Fluttershy roamed around Canterlot in cover. She was trying to find the place where she and Discord agreed to meet. She was so stressed because she knew those guards from before could be anywhere, even if she didn´t see them. Luckily, there were big crowds in which she could hide in. As she was focused on her mission, she didn´t notice the snowdrops falling, until one fell on her nose. She sneezed and looked at the sky.
“Is that snow?” she asked aloud. “Oh, that is not a good sign.” she said very worried. “I have to get there as soon as possible!”
She started running as fast as she could. She bumped against many ponies, and they protested, but she didn´t care. Finally, after some time running, she saw the meeting spot. She smiled in relief.
“Finally!”
However, her happiness wouldn´t last, for there was an important element lacking in the picture: Discord himself.
“Where is he?” she asked softly to herself while searching for him around. “I´m pretty sure we said to meet here.”
All of the sudden, a realization came to her, making her gasp.
“Oh my, what if he was taken by somepony? If they are not receptive towards different pony species, they will be far less receptive of a spirit of chaos!”
Her worrying made her hyperventilate a little, but she noticed her fast-paced breath quickly.
“No, no. Calm down, Fluttershy. Evertything will be ok. You just have to breath and go warn Twilight.”
“You wouldn´t mind if we come with you, would you?” a familiar voice said behind.
Fluttershy looked up and saw a giant bird standing in front of her. She jumped back scared and yelped.
“It´s ok! It´s ok!” Zecora yelled from the bird´s claws.
The bird opened its claws so that Zecora, Punja and Ocellus could get out. Fluttershy sighed in relief.
“It´s you girls.” Fluttershy approached them. She took a quick glance of the bird. “With a new friend.”
“Actually, it´s me, Thorax.” the bird said. Thorax changed into a crystal pony.
“Oh, you know you don´t have to be in your pony cover around us. But… maybe it´s safer to do so right now…” she approached the group after making sure nopony was watching “Ponies cannot stand the different today.”
“Actually it´s not because of that. I´ll explain it to you but not right now.” Thorax said.
“So something´s happening here too.” Punja said to Zecora. She took snowdrops with her hoof. “And there´s snow. Just as I knew.”
“Why are you covered?” Ocellus asked while raising an eyebrow.
Fluttershy blushed.
“It´s a long story.” she explained with a nervous smile. “And I think you also have a long story to tell Twilight, right?”
“Indeed.” Zecora replied. “And we should go to the castle with tremendous speed.”
“Oh, but I´m afraid it won´t be that easy.” Fluttershy lamented. “Depending on the guard, we might be able to enter.”
“Because you´re conflicted, right?” Ocellus guessed.
Fluttershy nodded sadly.
“But why you? You saved Equestria countless times! That´s not something they can deny. That´s not something nice to do.” Punja complained.
“But some ponies don´t see that. The only thing they see is that I´m a pegasus.”
“So, how do we enter?” Thorax asked.
Punja put her hoof on her chin as she thought.
“Hmm… Is there soil around the castle?” Punja asked.
They all looked at each other.
Twilight looked through the window while reflecting on her past. So many things had happened since she moved from Canterlot. She made new friends, saved Equestria countless times, she became an alicorn, made so many allies, opened a school, and now she was becoming Equestria´s ruler. It was the end of an age and the beginning of another, without her friends. Even though she talked about this with Spike, she still felt uncertainty. But she couldn´t go back. Equestria needed her. It was her duty.
“Will I be able to go through this without my friends?” she thought aloud.
Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door.
“Come in!” Twilight yelled.
It was Celestia, Luna and Cadence, who was carrying Flurry Heart in her arms.
“Surpriiise!” Cadence exclaimed.
Flurry opened her wings. Twilight smiled and received all the princesses with a warm smile and a hug.
“I´m so glad to see you.” she said cheerfully.
“Us too, Twilight.” Celestia told her. She sighed. “I can´t believe this day is here. The day my brightest student takes my place.” she laughed nervously. “I´m feeling kinda nervous, if I´m honest, aren´t you Luna?”
