King Dainn it's in his throne and grumbling under his breath as he heard the two attacks in different locations have failed. He then glares at the stained glass windows with the five different armored ponies. The new one with the name "Kenzan" appeared shortly after awhile. He got off his throne and made his way to where Celestia and Luna are being tortured to be proper sex slaves. As he made his way down to the hall to where they are, he didn't hear any moans of pain or pleasure but he heard laughter.

The sound itself confused him before he opened the door and find the casing on their wings have runes on them glowing and both of them are laughing so hard. "What is the meaning of this?" He asked the Caribou stag in charge of training them. "Why are they laughing, Ari?"

"How should I know?!" Ari shouted with frustration. "Every time I wave my wand when they misbehave and not do what I say, they end up laughing! And when I try to change the runes on them, it switches back and they keep laughing! You know, Anvari is much better at this than I am!"

"Well, he's not here." Dainn reminded. "Just use the whips and dildos with my musk on them."

"I tried, but the whips just somehow go right through them literally and your musk's on the dildos have been replaced by the scent of honey and flowers!" Ari shouted. "I don't know who's doing this, but it's really annoying!"

"Well then shove the dildos up there asses and cunts!" Dainn demand.

"I already tried and they didn't feel it." Ari told him. "They didn't even feel my cock or even taste it!"

"You mean that-- Will you make them stop laughing!!" Dainn shouted over the laughter from both Celestia and Luna. Ari waved his wand and the runes on the casings on their wings vanished before they stopped laughing. "Thank you, now let's talk somewhere private." When they left the room with the royal sisters chained up in there, they didn't see Fluttershy and Thungrox was listening in on them. They both looked at each other before they went to his room and he locked the door.

"Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy said as she stood up. "If Celestia and Luna can't taste or feel their cocks going into them, that means they won't end up like Cadence!" She sounded excited. But what would happen if they find a way around what happened to them?! What if they decide to kill them?! What if--" Her sentence was cut off when Thungrox place his lips to her's. After he pulled back, he told her in sign language that it's going to be all right. "Thanks, at least we know it's not only happening to Applejack and Pinkie Pie. Do you think it's happening to all the mares who are black or purple colors?"

Thungrox just shrugged his shoulders in response as he has no idea. Both of them then sat on the bed next to each other and complete silence as they thought it over. Fluttershy then felt the effects of the crystal cock take hold of her and made her in heat again. Thungrox noticed this and knew he had to help again. The two of them locked lips and started to make out as Fluttershy let him be on top. For the past few days, the two of them have been living this secret love life for the bond over their love for animals. He even told her in sign language that he and a few other caribou stags and does are immune to what this false king did to them.

Thungrox then took off his clothes and underwear before they continue to make out. He gently squeezed her right breast as he inserted his cock in her pussy and begins to thrust. Fluttershy softly moan as she wrapped her hooves around his waist and hold him tight. Thungrox grunted as he thrusts into her and kissed her neck. Fluttershy continue to moan before she suddenly felt something on her face. It felt like a piece of paper and when she opened her eyes, she found a piece of paper with writing on it on her face. They stopped as she picked up the paper and read it.

Deer Fluttershy,

If you're reading this, that means my little trick has worked and my mother and Aunt Luna along with any other Pony that is a black or purple collar is safe. Your friends Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and all the residents of Ponyville, including your animal friends are safe in Fortress Elysium. They are working with the Guardians to help stop Dainn. Right now they're working on a plan to rescue you, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, my mother, Aunt Luna, and a few ponies there in Canterlot. Me and my cousin are a bit busy right now so we can't be there to help. But I assure you, they will come and save you all.

Sincerely, Hope.

After they both read the letter, it poofed into a puff of smoke. The two looked at each other with confusion as to who is Hope and how did the letter just poofed.

In the library of Fortress Elysium, every pony and caribou have gathered to discuss their plan on attacking Canterlot and Save both the royal sisters, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and anypony else that they can. "Okay, everyone squeezing tight!" Twilight shouted. "Listen in very closely! This is an important thing we're doing!"

"That's right!" Flash spoke up. "So every single one of you needs to pay attention and listen to every detail she has!" Twilight then summoned her magic and started to draw up diagram of Canterlot on a chalkboard.

"Okay, just like in any other city in Equestria, there are about 100 ponies within Canterlot." Twilight said as she drew some ponies and the numbers. But there are also a few caribou stags that are under the false king's control. Are objective, save as many as we can, that includes Princess Celestia and Luna plus three of my friends."

"Please, with our powerful swords, we can totally do it!" Tempest Wind send as he leaned back in his chair and put his hooves on the table in front of them. "Easy as pie!"

"Well, it's not." Twilight told him as she conjured her magic and the picture on the chalkboard moved off it and became a 3D magical image of Canterlot. "Canterlot is like a maze if you don't know your way. Take the wrong corner, and you'll be captured on the spot." A little pony drawing was running from a few caribou stag drawings until she took a wrong turn and end up being cornered.

"That's not the only thing we have to worry about." Flash spoke up. "Not only are there Caribou Stags, but there are also changelings. The changelings can take the form of other creatures." Twilight then showed a diagram of said changelings. "If we're not careful, we could accidentally take a changeling with us and they could get us from the inside." The diagram then showed a few ponies being taken to a diagram of Fortress Elysium before those ponies they seemed turned into changelings and attacked them.

"Plus there's Dainn's hammer." Freya spoke up as Twilight drew a picture of him with his hammer. "From what you told me, it is filled with chaos magic. Just like this draconoquist called Discord. So that means he can change our weapons to anything he wants with just a thought." The diagram then did exactly what she said and showed them what would happen.

"And then there's the corrupted Crystal Heart that they turned into, well a dick." Twilight told them as she showed them a drawing of it. "The spell that they cast the first time made every stallion think that power is everything and they are superior to mares while making mares all horny and those who give in to the corruption inside because their sex slaves. They could recast the spell on us if we attack. The point is there are many things that could happen while we're there, that's why we need allies on our side."

"So, we need more on our side before we can attack?" Terra asked. "That's smart your highness."

"Thank you, Terra. But please call me Twilight, I don't like to be formal." She told him. "Now, even though we have five of the swords here--" Twilight then heard Fortress Elysium spoke. "Correction we have six. Apparently the one that is called the Sword of Sound, Chime is here but it's under a pairs because of a battle that happened long before any of us were born."

"Wow, I had to train hard for my sword to choose me." Tempest said as he looked at his own swords. "We're lucky our swords are all right." He said to Spark as he hold up his hand for a high five. Spark humored him and gave him one, only for him to feel a slight shock. "Ow! What the...?"

"Yeah, apparently those power-ups may have little side effects." Spark told him. "I'm a little more electrifying well Aqua got a little wet."

"It's true, I had to change clothes and dry off my the ones I had on." Aqua confirmed.

"Okay, let's focus on the biggest issue we have." Twilight said as she drew a picture of her own brother. "My brother and his shield spell. It can easily knock us out of Canterlot when put up or trap us inside. There are a number of things that can go wrong and that's why we need allies on our side. The more on our side the better. I suggest that we start with the deers." Every Caribou in the room then groaned at her suggestion. "I get it, I get it! You Caribou don't get along with the deers!"

"Why do they don't like each other?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"It's a very long story." Angi told her as she gripped her fists.

"Why do we exactly need those tree huggers?" Durin asked as every Caribou in the room agree with him.

"And how do we get by your brother's shield spell?" A stallion asked from the crowd.

"I don't know!" Twilight shouted in irritation. "All right, I cannot figure out a way around how to save the ponies in Canterlot or how to get you caribou to get along with the deers! I need ideas and suggestions!"

"None of us are the smartest creatures in the world you know Twilight!" Soarin spoke up before Freya stepped up.

"But there is one stag out there that is the smartest of us all!" She spoke up. "Mimir!" The Caribou started to talk amongst each other when she mentioned that name.

"Who's Mimir?" Flash asked Freya.

"He is a legend amongst our kind." Freya answer. "Known for his knowledge and wisdom, he is considered the smartest being in the world. If you have a question, he will answer no problems. They say his eyes are made from very special crystal that allows him to sing beyond the now. But Odin feared of Mimir that he would end up giving information to the Giants on how to defeat him and his allies. So Odin cursed Mimir with immortality and trapped his body within a tree on top of the tallest mountain in our lands."

