My Brave Pony Starfleet Magic: Season II

by DakariKingMykan

Episode 19: Back From the Dead: Part 2

The team was still shocked and confused by what they had just heard. “That’s why we stopped you…” said Cadance “I know it seemed wrong, but I just couldn’t let you kill my brother.”

“But that can’t be.” said Twilight “Your brother died over twenty years ago. You told me…”

“No, Twilight.” Celestia said “I think the time has come to explain the truth.” She cast a deep look at Cadance, and her niece agreed, and they both began to explain the truth.

Aside from Prince Blueblood, Celestia was the adoptive aunt of not one, but two stray ponies.

Long ago, when Candace was just a filly and Twilight hadn’t been born yet. There was someone one other than her Aunt Celestia she looked up to-- her older brother; Prince Il Mio Caro Grande Fratello, her only living blood-relative. He was a white unicorn with a dark blonde mane, and Celestia’s oldest nephew whom she planned to make her soul heir to the throne.

Fratello was more than just a big brother to Cadance; he was like a best friend. He never picked on her or teased her. He always played with her. He stood up for her and protected her when she was bullied. He cheered her up when she was feeling down. Sometimes he would drop everything he was doing just to spend time with her.

Cadance remembered all the good times they had.

“Where are we going today, Fratello?”

“I’m taking you to the beach for your birthday, Cadance, Just like I promised.”

“Really…?”

“Yep, it’ll be just you and me all day.”

“Fratello…?”

“Yeah....?”

“You’re the greatest brother in the world.”

“I know it, how’d you know it?”

The beach was Cadance’s favorite place where her deepest and fondest memories rested. She and Fratello always had the most fun, and Fratello even setup a little treasure hunt for Cadance to give her birthday gift; the music box she kept under her bed.

“Hey, Fratello…?”

“Yeah…?”

“Do you think we can ever come back here one day?”

“Sure we can, Cadance. I love to come here, especially with you.”

“Hoofy swear?”

“Hoofy swear.”

…Fratello was the one who came up with the happy dance, Cadance would share with Twilight.

It was her brother’s love and care that made Cadance want spread more love across the kingdom herself which one day lead to her having her love-spell magic.

Aside from all this, and being Celestia’s heir, Fratello also wanted to be a royal guard. Though he was already a prince, he felt Equestria was a wondrous and magical planet and deserved to be protected at all costs, and Celestia liked his attitude and allowed him to enlist in the army.

The training was hard on him, and there were times when he felt he wasn’t getting anywhere, but Cadance began to show him the same courtesy he had always given her; Confidence and a lifting of the spirit. So Fratello kept trying and eventually he was knighted as a guard, and he owed half his honors to his sister, and whenever he was called to arms and had to fight, he always thought of her and Equestria, what he was fighting for.

Then, one day, things were about go way bad!

While the royal family was out on a picnic, and Cadance and Fratello were gathering flowers in the fields. An evil army of robots came from outer space, and attacked Equestria. The royal guards were called to arms. Fratello stayed to protect Cadance and Celestia, while the rest of his teammates went into battle. Unfortunately, because the robots were immune to most kinds of magic, and were stronger and faster than the ponies, the guards didn’t do too well, and were badly beaten up. Many were lost that day and others left wounded.

After all the struggle they had only managed to beat one robot out of pure luck, and its armor and weapons lay scattered along the ground, but the swarm was still on the loose and the guards were all losing strength and numbers. Cadance was scared and Fratello was outraged. There was no way he was going to allow those monster to attack the rest of the planet. There had to be a way to get at them!

Suddenly, he had an idea as he and Cadance gazed at the scrap remains of the robot that was beaten. Fratello found he could wear the pieces like armor and actually use the weapons of the robot for himself. Cadance and Celestia tried to warn him not to because of neither of them really knowing how powerful these robots were and how they worked, but her brother insisted he do it. Not just for his home world, but for his sister too.

“Cadance, I won’t let anything happen to you. That’s a promise.”

After donning as much of the robot’s weapons and armor on him as he could he dashed into battle. Surprisingly, he single-handedly managed to defeat the entire swarm, for the robots couldn’t stand up to their own technology and firepower.

