Vlad's house was silent and seemed to be empty. The house was waiting for the arrival of a most important guest. Outside, the wind brushed up against the windows and made an eerie, squeaky creaking sound. If one paid close enough attention, they swore they heard soft breathing from something unseen. An air of restlessness danced about. This eerie restlessness was broken by a popping sound.
Blueblood made himself apparent. He glanced around the house for a second, first in impatience and then bafflement. "Hello? Vladimir? Did you handle those pesky Fentons and company for me yet? I am demanding to know!" he yelled. "I can hardly wait any longer! For soon the world is ours! If you've taken care of them, I- I mean, we- can move along with no problem...my spell that turned them to ponies only lasts a week, and you know this. We need to move along. Now!"
Silence met his frustration for a moment before it stepped aside to allow a popping sound and a flash to momentarily blind him. Seconds later, a group made themselves obvious; Sam, Rainbow Dash, Maddie, and Jack appeared. There was now an empty spot next to Sam that had a pitch black burn mark on the floor- much like what happened when Blueblood tried the teleportation spell for the first time. It was a spot that Tucker once resided in.
Rainbow sighed. "Stinks that the invisibility spell from Twilight didn't last long. We could've messed with him longer." she said. The prince stared wordlessly in shock for a moment before he laughed cruelly.
"Please! You haven't even got Danny Phantom with you; at least Vlad did one thing right. No matter, I was going to dispose of him anyways...you'll never catch up with me. And-" Everypony paused as the floor began to shake, as if it were an earthquake. Someone might've suggested it was until angry screams and yells accompanied this shaking. Blueblood turned adruptly to see the doors of Vlad's home burst open and be thrown aside as if they were nothing more than pesky driftwood as ponies stampeded in. Blueblood stared in terror. An earth pony pointed at him.
"There he is!"
"He's the scum who turned us into ponies!"
"GET HIM!"
Blueblood turned back to his enemies, who ran out of the way of the mob and waved as he was about to be trampled. He immediately teleported away from the area. He moved himself to the Fenton portal and ran in, feeling safer where ghosts were under his control and he was not going to be attacked...
Being that there was no ground below him, he did not feel the vibrations of a large hoard coming towards him again. Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Pinkie Pie, and Jazz floated a little ways away and watched the scene unfolding calmly. Blueblood's ears pricked as he began to hear increasingly louder screams, shouts, and ghostly moans approaching. He turned to see all the ghosts he had previously taken over completely free of his control banded with more ghosts, all of which looked like they wanted to kill him.
"How...not again!" Blueblood teleported again, this time to in front of the portal to Equestria. He did not think about the fact that no guards were waiting for him inside of the portal and rushed in as his last resort.
It happened so suddenly to him he could hardly tell what just happened. All of a sudden, a numb feeling was in his horn and suddenly felt like it had even fallen off. Panicked, he looked to the floor- and stared in mortification. A still glowing white unicorn horn was lying before him. Some magic surrounded it, picked it up, and placed it into a bag. As he looked up, his eyes following it mutely, he saw a guard running off with it.
He hardly realized what was going on anymore, nor that Celestia was staring solemnly at him. "You are under arrest, Prince Blueblood of Canterlot, for charges of murder, multiple counts of assault, multiple uses of the illegal mind control spell, conspiracy, multiple attempted murders, and failure to comply with authorities. You have the right to remain silent and-"
Celestia found that she did not need more words, as Blueblood had fainted. Guards shook their heads and took the unconscious criminal away. Moments later, multiple ponies and a dragon who had contributed to the arrest came through the portal. Princess Celestia smiled. "I must thank you all for your help. We will be forever indebted. I would like to proclaim that the Fenton family as well as Samantha Manson and Tucker Foley are now official citizens of Equestria for their deeds- I'm sure we'll have some ceremony later for it, but right now...how did you think to get him captured like this?" she asked. Tucker smiled.
"It was easy after Vlad was taken down. We knew that eventually Blueblood would return to Vlad's house to see if he had done his job. So Twilight- who managed to finish reading a complex book on invisibility spells just the week prior- decided to test it. She made us go invisible for a short period of time and taught me to teleport- which wasn't easy, but I did it. I got my PDA's film rolling as soon as Blueblood appeared. I got him saying on camera what he said he did and what Vlad did and what he intended. I teleported away at that moment and showed it off to Amity Park's public."
"No sooner than did he give the word," Sam continued, "did an enraged mob of ponies come after him. He panicked and went to the Ghost Zone, where he thought he had a place to hide among the ghosts he took over."
