//------------------------------// // Escape // Story: KINGDOM HEARTS III: 2.0 Keyblade in Equestria // by OliverSparkle //------------------------------// The walk towards Chrysalis’s new hideout was longer than the Young Six thought it would be, cos they were now miles and miles away from Canterlot and were now in a different kind of forest, with scary looking trees, dark green leafs, blackberry bushes and a dirt path. “Ugh! Are we nearly there yet, Smolder?” Gallus asked in annoyed, “We’ve been walking for hours now, and I’m starting to feel worried that the others will find out that we sneaked out to rescue Lightning.” Smolder took a big sniff in trying to locate the smell of the hideout again before answering, “We should be close. The hideout is just about one mile away.” “Finally!” Moaned Gallus. They continued on walking until they reached a big dark green bush that was huge and was in between two tall trees with no leafs on them. “Friends think the hideout’s through that bush?” Yona asked. “Only one way to find out,” Sandbar answered before carefully going through the big bush as the others followed him after. The bush didn’t have any spikes on them so it was easy for them to walk through it without getting hurt or stung. Once they made it through the bush, they finally saw Chrysalis’s hideout, which was not what they thought it was after the big goat skeleton head piece on top. “Is that Chrysalis’s new hideout?” Asked Ocellus. “It looks so, non-Chrysalis like.” Silverstream said in confusion as she scratched the top of her head. “I’m not sure if this is her new hideout, or my nose has been blocked up with lava or something and brought us here instead of her hideout,” said Smolder. “Well, there’s only one way to find out,” Gallus said, “Let’s take a peek inside without being spotted.” They all started walking to the main entrance of the hideout, but slowly and carefully so they don’t get caught in case Chrysalis has those heartless and dusks standing guard somewhere, as Sandbar, Gallus and Yona stood on the left side of the entrance while Smolder, Ocellus and Silverstream stood on the right. They then slowly moved their heads a bit to the entrance, so they see what’s going on inside without being caught, as they quietly gasped in shock. There they saw Lightning, with his hooves trapped in Changeling slime, shaking in fear with Grogar, Young Xehanort and the other villains standing in front of him giving him the evil grin. “Who is that goat?” Gallus quietly asked while pointing at the blue evil goat. “I don’t know,” replied Sandbar quietly, “But he doesn’t look at all friendly to me.” The others nodded in agreement. Just then, Smolder quietly let out another gasp of shock as she saw Cozy Glow standing near Lord Tirek while smirking evilly at Lightning making him feel more scared than ever. “Cozy Glow?! What’s she doing here?!” She asked quietly while glaring angrily at the evil filly. “Up to no good again Yona believe,” answered Yona quietly. Grogar evilly chuckled before saying, “Oh I’m so glad to finally meet you, Lightning Twister. I’ve heard so much about you.” Lightning continued to shake in fear, not because of Cozy Glow and Cold Wind, but also because of Grogar and Chrysalis. “W-W-W-Who, a-are y-you?” He asked. “Oh I don’t think I even introduce myself to you yet. I am Grogar, the leader of this legion of doom. And this is Xehanort, my new partner in crime.” Xehanort just grinned evilly at the little colt. “We are so happy you could make it here.” Grogar then looked at Chrysalis. “Good job, Chrysalis. At least you did something right for once after not finding my bell.” Chrysalis bowed to Grogar for a thank you, she didn’t cared on what Grogar just said after that. Cos she, Aqualight, Lord Tirek, Xehanort and Cozy Glow were planning on stabbing Grogar on the back and use his bell for theirselves, But Grogar doesn’t know that Xehanort was with them yet. They just needed Cold Wind to tag along for their plan. Lightning continued to shake in fear, he doesn’t know what they were planning to do with him. “W-W-What do y-you w-want from me?” “Not what we want from you, my boy,” answered Grogar with an evil grin, “What we want, WITH you.” “H-Huh?” Was all Lightning had to say to him. “You see, Lightning,” began Grogar, “We are what you lot would call us, bad guys. And we all have one thing in common.... Taking over Equestria. So I’ve summoned these three to join my legion, with Aqualight that was made by Chrysalis here. But as for Xehanort, he’s only helping me so I can give him enough magic to travel back in time and get back at those that defeated him along with his future self. And as for your father, Cold Wind, he’s helping me so he can get back at you for ruining his life, and to also get rid of that pony that took you under her wing.” Grogar then magically threw a photo at Lightning as it lightly hit him on the face and landed flat on the ground. Lightning looked at the photo to see it had Fluttershy smiling on it. “Momma!” He said as tears began to flow down his face. “And then,” Grogar went on, “Once Twilight, her friends and the princesses are out of the way, Cozy Glow will be the pony on Celestia’s throne.... with you as her king.” “W-What?!” Lightning said in fear and shock. The Young Six quietly gasped in shock, they couldn’t believe what they just heard. They were gonna force Lightning Twister to be Cozy Glow’s king. “And if you try to escape from Cozy’s marriage, then Cold Wind will have the rights to teach you some respect. But now, I believe it’s time I introduce myself to the heroes of Equestria. Come, Xehanort and Aqualight!” Xehanort and Aqualight nodded as Xehanort then summoned a dark corridor near him. The three villains went through it as it then disappeared