Chapter 7: A New Power Shakes the Land!
Two days had passed since the incident with the Hikoki Gamma and thing had gone back to normal for the most part. What Twilight and Midnight had found surprising is that when they visited the area that had been attacked the day after, they found that it was fully repaired and everyone was going on with their normal lives.
"So, if I may ask a question that Midnight and I have had on minds since yesterday. How does this town get rebuilt so fast? Because I'm going to assume that this castle is here because of an attack on this town," Twilight asked Sunset as they were sitting down at a circular table in the library, talking about various things.
"You know, I actually don't even know how they do it myself. I assume that they have materials and work on them when they can, but it's something I've not tried to think about," Sunset responded as she drank some tea that she prepared.
"But how do you not find it interesting to look into?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Well, I've tried to do it, don't get me wrong, but I almost had a remake of the time I tried to find out how Lemon Zest mind works," Sunset said as she held her head.
"She wouldn't happen to have random moments when her body does random movements to warn her about something would she?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Same thing happen to you?" Sunset responded.
"It did, wasn't a good time," Twilight said as she remembered the day she tried to understand Pinkie. The two then sat in silence until the door opened and Midnight (in her Aurora Disguse), Spike, Lemon, and Sugarcoat entered the library.
"There you two are, we were wondering where you two were," Midnight said as she sat down next to Twilight.
"Sorry about not telling you where we were, me and Sunset just wanted a little time for ourselves," Twilight said.
"We understand that, but a little warning would be nice so me and Midnight don't have look for you all over the castle," Spike said in a tired tone.
"Sorry, it was kind of a spur of the moment thing," Sunset said in an apologetic tone.
"Hey we don't mind, but a little warning next time would be nice," Midnight said as she sighted out of exhaustion.
"Anyway, what did you need to find us for?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Well, apparently Lemon and Sugarcoat wanted to take you and me around town, but they wanted to ask Sunset something first," Midnight told Twilight.
"Oh, what did you want to ask me about?" Sunset asked curiously.
"Well, it's something that we wanted to ask privately," Sugarcoat said in an awkward tone.
"Oh, in that case I'll be back in a few moments, sorry about this Twilight," Sunset said as she got up from her seat.
"Its fine," Twilight said in a casual tone. After Sunset got up, the three of them went to a far corner of the library leaving Twilight, Midnight, and Spike by themselves.
"By the way, I wanted to ask you two something and since we're here alone, I think now would be a good time," Spike said as he took a backpack he was wearing off and reached into it.
"Why do you ware that backpack by the way?" Midnight asked curiously.
"It never hurts to be prepared for something and when you have lived with someone like Sunset for all your life, it's always a good idea to be prepared for anything," Spike told the two. Twilight and Midnight both looked at each other and made mental notes to always keep that in mind. When they turned back to Spike, they saw that he was holding what looked like a computer with Twilight's symbol on the top. "So on to the question I wanted to ask, is this your computer Twilight?" Spike asked.
"It isn't, but may I ask where you found that?" Twilight responded curiously.
"I found it a little after the attack on the town two days ago. It was just sitting there on the table, so I grabbed it and wanted to ask you about it since I saw your symbol on it," Spike explained.
"May I take a look at it so I can figure out what it is?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Sure, I tried to look at it, but it asks for a password that I don't know," Spike said as he slid the computer over to Twilight. Twilight opened it up and saw that there was indeed a prompt for a password.
"What do you think it could be?" Midnight asked as Twilight thought about a possible password. After a few seconds, Twilight could only think of one possible answer.
"I have one possibility, but I'm not sure it'll work," Twilight told Midnight.
"Hey, it's better for you to try it anyway," Midnight said. Twilight just sighed and typed in the one possible password that she could think of. After she typed it in, the laptop booted up and showed the desktop. One thing she instantly noticed was the folder labeled "Logbook".
"Ok, I'm positive that this computer is mine," Twilight said after examining the desktop.
"Good, I'm glad that you got it back. Anyway, looks like Sunset is coming back," Spike said as he put his backpack on again.
"So, are we going or what?" Midnight asked when they got to the table.