Cadance saw everything, and was very happy and proud for her brother... but suddenly, Fratello began to feel strange. He grabbed his head and yelled in pain, and before Cadance knew it, her brother was trying to kill her! “Brother, stop!” cried Cadance, but Fratello kept coming after her. It was the robot’s programing. Somehow it was infecting Fratello’s mind, and the armor was now fused into his body-- as a part of him! It wouldn’t come off.

Celestia was the only one to actually see anything going on and confronted them both. She was horrified to learn of what was happening and tried to use her magic to get the armor off of Fratello, but again, magic didn’t work on him, and even still the machinery fused into him, removing it would kill him.

She tried to contain him in a force-field, but the robots were immune to capture and containment. Nothing she could fire at him would work. The guards would never reach them in time and it looked as if they were done for, but suddenly Fratello began to gain a little control over the robot’s force, but that was all he could do was try and hold the robot back. He knew there was no hope for him, and knew he was now a danger to his loved ones and the kingdom.

“Please...!” he begged “Finish me, quick!”

Cadance and Celestia couldn’t believe what they just heard. He asked them to kill him and he was holding the robot back which would give them the chance. “Please, do it!” he begged “I can’t hold it back much longer!”

But poor Cadance and Celestia were so heart-struck and guilt ridden at such a thought, they couldn’t bring themselves to do it. The robot took full control of Fratello again, only instead of finishing them off, he escaped and vowed to return someday to finish what he and his fallen comrades started.

He vanished, and was gone. Cadance was heartbroken, and for all those years she and Celestia, too ashamed, and too heart- struck at all the bad memories to admit what really happened. So, they made up the story that Fratello had been killed, but they and only they knew the truth.

“You lied?” Fluttershy asked in shock.

“You knew the robots would come back,
To invade our world, and attack?” snapped Rhymey.

Shining Armor and Grand Ruler even Twilight were easily the most shocked. Celestia and Cadance both felt ashamed, but it was true. In the end, they were responsible for letting Fratello escape. Of course it was understandable why they hesitated.

Dyno and Myte were siblings. “I don’t think I could ever bring myself to hurt you, Dyno.”

“Neither could I, Myte.”

A lot of the others felt the same, even those who never had siblings before.

Still, it couldn’t be ignored Fratello was back, and he wasn’t on their side. Obviously the robot and it's programming had continued to posses and infect him over the years. Making him more than 90 Percent machine, maybe more!

Magic couldn’t be used to restore him, as robots were immune to most kinds of magic, and if what was said was true, there was no hope of getting those robot parts off of him without killing him instantly. They had also had no chance at all of reprogramming him. This was a highly advanced form of cybernetics and programming they had never seen before, and even if they could study it it would take months at the very least to cover the basics, and there simply not enough time for that, not with the fate of the planet at stake.

Celestia and Cadance gazed at Grand Ruler and he gazed back at them with regretful eyes. He didn’t have to say anything either. The ladies knew as well as the team what their only course of action was; the next time Fratello attacked, first chance they got... they would destroy him!

Some of the team weren’t too thrilled with the idea. Of course it wasn’t as if they hadn’t destroyed creatures before, except they were all heartless, non-living monsters. Fratello was still practically alive, and his good side was in there, just barely, but even he himself knew it was hopeless and begged them for death.

“A Pony's life is at stake.” Starla said.

“That’s right, Starla-- A Pony. One Pony…” Grand Ruler said “And if we don’t stop him and continues his onslaught, it will be one million over the next few days!"

Everyone understood, but they still didn’t like it, especially Cadance.

Meanwhile, Captain Fratello was still healing and repairing himself after that last battle, while the rest of his robot army were making modifications to his ultimate creation in case Fratello’s good nature tried to interfere again. “Wonderful!” he hissed “Once my preparations are completed, the real fun shall commence.”

Fratello’s good nature tried to take over and stop the robot captain from finishing his plans, but his hold didn’t work and he was powerless again, while the captain was free to continue.

Meanwhile, Chrysalis, still unaware of the events happening, was busy preparing herself to undergo a serious transformation-- her special project which she required tons of energy for.

