Xero looked down at where Rainbow Dash should've been. He had drained her energy so she should not be able to move. Instead, it was just a field of grass with no pony there. Xero then searched the barn he kicked Twilight through only to find it empty. Xero was starting to get angry.
There must be someone left, Xero thought, infuriated.
Xero flew to where Pinkie and Applejack should have been. And as usual, those ponies were gone too. Xero was all alone in Sweet Apple Acres.
Now where could they have gone? Xero puzzled. Then a thought hit him, Maybe they went to where I punched that silly "god" of theirs, that shiny castle.
Xero was about to speed off until he felt a familiar presence befall upon him. A distortion in reality caused an open door to appear. The door seemed to lead to an alternate dimension of confusion. Buildings were floating and the sky was purple and black. It would not be a place Xero wanted to go to. Out from the door came an unexpected creature who closed the door once it was out. He looked like he had gotten out of a shower with a shower cap and drying himself with a towel. The creature had an elongated body like a snake, a face like a goat with a stubby long goatee, an antler and a horn on it's head, a bat wing and a Pegasus wing on its back, a lion paw and a griffon claw for hands, and and a dragon claw and a hoof as feet.
The creature noticed Xero and threw the towel and shower cap away.
"Why hello there Xero," the creature said, he had a casual tone to his voice. "Long time no see. It's been years since I saw you, until I got turned to stone."
"It's ok master Discord, I have taken care of their God and the 6 ponies that have troubled you so much." Xero proclaims
"Oh yeah, about that..." Discord said troubled. "I can't believe I forgot about you. Those ponies are actually my friends. Well, they forced me to become their friends. But Fluttershy is my true friend." Discord snaps his fingers and a table and two chairs pop out of nowhere and float in midair. Discord sits in the chair opposite of Xero. "I'm retired from being evil now. Have a seat and enjoy the scenery."
Discord motions to the chair across from him.
"There's no way I'm obeying you, imposter!" Xero knocks the floating chair away from the table. The chair falls to the ground and smashes to splinters. Xero then slams his hoof on the table, breaking the table in half. The table also falls to the ground breaking into millions of wooden pieces. Xero charges at Discord, who is still sitting in his chair. Discord teleports out of it before Xero touches him. Xero proceeds to destroy the chair with his explosive punch, vaporizing it. Xero spotted Discord floating above the barn and chased him yelling "Imposter!"
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Meanwhile in the castle of Harmony, Luna had teleported the mane 6 to Twilight's study room. Only Fluttershy and Rarity were unharmed while the rest had severe wounds. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie were unconscious and still wearing their elements. Twilight was badly injured, but she was still standing.
"What were you thinking? You should've just run!" Luna yelled at the ponies still conscious. "It was lucky that I was able to teleport you all, but that has left my magic drained."
Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity gasped at the state their beaten friends were in.
"Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy screamed.
"Pinkie Pie!" Twilight screamed.
"Applejack!!" Rarity squealed. All three of the screaming ponies were having tears flowing down their faces. They were about to rush over to their friends when Luna steps in between them.
"They need to rest, I'm sure they will be fine. Let's focus on the matter at hand." Luna said. Luna also looked like she was on the verge of tears. Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity looked at their friends behind Luna still weeping. The three ponies wiped their tears with their hooves.
Twilight felt her sore cheek where Xero had kicked her and noticed her element was missing.
"Where's my element?!" Twilight gasped. Twilight began to panic and search all over her study room for her element of harmony.
"I only teleported you ponies, so if it fell off then it still would be where you dropped it." Luna stated. Twilight sighed, she knew that the elements would not make a difference now.
"What are we going to do?" Fluttershy quivered still wearing her element.
"We have nothing that can defeat him." Rarity said also wearing her element.
"Actually, there is one thing." Twilight declared. Fluttershy, Rarity, and Luna looked at Twilight in confusion.
"What do you have in mind Twilight?" Luna asked.
"I have a book that will solve our situation!" Twilight answered. Luna was curious.
What kind of book would this be? Luna thought.
Twilight remembered the book she left on her desk. The piece of paper was still on the front. Twilight levitated the book, took off the paper on the front, crumbled it, and threw it in the trash bin next to her desk.
"This is a book called 'The Fusion Spell' that I found in the Castle of the Two Sisters. It says here that we can combine ponies. Maybe they will be more powerful than a normal pony." Twilight said.
Luna's eyes widen and she gasped. She remembers that book.
"Twilight be serious! All of Equestria is in danger! And also, why have you taken that book out of the castle?!" Luna yelled.
"Neither I nor Celestia had used that spell before! It may lead to drastic consequences!"
"There's nothing else we can do!" Twilight argued back putting down the book on the stand. "The Elements didn't work! We have to try it! Besides, what would you do?!"
