It was morning, and Sam got out of bed. He was tasked to go find a spacecraft, which contains the fifth, and possibly the final memory. Even though Sam didn’t know for sure it was the last one, he knew that this memory was going to build up to something. He’s unsure if he’s ready to confront whatever could possibly be inside the craft, but regardless, he needed to find that memory.
Although, then again...
For some reason, he felt like he had doubts in this female voice, that talked to him last night. Sam wasn’t sure if he can trust this new voice, but then again, the male voice who compelled him to befriend Rainbow Dash, was the same voice who almost seriously injured him by not transforming into the dragon form.
Nevertheless, he had a little bit of faith in this female voice. Sam proceeded to make the bed, which he always did, after sleeping in it. He wasn’t sure why he’d sit in it, before he pulled the covers over it. But by not doing so, gave him a vary unclean, and anxious feeling.
He got up, and he was about to leave his room, when he felt a slight sting on the back of his head. Before he even had a chance to react, he suddenly felt drowsy. Was he hit by a dart? He wasn’t sure in the moment, but nonetheless. He wobbled on his legs, before he fell on his side with a loud thud. He was knocked out instantly.
But before he fell unconscious, however, he had this thought, that perfectly summarized his life.
“Welp, here we go again.” By this point, he was thinking he might get hypersomnia, from his excessive sleeping...
-Time Skip-
When Sam woke, his heart was racing out of control. He sat up slowly, and looked around the room. He was still in the same place as he was before, however, when he glanced at the ground, he noticed a burnt line on the floor. As if that wasn’t weird enough, it was in a circle, around him. Sam blinked, why would there be a circle here? Unless...
That’s when the nightmare he had, slowly came back to him. As it came back, he found himself chilled to the bone. Just when his heart was calming, his heart began to slowly race again.
He didn’t know who knocked him out, but there was a weird golden force field around him, which could explain the burned circle that was around his unconscious form. He remembered everything from the dream.
His friends were kidnapped by frightening creatures, who he came to know as changelings, thanks to some of the books he read up in Twilight’s library. Sam found himself following them, as they carried his friends. He was shaking with fear. He tried to attack the changelings, but his hoof practically went right through them! As if he was a ghost, who couldn’t interact with anything. Bizarrely enough, the changelings tried to kidnap him as well, but the force field prevented them from getting through. No matter how much magic they shot at it, the shield wouldn’t go down. Somehow, he felt as if there was eyes on those changelings that tried to catch him.
Sam was left, powerless, to save his friends. They were taken to a worn down castle, where they were put into cocoons. He watched the entire process, which will probably give him nightmares for days to come. But it wasn’t the cocooning that made him afraid, no, it was the one that was doing such. In those moments, his terror changed into anger, and he found himself hating the queen of the hive. Although he forgot her name, he knew exactly who it was, based on Twilight’s tales.
Sam was shivering, looking back at the nightmare. But, the one thing that put his fears at ease, was the ending of the dream. His friends were saved by Starlight, and a changeling named Thorax...
The last thing he remembered from the dream, was his friends enjoying some party at a random town. He wasn’t sure of the name, but judging from the conversations that went on, Starlight seemingly knew this town well.
Sam got up, and stumbled out of his room. It’s then, he heard the silence. He rose an eyebrow, and he somehow felt as though this was suspicious...
After a vary long, and torturous hike. The three made it to the crashed vessel. Slaughter, Dark, and Voss inspected the crashed spaceship before them. It was large, with a tough, iron hull. It also didn’t look like the stereotypical UFO, instead, it was rather long, but thick. The windows were shattered, along with some parts falling off it.
Slaughter tilted his head towards Voss.
“You sure bout this?” He asked. Voss tilted his head down, glancing at the ground.
“I... I’m sure. Trust me, this time. Molgovon, and Vorita will get the karma they deserve.” Voss said, turning to his partners with determination in his eyes.
As they stood there, and took in the view of the ship. Dark cocked his head over at Slaughter, and couldn’t help but think of something. Dark soon pulled out a pair of sunglasses, and asked him.
“Hey, bro,” He said. Slaughter rolled his eyes at him, and seemed to be almost impatient. “put these on, I can barely see you.”
Dark handed the glasses over. Slaughter took them, and placed them on his eyes. Voss couldn’t help but chuckle inside, seeing how Slaughter looked with the glasses on. He looked like the Invisible man. Though he couldn’t help but think, where did Dark get sunglasses? It didn’t matter, he and his rivals needed to get the guy inside to join their conquest against Molgovon.
Sam was wandering through the castle, when he heard the front doors open. His eyes widened, and he quickly ran to the door.
