Act 0: Avengers Initiative
Chapter3: Rainbow Dash, Princess of Thunder
It was just another midday afternoon in Manehattan. The city was bustling in full swing as usual for this kind of day. That also included the situation happening down at the shipping yard. Amongst the large freight containers was a squad of police officers lay beaten and barely breathing on the ground surrounded by destroyed, turned over police chariots and demolished freight cargo containers.
A good twenty feet away was one set of freights that stood out among the others because on the side of them read, ‘Sparkle Industries’. Atop the freight was a large crate, but before long, a large wrecking ball came and swung down, knocking the wood atop to splinters, revealing a little of what was inside. The wrecking ball came around again, knocking more the wood of the crate off, revealing large energy gun with a very stocky frame and a large green orb in the barrel. The wrecking ball came back around to its owner as its long hefty chain spun around the front ankle of an Earth pony stallion who stood beside another earth pony stallion with a crowbar in hoof. The two stallions were at least three times as large as any normal pony, their muscles rippled through their form with virtually every movement.
The stallion with the wrecking ball had a light green coat with a yellow mane and a wrecking ball cutie mark and the other stallion had a darker green coat with a dark purple mane. “So this is it, this is what the boss wanted,” The light green stallion said as he walked toward the weapon. “The Mana Energy Emitter; Jeez, Sparkle may not make weapons anymore, but she certainly still makes all the good stuff.”
Before his cohort could comment, their ears quickly picked up the sound of police sirens sounding off in the distance and getting louder by the minute. They turned to see another squad of Police chariots making their way into the shipping yard. “Get your toy, Thunder Ball,” The Dark green told him as he half turned showing off a smirk. “Time to go.”
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Elsewhere, out in the city, an Ambulance chariot was zooming passed other pedestrian vehicles, sirens a blaze. In the driver’s seat sat an earth pony mare with a white coat and light pink mane and beside her in the passenger’s seat was a tall, but lanky unicorn stallion with a blue coat and brown mane. The driving mare placed her hoof along the radio, adjusting it as a signal tried to get through. “Reports of officers down,” Said the Dispatch pony, “all units respond to a possible code blue. I repeat, code blue.”
When the signal died out, the blue unicorn turned to his compatriot completely baffled. “Code blue? Never heard of that one before.”
“I have,” The mare said emotionlessly. “It means super-villains.”
As she said that, she turned the corner, their destination just a few blocks away. When they arrived at the shipping yard, they were immediately greeted by the sounds of gun fire and police sirens, which the mare knew was never a good sign. She made a sharp left turn and rounded a corner, but when she started down the street, her eyes widened in shock as a police chariot came hurtling toward them.
She quickly turned and dodged the vehicle, letting it crash to the ground and exploded as she passed it without slowing down a bit. The unicorn found himself getting more terrified by the minute and they hadn’t even arrived on the scene yet. When they finally did, the mare slammed her hoof on the break, being forced to stop with a burning police chariot in front of them. When she turned to look out the window, she saw a mass of police officers trying to hold up against four of the largest earth ponies she had ever seen.
The light green one with the wrecking ball at hoof was known as Thunderball. The leaner looking of the four had a red coat and blonde mane and was known as Piledriver. The bulkiest of them had an orange coat, but his face was hidden behind a heavy, flat-headed helmet; He was known as Bulldozer. And last but not least, the dark green stallion with the crowbar in his mouth was their leader, Wrecker.
She had heard of them once before; the Wrecking Crew. They were four earth pony stallions with no real super powers, but their immense size, gave them immense strength and they used to take and get whatever they wanted and when they did, they certainly lived up to their name. While they weren’t big time super-villains, that didn’t make them any less dangerous if the sight before her was any indication. The mare quickly grabbed her medical kit in her teeth and exited the vehicle, making her way to the closest police officer and began to work on him.
