Equestria. Canterlot Chamber Room. Afternoon.
"Where is it?!"
Cosmos, who was fully controlling Cynthia's body while also possessing others she had controlled, roared, looking for the Canterlot Chamber room. She had even used the controlled bodies of the guards and Golurk to try and find this room. She started last night, forcing the guards and Golurk to search high and low.
The next Andalusian Star was located somewhere in the chamber if she could find it. Cosmos already possessed two, retrieving one part of her power. The first was made out of Rift Energy as a substitute while the real one had been found at the Everfree Forest.
She didn't come alone. Joining here was Fantina. Fantina acted as support in case things went awry. Along with many others. The Pokemon from Frenzy Forest had gathered. Under Cosmos' control after last night's attack, these various creatures from different regions had united.
"I had been to Canterlot once...where is that other star?" She then asked the Rift Siblings who were currently on the outskirts of Canterlot staying away from the place they were once imprisoned at. This question was asked through the body of a Shellos outside and the guards as well.
"Well...ever since the Storm Behemoth attacked 2 years ago, Canterlot Castle has gone under some renovations," Lucien answered.
"That involved the chamber," Sienna added. "Plus, there was the whole invasion that kinda messed a few things up...Spiritomb, Passion, Eternatus...and...a lot happened. I mean in the original timeline, you found it pretty soon since you had Twilight's body and all that..."
"Yeah. Some rooms ended up being switched up because of it." Lucien shrugged at Shellos.
"So a cause of a timeline alteration allowed the chamber to be moved? Ridiculous." Cosmos growled. She went back to speaking through the body of Golurk along with Shellos' body for the last time.
"But uh...If there's one place they would change the chamber room, it might be much lower in the castle for objects so important," Lucien suggested. Cosmos sighed before using the intangibility of Golurk to sink through the ground. Lucien made the right call as Cosmos was able to access rooms that she wouldn't be able to do so normally unless he was royalty.
But thanks to the star she received at Everfree in the form of Valerie and the body of Golurk, she found secret passageways. All of the important items were stored in secrecy as the layout of Canterlot Castle, while it did look the same on the outside, inside, everything was different.
It took her a while, but eventually, she found the room she was looking for. The Canterlot Chamber Room. "Here it is..." Cosmos spoke as one of the Golurk, using its Ghost intangibility to phase through the door. Unfortunately for Cosmos, she was not alone. Upon entering the chamber, someone else was there. Someone who was a master of the shadows.
Darkrai.
"Xatu told me another disaster was coming," Darkrai uttered. "Looks like I found a good hint of it."
"?!" Cosmos was stunned. She was not expecting anyone else to be here, let alone someone as intimidating as Darkrai, who she had encountered for the first time.
"So...who are you?" Darkrai asked as he immediately saw through Cosmos. The Spirit of Malice was not too pleased with someone catching onto her so easily as she and Darkrai stood there at a standstill for a bit.
"Ths could be an issue." She spoke through the body of Fantina who was next to Lucien and Sienna. "But nothing I can't sort out. Ghosts. Come to my aid."
She then ordered the Ghost-Types as they immediately flocked to Canterlot Castle. But not directly. Instead, they had phased through the ground for an easier entrance. The chamber was down below, so heading beneath Canterlot soil and the vicinity was the way to go in their eyes, which were also Cosmos' eyes.
"Xatu told me of a disaster that threatens not just Equestria, but the whole world. Possibly more. And it all starts with some stars. One of them is located here...correct?"
"Someone's a smart Pokemon..." Cosmos growled as she was both impressed and annoyed by Darkrai's perception. Then again, he had Xatu to thank for that.
"Who are you? And what are these stars you're looking for?" Darkrai hovered next to the chest and various other important objects within the chamber. Cosmos already knew where the Andalusian Star was. She could sense it.
"Those stars are none of your business. Only mine. So I'd suggest you move out of the way, you accursed creature.
"
"Look who's talking." Darkrai snapped back at her. "Xatu gave me a sneak-peak detail about your appearance. So who's the accursed creature here?"
"You've got a big mouth on you. I actually like that!" Cosmos laughed as she was entertained by Darkrai so far. "I could use you later on. But right now, I need that star! My revival needs to be complete!" She roared before finally making her move.
