As the Rainbooms, Tempest Shadow, Trixie, Starlight Glimmer and Vice Principal Luna emerged back to Canterlot City, dark clouds gathered ominously over the skyline. In the distance, they could see familiar figures—friends, loved ones, once filled with light and laughter, now twisted by Grogar’s curse.

Rainbow Dash exhaled slowly, her eyes narrowed in determination. "Alright, everyone. We’re not just fighting to win—we’re fighting to save them. Let’s make this count."

Twilight adjusted her glasses again, this time with a determined glint in her eyes. "We’ll figure out a way. We always do."

The Rainbooms and the group readied themselves as the cursed figures drew closer, their eyes glowing with the dark magic that bound them. The battle was about to begin, and while the stakes were higher than ever, there was no doubt in any of their hearts—they would fight, not just for victory, but for the ones they loved.

Back in the mystical void, Shari and Celestia turned to each other, their bond as ancient as the stars above them.

“We’ll find the answer,” Celestia said softly, her eyes determined. “And then, the Cosmic Guardians Day will resume, happier than ever.”

Shari nodded, her horn glowing with ethereal light. “Indeed, old friend. Together, we will unravel this curse.”

With that, they all go through the newly-formed portal to the secret magic research lab at Canterlot High, knowing that they’ll get better research there. Shari opens the portal to the school and they went through.

As the battle raged in Canterlot City, a different kind of battle for knowledge began, one that would tip the scales of destiny itself.

The battlefield was chaotic. Flashes of light and bursts of energy filled the air as the Rainbooms, Vice Principal Luna, Starlight, Tempest, and Trixie charged towards the possessed townspeople. Their expressions were grim yet determined, knowing the challenge ahead: they had to fight to save those they loved, not to hurt them.

Applejack spotted her sister, Apple Bloom, amidst the chaos. Her heart twisted as she saw the young girl’s eyes glowing with dark energy, an unnatural force controlling her. Applejack sprinted forward, calling out, "Apple Bloom! Ya gotta snap out of it, sis! This ain’t you!"

But Apple Bloom’s response was cold and mechanical. With a swift motion, she summoned her piranhatron glove—its grotesque, snapping jaws eager to strike. "Sorry, big sis, but I’m not in control," Apple Bloom said, her voice laced with an eerie edge. Before Applejack could react, the glove shot forward, landing a powerful punch that sent her older sister tumbling back across the ground.

"Applejack!" Rainbow Dash yelled, rushing to her friend’s side. Trixie, always eager to prove herself, conjured up a storm of magical fireworks, ready to blast her way through the possessed crowd. “The Great and Powerful Trixie will stop this!” she declared, her hands glowing with energy.

“Yeah, let’s take these punks down!” Rainbow added, her blaster powering up as she readied for action.

But Sunset and Sci-Twi stood in their way, arms outstretched to block them. “Wait!” Sunset shouted, her voice firm but calm. “We’re not here to fight them like enemies. We have to remember that they’re under a spell. We fight with love, not force.”

Rainbow Dash grumbled, her hands twitching in frustration. “But they’re hitting us first! Can’t we hit them back? Just a little?”

Trixie crossed her arms, rolling her eyes dramatically. “Trixie agrees! I mean, they’re not exactly asking for hugs!”

“No!” Sci-Twi insisted. “We can’t hurt them. We’ll break the curse, but we have to be smart about it.”

As the debate raged, Rarity was hard at work, using her magic to free as many people as she could from the spell. She focused intensely, unaware of a figure sneaking up behind her—Diamond Tiara, who had been turned into a sinister foot soldier. The moment Diamond appeared, she let out a loud sneeze, spraying Rarity with a cloud of dark energy and snot. “Ah—ah-choo!”

Rarity froze, horrified. “Diamond Tiara! Did you just sneeze on me?!” she shrieked. But before she could react further, the dark energy began to seep into her skin. "Oh no… Oh no!" she panicked, watching in disbelief as a green jumpsuit materialized on her body, enveloping her in the cursed uniform.

She gasped as a blinking eyeball appeared on the suit’s chest. “An eyeball? On my outfit?! And this color—green?!” Her voice rose to a fevered pitch as she stumbled back, completely horrified. “Green is simply not my color!”

The others turned to see Rarity’s predicament, realizing that the curse had claimed one of their own. Luna grimaced. “We can’t let the curse spread any further. Rarity needs to be led somewhere safe to recover.”

Fluttershy, who had been watching from nearby, nodded solemnly. “I’ll take her.” With a graceful motion, she tore open a glowing portal with the dimensional blade of her morpher. “Come on, Rarity,” Fluttershy said gently, taking her friend’s arm.

