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// Sherbet Desert 6: Shields of the Sherbet Desert 
// Story: My Little Pony + Rabbids: Equestria Battle 
// by SharkBowser58 
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As the heroes continued down the path after just defeating Blizzy and Sandy, 
"Hold on a minute, everypony!" Twilight shouted as realized something very important, which quickly got everyone else's attention.
"What's on yer mind, Twi?" Applejack asked.
"Chrysalis knew exactly how to create Blizzy and Sandy by using Spawny's powers, but the entire time, we've never seen her actually use Spawny to create anything."
"Of course! Twilight couldn't be more right!" Beep-0 shouted in agreement. "If she knew exactly how to use Spawny's powers back there, she must've gotten some experience while Applejack, Rabbid Rarity, Rabbid Jack, and I were stranded on that island."
"Bwa-Bwah?" Rabbid Twilight asked in confusion due to being absent for almost half the story.
"Yeah, a lot has happened while you were a Rabbid-sicle, my friend. Long story short? She's been blasting your friends left and right!"
Rabbid Twilight gasps from this revelation.
"But why would she do that?" Fluttershy asked.
"Chrysalis has been on her own since Thorax became the Changeling King, right?" Applejack answered with a question of her own.
"That's right." Twilight answered.
"Without her Hive, she has no chance of takin' over Equestria, so if she has that special Rabbid, do you think..."
"That's it! She's using Spawny to make herself a new army!" Beep-0 realized. "With the power to fuse anything together, she can make soldiers that are even stronger than her old ones! How'd we not see this before?!"
"And to make matters worse, she doesn't even know about the Megabug." Twilight added. "She doesn't realize that she's inadvertently making it stronger with each Rabbid we free."
"Which spells 'bad news' for Equestria." Applejack added.
"All the more reason to stop her, right?" Fluttershy asked.
"Indeed! The sooner we catch her, the sooner we can save Spawny and close that rift." Beep-0 told the heroes. "Let's roll."
"Bwa-Bwaaah!" The Rabbids shouted as they took Beep-0's words literally as they tried to roll up the hill that the path was going over, with almost no results due to gravity.
The Ponies and Beep-0 watch this for a minute before Fluttershy goes up to her counterpart and uses her hoof to catch and hold her still as she rolls back down the hill yet again.
"That's enough, sweetie" Fluttershy told Rabbid Fluttershy, who blushed in embarrassment.
The Rabbids get back up and follow the other heroes to the first battlefield. 
Defeat All - 3 Ziggies, 2 Smashers, and 1 Supporter
Rabbid Fluttershy started things off by moving to an open area on the bottom-left area of the battlefield, then used her secondary weapon, the Rocket, to blast a Burn Cover that was part of group of full covers that 2 Ziggies and the Supporter were hiding behind. The resulting explosion not only destroy all the full covers, but triggered a Burn Effect that sent all 3 enemy Rabbids running around the battlefield before stopping to put out their fires.
Rabbid Rarity dashed a Ziggy, then got a Team Jump from Rabbid Fluttershy before landing beside a partial cover. She blasted a different Ziggy who was standing out in the open, which triggered a Push Effect that sent him rolling into a partial cover that he bounced off of before being defeated.
Twilight dashed the Supporter, then got a Team Jump from Rabbid Fluttershy, but stomped on the second Ziggy which defeated him, before landing next to a different side of Rabbid Rarity's partial cover. She then blasted the Supporter, which triggered a Bounce Effect that sent him flying before he was defeated.
The remaining Ziggy simply moved to a full cover in the high area located on the opposite end of the battlefield, and activated he Villain Sight.
The Smashers began to make their way towards the heroes before stopping to rest.
Rabbid Fluttershy got a Team Jump from Rabbid Rarity and landed next to the left edge of the high area, using it's side as a cover, but was out of range to attack.
Rabbid Rarity got a Team Jump from Twilight and landed beside a partial cover on the bottom-side of the high area. She sent a Sentry towards a Smasher, which got hit by the Ziggy's Villain Sight, before it stopped halfway.
Twilight got a Team Jump from Rabbid Fluttershy, and landed behind a full cover on the left side of the high area. She blasted the nearby Smasher, which triggered a Bounce Effect that sent him flying. This got his attention as he began to charge towards Twilight before stopping to rest in almost the same spot he was at previously. Twilight activated her Hero Sight.
The Ziggy tried to blast Twilight, but missed because of her full cover. He tried to make a run for it, but he got hit because of Twilight's Hero Sight, which triggered a Bounce Effect that sent him flying out of the battlefield, defeating him and releasing the SupaMerge energy.
