Just then, two more massive explosions occurred, and they all saw that the others had destroyed the other crystals and the island they were on, as a massive shockwave went through the ocean, and sent everything and anything in the area or around the island, hurling through the air, including the ship, Twilight and her friends were on, once more. Everypony quickly grabbed anything solid, and held on for dear life, as the ship, was thrown high into the air, and began to turn in all sorts of directions in midair, as Rarity said, "I think I'm going to be sick...."
Applejack said, "Oh no, you don't! Not on the ship!"
Rarity said with a sick voice, "Where is suitable then? We are being tossed around by the shockwave...in midair!"
Applejack, who was now slightly dizzy, said, "Oh...right.."
Meanwhile, back on Darkness's ship, Cerberus, he and the rest of his fleet had been thrown high into the air, as he held on to the wheel, he saw Twilight's ship, and his fleet was in the same predicament.
He said the hero closest to him, and said, "I didn't think the crystals would react like this!"
The hero said, "I didn't either! But we simply did not have the time to gather information about them! They had to be destroyed!"
Darkness said, "Yeah You're right! But still, what a shockwave!"
The hero said, "Everypony! Hold on! We are coming down!"
On Fluchuette's ship, Fluchuette, Snowshy, and the rest of the crew, were holding on to whatever they could, as some lost their grip, and were thrown violently into the sea, or got killed by flying debris, or another ship that was thrown about as the crew member fell into a free fall downwards towards the sea.
Fluchuette and the others saw this, as Fluchuette put her head down, while still holding on, and with a few tears in her eyes, she only could say, "Dammit..."
A crew member called her attention, as he said, "Everypony! We coming down! And rather fast downwards towards the sea!"
Fluchuette said, "Hold on everypony! This is going to be a rough landing back into the sea!"
Back on the mane six's ship, The Strength Of Friendship, the ship and the rest of their fleet, was beginning to come down towards the sea, and Twilight saw that the other ships, that had been thrown into the air by the shockwave were beginning to come down towards the sea as well. As everypony held on even tighter onto the whatever everypony was holding onto, the ship made a violent crash back into the sea, as water went everywhere, as some crew members were tossed overboard as small parts and pieces of the ship were got damaged from the violent crash, as the pieces of the ship that were damaged also went flying everywhere.
As everypony got back up onto their hooves, they all looked around to see where they were, and Pinkie Pie said, "We are really far away from the fort, I can't even see it anymore!"
Rainbow Dash said, "Yeah, I can't either. And I got to say, that was some shockwave."
Rarity said, "Perhaps, we should've known more about the crystals before we started shooting at them."
Twilight said, "I agree, but we didn't have time to. We had to destroy those crystals before they drew anymore power."
Applejack said, "Yeah, we did what we had to, although, I bet Arrovak isn't too happy right now."
Rainbow Dash as she pointed to the sky ahead of her, and she said, "I don't think he is...."
As everypony looked to where Rainbow Dash was pointing, they all saw in the sky, that the time rifts, had dissipated, and had begun to close and fade away, while at the same time, a violent torrent of clouds, going in a massive circle, as lightning flashed and sparked all around the clouds, as a purple mass of power surged in the middle of it all.
Applejack said, "I'm not expert on magic and whatnot, but to me, that doesn't look like something we should let Arrovak finished casting...well, whatever that is."
Rarity said, "I agree. But everypony? Is it just me, or does that look familiar to you all? Like we've seen something like this once before?"
Everypony thought about it for a moment, and then Twilight said, "If we have, I can't seen to remember right now. Regardless, we need to get to the fort and take down Arrovak."
Everypony agreed, as Twilight began to steer the wheel once more, as she yelled out, "Alright! Get us all the speed we can get, and get us to that fort!"
The crew said, "Yes, ma'am!"