Darkrai spread his arms out with his claws already generating Dark Void. The Pitch Black Pokemon was always ready for conflict no matter where it may be. However, Cosmos wouldn't engage him alone. Darkrai gasped right underneath the soil and floors of Canterlot, the Ghost-Types that Cosmos had called for had appeared in droves. Darkrai looked around him as multiple Ghosts phased through the castle, arriving at the chamber thanks to sharing the same sight.
Soon, Darkrai was surrounded as the chamber was flooded with Ghost-Type Pokemon. He paused his Dark Void for a moment to assess the situation.
"Oh, what's wrong? Frozen with fear?" Cosmos taunted Darkrai once he was outnumbered. Her voice started coming from every Pokemon here. It was done one by one and sometimes in unison, creating an eerie echo. "I'll be a bit generous this time if you give up and let me have the star. Then I'll control you next to join in on the fun. It will be an absolute riot. I've figured that I could cause some tyranny with these Pokemon as well. What do you say?"
"This confirms it. You're absolutely clueless." Darkrai replied immediately, insulting Cosmos. Which was everyone in this room.
"Huh?" All of them uttered, confused by Darkrai's response. Cosmos expected Darkrai to be absolutely stunned.
"You're a greenhorn to all of this, aren't you? You should know...that Ghosts are weak to Dark." Darkrai revealed one of the weaknesses of Ghost-Types. He was one of them. With his eyes flaring blue, he immediately formed an intense pressure inside the chamber while also finally unleashing Dark Void, which he had been holding this entire time.
Small orbs of darkness were thrown everywhere as the Ghosts were still feeling the pressure. Immediately, the orbs struck the various spectral species from all directions, putting them to sleep. Some of them managed to avoid Dark Void, however, but just barely thanks to this pressure Darkrai brought with him.
"Why you...!" Cosmos snarled in the body of a Haunter. Immediately after some of them managed to evade Dark Void, they attacked Darkrai. Cosmos herself, controlling the body of a Banette, had manipulated the floor itself. The wooden floorboards had been transformed into a jagged wooden fist that was thrown directly at the Dark-Type.
Darkrai's eyes tracked every Ghost that was attacking him along with the floor suddenly being manipulated. In response, Darkrai had used the shadows to his advantage, manipulating them as he formed a blockade of shadows that protected him from the incoming Ghost-Type attacks and the jagged fist.
Afterwards, Darkrai ascended, using Dark Pulse from both his claws. He started spinning while firing Dark Pulse, causing the two pulses imbued with dark thoughts to hit multiple targets. Various Ghost-Types had been blown back or overwhelmed by Darkrai's Dark Pulse. Some had even fainted from the sheer power he was exhibiting in it.
Cosmos was getting frustrated as she issued a coordinated attack on Darkrai. She even summoned a sinkhole from the walls and the floor while also throwing thorns and tentacles at the Pitch Black Pokemon.
It was then that Darkrai had used the Countershield. The technique that was created by Dawn, perfected by Ash and titled by Fantina, Darkrai had used Thunderbolt on himself before spinning once more. He created a furious flare of electricity that moved around with the ferocity of a whip. It also protected him from the incoming attacks, knocking them away while shocking the opposing Ghost-Types.
Cosmos felt all of the damage as she was linked up to every Pokemon here. She had been hit with numerous 100,000 volts consecutively in various directions. The Countershield had also blown back the sinkholes while also destroying parts of the room in the process. Darkrai clearly had full control of this situation. Some Pokemon tried to sneak up on him by phasing their arms through the walls.
Darkrai quickly summoned some shadows to grab onto their arms, constricting them as if they were snakes. He then made the shadows pull the Pokemon out of the walls, slamming them into the floor. He then decided to get up close and personal, attacking a Dusclops and a Trevenant with Poison Jab, slashing his poison-clad claws onto them while flying past the two Ghost-Types.
The chamber was being damaged in the process of these attacks being thrown. The chest that held the Andalusian Star was also being affected. Cosmos was hoping for the battle to destroy the chest, however, she feared that the ruckus being caused within this room would lead to her being caught.
And it was certainly starting to resonate as this battle started rumbling across Canterlot. The guards responded. But not in the right way. They were all under the control of Cosmos, meaning that they were part of the issue currently ongoing. But the one to respond to this correctly before anyone else was Luna.
"What's all that noise?!" Luna galloped through the halls of Canterlot, tracking down the source of that trembling. So did Celestia as Passion and Arcanine were dashing alongside her.