Twilight Sparkle and her friends walk through the door, only to be met with a fast approaching Sam.
“Sam?” Twilight said, before Sam came to a screeching halt.
“Guys! Wherever you been!?” Sam asked, with desperation in his voice. He was huffing and puffing from how fast he galloped.
“We’ve uh... had a rough adventure” Starlight replied, smiling nervously. Sam blinked, before he rubbed the back of his neck. Judging by his face, something was wrong. “What’s wrong?”
“Ugh... I’m just getting tired of... getting knocked unconscious...” He muttered.
“What happened?” Twilight asked. Sam turned to his left, and stared blankly at the ground.
“... what...?” He rubbed the back of his head.
“You mentioned being knocked out, what happened? Do you remember?” Starlight asked. Sam shook his head, his hair wagging as he did so. He glanced back to Twilight, before he decided to reply to Starlight.
“I... don’t know.. what happened, to me...” Sam explained. “All I remember is... having a nightmare of you gals, being cocooned...”
Everypony all looked at one another, before they looked back to Sam.
“Uhm... you weren’t dreaming, Sam. That’s exactly what happened recently.” Starlight replied. Sam blinked for a second, before his eyes widened with horror.
“No... I failed... I failed in saving you girls. I remember looking on, terrified, as I was powerless, as I witnessed you being kidnapped...” Sam glanced down at the ground, with a shaken expression on his face. “I remember, trying to break you free, only to realize that I just fazed right through you! Like a ghost...”
Everypony’s eyes widened, as they listened to Sam’s story.
“I... I thought the worst happened to me... that I wasn’t going to wake up...” Sam suddenly began shivering, as if he was about to ball. “or that this would be my life... as a ghost. However, then I saw Starlight, and her... allies, storm into their castle... I found myself rooting for her, and her friends...”
Sam explained everything, from when Thorax became a changeling king, to when Sam woke up. Starlight turned to Twilight, and whispered to her.
“I hadn’t seen Sam anywhere throughout my adventure to save you. Maybe he somehow was having an out of body experience.”
Twilight was puzzled beyond belief. She then turned to Sam.
“I can’t really come to a conclusion to what, or how you were able to see what we were going through.” Twilight rubbed the back of her head. “Well, that’s another thing to add to the list of things we don’t know about you...”
She muttered the last part. In which, Sam caught, but he didn’t say anything. Suddenly, their whole party gets interrupted, by a knock on the front doors.
Spike walked over to open the door, only for it to burst open. Spike yelped, as he was flung back from the doors. He hit the wall next to the entrance, and face planted on the floor. Three beings walked into the castle, and were fast approaching the map room.
“Spike!?” Twilight called, concerned. There was no reply, instead three vary familiar figures came through the door to the room, where the group were in. The figures were Dark, Slaughter, and Voss.
Twilight and her friends gasped, eyes wide, and mouths agape.
“Yeah, we know--” Before Voss could even finish his sentence, Sam transformed into his dragon form, and charged towards the trio. Dark lifted his arm up, and formed a red, magical shield around the three. Sam couldn’t stop, due to his momentum. He hit the shield, hands first, and then hit his face against it. “Aye aye! Wait a sec! Let me explain ourselves!”
Sam backed up, and glared.
“Explain what!?” He growled. Admittedly, Twilight and her friends hadn’t seen Sam this angry before. “Here to kidnap my friends!? I already almost had a heart attack for them when they got caught by that... what’s that queen’s name again?”
“Chrysalis.”
“Chrysalis!?”
“L-look!” Voss sounded like he was sweating. “We’re not here to hurt ya, we’ve came to warn you!”
Sam rose an eyebrow. Voss glanced over to Dark, and whispered something in Dark’s ear... if he had one. Dark lowered the shield, and it soon dissipated. Voss stepped up, bravely.
“It’s vary important. But before I speak, can we all just have tea?” He asked. Sam stepped back once more, and turned to his friends. He nodded his head slightly.
“If you’re not here to do bad... T-then... why are you here...?” Sam asked. The two factions managed to calm down, and which they all sat down for some tea.
“We uh... got scammed by Molgovon--our employer.” Voss replied. He took a sip at the tea that Twilight provided.
“So we decided to help you, as part of our revenge on that idiot!” Slaughter added. Sam rubbed the top of his head, in a puzzled manner. Rainbow then hovered over Slaughter.
“Plus uh... he’s coming here to destroy our butts.” Dark said.
“So after trying to do... something, with me and my friends, now you come to us begging for help!?” Rainbow protested. Slaughter glared, and gnashed his teeth. Voss uttered an annoyed sigh.