"Did you just say Giants?" Rarity asked.

"Well yes." Freya answered. "Giants were many and amazing crafters. At first sight, you wouldn't even believe they're giant at first. But Odin had thought that they were a threat and killed every last one of them, except for one. But that's a story for another time."

"She's right, if this Mimir is that smart then we need his help." Twilight told everyone in the room.

"One problem, none of us know which mountain he is on." Durin reminded. "He could be at any one of those mountains in our homeland."

"Then we killed two birds with one stone." Aqua suggested. "We will search the library for information on which mountain he could be on, the rest will continue to protect Equestria and all of its ponies."

"And while you're at it, recruit the Griffins and the minotaurs to help." Twilight ordered as Aqua gave about bow in response.

"We will do our best to recruit them." Aqua said before every pony and caribou left the library leaving just the chosen swordsmen and women, Freya, Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Durin, and Angi.

"Okay, so how do we find this Mimir guy?" Terra asked as they gathered around a large table.

"First, we learn about everything there is about Mimir." Twilight answered as a few books flew off of the shelves and gathered around the table. "We start from when he was born, all the way to about this curse that was placed on him."

"And while you do that, I'm going to go train." Tempest told them as he got up to leave.

"Wait, are you going to help us?" Flash asked him as he stood in front of him.

"Aw come on, they're all just books." Tempest said as he pushed over a pile of books. "If anything they're just going to slow us down. Who needs to read when you need to focus on saving our land?"

"Uh, we need this information to save our land." Twilight scolded him. "So don't think that knowledge isn't better than being strong and everything!"

"But it is!" Tempest shouted with pride. "Who even wants to be an egg head anyway, Sparks?"

"It's Twilight Sparkle, and if we don't have information, we'll never find Mimir!" She shouted with a twitch in her eye.

"Well anyway, we're going to need a leader just in case you or Freya gets captured and stuff." Tempest suggested.

"Oh, are you nominating yourself? Flash asked sarcastically. "You are bit too rash to be a leader."

"So, do you want to be the leader?" Tempest asked as he raised a brow. "Why don't we fight for it? Winner gets to be the leader." Flash was about to object to that before Twilight used her magic to pull them aside.

"Take him on." She told him. "He's going to learn one way or another that strength isn't always better than brains."

"Are you sure about that, Twilight?" Flash asked before she looked at him like she is deadly serious. "Okay, I'll fight him." He and the other swordsmen then left the room just as Zecora walked in with a few vials.

"Zecora, how are those serums coming along?" Twilight ask when she saw Zecora.

"To be completely honest, I'm not sure." Zecora said. "Caribou magic is surprisingly complicated and a bit hard to undo." Twilight looked at Freya, Durin, and Angi who gave a nod in agreement to what she said. "But, this could help with your body." Twilight took one of the vials and drink it up. Once it was all gone, she felt her body tingle a bit before her breasts and ass went down one inch.

"That's it?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It just makes them go down an inch?"

"It's like I said, it's a bit hard to undo." Zecora reminded.

"Well, it's a start." Twilight said before she placed a hand on Zecora's shoulder. "And it's okay if it's not enough, you're still the best potion maker I ever met." Zecora give a smile in response before she walked out of the room and to her own room in the Fortress. Zecora lean against the door after she closed it and gave a sigh. She hasn't been herself since those two stags attacked her in her own hut and raped her scared. Since then, whenever she's alone she starts to mess with herself, having wet dreams all the time at night, and she no longer speaks in rhymes. But whenever she's around either Twilight or Flash, she can't help but feel comfortable and safe. She started to feel her lower region get wet, so she grabbed a round vile with pink liquid in it and headed to her bathroom.

After she locked the door and filled the large tub in the bathroom with water, she removed the clothes they were given to her by Rarity and stood there naked. She then poured the liquid into the tub making it all bubbly with a pink mist filling the room. Zecora then stepped into the tub and took in a deep breath with her eyes closed. When she opened them, she saw both Twilight and Flash standing in front of them, both of them naked with lustful smiles on their faces. Zecora smiled at the site of them in front of her before all three of them stepped closer to each other and both her and Flash flocked lips while Twilight kiss down her body.

Zecora then felt Flash's cock poke her pussy as Twilight was squeezing her right breast while sucking on the nipple of her left. It wasn't long before her left leg was lifted up and he pushed his cock up in her while Twilight licks her ass.

Meanwhile Aqua, Spark, Terra, and Maud, who was training in the training grounds full time were on the sidelines while both Flash and Tempest were facing each other in the middle. "Last chance to back out now." Tempest mocked Flash as he gripped his sword.

"You're the one who challenged me." Flash reminded. "But if you really want to go through with this, I'll show you it takes more than just muscle to win a fight." Flash then draw out his sword as it was covered in flames while the wind was gathering around Tempest. Flash gave one slash of his sword to transform into the armor. Tempest smiled as he hold up his sword, and to all of their surprise, he was able to make the one sword a two before splitting them apart. He then gave both the swords a slash as a tornado formed around him. The two slashes look like shurikens as they flew around and collided with the tornado to make it first to show Tempest in the armor from before.

"The first one to hit the other wins." Tempest declared as the both of them took a battle stance. Tempest was the first one to charge at Flash before the two clash blades. After pulling his sword back, Flash tried to thrust his sword at Tempest, only for him to flip over Flash and land behind him. Flash quickly spun around and blocked Tempest's attack with a sword before he can land a hit. The wind was then kicked up as Tempest was moving faster around Flash.

Flash was doing all that he can to block each attack every time Tempest jumps at him. Tempest then took the two swords and put them together to make it look like a big shuriken before he threw it at Flash. Flash was able to block each attack or even dodge each one as he rolled out of the way. After one big clashed with their blades, they pushed each other back and by that time, Flash came up with a great idea to beat him. He remembers Twilight telling about the eagle part and how to bring it up. He then took a battle stance as both the blade and the emblem glowed bright before he gave an x slash right at Tempest.

As the slash was sent flying at Tempest, an eagle made of the trail flames behind emerged from it. Tempest dodge out of the way the slash as it was coming around and headed towards Flash. But flash rolled out of the way and not let the slash merged with him and let the slash kept coming around and around the two till they were surrounded by fire. Tempest did his best to dodge the Slash before he felt a hit on his side came out of nowhere. Flash used the Flames from the slash to not only keep Tempest in one spot, but also get him while his guard was down while he was distracted.

"I win." Flash told him as both their armors vanished and the flames died down. "I told you that it takes more than being strong to win a fight. Yeah I think over the situation from every angle and come up with a solution."

"Yeah, whatever." Tempest said as he stood up. "So, you think that the princess and the queen found out where this Mim guy is?" Twilight and Freya then walked in while Twilight was holding a large book in her hands.

"We have good news and we have bad news." Freya spoke first. "The good news is that we may have found the mountain that Mimir is."

"The bad news is that we can't teleport or use a gateway to get the top." Twilight added as she opened up the book. "The only way through it is through a cave system and the cave entrance is covered by a very dark shadow mist that no light magic can pierce through."

"Great, so now how are we going to get to him?" Spark asked as she sounded disappointed.

"There might be a wing to illuminate the mist that is covering the entrance." Twilight said as she pulled out another book. "It's called the Light of Alfheim. It's purest light will be enough to line up the mist and allow us to get through and illuminate it."

"That's great, but I do have one question." Terra spoke up. "What's Alfheim and where can we find it?"

"Alfheim means Land of the Elves." Freya explained. "In our homeland, we believe that our realm is just one of nine realms and Alfheim is one of them."

"So, we planned on traveling to Alfheim and get some of the light of it into this lamp." Twilight explained as she hold up a lamp made of obsidian iron. "But we're going to need some ponies with us to get it. Flash, Aqua, Spark, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Soarin will be coming with us."

"The rest of you will stay here and keep an eye on Equestria while we're gone." Freya told them. "As for how long will be gone for, even we don't know."

"Don't worry your highness." Terra spoke up. "Will keep everything safe until you guys get back."

