The three mares walked down the desolate streets in silence. The buildings on both sides of them were cracked, as if something powerful had hit them. Windows that had gotten in the way were shattered, and there were small craters in the ground in front of the buildings.
"I never knew that a creature could cause so much damage..," Fluttershy said quietly, breaking the silence. "Who knows how much damage it has already done?"
"I just hope that everypony's safe..," said Twilight. "It's not every day that something attacks this city. They may not know how to react."
Suddenly, Twilight heard a sound nearby. She pulled the other two mares behind a building and looked out from behind it. What she saw made her gasp in shock. Several yards away was a tall, white, bug-like creature. It had two, long antennas that came from its head, and had what appeared to be long, white hair. It walked slowly down the empty street, not noticing the three ponies hiding behind the building. Suddenly, in a quick blur, it lashed out against a nearby building with its legs, leaving cracks where it kicked. The three mare's eyes widened in shock at the display of quickness and power. They quickly hid back behind the building.
"Okay, we're doomed," Twilight said, wondering how a creature could move so fast but also have that much power. "I don't think that we can stand a chance against that thing."
"You cannot give up, Twilight," Rarity said. "None of us can. Don't forget that we can do anything together, as long as we have each other."
"Rarity's right, Twilight," said Fluttershy. "I don't want to fight that thing as much as you do, but we can't just let Manehattan get destroyed. It's not right."
"Cos!" said Cosmog, poking out of Fluttershy's mane as if agreeing with her.
"You're right girls," Twilight said, then sighed. "It's just that I've got a bad feeling about this one. Something tells me that this creature is stronger than the ones that we faced in the Crystal Empire."
"Well, if we go down, we will go down knowing that we did our best," said Rarity. "Now, let's go out there and run that ruffian out of this city!"
The others nodded and peeked their heads out form behind the building again. To their surprise, however, the creature had left, leaving a cracked and dented building in its wake.
"What? Where did it go?" Twilight asked, confused.
She heard a sound behind her, and turned around to see the beast right behind her! She jumped back, surprised, before taking a fighting stance. Fluttershy and Rarity stood beside her, ready to help if needed. Twilight began to charge magic in her horn, but before she could, the beast slammed into her. She cried out in pain and flew backwards, hitting the ground. Getting up slowly, she launched a magical beam at the creature, but it dodged it effortlessly. A light began to surround the creature, and it started to move faster.
"What?" said Twilight. "How can that thing move even faster!?" She was soon hit again by the creature. The force of the impact made her slam against the wall of a building, leaving a small dent in it. Rarity and Fluttershy ran quickly towards their fallen friend.
"Twilight!" Fluttershy said worriedly. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah..," said Twilight, getting up slowly. "I'm fine." Looking in front of her she saw the beast heading towards her at impossible speed. "I'm going to have to rethink my strategy..," she said, before teleporting to the top of a tall building. She looked down to see the creature hopping on top of the buildings to get to her. Twilight focused her magic and shot a magic blast at the creature just as it was jumping. It hit, and the creature was forced back by the shot, falling onto the roof of another building.
The creature rushed at Twilight again, but this time she put up a magical shield, blocking the attack. She then fired another blast at point-blank range. The creature was slammed into the side of a building because of it, before falling to the ground. Twilight flew down to examine the damage, walking up to the creature. Her horn glowed with magical energy, just in case the creature started to attack again. Thankfully, it seemed to be knocked out. Of course, she could always be wrong. Just as she approached the creature, it opened its eyes and let out a powerful flurry of kicks at Twilight. She just managed to teleport away, but it didn't matter. The creature caught up to her in mere seconds, and gave a powerful kick to her side. Twilight was thrown back by the force, landing on the ground with a hard thud. She got up slowly, a large bruise on her right side.
"Well, if you want to play dirty, than I will too!" she says, before flying up and launching a blade-like projectile of magic at the creature. It dodged it effortlessly, but Twilight knew that would happen. The projectile hit the ground, creating a shock wave that hit the creature as it dodged. Twilight then fired a beam from her horn, slamming the creature to the ground.
Rarity and Fluttershy ran up to Twilight as she cam down, panting. Checking to see if she was alright, they all went up to the creature to examine it.
"Well, I think that's that," Twilight said, before noticing a small light coming from the creature. The light expanded, before engulfing the creature and blinding the three ponies. When the light vanished, so did the creature.
"It seems like after we defeat them, they are transported back to where they came from..," said Rarity. "But at least that's over."
"Yeah. I just hope that the others are alright..," Twilight says, looking at the destruction that lay around them. "Who knows how strong the other creature is."