"Me and Sugarcoat are actually, we just want to go make sure that things are ready for where we're taking you," Lemon said as she walked out of the library.
"I'm just going with her to make sure she doesn't do anything too over the top. Meet us at the music hall at the south side of town," Sugar said as she followed Lemon out of the library.
"Hey, what did they want to talk to you about? I know they said it was a private thing, but I'm curious," Twilight asked out of curiosity.
"Well, it's just that Sugar thinks you're the one who is causing all of this and doesn't trust you," Sunset said as she rubbed her head," Sunset said as she rubbed her head.
"Well she sounds like an honest person to me. We don't mind that she doesn't trust us by the way," Midnight said as Twilight thought about Applejack's honesty.
"Ok, sorry about cutting our time short Sunset, but me and Midnight should probably get going," Twilight said in an apologetic tone.
"It's fine, maybe we can talk either tomorrow or the day after," Sunset suggested.
"That would be good, see you later Sunset," Twilight said as she and Midnight left the library. After they left, Sunset and Spike started to clean up in silence.
"Hey Sunset, did you happen to tell them how to get to the music theater?" Spike asked as he got the tray that Sunset used. Sunset immediately stopped in her tracks and realized that she gave them no directions.
"I didn't, but they should be perfectly fine. I mean, it's not like something big and dire is going to happen," Sunset said out of confidence. Spike simply said nothing as he continued to pick up stuff and made a mental note to go find Twilight and Midnight afterwards.
Meanwhile at Solar Flare's base, both Solar Flare and Omega were thinking about a plan of attack. "So, I suggested the last time we sent out a monster. What do you have in store for me?" Solar asked curiously.
"Well, I think one of the best strategies that I think we should keep in mind is that, as you saw yesterday, Riders gain powers and forms to help them as they fight monsters," Omega told Solar.
"I know, you don't need to remind me," Solar said in a sour tone.
"So, what I suggest is that we let her powers grow," Omega told Solar.
"Are you crazy, what do you think that will accomplish?!" Solar said in response.
"Before you get into a hissy fit, let me ask you this. Why would I suggest that if I want that Twilight to be destroyed?" Omega told Solar in a calm tone. Solar thought about that calmly and realized what Omega was implying.
"So, we let her get more powerful and use the information that she gives us to our advantage?" Solar asked curiously.
"You hit it right on the mark. Not only that, but I think you should notice something about that new form of hers," Omega responded.
"It represents a Pegasus, which means that she could at least get two more forms base on the Earth Ponies and Unicorns," Solar said almost instantly.
"Exactly, so at this point, I think it would be the best choice for us to go for power," Omega said as she got up to go summon a monster best suited for the job.
"I agree with you on that point, but I would also recommend sending one of those riders you control. She might be able to defeat it, but the more powerful she gets, the more info we can obtain," Solar suggested.
"That would be a good idea," Omega said as she also went to summon a rider. Solar, meanwhile, walked over to a door and opened it, heading into her bed room. After she entered, she immediately walked over to a picture on the stand next to her bed and picked it up. The picture looked old, but it was still clear as to what its contents were. As she looked at it, the expression on Solar Flare's face changed to one of sadness.
"Sisters, where did you both go? Why can't we be a family again?" Solar thought as she held a pendant she was wearing. She stayed in the room for a few minutes, just looking out the window holding the picture of Solar Flare and her two sisters at a young age.
Back at Ponyville, Midnight and Twilight were wandering around trying to find the music theater. "You know, I kind of regret not asking Sunset or Spike about how to get to the theater," Midnight said as they walked around the edge of town.
"I agree with you there," Twilight said as she looked around.
"You know, maybe we should ask around to see if anyone knows where the music theater is," Midnight suggested.
"Oh, would you two happen to be looking for the music theater?" a female voice asked from behind the two. They both turned around to see an earth pony mare carrying a cello case and a unicorn mare wearing sun glasses and a pair of headphones around her neck. Twilight immediately recognized the two as Octavia and Vinyl Scratch as they looked similar to their counterparts in her home dimension.
"Yes, we are actually looking for it. We promised to meet some friends of ours there," Midnight said, not realizing who the two were straight away.
