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// Chapter 8 pt 5: Battle in the Enemy Stronghold IV 
// Story: MLP FiM x Fairy Tail: Wizards in Equestria 
// by SonnL 
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Inside the vents, Happy, Carla, and Spike were running and fighting for their lives after encountering ant monsters. 
 
Spike fended off the attackers by using his fire breath and Happy swung his metal pipe. Unfortunately for Carla, the vents are too small for her human form to stand upright. 
 
“There’s too many of them! And more just keep coming!” Happy yelled. 
 
“And I’ll run out of steam eventually! We have to get out of the vents!” Spike said. 
 
“Look! I see a way out!” Carla pointed to a nearby vent opening. 
 
Upon finding an exit, the trio immediately went for it. They jumped out of the vents and ended up in a hallway. Luckily for them, the ant monsters did not pursue them further. 
 
“They’re... not following us.” Happy said with some relief. 
 
“Yeah, but now we know that even the vents aren’t safe.” Spike chimed in. 
 
“And we still haven’t found any of our friends.” Carla spoke in low spirits. “I know Wendy can take care of herself, but... I want to get back to her soon.” 
 
“I know how you feel. I also want to get back to Twilight.” Spike showed some sympathy. 
 
“Wait! I hear something!” Happy startled them. 
 
The three kept their ears peeled and they heard sounds of a battle occurring nearby. 
 
“Sounds like there’s a fight going on! Our friends could be there!” Spike got excited. 
 
With haste, they flew down the hallway and towards the source of the noise. Through a stroke of luck, the three came across a squad of Crystal Empire soldiers fighting a pack of beast monsters. 
 
“At least we have finally found some friendly faces.” Happy commented. 
 
“Come on! Let’s help them!” Carla changed back to her human form as the three rushed to assist the soldiers. 
 
Spike scorched several monsters with his fire breath and Carla used her swift and powerful kicks. Happy helped a soldier out by bashing a monster on the head, stunning it and giving the soldier an opening to deal a finishing blow with his spear. 
 
As the battle went on, some of the Crystal Empire soldiers approached and saluted Spike. 
 
“Oh Spike the Brave and Glorious! We are thrilled that you can join us!” 
 
“With you here, we got nothing to worry about!” 
 
“Please lead us in battle!” 
 
“Uh, okay. Come on everypony, we have a war to win!” Spike bellowed. 
 
The soldiers then let out thunderous cheers. 
 
“What a showoff.” Happy was a bit envious that Spike was getting the attention. 
 



Right after Lucy and Wendy defeated Blossom Thorn, Gray arrived at a wide-open room. There, he found a dark unicorn surrounded by dead pony soldiers. 
 
“Hm? Oh, a human has arrived.” The dark unicorn said. 
 
Gray also noticed the silver number 2 on the dark unicorn’s left eye. 
 
“I am the Red Moon General Lower 2. My name is Mercury Riot. A pleasure to meet you.” 
 
“Judging by your name, I guess your magic involves mercury.” Gray surmised. 
 
“That is correct.” The Lower 2 confirmed. “My power is generating and manipulating mercury at will.” 
 
Gray then noticed a nearby soldier still breathing. He quickly tried to tend to him, but the soldier sadly succumbed to his wounds. 
 
“Even if they don’t die right away, those that suffered a scratch from my attacks are still done for. You see, mercury is a toxic substance, and any wound inflicted by my magic is fatal since the mercury will enter the bloodstream.” The dark unicorn explained. 
 
“I’ve heard enough. I’m taking you down right now.” Gray uttered as he balled his fists. 
 
As Gray glared at Mercury Riot, the right half of the ice wizard’s body became covered in black. 
 
“What’s with that appearance?” Mercury Riot asked curiously. 
 
“Even though you’re a lower rank, I’m not going to hold back. Besides, I have no intention of wasting my time with you. I’ll make this as quick as possible so I can continue onwards toward Scarlet Night.” Gray declared. 
 
“You won’t go anywhere near her!” The general bellowed as he launched a barrage of small mercury spheres at Gray. 
 
The ice wizard blocked the spheres with an ice wall and retaliated by unleashing a storm of large ice shards at the dark unicorn. Mercury Riot quickly conjured a barrier consisting of layers of spiked mercury wires to defend himself. After blocking the ice shards, the Lower 2 sent his barrier towards Gray. 
 
“ICE DEMON RAGE!” Gray released a large beam of ice from his mouth. The ice beam froze and penetrated the barrier and headed straight for the general. 
 
Mercury Riot narrowly dodged the attack as he rolled to the side. He then created a multitude of mercury lances and launched them at his opponent. 
 