“Can we reach ANY sort of agreement?” He said, with clear impatience behind his voice. Sam “psst”ed at Rainbow, and gestured her to cool down a bit. “Gah... anyways, Any questions?”
“Uhm... who is this Molgovon guy?” Asked Starlight. Voss had this look on his face, as if he was dreading to explain who the guy was.
“Molgovon, is a... well, he’s kind of a fraud--to say the least. He’s the brother of Sorsirina, who is the one Molgovon wishes to awaken. He--actually, I might as well tell the whole situation. Sorsirina had come to Equestria, like Sam. Knowing that Sam would be there to stop her, Sorsirina “allegedly” stole all of Sam’s memories, and Molgovon hid them. Molgovon employed me, Slaughter, and Dark to keep Sam off track, in order for Molgovon and his little sister Vorita to successfully reawaken Sorsirina. There was also this Silver guy, who was part of our team. But he didn’t even bother to stick to the job.” Voss explained. He paused for a second, after finishing his explanation, and thought for a moment.
“I wonder where that guy went? Eh... I guess it doesn’t really matter, since we’re now rebelling these frauds.” Voss ended his sentence with an almost angry tone, but he seemingly kept it inside. “Anyways, Now you maybe wondering, who’s Vorita? Unfortunately, Molgovon didn’t come to Equestria alone, he also brought his other sister--Vorita. She’s sort of like Sorsirina, in that she can get kinda unhinged. But at least Sorsirina has class.”
Voss muttered the last part.
“Also, to finish it, I kinda knew they weren’t going to pay us, in which uh... Dark and Slaughter didn’t take lightly. Because I knew they weren’t going to pay, I decided to work both sides, by helping Sam, and helping the others.”
“Uhm... I don’t buy it...” Sam said. Voss looked over to his fellow teammates, and nodded. It seemed as though he was anticipating this.
Slaughter, as well as his comrades--for lack of a better word--all grabbed something behind their backs, and met eyes with Sam.
“Will you believe us, if we gave you these?”Was what Voss said, before all three each pulled out differently colored memory orbs. Dark, Slaughter, and Voss each held one. Dark held a red orb, Slaughter held a Purple orb, and Voss had a Cyan orb.
“Woah...! W-where did you get those!?” Sam gasped.
“We found em’ in the original location, the place where Molgovon and Vorita entered Equestria.” Voss then did something that Sam didn’t expect. Voss spoke telepathic to him, speaking in his head. “Y’know, the location that the voice wanted you to go, but I did this. Now pretend you didn’t hear me.”
Sam shuttered, and Voss snickered.
“Yeah, but as much as we’d like to go in depth--we don’t have much time. These two could be here, any day now.” Dark added. The two groups seemed to slowly be warming up to each other. But Twilight and her friends remained on edge over the trio. Twilight and her friends took some time to discuss to one another about what to do with the situation. They then went back to the trio.
“Well, thanks for telling us everything. But we still don’t exactly trust you entirely--since well, you kidnapped some of us, and you posed a threat.” Twilight explained. Dark squinted at this.
“So what? We were just doing what we were told, all for a fake prize.” Dark growled at the last part.
“But even though you were doing what you were instructed, that doesn’t give any of you an excuse for what you weren’t told to do.”
Dark sat back, and sighed.
“Tsk. What a shame, what’re you gonna do? Send me to Tartarus?” Dark shot back. Slaughter had an almost hay-eating grin, seeing Dark practically not giving a pony’s flank about what Twilight Sparkle--The Princess of Friendship! was saying. Voss was seeing how this was going, and he quickly tried to stop the fight.
“Okay, okay! We were nasty, smug guys! But we have no choice but to work together, against Molgovon and his two sisters.” Voss shouted, to try to deescalate the situation. “Anyways, Sam?”
Sam perked his ears, hearing Voss’ voice directed to him.
“Touch the memory orbs, and gain back your memories.” Voss instructed, and Sam nodded. Dark, Slaughter, and Voss took each orb, and placed them in a line on the map. Of course, they were told to place them somewhere else, thanks to Twilight.
The orbs were lined up on the floor. Sam walked over to the line, and scanned his eyes across them. He wasn’t sure which one to start with.
“Uh... where do I start?”
“Maybe try the purple one?” Rainbow proposed. Sam shrugged, and touched the purple orb.
Sam had met the mysterious purple girl, physically. She loved him, but Sam was reluctant on being honest. Sam didn’t really love the girl, but he couldn’t bring himself to tell her no. Soon he found himself in love with someone else...
Sam opened his eyes, and rubbed his right temple.
“What did you see?” Twilight asked. Voss shot her a glare.
