//------------------------------// // Episode 23: Part 3: Reunions & Unions // Story: My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic Season I // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// “Previously on Starfleet Magic” The battle against Serpentari seemed rather one sided. Try as they may, the space ponies couldn’t seem to stand up to her, until the Grand Ruler arrived to aid them. Utilizing the power of the four star stones, the tables had turned on Serpentari, and Lightning unleashed a most powerful attack ever vaporizing the vile demon in dust and winning his well-earned revenge for his people. However, the fairies had informed them all of the dangers still occurring on Equestria forcing them all to make new plans. EPISODE TWENTY-THREE Titan’s minions had been really enjoying themselves ever since they had teamed up with Nightmare and enslaved Equestria turning it into Nightmarica! Now, they felt they were ready to pick up where they had left off and take the fight back to Starfleet. Nightmare graciously allowed them to have their fun and crush their own enemies. So the minions went off, and this time they promised not to leave until Unicornicopia was blown to dust! Meanwhile, the gang was at Grand Ruler’s sky palace, eagerly awaiting the arrival of their guests. Princesses Celestia, Luna and Twilight Sparkle were on their way with Krysta’s gang. A royal red carpet was placed along the way from the portal gate and the guards were standing at the ends and in the patterns of male and female, side-by-side while Captain Shaina inspected them. “Humph! Assemble yourselves properly.” She scolded “After all, this is a royal greeting.” The guards saluted and stood tall and proud, holding their lances up high. Cookie Dough had been summoned to the castle and was busy preparing a meal under The Grand Ruler’s orders. The guests were bound to be famished after being locked up for some time with harshness and neglect, and after their long inter-dimensional journey across the galaxy. Professor Brain was requested to be present too. This was a dream come true to be able to meet pony creatures from another world. “I must say I find this to be most exciting. I only wish the circumstances were a little more… eh… erm… pleasant, as it were.” “Once they’ve arrived, we might be able to devise a way to help them and their planet.” said Buddy Rose. “I tell you.” said Artie “From what Krysta said… that Super Nightmare Moon surely lives up to her name!” Rhymey was easily the most worried. He had only recently just visited Equestria and it all seemed so beautiful and tranquil before he left. He gazed down at the butterfly clip that Fluttershy gave to him and remembered the dance they shared. “Hear what I say, Please be okay.” he said softly to himself. Starla noticed how bad Rhymey felt. She could see he really liked Fluttershy. “I feel really bad for her and all her friends.” she said. “Not to mention all those bad earthquakes.” said Dyno. Both he and his brother were given reports by Krysta’s messenger who saw the whole mess, and they being expert geologists were tasked with calculating just how serious the earthquakes were. “I don’t hold up too much hope though.” said Myte “We’ll have to feed through the master computers for an absolute final confirmation.” Lightning came downstairs from seeing Grand Ruler. “How is his majesty.” asked Starla. Lightning’s expression already told her and the others that his majesty had practically gone all to pieces! “I’ve never seen him so edgy before.” Lightning said “Personally I can’t blame him.” Grand Ruler had told the others the same story he told Lightning and Krysta in his private room, feeling the situation called for it. Everyone was astonished to learn of their histories and origin, but especially happy to learn about Celestia and he being lovers and about to be reunited after over a millennium, neither having seen nor spoken to one another in all that time. Soon, the portal began to shimmer, indicating the arrivals were coming. “Lancers, Aten-tion!” said Shaina. The guards all stood stiff and tall as Krysta and her fairies were first to emerge from the portal, and that’s when the royal musicians sounded their horns, and Krysta thought it not too impolite to make the announcement “Their royal highnesses…! Princess Celestia and Princess Luna! Rulers of Equestria, and apprentice pony, Princess Twilight Sparkle.” “Look sharp guys, here they come.” said Lightning, and his friends all stood with him at the end of the red carpet. The portal glowed again as the three ponies emerged. The gang stared in awe at