Gray quickly created ice swords and deflected the lances. For his next move, the Lower 2 created eight giant mercury scorpions and a swarm of smaller scorpions. 
 
“Get him! Take him down now!” The dark unicorn commanded all of his scorpions to rush Gray, hoping that at least one of them could inflict a wound on the ice wizard. 
 
Using the full extent of his Ice Demon Slayer Magic, Gray unleashed a flash freeze and completely froze everything in the room. The floor, walls, ceiling, and even the dark unicorn and his mercury scorpions are all covered in ice. Despite being frozen, Mercury Riot was still conscious. 
 
“I... can’t... use my magic! Is it because my horn is frozen!? I can’t get out! No...!” 
 
Unable to break out of his icy prison, Mercury Riot could only watch in fear as Gray approached him. 
 
“Is this it?! Is this the end for me?! And after everything I went through to become a Red Moon General! Why this?! Why now?! I thought I was going to do so much more!” 
 
“ICE DEMON ZEROTH DESTRUCTION FIST!” After covering his arms in ice gauntlets, Gray ended Mercury Riot with a devastating punch. 
 



Back in the battle against the Lower 3, Lisanna, Elfman, Bickslow, and Evergreen continued fighting the dark unicorn with no success. 
 
The general created mist wolves and falcons to attack her foes. Elfman and Lisanna fought off the mist creatures while Bickslow and Evergreen focused their attacks on Grim Mist. 
 
“BARYON FORMATION!” At Bickslow’s command, all five of his dolls spun around in a pentagonal pattern and then released a massive beam of energy towards Grim Mist. 
 
Once the beam struck, the Lower 3 was engulfed by a large explosion. However, after the explosion, the dark unicorn was reforming herself. 
 
“FAIRY MACHINE GUN: LEPRECHAUN!” Evergreen released a torrent of energy needles at the general while her body was reforming. 
 
Grim Mist remained unfazed as she still reformed without any issues. 
 
“We’re getting nowhere! None of our attacks are working at all!” Bickslow exclaimed. 
 
“And to think we’re dealing with a lower rank! She can’t be completely invincible!” Evergreen was also getting frustrated. 
 
“I think this fight has gone on long enough.” Grim Mist sighed. 
 
Evergreen was about to use more of her magical dust, but the general quickly enveloped her in mist. The Lower 3 also conjured mist arms and grabbed Bickslow’s dolls. 
 
“So are these dolls your only means of attack?” Grim Mist asked Bickslow. 
 
“No, not my babies!” Bickslow panicked. 
 
Some mist hands grabbed Bickslow and pinned him to the floor. 
 
“Bickslow! Evergreen!” Lisanna cried out as she and her brother were held back by the mist beasts. 
 
The general was about to dispose of Bickslow’s dolls, but the battle has another unexpected arrival. 
 
Freed jumped into the fray and slashed the mist arms holding the dolls. 
 
“Freed!” His four guildmates were overjoyed to see him. 
 
“How many times am I going to be interrupted before I can kill one of you humans?” The general groaned. 
 
“It’s time for this farce to end.” Freed uttered. 
 
Freed swung his sword and unleashed a long-distance slash, but he didn’t aim at the Lower 3. Instead, the slash went into the mist behind the dark unicorn. 
 
The other four wizards were confused on why Freed aimed his attack in another direction instead of at Grim Mist. A scream was then heard, indicating that Freed’s attack hit something. Afterwards, the dark unicorn in front of them suddenly dissipated and all the mist inside the chamber cleared away. At the spot where the scream came from was Grim Mist lying on the floor. 
 
“What the? Why is she over there?” Bickslow asked. 
 
“That’s the real Lower 3. She was concealing herself while your attention was focused on a mist duplicate.” Freed explained. 
 
“You mean all this time, she was actually hiding inside the mist while we were wasting our energy on a mist double?!” Lisanna exclaimed furiously. 
 
“That’s not a manly way to fight!” Elfman also bellowed angrily. 
 
“B-but how did you notice me?!” The real Grim Mist spoke as she recovered from Freed’s attack. 
 
“Before I stepped in, I took some time to observe the battle. While I was thinking of a plan to get around your supposed invulnerability, a thought occurred to me. You can create objects and even creatures out of mist. Then maybe, you also could create a clone of yourself to use as a decoy to throw your enemies off. I used my magic runes on my eyes to see inside the mist that filled this chamber, and that’s how I saw your true body.” Freed answered. 
 
The Lower 3 became furious at Freed for discovering her trick. She now viewed him as the biggest threat of the group. 
 
“I’ll destroy you first! Then I’ll quickly dispose of the other four!” Grim Mist bellowed as she conjured a plethora of swords and spears out of mist. 
 
