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PREVIOUSLY ON "MY LITTLE PONY"
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Starlight Glimmer: "Can you still fight, Trixie?"
Trixie: "I think we may have more urgent matters to worry about!"
Silverstream: "It's no use! We've got to...fall back!"
Trixie: "Nopony hurts the Princess of Loyalty!"
Chrysalis clone: "Did you honestly think you can get away from me that easily with that stupid teleportation spell?! I wasn't born yesterday, I knew you cowards had to have fled to somewhere!"
Starlight Glimmer: "Don't you ever...quit?"
Chrysalis clone: "Prepare to do battle, and prepare to lose it all!"
Scorpan: "Brother, do you see…?!"
Tirek: "Take no prisoners! I'll teach Grogar to make a mockery of me!"
Chrysalis clone: "Time to die."
Starlight Glimmer: "Chrysalis?!"
Queen Chrysalis: "Let's say we take this outside and settle who the real queen is!"
Starlight Glimmer: "I think Chrysalis-the real Chrysalis-saved our lives."
Chrysalis: "You know what is greater than fear? DEATH! Starlight Glimmer, we meet again."
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Starlight took an enormous gulp as Chrysalis, her sworn enemy, towered over her. "Well, if you're going to kill me," She weakly proclaimed, looking up at the overthrown Changeling queen. "Do it. Get on with it."
Looking back at the possible outcome, Trixie realized she could do nothing but wait for her best friend to suffer the same fate as the clone.
But much to the surprise of both mares, Chrysalis extended her hoof out to Starlight. "Why should I kill you now?" Chrysalis asked in a low voice. "It wouldn't be worth it. You're hardly in a position to fight back, where would the fun be in that?"
Still, Starlight was unsure. "Is this a trick?" She demanded while struggling to stand. "Because if it is…"
"No, it's not. Not this time." Chrysalis answered and she helped Starlight up, only for Starlight to fall back down in a scream of pain from her back!
The scream quickly awakened Rainbow Dash, who let out a loud yell as she tackled Chrysalis to the ground! "Get away from her, cheeselegs!" Rainbow Dash screamed while pinning Chrysalis down. "You want her?! Then get through me, first!"
"Rainbow Dash, wait!" Starlight cried as she rolled over, unable to stand. "She... she doesn't want to hurt me, it seems. Not now, at least."
But Rainbow didn't believe her as several pony guards came in and saw Rainbow towering over Chrysalis. Backing away, Rainbow watched as the guards forced Chrysalis to her feet. "I beg to differ!" She bitterly retorted. "Take her away! She'll pay for what she's done!"
"But Rainbow Dash…" Trixie pleaded, only to be silenced by the Princess of Loyalty with a firm glare.
"Take Starlight and Trixie to Canterlot Hospital," Rainbow ordered, her eyes still locked on Trixie. "I think they need to be looked over. I'll handle Chrysalis."
Acknowledging, Rainbow watched as the soldiers helped Trixie and Starlight away from the classroom.
At the same time, Silverstream was coming around and came to her feet. "Professor Rainbow Dash, what's going on?" She frantically asked. "What's…?" But then suddenly, she let out a shriek where she looked over the corpse of the Chrysalis clone. "What is that… that… thing?!"
"A clone of Chrysalis, or so it seems to be," Rainbow Dash replied, bending down to touch some of the strange blood. Then she turned to Silverstream "Can you still fight? Are you going to be able to carry on?"
Silverstream slowly nodded. "I... can. I think."
Just then, the two looked up to see the bodies of a donkey soldier and a pony soldier land in the courtyard stream below. Then they began to feel a strong gust of wind starting to circle around them and Silverstream immediately knew what was about to happen!
Soon, both saw the swirling tornado created by Arabus extending his tornado arms out to try and suck up the school.
"Gallus! The others!" Silverstream frantically cried! "We've got to help them!" Panicked, Silverstream took to the air as Rainbow Dash followed!
"Silvestream, wait!" Rainbow Dash cried, only to discover several wounded pony soldiers cornered by several donkey soldiers. Knowing that Silverstream would have to wait, she flew down to help them out.
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Meanwhile, the other students were beginning to feel the strong winds of Arabus penetrate the interior of the school, sucking up the party cannons.
"Yona don't want to go! Yona don't want to go!" Yona screamed as she tried to hang onto a pipe! "SOMEONE SAVE YONA!"
"Ahh, it's only a matter of time before you all become trophies for Emperor Grogar!" cackled Arabus as Smolder turned around and shot a ball of fire at Arabus, hitting him in the face and angering him slightly. "And you shall be the first one, dragon!"
"Try me, blowhard!" Smolder snorted! "You think a little wind is going to stop me?! Think again!"
