Chapter 3

It had seemed that every last hope for Equestria was lost. The Royal guard was under Doom's control, The only Wonderbolt left was me, and the elements failed to stop him. The only hope left was Celestia and nopony could find her.

"This can't be right, how was he able to stop the elements?" Twilight asked. She was looking up at the ceiling confusingly.

"He isn't like most unicorns, being my sisters first student really payed off for him. He used magic to create weapons of mass destruction like this before. When we first stopped him, he created an army just out of rocks and a lot of magic. You saw his power with the Alicorn amulet on as well." Princess Luna replied. Twilight looked over at her concerned. I was just sitting next to my mother while she explained what was going on.

"But, how did you guys stop him last time? There had to be a way." Twilight asked. Luna stood up and walked over to Twilight.

"When my sister and I stopped him last time, we used an old device he had created to help him control over Equestria. It was a device you would put on your horn and it would intensify your magic triple the amount you could previously achieve. When we used this, he wasn't able to fight back against my sister and I under such magic. He was defeated and turned into stone." Luna replied. I could feel a cold shock go thought my spine when I heard her say this. I knew there could be no way to stop him now.

"Well that's it! All we have to do is find this device you were talking about." Twilight said. She hopped up when she had said this.

"Well that's the thing Twilight Sparkle, he used his magic to hide the device as we finished him off. If memory serves me right, I believe it was in the same cave you first saw him in." Twilight's face lit up as if she remembered something.

"So that's what that artifact was! I picked up an ancient looking artifact when I was in there and put it in my saddle bag, but when he teleported us, he left the bag there at the cave!" Twilight said. Luna's eyes had filled with some kind of hope that we could find it.

"So we need to find this device and bring it back to Celestia to stop him?" I asked. Both of them looked back at me. Luna nodded as a yes and Twilight was pacing back and forth, most likely becuase she was thinking of a way to get it.

"We need a way to get out of here. Somepony needs to destract Doom so someother pony can escape and get that device back." Twilight said. There was no way to get out of the dungeon unless a fight were to occur to distract Doom.

"Where is Celestia when you need her?" I asked. She had not been seen for this whole time while Doom was taking over Equestria.

"My sister is still here in the castle. We share the same type of magic and can sense each other and where we are. She is still in the castle and we need her help." Luna replied. Just as she said this, the doors to the dungeon bursted open and four guards came in.

"Come on! All of you get up! Doom wants you!" One of them said. The three of us were shoved out of the cell and all the way to the main room where Doom was. When we got inside, the room was different. It was a dark gray with red aura and he was on the throne with his eyes shut. The guards threw us in and slammed the two doors shut. The noise of the doors made Doom slowly open his eyes. When he did so, once again, his eyes were covered by the blood red aura he was emitting.

"Luna why don't you just cut to the chase and tell me where your sister is?" He said in a low, distorted voice. He was looking at her.

"Even if I knew Doom, I would never tell you." Luna replied. She was looking at him angrily. He extended his hoof out and picked Luna off the ground and brang her closer to him.

"I'm not going to ask again nicely, now where is your sister?" He said once again. She just looked at him angrily and refused to answer. I was watching on what was going to happen. "Very well, if that's the way you want to play." He said. As he said this, he looked away from her and threw her against a wall. Rage enveloped me as he did this. My wings extended and I bolted at him, but he stopped me and I felt a rush of air and I hit the wall on the other side of the wall. I looked at him and bolted at him once more. He did the same, stopped me and threw me against the other wall next to my mother. I was about to jump a third time, when Luna put her hoof infornt of me to stop me.

"Why don't you just stop with using all this cheap magic and fight like a real pony!" Twilight said. He turned and looked at her and broke out in laughter. As he was laughing he was hit with a magic bolt. It hit him and he fell back in the throne, it looked like it knocked the wind out of him.

"How dare you strike me!" He yelled. Twilight stood there with aura around her horn.

"I'll do it again if you hurt my friends again!" She said. He laughed again and he picked her up and brang her closer to him. When she was really close to him, he smiled in a evil way.

"The reason you aren't dead is because I find you amusing, now tell me where Celestia is before I end you!" He said. She was just trying to break his spell, not answering. "Fine, you have chosen your own fate Twilight." He said, just as he said that, her body enveloped in a red aura and he was staring at her with an intense look. She started to scream.

"Leave her alone you coward!" I yelled. He kept staring at her and she kept flinching from the pain and screaming. Then, out of nowhere, a magic bolt him him hard. So hard, it sent him off the throne. Twilight fell on the floor and was breathing hard. We all looked at the entrance and standing there, was Princess Celestia!

"That's enough Darkstar! You have hurt too many innocent ponies, including my sister! Now leave all of them alone! It's me you want!" Celestia said. He got up, shook his head and looked. When he saw her, he looked angry.

"I told you to never call me that again!!" He yelled. He was staring at her angrily. Celestia walked more into the room.

"What ever you want to call yourself is your choice, but if you want to hurt anypony, hurt me, if you can." She said this with a smirk on her face.

"Well looks like you finally decided to show up. It's been a long time since we last met Celestia. Although this time, the victor will be me!" He said as he ended with a laugh. As he said this to her, piece by piece, his helmet on his head broke off and the aura around his eyes disappeared. We could actually see his real face and mane. He had a scar that went down his left eye and his coat was orange. His mane was the same blood red as his eyes were.