"Good, now the rest of you pack your things." Freya said as she looked at Flash, Aqua, and Spark. "We'll be leaving soon. I hope we'll find some way to stop all this." She whispered before she left.

Soon a Gateway opened up in Yggdras and Freya, Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Soarin, and three of The Chosen swordsmen came through before it closed behind them. "So, this is your homeland?" Soarin asked as they looked around and found themselves at a forest near a river.

"Yes, it's even nicer now that those tentacle rape plans it's been removed." Freya said in a cheerful tone while the others just looked at her with an odd look. "What?"

"We're not even going to ask." Rainbow said before she looked at Twilight. "So how do we find this gateway to Alfheim?"

"Well, if we follow down this river, and find a large statue of a caribou stag in the middle of a large lake, we might find the way there." Twilight answered as she was looking into the book she brought with.

"You think Terra and Tempest will handle things all right while we're gone?" Aqua asked as they walked along the river. "Tempest can be a bit rash when it comes to fighting."

"Let's be glad that Terra is there to keep an eye on him." Rarity said. "As well as Angi and Durin." She looked around the forest and had a bit of concerned. "Freya, are you sure will be all right?"

"I'm pretty sure." Freya answered. "We just need to watch out for the Vixens. Well the boys will have to mostly. They'll find any species of male and well force them to be their mate for life."

"That would have been nice to know before we came here. Flash said before he noticed something up ahead. "Is that a boat up?"

"Looks like we'll have to ride along the river the rest of the way." Spark said as she noticed the river goes into a cave. They all got in the boat as both Flash and Soarin grabbed hold of the oars and started rowing along the river. "I'm just curious now, what did you do with the tentacle rape plants?"

"Once I became ruler, I had to help with Celestia and Luna to destroy every last bit of those things along with any creatures that caused harm to all of us." Freya told them as they ride down the river. "Anything left to them we used either for medicine or other things like that."

"Okay, but what about these "Vixens", don't they have any males of their own kind?" Twilight asked.

"They did, but they vanished and no one knows what happened to them." Freya told them as the boat entered the cave. Twilight and Rarity use their magic to light up as to see into the cave. "When the Vixens males vanished, and stags who went into the forest never came back, we sent search parties to look for them. When we found them, the stags were the Vixens play things and we knew we couldn't save them for their magic was stronger than our own."

"Again, would have been nice to know before we came here." Soarin said before they made it to the end of the cave and Freya's eyes went wide when she saw a large statue of a stag she knows.

"By Odin's beard it's a statue of Thor." Freya said in aw.

"Who's Thor?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"He was a mighty warrior whose hammer, Mjölnir could control thunderstorms." Freya told them before she noticed something up ahead. "Wait, there's another statue of a head and I could barely see any writing on the chest." Rainbow Dash decided to give him a little boost by pushing the boat closer to the statue while she flies. The giant statue of the stag holds a sword and a shield and look to be made of gold. When they were close, Freya could see the writing on the chest of the statue and read it out loud. "It reads, 'sacrifice your arms to the center of the water. Awaken again the cradle of the world.'"

"What, do we just throw our weapons into the water?" Spark asked as she was not sounding happy about throwing her sword away.

"And what's this "cradle of the world"?" Twilight asked.

"I think I might know what it is." Freya told them before she took out her ax. "But just to see if it's true..." After her ax was covered in Frost, she threw it as hard as she can in the middle of the water. After a couple of seconds, she hold up her hand to summon the acts back, but something was wrong. "My ax should have been back by now." They then felt the waters began to shift roughly as if something was awakening under the water. They then noticed through a mist around them that something was moving near the mountains before something risen up from the water under them. They all hold on tight to the boat and kept it balanced as to not tip over when something was coming out. Soon they noticed a large shadow hovering over them before something was in front of them. And looked like a closed eye before it opened up to reveal a colossus serpent's eye. "The World Serpent." Freya said in aw before said serpent raised his head up higher to reveal its pure white scales across its body and humongous mouth. Something came out when it's mouth spit and down came Freya's ax onto the boat.

"You know what that thing is?!" Rainbow Dash shouted as Flash, Aqua, and Spark ready their swords just in case. It then spoke in an ancient language, sort of like the Fortress did as well.

"Uh, did you get any of that Twilight?" Flash asked as the serpent was moving to rest his head.

"Kind of, but is a bit harder to make out." She answered before she noticed a bridge and a large building made from black iron and gold while the statue was on top of it. "Hey look at that! That must have been under the water before we woke up the serpent."

"Is that how we can get to Alfheim?" Aqua asked Freya.

"It must be." Freya said as she was a bit unsure. "There's only one way to find out." They then row their way to the large structure to see if it is the way to Alfheim.

Back in the Fortress, both Tempest and Terra are practicing together with Maud. She continued to break the rocks while Tempest clash blades with Terra. "You said you had to train a lot to have your swords choose you." Terra said before blocking an attack. "Where are you from before all this?"

"It's just outside of a question but near the borders of it." Tempest explained as a flip back from Terra's attack. Maud then walked up to them before tapping both their shoulders.

"You think there's a way I could wield one of those swords?" She asked the two of them.

"What makes you think that?" Tempest asked.

"I want to save my sister and protect my family." Maud explained. "Since Twilight told me what happened during the fall of Canterlot, I can't stop worrying about Pinkie Pie and what they're putting her through. If any of them hurts her so bad, I'll do it to them 10,000 times fold."

"You really care for your family, don't you? Terra asked as wrapped his arm around her. "I respect that. I don't know what I would do if anything ever happened to Stone."

"You guys are lucky." Tempest said under his breath.

"What was that?" Maud asked him before Spike came in.

"Guys, we got trouble happening." He told them. "We got three places being hit at once."

"Three at once?" Terra repeated. "Which places?"

"Does it matter if ponies are in danger?" Tempest asked. "I say I take one place will you take the other and then the both of us can take on the third one together well the others get the ponies to safety."

"That's smart. You're taking Sentry's advice?" Terra asked with a brow as Tempest just rolled his eyes. The both of them then ready their swords as their blades glowed, then after Tempest split his one sword in two, rocks gathered in front of Terra as the blade of his sword glowed bright. He then swing at his sword down as Tempest slashed both his and the rocks scattered before they all gathered on him before they burst and he was in his armor as Tempest was in his.

"Let's go!" Both Terra and Tempest said at the same time before Spike showed them where the attacks are happening.

Back with Freya, Twilight, and the others, they made their way towards the dome where the statue was standing on and inside they find nine doors and tree roots on top of the ceiling in the center of the room. "Okay, now which door needs us to this Alfheim place?" Spark asked as what's over to the odd looking table in the middle of the room.

"I honestly have no idea." Freya answered as she looked at the table that is covered in mist and is hollow. "But I do know that the roots above us are the roots of the world tree which connects us to different realms, so we just need to figure out how to use it to get to where we need to go."

"Didn't that book seen anything about how it works?" Rainbow Dash asked after flying down when she checked out the roots.

"It didn't say anything about this." Twilight answered as she looked around the room and noticed there were different color crystals in the front of each of the nine doors. "Perhaps these crystals have something to do with it."

"They must be important if they're in front of the doors." Flash said before he noticed a rune on each of the doors. "Hey Freya, is there a rune for activation or travel?" Freya raised a brow before her antlers lit up and created a rune for travel. The table in front of her then lit up before a small scale replica of the Dome there in and nine gates rise up from the mist on it.

"How did you know that would work?" Aqua asked him.

"Well, since everything in their homeland works around Rune Magic, it would make sense that it would work here as well." Flash told them as they looked at each other and all nodded in agreement. "Now, what's the rune symbol for Alfheim?" Freya smiled as she lit up her antlers again this time as the Rune symbol for Alfheim. Once she signed it on the table, the statue on it started to move to a blue gate before the statue model aimed a beam of light at it. The room they were all in then went dark as roots started to grow over to the blue door and the crystal in front of it floated up in the air.

"What's going on?" Soarin asked as a beam of light hit the crystal and it shined the light towards the symbol on the door. A burst of magic then dispersed across the room as a blue light shine down from the roots. "Do you think it worked?"

"Only one way to find out." Freya said as they walked through the door that the light shined on and came to the small hallway they were before.

"So it didn't work." Rainbow Dash assumed as it was all the same.