Luna smiled almost as nervous as her sister while nodding.
“Yeah… It´s a big change in all our lives.”
“So… How are you feeling, Twilight?”
Twilight snuffled.
“So many things! Nervousness, fear, confidence, and… Umm…”
Twilight was going to tell them about her fear of outliving her friends, but seeing the smiles in their faces, she decided not to. Besides, what if they told her that she would live for a thousand of years? Would she still be willing to rule?
“Prepared!” she lied. “Even though I don´t know what´s coming next.” she said a bit nervous. “But I´m willing to take the risk!”
The princesses were a bit skeptical about Twilight´s confidence.
“You´re twilighting, aren´t you?” Cadence smirked.
Twilight sighed.
“This will never change, will it?”
“Don´t worry.” Luna said as she sat on the ground. “I can see that this is troubling you, and it´s ok. I remember being so nervous at my coronation, too.”
“She was this close not to attend to her own coronation.” Celestia told Twilight. She chuckled at her memories. “The ceremony took time to begin thanks to my sister.”
Luna frowned as she blushed in embarrassment.
“Tia!”
“Always so dramatic, little sister.”
“At least my experience wasn´t as embarrassing as yours.”
“Don´t tell her.” Celestia ordered, knowing what her sister was going to do.
“What happened?” Twilight asked curious.
“Don´t.” Celestia repeated.
“She tripped on her own dress in front of everypony just after being crowned.”
“Luluuuu!” Celestia buried her face on her hooves.
Cadence laughed. Twilight tried to hold her laughter.
“Mine was also a bit of disaster.” Cadence continued. “I dropped the crown after looking through the window.”
Twilight gasped and covered her mouth. Flurry seemed surprised too.
“No!”
“Yes, I did.”
“Oof! I almost had a heart attack at that moment.” Celestia remembered.
“I see that all of you goofed off at your coronations. I hope my coronation doesn´t go like that. I wouldn´t be able to rule if that happened to me! Nopony would take me seriously. How did you deal with it?”
Luna smiled warmly.
“What helped me through personally, were my mother´s memories. `If she could do the impossible, I´m pretty sure that I can do this´ I told myself.”
Celestia sighed nostalgically.
“Our dearest mother…”
Twilight widened her eyes and gasped excited.
“This is the first time I´ve heard both of you mention your family. What was she like?”
“The bravest and most stubborn pony we´ve ever met.” Luna said.
“She had lost of guts. She might have hidden it from us, but she was always thirsting for adventure.” Celestia added.
“She would have been so proud of us…” Luna´s smile dropped.
“What happened to her?” Twilight asked somewhat alarmed.
“To this day, we still have no answers.” Celestia lamented. “She disappeared with no trace. But, I, Luna and Starswirl have always been sure that she was murdered.”
Twilight and Cadence gasped.
“She loved us too much to abandon us. Everything she did, was for her daughters.” Luna stated. “The ponies who said that didn´t know her.” Luna said with resentment and pain.
Celestia wrapped her sister with her wing to comfort her.
“I understand how that feels like. I was orphaned too.”
Flurry looked at her mother with a sad face, since her mother was sad. Cadence smiled warmly to calm her and snuggled her face against hers, making her laugh.
“I´m so sorry for what happened to your mother.” Twilight said.
Celestia and Luna smiled at Twilight.
“It´s ok. She´s living in our hearts, so we still feel her presence.” Luna said.
“You mentioned Starswirl. Did he know your mother?” Twilight´s eyes shone in curiosity
Celestia nodded.
“After she died, he took us under his cape. So, he´s more than a mentor to us.”
While all the adults were chatting, Flurry looked outside the window. She noticed that something wasn´t right outside. She tried to warn the adults by whimpering.
“What´s wrong, Flurry?” Twilight asked.
“Are you hungry, dear?” Cadence asked.
Flurry shook her head. She pointed at the window.
“Ah! I see.” Twilight said.
But instead of approaching the window, she approached the table.
“You´re wondering about the medal, aren´t you? Well, it´s a little surprise for Spike.”
