//------------------------------// // Mission Rogue Diamond Part 7: Smooze-a-geddon // Story: Dragonfire 🐲 Enter The Dragon Hero 🐲 // by Phantom-Dragon //------------------------------// Canterlot "There goes our lunch," Aria grumbled. "There goes our dinner!" Sonata whimpered. "Oh let them go," Adagio replied. "We'll just save them for dessert, while we help ourselves, to a huge buffet, right here," Adagio smirked, as she and her comrades begin singing. While singing, the ponies, who were once concerned and frightened, looked up at the three, taken by their haunting voices. Though at first, the ponies were bewildered at more human beings in Equestria, they suddenly find themselves enchanted by the girls' singing, and their hypnotic dances. Discord, Snips, and Snails were investigating the disturbance Discord had sensed earlier. "Look at them boys!" Discord gasped. "Those girls have stolen my spotlight!" Discord took very close notice of the trio's ringleader. "That Adagio is bewitching them with the shaking booty!" "Wah!" Snips and Snails both said in agreement. "I know I'm bewitched!" Snips droned, staring intently at the girls' hypnotic movements. "Yes, they're quite the looker," Discord admitted. Just then, another feminine voice called out, "Yoo hoo~" Everybody, including the three girls, all turned their attention to the source, to see none other but..... "Every little ponies of Equestria~" Porcina sang, while shaking her booty. "Behold! Porcina's all inspiring booty! The thing all the other booties in the Magic Kingdom must be exceedingly jealous of." Just then, Princess Celestia, joined by Princess Cadence and the rest of the heroes quickly raced to the scene, where they saw utter disturbance before them. "What in Issei Hyodo's harem is that?!" Ember asked, with a mixed look of disgust, and bewilderment. "Princess Porcina," Princess Celestia grumbled. "Still as stuck up and pompous as ever..." "Aye me," Zecora groaned, covering her eyes. "This hurts even for me, to see." "Want me to make bacon out of her?" Gilda asked, cracking her talons. "Um, that won't be necessary," Celestia replied. "No matter how much I'd like that," she muttered under her breath. "Actually," a certain grayish, aloof earth pony mare spoke. "I think those guys are already taking care of her," she said, pointing the heroes' attention to a certain trio of troublemakers. Discord, Snips, and Snails, were carrying a huge crate, before they chuck it at the pig. "AAAAAH!" Porcina screamed. "I've been skunk bombed!" Everyone all groaned in disgust. Soon, the boys too fell victim to their own stink bomb. "Oh man, that's nasty!" Discord groaned, before he snaps on a gas mask. "Ah that's better," Meanwhile, Snips and Snails fainted. From a safe distance, Celestia and her group of heroes couldn't help but laugh themselves crazy at the pig princess's misfortune. "Now that's funny!" Gilda laughed. "She's quite the stinker, alright!" Gabby laughed. "And I thought Pinkie's funny," Lyra laughed, as she and Bon Bon hugged each other. Groaning in disgust, Porcina quickly used some magics to get the horrid stench off her, before she started singing. Porcina: "Look at me, look at me~ Soon the entire world will look at me~" Discord: "I look at you and say: GET OFF THE STAGE YOU MISS PIGGY WANNABE!!!" *disc scratch* "WHAT?!!!" Porcina screeched in outrage. "I demand to know who said that!" As an answer, the pig got pelted with tomatoes, courtesy of Discord, Snips, and Snails, who were all laughing their ass off. "How dare you-" Porcina was interrupted when the boys launched more tomatoes at the pig. "INGRATES!!!" With a huff, Porcina took her leave, only to be lobbed in the flank, with more tomatoes. "Now, where were we, sisters?" Adagio asked the girls beside her, as they resumed singing, and the ponies all find themselves, once again entranced by their singing. Somewhere in the crowd, a stallion in a blue business suit, and red tie, couldn't help but scheme as he listens to their singing, 'These girls may not be ponies. But they certainly have a nice set of pipes that's just as good as Countess Coloratura's,' the stallion grinned deviously. 