Starlight joins the legion

Starlight hid in a corner within "Grogar's" cave, waiting for the all clear from Cozy Glow. Little be known to the rest of the villains, Starlight hid the bell in her hair after shrinking it down with her magic.

She had to keep the bell to herself, she couldn't risk any of her "teammates" stealing it for themselves.

"He's gone!" Cozy gave the all clear, which signaled Starlight and the others to come out of hiding.

"I don't trust him." Tirek stated.

"None of us do." Cozy assured.

"Which is why double crossing him with his own bell will be so satisfying........... Speaking of which, where did you hide the bell Starlight?" Chrysalis asked the unicorn.

"I've hidden it, somewhere Grogar can't find it. And I can assure you, before you find it, we need to figure out how to use it." Starlight explained to the other three.

Starlight had it all figured out. She knew she couldn't tell the others she hid it from them, as they are supposed to be a "team". But by telling them she hid it from "Grogar" so that "all of them" could use it against him, it was the perfect plan.

"Twilight Sparkle may be the worst, but she does know stuff. She once said the archives in Canterlot have a restricted area....." Cozy stated.

"Celestia and Luna love to horde information for themselves, if there's an answer it's there." Tirek explained.

"My triumphant return to Canterlot? I like the sound of that." Chrysalis beamed at the idea.

"Oh my gosh! Road trip!" Cozy exclaimed, as they prepared to travel to Canterlot for restricted information.

Meanwhile, Starlight couldn't help but grin to herself. The others had no idea she had the bell with her, and unbeknownst to them, she would keep it with her during their trip to Canterlot.

"You all shouldn't give your hoofs the trouble of walking there, my magic is strong enough to teleport us all there at once. But it's going to be in a place where we won't be seen, so try not to draw attention to the ponies." Starlight explained to the others, to which they all gave a nod in agreement as Starlight used the spell to teleport them to Canterlot.

The villains found themselves in a dark alleyway filled with barrels.

"Alright! Let's get into that cast-" Cozy was about to sneak in, until she was stopped by Chrysalis.

"Not yet! The sun is still up! Everypony is still awake! But it's almost sunset. We just need to wait until it's dark, then we can sneak into the castle." Chrysalis suggested to the other three villains.

"Aww! Do we have to?" Cozy whined to the ex queen.

"Yes, we better do what she says. It'd be easier to sneak in when everypony is asleep." Starlight agreed, to which they all nodded in agreement.

Later.......

"Why are so many ponies up in the middle of the night?" Tirek was baffled.

"It's that silly sun holiday." Cozy explained.

"Right........ I forgot about that........." Starlight pondered to herself, back in Sire's hollow they did celebrate the summer sun celebration, but she had spent so long building her community that she almost forgot it existed.

"How many holidays do you ponies have? No matter, getting into the castle won't be a problem." Chrysalis stated, seeing as how they'll just have to sneak in the hard way.

"Are you sure about that?" Tirek asked, as he pointed to the increased security of Canterlot. A bird was blown by one of the fans which Tirek caught in his hand, then flew away.

"Oh, those are new. But even so!" Chrysalis stated, as she changed into a pony guard and left to sneak into the castle.

"She's not going to make it." Starlight stated to the other two.

"Why not?" Tirek questioned.

"The guards have a special security measure that requires a magical badge to get in. Chrysalis can only replicate it's appearance, not it's magic." Starlight explained.

"How do you know that?" Cozy asked.

"I've infiltrated Canterlot before to get access to Starswirl's spell, I had to break in through the window......" Starlight explained.

"Yikes, that must've been painful..." Cozy "sympathized".

"Ehh, you get used to a little pain." Starlight simply stated.

"So..... It turns out they have increased security, this is going to be more challenging then I thought!" Chrysalis huffed, as she changed back into her original form.

However, they had to hide in front of the barrels, as company had arrived shortly.

"Could you not go popping us all over the place please?!" Rainbow Dash requested the spirit of chaos and disharmony.

"Time is of the essence. let's, go team!" Discord cheered as he manifested the clothing of a cheerleader as he waved his pom poms in the air.

"We need to know what we're doing before we go and do it." Fluttershy stated to her friends, as she and them held cards of things they need to prepare for the celebration.

"Pinkie, you and I are giving Braeburn and the appleloosa ponies some adjustments to the menu." Applejack instructed the pink party pony.

"Fluttershy and I are meeting the pegasi from Cludsdale, to give them changes to the weather." Rainbow Dash read her instructions.

"Spike, we're going to update the flaming sky firework unicorn troop with Twilight's new vision." Rarity told the baby dragon.

"And I'm supposed to...... 'Make sure Discord doesn't do anything Discordy?!' Well that's annoyingly specific!" Discord complained, as he and the others left to follow their instructions.

"Increased security, on a crowded holiday, with Twilight and her friends bumbling around? This is impossible...." Tirek stated.