Flurry complained. Once again, she pointed at the window. But Twilight didn´t seem to understand her little niece.
“I´m sorry, hun, but, where am I supposed to look?”
Flurry sighed frustrated. She flew from her mother´s arms to the window. She showed Twilight what was happening outside. Twilight gasped.
“What is it?” Celestia asked while approaching.
“It´s snowing!” Twilight replied surprised. “Why in Equestria is it snowing?” She gasped. “Unless.”
She opened the window. She somewhat leaned out to watch the sky in better detail. Then, all of the sudden, she yelped. She went back in quickly and closed the window.
“What did you see?” Cadence asked concerned.
“Windigoes!”
“What?!” Luna asked in shock.
“Windigoes. I saw windigoes.”
“How? Why?” Cadenece asked confused.
“Well, windigoes appear when there´s hatred between ponies.” Twilight explained “So…”
“There are tensions between ponies.” Luna finished.
“Yes, I know that, but out of nowhere? Something must have caused this.” Cadence stated.
“We must find out quickly. You know what happens if this prolongs.” Celestia ordered.
“Princesses?” Spike asked after opening the door. “Sorry to interrupt but you have some visit.”
Spike made way for Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Meghan.
“Twilight! We´re so glad to see you. We need to inform you about something.” Applejack said worried.
“About the windigoes, right?”
“WHAT?!” Rarity asked dramatically. “There are windigoes?”
“On the one hoof I´m not surprised.” Rainbow shrugged. “I mean, this was bound to happen! But on the other hoof…” Rainbow´s relaxed tone changed drastically. “I didn´t expect them to show up this soon!”
“Did you witness any confrontations between ponies?” asked Celestia.
“Yeah!” Pinkie exclaimed. “We have plenty of things to tell.”
“Us too.” a soft voice added.
Behind the mares, there were Fluttershy, Zecora, Thorax, Punja and Ocellus. They were coughing and dirty, with soil on their faces.
“Fluttershy! Why are you so dirty?” Twilight asked while wiping out the soil in Fluttershy´s face, coat and cape. She looked behind Fluttershy. “I see you brought company.”
“The villains are back!” Ocellus exclaimed. “The three of them!”
Everypony gasped.
“So, let me get this straight.” Twilight said on the throne. “You´re telling me that Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow are working together? In a team?”
Ocellus nodded.
“And we believe that they have to do something with the windigos.” Zecora added.
“How?” Rainbow asked.
“With Chrysalis disguising as ponies to spread rumours of course!” Pinkie replied cheerfully.
“Ok. So Cozy attacked the school, Tirek the pillars…” Twilight recapped to herself.
“And, Discord´s disappeared!” Fluttershy added.
“Pardon me. What?” Twilight asked in shock but also in calm manner.
“Seriously?” Rainbow lowered her eyelids. “This can´t get any worse.”
“Actually, it could.” Pinkie interfered. “There´s a thousand ways it could get worse.”
“I´m going to warn the other kingdoms.” Celestia said as she took a fountain pen and a scroll.
“They could have been attacked already.” Ocellus interfered. “Chrysalis mentioned that she went to the Dragonlands and the changeling kingdom. But you should warn them anyways.”
“The crystal empire! What about the crystal empire?” Cadence panicked. “Is it ok?” she asked to Thorax, who was in his crystal pony form.
“I don´t know because I´m no crystal pony. I´m Thorax.”
He changed to his former form. Everypony gasped.
“How did this happen to you?” asked Twilight concerned.
“Chrysalis had a bell.”
Celestia and Luna froze when Thorax mentioned a bell.
“A bell you say?” Celestia asked concerned.
“Yes.”
“What was it like? What powers does it have?” Luna asked.
“It looked rusty and old. But my, it was a pretty powerful object! With just a few rings she transformed all the changelings and brainwashed them. Well, except me. She wanted me to go through the same humiliation as her.”
“That´s really cruel.” Applejack commented.
“It can´t be…” Luna whispered scared.
