. "How?" they asked in unison.

"Well, Zippleback and known to be fiercely loyal to their trainers. Also, they are strong and have great endurance, agile and fast in battle. So you have another way of battling, in case you both can't use your magic."

"And you can have the dragon guard you children if- scratch that- when they wander around the palace. Two pairs of watchful eyes are better than one." Fluttershy added. Their majesties thought of all the points Sapphire and Fluttershy said. "Well... having another way to fight and protect would be helpful." Celestia said. Sapphire's eyes started to light up. "And a dragon would be a resource for battle if our magic doesn't work." Celesto added.

"So does this mean?" Sapphire asked. Their majesties nodded, to her and the teams' delight. "We'll keep the Titan Wing Zippleback."

Sapphire cheered and flew around the room in happiness. The ponies chuckled, seeing her so happy.

Their majesties and the team exited the house and were greeted by Smoke and Fire and the Titan Wing Zippleback. The Titan Wing licked their majesties on the cheek. "Okay, okay. You'll be staying with us, big fella." Celesto informed.

"So what are you going to call it?" Buddy asked. Their majesties opened their mouths to answer, but they couldn't come up with anything. "Huh?... we don't know." Celestia replied. Sapphire thought for a moment while looking at the Titan Wing. "How about Dusk and Dawn?"

"Dusk and Dawn?" Lightning asked.

"Yeah. Their majesties ruled from dusk to dawn to I figured their dragon would have the same names." Everybody thought about this. "Actually, that's not bad." Celesto said. Celestia nodded.

"Well, Dusk and Dawn. Welcome to your new home." Celestia said. The Zippleback smiled and roared happily.

After leaving New Ponyville, their majesties actually rode their new dragon to the palace. They rode on the necks of the dragon. Celestia rode on Dawn, on the left and her husband rode Dusk, on the right. You can bet the New Canterlot villagers were surprised to see their majesties on the dragons. They couldn't believe it.

They landed on the tallest terrace in the palace. Princess Luna came to greet them. "Morning sister and bro-" when she spotted the Zippleback, she froze. "... Um, sister brother-in-law, what is that?"

"Luna, meet Dawn and Dusk, our new dragon." Celesto replied. Luna blinked at them. "Huh?"

Celestia and Celesto giggled and explained what happened. Luna couldn't believe her siblings tamed a Zippleback or agreed to keep him. "So what are you doing to do with him?" she asked.

"Well, now we can have him look after the children." Celestia replied. No sooner have she said that, a white shiny ball bounced into the room followed by Prince Castor, a white alicorn with a brown mane and his twin sister, Princess Leliani, also a white alicorn with a pink mane and tail. They were their majesties children.

"Give me that ball!" Lelani thundered.

Castor giggled. "Come and get it then." the ball rolled over to Dawn and Dusk. Dawn picked up the ball and gave it to Grand Ruler. When the children noticed the dragon they were mesmerized. "Wow... Mommy, Daddy, who is this?" Castor asked.

"Castor, Leilani, meet your new babysitter, Dawn and Dusk." Celestia said with a smirk.

"Babysitter?" Leliani questioned. Grand Ruler nodded. "He'll be watching over you two while Luna is sleeping and while your mother and I are performing our royal duties." Normally, any children would feel annoyed to have a babysitter, but Castor and Leliani actually didn't mind having a babysitter. After all, how many ponies can say they had a two-headed dragon for a babysitter?

For the rest of the day, Dawn and Dusk played with Castor and Leliani. They tossed the ball in the royal garden and had the children chase the ball. After that, Dawn and Dusk had the two children ride them. And by ride, Dawn and Dusk just walked around the palace. Their majesties didn't want their children to get hurt while flying unauthorized on their dragon.

Anyway, their majesties liked having Dusk and Dawn around. Even Luna got used to having the dragon around.

Now, their majesties were in New Ponyville, on one of their unannounced visits to have a break.

At the palace, the children were having their nap while Dusk and Dawn were out flying near the palace. Sudden;y, he saw the ground breaking up and the Screaming Death burst from the ground, roaring. The alarms were sounded.

Their majesties dashed outside and saw the Screaming Death near the palace. "Oh no!" Celestia cried. The royal knight and sentries came forth and the Screaming Death fired it fireballs at them. The knights and sentries dodged but the fireballs hit the palace!

BOOM! The side exploded and the area was engulfed in flames. Dusk and Dawn flew out of range of the flames, but their majesties were horrified. The flames were right on top of their children's bedroom! "The children!" the two of them zoomed towards the palace.

Princess Luna, having heard the loud 'BOOM!' rushed to make sure the children were okay. That's when another explosion happened and large chunk of rock from the ceiling fell and crashed in front of the children's bedroom with flames surrounding it. "Oh dear." Luna whimpered. Now she couldn't get to the children!

In the children's bedroom, Castor woke up, smelling something strange. He woke up, "Leliani, what's that smell?" his sister woke up too and looked to the side. "AHHHH! Fire!" she cried. The two children leaped out of bed and rushed towards the door. Castor pushed on the door, but it didn't budge. "It's locked!" he cried. Leliani and Castor were so terrified that they started shedding tears. The children went to a corner of their bedroom and hugged each other, crying for help, hoping that someone would hear them.

Dusk and Dawn could hear the children's screams for help. They knew they could no longer hover by and do nothing. The two of them dove towards the entrance to the palace and burst through the door. Knowing the way to the bedroom, they flew through the fire and made it to the children's bedroom door. The fire and large rock were blocking them, but they were fire resistant. They blasted upon the rock, shattering it and rammed the door opened and saw the children in the corner of their bedroom. "Dusk, Dawn!" the children cried in relief.

The dragons rushed over to the children and extended it's heads to the children. They hopped on and the dragon flew out of the way it came.

Outside, their majesties arrived and saw other Starfleet officers had blocked off ponies who wanted to help. "Your majesties!" Lightning cried. "Lightning, have you seen our children. They're trapped inside!" Celestia asked. The team gasped in horror. Princess Luna appeared in puff of dark smoke. "Sister! Brother-in-law!"

"Luna, where are the children?" Grand Ruler asked.

"A large rock fell from the ceiling and blocked the door. I couldn't get through the fire to get them." Celestia and Celesto were fearing the worst for their children.

Pinkie then pointed downwards. "Hey look." Everybody looked and saw Dusk and Dawn with the children on his back. "Castor! Leliani!" Their majesties cried. They rushed towards their dragon as he flew towards them. Their majesties grabbed their children and hugged them tightly. The children cried into their shoulders. "Mommy! Daddy!" they cried.

"It's okay children. It's okay." Celestia cooed.

"Bless the stars, you both are alright." Celesto added.

Castor sniffed. "Dawn and Dusk saved us." The dragon nuzzled the children on their backs to comfort them. "Dusk, Dawn, thank you. You saved them." Celestia replied. The dragons smiled at the two of them. Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie shed tears at the reunion.

The storm passed a few hours later, the fires died out and the sections where the lightning struck were repaired.

Dusk and Dawn were awarded metals of bravery for saving the royal twins lives. "We are very proud of you both." The dragon roared happily and licked their majesties, knocking them to the ground. "Dusk, Dawn, not our royal attire!" they playfully cried. The crowd laughed. Sapphire, Lightning and the team were happy for their majesties. They finally found a dragon that will protect them forever.

Episode 9: Sapphire's Destiny

One night, Sapphire was in New Canterlot on the highest terrace. She wasn’t her normally happy self. She sighed sadly as she overlooked New Canterlot.

All of her friends had a purpose on United Equestria, Lightning and the ponies protect and serve, Mykan teaches, even the changelings have a purpose; friendship. All of her friends had a purpose... but her. Yes, she's part of Starfleet but she just had this nagging feeling that she was meant to do more. She kept wondering if there’s more she’s meant to do in United Equestria. It was a nagging feeling in her chest.

“Sapphire?” a voice said behind her.

Sapphire turned and saw their majesties. They all looked worried. “Sapphire, what are you doing out here, all alone?” Luna asked.

Sapphire sighed. “It’s just. I’ve got this feeling that I’m meant to do more in United Equestria. Everyone of my friends have found their forever place here. You three raise the sun and the moon, Cadence spreads love and Lightning is the Commander of Starfleet. Everyone has a purpose, except for me.”

As music began playing Sapphire turned and walked back towards the terrace and started singing.

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(Sapphire)
It isn't that I'm ungrateful

For all the things that I've earned,

For all the battles I have fought in,

All the powers that I have earned

But I wonder where I’m going now,

If there’s more I’m meant to be

All my friends have a purpose

Everybody except for me

I have my badge, I wear this suit

I'm on Starfleet, this is true

But it's still unclear to me

If there's more I'm meant to do

I wanna have a purpose

Wanna do all that I can

I wanna make a contribution

I want to be a part of the plan

Queen Celestia walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

(Queen Celestia)
Your destiny's uncertain

And that's sometimes hard to take

But it will become much clearer

With every new choice you make

Luna came up to the pair.

(Princess Luna)
Patience is never easy

I understand wanting more

I know how hard it is to wait

To spread out your wings and soar

Grand Ruler then came before Sapphire.

(Grand Ruler)
But you stand here for a reason

You're gifted and you are strong

That badge is upon your chest because

You belong

(All)
Know that your time is coming soon

As the sun rises, so does the moon

As love finds a place in every heart

You are a human; you'll find your place

(Princess Luna)
We understand you wanting more

A chance to shine, a chance to soar

(Grand Ruler)
Soon will come the day it turns around

(All)
Know that your time is coming soon

As the sun rises, so does the moon

As love finds a place in every heart

You are a human; you'll find your place

(Queen Celestia)
You are a human; you'll find your place

Queen Celestia hugged Sapphire. “You’re time will come.” she said to her. She smiled at her. Sapphire then went home to get some goodnight's rest.

Sapphire found herself in a glittery void with stars all around. “Hello, is anyone there?”

In front of her a glittery form of Twilight Sparkle as her original four-legged pony self appeared.

“Twilight?” Sapphire called. “What are you doing here?... and why aren't you... you know ghost-like anymore?"

“I’m here to present you a special test.” she said. Sapphire tilted her head to the side,, “A test? What kind of test?”

“You will find out when you wake up, until then I bid you goodnight.” The void began wavering and everything went white.

Sapphire woke in a shock. She thought about the test Twilight told her about. ”What kind of test will she give me?”

“Guess I’ll have to find out on my own.” Sapphire got out of bed and got dressed. Heading downstairs, she found Mykan making himself some coffee. “Hi Mykan.”

“Hey Sapphire, did you sleep well?”

“Yes but it was weird.”

“Weird how?”

“Well I saw what looked at be a Twilight as a glittery pony in my dream. She said she would present me a test.” Hearing that shocked Mykan. “Really? That is weird. We better get the gang together to figure this out.” Sapphire looked outside and her eyes widened. "I think that'll have to wait, Look!"

Mykan and Sapphire looked out the window and saw something really peculiar. The sun and moon were up at the same time! One side was day and the other was night. "What the heck? What's going on?" Mykan asked.

"I don't know. Come on, we'd better find out." Sapphire said.

The civilians were all in panic with the situation, nobody knowing what was going on. Mykan and Sapphire came outside. "Lieutenant Sapphire will know." one pony said. The ponies surrounded Mykan and Sapphire asking multiple questions.

"I'm sure it's just... there's a logical explanation for-" she was cut off when a royal guard came onto the scene. "Lieutenant Sapphire, Mykan Stevens you must come with us." he said.

He lead Sapphire and Mykan into the royal palace and they went into the throne room where Crystal, Pyrax, Pharynx, Silver and Pyrtie were. “Guys? What are you doing here?” Sapphire asked.

“We saw how weird the sky looked and were called here by the guards.” Pharynx replied.

Mykan turned towards one of the guards. "So, what’s going on?"

"It's their majesties and Commander Lightning Dawn and his entire unit." one of the guards said with a nervous expression on his face.

"THEY"RE GONE!" his comrade cried.

The changelings, Sapphire and Mykan gasped in horror.

"Gone?! What do you mean gone?!" Sapphire asked.

"We don't know, it seems as their majesties and Commander Lightning and his unit has simply vanish." the guard explained.

"Vanish!" Pyrite exclaimed and fainted on the ground.

"This is why we've come to you Sapphire Shimmer." the second added. He and his comrade saluted at her. "We await your command." the second guard added.

"My command?!" Sapphire exclaimed, in shock and confusion.

"With their majesties and Commander Lightning Dawn and his unit gone, we must take our orders from you, Lieutenant Sapphire." Sapphire and Mykan as well as the changelings were shocked. That meant Sapphire would be in charge of the discovering what happened while her friends were missing. Pyrite, hearing this, once again fainted on the ground.

"I want you to continue the search for their majesties, Commander Lightning and his unit, find any clues that may tell us what happened to them." Sapphire ordered. The two guard saluted and went off. Mykan and the changelings were impressed. "Way to take charge." Pharynx commented.

Sapphire sighed in relief. "Thanks."

Suddenly, another guard burst into the throne room. "Lieutenant Sapphire new from New Ponyville. The New Everfree Forest is well... invading!" he cried.

Sapphire gasped and Pyrite fainted for the third time. "What the heck is going on?" Pyrax cried.

"I don't know, but we have to get to New Ponyville and find out. Come on." Sapphire used her magic and appeared her Element of Harmony. "Gonna need this." then she dashed out the door and flew to New Ponyville with Mykan and the changelings behind her.

Upon arrival they could already see it was complete chaos. Black vines with blue spikes were all over the place! Ponies were either running for cover or stuck in the vines. "Pharynx, you and the changelings free the trapped civilians." Sapphire ordered.

"On it!" Pharynx and the changelings dove in and kicked the black vines freeing the civilians, "Get to safety, Quick!" Pyrite said. The civilians complied and ran into the nearest house. They met up with Mykan and Sapphire at Town Hall. "Man, this is a mess. If only we knew what caused this." Mykan said.

"Me too." Sapphire said.

"Hey! What's that?" Crystal asked pointing at something. Everybody looked and saw a familiar zebra walking into town with a large cart of items behind her.

"Zecora!" Sapphire cried. They all raced over to her as she collapsed to her knees. Mykan unhitched her and pushed the cart away from her.

"From my home, I have had to flee,
The forest have grown too wild, even for me." she said.

"Please say you have an idea on what's happening?" Silver pleaded.

"I'm afraid it's a mystery to me as well,
But I may have something that if combined with a spell." Zecora replied as she went to her cart and pulled out a beaker with purple liquid in it.

"I do not dare to use it myself, the results would be tragic,
It only responds to alicorn magic."

Sapphire looked at her horn and wings.

"Sapphire, you can try the potion from purple to white,
After a sip you may see why the sky is say and night."

Sapphire fired a small purple beam of magic at the potion, turning the liquid to white. Sapphire picked it up her friends watched with concern. Zecora nodded at Sapphire.

She took a sip of the potion. Immediately her eyes turned white and she found herself in a familiar area. "The Tree of Harmony Cave, what am I doing here?" she saw Celestia and Luna near the tree.

(Like this)

Celestia flew up and used her magic on the tree. "Are you sure?" Luna asked as she flew up to her sister.

"We have discovered the only means by which we can defeat Discord." Celestia said as she used her magic to take the Elements of Harmony out of the branches. "Even without these Elements the Tree of Harmony will process a powerful magic. As long as that magic remains it will be able to control and contain all that grows here."

Sapphire watched when she was snapped back to reality.

"So what did you see?" Crystal asked.

"Nothing that leads to what happened to Lightning and the others, but I've may have found the reason why New Everfree Forest is acting this way. Something's happened to the Tree of Harmony."

"You mean that large crystal tree that gave you your Element?" Silver asked.

"Yes, it must be in danger."

The changelings and Mykan looked at each other. "Well, if that's the source of the problem, then we better go and fixed it." Mykan said. The changelings nodded.

"Be careful my friends,
The forest has danger with no end." Zecora warned. Everybody nodded and they journeyed into the forest. All around the forest the black vines were wrapped around other trees. "This place sure is creepy." Pyrite whimpered.

"Yeah. This is like any forest in my world. But they don’t look have black vines around the trees." Mykan added.

"Sapphire, please tell me you remember where the Tree is." Pyrax said nervously.

"Yes, it's near the Castle of the Two Sisters. " The friends noticed Sapphire didn't seem scared of the forest at all. "You don't seem scared of the forest at all." Pharynx said.

"I've been in here a few times." Sapphire replied.

"But it didn't have these creepy vines." Crystal pointed out.

"Still, it's not that terrifying."

"Let's just hope the tree and our friends missing are connected." Phyranx added. Everybody hoped for the same thing.

Soon, they arrived at the the Castle of the Two Sisters and the cavern. "Hey, it looks like most of the vines go into that cave." Pyrtie said while pointing to a cave in the cavern. "That's where the Tree of Harmony is!" Sapphire rushed down the steps, followed by her friends. Entering the cave, the gasped in horror.

The Tree of Harmony was covered with the black vines. There were several figures near the Tree.

(Like this)

"I think it's dying!" Pyrite cried. Pharynx flew up, "Then let's save it." he flew at the tree but one of the vines wrapped around his back legs and flung him back towards the others. "Nice try." Pyrax stated.

Pharynx growled. Sapphire flew up to the Tree and noticed something. The vines were not wrapped around the branch parts that once held the Elements of Harmony and it was around the center. Sapphire tried to touch it, but a vine came out and wrapped around her arms. She blasted the vine away.

She knew the Tree needed the Elements of Harmony, but they were destroyed except for the Element of Magic and her own. Without those elements the Tree's power will be gone forever. She stared at her element and horn and narrowed her eyes. She knew what she had to do.

She landed back near the others. "I know how the tree can be saved. I have to give it my magic and my Element of Harmony."

A moment of silence followed.

"Woah, woah, woah." Mykan said as he stepped before her. "If you give up your magic, you’ll be completely defenseless if Sombra tries anything next time.”

“Yeah.” Pharynx added. “How are you suppose to defend yourself?"

"How are you gonna use your Valkyrie Power, if you can't use your Element to activate it?" Crystal added.

"I know, it's a huge sacrifice, but I have to do this. If I don't Untied Equestria will be covered in these vines. I can't let that happen. I have to do this." Sapphire explained. The changelings and Mykan looked at Sapphire with great concern, but they knew there was no taking her out of this. Mykan sighed, "Alright... go for it."

The changelings nodded.

Sapphire used her magic on her Element of Hope. She took it out of her necklace and placed it in the center, which opened up and accepted the element. Next, she used a spell and released her magic into the element, putting great strain of her body. When the last of her magic left her and entered the element, she fell to the ground. "Sapphire!" Mykan and the changelings rushed to her side.

"Sapphire, are you okay?" Mykan asked.

Sapphire groaned and weakly opened her eyes, which were now milky white, portraying her lost of magic.

The Element of Hope glowed and combining it's magic with Sapphire's, the tree repelled the vines and restored the Tree of Harmony. Mykan helped Sapphire stand as they watched her magic clear all the vines completely. That's when the several figures of vines diminished and revealed to everybody's surprise Lightning Dawn, his unit and their majesties.

Lightning cracked his back, "Ugh.. what in the universe happened to us?"

Rainbow groaned, “I feel like asleep on a barrel of pushpins.”

“Where the heck are we?” Buddy asked.

"It's a long story." Crystal said. That's when Lightning saw Sapphire looking weak. "Sapphire!" he and everybody raced to her and noticed her eyes. "What happened?"

"She gave up her magic and her Element of Harmony to save the kingdom from the New Everfree Forest." Mykan replied. Everybody felt their hearts skip a beat. "Sapphire... you didn't." Starla whispered.

Sapphire weakly lifted her head. "I did."

The ponies couldn’t believe it. "But why, darling?" Rarity asked.

"I had to do it... for the... kingdom." Sapphire replied. Lightning and the others hugged Sapphire while shedding some tears. She gave up her magic to save the kingdom. A true sacrifice.

Suddenly, the Tree of Harmony glowed brightly again. "What going on with the tree?" Silver asked.

The Element of Hope send out five colored strands to the branches. Upon making contact and using Sapphire's magic, the empty spaces were replaced by five new Elements of Harmony, just like the ones Twilight's friends used to wear, but the gemstones were different.

Purple Gem: A Flower.

Blue Gem: A Blindfold.

Orange Gem: A Shovel.

Pink Gem: A mask.

Red Gem: A Shield.

Then the five elements shot out of the tree as well as the Element of Hope and circled Sapphire, making her float into the air. "What's happening?!" Mykan cried.

In a bright explosion of light, Sapphire clothes had changed: she was now wearing a pink, glittery royal robe with white fur on the sides. Also, her shoes turned into silver boots with golden brim on the front. Finally, she wore a crown with five of the elements embedded in it and her Element of Hope as her necklace. Everybody gasped in shock and awe.

"Galloping Galaxies!" Lightning cried.

"Incredible!" Grand Ruler added. Everybody else added their own comments to Sapphire's new clothing. Sapphire floated down to the others and opened her eyes... they were light blue once again, meaning her magic had returned. Sapphire floated down to the others. "Sapphire, are you okay?" Artie asked.

"Yeah." she looked at her new clothes. "But... what happened?"

That's when a glittery Twilight appeared again. Everybody, except Sapphire, was shocked to actually see her. “What in the universe!” Artie said. Even their majesties were speechless. “Twilight?” Celestia said.

"No.” Sapphire replied. “You’re not Princess Twilight are you?"

It shook it's head. Crystal gasped. "You're the Tree of Harmony!"

It nodded.

That blew everybody's minds. "The Tree of Harmony turned into a sparkly version of our dead friend to talk to us... Did I miss something?" Pinkie asked.

"Sapphire Shimmer, thank you for saving me. I know how difficult it must have been for you to give up your magic and element. It took great courage to relinquish them for the kingdom's safety. Making this sacrifice means you went beyond the call of duty. Now I am happy to pronounce you... The Princess of Friendship." Everybody gasped in the deepest shock.

"A Princess!" Lightning asked. That's when in a tube of light Twilight's angel-corn appeared. "She's earned it."

"Twilight?" Celestia said.

"Sapphire did an incredibly act, even though she knew the consequences. She has shown five more Elements of Harmony while being with you all:

Strength, Bravery, Beauty, Sorcery and Healing.

Just like she did for her changelings friends, she had been spreading the Magic of Friendship even more than me and now by sacrificing her magic and saving the kingdom she has truly earned the title." Twilight explained. Sapphire was utterly speechless. Now she was the Princess of Friendship.

"I-I don't... know what to say." she said. Their majesties came up to her. "This is something you've truly earned, Sapphire. Since you came her you've displayed the charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and of course, the leadership of a true princess." Celestia said. "Remember, we'll be here to help and guide you, but now we can learn things from you as well." Celesto added, threatening to shed some tears in his eyes. "You've done very well, my brave human."

Sapphire smiled and suddenly, a bright light shined from the side of her pants and her horn. "What was that?" Silver asked. The ponies did not have a clue as to what was going on now. When the lights died out, everybody saw something no one could believe. Sapphire's horn now had a golden stripe in it. And a golden stripe meant only one thing.... Uniforce. Also, when she pulled down her pants to look at her side...

On her side was a cutie mark!

It looked like a combination of Twilight, Celestia and Luna's cutie marks.

The ponies couldn't believe this and were astounded. "Oh my stars!" Rarity cried.

"No way!" Rainbow added.

"Jumpin' Junebugs!" Applejack said.

"Now she has a cutie mark and the Uniforce!" Lightning cried. Grand Ruler, Queen Celestia and Princess Luna couldn't believe. Up until now, they knew the Uniforce was something a pony had to be born with, not gained. For Sapphire, a human to gain the Uniforce is beyond their knowledge.

Twilight and the Tree of Harmony smiled. "Sapphire truly is one remarkable human. Use your new gifts well, Sapphire." Twilight looked at everyone. "Farewell, everybody." and with that she vanished in a bright flash while the glittery Twilight vanished as well.

A moment of silence fell. “So what basically happened to us?” Starla asked.

“My best guest is those black vines sucked the magic from the Tree of Harmony and captured all of you.” Mykan explained.

“But why is?” Lightning asked.

“That part is still unknown. For now I’m just glad it’s over.” Pharynx said.

"Sooo... what do we do now?" Sapphire asked.

Everybody stared at each other. They knew the answer to that.

The very next day, after the incident had passed, a huge coronation was to be held in the throne room.

Now their majesties and the gang were in the throne room looking over the preparations.

Lightning, his friends and the mane five along with Princess Cadence and Shining Armor were in the throne room with their majesties who looked a little concerned. "Your majesties, is something wrong?" Starla asked.

"Nothing's wrong. Why do you ask?" Grand Ruler asked.

"You two are looking really nervous." Lightning replied. Their majesties sighed and Queen Celestia said. "Alright. We are worried about Jewel becoming a princess." The ponies were confused, "Worried? Why?" Artie asked.

"It's just....it's a big responsibility and we've haven't had time to prepare her." Celestia added.

“She prepared herself, making friends with the enemies and spreading friendship all over our kingdom.” Lightning said.

"She'll be fine. Sapphire already shown the qualities of becoming a princess. She kind, loyal and does what's best." Rainbow replied.

“And she’s been made friends with creatures we never through could learn about friendship.” Pinkie added.

Even with that, their majesties couldn’t help but worry. They both sighed. “Still... but still." Their majesties said together.

"Don't worry, your majesties. We'll all help Jewel when she needs it. Now come on we have a coronation to prepare for." Applejack said.

Everybody agreed and exited the throne room. Music began to play and all the ponies began singing.

(Applejack)
It's time to show 'em what she's got

(Rarity)
It's time to go and get things done

(Fluttershy)
But she won't have to do it on your own

(Pinkie Pie)
'Cause she's got friends right here to make it fun

(Mane Five)
We got this, she's got this

We got this together

(Rainbow Dash)
Sometimes the pressure gets you down

And the clouds are dark and grey

Jewel kicks them off and lets the sun shine through

And scary as it seems, our girl is ready now

She’s turned the lives of creatures around, it’s true

(Rainbow Dash and Wonderbolts)
We got this, she's got this

We got this together

(Crowd)
Sapphire's Princess Coronation

And we can get it done

A festival that they won't forget

A pony to be proud of

A day of games and fun

Just you wait and see

A magic day in perfect harmony

(Fluttershy)
She's got this

[Bird]
[whistles melody]

(Fluttershy and bird whistle)
We got this together

(Applejack)
With friends and family, she is never alone

If she need help, we've got her back

Jewel can be honest, let her problems be known

(Applejack and Apple family)
'Cause she's got us to pick up the slack

We got this

(Big McIntosh)
Eeyup!

(Apple family)
We got this together

(Rarity)
Pay attention to the details

Every gem even-spaced

Make the colors perfect

(Spike)
Takin' one or two to taste

(Rarity)
Inside and out, beautiful throughout

Generosity is what we're all about

(Spike)
[mouthful] You got this

(Rarity)
You got this

(Rarity and Spike)
We got this together

(Their majesties)
Today needs to be perfect, it all comes down to Jewel

We don't know if she's ready

For all the things they need her to be

She is our Princess of Friendship

But that is more than just a crown

It's her promise to spread friendship to others

And never let anypony down

(Pinkie Pie)
We've got an awful lot to bake

Each pony needs a piece of cake

Oh, wait! There's something better we can do

We're gonna need some more supplies

To make a really big surprise

She'll be so shocked—she's sure to love it, too!

You got this!

We got this together!

(All)
Sapphire's Princess Coronation

Our officer had grown

A day we will never forget

Looking back it’s just so funny

With just how far she’s come

[Rainbow Dash]
A girl made

[Applejack]
By humans

[Rarity]
And now she’s

[Fluttershy]
A Princess

[All]
All will be in perfect harmony!

Now that the decorations were finished it was time for the coronation.

Many creatures from all over United Equestria came, even Queen Rain Shine and Queen Novo, as long as their subjects. Sapphire's friends were standing beside their majesties, including Mykan Stevens and the changelings. "We are gathered here today to celebrate a momentous occasion. Our most faithful officer, Sapphire Shimmer has done many extraordinary things since she's come to United Equestria. But today Sapphire Shimmer did something incredible; she created five Elements of Harmony, proving without a doubt that she is ready to be crowned United Equstria's newest princess." Celestia started.

"Now Ladies and gentlecolts, may we present for the very first time; Princess Sapphire Shimmer." Celesto added.

The huge doors opened and in came Sapphire Shimmer dressed in a pink dress with a yellow ribbon with flowers on it wrapped around it. She was followed my some guards. They were singing a song as Sapphire walked towards their majesties.

(It was similar to this)

She reached their majesties and Spike came up with a pillow that had her new crown and necklace on it. Celestia and Celesto used their magic to place the items on her. Sapphire looked at her friends who smiled and winked at her. Next, their majesties and Sapphire went out onto the terrace, where below, they saw a huge crowd of ponies. Sapphire smiled and waved to the crowd.

"Say something Princess." Celestia encouraged.

"Oh." she cleared her throat and the crowd quieted down. "A little while ago, I met Commander Lightning Dawn and his friends. They helped me to become the confident human I am now. I owe them for helping me overcome my past and today on a day like today," she turned around and gestured for her friends to come out. "I wouldn’t be standing here if it weren't for the friendships I made with all of you."As Sapphire continued, her friends began to shed some tears, even Mykan.

"Each one of you taught me something about friendship and for that I will always be grateful. Today I consider myself the luckiest human in the universe. Thank you friends, thank you every creature."

The crowds cheered below.

Sapphire and the others returned inside. "Best coronation day ever!" Pinkie sang.

"You're gonna make a great Princess, Sapphire. I just know it." Mykan encouraged. Sapphire blushed. "Ehehe, I don't know anything about being a Princess."