Twilight smirked. "He was dead wrong. While the others went with Tucker, we went to the Far Frozen. I knew I could reverse the spell's effects if I had enough help- and the hardy ghosts of that region of the Ghost Zone were more than happy to help. So I reversed the spell and upon explanation, a mob also formed there to go after Blueblood. Right after I managed to undo the spell was when I had Spike send you a letter to prepare yourselves in Sweet Apple Acres, assuming that that was the next place he would go. We just outsmarted him, that's all." she finished. Celestia grinned.
"I knew you were all clever. Prince Blueblood will be given a trial in court, but we have more than enough proof to convict him of the crimes he's committed. Once convicted, his horn will be turned over to Zecora to make a potent and extremely rare potion that can restore Lady Strawberry Blossom's horn, and ultimately her magic. Hers would've been put back if it wasn't so cracked and torn apart by the end; there was no saving it. If Blueblood was not convicted guilty, his horn would be put back, and you all know and I know that won't happen. For the moment, the horn is going to Canterlot for storage until the trial and ruling is over. Unless he can somehow prove that he did none of this, he will not get his magic back ever again, as he abused it." she explained. Maddie whistled.
"Good. He forgot that what goes around comes around." she said. Jack frowned.
"How...how is Danny doing?" he asked nervously. Celestia smiled.
"He's been put into the Ponyville Hospital. Doctors say he'll be fine because he got there just in time. Little do they know that Danny will heal right up in perhaps a week or a week and a half. Fluttershy and Rarity did a good job getting him there in good time."
"So is that it?" Rainbow Dash asked, incredulous. "I mean, it just seemed so...well, it seems weird to just calm down after all of that..."
"Well, we'll need your testimonies in court, so in a sense, no, not quite. But I wouldn't suspect any more danger for now." Celestia said. She turned her head to a guard with a box, who walked up. He popped open the box and five glittering necklaces and one shining tiara- all of the jewelry seemed to shine as the dim light of the cellar reflected off of the stone on them- one with a butterfly, one with an apple, one with balloons, one with a diamond shape, one with a lightning bolt, and the tiara's stars. Everypony gasped.
"What...what are these? They're so beautiful..." Jazz asked. Rarity and Fluttershy began to walk into the cellar, back from business prior. Rarity smiled.
"Those, my dears, are in fact, the Elements of Harmony. We got a letter from the Princess after we put Danny into the hospital- that we were to be using the Elements. But for what?" she asked. Celestia smiled.
"They will reverse the spell and erase memories of all the humans. I do not believe they are ready yet for knowing there are intelligent lifeforms other than themselves. So to avoid anypony here losing their memory of the event, all of you- the Fenton family, Sam, and Tucker- shall stay here until the deed is done. The reason I'm having them use the Elements is because the only reason Blueblood's spell was so amplified was when it met Twilight's inside of a modulator. That and erasing of minds takes more than just raw unicorn magic." she explained.
"But...what about Vlad?" Jack asked, pulling out the Fenton thermos. The princess paused for a minute.
"I'll leave that up to you, Doctor Fenton."
Jack was torn. As much as he wanted to keep Vlad in the thermos and never let him go so he could not cause more trouble, he knew that what had to be done. If Vlad was exempt that the mayor could out Equestria's existence yet again. He gave the thermos a long stare before he turned it over to the six mares. "Do what has to be done." he said. "You know what to do."
The mane six took the thermos and nodded politely. "How're we gonna go about this?" Applejack asked.
"Go place him at the mayor's office. Let him out of the thermos- Applejack, you have strong legs. Give him a nice buck to the head. He should be out for long enough for you to be able to perform...whatever you do with those things."
"Fair enough." Rarity said. "Thank you. Alright, the doctor said he wants to speak with you two at the hospital. We'll take care of this while you go take care of your son."
The parents and Jazz left. The ponies pulled on their elements, waved to the princess, and went through the portal. Celestia turned to Sam and Tucker. "While they're taking care of business, the only thing we can do right now is wait for their return. After that, you can both go home. I'll personally reverse the spell of staying ponies for you and the others when you're about to leave."
The two nodded. Tucker immediately pulled out his PDA and began to play a game on it. Sam glanced to him, then Spike, who was staring at the floor. She nudged him, and Spike looked up. He sighed. "I'm bored!" he declared. "I wish we could go on epic adventures more often..." Sam giggled, and Tucker paused his game.
"I'll show you a game, Spike."
"Really? Cool!" Spike ran off to go look at the game Tucker was playing. Sam smiled, then looked off to the portal. She knew everything was going to be alright. But her smile faltered, giving way to important things on her mind she knew she had to attend to the next day that seemed large yet small. The portal became a mere background item as she dissolved into her thoughts.