//------------------------------// // Mission Dragonfire Part 11: Geo-Smooze // Story: Dragonfire 🐲 Enter The Dragon Hero 🐲 // by Phantom-Dragon //------------------------------// Nightmare Moon was nothing but a blur of black smokes, as she fell from the sky, and crash lands in the purple slimes of a Smooze flooded Equestria, with a huge splash. The worse has yet come to pass, as a tremor soon followed, and the purple slimes erupted all over the lands, through the tops of mountains, before raining down on every screaming ponies and magical creatures as they ran in fear, trying to escape the terror. Worse still, the Smooze's slimes suddenly started to flood their way through rivers, lakes, and any bodies of water they come into contact with, before they found their way up the surface, and flooded through remaining streets of cities, towns, and other places that have yet to be flooded by the Smooze. Frozen North Neira stood, tired but triumphant, over several exhausted Shadowbolts, with the exceptions of Somnambula, Abacus Cinch, and Hydia. Standing in between them, was the battered and broken machine, with the Sun Stone. Standing at Neira's sides, were some snow guards. "Give it up, you three!" Neira snarled. "You will never melt the Frozen North! Not while I can still breathe!" Abacus Cinch and Hydia were about to fight back, when suddenly, Somnambula felt a magical sensation in the air. Somnambula cackled, "Either way," she began. "You lose!" "What?" Next thing Neira and her guards knew, the ice beneath them began to crack, and crumble, as huge towers of Smooze slimes burst up to the surface. In a single night, the whole world was completely flooded with the Smooze's slimes. The sky has darkened in a blanket of stormy clouds. Mountains have been reduced to islands. Canterlot appeared to have been reduced to ground level, together with its majestic standings in the sea of Smooze. Then, with a great burst of slimes, a huge vortex was conjured from the dark clouds above, followed by several claps of thunders. In that moment, the vortex started to take the shape of a giant alicorn head, with a curved horn that lets out a bloodcurdling roar, "THIS WORLD IS MIIIIIIIIIIIINEEEEEEE!!!!!" The monster opened her eyes, revealing her pupils to be a reptilic slit. [Sonic Adventures - Tikal's theme] Spike and friends have returned to Equestria, in time to witness what they've unintentionally created, and unleashed onto Equestria. "If this isn't another dream," Spike began. "Then we've really made a real living nightmare out of Nightmare Moon." "I'm afraid she's far from Nightmare Moon," Scorpan spoke in grimace. "It's a Nightmare Smooze!" Rarity exclaimed. The monster lets out a roar as she conjures up several more slime vortexes. With that, the vortexes all spun, as they attacked several nearby mountains, leveling the tall rocky landforms in the process. "Oh my....." Fluttershy whimpered. "Well, either way, she's not going anywhere," Rainbow said. "Besides, she's made herself an even bigger target! So let's just hit her while she's still here!" "Unfortunately, that tactic is out of the question, Ms. Dash," the man in fedora spoke gravely. "Even with the Elements of Harmony, you'll never pierce through her thick magic repellent slime skin." "So, I don't suppose you've got a better idea, now do ya?" Applejack asked the man. "Look!" Pinkie shouted, pointing to Princess Celestia, flying in with some pegasi royal guards at her sides. "Looks like Princess Celestia is going to try and stop her!" "Obviously," Sugarcoat grumbled. "I mean, what else would they be doing?" "They're not the only ones! Look!" Rainbow shouted, pointing to the sky to show several blurs of blue and gold, flying overhead. "It's the Wonderbolts!" she exclaimed cheerfully. "Who?" the Knights and Starlight asked together. Rainbow Dash gasped, "You've never heard of the Wonderbolts?!" Dash asked, looking like she's having a heart attack. "Where have you been?!" "On Earth?" the Knights replied. "Magically enslaving a whole village of ponies, I guess?" Starlight chuckled nervously. "Wait, what?!" Spike asked in bewilderment. "Right...." Rainbow Dash replied dryly to Starlight. Meanwhile, the sun princess and her flying army all flew up to Nightmare Smooze, who shot several blasts of slimes at the sun princess and her army. A yellow Wonderbolt with a flaming mane and tail, apparently the leader, flew up to Princess Celestia, "What's the plan, your majesty?" the lead pegasus asked. Princess Celestia looked, seeing nothing but raging storm clouds, with claps of thunderbolts, and shadow creatures raining down on them, "Clear a way for me to get to Nightmare Moon," Celestia replied. The leading pegasus saluted, before she turned to several Wonderbolts, "You heard the princess! Clear a path!" the lead shouted