the sight and mystical grace of the two princesses, especially Celestia. She was just as beautiful as Grand Ruler had described. No wonder he was in love with her. Twilight walked in between the princesses as they all gracefully walked along the carpet, and each of the guards tipped their lances as they passed as form of greeting. The guests nodded to each and every one of them, and were surprised that some of the guards were female, especially Captain Shaina. They made their way into the end of the carpet where Lightning and friends stood. Lightning approached and bowed to them all. “I am Lightning Dawn" Personal and private apprentice to the Grand Ruler. On behalf of his royal majesty and all of us here… Welcome to Unicornicopia.” The princesses and Twilight bowed. Twilight felt honored and excited to be in such a place, and just then the royal fanfare sounded again, and two guards at the throne announce the entrance of “His royal majesty, ruler of Unicornicopia, and commander of Starfleet... The Grand Ruler!” A beam of golden light shone down from the ceiling, everyone gazed up and there he was, slowly descending to the floor. Twilight could hardly believe her eyes-- an alicorn with three horns just as Fluttershy told her! Celestia, however, she had almost forgotten how to blink her eyes, or even breathe. Even though his body wasn’t as she remembered, she recognized him anywhere! He landed softly on the floor, the light faded, and as he stepped forth their eyes met. The others all bowed, but Celestia and Grand Ruler kept gazing at each other so deeply, they felt their souls being pierced. The cape she had made him that he was wearing softly fluttered, just like her long and beautiful mane and tail. They both continued to gaze at one another as he continued to move forward and stopped at the last ten feet. “Um… Greetings… Celestia.” he finally said. Celestia’s heart began to race for the first time in ages. Tears began to fall from her eyes. “Celesto...!” she peeped. Even though this was a royal gathering, and what she was about to do was considered rather improper. She couldn’t help it. “…Celesto! Oh, my love...!” she dashed right over to him, "Celestia!!" Grand Ruler cried, and he ran to her, both of them colliding in a deep embrace. Celestia began to weep “I… thought you were gone forever! I thought I would never see you again.” Tears rolled down Grand Ruler’s cheek, “You have no idea how much I've missed you!.” he whispered to her as he embraced the lovely feeling of having her near him again. Twilight felt like crying. Now she understood why the princess acted strange before at the ball. Lightning smiled. Starla and Krysta each wiped a tear from their eyes, and the twins, they were blubbering and hugging each other like the brothers they were. “Ay’ Ay’ Ay’! It’s so beautiful!” they cried. Two lost lovers reunited after being apart for so long. The two lovers separated at last, getting a hold of themselves and tyring to be professional. Grand Ruler could see Princess Luna behind Celestia. Luna seemed very nervous, and she had every right to be as he approached her looking rather cross. He looked rather cross with her, and she bowed her head in shame, but to her surprise he politely said “I welcome you as well, Princess Luna.” Luna looked up and smiled, and then they both bowed to each other, and then Twilight had her greetings. Soon, they were all seated in the great hall and enjoying the meal Cookie Dough had made. They all thought it was delicious, especially the guests. Cookie Dough was flattered, but this was no time for pleasantries. All through the meal things were discussed about Nightmare and Titan’s minions. “All the enemies I’ve ever known seem like toys compared to these.” she said. “Now, you really know what we’re up against.” Lightning said “The way I see it, we’re all going to have to work together on this one.” “Agreed…” Celestia and Grand Ruler said at the same time. They both gazed at each other, and smiled softly. Grand Ruler then cleared his throat and said. “From what we have heard, Nightmare Moon has created an enormous fleet of shadowbolts.” “Yes.” said Luna “Consisting of more than nine-million, eight-hundred-thousand super charged shadowbolts, with a destructive force of a large nova!” “That’s insane!” snapped Buddy Rose “A fleet of almost ten-million?! There’s no way we can fight them all off. We’d be spotted before we even had a chance!” “And what about the earthquakes?” asked Artie, and he gazed over a Twilight “You said Nightmare Moon was the original source of them?” Twilight nodded “She hasn’t created a single