Twilight looked at the princesses. Despite all the attacks they had endured, Twilight had never seen the princesses that scared before. Both Celestia and Luna were at the edge of a panic attack.
“How did that happen? Where did they get that from?” Luna asked Celestia.
“I don´t know, sister.” Celestia gasped. “Unless…”
Luna widened her eyes when she realized what her sister meant. She shook her head.
“No, no, no. Please, tell me it´s not that! Tell me it´s not that!” Luna begged desperately.
Luna held her sister´s hooves.
“We don´t for sure, but we must be prepared for anything.”
“I´m scared, Tia.”
“Me too.”
Celestia hugged her sister tightly.
“I´m sorry to interrupt but, do you know about that bell?” Twilight asked.
Celestia sighed.
“Have all of you heard about Gusty the Great?”
“The story about an unicorn that confronted a goat? Yeah, I heard it.” Rainbow answered.
“I thought he was a ram.” Applejack corrected.
Rainbow shrugged.
“Whatever.”
“I used to read that tale to Sweetie Belle.” Rarity replied.
“It was my favourite tale as a filly!” Pinkie exclaimed.
“Mine too!” Twilight said. “I used to read her tale non stop.”
“She was an inspiration to me as a filly. She had few confidence in herself at first, like me. But she ended up defeating an evil emperor! I wanted to be as brave as her.” Fluttershy said in admiration.
“That was the book you read to the foals at the hospital, isn´t it?” Spike asked Twilight.
Twilight nodded.
“Then yeah. I know that story. A really good one.”
“Changelings know some pony folklore. That´s a story that every changeling knows.” Thorax explained.
“Yeah! I remember I was the only one who recognized the title when Sandbar told us the story at school.” Ocellus remembered.
“Even though I´m not from here, that´s a story I often used to hear.” Zecora said.
“Papa told me a story about an unicorn and ram.” Punja said.
“Well. Most ponies believed it´s just a fairytale. But it´s not. Both Grogar and Gusty were very real.”
Everypony gasped.
“No way.” Twilight said shocked.
Celestia nodded.
“Grogar was indeed a very terrifying emperor. He killed and tortured ponies in the most despicable ways. And just like the book says, he was almost invincible. That was mostly thanks to the bell he wore in his neck, along his intelligence and cunning.”
“The book does not focus much on the bell. But from ancient archives, we know it had the abilities of magic absorption, corruption, transformation, magic storage, destruction and the creation of creatures. That´s why Grogar was called the Father of Monsters.” Luna kept explaining.
“It all depends on the bearer´s intentions. That´s why your form changed but your mind was not corrupted. From what you told us, that´s what Chrysalis had in mind.” Celestia told Thorax.
“One strike from that bell is fatal. Either you change or die.” Luna added in a serious tone.
“That doesn´t sound good.” Spike said.
“The book mentioned its name. The Bewitching Bell, right?” Twilight asked.
The two princesses nodded.
“Can´t we destroy it?” Rarity asked.
“The bell cannot be destroyed.” Celestia lamented.
“So what you mean is that we´re dealing with the most powerful villain Equestria has ever faced.” Rainbow recapped.
“We still don´t know if Grogar´s involved in this.” Celestia emphasized.
“So far, all we know is that Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow are in possession of the bell. But there´s a chance that Grogar´s the reason why they obtained the bell. Otherwise, how did they find it?” Luna said.
“We should evacuate everypony.” Applejack suggested.
“You´re right.” Twilight said. “Meghan. Evacuate everypony you can in Canterlot.”
“Yes, your majesty.” Meghan replied. She got out as fast as she could.
“Thorax, do you think you could go to the Crystal Empire?” Cadence asked sweetly. “To help Shining to defend the crystal ponies. I´ll help Twilight and the princesses.”
“But in this form? Will they believe me?”
“They know that a changeling can change. But if they don´t trust you, you can do our secret code.”
“What code?”
Cadence smiled a bit embarrassed.
“Sunshine, sunshine. Ladybugs awake. Clap your hooves and do a little shake.” she said as she did the little jumps she used to do with Twilight when they were young.