"No, something feels different." Twilight said before they reach the door at the end and opened it up. When they did, they were no longer on the bridge they saw when the world serpent woke up. But rather a place filled with many vegetation and a dimly light was covering the sky.

"This is Alfheim? I pictured it a bit more bright." Rarity said before she noticed a few dead bodies that made her jump a bit. "And with fewer corpses." Freya got a good look at the bodies and knew what they are.

"These are the light elves." She told them before she realized what's wrong. "Something is blocking the Light of Alfheim. That's why it's so dim here."

"Which means whoever killed them, is keeping the light from themselves." Spark said as she noticed a large dome out in the distance. "And I've got a hunch that that's where the light of Alfheim is."

"So we need to free the light before we can get some in the lantern." Flash said as he took out his sword. "Be on your guard, whoever killed these elves will still likely be out there." The group made their way towards the dome while their guard was up. They soon came across a small rowboat and knew they had to row the rest of the way. They saw into the distance a couple of white elves being killed by dark elves.

"You think those are who killed the ones we seen near the gate?" Soarin whispered as the two dark elves flew away.

"It's best to avoid them for now." Twilight whispered as they kept their heads down and continue to row. They noticed that there were some light elves that were hiding away as they went along the water towards the dome. "Okay, now we just need to find a way in and free the light." Just when they got off the rowboat, a blast nearly hit them and they looked up to see a few dark elves flying towards them.

"Easier said than done your highness!" Aqua said as she, Spark and Flash slashed their swords and transformed into their armor before clashing weapons with the dark elves when they flew at them. Soarin and Rainbow Dash took flight and did their best to fight the dark elves while some of them land on the ground to fight the others. The dark elves hold spears that shot out dark magic towards them as Twilight and Rarity use their own to block it only for their barrier to be shattered.

They all did what they could to stand their ground, but the dark elves have shown they are strong as they were being pushed back as they clash weapons. Aqua and Spark soon summoned the hook and hedgehog parts of their armor and fought back with needles and wrapped chains around them to get more strikes in. Two of them had their heads chopped off when Freya threw her acts before summoning back and chomping off three more before she caught it. One of them took noticed of Twilight as she stood back to back with Flash. He pointed his spear at her and spoke in their tongue that they couldn't understand but the other dark elves could.

There was only one thing he said in their language. "Faust!!" A few of them then swarm around Twilight and Flash while they ignored the others. Flash and Twilight did all that they could to fend them off before two of them grabbed her by the arms and started to fly away.

"Twilight!!" Flash called out as they were taking her. Flash then slashed his sword in an 'X' and sent it out at a few dark elves. From the trail of flames it left behind, the eagle from before flew out before it and the slash circle around as the flames gathered around him while taking out a few more dark elves. Once the slash and the eagle collided with him, the flames burst and the center of his armor had a red eagle head while the rest was covered in red armor. On his back were red wings which he used to fly after the two dark elves that are taking Twilight.

"Why are they taking her?!" Soarin asked as he and Rainbow Dash slice through five of them. "And what's a 'Faust'?!"

"Don't know, let's just hope Flash will save her!" Aqua said as Flash slashes his way through many dark elves until he reached the two that has Twilight. Twilight tried to wrestle free from their grasp, but no good for they are stronger than they appeared to be. When she blasted one away, another one took its place. Twilight then saw flash flying up as he slashed through five of them before he slashed the one on her right and she blasted the other one on our left.

"Twilight, get behind me!" Flash told her as they hovered in the air. "The rest of you, take cover!!" He shouted to the others as his blade was being covered with flames and the winds started together around him. Flash then gave his sword one powerful slash that it created a tornado of fire that gathered every dark elf around them and fried them to asunder. The others on the ground were holding on to the closest thing they could find as to not get sucked in by the flamenado. Once it has stopped, Twilight and Flash flew down next to the others to regroup.

"You turn them all to ash!" Spark told Flash as she punched his shoulder.

"Not all of them. I have a feeling there's more inside, and inside will probably be like a hornet's nest." Flash theorized.

"He's right." Twilight agreed. "And I have a feeling the ones we just fought were just guards. We need to come up with a plan to get inside and free the light without being killed."

"Well, I did notice a way in from the side right over there." Rarity said as she pointed to a small gap in the walls. "Perhaps we can use that to get inside undetected."

"Good idea." Flash told her. "Okay here's how we're going to do this. Me, aqua, and Sparks will cause a diversion out here to draw their attention while the rest of you go through that gap and find a way to free the light when you're inside."

"Are you sure about this?" Twilight asked, sounding concerned. "Those Dark Elves are really powerful and strong."

"We'll be fine Twilight." Flash told her as he hold both of her shoulders. "Remember, we're doing this to save our homeland. Plus you still have your friends with you, two of them are here with you, and the other three are here in your heart." He pointed towards her heart. "Even your family, Princess Celestia and Luna, every pony who's ever been your friend is there by your side. Your friends will always be your power." Twilight smiled at his words of encouragement before she gave him a hug.

"Thanks Flash, I really needed to hear that." She said before she let go and she, Freya, Rainbow, Rarity, and Soarin went over to the gap Rarity pointed and began to sneak their way inside the dome. Inside they find an odd red substance all over the walls as they were climbing over them and did all that they could to remain quiet. Once they climbed over a few edges and some of the red substance, they made it inside where they find a beam of light being covered by the red substance while dark elves were all over the place.

"Okay, we're inside." Rainbow whispered. "Now what do we do?" They all looked around until Twilight noticed a glowing pillar not far from where they are on the red substance that's covering the place.

"I have a pretty good feeling that thing over there might be a support being that's holding all this red stuff together." Twilight whispered to the others. "All we need to do is take out that one, along with the one below us." She pointed to similar one about a few feet down below them. "Once those things are gone, maybe the red substance will be gone as well and the light will be free."

"And once it is, not only will be able to get some of it, but it will also chase away the dark elves." Freya added. "But once they know this place is collapsing, even with the diversion outside, they'll still come after us. So be on your guard." They all nodded in agreement before they heard an explosion outside. That alone also got the attention of the dark elves and some of them went out to investigate it. With that, they carefully snuck their way over to the glowing pillar as Freya ready her ax as it got covered in frost.

She gave one swing of her ax and once it was stuck into the pillar, it frost over before she pulled back and destroyed it with one mighty swing. After that pillar was destroyed, the red substance they were standing on crumbled down as they fell while the rest of the red substance started to fall apart. Once they had their rough Landing, the rest of the dark elves noticed their presence and started to go after them. Soarin and Rainbow Dash gave the others cover in the air as they fought back while they mean their way to the second pillar. The ground below started to crumble the red substance started to fall apart before they fell and they were near the next pillar.

Twilight and Rarity was giving Freya some cover as she was running towards the next pillar. Freya saw a few of them blocking her way, so she threw her ax and used its magic to swirl around her and chop them down to size. Once they were out of the way, she did the same process she did with the first pillar and gave one mighty swing to destroy the last. Once it was gone, the ground beneath them fell apart and the two pegasi quickly caught them as all the red substance was falling apart. The one that was covering the light soon vanished and the sky turned to a bright blue and all the dark elves scattered.

"We did it!!" Rainbow Dash shouted with excitement as they lowered down to the floor where the light is beaming up into the sky. Once they all were sent down, they saw Flash, Aqua, and Spark come in through the roof but their armors were different. Flash still had the dragon head on his right side, but he didn't have the red eagle head on his chest and instead had the red bracer on his left. Spark had both the oil lamp and the three-headed dog on both sides of her armor. And Aqua has the lion head, the hook and chain, and the pegasus head on her armor. "What's with the cool new looks?"

"Things were getting tough, so we decided to switch things up." Flash answered as he hold up his left arm with the bracer on it. "It turns out this one can summon a red cloud which I can ride on and extend some sort of bo out."

"I got a bit of the power of Cerberus on my side." Spark joked as she looked over her right side of the armor. "As for why Aqua looks like that, we were being overwhelmed and she had the idea of combining all three parts of her armor since we were surrounded by water. And let me tell you this, she was fucking amazing!" She then noticed Twilight wasn't paying attention and was looking at the Light of Alfheim. "Uh, why are you staring into the light?"