one since she assumed power over equestria, but everything keeps shaking. Each quake is more violent than the last, and she didn’t do it.” The Spanish twins felt nervous . “Esto es malo *This is bad*. I don’t like it one bit.” said Dyno, and Myte agreed “Forcing the planet to quake like that with magic-- it could get really serious.” The three princesses shuddered with worry at the mention of that. “What will happen to Equestria?” Celestia asked aloud. She was about to get her answer when Professor Brain came back from the main control room with the final analysis of the earthquakes on Equestria. “Give it to us straight, Professor.” said Grand Ruler “Oh, dear… It dreads me to say this to all of you, but I am afraid the condition is far worse than we thought.” said Brain. “How bad is it?” Celestia asked. “According these calculations, I am afraid Nightmare Moon’s magic has put the planet on a loop of chain-reactions. The crust is weakening, the mantle is bursting wide open, and the magical core of the planet is horribly unstable and overloading. In a matter of hours the world of Equetsria will cease to exist! ...It shall disintegrate into cosmic dust!” The three princesses gasped in horror along with all the others. “Isn’t there anything can do to stop the planet from blowing through?” asked Rhymey Grand Ruler shook his head “It is far too late for that now, Rhymey. Perhaps if she were caught sooner there may have been a chance, but I'm afraid the damage totally irreparable. Even trying to use magic to fix the planet now would only destroy it faster." Lightning clenched his fists in extreme concern. "That means Nightmare has set off a destructive process that can't be stopped. There's nothing we can do to stop the planet from blowing!" The princesses began to slump down in shame, fear and woe, but Grand Ruler stood and assured them “There is still, however, something we can do to save everyone.” “There is?” Twilight asked with anxiety "What is it? Tell me, please!" "It's quite simple. We cannot stop the planet from exploding, so... we'll just have to get everyone off the planet before it does." The space ponies caught on to what the plan was. "But exactly where would we all migrate too?" asked Luna. Grand Ruler explained... "Centuries ago, Starfleet discovered a planet, uninhabited yet suitable to support life. Starfleet had cultivated that world, and turned it into a safe refuge, and they called that planet Sharma. Starfleet used it as a safe haven to evacuate those on a planet in extreme grave peril, to preserve the life forms in the events their home worlds would be destroyed, or became uninhabitable, and to then help them rebuild their lives or start over again by fixing up or finding new worlds for them to live." The plan was to evacuate everyone on Equestria-- every pony, animal and other moving creature-- and transport them all to Sharma to keep them all safe until the crisis had passed. “But to do that, we will have to get through Nightmare Moon and her forces.” said Grand Ruler “That won’t be easy, but if we can hold her back just enough, we might be able to give everyone the chance they need.” “From what was told, we’re going to need a lot of power and resources.” said Twilight. Princess Luna nodded. She knew Nightmare Moon better than anyone else did and she came up with a solution. “The Elements of Harmony and your star stones-- If we can combine the two forces with our own magic, it should provide us with what we need to defeat my former evil self for good!” “It would be rather risky, but it may just work.” said Brain. “Well, if Princess Celestia has no objections…?” Grand Ruler said as he gazed at her. “I have none. If it means to save the people of my world and our friends, No risk is too great.” Grand Ruler nodded, “How long do we have, Professor?” “I would estimate we have twenty-four to twenty-five hours before the planet begins to break up.” "That doesn't give us much time." said Lightning "We need a plan of action." It was discussed and thought about, and a plan was formed: Celestia would remain behind in Unicornicopia in safety, while Luna, Twilight, and a volunteer of fighters headed back to Equestria, sneak into Nightmares fortress, find the Elements of Harmony and bring them back to Unicornicopia. If things went bad, then others would be sent to help. Buddy Rose, Artie, and Rhymey were included into the party, and couldn’t wait to have at Nightmare, and especially Titan’s minions. “And I thought we’d seen the last of them.” Buddy Rose said. Another main concerned was the large armada of shadowbolts. If they got caught, at