"I would have destroyed that book when I had the chance!" Luna glowed with magic energy. "In fact, I might just destroy it now!!" Luna's horn charged with magic, gathering immense power. Twilight was frightened, her best chance at saving Equestria is about to be destroyed. Luna fired a magic beam in the direction of the Fusion spell book, but Twilight went in front of the beam blocking the attack with all of her force screaming
"NOOOO!!!!"
Fluttershy and Rarity screamed as their friend was hit with a full on magic attack without using her shield. Luna was also surprised, the magic left her body leaving only natural fur on her coat and mane. Twilight had managed to take on the blast full force but she was still standing. Twilight was gritting her teeth from the pain.
"I will not let you destroy the savior of Equestria!!" Twilight shouted at Luna. Twilight was full of anger and also full of sadness. She couldn't contain her tears and cried for a few minutes. Her panting was immense. Twilight was trying not to collapse.
Luna sighed "I admire your persistence, but we have never tried fusions before. Do you even know how to work the spell?"
Twilight was saving her magic for this particular moment.
Twilight was breathing heavily. "I think so, first I have to select one pony then select a second pony."
"Just be careful Twilight. Be prepared for anything." Luna warned. Twilight turned her head to Fluttershy and Rarity. "Fluttershy? Rarity? Do you want to be fused?"
"I don't think we should be fused. Is there any other option?" Rarity said with discomfort.
"I agree with Rarity." Fluttershy said. "We should just run away."
"Xero will surely find us since he can move way faster than Rainbow Dash." Twilight said exhausted. "Besides, there's nothing stopping Xero from coming after us now. We should hurry up!" Fluttershy and Rarity clearly did not want to be fused, but they knew there was no other choice. Twilight was determined to save Equestria.
Both Rarity and Fluttershy look at each other with worried faces. Then they look back at Twilight with confident faces and nod. Twilight begins by re-reading the contents of the spell book. Then she puts down the book and her horn begins to glow with a magenta hue.
"Wait!" Rarity screams. "I just need to fix my mane." Rarity levitates a comb and brushes her mane delicately.
"Where did you get that?" Twilight wondered.
"I always keep an emergency brush with me." Rarity claims finishing her hair. Rarity puts down the brush and all of her emergency equipment onto the floor. Twilight then fires a magic chain from her horn that wraps around Fluttershy. Then Twilight shoots another magic chain at Rarity that wraps around her. The chains connect between the two ponies and starts to pull them together. The sudden jolt scared Fluttershy who tries to pull away whimpering.
"It's ok Fluttershy, you'll be fine. Both of you will." Twilight said to reassure Fluttershy. Fluttershy relaxed herself after hearing Twilight and continued to move with the chains.
Fluttershy and Rarity begin to phase through each other until there was an outline of one pony with characteristics of both Fluttershy and Rarity. The color of the fusion's fur shifted from white to lightish yellow until it balanced out. It's cutie marks begin to circle around one another until they came to a stop. The mane and tail flowed like Fluttershy's and ended in Rarity's. The pony had a horn and wings, making her an Alicorn.
"How do I look?" The fusion of Fluttershy and Rarity said nervously.
"You look magnificent." Luna complimented.
"Oh, Good." The fusion said calmly.
"What would you like us to call you?" Twilight wondered. "How about Flare? Since you are both Fluttershy AND Rarity, Flare would be a fitting name."
"I like Flare... It suits me." Flare agreed.
Twilight gave a nod of approval, smiled, and collapsed from exhaustion.
In Twilight's dream, she heard an unidentifiable voice.
"Twilight..." The voice said.
"Luna? Is that you?" Twilight yelled in her dream, but her yell was hushed by a louder voice.
"It's ok." Said the calm mysterious voice echoing through Twilight's mind. "I'm going to find the solution to your problem." The voice sounded like Flare.
Was Flare talking telepathically? Is this a power that fused ponies have? I need to write this down, Twilight thought. Twilight looked around and noticed Flare was walking towards her.
"I'm going to sympathize with Xero. But first, I need your help." Flare said. "Do you know why Xero is here?"
"No, I just met him." Twilight responded.
"False, you heard his motivation, now tell me what it is." Flare's size grew immensely. Twilight jumped at the giant Flare that seemed to be 700 times bigger than her normal size. Flare's eyes seemed to pierce Twilight's soul.
"He said something about taking out the princesses." Twilight stuttered, scared at the giant Flare.
"That's all I need to know. Thank you, Twilight." Flare said returning to normal size smiling.
"Wait! When you go make sure the book is safe!" Twilight yelled out to the remainder of Flare. Flare had exited Twilight's mind and said to Luna
"I'm going to face Xero, but if I don't win, make sure everypony is safe." Flare trotted towards the door and gave Luna a final message. "And stay away from that book," Flare gave Luna an aggressive side glance that shook Luna to her core. With smooth grace, Flare flew out of the castle, aided by the signs hung up on the ceiling.
Thanks Twilight, for the signs, Flare thought happily.