Back on Darkness's ship, Cerberus, his ship, and the rest of his fleet came down violently back into the sea, and as everypony got back up, they looked around, and they saw Fluchuette's ship, and her fleet, had also came back into the sea as well, and as everypony continued to look around, they saw Twilight's ship, and her fleet, were going as fast as they could, back towards the fort, and they also saw the massive cloud-power surge in the sky as well. Darkness said, "Well, it looks like everypony is alright, and we didn't sustain too much damage. Plus, we landed pretty far away from the fort. Which we need to get to that fort immediately! And.....I recognize that surge from somewhere...."
Another came up to Darkness and said, "Is that so? Where have you seen it?"
Darkness, who had the expression of fear on his face and in his eyes, and he said, "It wasn't I who used it.....I was what I witnessed....when I lost control...back when I was alive.....It was....Darkness Night! This was a spell he used to destroy Manehattan, and used another version of it, when he attacked the Crystal Empire!"
The hero who asked, said, "Are you sure of this?"
Darkness only said, "No doubt about it...."
The hero said, "Then we have no time to lose." He then turned to the rest of the heroes, and said, "Darkness will steer the ship, the rest of us, we need to get this ship going as fast as it can, towards that fort! Let's go! Move it!"
Darkness snapped out of it, and got to the wheel of the ship, as all the other heroes, did what they could, to get the ship going as fast as it could, as Darkness said to himself, "Never again....I will not see more innocents die from that wicked spell....not again....I won't allow it!"
Back on Fluchuette's ship, everypony had gotten back on their hooves, as looked around, they saw the cloud purple power surge high in the sky. But they also saw Darkness, and Twilight, and their fleets moving as fast as they could back to the fort.
Fluchuette said out loud, "Whatever that purple mass is, it doesn't look good, plus, we need to get to the fort. It's time we put an end to Arrovak's madness, once and for all!"
Snowshy said, "I agree, but I can't help but feel something familiar about that purple mass....and I think Darkness feels the same way too... Perhaps he even knows what it is, and if he does, it would explain why he and the others, are doing what they can to get back as fast as they can, back to the fort."
Fluchuette came up behind Snowshy, put a hoof on her shoulder, and said, "Well, if that's the case, then we better get a move on, shouldn't we? We can't do anything about it, as long as we sit here thinking about it, now can we?"
Snowshy turned around, nodded, and said, "You're right, Arrovak must be stopped, here and now."
Fluchuette nodded, turned around, and got back to the wheel, and began steering the ship in the direction of the fort, as she gave out the order to the crew, as she said, "All hands! All speed ahead! Our target: Arrovak's fort! Don't let anything stop us! We may not see the enemy anywhere right now, but its only a matter of time until they recover from that shockwave and find us all! We must get to that fort, before we get sunk in the process! Tell the rest of the fleet to do the same as well!"
The crew acknowledged her request, and got to work, on getting the ship to go as fast as it could, as Fluchuette and her fleet began making their back towards Arrovak's fort.
Back on the mane six''s ship, The Strength Of Friendship, Applejack saw the other fleets, and said, "It seems everypony else is alright, and that they all saw the same thing too, because they are going as fast as they can towards Arrovak's fort as well."
Rainbow Dash said, "They are not the only ones, it looks like Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, and the others made it out okay, and are heading in the same direction as well, and it looks like the enemy is not too far behind as well, look!"
As everypony looked to where Rainbow Dash was pointing, that behind them, was the others, and not too far away, was the rest of the enemy fleet, which a good number of the enemy ships looked to be in bad shape, but still functional.
It wasn't too long afterward, that the others caught up with the mane six's ship and their fleet, as they all waved to each other, and continued on towards Arrovak's fort, and eventually caught up with Darkness and Fluchuette as well, as the enemy was not too far behind. Moments later, everypony could see Arrovak's fort, as well, as another fleet standing in the way to the entrance to the fort as well, and back on Darkness's ship, Darkness said with a smirk, "Damn! Well, they are not going to make it easy for us, are they?"
Everypony on every ship, continued their course as fast as they could towards Arrovak's fort, as Darkness yelled out as loud as he could, and everypony on every ship that was nearby heard him say, "Don't slow down! We plow through them! We must get into that fort!"