As she did, the officers continued to try and hold the Wrecking crew back but it was showing to be pointless. Piledriver jumped up into the air and landed atop another police chariot, crushing it underhoof. He then quickly tore off the hood and tossed it like a Frisbee, knocking down a slew of officers. Bulldozer quickly took point and started charging more of the officers. They continued to unload shot after shot at him, but their attacks simply bounced off of him like they were nothing. As he got close, the officers quickly dispersed as he leaned his head down so his helmet would take the brunt of the blow. When he finally connected, his helmet smashed against the police chariots knocking them aside as if they were nothing.
With the Wrecking Crew making short work of the police officers, the mare worked as fast as she could to try and help the wounded. What she didn’t notice was that the last of the officers were a few feet in front of her as Wrecker came swinging with his crowbar, knocking them all down and out. The last officer tried to hold up his weapon to fight back, but soon dropped and passed out. The Mare stared in worry and horror. She knew she had to help them and do something but beyond her medical skills, she could do nothing else.
She turned back to the Ambulance to see her compatriot had not even left the passenger’s side seat. “Come on and help me,” She told him,
“N-N-No way,” He stammered in fear. “This is crazy.” He quickly enveloped the open driver’s side door in his magic and shut it closed.
The mare was about to say something when she felt the ground start to tremble slightly. She turned to see Wrecker, Bulldozer and Piledriver a good ten feet from away, surrounding her. Her eyes then quickly trailed up to see Thunderball standing atop a mass of freights with the Mana Energy Emitter mounted on his shoulder, aiming it at her and the downed officers.
“Let’s give this thing a test run and see if it works. I’d hate to give it to the boss if it’s defective.” Thunderball said as the weapon hummed to life and began to charge. Energy began to build and spike out from the orb, but suddenly out of nowhere, something flew and slammed into Thunderball, knocking the weapon from his hooves and sent him flying back, causing him to crash into three freights with so much force that they began to bend around him.
Whatever hit him, pulled back, allowing him to drop to his hooves groaning in pain. When he looked up a large double-sided hammer flew away from him with so much force it was kicking up wind underneath it. It didn’t have far to fly as it finally came back to its master, latching the strap underneath it to the pony’s hoof. The Wrecking Crew and the mare stared in awe at the cerulean Pegasus towering over them.
She wore a red flowing cape over her black armor chest platting with four silver plated circles on either side of her barrel. She had red wristbands and a golden belt with wings etched into it. Her most stunning feature was her flowing mane that resembled an alluring rainbow. The Pegasus leaned forward slightly as thunder and lightning flashed and crashed from the clear sky above her. “Clear the way mortals,” The Pegasus instructed, her voice booming and echoing almost as loudly as the thunder above. “Rainbow Dash the Storm Bringer will deal with these villains.”
Rainbow Dash gave a few flaps of her wings as she flew down toward the ground, putting some much needed distance between civilians behind her and the villains before her. Bulldozer didn’t hesitate to make the first move, seeing as the mare was much smaller than him, he figured she’d be easy pickings. As Bulldozer closed in, Rainbow Dash didn’t back down a step. She stood her ground, waiting patiently for the brute to get closer. As he quickly closed the distance, leaning his head down to strike, Rainbow Dash pulled back her trusty hammer, Mjolnir across her chest. When he was finally within range, Rainbow Dash gave a powerful swing of her hammer, catching Bulldozer head on, sending him flying back into a pile freights, causing them to topple over him.
The Pegasus gave an unimpressed snort as she turned to make her way to another foe. She didn’t have to look far as Piledriver came from the side and gave her a right cross to the face, causing her to stumble back a few steps. Piledriver continued his assault landing two more punches, causing the mare to rear back and spin to ground, kneeling down to catch herself.
Hm, not bad, Rainbow thought to herself as she felt her enemy closing in on her. She then quickly placed her front hooves on the ground, pulled her rear legs back and bucked Piledriver clear in his chest. The stallion groaned and wheezed as he felt the air leave his lungs, gripping his chest until he fell flat on his back. But not good enough. Rainbow thought as she stood up.