"Don't worry darling, I'm sure their majesties will help with your royal duties." Rarity reassured. Princess Cadence and Shining Armor came up, "And us." Sapphire was grateful to have such friends in her life.

Up in his spaceship, Sombra and his minions were watching the whole thing. "Sooo, the human is a Princess now, huh?" Sombra said and he laughed deeply. "Well then that makes her an even more desirable target."

Frost and his comrades agreed. "And she has six Elements of Harmony too. That's ours for the taking." Flame said.

"Now my minions, tomorrow will start our new era. We will capture Princess Sapphire and we'll destroy anyone who gets in our way." Sombra chuckled and his minions joined them.

Episode 10: Glue for Three

*Mykan’s POV*

It was an ordinary mid-afternoon in New Canterlot, and all the ponies and other creatures were going about their day.

I had just flown in after teaching my class in New Ponyville that day. I stretched out and a sniffed the sweet afternoon air, and sighed “Ahh… nothing like a sunny afternoon after work.”

Suddenly the warning alarm sounded; there was immediate danger heading for the area. Many of the ponies immediately began to run for homes and buildings before the barriers activated.

I helped some of the citizens into shelters, including one pony who was hauling a big wagon with a huge barrel marked “SUPER INDUSTRIAL GLUE” in giant letters on it. He had to leave the wagon where it was and get to safety.

I stayed outside to survey the area and make sure no one was stuck outside; the streets were clean of all the citizens, and suddenly a big fly-like monster came rushing into the village. He was a rather burly looking insect creature with greenish skin and big red eyes just like that of a fly, and over his shoulder he held a large sack of stolen goods.

He was being chased by Lightning, Krysta, Starla, Applejack, Rarity and Spike; all transformed and wearing their super suits.

“Get him!” shouted Lightning!

“Remind me who we’re chasing again?” asked Krysta, and Starla replied “He calls himself “The Bugalar”, and just as his name is played on, he’s a dreaded burglar. Three-hundred years ago, he robbed seven first national banks on many planets. He looted valuables from museums and even stole from people in the streets before he was captured.”

Rarity felt disgusted, “All those robberies?! Why that’s positively wretched!”

“To think of all those jewels…” said Spike and his mouth began to water, “…All those tasty jewels!”

Applejack rolled her eyes, “Let’s rope him first. Then we can eat.” with that, she readied her rope and lassoed the sack of stolen goods away from Bugalar. “YE-HAW! That’s the catch.”

Bugalar skidded to a dead halt in midair, and he glared furiously at the team, “You dare steal from me?! No one steals from The Bugalar!”

He flexed his four arms and charged forth, when suddenly he got zapped from behind. The ponies turned and saw me standing there with my shield and sword. “I always did love bug hunting when I was in the scouts.” I said smugly.

The others thought that was witty, but Bugalar was not amused, “You think I can’t take you all on…?!”

The fight was on, and even though he was outnumbered, Buglar, with his four arms, managed to punch each of us fighters away each time we got near him, but we still fought back, and Starla and Lightning punched him hard, together, sending him hurdling through the air and crashing down hard.

“Oh yeah!” shouted Bugalar, “Now try this; PARISITE WHEEZE!” and from his huge mouth he wheezed a large swarm of miniature insects that flew all around us fighters, getting in our way and diving straight at us from all ends like real pests.

Everyone waved about trying to shoo the bugs off, but Rarity could only scream in terror as she hated bugs, especially the way they zoomed all around her. “Get them off me!” she cried!”

“Oh, sure, you can annoy them to death!” I snarled at her as I continued to bat off the bugs.

Bugalar found it hilarious the way we were all behaving and decided to make his getaway while he could.

“Hey, he’s getting away!” cried Starla.

“That does it!” Spike growled, and he drew in a huge breath, “DRAGON BREATH!” and he breathed a huge wave of fire, killing most of the tiny insects.

“Good shot, Spike!” said Lightning.

The rest of us were relieved to be rid of the bugs. “Hey, there he goes!” snapped Applejack, and she chased after Bugalar. “Hey, wait up!” I called as I chased after her.

I caught up with her, and then held out my sword, blasting Bugalar so he fell to the ground again. “Now, I’m really steamed!” he thundered and he began to fight us both.

The other’s caught up to where we were, and noticed the glue wagon in the area. “Hey, guys, Look out!” Lightning called.

Bugalar then punched Applejack hard, and sent her slamming into the wagon, breaking the huge barrel wide open and spilling glue everywhere.

“Oh, my goodness! Applejack!” cried Rarity and she dashed over, but was careful not to step on any of the gooey puddles on the way.

“Ha!” laughed Bugalar “That’s one down. Who’s next?”

“You are!” Sapphire snarled. Her horn glowed in a bright golden light. “UNFORCE!” the blast hit Bugalar hard. He fell over, exploded and was imprisoned in a sphere.

Lightning, in his free time had taught Sapphire, how to use her Uniforce. Over the few times she’s use it, she would be a little tired. But with more practice, using the Uniforce wouldn’t leave her tired anymore.

The team cheered, but then I saw poor Applejack near the remains of the barrel. Her suit had powered down, and strangely she didn’t seem to be covered in glue. I came along to help her up, extending my left hand to her right hand, while Rarity grabbed Applejack’s left hand with her right. “Are you alright?” Rarity asked.

“Just a little bruised, I’ve had worse. Thanks for helpin’ me up you two.”

Suddenly, we found we couldn’t let go of her hands. “Applejack…” I said “Let go of us.”

“What?” snapped Applejack, and she then found herself being pulled hard by me and Rarity as we tried to let go of her.

“Please! I’m glad we could help, but release me!” said Rarity.

“Stop it, both of you, you’re stretching me!” cried Applejack. That’s when we all realized there was glue on Applejack’s hands, and worse… right down where we were standing was a small label from the barrel which read: “Guaranteed never to come unstuck, not even with magic.”

…and the three of us gazed down at our stuck hands with extremely shocked expressions! The others didn’t like this much either.

With the emergency over, Lightning gave Krysta the sphere containing Bugalar, charging her to take it to the palace to see that it got sent to Conva and Bugalar locked up again in prison.

As for the glue that was lying all around, it couldn’t come unstuck, even with magic as the label had warned. So, before she left, Krysta instructed her nearby fairies to teleport all the glued and gooey objects--all the patches of grass, and the trees and lampposts-- just pull them all out of the ground and teleport them to the waste dump. Replacing the now vacant patches of grass and trees and other things would be easy.

Then, Lightning compensated the pony hauler with a cheque for a large sum of money for spilling the glue and wrecking his wagon. “Well, thanks a bundle, but I still wish you hadn’t broke my wagon and spilt my glue.” he said.

“I know…” Lightning said “Again, we’re very sorry.”

The pony took it well.

“Um, excuse me…” I complained “But aren’t you forgetting about us?”

Starla tried with all the magic she could to melt the glue, Sapphire and Rarity helped, but in the end it was no use. The glue was magic-resistant, just like the label warned. “It’s no good, it won’t work.” Starla said.

“Gee, you guys really are stuck.” said Spike. The girls and I were not amused.

The pony observed our stuck hands and could see the bits of glue holding us together. “Well, the glue may be magic resistant, but my company does make a special potion that can get you unstuck. The problem is, it’ll take three whole days to make.”

“THREE DAYS?!” the three of us shouted!

“Well, yeah…” replied the pony “The ingredients have to be mixed and set and simmered just right. It’s a hard process.”

“And you don’t keep an emergency quantity of this in reserve?” Starla asked. “Well… to be honest, this is the first time this has ever happened. Why do you think we warn people about our glue?” He pointed at several other warning labels from the shattered barrel.

"Can't the glue melt with Snowflake's plasma blast?" Spike suggested.

"Hmm... I never tried it with dragon fire, but I don't think they want to lose a hand." the glue pony replied.

“Oh, great…!” grumbled Applejack “We’re gonna be stuck like this for the next three sunrises!”

“Of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE… WORST… POSSIBLE THING!!” cried Rarity.

“Ugh!” I grumbled “I’m going to have to spend the next three days listening to her whine!”

Rarity then gawked at me angrily “Ah! I take extreme offense to that, sir.”

“Whatever!” I sneered.

“Ugh! Will you two knock it off!” snapped Applejack “I don’t like this anymore than you two, but it ain’t gonna change nothin’. We’re stuck like this and we’re gonna have to make the best of things.”

Rarity and I knew she was right, but even Lightning and the others all felt the same way, “I don’t think this will be easy.” Spike said.

“Don’t worry, I’ll help. I love helping my friends.” Sapphire chirped and she tackled the three of us to the ground, happily. At least this wouldn’t be so bad.

At around dinner time, the three of us were forced to eat out at the same restaurant. Luckily we chose one that had something for everyone.

All of us ordered sandwiches and fries, feeling they would be easier to eat. I was able to eat with just my one free hand, and Rarity used her free hand as well as her telekinetic magic to eat as well, but poor, Applejack; she was able to drink her milkshake through a straw, but she had to eat her food just by biting at it directly, the way ponies used to eat before they became human-shaped.

“Really, Applejack…!” Rarity snorted “If we’re going to be stuck together you could at least show better table manners.”

“Well excuse me for havin’ both my hands stuck down. So unless you want to feed me yourself, you got no choice.”

I felt my patience already dwindling. “Here, I’ll help you, Applejack.” I said as I helped feed her fries and bits of her sandwich.

“Thanks a bundle, Mykan.” she said to me “At least someone understands.”

“What about me?” Sapphire asked, feeling a little hurt.

“Oh! Uh, I know you care to Sapphire. Hehe.” Applejack added quickly. Sapphire grinned again.

“Well it’s better than listening to you two quibble!” I said, but I said it to myself not wanting to make Sapphire sad again and make things worse.

After dinner we all needed to use the restroom, except I needed to use the men’s room, I couldn’t go into the ladies’ room with the girls, nor could they come with me into the men’s room, and we couldn’t all fit into one cubicle anyway. Snowflake and Skystorm were with us at this time.

“Come with me, I’ve got an idea.” I said, and with that, I pulled the girls along… outside the village into a clearing where no one could see us. “Mykan, whatever are you doing?” Rarity asked.

“I think I get it; Good thinkin’ boy …” said Applejack, and with that, we both took turns evacuating behind a large bush-- looking away from one another to respect privacy-- much to Rarity utmost disgust. She couldn’t even find any words to say and nearly puked. “Not only is that horribly repulsive, but you don’t actually expect me to do THAT?”

Applejack poked her up and sneered “Well you ain’t got much of another choice. You can’t hold it in all night. So just do it and get it over with!”

Rarity knew she was right and she really did have to go, but she felt very nervous and skeptical about it “I can’t… I just can’t do it! What will others say of me if they find out? My reputation! My business! I’ll be ruined!”

“I’ll ruin you if you don’t stop that whining!” I threatened her.

Snowflake growled at us while Skystorm had her spikes up.

“Ah!” Rarity sneered and she looked away, sulking, not that it mattered. Applejack and I were done as we stood up, and we both nodded at one another and yanked Rarity behind the bush. “Well, I never!” growled Rarity. “Look, just do it already!” Applejack sneered “We won’t even look at you.”

Licked, Rarity began to undo her pants, “Well!” she sneered at Sapphire, the dragons, me and Applejack, telling us to look away “You had better not be peeking…”

“We’re not!” I snarled.

Feeling satisfied, Rarity let loose, and made huge flatulence sounds which freaked me and Applejack out, and Rarity of course, not wanting us to see what she had done, used her magic to vaporize the mess away, but the smell was still there. “Who-wee!” cried Applejack “What in tarnation did you eat?”

Rarity felt ashamed already, “If either of you utter a single sound about this…”

“Oh, go hork up a haystack!” I snapped at her. Rarity felt like exploding in a fit of rage at such an insult and she grumbled “If it weren’t for the present circumstances, perhaps I would rather than put up with this!”

Applejack could only sigh, “It’s gonna be a long night.”

Snowflake suddenly licked the cowgirl. "Hehe, okay Snowflake, you got me smiling again." Snowflake roared softly.

We all agreed to stay at Carousel Boutique; it was the only place with room to spare for the three of us, and we all slept downstairs in sleeping bags on the floor by the fireplace. At least it was warm.

Rarity was snoring, not very loud, but it still annoyed me and Applejack more since she was closer than I was to Rarity, but the both of us were far too tired to try and argue. Luckily, Sapphire placed an soundproof shield around Rarity, without her noticing.

Sure enough, that helped a lot. “Thank you.” I whispered to her.

Spike came into the kitchen the next morning, and stretched out, “Good morning everyone.” he said, but all three of us gawked at him with sneering glares while Sapphire had a straight face. Nevertheless,

“Whoa, I am outta here…” here said, and he quickly dashed out the door.

*POV Ends*

Sapphire, meanwhile, wasn’t liking how the three of us were treating each other. Ever since the glue incident, they’ve been at each other's throats, complaining about the simplest flaw about them. Sapphire knew that wasn’t how your suppose to treat a friend's flaws. Friends were suppose to respect each others flaws, even if they are annoying. However, they were doing the complete opposite. She knows they can get along. She wasn't the Princess of Friendship for nothing, but she feared it would make things worse.

“Maybe they’ll realize on their own.” she hoped.

Sadly, that was about to be proven wrong. Very wrong.

*Mykan’s POV*

We all sat down to breakfast, and again, I had to help feed Applejack since Rarity was being so uncooperative.

Suddenly, I dropped my spoon, and when I bent down to pick it up, I tugged on Applejack causing her to tug on Rarity making her spill orange juice down her clothes. “Ah! Look what you made me do!” she thundered. “Hey, it wasn’t my fault!” snapped Applejack. “I was just getting my spoon, sorry.” I said. The girls glared at me angrily. "Meow."

The three of us looked and saw Sapphire as a kitty with my spoon in her mouth. We all blinked at her twice. "Um... thank you Sapphire." Sapphire rubbed against my chest. Applejack understood a little more, but Rarity’s eyes were blazing like volcanos “Just two more days, just two more days.” she said softly.

“Um, technically yesterday wasn’t a full day,” I pointed out “So we’re still looking at like a full three days.”

Applejack sulked and let her head rest on the table, “Oh, joy!”

Rarity had to breathe into a paper-bag to keep herself from losing it, but all our troubles were only beginning.

Applejack and I were both unable to go about our own businesses-- Applejack couldn’t do farm work without the use of her hands, and there was no way I could bring the girls to school with me like this-- which meant the only feasible thing we could all do was help Rarity with her work.

“Well, at least it’ll kill time.” Applejack said to me, but we soon both found ourselves not enjoying it at all.

With her left hand free and with her magic, Rarity was still able to do her own work without much difficulty-- using the sewing machine, folding fabrics, tying ribbons and other things she was good at. “Well, at least this much hasn’t changed.” she said to herself.

Unfortunately, Applejack still couldn’t do much but just sit in the middle and was almost bored to sleep, as for me; Rarity was making me try to cut up all the fabrics along the lines she had drawn so she could sew them.

Of all the courses I had taken in my prodigy years on Earth, and all the fields I was good in… Fashion was definitely not among them, but at least Applejack was able to help me keep it still so I could cut it, by both of us laying our glued hands on the fabric.

“Be careful!” Rarity said practically scorning me, “That fabric is a very expensive original; it came all the way from New Manehattan!”

“I’m doing my best!” I grouched at her.

Applejack didn’t know how much more of this she could take. Rarity and I were arguing and grouching at one another more than she and Rarity ever did! She also had a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach that she only got when something really bad was bound to happen!

As if it were bad enough working on the clothes, when the store opened up, Applejack and I had to manage things with Rarity.

Though many ponies gawked at us three and the way we were holding hands.

“We’re stuck together.” Applejack kept telling them, but that only made some of the ponies laugh at us more, so much they lost their spark to shop and left.

“Will you kindly stop chasing off my customers?!” Rarity sneered.

“I wasn’t tryin’ to chase ‘em off!” Applejack protested.

Some ponies did shop, and they lined up by the checkout, and they were starting to grow impatient from lack of service and were ringing the desk bell demanding for help. Sapphire came up to the desk. “I can help.” Thankfully, Rarity had shown her how to work the register.

Unfortunately, we didn’t seem to notice her helping the customer.

Rarity was really starting to lose her cool, “Come on!” she snapped, pulling on me and Applejack, dragging us along, unfortunately, on the way to the checkout, Rarity walked one way around a display, and I walked round the other way, which made Applejack crash right into the display, knocking mannequins and piles of clothes all over the place.

“My display!” cried Rarity, “Applejack, look what you’ve done!”

“It ain’t my fault, you two pulled me this way!”

“Well, why didn’t you say something?” I asked, rather sharply.

“I would if you’d given me a chance!”

Rarity felt more concerned about her ruined display, “Look at this mess!” she cried “It will take me ages to reset all this!”

Sapphire just stared at us with a straight facial expression while she helped the remaining customers

Our bickering got more and more heated up that the last of the customers abandoned their shopping and dashed out the door, leaving the store all but deserted, and more clothes had been thrown about when the customers left. We didn't notice Sapphire was staring at us.

Rarity’s face turned beet-red, and steam shot through her ears like a burning kettle, but as she opened her mouth to say anything, I quickly jumped in, “Don’t you go blaming this on us!”

“And just whom should I blame? You both have been rather uncouth and annoying, not to mention horribly demanding.”

“Pah!” I scoffed “We’ve been annoying and demanding? Look who’s talking? Do you have any idea how vain and shallow you are?”

Rarity double gasped!

“You called me… shallow?!” she practically screamed.

“…Shallow as a puddle!” I replied.

Rarity never felt so hurt in her life! Tears began to build in her eyes, but they immediately went away as she lashed, “How dare you say that to me you… you… BULL!!”

I gasped equally as hurt and outraged, “You… I…. BULL?!! Why you little…!”

“Why you big…!!”

Suddenly…

“ENOUGH!”

Sapphire literally burst into tears and had an extremely upset expression on her face. “Why can't you three just get along for five minutes, without complaining about your flaws. That’s not what friends do. I respect your differences and tried to help you through this but all you’ve done if continue to be a each others throats.” she cried as the tears started pouring down her cheeks. “If you three can't be friends then, I don’t want to here." She turned away and rushed out the door, wailing. Her two dragons followed her. “Sapphire, wait!" Rarity cried. But it was too late.

She was already gone.

A moment of silence passed as we realized what happened.

When Lightning and the others heard Sapphire yelling and seeing her running out of the boutique crying, we explained to them what happened, they weren’t surprised. “Great, not only did you three chase away Sapphire, but you also made her burst into tears!” Rainbow said.

“Yeah, yeah. We know already.” Applejack said.

“It’s not my fault I can’t stand these two.” Rarity said.

“Oh look whose talking.” Mykan grouched. The two of them growled at each other. “Enough!” Lightning yelled, stopping the two of us.

“This is exactly why Sapphire ran away. You three have been so busy arguing over stupid things, that you didn’t realize how it was affecting her.” he continued. “Did you even notice how stressed she looked when she ran passed us?”

We all thought about it for a moment. “... No.” we all replied.

“But she didn’t say anything.” Applejack added.

“If I know Sapphire, and I do, I know she thought you three would work it out, being the Princess of Friendship and all. Sadly, she was wrong. You three should be ashamed.” Starla replied. “Now you three have to go and find her and apologize.”

“Why us?” Rarity asked.

“You three chased her away,” Dyno started.

“And now you three have to get her back.” Myte finished.

“Now get!” Lightning ordered.

The three of us walked off into the direction Sapphire went in. Outside the boundaries of New Ponyville.

*POV Ends*

*Mykan's POV*

Meanwhile, Sapphire was laying on the ground, crying her eyes out. She really didn't like her friends fighting and it broke her heart to see them so upset with one another. "Why can't they just get along?" she whimpered.

Her crying unknowingly alerted Applejack, Rarity and me to her presence. They were watching her from afar. The three of us felt ashamed of themselves. We made Sapphire cry due to their continuous bickering. "Poor darling, she's devastated." Rarity cooed.

"And it's all our fault." Applejack added. Mykan didn't say anything feeling just as guilty. "Let's go girls." The trio walked over to the distraught girl. "Sapphire." Rarity called. Sapphire jumped and took one look before she dashed away along with her dragons. "Sapphire, wait!" I cried, but it was too late.

We went back to Lightning and the others and told them what happened. Lightning sighed, "Sounds like she's still distressed."

"Yeah, we have to get her to come home." Starla said.

"But how, she'll just run away again." Pinkie said.

"Well she ran away cause you three were arguing, so if she sees or hears you three getting along, maybe she'll come back." Artie said. "Question is how?"

"Um... I think I know." Fluttershy said.

"What is it?" Lightning asked. Soon, the team were in the middle of New Ponyville with amps, guitars, drums, a keyboard and other music production items.

"Are you serious?" I asked.

"Yes, yes we are." Lightning replied. "If Sapphire hears you three singing together then she'll come back."

"Fine." Applejack grunted.

(Rarity, Applejack and me)
Sapphire
You know you are a pony's best friend
Your more than just a passing trend
Your like a tree from a candy store
Oh Sapphire
We love you more than ice cream cakes
We love you more than bugs and snakes
We love you more than all things mentioned from before
Oh Sapphire
Your extraordinary
Your kinda short and hairy
The color of a peach berry

*POV Pause*

Sure enough the dragons and Sapphire heard the singing and went to investigate, using an invisibility spell to conceal herself. Flying above the crowd, she saw Rarity Applejack and Mykan singing. She had a smile on her face, seeing her three friends singing together.

*POV Resume*

(Everybody)
Yes Sapphire
So come home Sapphire
Come home Sapphire
Come home

(Rarity)
Oh Sapphire
I think its kinda scary
I can't find you any werey
It fills me with despair
Oh Sapphire
I'm allergic to dairy
I'm gonna move to the Prairies
And change my name to Larry

(Everybody)
She change her name to Larry
So come home Sapphire
Come home Sapphire
Come Home
So come home Sapphire
Come home Sapphire
Come home

(Rarity, Applejack and me)
Come home Sapphire
Come home

*POV Ends*

"So... did it work?" Mykan asked.

"You tell me." Everybody turned and saw Sapphire canceling her invisibilty spell. "Sapphire!" Rarity cried. Rarity, Applejack and Mykan hugged Sapphire and she hugged them back. The crowd, friends and dragons all smiled at them. "Sapphire, we're awfuly sorry for making you cry and run away." Applejack said.

"We should have learned to work together instead of being at each other's throats." Rarity added.

"Can you forgive us?" Mykan asked.

Sapphire grinned, "I've already had."

The three friends smiled and they joined for one last hug."

*Mykan's POV*

From that moment on, we began to listen to each other better, and talked things over before acting.

When I dropped my fork or spoon, I warned the girls I was going to bend over.... if Sapphire didn't grab it first as her kitty form.

When Rarity wanted to walk one way, she made sure we could all go the same direction without colliding into anything.

The only chores we did were easier ones that wouldn’t result in messing anything up or making horrible mistakes.

Even at bedtime we tried to be more considerate. Though Rarity continued to snore and she denied this, and Sapphire still put the soundproof spell over her.

Then, the morning after the next, the glue pony came to the shop with the special potion his company made. One little spray on each of our hands, the glue dissolved, and… we were all free.

“Ahh…!” Applejack sighed as she wiggled her fingers “I never felt so good.”

“Amen to that.” I said as I cracked the knuckles on my left hand “I’ll never think the same about glue again!”

Rarity was relieved to be free as well, but then she gazed at me and Applejack, and all three of us felt the same. “I guess we better get goin’. I got work to do on the farm.” said Applejack. “Yeah…” I agreed “I missed a lot of school.”

“Well… um…” Rarity said as she searched for her words “I suppose we learned a little from this incident. Um, I mean if this should ever happen again.”

“Well, we are different beings.” I said “We just have to learn to tolerate each other better.”

“Eeyup.” was Applejack could say. Sapphire squealed and hugged her three friends. They giggled at her happiness. After breaking the hug, Applejack headed out the door and flew back towards the farmlands, and I used my teleporter and me and Sapphire headed home to New Canterlot for me to catch up on my work.

*POV Ends*

Rarity stood where she was, silent and still. Spike came over to his wife and placed his hand on her shoulder, and she placed her free right hand over his, and smiled softly, remembering all she had learned and experienced the past few days.

Even after going their separate ways, Mykan and Applejack gazed at their hands, and both felt the same.

Episode 11: Never Judge an Insceto and Thestral by their Spots

One day, their majesties were out for their morning flight over New Canterlot. They have just finished raising the sun and were heading home. They loved seeing everything clam and peaceful, until they heard a loud roar. "What was that?" Celestia asked. The two looked behind them and saw Flame and Frost in the streets of New Canterlot. They were blasting everything in sight; lampposts, benches and carriages. Their majesties landed before the two. "What do you two want?" Grand Ruler snarled.

Frost chuckled. "We're just bored some out master decided to let us have a little fun."

"Well, your fun time is over. Now leave." Celestia demanded. Frost laughed. "You're gonna have to make us, your majesty." Their majesties growled and lunged at the two minions. The minions dodged and blasted the two in the back. The civilians took cover just before the shields were raised and the alarm was sounded.

"Try to get us." Frost taunted. Grand Ruler growled and he decided it was time for a little "TENFOLD UNIFORCE!" his attack headed for the Frost and Flame. They looked and nodded at each other. They touched horns and unleashed. ”FLAMING FIRE!" To their majesties shock, the attack was just as strong as Grand Ruler's uniforce. The two attacks combined and made a huge explosion. The winds were so strong they blew Frost and Flame and their majesties in different directions. Their majesties were blown far, far, south.

"Woah!" they cried and...

*CRASH*

They landed hard on the ground. "Oh.. my stars." Grand Ruler groaned while holding his head. "Celestia?" he turned and saw his wife getting up. "Honey, are you okay?"

"I'm okay, dear." Celestia bushed herself off and looked around. "Where are we?"

Celesto looked and saw they were in an area with lots of caverns and rocky peaks. "I think we're in New Tartarus."

"How are we going to get back to New Canterlot?"

Celesto sighed. "Well just have to fly there." Celesto flew into the air but when Celestia tried to do the same thing. "Ow!" she felt a sharp pain in her right wing. "Dear." Celesto came to her side and looked at her in concern. "Are you alright?"

Celestia hissed in pain. "My.. wing." Grand Ruler looked her wing. It was red and swelled. "Looks like you badly sprained your wing. You can't fly with a sprained wing."

"Now what?"

"We'll just have to walk back."

Celestia was surprised. "But why don't you just fly back?"

"I'm not leaving my wife alone in unknown territory." Celestia smiled at him. She giggled at her protectiveness and the two started walking, unknown that there was a pair of eyes looking at them from a far.

Back in New Canterlot, Lightning and the team were at the palace. They were shown the footage from the battle that patrols took. They saw their majesties and the two minions getting blown away. "That's enough." the images vanished. "So how are we going to find them?" Lightning asked.

"We can track them with their DNA?" Buddy suggested.

"That could work, but the question is where did they land?" Starla asked.

"They were blown south, so we may want to try the Dragon Lands." Spike suggested.

"Well then, we'd better get looking. Come on guys." Lightning and the team flew out the window and headed towards their majesties. "Please be okay, Master." Lightning thought to himself, feeling worried about his master.

Meanwhile, their majesties were still walking through New Tartarus They heard some rocks falling and froze. Grand Ruler looked around but he didn't see anything. Until...

"Hello." a humanoid insect-hybrid creature and a bat pony leaped down from on of the rocks. "Surprise." Their majesties know what they are. An Insecto and Thestral. The Insecto resembled a butterfly with glittering wings and antenna. The Thestral was black with dark blue bat wings, like Luna's lunar guards, except for the armor. "Didn't know we were up here, did ya?"

"We, we knew you were there the whole time. Insecto." Grand Ruler hissed.

"Yeah, I'm an Insecto alright and my friend here; he's is a Thestral. You ponies are so clever." it laughed. By the sound of her voice, 'it' was a 'she'. "Especially you, Queen Celestia and Grand Ruler Celesto."

Their majesties weren't surprised. "So, you've heard of us?" Celestia inquired.

"Just by reputation." she leaped down and in front of their majesties. "So what are you two doing in New Tartarus, not exactly your territory?"

"We're trying to get back to our home in New Canterlot. If that's okay with you, Insecto." Grand Ruler replied with venom in his voice.

"The name's Jasira. And if you are heading back to New Canterlot, you're going the wrong way."

"Aha." Celestia replied in the same tone. "And we should trust and Insecto because-" she trailed off. "Because I want you both out of my territory." Jasira replied.

"Good. We want out of your territory." Grand Ruler replied. He and his wife turned away and continued walking. "Well then you're going the wrong way." Jasira called and she and the Thestral began following their majesties.

Lightning and the others arrived at the Dragon Lands and asked all the dragons if they've seen any sign of their majesties. Sadly, they haven't.

"Well, that was a told bust." Spike grumbled.

"Don't worry Spike, we'll find them." Rarity reassured. Spike smiled at wife. "Come on, let's continue." Lightning said. The team agreed and they began flying west, hoping to find their majesties.

Back in New Tartarus, their majesties were still trekking through the rocky caverns. They heard footsteps behind them and turned. "You're still following us?" Celestia inquired.

"You two are still not following my advice." Jasira said from a cliff.

"About going the wrong way? Please." Their majesties walked up a rocky hill. "I'm pretty sure, we're heading towards New Canterlot." Jasira continued to follow them up the hill. "Maybe so but you can't get there on this trail." Their majesties reach the top of the hill. "Oh, yeah, why not?" Celesto asked. Jasira came to their side. "The trail ends here."