“But… the eyeball!” Rarity whimpered, still in disbelief as she glanced down at the grotesque detail on her suit. “Why does it have to blink?”

Fluttershy led Rarity through the portal, arriving at the school’s secret lab. There, Principal Celestia and Shari were already trying to figure out the cause of the evil curse, their faces filled with concern and hope. As Rarity stepped through, Celestia gasped at the sight of her cursed state.

“Oh dear,” Principal Celestia muttered, eyeing the cursed jumpsuit.

Shari simply smirked, her enigmatic gaze studying the new arrival. "Well, well. Looks like we’ve got ourselves babysitting duty for the rest of the battle."

Rarity groaned, her voice strained with exasperation. "Babysitting? I’m in the middle of a fashion emergency!"

Fluttershy returned to the battlefield, leaving Rarity in Celestia and Shari’s capable care. As she emerged back into the fray, she steeled herself. The battle was far from over, and while one Cosmic Guardian was down, the rest of the team would fight on—guided by love and determination, not force. They had to save their friends and family, no matter the cost.

The city square was buzzing with anticipation as the Rainbooms stood on stage, but Pinkie Pie had something extra special up her sleeve—quite literally. The moment she yelled the words, "It’s party time," her hands turned into party blowers with a loud and festive toot! Confetti exploded into the air, spinning in every direction like a whirlwind. But this time, Pinkie wasn’t just setting the mood. The colorful streamers and glittery confetti swirled together, forming a shimmering forcefield around the crowd. It sparkled with electric energy, crackling every time someone touched its surface.

The forcefield wasn’t just for decoration—it had a surprising twist. Each time the army trying to invade the city touched the field, a small jolt of electricity zapped them, forcing them to back away. But this wasn’t going to hold them forever. The Rainbooms and their friends knew they needed time to regroup. With Pinkie's forcefield buying them a moment of peace, the group hurriedly retreated to a hidden spot in the city to plan their next move.

Vice Principal Luna watched the whole scene unfold, arms crossed and brows furrowed. "It’s clear love isn’t the answer," she muttered under her breath, her tone serious as the Rainbooms nodded in agreement.

Gathering them together, Luna pulled out her newly formed morpher, a sleek, shimmering device that hummed to life in her hands. She tapped a few buttons, summoning a holographic projection of her sister, Principal Celestia. "Sister, how's the research going?" Luna asked as Celestia’s image flickered to life.

Celestia’s calm, wise voice filled the space. "Shari’s been working on it. We’re almost there," she said, stepping aside to reveal Shari, hard at work at the lab.

Shari looked up from her notes, nodding. "We’re close to figuring out the cause of the curse," she confirmed through the hologram. But just as hope began to spread through the group, Rarity’s frantic face popped into view on the hologram, interrupting everything. Her eyes were wide with panic, and she was sneezing uncontrollably.

"Help! Achoo! It’s happening again!" Rarity cried, her elegant demeanor crumbling under the effects of the curse. Each sneeze sent a wave of magic surging from her, the side effects spreading chaos.

Shari gasped and quickly cast a spell through the hologram, surrounding Rarity with a forcefield to contain the magic. "Stay calm, Rarity! We can’t let your magic spread!" Shari warned, though Rarity wasn’t exactly calming down.

"My forcefield’s filling up with… magic snot!" Rarity wailed, her face contorted in disgust as the field shimmered with the gooey substance. "Hurry, please! I can’t take it anymore!"

Shari and Celestia exchanged worried glances. "We’re working as fast as we can, Rarity. Hang in there!" Celestia reassured her, though Rarity’s desperate pleas didn’t seem to fade.

The hologram call ended with Shari looking toward Luna. "You have to think of something else," Shari said gravely. "Love isn’t going to break this curse."

Luna nodded grimly. "Understood." She closed the connection and turned to face the Rainbooms, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, and Tempest Shadow. The weight of the situation hung in the air as they huddled together.

"We need another way," Luna said, her voice strong. "Love isn’t enough. We need a new plan."

The group exchanged glances, knowing they had little time to come up with a solution before the army broke through Pinkie’s forcefield or Rarity’s magic sneeze spread uncontrollably.

Twilight was the first to speak. "Maybe it’s not just love. Maybe it’s about balance—magic, emotions, and intent."

Starlight nodded thoughtfully. "We’ve used our magic to fight, but we haven’t used it to restore things. Maybe that’s what we’re missing."

Trixie smirked. "Well, the Great and Powerful Trixie is ready to put on a show that can save the day!"

Tempest crossed her arms, her eyes narrowing in concentration. "We need to act quickly. The curse is getting stronger."