least they knew the entire swarm wouldn’t all attack at once, that would be suicidal for Nightmare. Instead they would only focus on Nightmare herself, since she was controlling the fleet, much like the mother ship. If they distracted her, the fleet would go into disarray. It wouldn’t be enough to stop them, but just right to keep them off their backs. “Krysta...” Grand Ruler said “I want you and King Topaz to round up all your best teleporting fairies. We’ll need every one of them to make good on the evacuation.” “Yes sir.” “Right, now I suggest we all turn in. We begin at dawn, and we’re going to need all our strength.” Everyone agreed, and they all hoped that the poor Equestrians could hold out. The rest-period had long since ended and the slaves were forced back to work, but one of the guards came to Nightmare and had distressing news about the prisoners in the caverns below. He had gone to relieve the guards of their posts when he noticed-- “Gone?!” snapped Nightmare “Impossible!” She ordered her guards to begin searching high and low, and decided that her slaves would suffer for this escape. Longer work hours, less breaks, and hardly any rations at all now. How much more punishment could any of them take? Still, through all the hardship and dark hours, Twilight’s friends tried to stay brave and strong in hopes that everything would be fine soon, just as Krysta promised. Before bed Twilight and Luna were having a fitting session. Grand Ruler had ordered uniforms and armor to be made for them. Luna and Twilight did find them slightly uncomfortable, only because they weren’t used to them, but they both felt it would help them well during the quest. “Does every-pony wear suits like this?” Twilight asked. “No, Twilight it’s “everybody”, not every-pony.” said Lightning “And believe me, you’re going to need the armor and more. It’s already going to be bad enough for us, that's why we need your help as much as you need us.” Luna stood tall and proud as she gazed at her reflection and liked how the armor looked good on her, and she promised on her sister’s friendship she would not let her evil side prevail! “I do suggest we go and get some sleep.” she said “We’re going to need our rest. Goodnight.” and she went off to her quarters. Lightning and Starla escorted Twilight to her guest room, and left her so she could get some sleep. Twilight was amazed at how grand the standard guest quarters seemed. The ones in Canterlot were nothing like this for guests. She felt honored to be placed in such a luxurious room, but she still found it all so strange. Here she was in an alien world, but then again that was known and expected, as Lightning had told her. “You are a planetary pony, from Equestria. What do you really know about space?” He wasn't trying to be insulting, he was merely pointing out, as Twilight realized “I guess… not as much as I ought to know. I mean, there's so many things I never thought could exist or even be possible.” She had heard the stories from Fluttershy, durring Rhymey's vist, of Starfleet traveling across whole star-systems, and having fought so many creatures. Why they had seen things Twilight had only seen in her nightmares and couldn’t begin to imagine. “Compared to you, we Equestrians are just grains of sand on the ground.” Lightning couldn’t argue with the logic in that. “Still, from what I’ve heard about you, you ponies are remarkable as well. You may not compare to us Starfleet in strength and experience, but you have done amazing things, and fought off enemies. We are alike in many ways.” Twilight smiled, and what she found the most fascinating was the fact that the space were originally made from the blood samples of Equestrian ponies. So even though she and Lightning seemed different-- she being a normal pony and he being humanoid-- they were still ponies and felt could learn a lot from each other. Twilight promised to do all she could to help out, and then she hopped into bed, and Lightning left to go to bed himself. “It’s going to be a long night.” Twilight said As the night passed, Grand Ruler hadn’t been able to sleep very well. He was standing out on the terrace looking over his kingdom below the clouds. His heart was all torn up and his mind was going off in many directions. It was so wonderful having his beloved Celestia back in his life, but would it last? What would happen from here on out? That’s when he noticed Celestia was standing on another, smaller terrace down from his own. She looked rather sad and confused herself. He decided to fly down and confront her. She looked up when she heard him touch down. “Are