"Oh, we we're actually heading there ourselves. You want to come with us," Octavia asked in a kind voice.
"We wouldn't mind that all, right Twilight?" Midnight responded.
"No, we definitely wouldn't mind. After all, we spent the last five minutes walking around aimlessly," Twilight said.
"Hey, we don't mind helping people out, especially those that are new in town. That reminds me though, has Lemon Zest thrown you a welcome party yet?" Vinyl asked curiously. Midnight and Twilight then looked at each other with a look of semi-fear.
"Not yet, why do you ask?" Twilight asked as they started to walk towards the music theater.
"Huh, usually she throws a party for new people in the two the day they get here. I guess that means your special," Vinyl said casually with her hands behind her head.
"Out of curiosity, should we be worried about the fact that we haven't been thrown a welcome party yet?" Midnight asked Octavia curiously.
"I wouldn't say worried, but know that a party will come eventually," Octavia told Midnight. After a few minutes of walking in mostly silence, the only sound coming from the occasional conversation, the four arrived at the music theater.
"Well, here we are," Vinyl said in an upbeat tone.
"Thank you two so much for helping us. If you don't mind me asking, what are your names?" Twilight asked already knowing the answer.
"Oh right, we never did tell you our names. Well, my name is Octavia and this here is my associate, Vinyl Scratch," Octavia said. When Midnight heard the names, she looked over at Twilight with a look of surprise.
"Well, we had better head inside," Vinyl said as she put her hand on the door handle. When Vinyl opened the door, they all saw that Lemon was setting up something with Sugarcoat on stage.
"Oh that's right, I completely forgot that the play was happening so soon," Octavia said as she realized something.
"Out of curiosity, what are you talking about Octavia?" Twilight asked curiously and both she and Midnight had no idea.
"You don't know about the play of Hearth's Warming Eve?" Vinyl said out of surprise.
"Sorry, we are kind of shut-ins and don't really go out much. Do you mind explaining what the play is about to us?" Midnight said as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Well, most people call it a play when in actuality it's a pageant, but to us it's still the same thing. Anyway, the Hearth's Warming Eve play is about six ponies, two from each tribe, who basically founded Equestria," Octavia explained.
"Well, do you know who the founders are out of curiosity?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Octavia and I don't know the exact details, but you could ask Lemon and Sugar since they were actors in last year's play," Vinyl said.
"Ok, thank you two for everything, but Midnight and I need to meet up with Lemon and Sugar," Twilight said as they entered the theater and began to walk towards the stage.
"See you two later," Octavia said as she waved them goodbye. As the two walked towards the stage, Midnight walked close to Twilight so they could talk quietly.
"You know, you could have told me that they were Octavia and Vinyl," Midnight said in a hushed tone.
"Well, since you were sealed in me since the Friendship Games, I thought you would recognize them right away," Twilight said in response.
"Hey, to be fair we didn't see them around a lot so I don't necessarily remember them all that well," Midnight said as they walked on stage.
"What are you two arguing about?" Lemon asked happily as she popped up between the two of the giving them a surprise.
"How did you do that?" Twilight and Midnight both asked at the same time.
"Just trust me when I say that no one in this town has ever questioned how Lemon works the way she does and managed to stay sane," Sugar warned as she was putting up a tower of sorts. The two "sisters" looked at each other and then looked back at Lemon.
"We'll keep that in mind," Twilight said in a slightly worried tone.
"Now then, do you two want to come help us or not?" Lemon asked as she hopped forward.
"Since we're here, we might as well," Midnight said a bit reluctantly.
"I don't see why not, but I might need some help as I'm not that strong," Twilight said in a slightly embarrassed tone.
"You can come help me Twilight; I wanted to ask you a few questions anyway," Sugarcoat said as she stopped putting up the tower. Twilight quickly walked over to Sugarcoat in response, leaving Lemon and Midnight alone.
"I guess that means you're helping me," Lemon said in an enthusiastic tone as she grabbed Midnight's arm.
"If it's alright with you, I would prefer to work with Sugarcoat as well," Midnight said in a slightly scared tone as she tried to free herself.