"Well then, I guess words are out of the question. You must pay for your actions." She said to him. As she said this, she flew up and shot a beam of magic at him. He countered, but it was receding. Celestia was giving it her all. You could see it when you looked at her.

"Celestia doesn't have a chance does she?" I asked my mother as she was slowly getting up. She looked over at me and sadly agreed. I looked over at Twilight. She was on the floor, still exhausted. She wasn't able to get up. Celestia was trying her best to keep him back, but slowly his attack was getting closer. Luna was was looking at the battle with concern and she was in shock on how much power his magic had. By this time, the blast was about to hit Celestia's horn.

"Go Soarin! Leave! Get that device!" Celestia yelled. I looked at Luna and it all made sense. Celestia dropped a map under her. I bolted under her, took the map, and left out the balcony door. Doom looked at me leave, but he couldn't do anything to stop me. I looked back and all I could see was a red blast envelope the room they were in momentarily. I kept flying as fast as I could.

When I was far away from Canterlot, I stopped and started to regain my breath. Celestia had just risked her life so I could get that device. I could not think of anything more noble then that. I was breathing hard and I was shaking. I had never seen power as much as he had.

"Ok ok, I need to just calm down and use this map to save Equestria." I said to myself aloud. I looked around and I was in an open area with some scattered trees. I looked at the map, it said from Canterlot I had to go to mountains near the Everfree forest. I started walking toward the direction the map was telling me to go. I had hoped to get there as fast as I could. If what I saw was not his best, just imagine what he was doing now.

"Sir, we have her here for you." Shining Armor said. Doom looked over at him and smiled.

"Excellent, bring her in." He said. Shining Armor saluted him, then walked outside of the room and walked in with Rainbow Dash. She was still under his control. "You, your orders are to find the Pegasus under the name Soarin. Find him and bring him back to me ASAP. Is that clear?" He said.

"Yes my king, I will bring him back, no problem." She replied.

"Odds are, he went to that cave you explored two days ago, go around that area and look for him." Doom said. Dash saluted him and then left. He was laughing as he sat back into his throne.

I made it to the mountain, by this time it was getting dark and it was hard to find a cave, let alone look inside one. I kept looking around the mountain, flying around and looking for a hole of some sort. I decided to walk around the base of the mountain to see if I could find it there.

"At this rate, I'll never find it!" I said to myself. I kept going around and it got too dark to continue looking, so I decided to sleep next to the mountain under a tree. I was exhausted after what had happened. I felt my eyes get heavier and heavier then, I knocked out.

The next morning I got up, the sun was in my eyes, and I felt hungry, but I knew I had to push onward to look for a way to get find the device Twilight and Luna were talking about. I slowly got up and I remembered Rainbow Dash. I missed her a lot. I hadn't seen her in a long time and I felt bad that I couldn't see her right now as well.

"Where ever you are Rainbow, my dear. I'll be thinking about you and we will always be here for each other." I said to myself. Just as I finished that sentence, I felt something hit me on my back and I was sent flying up in the air. I stopped and looked back down to see what it was. It was Rainbow Dash! I was so excited, but when she got closer to me, I saw she had those blood red eyes. "No, not you too." I said to myself.

"You are required to come back with me to the castle. We can do this the easy way or hard way." She said. I turned to fly away, but she hit me and I flew down into a tree. I got up out of it and there she was again, she hit me and I hit the stump of a tree with my head.

"Why are you doing this? We love each other. What's wrong with you?" I asked her. She just stared at me with a blank face. I couldn't fight her because I was too hungry and I couldn't hurt the pony I loved. She is my special somepony and I would never hurt her. I had to get that device though. I tried to fly around her and go around, but she would keep intercepting me and I would always end up getting hurt again and again. I finally stopped and flew really fast at her. I grabbed her and we both hit the floor.

"Let me go!" She said as she struggled to get out of my hooves. I just kept her right there and I was breathing hard.

"Look at yourself Rainbow! We love each other! Don't your remember anything we did?" I asked her. She didn't respond. I just looked into her eyes and they still reminded me of that magical night with her at the gala. That night forever changed my life and I needed to remind her on how much that meant to me and her as well. "We love each other and we work great as a team. We both need each other and I can't live without you Rainbow! You give me this feeling that I have never felt before I met you. You are simply the greatest mare I have ever met, and I need you right now." I said to her. I got closer to her and I felt her breathing. I got closer and out lips met. Kissing her like this had reminded me of that night. I could see it happening all over again and I was filled with happiness and a sort of ecstasy when I felt her lips on mine. I backed out and I looked at her. She had stopped struggling and her eyes were closed still. Her eyes slowly opened and they were back to normal. She had broken Dooms spell!

"Wha-what happened?" She asked in a confused way. I just looked at her and smiled. I knew she was back to normal. I knew Doom could not block memories like that from her for long.

"He was controlling you along with all your friends, now do you remember where that cave was?" I asked her. She was slowly getting up. Rainbow was still dazed from that spell.

"Yeah I remember where it is, we are near it actually." She replied. I smiled and I grabbed her and hugged her.

"Ok lead me to it, we need to find something to finish this fight." I told her. She nodded in agreement and we both left.