“The one who will be destroyed is you! DARK ÉCRITURE: ABSOLUTE SHADOW!” By writing runes on himself, Freed turned into a dark armored knight. 
 
The Lower 3 hurled all of her mist weapons at Freed. With his immense speed, the wizard evaded the weapons and rushed towards the general. He then struck her with his right hand as the latter was unable to react in time. Freed’s strike had enough force to send Grim Mist crashing hard into a wall. After she fell to the floor, she became motionless and slowly crumbled away. 
 
With the dark unicorn defeated, Freed returned to his original form and his guildmates went to him to praise him. 
 
“It’s great to see you, Freed. The Thunder Legion is back together!” Bickslow said happily. 
 
“Yes, it’s wonderful to be back with friends.” Freed replied. “But we still got more friends to find and enemies to defeat.” 
 



As they have gone deeper in the fortress, the Mane 7 received word of Fairy Tail defeating three lower generals. 
 
“What wonderful news! More Red Moon Generals have fallen!” Rarity was elated. 
 
“We’re certainly getting closer to defeating the Order of Scarlet Night.” Starlight added. 
 
“Four generals down, six to go! If this keeps up, we’ll win this war for sure!” Rainbow Dash chimed in. 
 
“I can’t wait for the celebration party! It’s going to be huge!” Pinkie was bouncing with excitement. 
 
“I’m glad we have great allies on our side. If we had to fight all ten Red Moon Generals on our own, I’m not sure if I can handle all the stress.” Fluttershy commented. 
 
“Don’t get too comfortable just yet. Remember, we cannot relax until the rest of the generals and Scarlet Night are defeated.” Twilight replied. 
 
“Twilight’s right. The fight’s not over till it’s over.” Applejack agreed. 
 
“Oh, okay.” Fluttershy meekly said. 
 
The seven ponies then reached an iron door in their path. 
 
“Be on your guard. No telling what we’ll find behind this door.” Twilight then used her magic to open the door. On the other side is another chamber. 
 
The Mane 7 cautiously entered the chamber. As they anticipated for an enemy to appear, Twilight was suddenly engulfed in a purple light. 
 
“What’s happening?!” Twilight was taken aback before she vanished in a bright flash. 
 
“TWILIGHT!!!” Her friends exclaimed right after she disappeared. 
 
“What happened?! Where is she?!” Rainbow exclaimed. 
 
“I don’t know, but she was engulfed in the same light we were right before we were brought into the fortress.” Starlight answered. 
 
Another bright flash of light appeared in front of the six ponies and emerging out of it was a dark unicorn with his face covered by the hood of his cloak. 
 
“A dark unicorn!” Pinkie shouted. 
 
“This is as far as you’ll go. Your path ends here.” The dark unicorn spoke. 
 
“Where’s Twilight?!” Starlight demanded. 
 
“She has been sent to somewhere else in the fortress. A certain upper general wants some alone time with her. In the meantime, you six will be dealing with me.” 
 
The dark unicorn then lifted his hood and revealed his face. The six mares gasped once they saw the silver number 1 on his left eye. 
 
“Oh no. He’s Lower 1.” Fluttershy shivered. 
 
“The name is Thunder Blast and as you can see, I rank far higher than the general you all barely defeated. This time, you don’t have Princess Twilight with you, so that means your special rainbow magic is off the table.” 
 
“We’re not afraid of you!” Rainbow tried acting tough. 
 
“Oh, you should be, because none of you is going to walk away from this fight alive. Of all the lower generals, my power is the closest to the upper ranks. Also, during the great war, my kill count was over 5000. And in the present era, I claimed around 3000 lives prior to this battle.” Thunder Blast boasted. 
 
“You monster…” Rarity was disgusted with how the general spoke of mass killing like it was something to be proud of. 
 
“At first, I didn’t think I would be fighting you six. Disposing of lesser ponies shouldn’t have been a complicating task for Nightmare Art, and I’m seriously ticked that you actually managed to defeat him. A Red Moon General being beaten by the likes of you is something I cannot let slide.” 
 
“Wow, he has such a low opinion of us.” Pinkie muttered under her breath. 
 
“Therefore, I’m going to take it upon myself to remind you all how weak you are.” Thunder Blast declared while enveloped in an electric aura. 
 
Fluttershy began shaking in terror after listening to the Lower 1’s menacing declaration. 
 
“Come and do your worst! You won’t be able to kill us! In fact, you can’t kill us at all! We got a special kind of armor that makes us incapable of dying!” Pinkie boldly stated as her friends gave her blank stares. 
 
Thunder Blast was not amused. “I’m so going to enjoy killing the pink one.” The Lower 1 thought to himself.