The Cutie Mark Ripper: Conquest is Magic

Luster Dawn, Solar Snow, and Sandy Dream watched as their snow-white killer struggle to move the large statue of the three villains of old to her dingy basement, "Stupid, heavy, thing!" Their killer keeps saying over and over.

"So... What is her plan again?” Luster asks, “You went to go look at her board, right Sandy?"

"Uh yeah... It said that she wants to build an army and she's going to use Chrysalis to do that, but it kinda tapered off into some weird notes. Something involving ropes, and other weapons of the bedroom." Sandy raised and lowered her eyebrows quickly, giving the other two ghost bedroom eyes, which caused them to laugh in hysterics.

Rosie heard all this and a bright red blush appeared on the alicorn's face, "H-hey! Stop going through my board!"

"Well, it's kinda hard to miss with all the red string and saucy language," Sandy said smugly, which only turned Rosie a deeper shade of red and the other two ghosts to laugh even more, "And besides, you make it any secret you are lonely in bed."

"Stop, stop it!" Rosie whined as the ghost follow her to the dungeon.

"Hm. Bringing your potential bedroom mates into the dungeon? Kinky." Solar comments.

"This place is only for imprisonment, perverts!" Rosie yells, placing the villains in the cage, locking it, and activating the electric shock.

"Hey, I never said anything. Why are you calling me a pervert?" Luster Dawn asks, "Also, I'm pretty sure that's a child there." She points to Cozy Glow.

Rosie's flustered face turned one of minor annoyance, "I am aware the stone spell persevered Cozy's age. That does stop me from potential keeping her in a stone prison, or just killing her so I don’t have to worry about the spell wearing off."

"Wow... Killing foals. That's a new low, even for you." Solar Snow says, crossing her forelimbs.

Rosie rolled her eyes and ignored the ghosts continuing comments; she needed to focus. There was much work to be done. There were a few things she didn't want to do, but if push comes to shove, she must do it. After testing that the cage is thoroughly electrified, Rosie dawned her fateful mask. It was time to release the villains. During her time in Chanterlot, she managed to snag the Talisman of Mirage. It being a talisman, it was embedded with powerful magic, and combined with her magic, she hopes that the spell she came up with will allow her to break the spell, releasing the villains from their prison.

Rosie took a deep breath in, concentrating on her spell,"No fear..." She says in her head, magic flowing through her horn, "The void of thought and feeling is before you. Recuse the stolen souls." Rosie sees three glowing orbs: A red one, a pink one, and a green one. Her own soul reaches out to help them but just seems so out of reach, "No residence. Hold on to my hoof, and let's leave the darkness." Suddenly, Rosie's eyes glow white as she blasts a powerful beam of magic at the statue. Rosie is knocked back after the blast, but as soon as she recovered, she saw her spell had worked, the statue was cracking and there was light glimmering out of said cracks! Talisman gave her the magic she needed. Rosie quickly grabbed her black cloak and put it on, lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to send the villains to sleep.

The stone prison was finally broken, as Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow discovered when they all fall to the floor, the stone base holding them up broken and shattered around them. Groaning and moaning as they move their aching joints for the first time in years, Chrysalis was the first to notice something was wrong, "Wait. No no no!" She quickly stands up and runs for the bars, but was repelled back by the powerful Electric shock, "Agh! Oh for the love of..." Chrysalis grunted for a minute, going from angry to terrified, trying to do, something.

"And just what are you trying to do?" Tirek asks, looking over how weak he was.

"Magic! I'm trying to blast those bars open! But, I can’t seem to-“ She tries again but to no avail.

Tirek gives it a go, using all his strength to blast those bars, but he couldn’t muster up a tiny ball of magic, exhausting himself trying, “Anti... Antimagic shielding and electric bars? Whoever has put us here know how much of a threat we propose.”

“And unless Chrysalis can change her form.” The two look over and see the young pegasus poking at the stone floor, “There’s no way to dig through this solid rock.”

“Hm. Can you change form?” Tirek asks.

Chrysalis thought for a moment and started to grunt again, but stopped almost immediately, falling to her knees, “No I cannot. I’m afraid I am far too weak to change my form.”

Cozy Glow followed suit, sitting on her knees, “Well, what can we do?”

“Nothing at the moment. We just...” Chrysalis was stopped by a yawn, “We just got to wait for our captors to come and... And...” Chrysalis laid her head down as she suddenly became very sleepy. She looks over and saw Cozy Glow already passed out. Chrysalis for her part closed her eyes too, falling asleep.

Tirek, being a big dude, saw his two comrades fall asleep and noticed the strange sound: water gushing? No, it sounded like pressurized gas, like steam escaping a pipe. He could feel himself getting dizzy but he wasn’t going to let whatever this invisible sleepy mist get to him, shaking his head and working himself up.

Rosie continued to watch from the shadows, her mask repelling the sleeping gas. She wanted to use more gas but that will run the risk of giving Chrysalis and Cozy Glow a dangerous dose. Luckily, she had a plan B. Rosie had to act fast though. Rosie quickly used magic to open a nearby chest, taking out a modified paint gun and three darts of some kind.

Unfortunately for Rosie, Tirek spots the glow of the magic, and gets into a defensive stance, "Who's there? Show yourself, coward!" Rosie did not obligate, simply loading her paint gun with the darts.

"Bonne Nuit, Centaur." Rosies says, teleporting on the other side of the room, firing two darts into Tirek's side. Tirek yells in agony and rips the two darts out of his side, but unfortunately for him, Rosie fires the last one into it. Tirek rips that one out too, but the damage is done, with the combination of the sleeping gas and the darts, Tirek falls to his side, quickly falling asleep without any more fighting.

Rosie's plan was coming together as she laughs devilishly.