The members of Fragment Hunter stood ready with their weapons drawn as everybody looked at the transformed Gloriosa Daisy, who now looked similar to the description of Gaea Everfree. After seeing her create a giant cage of brambles that circled the camp, the warriors from Remnant knew that they were going to face off against yet another magical threat. What they didn't expect was Gloriosa/Gaea to start singing an aria.
I have waited for the day
To send this greedy wolf away
Now the magic is my salvation
Gather close in my protection
We... will... stand for Everfree!
As she sang, she unleashed more magic which caused the brambles to grow taller. The campers looked on at the growing brambles, scared at what was happening. Gloriosa moved around the campgrounds, causing vines to grow on items like the totem pole and sundial, as if to preserve them.
Behold the beauty of nature in all its glory
No need to fear the vultures at the door
Right here you have me to protect you
Within these walls of thorns
Forever free, forevermore!
Several campers were shaking in fear at everything before they ran for safety. As a few teenagers ran toward the mess hall, Gloriosa used her magic to have more vines grow when she approached the building. "Everyone, get behind me," Principal Celestia said as she immediately threw herself in front of the doors to not only protect her students, but also Vice-Principal Luna. Unfortunately, she was overwhelmed by a wall of thorned vines that soon enclosed the mess hall and trapped everyone inside. Watching his sister descending into madness as she menaced the camp, Timber spotted an axe nearby and grabbed it. Chopping away at the brambles, Timber attempted to start freeing everyone. However, the vines continued to grow and repair any damage dealt to them, as if stitching itself back together and made itself denser.
They have come into our domain
Here to seal our camp in chains
But we have held it for generations
This is just a complication
We... will... stand for Everfree!
Trapping her brother's axe and lifting him off the ground, Gloriosa's magic continued to build and be unleashed. The brambles grew higher and higher as the camp was getting sealed off from the world. As Timber was losing his grip on the axe, Rua teleported in with her Semblance and got him safely back onto the ground. "I'm getting sick of these musical numbers. They're catchy, but happen way too often without context whenever I'm visiting places here," Rua said to herself as she watched Gloriosa manipulate more plants.
Trust in me, this is for your own good
Don't be afraid, nature is our friend
All of this beauty that surrounds us
Every lovely bloom designed to defend
As she sang in a softer tone, Gloriosa used her magic to make plants gently grow on the camp gazebo. Trixie, Sandalwood, and Bulk Biceps were all cowering in fear as they stood in the middle of the gazebo, watching the plants grow at Gloriosa's command. The transformed camp director soon made a flower grow and bloom before she made more branches that sealed the gazebo, trapping the three students inside it. Reaching the end of her song, Gloriosa floated above the camp to make more brambles and thorns grow.
Let them come, just let them try!
I'm not about to say goodbye!
This camp will be here throughout the ages
Written into the history pages
We... will... stand for Everfree!
After Gloriosa had turned the area around Camp Everfree into a sea of brambles, the Rainbooms and Fragment Hunter hid by a beached sailboat. "Oh, why do these kinds of things always happen to us," Fluttershy complained. In comparison to the other campers being afraid, it was surprising for Fragment Hunter to hear Fluttershy say what she did.
"I'm going to say its because you can all grow wings and tails and stuff," Cereza remarked in a deadpan voice.
"What are we going to do," Rarity asked.
"What we always do," Rainbow Dash stated as she stood in front of Rarity and Applejack. "Save the day!" The others immediately agreed as they joined hands.
"Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy," Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she hugged Rainbow Dash. "This is gonna be so much fun! I only wish we had time to make superhero capes!"
"Oh, me too," Rarity voiced as she thought a cape would be a wonderful addition for an outfit.
"Are we going to make capes," Momo asked as she jumped onto Pinkie's back with a big smile on her face.
Pulling his sister off of her doppelganger, Slate spoke to everyone. "We should stop focusing on a wardrobe change and deal with everything around here."