"You felt it too, Luna?! It sounds as if it's coming from underneath the castle!" Celestia replied. Her sisters and her Pokemon hurried as fast as they could to the lower levels of Canterlot as the guards pretended to run in that direction to keep Cosmos' profile low. "Arcanine! Go and keep Philomena, Premium and Raven safe!"
"Arcanine!" Arcanine would go for Premium Polish and Raven Inkwell, who were susceptible to the harm being done to the castle at the moment. That included anyone else inside that could be harmed. The guards heard this command from Celestia as it was passed onto Cosmos' ears. AKA, all of them.
Hearing this forced Cosmos to push things. She already had one half of her magic power back. Now was the best time to use it to the best of its abilities.
Cosmos found the best time to act. Darkrai was away from the chest. If there was any time to act, it was now as she used her magic from the hand of Golurk to bring the chest over. Darkrai noticed this as he had used Dark Void, launching it directly at Golurk.
Golurk had been hit by the void, meeting the same fate as the other Ghost-Types that had fallen asleep. The Automaton Pokemon dropped to the ground. However, Cosmos was everywhere. She was in every Pokemon, allowing her to act simultaneously. Even if Golurk had fallen, other Pokemon were there to be utilized. She had used her magic from multiple Ghosts, with all of them using telekinesis on the chest.
"You can't stop me from getting what was mine," Cosmos yelled via multiple mouths. Darkrai zoomed over, moving through the shadows for quicker movements. He had also controlled the shadows, causing them to fly out in the form of tendrils. These tendrils immediately wrapped around the chest, not only holding it but keeping it shut. There was now a struggle between the Shadow Tendrils and Cosmos' magic.
"Watch me!" Darkrai replied as the tendrils and the telekinesis from all the Ghost-Types and Cosmos' power overall. This was where Darkrai had a slight advantage. With the shadows holding the chest down, he was free to use an attack.
The Pitch Black Pokemon summoned a Dark Pulse, increasing its size and power. All of the Pokemon were too focused on the chest to retaliate. Cosmos took main control of another Golurk to focus on the Dark Pulse. She had used Focus Blast as Golurk, attempting to fight back. Focus Blast had been thrown at the pulse while the others tried fighting back against the shadows.
Upon clashing with Focus Blast, it was clear that Darkrai had a better grasp of his power while Cosmos was getting used to the power of a Pokemon. She struggled to hold Focus Blast back as Darkrai was winning this exchange. He poured some extra power into Dark Pulse, forcing Focus Blast even further back.
She could not win this exchange. Darkrai had the superior power output against Cosmos as she started trembling, unable to keep Focus Blast active. Cosmos knew she had to think fast. Her main focus switched back to one of the guards who was running next to Celestia and Luna.
"Your majesty! Allow me to help!" She posed one of the guards, running to the Princess of the Night who was the closest to her. With her hoof placed on Luna, Cosmos had used her magic to quickly swap positions. Luna, who had just realized she had been teleported by a guard, was a bit befuddled. Celestia witnessed this guard use magic. Something that none of them can do. The other guards that were near Celestia kept running until the deed was done.
And indeed it was. Luna had arrived at the place she needed to be, sure. But not in her own way, neither was it in the safest approach. Upon being brought to the Canterlot Chambers, Luna ended up taking Golurk's position. It was Luna who had been hit by Dark Pulse.
"GAAAH!" And with all of that power, Luna received the full strength of Darkrai's Dark Pulse, screaming out in pain as her body was hit with the force of dark thoughts.
"Luna!" Darkrai cried out, realizing he had struck his friend. Luna had been caught off guard by something like this. It caused the Princess of the Night to immediately drop to the floor.
"Gotcha!" And Cosmos didn't stop playing dirty there. She did it once more, controlling a Froslass as it had fired a beam of malicious magic right at the Pitch Black Pokemon. Darkrai was stunned by what he had just done, allowing Cosmos to get the drop on him.
Now Darkrai had been caught off guard, even if it was for a second. The Dark-Type felt the power of Cosmos' Chaos Magic as his Shadow Tendrils had vanished.
"Let him have it, will you?" She spoke through the body of Froslass, seeing that this was not only the best chance to open the chest and receive what she wanted, but also unleashing a flurry of attacks onto Darkrai. And that's exactly what happened. It only took one Pokemon, a Sableye, to open the chest while the rest of them attacked Darkrai.
