Apple Bloom looked at the empire and noticed that Shadows had gotten into it, and her friends were stuck in combat with them. Apple Bloom galloped in and used her whip to destroy a huge chunk of them, collecting the shadow dust into her Crafting Grid. "Go! Ah can hold the shadows back, been doin' that fer a while now," Apple Bloom said as she used her materials to make her Chain Whip into a Gold Chain Whip which is much stronger, noticing her friends not moving, "Are ya deaf or somethin'!? Don't just stand there, git goin'! Sombra ain't goin' ta stop himself!" She angrily said as her friends started running.

Apple Bloom was now alone with the shadows, but she wouldn't be with them for long as she smirked in the same sinister heroic smirk she showed Sombra, slightly intimidating the shadows. Apple Bloom swung her whip all around her, killing the shadows in one fell swoop, "Yeah! Come at meh ya collection of dumbasses!" She said as more shadows failed to appear, "Heh, must be scared ta fight meh. Good. Ah woulda made mince meat of 'em."

Apple Bloom broke into a gallop after her friends but came into a stop at the library. Smirking, she trotted in. Looking at the mess made by the shadow ponies, Apple Bloom scowled as she attacked them. Twilight and everyone entered the library soon after. "Okay, I'm not going to ask about the mess," Jacob stated as they got to work looking for a book.

"Hey, found a corpse that must have been made by one of those creepy Shadow Ponies," Bad Guy said as Apple Bloom picked up the one misplaced book she didn't have to put up.

"Found a history book, might be helpful fer ya'll," Apple Bloom said as Twilight took the book from her.

"Is now a good time to ask why in Brendan's name you're here, Bloom?" Scootaloo asked, Sweetie Belle and Jacob at her side.

"Ah don't hafta answer ya, understand?" Apple Bloom said as she started leaning on a bookshelf with her hooves crossed. Then the bookshelf moved. "Figures, that damn king of shadows hid things in places where ponies' easily find them by accident," Apple Bloom said as she went downwards.

In the dark room, Apple Bloom found a large mimic as all of the fillies(and Jacob) came downstairs. Apple Bloom smirked at the mimic, "Perfect. Sombra and those shadows really are dumbasses," she said as she attacked the mimic with her whip then dodging the on-coming attack.

Apple Bloom's cutie mark started glowing as she snapped her hoof and summoned shadow bats to attack and finish off the mimic, "Piece a cake," she said before her cutie mark stopped glowing. Apple Bloom noticed the others staring at her, including Bad Guy who had felt monsters being summoned.

They stared at her for a moment, "Uh... okay, I'll make this question quick... how the hell can you just summon monsters like that?" Jacob asked as Apple Bloom shrugged.

"Jacob, I get that the importance of cutie marks is lost on you, but do I need to point out the elephant in the room of APPLE BLOOM HAVING A BUCKING CUTIE MARK OF A SUMMONING CIRCLE!" Sweetie Belle said, causing Apple Bloom to look at her flank, making her realize just why some were staring at her.

Bad Guy had to get over his shock, and when he did, he cleared his throat, "It seems that even in a party of one, Apple Bloom can hold her own thanks to the fact that she can summon monsters without a summoning circle. I think it has to do with her cutie mark, maybe there's something more to those weird butt marks then anypony knew..." he said causing everyone to get into thought.

Apple Bloom quickly ran out though, she knew somepony had to keep Sombra at bay. Unforunately, it seemed Sombra had broken Cadence's shield and now all of the crystal ponies were outside looking at the frightening sight in front of them.

But Apple Bloom wasn't scared... she was excited.

Shining Armor came down from the castle with Cadence passed out. Apple Bloom jumped at the chance to attack Sombra who was entering the empire, "Greetin's... ya big dumbass," Apple Bloom said as she cracked her whip in front of her. Sombra saw Apple Bloom's face and felt some form of fear... for the first time in a long time... Sombra feels fear... AND IT'S JUST A FILLY SCARING HIM!

Sombra gathered the shadows of all the ponies nearby and created a giant bipedal fox but it wasn't long before a familiar controller struck its head, Jacob slid to Apple Bloom's side, "Figured you might need some help," he said.

"Ah didn't need help but sure, ya can help," Apple Bloom said, disinterested.

Shining Armor looked at the duo as they start fighting the monsters as if they were professionals and yet, they were foals... Brendan came to his side, "Ah, they mature so fast, my brother offering assistance to little Apple Bloom. I bet the god version of me is watching this fight with genuine tears in his eyes," Brendan said as Shining's brain shut off and he froze up.

Then Jacob and Apple Bloom were covered in mana which reached out and tied up, they looked at each other and nodded. Jacob got out all 5 types of buttons... wait, 5? There should only be... nevermind... Jacob tossed them out and Apple Bloom summoned four shadow pony versions of her so they can press all five at once which did something interesting to the Shadow L0L-B17... it faded into dust that was split between Jacob and Apple Bloom's Crafting Grids. "Wooo! That was amazing even if my mana feels emptied!" Jacob said.

Brendan wasn't shocked but impressed. "What the hay did I just watch!?" Shining Armor yelled out, confused and worried.

"You just watched my brother and a friend of his beat the shit out of a monster using a Harmony Attack, as I've dubbed those attacks where two fighters link their mana. Makes me wonder how different fighter pairs would make different Harmony Attacks," Brendan replied, getting into a thinking pose. Twilight ran out of the library with Bad Guy and they saw the aftermath of the fight. "But that doesn't matter, now I wonder how Sombra knew about L0L-B17..." Brendan thought.