"Don't you all hear that?" Twilight asked as they looked at the light but didn't hear anything. "I can hear voices coming from the light." The three chosen swordsstallion and mares transformed out of their armors and Flash's clothes looked a little burnt as Aqua was soaking wet then she was the first time.

"I don't hear anything, darling." Rarity said as Rainbow walked up to the light and put her hand out. The moment she touched the light, there was a bit of sparks before she pulled her hand back.

"Gah! Shit!" Rainbow Dash cursed as she rubbed her hand. "It's too hot, you can't even touch it!"

"How can we get the light in the lantern if we can't touch it?" Soarin asked as the others wondered the same thing. Twilight then let out a sigh before she looked at the others.

"A unicorn's blood can heal it when it's injured." Twilight told them as she holds on to the lantern. "And since I'm an alicorn now, my blood can rapidly heal kill me while I try to get some of the light in it."

"Are you sure Twilight?" Flash asked with much concern.

"I'm positive." She told him before she turned to the light and took a deep breath. "All of you stand back, because I don't know what's going to happen when I try." They did what she asked and took a couple steps back.

"Just be careful Twilight." Freya warned her as Twilight gave a smile in response. She then walked up to the light, hold the lantern by the handle, and reached out with it. Sparks flew when her hand touched it and she pulled back. She wasn't going to give up so she tried again only to end with the same result. Twilight then took the lantern on both sides with both her hands with a look of determination on her face before she shoved the lantern and her arms deep within the light. Twilight screamed in pain as the light burned her arms and it looked like she was being caught up in the light, because she is. The others closed their eyes as the light shined brighter while Twilight was being cut up in it.

Twilight had her eyes closed from the pain the light gave her before she soon felt no pain at all. She opened her eyes and everything was all gray with shadowy areas everywhere. The lantern in her hands floated out of them before it flew away. Twilight chase after it before she noticed she is no longer in Alfheim, but in a field of grass. Twilight could hear crying up ahead where the lantern flew before she saw a colt and a cabin falling down as it was on fire. Twilight walked up to the colt and saw it was a young Flash Sentry crying. "I promise I'll stay strong and become a great royal guard like you, Mom and Dad!" She heard the young Flash's voice everywhere, even though nothing was moving, not even him.

Twilight felt bad for him for she quickly found out that his parents had died in that cabin before she noticed a door opening up made of light as the lantern went through it. Twilight went through the door and she found herself in a large snowy area but felt no cold. She then looked ahead and saw a young Aqua crying her eyes out as she was holding her sword while she sat next to a gravestone. "I wish you were still here mother! I wish I wasn't alone!" She heard the voice of the young Aqua say.

Twilight didn't know how, but she could guess that our family have died when she was so young. Another door of light opened up and she went through it to be in a house made of clouds before she noticed another familiar face crying next to a bed with a stallion on it. This one was Spark Wing and the stallion on the bed she could have guessed is her big brother. "It's not fair! I don't want this! You wanted this since you were young but I don't want you to be sick!" She heard the voice of the young Spark say before another door opened up.

After stepping through it, she caught sights of Terra having a sad look on his face as he stood in front of a grave. Twilight read the engraving on the grave that said, 'R.I.P. Gaia Life' who Twilight guest is his wife. "I promise that I will keep our son safe and protect him with all I got." She heard his voice from everywhere before another door of light opened before her. She stepped through it and ended up in another place.

The place she then arrived in through the door looked to be an ancient temple meant for training in martial arts. She then noticed a young Tempest up ahead and was crying over a memorial pedestal as he holds the twin swords of Zephyr in his hands. "I...promise you that I will be the strongest warrior that had ever lived. I promise you big bro..." She heard the young Tempest's voice promise. Twilight gave one last look at him before another door appeared in front of her and she went through it.

Twilight then ended up in an unfamiliar place where there was multiple shadows of multiple ponies gathered around as she saw a unicorn mare standing in front of a shadow of a stallion in front of a cage. Because everything was in gray, she couldn't tell what color the mare's coat is but she did have this furious look on her face as she stood her ground and had daggers in her hands. "I won't let you kill somepony who was trying to provide for his family! I'll kill every last one of you if I have to!" She heard the voice of the mare shouted before a door appeared near Twilight as she wondered what was happening here before she went through.

Twilight was then walking along a cliffside with a view of the ocean before she saw a stallion unicorn sitting on the end holding would look to be one of the sacred swords she saw as a statue back at the fortress. The blade in the guard look to be an upside down trident as the stallion looked upset. "Can I even call myself Worthy if I couldn't even protect somepony close to me? Why did you appear to me in the first place?" The voice of the stallion asked as she guessed he was asking the sword before another door appeared before her.

She went through it and she finds two mares in the middle of a forest looking upset. One that looked like Luna was holding a severed horn that she recognized very well. It was the horn of King Sombra as this mare clutched it tight in her hand. "I wish I was like everypony else, like mother. But how can I when I have you in my veins?!" Twilight heard the voice of that mare before she turned to the other one who had two horns on her head, multiple foxtails, and lion pause for her hands and hooves.

"I wish I didn't look like this at all. I wish I was born normal and not a freak of nature!" She heard that mare's voice. As Twilight made her way to the door that appeared before her, she wondered why she is seeing all this and if there's any way she can help them. She then entered the doorway and up ahead was the lantern floating in front of a large temple that looked as old as the Fortress Elysium. The lantern then shine bright as a figure appeared in place of the lantern and a holding a sword Twilight saw in her dream.

"Who are you?" She asked this figure before it reached out its hand to her. Twilight didn't know why, but she felt like she met this figure before as her hand was moving on its own reaching out to the figure's. Just when she was close to grabbing the hand, she felt something grab her and tuck her back. Twilight trying to fight it, but it felt strong before she was being pulled out. "NO!"

Flash and Twilight fell back on the ground as he pulled her out of the light. "NO! NONONONO!! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!?!?!" She yelled at him.

"You were in there for a long time, I had to pull you out!!" Flash shouted back with a mix of fear and concern.

"What are you talking about?! I was in...there...for..." Twilight's words got caught in her throat when she noticed he was in his armor and she looked around. There were bodies of dead dark elves all around them and piles as the others looked like they were out of breath. "H-How long was I in there for?"

"For ten whole hours!" Rainbow shouted as she kicked the dead bodies. "You were in there for ten hours!" She then flinched in pain before she brought her left wing over and Twilight could see a cut on it.

"R-Rainbow, your wing." Twilight said with worry.

"I'm fine, they just clipped my wing a little." Rainbow Dash told her. "Did you get the light in the lantern?" Twilight then remembered before checking and holding up said lantern filled with the Light of Alfheim. "Good, now we can get out of here." Twilight noticed that the bridges of light that connected the room across each gap around them. They didn't see anything as they were walking towards the exit and Twilight felt like she needed to say something.

"Look, I'm sorry for being in there for too long." She told them. "I thought I was only in there for ten minutes or so. I'm sorry if I mean you won't feel like I abandon you."

"We're not upset, Twilight." Freya told her. "We were worried that you might have died in there. Your land already had three of its princesses enslaved, it doesn't need to lose a fourth."

"What exactly did you see that darling?" Rarity asked as they made it to the exit.

"Well, I--" Before she could tell them, the door opened up and a few light elves were coming in. One of them stopped in front of Twilight and gave a bow before speaking in their tongue. They couldn't understand what she was saying before she said the one word and their own language.

"Faust." The light elf said with a bow. She then brought her hand up and gently touched Rainbow Dash's wing as her hand glowed. When she lifted her hand, the cut on Rainbow's wing was gone before she brought up Twilight's and Rarity's arms before placing gauntlets on them. Both gauntlets had blue gems and the engraving looked like unicorns as well. The light elf then gave about them before going inside with the rest.

"She just called you Faust too." Aqua told Twilight. "I wonder what this Faust is?" Twilight then realized something.

"Maybe Faust isn't a what, but a who." Twilight said, making the others look at her with wonder. "Well I was in there, I saw the lives of each of yours." She said as she looked Flash, Aqua, and Spark before she began to tell them what she saw in the light but the others. She then told them about the alicorn figure she saw before Flash pulled her out. "Maybe this Faust is an ancient alicorn that existed long before any of us were born, probably even Celestia and Luna."