"What?" Their majesties suddenly fell off of the cliff and into a thorn bush. The Thestral gasped as Jasira laughed. The Thestral glided down the hill while Jasira and climbed down the hill towards them. "Galloping Galaxies!" Celesto whimpered. Jasira and the Thestrals reached them and began pulling away the thorn branches with their hands. Their majesties were confused. "What are you two doing?" Grand Ruler questioned.

"Getting you two out of this thorn bush." she said as she pulled more and more thorns away. "If you'd just hold still."

"Why are you helping us, you're an Insecto." Celestia replied.

"You ponies really do think all Insectos are bad." Jasira answered.

"All the ones we've met are." Celesto added.

"Like Phoebe, Stag and Slick?" Jasira added. "Well obviously I'm not like them. If I was, I would just leave you two here." Their majesties thought about what she said as she continued to set the free from the thorns. "oh and by the way, the Thestrals' name is Midnight he doesn't talk much." Soon, Jasira and Midnight cleared away all the thorns and lifted their majesties up and onto the top of the cliff. "Thanks... I guess." their majesties gruffly said in unison.

"You think?" Jasira quoted.

"Yeah, you could have told us the trail ended before we fell down the hill." Celesto replied.

"Maybe, but then I won't see the Commander and Co-Commander of Starfleet rolling down a hill." Jasira laughed.

"Alright, you've had your laugh. Now we're lost. Can you please tell us how to get out of here?" Celestia wondered.

"Just follow the trail. It'll take you out of New Tartarus and back to your beloved city."

"Thanks."

Their majesties walked off. When they were a few feet away they noticed Jasira and Midnight following them, again. "Jasira, Midnight why are you following us... again?" Grand Ruler asked.

"Well, it's kinds my fault you both fell, so I'll stay with you two until you can see New Canterlot."

"... And I just follow behind her." Midnight said in a soft voice. You can bet their majesties were surprised by Jasira's kindness. They never thought Insectos had kindness at all. They've dealt with Thestrals before, due to Luna having them as her guard. "Alright, if that's what you want." Celesto said.

"What I want?" Jasira questioned and chuckled. "I want you two out of my territory."

"Yeah, well so do we." Celestia said playfully. The three of them walked on through the rocky area.

Hours later, they were out of Tartarus and into a large forest. They saw a mother cat caring for her young. "Awww." Jasira cooed. She turned to their majesties who stared at her with a weird expression. "What?"

"It's just weird to see you acting like... how do I put this... not ruthless and power-hungry." Grand Ruler replied.

"Why would I be ruthless and power-hungry?" Jasira asked.

"Well, you are an Insecto." Celestia answered, much to Jasira's annoyance, always being compared to the evil Insectos. "Look, I know Princess Pheobe and the Insectos are ruthless, but I'm not like them. I split off from them years ago. Then I met a nice human girl. She helped me become the bug I am today."

"Huh." Celesto said. "We never thought you could learn anything else beside what you learn naturally." Celestia added. Jasira laughed. "Of course not. You two think Insectos and Ponies are so different. But we're not. We're more similar then you think, royals. Si Si ni Sawa."

"You're saying 'We're the Same'?" Celestia questioned. "No we don't think so." Grand Ruler added. And then the two broke into song.

(Their Majesties)
You think that life is one big game

You kill and steal, you take no blame

I'm telling you, there's just no way that we're the same

(Jasira and Midnight)
You've got to look past what you see

Try not to judge so easily

Believe it or not, you're a lot like me

Say believe it or not, you're a lot like me

Sisi ni sawa means we're the same

(Sisi ni sawa)

(Their Majesties)
I hear what you're saying, but you need to explain

(Sisi ni sawa)

(Jasira and Midnight)
At the end of the day, it's like water and rain

Sisi ni sawa, we are the same

I am bug and you are not

But take a look under the skin

Deep in our heart is what matters for sure

(Sisi ni sawa)

'Cause we all know a higher call

Like every creature big and small

The Circle of Life should be what's guiding us all

The Circle of Life will guide us all

Sisi ni sawa means we're the same

(Sisi ni sawa)

(Their Majesties)
Though you wings glimmer, and ours have feathers

(Jasira and Midnight)
At the end of the day, it's like water and rain

Sisi ni sawa, we are the same

(Both)
Sisi ni sawa, we are the same

(Their Majesties)
Never thought that we'd see eye-to-eye

J(asiria and Midnight)
I can't imagine why

It's very easy if you try

(Sisi ni sawa)

(Their Majesties)
Still, to me, they're brand new thoughts

Not to judge Insectos by their kind!

(Jasira and Midnight)
Sisi ni sawa!

Sisi ni sawa means we're the same

(Their Majesties)
Forget about the past

When there's nothing to gain

(Sisi ni sawa)

Both:
At the end of the day, it's like water and rain

Sisi ni sawa, we are the same

(Sisi ni sawa)

Sisi ni sawa means we're the same

(Sisi ni sawa)

Forget about the past when there's nothing to gain

(Sisi ni sawa)

At the end of the day, it's like water and rain

Sisi ni sawa, we are the same

(Sisi ni sawa)

Sisi ni sawa, we are the same

(Jasira and Midnight)
Sisi ni sawa, we are the same

They reached the ending of the forest and the three of them could see New Canterlot in the distance. "Well, there's your home." Jasira stated. Their majesties turned to her. "Thank you, Jasira and Midnight." Celestia thanked.

"No problem."

"So where will you go from here?" Grand Ruler questioned.

"Back to New Tartarus. I don't think ponies would like it if they see an Insecto and Thestral with the two most important ponies in United Equestria."

"Don't worry about them. We'll take care of it." Celestia reassured. Jasira and Midnight looked at them with hope in there eyes. "You mean?"

Their majesties nodded. "You can come and stay with us in the palace." Jasira squealed in happiness and hugged their majesties.

"Master! Queen Celestia!" two voice called. The trio turned and saw Lightning and the team fling towards them. Lightning and Starla landed in between their majesties, Jasira and MIdnight. Midnight hid behind Jasira. "Stay away from their majesties, Insecto!" Lightning demanded. The team surrounded the Insecto. Their majesties teleported in front of Jasira. "Woah, woah, woah. It's okay. She's a friend." Grand Ruler declared.

"A FRIEND!" the team exclaimed in shock.

"B-But she's an Insecto. Ruthless, power-hungry bug." Rainbow pointed out.

"We know." Celestia replied. "But not all Insectos fit that description. And she's one of them."

"W-What about me?" Midnight asked.

"You're fine, Midnight." Celesto said. Midnight smiled.

"She actually helped us get back here." Grand Ruler added. The team were really hesitant about befriending the Insecto, but then again Sapphire befriended five changelings so who were they to say no. Lightning stepped forward. "Well, any friends of my master is a friend of mine."

Starla came up. "Mine too." The team added their own agreements. Jasira and Midnight were very happy. "Thanks, I'm glad to have another friend."

"Another friend?" Buddy asked.

Just then, "Jasira! Midnight!" the team saw Sapphire flying towards them. "Sapphire!" Sapphire landed on the ground and the three hugged each other. "Hold the phone, you three know each other?!" Artie asked.

"Yeah, She's the friend I told their majesties about."

'WHAT?!" Everybody, except their majesties exclaimed.

"Frankly, you all should not be surprised. She was friends with the Queens Novo and Rain Shine before we were." Grand Ruler stated. The team was still shocked by this. "Okay, you need to start telling us about all the friends you've made before us." Rainbow declared. Sapphire giggled. "Where's the fun in that?"

The team anime-style fell to the ground.

"Now, let's get you two home. Luna's been going crazy with worry about you two." Sapphire said. Their majesties grinned and the team, recovering from that shocking moment, lead their majesties home with two new friends to add to their family.

Episode 12: Speed Stinger Problem

Sapphire was riding on Snowflake with Skystorm by her side. They were flying over New Canterlot, but they noticed something strange. "Hmm.. Snowflake, take me down." Snowflake swooped down followed by the other dragons. They landed on an empty street. There were no sign of ponies anywhere. "This is dejavu. Where is everybody?" This is just like how New Ponyville was when her raptors came into town, but the ponies accepted her raptors. So it couldn't be them.

The three dragons scoured the area. Sapphire searched the houses, parks and stores, but found nothing. They all met back in the center of New Canterlot. "Got anything, girls?" Sapphire asked.

The dragons shook their heads. Then a bright flash of light hit Sapphire in the eyes. "Ow, what the-?" Sapphire looked up and saw the light was coming from... the palace? "Weird. Let's go girls." Sapphire and the dragons flew to the palace entrance. She knocked on the door and Lightning opened it. He looked very nervous and surprisingly scared. "Get in quick!" he hissed. Sapphire and the dragons came in to the hallway and Lightning closed the door. "Lightning what's going on? Why is New Canterlot a ghost capital?"

"We'll explain in the throne room."

"We?"

Lightning lead Sapphire and the dragons to the throne room. He opened the door and to her surprise, all of the villagers and civilians of New Canterlot and her friends were present, including Mykan. They all looked really shaken up. Sapphire noticed some of the villagers were frozen in place with screaming expressions. "Oh thank goodness, you okay." Fluttershy cried as she came and hugged her. "Thanks Fluttershy." Sapphire replied. "So would someone explain what are you all doing here?"

"We're hiding ." Rainbow whispered in fear, which was shocking for Sapphire. Seeing her frightening like this was uncommon.

"Hiding? From what?" Sapphire asked.

"These small, green, little things came out of nowhere. They moved faster than us. And their sting, paralyzing sting!" Pinkie cried.

"We have no idea what they are or where they came from. They came out last night and nearly stung everybody in New Canterlot. Luckily, we managed to rescue them all." Mykan added. Their majesties came forth. "We figured you'd be the only one who could identify these creatures." Grand Ruler asked.

"Paralyzing sting?" Sapphire had an idea on what creature they were talking about, but she needed to be sure. "Does anyone have a picture of these 'creatures'?" A pony came up to her. "I took this snapshot of it." she said.

Sapphire took the photo and took a look at the dragon. It had a very similar shape to her Velociraptors. It was aqua colored with sail-like appendages on its head, back and legs, the Speed Stinger does have wings, though these are very small and vestigial. Its name is derived from the barbed stinger at the tip of its tail that resembles a stingray's. All of them have red stingers and red eyes. They had small pupils and muscular back legs with two claws in the front, one in the back. "Just as feared."

"What? What are they, Sapphire?" Celestia asked.

"... Speed Stingers."

"Speed Stingers?" Everybody repeated.

"Yeah. Nasty little dragons. They can't fly but they really fast and they had a paralyzing sting that can freeze it's prey in an instant. " She took out her Book of Dragons and showed everybody a picture of the Speed Stingers.

The chief himself is slightly bigger than the rest of the pack. He has a red crest and red wings instead of a green one like his followers. While his followers are plain green, the Lead Stinger has dark red stripes on his body, limbs, and tail.

"Their leader drives them like a war chief."

"So how do we get rid of them?" Artie asked.

"I've encountered them before, they seem to always follow their chief. Wherever he goes, they go." Sapphire explained.

"So all we have to do is find them, capture their chief and move the pack far away. It's perfect." Rainbow said with newfound confidence. Sapphire sighed and shook her head. "Sapphire, what's wrong?" Grand Ruler asked.

"Finding them won't be easy. Speed Stingers are nocturnal, so they hide during the day. Also, there packs are known to be in the twenties or thirties." That shocked everyone. That meant they would be up against many, many Speed Stingers. "So what do we do?" Buddy questioned.

"Yeah, I do not want to paralyzed by one of those things!" Dyno exclaimed.

"Me too, brother. Me too." Myte added.

"We'll have to strike at dusk, then." Lightning insisted.

"But how are we going to find them? They only come out at night, remember?" Fluttershy reminded.

"I know where they like to nest during the day." Sapphire reassured. "I'll just go there, get the cheif and lead the pack away from here."That lifted everyone's spirits a little, but Lightning and the others were concerned. "You'll do all that... by yourself?" Mykan asked. Sapphire nodded.

"No way, Sapphire!" Rainbow exclaimed.

"Guys, I have to. I'm the only who knows the Speed Stingers well. So I should be the one to drive them away." The team wouldn't hear any of it. "Not a chance!" Mykan exclaimed. "You are not going to face those needle butts alone."

"Yeah, you said it yourself, their packs can range from twenty to thirty. If you're going to face them, you're gonna need backup." Starla added. Sapphire sighed and smiled at her friends. Their majesties came up to the ponies. "Good luck, our brave ponies and humans." The team nodded and turned to Sapphire.

"Well, Sapphire, where do we start?" Lightning asked.

Dusk began to fall on United Equestria and Sapphire and the team were flying near the palace mountain. "So do you really think the Speed Stingers nest is here?" Rainbow asked.

"I'm positive." Sapphire said. Snowflake spotted something and dove towards the mountain. There in the side was a cave. Lightning and the others landed. "Something tells me they're in there." Lightning added.

"Oh... they're in here. Look." The team looked in side and saw the Speed Stinger pack sleeping on the ground or hanging in some rock spires. "There's the chief." Sapphire whispered. The chief was laying in the middle of the pack. "Get the cage, ready." Lightning ordered. The girls nodded.

Sapphire carefully used her magic to levitate the Speed Stinger chief up and over the pack, without them waking up. "Good." she levitated him into the cage and the girls shut it. "Alright!" Rainbow yelled. "Sssshhhh." the team hissed. "Do you want to wake the pack up?!" Mykan snapped.

ROAR.

"Umm.. I think she already did." Spike whimpered as the pack gathered at the mouth of the cave. Their roars woke up the chief, who called for them. "Now what?" Applejack asked. The Speed Stingers circled the team. They were so fast the team could barely see them. "Someone get the-" Lightning was cut off when one of the Speed Stingers stung him, paralyzing him. "Lightning! No!" Starla cried before she was paralyzed too. "Oh, Great!" Rainbow exclaimed. "We're doomed."

Sapphire looked at Snowflake and they nodded. Snowflake took to the air, grabbed the cage and flew away. "Sapphire, what are you doing?!" Buddy cried.

"Get Lightning and Starla to safety. I'll take care of the Speed Stingers." Sapphire and Snowflake flew away with the cage and the pack was right on their heels. The pack kept leaping up, trying to sting Snowflake, hoping she would drop the cage and get their chief back. "That's it Snowflake, keep going." Now they were over New Everfree Forest. "This should be a good home for them."

Just then, one of the Stingers actually leaped onto a tree branches all the way to the top. It leaped into the air and stung Snowflake in the tail. She roared in pain "Uh-oh." and the two were in a nose dive towards the ground. "Brace yourself Snowflake." The two crashed and skidded across the ground. Sapphire was thrown off Snowflake. The cage slammed into the ground, breaking it and freeing the chief.

Snowflake and Sapphire were a little dazed. "Uggggh." Sapphire rubbed her aching head. "Snowflake, are you okay?"

Snowflake growled. The Stinger chief roared and the pack came to it's sides. They all had their stingers ready. Sapphire didn't like the chances she and Snowflake had right now. "This doesn't look so good." she whimpered and gulped nervously.

Back at the palace, Lightning and Starla were beginning to feel their bodies again. "I'm starting to feel a lot better." Starla said. The team was relived but Mykan was still worried about Sapphire. Pinkie sensed his anxiety and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sure she's fine, Mykan."

Mykan sighed. That's when Skystorm came into the room. They were both pacing in circles and looking worried. "What's wrong Skystorm?" Artie asked. Skystrom went into the hallway where the team saw her nudging towards the door. "Is what she wants out there?" Dyno asked.

"I think so but, what?" Myte asked. A piece of paper appeared in front of Mykan. "What's this?" He opened it as the team came around.

It read:

Snowflake paralyzed, surrounded by Speed Stingers.

Help.

Sapphire

"Ay' Curumba!" the twins cried. Mykan groaned irritably. "I knew we should have followed her."

"Well what are we standing here for, let's go save her!" Rainbow exclaimed, before opening the door and flying outside, followed by Skystorm and Smoke and Fire.

"You heard her, let's move!" Lightning snapped. The team flew out the door. "Please be okay, Sapphire. Please be okay."

Sapphire managed to carry her dragon friend and now were hiding in a cave. Unfortunately, the Speed Stingers were right outside the cave and Sapphire knew they would be staying there all night. Snowflake's paralysis wore off, but they weren't going anywhere with the Speed Stingers outside the cave. "Looks like we're gonna be here for a while, girl." Snowflake nodded in agreement

*GROWL*

Sapphire's and Snowflake's stomachs gurgled and she placed a hand on it, while Snowflake growled in hunger. "It's gonna be a long night." she sighed. "At least it can't get any worse." However, she was proven wrong again when she heard another roar in the cave. Sapphire froze and turned.

There in the back of the cave was a a medium-sized, bipedal dinosaur-like dragon with small arms and two claws at the end of each limb. It has a short thick neck and a small head. Its upper jaw resembles a beak of a parrot, while the lower jaw is more round and full of small teeth. It has three spikes on its head, which are asymmetrically placed. It has medium-sized wings, with a claw on each of them. It has only a few sharp spikes on its back, and it has a long tail that ends with a large fin. This one dark blue with red patterns on its back, wings, and tail. Its spikes are also dark blue instead of white. Name: Titan WIng Dramillion.

This dragon was growling aggressively at Sapphire. "Easy, easy, boy. I'm won't hurt you." The dragon stopped growling at her and just stared with hostility at her. Sapphire carefully approached it. Getting closer to it, she saw that this Titan Wing Dramillion had a lot of scratches and wounds on it's body. "What happened to you?" she whispered. The Titian Wing Dramillion snarled at her. "I wanna help you. I not going to hurt you." She reached out her hand to the dragon.

The Titan Wing Dramillion stopped growling and just stared at her for a moment. This human seemed different than the other creatures it encountered. Each creature in the past had tried to capture it, but this one wanted to befriend it. Also, she didn't seem as hostile as the others.

The Titan Wing Dramillion slowly walked towards Sapphire and placed it's snout against her hand. Trust had been established.

"There we go." Sapphire cooed. "Now do you think you can help us out?" The Titan Wing Dramillion tilted its head to the side, confused.

Meanwhile, the team was following Skystorm and Smoke and Fire. "Uh, someone tell me why we're following these two again?" Rainbow asked.

"They may know where Snowflake and Sapphire are,
Let us hope there no too far." Rhymey explained.

Skystorm stopped above New Everfree Forest and the team heard two roars below "What is it?" Rarity asked.

"Look!" Lightning pointed and the team saw the Speed Stinger pack and the leader outside a cave. "Why are they outside a cave?" Starla asked. The answer came when they saw a plasma blast hit one of the Stingers. "Snowflake and Sapphire. They must have cornered them." Mykan said.

"Oh, poor things." Fluttershy cooed.

"We've got to get them out of there." Applejack replied.

"But how?" Lightning asked. Suddenly, they all heard a different roar from the cave. "What was that?" Buddy snapped.

Below, the team could see a large plasma blast was launched and struck the ground, coaxing Speed Stingers away. The Titan Wing Dramillion appeared out of the came with Sapphire on it's back. "Good boy, Camo." The team just stared wide-eyed at the scene. "Okay, how many dragons is she going to befriend?!" Rainbow snapped, feeling annoyed that Sapphire gets all the dragons... even thought she's only befriended three.

Camo continued to blast the pack with it's plasma blast. The Speed Stinger Chief roared in retreat and he and the pack disappeared into the forest. "It drove them away!" Lightning cheered. He and the team went down to Sapphire. Mykan was relieved to see Sapphire alright. "Sapphire, are you alright?" he wondered.

Sapphire dismounted Camo. "I'm okay, Mykan."

"We're so glad you're safe." Fluttershy added. The Titan Wing Dramillion growled softly. "So what's with this new dragon?" Dyno inquired.

"This is Camo, my Titan Wing Dramillion friend." Sapphire said.

"Titan Wing?" Mykan asked.

"Yep. A Titan Wing Dramillion can camouflage itself and mimic other dragons fire attacks."

"So that's how it was able to use Snowflake's plasma blast." Lightning realized.

"Well, Camo, welcome to the family." Lightning greeted. "Now let's get you two home."

*GROWL*

Sapphire and Snowflake's stomachs growled again. "And get you two something to eat." Sapphire smiled sheepishly. "Great idea." Sapphire mounted Snowflake and they all flew home for the night.

The next morning, Sapphire and the team happily reported the Speed Stingers were gone for good. The civilians and villagers were very relieved to hear that and returned to their homes. "Great work, team." Celestia said.

"Indeed, very well done." Grand Ruler added.

"Actually you should thank Sapphire, she's the one who actually lead the Speed Stingers away from New Canterlot." Pinkie suggested. Sapphire blushed at her suggestion. "Yes, very well done, Sapphire. You've once again saved the day." Grand Ruler praised.

"Hehehe. Just doing my job." The team smiled at her and gave her a group hug.

Episode 13: Grand Galloping Disaster

It was mid afternoon and Lightning and friends were at Rarity's boutique where she was getting their measurements to make their dresses and tuxedos. Tonight was the Grand Galloping Gala, a large fancy party held in New Canterlot. Rarity was easily the most excited since she like fancy parties. "Oooh, I'm going to make you all look fabulous." she squealed.

"Rarity, remember, nothing to fancy for me." Applejack reminded.

"Yes, I remember Applejack." Rarity said.

That's when the door opened and Sapphire came in. "Ah Sapphire, darling. Just in time. I need t get your measurements so I can make your dress."

"No thank you, Rarity. I don't need a dress." Sapphire replied.

"Why not darling? You need something to wear to the gala."

"Well then, you're looking at it."

Sapphire was wearing her pink t-shirt and jean jacket along with her jeans and sneakers. Rarity gasped, "You can't possibly be serious Sapphire. You absolutely must wear proper attire."

"No thanks. I'm going just the way I am."

"B-B-But you can't go to a fancy gala just the way you are."

"I go everywhere just the way I am and I'm not changing because of some fancy party."

Lightning and the others were surprised at Sapphire's boldness. "Sapphire, are you sure you don't want a dress for the gala?" Lightning asked.

"I'm sure, Lightning. Besides, I'm just going to be in the library during the gala." Sapphire replied. "So I won't need a dress if I'm not going to show it off."

"Sapphire, please darling. I'm begging you, please wear a dress." Rarity made her puppy-eyes at Sapphire. The friends knew when she made that face, she meant business. Sapphire knew it too and she sighed, 'You're not going to give this up are you?"

"Nope."

"Alright, I'll wear a dress to the Grand Galloping Gala." Rarity squealed in victory. "Perfect, we must start at once. Come along." Rarity lifted Sapphire with her magic and they vanished into her room.

Mykan chuckled, "Well, looks like someone's going to her first party."

Mykan had been to parties too, but he usually wanted them to be over so he could get back to his studies. "Mykan, I want you to watch over Sapphire tonight. This is her first gala after all." Lightning said.

"No problem."

"Finished~." Rarity sang as she stepped out the door and to the side. "Behold the outfit for royalty."

That's when Sapphire stepped out wearing a white dress with three layers on it with pink edges. She wore a hot pink belt around her waist and she wore golden shoes along with pink panty hoes with a bow near the top. She hair had been styled in a bun. She wore a rose on her head and a small golden crown.

All in all she looked like a goddess. "... So do you like it?" she asked nervously. The girls all squealed at her new look. "You look awesome!" Rainbow said.

"You look beautiful." Fluttershy added.

"You'll be the belle of the ball with that dress, sugarcube." Applejack said. The boys agreed, but Mykan was staring at her with wide eyes and an open mouth. He felt his heart racing and his palms got a little sweaty.

"Psst. Mykan." Lightning called, snapping his fingers in front of him, snapping him back to his senses. "Huh? What?"

"You were staring at Sapphire, like.. really staring." Dyno said.

"He's right amigo." Myte added. "Are you alright?"

"Who? Me? Yeah, I'm fine." Mykan replied quickly. Lightning and the twins narrowed their eyes at him. "Oh? Hey, look at the time we better get going." Mykan zipped off to get his tuxedo.

"Falling in love?" The twins said.

"Falling in love." Lightning answered.

"Now boys, don't jump to conclusions so quickly. It could be Mykan just lost his voice when he saw Sapphire in that dress." Applejack said.

In the Fitting Room

Mykan was looking at himself in the mirror. "Why did I suddenly freeze when I saw her. I never did that before."

He shook his head and began to put his tuxedo on. "Maybe it was just a fluke." he said. Mykan finished putting on his suit and exited the fitting room and found the others already dressed for the gala. "So shall we get going?" he asked.

Meanwhile, hiding in the bushes, Flame, Frost and Breaker were secretly watching everything. "So the ponies are going to a little party, huh?" Flame said. "What do you boys say we crash it?"

"I agree." Breaker said. "Especially with this." Breaker showed them a small capsule that held some kind of green stuff inside. The minions laughed. "What are we waiting for boys, let's go crash the party." Flame said.

Then they all teleported away.

Lightning and friends exited the carrige and entered the New Canterlot Ballroom, where the gala was being held. Their majesties were dressed in their fanciest garbs for the gala. Lightning and his friends bowed to their rulers. "Good evening you majesties."

"Good evening to you all as well." Celestia said. Luna and her sister immediately took notice to Sapphire's outfit. "I see you got a gorgeous dress, Lieutenant." Luna said.

Sapphire grinned, "Thank you Princess Luna."

"Let me guess, Rarity forced to you go?" Celestia asked.

"Pleaded and gave me the puppy dog eyes."

"Hey!"

Celestia and Sapphire giggled. "So where are Pyrite and the others?"

"They're in the library." Grand Ruler replied.

"Okay, I'll go see how they're doing. See ya guys later." Sapphire said. She spread her wings (thanks to the two holes in back that Rarity cut out) and gracefully flew to the library. Mykan sighed lovingly, which didn't go unnoticed by Lightning and the twins. "Lover boy~" Lightning sang. Mykan blsuhed a little. "Don't be silly."

"Mykan I know that look. I looked at Starla the same way when I first met her." Lightning replied.

Mykan tired to deny it, but even their majesties could see right through him. Flustered with embarrassment, Mykan decided to go to the library as well.

Library

Pyrite, Pharynx, Crystal, Silver and Pyrax were all laying around the library while the gala was taking place. Pyrite and Crystal were reading while Silver, Pharynx an Pyrax were laying around on their backs. That's when Sapphire entered the room. "Hey guys."

"Hey Sapphire." Crystal greeted. Pyrite and Silver squealed at her dress. "You look gorgeous!" Silver cried.

"You're the belle of the gala!" Pyrite added. Sapphire chuckled, "Alright, alright, calm down you two."

"So what are you doing in the library?" Pharynx asked.

"I just wanted to get away from all the ponies talking all night, kinda boring." Sapphire replied.

"Got'cha."

And that's when Mykan walked into the room. "Oh, hey Mykan, what are you doing here?" Sapphire asked.

"I just wanted to... see what you were doing." Mykan replied.

"I was just going to do some reading with my friends." Sapphire went over to a section on magical spells. "I'll just learn some new spells that may come in handy in the future."

Mykan nodded, "And I could do some more research." He went over to the History section and all the friends started reading in the peaceful library.

Gala Room

Lightning and the others were all hanging out with their majesties in the gala room. Watching as ponies communicating and dancing with each other. "Looks like this night will go off without a hitch." Buddy said hopefully.

"Yeah, unless something horrible happens." Pinkie replied. Suddenly, the windows shattered and glass scattered on the floor. The guests stopped and screamed in terror. "Looks like you were right, Pinkie." Artie said.

Flame, Frost and Breaker appeared. "Looks like we're in time for the party." Breaker said.

"You three!" Lightning snarled.

"Yes, but we're not alone. Flame! Now!" Frost stated. Flame nodded and she took out the capsule. "Smooze, you know what to do." She threw the capsule and it scattered on the ground. A slime creature came out and spread all around the ballroom. When the ponies tried to run away, they found it really sticky preventing them from moving at all. "Let's go guys!" Lightning snapped.

"Right." the others said.

Just as they all were about to transform the slime bashed into them and stuck them against a wall, along with their majesties. Lightning tried to touch his energizer. "I can't reach it!" Their majesties blasted the slime, but it didn't have any affect.

Frost laughed, "Your magic has no effect on Smooze."

The others tried to get free, but it was in vain. "What are we gonna do?" Pinkie said.

Library

Mykan and the others were reading when Pyrite saw something green coming from underneath the doors. "Uh, guys." she called. The others stopped what they were doing and came over to see. "What is that?" Mykan asked.

Pharynx examined the slime and fired a small beam of magic at it. The slime didn't seem affected by it. "Just as I thought magic immune slime."

"Magic Immune Slime?" Sapphire questioned.

"Yes, it makes up a creature called the Smooze, making it immune to magic."

"But how did one get here?" Pyrite asked.

"Sombra." Mykan growled.

They all heard screams in the hallway. "One sec." Sapphire activated her vision and set it to X-Ray vision. She was able to see though the walls and saw the ballroom covered in slime and her friends and guests trapped. "Sombra's minions used the Smooze slime to trap Lightning, the others and the guests."

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Pharynx said.

"Wait Pharynx. We need a plan first. Remember you said that it's immune to magic, so we need another way to beat it." Silver replied.

"But what can we use other than magic?" Pyrite asked.

"I've got this." Sapphire said. She fluttered up to the window and opened it. She let out a roar that sounded like Snowflake's. Soon enough, Snowflake, Flameclaw, Camo and Skystorm came soaring towards the window. "Over here!"

Sapphire fluttered back down to the others and her dragons landed next to them. "Nice." Mykan said.

Suddenly, they all heard another roar.

