The Revolutionary Six

Cozy Glow hovered adjacent to Chrysalis and Tirek. “So, you’re tellin’ me that some weird magic came out of nowhere, and since ‘Grogar’s’ big reveal, we’ve all gotten powers from that bell?”

“It seems that Discord was hiding some serious magic in there,” Chrysalis spoke, shooting a much more powerful green blast of energy at the wall in demonstration. “With my new magic, I’ll be able to overthrow Thorax a thousand times over!!” She cackled.

Tirek chuckled tauntingly. “You think that’s something? With this technology, I’ll be able to take out all of Equestria while feasting on their magic!” He shouted. Tirek was carrying whips around that had an electrical charge surrounding them.

He wore a largely-fitted battery that was strapped across his chest and back, and emitted a light of white energy. The light gave away this low-pitched hum that was probably produced by the energy hoarded inside it.

Cozy Glow was wearing a glass dome that encased her head, something Chrysalis and Tirek always gawked at. Around her hooves were golden shoes with metal pyramids that wrapped around her ‘wrists.’

Chrysalis wore a green suit with gold plated around her shoulders and forelegs. Her horn had gold twisted around it that formed much stronger, more powerful magic when she used it.

The three were trekking through the forest in search for their first move when they took over Equestria. They had it narrowed down to a plan. They’d take out creatures slowly and subtly, and when they had the chance, they’d get closer to their main enemies simultaneously.

The one thing they hadn’t accounted for was their sidekicks. Some of them got in the way, or influenced someone so that they could succeed. It was completely and utterly sickening.

Cozy Glow scrunched up her muzzle and stuck her tongue out at the thought. Chrysalis and Tirek were cringing and shuddering uncontrollably as they walked.

Sooner or later, they’d find someone they could pick off and slowly use them to their benefit. Maybe later.

They each stopped at the same time with equal confusion and- excitement. They spotted a green, and frankly buff earth pony stumble from the green leaves in the bushes.

Cozy Glow gasped in surprise, urging and rushing Chrysalis and Tirek behind a tree. The two blinked together at the same time in confusion.

“What are you doing?” The bug queen hissed in a hushed tone. “That pony was going to be our number one target! I was going to shape shift and—“ Cozy Glow pressed a heavy hoof on her muzzle.

“Yeah, Yeah, Big exposition. I know this is all very sudden, I-I mean, Golly! This pony’s probably packed with friendship and magic and all that gunk, but remember, he’s one of the creatures at that dump who defeated me!”

Tirek let out a low chuckle. “I knew you had a thing for those kinds of stallions, but—“

“That’s not it! You know what I’m talking about! The six creatures!”

Tirek and Chrysalis both put a hoof/hand to their chins in thought. Chrysalis finally spoke. “Well, if we’re going to confront him, let’s be prompt. His friends might be on the other side, and—“

“Oh. My. Celestia— GUYS!!” the pony was already yelping for his friends. Sandbar galloped through the bushes and to his awaiting friends on the other side.

The three looked at him in confusion and surprise. “What happened? Cobra bite your dick?” Smolder quipped. Gallus chuckled, but Ocellus was silent, eyes widened, and waiting for Sandbar’s response.

“I-It’s Cozy Glow! I-I saw her, Tirek, a-and Chrysalis! Th-They were talking about their plans for Equestria!!!”

The trio standing before him all gasped. “Bullshit.” Smolder uttered in disbelief.

“No!” Ocellus cried, but Sandbar planted his hoof over her muzzle.

“Listen, I know you guys are terrified, but... maybe this is what we’ve been preparing for. What our powers are for. What if... what if we could save Equestria together?”

“Look, Sandbar. I know this shit is important, but, really? I mean, this is some next level shit! This is something only the Headmare and her friends can solve! What are we, a group of teens who just barely scraped the surface of friendship? We’ve only saved Equestria once, and we barely even did that!” Gallus shouted.

“Okay, Gallus, sure. You might be right. We don’t know a crap-ton about friendship, but we know enough to protect Equestria with it! You’ve said it already, we’ve done it once. We could probably do it again.” He held out his hoof. “Is anyone with me?”