"And you think that you both look alike?" Soarin asked as they all wondered the same thing.

"We'll think about that later, if I was in there for like ten hours, which means we need to hurry and get back to finding Mimir." Twilight reminded before they went on their way back to the gate. A pathway was suddenly in front of the dome back to the beach where the gateway is. As they walked along the pathway, Twilight couldn't help but think of the figure she saw in the light. Especially about the sword the figure was holding, as it looked like it was made out of a galaxy itself with a sun like symbol near the guard. They soon reached the end of the pathway and was walking through the forest to the rowboat they used before a blast nearly hit them.

They turned to see a dark elf but it looked much larger than the others. It had three horns on its head, its spear had three cooling gemstones, and its armor looked like it was royalty. This dark elf shouted in his native tongue as he pointed his spear at them with rage. This dark elf then launched himself towards them and before he hit the ground, they scattered as a burst of energy dispersed when his spear struck the ground. "Something tells me that this is the dark elves leader, and he's not too happy about what we did!" Soarin said they all got into a fighting position.

Flash, Aqua, and Spark quickly slashed their swords just as the dark elf king charged at them and clashed weapons when their armors appeared. They were then pushed back as he turned and swung his spear at them that caused a slash wave to me sent right at them. Twilight quickly teleported in front of them and put up a barrier that shattered when the wave hit. She stumbled back from that attack before Flash grabbed her and the other two charged right at the king. Flash saw that the bracelet the light of gave her and Rarity started to glow.

Both bracelets glowed bright before weapons appeared in their hands. Rarity was holding on to a rapier as Twilight holds a sword. The king then launched himself towards them and clash blades with all three of them. Both Twilight's sword and Rarity's rapier glowed bright before a bright light repelled him back. Rarity's bracelet glowed again before her rapier transformed into a bladed bow with a glowing string on it. As Spark and Aqua clashed blades with the king, Rarity pulled back on the string and a glowing arrow appeared. As the king knocked the two back, Rarity released the string and launched the arrow. The arrow itself glowed bright as it flew in the air before multiple arrows appeared and struck the king multiple times.

As the dark elf king was stunned by the multiple arrows in his body, the others then gave a few strikes with their own weapons before he unleashed a dark wave that sent them back. He then flew up in the air and charge towards Twilight, ready to stab her. Flash quickly got in front and blocked the attack before Twilight quickly jumped over them and slashed the king in the back of a few times. Freya then through her ax at his feet and froze the ground along with his feet so he can't fly away. Flash, Aqua, and Spark then powered up their swords as Rarity's blade bow and Twilight's sword glowed bright. They all then pulled back and gave powerful slashes that struck the dark elf king. The dark elf king roared in pain before he exploded and was gone for good. All I was left of him was his spear which Freya picked up.

"That...was...AWESOME!!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed excitedly as she flew in the air.

"That light elf must have gave us these bracelets for protection." Twilight assumed as their weapons disappeared and the armors on the three others vanished.

"They're both stylish and a functional." Rarity said as she marveled at her bracelet.

"Okay, now let's get out of here before something else tries to kill us." Sprak said as she hopped on the boat. They all agreed and made their way back to the gateway.

Once they returned back to their own realm, they made their way across the bridge that is conveniently in the direction of the mountain they need to climb. Once they went through the doorway that came across, they noticed a lift that looked like it would take them to up to the mountain. "Huh, well that's convenient." Soarin said before they took the lift up.

"Hey Freya, do you think those crafting caribou of yours can make those cool bracelets?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Because I want one of my own."

"Now that we have the light of Alfheim, we'll see what they can do." She told her before the lift stopped and up ahead they saw a cave that looked like a face with dark shadowy mist in its mouth. Once they reached the cave, they couldn't see anything through the darkened mist. "Okay, time to see if the light will work." Twilight nodded before she grabbed the lantern and hold it up.

The slowly walked into the mist as the light inside the lantern glowed bright. After a big shine from it, a part of the mist vanished as they walked in deeper into the cave. After a couple of more shines from the lantern, the dark mist completely vanished and they could see clearly now as a big door was right in front of them.

"This must be the way up the mountain." Aqua assumed before she, Twilight, and Freya used their magic to slowly open the door. Once it was fully opened, they saw a pathway going up and knew that it was the way to Mimir at the top. As they need their way up, they had to fight their way through a few droggers and number of other creatures they came across. Twilight and the others can see why the Caribou are the way they are if things like what they fought live in their homeland.

"How much farther is it to the top?!" Both Rainbow and Spark asked as they were annoyed with all the creatures they were fighting.

"It's hard to tell." Twilight said before they heard a roar echoing through a mine they came across. "And I'm pretty sure that doesn't sound friendly." They soon came across a large area with a stone door up ahead. Flash slowly approached the door and just when he was about to open it, it burst open and he flew back with his wings. What burst through is a cave troll with a giant stone mallet on its shoulder.

"This place has a cave troll." He said before he, Aqua, and Spark transformed into their armors as the others got ready to fight. The troll roared before it leap towards them and brought up its mallet. The group scattered before it slammed its mallet on the ground. Aqua use the chainhook to grab hold of its right arm as Flash and Twilight slashed it a few times before Freya threw her ax right at its eyes. The troll then roared before he swung his mallet and knock them all back. Rainbow Dash and Soarin quickly flew and caught them before they could hit the wall. Rarity was running circles around it as she was firing arrows as fast as she could while the others recovered.

Spark then bring down electricity on the troll with flying spikes right at the troll. Flash then used the bo that extended out from his left arm to whack the troll a few times before Twilight and Freya fired powerful magical beams at its feet. Once it was kneeling, Rainbow and Soarin grabbed a chain and flew around it as they wrapped it around its neck. Aqua then unleashed a powerful stream of water that pushed the troll back until it stepped over an edge and fell. The chain around its neck was choking as it was hanging before it snapped and it fell to its death. The group then took a moment to take a breath as they gave it everything to kill it. "I...hate...adventures." Rarity panted.

Once the group had caught their breath, they continued on their way to the peak of the mountain as they traveled deeper within the mine of the mountain. As they walked along a path, something caught Freya's eye before she ran over to a open room. The others wondered what caught her interest as they followed her and saw a bunch of skeletons of not just the caribou, but a few deers as well. The site of skeletons along the floor and small steps was shocking and wondered what killed them if they made it past that troll. Freya was most shocked at all of them as her own kind and some deers are dead and looked like they've been here for almost decades.

Twilight then noticed some writing on the walls and she used her magic to carefully translate the writing before she began to read it. "The fool had sent beasts after us when we found out what he did. He wanted to make sure we wouldn't expose him for the fraud that he is. We cannot get, out we cannot escape, his beasts have blocked the way out." The others had looks a concerned when she read the text. "The fool had cursed the caribou and has made our cousins go at war with each other. If anyone has found this, tell the truth of what has happened, tell that D--." She stopped when there was no more to read.

"They must have died from either starvation or the monsters I got them before they could finish." Flash said. "You going to be okay Freya?"

"I don't know..." She answered before she got off her knees and stood back up. "Let's just go and find Mimir." They soon continued their way up until they were blinded by a bright light as they made it out of the mine and the peak of the mountain was just up ahead.

"Finally, he reached the summit." Soarin said with a sigh in relief. "Now let's go and meet this guy." They got closer and saw that they have to climb their way up as they found out they can't fly or use magic to get up there. As they carefully climbed around, they can hear two voices and one of them is very familiar.

"I'll ask you again, where did these swords that has the power to destroy what I'm trying to build come from?!" They heard the voice of Dainn shout.

"Dainn? What's he doing here?" Twilight whispered before they heard another voice.

"And I'll tell you once more if you don't let go of the past and let Freya remove your cycle, you'll end up killing us all!" They heard someone shout. "And if you're not going to listen, then I'm done talking to you! Now take your insane believes and shove them up your ass!"

"When I'm done with Equestria, coming for your other eye." They heard Dainn threatened whoever he was talking to before they heard what sounded like a teleportation spell.

"How did he teleport out of here?" Rainbow asked.

