As everypony got closer and closer to the entrance to Arrovak's fort, Arrovak's elite guards, came down from above the ramparts of the fort, and began charging towards Snowshy and the others, Violet Winter yelled out, as she readied herself, with a spell, and said, "Everypony! Ready your weapons! We mow them down! And I will blast open the gate!" Everypony nodded, and drew their weapons, or began a spell, as the enemy and Snowshy and the others clashed with each other, with swords, spells, spears, axes, bows, or hammers. Just then, Snowshy saw while in combat with one of the elite guards, that the commander was coming up behind the guards, and he had with him, two javelins.
Snowshy said to everypony, "Careful everypony! The elite enemy commander is coming in to join the fight!"
Rainbow Dash saw, and said, while she was battling an elite guard, "Great, a jerk with a long-reach weapon! Wonderful! Just we needed!"
Rarity said, "Quit whining, and get to fighting!"
Nopony said anything else, as both the enemy and the others continued to fight one another, as the commander came up, and threw a javelin at Solar Blaze, and Solar Blaze caught it, and said, "Hah! You'll have to do better than that! My father was a master with the sword, and I am a master at any and all weapons! Come on! Show me what you got!"
The elite enemy commander came up to Solar Blaze, who had gotten away from the others, and he said, "You got guts facing me alone, I like that! But I'm afraid you will meet your doom here and now! Prepare yourself! And don't die on me too soon! I wish to enjoy taking your life!"
Solar Blaze said with ferocity, "Not if I don't take yours first!"
The elite enemy commander laughed manically, and said, "We'll see how long your arrogance lasts, as I put you in your place!"
Solar Blaze charged towards the commander, as the two clashed weapons, as Solar Blaze said, "Just shut up, and die!"
The two continued to battle, while Snowshy and the others had taken down the elite guards, as they were about to come to Solar Blaze's aid, and he saw this, and he said, "No! I got this! This one is mine!"
Violet Winter said, "Alright, but be careful brother."
Nothing else was said, as everypony watched Solar Blaze and the commander continue to battle each other, and while they were doing so, the elite enemy commander said, "You all have come to take on my master, Arrovak, haven't you? hahahaha! You have no hope in ever defeating him! He cannot be defeated! He gains power when he is in battle! You may take down his fort, but he will have the last laugh, as he takes you down! And all of this will be for nothing! How does that make you feel, insect?"
Solar Blaze said nothing for a while, as he used the javelin he had caught earlier, and saw an opportunity to strike, and ran the javelin into the commander's left front leg, as the commander screamed out in pain, and backed off a little, and then Solar Blaze said, "I am not afraid of Arrovak, and neither are my friends, or my sister for that matter. We will win! We will prevail!"
As the commander looked at Solar Blaze with pure hate, as he pulled out the javelin, and threw into the sea, and said, "It makes no difference! You will all fail! You will all die! My master, is beyond all of you and your friends power! So even if you defeat me, it will amount to nothing in the end!"
Solar Blaze and the commander focused on one another, as neither moved, they just stood still, as Solar Blaze, drew a short sword from his back, and readied himself, as the enemy commander did the same by readying his javelin, and then the two moved so fast, is was as it they vanished into thin air, as Solar Blaze was now where the commander was and the commander was now where Solar Blaze once was at. Solar Blaze's short sword had blood on it, but he himself, did not get harmed, as the commander looked down at his chest, and saw a large wound, where his heart was, and he turned around to look at Solar Blaze, and stumbled to get near him, and grew weaker by the second, and eventually dropped his weapon, and fell down in front of Solar Blaze, who had walked over to him, as he tried to draw out a small dagger, which Solar Blaze knocked out his grip, and kicked it away. The commander looked up at Solar Blaze, and said, "You....bastard......my master will kill you all...... heheheh......It is all futile for you all.........in the end.....my death means......nothing...towards your victory....because you shall not have it!.......My master will get the last laugh.....you will see! 'cough! cough!'.....go forth...and find only despair......"
The commander's head then went down, and he moved no more, as everypony else went over to Solar Blaze, and they all shoved the enemy elite commander's body off the platform, and into the sea, as Snowshy said, "Well done, Solar Blaze! That was really good!"