Darkrai had been hit by a barrage of attacks. Not just Ghost-Type attacks. The Pitch Black Pokemon was unable to counteract as he was being assaulted and bombarded by them. Cosmos laughed in the body of Sableye as the next Andalusian Star was indeed within the box.
As for Darkrai, after being attacked from all sides with different moves, the result was a combustion of energy that consumed him and blew parts of the walls of this chamber apart. Other objects had been damaged in the process from this explosion of Infinity Energy.
"D-Darkrai...!" Luna, despite being hit hard by that Dark Pulse, was still conscious, albeit severely injured. She was on the floor with the shockwave of the explosion blowing her hair. The smoke cleared as Darkrai fell from it. "No!"
"That was a close one! Sorry, but I refused to have another Dark-Type Pokemon defeat me!" Cosmos laughed as the third Andalusian Star was once again hers. She formed it into another necklace for her to wear. With another star within her possession, her magic had grown once again. "Three more stars...and I shall be whole again!"
"Ugh..." Darkrai groaned as had not fainted despite all of those attacks.
"Hoh? You're still standing?" Cosmos noticed Darkrai still being active along with Princess Luna.
"Who are you?" Luna growled, slowly getting up.
"Have you forgotten about me?" Cosmos turned to Luna. "I'm insulted, Luna. Doesn't this star look familiar to you?"
"That star...Cosmos!" Luna soon remembered who she was. The glowing magical aura looked familiar to her as well as she was face to face with the Spirit of Malice once more after centuries. "But how? Discord said that you left all of a sudden..."
"He said that? Ah, he must've changed your memories about me, didn't he? Oh, Discord. Trying so hard to bury my existence for good." Cosmos sighed in the body of Banette. "Oh, well. At least you remember. I never left. I was simply sent away against my own will. But now I'm back...reclaiming what was originally mine!"
"You're a fool to show up back here..." Luna lowered her head, still recovering from the mighty Dark Pulse. "Especially within the castle."
"Am I? I for one think I'm perfectly safe...since I have so many creatures to help me. Not only that but the other stars are already being pursued by them." Cosmos was right about that. She had control over many Pokemon and a few humans. At this very moment, she had various mind-controlled individuals searching for the remaining stars.
"We'll stop you...get up, Darkrai!"
"Yes, Darkrai. Get up." Cosmos repeated after Luna. Darkrai did indeed get up. However, the moment the Pitch Black Pokemon arose, Luna's face turned into one of shock and horror. One of her worst fears had come to life. Something that was terrible for her and potentially everyone else.
Darkrai was now under Cosmos' control.
"Taking control of this body feels somewhat nice..." Cosmos spoke through Darkrai's body, looking at the claws of the Pitch Black Pokemon. "It's almost identical to my original body."
"Darkrai, no!" Luna yelled with tears almost forming in her eyes. She closed her eyes as her hooves trembled. "You...Darkrai promised that he'd never end up in such a state where he wasn't in full control of himself. And you've gone along and torn that promise he made away!"
"Don't worry, Luna. You're next! I'm going to have so much fun with you starting now!" Cosmos cackled. She used the body of Haunter to phase through the floor behind Luna, gripping onto her hoof. Cosmos had Luna within her grasp, covering the Princess of the Night's body in her chaotic magic.
Cosmos was ready to have Luna on her side as well. However, while the magic was surrounding Luna, nothing was happening. "Hm?"
"Sorry to disappoint you...but my parents cast a spell on me to prevent something like this!" Luna exclaimed as she used her magic to blow Haunter and the other Pokemon away with a pulse. "You can't control me!"
"Kh!" Cosmos growled, agitated that Luna was immune to mind control. It was all because of that one little gravitational issue with the Empress last year. "No matter! I'll leave these Pokemon with you. I have things to do! Starting with taking over Canterlot!"
Cosmos had the star. She no longer needed to be here. She left with the body of Darkrai, growing fond of it while also bringing the body of Sableye along, who was wearing the necklace. The remaining Ghost-Types were ordered to battle against Luna as she was in the room with all of them.
An injured Princess Luna stood face to face with these spectral entities, but that wasn't all she had to deal with. Once Cosmos left with the body of Darkrai and Sableye, she decided that now was the best time to raise the stakes.