beamingly. "Squad A, take out the thunders! Squad B, keep the lightnings away! Squad C, break those clouds! Let's go, go, GO!!!" With that, the Wonderbolts all did as their leader ordered. The Wonderbolts did all sorts of flips, loops, and spins, as they kept the attacks from the clouds, and the monsters at bay. "Yeah! Look at them go!" Rainbow cheered. "WHOOO-HOOO!! C'mon, Soarin! Break those clouds! Break those clouds! Fleetfoot! Show them the angry hornet spin! Surprise! SNEAK A-" Rainbow stopped her cheer, when she noticed the weird looks the friends are shooting at her. "I mean, go Wonderbolts! Go!" Rainbow cheered. "Don't suppose you ponies have room for an old dragon like me," Mako spoke, as he slithered through the sky, before he inhales and exhales a strong gust of winds at the clouds, blowing back the shadow creatures that were emerging. Then, doing an ariel dance in the sky, Mako generated a strong current of electricity on his body, before he fired a strong bolt of lightning via mouth. The bolt of lightning flew towards the clouds, exploding upon impact and created a sizable hole in the process. "Whoa!" Spike gasped, amazed at the elder dragon's move. "Now that packs a punch! I gotta learn to do that!" Concentrating hard, Spike's whole body was surrounded in green sparks, as he struggles to assume his dragon form. But shrank to the form of a puppy. "If I'll ever be a dragon again," Spike pouted. "Aw, there, there," Fluttershy cooed, as she picked Spike up, and cuddles him close in her arm. In the meantime, Celestia flew up to Nightmare Smooze, "Luna! It's me, Celestia! Your sister!" Princess Celestia called out desperately, while dodging a blob of Smooze being shot at her. "Please, we're sisters! Do not make me fight you!" "How could I not?" Nightmare Smooze spoke. "After so many years of isolation, and so much pain you've inflicted upon me?!" With that, Nightmare Smooze angrily hurls several slimes at Princess Celestia, who quickly conjured a magic shield, protecting herself. In retaliation, Princess Celestia fired a beam of magic at Nightmare Smooze, dispelling one of her surrounding vortex, "You did it to yourself, Luna!" Celestia spoke, as she blocked another of Nightmare Smooze's spell. "This anger you hold inside you, it's what's controlling you! You have become it's slave! You must let it go!" "Anger is what makes me powerful!" Nightmare Smooze roared. "And I loved it! I will never let it go!" With another roar, Nightmare Smooze hurled more slime balls at Princess Celestia, who quickly flapped her wings as she dodges to the sides. Then, with another roar, Nightmare Smooze sprouted more tentacles that all flew up to Celestia, all attempting to make a grab on all sides. Princess Celestia quickly assumed her anthro form, clad in armor, while equipped with both a sword and a shield. With a loud war cry, Celestia slashes her sword at the surrounding tentacles, cutting large chunks of them, while using her shield to block some others. "Always the perfect one!" Nightmare Smooze hissed. "And always Starswirl's favorite!" "Starswirl never considered me his favorite!" Celestia replied, before she dodges more attacks from Nightmare Smooze. "He loved us both, equally!" Then, concentrating hard into her powers, Celestia and Nightmare Smooze quickly find themselves in a starry plane, surrounded by a series of memories. "Don't you remember, Luna? Our times as Starswirl's pupils?" "How could I not?" Nightmare Smooze growled. "Those were the times when you insulted me on my progress! You've scarred me! You've humiliated me!" To prove her point, Nightmare Smooze directed to a memory that showed younger Princess Celestia teasing a much younger Princess Luna of not being able to fly properly, accidentally causing a rose bush to explode, and her inability to pop out of her bubble. See Legends of Magic Issue 1 "So is this how you intend to make it all better?" Celestia asked. "Becoming one with the Smooze? Flood the world? Destroy everything that was left behind by Starswirls, and our parents?" Celestia looked at Nightmare Smooze solemnly. "If so, then I am not impressed!" "NO!" Nightmare Smooze roared, while crushing a few mountains. "Nothing I would ever do could impress you! Could it, sister? In your eyes, I will always be your failure sister! Your shame!" "My only shame was that I have been unable to heal you of your pain, Luna!" Celestia cried out. "But it's not too late! Give up this vendetta of yours, and we can work together to clean up your mess! There's still a place for you, and your children in our kingdom!" The dark aura in Nightmare Smooze's eyes suddenly disappeared, and for a moment, they were that of Princess Luna. "I want to believe you," Luna spoke. "BUT THE DARKNESS WILL NOT BE STOPPED!!" With a roar, Nightmare Smooze once more took over Luna, as she stamped her hooves down, causing pillars of smooze to jut from the ground, straight towards Princess Celestia. With an angry scream, Nightmare Smooze lunged at Princess Celestia, throwing out several more slimes at Celestia, who continues to dodge, "Please sister! Do not make me do this!" Celestia pleaded. "It is too late, Celestia!" Nightmare Smooze roared. "Your sister is dead! Your kingdom is dead! Your plan to overthrow me will never come to be!! I am the one true master of this world! I AM THE WORLD!! TIME TO DIE, CELESTIA!!!" 