Out of nowhere, Rainbow Dash felt something slam into her back knocking her to the ground. She grit her teeth as she turned over her shoulder just in time to see Wrecker with his crowbar pulled back before he gave another swing, sending her flying off into another section of the shipping yard. Wrecker gave a hearty chuckle in his throat before he heard the rumbling of metal bending and crashing. He quickly turned around just as Rainbow Dash came flying back, blowing the freights from her path. She quickly pulled a lightning charged Mjolnir over head as she closed in on Wrecker.
The stallion quickly pulled the crowbar from his mouth and held it up sideways in his front hooves just as Rainbow Dash swung her hammer down to stop it. Wrecker grit his teeth, groaning as he struggled against the rainbow mane mare. Even though he was bigger, his strength was barely holding her back. Mjolnir was flashing, sending sparks of lightning flying as Rainbow Dash started pushing Wrecker back. “Surrender now and I’ll give you a kindness and show you mercy.” Rainbow told him.
“That makes one of us,” He retorted before he pulled up his left rear leg and kicked Rainbow clear in her chest.
Rainbow Dash stumbled back, giving Wrecker just enough time to swing his crowbar at her side, knocking her to the ground.
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At the same time, elsewhere, atop a stack of freights. Thunderball finally managed to get back to his hooves as he slowly made his way toward the edge. He groaned and shook his head, trying to get himself straight when he looked down and saw his attacker Rainbow Dash on the ground and Wrecker a good distance away. He then looked above Rainbow Dash and saw a freight hanging right above her suspended by a crane.
He then pulled the chain from his wrecking ball in his teeth as he swooning overhead as fast as he could. He then released it, sending the massive ball of metal flying at the support beams of the crane causing the metal to bend shaking violently. The machine’s thrashing caused the cables holding the freight to snap and fall atop of Rainbow Dash, crushing her, but not soon after, the entire crane came down, burying the Pegasus underneath.
The Wrecking crew gathered together, laughing hysterically at the fallen mare. “The mighty Rainbow Dash,” Wrecker said, still laughing. “Yeah, right, more like Rainbow Cra-”
Wrecker’s sentence was halted as Mjolnir flew from the debris in a flashy explosion, knocking the rubble from its master and as it flew toward the Wrecking crew. Wrecker quickly dodged as the flying weapon slammed right into his cohorts, sending the three flying back. Piledriver crashed into the side of freight and fell to the ground leaving an indent of his body in the container while the other two crashed into the ground, completely unconscious.
Rainbow Dash walked from the dusty aftermath of her escape, completely unharmed, glaring around at her defeated foes until she heard a scream. She turned to see Wrecker with the white earth pony mare gripped with his crowbar around the mare’s neck, keeping her in place. “Taking a maiden hostage? Truly the villains of this world continue to impress me with how low you will stoop to further your own ends,” Rainbow said glaring so fiercely at the stallion she might bore a hole in his head. “Have you truly no honor?”
“Not even a little,” Wrecker said with a toothy grin.
“Then I suppose I shall finish this with a tactic I believe you are quite familiar with, by attacking a foe from behind.” She told him.
Wrecker’s eyes widened in shock as he heard the sound of something whistling through the air; He turned around just in time to see Mjolnir flying straight toward him. The white mare ducked as the hammer connected with her captor’s head, sending him flying away from her face first into a freight and knocking him out as he fell to the ground. Mjolnir quickly found its way back to Rainbow Dash’s hoof as she walked over to the white mare and helped her up.
“Thank you,” the mare said, taking Rainbow’s hoof.
“No need,” Rainbow said waving off her gratitude. “But may I inquire something of you?”
“Oh, sure,”
“You are an earth pony, correct,” Rainbow asked as the mare gave a simple nod. “You have no powers, no armor, no weapons and yet you selflessly risked your life to help the wounded, why?”
“Because . . . they needed my help, so . . . I helped them,” The mare answered simply. “It’s what I do, I’m a paramedic. My name is Redheart. Nurse Redheart.”
“And I am-”
“Rainbow Dash,” Called a booming, yet feminine voice.