"Don't be silly, she already has Twily helping her. Now come on, we have some things to do on the catwalk!" Lemon said in an excited tone as she dragged Midnight away. Midnight looked towards Twilight for help and she saw her simply waving goodbye.
"I'll find some way to get you back for this," Midnight said as she was dragged off. After Midnight was dragged off by Lemon, Sugarcoat and Twilight were left alone on stage.
"She'll be fine, anyway, I could use your help with putting up the bushes," Sugar said as she started to pull up the tower again. Twilight did as she was told and as she was doing it, Sugar noted that Twilight seemed a little sad while she was putting up the bushes. She paid a little bit of attention to Twilight, mainly focusing on getting the tower up; to make sure nothing went wrong. After putting the tower up, she looked back and saw that Twilight was sitting down on the stage thinking about something. "Hey, are you ok?" Sugar asked in a curious tone as she walked up to her.
"I'm just thinking," Twilight said in a slightly hoarse voice. Normally, Sugar would have thought nothing of the hoarse voice, but the fact that Twilight was happy when she came into the theater made her slightly worried.
"Are you sick or something?" Sugar asked in a friendly tone.
"I told you, I'm fine," Twilight said as she took off her glasses. Sugar thought of several things that Twilight could be doing, and then remembered what she noticed earlier.
"Are you crying about something?" Sugar asked bluntly. It was at that point that Twilight turned to Sugarcoat and Sugar notice that Twilight's eyes were a bit bloodshot with some still fresh tears.
"You could tell that quickly?" Twilight asked simply.
"Well, considering how you were acting earlier, I would say that it's a fair assumption for me to think that," Sugar said as she reached into a bag that she was holding. After a few seconds, she pulled out a box of tissues and handed it to Twilight. "Here, take this and calm down a little, then we talk," Sugar said as Twilight took the tissues. After she did that, Sugar left Twilight to herself and went to go make sure that nothing was wrong with anything that was currently set up. After about a minute of waiting, Twilight walked up to Sugarcoat and gave her back the box of tissues.
"Thanks, I appreciate it," Twilight said in a more calm tone.
"No problem, I don't really like it when friends of mine cry," Sugar said as she put the tissues away.
"By the way, why do you carry a box of tissues with you?" Twilight asked curiously.
"You never know what could happen, especially when you have an overdramatic person in your group," Sugar told Twilight as she remembered several "incidents" that Sunny and Sunset have had.
"Believe me; I know the feeling," Twilight said as she thought of Rarity and her very overdramatic "moments".
"Anyway, what were you crying about?" Sugar asked in a careful tone. When she said that, Twilight face shifted back to sadness as she sat down on a prop stump. "Did I hit a bad nerve?" Sugar asked.
"Well, it's not that you did, it was more of something that Lemon brought up," Twilight explained. As if on cue, a hook came down with a note on it addressed "To Twilight," Twilight and Sugar both looked up and saw that Lemon was waiting there, looking down at them.
"I think she wants you to read it," Sugar suggested. Twilight decided not to question it, grabbed the note, and read it aloud.
"Dear Twilight,
Sorry about bringing up your brother and I know about the problems you had with him. I promise I'll make it up to you.
From Lemon"
"How does she know this stuff?" Twilight asked curiously. Sugar was about to answer, but stopped as she found that she couldn't come up with a good one. "You know what, just forget I asked," Twilight said as she remembered what she dubbed as the "Pinkie Incident"
"Fair enough, but do you mind me asking what Lemon meant about your brother?" Sugar responded. Twilight simply closed her eyes as she thought about what to say.
"I'll speak about it, but just try not to judge me too harshly," Twilight said as she scooted over to let Sugar sit down next to her. Sugar happily took up the offer and sat down on the stump as well.
"So, do you want to start from the beginning or do you just want to give me a summary?" Sugar asked curiously. Before Twilight could give her a response, a tremor went through the theater followed by the sound of distant screams. "On second thought, why don't you tell me later?" Sugar said as she got up and quickly started to head to the door.