No one answered. Ocellus stood there, quaking with nervousness. Smolder had her arms crossed, still in disbelief and doubt, and Gallus wore a dubious look on his face. Sandbar sighed in defeat.

“Fine. But if it means going—“

“I’m in.” Smolder interrupted. “I’m not gonna let those three faggots take away everything.” Sandbar smiled, but the smile turned into a grin once Ocellus put her hoof in.

“I-I’m in too. I can’t sit idly by while my girlfriend hogs all the fun.” She smiled softly at Smolder,
who grinned back and nudged her with her free arm.

“We get it, you two are girlfriends.” Gallus put his claw above Ocellus’ hoof. “Count me in.”

Sandbar beamed with joy and determination. “Alright.” They parted, but continued to look at each other.

“So, what’s the plan?” Gallus asked. Sandbar has an idea the moment he said something.

“We’re going to gather our friends, first and foremost,” he started, turning away from he three and back to the forest where he last saw the evil trio. “Ocellus, what’s the quickest and most durable thing you can make for me?”

“Got it! If you could all hold off without me for a while, I should be able to get some help for your kind of equipment.” She replied, flying back to the school. “You might need a shield, or a weapon, since you’re the least durable out of all of us,” she muttered.

“Alright. Gallus, you go get Silver. Me and Smolder’ll see if we can get Yona some other way.”

“Right.” Gallus saluted, taking to the air swiftly.

“So, what’s the plan for us?” Smolder asked.

“You’ll have to cover me until Ocellus gets back with my armor, but if I can get a clear hit on Cozy Glow, you might be able to go for Chrysalis. I don’t know how we’d deal with Tirek, but we’ll make it work.”

“We’ll make it work? This isn’t some second-rate clown act we’re up against—“

“That’s right, Smolder. We’re the bad guys, right?” Said Cozy Glow with an evil grin, coming out of the bushes with Chrysalis and Tirek behind her.

“I could’ve sworn I heard that grub talking earlier.” Chrysalis scowled, stamping her hoof and looking around. “This is it? You two fools plan on trying to take us out? This’ll be easy.”

Before either of them could respond, Cozy Glow and Chrysalis leapt forward. Cozy swiped left and right at Smolder, but her sporadic sixth sense left her untouched. She backflipped a few feet away from Cozy Glow and drew her mask down.

“You dare to challenge me?!” She bellowed. Smolder drew back in anger and fear as everything disappeared around her. “I know everything you speak about, Smolder. Every single thing you think you know.”

Darkness began to spread. Where was Sandbar? Where was the ground, even? Everything seemed to disappear in the cold, empty air. Cozy Glow cackled. “You. are. NOTHING! Nothing but a tiny, minor, minuscule atom!” She added. Smolder gasped harshly at the sight of near a million Cozy Glows trekking around her.

The world began to shift onto its side, and the darkness started to take even harsher form. “Eventually the creatures you value will all turn against you, just like I turned my back on that school!” Images flashed before her eyes, and she suddenly appeared on the school campus.

Everyone seemed to be having fun, and her group of friends were all huddled together and exchanging hushed remarks. Smolder stepped toward them, but a single, familiar, dear member stepped out of the circle. “What are you doing here?”

“O-Ocellus...?” She stepped back, whole Ocellus stepped forward. Her whole group of friends began to laugh at her, and Ocellus laughed wickedly.

“Really, dragon? I’m surprised you even know my name. You deadbeat cretins would probably turn your back on anyone anyway.” Ocellus turned around, whipping her tail disrespectfully at Smolder and looking back at her with a sinister smile.

Smolder began to tear up. “C-Celly, wh—“

Sandbar stepped up to Smolder with a creepy grin. “Oh, and I bet you should know...” he wrapped a foreleg around Ocellus, to which she replied by giving him a kiss on the cheek. “I’m the only one who gets to call her that.”

The rest of the five looked over to Smolder with evil, sinister, smug grins as she backed up. “B-But... y-you’d never—“

“Too late, scale bag!” Ocellus sneered before giving her ex a right hook on her snout.

Smolder shot up in a cold sweat, but the space she was in was still dark. “Wh-What...? I-I don’t...”