“No questions, until he remembers everything.” Voss said. Twilight squinted at him, rather annoyed of Voss’ voice. Sam then turned to the red orb, and touched it.
Sam started to feel slight resentment towards the girl, so she sent him her siblings. Molgovon, and Vorita. He had no idea where they were from, thus, Sam was haunted by them. But then he realized that the girl was related to them.
Sam came back to reality, and quickly went to the last orb--the cyan one.
Sam had formed a crush on someone else, which angered the purple girl. Sam was threatened by her, but he proceeded to crush anyways. Soon the purple girl begun to threaten the public, resulting in Sam needing to save the world.
By this point, he now remembered every single bit of himself. Aside from the significant events he needed to know about, he also gained for more knowledge of his past. The more and more he gained, the less and less eager he became. After touching all three of the orbs, he felt exhausted.
After Sam came back, he was silent.
“What happened?” Twilight asked.
“...” Sam just stared at the ground, thinking to himself, trying to process everything. Before he could answer anything, the two groups heard something outside. It sounded like a shout, like it was a warcry.
“Speak of Tartarus, it’s Molgovon’s shout!” Dark warned.
The two groups walked out the exit, and saw two individuals standing a few meters away from the castle. One was blue and one was red. It was Molgovon, and Vorita. They seemed to be wearing something different this time around. Vorita had long sleeves on her arms, with small cutouts on her shoulders. Molgovon had a larger cloak, with his face entirely obscured.
“Great. Welp, I guess here’s our last battle.” Voss muttered, nervously. The Mane Six were readying themselves, and glared at Molgovon and Vorita.
Twilight looked over to Voss.
“That’s Molgovon and Vorita?” She asked. Voss nodded, and stepped forward.
“Alright, Molgy. Time you’ve received a roasting.” Voss taunted. Molgovon cocked his head towards Vorita and tilted his head, before he glanced back at Voss.
“Okay. Sam, let’s go.” Molgovon completely ignored Voss.
Dark and Slaughter looked at Voss with puzzled looks. The Mane Six also had equally had weirded out looks. Voss shuttered, realizing he probably said something.
“What kind of taunt is that?” Dark asked, with a voice hinting towards laughter. Voss sighed.
“Fine, let’s just get these darn clowns!” Voss growled. Voss was about to charge, when Twilight stopped him.
“Wait, I’d like to ask.” She said. Voss backed away, allowing Twilight Sparkle to face the duo. “What do you want with Sam?”
“We’ve come to take Sam back, so that he can accept his fate with Sorsirina.” Molgovon replied. Vorita joined in on the conversation.
“She’d be eager to gabble him up~!” Vorita added. Molgovon face palmed, hating his sister’s voice. “Also, Sam’s gonna have a lot of fun with Sorsirina!”
Twilight and her friends’ eyes widened. Voss and his partners weren’t surprised.
“Well, that sounds nice.” Voss smirked. Vorita tilted her head. Everypony stared at him, with confusion and wonder.
“Really?” Vorita sounded equally puzzled.
“Yeah, mind if we gabble you and Sorsirina up?” Voss’ eyes flared to life. Suddenly, he floated upwards. His antlers glowed, and his mouth glowed crimson. He opened his jaws, and shot a beam of fire. It’s target was Molgovon.
Molgovon turned his body slightly, he pulled something from under his cloak, which was glowing. He swung his arm in a horizontal slashing motion, just when the fire hit him. There was a puff of smoke, and after it cleared, Molgovon stood there, not even a scratch on him. What he used to deflect the fire, was a long, red machete. Voss was noticeably surprised at this, he hadn’t known that Molgovon wielded a blade like that!
Molgovon chuckled darkly.
“Did you really think I’d go down, that easily?” He asked. His sword glowed, as it absorbed the fire that Voss shot. “I am your reality.”
“Uh.. no you’re not.” Voss peeped out. Vorita took this chance to act. She smiled devilishly, and she grabbed the him of her skirt. The guys around looked on, with confused thought, until Vorita lifted her skirt, revealing nothing but darkness under. Suddenly, red, smoky spiders emerged, and crawled out from under her. Her eyes flashed, and more spiders came out.
“R-run!!!!” Sam cried, before he ran inside. Everypony took this chance to run, as the spider begun fast approaching them. Dark and Slaughter closed the doors, and held them shut. Sam came next to a window, pulled the curtains away. He saw that the spiders had all fused together, to form a giant battering ram. He wasn’t able to see it bang the door though, for that a spider crawled up, and covered his view, from outside.