"He must have used chaos magic to do it." Twilight theorized before they climbed up and found that the top of the mountain was not covered in stone and was warm. "This is amazing."

"Ah, speak of the devil themselves." They turned to see a caribou stag with a white beard, one eye that is black with a glowing yellow pupil, and his body is trapped within a tree. "I was wondering when all of you will show up. Although I thought some of you would be taller."

"You...you're Mimir." Freya said aw when she saw him.

"And you are the second Queen of the Caribou." Mimir responded with a smile. "As well as a Wonderbolt, three of The Elements of Harmony, and three chosen wielders of the sacred swords. You all are indeed in the presence of Mimir, if you have any questions I'll be happy to answer."

"What did you mean when you call Freya the second Queen of the caribou?" Spark asked. Mimir open his mouth before he thought it over.

"Okay there may be a few gaps in the knowledge, but I'm still all knowing." He admitted.

"Why was Dainn here in the first place?" Rarity asked him.

"He wanted to know about the secret swords you all are wielding." Mimir answered. "He wanted to know about their origins so he can create one of his own. But I told him that is not important. I told him that suppressing his Cycle would only make its destination spread across the world."

"He's suppressing his Cycle?!" Freya asked with anger and shock. "Is that buffoon trying to kill us all?!"

"Let's focus on why we're here first." Flash reminded before you walked up to Mimir. "We're here for your help to convince the deers to join in our fight against him. But in order to do that, will need you to help bring compromise between them and the Caribou that are with us."

"We can convince other creatures like the Griffins and the minotaurs, but we need your help with the deers." Twilight added. "And maybe you can help us with our plan on attacking Canterlot and saving as many ponies as we can." Mimir looked at her with a confused look.

"You mean you don't know, sister?" He asked.

"Know what?" She asked. Mimir stayed quiet for a moment before he gave a small smile.

"That's not important right now." He said before you look to the others. "You all came to the right place. I believe I can help you with the deers, and there might be something that could help you with your Canterlot plan."

"Sweet! So what do we got to do first?" Soarin asked.

"First you need to cut off my head." Mimir quickly responded.

"Wait, what?" The others were just as confused and shock as Soarin.

"A quick question, why in Tartarus would we do that?!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"You see this weapon that you need for when you attack Canterlot and save ponies is going to have a few tests and while you're there getting it, I will be at your stronghold to make the plans." Mimir told them. "There's one problem, Odin had enchanted this tree so that no one would be able to free my body from it. But lucky for you you don't need my body, you just need to find a way to reanimate my head and everything should be smooth sailing from there."

"Are you sure you want that?" Freya asked with worry. "Isn't there another way?" Mimir looked down with a sad look.

"I've been tortured you know, by Odin and many others." He told them before he raised his hand to look at them. "This, this isn't living sister." They have felt sorry for him for they have no idea how long he's been up here and how long has he have been suffering.

"Okay..." Freya spoke up as she took out her ax. "I'll do it."

"Oh dear, I can't watch this." Rarity said as she turned away and covered her eyes.

"Ah, the leviathan ax." Mimir said when he laid eye on it. "A family heirloom to Laufey the Just. And now that I think about it, the very first Caribou Queen was your ancestor a long time ago."

"I would love to hear the story about that, but we have more pressing matters to deal with." Freya reminded him. Rarity kept her eyes closed as the others watched as she swung her ax and chopped up his head with a few vines. She wrapped the vines around his antlers before picking it up. "Now, let's see what the library back in the Fortress has to helped us revive him." The others felt uncomfortable as she carried the head and felt like it's going to be a long walk down the mountain.

"When are they coming back?!" Angi asked in a very concerned tone as she paced around the library.

"They'll be back. We just need to be patient with them." Durin told her as he was reading a book.

"Yeah, except that Terra is injured because we fell right into their trap and now Tempest is facing off against that thing in Las Pegasus!" Angi shouted. "We both know he won't last long out there by himself!" A doorway opened up before Freya and the others came through. "Finally! It's about time you all got--" She then noticed the head of Mimir Freya is holding. "WHAT THE FUCK?!"

"Go get Zecora and we'll tell you everything we went through." Twilight told her as she went to find some books. Angi asked Dainna to go fetch Zecora while the others told them what happened while they were out. Starting from what happened in Alfheim to the trip up the mountain. They even told Dainn was there and everything. Once Zecora was brought to the library and Twilight found a few books on how to resurrect. The two were working on it for a couple of hours as the shoved a few odd things in the heads nose all while a pot filled with a potion was being boiled over a flame.

"I can't believe we're reviving a head of an ancient stag from a long time ago." Zecora said as she uncomfortable about what they're doing. "Okay, now what should we do next?"

"It says that we need to submerge the head in the potion." Twilight said before she used her magic lift up the head from the vines and and submerged it in the pot. After a couple of seconds, there was babbling in the pot, so she quickly pulled it out and Mimir was spitting out the things they put in his mouth.

"I really didn't think being resurrected would taste very awful." Mimir said before she sat his head on the table. "Aw the library of Equine and the world. This is perfect for planning."

"There's something you should know first." Durin spoke up. He told them about how there was three places being hit at once by a Magivore that looks like a basilisk but with a cobra hood. It was odd how three places was attacked at the same time by the same monster. But after two of them have been destroyed, they found out that they have been two Trojans that made the third one get bigger in both strength and size. The third one had became a towering colossus when Terra and Tempest saw it. They fought it off as best as they could for the others to get everypony to safety, but Terra got injured by the monster and Tempest used the same move Flash used against him to create a diversion while he got Terra out of there. He stayed behind in hopes of tiring out the monster. "Right now Terra is being treated and Tempest won't last long."

"Then it's a good thing we're back." Spark said as she draw out her sword.

"Then while you three go help Tempest, Twilight will go and retrieve the weapon I told you all about." Mimir said. "The Kingexcalibur."

"Kingexcal-what?" Rainbow asked.

"Kingexcalibur." Mimir corrected. "It's an ancient and powerful weapon used by the first unicorn king long before Celestia, Luna, or Star Swirl the Bearded were even born. I may not remember what kind of power it has, but I do know where it is hidden."

"Okay, where is it?" Flash asked as the rest listened in.

"It's in a limbo plane and the only way to get there is by a special door near the edge of Equestria." Mimir answered. "Once you passed through, you must pass a test that the door presents to you. When you passed the test, the sword will present itself."

"But why only me?" Twilight asked.

"Because I can tell that you are troubled. The test will help you get over what is troubling you." Mimir told her. "And one more thing, you don't find the door when you're at the border of Equestria, the door will call out to you."

"Okay." Twilight said before she looked at the others. "You three go help Tempest and the rest of you go get help from the griffins and the minotaurs."

"I will give you some advice on how you can get them to help." Mimir said. "Now, where you can find the door is simple."

Twilight soon came to the border of Equestria as Mimir instructed. The place was a deep forest with crystals growing out of the ground. "Bridlewood Forest. This looks nicer than I thought it'd be." She said to herself. "Now where's that door?" She tread carefully as she looked around for the door to Kingexcalibur. After what seemed like hours of searching to her, she sit down on a log as she couldn't find the door. She then felt like something was calling out to her before she noticed the crystals were glowing like they were showing her the way.

Twilight followed the glowing crystals as she felt like they were showing her the way. As Twilight followed them, the corruption inside of her appeared next to her as she walked along. "You're wasting your time you know. That bodyless stag probably just sent you on a wild goose chase." Twilight didn't respond to the corruption as she continued to follow the trail. "Oh, you're ignoring me? You still think I'm a corruption? What if I'm just the you that you hide away that enjoys being used? Face it, you'll never be able to beat them. So just give in and--"

"Go over to that door? I can agree more." Twilight told her corruption as there was a wooden door surrounded by stones up ahead. Twilight ran up to the door but couldn't find any doorknobs to open it. The stones around it then glowed to show writing and she guessed that their clues on to how to open it or something.

To open and retrieve what's inside, one must open one's heart and endure the ride. Face your fears that frightens you the most, the ones that you never boast. After facing your fear and you retrieved the item within, only unity and trust can unlock the power the item has. Nothing thin can truly be the key.