And that involved all of the Pokemon from Frenzy Forest waiting. It was time for them to bring chaos onto Canterlot. Immediately, all of the Pokemon rushed to Canterlot. With Cosmos' power now increasing even further, her effect on Equestria was starting to show.
A chaotic cloud started forming over Canterlot as Celestia looked outside to see the shift in the skies. Her eyes had also witnessed Pokemon from afar arriving, but not with good intentions.
As Celestia looked outside, wondering what exactly was happening on this day, the guards had also chosen this to be the best time to act while Celestia was trying to process this. With them having the magic of cosmos within them, the guards had suddenly lunged at the Ruler of Equestria from her back.
"Garde...Voir!" However, Passion turned around in a heartbeat, having a Dazzling Gleam in her hands. The Embrace Pokemon faced the guards, unleashing rainbow rays and a blinding light that eclipsed them. Celestia turned around a second later to witness this. The other guards saw them drop to the floor, flat on their faces before hissing at Passion.
"What's going on here?! What's the meaning of this?!" Celestia bellowed at the guards. She needed to know what was going on. The skies were changing, a ruckus could be heard somewhere on the lower levels of the castle, Pokemon were flocking here while her own guards attempted to attack her while she wasn't looking. All of it needed to be answered.
"My inevitable reign, that's what." And responding to the Sun Princess was Cosmos. Not just through the mouths of the guards, but also from Cynthia, who was the most under Cosmos' control.
Cynthia was the main vessel as she walked through the hallways with a horde of Pokemon already going straight for the castle. But some of them also focused on the streets of Canterlot, choosing to cause chaos there.
"Cynthia?!"
"Gardevoir?!"
"Not Cynthia...Cosmos!" She reintroduced herself, spreading her arms out as her shout caused thunder to boom in the skies. Her signature chaos magic was also shown in her hands.
Celestia recognized both the name and the magical aura that radiated from her hands. With parts of her power returning, even her magical aura was starting to become clearer and more akin to its original appearance. Celestia may be bewildered by everything that's happening, but one thing was for certain. Cosmos was here. That much was known.
Upstairs, Arcanine had grabbed Premium out of her room. The little unicorn was just minding her business until the Legendary Pokemon ended up grabbing her without asking any questions. Then again, Premium couldn't understand Arcanine so there wouldn't be any questions asked at all.
"Slow down, Arcanine!" She cried out whilst on Arcanine's back. Arcanine wasn't slowing down for anything. He looked out the windows, seeing that a storm was brewing. One that was not normal in any way. When running through the hallway, up ahead were some of the Canterlot Guards. "Hey! Excuse me! What's going on?!" Premium Polish figured that she could ask the guards about the current situation.
However, all of them were under Cosmos' control. Once they turned around, their hooves had transformed into a long, extending tentacle that shot towards Arcanine and Premium.
"Arca!" Arcanine barked as Premium Polish's eyes almost popped out of her head upon seeing hooves turn into tentacles. The Legendary Pokemon had used Extreme Speed to dash right past the tentacles faster than they could catch him and the little unicorn. It didn't take long for Arcanine to realize that something was amiss.
The guards already populated the castle and with so many of them being under Cosmos' control, it proved to be a major problem. It was an equally serious problem outside. Possibly greater. The Pokemon of Frenzy Forest immediately started attacking the citizens of Canterlot, having the same malicious intentions as Cosmos.
And what's worse was that all of them had Cosmos' magic. Cosmo may not have her full body back or all of her magic, but using the bodies of dozens almost made up for it. It was chaos in the streets as an amalgamation of Pokemon attacks along with different magical uses had been unleashed onto the city.
They had mainly used spells to gigantify themselves, appearing larger than even the houses. Massive claws, tails and more could be seen emerging, breaking through these houses in the process. Cosmos was determined to take over Canterlot and instead of playing it safe, she preferred the only way she knows how to get things done.
Malice.
Ponyville. The Everfree Forest. Afternoon.
"Raboot, Flame Charge! Audi, use Heal Pulse! Bayleef, Energy Ball!" Meanwhile, back at Everfree, Fluttershy was still fighting to free Valerie and her Pokemon from Cosmos' control.
"Raboot!" Raboot ran alongside a ball of energy and nature itself that Bayleef had made, heading straight for Mawile and Spritzee. Audino had healed her teammates along the way in a green light.
"Fairy Wind!"
"Sylveon!" Sylveon held back Raboot and the Energy Ball by conjuring a powerful wind. Assisting Sylveon was Cosmos summoning a furious tornado.