Those that heard, were the mane six, Snowshy and Fluchuette, and the Princesses, and they all agreed, and ordered their fleets to not slow down, but to go through the enemy ships, should any get in the way."
The enemy ships ahead saw this, and their faces grew in terror, as the enemy crew members asked their naval commander, "Sir? What do we do? They are not slowing down!"
The enemy naval commander said, "They will."
The enemy crew members said, "What if they don't?"
The enemy naval commander grew angry at this question and he yelled out, "Then we open fire then! All hands! Open fire, the minute they come in range!"
On the mane six's ship, The Strength Of Friendship, they all saw the enemy fleet ahead, as they began turning their ships to their sides, and were readying their cannons, as Applejack said, "They are getting ready to open fire upon us all!"
Twilight said, "We keep moving! We must not stop! Don't worry! I'll steer us away from enemy fire!"
As everypony's fleets and ships got closer and closer, the enemy fleet began to open fire, as everypony did what they could to dodge the enemy cannon fire, as the enemy fleet had caught up with them all, and began to open fire as well.
Back on Fluchuette's ship, Fluchuette said, "Dammit! This is bad! We are getting attacked on both sides, and there is no way out of this now!" She then looked at Snowshy, and said, "Snowshy, look, when we get close enough to the fort entrance, I want you to jump off the ship, and get in that fort, we will stay behind, and deal with enemy out here."
Snowshy said, "What?!"
Fluchuette said, "I know, I know, it's crazy, but if you, and your friends don't at least make it into the fort, then all those that have died at this point, will have been for nothing. Just do me one favor: don't miss the jump, would you? You'll only have one chance at this, make it count."
Snowshy said, "But..."
Fluchuette said, "No butts! As much as we all would like to take down Arrovak with you, it's not going to happen with how bad things are out here, just you and your friends get in there, and kill that bastard!"
Snowshy nodded, and said, "Alright...I understand..."
Fluchuette said, "Alright then, just hold on until we get there." She then gave out an order, as she said, "Tell my fleet, to back off, slow down, and keep the enemy at bay, and tell them of the plan."
A crew member saluted her, and said, "Yes ma'am! At once!"
A few moments passed, and the mane six's and Fluchuette's main ships, and two other allied ships caught up with Fluchuette, and Snowshy saw that it was Silver Sky, Violet Winter, and Solar Blaze, and all ships together, rammed their way through the enemy fleet blocking the way, as Snowshy waited for the right moment, and jumped off the ship, as Fluchuette steered away from the fort, but as she passed by the mane six and the others, they saluted them all, and went headfirst back into the enemy fleet as Snowshy landed onto the platform that lead to the entrance to the fort, and she went a little ways down it, and waited for the mane six and others to get there. After a few minutes, they got onto the platform as well, and Twilight told the crew to take the ship and the fleet, and keep the enemy away from the entrance, and as the mane six's ship and fleet steered away from the platform, and back towards the enemy, they too, saluted Snowshy and the others. Just then, on Darkness's ship, Cerberus, Darkness saw Fluchuette's ship and fleet going back and began combat with the enemy fleet, and he also saw Snowshy and the others waiting for him, on the platform, as he also saw Twilight's and her friend's ship, and fleet going back as well, and fighting the enemy fleets.
As he saw this, Darkness said to himself, "It won't be enough to keep the enemy back...they need more help..."
He then said the hero nearest him, and said, "Tell our fleet, and the other fleets to leave Arrovak to Snowshy and the others, and focus on keeping the enemy away from that entrance, as we ourselves will do the same."
The hero said, "But Snowshy and the others are waiting for us."
Darkness said, "I know, that's why, I'll tell what we are all going to do, when we get to the platform, and then join the fight with rest of our allies."
The hero said, "Alright...I'll let our fleet and the rest of the fleets know the plan."
Minutes later, Darkness's ship had arrived at the platform, as it came to a stop, as his fleet and the other fleets, were in heavy combat with the enemy fleets.