He was met with the underside of a spider, with it’s hideous fangs were exposed. It was the most horrifying sight Sam had ever seen. Unfortunately in those orbs, it revealed he was scared of spiders. He closed the curtains, and ran to join his friends.
Dark and Slaughter grunted, as they were having a hard time keeping the doors closed. As they pushed, they were met with bangs from the doors. Dark glanced at everypony.
“Quick! Shut all openings!!” He called. Everypony nodded to each other, and swiftly went in many different directions, to go make sure every window and door was closed in the castle.
Among the chaos, Spike had walked out of the bathroom. He saw Rainbow Dash storm by, which made him jump.
“Woah.” He peeked around the corner, and watched Rainbow fly down the hall. He turned the opposite way. “What’s going on?”
“Hey! Spike! Close the windows!” Sam said. He was tagging along with Rainbow. Spike blinked.
“What? Close all the windows?”
"There's a horde of spiders outside!"
"A-ah alright!" Spike replied.
Slaughter was holding the doors shut, when an idea came to his mind.
“Hey, Dark! I got an idea!”
“What?”
“You hold the doors, while I stick web across the doors, that way, the door will stay shut!” He explained. Dark nodded, before he placed both hands on the each door. He pushed with all his might, as Slaughter started work. Slaughter shot a net that he made way earlier, before they visited Twilight’s. He then begun connected the net to different silk threads, which connected to the walls next to the entrance.
Everypony arrived back, after making sure every window was shut. Dark and Slaughter looked at each other, hoping that the spiders don’t get inside, and that Slaughter’s plan works.
“Aye, I’m gettin’ second thoughts about them checkin’ all the windows. What if they missed one?” Slaughter asked. Dark rose an eyebrow. Since when did Slaughter of all beings, became the worried one?
“I’m positive. Did ya close all of em?”
“Yes, we did.” Twilight said. Voss couldn’t help but be a little jealous that she was speaking, and not him. Why was he feeling this? He wasn’t sure. The group watched, as they struggled to keep the door shut.
“Yo! Don’t just stand there! Help us out here!” Dark growled. Everypony soon pitched in, on holding the door shut. The impact of which the spiders were hitting the door, have increased in intensity now. The doors felt as though they were ready to break under the insane strength of the monsters on the other side. Sam quickly transformed into his dragon form, and helped hold the doors shut. “Ngh.. that’s it. We’ve got it!”
“How much longer!?” Rainbow complained. Samneo grunted.
“I dunno! They might have to give up sooner or later!” He replied, with a hint of hope near the end. How wrong, he was.
Suddenly, the windows begun emitting a light crackling sound. Samneo, as well as Voss heard it. It was clear in the moment, of what was going to happen next.
“Gasp! Everypony run!!” Voss warned. Samneo and everypony quickly bolted away from the doors, as the windows begun cracking open. “They’re going through the glass!!”
Glass shattered through, and fell on the ground near the entrance. The doors flung open, and there stood Molgovon and Vorita, with there eyes flaring angrily. The spiders begun pouring in through the windows, and into the castle. It was evident that these guys weren’t leaving without a battle. It was also obvious they were out for pony flank.
Samneo and the others ran, but are soon stopped in their tracks. Spiders had managed to outrun them, and were blocking their path to the map room. They were in the hallway, the spiders were crawling on the walls, acting like a barrier to freedom. Everypony readied themselves.
Twilight Sparkle shot a beam of magic towards one back of the spiders. The spiders were vaporized by her beam, but they were soon replaced by more arachnids.
“Uh, hey Fluttershy? Can ya talk t’ em?” Applejack asked. Fluttershy slowly approached one spider, as it stood next to the others.
“U-uhm... h-hi there, little spi--” The spider shot her a hiss, causing Fluttershy to recoil fearfully. These spiders weren’t here for tea, or any sort of peace. “I-i... I can’t reason with them...”
“Ya think!?” Slaughter snapped. “What makes ya think they’ll listen!?”
Samneo and the group turned, and faced their opponents. Samneo shuttered, as he stared at Molgovon. Molgovon smiled, eerily.
“At last, we’ve come face to face. Remember me? When you received the orange memory?” Molgovon tilted his head, slowly. Samneo thought for a moment, trying to remember. Then it hit him, this was the same guy who made Sam run for the hills last time. The fact that this is the same dude, made Sam’s scales crawl. Though then again, it should’ve been obvious by Molgovon’s looks, that it’s the same one he met previously. Molgovon stepped forward. “So you’ve came here, to seek a certain pony? Or so I’ve heard.”
Samneo squinted, with a glare.
“I know what you mean, but don’t mention her name... Not yet, at least.” Samneo warned. Everypony glanced at him, wondering what he and Molgovon were talking about. Vorita giggled.