Thorax held his laughter, making him feel better.
“Ok.”
“And please, take Flurry with you.”
Cadence took her baby with her magic and tried to handle it to Thorax, but Flurry put up a fight. She cried and whimpered.
“I think she prefers to be with her mother.” Thorax said with a tender smile.
“Flurry, honey, you can´t be with us. It´s too dangerous.”
Despite Cadence´s efforts, Flurry was still resistant. Cadence sighed in defeat.
“I´m afraid there´s no time to change her mind. Go, now.”
Cadence ignited her horn and teleported Thorax to the Crystal Empire.
“Can I go to Ponyville?” Ocellus asked. “My friends are in there and I want to save them.”
Twilight took some time to think.
“Alright. But let Zecora and Punja accompany you. You´ll be safer.”
Twilight ignited her horn and teleported the changelings and the zebras to Ponyville.
“We must get ready for battle. They could appear in any moment.”
Just after Twilight said that, the ground began to shake.
“I think they´re already here.” said Rarity.
“Spike, take Flurry to somewhere safe, quickly!” Cadence handled Flurry to Spike.
“Alright. Look at me in the eyes, Flurry. Everything will be fine as long as you obey me.” Spike told the baby alicorn while holding her.
Suddenly, a magical strike overthrew the throne´s room door and walls. Spike hid Flurry behind the throne. Finally, the three enemies were here. They looked the same, except some differences. For example, Chrysalis´ eyes were greener and wore a more beautiful and elegant regalia. Tirek was bigger, and Cozy was an alicorn! That´s when they knew that this was because of the bell. In fact, Cozy was the one who carried it.
“Well, well if it isn´t Twilight and her friends. Ready to defend their precious princesses.” Tirek said while bending to their height.
“And Princess Cadence too.” Chrysalis added. “We haven´t had a proper confrontation since your wedding, dear.” she said to her while approaching her. “I´m glad to see you.”
“I´m afraid the feeling isn´t mutual.” Cadence responded bluntly.
“I see. That´s what your dear husband said.”
Cadence gasped.
“Shining! What did you do to him?” she ignited her horn.
Chrysalis chuckled.
“Nothing. As long as my changelings want it that way.”
Cadence clenched her teeth.
“Where´s that little baby alicorn of yours? We didn´t find her at the Crystal Empire. Such a pity, Tirek was looking forward to meet herw.”
Tirek licked his lips. Cadence illuminated her horn even more.
“Don´t you dare lay a hoof on her!”
“Temper, temper! Didn´t know the princess of love was so fill with hatred.” Cozy said, after putting herself between Chrysalis and Cadence.
“Why are you an alicorn?” Pinkie asked innocently while tilting her head.
Some of her friends got frustrated by that comment, whereas Cozy chuckled.
“That´s something you´ll never know.”
“Actually, I do. It´s because of that bell of yours. The thing is that I don´t understand why overpowered ponies always choose the form of an alicorn. Why not an overpowered pegasus or earth pony?”
“SILENCE!” Cozy yelled at Pinkie, making her jump back and cling to Applejack.
“How did you get that bell?” Twilight asked in a demanding tone.
“By working together, you dummy. After all, friendship wins at the end of the day, does it?” Cozy taunted the mane 6.
“The item you´re carrying is beyond your understanding. You don´t know what you´re playing with.” Celestia warned the three villains.
“Quite the contrary, your majesty. We do.” Tirek knelt tauntingly. “All thanks to your secret bell book in the Canterlot archives.”
Celestia and Luna gasped.
“How did you-”
“During the Summer Sun Celebration. We made some distractions to get there.”
“So you were the ones behind the fireworks´ incident!” Rarity pointed at them
“And the sick earth ponies!” Applejack joined Rarity. “They weren´t sick, you absorbed their magic, didn´t you?” she accused Tirek.
“And the weather disaster too!” Rainbow added.
“What´s worse, you planned about the windigoes!” Twilight exclaimed in indignation.
The three villains smile maliciously.
