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// Chapter 8 pt 4: Battle in the Enemy Stronghold III 
// Story: MLP FiM x Fairy Tail: Wizards in Equestria 
// by SonnL 
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After Nightmare Art’s defeat, the news quickly spread amongst the remaining dark unicorns inside Scarlet Night’s fortress. 
 
“You’re not going to believe this! The Council of Friendship defeated the Lower 5!” A dark unicorn exclaimed while talking to another dark unicorn. 
 
“Are you serious?! How could a Red Moon General lose to them?!” The other dark unicorn said. 
 
“You got to be kidding me! He was done in by their rainbow magic! Nightmare Art, how dare you brought shame to the Red Moon Generals! Don’t let this fluke go to your heads, Council of Friendship!” Thunder Blast growled. 
 



Meanwhile, Spike, Happy, and Carla (back in her original form) were moving inside the vents, hoping to avoid any confrontations. 
 
“How long do we have to travel inside these vents?” Happy asked. 
 
“Just until we find any of our allies.” Carla answered. “In the meantime, I want to avoid a direct confrontation with the enemy as much as possible. I certainly don’t want to run into a dark unicorn right now.” 
 
“Um, Carla... we have seen monsters that came out of doors that suddenly appeared out of thin air.” Spike pointed out. “Who’s to say that monsters won’t appear in these vents at all?” 
 
“Well... I never said that we’ll be absolutely safe in here.” Carla replied. “It’s just-” 
 
Carla was interrupted when the three heard crawling noises coming from behind them. They turned their heads around and saw numerous ant monsters approaching them. Spike tried using his fire breath to ward them off, but more of these monsters kept coming. 
 
“RUN!!!” Happy shouted as the three immediately began fleeing from the monsters. 
 



Alzack and Bisca managed to survive fighting the plethora of monsters that reside in the fortress, but they had been separated from the pony soldiers they were with during a chaotic skirmish. 
 
After shooting their way through a large group of orcs, they entered a room with a lava pit. As they kept their eyes peeled for any enemies, the lava pit began to stir and the two wizards kept their weapons at the ready as something was rising out of the pit. It is a humanoid creature made of magma, standing roughly 30 feet tall. 
 
As the magma monster climbed out of the pit, Alzack fired several shots at it, but the bullets did not faze it. The monster then extended its arm and tried to swat him. Alzack was barely able to dodge as droplets of lava singed his coat. 
 
“Hey! Over here!” Bisca got the monster’s attention by firing multiple shotgun blasts, but the monster absorbed the shots. 
 
“Be careful, Bisca! One touch from that thing and it’s all over!” Alzack yelled to his wife. 
 
The monster threw a glob of magma at Bisca, but she shot it with her shotgun before it reached her. 
 
“GUNS MAGIC: TORNADO SHOT!” With both of his revolvers, Alzack shot two wind bullets simultaneously, which merged together to form a tornado attack moving towards the monster. 
 
The monster launched a large stream of lava from its mouth, clashing with Alzack’s attack. Bisca quickly switched her weapon to a bazooka and aimed for the head. She fired a powerful magic blast and successfully blew the monster’s head off. However, the head regenerated after a short time. 
 
“This isn’t good.” Bisca commented. 
 
The monster then rapidly threw magma globs at the duo, forcing them to either dodge or shoot down the projectiles with their revolvers and machine guns. 
 
“Bisca, I think our best bet is to run!” 
 
Facing against a fearsome monster, the two wizards decided to retreat, but the monster went after them as it wasn’t going to let any prey escape. While running, the wizards continued shooting the monster, hoping to slow it down at least. 
 
As the magma monster pursued Alzack and Bisca, two dark unicorns watched from inside a surveillance room. 
 
“They won’t be able to defeat that monster without destroying its core. Otherwise, it will just regenerate.” 
 
“And the best part is, the core constantly moves around in its body. It doesn’t have a fixed position.” 
 