“Why? She must be delicious! Think of all the flavors, she might even have all of em’! Cherry... blueberry, or even green apple?” Vorita sounded like she was drooling at the last sentence. Molgovon shook his head, growing tired of his sister not contributing to anything.
Samneo gnashed his teeth.
“Oh yeah? Like I would do such a thing!” Samneo retorted. He turned to his friends. “Let’s get em’ everypony!”
“Yeah!” Everypony spoke. Molgovon and Vorita faced each other, before they glanced back at the opposing group.
“Be careful of what you’re doing, Samneo.” Molgovon made a hand gesture, having his finger side to side in an ‘ah ah ah’ motion.
Everypony charged, but were stopped when Molgovon made a stop gesture.
“Wait. Rules first; you cannot leave, or else you’ll be eaten alive by Vorita’s spider army. The spiders will keep their distance, only if you remain in the arena at all costs. Understood?”
The group all nodded.
“Okay, Guys n’ gals, we need to come up with a plan--Samneo? Care to lead?”
“W-what? O-oh, alright.” Samneo turned, and stared at Molgovon. “Rainbow, AJ, and Twilight, you three join me against Molgovon. Voss, and the rest, you all fight Vorita.”
Rainbow and Applejack blinked, seeing that Samneo was asking them to join him in battle.
“Sure thing.” Applejack tipped her Stetson hat, in approval.
“Okay, Sam.” Rainbow said, with determination in her voice. Twilight nodded, and so did everypony else. Voss, Dark, and Slaughter smirked.
“This is gonna be a piece of cake.” Dark muttered under his breath.
Once everypony was ready, they all ran towards the evil duo.
Samneo and everypony had split into squads, with Voss leading one group, and Samneo with the other.
Vorita hissed as Dark used his arm to shoot a fiery magic ray. Dark had aimed his attack at her chest, but he soon realized his mistake. Vorita covered her chest, which was ripped slightly. Dark’s eyes widened, and Vorita noticed his look of surprise. She grinned, with eyes full of intent on taking advantage of the situation.
Slaughter had foreseen Vorita’s move, and he quickly shot a ball of web at her chest, as she moved her arm away. She screeched as it hit her... there. She turned, and she had this look, that made Slaughter’s skin crawl--despite lacking any. She sprinted toward him, only to stop in her tracks, seeing that Slaughter took the sunglasses off. He dropped them on the floor, and cackled to himself. Vorita briefly rolled her eyes, looking for Slaughter. She quickly gave up, and she went back to fighting Dark Samuel.
Though before she could continue her fight, Voss interrupted her process, and used his magic. Voss’ antlers glowed, and two black sabers extruded out through his wrists. The blades were flat, and were fairly dull at the tips. Voss began floating at Vorita quickly. Vorita lifted her arms slightly, and her sleeves extended over her hands, and closed on themselves. The sleeves turned into tentacles! She begun flicking them like twin whips, and she used them to grab Voss’ sabers. Voss grunted, as he then pulled her up to him. He leaned back, and kicked her square in the abdomen. Vorita hissed, and backed away. As she did so, Voss--in one swift movement, his sabers cut her tentacles. She screeched, but soon her spiders came to her.
She lowered her arms onto the ground, and the spiders begun fusing into her dress. As they did, her tentacles grew back. She cackled, and stood up to her full height. Voss stared, with a rather unnerved look.
“I didn’t know she could regenerate!” He thought.
Applejack turned, and kicked Molgovon in the gut. Molgovon wasn’t phased by this, and proceeded to grab her hoof. Voss quickly blasted Molgovon’s hand, however. Voss’ red energy beam burned the other shadow’s hand, causing him to reel back in pain, and release Applejack. Voss then went to battle Vorita.
This was Rainbow’s chance, and she swooped in, to kick her enemy. Molgovon glanced up, just in time to be hit in the face. He almost went out cold, due to the force of her kick. Samneo took this chance, as well, and ran over to help Dash. After Rainbow flew off of Molgovon, Samneo came in with a punch to Molgovon’s chest.
Molgovon, although slightly disoriented from the kick, laughed. He then grabbed Sam’s wrist, and he turned, and Samneo was pulled with him. Samneo was thrown, and hit the floor nearby. But before he did so, he used his tail to grab Molgovon’s leg. So when he was flung, so was Molgovon. The enemy fell back, as Samneo rolled over to his belly. Samneo soon shot water at Molgovon, causing him to slide across the floor. Molgovon growled, as he was being pushed by Samneo.
Twilight Sparkle also joined Samneo, and shot a beam of her own. Molgovon roared in pain, as the beam struck him.