This time what came through the window was a two-headed dragon. "Woah, a Zippleback!" Sapphire gasped.

The Zippleback is known to grow up to 60 feet long. The Zippleback’s two heads make combustion. One head releases flammable gas while the other head shoots out sparks. Combined, they create fire and explosions as well.

This dragon has two long, serpentine necks with spikes on it. These spikes can 'zip' together, in order to create the illusion of one neck. At the end of the necks, are two short heads.

It has a small horn on its nose, and two thinner horns on top of its head. It has yellow reptile-like eyes. The teeth in their lower jaw seem to be longer then the one's in the upper jaw, sticking out. It also had two tails, which can also 'zip' together. The end of the tail posses a fin-like structure on its tails.

Also having short legs and wings, the Zippleback is a slow walker and flier. While their legs are short, they are also strong with four sharp claws. This Zippleback is a gold with blue spots. "Looks like your dragons made a new friend." Crystal said.

"Yeah." Mykan said.

"Hello? Ponies who need rescuing." Pharynx reminded.

"Oh, right. Grab a dragon and let's move." Sapphire ordered. The others nodded and mounted the dragons. Crystal, Silver and Pyrite mounted Flameclaw. Mykan mounted Camo, Pharynx mounted Snowflake with Sapphire and Pyrax mounted the Zippleback. "Let's roll!" The dragons flew and burst through the door and headed to the ballroom.

Ballroom

Flame, Frost and Breaker loved the sound of ponies screaming in fear. "You won't get away with this!" Pinkie snarled.

"On the contrary. No one's coming to save you. " Frost claimed.

Suddenly...

"Snowflake, Plasma Blast!"

KAPOW! The ballroom door burst open and Sapphire along with her friends flew in. "Surprise, Yeah!" Mykan cried.

"What?!" Breaker said.

"Sapphire, Mykan!" Lightning cried.

"Alright gang, let's end this party!" Sapphire yelled. "Snowflake, Skystorm Fire!" Snowflake and Skystorm unleashed their fire on the Smooze. It screeched in pain and launched some slime at them. "Camo, Plasma Blast!" Mykan called. Camo launched it's fire and destroyed the slime balls.

"Zippleback, blast it!" Pyrax yelled. The Zippleback obeyed and fired on the Smooze making it screech in pain. "Agh, it's causing damage but it's not enough, we need something stronger." Mykan said.

Sapphire suddenly had an idea, but it was risky. "I know what to do. I'll be back." Snowflake flew out the window and into the forest. There she found a large hole in the ground. "I hope he's willing to talk." Sapphire said.

Back at the ballroom, the dragons, Mykan and the changelings were blasting the Smooze with their fire and magic.

"PURE SOUL STRIKE!" Mykan cried. His sword unleashed a beam of pure magic at Smooze, which didn't cause any damge. That's when the Smooze launched more slime balls and struck Mykan and the changelings. The dragons fell to the ground and were trapped. "Oh No!" Lightning cried.

Frost, Flame and Breaker laughed. "Nothing can save you wimps, now." Frost claimed.

"That's what you think!" Everybody turned and saw Sapphire with Snowflake.

"Oh, and what can you do about it?" Flame challenged.

"Oh Screech~" she sang.

"Screech?" Lightning and the team echoed. Immediately, a loud roar was heard and it sounded awfully familar. "That sounds like-" Starla said.

Screech burst through the already broken window, roaring loudly. "THE SCREAMING DEATH!" Lightning cried.

Screech roared loudly. "Sapphire, are you nuts?!" Spike cried. "WHY'd you bring that beast here?!"

"Oh relax, we're cool now." Sapphire replied.

"Oh yeah, prove it!" Rainbow challenged.

"Screech, fire at the slime!" Sapphire ordered. Screech roared and launched it's fireballs at the slime. Smooze roared in pain and shrank down a little, freeing Mykan, the changelings and the dragons. "Alright!" Mykan cheered.

"WHAT?" The minions exclaimed.

"Once more Screech and hit it hard!"

Screech roared and rapidly launched it's fireballs at Smooze, making the slime evaporate and freeing the trapped guests and ponies. "Alright Screech!" Rainbow cried.

Now Smooze was smaller than before. "Now to finish you." Lighting her horn, her Elements of Harmony appeared before her and circled her rapidly. Together they surrounded Sapphire in a large ball of their magic. The six elements stopped and floated in a cirlce with Hope and Sorcery in the middle. Sapphire build up her magic and cried, "HARMONIC BLAST!" All at once the magic rocketed towards Smooze.

KAPOW! What an explosion. A large beam of light with the Elements colors was seen, making the ponies gasped in awe.

When the light fainted, Smooze was captured in a capture sphere, but this one had the Elements colors.

The minions knew they were beaten. "Let's split." Flame said. Her comrades agreed and they teleported away. The ponies cheered and roared with appluasue as Sapphire went over and grabbed Smooze's sphere.

Lightning, his friends, Mykan, the changelings, dragons and their majesties all came to her. "That was incredible!" Pinkie screamed.

"I didn't know you could do that with the Elements." Starla said.

"I found out while I was training with them so time ago." Sapphire said.

"Well it saved the day as well as your friends and Screech." Buddy said. Screech fluttered next to Sapphire.

"How did you befriend him anyway?" Spike asked.

"I just apologized for hurting him earlier." Sapphire replied. "Once I did that, he trusted me."

"Well... just make sure he doesn't set anything on fire." Grand Ruler said.

"He won't. Now can we get back to the gala?" Sapphire asked.

"How, everything's ruined?" a pony asked. The ballroom was a mess with the windows broken, the floor covered in residue slime and the walls have some scorch marks on them.

"I got this." Sapphire lit her horn once again and sent out a shock wave that magically fixed everything damages by the attacks. The ponies were amazed. "You never cease to amaze us Sapphire." Lightning said.

Sapphire smiled and so the Grand Galloping Gala was back on and everyone continued dancing and talking long into the night.

Episode 14: True Love Found

Mykan found himself in a light blue void with stars all around.

"Woah, where am I?" he looked around but saw nobody. "Hello?"

"Mykan." a angelic voice called. Myka tunred behind him and saw the spiritual image of his dead girlfriend, Michelle. "Michelle." Seeing her made Mykan sad, remembering she died protecting him when Titian and his goons invaded his home. "Don't look sad, Mykan. I am here to tell you something."

"What?"

"I have sensed the hole in your heart ever since I've passed away." Mykan held his head down, trying not to let his emotions out. "I know you miss me dearly, but you can find love again."

"How?"

Michelle smirked. "You've already found it." That's when another figure appeared besides Michelle. It was a human with wings and a blond tail! "Sapphire!"

Michelle smiled. "I sense the love you have for her. And the love she has for you."

Mykan felt shocked by that. "She... has feelings for me?"

Michelle nodded. "She will fill the hole in your heart, as I once did."

Mykan felt a mixture of emotions; excited, scared and confused. "But how will I tell her?"

"You will know when the time comes." The void began to waver. "What's happening?"

"You are beginning to awaken. Remember what I said, Mykan. Farewell."

The dream ended with a sudden flash...

... Mykan woke up in a shock. The dream felt so real. "Woah." He looked at the moon out the window and remembered what Michelle told him. "How I am gonna tell her I love her?" he asked himself.

The next morning, he and Sapphire were in New Ponyville. Today it was Hearts and Hooves Day, a time to celebrate the joys of passion and love for one another, be it family or that someone very special in your life.

Mykan planned a small picnic for Sapphire. She couldn't stop smiling when he asked her. "I can't wait for this picnic." she squealed. Mykan just smiled at her, loving she was always so happy.

"I know."

"We gonna have so much- Wah!" she was cut off when a stallion suddenly appeared in front of her. Her was yellow with a short, brown mane and tail. Name: Featherbangs. He was holding a box of chocolates and red flowers.

"Umm... can I help you?" Sapphire asked sheepishly.

"Will you be my special someone?" he asked with a big grin. Sapphire didn't know how to respond to this. Mainly because she's never had someone ask her out before or experienced love.

Mykan, sensing her nervousness jumped in. "Sorry, boy. She's with me."

Featherbangs narrowed his eyes. "How do you know if she wants to be with you?"

Mykan's eyes narrowed. "Excuse me."

"You heard me. The Princess wants someone who's strong and good-looking; like me."

Mykan growled. "Oh yeah. Why don't you prove it then?"

"Fine, we'll have a battle for the Princess. One hour; park. Be there."

"Fine." Mykan and Featherbangs turned and walked away, leaving a confused Sapphire behind. "... What just happened?"

Sapphire notified her friends and they were both shocked. "Mykan and Featherbangs!" Lightning stated. "Fighting for you?!" Starla added. Rarity sighed. "So romantic."

The gang rolled their eyes. Typical Rarity.

"But the thing is I've never been in love before. And every time I'm near Mykan, my heart skips beats, I feel like a can't breath and I my mind just goes blank. What does that mean?"

"It means you have feelings for Mykan, darling." Rarity replied. Sapphire looked at her confused. "Feelings?"

"She means you like like Mykan. You know boyfriend and girlfriend like." Rainbow added. Sapphire tilted her head to the side. "So what do I do?"

"You have to admit your feelings for one of them." Buddy answered.

"But how will I know that's the right one for me?" Sapphire inquired.

"Trust me when I say this, Sapphire." Lightning said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "You heart will know whose the one for you." he stared at his wife and they both smiled lovingly at each other. Sapphire sighed. "All I wanted was a simple picnic with my friend."

The ponies and Spike felt bad for her. Sapphire just wanted some one-on-one time with Mykan but the sudden attention ruined that plan.

"So I guess we'd better get the park for this 'Battle for the Princess'." Rainbow added. The gang started to head out, but Sapphire stayed fro a moment. She placed a hand on her heart. "Your heart will tell you whose the one for you." she remembered. "Is is really true?" she asked herself.

"Sapphire, come on!" Applejack called. Sapphire snapped back to her senses and followed the gang to the park.

Mykan and Featherbangs were at the park on either side with Sapphire in the middle. Lightning came up to Sapphire's side and spoke to both boys. “Alright, you boys ready?”

The two boys nodded. “Ready.”

“Aaaaaand Begin!” The first contest was a singing competition. Whoever Sapphire chooses at the end as the best singer wins.

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As the song played Sapphire began to feel a bit uncomfortable with the boys, but she knew she had to stay and pick a winner when this is over.

When the song ended, the two boys fell to the ground and Sapphire leaped out of range. The friends just looked at them weird, while Rainbow laughed her heart out at how silly the two of them looked now. Lightning cleared his throat “Okay... so Sapphire, which pair do you choose?”
Still feeling uncomfortable with the singing contest, Sapphire replied meekly “Ummm... Mykan." Mykan cheered. “ WOO-HOO! In your face!” Midnight said.

Featherbangs growled but before the boys could get physical, Lightning jumped in between them. “Easy Mykan. It’s not over yet.” Now, onto the next challenge.... gestures!”

Mykan approached Sapphire with a box and chocolate and flowers in their hands. “Here Sapphire, I hope you like it.” Sapphire felt her cheeks go red as she took the flowers. “Hehe thank you.” she said timidly.

Sapphire felt a tap on her shoulder and saw Featherbangs with a large card that said ‘I Love you’

Mykan growled at him. “Here you are, you sweet thing.” Featherbangs stated. Sapphire blushed even more, giggled and she took the card.

“So you do you choose Sapphire?” Lightning asked.

“Featherbangs.”

The stallion cheered and gloated about the winning. Now the boys were tied. One to One. Now was time for the tie breaker. “And onto the final challenge. The chocolate eating contest!”

Sapphire froze. "Chocolate!” Just thinking about that kind of candy made her stomach churn. Sapphire really didn't taste sweets a lot during her travels. If she didn't include the sweets Pinkie tried to introduce her too, she never had candy in her life. Her stomach was so used to things like berries and meat... but chocolate and candy, her stomach couldn’t deal with.

Soon she was facing two fourteen feet tall stacks of chocolate. One made by Mykan and the other made by Featherbangs. The friends stared in shock at the piles. Pinkie tried to rush towards them to 'em but Rainbow held her back. "Pinkie, No! That's not for you." Pinkie stopped struggling and whined. "Awww."

“Oh my goodness!” Rarity cried.

“Mucho chocolate!” Dyno cried.

“Si!” Myte added.

“Now Sapphire, you have to eat both these stacks of chocolate and whichever one you eat the more of, that’ll decide the winner of this competition and who you spend Hearts and Hooves Day with.” Lightning explained. “Are you ready?” Sapphire stared at the chocolate with a nervous expression, but when she looked at Mykan and Feathebangs, seeing they had happy looks on their faces she knew she couldn't back out now. She gulped and nodded. “And begin!”

Sapphire began eating the two stacks of chocolate slowly and about two hours later, she ate both of them. Laying her head on the table, her face etched with pain and she was looking really green and was hugging her stomach. “It’s a tie!” Lightning called. The boys were shocked and wanted one more challenge. They both went off into the park. The others were about to follow them when they heard Sapphire moaning

“Sapphire, darling, are you alright?” Rarity asked.

Sapphire looked at them and shook her head. Her friend didn’t like the way her face looked. “Are you feeling okay?” Starla asked. Sapphire shook her head. Her stomach gurgled sickly and painfully. “Ugh... my... stomach.” She started gagging and she threw up her stomach contents on the grass. “Oh my stars!” Rarity cried. Lightning and Starla rushed to their friend. Lightning placed a hand on her upset stomach. “Easy, Sapphire.” he cooed. She only groaned in response.

Her friends could see that she was sick as a dog.

“Come on, we better get you home and to bed.” Pinkie said. The others agreed and helped Sapphire stand up. She was really wobbly and feeling really dizzy and nauseous. “Uuuugggh." she groaned.

“Easy sugarcube.” Applejack said. “We’re going to take you home.” They eventually got Sapphire to Mykan's house and they layed her down in her bed. Starla put a bucket near the couch, in case she threw up. Her dragons and Kyara were all worried when they saw the gang carrying their sick friend in. Applejack placed the blanket over her. Sapphire snuggled into the bed. "Thanks." she thanked weakly.

“I think eating all that chocolate made her sick.” Fluttershy said.

“But how?” Buddy asked.

“Well she might not have even eaten chocolate before with being raised by wolves and all.” Artie stated. “So her stomach doesn’t agree with it for now.”

“Come on guys, Sapphire needs her rest. Snowflake, Skystorm, Smoke, Fire, Flameclaw, Kyara, watch over her okay?” Starla said.

The creatures nodded and the gang left. They went back to the park and found the two boys. They were about to start another’s challenge when they saw the gang coming. “Hey guys.” Mykan greeted. “Where’s Sapphire?”

“She’s sick in bed.” Buddy replied, much to the boys shock. “Sick! How?” Mykan asked.

“She are so much chocolate from your contest that it got her sick to her stomach.” Artie explained.

Mykan and Featherbangs felt bad. It was their fault that Sapphire was ill. “Where is she now?” Mykan asked.

“She’s resting in her bed at your house.” Lightning replied. Mykan nodded and rocketed to his home. Entering the house, he went upstairs and saw Sapphire sleeping in bed but she woke up when she heard the door opening. “Oh. Hey Mykan.” she greeted weakly.

It pained Mykan with guilt to see her like this. “Hey.... how are you feeling?” he asked.

“Okay... I guess.” Sapphire replied.

“Sapphire... we wanted to say... I'm sorry for getting you sick.” Mykan started.

“I forgive you. But why did you challenge that stallion in the first place?” she asked.

"Well... I guess I have to say it. Sapphire, for a while I've been having feelings for you. I... I... like you, Sapphire." Mykan replied, shyly. Sapphire smiled at Mykan. "I like you too, Mykan." His face lit up wit happiness. "Really?!"

Sapphire nodded, Mykan was beyond happy. That's when Michelle's spirit appeared. "Congratulations my love." she praised.

Mykan and Sapphire smiled at her. "Thank you, Michelle. I'll take good care of her." and that was promise he would keep for sure. The dragons were happy for the new couple. Smoke and Fire licked them. "Hahaha." Sapphire laughed weakly. "Thanks boys." The others rubbed against them. Now this will be a new beginning for Sapphire and Mykan in the whole of a relationship.

What the two didn't see was Lightning and the other watching from the upstairs window. "Well, he finally did it." Lightning said.

"I'll get the wedding dresses ready." Rarity said.

"Now now, Rarity, they need about a year together before you can count on a wedding." Buddy replied. Rarity rolled their eyes. Even so, hey were so happy for Mykan. Now he has a new girlfriend and the hole in his heart has been filled once more.

Episode 15: Legend of New Everfree Cave

At the royal palace, their majesties were pacing back and forth while Lightning’s team and the friendship ponies, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Castor, Leilani, Sapphire and Mykan watched.

“What if somebody takes them?” Grand Ruler asked.

“I have my dragons to keep an eye out for any danger." Sapphire said.

“What if they run into a Manticore?” Celestia asked.

“Or what if they get pulled into New Tartarus?” Grand Ruler asked.

“Seriously, your majesties?” Mykan replied with a straight face. Their majesties sighed. “We just don’t want anything to happen to them.” Grand Ruler explained.

“Aunt Celestia, Uncle, Don’t worry, Mykan and Sapphire will keep them safe.” Cadence spoke up. Their majesties looked at them, who had a confident smile on their faces. “Sigh... Alright. They can go.” Celesto said.

Castor and Leilani cheered. “I’ll go get my costume!” they both said as they rushed to their room. The ponies chuckled at their enthusiasm. Who could blame them? It was Nightmare Night after all. The day of the year where kids dress up in costumes and run around and trick or treat around New Ponyville. Castor and Leilani came back.

Castor was dress as a knight with yellow armor and a small silver sword and Leilani was dressed as a princess with a blue grown and a small tiara and small boots. Their majesties smiled at their children. “You both have a good time and listen to Sapphire and Mykan, okay?” Celestia asked.

“We will Mom.” Castor and Leilani said at the same time. Mykan and Sapphire laughed. “Come on you two.” Castor and Leilani followed the two out of the palace and they were soon on the train to New Ponyville.

“They’ll be fine, sister and brother-in-law.” Luna stated.

“We know... we just... can’t help but worry.” Celestia stated.

“They have Mykan and Sapphire with them. They'll keep them safe.” Starla added. Their majesties nodded. “Now how about we start the party?” Artie asked. Pinkie cried happily and dashed into the throne room. The ponies laughed.

Meanwhile, Mykan and Sapphrie took the royal twins to three house in New Ponyville so far. The twins had their own bags filled with some candy. “This is so fun!” Castor said.

“Yeah.” Leilani added. Suddenly they heard screaming and saw a few children running away screaming, “ITS GOING TO EAT US! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!”

The children passed the trio. “Huh? Weird?” Mykan said. “What was that about?” Sapphire asked.

That’s when Zecora came up to them. She had on a ghostly outfit but you can still see her face and body. "Hey, Zecora, what was with the children screaming?" Sapphire asked.

“You do not know,
At this time of year the ghost of Everfree Cave is here to show.” she said.

“The ghost of Everfree Cave?” Mykan repeated. “What’s that?”

“They say it’s a ghost is not known to be seen,
But it only comes out on Nightmare Night,
You will stay away if you know right,
For the ghost is a scary, and not to be seen.” Zecora stated. Then she walked away.

“A ghost in the New Everfree Forest.” Castor said. “Cool!”

Leliani turned to Mykan and Sapphire “Can we go see it?” The two humans were extremely hesitant. Going into the New Everfree on the scariest night of the year? “I... I don’t know you two.” Sapphire said.

”Please” the royal twins pleaded while giving them the puppy dog eyes. Mykan and Sapphire sighed and complied, much to the children’s excitement.

So the three headed off to the New Everfree Forest. Unaware that Snowflake had been watching them and had heard everything. she rushed to New Canterlot Palace.

The four friends walked through New Everfree Forest. "Are you sure we should be in here?" Mykan asked. The children nodded excitedly. "Yeah, this will be our first ghost sighting! Yeah!" Mykan and Sapphire sighed. Children.

They continued walking until they came to a large, rocket clearing with a small mountain with a tunnel in it. “Everfree Cave.” Sapphire said.

Castor and Leilani looked at each other and giggled. “Let’s go sis.” The twins began climbing the small, steep mountain. “Hey! Wait!” Sapphire called as she and Mykan climbed after the two twins. The four of them immediately began feeling strong winds around them with leaves swirling in the winds. Sapphire turned around and saw ghostly image of a wolf head looking at them. “Who are you?” she whispered.

The spirit didn’t reply but Sapphire and Mykan had to keep following the twins.

They reached the mouth of the cave and saw nothing except two light green lights. “Hello... is anybody in there?” Castor called.

“Please...” the voice replied, sounding like a female. “Just leave me alone.”

“It’s okay... we don’t want to hurt you.” Leilani added.

“Yeah. We promise.” Castor added. After a moment of silence, the voice said. “...Okay.”

The figure began to move into the moonlight revealing an peach colored alicorn with peach wings and horn. Her mane was orange. She was wearing what looked to be a white grown. The thing that stood out the most to the four friends was that her eyes were green but they were milky white too.

She was blind.

“Hi there... I’m Princess Sapphire Shimmer and this is my boyfriend, Mykan Steven and this is Castor and Leilani.... what’s your name?” Jewel asked.

“My name is Twinkle Spark.”

The four couldn't understand why she was concealing herself in this cave. "Why are hiding in this cave, Twinkle?" Mykan asked.

“Are you hiding from something?” Castor asked.

“Yes because... um.”

“A pony who can’t see isn’t considered useful to some ponies?” Leilani answered.

“Yes.” Twinkle replied. “I’ve been hiding here my whole life.”

“Really!” Castor asked in shock. Twinkle nodded. “But... why?” Sapphire asked. Twinkle thought back to her foalhood.

Twinkle’s mother was walking though town with two foals behind her and foal Twinkle was looking behind her and wandered to a log.

The townspeople looked at her mother with judgement looks. “She can’t possible raise future offspring.” said one pony. “Especially since one is a-“ he was cut of when Twinkle bumped into the log, she tried to jump over.

She fell to the ground unharmed. The pony demeanor changed to sinister as he walked towards Twinkle with his horn ready to fire. He fired, Twinkle braced for impact but her mother leaped in at the last second and snatched her up and ran away from the town.

“It is the way of our world.” He said as he chased after her. Twinkle’s mother looked back at her husband who nodded. The two other foals were with him, watching. She kept running with foal Twinkle in her arms.

It was nightfall and when she finally stopped running she stopped behind a bush and looked at her little foal. “Don’t worry, my little spark. You’ll be safe there.” Her horn glowed and she teleported the baby to a clearing in the New Everfree.

A small porcupine came out of the brush. Foal Twinkle stood up and looked at the porcupine. “Psst.. come on I know where you’ll be safe.” He said. Following his paw prints she followed him all the way to the Everfree Cave, where she lived for the past seventeen years.

“I just want to hear her voice again.... just once.” Twinkle said as she finished her backstory. The three ponies felt bad for her. “Well... we know some ponies who would love to help you track down your mother.” Castor said.

“Really?” Twinkle asked.

“Yeah. Our mommy and daddy would love to help you.” Leilani added. Twinkle was hesitant and so was her porcupine friend. Name: Dust.

“Twinkle, are you kidding their foals!” Dust said.

”We’re not foals!” Castor and Leilani stated. Twinkle smiled while Dust looked at them with a raised eyebrow.

“Anyway... Let’s get a move on shall we?” Sapphire asked. Everybody agreed and they all slowly climbed down the small mountain and began trekking back through the forest. ”I hope their majesties don’t worry too much” Sapphire and Mykan thought, not wanting to think about the punishment they would get if they found out about this.

Back at the palace...

“WHAT?!” Their majesties cried. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY WENT OT THE NEW EVERFREE FOREST!” Luna, Cadence and Shining Armor were trying and failing to keep the two from hyperventilating.

“Why in the hotel-bills would they do that? Those two won’t allow that!” Applejack said.

Snowflake growled.

"Snwoflake said that Zecora told them of a ghost that lives in New Everfree Cave and the kids wanted to go but Mykan and Sapphire tried to say no, but the children pulled the puppy dog eyes on them and gave in.” Fluttershy translated.

“Ooooh, that’s the one thing that always gets her.” Lightning winced.

“You got all that from one growl?” Rainbow asked. Fluttershy nodded.

“We have to get them back!” Celesto cried.

“Indeed. Let’s go!” Celestia added. The ponies immediately rushed out of the palace and to the New Everfree.

Meanwhile, the gang of five made it to Zecora’s hut, where she was about to walk into her house when she’s noticed the five.

“Ahh, What do we have here?
A new pony-“ Zecora looked closer at her eyes.
“And a blind one as it appears to be.”

“Hi Zecora. This is Twinkle Spark. She’s been living in the haunted New Everfree Cave.”

“We’re bringing her to our parents so she’ll have a family.” Leilani said. Zecora asked why and the twins explained Twinkle’s backstory.

“Oh my,
Such a tale makes me want to cry.” Zecora said.

“However, while I was on my walk,
I found two other ponies who wanted to talk,
They were asking for you Twinkle Spark,
Don’t worry, they don’t bite or bark.”

Zecora called for the two ponies and they came out from inside her hut. One was white with a yellow with an orange mane and the other was smaller and she was orange with a red mane and tail.

“Hello. You must be Twinkle Star.” The female pony said.

“W-Who are you?” Twinkle asked.

“I’m your sister, Starlight Spark.” the female said.

“And I’m your father, “Moonlight Sparkle.” Seeing her father and sister alive and well. Twinkle walked over and gave them a big hug. Jewel and the children and Zecora were happy for Twinkle. “Where’s mom?” Twinkle asked as she and her family broke the hug. Moonlight and Starlight looked at each other with sadness.

“Twinkle... mom.... she never made it back.” Starlight said, much to Twinkle’s sadness. Sapphire, Mykan and the royal twins as well as Zecora felt bad for her. “But I want you to know she loved you. She vowed to protect all of us.”

“I needed to hear that.” Twinkle replied. Starlight and Moonlight hugged Twinkle. “The rules of our world are still the same.” Starlight added. “But we can still visit you and your new family someday.” Moonlight added. Twinkle smiled. "I would like that."

Suddenly...

“HEY!” Everybody turned around and saw a burly, brown pony with slight brown mane and tail. Name: Claws. He had two other ponies by his side.

One pony was gray with a black mane and the other was beige with a light purple mane. Names: Slash and Scratch.

Twinkle gasped in fear and her father and sister stood in front of her protectively. “Whose that?” Castor asked.

“H-He’s the one who tried to kill me when I was young!” Twinkle cried.

“I’ve finally found you after all these years.” Claws said in a sinister voice.

“Stay away from my daughter!” Moonlight bellowed. Claws laughed as he approached the ponies and zebra. “Twinkle, we have to get you out of here!” Starlight stated.

“No!” Twinkle said firmly. “I’m tired of hiding.” Twinkle stepped in front of the whole gang. “What did you do with my mother?” she asked.

Slash and Scratch charged the ponies.. suddenly Lightning and Starla rammed into the ponies ending them to the ground. “Lightning! Starla!”” Sapphire cried.

“And they’re not alone.” The gang turned around and saw Lightning’s friends, the friendship ponies, Snowflake and the royal ponies.

Claws growled as he saw his hench ponies easily overpowered by Lightning and Starla. She began to approach Twinkle, Sapphire, Mykan, Castor and Leilani. “She’s gone Twinkle Spark and she’s paid the highest prices for hiding you.”

Castor and Leilani looked deep into the forest, where they saw the wolf spirit head looking at them. “Twinkle Spark we have to get you into the forest.” Castor said. “You’ll be protected there follow us.” Leilani added. The children rushed passed Claws with Twinkle and Sapphire right behind them. Claws followed them.

Their majesties and Snowflake saw this and pursued Claws. "Hey, wait for me!" Mykan cried as he followed them as well.

“Listen for our footsteps okay?” Castor stayed. As he and his sister lead Twinkle Star to a clearing. They gotten ahead of her and stopped. Looking back they saw Claws dangerously close to Twinkle. They looked at the trees and said. “Twinkle’s in trouble!”

The wolf spirit head appeared and floated behind them. “Twinkle, jump!” Twinkle leaped out of Claws range and he fell on the ground. He got up and chased her again but when Twinkle reached the royal twins and Sapphire, the spirit floated in front of him and roared. Claws was terrified.

The royal ponies, Snowflake, Mykan and Dust came into the scene but hey saw nothing except Claws screaming and the spirit swirling around him making him vanish into thin air.

“Okay, that was unexpected.” Dust commented.

“We’re okay, Twinkle, we’re okay.” Castor said. Twinkle looked at the three ponies. “Thank you.” The children looked at the spirit, which lost it's tense appearance and smile at the two of them and Sapphire.

Everybody went back to the palace including Twinkle’s family. “Thank you for looking out for my daughter.” Moonlight said to Castor, Leilani, Sapphire and Mykan.

“Your welcome.” Sapphire replied.

“Now we must get back to our planet.” Starlight said. Moonlight and Starlight didn't feel right, leaving their blind daughter again after they just found her after seventeen years. “Don’t worry, we’ll take good care of her.” Celestia stated, looking at the worried relatives. Starlight and Moonlight smiled. They turned back to a Twinkle and hugged her. “Well come back and visit you soon.” Moonlight said.

“Okay, dad.”

The ponies shed some tears at the family's goodbye. They separated. “Farewell everybody!” Starlight called. Everybody said goodbye and Starlight and Moonlight teleported away, back to their planet.

“And as for you four.” Grand Ruler said, turning his attention to Castor, Leilani, Mykan and Sapphire, who smiled nervously.