"He's right," Sunset Blaze stated as she looked around the camp. "Gloriosa's trapping everyone, Azalea's nowhere to be found, same with Twilight and Shimmer, and I'm afraid that with all the panic..." Before Blaze could finish her sentence, a loud and unearthly scream was heard. The piercing two-toned shriek alerted everyone and especially scared Fluttershy. Soon, dark rifts began to appear in the brambles and Creatures of Grimm managed to squeeze through. Seeing all the terrified campers, the monster growled and roared as they started to give chase. "That. I was afraid of that," Sunset Blaze said as Fragment Hunter all moved out to kill the Grimm. "You all try to save everyone from Gloriosa. We'll handle the Grimm!"
With the Creatures of Grimm attacking the campground, Fragment Hunter had to act quickly or everyone was going to die. Slashing and shooting at the monsters, the warriors from Remnant dealt with everything they encountered while the Rainbooms did their own things. As vines continued to grow, they began to knock over items around camp and Rarity had to protect some of her classmates from them with her diamond shields. While she defended Lyra and Sweetie Drops from the totem pole, Rainbow Dash sped by with her magic and got the students to safety. As the girls used their magic, they began to pony up as they helped everyone as much as they could. With the bystanders hiding behind some bushes that Gloriosa hadn't affected, Fluttershy saw a nearby gopher hole and caught the attention of the animals inside. "Um, hi. Do you think you can give us a hand— um, er, paw? We could really use a way out," she politely asked the gophers. The critters agreed and started to dig a tunnel underneath the wall of thorns.
Deciding to deal with the thorns, Applejack started to use her strength more offensively. She lifted a large boulder, tossed it into the air, then jumped up to punch the rock into the wall of brambles. The boulder crashed through and left a gaping hole in the wall, but more vines grew back to try and stitch the wall together again. Applejack was mildly surprised, but rolled up her sleeves and prepared to try again after a Beowolf tried to attack her. AJ countered by punching it hard enough to get impaled into the brambles. Meanwhile, the gophers that Fluttershy asked to help had finished digging a tunnel large enough for the campers to escape through. Just before anybody could go through the tunnel, Gloriosa used her magic to create more vines that blocked the exit. After preventing anybody from leaving, Gloriosa's gaze turned angry as she saw Pinkie doing something.
After pouring sprinkles into the palm of her hand, Pinkie ignited them and had a super-confident look on her face. Throwing the sprinkles at the wall of thorns, another hole was blasted open and Applejack acted quickly. Carrying a picnic table, AJ jammed it into the hole to try and prevent the vines from completely sealing everyone off from the outside. Seeing AJ and Pinkie working together to plug the holes they made, Gloriosa used her magic to force the wall closed and splinter the table into pieces. As Pinkie tried to get more sprinkles, Gloriosa used her vines to grab at the campers she saw. Getting caught by some vines, Pinkie dropped her jar of sprinkles and tried to reach for it when an Ursa roared and charged toward her. The monster was soon impaled by Terracotta's sword as he threw it into the beast, then the Bull Faunus cut away at the vines holding Pinkie down. "Get going," Terracotta told the girl as he held his claymore in front of himself and stared down more Grimm that began to surround him.
As Grimm and vines spread everywhere, the camp was turning into a war zone. Gloriosa was soon trapping campers in cages of vines to prevent them from running away, but Rainbow Dash and Ventus Gaia were rushing to try and save them. The people that Rainbow couldn't reach in time, Ventus saved by cutting away at the vines with his knife and allowed Rainbow to get them to safety. However, Gloriosa used her vines to keep the speedsters ensnared before Pinkie used her sprinkle bombs to free them. Satisfied with what she did, Pinkie juggled her sprinkle jar and accidentally ignited the container. Frantically playing 'hot potato' with the item, Pinkie soon threw the jar at the wall of thorns and a giant explosion took out another chunk of the barricade. Everyone soon watched as more Beowolves tried to jump through the large hole, only to be crushed to death as it closed up again. "This isn't working! Her magic is too strong," Applejack said as Gloriosa made the wall of bramble grow higher.
"She hasn't made a roof yet," Ventus realized as he looked at Gloriosa. "I'm going to find Azalea, Twilight, and Sunset Shimmer! You all try to fend her off," the Falcon Faunus instructed as he flew at top speed past Gloriosa, catching her off her guard and glare at him before she turned her attention back to the camp. "Where would they be," Ventus asked himself before he noticed some Beowolves near the rock quarry, not leaving for the campgrounds. "Bingo."