you alright, Celestia?” he asked tenderly. Celestia admitted she was pleased and filled with a joy beyond words to have seen him again after all this time, but she honestly did not expect all this-- the vast world he had created, and the fighting force he headed, but still she found it hard to believe he was here and with her again. “It’s like you’re back from the dead.” she said softly “Mind kept telling me over and over that you were really gone, but deep in my heart I had to keep believing you were still alive.” Grand Ruler nodded in agreement “I know how you feel. I searched and searched for you and Equestria, but I could never find you, and I began to lose hope.” He gazed down at his hands and compared them to her hoofs and how different they were. They gazed at all the stars in the sky, just like old times. “It was so wonderful that you were able to forgive my sister.” said Celestia. Grand Ruler turned to face her “I could understand the circumstances, and if you can forgive her then so can I for all our sakes.” His hand soft touched her hoof and they ended up gazing into each other’s eyes. “Those eyes.” he thought “They are so beautiful.” while she was thinking “Those eyes. I missed the way they would always look upon me like that.” Their faces slowly moved in closer, and closer but they stopped. They didn’t feel they could do it, or if it was right. Not just yet. “I’m sorry.” she whispered. “No… it’s all right.” he said to her. They continued to sit and gaze at the stars while enjoying each other’s company. “Don’t worry, Celesita. We will save your friends and subjects. I promise you.” “I believe you.” The night had passed, and Grand Ruler made his flight to bring the dawn in. Celestia went with him, and she was impressed that he remembered what she had taught him. Then they returned to the floating palace to find everyone was already awake. Buddy Rose, Artie, and Rhymey were there, and transformed in front of everyone. “STARFLEET MAGIC!!” “Power of Flora!” “Power of Art!” “I summon within, the Power of Wind!” The princesses were amazed to see them transform, but Twilight was more amazed than they were. “Wow!” she exclaimed “How do I get one of those?” “When you grow up kid.” joked Buddy Rose. “Are you all ready?” Grand Ruler asked, and the team nodded. “Princess Luna…” said Celestia “You are charged with Twilight and the other’s safety Make sure that nothing serious happens to them.” Luna bowed and understood. “Come along.” she said, and team followed her to the portal gate. Then they jumped through and were gone, heading back to Equestria, or rather Nightmarica as it was now known, and they only had under ten more hours before the planet exploded according to the reports. “Well, there they go,” Lightning said. “Do you think they’ll be alright?” asked Starla. “I hope so.” said Krysta, only she and Celestia knew how truly dangerous it was back there. Grand Ruler felt a little frustrated of having to stay behind as well. What he would give to have a confrontation with Nightmare and make her pay for all she had caused for so many as well as casting him into space all those ages ago hoping he would have died! Just once! He cleared his throat again capturing everyone’s attention. “Everyone in-spite of the circumstances, we are forgetting we have a guest. Perhaps you would like a tour of the kingdom, Princess?” “Oh, yes, I would like that very much.” she had only flown over the kingdom, but hadn’t actually seen much of it yet, and it was rather brave the way she was acting in the present situation. There wasn’t much she and others could do to help anyway and there was no point in sitting around doing nothing, and it would give them all something other to think about. Lightning, Starla, and Krysta agreed to take her on a tour. Once again, Grand Ruler had to stay behind for he had his duties to do. Celestia turned to smile at him in thanks before she took off with the others. Grand Ruler sighed softly but happily to himself. The twins softly nudged one another snickering softly. Once in Nightmarica, Luna and her team didn’t like the looks of what had obviously gotten way worse since Luna and Twilight were away. Rhymey hated the sight of the kingdom most of all… “It’s all been destroyed! It all is in ruin. Surly, this is that Nightmare’s doin’!” Twilight especially hated the way the kingdom looked-- So chaotic and dismal to many. She prayed silently that their mission would be a success, but at least she and Luna had their magic as they were not bound by the magic chains and the Starfleet fighters by their side. Suddenly, another earthquake shook