“Bah-ha-haaaa! I bet you wouldn’t. To believe you’d let your beloved go, and to a pony? If I didn’t know any better, I’d think dragons didn’t do love! You’d probably take one look at her and swipe her up and place her on a pile of gems!” Cozy Glow laughed viciously once more.

Smolder moved to reply, but before she could, a ginormous amount of gems piled on top of her. “Go, ahead, dragon. Eat.” she proceeded to cackle, and Smolder snarled.

“So, I-Illusions, Huh?! Where’d you get that idea? In a back ally with Trixie where you bought that ridiculous outfit?!”

Suddenly, Cozy Glow’s voice was dark. “You willing to take that chance and find out? I’ll have you taken out in seconds.” She was no longer laughing. Smolder began to sweat.

She looked around nervously and in a fighting stance, resisting the urge to break down right there. This isn’t real, this isn’t real, this isn’t real. she repeated over and over in her head.

Rubbing her temples, she lost herself in the overwhelming silence around her. Cozy Glow was gone. Her voice— no, that noise had finally given her rest.

POW! There was a heavy blow that hit Smolder in the head, and the pain throbbed like she had hit her repeatedly. The pain was real.

“Smolder!” Sandbar cried, rushing over to the weakened creature lying before him. The others weren’t back yet, and he was so busy trying to take on Chrysalis that he didn’t even notice Smolder disappearing. No matter how much he tried, the two creatures looming above him wouldn’t let him evade. It didn’t matter. He’d stick by his friend to the very end.

“S-Sandbar...” Smolder uttered, knocking Sandbar from his concentration. Tirek and Chrysalis showed no mercy, however, as they both conjured up energy blasting beams from their horns.

Sandbar picked up Smolder and laid her out on his back as he ran as fast as he could. The ground nearly tore away under him, he was so fast.

“Seize him!” Chrysalis ordered, rushing forward. Tirek followed her in rage.

“We’re not your servants, bug.” With those words, he pulled out his two whips and lashed them toward Sandbar, who jumped to dodge them. Unfortunately for his case; the whips cracked and wrapped straight around him. A shock rolled through his body, and Tirek whirled him around.

“Woah!!!” He cried out. Once he was whipped around about 12 times, the centaur let loose, the whips laying out and releasing Sandbar. He crashed into a tree, the bark sinking into his hide.

He tried to stand up, but Chrysalis retaliated by firing a beam at him. He jumped up(thankfully), and at such a great height. The beam just missed him and hit the tree, instantly obliterating it. Before he knew it, Sandbar landed on the ground, bruised and dusty.

“This colt is more powerful than I thought, I will admit,” she hissed. “But you will cower before me.” Sandbar gasped and stumbled onto the ground before Chrysalis. “Surrendering already, now?”

Sandbar winced at the changeling queen’s sudden venom in her voice. She stepped forward as Sandbar watched in horror at his friend Smolder being attacked. “Smolder! You’ve gotta run!”

“I-I... I...” She stammered. Cozy Glow had appeared to be using some sort of dark magic on the dragon to both physically and mentally attack her. The two shifted locations, and often disappeared. Alas, Sandbar wondered... what was going on between the two?

Smolder’s body crashed through the window, the dragon-blood stained glass pricking the material of her suit. “You’re worthless! You’ll never amount to anything! You act all tough, but inside, you’re just a great. Big. Phony!” Cozy Glow hissed. Smolder fell aimlessly in the air as everything vanished into darkness.

Reappearing was a giant version of Cozy Glow, who grabbed Smolder and thrashed her around, similar to the same way Yona did. Her body hit what she thought was the ground, over, and over, and over, until she couldn’t take it anymore. She screamed out a cry of pain, and finally, Cozy loosened her grip.

“You’d think a dragon would be tougher.” She rolled her eyes, and Smolder sputtered up drops of blood in her mask. The red liquid blotted all over her face, drying and marking around her scales. Her Spider-Suit was scratched up, and she could feel the empty air brushing on her free scales.

“I-I—“ she coughed. “I-I am... you’re just being a coward. Fight me like the strong cunt you pretend to be—“

She tried to finish her sentence, the flashing image of a train appeared right before her eyes. It wasn’t real, it wasn’t real, it wasn’t—

FWOOOOOOM!

The train hit.