"Agreed," Twilight responded as she did the same. She stopped when she heard a ringing coming from her pocket. She pulled out the Cobra Phone, which she carried with her all the time since she got it, and answered it. "Hello?" Twilight asked cautiously, as she knew no one else who could contact her in this world.
"Be careful, this one is strong. Also, be watchful for the strong Rider," a female voice said on the other end before the call ended. Twilight just stared at the phone before closing it and catching up to Sugarcoat at the door.
"Who contacted you?" Sugar asked curiously.
"I don't know, and that's the part that scares me," Twilight said as she joined Sugarcoat. Before Sugar could say anything, they heard an explosion from outside. Twilight and Sugarcoat quickly opened the door and saw a girl lying on the ground unconscious. "Hey, are you ok?" Twilight said in a panic as she ran up to the girl. She notice that the girl was wearing a red and black striped shirt, a golden locket around her neck, beige shorts, and brown, knee high boots.
"Twilight, I can take her somewhere safe, you focus on finding what is causing the commotion. I'll join you as soon as I can," Sugar said as she picked the girl up from the ground.
"Alright, I'll go on ahead," Twilight said as she turned around to go to where the explosions were coming from. Sugar simply nodded before she took off in the opposite direction. As Sugar left, Twilight turned back and looked at Sugarcoat as she went out of view. "I feel like I know that girl, but from where?" Twilight thought before she ran towards the commotion.
When she arrived, she instantly saw the source of the commotion and became a bit worried. "The Rhino Imagin, that isn't what I expected. But what worries me is who the rider is," Twilight thought as she surveyed the scene. When she heard a shot coming from her right, she quickly rolled forward to avoid the attack. Twilight looked where the attack came from and saw the rider that the person that called her was talking about. "Zeronus! I should have figured since there was an Imagin," Twilight said to herself as she got her IC card out. Zeronus was about to fire again, but a blast knocked him to the ground.
"Sorry I'm late; Lemon kept me a bit too long. Don't worry about her by the way, she said she was going to help some people get to safety before joining us," Midnight said as she ran up to Twilight.
"Less talking, more fighting!" Twilight said as she inserted her IC card into her driver.
"IC CARD SET! VIRAL, READY!?"
"Understood!" Midnight said as she got ready to henshin.
"STANDBY!"
"YES SIR! LOADING!"
"HENSHIN!"
"TENGAN! NECROM! MEGA ULORD! CRASH INVADERS!"
"GANBARIDE: VIRAL ON!"
"You ready to take care of these two?" Midnight asked enthusiastically.
"I am, but we need to be cautious. Remember, we're facing a rider as well as a pretty strong Imagin," Twilight told Midnight. Midnight was about to say something, but it was at that point that the Rhino Imagin charged at them, making them dodge out of the way.
"I'll take thing one, I'll leave Zeronus up to you!" Midnight yelled as she blasted the Imagin with the Gan Gan Catcher.
"Got it!" Twilight said as she got the Viral Saber and ran at Zeronus. When Twilight got close enough to slash at him, she tried, but was blocked by him bringing his sword up. Twilight then took the opportunity to try punching him, but he just stopped her fist with his hand. "Wow, he is really strong," Twilight said to herself as she backed away. Not even giving her a chance to rest, Zerouns immediately ran up and started a relentless assault against Twilight.
Meanwhile, Midnight was having her own problems with the Rhino Imagin but she was quickly coming up with a solution. "Hey big guy, over here," Midnight called as she took a few shots at him. The shots did hit, but they didn't affect him much. "Why is this thing so resistant to bullets?" Midnight wondered as she switched the Gan Gan Catcher to its melee mode. The Rhino Imagin then charged at Midnight again, but she saw it coming and dodged out of the way. When she dodged, she also took the opportunity to take a swing at the Imagine. It hit and sent it to the ground.
"Alright, I think I have a plan," Midnight thought as she got out the Kiva Eyecon. Midnight quickly took out the Necrom Eyecon, which caused the Parka Ghost that was equipped to her to vanish, and put in the active Kiva Eyecon.
"YES SIR!"
"TENGAN! KIVA! MEGA ULORD!"