Fluttershy stayed on the ground to avoid the tornado carrying her away. Her hooves were firmly stuck to the ground as Raboot started running on the spot, attempting to charge through the wind. He was unsuccessful as he and the Energy Ball were blown away. "R-Raboot!"
"Give up so I can play around with you!" Cosmos ordered as she caused massive fangs to emerge from the ground, attempting to swallow Fluttershy.
"Bay!" However, Bayeelf proved to be the biggest player in all of this. Her leaves went off once more, responding to Fluttershy's fate. Throughout this battle, she's been using her leaves frequently to protect her friends as the leaves touched her, quickly altering fate.
Cosmos had witnessed fate change once more as the jaws had disappeared. More of Bayleef's leaves started disappearing thanks to all the close calls.
"That Bayleef...The power to change fate should be mine...!" Cosmos was visibly jealous of Bayleef's ability to change fate. Not even her Chaos Magica allowed her to push that boundary. Magic as powerful as that even had some limitations here and there. But they weren't much.
"I need to find a way to reach Valerie but...I don't know a thing about mind control." Fluttershy uttered with a visible sweatdrop forming on her head.
"If you want this body back, you'll have to probably destroy it then." cosmos shrugged, giving Fluttershy the worst possible outcome for freeing Valerie.
"I won't!" She strongly declined such a possibility.
"What else can you do?" Cosmos laughed! And do you think these are the only bodies I've possessed?! You have no idea how many of them I've currently taken control of. And I think I'm enjoying raising the body count at this point. Maybe your friends will be next..."
"I won't let you control my friends!"
"No? If not then I can just torture them. Or, with the directions I've given them, they've probably come across something that has sealed their fate with a glorious end. Unfortunate...but fun."
"Where did you take them...?" Fluttershy gasped as the words that Cosmos said led to the darkest possibilities.
"Discord and I would head to some specific areas when we were always on our romantic date.s. When it wasn't appearing before ponykind, we took some time to unwind in places. They are some of the worst places you could ever think of."
"That's romantic?" Fluttershy tilted her head in confusion. Raboot grimaced as he was frankly getting tired of all this talk about love.
"Raboot..."
"Very! And I would always leave something behind there to remind us of the time we had, terrorizing so many ponies. And even after all these years, that memorabilia still exists. And your friends are about to enter some of the most chaos-infested places in the world."
"Chaos-infested?!" Fluttershy and her Pokemon bellowed.
"Just like how there are places brimming with whatever happy-go-lucky magic you have, there are places filled with chaos magic! And you can thank me for making that a possibility! So, do you think your friends can withstand that? I'd love to see it with my own eyes! Until I deal with you. You seem to be close to Discord...and that just gets under my skin, you know that?"
"Audino...!" Audino let out a mild growl towards Cosmos.
"I still believe in my friends...and I need to do something about this fast," Fluttershy replied before coming up with something that could work. "That's it! Audi! Use Hael Pulse on them!"
"Dino? Audino!" Audino already knew what Fluttershy was going for. A Heal Pulse Overheal. A strategy that was only used in certain scenarios and this was one of them as Audino sent a massive green pulse towards Cosmos and the other possessed Pokemon.
"Pfft! This is your next big attack?!" Cosmos merely laughed at Fluttershy for even attempting a healing move on her. She allowed the green light to engulf her, not being intimidated by it at all. "What are you gonna do? Heal me to death?!"
"No. I'm going to try and free you from my friends!" Fluttershy's tone had been raised as she had then revealed the Mega Stone in her mane. Mega Evolution was inbound as the keystone reacted to Fluttershy's spirit along with Audino's. "Audi! Mega Evolve!"
"Au...Di...No...!" Audino's voice echoed as the Infinity Energy from the Audinite clashed together before surrounding the Hearing Pokemon.
"What is that?!" Cosmos shouted, unaware of Mega Evolution. This would be her first time witnessing it. And it was fitting that she would see it from the first pony who had ever used Mega Evolution. She squinted her eyes as the light of Mega Evolution shine bright across the Everfree Forest.
Mega Audino was here.
"Audino!" And with this boost in power, Heal Pulse had been boosted as well. Fairy Magic permeated the pulse that she was emitting. Cosmos still seemed unbothered by this, especially since she was being healed without needing to return to the Malice Realm for regeneration.