Meanwhile, Dark and Vorita were engaged in combat. Dark had pulled out his sword, but before he could do serious damage, Vorita caught his blade with her red whip. The whip was like a tentacle, as it practically stuck to Dark’s sword. He growled as he tried to pull away, but she was pulling him towards her. Voss shot a red beam at Vorita, causing her to release Dark.
Slaughter also joined Voss, and shot a string of web at her. Vorita felt the web stick to her arm, but she managed to get one of her spiders to bite it off her. Slaughter sneered, and shot another web. This time, he shot multiples, and he begun running around Vorita. Due to the fact that he was invisible, with the sunglasses being the only thing visible, Vorita was having a hard time hitting him with her whips. Suddenly, the spiders begun crawling towards Slaughter, but Slaughter was too fast to be caught by the ashy arachnids.
As this was going on, Fluttershy tried once again to get a spider to join her side. But alas, she was unsuccessful, she even gave the stare to one, but nothing worked. Or did it?
Vorita felt her movements slow, but it wasn’t because of the web. She felt something she hadn’t before, she felt... like bending her knees, and falling asleep. But she shook it off, but then she felt it again, and again. Voss took note of Vorita’s rather drunken movements, as she whipped all over the place. Finally, she grabbed Slaughter’s silk, and pulled him towards her. But by the time she did so, she was somehow having a hard time bringing herself hitting him.
Voss noticed her hesitance, and when he glanced to Fluttershy, she was staring at a spider. Voss had a light bulb moment, and called Fluttershy.
“F-fluttershy! I don’t know what you’re doing, but I think you’re having an effect on Vorita! Keep going!”
Fluttershy heard Voss, and she proceeded to keep staring. Soon she stopped, seeing that the spider before her, had stopped moving. She then went to the next spider, which was curious of what happened to it’s fellow arachnid. As she kept giving stares, Vorita become more and more sleepy.
Dark Samuel was watching, and he smirked.
“That yella pony’s making her submissive?” He muttered under his breath. “Eh, I guess it makes sense.”
He turned to see the fight going on with the others. Samneo and his squad weren’t having any luck with Molgovon, so Dark Samuel decided to step into the ring with Molgovon.
“Hey! Golla!” He taunted.
His arm’s magic lit his blade on fire, and he charged at Molgovon. Molgovon already had his sword ready, and he swung it towards Dark, but Dark Sam ducked, and slashed Molgovon’s waist horizontally. Molgovon roared, as the flaming blade burned him, even setting part of his cape on fire! Molgovon glared, eyes full of rage, before he pushed Dark away. Dark and Molgovon swung at each other, their blades hitting. Sparks were flying from the blades, as Dark’s magic clashed with Molgovon’s. Soon Molgovon overpowered Dark, and forced him backward.
Samneo stepped in, along with Twilight Sparkle, and the two of them shot beams. Samneo’s water breath was enhanced by Twilight’s, as it hit Molgovon pointblank. Molgovon flew back, and hit the ground next to the entrance. Samneo took this moment to sprint up to Molgovon, and grab him by the chest. By this point, Molgovon was knocked out cold, but that didn’t stop Samneo from pulling another move. Samneo turned, and begun twirling in a circle, before he stopped himself, and threw Molgovon’s body towards the doors.
The doors flung open, as Molgovon went flying outside. Molgovon hit the ground hard, knocking the breath out of him, and waking him. He couldn’t move for a solid second, due to how strong the throw was.
“U-ugh--where am I!?” He slowly sat up, just in time as Samneo stepped outside. Samneo’s friends weren’t far behind, they were baffled as to how Samneo did that.
“Woah! Sam! That was awesome!!” Rainbow gushed. Samneo couldn’t help but blush slightly, smiling proudly by his actions.
Molgovon stood up, somewhat weak from the battle before. He soon collected himself, and then ran at Samneo. Molgovon swung his red blade at Sam, only for Sam to block it with his right arm. Samneo’s scales acted like a shield, as the red blade was unable to leave a dent in Samneo’s arm. Samneo pushed his enemy’s blade away, and shot his water breath at Molgovon. Molgovon growled, and stepped back.
He stopped, for a second, and glared. His left hand begun charging some kind of black magic. It was almost like how Dark Samuel’s magic looked before, in which it looked weird. But for Molgovon, his magic looked almost as if it was... corrupted somehow, like it wasn’t even magic at all.
Meanwhile, inside the castle.
Vorita seemingly fell asleep, and Slaughter took this moment to put her inside a web he made. She was covered head to toe in silk. He had to admit, whatever Fluttershy did, he wasn’t complaining.