“I suppose so.” Cozy replied while looking at her hooves. “Don´t you guys?” she asked to Tirek and Chrysalis.
The centaur and changeling laughed.
“That´s it!” Rainbow smacked her hooves. She flew to kick Tirek´s face.
“Rainbow, wait! We still haven´t finished the questions!” Fluttershy tried to catch her friend, but it was too late. Before she reached Tirek´s chick, the centaur caught her and threw her against the wall. Applejack went to check on her friend.
“You ok?” A.J asked while offering a hoof.
Rainbow stretched her wing while moaning.
“Yeah.” she replied confidently as she grabbed her friend´s hoof.
“So that´s how the game is, huh?” Twilight prepared for battle.
“On my defense, she started it.” Tirek said in defense. “But yeah.” he stretched his neck. “Let´s do this.”
Cozy struck the bell with her magic. After the bell rang, there came an enormous blast that was directed towards the thrones. Luckily, nopony was harmed. They got out before it reached them. As for Spike and Flurry, who were behind the thrones, were also unharmed, since Flurry made herself and Spike disappear. They reappeared at a corner of the throne room behind the villains. They hid behind some debris they had left when they entered.
Meanwhile, Twilight, her friends and Cadence were shocked with the bell´s power. They knew what it was capable to do, but it was shocking to see it with your own eyes.
“Ok. That´s not cool.” Rainbow said anxiously.
“We need to take the bell away from them as soon as possible.” Fluttershy stated.
Twilight was quick enough to think up a plan, but she didn´t have the chance to communicate it to her friends. Chrysalis threw Twilight to the ground before she could say anything. Chrysalis stepped on her hooves to avoid her escape. Chrysalis was about to hit the princess with her magic, but Cadence interfered, freeing Twilight from Chrysalis.
“A little help here…” she asked while fighting Chrysalis.
“On our way!” Rarity exclaimed while joining Twilight to fight the changeling queen.
“You fight the rest!” Twilight commanded her friends and the Royal sisters.
All of them nodded. Applejack, Celestia and Fluttershy went to fight Tirek whereas Pinkie, Rainbow and Luna fought Cozy Glow.
“Get away from my sister in law!” Twiligth yelled at Chrysalis.
Chrysalis hit Twilight´s wing with a blast.
“Twilight!” Rarity and Cadence exclaimed in chorus.
Cadence was far from Twilight so she wasn´t able to defend her sister in law from Chrysalis´ attack. Luckily, Rarity jumped in front of Twilight and summoned a shield made of diamonds. Chrysalis, Twilight, Cadence were surprised at Rarity´s shield. Even Rarity herself couldn´t believe what she had done. Chrysalis tried to attack again but it was useless. The diamond shield was to strong. But that didn´t stop her from trying.
“How did you do it?” Twilight asked.
“I don´t know.” Rarity was speechless. “I had no idea I could do that.”
“Well, we´ll figure that later. I don´t know how long it will last.”
Just after Twilight said that, Chrysalis broke the shield.
“I think there´s your answer, darling.” Rarity mumbled.
Chrysalis growled and was ready to attack the two of them, but Cadence prevented her from doing so.
“Why you-” Chrysalis said at Cadence.
Twilight and Rarity jumped in her defence.
Applejack tried to catch one of Tirek´s hoof to tie his legs with her lasso. Celestia directed her blasts at him, and Fluttershy flew around him to create a distraction from him. She took the chance to ask her questions.
“Where is Discord?” she asked while Tirek was trying to blast Applejack.
Tirek raised an eyebrow confused.
“What?”
“Where. Is. Discord?” Fluttershy looked at him in the eyes. Even though she wasn´t doing the stare, her eyes were terrifying. They were full of rage.
Tirek stopped an attack from Celestia.
“Why on Tartarus would I know where he is?”
“I know you have him! You two worked together, you´re the one who has a personal grudge against him. Where is he?”
Unfortunately for Fluttershy, Tirek didn´t have the answers. He looked at Chrysalis as he fought.