Fighting several donkey soldiers, Gallus looked up and saw Smolder about to be absorbed by the twister monster. A sense of rage built over him and seizing a dead donkey's spear, he threw the spear! Alas, Arabus sensed it and threw it down hard.
"Smolder, get back!" Gallus cried out in a loud voice! "He's mine!"
Feeling slightly amused, Arabus turned to the young griffon. "You?" Arabus laughed. "Are you expecting me to believe that you will defeat me? This is a pleasant surprise."
"You took…everygriff from me!" Gallus seethed, his eyes filled with revenge. "You took away what little traces of family I had left!"
"Are you kidding me?" Arabus laughed while folding his arms. "I don't even know who you are, little griffon!"
But Gallus remained defiant. "You will soon enough," He said quietly. Then, after letting out a loud screech, he threw himself into Arabus and knocked him back with a headbutt. "No one destroys Griffonstone and gets away with it!"
"Oh, this is going to be so amusing. I'll enjoy crushing you!" Arabus remarked, flexing out his muscles before turning to the donkey soldiers who were still alive. "Don't just stand there, you idiots! Get those brats and prepare them to become trophies!" Acting on his orders, the donkeys charged at the school while Arabus stood face to face with the smaller Gallus. "You are mine, punk."
Reaching into his scabbard, Gallus drew out a sword and prepared to fight Arabus to the death! Letting out a loud shriek, he took the sword and attempted to stab Arabus in his forehead, the source of his power.
But Arabus dodged the tip of the blade, much to Gallus' frustration. Looking down at the corpses of dead donkeys and pony soldiers, Arabus took his arms and began to suck up the corpses in an attempt to strike Gallus with them.
Firing the corpses at him, Arabus hoped for the dead bodies to bring Gallus down. But the young griffon wasn't going to go down that easily. Letting out another loud shriek, Gallus sliced and diced the dead bodies with his sword, much to Arabus' frustration.
Just then, Gallus darted into the air and prepared to aim his sword at the top of Arabus' head. "Hey windhead!" Gallus shouted, catching Arabus' attention. "Take this!" Darting down at the wind monster, Gallus had his eye set on the green jewel!
But Arabus sensed this and fired a beam of magic from the jewel at the young griffon, hitting Gallus in his right wing! Screaming, he hit the ground while Arabus looked down at him.
"NO!" The shrill voice of Silverstream cried as she flew down to her lover's side. "Gallus!"
Struggling to his feet, the pain in his wing was too much for Gallus even as he wanted to keep on fighting.
"Ah, the girlfriend," Arabus laughed as he blew away fighting donkeys and ponies on both his sides. "Why didn't you tell me you had a girlfriend, Gallus? That's your name, isn't it?"
"Shut up!" Gallus weakly cried in anger. "For a bag of wind, you certainly talk like one!"
"A bag of wind, eh?" Arabus remarked. "Well this bag of wind is about to suck you dry, little griffon!"
Channeling his powers, Arabus prepared to conjure up a storm just to focus on Gallus and Silverstream! "Any last words?" Arabus cackled as both Gallus and Silverstream hugged each other tightly.
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Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, Luna was busy trying to close Celestia's wound she had sustained in their fight against Scarface. "There, that should hold until we get you to a hospital," Luna said as she tightened the bandage. "You aren't going to fly, so…"
"Do you think I don't know that, Luna?" Celestia interrupted, giving her younger sister a look. "If anything, Scarface took out a large amount of my feathers."
"Yes, he did," Luna remarked with a hint of amusement coming onto her face. "And until those feathers grow back, you are grounded just like what Mother and Father…"
"Luna," Celestia warned. "Don't go there!"
"I'm only kidding Celestia, but it's also true…mother and father would always ground you when…" Just then, Luna's moment of amusement abruptly ended as the two sisters looked up and saw the darkening clouds overhead.
"Celestia, what is it?" Luna asked, immediately getting an idea of what was about to happen. "Is it…?"
"It's Arabus," Celesita said in a whisper. "He's about to release a storm. Luna! I can't fly, but I can still teleport! Now come on!"
Activating her horn, Celestia teleported away from Canterlot, but Luna stood in confusion. It wasn't until Celestia stuck her hoof out and dragged Luna into the teleportation spell that Luna realized what was happening.
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Back at the School of Friendship, the rest of the students soon found themselves overpowered by the donkey soldiers. Thus they could only watch as Arabus prepared to deliver the final blow to both Gallus and Silverstream.
"In the name of Emperor Grogar!" Arabus shouted in a commanding and booming voice that caught the attention of the other combatants. "I shall carve you both up as a dish fit for him!"
"Silverstream!" Gallus cried while hugging the love of his life tightly. "No matter what happens, I will always love you!"
"I love you too, Gallus!" Silverstream replied as she and Gallus shut their eyes, waiting for the end to come.