'I'll make a handsome profit that's just as good, than I would've make on that runaway singer of mine!' Back with the heroes "Wow, those girls can actually sell a tune," Gilda commented, as she and Gabby couldn't help but bop their heads to the girls' singing. "If you actually like all the sing song, and stuff," Ember grumbled, while Mina waved her head to the tunes. Princess Celestia, however, doesn't seemed to be fazed that much. "I can't quite put it," Celestia said, as she squinted her eyes at the girls in suspicion. "But there's something I don't like about those girls." Rara's eyes widened in shock, "And I don't like what I see!" the mare pointed to show the stallion from before, walking up to the girls. "Who's that?" Daring Do asked. "Svengallop," Rara grumbled. "My manager. He's that good for nothing, money grubbing stallion I've been telling you about." "The one who exploited your fame, and identity, for his own selfish desire?" Gabby asked. "That's him," Rara sighed. "There's just nowhere I can go to get away from him." Gild squinted her eyes, looking at the stallion, "Maybe you don't have to worry about him any longer," the griffon said. "What makes you say that?" Rara asked. "Because from the looks of it, he's more interested in those girls, than he is about you now," Gilda replied, pointing to show Svengallop, shaking hands with the girls. "Is that so?" Rara asked. "Well, I guess I'm safe from him. That's a relief I guess," the earth pony grumbled. Cadence then started to feel something off in the air, "Um, I think we should go and check up on the innocents we've managed to rescue." Celestia nodded, "Do what you must, Cadence," she replied. "I'll stay here and keep a close watch on those suspicious characters," she said, referring to the girls, Svengallop, Discord, and the boys. "I sense this is just the tip of the iceberg." Just then Prince Blueblood had just gotten out of a spa shop, flicking his mane in the air. "Ah, I feel like a new stallion," Blueblood said to himself, while flashing a smile. "Ugh, if only," a goth mare said in disgust, as she and her brighter comrade passed by. "Why should I?" Blueblood asked, while smiling at the two mares. "I'm a classic, you see?" Just then, some pony bumped into Blueblood. "Oh, I beg your pardon," Fancy Pants apologized politely. "I didn't see you there, uh, your majesty....." the stallion grumbled, after he got a good look at whom he was talking to. "Well, consider yourself lucky I was in a good mood today, clumsy oaf," Blueblood huffed, as he was on his way. "Humph, my old friend Spike would simply accept, and bid us all good day," Fancy Pants grumbled. "What was that, you said?!" Blueblood asked, turning to the mustached unicorn stallion. "Oh, nothing," Fancy Pants replied, rolling his eyes. "I'm just saying-" Fancy Pants quickly ducked his head, when Blueblood tossed a rock at him. "I say, was that necessary?" Fancy Pants asked. "Stop comparing that reptile with me!" Blueblood shouted. "That's all I'll ever be, is being compared to that dragon I've had the misfortune of being related to!" Blueblood whined. "It's always, 'Speck this' or 'Spot that' or 'Blueblood why can't you be more like your cousin SPOILED SPIKE!!!'" Blueblood screamed at the last part, which got some attentions. The three girls from before looked at each other, before they smirked evilly, and started to sing. "Um, what are you girls doing?" Svengallop asked. "We haven't agreed to-" Suddenly, Svengallop finds himself entranced, and under the girls' spell. Without evening knowing it, Svengallop starts to sing himself to Prince Blueblood. "There's no stallion as admired as you, you're everyone's favorite guy(not)," Svengallop sang. "Everyone's awed and inspired by you. And it's not very hard to see why~" Three bimbette ponies came, and swooned, draping themselves over Blueblood. Soon, all of the evacuated ponies, all who were once in defiance towards Prince Blueblood, suddenly began to sing in sympathy, towards the spoiled prince, together with the hypnotized Svengallop. "As a specimen, yes I'm intimidating," Blueblood sang. "My what a guy that Blueblood!" the hypnotized audience sang. With that, the ponies all continued to sing their heart out for Blueblood, who joined in the festivity. Adagio, and her sisters, deciding to take it up a notch, all started to put more powers into their voices, in which the ponies started to become twisted and menacing, to which all love for Spike Draco have simply vanished, and they all joined in with Blueblood, expressing their distaste for the dragon. Adagio and her sisters smiled in satisfaction, as they began to feed off the negative energies the ponies now felt for the Dragon Prince. Little did they know, a bit of the Smooze, attracted by their singing, manages to climb its way up, and was listening to the girls' spell, growing