“Chrysalis, did you take Discord?”
“DON´T DISTRACT ME!” she answered aggressively while fighting Cadence, Rarity and Twilight.
“I´ll take that as a no.” he looked at Cozy. “Cozy, did you take Discord?”
Cozy, who was trying to hit Luna with the bell´s magic, widened her eyes.
“The draconequus! The darn draconequus!” she yelled frustrated as she put her hoof on her forehead. “Why didn´t I think about it?! He could defeat us with just a snap!”
Tirek directed his look towards Fluttershy.
“Are you satisfied my little pegasus?” he asked with a sarcastic smile.
“Wait. If neither of you captured him, then who on tarnation is he with?” Applejack asked confused.
Applejack saw Fluttershy´s and Celestia´s stares. They were full of fear and worry. She couldn´t tell what was going on their heads, but she knew that something was wrong. She couldn´t ask them, though. She had to fight Tirek.
Rainbow, Pinkie and Luna were having trouble confronting Cozy. Since she was the one with the bell, they couldn´t attack her. All they could do was avoiding the bell´s blasts.
“Where are you going little princess?” she teased Luna as she tried to strike her with the bell. “Don´t you want to be Nightmare Moon again?”
Luna avoided the magical ray. She landed next to Pinkie. She looked fearful. Pinkie gasped.
“It is not nice to threaten princesses to turn them evil again!” she said very upset.
“Exactly!” Rainbow called out Cozy. Then, she smirked. “You could do it with somepony who hasn´t turned evil.”
“Oooh nice! A volunteer.” Cozy said while putting the bell towards Rainbow.
As soon as the bell rang, Rainbow flew in circles, trying to avoid the bell´s power. Fortunately, Rainbow was fast enough to do so.
“Ha ha! You can keep trying if you want to.” she said smugly.
Cozy growled in frustration. She kept trying to hit Rainbow.
Pinkie watched Rainbow anxiously.
“She´s trying to turn Rainbow evil! Not under my watch.” Pinkie stated while grabbing a small piece of the throne to throw it at Cozy.
Luna stopped Pinkie by raising her wing.
“Wait! She´s distracting Cozy so we can come up with a plan. But in order to do that we need you calm.”
“Ok. I´m calm.”
“Good.” Luna lowered her wing.
However, Pinkie didn´t listen to Luna and threw the piece, hoping it would strike Cozy. Instead, it hit Rainbow, making her fall. From the surprise, Cozy stopped attacking Rainbow. The pegasus mare massaged her front leg.
“Pinkie!” she scolded her friend.
Luna frowned at Pinkie. Pinkie smiled apologetically while blushing.
Meanwhile, Spike and Flurry observed the action from a safe place.
“Ok, now that they´re distracted we can go to somewhere safe.” Spike said to Flurry.
But the baby didn´t seem to agree, as she shook her head.
“No? What do you want me to do then?”
Flurry pointed at her mother and aunt. Spike sighed.
“Look, I want to help too, but I can´t. I promised Cadence I would keep you safe.”
Flurry whimpered.
“You can take care of yourself? You´re a baby!”
Flurry raised her wings and pointed at her horn.
“And an alicorn too, but still a baby! Those three are more powerful than you.” Spike sighed defeated. “Who am I kidding? You´ve already made your mind, and I can´t do nothing to oppose you. Ok, let me come up with a plan.” he agreed a bit reluctant.
Flurry clapped happily.
“The most primordial thing is taking the bell away from Cozy. but how?”
“What are you going to do now, huh?” Cozy asked tauntingly to Pinkie, Rainbow and Luna.
Spike gasped and leaned out his head.
“Party cannon!” Pinkie yelled while grabbing her cannon.
The cannon let out confetti at Cozy´s face, which gave Spike an idea.
“That´s it!” he exclaimed softly.
Cozy wiped the confetti off her face. She had an unamused face.
“Really? What was that for?” she said with no emotion.
“Nothing. I just wanted to laugh a little before you killed us.” Pinkie replied with a smile. Luna and Rainbow looked at her confused and scared.
