Harmony in Gensokyo

Our four heroines find themselves within the abnormally large library of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, once more fighting off waves of fairies. "These gosh darn flyin' things are gettin' on mah nerves!" Applejack says as she bucks a few of them away from her. Reimu and Marisa seem to be having no trouble dealing with them, but they both still seem a bit irritated. "Guess Patchy knew we were comin'." Marisa says as she knocks out a small drone of fairies with her magic stars. Another drone quickly takes their place, however Rainbow Dash quickly flies in past Marisa and zooms circles around them to make them dizzy and fall out of the air. "These things are way too easy....!?" She nearly gets knocked out of the air herself when several red magic shots fly at her. "Huh??" They look up toward where the shots came from to see Koakuma flying above them. "They were serious about you coming here..? I didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to attack the library..." She closes her eyes and fires hundreds of magic shots at them at once. AJ, being grounded and unable to dodge as well as the others, takes cover behind a bookcase. "Darn things, just won't leave us alone!" She bucks out a few fairies and moves ahead to another bookcase.

"Spirit Sign. Fantasy Orb..!" Reimu calls out as she unleashes several glowing balls of energy that attack Koakuma all at once. She gasps and starts to cover herself with her hands, but suddenly a purple-colored barrier appears over her and completely stops the spell. "...Huh? Oh!" Koakuma glances down below to see Twilight down on the ground. She breaks off her spell and fires off a few blasts of her own at the two magical girls. "Hold it you two!" Reimu and Marisa both dodge the blasts and stare down at the Alicorn and Marisa scratches her head. "...Another pony?" At hearing Twilight's voice, AJ peaks her head out from behind the bookcase. "...Twilight!" AJ calls out to her and makes her way through the fallen books to her, while Rainbow flies down as well. "Oh, you're both here! I'm so glad you're both safe!" Twilight hugs the two of them, then looks at them confused. "Wait..why are you teamed up with those two..?" She says and points up to the two girls above them. Marisa gives a wave while Reimu just stares at them, slightly annoyed at the hold-up. "I don't think you two should be helping two poni-...people...attack a library!" AJ face-hoofs while Rainbow decides to defend the girls motive. "Well maybe if whoever lived here didn't decide to block out the sun, we wouldn't NEED to storm the place!" Twilight sighs at this and puts back a few books to their rightful places. She glances back up to see that the other three decided to fight without them. "Ugh...Some of these creatures are so violent....I KNOW about the mist. I wanted to talk to the one responsible, but she just cannot be reasoned with. She's like a spoiled little filly who wants a new toy!"

"I must admit she is a bit...bratty sometimes..." Twilight nearly jumps three feet at the sudden voice behind her. "However there really is not much we are able to do about it..." AJ and Rainbow both get into fighting stances, but Patchouli puts up a hand to show she is not here to attack. "I will not attack...so long as you tell THOSE TWO..." She shoots a glare up at Marisa and Reimu...mostly Marisa. "...to stop destroying the library..." The three ponies look back up at the fight to see that Koakuma has quickly been defeated. Marisa waves down to them, specifically Patchouli. "Heeey Patchy! Get any new books lately?" Twilight looks at Patchouli. "You know her..?" Patchouli sighs and closes her eyes. "...Unfortunately..." She snaps her fingers and a bubble appears around Marisa, trapping her in place. She then shoots a glare at Reimu, who smiles sheepishly. "I-I'm not with her I....Sorry about her..." Marisa just laughs a bit and smiles like an idiot. "You know you both love me." Patchy rolls her eyes at her comment and motions to Koakuma to come down. "Koa, go fix yourself up and let Sakuya know we have a pair of invaders coming her way...I am interested to see how this all plays out now." Koakuma nods and quickly flies off to find the maid. Reimu looks at Patchy in shock. "Wait..you're letting us go?? Even though we're basically invading the mansion to beat up your mistress?" Patchy simply nods in response. "...Okay. Let's go Marisa." She kicks the bubble Marisa is trapped in and follows it down the hall, with Marisa yelling at her the whole way.

Twilight just shakes her head and turns back to her two friends. "So I'm guessing you two already know what this place is and how dangerous is it." They both nod their heads. "Ah don't suppose y'all know where the others are yet?" AJ asks but sighs when Twilight shakes her head. "Sorry AJ...It might be a while before we find them too. This place is very large and has a lot of dense forest areas. There's even a whole other world with an entrance that's Celestia knows where. It could take weeks, or even months." Rainbow rolls her eyes and Twilight's negativity. "Come on Twilight! You'll never find them if you just stay here and read. Who knows, they might even be right nearby!" Rainbow looks to AJ for support, who looks at Twilight for confirmation. "...You're right. Think positive....Though I think we should sort out this mist problem first. Maybe we can get to Miss Scarlet before those other two do. Are you two going to help me or follow them?" They both think for a moment until AJ trots next to Twilight. "Ah'll go with you. Not like ah'll be able to help with all that magic fightin' and stuff." She nods to Rainbow and she flies up into the air again. "I'll follow the girls then. I'm sure they'll need some good back up." She grins at her own awesomeness and flies off after Reimu and Marisa. Patchy clears her throat to get the attention of the remaining two. "I shall also go with you. I have been wanting to try talking sense into Remilia..." The ponies nod in understanding as she takes to the air to lead the two to the exit, while Twilight remains on the ground to chat with AJ.

Meanwhile, in Remilia's room, there is a knock on the door. "Come in..." Remilia answers in a bored tone and Sakuya steps inside. "Mistress, your sister is becoming...restless..." Remilia rolls her eyes. "Geeeeez..just give her some food and she'll be fine." The maid shakes her head at this. "...She isn't hungry...She's bored..." This makes Remilia lift her head to look at her. "Bored...?" She grins widely, showing her fangs. "Hehehe...I think things are going to get even more interesting around here..."