leaving only Cold Wind, Lord Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow with Lightning. “Come, Cold Wind,” Chrysalis said to him, “Me and Tirek would like a word with you about something.” She then turned to Cozy and said, “Make sure that little brat doesn’t try to escape.” Cozy nodded in understood as the three walked to the hole on the right side of the hideout. Once they were gone, the filly turned to Lightning and grinned at him making him shake in fear more. “Oh I so can’t wait for our wedding!” She said evilly with excitement, “We’re gonna have lots of cake, cupcakes and Tirek as the best mare! But the one thing I’m looking forward the most, is our first kiss. Then the rest, will be the thrones!” “B-But I-I can’t m-marry you!” Lightning said in fear, “M-My heart belongs w-with Smolder!” Cozy Glow then glared at him. “I DON’T CARE IF YOUR HEART BELONGS TO THAT DRAGON!!” She shouted before taking a deep breath and grinned at him once more. “Cos your love with her will be your last. You see, our first kiss will have a little potion in it. A potion that will make you love me forever, and can not be broken. And then your father won’t have to show you some respect since you’ll be too busy loving me and not trying to run away. Oh how it’ll break Smolder’s heart when she finds out you’ve been cheating on her, and I still can’t believe she has the heart to care for others, especially to somepony who’ll be mine forever.” She let out a giggle. The Young Six were now in shock as ever. The filly, that trapped Lightning in the caves below the school, was going to trap him under a spell to make him love her forever and won’t be able to break free from it, but what’s worse was, she was going to use him to help her rule Equestria as her king. “No!” Ocellus said quietly, “She can’t do that! Not our friend! We got to do something we got to save him!” “Don’t worry, Ocellus,” said Smolder quietly while trying to remain calm, “Once she’s gone, I’ll go in, grab him and then we’ll make a run for it.” Cozy rubbed Lightning’s mane, making him feel uncomfortable, as she then said, “You stay right here, cutie. I’m gonna go get us some cupcakes to celebrate our marriage. Oh, forgot to mention. Chrysalis’ slime can now make ponies pass out, so I hope you enjoy your little nap before I come back.” She giggled evilly before flying off to the hole on the left side of the hideout as Lightning’s eyes started to slowly close meaning he was now passing out. Once his eyes were fully close, he was now out cold. Gallus looked at Smolder and Silvestream, and said quietly, “Now!” Smolder and Silverstream quickly flew into the hideout and landed near Lightning as Smolder gently used her fire to burn the Changeling slime off Lightning’s hooves. Silverstream quickly but gently picked Lightning up and held him close to her. “Let’s get you out of here, cutie.” The two started to fly out of the hideout with their friends following her as they quickly disappeared into the forest where the villains will be unable to find them. Back inside the hideout, Cozy came back into the main room with a tray in her left hoof with two cupcakes on it, one red and one green. “Okay,” She said, “I got one green cupcake and one red cupcake just for us, Lightn…” Before she could finish, she grew a shock on her face as the tray of two cupcakes fell off her hoof and onto the ground. She saw that Lightning wasn’t there anymore and was left was the remaining Changeling slime that was holding Lightning. Just then, the three other villains walked into the room and saw that the little colt was gone as they now had shock looks on their faces before Chrysalis glared at Cozy Glow. “The Little Pony! What have you done with him, you fool?!” “Me?! I didn’t do anything to him!” She said angrily to her, “He must have escaped somehow while I was getting some cupcakes to celebrate our marriage!” “And you didn’t thought about waiting until one of us came back so we can watch him before you went to get them?!” “Well I thought he couldn’t escape since he’s only a colt and the slime was strong enough to hold him! I was only gone for a couple of seconds anyway!” “Alright ENOUGH!” Shouted Lord Tirek making the two stop arguing as they looked at him in shock. “Arguing isn’t going to help us get that colt back! We’ll just have to go find him and bring him back here before Grogar comes back and finds out we lost the kid!” “But how?!” Asked Cozy Glow, “He could be anywhere by now! And we don’t know how he escaped! Could be anycreature!” Chrysalis went over to the remaining Changeling slime and began to sniff it to see if there were any hints on how Lightning escaped. She then smelt the sense of burnt fire from the slime as she turned to the three and said, “He was rescued alright. By dragon. Cos that slime can’t be burned by any other creature in Equestria. Must be a friend of his.” Cozy grew a shock look on her face after hearing the word, “dragon”. She now knew who rescued her soon-to-be king as she grew an angry look on her face. “Smolder! She and her friends must have somehow found this hideout and rescued him!” “Well to be honest, dragons do have good sense of smell, so it wasn’t too hard for them to find us,” Chrysalis said. “So now what?” Cold Wind asked, “How are we going to find them? Who knows who else is helping them?” “Fear not, Cold Wind my dear,” answered Chrysalis before walking towards the three, “Dragons may have good sense of smell, but I have a very good sense of tracking skills that can also make me a nightmare. So we should be able to find him before Grogar finds out about this.” They smirked evilly before nodding their heads and leaving the hideout to begin their search for Lightning Twister and sort out the creatures that freed the colt.