the planet and parts of the ground began to crack like an egg. “Is everyone alright?” asked Luna. Everyone was fine, but the fighters recorded the tremor with their seismograph scans. “It’s getting worse by the second. The planet may blow sooner than we thought.” said Artie. “Well, let’s get going then.” said Buddy Rose. Following Luna, who told them to stay close to her-- They passed her along the mountains of rubble, and ruins of what Equestria once was. Every so often, a row of guards would pass by. They were everywhere, as was expected as it was a fleet of almost ten-million. Twilight could even see the slaves working themselves to the bone, including Cadance and Shining Armor. “Don’t worry, we’re right here.” she whispered softly, even though they couldn’t hear her. The closer they got to Nightmare’s fortress, the more the shadowbolts seemed to pop out around almost every corner, and it was getting harder to duck them. Twilight and Luna couldn’t even try to warp the team there or they would get spotted for sure. “This is crazy!” snapped Artie “We need some sort of cover up.” Luna agreed and decided to use a little magic of her own that she knew. “Don’t be frightened.” she said, and her horn began to glow as her shadowy mane seemed to expand, enveloping around the team and herself. Then, all was quiet, but the team confused. All the land around them seemed to be cloaked in a shadowy veil of darkness-- much darker than how it seemed before. “Come along…” Luna said, and the team followed her, directly through a path where the guards would easily see them, but surprisingly they didn’t even move or seem to notice them. “We are invisible to them.” Luna explained, “We are cloaked under the shadows of my mane and blending in with our surroundings.” The others thought this was incredible… “This is wondrous. They can’t see or hear us.” said Rhymey. He even stood in front of a guard and waved at him, but the guard didn’t notice a thing. Twilight gave him a look telling him to cut it out and stay focussed. “Look!” cried Luna. The fortress was just up ahead. “Let’s go, guys. Nice and easy” Buddy Rose said calmly. Sadly, neither of them knew that someone had already spotted them. As the tour progressed, a song was heard as Celestia viewed all the many wonderful sights of the kingdom. While stopping in Rainbow City for a rest Celestia was impressed, but still felt it was all so strange. The entire pony populace was consisted all of alicorns, all humanoid, and not a single one had a cutie mark. Not to mention all the supped devices and technologies, “It’s incredible!” she said. “It almost isn’t all that different from Equestria.” “Believe me, your highness…” said Lightning “After meeting you and Twilight. I think we all feel the same.” Starla nodded in agreement, but Celestia thought it sad that many things were different. They did not celebrate Hearth’s Warming Eve, Hearts and Hooves day, or other holidays there were in Equestria, though they were taught of them. There were hardly ever any Grand Galloping Galas, or even any seasonal weather duties. Unicornicopia had no spring, summer, fall, or winter. The temperature was always nice and soothing, just as Grand Ruler kept it so it wouldn’t be too hot or cold, but he still made it rain every now and then, and have the winds pick up. Once in a while they would have a few parties in celebration of victory, and a few grand gatherings, but not very many and officers would remain on constant vigil for any signs of danger. Starla and Lightning explained they chose not to celebrate such things because of all the risk, and reminders. The reason they were not celebrated was due to the fact that they would be making themselves easy targets for enemy-attacks. After all, when was the perfect time to strike when their guard was down than at a big celebration or something like that, and would it feel right to spend all that hard work to make things so beautiful only to see it all wrecked in seconds? Even still many friends and loved ones had been lost over the ages in wars and in accidents. For those still alive, celebrating or having parties would only make them feel awful that their loved ones are not there anymore. That’s why it was it very important for Starfleet to always be on constant alert. They never knew when or how attacks would come, but always rest assured they would come and they would have to be ready for anything, and even then it was always frightfully risky. “Going out into battle is never easy for any of us.” Lightning explained “We always wake up in the mornings fearing or wondering if this day could be