Sadly, thanks to the captain’s betrayal and what little she was able to capture before her entire army was diminished, she didn’t have what she hoped to. “It will have to do. I must do this now.” she said to herself. She didn’t dare go out and gather anymore power. In her current state she wouldn’t stand a chance. Plus, she had waited too long for this moment.

She poured all the energy into a larger jar, big enough for her to fit inside, and she jumped right in absorbing all that power and combining it with her evil shape-shifting magic.

She could feel it. Every second she was growing stronger and feeling different as her entire shape metamorphosed into a new physical being.

When the transformation was complete, she emerged and appeared more humanoid than ever. She even had a human face, with pointed ears. She wore black and purple armor with shoulder pads, a dark cape.

She now was stronger and faster than she was before and able to use more powers than she ever had before. She fired a ray of energy at a column, blasting it to bits. She was also capable of creating weapons by forming streams of energy before her and molding them. She created an actual sword made entirely out of energy, allegedly capable of even slicing solid rock in half.

“Yes…!” she hissed “Such power. I’ve never felt anything like this. I won’t even need to feed my life force with love-energy anymore.” Even with all this, she still intended to conquer and takeover United Equestria, as well as get her revenge on her enemies, but first she needed to test her powers effectively enough. She still wasn’t at complete and total power due to her lack of used energy, and also because Starfleet was always up to tricks, and she wanted to be prepared.

Luckily, remembering some forms of old magic she knew of, she had a plan.

Lightning’s team was waiting for their weapons and armor to be repaired. Professor Brain had successfully repaired them, but Grand Ruler and Celestia didn’t give them back straight away. All three of them were planning to do something new for the great battles that lay ahead with the robots, Fratello and Chrysalis, but they wouldn’t say what it was.

Suddenly, the alarms went off, and the guards reported there was trouble in New Canterlot village. The lookout guards saw what it was but didn’t recognize who it was, but Lightning recognized her at almost at once. “Chrysalis!” he snapped “And it looks like she’s got a whole new look.”

“Oh, how dreadfully repulsive!” groaned Rarity “Oh, actually… that color could be inspirational for--”

“Rarity, focus!” snapped Twilight “We’ve got to get out there.”

Celestia agreed and told everyone to come to the throne room.

Once there, Grand Ruler told Lightning and friends to step forward. “Have our armor and weapons been repaired?” asked Buddy Rose.

“Steady on there.” Brain said “I have repaired your armor and weapons, but let me explain. You see, I had been studying those bits of scraps from the robots you have defeated, and while I still don’t understand it very well, I was able to use a little of what I did learn to enhance the power of our own resources, with their majesties help of course.”

Grand Ruler and Celestia nodded and then Grand Ruler folded his hands together. His horns glowed and he gave Lightning and friends their super armor back, and all the weapons.

All of them gazed and felt their armor and their weapons all over, but nothing really looked or seemed any different, but they were assured that they would be amazed. Their armor was indeed stronger, and their weapons were not only stronger, but they all had additional abilities as well. “You’ll discover them and master them quickly.” Grand Ruler said.

As for Twilight and friends, they didn’t receive anything, but before any of them could protest, Celestia assured them that they all had a great power in them-- one that they used before but had just had forgotten over time. “Trust in me, and in yourselves and all your friends, and it will be clear to you.”

Twilight and friends weren’t sure what to expect, but they and Lightning’s team all dashed out and into action.

Chrysalis had already done a good deal of damage. She set fire to a few fields, chopped down many trees, even knocked over several buildings before the force fields came on, leaving many of the civilians with no place to run to for safety and at the mercy of her energy blade, but it wasn’t really they she was after.

“Halt!” shouted a voice. She turned round and saw the two teams standing there. “So, we meet again.” she hissed “I was hoping you would show up, because I have some new things that I want to show you.”

“Enough of these games, Chrysalis.” snapped Lightning “You may have some new looks, but they won’t save you.”

Chrysalis chuckled and then sneered, “Oh, how wrong you are.” Then she charged into battle, and the entire fighter charged forth as well, while Twilight and friends helped the civilians reach safety.

