//------------------------------//
// "Chapter 3": Xero vs. The Mane Six 
// Story: My Little Pony Fanfic: The Power of Fusions (Part 1) 
// by GrayDiamond 
//------------------------------//

	After five hours of sneaking around, careful not to get spotted by Xero, the mane 6 had all met up in Sweet Apple Acres. Twilight had already told what happened so far to Pinkie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash. All the ponies gasp in shock. 
"Wait a minute, sugar cube!" Applejack exclaimed. "You're telling me there's a pony who's strong enough to knock out the princess in one go?"
"And Celestia didn't stand a chance?"Fluttershy whimpered.
"AND... He went back from the moon to equestria after he was banished by Celestia?!" Rarity gasps.
"And You say he's just a random O.C from a brony who wanted attention from this fanfic?" Pinkie Pie puzzled.
"Yes that is all correct." Twilight confirmed. 
Wait, what did Pinkie just say? Twilight thought to herself.
"Y'know, to be honest I kinda find that hard ta believe." Applejack said. 
"Believe it!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "I saw Celestia myself, along with the wonderbolts. She had an eye that was all swelled up like a mango!"
"I believe you twilight." Fluttershy whispers. 
"I'm still not convinced this Zero guy is that big of a deal. I mean why don't we just use the elements of harmony?" Applejack asked.
"I'm right ahead of ya!" Pinkie joyfully giggled pulling the box of elements out of nowhere. Twilight declared, "We need to take out Xero as fast as we can before he causes more trouble." Twilight uses her magic to levitate the elements of harmony onto each pony. The elements glowed with magic power as each were put on their own consecutive pony. "Now let's deal with him like we dealt with Discord," Twilight said. "We turn him into stone." The rest of the mane 6 nod in agreement. 

"Turn me into stone, that doesn't sound like it would be fun."

Twilight's heart dropped as she heard the same demonic voice from the Pegasus that took out Celestia emanate from right behind her.  Whoever was behind twilight, the rest of the mane 6 saw him. They leaped back facing Twilight and glaring at the monstrosity that was behind her. Twilight did not want to look behind her, but she knew she had to. She started turning her head to the left and looked behind her. There she saw the face of the black and white Pegasus evilly grinning at her. Twilight jumped from fright and teleported near her friends. 	
"Alright everypony, get your elements ready!" Twilight shouted to her friends. As the six ponies concentrated, white light began to shine from the jewels of the elements. All of the ponies started to float in the air except for twilight whose eyes shone a blinding white light. A giant rainbow appeared from behind the ponies, arched up then down onto Xero. However, unlike discord, Xero seemed to be unresponsive to the rainbow. He didn't scream in agony or in terror. All he did was just stand there hooves crossed with a disappointing look in his face. Then his skin started to harden into stone until all of his body was encased. Now all that remained was a statue of a standing disappointed Pegasus. Twilight and her friends gave sighs of relief. But they were cut when they heard loud cracking sounds coming from the statue. Large cracks appeared one after the other on Xero's statue until all the stone flew off of him leaving him unharmed.  
The mane 6 were breathless at how the elements were utterly useless against this pony.
"This is your most powerful weapon? What a letdown!" Xero complained. "Now let me show you what I can do."
In an instant, Xero roundhouse kicked Twilight in the face, knocking off the element sending it flying and landing on a nearby cloud. Twilight flew past her friends and crashed into Applejack's barn, leaving a giant hole in the side. All the ponies looked at the barn and the giant hole Twilight made from Xero's kick. Fluttershy and Rarity screamed in terror. Applejack was infuriated because Xero, one kicked her friend and two destroyed her barn she just recently raised. 
"You're gonna pay for that!" Yelled Applejack. 
"How dare you hurt my friend!" Pinkie yelled. Both Pinkie and Applejack charged at Xero at full speed. Both were hoping to slam into him and squish him into apple cider. But then Xero crouched down crossing his front hooves on his chest then quickly whipped them out pointing each hoof at Applejack and Pinkie Pie. Then once Pinkie and Applejack slammed into each of his hooves, a white light emanated from his right hoof and dark energy emanated from his left hoof. Each end of the hooves exploded in black and white energy knocking back Applejack and Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash watched as her friends soared through the apple trees knocking them down as they flew through each one. 
Rainbow noticed that Fluttershy and Rarity were gone. She flew up and examined Sweet Apple Acres for them. They were nowhere in sight. 
Why did they decide to chicken out now? Rainbow dash thought to herself, puzzled at the fact that Fluttershy and Rarity would just leave their friends. Since Fluttershy and Rarity were nowhere in sight, there was only Rainbow Dash left to face Xero. Rainbow Dash felt the pressure rising on her. 
Oh my gosh, All of Equestria is depending on me, Rainbow Dash thought to herself. She knew this would be a big moment that will surely make her famous with the Wonderbolts. However, Rainbow was contemplating with herself so much she didn't notice the white hoof uppercut her face launching her farther into the air. Rainbow Dash shook off the punch and bolted towards Xero at full speed. "Not cool man, I wasn't ready!" Rainbow Dash yelled. 
"One should always be ready in a fight." Xero grinned. Rainbow saw how high she soared when she was punched and she thought, 
this is a perfect distance for my sonic rainboom. 
Rainbow Dash tucked in her wings to increase her speed and she put one hoof in front of her. A cone formed around her as she was traveling at incredible speed. Finally she broke the sound barrier increasing her speed tremendously causing a rainbow shockwave explosion. All of a sudden, Rainbow was immediately stopped by Xero's black, left, hoof on her face. All the wind and the rainboom traveled past Rainbow and Xero as they fly motionless in the air.
"Too slow..." Xero said with a smirk. 
Rainbow felt her energy leave her as she started to lose consciousness and fall out of the sky. The end seemed near. Xero had won. Or that's what he thought.