But just as Arabus prepared to unleash the fury of nature, he suddenly felt a pair of sharp beams of magic hit him in the back that caused him to lose his concentration! Growling, he turned to see Celestia and Luna (who had just teleported themselves in from Canterlot).
"You shall not do such a deed! You will claim no more innocent lives!" Celestia bellowed in her royal Canterlot voice, her horn raging.
"Arabus!" Luna called, catching the monster's attention. "If you want the young griffon and the young hippogriff, you shall have to pass through me!"
"Professor Luna, what are you doing?!" Gallus cried, suddenly getting to his feet and racing to his professor's side. "Are you mad?"
"I'm going to destroy this beast for you, Gallus." Luna declared with a smile, trying to reassure the young griffon.
"No!" Gallus retorted as he flew in front of her. "He's mine! He destroyed Griffonstone! He must pay! If it's the last thing I do, I'll put him down!"
But Luna remained steadfast.
"Please!" Gallus pleaded. "Let me fight him, at least alongside you! I may have a busted wing, but I can still fly!"
Not wanting to pick an argument, Luna stood down and allowed Gallus to fight alongside her.
"And I will fight too!" Silverstream added, joining Gallus and Luna in staring down Arabus.
"Very well then!" Arabus sneered. "It'll be three for the price of one!"
Celestia felt the urge to join, but she then saw the donkey soldiers holding the rest of the students captive. Trusting her instincts, Celestia charged towards the donkeys and used her magic to pull them away from the young creatures.
Rising to their feet, the donkey soldiers surrounded Celestia, but she tapped into her alicorn powers and her aura turned a sickly green color. Releasing magic droplets from her horn, the droplets struck the donkeys and they fell right where they were and ceased to move.
"Professor Celestia!" Ocellus crued, catching the elder alicorn's attention. "Are we glad to see you!"
"Now's not the time for celebrating! Come on!" Celestia shouted and urged the students to follow her as Luna, Gallus and Silverstream took to the air. "It's not safe for any of you here, things are about to get ugly."
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Staring down the wind god, the alicorn, griffon and hippogriff each realized at once what needed to be done to ensure victory: Destroy the green stone on Arabus' forehead.
"Prepare to become tributes for my emperor!" Arabus declared, his gray rotation body becoming black.
Just then, Luna turned back and saw the ocean out in the distance. She had an idea to get Arabus' powers weakened. "You'll have to kill us first, you fiend!" She taunted and acting on her instincts, led Gallus and Silverstream away from the school and towards the ocean. "Come and get us for Grogar!"
Blowing a raspberry, Luna and her two students began to lead Arabus away towards the ocean.
Arabus bellowed "No one makes a mockery of me!"
Watching her sister and two of her students lead Arabus away, Celestia and the rest of the students set to work on rebuilding the defenses for The School of Friendship.
Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash had successfully defended the wounded soldiers from the donkeys and was now turning her attention over to them. "Can you guys get to safety?" She asked them.
"We can, your highness," The wounded soldier answered. "Thank you."
But Rainbow then turned to see several more donkey soldiers rapidly advancing towards her and the soldiers. Before Rainbow could react however, several pegasus soldiers dressed in blue landed in front of her.
"Crash, you okay?" The pony asked, lifting her goggles to reveal Spitfire.
"Spitfire! Thank Celestia you got here!" Rainbow cried as Spitfire helped her up. "Where were you?"
"Where else? In reserve, waiting for the moment to strike!" Spitfire chuckled. "The rest of the bolts are on their way as we speak!"
"Uh, boss?" Soarin asked, taking a small gulp as the donkeys advanced towards them with their weapons drawn. "I think these guys want to skewer us!"
"Crash, go help your friends! We got these guys!" Spitfire commanded.
"Are you giving me an order?" Rainbow blinked. "You forget that…"
But Spitfire only replied. "I think formalities are out of the question right now, Crash! Go!"
"We'll be fine," The wounded pony soldier declared, bowing his head slightly in respect to Rainbow Dash. "Go! Now!"
Not wanting to pick an argument, Rainbow reluctantly flew away leaving Spitfire and the rest of the Wonderbolts to take on the donkeys.
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Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Ponyville, another army was making their way through the Everfree Forest. But this army was different. This army was an ally of Equestria's leaders on both a royal and personal level.
"We're here," Princess Cadence declared. She dressed in pink crystal armor while standing next to her husband, Shining Armor. And their infant daughter, Flurry Heart was dressed in her own armor as she flew over Cadence's head. "What do we do now?"
"We advance and help out in any way possible," Shining Armor declared, drawing out his sword. "Let's move!"
In a matter of moments, the Crystal Empire army was about to make their move in the growing battle before them.
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