as it does so. "Who does art(like Blueblood?)" Svengallop sang, with the ponies providing backup vocals. "Steals your heart(like Blueblood?)" "Who can make these endless refrains like Blueblood?" Blueblood sang. "I am 20% cooler than that Dragon Prince~" "Say it again!" the hypnotized audience continued to sing, to the rest of the song. Adagio and her sisters all smiled in satisfaction, "So much negative energy," Adagio smiled. "Enough to last us for a long time to come." "Like that's never happened before," Aria said bluntly. "It's not tacos," Sonata said. "But it's way tastier!" Just then, a spinning tornado came, before it reveals itself to be Discord, Snips, and Snails. "Let's rock this joint!" Discord declared, as he grabs a random pony, and spins them into a fancy suit, with some drums before them. Out of impulse, the pony started to beat the dream, with the others all blowing some jazzy horns Discord had conjured. Before long, Discord and the boys ran over to the girls, and grabbed each one of them, in a dance. Discord took Adagio, while Snips and Snails took Aria and Sonata, respectively. Though taken by surprise at first, Adagio and her sisters started to enjoy themselves, as they danced the time of their life with Discord and the boys. Svengallop, not too pleased, went up to the draconequus, "Excuse me, sir," Before Svengallop could continue any further, he was whisked away by another pony, "WHOA NELLY!!" the stallion exclaimed, as he finds himself dancing with the said pony. Meanwhile, Hydia and her daughters were heaving a bucket of the Smooze over the balcony of Canterlot, when they took notice of the festivity going on. "What's all the jazzy, sassy racket, going on?" Hydia asked, as she pushed her way to the crowds, when she took notice of Discord dancing with Adagio. Hydia could hardly believer her eyes, "Well, well, well," she grinned. "If it ain't the Dazzlings." "Duh, Dazzlings?" Draggle asked. "Who are they?" Reeka asked, before both she and Draggle both received a bonk to the heads by Hydia. "Honestly, don't you numbskulls remember anything from all those evil history lessons I've taught you?!" Hydia snarled. "The Dazzlings were the sirens who served for the Demon Sorcerer, Squirk," Turning her attention back to the Dazzlings, Hydia smirked, "And compared to the two of you put together, they're much more competent, and conniving!" "Duh, not to mention pretty," Draggle droned. "Hydia! I thought I detected that foul stench of villainy of yours," a voice spoke, to which the three witches turned their attention, to see Princess Celestia walking up to them. "AH! Princess Celestia!" Reeka screamed, as she leapt into Draggle's arms. "Save us mother!" Hydia turned her head, and shot a menacing glare at the fat witch, "Uh, I mean, master! Master! Save us, master!" "You're just embarrassing," Hydia rolled her eyes, before she turned to Princess Celestia. "Well, Celestia. It's been a long time." "Not long enough," Celestia frowned. "And I suspect you're behind all this?" "Not all of it," Hydia grinned smugly. "As you can see, my partner in crime, Discord, stole your precious Sun Stone. But the whole rebirth of the Smooze was all my idea!" "Duh, yeah!" Draggle added. "And the geostorm! That was Nightmare Moon's idea!" "DRAGGLE!!!" Reeka shouted, as she smacked her sister on the back of her head. "What are you-" Getting an idea, Celestia's eyes glowed, as she started to read the witchs' minds, mostly Draggle's being the most easy to probe. What Celestia saw, was most frightening, "No, you wouldn't!" Hydia angrily turned to Draggle, "WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOCKING YOUR MIND?!!" "Duuuuuuuuuuuh," Draggle droned. "Ah forget about her, she'll never learn," Reeka groaned. Turning back to the alicorn princess, Hydia began, "It doesn't matter. There's nothing you can do about it, your majesty!" "Don't be so sure, Hydia!" With that, Celestia's horn began to glow, only for it to be splattered by magic repellant slimes from the Smooze. "What the-" "Oh, I'm so sorry your majesty," Hydia said smugly. "Not! But we can't have you and your little 'heroes' go and ruin our plan for world domination! Your sister won't be pleased about it," Celestia frowned. "But before my daughters and I go, I leave you someone to play with." With that, Hydia tossed a ball of slime on the ground, before she cast bolt of dark magic on it, causing the blob to take form into a bulky humanoid being. It wasn't long, when Draggle and Reeka