For Juvia, finding Gray is her top priority at the moment, but she wasn’t having any luck so far. All she found were more enemies, which was beginning to frustrate her. 
 
“Where could he be?! How long would it take for me to find him?!” Juvia growled with her teeth showing. 
 
She then came across a chamber with a pool as big as a small lake. 
 
“Gray! Any chance you’re down there!?” 
 
A tentacle suddenly emerged from the water and attacked Juvia. At that moment, her body transformed into water, allowing the tentacle to phase through her without harming her. 
 
“Now what could it be?!” 
 
A total of twelve tentacles and then a head emerged from the pool. Juvia saw that it was a gigantic jellyfish monster. 
 
“My patience is wearing thin! WATER SLICER!” Juvia attacked by sending scythe-like water blades at the monster. 
 
A barrier of water suddenly surrounded the jellyfish monster and it absorbed Juvia’s attack. The monster’s entire body then surged with electricity, making Juvia nervous. With its tentacles, the jellyfish monster hurled electric spheres at the water wizard. Juvia avoided them by running and jumping away. 
 
“WATER CYCLONE!” Juvia cast a whirling torrent of water, but the monster’s aqua barrier prevented it from taking any damage. 
 
“Is my magic useless?!” Juvia exclaimed. 
 
The wizard was then assaulted by another barrage of electric spheres, forcing her to flee the chamber. The monster wasn’t finished as it left the pool to chase after Juvia. 
 



In a mist-filled chamber, Elfman and Lisanna were struggling against Grim Mist, the current Lower 3 of the Red Moon Generals. 
 
Elfman switched his form to Beast Soul: Weretiger while Lisanna is now in her Animal Soul: Harpy form. The brother tried attacking Grim Mist with fast claw strikes while the sister dive-bombed towards the general and struck with her talons. Unfortunately, any attack they used against the dark unicorn proved to be a useless gesture as they would just phase through her. 
 
“How are we going to be beat her if we can’t hurt her?!” Lisanna said. 
 
“You’re not.” Grim Mist answered. She then created mist spears and arrows and began hurling them at the siblings. Lisanna flew around to evade them, and Elfman either dodged or swiped at the mist projectiles. While the siblings were on the defensive, the general formed a giant out of mist. 
 
“Get them.” The dark unicorn ordered. 
 
With great speed, the mist giant stretched out its arms and grabbed both siblings. 
 
“This is your end.” Grim Mist said to the pair. 
 
The mist giant started squeezing the two wizards in its grasp. Elfman and Lisanna struggled to break free, but the giant continued tightening its grip. 
 
As the situation looked dire for Lisanna and Elfman, two more wizards arrived at the battle. 
 
“FAIRY BOMB: GREMLIN!” Evergreen dissipated the mist giant with a powerful explosion created by magical dust particles. 
 
Elfman and Lisanna dropped to the floor after they were freed from the mist giant’s grip. 
 
“Get her, babies!” At Bickslow’s command, his five dolls fired magic blasts at the Lower 3. The attacks hit their mark and the dark unicorn was engulfed in a destructive explosion. 
 
“Bickslow! Evergreen!” Lisanna was relieved to see them. 
 
“I’m sure glad to see you guys!” Elfman was also happy. 
 
“Hey there! Looks like you two could use a hand!” Bickslow greeted. 
 
“Good thing we’ve found you.” Evergreen spoke. 
 
After Bickslow’s attack, the general’s body reformed. 
 
“Two more Fairy Tail wizards? That’s good. The more I destroy, the better.” Grim Mist said. 
 
“A Red Moon General. This is the first time I’m actually meeting one.” Evergreen narrowed her eyes at the Lower 3. 
 
“This one is bad news. She can turn her body into mist to avoid any damage.” Elfman informed. 
 
“Eh, I’m sure we’ll figure something out.” Bickslow shrugged. 
 