“So... Fluttershy? What did you do?” Voss asked.
“I-i uhm... I used my stare...”
“Hm.. oh. Since the spiders came from Vorita, when you used your stare, it left Vorita in a mentally perplexed state. Because of that, she’s acting all weird. Say, Fluttershy? Could you go and try staring Vorita. Perhaps get her to obey you somewhat?”
“Oh! Uhm... my stare only works for animals... I-i don’t know if I’ll work for Vorita...”
“W-well... it’s worth a shot. But we’ll have to do so later, we gotta join Samneo!”
The others followed Samneo and his friends outside, and were met with Samneo staring down Molgovon. Molgovon and Samneo locked eyes, as now that Sam had all his memories, he remembered all the trouble Molgovon gave him in the past.
“You will pay for breaking up with Sorsirina.” Molgovon sneered. “I won’t let you hook up with that pony you call your crush!”
Rainbow Dash turned to Samneo.
“What’s he talking about?” She asked.
Samneo lowered his head, slowly. He realized that there was not turning back from this, and that he needed to explain.
“Ugh. Molgovon, I’m not coming back to Sorsirina, not after she tried turning me into an Inkubus. I was--”
“Silence! I am tired of you making excuses. She’s done nothing to make you resent her, and you know it!”
“I don’t.”
“Grr. I won’t let you confess your feelings for Rainbow!”
Silence soon followed. Everypony stared at Samneo, surprised. He froze, he felt his veins run cold, as if his entire body was being skewered by icy knives.
“Wait, Sam? You had feelings for me!?” Rainbow asked, shocked. Samneo trembled, the feeling of dread rained down his body and spine.
“I-i... no I..” Sam was stuttering, as he panicked. He wasn’t even sure why he was. He felt like there was something inside him, that was telling him to lie to Molgovon.
“She’ll never love you, if she knew who you are!”
“B-but Mol--”
“You cannot be with Rainbow, for that Sorsirina is your one and only,” Molgovon stated, with hints of hatred. “and now, it’s time for you to witness Rainbow’s freezing!”
Molgovon turned, and shot a black sphere of darkness at Rainbow Dash. Samneo shifted his position, and quickly ran to stop the orb. He never ran this fast before, which showed. Samneo jumped, and pushed Rainbow out of the way.
Everything slowed in the moment. He stared at Rainbow, and had a slight tear in his eye. Samneo frowned, as he knew what was coming next. Everything went normal, and Rainbow Dash hit the ground with a loud thump. Sam felt an intense sting on the side of his body, as his face froze in horror. He fell to his knees, and he was shivering. Rainbow Dash sat up, and saw Samneo.
Samneo realized he couldn’t move anymore, and whatever movement he did have, had slowed to a snail’s pace. His veins felt cold, as if they were... freezing.
Samneo’s eyes widened, as the black mass enveloped him, freezing him in place. Everypony looked on in surprise. After a few moments, the black mass returned to Molgovon. After the mass lifted, what was left of Samneo, left everypony horrified. He was turned to stone, with Sam’s horrified look frozen in place.
“Now then, Neo won’t be interfering with our quest anytime soon. I knew I should’ve frozen him four years ago!” Molgovon chuckled darkly.
“No...” Twilight uttered the words.
“Sam!!” Rainbow freaked out. Voss, Dark, and Slaughter’s mouths were agape, despite the fact that nopony could see Slaughter. Everypony were shocked, and full of disbelief...
Sam found himself in the middle of nowhere. The ground and sky were pale white, and there were small patches of Blue and Green in certain spots on the floor. Soon panic oozed into his mind when he realized what just happened. Sam was staring all around him, with a look of fear.
"Rainbow!? Twilight!? F-fluttershy!? Anypony!?" He shouted. All he got was the sound of ambiance. It was only a few minutes until music begun to play. Sam instantly recognized it, it was the Xbox's hidden sounds. Admittedly he was pretty confused; why would a game console's ambiance be playing, in what could possibly be purgatory? He wasn't sure of what was happening, but judging from what he knows so far; it's safe to say Ponyville is screwed. But then a thought came to his mind, then another... and another... and soon it was a group of questions.
Is there a time-skip? That thought alone was enough to drive the panic back up from confusion. Can the main six stop Sorsirina? He knew for a fact that Neocros was needed to kill Sorsirina, however, it'll take almost a year to regain memories if they lose control of themselves. Then again.. Sorsirina is pretty much someone who's not to close-minded--Sam shook the thought away. Why of course she wouldn't show it, because she wants him and nopony else is allowed to do so. All these thoughts were overwhelming, to say the least...
To Be Continued...