Snowshy and others came up to Darkness's ship, Darkness got off the ship, and greeted them, and then he said, "Listen carefully, I want you all, to continue on without me and the rest of us all, we will keep the enemy back and at bay while you all make you way to Arrovak, and take him down."
Violet Winter said, "But we want you to come with us!"
Darkness shook his head, and he said, "As much as I would love to fight alongside you all once more, and fight alongside my own children, that's not possible on this day. Everypony will die out here, if me and my fleet don't stay with the rest, they need us, and I won't let them die."
Violet Winter began to tear up as she said, "But dad...."
Darkness said, "No butts, and no more tears, okay?" He then went over to Violet Winter and gave her a hug and said, "You all will be fine, you all have done spectacularly without me, right? This is you and your friends fight now. Mine is out here."
Darkness nodded, and got back onto his ship, as he looked over the side, as he said, "Good luck to you all. We will do what we can to keep the enemy back. Make it count, you all only have one shot at this." He then looked back at Violet Winter and said, "And remember, you are my daughter, have faith in yourself, and you too Solar Blaze, because you are my son. Violet Winter, Solar Blaze, if you believe in nothing else, believe this: no matter what happens, I, Darkness, your father, and your mother, Princess Luna, will always be proud of you two, you two have come such a long way, in just so few short of years. What you both have accomplished, is nothing short of a miracle, and when the time comes, you two shall be given a task, when all hope is lost, and other evils rise, after Arrovak is defeated, and long after I remain in the Hall Of Heroes.
Violet Winter and Solar Blaze got on the ship, and went over to Darkness, and hugged him tightly, as he hugged back, as both were crying, as Violet Winter said, "I-I promise you, dad, I will make you proud even more and will give it everything I got to make sure this world, this universe, is not destroyed or enslaved by Arrovak!"
Solar Blaze said, "Dad, I will do whatever I can to honor your name, and ours as well. And I too, shall give it my all, to make you even prouder of us, and to save everypony as well!"
Darkness looked down at his children's faces, as they looked up at him, and he said, "And I have no doubt that you will succeed. And I am already so proud of you two, just being able to see you both, and see how much you both have grown...and all that you have done in your lives so far...there is no word I could ever say, that could express the pride, joy, and love for you two as my children, that me and your mother, have for you both."
They all let each other go, and they backed away a little, as Violet Winter said, "Thank you, dad, that means a lot for me, to hear that from you, and I am so happy to hear that mother feels the same way too."
Solar Blaze said, "It means a lot to me as well, to hear that, from you, and to hear how mother feels the same way too, I am so glad to hear it!"
Violet Winter and Solar Blaze then got off the ship, and went back to where everypony else was standing, and Darkness went back over to side of the ship, as Twilight said, "Will we see you again?"
Darkness said, "I'm sure of it. If we take out the enemy out here, we will begin to head your way, but I don't know, there's a lot of the enemies out here."
Twilight said, "I understand."
Darkness nodded, and said, "Alright, I'm off, may the Gods watch over us all on this day, in our darkest hour."
All the heroes and Darkness himself hurrahed at this, as Darkness's ship steered away from the platform, and back towards the enemy fleets, and as they began to get farther and farther away from Twilight and the others, they gave out warcries, and saluted Twilight and others. As just then, all surviving villains, and all the dragons had arrived and began combat with the enemy. Everypony then turned towards the entrance of the fort, as Snowshy said, "Alright then! Everypony is doing what they can for us! They are counting on us! Let's go! And let's do the best we can for them as well! Let's not let their brave sacrifice for us all, go in vain! Let's take down Arrovak, and all go home proud!"
Everypony all raised their hooves in a circle, and they all said in unison, "YEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!"
Everypony then put their hooves down, and Snowshy said, "Let's go!"
Nopony said anything, but they did nod in agreement and determination, as they followed Snowshy, and they all made their way down the platform, towards the entrance of the fort.