tossed more slimes all over Canterlot, and they all took form of various creatures. With a wicked laugh, Hydia and her daughters all vanished in puffs of smokes, leaving Celestia to fend off the Smooze monsters. The ponies, still under the Dazzlings' spell turned and noticed Celestia doing battle with the slime monsters, "Meh," one of them said. Meanwhile Princess Cadence was busy feeding some little fillies, with Shining Armor at her side, when she felt something off in the air. "Cadence?" Shining Armor asked. "What's the matter dear?" Instead of answering, Cadence turned in the direction of the disturbance, to see her aunt, fighting off the slime monsters that got in. "Auntie's in trouble!" Cadence exclaimed. "What?! Troops fall in!" Shining Armor shouted, as several guards quickly arrived on the scene. "C'mon men! Double time! Protect the princess! Go! Go! Go!" With that, Shining Armor led the guards to battle. "Hey! Save some for me!" Gilda called, as she spreads her wings, and took flight after Shining Armor and the guards. "Gilda, get back here!" Cadence called. "Wait for me, Gilda!" Gabby chirped, as she followed the older griffon. "Wait up!" Ember called, as she and Mina soon followed, with the rest of the heroes who were staying behind. All except for Thorax. "You going?" Cadence asked the changeling. "Nah, I think I'm good with staying behind and help ya out," the changeling replied. "Oh, thank you," Cadence and Thorax returned to caring the ponies they were looking after. "So, how are you and Spike friends, exactly?" Cadence ask, striking a conversation with the changeling. Later "Well, it was nice to have a bit of some spotlights for once," Blueblood grumbled. "Before the misshapen chimeric creature came and took it away from me." "Y'know, if you want to be loved and adored, then take my advice," Discord appeared, as a pony. "Do something bold, and daring, for a change." "I'm bold! And I'm daring!" Blueblood replied in a huff. "And yet, that's not enough?" "I'm talking being bold, and daring in the face of danger," Discord replied. "Wuh-as in, have me running into danger, and risk my neck like a fool?" Blueblood said aghast. "I think not. A prince like me is way too important for those things in life. And I don't care if we're currently in a matter of life and death. It's certainly not what I'd risk my life over." Discord frowned, before he turned to his boys. An idea formed in their heads, as they gave each other a thumbs up. "Y'know what, you're right," Discord said. "I mean, Spike's the hero, not a cowardly, pompous prince like you." "Yes," Blublood smirked, before he did a double take. "Wait, what?" "Though, it saddens me to see you willing into play this particular role of a coward," Discord continued. "Now wait just a minute! I'm not a coward!" Blueblood defied. "No, no! Don't try to sugarcoat it. You'll always be second best to Spike. He's the hero of the story, and you're stuck playing the role as the clown." "Why of all the nerve," Blueblood frowned. "I refuse to be treated as a clown! I'm a prince! And I deserve respect!" "Well then don't you see?" Discord began. "You're passing up a golden opportunity here." "I am?" Blueblood asked, with his interest piqued. "You can be twice as famous than you already are!" "I can?" "But of course you can. Just get inside that cannon, and before you know it, your name will be up in light!" "Okay! I'll do it!" Blueblood said, as he eagerly gets into a cannon. With that, Discord got out a match, and flicked it across Derpy's butt, "Fire in the hole!" Suddenly, Blueblood realized too late, "WAIT!!!" Ka-Boom With that, Prince Blueblood flew off, screaming into the sky. "Bye-bye, Blueblood," Discord grinned. "I hope he enjoys his trip to the moon," Then, Discord yelped in horror. "OH NO!! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!!" With that, Discord snapped his fingers, and both he and the boys were gone in a flash of light. Meanwhile, back with Porcina Porcina had just finished washing herself clean of the tomatoes Discord and the ponies had lobbed at her from before. She was about to leave, when a piece of paper came flying and smacked her in the face. "Why of all the insults, don't ponies ever-hello?" Porcina suddenly took interest at the content of the paper. Meanwhile, back with Princess Celestia Princess Celestia was still fighting the slime monsters, while the Dazzlings continue to sing in the background, unknowingly strengthening the monsters. The sun princess looked as if