At the botanical gardens, Lucy (in her Star Dress: Cancer form) and Wendy (in Dragon Force mode) are currently fighting against Blossom Thorn, the Lower 4 general.
 
The two wizards were continuously assaulted by thorny vines and whip-like branches that the general sent in their direction. Lucy used her blades to slash the vines and branches while Wendy repelled them with bursts of wind from her hands. 
 
“Minions! Make yourselves useful and bring me their heads!” Blossom Thorn bellowed. 
 
The Lower 4 is not the only problem that Lucy and Wendy have to deal with. The general also has her own personal underlings in the form of tree monsters fighting alongside her. The monsters surrounded the two wizards and charged towards them while flailing their arms. Lucy was able to cut down scores of them. 
 
“LEADING SKY ARROW!” Wendy cloaked her leg in a whirlwind while kicking away several of the tree monsters. 
 
“Tch. If the spores weren’t rendered useless, these two humans would have been dead already.” Blossom Thorn grumbled. 
 
“If we don’t take down that Red Moon General, this fight can go on forever!” Lucy exclaimed while cutting more vines, branches, and monsters. 
 
“I know! We can’t afford to waste our time here! We have to rescue Flurry Heart and defeat Scarlet Night as soon as possible!” Wendy replied while blowing away approaching monsters with a powerful gust. 
 
“You two are not going anywhere!” The general yelled out as her horn glowed. 
 
Hundreds of vines and branches were launched at the Fairy Tail duo from multiple directions. Wendy deflected all incoming attacks with a dome of wind, protecting herself and Lucy. 
 
“SKY DRAGON ROAR!” Wendy breathed out a tornado-like blast at the Lower 4. The tree behemoth that the general was sitting on quickly raised its arms and blocked the attack. The behemoth was pushed back, but the dark unicorn remained unharmed. 
 
The general then sent a twister of razor-sharp leaves at the two wizards. 
 
“SKY DRAGON WAVE WIND!” Wendy generated a large and powerful tornado that blew away Blossom Thorn’s leaf twister and some nearby tree monsters. 
 
Lucy quickly took out Cancer and Taurus’ Celestial spirit gate keys. 
 
“Open! Gate of the Giant Crab and Gate of the Golden Bull!” Lucy summoned Cancer and Taurus. 
 
“Need our help, baby?” Cancer asked. 
 
“Guess that dark unicorn over there is the one we need to crush. Since that’s a Red Moon General, Lucy will surely reward me with a smooooch later!” Taurus expressed eagerness to fight. 
 
“Both of your familiars are the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen!” Blossom Thorn insulted the two Celestial spirits. 
 
Cancer and Taurus took offense to the general’s words as they both glared at the dark unicorn. 
 
“Not cool, baby!” Cancer snarled as he held up his scissors. 
 
“Yeah, looks like she needs to be taught a lesson!” Taurus huffed. 
 
Lucy, Wendy, and the two Celestial spirits made a dash towards the Lower 4. To impede them, the vines, branches, and monsters attacked with greater ferocity. 
 
Cancer displayed his amazing cutting skills as he used his scissors to cut the attacking vines and branches into pieces. 
 
“This is absurd! How can some measly scissors do that much damage?!” The general screeched. 
 
“Hey! I also got moooooves of my own!” Taurus swung his axe and obliterated numerous tree monsters. 
 
“Let’s go!” Lucy bellowed as they pressed on their assault. 
 
“You won’t get me so easily!” The dark unicorn growled as she threw some seeds on the ground. 
 
The seeds quickly grew into walking Venus flytrap monsters and they sprayed out some kind of dark purple liquid at the wizards and Celestial spirits, but they dodged by jumping out of the way. The liquid appears to be acidic as it melts anything it touches. 
 
“This is bad! If anything of that stuff touches us, we’ll be done for!” Wendy exclaimed. 
 