“Since you helped a pony in need. We’ve decided to overlook any scolding and punishments.” Celestia added. The four sighed in relief.

“Now Twinkle, you will be staying with Our niece Pricness Cadence and her husband, Shining Armor.” Luna stated. Twinkle smiled and nodded.

“Master, do you think the Professor can make something to help Twinkle... at least... see a little better?” Lightning asked. Grand Ruler thought about this. “I believe he can make something for Twinkle Spark.” he replied.

Twinkle smiled. “Now come on let’s get you home.” Cadence said. "You're gonna love New Crystal Empire, Twinkle." Shining Armor added. “Okay.” Twinkle, listening to her footsteps, followed Cadence out of the palace and to her new home.

Episode 16: Part 1: The Final Battle

Sombra was in his throne room with his minions by his side. "At last, our moment has come." he declared. For the pass week, Sombra and his minions combined all their dark magic to create a dark version of the crystal heart. This version would feed off of darkness making whomever has it in their possession incredibly strong. "Those ponies won't be able to stand up to us with this baby. Not even that annoying human girl." Flame snarled.

Sombra smiled. "Just what I thought. Now... let's begin."

Sombra used his magic to levitate the heart and break it into four pieces. The dark crystal heart pieces were absorbed into the minions bodies, making them similar to King Sombra. "Alright!" Frost cried.

"Now, let's destroy those ponies and conquer United Equestria, once and for all!" Sombra thundered. The minions laughed along with their master.

Meanwhile, Sapphire was sparring with Lightning Dawn in the palace dojo.

Lightning lunged at her. Sapphire easily leaped over and kicked him in the back. "Agh!" Lightning got up and punched Sapphire. "Ugh." Sapphire recovered and her horn glowed in a bright golden light. "UNIFORCE!"

(Skip to 0:38... the uniforce behaves sorta like that)

She unleashed an enormous bust of bright, burning magic at Lightning.

KA-BOOM!

What and expolsion. When the smoke cleared, Lightning was laying flat on his back, dazed. "Awesome!" Rainbow cried. She and the gang were watching the battle to asses how Sapphire's fightning skills were coming along. Based on the outcome, they have really increase.

Lightning recovered and Sapphire helped him to his feet. "Excellent work, Sapphire. You're fighting skills have improved very much." he commented. Sapphire smiled, "Well I had some great friends to help me."

Lightning and the gang smiled.

Then Grand Ruler's voice sounded over the palace intercom. "Attention. Attention; please Lightning Dawn and team report to the throne room."

"Wonder what's going on?" Applejack said. That's when Snowflake, Flameclaw, Camo nd Skystorm burst into the dojo. The dragons were roaring in worry. "Woah, woah, woah!" Sapphire called to her distressed friends. They calmed down. "What's going on?" Skystorm grabbed Sapphire and flew out of the throne room. "Skystorm!" Fluttershy cried. Everybody followed the Deadly Nadder to the throne room, where they found the changelings and Mykan present as well.

"You majesties, what's going on?" Pinkie asked.

"Look for yourselves." Grand Ruler said gesturing towards the window. Everybody looked out the window and couldn’t believe their eyes. There, floating in the sky…

“It’s… Sombra and the minions!” cried Cadance.

Sombra and the minions turned and could see them. “Oh, really…? Guess again!” he laughed maliciously as the skies grew darker and all the ponies and other creatures of the planet gazed up in horrors. Sombra just loved their whimpering, and the cries of frightened children. He turned back to face the others at the palace. “You ponies are about to find out what happens to those who mess with our master!" Frost exclaimed.

The entire planet began to rumble and quake, and there was no time to evacuate everyone or get them inside to safety. “It’s all over…!” shrieked Pinkie Pie “WE’RE DOOMED!! DOOMED I TELL YA!!”

The dragons growled at the four villains and were about to fly out there. "No, girls. It's too dangerous. You have to stay here." Sapphire said.

Their majesties agreed. "Sapphire, you stay here with the dragons, the changelings and Mykan." Luna ordered.

"Why do I have to stay, I wanna help." Sapphire whined.

"It's too dangerous. You're Sombra's main target. We can't risk you falling into his hands. You have to stay here." Celestia explained. Sapphire sighed. "Alright."

"Good. Come on team." Grand Ruler said as he, his wife, sister-in law, Cadence, Shining Armor and Lightning and his unit flew out the window.

The rumbling continued as lightning struck across the skies. “What are we going to do?” cried Rarity.

“There’s nothing we can do. Not against this.” said Spike.

The ground below where Sombra floated in midair burst open, revealing a breach into the dark dimension. Although it started out small, the darkness, which was already flooding out from it, began to consume the planet, cursing it with despair and fright. Soon the entire planet would be enveloped and sealed in the dimension forever!

Sombra could hardly bring himself to stop laughing with wicked glee. “Dusk Shine!” shouted Celestia. Sombra gazed down and could see her and everyone else gazing up at him. “Well, well, Celestia. It’s been such a long time.” he snickered “And Celesto, well, look what the three-horn has become in the past millennium: a powerful monarch.”

Grand Ruler clenched his fists “You’ve changed a lot over the ages, Dusk Shine, but for the immense worse. You’re still nothing more than the same schoolyard bully who feels the need to torture others just feel grand about himself!”

Sombra chuckled “And what if I am? Look where it’s gotten me. With every passing second, the darkness seeps through and my power increases. After all these ages, I am finally getting the greatness I deserve. The planet is mine now-- to rule as king”

“You are unworthy to even think of yourself as King!” growled Celestia “You cause nothing but pain, suffering and misery to everyone around you and for only your own amusement. You’re nothing but monster, Dusk Shine!”

“Ha!” growled Sombra “You’ve still got that same old attitude as before, Celestia, but it will no longer intimidate me, and one more thing…” he fired a shot at her which she barely dodge “…It’s Sombra! “Your majesty” to you, slaves!”

“You vile beast!” snarled Shining Armor “We won’t ever bow to you! No one will!”

“Really…? Perhaps you’d like to see how PERSUASIVE I CAN BE!!” Sombra raised his arms out and the dark crystal heart on him glowed along with the spewing darkness in the ground. “Now what is he doing?” asked Rainbow Dash.

Through the dark smog, they could all hear the sounds of cackling, snarling, and hissing, and finally the sound of marching. The gang could hardly believe they’re eyes. It was practically every single monster they had defeated in the past. All of Sombra’s monsters, Titan’s monsters… there were even many of the monsters that Starfleet had defeated from way back over the centuries that couldn’t be captured, banished, or changed.

“It cannot be!” cried Grand Ruler.

“Oh, but it is…” hissed Sombra “With the dark crystal heart in my possession, and the darkness ever spreading, it was no difficult task to resurrect the evil magic spirits of those you defeated in the past.”

All those snarling, growling beasts just eyed at the gang, and it didn’t take much to realize they wanted payback. “There’s so many of them!” cried Rarity.

“We don’t stand a chance against them all!” added Spike.

“We have to do something!” cried Pinkie.

“There’s nothing you can do!” sneered Sombra “Me and my ever expanding army of monsters will continue to grow stronger as the darkness increases, and all the creatures of this world will have no choice but to bow to my every command if they wish to survive!”

All over the planet, more monsters appeared and wasted no time in terrorizing the inhabitants and forcing them into Sombra’s slavery-- every stallion, mare, and child, and all the other creatures as well. Already their fears were turning into hopeless glumness, which only further accelerated the growing darkness.

“Your world is now mine. Bow to me!” growled Sombra.

“Never!” shouted Celestia. That’s when the sound of brigade trumpets called out followed by the hollering and rushing of the entire New Canterlot army of guards, and all the Starfleet officers coming to aid the gang, and also those from all the other planets that had long since arrived on United Equestria ever since Sombra’s ship blew up, and ready to fight. Krysta had even summoned some of her best fairy fighters to join in form her home-world. “Now we’ll really see who has whom beat!” snarled Grand Ruler.

The two forces stood at opposite ends of the wide open areas glaring at each other fiercely until Sombra and Grand Ruler both yelled out “…ATTACK!!” The two armies rushed into extreme action, covering almost every square foot of nearly half the planet with fighting.

“Warrior-mode, go!” shouted Celestia, and she transformed into her warrior-garments. “Girls, come, form a circle around me!” ordered Celestia as the friendship ponies huddled around her. “Altogether now!” and using the Element of Magic bestowed upon her, the other Elements of Harmony awakened from within the girls and all six of them used their magic to help restore power to Lightning and the Starfleet ponies.

“Wow! I feel totally pumped up!” said Lightning.

“Me too!” added Starla

“Okay! No more taking things light.
It’s time to fight for what is right!” said Rhymey

All the others agreed with courage and determination. “Well, what are we waiting for?” Lightning said “Let’s go!” and he and his friends transformed.

“STARFLEET MAGIC!!”

Then the girls transformed…

“HARMONY HOUR, FRIENDSHIP POWER!!”

And finally, little Spike…

“DRAGON POWER!”

Luna, Cadance, Shining Armor, and Fratello stood tall along with everyone else, and Lightning stood in the center in front of Grand Ruler and Celestia. He gazed up at them and they gazed down at him proudly, and let him make the call! “…TO BATTLE!!”

Everyone dashed forth hollering like true warriors against the monsters along with their many comrades. Shining Armor and Fratello joined them on the ground, while Grand Ruler, Celestia, Cadance, and Luna flew straight at Sombra and brawled with him. “Oh, how I’ve waited for this.” Sombra hissed as he fought back fiercely against the four royal alicorns…

They all punched, kicked, and fired their magic at him, only for him to show how much his fighting had improved by blocking and evading their attacks and hitting them all back, one after another, but the royal ones weren’t giving up!

While down below everyone was fighting ever so fiercely. Some monsters they recognized, others they didn’t, but they all seemed to be much stronger than before thanks to all the evil magic Sombra had cast, but not a single fighter was willing to give in.

Lily Bud and her team of Starfleet ponies and Herbolites stood up against a swarm of monsters. Buddy Rose landed to join her by her side. “Colonel…”

She smiled at him “Captain…”

“Attack!” they both shouted.

“LEAF SWARM”

“FLOWER CANNON”

The Herbolites unleashed their own powers, straight at the monsters knocking them all down.

Dyno and Myte joined their mother and father, punching, kicking, stomping, and blasting every creature that came their way. “ARRIBA!” they hollered slapping each other a four way high-five.

Krysta and her fairies were faced with a swarm of monsters stampeding right at them. “Now!” shouted Krysta, and she and her fairies created a warp-hole some of the monsters dashed into and then popped back out of again crashing into each other. Other’s reappeared over small cliffs. The fairies even proceeded to use their incredible strengths, able to lift things up to three thousand times their own weight, to lift up some of the lighter monsters and bashed them into the others. “Not bad for a bunch of half-pints.” Krysta joked.

Shining Armor fought valiantly as he kept on punching, kicking, and blasting the enemies he shouted at them “This is for Twilight… and so is this… and this…!” Suddenly, he ran straight into one familiar monster that was once Artie’s statue-- Dark Twilight! She glared at Shining Armor, snarling at him, and her almost froze up and found him unable to hit her, feeling that it was really his sister, but Spike and Fratello leapt down in between and attacked the monster. “It’s not Twilight.” Spike reminded Shining Armor, snapping him out of his trance. “You’re right! Let’s get her!” and together, the three knights blasted Dark Twilight hard, but she got right back up again, as did many of the other monsters that had been knocked down or blasted hard.

Lightning and his team gave some of them a good taste of their finishing attacks, but still the monsters got back up. “They won’t stay down!” cried Buddy Rose.

“Oh, yes they will!” hollered Rainbow Dash as she and the girls charged forth fighting and brawling, but still the monsters wouldn’t give in!

Sombra laughed wickedly at their futile attempts. “These are the spirits of monsters that you have already defeated. In this darkness they are immortal. You can never beat them, but they can beat you.” he was suddenly tackled hard by Grand Ruler, shoving him to the ground. “We’ll beat you yet, Dusk Shine!” he growled as he socked him hard in the face, but he himself was kicked off by Frost. “Now, now, Celesto… I’ve told you before… IT’S SOMBRA!!”

All four of the alicorns rushed him at once, only to get blasted hard in a huge explosion throwing them to the ground, much to the horrors of the main team, but they were all, one-by-one, tackled down by more monsters, and soon… all the monsters were back on their feet again, and seemed to be completely unharmed, just as Sombra had promised, and they looked ready for more fighting.

Some of them blasted at Lightning and the two teams back hard and off their feet. “Wow! That hurt!” groaned Pinkie.

“It’s no use…!” cried Fluttershy “There’s no way we can win now. We’re done for!”

Applejack softly slapped her across the face in attempt to snap her out of it. “We can’t let ‘em get us like this.”

“But what else can we do?” said Rarity “Sombra is the one controlling them all and feeding them power, and he…” She paused, and suddenly everyone began to realize what she was saying. “Of course!” snapped Lightning “Get Sombra! If we beat him maybe we can stop all this!”

The others all agreed, and broke away from the monsters, and left them to the other fighters to hold them off.

While the four royal ones were still not holding off very well. Celestia got punched. Luna was kicked. Cadance was grabbed by her tail whirled around and bashed hard into Grand Ruler. “Get up, quick!” cried Grand Ruler, but Sombra blasted all four of them down again with his power, and it felt as if he was growing stronger all the time, and not just from their getting weaker.

He stepped forth laughing at them. “How does it feel to fail?”

“You should know.” growled Cadance.

“Not this time!” Frost, Flame and Breaker raised their arms and fired a pulse at them, but the blasts were intercepted by Lightning’s power, and he and the others stepped out before the royal ones. “We’re on to you now, Sombra! The game’s up!” Lightning sneered.

“You’re too late!” growled Sombra “As the darkness increases, so does our power. Nobody can stop me now!”

“No one but us, you see…
We will claim victory!” said Rhymey.

Sombra and the minions roared and charged forth, and all the others charged at him. The royal ones joined them, feeling weak but not beaten, but even still, nineteen against four, Sombra and the minions still fought fiercely and hit them all with huge attacks, while the team did their best and managed to land a few successful hits on them, but hardly damaging them at all, but neither of them were willing to give in with the fate of the planet at stake.

“DRAGON FLAMEWHEEL” shouted Spike as he curled himself up and charged in a blaze at Sombra, but Flame leaped into front of Sombra and raised his cape in front blocking him, and after a small struggle forced him back hard into some of the others, colliding in a big explosion. “Fools, haven’t you had enough?” he sneered.

Sapphire and the others were watching from the window. "I've gotta help them. I have to!" Sapphire cried.

"Sapphire, did you not see how strong Sombra and the minions are with that dark crystal. There's no way you can face all four of them by yourself." Pharynx exclaimed. Sapphire grunted in anger. "I can't just stand here! There's gotta be something we can do. What I can do!"

Just then, the Elements of Harmony began to glow. "What's up with the Elements?" Mykan asked. Soon, the glow spread to the dragons, changelings and Mykan. "What's happening?" Pyrite squeaked in fear. Suddenly, they were all teleported out of the palace and to the Tree of Harmony Cave in New Everfree Forest. "The Tree of Harmony?" Pyrax added.

"What are we doing here?" Silver questioned.

They got their answer when the center of the tree began glowing. A line from the center moved down to the root of the tree creating a flower. Sapphire walked over to the flower an touched it. The flower bloomed and showed a chest with one key hole. "A chest? How can that help us?" Crystal asked. "How are we suppose to open it?"

The Element of Hope began to glow. It floated out of the necklace and fired a beam at the keyhole. The keyhole absorbed the magic and it magically fired a beam at the Tree of Harmony. "Woah." they gang gasped. The center fired a beam at Sapphire's crown. The elements all floated out of her crown and circled the gang. In a bright flash of magic, the gang transformed;

Sapphire's blond hair and tail gained, light blue, white, light orange, pink and purple highlights as well as Mykan's hair. Sapphire also gained small marks on her face and hand that matched her cutie mark. The dragons gained their own rainbow colors. The changelings, on the other hand, completely transformed.

The five changelings now looked completely different.

Pharynx: Dark Green with some red shading near the bottom of his neck. His wings were moderate amaranth with a blue violet covering. His eyes were moderate blue violet too.

Pyrax: Dark Yellow with orange shading near the neck.

Crystal: Light neon green with light blue eyes with a yellow underbelly and tail.

Silver and Pyrite. Silver was light purple with moderate light blue wings and covering. Pyrite was very light orange with lime green shading near her neck. Her tail and wings were also lime green.

They all were surrounded in a ball with the elements of harmony colors. "Awesome! I feel totally charged up!" Mykan exclaimed.

“Me too!” Crystal added.

The dragons roared in agreement feeling really powerful.

"Come on, guys. Let's show Sombra some real magic." Sapphire said with a smirk. The others nodded.

To be continued...

Final Episode: Part 2 Ultimate Battle

Meanwhile, The whole team stood together “We won’t let you win!” said Lightning “No matter how powerful you get, it won’t make a difference.” His horn began to pulsate as his power increased… glowing brighter than ever before. “Oh, no you don’t, not this time.” thundered Sombra as he prepared to blast him, but Celestia and the Friendship Ponies stepped forth. “Oh, yes we do!” she snarled, and the Powers of Harmony began to glow, ensnaring him in magical lines. “Ah? What?!” he growled and roared unable to move.

“Let’s get him!” shouted Shining Armor. His wife agreed and they both charged at him and struck him hard, followed by Grand Ruler and Luna striking him again. Fratello charged up his weapons to full power. “FIRE!” and he blasted him hard. One-by-one, Lightning’s friends unleashed their finishers with all the power they had!

“WHIPLASH STRIKE”

“SUPER STAFF SPIN”

“THRASH SLASH”

“BOOM-BOOM FLARE”

Starla aimed with her bow “This is for what you did to me back on the ship! GALACTIC PROJECTILE” She fired it right at the dark crystal heart, making Sombra screech in extreme agony. “My turn…!” sneered Lightning “Time to finish what I started back on the ship… UNIFORCE!!”

The blast hit Sombra, full force and making tons of giant explosions that seemed to engulf him, after which, the team was exceedingly exhausted, the fighters had only little power left in their suits. “We… did it…” panted Rarity.

“We won!” cried Artie.

Pinkie Pie sighed hard and fell flat on the ground. “Whew! I’m glad that’s over I’m pooped!”

Something didn’t feel right, however. The darkness was still growing, and all the monsters hadn’t disappeared. The reason was obvious and answered as they all heard a soft, and wicked hissing coming from within the smoke. Fluttershy felt shivers run all over her body as she gazed for as the smoke cleared.

(Exactly like this)

“N-N-No…! It can’t be!” she squeaked “I… It’s… IT’S…”

“…SOMBRA!!” Rarity screamed. Everyone gawked, gasping in horror as Sombra stood there, a little bruised and battered, but not at all beaten. He just stood there snickering at them. “Impossible!” sneered Celestia “Nothing could have survived that!” added Luna.

“You just never learn, do you?” hissed Sombra and he explained, proving Cadance’s worst fears had come true! As long as he had the crystal heart, and the darkness continued to grow he would be virtually unstoppable against all of their best forces. “Now then, who shall be first to go? I think I’ll start with the metallic one.” He raised his claw and magically levitated Fratello high up into the air.

“FRATELLO…!!” screamed Cadance.

“NO! DON’T DO IT, SOMBRA!!” shouted Celestia.

Sombra narrowed his eyes and fired a powerful blast right up at the defenseless robot. “…CADANCE!!” Fratello shouted as he exploded in a huge ball of fire and bits and pieces of him went flying all over the place. Cadance fell to her knees and burst into tears of anger and sorrow “…NOOOOOOOOOOO!! Not again!”

Blazes of fury filled everyone’s eyes and they all lunged at Sombra, forgetting that they were still low in power and tried from all the fighting and using up so much power. Sombra easily smashed, booted, and struck everyone hard…. Lightning’s team and the friendship ponies, their suits powered down form all the weakness. Celestia and Grand Ruler rushed at Sombra together, colliding into him with such force, determined to get at him for killing their nephew-- Cadance’s brother, but they too had used up a lot of power in the battle and were easily over powered and shoved back hard, skidding across the ground!

Lightning was livid to have seen such a thing… and his fury only worsened as things continued. One-by-one Sombra went after the others, ruthlessly attacking them and really hurting them. Krysta and her fairies flew over just in time to see almost all the friends lying sore, battered, and weak from such beatings, and they were shocked and livid… but Lightning, he had seen enough and bolted up right shouting “ENOUGH!!”

Sombra turned to face him and laughed “Take a good look at your pitiful friends now, brave admiral.” And he blasted all the others with powerful shockwaves making them holler and wail in agony which only further infuriated Lightning. His blood was boiling so hot and his heart was pounding just like his head with blazing fury…

The fairies decided to try and help the fallen friends out, but Sombra fired a few warning blasts telling them “Keep out of my way!” and he continued to harm the fallen ones. “Darkness is all! Suffering is the key to ruling everything! This world… the universe… I will make it all suffer and wail and rule it all for myself!!”

"I don't think so." a voice claimed.

"What?" Sombra snarled. Even in their weakened state, the whole team could see Sapphire, Mykan, the changelings, dragons in a large bubble of magic.

(It's basically this)

Sombra growled and he and the minions blasted the bubble with all of their magic, but the bubble deflected the blast. "How is this possible?" Sombra snarled.

They friends came down in front of the fallen fighters and the bubble disappeared. "You may have your dark magic, but we carry the most powerful magic of all; the Magic of Friendship."

Frost snarled. "Let's get them!"

He and his comrades roared and charged at Sapphire. She blasted them hard with a rainbow beam. The force of it actually destroyed the dark crystal heart pieces inside the minions, destroying them as well. Sombra and the entire team were shocked. "Impossible." he cried.

“She destroyed them with one hit! Wicked!” Pharynx exclaimed.

Sapphire turned to him. "You're turn now, Sombra." Sapphire turned to her friends. “You guys, get the team to the palace so they can heal. I’ll deal with Sombra.”

“Right, come on gang, you heard her.” Mykan ordered. The friends and dragons carried the team to the palace and away from the battle scene.

Sombra snarled and charged Sapphire. She zipped out of the way and blasted him hard with her magic at the crystal heart. He screamed in pain. Sapphire lunged and rapidly punched and kicked Sombra.

Sapphire unleashed a furious wave of power as she screamed “IT’S OVER, SOMBRA!!!!”

“Come and get me!” roared Sombra and he lunged right at his with her fists ready, he thrust them forward, but Sapphire simply raised one fist, coated it in magic and punched her fists upward, and then socked him hard in the gut with his other hand sending him crashing through a row of trees, one after another.

Sombra burst through the fallen trees to find Sapphire standing before him, and before he could react, Sapphire kicked him up high into the air. Sapphire took off and after him and kicked him hard again sending him slamming down towards the ground, but Sombra stopped at the last few inches by flapping his wings and zoomed right back at Sapphire colliding into him hard, and he punched her hard in the face, and tried to blast her with a powerful beam, but Lightning countered with a beam of his own forcing it back at him! “You’ll discover that I’m no pushover this time!” Sapphire growled and lunged at Sombra aiming to punch him, but Sombra caught his fist and punched him hard, but Sapphire winced in pain, but she managed to kicked him.

The two creatures brawled furiously, swiftly swinging their fists and feet. Blasting each other and colliding into one another forcefully, but the more the battle progressed; Sombra got hit more and more and was really taking a lot of damage, while Lightning did get hit and blasted at as well, he didn’t seem to take as much damage as Sombra did, much to his annoyance and confusion. “This… this cannot be! No one should be able to stand up to me! Who are you? What are you?”

Sapphire snickered “What? You can’t figure it out?” She stood in midair tall and proud and proclaimed “I am… the bane of evil’s existence, the sworn protector of all that is good and decent. I am the answer to all problems, a hero to those in danger who cry out for help. My name… is Sapphire Shimmer!”

Sombra never thought he could feel so furious ever. “Curse you! Curse you, it can’t be!” he looked as if he were about to explode, but really it was his power increasing with the impending darkness. “I have come too far to face defeat again! I will defeat you, human!” He only had one option left if there was any hope for him to combat Lightning. He began to absorb the powers and magic of all the monsters he had resurrected. “Yes! Yes, I can feel it! Prepare to witness true power like never before!” he snarled as he was enveloped in dark flares. “First I will smash you, and then your planet will follow!”

“Bring it on! I’m ready for you!” growled Lightning, and the fight continued. This time, Sombra put up more of a fight than ever and managed to bash Sapphire back harder than ever, and match his magic strengths as well, but Sapphire refused to give in.

Their battle was so fierce that it could be seen from all over, even at the palace. Goldwin hadn’t budged from his telescope at all. “Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more fierce fight before.” Mykan and Snowflake were also mesmerized by the battle. "Get him Sapphire!" Mykan cheered... even though Sapphire was WAY too far away to hear it.

The others were resting in the sickbay, recovering quickly, and they could look through the windows and see the distant explosions and bright lights from collisions of the two fighters. “Look at them go!” cried Spike.

“Do you think Sapphire can win this battle all on his own?” asked Artie.

“…Possibly.” Grand Ruler said.

“Possibly?” asked Celestia.

“Well, is there any way we can help her?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“There just may be, but it is very risky. It must only be done at the right time and in the right place.”

The others each voiced their volunteering to take the risk if need be as it would most likely be their one and only chance to get rid of Sombra once and for all. The fate of the planet depending on it!

Snowflake roared and flew out the window. "Snowflake, what are you doing?" Rainbow cried. Mykan saw her heading towards the battle. "She going to the battle and so am I." Mykan replied and he too flew out the window. "Are they crazy?" Fluttershy squeaked. "Nope, they're just loyal." Pharynx replied with a smirk.

Sombra and Sapphire continued to brawl, colliding into one another. Their fists and feet swinging, and rapid shots of magic blasts.

In a huge explosion, they both fell to the ground away from one another, they both were looking battered and bruised, but they both got to their feet and stared each other down. “You dare to continue?” growled Sombra “You are either brave, or more foolish than I gave you credit for.”

“It’s you who’s the fool.” Sapphire sneered “All you use your power and resources for is your own greedy reasons. If you had ever learned some sense in your life, maybe things would have turned out better for you.”

“Spare me the heartfelt chattering!” he then gazed down at the large hole leading into the dark dimension. “Do you see that? The darkness is growing, little human! Nothing can stop it! Not you, nor anyone else in this world. Many before you have tried, and they got exactly what they deserved… and you will soon follow!”

Sapphire wasn't going to give up now. She lunged at Sombra and aimed to punch him, but Sombra zipped out of sight and suddenly kicked her in the side, tackling her to the ground, and ramming numerous punches at her face until Sapphire blasted him off and into the air. “Oh, really, try this!” growled Sombra, and by magic his horns glowed and extended gripping Sapphire tightly.

Sombra laughed and then bashed and smashed Sapphire around like a hammer before reeling her and punching her back out again. Then reeling him in again, and socking him again… and again… and again…

Finally, Sapphire grabbed the end of Sombra’s horns and pulled on them with all his might, which Sombra felt “Oh, no, you don’t!” he growled as he fired multiple shots at him, but Sapphire refused to let go and managed to snap one of the horns in two, freeing himself. She softly floated to the ground panting heavily, while Sombra retracted his horns, one of them now broken making him furious “I’ve had just about enough of this!”

“And I’ve had just enough of you!” growled Sapphire “What say we finish this off once and for all?”

“For once we agree on something.” hissed Sombra and he began to coat himself in all the dark magic he had and Sapphire did the same. “This is it. I hope this works. It’s all the power I can spare.” He muttered to himself. Sombra roared and charged Sapphier at full speed Sapphire charged Sombra at the same speed. The two forces collided.

KA-BOOM!

The explosion was so big it could be seen from everywhere on the planet!

A huge burst of light shone clear up into the skies, nearly piercing the darkness. Many of the civilians in the villages nearby gazed at the light in awe and wondering what it was, and everyone could see it form the palace too. “There!” snapped Grand Ruler “That must be it.”

As everyone was no fully healed, it was time for them to head out.

…

The light had ceased, and the hole leading to the dark dimension was going crazy, as if that last burst of power had disrupted the dimension within, destabilizing it.

When the smoke had cleared, there was Sapphire and Sombra lying flat on the ground, looking really injured. Suddenly, they both twitched and painful staggered to their feet. Sombra sneered. “You pitiful creature. You squandered your power and life and look where it left you…”

Sapphire's glow had gone down immensely after the collision and from fighting for so long. Sombra walked closer towards her snickering, and stood only a few feet away from the unstable entry in the ground. “For the record, you’ve been a very worthy adversary. It’s almost shameful it must end like this. Any final words?”

“Yes…five…” hissed Sapphire. “…I am not beaten yet!”

Sombra laughed “You fool! What more can you possibly do to me? Even with your magic, you’ve no power left. You’re all alone, and about to be erased forever!”

“You’re wrong! He’s not the one who is alone.” called a voice from way back behind Sapphire. Grand Ruler marched forth, and Celestia marched alongside him, and one by one all the others marched alongside them, backed up by the entire army. Her glowing smiled brightened.

One by one, every one of his friends spoke severely to Sombra…

Starla… “You’re a vile demon!”

Buddy Rose… “You terrorize others for your own amusement.”

Artie… “You bring nothing but sorrow, misery, and pain wherever you go.”

Rhymey…

“But no matter how hard you fight,
Evil will never triumph over right!”

Dyno… “You are disgusting!”

Myte… “You are despicable!”

Rarity… “You’re the kind of evil that gives hooligans and ruffians that I scoff at a bad name!”

Pinkie… “But there’s still one ultimate weakness you have, and it’s our greatest strength!”

Rainbow Dash… “We’re never alone! We’ll always have each other.”