she was on the verge to collapse, when a blur of brown and gold came, and sliced the monsters down to size. [Let's Get Ready to Rumble - Jock Jams] "Don't worry your majesty," Gilda spoke, as she got up and threw out several punches, slashes, and kicks at the Smooze monsters. "I got your back!" Just when another Smooze monster was about to tackle Celestia, a purple flaming arrow came flying in, and exploded upon impact with the monster, causing it to explode into several blobs of slimes. "Took the words right out of my mouth, griffon," Ember spoke, as she, Mina, and the rest of the heroes arrived on the scene, with the royal guards. "Let the Great and Powerful Trixie, make you Smooze, disappear!" Trixie declared dramatically, as she whips out her wand from her cape, and fired an offensive magic spell that blasted some of the monsters. Ember, joined by Mina, both fire, while at the same time, conjuring a few magic fire tricks via wings, claws, and tails. "Spike ain't the only one who can do this sort of magic trick," Ember smirked proudly. "Red rubies for ya, Ember," Mina replied. "Red rubies." Shining Armor, got his troops in order, "C'mon men! Charge!" He yelled, as he and the royal guards all charged into battle, slashing blades at the monsters. Zecora came over and quickly applied a potion to Celestia's horn, cleansing the alicorn's horn of Smooze. "Thank you," Celestia sighed in relief. "Don't thank yet," Zecora replied. "It's not over yet." Gilda was punching a Smooze monster, before she did a side spin, and tossed the monster with another. The two monsters merged together, forming an even bigger monster. The creature stomped its way towards Gilda, only for Gabby to arrive, lobbing a whole barrel of wine into the monster, before she manages to create a spark with her claws, and a small pebble, igniting the content within, resulting in a huge explosion that destroyed the slime monster. "Nice one, Gabby," Gilda complimented, to the young griffon. The monster grabbed Gabby, bringing the young griffon up close to its angry face, when gunshots were fired, and bits of the Smooze were shot off. The Smooze looked, to see Lyra and Bon Bon, both girls in anthro form, dressed in black suits and shades, holding guns out. After taking a quick glance at each other, the girls looked back at the Smooze monster, and opened fire on it. Zecora got out several powders in her hoof, before she blew them across the slimes, driving them back slightly. Watching from a safe distance, Rara watched in awe, seeing how the heroes fought bravely, besides Princess Celestia. "Wow," she awed. Then, a new voice cried out, "Hey, girls!" In response, the heroines, and Princess Celestia turned their heads to see four unicorn mares, running towards them, with a certain red mane unicorn with a black turtleneck sweater, in the lead. "Moon Dancer!" Lyra greeted happily, as she ran up to the unicorns. "Minuette! Lemon Hearts! Twinkleshine!" "Lyra!" Minuette smiled happily, as she and the mares all got together in a group hug. "Wow, we are so glad to see you're okay! When we saw the Smooze swallowing all of Ponyville in one gulp, we were worried that you and Bon Bon got eaten!" "Sorry girls," Lyra chuckled sheepishly, "HEADS DOWN!!" Lyra screamed, as she quickly projected a magic shield, narrowly saving herself, and the girls from one of the Smooze monsters' slimes. "Let's catch up another time girls. Right now, in case you haven't noticed. We're fighting for our lives!" "Which is why we've come to help," Moon Dancer smirked, as she and the girls all shifted in anthro forms. "C'mon girls! Let's do this!" With a loud war cry, the girls all leapt forward, blasting several magic spells at the monsters, as well as throwing several punch and kicks. Meanwhile, the Dazzlings were still singing with Svengallop, when they finally took notice of the ruckus going on. "Well, well. What do we have here?" Adagio asked, was she began surveying the situation. "Ponies fighting purple slime monsters?" Aria said bluntly. "I mean, it's not that hard to figure." "Yes, how incredibly observant you are, Aria," Adagio said sarcastically, while rolling her eyes. "I'm more interested in, where'd all these-" Adagio stopped when she stepped in some of the Smooze's slimes. "Ick! And on my favorite pair of boots, too!" "Um, actually, those are the only boots you ever wore," Aria noted. "Specifically, for about a thousand years since we've been banished." Adagio hissed in annoyance at Aria's blunt reminder, coupled