Rainbow Dash and Redheart looked to the sky as a swirl of energy appeared above them. The energy quickly morph into a portal, revealing a large dark blue Alicorn. Her mane flowed with ethereal essence as it seemed like one was staring at a starry night sky instead of a mane. She was dressed in a cold silver armor with a flowing light blue cape at her back lined with an array of different constellations and at her side was a massive sword held in its sheath. “I-Is that . . . ,” Redheart stammered in complete shock.
“Auntie Luna,” Dash replied less shocked and more surprised.
“I bear a grim message from thy mother, Celestia,” Luna told her. “She calls you home. Asgard is under attack.”
Rainbow turned to Redheart and gave a slight bow. “Farewell, Nurse Redheart, I hope we shall meet again.”
Before she could respond, Rainbow Dash spread her wings and quickly took off and flew into the portal. As it closed behind her, Redheart stared in awe and finally when her sense returned she pulled up her hoof and waved, “Bye.”
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One Half-Hour Ago
Elsewhere, amiss the deep vastness of space lye a bridge constructed out of the vibrant spectrum of colors. The Majestic Bifrost Bridge and at end of the bridge stood the mightiest kingdom of all the nine realms, Asgard. Its fortress walls stood tall, protecting the village behind, but even further, it protected the golden castle that towered over it all.
Standing at one of the many guard posts of the city, two armored Pegasus guards stood watch over the draw bridge leading to the barren wastelands of Chimeheim, the land of the nearly extent race of Chimera, Asgards oldest of enemies. All was quiet in the golden utopia, until a sudden sandstorm began to rise up from Chimeheim rising over into the city. Such weather wasn’t entirely unusual, so the guards and peasants alike didn’t pay it much mind.
At least not until three large figures came into view, hidden by the massive dust of the sand cloud. The guards steeled themselves, their halberds held tightly in their wings, when suddenly a fourth figure appeared and it appeared to be moving toward the wall. The figure grew bigger and bigger until it finally passed the sand storm, revealing a massive bolder flying toward them. The boulder flew over the wall, slamming into one of the towers, right of the wall, where the catapults stood, causing the structure to tumble.
“SOUND THE ALARM! CHIMERA ARE ATTACKING!!!” One of the guards shouted over the wall.
A horn sounded filling the air as peasants began to yell and scream, running for shelter from the sudden attack. The guards watched as one of the figures came running up to the wall, until it leaped off the ground and a large pair of wings spread from its back. It gave a strong flap of its wings, knocking the some of the sand away revealing it to be a massive lion with patches of scales on some parts of its body, It had horns on its head, and it’s front paws were bird talons.
The two guards flew toward the Chimera, but when they got close, it instantly swatted the two away with its massive paw, knocking them to the ground like they were nothing. It then landed atop the guard post and swiped its claws through the chain, keeping the drawbridge up. When the bridge hit the ground, the Chimera let out a deafening roar. The other two figured walked onto the bridge as the sandstorm began to die, revealing the Chimera’s partners.
One looked like a Woolly Mammoth, except it was doubled in size, had four huge tusks, two large Fang’s protruding from its mouth and it’s trunk wasn’t it’s nose, it was an extra mouth with razor sharp teeth. The other was a massive gorilla with razor spikes, running along it’s bulking arms and spine and a scorpion stinger for a tail. The Lion Chimera leaped off the guard post and entered the city while the others charged forward toward the still closed barricaded door.
The two Chimera torn down the wall with little to no effort, causing the wall to topple as Asgard lay before them. The mismatched monstrosities wasted no time in continuing their assault and as they did, a lone figure walked out from the newly created opening to the city. A lone unicorn stallion with a light brown coat, white hair and matching goatee stood wearing a golden yellow chest plate with a green shirt on underneath and atop his head was a golden helmet with two large horns curved back like a pair of goat horns.
The unicorn gave a toothy smirk, revealing a single elongated fang. “That’s it’s my brethren, strike deep into the halls of Asgard, I want ‘mommy dearest’ to see how her precious son, Discord, takes the throne right from under her hooves.” The unicorn said as he watched the Chimera tear through buildings, reducing them to rubble.