“Well, you´ve already had your laugh.”
Luna, Pinkie and Rainbow closed their eyes, ready to take the blow. However, something unexpected happened. Green fire appeared behind Cozy.
“Ow!” she yelled while releasing the bell.
The bell was taken by Flurry. She flew far away from the villains. She flew beneath the destroyed thrones.
Cozy massaged her back. She turned around and saw Spike, who was wearing a smirk on his face and breathed smoke.
“Where did you come from?”
“That´s not something I should explain. The only thing you should know is that you lost.” Spike told Cozy while pointing at Cozy.
Cozy span her head and saw Flurry with the bell. The baby alicorn smiled in victory.
“NOO!” Cozy yelled.
Her yell interrupted the fights around them. Everypony looked at Flurry. Tirek and Chrysalis got angry. The ponies cheered at Flurry.
“Well done hun!” Twilight exclaimed.
“She risked herself a lot but I´m glad she managed to get the bell.” Cadence said with a mixed emotion of relief and worry.
Spike joined Flurry.
“What are you gonna do now, huh?” he asked as the two landed.
Twilight gasped.
“Spike no! That´s where-”
Suddenly, the platform where Spike and Flurry were standing opened and the two of them fell while yelling.
“the trap is.” Twilight finished her sentence.
“Cozy! You were supposed to look for the bell!” Chrysalis yelled at the filly.
“I know, I´m sorry. Spike burnt me.” Cozy apologized.
“Are you aware of this?!” Tirek yelled angrily.
Cozy had her eyes closed. She summoned a force camp around her.
“I know, I´m sorry!”
“Are you aware of what your dragon has done?!”
When Tirek said ` your dragon´, Cozy knew that he wasn´t talking to her. She opened her eyes and saw Tirek grabbing Twilight by the wings. She sighed in relief.
Twilight´s friends and the princesses tried to do something, but Chrysalis held them with her magic.
“We endured blistering winds, piercing cold and we climbed-”
Chrysalis tried to calm Tirek.
“Tch tch, don´t worry, I can handle this.” she said with an uncharacteristic sweetness in her voice.
Of course, that changed when she talked to Twilight.
“WE ENDURE BLISTERING WINDS, PIERCING COLD AND WE CLIMBED THE BLOODY MOUNT EVERHOOF, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST BLOODY MOUNTAIN IN EQUESTRIA, ONLY TO HAVE THE BLOODY BELL TAKEN AWAY!”
She was so angry that even Tirek was scared. Cozy flew to their side
“Exactly!”
Tirek and Chrysalis raised an eyebrow confused and a bit surprised that she appeared out of nowhere next to tem. Cozy shrugged.
“What she said. You didn´t consider that.” Cozy chuckled. “After all, isn´t that what friendship is all about?”
The three villains laughed together. Twilight tried to blast Tirek but it was useless.
“Let´s do this, shall we?” he said with an evil smirk as he conjured up magic between his horns.
The three smiled in satisfaction, as they were close to victory. The light from Tirek´s magic reflected in her eyes, which were full of fear. She gasped and closed her eyes. But somepony interfered before Tirek could do anything to Twilight.
“ENOUGH!” a deep male voice yelled.
A ray of magic reached Tirek´s hand and burnt it slightly, forcing him to release Twilight. He shook his hand to relief the pain. Twilight noticed that the magic was the same colour as the bell´s magic, black and yellow. But it didn´t come from the bell.
“This is not your own business to take.” the voice said.
The ponies saw a figure at the door. Nopony could tell who he was, due to the fact that his face wasn´t visible. The only thing they could see were a pair of yellow and red eyes glowing in the darkness. Celestia and Luna quickly recognized him, and when they did their ears dropped in fear and slowly walked backwards. The figure stepped out off the darkness revealing his identity, turning out to be no other than the old emperor of Equestria and Father of Monsters himself, Grogar.
“It´s mine.” he continued with a wicked and terrifying smile on his face.
Everypony, including the villains gasped. Grogar chuckled menancingly.