our last, but it’s our duty to protect the civilians and others who have asked for our services out in space. If we don’t fight off the evil, who will? Grand Ruler taught me that, and many other things.” Celestia understood, and felt Lightning had been taught well. He and Twilight seemed roughly the same age and yet he seemed to be very brave and strong minded, especially seeing as he couldn’t’ do regular magic. Still, she found it sad that all the ponies spent most of their time like this. She almost wished there was something she could do, but she could see and tell, “Celesto has raised you all very well, and I admire that about him.” She spoke as if her feelings were still true and strong. It was becoming clear that she was still in love with Grand Ruler, but was it right to still be after all this time? Krysta could only silently sigh “Here we go again.” She was comparing Celestia and Grand Ruler to the way Lightning and Starla acted-- crazy about one another, but not willing to confess and try. “Sometimes I wonder if I’m surrounded by chickens instead of ponies.” she thought quietly. Suddenly, they could feel the ground starting to rumble, and many of the civilians were screaming and running in panic. The gang raced round the corner and saw them, Dementia, Rep-Stallion, and Mysterious. “We’re back! Did you miss us?” Rep-Stallion teased. Lightning and Starla expressions hardened. “You three...!” snapped Celestia. “Hey! What’s she doing here? I thought she was locked up back in Nightmarica?” snapped Dementia. “It makes no difference.” hissed Mysterious “Even she has no idea of what she’s up against now.” “What are you talking about?” asked Lightning, and he suddenly got his answer when the minions began to demonstrate the powers Nightmare Moon had given to them. They began to magically make duplicates of themselves again, only far stronger than any puppet that Titan’s old tricks seemed to make! “They’re multiplying!” cried Krysta. First there were two of each, then four, then eight. Soon, there were enough copies to cover the entire block city, but it was easy to tell who the originals were as all the copies seemed to be darker in color that the originals. The alarms sounded and everyone ran for the nearest shelters as the shields were empowered. Before long, the minions had once again assembled a whole army of themselves. “Take a good look at us now!” hissed Mysterious. “These creatures are by far our most powerful creations ever. You don’t stand a chance this time.” Lightning and Starla stood side-by-side, and transformed. “Starfleet Magic!!” and now were ready for a big fight. They suggested that the princess get somewhere safe. “Grand Ruler would never forgive us if anything happened to you.” Lightning said. “No!” Celestia said as she stepped forward. “I’m not going anywhere! These creatures helped Nightmare enslave my kingdom. I won’t sit by and do nothing about this. It’s my honor.” She spoke like a true fighter, yet she wasn’t even wearing any protective armor. “I’ll be fine, don’t try and stop me!” she said. The others were reluctant to agree, and the minions and their army thought this was their lucky day. “We get to destroy our enemies and Nightmare’s most hated enemy too.” said Dementia. In Grand Ruler’s palace, one of the guards rushed in to warn him, “Sire, a battle is about to take place. It’s Titan’s minions, and the princess is down there too!” Grand Ruler’s heart skipped a beat. “Celestia?!” he cried “What is she thinking?” He already knew she didn’t stand too much of a chance against Titan minions the last time. He just had to go down there. “Stand watch over the palace!” he said to all his guards. Then he was off. As he soared through the air he kept on telling himself over and over “I will not let anything happen to her! Never!” Meanwhile, Discord was now hovering directly over Unicornicopia and chuckling sinisterly. He was ready to begin his attack! “Sorry, Starfleet… your time is up!” To Be Continued…! (Promo) In our next episode, during the struggle against the minions and their forces, Unicornicopia is suddenly attacked by Discord causing incredible damage forcing the ponies to evacuate from their own world. Meanwhile, the team on Equestria continue on their quest for the Elements of Harmony only to run right into the face of danger, and soon find themselves in a near hopeless situation, and Equestria’s condition worsens. Is this really the end of both planets? Will either race survive the chaos and destruction? Don’t miss the next exciting episode of “Starfleet Magic!” (Next Episode: “Part 4: Devastating Destructions”)