together with the fact she stepped in some slime. The lead girl was about to give the blunt girl a piece of her mind, but stopped when she felt something off. "My, my," Adagio said in amazement. "What? What is it?" Sonata asked. "I...I feel....good," Adagio smiled, feeling herself, up and down. "I feel strong!" "Well duh," Aria replied. "We are back in Equestria, after all." "No, no, no," Adagio shook her head. "It's not that!" Bending down to touch the slime, much to her sisters' disgusts, Adagio smiled even wider, and more wicked. "It's this slime! It's actually alive! And it's full of dark magic! Very powerful dark magic!" "Hey, now that I think about it," Sonata began. "Isn't that the Smooze thingie that face in the sky once talked about?" "The Smooze?" Adagio looked down at the slime in her hand, seeing that it was slithering on her arm, before it reached out for her amulet necklace. In response, Adagio brushed the slime off, and watched as it grows, surrounded in dark magics that pulsed off from her jewel. "Hmmm," Adagio pondered, before she looked over, seeing the audience she and her sisters had hypnotized. They have all been covered from head to hooves by the Smooze's slime, and have been mutated into monsters, with slimy features. "Um, I'd like to get back to singing now," Sonata spoke, as she started to sing a warm up vocal. Adagio then heard the sound of footsteps. She turned to the source, and watched in amazement, seeing how the slimes on the mutants pulsated in an aura of darkness, as it controls the mutants to do various dance steps. "Hmm," Adagio pondered, before an idea sparked up in her head. Back with the heroes "Keep it up everyone!" Celestia said, while blasting a powerful ray of magic at some of the Smooze monsters. "We're driving them back!" Just then, the Dazzlings started singing again. "How can those three girls still sing at a time like this?" Ember asked in disbelief. Zecora turned to the said girls, and her eyes widened, "Aye, it cannot be!" Zecora exclaimed, "It is the Dazzlings I see!" "The Dazzlings?" Ember asked. "Who are they?" "From old pony tales long passed," Zecora began. "Tales of dark creatures with the love to harass. The Dazzlings, whose powers thrives from singing live off the hate they revive," Zecora then took note of the Smooze monsters around them, "And too being a monster of hate, the Smooze's growth rates increase with every hatred it takes. I dread, the Dazzlings and Smooze are now friends!" "Well that's just great," Gilda muttered, before she felt her whole slime covered body shake uneasily. "Wuh-what's going on?" Gilda exclaimed, as the slime started to spread all over her. "Gilda?" Gabby spoke worryingly for her fellow griffon. "What's wrong?" In response, Gilda thrusted her claws at Gabby, and shoved the young griffon away. "Gilda?!" Gabby asked, taken by surprise at her friend's action. "Sorry, Gabby!" Gilda apologized, as she started to attack the other heroes in range. "But believe me, this isn't me!" With a surprised yelp, Gilda grabbed Shining Armor by the horn and repeatedly banged his face at a nearby lamppost. "Get off!" Shining Armor shouted, as he magically forced Gilda off. "It is the Smooze!" Zecora noted fearfully. "The hatreds its been infused have made its powers grow lose. Now whoever it touches, their controls are in its clutches!" Ember looked at the Zebra, "Meaning, if we touch it, then it controls us?" "Mhmm," Zecora answered with a nod. "Uh oh," Shining Armor looked, seeing many of his guards being consumed by the slimes that spread all over them. "Captain, what's happening-" the guard couldn't finish his question, before the Smooze fully took over him. "Spearhead! No!" Shining Armor said in dismay, as his soldiers all stood before the heroes, in their new mutant forms. The heroes soon turned to see Gilda, too having turned completely into a Smooze mutant herself. "Quick! Get it off her!" Gabby pleaded. Zecora quickly doused Gilda with her potion. But nothing happened. "Aye me!" Zecora said. "It cannot be! The Smooze has grown strong enough to prolong!" The mutants all set their sights on those who have yet to be mutated, before they all charged towards them. Rara, still watching from her hiding spot, held her hoof to her mouth, as she gasps in horror at the mutations. Then, a drop of purple slime dripped from above, and landed close to her, causing her to yelp, as she looks up, and screamed. A Smooze monster had found her, and it leapt towards her, nearly grabbing