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Elsewhere, at the edge of the Bifrost, a lone Alicorn stood watch as was her charge, but to her chagrin, she watched her beautiful home fall under siege. A bright flash shone behind her, but her gaze never left the fortress. The clop of hooves filled her ears as she felt a familiar and grateful presence beside her. “The Chimera march for Celestia’s palace, and with the Celestial Sleep nearing, our Queen is weakening,” Luna told her niece with a stern glare as her hoof anxiously stroked the pummel of her sword. “I would join you in battle, but as Sentry I am sworn to protect the Bifrost.
Luna felt a hoof on her shoulder as she finally pulled her gaze from the city, down to her niece, Rainbow Dash with her infamous smirk. “Worry not, Auntie, I shall make quick work of these beasts and fell a Chimera in your name.”
“Hm, I suppose I could take solace in that,” Luna said with a light smile.
Rainbow Dash then hefted Mjolnir overheard and began to spin it by the strap. She could feel her body getting lighter as the hammers weight slowly lifted her from the ground. She gave a quick spread of her wings and the swung Mjolnir and flapped her wings, sending her flying toward her home. “Be safe, dearest niece,” Luna said giving the mare a silent send off.
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Meanwhile, behind the walls of Asgard, the Chimera continued their march toward the palace. A horde of warriors lay in their wake, beaten and defeated. The only resistances they met that were halting their efforts were the mighty Warriors Three, Flitter, Cloudchaser and Soarin, Sir Thunderlane and Lady Lightning Dust. Sir Thunderlane in his dark blue armor and massive sliver horned helmet stared down the mammoth Chimera with his blade held tightly in his right wing.
The Chimera charged with its fanged trunk raised above its head. When it quickly closed the distance, it slammed it’s trunk down at him, but Thunderlane quickly jumped up, dodging the strike just as it hit and landed atop the beast’s trunk. He quickly ran up the trunk as the Chimera pulled it up and when it was close, he jumped onto its left tusk, using his free wing to hang from it. When he saw the Chimera meet his gaze, he launched himself toward the Chimera’s face with his sword pulled forward and stabbed the mammoth in its left eye.
The Chimera reeled back, wailing in pain. In its panic, it quickly lost its footing and crashed toward the ground, but before it did, Thunderlane jumped down landing just a few feet from where the Chimera’s face now lie planted in the ground. With his foe downed, Thunderlane turned to see how his comrades were fairing against the monsters.
He saw the Lion Chimera climbing up one of the palace walls, but just as its claws reached the top, a large ball came and slammed into the Chimera’s face knocking it loose from the wall. Thunderlane quickly released the ball was the pudgy and still ever growing, Soarin. He may not be the fastest Pegasus around, but his weight was definitely something to fear if he threw it around.
As the Chimera fell toward the ground, two streaks flew through the air. Thunderlane quickly took note to the twin sisters, Flitter and Cloudchaser, trying to add some damage to Soarin’s hit. The two quickly flew up into the air then came down in a dive bomb right above the Chimera. Letting gravity do its work with a little extra help from their wings, they crashed right into the Chimera’s chest, slamming it into the ground.
The Chimera growled in pain as the three Pegasi stood over its body. Thunderlane smiled at their teamwork, but his smile quickly turned into shock as he saw the Gorilla Chimera charging toward them. Before he could voice a warning, the massive brute quickly closed the distance and with a swing of his bulky arm, sending Soarin flying into the palace wall, making a dent into it, before falling and collapsing on the ground unconscious. Flitter and Cloudchaser gawked in surprise before turning and being sent knocked back by the Gorilla Chimera’s second strike, sending them crashing into the ground.
The twins tried to pick themselves up, but quickly fell over, beaten. Thunderlane was just about to act when a voice sounded, “Have at thee, Monster!”
He looked to see Lady Lightning Dust charging the best from behind. “Lightning Dust, wa-” Thunderlane was interrupted when the Mammoth Chimera quickly stirred and began to rise.
