A different legion of doom

"Grogar" proceeded to leave the cave to travel somewhere.....

"Ahem. Where are you going?" Starlight asked curiously.

"Since you four were unable to retrieve my Bewitching Bell, we need another source of magical power to defeat Twilight and her friends!"

"Grogar" then left the cave as Starlight watched.

"He's gone!"

The other three villains left their hiding places as they regrouped.

"I don't trust him."

"None of us do."

"Which is why backstabbing him with his own bell will be so satisfying."

"But..... In order to do that, you'll need to know how to use it." Discord stated.

"Well, do YOU?" Starlight confronted.

"Oh, I know how to use it. But it would be much more easier to show then tell, but in order for all of us to use it, we need the information. Lucky for you, Celly and Lu-Lu have a restricted area in Canterlot that holds all the answers......"

"My triumphant return to Canterlot? I like the sound of that....." Thorax grinned maliciously.

"Well? What are we waiting for? LET'S GO!" Trixie encouraged mischievously......

Later...........

"Why are so many ponies up in the middle of the night?" Trixie pondered.

"It's that summer sun celebration....." Starlight stated.

"How many holidays do you ponies have? No matter, sneaking into the castle won't be a problem."

"Are you sure about that?" Discord pointed at the new fan security measure that blew away anyone who tried to sneak in.

"Hmm, those are new..... But even so!" Thorax turned into a pony guard and left to sneak into the castle.

Thorax approached the guarded entrance.

"Transfer. Have to head inside. Open up."

A guard walked up and levitated her medallion near the door, as it opened up to let her in, then promptly closed again.

Thorax took his medallion and tried to activated the door to no avail.....

"Uh, do yours get glitchy too? More medallions, more problems, am I right?"

Thorax left the entrance to join the others.

"They've increased security into the castle, this is going to be more TOUGH then I thought....." Thorax seethed, as he changed back.

However, they would soon need to hide, as ponies had arrived in the area....

They saw Twilight's friends planning the summer sun celebration.....

"Enforced security, on a crowded holiday, with Twilight and her bumbling friends around? This is all but IMPOSSIBLE."

"No, THIS, IS, PERFECT. We needed a distraction, and those ridiculous ponies just gave it to us. Now, do EXACTLY as I tell you."

Later..........

Braeburn and other Appleloosan's were adjusting the menu for the celebration.

However, they would find that some food is missing.....

"Braeburn! The pies are going missing!"

"What?! We need to find them!"

"Braeburn! Somepony is stealing our cookies!"

"Everypony listen up! There is a thief stealing the food! Find them and search every corner! Protect the food!"

Trixie giggled maliciously as she kept eating her stolen goodies.....

Meanwhile....

"I-I-I-I-I'm not built for high pressure situations!"

"Heh he, sounds like you need some help."

"Who are you?"

"Somepony whose ORGANIZED enough to handle the small stuff so you can focus on the big picture."

"'The big....' Yes! That sounds right."

"Heh heh heh... This kind of weather needs to be handled delicately, good thing I'm here. I'll take care of everything....."

Meanwhile......

The flaming sky firework troupe was in the middle of organization by almost everypony in the group.

"Very impressive."

"Thank you. Unfortunately, we have no room for anypony else at this time...... I'm sorry?"

"Crystal Hoof, and I don't want to join your silly little troupe."

"Pardon me?"

"Oh, I meant no offense. It just seems a pity for us unicorns to waste our talents on something so..... Inconsequential."

The unicorns muttered to themselves.

"Unicorns wield magic, we are the most powerful ponies in the land. Don't you ever feel you're destined for more then..... Performances?....."

Later.......

Ponies were desperately trying to find their stolen food, as the clouds rained thunder and lightning, while the unicorns backed up from their jobs to work for the firework troupe.

"Best, road trip, EVER!" Discord smiled evilly to himself as he watched the magnificent chaos unfold......

Later......

A guard was walking inside to the Canterlot library, until he heard a bark behind him.

He turned around and saw a cute little puppy dog smiling at him.

But a shadow loomed over him, and when he turned around, Discord touched him with his talon, causing the guard to fall into a dazed trance as he turned grey.

Thorax changed back and took the medallion from the guard and used it to activate the entrance

It opened and the four villains headed inside the castle.

"Not here. The archives are in a different area in a different part of the castle." Starlight whispered as she saw a hallway guarded with goose.

However, after she closed the door, a Goose opened and saw the four leaving.

It followed them. until it turned a corner and saw "another goose".

It honked at the goose, and it honked back.

Staring at it intently, the goose left the hall to return to its post, as Thorax changed back.

The villains eventually reached the restricted area.

They searched around, looking for the book on the bell, until Starlight found it chained up.

She used a spell that unlocked chains on it and freed the book, and took it to the others as they grinned maliciously.....

Later.....

"Grogar" returned to the lair.

"So did you find that source of magical power you were talking about?" Trixie asked the "ram".

"Once again, I 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......"

Discord merely let out a huff as soon as "Grogar" left.

"Oh, stop pouting."

"You knew you couldn't leave him to be jumpy at every noise, you had to un-Discord him so the ponies wouldn't suspect you." Starlight assured the chaos maker.

"I don't have to like it." Discord complained.

"Well I don't like that we worked so hard to destroy their ridiculous party and they still pulled it off, but you don't see ME complaining." Trixie assured, as she looked glum.

"Our goal wasn't to destroy, it was to distract. And now we have exactly what we need."

"And no time to waste, we have to master the bell before Grogar returns." Starlight stated.

"Oh what's the rush? I think this is a perfect opportunity to cause even MORE havoc on the ponies. It WAS incredibly easy to turn all those Earth Ponies and Unicorn and Pegasi against each other....." Discord added.

"It was, wasn't it? Now that's something to think about......"