Fluttershy… “And even if we can’t really be there for one another…”

Applejack… “We’re with each other in spirit, and that’s somethin’ you’ll never understand.”

Spike… “Yeah, what they said!”

Krysta simply nodded bravely as did Shining Armor, Cadance, and Luna.

Lightning turned to face Sombra, who didn’t seem amused at all. “Ha!” he scoffed “I’ve heard enough of these petty speeches and preaches of friendship!” he began to power up to destroy them all. “Behold what real power is all about!”

Suddenly, Snowflake dove in a blasted Sombra hard with her plasma blast, knocking him to the ground and stopping his attack. Snowflake landed near Sapphire. "Alright, girl. Let's do it." Sapphire mounted Snowflake just as Sombra stood up. "YOU INSOLENT PESTS!" He fired a pulse at them but Snowflake took to the skies. Sombra flew up after them.

"Let's show him, what we can do, girl." Sapphire said. Snowflake nodded. Sombra fired more pulses at them, and Snowflake dodged them with ease. Sapphire retaliated by blasting her own pulses at Sombra, which made their mark. Sombra fell to the ground, hard. Snowflake roared and dove towards Sombra. He grunted as he saw the Light Fury coming closer towards him. At the last second, Snowflake blasted him with her plasma blast.

BOOM!

Sombra screamed in pain. Snowflake landed in front of the army and Sapphire dismounted her. Sombra struggled to his feet. He growled in fury and he began to power up to destroy them all. "TIME TO DIE!" he yelled.

"I don't think so." Sapphire replied. Using the elements bestowed upon her, she created the bubble again and floated into the air. That's when the friendship ponies and Celestia changed into their Valkyire forms. Their shields went up to Sapphire. Mykan, the changelings and dragons appeared and entered the bubble. "Need some extra power?" Mykan smirked.

Sapphire smiled. "Let's end this!"

The shields circled the friends as the held hands or wings with each other. Sombra fired his biggest, most deadly burst of dark magic straight up at the friends. They countered with "ELEMENTALCONVERGENCE!" the blast was twice as large as Sombra's and easily overpowered his attack, heading straight for him.

“…NO!!” He screeched as the magic consumed him, shattering the crystal heart shard into dust, and breaking up his demon body, changing him back into the dark smoggy spirit he was. In a fierce and bright explosion, everyone flew backwards falling off their feet.

All the swirling darkness vanished leaving clear skies again, and the hole in the ground had sealed, and all was quiet.

All the fighters recovered and snapped themselves awake. “Whoa! What happened?” asked Starla.

Princess Luna gazed forth. “Sombra’s evil, and all that power. It must’ve overloaded the dark dimension causing it to collapse.”

“So, he’s gone, really gone?” asked Rainbow.

“Looks like it.” said Applejack.

The friends floated down and the bubble once again disappeared. That was when the chest from the Tree of Harmony came in front of the gang. "What's the chest doing here?" Pyrax asked.

The chest floated over New Ponyville and over Twilight's old home, the Golden Oak Library. It was condemned when she passed away. The chest and the tree were both glowing as the tree absorbed the chest. The gang arrived at the tree just in time for a bright flash. Everyone covered their eyes. When the light diminished, what everybody saw made the gasp in awe.

The Golden Oak Library turned into a castle. The tree-castle bears some resemblance to the library, however, is many times larger and appears to have a multi-level castle in its branches, which includes a great balcony, two spires, and a tower. The structure has at least one banner flying on the side marked with and the top bears a large crystal star.

Two sets of five strings of beads hang off the side of the structure much like the white beads that hang off the Tree of Harmony. At the foot is a great golden stair for the two-leaved golden door into the tree's body. Two open lancet windows flank the door.

The lobby's two stairs lead into the castle rooms where lancet two-toned green glass windows and crystalline lathed columns with scrolled tops line the hall decked by a brown rug with scrollwork.

"Sweet Celestia! Are you all seeing what I'm seeing?" Rarity asked.

"The chest turned Twilight's library into a castle?!" Pinkie exclaimed in shock.

Even their majesties were shocked. "But whose is it?" Sapphire asked.

"I believe it is yours Princess Sapphire." Twilight's angel-corn said as she appeared. Everybody was amazed.

"It's mine?!" Sapphire repeated. Twilight smiled. "You deserve it. You and your friends defeated King Sombra and saved the universe from his darkness."

Grand Ruler came forth. "Indeed. You and your friends are the heroes today."

"While we're on the subject." Lightning added. He cleared his throat. "... WHEN DID CHANGELINGS METAMORPHOSED!" The outburst surprised the gang, but they too were shocked and confused. "We'll explain that later, but how about we check out Sapphire's new castle?" Mykan suggested.

Everybody immediately rushed into the castle. There was a large library, almost as large as the one in New Canterlot. At its end is a golden-framed green glass fanlight door to the throne room that have a crystalline throne about a star-shaped dais on a golden dish on a violet rug with scrollwork. Even with its door are a set of green glass spire lights.

Also, it contained high-rising ceilings, long hallways, and a dining hall. “It’s gorgeous!” Rarity cried.

“Indeed.” their majesties added.

"Woah, check out the library!" Mykan cried. The team went to the library section and saw that it was huge. Almost as large as the New Canterlot Library. Mykan's eyes were sparkling. "Egghead~" Rainbow teased. The girls giggled at the comment.

“Looks like you have a new home.” Celestia said.

Sapphire smiled. Now she has a new home.

Episode 8: A Kirin and Hippogirff Tale

At sundown, Lightning and all his friends were at the royal palace for a special event. Mykan was present also. They were expecting two special guests today. The Queens from Planet Aris were arriving to sign a treaty of alliance with Starfleet. Sapphire was the most excited out of all the ponies, which was confusing. "Sapphire, why are you so excited?" Pinkie asked. "Usually, I'm the one whose gets overly excited about this."

"I just can't wait to see them, again."

That part shocked everybody. "AGAIN?!"

"What do you mean, 'again'?" Rainbow asked. Sapphire was about to answer when the royal fanfare sounded.

“Ay’ Ay’ Ay’! It’s time!” cried Dyno.

“Si,” added Myte “This is so exciting, but he and the others maintained their stance.

The big doors at the other end of the throne room opened wide as the pony sentries stood to the side, and Captain Shaina and her knights stood to the right side of the red carpet, and Lightning and his team all stood at the other side and saluted.

The two royal parties came in.

The first party arrived. They were all hippogriffs; half pony half eagle creatures. The two hippogriff guards came in first. They were both white dressed in golden armor. Then in came Queen Novo, Queen of the Hippogriffs. Her coat was light fuchsia while her mane was brilliant fuchsia and strong mulberry shading. Her eyes were strong magenta.

By her side was a yellow hippogriff with a blue mane and tail. Name: Princess Skystar.

Then, the second party arrived. They were all kirin; ponies with dragon scales on their backs and hooves. The leader was the same height as Queen Celestia and Grand Ruler. She was light gray with grayish-white scales on her back and hooves. Her mane was blue with some light blue shading.

By her side was a kirin who was light goldish gray with goldish gray ear tips. Her mane was moderate gold and her scales were grayish green apple. Name: Autumn Blaze.

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As soon as Skystar and Autumn saw Sapphire, they squealed in delight as well as Sapphire. The three ran and hugged each other. “Oh my god, it’s been so long since we last seen you. How’ve you been?” Autumn asked.

“Good. And you two?”

“Excellent!” Skystar tackled Sapphire to the ground and the two friends laughed.

“Ahem.”

The three of them looked and saw their majesties , Queens Novo and Rainshine with raised eyebrows. “Oh, give it a rest!” the girls all said in unison and laughed together afterwards.

The queens playfully rolled their eyes and bowed to the ponies. “Greetings, I am Queen Rain Shine and I am Queen Novo.”

Everyone bowed to them, and their majesties extended their welcome to them. “We are glad you made it safely, your highnesses.” said Grand Ruler.

“As am I, too.” replied Novo.

"Me as well." Rainshine added.

“My wife, Queen Celestia,”

Celestia bowed, “My sister, Princess Luna.”

Luna bowed, “Our right hand fighter, Commander Lightning Dawn.” Lightning bowed politely, “Your graces. We have prepared a welcoming banquet in your honors if you both wish to partake.”

Novo nodded softly, “It would be our honor.”

Soon, the entire court was gathered in the large conference room deep in the palace. Everyone sat at their seats which forms a long curving table that arched all across the room. There were all kinds of foods, and drinks to go round, and as the guest of honor, Rainshine and Novo, sat near the head of the table by their Majesties, where Lightning usually sat, so he sat with his wife and friends at the end of the table.

Sapphire, Skystar and Autumn sat with Lightning and the gang. The queens sat with their majesties at the head of the table. Goldwin and the palace dancers did a special aerial dance in honor of the queens.

Rainshine found the acrobatic dances to be her favorite, and she applauded graciously when the performance ended. “Thank you,” she said “I have not seen such amazing dance style.”

Goldwin bowed “Thank you, your majesties.” Meanwhile, Autumn Blaze and Princess Skystar were sitting with Sapphire, Lightning and friends.

"So you really know these two and their queens?!" Rainbow asked, complete amazed and shocked.

"Yeah, me and Snowflake met them years ago. We helped them solve a problem they had."

"How is Snowflake anyway?" Autumn asked. Sapphire giggled and whistled. Soon enough the Light Fury walked into the conference room. "Snowflake." Autumn squealed. Snowflake roared softly and rubbed against Autumn and Skystar. "You've haven't changed a bit." Skystar said.

Starla cleared her throat. "Anyway." she cut in. "What was it you said about problem they had?"

"Yeah, what problem?" Lightning added.

Sapphire chuckled. "I'll tell everyone the story, after dinner."

After the feast, and final refreshments, everybody gathered around as Sapphire began to tell her story. "Okay, so it all began about five years ago...

*Sapphire's POV*

I was walking with Snowflake through a forest-like planet with scattered trees and small rock formations. We both been walking for about two days and it had made us exhausted...

*GROWL*

...and hungry.

I held my stomach as it gurgled in hunger. "Man, am I starved." Me and Snowflake haven't had anything to eat in a while. Being on the road sure can make you hungry. "Wanna see if there's any place to get some food?" I asked. "No use traveling on empty stomachs."

Snowflake nodded in agreement, feeling hungry as well. Soon we both walked between two cliffs and came out. We both gasped at what we saw. There was a village made out of trees and fruit stands with a fountain in the middle of the village.

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"Woah, beautiful. Wonder who lives here." That's when brushes began to rustle and I saw some figure hiding behind and in the trees. Kyara stepped in front of me with her wings spread, a defensive posture. "Hello? Is anybody there?" I called out.

The bush in front of us rustled and out came two creatures I've never seen before: a hippogriff and a kirin; a pony with dragon-like features. The hippogriff's coat was light fuchsia while her mane was brilliant fuchsia and strong mulberry shading. Her eyes were strong magenta. As for the kirin, she was light gray with grayish-white scales on her back and hooves. Her mane was blue with some light blue shading. They both were tall. "I guess they're the ones in charge."

Then other hippogriffs and kirin of different colors appeared and surrounded us.

However, they didn't look hostile... actually they didn't show any emotions... at all. They just stared at us with blank expressions on their faces.

"Umm.. hello. My name is Sapphire and this is my friend, Snowflake." I greeted. Snowflake calmed down and returned her wings to the side. "So what's your name?"

Strangely, the kirin didn't answer. Feeling a little awkward, I added, "Umm, you wouldn't to... umm... have any food, would you?"

The kirin and hippogriff nodded.

"Can you show us?"

They nodded again and they walked into the village followed by the other kirin and hippogirff.

*POV Ends*

"Woah, woah, woah, when you first met them, they didn't say anything?!" Mykan questioned.

"Not a word... or expression for that matter." Sapphire replied.

"But why?" Fluttershy asked.

"I'll get to that part." She cleared her throat and started again.

*Sapphire's POV... again*

The kirin and hippogriffs took us to the middle of the village, where they gave me and Snowflake some fruits the kirin grew using their magic. "Ummm... thank you." I said nervously with a smile. Frankly, the whole not talking thing was really creeping me out.

When I tried to talk to the other kirin and hippogriff, they just stared at me with blank expressions. "Is there one of you who can talk?"

The kirin and hippogriff leaders pointed to a path that lead into a deep part of the forest. I smiled, "Thank you. " I turned to Snowflake, "Snowflake, you stay here, okay. I'm gonna find the kirin and hippogriffs who can talk and find out what's going on." Snowflake nodded.

I walked down the path for a few minutes but didn't see anything. "Odd." The bushes next to me rustled. I moved in closer and out popped... a squirrel.

"Ah!... oh. Phew."

I turned around only to be greeted by another kirin and hippogriff. The hippogiff was yellow with a blue mane and tail. The kirin was light goldish gray with goldish gray ear tips. Her mane was moderate gold and her scales were grayish green apple. "Umm.. hi. Have you seen a hippogriff and kirin who talk?" I asked them.

They shook their heads. "Any idea where I can find them?"

The shook their heads again. I sighed in defeat. What I didn't see was the hippogriff and kirin, smiling.

"Gotcha! Sorry, sorry, but that was too good. Oh, you don't know how much I missed jokes. Hi-larity! Am I pronouncing that right? Some words I haven't said in a will. While! While. Hi, I'm Autumn Blaze and this is my friend, Skystar."

Then Skystar started speaking, "You've just arrived, and perhaps you're tired or hungry or reflective and want to sleep and eat and journal? Which you should do, of course! But first— Oh! Oh, what joy to talk with another creature! It's been so long! You must tell me everything about you! There's so much to say, so much to do! Oh, look at me. I'm going on, and you haven't seen— I mean, have you seen—? W-What am I saying? Of course you haven't. So just— I— yeah— I will j— Follow me." she said.

I just still trying to process everything she said. "...well the they talk alright."

I followed them to a cliffside where there was a makeshift house near the edge. The two of them were skipping up the trail and to the edge of the cliff. I saw the view. There was a rainbow in the distance and clear blue skies. "This is beautiful." I said.

"Oh, you think so, too?!" Autumn said. "The way the light shimmers off everything, like, like it all suddenly woke up the moment you saw it. And you realize maybe the water and the mountains and the forest and the... yes, the rainbow and the stars and the sky are all looking back at you thinking the same thing? That we are a part of the everything. That maybe there's just one thing and we are all it.

I just blinked at her. "...I was going to say it's was pretty. But yeah."

The two of them skipped along the ground, sniffing flowers. "Mmmm! And this is just the first stop on a journey of amazing things to see, smell, tiptoe through." Autumna started, "Oh, I haven't been able to share all of this with any creature in forever! Since they all took that vow of silence. So it's a lot for me to pro-cess. Process? Uh, deal with." Skystar added.

"Woah, woah, woah. Vow of Silence?!" I asked, in confusion.

Autumn and Skystar suddenly looked sad. "That's why they asked us to leave."

Now I know these two must know what happened that made the kirin and hippogriffs go silent. "I hope it's not a touchy subject, but can you two tell me why they went silent in the first place?"

"It's a long story." Autumn replied.

I could see this was a hurtful subject for them. "You rather not talk about it?"

"No." Skystar replied.

"I under-" I was cut off when the two started singing.

"We'd rather siiiiiing."

(It was similar to this)

(Autumn and Skystar)

La, la-la-la, la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la

Our people used to speak and sing
We weren't always quiet
We told stories and funny jokes
Our stand-up was a riot

But then one day, a fight broke out
And hurtful words were said
Flaring tempers were inflamed
Destruction quickly spread

And flaming bred from head to head
Even burnt our... bread

Sorry, we forgot how much we love rhyming. Where was I? Oh, right!

Our happy village lay in ruins
Relationships got worse
Spoiler alert: we quickly learned
That words could be a curse

"No more talking," yelled our leaders
The last thing said aloud
Into the Stream of Silence
We stepped as a crowd

The water cooled emotions
And peace was soon restored
But with no way to speak our thoughts
We got super... bored

Seriously, there's only so long that Sudoku can keep you entertained!

'Cause rainbows won't light up the sky
Unless you let it rain
And shiny apples sometimes come with worms
No, you can't give up your laughter
'Cause you're scared of a little pain
It's a lesson that our people never learned

We were stuck in silent prison
With the voices in our heads
'Til we tripped over our salvation
In a helpful flowerbed

We found a cure to clear my pipes
And we became quite chatty
With years and years of stored-up words
We drove the village batty

They didn't like our jokes and songs
And daily dose of news
The plays we wrote, the speeches spoke
Variety reviews

Or the story about the Kirin who hid below an opera stage

And fell in love with this opera singer, and he wore a freaky half-mask thing, and he played the organ a lot and got all broody 'cause the singer was in love with another dude, so he took her away on this underground gondola. I mean, who doesn't love musical theater?!

The village leaders made it clear
We had to make our choice
We could stay and live with them
Or we could keep our voice

So we came here, but left the couch alone
They're hard to move
With just the view for company
Until ya heard us groove

Take it away, boys!
(beat)

'Cause rainbows won't light up the sky
Unless you let it rain
And candles just won't glow until they're burned
No, you can't give up your laughter
'Cause you're scared of a little pain
It's a lesson that my village never learned

No matter how hard I schooled them
Fear of hurt is still what ruled them
Sometimes you gotta let it raaaaaaaain!

Yeah, sometimes you gotta let it rain

*POV Ends*

"Wait just an apple picking minute!? The kirin and hippogriffs gave up their emotions just to keep from getting angry?!" Applejack said.

"That is correct." Novo answered.

"The last time the Kirin turned into Nirik, some hippogriffs got hurt in the process trying to get them to calm down. To make sure it never happened again, they made every creature go through the Stream of Silence.” Sapphire added.

Mykan turned to Queens Novo and Rain Shine. "And you two exiled Autumn and Skystar cause they didn't want to follow the vow of silence anymore?"

The two leaders rubbed the back of their heads in embarrassment. "That is also true."

The ponies haven't heard anything so crazy in their lives. "But Sapphire, Autumn and my daughter helped us realize where we went wrong." Novo replied.

"DAUGHTER!" Everybody cried.

"Yep, Queen Novo, is my mother." Skystar replied, proudly.

Now that made this even more crazy. Not only did the Queens exile two of their own cause they didn’t want to stay silent, but Queen Novo exiled her own daughter.

Sapphire cleared her throat. "Anyway back to the story."

*Sapphire's POV*

I was shocked after hearing Autumn and Skystar explain by song what happened. "That's crazy. No creature should give up their feelings just to keep from getting angry."

"That's what we said, you know when we started talking again." Skystar and Autumn said in unison.

"Well, I was thinking if we just go talk to the other Kirin and Hippogriff, we can get team to welcome you back. Maybe even convince them to take your cure." Autumn and Skystar liked that plan. "Oh, yes! Yes, of course! Oh, just one small thing." Autumn said. "The antidote from our anecdote? It's gone."

I gasped. "There's no cure left?!"

"We used the last of the Foal's-Breath flowers to make it. And I-I haven't seen then bloom since." Autumn said.

"I have." Skystar replied.

Autumn and I looked at her with glee. "You have?!"

"Yeah. I'll be right back." she flew off and down the cliff. Soon, she came back up with a handful of blue flowers. "That's it! That's the foal's breath flowers!" Autumn exclaimed with happiness. I smiled too. Now all that was left was to convince the kirin and hippogriffs to take the cure.

"I'll go get your friends to welcome you back." I said as I began to rush back to the village. "Okay. Good luck!" the girls said in unison.

I went back to the village and found my dragon. "Snowflake, I found the problem!" I explained to her what I got from Autumn and Skystar, she too was shocked. "We just need them to start talking again."

Snowflake shook her head. "No? Why not?"

Snowflake walked over to a wall painting. She began growling softly. "So the kirin are normally peaceful and calm, but when they get angry they turn into Nirik; creatures made of fire and anger. The last time it happened they accidentally destroyed their village. So they made sure it would never happen again."

"But Snowflake, giving up your emotions to get rid of anger is not the way to live."

Snowflake roared softly. "But fire's are dangerous!"

"I know fires are dangerous, especially in forest. But they won't have to deal with it if they don't turn into fire-breathing kirin in the first place." We didn't notice our arguing attracted the attention of the kirin and hippogriffs.

Snowflake roared in anger. "You're not listening!"

"You're not making any sense."

That's just when we just noticed the kirin and hippogriffs. "Umm.. what are they doing?" The kirin used their magic to lift me and Snowflake into the air. "What the-? What's going on?"

They took us to the a hill where at the bottom we saw the Stream of Silence. "Oh no, not the Stream of Silence!"

Just as they were about to drop us in...

"Put them down!"

Everybody looked behind them and saw a Nirik and Skystar.

The Nirik created a ring of fire between me, Snowflake and the kirin and hipogriffs.

The Nirik walked through the fire while Skystar landed inside. "Are you two okay?" Skystar asked.

"Yeah, we're okay." I answered.

Snowflake snorted at Autumn Blaze. "What'd she say?" she asked.

"She said, 'I thought Nirik were dangerous when their mad, how did you manage to control your anger?"

"I don't know. I guess anger is like other emotions. It's not bad to have them, it's what you do with them." Autumn explained.

"And giving up happiness just to avoid anger is no kind of life." I added.

"Hmm... I guess we'd never thought about it that way." Skystar added.

Autumn went over to her kirin friends. "Fern Flare, you used to love to laugh at everything. And Rain Shine, you sung the most beautiful harmonies. Don't you miss it?"

Skystar went to her hippogriff friends. "Terramar, you used to sing everyday and Mom, you used to sing to everybody, Don't you miss it?"

"I know you're worried about fighting. But friends can disagree without causing a ruckus." I said. "Everyone gets mad sometimes. Even us. We don't always see eye-to-eye. But we never let that get in the way of our friendship.
And if you're really angry, then take some time away to be a Nirik where it won't hurt anyone."

One of the kirin and hippogriff went to Autumn and Skystar.

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"Oh you want to cure for the Stream of Silence." Skystar said.

"That's wonderful!" I said.

Luckily, Skystar still had the flowers. We all went to the middle of the village and Skystar put the flowers in the fountain. The kirin and hippogriffs drank the water and they all regained their voices. Queens Novo and Rain Shine approached us.

"Sapphire, Snowflake, Autumn Blaze and Skystar, you have given us a gift. The realization that anger in within us but it is our choice how we let it out." Rainshine started. "Autumn Blaze, Skystar we would very much like it if you both came back to live with us. We cannot express how much we missed your beautiful voices." Novo added.

The two smiled happily and sang a reprise.

Me and Kyara were very happy for the kirin and hippogriffs. We became friend from that moment on.

*POV Ends*

"After that, Rainshine and Queen Novo said we can come by anytime and if we need their help, they'll be glad to lend it." Sapphire replied. Everybody was amazed by Sapphire's tale. "Woah, amazing." Buddy gasped.

"Yes, we are very grateful to Sapphire and Snowflake for helping us realize what we do with our anger is most important." Novo said.

Sapphire smiled. Her friends were astounded. "Looks like you taught them a friendship lesson, huh, Sapphire?" Rainbow teased. Sapphire chuckled. "Yes, I guess, I did." Their majesties were proud of Sapphire. She showed them the magic of friendship even before she met them. "You are a very remarkable human, Sapphire Shimmer." Celestia said.

Sapphire blushed. "Thank you, your majesties. Now should we continue this alliance?"

"Yes we shall." Celesto said. And so the alliance treaty went off without a hitch. Now Starfleet had two more to add to their many allies when the time would come when they need their assistance.

Prologue: A New Human in Town

New allies come in all shapes sizes and species but sometimes an ally can come from an unexpected source.

On the blissful planet of United Equestria, where all creatures live together and homeworld of Starfleet, the most powerful fighting force in the Dimensional Universe, Lightning Dawn, a white alicorn with a brown mane and tail with a golden horn and Supreme Allied Commander of Starfleet was with his wife, Starla Shine, a white alicorn with a purple mane and tail, like Rarity and an expert of astronomy. The two were with their friends at the Cake's Cafe on a cloudy afternoon.

Major Fluttershy-- a yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail with three butterflies as her cutie mark.

Major Rainbow Dash-- a light blue pegasus with a rainbow colored mane and tail with a cloud shooting a rainbow-colored lightning bolt from it as her utie mark.

Major Rarity-- fashionista, a similar look at Starla but her mane and tail were curly and Spike's wife.

Major Applejack-- an orange Earth Pony with a blonde mane and tail tied at the ends with a Stetson hat and three red apples as her cutie mark.

Major Pinkie Pie-- New Ponyvilles' party pony and a pink Earth Pony with a puffy, pink mane and tail, like cotton candy. And Finally, Spike aka, the Dragon Knight and Rarity's husband.

Buddy Rose-- a red alicorn and a very fine gardener in his normal life, as well as a great botanist, tree surgeon and ecologist. He lived on New Sweet Apple Acres in his own house and worked as hired help for Applejack and her family. His code: FT5H

Artie Bristles-- an orange alicorn whom outside of the battle field was a fine artist, painter, and sculptor. His Code: HV7J

Rhymey-- A yellow alicorn who spoke in rhyme. When not in battle, he loved writing poetry, singing songs, and managing his café and poetry society "Rhyme Time", but most of all he enjoyed spending quality time with his mare-friend, Fluttershy. His number even rhymed with the end of his name-- XL7Z

And the Spanish twins: Dyno and Myte LA Guava: Expert mining engineers, explosive experts, geologists, and construction workers from the planet El Mundo, who had a fine knowledge of explosives and work tools. Codes: IW8K and JX9L.

They were all hanging out in the cafe along with Mykan Stevens, a 19 year old, peach-colored human with short, brown hair. He was an axillary member of Starfleet, allowed to enter fights, but only if it was necessary.

"Hey Lightning, Hey Starla." Rainbow greeted.

"Hi Rainbow." Starla greeted back.

"So anything come up yet?" Pinkie asked.

Lightning sighed and shook his head, "No there's been no sightings of this mysterious figure and creature so far. All we know is that they were last scene heading this way."

"Oooh." Fluttershy shivered. "I hope they're not dangerous."

"We don't know if they are or not. All we can do is wait for them to show up." Starla stated. The others agreed. Suddenly, the alarms went off and at the same time, Lightning's longtime friend, Krysta showed up via warp portal. "Lightning! Lightning!" she screamed.

"Krysta, what's wrong?"

"It's the palace it's being attacked!" Everybody gasped in horror. "Take us there, now!" he snapped.

Krysta made another warp portal and the unit dashed through and were in New Canterlot. The shields were up around the buildings and there were no civilians on the streets. Hearing loud roars from above, the team looked up at the palace. "Galloping Galxies!" Buddy cried.

There were three creatures attacking the palace. They were all 7.6 feet tall and 95 feet long. Covered in spikes head to tail, resembling a giant gulper eel with bulging eyes, spiny face and six rows of rotating teeth in their mouths. No legs and only spikes decorating their undersides.

The team have never seen anything like them. "What are those things?!" Spike asked.

"Whatever they are, they're attacking the palace. Let's go!" Lightning snapped. The team flew up to the creatures and transformed.

"STARFLEET MAGIC!"

"HARMONY HOUR, FRIENDSHIP POWER!'

"DRAGON POWER!"

The Space Ponies scanned the creatures with their visors, but the results turned out “Creature: Unknown. No Available Data.”

“What, No data?” snapped Lightning. Two of them heard and spotted them and breathed out rings of fire from their mouths. "Watch it!" Applejack cried. The team dodged the attack and the Space Ponies attacked;

"STAR SHOWER!"

"PAINT BOMB!"

"DRILL QUILL!"

"BOOM-BOOM-ROCKETS!"

"LEAF SWARM!"

All the attacks combined seemed impressive but when they struck the creatures, they didn't seem fazed at all. "No even a scratch!" Mykan said. The creatures roared and flew away from the palace and burrowed into the mountain. "They can burrow?!" Pinkie cried.

"Apparently so." Rarity said. Then, they all heard a rumbling and the three creatures burst from the mountain once more and roared at them. "Alright time for he big guns." Lightning said and he fired his "UNIFORCE!"

KAPOW!! What an explosion. Everyone watched in such anticipation, but to their horror… the creatures were still flying in the air. "None of our attacks are doing anything to it!" Artie cried.

"We haven't tried everything." a voice said. The team looked behind them and saw two royal alicorns. The female wore a light golden gown with a white top showing her cutie mark of the sun.

The male was a tall, white male alicorn with a short dark mane with images of space flowing like a picture. He wore jewel-encrusted golden armor with doublets on each side into it, a red cape with gold markings fluttering on his back, even though there was no breeze. He had golden pegasus wings, black boots with golden edges round the feet. Atop his head were three golden horns, all shimmering like the stars.

They were Queen Celestia and Grand Ruler Celestio, the rulers of United Equestria and Co-Commander and Commander of Starfleet.

"Queen Celestia, Grand Ruler!" Lightning said.

"Girls, you know what to do." Celestia said to the girls. They nodded and called out their command, “VALKYRIA!!” and transformed into their Valkyries of Harmony.

"All together girls!" Celestia said. And together they unleashed, "HARMONY BEAM!" the large beam headed straight for the creatures, but they breathed rings of fire together at the blast an actually countered it, causing it to explode. The team was horrified. "Impossible! There seems to be no weakness with these creatures!" Grand Ruler cried.

The creatures roared and shot their spikes at the ponies. "Lookout!" Celesia cried. The ponies did their best to dodge but some of the spikes struck Lightning, his friends and the girls' energizers, powering their super suits down. "Uh-oh." Rainbow said. "Not good."

The three creatures roared and flew straight for the defenseless ponies. "We're goners!" Pinkie cried.

Suddenly...