Pinkie Pie said, "Whatever you did, you did it so fast, I didn't even see it! Until that commander started to stumble."
Rarity said, "I have to say, it was impressive, well done Solar Blaze."
Violet Winter said, "Shall we all continue on then? Arrovak's not going to wait for us."
Twilight said, "I agree."
Everypony nodded, and Solar Blaze said, "Let's get going then."
Violet Winter then began to call forth a massive spell, and she said, "Everypony! Stand back!"
Everypony got out of the way, and a few moments later, the gate to the fort, was blown into pieces, and everypony ran through the doorway, and as everypony got through, a powerful magic barrier formed behind them as they all heard maniacal laughter throughout the fort, in which they all turned around to see the barrier, as a voice said, "Fools! You have come to defeat me, but as my loyal servant already told you, it cannot be done! You have wasted all of your time, and the lives of those that got you to this point! There is no escape! You life will end here in this place! Mwahahaha!"
The laughter continued to echo throughout the fort, as everypony stood there, as Twilight said, "No doubt about it, that was Arrovak, wasn't it?"
Applejack said, "Yeah, I know his voice anywhere. Anyways, it seems he's not going to make this easy for us."
Rainbow Dash said, "And I bet he's going to be sending some company our way soon."
Violet Winter interrupted, as she said, "Or about like now!"
Everypony except Violet Winter, who had already turned around, all turned around, as saw a long line of Arrovak's elite soldiers, as Solar Blaze said, "Ugh, these guys again, they just can't take a hint!"
Rarity said, "Tell me about it!"
Nopony could say anything else, because the elite soldiers, began to run towards them, and everypony began to run towards them as well, as Violet Winter said, "We take these guys down! And we storm this fort! Arrovak must be defeated! It's what we came here for!"
Twilight said, "And it's what we shall do! Everypony! Ready yourselves!"
Everypony clashed with one another, as screams, cries, and the clash of weapons resounded throughout the fort's halls, and after a while, all the elite soldiers had been killed, and Violet Winter nodded to everypony, and everypony nodded back in determination, as everypony ran down the hall, towards the next door, a little ways ahead of them. As everypony continued to run down the hall, the fort started to shake, and the floor they were standing on, began to crack and crumble, as everypony ran as fast as they could, to get through the door, just a little further down the hall. As Violet Winter reached the door, she blew it apart with a spell, and jumped through the doorway, as she waited for everypony else to get through. The crumbling floor was catching up to everypony quickly, and after a few moments, it had caught up with everypony, as they all ran as hard as they could to get through the doorway.
As one pony after another got through, the only ones left that were still on their way were, Silver Sky, Solar Blaze, and Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy, as as they got so close to the doorway, the floor caved in, and they fell down, as everypony else looked over the side, and they saw nothing but black emptiness as Twilight called out with worry, "You all okay?! We can't see you!"
Pinkie Pie said, "We're fine!"
Just then, they all saw a small light emitted below, and they all saw Pinkie Pie holding a candle, and alongside her, were Fluttershy, Silver Sky, and Solar Blaze, as they were looking up, and Applejack said, "Can you ya'll see a way back up here?! Because well, you know, because we can't!"
They saw Pinkie Pie, and the others look around, and they looked back up, as Pinkie Pie said, "No! There were some stairs that did lead up, but they have completely collapsed!"
Rarity said, "Well, is there another way?!"
Everypony saw Pinkie Pie and the others look around some more, and they got back to where everypony could see them clearly, they all looked up, and Pinkie Pie said, "Yeah! But we'll have to continue from this floor! It looks like we in some sort of dining hall! And there seems to be a room and then the dungeon ahead of us!"
Rainbow Dash shook her head, as she said, "Great, of all things, they had to land on the floor, where the dungeon is close by."
Twilight said, "Okay! Listen carefully, we are going to keep going! If you all keep going on your floor, and go through the dungeon, there should be a way up from there somewhere! But just be careful! We don't know what the dungeon is this place is going to be like! Avoid any and all traps if possible, and meet up with the rest of us as soon as you can!"
Fluttershy said, "I don't like the sound of this plan! Isn't there some other way?!"