14 Sun (Vocals By MEMJ) - Carbon Maestro With that, Nightmare Smooze conjured a bolt of lightning from the clouds above to fire upon Celestia, who quickly dodged to the side. Several of Princess Celestia's royal guards flew to the side, before one of them going struck by lightning, and nearly plummeted to the sea of smooze below, had Celestia not caught him with her aura. However, this was what Nightmare Smooze had anticipated, for the behemoth slime alicorn quickly fired several slime tendrils at the sun alicorn, capturing her, and some royal guards at her side. Princess Celestia was able to teleport free from the slimes, together with her guards. Unfortunately, the Wonderbolts were not so fortunate, as they were all consumed by Nightmare Smooze's slimes, and were consumed within her slimy mass. Even Mako was not so fortunate, as the great dragon was overwhelmed by the shadow creature and surrounding vortexes that forced him down towards Nightmare Smooze, who didn't hesitate to consume him. Nightmare Smooze then stood up straight, before she spreads out a pair of slimy wings. The wings converted themselves into more slime tentacles, before they stretched outward, "COME, NEW SUBJECTS!!" Nightmare Smooze roared. "IT IS TIME TO GAZE UPON YOUR NEW PRINCESS!!" Many ponies who have taken refuge on some islands, mountains, or any higher grounds all quickly run in fear, trying desperately to escape from the monster's tentacles. Unfortunately, no matter how hard they try, Nightmare Smooze's tentacles go faster, as it quickly grabs any ponies or creatures that tried to run from her. A herd of earth ponies and bisons were galloping as fast as their hooves can carry, only for the monster's slime to block their path, before it captures them. Pegasi and some other flying creatures were not so fortunate either, as Nightmare Smooze had controlled the clouds, as well as her nightmare forces, to capture the flying creatures, from above. Many unicorns have tried to escape via teleportations, while others have fired several offensive magics in an attempt to repel the monster's slimes. However, they soon learned the hard way the Smooze cannot be stopped by magic. Dragon Lord Ember, while in command with her imperial dragon armies, suddenly finds herself overwhelmed by the monster's slimes, as she, her army, and Mina were pulled in. "Hang on!" Gilda shouted, as she and Gabby struggled to save their dragon friends. However, the efforts were in vain, as the slimes quickly took them as well. "NO!!" Rara screamed, holding her hoof out for her consumed friends. Lyra Heartstrings, Sweetie Drops, and their friends quickly pulled the distraught mare away, before they joined with Princess Cadence, and they disappeared in a flash of light. Princess Celestia watched in horror, "Stop!" Celestia shouted to Nightmare Smooze. "This battle is between you and me!" "Very well. Then it's time to decided, Celestia!" Nightmare Smooze began. "Continue your fight with me, or save the little ponies!" Celestia gasped in horror, as Nightmare's slime continue to attack more mountains, and islands. From their location, the heroes watched as the battle between Princess Celestia, and Nightmare Smooze continue to play out, only with the ponies being caught in between. Celestia ordered many of her guards to protect the survivors, leaving the sun princess to contend with Nightmare Smooze herself. Squinting their eyes, they can see through Nightmare Smooze's slimy skin, the innocent creatures who were consumed and trapped within bubbles, inside. "She's sucking up everyone!" Twilight exclaimed. "They're trapped inside!" Button gasped. Spike watched in disbelief, "Aunt Luna," he whispered. Nightmare Smooze, having sensed the heroes' presence, turned in their directions, before she sets her sights on the Dragon Prince himself. With that, the monster directed all of her tentacles on the Dragon Prince and friends. "And now she wants us!" Pipsqueak screamed. "Let's get out of here!" Rumble shouted. With that, everyone all quickly beat feet, attempting to outrun the monster. Bloodshot and Aqua quickly grabbed Crystal, as they took shelter within the Celestial Phoenix. The man in fedora quickly and magically grabbed all of the Shadowbolt girls, before they disappeared in a puff of