Luna’s eyes gleamed with determination. "Then let’s think. What can we use, besides love, to set things right?"

The brainstorming began, ideas flowing as they raced against time, knowing that the fate of the city—and Rarity—depended on their next move.

Principal Celestia paced the glowing floor of the school’s secret lab, her brow furrowed in concentration. Beside her, Shari, an enigmatic figure with keen instincts for magic, was poring over ancient scrolls and tapping her hoof against a glowing, levitating orb.

“We’re close, Shari,” Celestia said. “I can feel it. Grogar’s curse—it’s tied to something tangible, something we can break.”

Shari nodded. "It's not just the magic. It’s the very fabric of space and time being woven into these cursed outfits. Garuda's craftsmanship, and Grogar's dark enchantment. We've almost got it."

Suddenly, a loud, frantic voice broke through their focus. “Darling! I am drowning in snot! This is absolutely horrid!”

Rarity's forcefield flickered in and out of existence as it rapidly filled with thick, glowing, germ-like magic, swirling and flooding up to her thighs, soaking into her emerald-green jumpsuit. The magic had caused the eerie eyeball on the suit to blink and dart around, glowing ominously as if alive. Rarity frantically wiped her hands, trying to push the glowing sludge away, but it only grew worse. Her panic rose as she felt the forcefield weakening, threatening to burst.

"Ugh! My body—it’s getting overpowered by this awful mess!" Rarity shrieked, her face flushed with disgust. "I don’t know how much longer I can take it! The dark magic germs are crawling all over me!"

Principal Celestia turned to Shari. “We don’t have much time. If that forcefield breaks, Rarity will be completely overwhelmed by Grogar’s dark magic.”

Shari’s eyes flashed with realization. “Wait, Celestia. The outfits—Grogar and Garuda wove them from threads of space and time. Grogar must have used his staff to corrupt them! That’s the source of the curse!”

Celestia’s eyes widened. “Then we need to destroy that staff.”

Without hesitation, Shari projected a hologram and called upon the Rainbooms, Vice Principal Luna, and Trixie. “We’ve located the true source of the curse. Grogar’s staff is what’s corrupting everything. We need to sneak into his lair, steal it, and break the curse.”

Vice Principal Luna appeared on the hologram, her face serious. “Understood. I’ll lead the operation.”

As the Rainbooms, Luna, and Trixie gathered in the school's magic vault, Luna distributed stealth morphers. “These will turn us invisible and lower our voices. Once we activate them, we’ll also don ninja outfits. Shari, prepare the portal.”

Rarity, who had been listening to the plan while trying to keep her forcefield from breaking, let out a breath of relief, though she was still clearly in distress. “Thank goodness, darling! But ugh, I cannot stand this any longer—my jumpsuit is absolutely being ruined!”

The green fabric clung to her legs, sticky and shining with magic residue, as the forcefield pulsed dangerously. “We’re running out of time,” Rarity squeaked.

Shari's hologram flickered as she opened a glowing, swirling portal. “The portal to Grogar’s lair is ready. The rest is up to you.”

With a nod from Luna, the group activated their morphers. Their bodies shimmered and faded into invisibility, ninja outfits materializing around them, sleek and silent. One by one, they stepped into the portal.

Grogar’s lair was a twisted, dark dimension filled with eerie mist and the sound of distant, echoing chants. The air pulsed with ancient magic, and the walls were decorated with ominous runes that glowed faintly in the darkness. The group moved with silence, slipping past sentinels and traps, their stealth mode keeping them undetected.

In the center of the lair stood Grogar himself, his massive form looming over a dark, enchanted altar. His staff glowed with immense power, radiating with the same dark magic that was plaguing Rarity and her friends.

Luna gestured for the group to move in. They split off, each moving with precise, invisible steps toward the staff. With perfect coordination, the Rainbooms and Trixie distracted Grogar’s minions while Luna reached out and snatched the staff from the altar.

The moment the staff left Grogar’s grip, his control over the dark magic faltered. The curse began to unravel. Rarity, still back at the lab, suddenly felt the magic sludge start to recede from her jumpsuit. She breathed a sigh of relief as the snot-like substance disappeared, though she still looked at her jumpsuit in disgust.

“Finally, darling! I’m free! Though this jumpsuit—ugh—will never be the same.”

Back in Grogar’s lair, the group hurried back through the portal, staff in hand. With the staff now in their possession, Shari and Celestia wasted no time in using its power to drain the staff of its dark magic and break the curse completely. The dark magic dissipated from the school, and everything began to return to normal.