In one swift motion, the monster, flexed its trunk, knocking Thunderlane a few feet away from it; The Pegasus tumbled as his sword flipped from his wing’s grip. When he slid on his stomach to a stop, his sword was sticking from the ground a few feet from him. He tried to reach out to it, but no sooner did his hoof come up, the Mammoth Chimera’s foot came down upon him.
At the same time, the Gorilla Chimera watched as Lightning Dust bared down on it. As she began to close the distance with her twin swords in both wings and her shield latched to her right hoof, the Chimera aimed its arms at her as it released a storm of quills at her. Lightning Dust continued under the assault, slashing and cutting as many of the spikes as she could and defecting what she couldn’t with her shield. The Chimera really poured on the pressure as more spikes came flying out. Finally forced to stop, Lightning Dust pulled up her shield and used her hooves and swords to brace herself as she took the assault.
When the sound of spikes hitting metal stopped, Lightning Dust pulled her shield down and looked around to see she was surrounded by spikes, but was completely unharmed. “Is that all you . . . ,” Lightning was forced to stop her boasting when she saw the Chimera with its massive arm raised up above her. “Got?” She finished her sentence as the fist came down, slamming her into the ground in a crater.
The Chimera pulled its arm up, revealing an unconscious Lightning Dust underneath. When the Pegasus gave a groan and began to stir, the Chimera raised its arm again to finish the job. But before it could do so, something flew by into its fist stopping it. It turned around to see Rainbow Dash floating just above them. “Stormbringer,” the Gorilla Chimera growled. “Now, we crush you.”
“Have at thee!” Rainbow Dash said as she raised her hammer overhead and flew toward the beast.
The Chimera roared as it threw its fist at her and when the two attacks connected, a massive shockwave ensued, knocking the two away from each other. The two combatants didn’t let this deter them as they both came in for another attack, only for another shockwave to arise as they collided.
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As the two continued to exchange blows, atop one of the huts the Chimera didn’t destroy sat a tall, regal phoenix; amidst the havoc, it sat there, calm and still, watching the battle between the young Pegasus and the monstrous creatures. It then unfurled its wings and took off and made its way toward the palace. In the highest tower of the kingdom was a room made from the purest of gold. Everything was polished and magnificently crafted and sitting atop a massive throne was throne was a tall, regal porcelain Alicorn with a multicolored mane. Here sat the Queen of Asgard, the mighty All-Mother, Celestia.
She sat on her haunches with her head down, eyes closed and her trusty trident Gungnir beside her. She could hear the destruction taking place within her kingdom. The booming of attacks filled her throne room. Were she in better condition, she would be out there, defending her home as was her duty, but she knew better. The colors of her mane were slowly fading away, leaving nothing but pink in its wake and with her powers waning, the time of her much needed rest, the Celestial Sleep was drawing near.
Without warning, the phoenix came flying in through one of the many open windows and perched itself onto Celestia’s shoulder.
“Ah, Philomena, what news do you have for me?” The Queen asked, without facing her feathered companion.
The fire bird hunched down, chirping into her Mistress’ ear of what was happening outside. Even though her strength was fading, the news she received managed to lift her spirit enough for her to pull her weary position as she lifted her head and opened her eyes with a small smile on her face. “Rainbow Dash, at last, you have returned.” She sighed happily.
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Elsewhere, back on the battlefield, Rainbow Dash continued her confrontation with the Chimera. She managed to finally get a hit in, smacking Mjolnir into the Gorilla Chimera’s jaw, knocking it back. The beast growled in pain, but before she could continue her attack, Rainbow Dash was batted to the ground by the Lion Chimera. Before she hit the ground, the Asgardian Princess gave a quick powerful flap of her wings, stopping herself short a good few inches from the ground. When she touched her hooves to the ground, she heard a roar and looked up to see the Lion Chimera diving down toward her with its maw opened wide, baring it’s fangs at her.
Rainbow quickly pulled her fore hooves up and caught the monster by its massive fangs. She grunted and groaned under the immense weight before she hauled the beast overhead and tossed it aside a good distance away. As the Chimera crashed, Rainbow noticed a shadow cascading over her. When she turned around, she had just enough time to see the sight of the building falling down atop her.