smoke. Discord snapped his fingers as he, Snips, and Snails quickly disappeared in a flash of light. In the meantime, the rest of the heroes, were all running, flying, and jumping through the ruins of Equestria, in the sea of Smooze. Waving her staff, Starlight Glimmer conjured a body of water, in the shape of a manta ray, as she gets on it, and flew off with it. Sunset Shimmer turned herself into a puff of smoke. Pinkie Pie reaches into her mane, and miraculously pulls out a huge inflatable boat dubbed the S.S. Little Toot , which she was able to inflate in ten seconds flat, while taking Applejack, Rarity, Twilight, Fluttershy, Fleur, the Knights, Sunburst, and Celaeno with her. Though of course, Celaeno's jaded leg was don up with a plug, so as to avoid popping the boat. Donning herself a sailor's hat, and eating herself a can of spinach, Pinkie shouted, "Hoist anchors Gummy! Tighten the mainsails!" In response, her pet alligator, Gummy, simply blinked his eyes and said nothing. "FULL SPEED AHEAD!!" With that, Pinkie shaped her tail into a motor, which she quickly spins, propelling herself and her boat across the sea of Smooze. "Is everyone here?" Twilight said, as she took several head counts, before she realized too late, "Wait! WHERE'S SPIKE?!!" she exclaimed. Rarity looked, before she screamed, "SPIKEY-WIKEY!!" Everyone turned their heads, to see Spike and Scorpan doing a parkour run across the roof of once tall buildings that were sinking, while avoiding the sludges of the Smooze that were all lunging at them. "SPIKEY-WIKEY!!!" Rarity shouted, before she turned to Pinkie Pie. "Quickly Pinkie! Turn this thing around!" "Aye, aye!" Pinkie saluted, as she complied. "Hold on, Spike!" Fleur shouted. "We're coming, mon amour!" "I don't think so!" Nightmare Smooze roared, as she conjured up a wall of sludge, blocking the girls' path. Spike and Scorpan continue their run, when they found themselves standing on what appeared to be a floating rubble of a tower, surrounded by a wall of sludges. They were trapped. "Spike!" Celestia exclaimed, as she flapped her wings, intending on flying for her son. However, Nightmare Moon's tentacles rose from the sea, as she held the sun princess back. "Where do you think you're going?!" Nightmare Smooze sneered, before she was struck by a blast of light magic, in the right eye. "AAAAAUUUGGH!!" Nightmare screamed in agony, as Princess Celestia quickly blasted free from the slimy tendrils. However, as Celestia makes another flaming dash for her son, a huge geyser of sludge erupted before her, cutting her off as it knocks her back, straight into a huge hand shaped sludge Nightmare Smooze had conjured. "You will pay for your cleverness, Celestia!" Nightmare Smooze hissed. "Because now, your son shall taste the terrible beauty of true power! And he, along with those who dared to oppose me shall be, destroyed!!!" With that, several slime monsters were all formed from Nightmare Smooze's slimes. Despite their predicament, Spike and Scorpan both took a fighting stance, "Bring it!" they challenged. With that, the monsters all advanced upon Spike and Scorpan, who all fought back. One of the monsters lunged towards Spike, throwing a fist out, which the Dragon Prince manages to evade, before he catches the monster's arm, and decapitated it with a quick elbow swing. Another slime monster lunged at Spike, swiping and slashing its arms at the Dragon Prince. In response, Spike quickly ducks his head, jumps, while blocking several strikes from the monster, before launching a counterstrike. Scorpan was quick enough to dodge a monster's slime punch, as he flexibly bent his back, while catching the monster's fist with one hand, while blocking the monster's other punch with his other hand. The gargoyle then stood straight up, as he twisted the slime monster's arms together. "You're lucky you're an invertebrate!" Scorpan snarled, as he tore the slime monster's arms off. "Otherwise, it would've been very painful!" With a loud yell, Scorpan flew up in the air, before he landed a kick to the monster, knocking it back into the slime it came from, before he was set upon by more slime monsters. Spike turned and sees his uncle getting overwhelmed, "Uncle!" Spike shouted, as he runs up to the gargoyle, only for more monsters to block his path. Spike was about to fight them off, when he hears the haunting sounds of singing. Turning to his right, Spike was surprised to see three heads of beautiful girls, each on long purple lumpy necks, conjoined together with the body of Smooze slimes. What's even more shocking was the fact that Spike recognized these girls' faces from a dream he had. With that, Spike's eyes suddenly turned green, as he had a flashback of the said dream. The three girls all opened their mouth and they all vocalized together in a perfect sync, while