"Plasma Blast!"

Three purple, spherical blasts hit the creatures and they stopped and looked in the air as well as the ponies. Swooping down towards the gang was a humanoid figure wearing a clock that covered his face and most of it's body. You could only see the hands and sneakers of the figure. The figure looked at have some sort of sword and shield on the back

She was riding a sleek creature that was 24 feet long with with lighter coloring and glimmering textures that include white, cream, and pink. It possessed a long, single spine running down the center of their back and light blue eyes. Also it had two pairs of ear-like appendages on the top of their heads and a pink-colored nose. The wingspan is about 42 feet long with no sharp tips at their ends. They are glittery white in coloration and have strips of glittery light pink running down their wings.

The tail flukes are triangular in shape, white in color, having two smaller triangular flukes just above the main ones.

"Is that the-?" Dyno started.

"Mysterious figure and creature!" Myte finished.

"Alright, girl. Let's get these pests out of here." The figure said in a feminine voice. The creature roared and blasted the creatures with her plasma blasts. The creatures roared and lunged at her. "Try this on for size." the figure said as it pulled out the metal shield, which started reflecting some light right into the creatures' eyes. The roared in dislike and flew away from the two. "Let's go girl." The creature obeyed and followed the three creatures and it's rider shinnied the light at the creatures. They chased them out of New Canterlot and the creatures flew far, far away.

"Good job, girl." The figure praised.

The creature smiled and flew back to Lightning and the others. They all landed at the front of the royal palace. "Who are you? And why did you help us?" Lightning interrogated.

Lightning approached the figure but her creature roared at him. "Easy girl, it's alright." the figure cooed. The creature listened but still growled at Lightning.

"I'm not gonna ask you again; Who are you?" Lightning asked again.

The figure untied it's cloak and let it fall to the floor. The entire gang gasped in awe at what they saw.

The figure turned about to be.... a human girl!

She was the same age as Mykan. She had long blonde hair and jean jacket with jeans and black sneakers. She looked to be in fairly good condition, except the dirt and scratches on her face. But what really shocked everyone was the fact that she had a pair of peach-colored wings and horn!

".... What's up?" she asked.

A moment of silence passed until...

"What just happened?" Pinkie asked.

The girl and her creature were brought in to the palace throne room. "So who are you?" Buddy asked.

"The name's Sapphire, pony." she hissed. "And this is my Light Fury Dragon, Snowflake." Snowflake growled at the ponies.

"So why did you help us?" Pinkie asked with suspicion.

"Obviously, you couldn't handle hose Whispering Death Dragons alone." Sapphire replied.

"Whispering Deaths?" Celesto asked.

"Very dangerous dragons that love to burrow underground."

"If they are so dangerous, then how did you get rid of them?" Rainbow questioned.

"By knowing the dragons' only weakness; Sunlight." Sapphire replied. "They absolutely hate it, which is why they are underground most of the time."

"Alright." Lightning said. "Speaking of dragons. What is Snowflake?" Artie asked.

"Snowflake is a Light Fury Dragon. Part of the Strike Class. She very fast and and extremely intelligent." Sapphire replied.

"Okay. With that out of the way, what are you two doing here anyway?" Starla added.

"Hiding." Sapphire replied.

"Hiding from what?" Applejack asked.

"My creators."

"CREATORS?!" The friends exclaimed. Sapphire nodded. "You see the ponies whom created me want to use me as a weapon for ponykind."

"A weapon?" Artie whispered. Hearing that made the friends very angry. Making a living creature whose purpose was only to kill. "But I didn't want to be used as weapon for anything. So one day I escaped from the ponies. Met Snowflake and we made our way here, eventually."

"So what should we do with them?" Lightning asked, turning towards their majesties.

"Well, since they do not appear to be a threat to us, I guess we can let them stay." Celestia said. Her husband agreed. "Sapphire, you and Snowflake will be staying with Mykan."

"Okay."

"I'll be housing a dragon?... Cool!" Mykan thought to himself.

Soon it was dusk and Sapphire and Snowflake entered Mykan's house. "You can sleep in my bedroom, Sapphire." he offered.

"Thank you." Snowflake still looked suspicious of Mykan. "It's alright, Snowflake. He a friend." Sapphire reassured. The Light Fury heed her riders' words and calmed down.

"Now come on girl, let's get some rest." Sapphire said. The Light Fury followed her upstairs into Mykan's bedroom and she crawled into bed. Snowflake layed on the left side of the bed and fell asleep as well as her rider. Outisde of the house, a figure was looking through the window at Sapphire. A small ball of light appeared in it's hand. "Time for her test." it said. The ball of light traveled through the wall and placed itself on Sapphire's chest, without her waking up. And the figure disappeared.

The sunshine came through Sapphire’s window on a bright beautiful morning but she wasn’t in the mood to wake up. “Five more minutes.” However, Snowflake was wide awake and she wanted her rider up and ready too. So she did what any dragon would do to wake up their sleepy rider... lick their face until he/she wakes up.

And It worked.

“Hehehe. Snowflake, stop, Hehehe.” Sapphire laughed but the Light Fury refused to stop until she was up and about. “Okay, Okay, I’m up. Happy?”

Snowflake nuzzled her rider, "I'll take that as a yes." Sapphire got up and went to the bathroom but when she turned on the light “What the-? MYKAN!”

Mykan immediately rushed into the bathroom. “What’s wrong Sa-“ Mykan gasped when he saw what she was talking about “I’ll go get Lightning and the others.”

Soon the whole team was at Mykan examining Sapphire “I just don’t understand it. How could Sapphire possibly get a energizer like us?” Lightning said. The energizer aka transforming badge was the marking of a Unicorn and a single wing. This meant she could now don on a super suit for battle and go into Battle-Mode.

The armor itself composed of a highly density polymerized alloy and infused with stardust and cosmic energies; making it hundreds of times stronger than diamond. Nothing could harm it under fifty-thousand degrees and would take a lot of power and strength just to dent it. It was also magically enchanted; it would amplify the wearer’s natural abilities, magic, and weapons, making them stronger and swifter than they were before.

The visors, now they were most important piece of equipment. Each visor had a set of various incredible functions.

-Heat sensory
-X-Ray
-Infrared vision
-Sound Scan
-Radar
-Telescopic magnification
-Medical scan
-Power scouting
-Database retrieval

Also, all Starfleet suits as well their fighters fought under a specific elemental or attributed force.

“But how did she get one in the first place?” Starla questioned.

“Thats the real mystery.” Buddy commented.

They saw Lightning writing something a piece of paper. “Lightning, What’s that?” Artie asked.

“A letter. Maybe their majesties know what’s going on.” He handed the letter to Spike. “Spike.” He nodded and sent the letter.

Just then, in a bright flash, their majesties appeared. “We got your letter Lightning.” Grand Ruler stated. “May we see Sapphire?”

Sapphire came before the royal couple and they both examined her insignia “Indeed this is no hoax. That’s a true Starfleet energizer.” Celestia confirmed. “But how she acquired this is beyond any of our knowledge.” Luna added.

Suddenly, a bright tube of light came in behind everybody. “What’s that?” Sapphire asked. Before anybody could answer and angel-corn (what ponies become when they die) appeared and everybody recognized the pony. “Twilight?!”

“Good morning everybody.” she greeted. “I see you all found my gift to Sapphire.”

“Your gift!” Rainbow exclaimed.

“You mean it was you who gave her the energizer.” Applejack added. Twilight nodded and everybody was both amazed and confused. “Why would you give her an energizer?” Fluttershy asked.

"This is part of her test." Twilight replied.

"A test?" Lightning asked.

"A test for what?" Grand Ruler added. Before Twilight could reply, ponies screams were heard from outside. “What’s that?” Celesto asked. Everybody went outside and saw to their horror; ponies were stuck in amber cocoons unable to move. Not only that, the amber was all over the place; on the houses and the streets. “What in the name of the galaxy happened here?” Buddy asked. The answer came when five new dragons landed before the group.

They were all 75 feet long and had a wingspan of 85 feet. They all had a long, slender body. Its body is very thin The dragons have striking and bright colors of blue, yellow, and orange on both its wings and its tail. They had spikes that run along their backs.

(Like this)

“What the heck are those things?!” Rainbow cried.

“Their Death Song Dragons!” Sapphire replied.

“Well let’s get them out of here!” Lightning snapped. The team nodded and they were about to transform when “Lookout!” Sapphire and Snowflake dove out of the way when the dragons released and amber-like liquid at the ponies and Mykan, trapping them all and it hardened quickly. “I.. Ugh.. can’t move!” Applejack cried.

Everybody tried to break free but it was in vain. “What is this stuff?” Mykan asked.

"It's their quick hardening amber. Almost impossible to break out of!" Sapphire called from her hiding place.

“It’s hard as a rock.” Dyno said.

“Si, really strong.” Myte added. Their majesties tried blasting the substance with their magic but it didn’t leave a mark. “Our magic does not work with this substance.” Celesto said.

“I think that’s the least of our problems.” Lightning said. Two of the Death Songs grabbed the team and their majesties in its mouth and, to Sapphire’s horror, flew off with them. “Sapphire, help!” Everybody cried. The other three Death songs grabbed the trapped citizens and flew off with them as well.

“Guys!” Sapphire could only watch as the Death Songs carried her friends and the civilians far away. “Oooh, How am I gonna save them?” she asked herself.

Twilight’s spirit appeared beside her. “By using your new energizer, that’s how.”

“But I’ve never used it before. I can’t battle four of those dragons by myself! Even with Snowflake, I'm outnumbered. I have an energizer I barely know how to use. I... wasn’t prepared for this.”

Music began playing in the background as Sapphire sang about her doubts.

https://m.

(Sapphire)
I was prepared to do my best
Thought I could handle any test
For I can do so many tricks
But I wasn't prepared for this

Creature knowledge would have been a breeze
Facts and figures I recite with ease

(Sapphire)
I could ace a quiz on creature’s bliss
But I wasn't prepared for this
Will I fail, or will I pass?
I can't be sure...

(Twilight)
She can't be sure...

(Sapphire)
My mind is sharp, my skills intact
My heart is pure...

(Twilight)
Her heart is pure...

(Sapphire)
Oh, I've taken my share of licks
I've made it through the thin and thick
But no I wasn't

(Twilight)
Oh no, she wasn't

(Sapphire)
Oh no, I wasn't

(Twilight)
Oh no, she wasn't

(Sapphire)
No I wasn't

(Both)
Prepared... for this!

The song ended and Twilight came up to Sapphire. “I know you have your doubts, Sapphire. But I know you can save them.”

“How?”

“Because you’re smart, brave and loyal. You know a lot about the dragons than your friends do. Use that knowledge to save them.” Sapphire thought about what she said.

“Use you’re knowledge well to save your friends. I must go now. Remember what I said.” Twilight floated into the air and vanished.

Sapphire just stood their for a moment until Snowflake nuzzled her for comfort. "I know girl, I'm worried about them too. But we don't know where those Death Songs took them to." That's when another roar was heard. Turning around, Sapphire and Snowflake turned around and saw a bird-like dragon: it is bipedal, possesses winged forelimbs, and is about the same size as medium-sized theropod dinosaurs such as Allosaurus. Its small yet keen eyes, equipped with poor binocular vision, are one of the tools it uses to stalk its targets.

This one was very colorful with a beige underbelly and colorful spines on it's prehensile tail. Ringing its skull is a crown of spikes. Coating the tail is a series of spines that can inject venom into a target. When relaxed, its head spikes and venomous tail spines lay flat "Woah, a Deadly Nadder Dragon." Sapphire gasped.

(One to the far right)

The Nadder looked around the area and saw Sapphire and Snowflake. Seeing the Nadder and knowing that they had an excellent sense of smell, Sapphire got a plan. Slowly approaching the Nadder she said, "Hey there girl." The Nadder raised the spikes on it's tail and roared at Sapphire.

"Easy girl." she cooed. "I'm not gonna hurt you." Moving forward, she got within the Nadder's blind spot; directly in front of it's nose and she began scratching the Nadder underneath it's chin. The dragon smiled and rubbed against Sapphire. "That's it, girl. Now, I need your help."

Meanwhile in a cave in the New Everfree Forest, the Death Songs had placed all the captured ponies in one corner of the cave. Lightning and the others tried once again to break free from the amber. "Ugh... it's no use. This amber is too strong." Lightning sighed.

"Wh-What are they gonna do to us?" Fluttershy whimpered.

"I don't know, but we need to get out of here." Buddy said.

"Ummm, hello. We're trapped in here and there's no one else that can save us." Rainbow grumbled.

"Sapphire can." Starla said. "She dealt with those other dragons like it was nothing."

"But that doesn't mean she'll get rid of these things that easy." Rainbow replied.

"We just have to hope she can." Grand Ruler said.

Meanwhile, the Deadly Nadder, which Sapphire had come to name, Skystorm, lead her and Snowflake to a cave in New Everfree Forest. Slowly walking in the cave, Sapphire lit her horn, lighting up the cave. Sapphire and the dragons saw some bones on the floor. "...Dragon bones." she whispered. Snowflake growled softly. Further walking through the cave, the three came to a large chamber. Scanning the chamber, Sapphire saw the civilians and her friends in the far corner. The Death Songs were thankfully asleep, but were in the middle of the chamber! “Oh boy, how am I gonna get the dragons away from them and free the ponies?" Sapphire asked herself. "I know that the Death Songs Amber is weak to Monstrous Nightmare fire. My sword can produce it but it'll take forever for me to free all those ponies and Mykan one-by-one."

Skystorm nudged her energizer. “My energizer? Well... It’s worth a shot.” She took a deep breath and tapped the insignia and softly called out, ”STARFLEET MAGIC!”

In a bright glow she transformed into a peach colored super suit. It looked like Lightning and his teams’. "Woah, awesome. Alright, now to get those Death Songs out of the chamber. But how?"

Snowflake carefully walked to edge of the entrance. "Snowflake what are you doing?" The Light Fury roared loudly into the cave, catching prisoners attention and waking the Death Songs. “What was that?!” Lightning cried. The Death Songs flew into the tunnel to investigate. The trio hid inside a tunnel and when the Death Songs were gone, Snowflake, Skystorm and Sapphire saw their chance and rushed into the chamber and to the corner. “SAPPHIRE!” The team cried with joy. Sapphire rushed towards her friends. “Are you guys alright?”

“Yeah, were okay.” Lightning replied. “Just get us out of this stuff before those.. things come back!” Rarity begged.

"Right." Sapphire said. She wielded her sword and set it aflame. Sticking the blade into Lightning's cocoon, she found the weak spot and the whole thing fell apart. "Great." Lightning said. She went on to her friends and then the civilians. "Umm, Sapphire? What do those Death Songs do with their prey afterwards?" Rainbow asked as she was freeing her from the cocoon.

"Well, after that the Death Songs would break them out and eat them, only leaving the bones." Sapphire said nonchalantly. The ponies and Mykan's eyes widened in fear. Soon, Sapphire freed all the prisoners. “Thank the stars.” Grand Ruler exclaimed.

“Come on!” Lightning snapped. Everyone rushed towards the tunnel, but before they could all escape the five Death songs returned and surrounded the ponies. They were all growling at the ponies. Snowflake and Skystorm roared back at them. The first Death Song was blocking the exit! “Oh great, what now?” Rainbow whimpered. Snowflake and Skystorm roared at Sapphire and nodded towards the Death Songs. “Let’s do it!”

“Do what?” Applejack asked as Sapphire mounted the Snowflake. “You guys get the ponies to safety, I’ll take care of the Death Songs.”

“You mean.” Lightning started. Sapphire nodded. “I’m gonna battle them.” All the ponies gasped in horror. “You can’t be serious! Those ghastly things are dangerous!” Rarity cried.

“I have no choice. I’ll be fine. Get the civilians to safety.” Sapphire said. “Let’s go girl.” Snowflake roared and she along with Skystorm took to the sky. The Death Songs released the amber from their mouths but the dragons dodged it and flew in between them. The Death Songs roared in anger and flew after them. “Alright, let’s go!” Celesto snapped.

Everybody ran out of the cavern and through the forest until they were all safety back in New Ponyville. “Phew... that was a close one.” Dyno said.

“Si, too close.” Myte added.

“I just hope Sapphire’s alright.” Fluttershy added. Everybody hoped for that as well.

Meanwhile, Snowflake was diving in and out of the trees trying to lose the four Death Songs. “These guys won’t give up!” Sapphire cried in fear. Snowflake and Skystorm dodged the Death Songs attempts to trap them in the amber. “Good dodging, girls.” Skysorm fired her spines at the dragons and Snowflake shot bursts of spherical purple-colored flames at the Death Songs, however they dodged every single one. “Not good.”

Two Death Songs blasted amber again and this time it made direct contact, trapping Sapphire, Snowflake and Skystorm. The three fell from the sky. “HANG ON!”

CRASH!

The three crashed into the ground and slid for about three feet. “Ugh... Skystorm, Snowflake, you alright?” The two dragons roared. “Good.” That’s when the five Death Songs landed near the downed trio. “Uh-oh.” Sapphire whimpered. Snowflake and Skystorm softly roared in fear as well. The Death Songs approached the three, ready to eat them.

At New Ponyville, Lightning, his team and their majesties were looking for any sign of Sapphire and the dragons. “Where are they?” Pinkie asked. “They should have appeared by now.”

"Let me go see." Rainbow flew into the sky and flew over New Everfree Forest. From the air she could see Sapphire and the dragons trapped in the amber, surrounded by the Death Songs. She gasped and zipped back to the others. "Guys!"

"What is it, Rainbow?" Applejack asked.

"Sapphire and the dragons are trapped and the Death Songs are about to eat them!"

“WHAT!” Everybody snapped.

"Ay' Curumba!" the twins cried.

“Let’s go!” Lightning added. The gang flew off and got to the forest and came to the scene. “There they are!” Mykan called, pointing towards the clearing. They all saw the Death Songs surrounding Sapphire and the dragons. "Let's move!"

The Death Songs licked their teeth, looking forward to their meal. Sapphire gulped nervously at the sound of their stomachs growling. “Gulp... guys where are you?” Sapphire whispered. The Death Songs opened their mouths and Sapphire closed her eyes.. ”UNIFORCE!” out of nowhere, a golden blast of magic hit one of the Death Songs. Sapphire opened her eyes, “Lightning!”

The team flew down blasting the dragons with their attacks.

”DRILL QUILL!”

“PAINT BOMB!”

“STAR SHOWER!”

The blast made the dragon and back off. Dyno and Myte landed near the trapped duo. “Hang on chicas.” Dyno said.

“We’ll get you out.” Myte added. Together they unleashed their ”BOOM-BOOM FLARE!” and freed the three. They shook for the amber. “Thanks boys.” Sapphire mounted Snowflake and they flew in to the air. The team and their majesties blasted the Death Songs driving the five dragons far away. Next, they went to check on Sapphire and her dragons. “Sapphire, are you okay?” Mykan asked. “Any injuries?”

“Yeah,I'm okay. So are Snowflake and Skystorm.” The dragons roared emphasizing her statement. “Come on let’s go home.” Celestia added. “You and your dragons need a check up after that Sapphire.”

“Yes your majesty.”

The gang took Sapphire and the dragons to the royal sickbay for an evaluations. They all checked out okay. After that, they were all called to the throne room. When they entered they saw the room crowded with ponies and other creatures from dragons to griffins and minatours. Lightning and their majesties were in standing in front of Celesto and Celestias’ respective thrones. That caught them all by surprise. “So what’s this about?” Sapphire asked.

"Sapphire Shimmer, Snowflake, Skystorm, please step forward.” Celesto ordered. The three walked up to their majesties. Celestia began to speak. “We are gathered here today, to honor the heroism of Sapphire Shimmer and her dragons for single handedly rescuing us twice from dangerous situations.”

Luna then spoke “By preforming such a brave and noble deeds we are extremely proud and honored to present them both with the United Equestrian Pink Hearts of Courage.”

The crowd cheered loudly as Grand Ruler levitated the medal over Sapphire, Snowflake and Skystorm's necks. Sapphire smiled.

“We have another reason for gathering here today.” Grand Ruler added. The crowd was confused as well as Lightning and all his friends, who were at the front of the crowd. “Sapphire, due to your incredible act of bravery and your willingness to never give up when your friends were in great peril you have proven to me and everybody else what kind of person you are; strong, brave and truly magical.

Which is why as Commander of Starfleet, I hereby dub Sapphire Shimmer, the newest member of Lightning's Starfleet unit as a Lieutenant!”

The crowd burst into extreme joy and glee. Pinkie and Rainbow were jumping up and down with joy while the others just cheered. Celesto levitated her insignia/ energizer onto her chest and placed it there. Sapphire gave a cheeky smile. Snowflake and Skystorm nuzzled their rider.

Now she was the newest member of the Starfleet.

When the ceremony was over, she was approached by his friends. “Alright Sapphire!” Rainbow exclaimed. “You’re a Lieutenant now!”

“Way’d a go!” Mykan added.

“We’re so proud of you, darling.” Rarity added.

Lightning approached Sapphire. “Welcome to the team, Sapphire.” He saluted to Sapphire and she saluted back. That’s when the girls and Spike began singing.

https://m.

(Rarity)
You were prepared to do your best
Had what it takes to pass the test
All those doubts you can dismiss
Turns out you were

(All sans Sapphire)
Prepared for this!

(Applejack)
You clearly have just what it takes

(Pinkie Pie)
To pass a test with such high stakes

(Fluttershy)
We knew for sure you would prevail

(Rainbow Dash)
Since when does our newbie ever fail?

(All sans Sapphire)
All those doubts that you can dismiss
Trust yourself and you cannot miss

(Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie)
Turns out you were

(Sapphire)
Turns out I was

(Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Spike)
Turns out you were

(Sapphire)
Turns out I was

(Rarity)
Turns out you were

(All sans Sapphire)
Prepared for this!

Sapphire just couldn’t stop smiling. Their majesties stared proudly at the unit.

Allies can be in the shape of ponies, humans and even dragons. And sometimes that ally can become a hero in the making

Episode 5: Sapphire's First Hearth Warming Eve

It was night time in United Equestria and all of the ponies were sleeping. Princess Luna watched over the night. The ponies were at the palace getting greasy to go home after a meeting. They were all very excited. They had a good reason to be.

Tomorrow would be Hearth's Warming Eve!

A holiday where ponies come together and spend time with friends and family to celebrate the holidays.

The ponies were walking down the hall getting ready to go home for some much needed rest. Pinkie was bouncing with excitement. “I can’t wait for Hearth’s Warming Eve!”

“Me either.” Applejack added.

“Our mama and Papa are coming.” Dyno said.

“Si, I can’t wait!” Myte added.

As they were talking about what they were going to do for the holidays, they saw Sapphire walking towards them, but she had a really sad look on her face.

“Hi Sapphire, ready to celebrate your first Hearth’s Warming Eve in New Ponyville?” Lightning asked. Sapphire gave them a fake smile. “Y-Yeah totally ready, hehehe.” She quickly walked away.

“That was weird.” Spike commented.

“Yeah. But it’s probably nothing.” Rainbow said. Everybody except Lightning agreed. “Something’s wrong with Sapphire. But what?”

He decided to let it go for the night and they all head home to get some sleep.

At Mykan’s house, Mykan was fast asleep on the couch. While up in his room, Sapphire was in her pajamas staring out the window and the moonlight. Now she was even more sad but she didn’t want her friends to notice. She closed her eyes and sang to herself.

Hush little one
And close your eyes
Dream of two hearts side by side
The moon and stars will be your guide tonight

Hush little one
And say goodnight
Two stars shine as one tonight
So make a wish and close your eyes
And may your wish come true
Tonight
Hush little one goodnight

She turned, climbed into bed and she fell asleep unaware that Princess Luna was in the area and she heard everything.

The next morning, snow covered the ground and ponies were decorating their houses with reefs and christmas lights.

Everybody began singing about the holidays.

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Everybody was happy about the holidays.... except for Sapphire.

Mykan came upstairs to wake her up. They were going to the Hearth’s Warming Eve party at the royal place along with Lightning and all his friends even Cadence and Shining Armor were attending.

He saw Skystorm, Snowflake, Smoke and Fire were sleeping near her bed.

“Sapphire, are you awake? We have to get to the party soon.” Mykan said. In response, Sapphire sighed miserably. “You can go without me, Mykan. I’ll just stay home for the day.”

Mykan was confused. “Are you okay, Sapphire?”

“I’m alright. I just... don’t feel like celebrating.” She turned in bed to face him with a sad... sad smile on her face. “You go on ahead to the party. I’ll be fine.”

Mykan could see she was set on staying home so he reluctantly said “Okay, just be careful okay?” Sapphire nodded and Mykan closed the door.

”Something’s wrong I just know.” He grabbed his present “Maybe Lightning and the others can help.” With that, he teleported to the palace.

Inside the throne room, he was greeted by none other than Pinkie Pie and the girls. “Hey Mykan.” Rainbow greeted.

“Hey Rainbow.”

“Mykan, darling, where’s Sapphire?” Rarity asked.

“She said she didn’t want to come.”

“Not come?” Lightning asked as he and his friends approached. “Why?” Mykan shrugged. “I don’t know, she sounded miserable though.”

“I agree.” a voice added. Everybody turned and saw Princess Luna entering the throne room. “What do you mean, Princess Luna?” Rarity asked.

“Yesterday, during my patrol, I heard Sapphire singing what sounded like a lullaby also I felt great sadness in her heart.” Luna explained.

“Why would Sapphire be miserable on a holiday that celebrates family and friends?” Pinkie asked. Lightning suddenly realized “Wait a minute Pinkie... I think that’s the problem.” The gang was confused. “What’s the problem?” Mykan asked.

“Hearth’s Warming Eve is about friends and family, right?”

Everybody nodded.

“But since Sapphire was created and raised in a lab and except for the animals, she was alone all her life so-“

“she never had a family.” The gang finished. Everybody felt bad for Sapphire then. Never having a family meant Sapphire felt left out, which explains why she’s so sad. Hearth’s Warming Eve was all about family.

“So what can we do?” Fluttershy asked. “We can’t let her be miserable, especially today.”

“I hear your words and I agree,
Sapphire is our responsibility.” Rhymey added.

“Darn tootin! There must be something we can do to cheer her up.” Applejack added. Pinkie began bouncing up and down with excitement. “Pick me, Pick me, I know, I know.”

“Pinkie, calm down and tell us.” Buddy said. Pinkie giggled excitedly and explained her plan.

Meanwhile, Sapphire was still laying in bed. Her dragons were watching her with concern. They tried everything to try and get her to come outside, but alas, Sapphire was just too sad to do anything. Just then, Rainbow came in. “Hey Skystorm and Snowflake.” she greeted. “Is Sapphire still sad?”

The two dragons nodded. “Don’t worry, we’ve got something that will surely cheer her up.” The two perked up and the sound of that. “For now, you two head to the royal palace and go to the throne room. I’ll get Sapphire.”

The three nodded and flew out the door. Rainbow closed it and walked upstairs to Sapphire’s room. “Sapphire.”

Rainbow got a very depressing sigh in response. ”Poor thing”

Rainbow walked over to her bed “Sapphire, why don’t you come to the palace with me?” Sapphire looked at her “No thanks.”

Suddenly, everyone could hear screaming from outside and all the ponies were running for their homes, and the alarms sounded. Rainbow and Sapphire rushed out the door and met up with Lightning and the gang outside of New Sugarcube Corner.

“What’s going on?” asked Lightning. Krysta could see a swarm of shadowbolts, light blue in color, stampeding through town. “Let’s move!” shouted Lightning, and everyone transformed and turning up the heating units of their suits. Then they hurried outside and scanned the shadowbolts with their visors. Their body temperatures were very low, obviously making them immune to the cold. “Go!” shouted Lightning, and everyone jumped into a battle.

The snow and ice didn’t seem to stop them that much as they were trained to fight well on any terrain, but these new shadowbolts with their ice protection seemed stronger than ever, and had more brawn in their punches. "LEAF SWARM!" shouted Buddy Rose, but his leaves did little to no damage at all. Rhymey tried his "DRILL QUILL!" but the snow and winds froze them all up causing them to fall miserably to the ground.

Luckily, Dyno and Myte had their fire-powers and Artie used his "PAINT BOMB!" followed by Starla’s "STAR SHOWER!"

All those hot attacks blasted the frost-shadows hard, and they melted away along with a good portion of the snow and ice too, but it was still snowing harder than ever and the ground was white again in no time, and it was getting even colder, almost too cold for anyone to be outside, and worse… the frost-shadows were reforming again. “They’re everywhere!” cried Krysta.

“Right you are!” called a voice. Everyone looked up on a rooftop and could see Frost standing and looking down at them, laughing. “You’re behind all this!” growled Lightning.

He pointed up at the sky and explained how the freeze up was caused. “It’s very simple; I’ve deflected the sun’s rays. This entire planet is freezing and getting colder by the minute.”

“Why you crazy fiend!” shouted Rarity “Everyone will just freeze to death!”

All over the planet, even in the southern areas, were covered in snow and ice, and the temperature was dropping rapidly. Everyone was starting to feel the cold, even from inside their homes.

In the New Crystal Empire, it was much colder, as it was closer to the Frozen North. All the ponies had gone into their homes and built fires and turned on heaters, and even bundled up. So did Cadance and Shining Armor, but Robot Fratello, the robot made by Professor Brain to resemble Cadence’s brother, kept warning them about the temperature every so often “Outside temperature: Minus fifty degrees Fahrenheit, and falling. Inside temperature: Minus ten degrees Fahrenheit and dropping rapidly.”

“Did you say, dropping?” asked Shining Armor.

“Rapidly” replied Fratello.