Twilight was confused by this before the door itself began to glow bright. She was blinded by said light for about a few seconds before it died down. When she could see again, she found herself no longer in the forest but in the ballroom of Canterlot Castle. She was on the stage and she saw around her many stallions and Caribou Stags raping mares around her. Twilight was shocked to be here before she noticed herself had changed as well. She was naked, her horn cut off, and her wings in plastic casing. The nipples on her breasts are pierced and what's worse is around her neck is a red collar. She then heard moaning and saw all five of her friends giving raped as well. Rainbow Dash is a black collar while Rarity is a red.

She is horrified of what she is seeing before she saw something that really frightened her. She looked up and saw the swords that Flash and the others wielded that are broken and damaged beyond repair. "No... no, it can't be..." She said in fear before she felt two hands grope her breasts before she turned and saw Dainn with a wicked grin on his face.

"You've been a good girl with all the training you did with all those cunts." Dainn told her as she did her best to hold back her moans. "You talked them very well and even though some of them are still black, the rest are slowly learning their place." His hand traveled down to her pussy and begins to finger her. "That cow that stole my rightful place as king and those swordsponies are gone, Equestria is all mine." She couldn't help but let out a moan of pleasure as his fingers went deeper inside her pussy. It wasn't long before she came all over his fingers and the floor. She fell to her knees before she felt his cock tap against her face. "For your great work, you may suck on your superior's cock like the slut you are."

Twilight's hand slowly moved on its own and reached up for his cock as she thought to herself that maybe this is how it's supposed to be. She thought that if this is how it ends, she deserves to be a red. Before her hand could grasp his cock, she saw a small glow around her pinky finger. Once she looked at it, a memory flashed inside her head reminding her of the promise she made with Flash that night back in Ponyville. Once she remembered promise she made, she tightened her fist before looking at him with a glare as her eyes were filled with a fire. "Never." She grunted.

"What was that?"

"Never!" She shouted at him before she stood up. "I will never suck you dick! I would never hurt my friends! I will betray them!" Her volume got louder as everypony and stag in the room stopped what they were doing. "You may have beaten Celestia but that's only because you cheated your way! Using Discord's magic, tricking my brother and sister-in-law, and I bet you only got Luna when she was asleep! I bet you did all of that because you knew you would be beating by us!"

"Where is this coming from you--" Twilight quickly punched him in the face before he could finish. Everyone in the room could see blood dripping down his nose from that punch. "How dare you--" Dainn was punched in the face again by her before he could finish.

"You tell your own kind about honor but where is the honor of stealing another homeland?!" She shouted with rage. "What kind of honor is there in enslaving others?!" She threw another punch to his face as her body began to glow. "I was scared of you at first! But now I know you're nothing to be scared of because you're nothing at all!" Dainn gave an angry look towards her as blood was running down his face.

"Have you forgotten your place, bitch?!" Dainn shouted as he through a punch at her, but she quickly caught it in the palm of her hand. He was surprised at first before he used his magic to summon his hammer and once it was in his hand, he swung it at her with chaos magic covering it. Twilight however caught it with her other hand and gripped both the hammer and his hand tight as she glared at him.

"I know for a fact that Chrysalis never wanted to be enslaved by all the runes that's all over her body and controlled her!!" She shouted as her grip on the hammer and his hand grew stronger. "I bet that Discord rejected helping you so you stole his magic!!" Dainn had a look of pain and fear as she was crushing his hand and cracks began to form on the hammer. "Well guess what, I will never submit to you!! Because I made a promise to the stallion I love with all my heart!!" The five swords began to glow bright as Twilight was glowing brighter. She then gave a powerful kick to his gut that sent him flying through a wall. She then looked over out into the crowd and grab hold of the collar that's around her neck. "I promise you all that I will send you free!! I promise to protect the ones I care about!!" As she began to pull on the collar, cracks began to form around it as it began to break. "I...am...Princess...Twilight...SPARKLE!!!" She ripped the collar off and the whole room was blinded and upright light from her and the swords.

Twilight opened her eyes and saw that she was no longer in character a lot and her clothes were back on. Her horn was still attached to her and her wings were perfectly fine. She noticed that her hands were on the door and they have opened it, which means she passed the test. She was happy that she did that she didn't notice her corruption looked a bit dehydrated and weakened a little as she walked through the door. Twilight walked down a narrow hallway until she spotted a sword hovering above a pedestal up ahead.

"Kingexcalibur." She said in aw as she walked closer to it. She then grabbed hold of the handle and could sense the power it has just by holding it. Twilight then got an idea on how to unlock its full power and it's not just going to be hard to do it. Twilight then ran out of the hallway with a sword and used her wings to take off.

Meanwhile in Las Pegasus, Flash and the other three swordsponies were having a hard time with the Basilisk Magivore since it was at least 100 ft tall. Spark used her hedgehog needles to fire at its legs to slow it down while Aqua used the chain to hold its arm back. "You fools can't stop me!!" The Magivore shouted as he grabbed the chain to swing Aqua before throwing her at Spark.

"You both okay?!" Flash asked them after the two crash into a wall.

"Define okay...?" Spark groan.

"I'm just glad you guys came, but we need a miracle to beat this thing!" Tempest said as the monster brought up his foot to crush them. Just when he was about to brought it down, a beam of magic blasted in the face causing him to step back. The others looked up and saw Twilight flying in with Kingexcalibur in hand.

"Your highness, you're back!" Aqua said as she and Spark stumble to stand up.

"And you got the sword!" Flash said as he noticed it in her hand. "Do you know how to use it?"

"I have, but I need each of your help." She answered as she pointed to each of them. "Tempest, you and Spark attack from above! Aqua, use your water to blind him while me and Flash attack him from below!" They each nodded in agreement before they spread out to do what she said. Aqua stood between three fountains and used her sword to command the water to blast it in the face. The monster was blinded by the blast of water, Flash, Spark, Tempest, and Twilight begin to leap and slash their swords at him and did some damage.

"Gah!! Don't think these tiny attacks will do anything!!" The Magivore shouted as balanced himself. "And you alicorn bitch! I will take you to my king and put you in your rightful place!"

"I already know my place!" Twilight shouted at the Magivore. "I am Princess Twilight Sparkle! The Princess of Friendship! And I made a promise to never give up, even when things seem dark!! The first unicorn king never gave up when he wielded the sword and he trusted his fellow unicorns that fought by his side!" She hold up the sword high. "So even if you capture me, I will never submit to you! And this land will never be yours! Because I believe that Flash, Freya, my friends will stop you to the very end!" The others who are with her on the field and back in the Fortress all agreed with her as the sword began to glow bright.

Kingexcalibur then flew out of her hands and once it was high in the sky, it started to grow in size until it was the same size as the monster. It then transformed and amazed everyone who watched into something they never seen before in their lives, a Giant Warrior.

"What the?! You think this makes a difference?!" The Magivore shouted as he swung his blade at the warrior. The warrior easily blocked the attack before punching him in the stomach. He then grabbed it by the tail and swing him into the air before the warrior jumped high with giant sword in hand. Before anyone can know it, the Giant Warrior brought down its sword and destroyed it with one strike. Once it was destroyed, the Warrior shrunk down to their size and kneel down before Twilight.

Once the return to the Fortress, every pony and caribou were amazed by what they just saw and everything. Terra even congratulate them on their victory as he was healed up quickly thanks to the Fortress and its amazing healing magic the doctors discovered. "All right! All right, we have more important matters to deal with!" Mimir spoke up. "It's time together all the help we can get, and it may take about a few weeks! But if we focus and do everything right, we'll be triumphant in the end!"

They all agreed and they all prepared for the coming battle. Twilight went with Mimir to discuss the plan until all the deers have arrived. The swordsponies and Maud were walking to the training area to stay in shape until she stopped and looked off in the distance. "Hey Maud, what's wrong?" Flash asked when he noticed she stopped.

"It's nothing." Maud answered. "I thought I heard something call out to me." Deep, deep, deep within Fortress Elysium, where glowing cubes were being rearranged and powering everything in the Fortress, lies a pool of mana. Within the pool is a sword that is pink with a black blade and a light blue emblem on it.

Author's Note

The holographic display of what might happen was inspired by Despicable Me 3. And you can find the battle in Alfheim is similar to the one in God of War as well as meeting Mimir and reviving his head