her. "AAAHHH!!" Rara screamed as she broke into a gallop, but screeched to a stop when another monster jumped out before her. The frightened mare makes a sharp turn to get away, only for a mutant to leap out, and snapped his jaws at the mare. Rara flinched, narrowly evading the maws of the mutant. "HELP!" Rara cried, as she broke in another gallop. "Any pony!" Rara tripped on a stray debris, and fell flat on her face. She looked up, and screamed at the mercy of the mutants. Luckily for her, help came in the form of Daring Do, who lassoed her whip around the young pop star and pulled her away. "Watch yourself," Daring Do said, as she guides the pop star to safety. "Everyone! Fall back!" Celestia ordered, as she projected a magic shield in front of the mutants. The mutants all banged on the shield, angrily demanding entry, "Gilda!" Gabby exclaimed, looking at her mutated friends through the barrier. "It's me! Gabby! Your friend! AH!!!" Gabby shrieked frighteningly, when Gilda punched through the shield, and almost grabbed the griffon. "Gabby! Let's go!" Bon Bon said, as she grabbed Gabby by the wing and pulled the distraught griffon away. Meanwhile After getting themselves launched in a hi-tech/magical spaceship that was long invented by the great Starswirl the Bearded, and braving the danger through a field of meteors, bombs, and battle stations, our heroes have made it to the moon, where the final battle awaits them, at Midnight Castle. On the Moon [Paper Mario: TTYD - The Moon] "Wow, can you believe this guys?!" Button exclaimed, as he and the Knights all jumped around at tremendous heights, courtesy of the moon's gravity. "We're on the moon!" "No kidding!" Rumble added, as he leapt in the air, and almost floated away, before he came back down. "Check me out!" Tender Taps spoke, while walking backwards. "I'm literally doing the moonwalk!" "This is fantastic!" Featherweight said, as he looks around, marveling at the starry display the boys were seeing, from the moon of Equestria. "To think, we can actually make it this far!" "I'll say," Pipsqueak added. "All of our families back home will never believe this!" The Knights continue to fool around, as they continued to jump, having a good time, when Celaeno manages to grab them all, and headbutts them together at the same time. "Stay focus here, ya Scallyiwags!" Celaeno chided. "We ain't here for some fun!" "Celaeno's right," Twilight reminded the boys, as she, Scorpan, and the rest of the girls came over. "We're here, because of the Shadowbolts! They've attacked our home by unleashing the Smooze on us, and we're going to make them pay for it!" "Not to mention they've kidnapped Flare's parents!" Pinkie added. "Hey? Where is Flare anyway?" The heroes looked, before they find Fleur, sitting on a hill, with Spike at her side, and the two were gazing at Midnight Castle in the distance. "This is a lot to take in, isn't it?" Spike asked Fleur. "Oui," Fleur nodded. "After all this time, I'm finally going to see my parents, again." "And how does it feel?" Spike asked. "Excited. Happy. I don't know what to say," Fleur smiled, as she placed a hoof to her chest. "But I do know this. These years of search, struggles, and dead ends, are finally over," the unicorn smiled, as she wipes a drop of joyful tears off her cheek. "I would at last, have my family back." Spike nodded in agreement, "Y'know, that's exactly how I felt, before returning home to Equestria," the Dragon Prince smiled, before turning to Fleur, "And it's even a greater feeling to know that I've managed to return the favor to you, Fleur." Fleur smiled, before she placed her hoof on Spike's hand. "Spike, mon amour." "Yes Fleur?" Spike asked. In response, Fleur, still unicorn and all, gave Spike a playful kiss on the nose, catching the young dragon by surprise, face turning red in the process. "Merci Spike," Fleur smiled, as she nuzzled close to Spike, who chuckled sheepishly. "Um, we should head back with the others right now," Spike suggested, as he and Fleur took a leap, and met up with the others. "What?" he asked, noticing the looks on the girls' and boys' faces. "Oh nothing," Pinkie smirked. "We've been here for two whole minutes and already it's your honeymoon?" Spike and Fleur blushed in response, "It's not-we're not even-Pinkie!" Spike stammered. "Perhaps we should focus on the task at hands here, nephew," Scorpan spoke. "Agreed, uncle," Spike replied, as a look of determination was imprinted on his face. "C'mon everyone. Let's do this!"