Chrysalis’s new powers did indeed live up to their expectations. Her energy blade was very powerful, the team found that out every time they got struck hard, and she fired her energy blast at them all at once. Sparks and explosions went everywhere and all the fighters fell over like bowling pins and just lay flat on the ground.

Twilight and friends arrived back on the scene to see the fighters lying flat on the ground. “Oh no!” cried Fluttershy.

“We’re too late!” added Rainbow.

“What have you done to them, Chrysalis?” Twilight demanded to know.

Chrysalis laughed evilly as she turned to face them. “Exactly what I’m about to do to all of you.” she hissed as she held her blade up and inched towards them. “Finally, after all these years I will have my revenge, and this world shall be mine!”

“Think again!” snapped Lightning.

“What?!” snapped Chrysalis as she peered round to see all the fighters were standing upright and they hardly looked scratched. “You didn’t think you were the only one who had new tricks did you?” asked Buddy Rose.

“Well we’ve got whole new surprises too.” said Artie.

“And now it’s time to show them to you.” rhymed Rhymey.

Chrysalis clenched her fists angrily, and dashed into battle. “Let’s show her.” Lightning said. The others nodded and some of them held out their weapons.

Buddy Rose went first with his whip, which could now extend at his command, “VINE WHIP, EXTEND!” and it could retract without him have to get so close to his target. Of course Chrysalis was still able to dodge the whip every time it came at her, and she fired a beam of energy straight at team.

“Watch out!” cried Fluttershy.

Rhymey leapt up high with his sword at the ready, and he came on down and slashed right the energy, actually slicing it up and destroying it in a small explosion. “What?!” snapped Chrysalis

The others and Twilight and friends were amazed at what Rhymey just did.

Artie went next and began whirling his staff round around like in his finishing move “WHIRLWIND WAVE!” he shouted as he began to spin his staff faster, and faster creating a strong gust of wind which actually blew Chrysalis up, up, and up, and send her crashing down.

Starla went next and fired her “STARLIGHT ARROW!” and fired it right at Chrysalis. She evaded it, but then the arrow stopped in midflight and actually spun around and shot her from behind like a seeker.

She fell down, down, and crashed on the ground.

“Oh, Señorita Chrysalis…” shouted Dyno

“You forget about us?” asked Myte cheekily.

Chrysalis got to her feet just as the boys performed their newest attack. “BOOM-BOOM BANG!”

They both leapt up high and slammed down on the ground so hard. They sent a powerful explosive wave right towards Chrysalis, hitting her full force. Sparks and explosion hit her all over.

Twilight and friends were impressed by how strong the fighters had become. Lightning and friends were amazed too, but as Chrysalis got up. “Look!” shouted Pinkie. They could all see the little wooden piece through her tattered clothes. “It’s a puppet-clone! It’s not her.” cried Starla.

Lightning was furious “Enough of this! When are you going to stop hiding and fight us for real?”

The puppet just laughed “We will fight soon enough.” she said “I made a smart move sending this puppet, or I would have surely been defeated.”

Everyone felt livid, but at the same time realizing it was partly their own fault for not scanning her with their visors. They trusted their eyes instead of their instruments, and because of this, Chrysalis now knew of Starfleet’s upgrades. “Consider this your final victory. The next time we meet… will be the last!”

The puppet exploded, and was gone, leaving the gang deeply concerned and worried.

Upon returning to the palace, Professor Brain was pleased to hear that the new upgrades worked perfectly, and would give all the fighters a serious edge in the upcoming battles. “Keep in mind however, you are not invincible, and the enemy shall be bound to get stronger as well.”

The team realized this, and promised to continue to train, and prepare for all the dangers up ahead. As for Twilight and friends, they hadn’t discovered what that hidden power was that they had. Not one of them could figure out what it was. All they had was their clue “You have used it before, you have just forgotten it over time.”

“You will find it, girls.” Queen Celestia said “Just be patient and it will come to you when the time is right.”

Grand Ruler nodded in agreement. “This war is nearly over, but the really dangerous parts are just beginning.” he said “Only Fratello and Chrysalis remain.”

“We’ll be ready.” Lightning said. “That’s a promise.” added Twilight, and all their friends nodded in agreement with them.

(Promo)