A flytrap monster then tried to devour Wendy, but Lucy managed to bisect it. As the group continued fighting their way towards the Lower 4, the tree behemoth opened its mouth and unleashed a bombardment of glowing seed-like projectiles over a wide area. On impact, they exploded like bombs. 
 
While the wizards and Celestial spirits evaded the explosions (which end up destroying many nearby monsters), Blossom Thorn charged up her horn. After a few minutes, she fired a large light green beam at Lucy, aiming to eliminate her and her Celestial spirits as well. Taurus jumped in front of the beam and blocked it with his axe. He successfully stopped the attack, but some of the vines latched onto his legs and pulled him away from his group. 
 
Taurus winced in pain due to the thorns and before he could free himself, the tree monsters swarmed him and pinned him to the ground. His three allies were about to rush to his aid, but the flytrap monsters forced them back by spraying their acid. 
 
“Don’t worry about me! Defeat that dark unicorn!” Taurus yelled to his allies. 
 
The monsters repeatedly pummeled Taurus until he was forced to return to the Celestial Spirit World. Lucy, Wendy, and Cancer continued the charge without him, but Blossom Thorn still has monsters to spare and the vines and branches kept coming. Some of the branches managed to grab Cancer’s arms. 
 
“Cancer!” Lucy worryingly shouted. 
 
“Don’t stop! Keep going!” Cancer urged right before one of the flytrap monsters chomped on his head. Fortunately for him, he doesn’t die. He simply returned to the Celestial Spirit World. 
 
The tree behemoth unleashed another barrage of seed bombs. Reacting quickly, Wendy generated a powerful gust of wind and sent the seed bombs back at the behemoth and the dark unicorn. Blossom Thorn used the vines and branches to intercept the seed bombs before they reached her. 
 
“I’ve grown tired of this! CRUSH THEM!!!” The Lower 4 commanded her tree behemoth. 
 
The tree behemoth lifted its arms, preparing to carry out its master’s command once the two wizards get within striking distance. 
 
“REGULUS GATLING IMPACT!” Loke, who got out of the Celestial Spirit World on his own, attacked the general and the tree behemoth from behind with a flurry of punches that released sphere-shaped explosions of light. 
 
“What just happened?!” Blossom Thorn was taken by surprise as Loke’s sneak attack blew apart the tree behemoth and sent her flying towards Lucy and Wendy. 
 
“SHATTERING LIGHT: SKY DRILL!” Seizing her chance, Wendy conjured a wind barrier around herself and Blossom Thorn while the latter was still in midair. Afterwards, the wind wall contracted inwards around the dark unicorn. 
 
Blossom Thorn cried out as she was sent spiraling in the air. While the dark unicorn was falling, Lucy leapt towards her and struck her with her twin blades. The general then crashed hard into the ground and was incapacitated. Defeated, her body disintegrated afterwards. However, the plant monsters in the garden remained active. 
 
“Guess we’re not done here yet.” Lucy groaned. 
 
The bright side is that the vines and branches are not attacking anymore and without their master, the monsters no longer have any coordination and they became easier to fight. Lucy, Wendy, and Loke proceeded to eliminate them until there are none left. 
 
Once all the monsters were slain, Lucy returned to her normal outfit and Wendy deactivated her Dragon Force mode. 
 
“Well, we’re done here. I’ll be around when you need me. Later.” Loke returned to the Celestial Spirit World. 
 
“Hurray! We just fought a Red Moon General and won!” Lucy smiled while giving a thumbs up. 
 
The two wizards then gave each other a high five for this victory. 
 
“The Lower 4 is finished, but we still have a long fight ahead and we still need to save Flurry Heart.” Wendy commented. 
 
“Then let’s get going.” Lucy then changed to her Star Dress: Virgo form. “Since Virgo is out of commission, I’ll have to do the digging.” 
 
The pair continued the search for Flurry Heart, with Wendy giving directions and Lucy drilling through walls.