And so, did Bowser declare war on the caribou, but with reason. He may have been a woman-kidnapping villain, but even then, he has his bounds. He had turned seven kings into animals with their own magic, taken seven princesses hostage, kidnapped Peach time and time again with the determination to keep going, and he even attempted a takeover of the universe with the capitol at its center, twice, he even killed! Yet never, would he ever do the horrendous acts that the caribou did!

Bowser had set preparations for the upcoming Equestria Wars. He had his artillery production increase, more Goombas had hardened helmets and/or wings, and more Koopas were training to become either Magikoopas or Koopatrols. Flurry Heart herself was training in both of these fronts, preferring light armor and spells over the machines that Bowser and his army used, but he wasn’t complaining, as it seemed to suit her better.

Through some experimenting over the course of six months, a new project was made for the conquest of what was once Equestria. They were still in phase one of the plan, which was to locate the country while building up the Darklandic arsenal. They were already six months into the plan, and nine months since Flurry Heart had arrived, and they were still searching for the former land of Equestria.

Flurry Heart slammed her stick into another moving target before looking straight towards another shooting one before deflecting the bolts with her blade. Flurry was currently wearing some black and grey training gi with holes for her wings and tail. She had become more mature and hardened over the months she trained, at first hoping that the whole Caribou incident was nothing more than a bad dream. As she deflected the bolt to the bullseye, she remembered that it was more than a dream. She knew that she would have to participate in this war if she could ever see her friends and family again.

She wasn’t going to participate in most of the fights, but she will still fight for saving her friends and restoring them to their old selves, especially in the battles for Ponyville and what was once the Crystal Empire. Heck, she might even think that ‘Dicks-A-Lot’ is a thing since she is gone, and shuddered at the thought. But, when she was about to slice another dummy in half, she saw three Hammer Bros. arrive at the scene.

“Flurry Heart, you’ve been training for six months now, and we are proud of how far you have progressed since your awakening.” And to think, she could not even walk or fly when she first woke up in Darkland’s Castle Hospital. “But, we have discovered two people coming out from a portal in one of the kingdom’s remote islands. The one that looked like you was a bipedal yellow pegasus with a pink mane that said her name was Fluttershy, huh.”

Flurry Heart’s eyes widened at that remark. She came here? But how!? “The other one looked like the dragon version of Frankenstien’s monster, and was dressed up in what appeared to be adventuring gear. He called himself-”

“Discord? He… he managed to escape with her before she got captured.” Flurry Heart began to crack a smile. “Are they here?”

“Well, as here as we are right now, ya little goofball!” the familiar, chaotic voice shouted with glee as Discord and Flutteshy manifested into the training room before giving her a noogie as she laughed. But then, he spotted the countless remains of what were once dummies and smudges on the wall. Fluttershy looked around, too.

“Discord, do you know what happened here?” the pegasus said, brushing off the leftover dust from her dress.

“I’ve been training, don’t ask.” Flurry Heart replied, causing them to gasp. “It was my decision to start to begin with, do you want to know what had happened?” A simple nod from the yellow pegasus was her only answer. “Well, it all started after I had my talk with this place’s king, and he was infuriated on what the caribou did. So, he declared war on them and set out for locating Equestria. Project: Vulcan, named after the greatest of Darkland’s original tacticians and a renowned blacksmith, was made to locate Equestria and take down those wannabe rulers for good. As for me, you saw the training dummies.” she explained before taking a deep breath. “I really, really miss you. How have you been doing for the past nine months, anyway?”

“Really good question, Flur-Flur.” Discord said, causing her to giggle a bit. “Well, due to me being blessed with fashionable chaotic makeup, I had a plus, and the caribou’s magic was unable to affect me in any mental shape or form. But, they were still to many, and I would have been taken down, that I knew. I knew I had to go, that Twilight said, but I could never have left my dear sweet Fluttershy out there, with the caribou, it’s horrible!” Discord yelled out as he pointed his eagle’s claw to the wall behind him. “Unfortunately, she was the only one that could be saved at the time, since she was in the Everfree Forest and not in town. Even with my chaotic powers, whatever the caribou had could still hit me hard. We fought for almost two hours before I won, and I used most of my strength to teleport us to my home.”

“I would offer him my life for that.” Fluttershy replied. “Thankfully, he was still alive after that fight, albeit heavily bruised and drained of almost all of his power. He had not just put us there for safety, but he could recover faster there, too.”

“I would’ve used my magic on the caribou, but I am still recovering. Even with how messed up they were, I was… generally impressed. Our main objective then was to find a big and strong enough army to fight Dainn and take the caribou down. We searched for a month, travelling across the universe.” Discord said with a scowl. “I was planning to bring Fluttershy on an adventure, just the two of us, but I never wanted the caribou to be the cause. But on one of these worlds, I could detect a traces of Sparkle’s magic.”

“And so, we tracked it to this world. We were expected to find her, but we were brought before the king in a similar manner to you.” Fluttershy said, flashing back to the event. “We were bummed that we didn’t find her, but we found you.”

He was really scary, she thought as she looked straight at the Koopa King. “...and that is why we are here, Bowser.” Discord said. “You’d surely know where Twilight was.”

“Twilight, Twilight. Nope, didn’t see her.” Bowser said, looking at the sadness spreading across their faces. “But, I had seen someone who survived the Fall and avoided getting raped senselessly, she says she’s actually Twilight’s niece.”

“Flurry Heart?” Discord asked.

“She’s still here?” Fluttershy said.

“Bingo, and, yes. Nine months she’s been here, and she’s been joining in on the cause when she could walk and fly again.” Bowser filed his claws with a file in hand, whistling as he looked at his self-manicure. “Believe me, I was not very happy about that jerk, but I am at least glad that there are at least two more survivors, with more intake.” Bowser said. “As for the kid herself, she’s just turned nine and is busy training in the training room. Also, I’m already working on a project to free your people, you two.”

“...and THAT is why we are here.” Discord said. “Bowser was pretty generous, considering how you have been in the first place. And, I’m gonna be helping with Project: Vulcan, due to my ability to map out magical signatures.” Discord’s special ability was not just chaos, but he was also able to sense, analyze, and map out magical signatures and the expanses of space in which they cover. “I too wish to see everything back to normal, but I had my suspicions that it would be the new normal if it is not taken out in time.”

“I see.” Flurry Heart replied. “Discord, I hope your abilities are the final ingredient needed to find our home. Bowser made a promise to me, that he will not stop until he kills Dainn and his followers and frees everyone from his hold.” the now nine-year-old alicorn said. “As much as he had done, he knows his morals.” They then looked to the massacred dummies in the training room. “I think that’s enough training for me today.” She said as she put the training blade onto the rack before hearing a rumbling going in their bellies. “Anyone want dinner?” she asked hungrily. A nod came from each of the other occupants in the room before they all walked out, ready to dine.

Author's Note

Now, I've been thinking about implementing this a LONG time, after a block on what to do and how to execute it. But, I will not let Project: Vulcan die. After that, they are going to build a fort before attacking, cause, that's what armies do, right?