//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: The Alliance of Disharmony // Story: A Little Girls Love // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// It took about half an hour for the ship to arrive at the Crystal Empire courtyard, where a frantic Cadence and Shining Armor were waiting. Nathan was stressing out too, "Hey! What's happened?" Icezer asked, as he and a few others leapt off of the ship. "We don't really know ourselves! It all happened too fast," Cadence replied. Flashback: About 45 minutes ago, The Crystal Family were all looking at some of the sharks that were swimming about, when..... "Excuse me, Princess Cadence," a duo of unicorn's approached the family. "Yes? Is there something wrong?" Cadence asked. "Nothing's wrong, but we need your help with identifying something we recently found on one of our expeditions," the other unicorn replied, pulling out a small box. Nathan felt something was.... odd about these two unicorns, as they opened the box, revealing a rather bizarre looking rock. One look, and Nathan could easily tell it was a fake. Before he could speak up, some kind of gas began spraying from the rock. "*Cough* *Cough*, What kind of rock is this?!?" Cadence demanded, as she and her family covered their faces. The babies were knocked out, as was Mavis, who didn't know what was happening. Before the Crystal Family could react, a flash bang was then used, temporarily blinding them, giving the unicorn's a chance to snatch Mavis, and escape, "No.... Mavis," Cadence said, as her eyes tried readjusting from the flash bang. Real Time, "Ok, so you said that there were TWO unicorns, is that correct?" Carlos asked. "Yeah, that's right," Nathan replied. "What did they look like?" Claire asked. "They were both yellow unicorn's with red manes and tails. One of them had a moustache," Shining Armor replied. "Sound's an awful lot like those Flim Flam Brothers that Applejack talked about that one time," Nathan commented. "Well, I thought a few steps ahead, and a planted a small tracking device in Mavis' arm. With luck, we may be able to track them down," Raiden said, pulling out a tablet device, "Let's see...….., Ok, it looks like they were heading towards the southern mountain range," Raiden said, analyzing the screen, "Oh! That reminds me!" he said, handing off the bag and the pill bottle to the Crystal Family, "These are artificial arms for Mavis, should the need for maintenance on her current one ever need arise. As for the pills, make sure she takes them twice a day, once in the morning, and once in the evening, until that bottle runs out," Raiden instructed. "Thank you, and please, just make sure she's safe when you bring her back. We'll contact Twilight and the others," Cadence pleaded. "Don't worry. We'll make sure Mavis is back by sundown," Brian said, as the mutants all took off. Just then, something hit the family. "Wait, did he say 'if Mavis' arm needed maintenance'?" Shining Armor questioned. Meanwhile, with Mavis, Waking up, Mavis found herself trapped in a cage, dangling above a pool of murky water, "W-where am I?" Mavis questioned quietly. "SILENCE, BEAST!" Mavis nearly jumped out of her skin at the booming voice. Turning, she saw Prince Blueblood, glaring harshly down at her. "W-Who are you?" Mavis was, at this point, terrified beyond rational thought. "I SAID QUIET!" Blueblood slammed the cage, making Mavis even more scared, "When a Prince, such as myself, gives you an order, you are expected to obey without question, beast," Blueblood snarled, "And as for where you are, you're in a secret location, and will remain here until my demands are met." "I-I-I-I don't have anything to give you, but I can try to get what you want," Mavis begged tearfully. "Oh, you WILL be getting me what I, and my gang, wants. You're our bargaining chip," Blueblood retorted harshly, banging on the cage, as the other members of his gang came out from the shadows. "I want to get back at Rarity for going back on giving me her fashion designs," Suri commented. "I lost my chance to get into the Wonderbolts thanks to Rainbow Dash, and I am taking it back!" Lightning Dust added. "And our scams went belly up thanks to the Apple Family!" Flam stated. "And all of that faux Princess's friends made a complete mockery of the Grand Galloping Gala, and made me look like a clown!" Blueblood barked, before using his magic to grab Mavis by her tank top, "This is where YOU come in, beast. Knowing that ditz of a cousin of mine, and her meathead husband, and other beastly children, they'll be wanting to come and rescue you. The way this will work is that we will offer up your freedom, in exchange for all the royal power in Equestria. Once I have attained that, then I will help my gang and their battles," Blueblood stated. "B-but, i don't think they will send a search party," Mavis whispered. "WHAT WAS THAT?!" Blueblood roared, making Mavis shrink. "N-Nothing," Mavis meekly replied. "That's what I thought. KEEP IT THAT WAY!" Blueblood barked, as he and his gang left Mavis alone. Mavis didn't know what to do, but hope that someone would save her, as she curled up into a ball. With the Guild Mutants, On a nearby cliff, overlooking the ominous castle, the mutants were eyeing the castle, "Ok, according to this, Mavis should be in the back courtyard of that castle, in section 3,984," Raiden said, looking at his handheld computer. "What section would we be in once we break in?" Sora asked. "Uh, section 0," Raiden replied. "Aw crap! That's like a million sections away!" Lucas complained. "We have to fight our way through that whole castle? We'll be caught by then!" April added. "Not quite. According to this, there's a hall if we take a 45 degree right turn that's a straight shot to the courtyard," Raiden countered. "That's sounds easy enough," Eliza commented. "Not quite. It IS a straight run, but there's a ton of stone statues, animated by magic, acting as security," Raiden corrected. "How long's the room?" Simon asked. "Uh.... Whoa, almost half a mile," Raiden replied. "So, our choices are limited against us. We have no choice by to fight our way through the hall if we want to save that girl," Claire commented. "Maybe we don't need to fight. We could probably make some kind of diversion in the front courtyard to draw off all of the statues. We can do the same when we get inside," Raiden suggested. "Then we should get a move on. We can use these with our infiltration," Stealth said, pulling out some human sized kites, that looked like clouds. "How will kites help with breaking in?" Takanosuke asked. "We can use them to infiltrate the higher parts of the castle, while also avoiding looking too obvious," Stealth replied. "Just like a real ninja!" Leon commented. "I am a real ninja," Stealth deadpanned, as he, Naomi, Sora, Icezer, Simon, and Claire all took a kite, "We will infiltrate the higher structures. You guys should take the ground levels," Stealth said, as he and the other kite flyers took off. "We'd better hurry too. Mavis must be terrified beyond all reason," Eliza suggested, as the land mutants took off towards the castle.