Bad Guy looked in thought, "Maybe... just maybe... a different villain reached out to him first with information in regards to you and those other annoying as hell heroes of godly energy," he said, "Regardless, I have a Crystal Heart to find before Sombra does any more stupid shit and so we can return this place to goodness." Bad Guy teleported away leaving everyone, Sweetie Belle teleported after him.

"Ah'm not lettin' him go along, that's just fuckin' stupid of 'im," Apple Bloom said, getting the eyes of Applejack on her, "Don't look at meh like that, ah'm a hero just as much as the next pony, just got different motives," she added as she started galloping away.

Now Brendan and Jacob were looking at the Mane 6, Scootaloo, Spike, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. "Something isn't sitting right with me, Jacob... first is the Harmony Attacks and now villains becoming aware of who we are and what we know? Something's interfering with this world that caused Bad Guy to arrive and start this chain reaction," Brendan said.

Apple Bloom rushed, following the trail left by Bad Guy and Sweetie Belle and entering the throne room. The darkness revealing a hole in the floor, Apple Bloom started going down the stairs and reached the bottom where there was an opened door with a shattered gem in its frame, "Bad Guy's been 'ere, ah need ta get much much farther," she said as she started galloping forward finding Bad Guy and Sweetie Belle locked in combat with Sombra.

Apple Bloom smirked deviously as she jumped over the combat, grabbed the Crystal Heart, and jumped out the window. Sombra tried to follow her but a giant Shadow Bat stopped him from doing more than crashing into the ground. Apple Bloom smirked as she looked at the pitiful Sombra, "Ya see, ah don't care whether ya live or die, Sombra... but ya have somethin' ya shouldn't. The Shadow Medallion's not yer's ta command and ah want ta rip it from ya neck even if it means killin' ya. So make a choice, ah put the Crystal Heart where it belongs and ya die, or ya give meh the Shadow Medallion, either way ah get it," Apple Bloom said in a half-sinister, half-heroic tone.

Sombra looked at the filly's eyes and still held an air of defience as everypony arrived. He slowly rose up, "I... I refuse to let you come into possession of MY relic!" He said but Apple Bloom placed the Crystal Heart into place as a light spread out and once it reached Sombra, he started very literally dying. Once he faded away, the Shadow Medallion clinked onto the ground and Apple Bloom picked it up.

"Finally. Now... ta do what ah need ta..." Apple Bloom held the medallion into the air, "Brendan above, purify this dark and disturbin' relic!" She said as a purple light surrounded the medallion and disappeared as the purple mist of tainted mana vanished. "Welcome back... Crystal Medallion. Yer in yer rightful position. No more Sombra, no more darkness," Apple Bloom said as she wore the Crystal Medallion.

Everypony who had come with Apple Bloom was looking at her in either confusion... or knowing. "Am I the only one to know the similiarities between the adventures had? I was brought to a foreign land and had to learn how it worked all for it to amount to shit-all, Diamond Tiara's mom turned evil so an area she once felt familiar in became a nightmare-ish hellscape until Jacob saved the day, Brendan came by in an effort to save the world from who he thought was the villain only to realize 'Oh shit, the real villain isn't here but literally where I just was', Scootaloo got to have an adventure in a dungeon because of a friend and in said dungeon she found a weapon she became well acquinted with, and Apple Bloom clearly had an adventure in a whole 'nother dimension that was a dungeon made of the surrounding area," Bad Guy said and Brendan and Jacob suddenly notice the similiarities.

"You don't think... could everything have been fated... could it?" Brendan asked aloud.

"I don't think there's any other answers to the situation... not to mention the fact that, with the exception of Gemma Corrosionis, pretty much all the worst relics of our world have made themself known," Jacob commented, "Well, not counting the infinite power ones."

meanwhile...

Human Sweetie Belle was sitting alone, Sunset Shimmer working to get Dan into her room, her new Cloak of Infinite Power on. When Dan entered the room, he was surprised by the number of bats, "Hello? Sunset told me someone was in here and wanted to see me," Dan said.

"Sit. We have much to discuss. Sunset, close the door, we can't have anyone walking in on us," Human Sweetie Belle said as Dan had a seat and Sunset Shimmer closed the door behind herself. "So, Dan, I've heard many things about you but I wonder if you've heard anything about this place," Sweetie Belle said as Dan shook his head, "Well, regardless, I'll tell you something no one else can. There's a portal in this school opening in about one month, on the other side of that portal is who you're after... but he'll be no issue. Not currently," She remarked, causing Dan to look at her wide-eyed.

"What do you mean!? He's behind the monsters in this school, I'm sure of it!" Dan said, disbelieving that he isn't an issue.

"Calm your pants, harp boy. He'll be no issue because he cannot cross back over as he currently is, but I do trust you want to defeat the monsters completely, correct?" Human Sweetie Belle asked as Dan nodded, "Then have I the accessory for you..." she grabbed and revealed the Alicorn amulet, "... I call it the Alicorn Amulet, it can give you the strength to completely destroy your enemies."

Dan looked at the Alicorn Amulet, unaware that it was Gemma Corrosionis... he grabbed it, felt it calling his name... he held it for a moment before he put it on and his eyes turned red, "Thank you so much, I will never forget this," he said, unaware of what's happening to him.

"Wonderful! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Author's Note

Oooh shit.