However, that was when the effect of Audino's overhealing Heal Pulse had kicked in. But that came after something else. The Fairy particles within the pulse had travelled to Cosmos. And once they arrived and made contact, Cosmos' smug expression had been wiped away for something else.
"GH!" Cosmos felt something horrid. Something utterly virulent to Cosmos. The reaction she had made that clear as she held her chest, almost falling over as the pulse from Heal Pulse was finally starting to work its magic. But it was mainly the Fairy Magic that was responsible for it.
"So...much...Happiness!" Cosmos got on her knees, gripping the grass. The energy of Heal Pulse was pushing the limits of this body that she possessed. It was an unusual feeling that Cosmos despised greatly.
Just like that, Fluttershy had found a new weakness for Chaos Magic. It wasn't just Aura but Fairy Magic proved to be highly effective against it as Audino continued pouring more of her energy. The Chaos Magic within Cosmos was at odds with Fluttershy's Fairy Magic.
"This is Fairy Magic," Fluttershy spoke with a calm voice as pink Fairy particles flew past her. Her body was also radiating a pink light from the connection she and Audino shared. "It's all about happiness and peace. This is the best way I can reach Valerie."
"Why is only your magic working on me like this!?" Cosmos held her hand out, trying to push back the Fairy Magic with her Chaos Magic. She wondered why Valerie wasn't a problem for her but Fluttershy was considering they both possess Fairy Magic.
"You're using Valerie's body and taking over her Fairy Magic. My magic is my own. And I believe in myself to make it stronger. To make Audi stronger. Sorry, but I'm taking my friends back."
"AUDINO! Audino yelled as the whole forest was eclipsed in a pink and green light. It was sa beautiful sight sight. So beautiful that not only did it give the eerie Everfree Forest a glamorous appearance, but the power of Heal Pulse ended up speeding the process of the Everfree Forest healing.
"N-NOOOOOOOO!" Cosmos yelled at the top of her lungs as she felt herself burning up from the serene magic covering her. She was unable to fight back against it as letting her guard down and believing that it was just a method to heal her was the biggest mistake she had ever made. Then again, who would've predicted Heal Pulse to do so much. Seeing that she couldn't stop it, she decided on the next best thing and the only thing she could do.
Flee.
With the strength she had whilst being showered by the Fairy Magic particles, Cosmos had only sent the body of Valerie away, leaving behind Sylveon, Spritzee and Mawile. She managed to pull off teleportation, but a weakened version of it as three Pokemon had been left behind. Those three Pokemon also screamed with Cosmos' voice passing through.
Audino ended Heal Pulse as the green and pink energy had faded away. Audino's Mega Evolved Form had also ended right afterwards. Fluttershy's approach worked. The overhealing properties of Heal Pulse had proven to be effective in this specific scenario.
Sylveon, Mawile and Spritzee could be seen standing and floating there, absolutely bewildered. Being hit with such an overwhelming amount of serenity was intense for anyone. It was somewhat ironic.
"Sylveon..." But either way, the mysterious chaotic pink glow from their eyes had vanished. They fainted afterwards once it was all over.
"It worked!" Fluttershy was thrilled to see that this plan was a success. Three of her friends had been freed but one of them managed to escape. However, the moment she tried to jump for joy, the strain that the previous Heal Pulse emitted had shown itself. Fluttershy sat down, exhausted as her own Fairy Magic had been added into that move.
"Audino?!" Audino ran over to Fluttershy, picking her up.
"I'm fine, Audi. I guess I exhausted myself the most with Heal Pulse." She chuckled, feeling the need to sleep. "But it's not over. All of my friends are headed for Chaos Destinations. We need to get home for my Xtransceiver...before it's too late."
"Aud! Audino!" Audino understood clearly as she, Raboot and Bayleef started legging it. It was back to Ponyville over at Fluttershy's cottage for her Xtransceiver. Her friends had been sent to areas that were brimming with Chaos Magic. Rare finds, but not for the right reasons at the moment.
Fluttershy had managed to find a secondary weakness to Chaos Magic. Aura and Fairy Magic were the only two effective ways to against such a dangerous power. Cosmos has been overwhelmed by two Dark-Types and a Fairy thus far, but her goal to reign over Equestria and possibly more and cause as much malice as she can to every living thing out there would not stop her at all as the journey continues.
Chapter 782 End.