"Oh no, this is perfect! We needed a distraction, and those ridiculous ponies just gave it to us! Now, do exactly as I tell you......" Chrysalis instructed her teammates, as she whispered in their ears what to do next.

"You want me to do what?!" Starlight quietly yelled, as Chrysalis shushed her not to draw attention to herself.

"We need someone to sneak into the Canterlot castle while the ponies are distracted, and you are the perfect choice!" Chrysalis stated to the mark despising mare.

"But why me? Cozy is small and nimble, can't she be the one to sneak in?" Starlight suggested.

"Cozy needs to get the pegasi to mess up the weather changes. You managed to sneak into there for Starswirl's spell, you can get the instructions for the bewitching bell." Chrysalis stated to Starlight.

".......... Fine, but it's not going to be easy." Starlight stated.

"Of course it won't, I wouldn't have picked you to do it if it were." Chrysalis replied, Starlight wasn't sure to take that as a compliment or an offense, but regardless, she went to sneak in.

Starlight's plan was working like a charm. She had gotten to the point where they trusted her to carry out their plans, now all that was left was to wait for the others to do their thing.

She cloaked herself using an invisibility spell, and stood in a bush, waiting for the right moment.

ZAP!

BOOM!

CRACK!

"What's going on over there?!" One of the guards shouted to the weather pony.

They all left their posts to investigate all the racket, which gave Starlight the opening she needed.

She crawled atop the castle using a sticky hoofs spell to climb the wall, then sliced a hole into the window using a blast from her horn.

Once inside, she snuck around the goose's while trying to find the library.

Once she did, she kept looking through the shelfs until she found what she's looking for.

"Ah ha!" She exclaimed, as she found the book on the bewitching bell, but it was locked. No matter, she used a spell to unlock it.

"Got it, now to bring it bac-" She stopped herself, as she thought if she should really let her "comrades" know she found it......

Then she thought to herself, she knew she couldn't trust them. They would no doubt try to steal it for themselves, like they would try to steal the bell. So she decided to do the unthinkable.........

Later.........

"It wasn't there?!" Chrysalis was furious, how could Starlight find nothing on the bewitching bell?

"There was just nothing on the bell! I guess the bell is just so ancient and mysterious, that not even the princesses have anything on it." Starlight told the former changeling queen.

"But we must know how to unlock it! How else are we going to use it's power to overthrow Grogar and take over Equestria?!" Chrysalis seethed through her teeth.

"We'll find another way to unlock it's power! There's only so many spells that can activate it, and we just need to find the right one." Tirek stated.

"Aww! That could take forever!" Cozy whined, as she didn't want to turn fifty seven by the time they activated the bell.

"So be it! We didn't get this far just to be denied by a lack of information! Mark my words, we WILL have the last laugh! Right Starlight?!" Chrysalis turned to Starlight for conformation.

"Of course we will! We just need to be patient, that's all." Starlight replied to the livid changeling.

"Meanwhile, we should get back to our posts before Grogar gets back." Cozy suggested the three villains, to which they started heading back.

Later......

"Sooooooo, did you find what you're looking for?" Cozy asked the evil ram.

"Once again, I've found success where you all find failure! I have located what I sought, and tomorrow I will set out to retrieve it! When I return, Equestria will finally be ours for the taking....." "Grogar" stated, as he left back to his quarters to prepare his mission, leaving the others to discuss their next plan.

Tirek could only groan in annoyance after "Grogar" left.

"Oh stop pouting." Chrysalis mocked Tirek.

"You knew you couldn't stay that buff, you had to return all the life force to those earth ponies so Grogar doesn't suspect anything!" Cozy gave an exposition to Tirek who already knows that.

"I don't have to like it!" Tirek stated as he dropped Cozy who was laying in his arms.

"Well I don't like that we worked so hard to destroy their party, they still pulled it off, AND we didn't get any information on the bell! But you don't see me complaining!" Cozy stated trying to give off as much a chipper vibe as possible.

"Listen, we have no time to waste! We have to master the bell before Grogar returns! Where did you hide the bell Starlight?!" Tirek pressured Starlight for information.

"I will get it for you all! It will only take a few hours, Grogar said he will get his item, TOMORROW. And before then, we will use the bell against him. I promise." Starlight assured the three.

"In the meantime, you know how easy it was to get all those earth ponies, unicorn and pegasi against each other? There's something to do while I'm searching for the bell." Starlight suggested the three villains.

"Believe me, Grogar will never know what hit him." Starlight stated to the three, while she left to go "search for the bell", leaving them to think about what Starlight suggested about causing a rift between the ponies.

"I can't believe they would all be so gullible." Starlight said, as she pulled the book out of her hair, which she shrunk with her magic.

"As IF I would share such important information with those greedy lunatics! Oh, someone will have the last laugh alright. and by tomorrow, Equestria will have no princesses, no winners, and no gods! Only, EQUALS........."

Starlight monologed to herself, as she grew back the bell and book to their normal sizes, ready to initiate the final stage of her plan...............