As the blinding light faded, everyone found themselves standing on the streets of the city, looking bewildered and confused. The Cosmic Guardians, along with their allies, were all turned back to normal after what had felt like a bizarre whirlwind of events. Each person glanced down at themselves, thoroughly weirded out by their strange outfits.

Diamond Tiara stared at her green uniform in utter disbelief. "What in the world was I wearing?" she muttered, shaking her head. The others exchanged similar sentiments, their expressions a mixture of confusion and embarrassment, especially Rarity, who tugged at her infectious-green jumpsuit with a dramatic sigh.

Before they had time to fully process what had happened, a deep, rumbling roar shook the city. Above them, Garuda, a massive winged creature and Hindu god, had emerged, growing rapidly as it began attacking the city. Buildings trembled, and panic spread through the streets.

The Cosmic Guardians instinctively snapped into action. They knew what had to be done, despite the strangeness of their situation. They summoned their zords, but as the machines appeared, they quickly realized something was off. These weren’t their usual zords. They were completely different, reflecting the new Power Ranger forms they had somehow acquired.

Rarity, Trixie, Vice Principal Luna, Principal Celestia, Tempest Shadow, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders (the CMCs) joined the battle, determined not to stand by while the city was under siege. The CMCs morphed into their Cosmic Guardian uniforms, looking fierce and ready for action. Rarity, still in her jumpsuit, wasn’t about to let a little outfit mishap stop her.

Together, they formed a Megazord, but something was still strange—it was a chaotic mix of all their new zords and powers. The Megazord was massive and jumbled, armed with a wide array of confusing yet powerful weaponry. It had missiles, swords, ray guns, and even a flashlight that emitted a strange radiation. The group exchanged nervous glances but quickly understood they had to make this work.

The Rainbooms wielded a mighty rainbow sword for the Megazord, while Celestia and Luna fired missiles from their cockpit positions. The CMCs and Tempest aimed ray guns that shot lasers, and Trixie, with a flourish, activated the radiation-emitting flashlight. They fought in unison, controlling their respective weapons like a virtual reality game, firing off attacks in perfect sync.

Garuda screeched as the mixed-up Megazord’s attacks started to take their toll, each blast and strike weakening the monstrous creature. The Guardians could see they were making progress, but they needed a final blow to finish the job.

The team knew what to do. With determination, they combined their various weapons into a giant blaster, a chaotic but powerful fusion of everything they had. Inside the cockpit, they each controlled their own smaller blasters, aiming them in sync with the larger weapon. With a massive surge of energy, they fired the combined blast straight at Garuda.

The explosion was deafening as Garuda let out one final cry before disintegrating into nothingness. The city was safe once again.

With the battle over, the team disbanded the Megazord, breathing sighs of relief. The Cosmic Guardians Day festivities, which had been interrupted by the chaos, quickly resumed. The parade marched on, and the obstacle course was set up for the public to enjoy. Trixie even prepared for her magic show, proudly ready to perform for everyone, especially after her contribution to the battle.

As the group gathered for lunch, the festive atmosphere was back in full swing. Shari, their mentor, appeared through a shimmering portal and congratulated them. "Well done, Guardians. But this battle isn't over. Grogar still has dark magic, even without his staff," she warned, her tone grave but reassuring.

Then, with a dramatic flourish, Shari turned to Trixie. "You've proven yourself today, Trixie. The team could use someone with your skills. Will you join the Cosmic Guardians?"

Trixie’s eyes widened in excitement. "The Great and Powerful Trixie would be honored!" she declared, her voice filled with pride. Shari then lights up her horn and the ball of light hovers over to Trixie’s wrist: she gets her own Cosmic morpher now! Plus, Shari gifts her with the newly-acquired staff that has been drained of dark magic and outfitted with good magic.

Starlight and Tempest, who had fought alongside the team, declined Shari’s offer. "We’ve got our own responsibilities back in Equestria," Starlight said with a warm smile. "But thanks for the adventure."

Tempest nodded. "It was an honor. But we’ve got a lot to handle back home."

Shari nodded understandingly and opened another portal, this one leading back to Equestria. The group exchanged farewells as Tempest and Starlight stepped through, thanking them for their help.

As the portal closed behind them, the Cosmic Guardians and principals Celestia & Luna cheered for Trixie, who stood tall as the newest honorable member of their team. The celebration continued, and even though the battle against Grogar loomed in the distance, they relished this moment of victory and togetherness.

For now, the city was safe, and the Cosmic Guardians are now stronger than ever.

The End

Author's Note

Welcome to the Cosmic Guardians squad, Trixie Lulamoon!

Trixie’s Cosmic Guardians form portrait by DustinWatsonGKX.

The Garuda monster is a request from PascalMulokozi2!