The building gave a loud crash as it crumbled, burying the Pegasus underneath. The two remaining Chimera growled as they looked over their work as the other joined them, making sure they finished their foe. A few moments passed before Rainbow Dash shot out from the rubble, and flew up to the sky with her hammer raised above her. “I say thee nay,” She shouted as lightning began to spark from Mjolnir. She began to spin the hammer overhead, causing lightning and thunder to flash and roar as the sky became blackened with clouds. “Rainbow Dash refuses to be buried twice in one day and she shall not fall by your claws, monster!”
The Chimera inched away from her in fear as lightning began to strike around her and just as Rainbow was about a strike, a familiar voice filled her ears as it said, “Oh I think not, Dashie.”
Rainbow’s eyes widened in shock as the storm clouds overhead lightened up and snow began to fall as ice quickly rose up from under her and encased her in a jagged glacier of icicles. The Chimera stood in awe and shock as the Pegasus seemed completely immobile. Although she was frozen, her mind was still very active. That voice . . . no please, don’t let this be his doing. She thought to herself as she focused her power.
Mjolnir sparked to life once again and in a flash of lightning, Rainbow Dash erupted from the ice, free to continue the fight. However, before she could gather her bearings, the Mammoth Chimera wrapped it’s trunk around her and threw her with all its might into the palace wall, making a large dent when she collided. Dash groaned in pain as she quickly came loose and fell to the ground, landing on her stomach and causing Mjolnir to fall from her grip onto the ground away from her.
Just as Rainbow tried to push herself up, she found herself surrounded by the three Chimera. The Gorilla Chimera quickly pulled up its massive fist and slammed it down atop her and just as quickly as it removed it, the Mammoth Chimera came down on her with its trunk. The two brutes continued this onslaught until Rainbow Dash ceased to get up. When she seemed down, the Gorilla Chimera picked her up in its hand and began to bring her up toward its mouth.
Dash groaned as she quickly came to and saw the Gorilla opening its mouth as she got closer. Rainbow then turned around to see Mjolnir on the ground and reached her hoof out to it, focusing all her power to it. As she was closing the distance to the monster’s gullet, Mjolnir began to stir and jutted forward a few feet. Rainbow focused harder, until finally Mjolnir rose from the ground and flew to its Mistress’ hoof.
When she turned and saw herself looking down the Chimera’s throat, Rainbow gave a quick swing of her hammer, smashing a few of the beast’s front teeth. The Chimera roared and reeled back in pain as it released the Pegasus, allowing her to spread her wings and take to the sky. She stopped when she saw directly overhead and quickly focused her power as Mjolnir shined so brightly it was as if Rainbow Dash was holding lightning right in her hoof. “You have given me a taste of your wrath, Chimera, now you shall taste mine!” Dash said as she raised her hammer overhead, causing the skies to blacken and lightning to flash around her.
“FOR ASGARD!!!” And with that said, she pulled her hammer down, releasing a wide, massive arc of lightning down upon the Chimera. The Beasts roared in pain, but it was all drowned out by the ferocity of the thunder booming overhead. The lightning continued to rain down upon them so strongly their skeletons could be seen through every flash as it seared them to the bone.
When her attack finally relented, Rainbow Dash saw the Chimera were black and charred from head to paw until they finally collapsed to the ground, defeated. Lightning flashed through the air overhead, as if the skies themselves were congratulating her on her victory. However her triumph was short lived as a powerful dark purple energy wave blasted her through two towers and into the ground.
Rainbow quickly picked herself up and looked up through the path of her destruction to see her attacker, the brown coated unicorn floating through the air with his horn encased in the same dark purple energy that hit her. The unicorn lowered himself onto the edge of the second hole Rainbow made and smiled down at her. “Welcome home, dear Sister,” the unicorn said with a cheerful smile. “Like the welcome party I planned for you?”
“Discord,” Rainbow growled at her step-brother as she stood up. “What have you done?”