After she pushed the button, the Kiva Parka Ghost equipped itself to her. "Alright, come on," Midnight said to the Imagin as she got into a fighting stance. The Imagin, who had now gotten up, charged at her again and Midnight just stood her ground. When the Imagin was about to hit her, Midnight held out her hands and stopped the thing in its tracks. "Sorry, I'm not letting you take care of me that easily," Midnight said as she slammed the Imagin to the ground. When it was on the ground, Midnight stood over it and punched it into the ground.
"Wow, she is good at using that Eyecon," Twilight thought as she looked at Midnight's fight. As she thought that, Twilight then dodged out of the way from another one of Zeronus' sword swings. Just as Zeronus was about to slash again, something blocked his sword swing and knocked him back.
"Hey, am I late?" Sugarcoat asked as she stood in front of Twilight. Twilight looked at Sugarcoat and saw that she was wearing a pair of silver gauntlets on her hands.
"So, you want to tell me about the weapons that I see you all apparently have?" Twilight asked Sugar as she walked up next to her.
"Later, its better we have Sunset talk about. Right now, concentrate on the enemy in front of us," Sugar told Twilight. Twilight simply nodded and turned to face Zeronus along with Sugar.
Back with the Rhino Imagin, Midnight was still taking care of it fairly quickly, but it had caught on to her tactic. "Ok, this guy is starting to get on my nerves," Midnight thought as she dodged another charge. Just as he was about to charge again, someone leaped over Midnight and kicked the Imagin to the ground.
"Sorry I'm late to the party," Lemon said as she landed in front of Midnight. When Midnight looked at Lemon's feet, she saw that she was wearing some combat boots.
"You like kicking your enemies into submission?" Midnight asked curiously as she questioned the effectiveness of doing that.
"Yep, I learned it from a wandering earth pony who swore to never use his hand to fight," Lemon told Midnight in a happy-go-lucky tone.
"An earth pony who swore never to use his hands to fight? Why does that sound like something from a video game?" Midnight pondered. Before Midnight could say anything else, they both heard Rhino Imagin charging at them and they dodged out of the way in response.
"For now, why don't we focus on taking this guy down?" Lemon offered as she got in a fighting position.
"Agreed," Midnight said as she got into a crouched stance. The two then ran at the Imagin, which was still recovering, and started to fight it. Back with Twilight and Sugar, they were having trouble taking care of Zeronus as he was able to fend off both of their assaults.
"You know, this guy is really starting to get on my nerves," Sugar said as another punch of hers was blocked.
"Well, this rider does brag about being strong, and now I see that is not just big talk," Twilight said as Zeronus dodged a slash. Sugar stayed silent as she continued her assault, and then suddenly backed off.
"I have an idea, mind if I toss you at him?" Sugar asked as she dodged and attack from Zeronus.
"Sure, why not? After all, we might as well try something new," Twilight said as she managed to kick Zeronus away. Twilight walked in front of Sugar and then realized a trick they could do. "Sugar, grab me by my legs and spin around in a circle," Twilight said as she inserted the Fang Spidey card.
"TUNE: VIRAL SPIDER!"
"I don't exactly know what you have in mind, but I'll go along with it," Sugar said. Sugar did as Twilight told her to do and grabbed her by her legs. When she was about to start spinning she noticed that Zeronus was getting closer.
"Just start spinning and move closer to Zeronus!" Twilight told Sugar, noticing her hesitation. Sugarcoat was going ask why, but realized what Twilight had in mind and did as she told her to do. As they started to spin, Twilight held the Fang Spidey out in front of her. Zeronus kept running close to them in order to attack, but didn't realize what the two were doing until they started to move closer. When they got up to him, the Fang Spidey did manage to hit Zeronus several times before knocking him back.
"Nice idea Twilight, but let me try something of my own," Sugar yelled as she got ready to do something. Before Twilight could ask what Sugar was doing, she threw her at Zeronus. Thinking quickly, she took out the Fang Spidey card and replaced it with the Drill Module card.
"DRILL ON!"