Cadence shivered “This is unbelievable. We can’t stay like this forever. Turn up the heat!”

“Negative. All heart sources are now at maximum power. Supplies are draining. In precisely one hour, twenty-five minutes, and fourteen point five seconds, all life forms on this planet shall fall to certain ailment, followed by suspension in animation… ultimately leading to…”

“Will you just cut to the chase already?!” growled Shining Armor.

“…Everyone shall freeze to an instant death!”

Cadence and her husband gawked at one another with the deepest of concern.

Even in New Canterlot, things weren’t going well. Everyone was wearing their parkas, and extra blankets. Castor and Leilani were cold and shivering, even though wrapped in five blankets each. Philomena, Celestia’s pet phoenix came along and wrapped the children in her nice warm wings.

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash reported to the palace. “It’s getting colder, girls!” said Grand Ruler said “Is there anything else you and the Pegasi can do about the heat?”

“We’re fighting a losing battle, your majesty.” Rainbow regretted to say. “Every time we try, the snow just gets stronger, and it gets colder.” added Fluttershy.

“And how!” said Goldwin “I don’t think I can take much more of this.” Of course it was suggested many times by others that he could just take off his mask and turn back into a statue. Then he wouldn’t be cold, but Goldwin didn’t feel it was right to just leave all his friends to freeze. “I’m just not doing it! I’m going to stay right here and help out as best I can.” Celestia and Luna came back from their flight, trying to use their magic on the sun, but nothing was working. “My magic isn’t functioning correctly.” said Celestia “It’s as though the sun’s rays aren’t reaching the planet anymore.”

“It seems as if nothing can stop this freeze-up.” said Luna “We may very well have to evacuate the planet.”

Her brother-in-law agreed it was the only logical answer. “Prepare for evacuation.”

Just then, the Captain Shaina came in with distressing news. “What?!” snapped Celestia.

“I’m afraid so…” said the Shaina “The space-warp portals, they aren’t working.” She demonstrated by running against a patrol, only to be deflected right off of it. This was all thanks to Sombra’s spell, as long as Frost’s freeze-up remained in-effect, they couldn’t get out into space.

“What now?” Fluttershy asked. That’s when Sapphire into the room with Systorm and Snowflake. “Don’t worry, guys I’ve got a plan.”

“You do? What is it?!” Rainbow asked quickly. Sapphire hopped into Snowflake. “You’ll see. Come on girls." and they both flew off.

“What do you think she has planned?” Shaina asked.

“I hope she has something that will heat us up.” Rainbow said shivering.

“Stop this freeze-up right now, Frost!” Lightning demanded.

“Not, until you surrender.”

“We’ll never surrender!” shouted Starla.

“Too bad, it really makes no difference either way; I’ll get what I want this time; watching all of you freeze for locking me up in the Ice Cavern. Now, I get to make the frozen, never-ending winter world I always wanted, and I’ll be back for the Crystal Heart after you all turn into ice-statues.” and he flew off.

“The Ice Cavern…” Lightning murmured “That’s it! That must be where the source of the spell is.”

“We have to break it from there.” said Dyno “Well, let’s hurry!” cried Myte, but Lightning had ordered the teams split up. Starla, Artie, and the twins were to stay behind, since they could use fire and heat source attacks. The frost-shadows didn’t stand a chance, and it would also help to stall the freeze up a little. “The rest of you, come with me to Mount-UE.”

Everyone agreed and Krysta to warp them all to the mountain as Sombra’s spell didn’t affect translocation warping, but she decided to remain behind as Twink was really getting cold and needed his mother. “Good luck but for goodness sakes, be careful!”

Starla pecked Lightning for good luck, and then the teams broke up as Krysta warped Lightning and his group away to the Frozen North, and left the others to face the frost-shadows while the freeze up continued to grow more and more severe.

As was expected, it was much colder in the Frozen North than anywhere else, and the blizzards were more savage than ever. The team, after landing near the summit of Mount-UE, felt frost-bitten even with their suit-heat at full power, and visibility was practically zero in all that fog. Their visors got all chilled up. “Switch to Clear-Vu mode!” shouted Lightning, and with Clear-Vu engaged they could see through the blinding storm, but poor Rarity had never felt so cold in her life. Her mane and tail were rock solid with icicles at the ends. “Why?!” she complained “Why did I ever agree to this?! I wish Spike was here to give us some fire.”

“Speak for yourself!” cried Pinkie, who had the same condition “I love snow, but this is too much!”

“Never mind that now. Look up there.” said Buddy Rose. Everyone could see way up at the top of the mountain where the Ice Cavern was, a big beam of light giving off powerful energy waves to their scanners.

“Let’s get to the top,
We’ve no time to stop!” said Rhymey.

“Don’t have to tell me twice.” said Applejack.

As they slowly walked further up the slope leading to the Ice Cavern, it grew colder and colder that everyone started to stuttered and chatter as they spoke. “K-K-Keep… going!” cried Lightning “We’re almost… there!”

The winds were picking up and blew Pinkie off her feet, and she would have slid down the mountainside if Buddy Rose hadn’t snagged her by the leg with his whip. “At least I… c-c-can still use… my whip in this… weather!” he shivered.

They all managed to make it into the cavern and out of the blizzard and winds, but it hardly had gotten any less chilly, but their visors became clearer now that they were out of the snow. “Look!” cried Buddy Rose, and everyone could see the magic crystal on the pillar in the center of the cave. “Th-Th-That must be it!” cried Applejack. “We have to… have to… de-de-destroy it!” added Lightning.

Rarity dashed forth, unable to bear another instant of the impending cold, her horn glowed ready to blast it, when suddenly, “FROZEN WINDS” she was frozen solid in ice. “Uh-uh-uh… mustn’t touch.” gloated Frost. The others growled as he hopped down from the ceiling. “You didn’t honestly think I’d leave my chamber unguarded, did you? What’s the matter, too cold to think straight?”

The others, shivering badly, glared at him furiously which helped a little, and they realized they were going to have to make a fight out of this. “GO!” shouted Lightning, and the others charged at Frost, but the chills not only gave them a disadvantage, but Frost had the greatest edge he could get with cold like this.

Buddy Rose tried to rush him, but his body was numb from the chill and it felt hard to run and focus. Frost simply leapt out of the way causing Buddy Rose to slip on the icy floors and crash into the frigid wall.

Rhymey tried to battle him with his sword, but Frost knocked it out of his hand and gave him a taste of his “ICY BARRAGE” Rhymey braced himself as the many icicles bombarded him and knocked him away.

Applejack tried her lasso, but it was all frozen-up and stuck together already and useless, and she got punched. Pinkie Pie kicked hard right into Frost’s fist. CLANG!! It was like slamming into solid steel. “YEOW! Ooh! Ouch!” she yelped as she hopped up and down on her one good foot.

Frost laughed and turned to face Lightning. “Face it, punk! My power is more than tenfold in this freeze, while you and your wimp team can barely stand. Lightning, still leapt into battle, and as he was stronger than his teammates, he was able to fair a little better, and managed to successful rush him, tackling him to the ground, but Frost kicked him off hard, but Lightning wasn’t down yet. “I’m…. not… giving up!” he growled, but Frost begged to differ and bashed him hard, throwing him against the wall and freezing his arms and legs to it. “C-C-Cold…! S-S-S-So cold!” he cried, and felt so numb he could hardly move.

All around the cavern the ponies were slowing down worse and worse as the temperature dropped, and they couldn’t begin to imagine how everyone else was feeling.

Cadance, Shining Armor, and Robot Fratello couldn’t’ stand it much longer. The inside of the palace was so cold, the floors were slippery, icicles were everywhere, and the furniture was all frosted. There were no more blankets; no more logs for the fires and Fratello couldn’t stand it much more.

“Outside temperature: Minus 100 degrees below Fahrenheit and still dropping! Danger! Extreme danger…!”

“Tell us s-s-s-something… we d-d-d-on’t know!” cried Shining Armor

Fratello regretted to inform them that he and his internal circuitry was not built to take on such extremely low temperatures, and this was evident by the sudden sparking and jolting of electricity emitting from his body. “No!” cried Cadance as she watched to her horrors as her beautiful robot, the only somewhat resemblance of her dear brother she had left, had fallen to pieces. “Fratello!” she cried. Her tears turned to icicles instantly.

Fratello beeped and jolted as he muttered his last words “Goodbye… Princess…!” and his voice completely faded out, and the last of his systems shorted out as well. Cadance either fainted from extreme heartache, or overcome by the freezing. “C-C-Cadance!” cried Shining Armor “No! I c-c-can’t… lose you… too!”

While in New Canterlot, all hope was rapidly faded. Even Philomena was so cold now; her wings had icicles on them. Fluttershy and Rainbow were huddled close, but still shivering even under five whole blankets. “W-w-we’re… d-d-doomed!” cried Fluttershy.

“D-D-Don’t… say that Flut-t-t-tershy!” groaned Rainbow.

“Rainbow’s right!” said Grand Ruler “While there’s still time there’s hope!”

Celestia shivered almost uncontrollably. “S-S-S-S-Soooo… Coooold…!”

Suddenly everybody heard a loud roar coming from outside. “W-What was t-t-that?” Fluttershy asked.

Suddenly, Sapphire flew into the room. "Hang on guys." she said. "Flameclaw, Now!"

"Flameclaw?" Fluttershy asked. Just then the purple and yellow Monstrous Nightmare came into the room and flame up. The heat radiating off of her body reached the ponies and phoenix. They all sighed in mild-relief from the cold. "Good job."

“You called it here?!” Rainbow asked.

“Her here. And yes. Her and another one."

"You brought another Monstrous Nightmare?!" Rainbow cried.

"No, it's not a dragon… Oh Sun Unicorn!”

“SUN UNICORN!”

Just then, a ball of sunlight came into the room and the ball morphed into another unicorn. It was yellow, bright as the sun, with sun rays on his head and tail. It has yellow, golden-like horn which can produce sun rays and burn things

“Incredible!” Grand Ruler gasped.

“Okay, Sun Unicorn. Do your thing!” The unicorn neighed and flew into the air. The stomped the air and sun rays came out of his hooves and straight towards the sun. The sun began turning back towards United Equestria.

“It’s moving the sun's rays back towards the planet?!” Fluttershy cried. So the rays were completely touching my United Equestria clearing the clouds, snow and the shadowbolts. Starla, Artie and the twins were surprised. “When did the sun’s rays get redirected?”

The sun unicorn galloped back into the room. “Excellent job, Sapphire!” Celestia said.

“This isn’t over yet, your majesty. Let’s go!” The dragons and the unicorns followed Sapphire to the Frozen North. Flameclaw stayed behind to keep the ponies warm.

At the frozen north, Lightning began to lose strength as the cold started to get to him, and his body felt numb, but he kept on going and punched Frost hard in the face, and at the same time Frost kicked him in the stomach. The two skidded back hard.

Lightning struggled to his feet, and Frost was laughing. “Vengeance will be mine!” He gazed at the crystal and his spell-beam. “It shouldn’t take too much longer now before you all turn into frozen ice-pops!”

The rest of the team, except for Rarity stood by Lightning’s side, barely able to keep their stance. “We… won’t give up, until it’s really over!” growled Buddy Rose.

“Yes, sir!” added Applejack “We’re not beat yet.”

“No way!” growled Pinkie.

“That’s what I say!” rhymed Rhymey.

Frost only laughed and mocked at their futile attempts even more, and prepared to freeze them all right on the spot and be done with them once and for all, when suddenly,

“Attack!”

The Sun Unicorn charged Frost, sending him into the wall. “Agh!” The team was confused. “What the-?!” Rarity said.

“Where in United Equestria did that come from?!” Applejack asked. Sapphire, Skystorm and Snowflake landed next to the team. “They’re our friends.”

“Sapphire!”

Sapphire nodded. "Skystorm, Magnesium Blast!" Skystorm fired at the crystal, breaking it into pieces. “NO!” Frost cried.

“YES!” the team cried.

Back in New Ponyville, the shadowbolts began to retreat so suddenly. “Look!” cried Starla “Where are they going?”

Artie checked a thermometer on the wall “Whoa, do you see what I see?”

In New Canterlot, it had stopped snowing, and the winds died down. Goldwin looked at the thermometer. “Look, the temperature-- it’s rising!”

The others all gazed at each other, gleaming wonderfully. “She did it! Sapphire did it!” cried Rainbow.

As the temperature rose, the skies began to clear. The snow began to melt, and the shadowbolts began to explode in puffy snow poofs. Frost was forced to retreat.

At the palace, the team met up with the others and Rainbow told them all what happened. They were nothing short of amazed and thankful. “Well that explains it, if Sapphire didn’t go and get them, we would have been popsicle sticks.” Lightning said.

The Sun Unicorn and Flameclaw smiled at the team. “I still can’t believe the Sun Unicorn actually moved the sun’s rays. Even with Frost’s spell.” Buddy commented.

“He’s full of surprises.” Sapphire said as she rubbed the side of the Sun Unicorn. The children were busy rubbing Flameclaws' body. “So warm.” Castor said. “Yeah.” Leilani added. The parents, not wanting their children to get accidentally burned, gently took their children again. “Thank you for your help Flameclaw and Sun Unicorn We are most grateful.” Grand Ruler praised.

The unicorn and dragon bowed. The Sun Unicorn changed back into a ball of sunlight flew away. "So what are we gonna do with this one?" Rainbow asked, referring to Flameclaw.

"I'm planned on keeping her, right girl?" Sapphire asked. The Monstrous Nightmare nodded. “So what now?” Fluttershy asked.

“Well… didn’t you all promise a certain someone a Hearth’s Warming Eve party?” Celestia asked, referring to Sapphire.

“You did? Who?” Sapphire asked.

“You!” Pinkie cried, surprising Sapphire.

“Really?... you all prepared a party for me?”

“Of course we did sugarcube.” Applejack replied. “We know you think you don’t have a family, but you do. Us. We’re your family now, so we wanted to throw a party for you. Cause you’re our family.” Sapphire felt tears rising in her eyes as she heard the explanation. She couldn’t believe anybody would do this for her.

“Thank you.” she said with tears in her eyes. Her friends smiled and gave her big hug.

“... Now LETS PARTY!” Pinkie cried.

The party began there was cake, treats, songs, dances, and fun and games for all, especially one of everyone’s favorite game, Ship-Battle; a magical game that was played with illusions consisting of ships at sea. They split into two teams, males vs. females; Captain Celesto VS Celestia of the Seas. They decided to Sapphire be her own team, since it was her day.

Celestia’s team was on the verge of a comeback! Starla gazed through her telescope. “Enemy sighted, Captain.” she said playfully. Celestia nodded. “B5 and H7” and her ship sailed into position. “…Artillery, fire!” and the magical beam was fired at Grand Ruler’s ship, hitting it full force. “A direct hit!” cried Lightning “One more hit and we’re sunk.”

“Surrender, Captain Celesto.” Celestia playfully called over. “Surrender!!” hollered the girls.

Grand Ruler simply smirked “The war is not over until it is over, Celestia of the Seas.” he said. “G6 and H7-- Fire!” Their shots missed and the girls teased the guys, but Celesto smirk widened and motioned above them “Have you forgotten about the aerial search?”

The girls gasped and looked above and saw three of the guys soaring over them. “BOMBS AWAY!!”

“Not so fast!” Sapphire blasted the bombs and actually deflected them towards the boys, who screamed like girls “AAHAAHHH!”

BOOM! The boys' ship blew up and sank. The girls burst into laughter at the boys’ failure. “No fair! Sapphire can’t help the girls!” Lightning cried.

“My team, my choice.” Sapphire retorted with a smirk.

Lightning puffed his cheeks out in annoyance. Now it was Celestia of the Seas vs Shimmering Seas.

“Ready Sapphire?” Celestia called.

“Yes.”

“G7!” Rarity cried. The magical beam hit Sapphire’s ship.

“I’ll choose… “S2!” That’s when Skystorm and Snowflake appeared over head. “Hey! No dragons allowed!” Rainbow called

“Hey!” Spike called, feeling insulted.

“Except for Spike.”

"Thank you."

“My team, my choice.” Sapphire retorted again.

Snowflake and Skystorm fired on the girls ship. "Abandon ship!" Rainbow cried. The girld leaped into the sea.

BOOM! Their ship blew and sank, leaving Sapphire as the winner. Everybody had a good laugh as the party continued on. For Sapphire, it was the best day of her life.

Sombra was watching Sapphire and the ponies on the monitors. Though he was upset with Frost for botching the mission. He was pleased he helped reveal another talent Sapphire holds. “Once I get my hands on that’s girl and her magic. I’ll be unstoppable.” he sneered. “Have fun while you can Sapphire, I’m coming for you.”

Episode 7: The Music in You

Today, on planet United Equestria, in the training grounds of New Canterlot Palace, new recruits to the force were doing their morning warmups, and sparing.

All were under the watchful eyes of Commander Lightning Dawn, Krysta, Sapphire, Snowflake, Skystorm and their royal majesties, Grand Ruler Celesto and Queen Celestia, and they were growing quite concerned at what they were seeing…!

Some of the new recruits had begun to slip up, and do poorly at their training-- they couldn’t seem to hold their stances, stay focused on targets, or channel their inner strength and energy good enough.

“What’s the matter with them?” Krysta wondered aloud.

Down below in the training yard, some of the cadets began to fumble and fall flat on their faces.

“No, no, no…!” cried the instructor “Come on cadets, try again.”

“What’s the point?” snapped one Equestrian pony.

The instructor took no pity with their whining “That’s fool talk! We don’t train whiners here in Starfleet we train you to be strong in body and in mind. Now you shake off this fool talk and you try again.”

So the cadets continued to train.

Lightning sighed with dismay at all this, “If those cadets keep losing their confidence, they’ll never make the force. They’d be useless in the fields and be easy targets for their enemies.”

"Maybe and the dragons can help them?" Sapphire suggested. Celestia turned to her. "How so?"

"May I go down there?"

"Lightning?"

"Well, if she says she can help, I say give her a chance."

"Yeah, come on girls." Sapphire and her dragons flew down to the training grounds. “CHAAAAAAAAAAARGE…!!” the instructor shouted, and the cadets all rushed forth to attack their dummy targets while dodging light blasts shot at them.

“Steady on!

Dodge the blasts!

Hit your targets clean in the middle!”

Suddenly, all the cadets began to fumble from trying too hard, or lack of confidence. They all ran into each other, got hit by the blasts, and a few cadets went sailing up over the walls.

“NO!! NO… NO!!!” cried the instructor.

All the cadets lay about, groaning and moaning, and as usual many of them felt there was no point. The cadets still didn’t feel it would make a difference. The instructor sighed, fearing this couldn’t go on much longer; the cadets always doubting themselves and failing to meet expectations and make the grade.

She feared if something wasn’t done soon, Starfleet and the royal guard would come to a serious disaster in future. "Maybe we can lead some assistance?" a voice said. The instructor and cadets turned and saw Sapphire and her dragons. The cadets stared in awe at the sight of them. "Lieutenant Sapphire, what are you doing here?" asked the instructor.

Snowflake landed on the ground and Sapphire dismounted her, "I'm want to help with the cadets' confidence problem."

The instructor sighed, "Good Luck." Sapphire stood in front of the cadets, whom were too shocked to even speak, being in presents. "Now cadets, I now that you have a confidence problem, but I'm here to tell you not to give up."

"Why? We'll never be as good as Commander Lightning as his friends." one cadet said.

"Well, I'll explain it to you... in song." Music began playing as Sapphire broke into song.

Snowflake and Skystorm got out two guitars and, to everybody's shock, actually began playing the guitars to the song!

"Well that's new." Krysta said.

Sapphire went into the swarm of cadets and began dancing with a few random ones as they all got to the rhythm of the beat. As she was dancing, Sapphire lit her horn and blasted one of the targets and gestured for the cadets to go for it once more. She pointed to the cadets and they all rushed forth.

“Steady on!

Dodge the blasts!

Hit your targets clean in the middle!”

This time, the cadets didn't fumble, run into each other or went sailing over the walls. The instructor and those watching were surprised. The cadets cheered and danced along to the music even more.

Sapphire was dancing to the song as a small stream of magic came out of her mouth and swerved in between the cadets, much to their amazement.

As the song played the cadets, got the message through her musical production. They have the spark to be great in Starfleet maybe not as good as Commander Lightning, but good enough to help defend their homeworld from threats. Their majesties, Lightning and Krysta were very impressed with her singing abilities and the song's message. The song ended and the cadets felt a lot better. "Now do you get it?" she asked them. Getting nods in response.

"Good." Sapphire turned to the instructor, "I think you'll get more pleasing results."

"Thank you Lieutenant Sapphire."

Sapphire nodded and she and her dragons flew back up to their majesties, Lightning and Krysta. "Excellent Sapphire." Lightning praised.

"Yes, very well done." Grand Ruler added. Sapphire smiled, "Your welcome."

"Now we don't have to worry in the future." Celestia said.

Sapphire grinned, "Glad I could help." Sapphire went off with her dragons.

"... So about the singing magic?" Krysta brought up. "That's something new for her."

"Yep, I've never seen singing magic before." Lightning stated.

"Well, have to study this new for of magic. The question is how?" Celestia said.

"What about that singing competition this afternoon?" Krysta suggested.

The Star Singer competition is and singing competition where ponies enter and try to win a trophy. Their majesties were to be the judges for the competition. "That would give us a chance to study her singing." Lightning agreed.

"Indeed, we will go along with that plan." Grand Ruler stated. Lightning agreed. He and Krysta flew off to find Sapphire.

Meanwhile, on Sombra's ship, he saw everything on the montitors. "So the girl has singing magic too huh?" Sombra hissed. "Well, I won't mind if I have a part of that."

"Flame, I want you to use this special spell I conjured up." Sombra made a scroll appeared in front of Flame, whom unraveled it. "What is it?"

"It's a special spell that will steal any creatures' voice. I want you to steal that human's voice for me."

"Yes Master." Flame said. "And to help you, I've created this." Sombra presented Flame a guitar that was made of dark magic. It was black and purple smoke coming out of it. "Woah." She grasped the guitar and a strap came out and around her her neck. "When you play the guitar it will emit another spell that will place anyone who hears it under it's spell. Now go, and don't disappoint me." Flame nodded and she teleported away.

Sapphire, meanwhile, were at Mykan's house reading her Book of Dragons with Mykan. "So the Monstrous Nightmare is the most stubborn dragon?" Mykan asked.

"Yep, most stubborn and aggressive dragon." Sapphire replied. Snowflake rubbed against Mykan's legs. "Hehe, hi Snowflake." Mykan cooed. He petted Snowflake on the head. The Light Fury purred at his touch.

Just then, the alarms went off and screams were heard from outside. "Trouble." Sapphire grumbled.

Mykan and Sapphire ran outside with the dragons and saw Flame roaming the streets. "Ah, my target has arrived." she hissed.

"What do you want Flame?" Mykan hissed.

"I'll show you what I want." Flame blasted Sapphire with the spell. Her mouth opened and a ball of magic came out and into a jar Flame was holding. Sapphire fell to the floor and Flame closed the jar. "Hehehe, easier than I thought." she flew away while Mykan and the dragons tended to Sapphire. Lightning and the other arrived. "Mykan, Sapphire, what happened?!" Lightning asked.

Sapphire sat up and opened her mouth to speak... but no sound came out. She looked surprised and she tried to yell... nothing. "What's up with Sapphire?" Rainbow asked.

"Flame blasted her with some kind of spell. And I think she took her voice!" Mykan exclaimed. The friends gasped in shock. Sapphire tried to speak again but once again nothing came out. She finally gave up and looked sad. "Don't worry, Sapphire, we'll get your voice back." Lightning promised.

"But why would Flame steal her voice?" Fluttershy asked.

"Something tells me Sombra somehow knows about Sapphire's singing magic. So he sent Flame to steal her voice cause without her voice-" Lightning started.

"Her singing magic would be useless." Starla finished. "And she can't battle; remember she needs her voice to activate her weapons and transform." The team realized the seriousness of the situation. Without Sapphire in battle, the team would considerably weaker. Sapphire looked down in the dumps. Fluttershy patted her on the back. 'Don't worry Sapphire, we'll get your voice back." Sapphire tried to smile but it just turned back into a frown.

"Mykan, can you take her to your house?" Lightning asked. Mykan nodded and he took Sapphire home while the others searched for Flame. Mykan layed Sapphire on the couch and she breathed out, like a sigh. Mykan, Snowflake and Skystorm felt pity on her. "Lightning and the others will get your voice back, Sapphire." he reassured.

That didn't cheer Sapphire up one bit. Snowflake then took out the guitar she was playing before and presented it to Sapphire. Her rider looked at her, curiously. Snowflake nudged the guitar to her. Sapphire picked up and she began playing the guitar. It made her feel considerably better.

Lightning and the others landed in New Ponyville and found the civilians with their eyes glowing green. "What's with these ponies?" Rainbow asked.

"Hello, Losers." a voice called. The team looked and saw Flame holding her guitar and the jar with Sapphire's voice. "Flame, give us back Sapphire's voice." Lightning demanded.

"As if Commander. I would worry more about yourselves. Once I hit you with this music, you'll be fully under my control. Hahaha!" Flame shredded on the guitar and a beam of magic flew towards the ponies. They dodged it but Flame continued blasting at them.

Sapphire was still gently playing her guitar when she sensed something and perked up. "Sapphire, what's wrong?" Mykan asked. Sapphire got up, carrying the guitar and flew out the door. "Sapphire, wait!" Mykan called as he and the dragons flew after her. They made it to New Ponyville where they saw Flame firing at Lightning and the team with her guitar. "Oh-no, that's not good." Mykan said. "We've gotta help them." He was about fly down there when Sapphire held him back with her magic. "Sapphire!"

Sapphire wrote letter in the air with her magic. "If you go down there you'll be placed under her spell like the civilians if you get blasted with her guitar." Mykan said aloud. "But how else can we help them?"

Sapphire gently glided down to the battlefield. "Sapphire?"

She landed behind Flame whom was too busy blasting at the team to realize. Sapphire took a deep breath and shredded on her guitar hard. The sound produced magical soundwaves that actually knocked Flame off her feet, smashed the jar and broke the spell on the civilians. Flame growled as she got up. "Who did that?"

Sapphires' voice floated up and over to Sapphire and into her mouth. She glowed brightly as everybody looked on in awe. "No!" Flame cried. When the light died down, Sapphire looked at Flame. "Looks like your plan failed, Flame." she said with her voice returned.

Lightning and the others smiled at her. Flame grunted, "You wanna battle, huh?" She readied her guitar while Sapphire did the same. "You're on, Flame." Sapphire challenged. Sapphire's energizer glowed and fired a beam at the guitar. It glowed brightly and gained the Starfleet insignia on top of the head stock. The strings turned white while the body turned black. The waist also turned white. "Woah." Starla gasped.

"You think that little trick will stop me?" Flame taunted. Sapphire strummed the guitar hard and the soundwaves threw Flame to the ground once again. "Yes, Yes I do." Flame growled and shredded her guitar sending a blast towards Sapphire. Sapphire strummed softly and the guitar made a shield around her, bouncing the attack back towards Flame, whom leaped out of the way. The shield vanished and Sapphire blasted Flame with her own magic.

"Now to finish you this." And she played the same song she sang to the cadets.

The soundwaves from her guitar spread all around New Ponyville. The ponies, including Mykan, the dragons, Lightning and the team, danced to the music. Flame tried to blast Sapphire, but the soundwaves actually repelled the blast. Sapphire aimed her guitar at Flame and the guitar sent a beam at Flame's guitar, actually breaking it apart, destroying it in a small explosion. "What?! No?!" Flame cried.

Flame retreated, knowing she couldn't win this fight. Sapphire stopped the song and the civilians cheered loudly for her, including her friends. She just stood there proudly.

That late afternoon, the singing competition began. Ponies and other creatures came from all over United Equestria to either watch or participate. Many ponies and creatures played their own songs in solos or partners. Their majesties picked three finalist for the final round.

Sapphire, Pinkie Pie and... Star.

Yep, the pony had returned to once again beat Sapphire in a competition.... even though everybody knew she would lose to Sapphire anyway.

Star was up. She sang a song about... well... herself.

When she was done the crowd cheered loudly for her. Sapphire was up next. She wore a pretty dress that Rarity made her. It was a rainbow colored dress with ribbons coming around her waist. Her hair had been straightened and was hanging down near her shoulders.

(Like this, but for her humanoid body)

Star came backstage with a smirk on her face. "Beat that, Sapphire."

"She can and she will." a voice said. The girls turned and saw Mykan dressed in tuxedo coming to Sapphire's side. "Mykan, what are you doing here?" Sapphire asked.

"I'm here to sing with you." Mykan replied. Sapphire smiled, "Really?" Mykan nodded while Star huffed and walked off.

"Sapphire and Mykan, you two are up." the announcer called.

Sapphire silently gulped, "Don't worry, you'll be fine." Mykan reassured. Sapphire nodded and they both went out of stage. Music began to play as she took a deep breath and began singing.

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The crowd went wild and roared with applause. Sapphire only smiled while blushing.

The last three finalist walked out to the stage. "Alright judges, do we have a winner?"

Their majesties looked at each other and nodded. Together they said, "The winner or winners are... Sapphire and Mykan!"

Sapphire and Mykan gasped and high-five each other. Star scoffed and walked off of the stage, humiliated. The crowd cheered loudly in excitement. Luna came out on stage and gave the two their trophy. The two couldn't help but smile at each other.

After the competition. Sapphire was playing her guitar in front of everybody and they were having a good time. Their majesties were even jamming to the rhythm of the song with Lightning and the team.