circling around Spike. Spike couldn't help but feel drawn to their singing, for it was like nothing he's ever heard before. In return, it moved him in mysterious ways that he cannot describe. Needless to say, Spike likes it. No, he loves it. "Wow," he said, as he suddenly felt lost in his thoughts. "You girls can really hit a tune." The girls all smiled seductively at Spike, while batting their eyes at him, as they continue to circle around him. Then, at the last second, the girls all..... Meanwhile, the rest of the heroes were struggling to break through the wall of Smooze. Pinkie Pie was throwing several of her sprinkle bombs, all which exploded upon impacts, creating holes in the walls that quickly closed up. Applejack tried to punch through the wall, only for her hand to be caught in the Smooze's slime as it threatens to pull her in. Thankfully, Rarity conjured several diamond discs, which she used to cut her friend free. "Thanks Rare," Applejack panted. "LOOK OUT!!" Applejack shouted, to which Rarity responded, by projecting a diamond shield, saving herself and the farm girl, just as a Smooze slime crashes down on them. "Take this!" Rumble shouted, as he slashes the Smooze's slime tentacle with his Sword of Honor. "Come on!" Rainbow grunted. "We've got to get in there and save Spike!" Just then, Rainbow Dash heard a screech, to which she turned to see Peewee divebombing in a flaming comet, making an explosive impact on the wall. Unfortunately, the young phoenix only ends up getting stuck in the slime as it pulls him in. "PEEWEE!!" Fluttershy gasped, before she reaches into her saddlebag and pulls out what appeared to be a rope. "Hold on sweetie! I'll save you!" With that, Fluttershy jumped into the slime, with the rope she was bound to. Emerging from her saddlebag, was her pet, Angel Bunny, together with several creatures that were holding onto a giant spider that appeared to struggle desperately holding onto Fluttershy. The Knights, and girls all joined in, as they held onto the silk, struggling to pull their friend out. "Come on, ya landlubbers!" Celaeno grunted. "Put yer back into it!" Nightmare Smooze's voice was heard cackling, "You want your friend?" she asked. "Well go and join her!" With an evil laugh, Nightmare Smooze's slime quickly trails on the spider's web. And before long, the heroes were all grabbed by the monster's slimes, as it consumes them. Princess Celestia, who was busy fighting with Nightmare Smooze, suddenly took notice, "NO!!" Celestia screamed, holding her hoof out. "YES!!!" Nightmare Smooze smiled with glee, while an aura of gold magic pulsed from where she had swallowed the heroes. "Ah, the power!" Nightmare Smooze hissed in satisfaction. "I had almost forgotten! The Dragonfire! The Armor of Heroes! The Elements of Harmony! The magical forces of legends! The Armor of Heroes with which Starswirl and his heroes once used to defeat my fallen brothers and sisters of darkness! The Elements of Harmony that you've once used to lock me away, within the moon! A courtesy for which I shall gladly extend to you, Celestia! And lastly, the Dragonfire! The power that transcends across the universe, and blessed the power of cosmos upon the wielder!" Turning to an even more horrified Celestia, Nightmare Smooze roared demonically, "I AM COMPLETE!!!!" With that, Nightmare Smooze's horn glowed, and several buildings began to sprout from the sea of Smooze. "My Empire of the Night, RISES!!" Nightmare Smooze bellowed. "I don't think so, Moony!" a voice called, followed by several ice arrows that flew towards Nightmare Smooze, and freezes over her. With a final grunt, Nightmare Smooze thawed out, "Who dares?!" she roared, as she and Celestia turned to see Neira, accompanied with Prince Edgar, and some guards. "I am Queen Gwyneira!" Neira declared. "Queen of the Windigoes!" "And Sorceress of the Frozen North!" Prince Edgar added confidently. "Ah, I remember you now," Nightmare Smooze sneered. "You were the daughter of the Windigo King and his betrothed. So nice to make your acquaintance before I send you to your doom." "I don't think so!" Neira replied, with her horn glowing, ready to fire an offensive spell. "I may be a Sorceress of the Frozen North. But there's still a place for Equestria in my heart! And I'm going to save this land from you!" "It is time you pay for your crimes, Nightmare Moon!" Edgar said in defiance. Nightmare Smooze tossed Princess Celestia to the side of a mountain, where she was restrained by several black vines. Nightmare Smooze towered over Neira and her armies, "You foals are the only ones that will pay!" the demonic alicorn roared. "Pay with your pathetic lives!" "Bring it!" Neira snarled. With a blast of dark magic, Nightmare Smooze fires her attacks at Neira, who quickly retaliated with a strong gust of icy winds.