Violet Winter said, "I'm afraid not! The floor ahead of us now, is completely gone, and it seems this fort is going more unstable by the minute! It seems cannon fire from outside, must have hit the fort, and it's only a matter of time, before somepony out there, accidentally fires at the foundations of this place! We all need to hurry, and get out of here, before we get crushed by rubble, when the fort completely collapses!"
Fluttershy said, "O-Okay, but I'm still not so sure about this!"
Pinkie said to Fluttershy, "We'll be fine, we have each other's backs!"
Everypony nodded to each other, as Violet Winter said, "We'll wait for you all at the exit!"
Pinkie Pie said, "Okay! See you there!"
As Pinkie Pie finished speaking, her and the others took off ahead of them, and the light could no longer be seen, as everypony stopped looking over the side, and Violet Winter said, "Shall we?"
Everypony agreed, as Twilight said, "Yes, let's."
As she finished speaking, they too, all took off, running as fast they could, as they went from one hall to the next, through one door, and another, taking down any elite soldier that got in their way as they ran. As they entered another hall, in split into five separate halls, with two on the left, two on the right, and one hall down the middle, as everypony stopped, and looked at which way to go. Rarity then asked, "So, which way now?"
Rainbow Dash said, "Don't ask me! If I knew where the exit was in this place, don't you think, I would knew which hall to take?"
Rarity scoffed, and said, "I was asking everypony, not just you. But still, you didn't need to be a jerk about it...."
Violet Winter said, "Knock it off! The both of you! You two have been friends for such a long time! Get over these petty grievances, and move on from this nonsense! There is no need for this! We are came here to defeat Arrovak! Not fight amongst ourselves, like a bunch of fillies!"
The two put their heads down, as Rarity said, "I...You know what? You're right...It was kind of filly-ish of us."
Rainbow Dash said, "Yeah, it was out of line."
The turned to each other, apologized to one another, gave each other a hug, backed away from each other, as Violet Winter said, "See? That wasn't so bad, was it? We need to work together, if we ever hope to defeat Arrovak, or we all will fail."
Applejack said, "She's right, now is not the time for bickering. Now is the time, we band together, and make sure Arrovak does not see his plans through."
Everypony shook their heads in agreement, as Violet Winter said, "Alright then, now that's settled, which way to go?"
Just then, all five doors, from all five halls opened, and elite soldiers came pouring out of them all, as they noticed Snowshy and the others, and began making their way towards them, weapons drawn.
Snowshy said, "Too late to think about it! We'll just have to pick a hallway, and go through the door, and hope that it's the right one! Quick! Somepony! Choose a door!"
Everypony were looking at one door to the next, as the elite soldiers began to get closer and closer, and Twilight said, "The door, on the far right! It's got to be that one!"
Violet Winter said, "Quickly! Get to the door, and get through it! Take down any of these guys that are in the way, quickly, everypony, let's go!"
Everypony got to the door as fast they could, killing any elite soldiers in their way, and shut the door behind them, once everpony got through, and Twilight said, "Quick! Find anything you all can, and block the door!"
Everypony rushed around the room, finding whatever they could, and put it all in front of the door, as the elite soldiers began to bang and ram the door, trying to get through, as Snowshy said, "That'll hold them off for a little while. Now, where are we exactly? I can't see much in here."
Twilight said, "One second..." She then casted a spell, and a bright light emitted from her horn, as it illuminated the room.
As everypony looked around, Violet Winter said, "Damn, we are in the trophy room!"
Rainbow Dash said, "Well, that explains why we could see shiny things in here, when we all starting picking stuff up, and moving it in front of the door."
Snowshy said to Twilight, "Well, nice guess Twilight, I was thinking that this door might've have been the right way too, I guess we were both wrong."
Twilight sighed, shrugged, and said, "Oh well, it was a guess, and we were pressed for time."
Violet Winter said, "It's okay Twilight, I actually was going to guess this way myself, so that makes three of us wrong. But at least there's a way out of here, see?"
She pointed to her left, and everypony saw a large ornate gold door, just ahead of them all, and everypony said nothing else, as they all went up to the door, and they all began to push on it, as Violet Winter said, "Alright, let's see where this leads us."