I bet you didn't read up until this point so let me catch you up. So, we meet a red unicorn named FlameStar who has a flame for a cutie mark. He then goes around Ponyville meeting the defenders of Equestria. Afterwards, he has a nightmare about everyone being frightened by him and his mark. Luna appears and helps him address his fear. This leads the unicorn to learn about friendship. Seeing that school was the only way to do it, and he wasn't happy, the map calls him to The Crystal Empire. It was surprisingly easy... a bit too easy per se. FlameStar then speaks with the Council of Friendship where they meet up with the Tree of Harmony and it throws out FlameStar's fear. After futile attempts to get him talking, FlameStar finally gives up and explains his fear and why he's a wandering unicorn. Which brings us to this point... FlameStar has finally been honest and now the Tree of Harmony is alerting everyone to Canterlot.
In Canterlot, strange events have been happening, and it's not Discord's doing. Ponies have unexpectedly collapsed for some odd reason.
"Couldn't you share some of that essence with us, Tirek?" A pegasus filly asked. She had a rook chess piece for a cutie mark.
"Without Grogar's Bell, I can't hand over essence that isn't yours." Tirek answered. He was a red centaur who was absorbing magic and it gave him power.
"We need that bell and then we can conquer Equestria!" An unreformed changeling remarked. She was taller then the average changeling and all the other Changelings have reformed.
"I just wished Twilight and her friends didn't stop us from taking over Equestria!" The pegasus said.
"Patience, Cozy Glow." The Changeling said. "Once Tirek has enough energy, we can use it to storm Canterlot and find some artifact that can give us power once again."
"I don't know, Chrysalis." Cozy pondered. "They really buffed up security now that Twilight took the throne."
"They did, didn't they?" Chrysalis said. "Have you forgotten I can shape shift? I just need to look at a guard so I can morph."
Tirek got a bit closer to the castle and drained one of the guards. Cozy Glow dragged them back to where the villains were hiding out.
"You're welcome!" Cozy said sweetly.
Chrysalis studied the guard then morphed into them.
"How is this?" Chrysalis asked with a very deep voice. Not only can she shape shift but she can mimic their voice.
"Perfect!" Tirek and Cozy answered.
Meanwhile FlameStar, Starlight and The Mane 6 all rushed to Canterlot to see if their worst fears weren't realized.
"The tree had better be lying." FlameStar said.
"Don't worry, FlameStar." Twilight assured. "Starlight, you and FlameStar warn everypony to stay indoors. Everypony else, come with me." Twilight and the others left leaving FlameStar and Starlight to warn everyone.
"I don't suppose you know a spell that could... amp up our voices... do you?" FlameStar asked.
"Well... I know one but it's a work in progress." Starlight replied.
"Anything helps." FlameStar remarked. Starlight then let her horn glow and her voice was very loud.
"ATTENTION EVERYPONY! I'VE RECEIVED NEWS FROM PRINCESS TWILIGHT!" Starlight said. "YOU MUST REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! GET INSIDE NOW!!" Everyone panicked and ran indoors. To the villains, that was their chance. While Tirek and Cozy tried to work together to get Tirek more magic, Chrysalis went inside the castle to get an artifact. Without any guards inside the castle, who knows when Chrysalis could get a second opportunity? Then she saw it: Grogar's Bell. Chrysalis gave it a shake.
"There's still a bit of magic here." Chrysalis thought. "If Tirek shares some of that essence he gained as well as what's left of Grogar's magic, we could power back up!" Chrysalis swiftly teleported away and reappeared in the mayhem.
"WE ARE LEAVING!" Chrysalis yelled! The three villains ran back into hiding! After a few more chaotic minutes, Canterlot was literally a ghost town.
"Ok." FlameStar said. "Everypony's in their homes. Now maybe we can find this disturbance..."
With the Mane 6, Everyone was on lookout except for Twilight. She had to go back to the castle and make sure nothing is missing.
"If it's who I think it is, they might have gone for... *gasp* oh sweet Celestia..." Twilight said. "They took the Bell!!"
Later, Twilight rallied everyone to the castle throne room. She also invited Cadence, Shining Armor and Flurry Heart to join the meeting.
"Thank you all for coming." Twilight said. "I've gathered you all here today to discuss a very very important issue..."
"What happened?" Cadence asked.
"As you all know, Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow were all defeated with the power of Friendship and turned to stone by Celestia, Luna and Discord." She stated. "Unfortunately, they've found a way to break that stone spell on them and now they've stolen Grogar's Bell!" Everyone gasped at this sudden and bad news.
"What are we gonna do, Twilight?!"
"The same thing we always do, Pinkie: Try to save the world!"
"But how?" Flurry Heart asked. "We don't know where they went and we have no clue how to stop them!"
"Maybe not..." Twilight said. "Because they'll be expecting us. We're going to send somepony who they don't know very well." Everyone looked at FlameStar.
"M-ME?!" FlameStar asked quaking in his hooves.
"The villains dont know about you. You're the only one who can do this. Do you still wish to continue?"
"This is what I'm ment to do as a pony of Equestria." FlameStar remarked. "I won't fail you!"
"Ok. With the villains on the loose, all the train stations and any means of international travel have been shut down and we've closed Equestria off to any and all creatures." Twilight said. She then gave FlameStar a odd looking pearl.
"What's this for?"
"This is for when you reach Mount Aris. The Hippogriffs will help you."
"Still think you can do this, Sugarcube?" Applejack asked.
"Rarity. Get my Vest..." FlameStar suited up with his jacket he got from Rarity. He was ready to go.
"Good luck FlameStar." They all said. They all then heard a blast.
"*gasp* Tirek!" FlameStar exclaimed.
"Get them!!" Tirek roared. A powered up Chrysalis and an Alicorn Cozy Glow followed suit with Tirek in his level 3 form.
"Run FlameStar! Find the Hippogriffs!" Rarity said.
"We'll hold them till you get back!" Fluttershy said.
"Ok... Stay safe everypony!" FlameStar said. He hurried to the Canterlot gates as fast as he could.
"Forget those 6." Chrysalis said. "Stop that Unicorn!" The 3 villains shot lasers at FlameStar. FlameStar swiftly dodged the lasers as he approached the bridge.
"Just gotta get over this bridge and then I'm free!" FlameStar said. Tirek jumped in front of him and was about to absorb his magic!
"Run along you foal. The big stallions are playing now!" Tirek said.
"Ok, grumpy centaur!" FlameStar's cutie mark animated itself and he shot fire right out of his horn but to no avail. It ricocheted off Tirek then a tower and then broke the part of the bridge FlameStar was on. He plummeted right into the waterfall and down into the river hard.
FlameStar looked up with blurry vision and saw a odd pony. He couldn't figure out who it was and he blacked out. Later he woke up inside a odd shack.
"Oh good. You're awake." The pony said. She had a white coat and dressed like a nurse with a first aid kit as a cutie mark.
"Where am I? I shouldn't be here" FlameStar groaned.
"You're in Appleossa!"
"Appleossa?! No no no! I need to get to Mount Aris, stat! This is an emergency!"
"Mount Aris?" The pony asked. "You're miles away from that tourist trap. The trains are down so You'd have to go through..." the pony pointed to a far off town in the desert.
"... Klugetown." FlameStar said literally trembling.