Twilight felt the module attach to her feet and was able to flip around to where she was going to kick Zeronus. She then extended the leg with the Drill Module and mentally commanded it to start spinning. When she came into contact with Zeronus, she felt the drill hit and knocked him back. Twilight then hit the ground and immediately regretted making the drill spin as she started spin around uncontrollably. Twilight was able to thankfully able to take out the card and make the drill disappear before it got too bad.
"Hey, are you ok?" Sugar asked as she steadied Twilight from all the spinning.
"I'm fine, just very dizzy," Twilight said in response as she shook of the dizziness.
"Hey, I have to admit, that was a good plan you came up with, but how did you know that we would be able to pull it off?" Sugar told Twilight.
"I didn't, but I trusted in you because you're my friend," Twilight told Sugar.
"So if I wasn't your friend, you wouldn't have trusted me?" Sugar asked awkwardly.
"I don't think Twilight meant it like that," Lemon said as she popped up between the two. When they saw Lemon, Twilight and Sugar looked at Midnight and saw that she was currently doing pretty well against the Rhino Imagin, delivering punches and kicks while dodging out of the way of its attacks.
"What did you mean when you said that Lemon?" Sugar asked curiously as she turned to her friend.
"Well, why don't we let Twilight explain what she means?" Lemon responded with a big smile on her face. The two then turned to Twilight, who was a bit freaked out at the moment.
"So now I'm curious, what is Lemon talking about Twilight?" Sugar asked Twilight.
"Well, a few months ago, I wasn't really all into the idea of friendship and teamwork. After a certain event in my past, I decided to give having friends a try. I have to admit that it was a good learning experience because it taught me a few things. One was to always trust in my friends, no matter whom they are or whatever situation we are in. Another thing that I learned is to always believe and trust in your allies," Twilight explained.
"So, you're telling me that you trusted me because we're friends and allies, is that right?" Sugar asked curiously.
"I am, is there something wrong with that?" Twilight responded. Sugar simply smiled and hugged Twilight very tightly. "Can't breathe…" Twilight said as she was being squeezed.
"Sorry," Sugar said in an embarrassed tone as she let Twilight go. As Twilight recovered her breath, Zeronus was charging at them again, ready to strike with his weapon. Lemon, in response, just grabbed him and threw him in Midnight's direction. "I'll tell you why I responded the way I did later, right now, we should focus on the task at hand," Sugar said as she charged forward.
"Wow, I haven't seen her that fired up in a long time. You did a real god job," Lemon said as she got out something from her back pocket and handed it to Twilight. When Twilight saw it, she noticed that it was another blank IC Card like the one Sour gave her two days ago. "I have a feeling that this will help you," Lemon told Twilight with a smile. Twilight said nothing as she took a hold of the card and Lemon ran off to join Sugar and Midnight.
"Teamwork, huh? I did make that part of my story up, but now that I think about it, it's not that bad. I had shunned off teamwork since the Friendship Games, but putting it into affect here and trusting my new friends, it is an amazing thing," Twilight thought as she smiled behind her helmet. As she finished that thought, the card started to glow and two voices resounded in her head.
"If you accept the power of teamwork, the power of earth will become yours. Please accept our power!"
After Twilight heard that, she quickly took out the Viral IC card and inserted the card she was holding.
"IC CARD SET! READY!?"
Twilight then ran towards the group as she hit started to change her form.
"GANBACHANGE: EARTH, RISE!"
As she pressed the button, the three rings of data appeared and moved with her as she ran. The rings cycled through various pieces of armor, and stopped an amber torso, helmet, and leggings before equipping themselves to her.
Meanwhile, Midnight, Lemon, and Sugar were holding off the two that were there when Twilight came in and knocked both of them back with a charge. "Twilight, is that you?" Midnight asked when she looked at Twilight's new form.
"Yep, it is. I guess you could say that I'm pretty down to earth, right?" Twilight responded. Midnight just groaned at that while Sugar and Lemon laughed. "Hey, we're going to talk after this right?" Twilight asked Lemon and Sugar.
"Ok, we will talk, but for now, we have some bad guys to take care of," Sugar said as she got ready to fight.
"Agreed," Everyone responded as they turned to face the Imagin and Zeronus. The four then immediately charged at the two while they were still recovering.