The Smasher began charging towards Twilight, but got in range of Rabbid Rarity's Sentry, which exploded and damaged him, while also revealing that Twilight's cover was a Bounce Cover. This caused him to target Rabbid Rarity instead as he began making his way towards her before stopping to rest, unfortunately, he was in range of Twilight, so he slammed her with his ice block. The second Smasher charged towards the heroes before stopping to rest.
Rabbid Rarity dashed the Smasher before stopping beside a different side of Twilight's cover.
Twilight dashed the Smasher, defeating him, before moving to a nearby partial cover.
Rabbid Fluttershy entered one of the pipes that lead to the high area, then took cover behind a full cover on the right side.
Twilight blasted the remaining Smasher, which got his attention as he began making his way towards her before stopping.
Rabbid Fluttershy blasted the Smasher with her Rocket, which triggered a Push Effect that sent him rolling out of the battlefield before he respawned a moment later.
Rabbid Rarity blasted the Smasher, but she wasn't far enough away from him as he way able make his way over to her and slam her with his block, which triggered a Bounce Effect that sent her flying out of the battlefield before she respawned a moment later. Rabbid Rarity activated her Shield.
The Smasher took the opportunity to activate his NME Empowerment technique to increase his power and he slammed Rabbid Rarity again, but the damage was reduced because of her Shield. However, the force of the attack also managed to damage Twilight, who was in range.
Rabbid Rarity blasted the Smasher, defeating him and ending the battle.
The heroes cheered as the rest of the team rejoined them, and they all left the battlefield together.
However, Beep-0 quickly managed to spot black flags not too far ahead, meaning the next battle was going to happen very quickly.
"Hold on, girls." Beep-0 told the heroes. "Before we move on to the next battle, we should allow our new teammate the chance to upgrade her Skill Tree and arsenal."
"Good thinking, Beep-0." Twilight agreed as she looked at her Rabbid counterpart, who had somehow taken out a plate of pancakes. "There's no syrup involved."
"Bwahhh..." Rabbid Twilight groaned in disappointment, but ate all her pancakes in one bite anyway.
"Don't worry, Rabbid Twilight. This will be better anyway." Beep-0 explained before he opened the Battle HQ.
Rabbid Twilight used 60 of her Power Orbs to unlock her Melee, the Magnet Dance, and the Boom Dash, which causes a little explosion when she dashes an enemy that damages them even more. She then used 110 more Power Orbs to increase her Boom Dash's blast radius, to increase the number of dashes she can perform in a single turn, to increase the damage dealt when performing a dash, and to increase her area of movement. She finally spent 800 bits to make her primary weapon, the Boomshot, stronger and use Super Effects.
Satisfied with the upgrades that Rabbid Twilight made, Beep-0 closed the Battle HQ and the heroes were able to enter the battlefield.
"Look!" Applejack shouted as she pointed at something left of the battlefield as the energy barrier appeared before her.
The group looked to where she was pointing, and on top of a snow hill, there was a buff Rabbid wearing a cactus face mask, a small fur cape, a cactus shoulder pad on her right shoulder, and leather belts around his arms and waist. He also wielded a blaster and a huge shield made of cactus and ice that had a small fan spinning in it.
This mysterious character made no hesitations as he jumped off the hill and used his shield to quickly sled down the snow and into the battlefield, where he readied his blasted and made it clear he was looking for a fight.
"He looks very strong." Fluttershy muttered in fear of how dangerous this new Rabbid looked.
"Bwa Bahbwah!" Rabbid Rarity and Rabbid Jack shouted in unison as they immediately recognized this type of enemy.
"A Buckler!" Applejack shouted in agreement.
"Wait, you know this Rabbid?!" Twilight asked in disbelief.
"(Sigh) Yes. We've encountered them back on the island." Beep-0 said with regret. "They're called Bucklers, and they use their Shields to block attacks, but as long as we flank them, we should have no problems."
"Yep, these guys should be no different than the ones we fought before." Applejack told the others with certainty.
"Hold on, my scans are picking up something new." Beep-0 explained to the group before gasping. "These Bucklers have an explosive dash, and they're lucky shots! They also use Honey in combat! I tell ya, it's lucky that I'm here."
"Bwa, Bwa Babwah..." Rabbid Rarity said as crossed her arms and she glared at Applejack, who blushed in embarrassment.
"Don't worry, they're not the only ones who have an explosive dash." Twilight assured the heroes as she looked at Rabbid Twilight, who was ready to prove it.
Defeat All - 1 Buckler, 2 Ziggies, 2 Supporters
Rabbid Fluttershy moved to a partial cover that was on the edge of the high area that the heroes were currently on, and she used her Rocket to destroy a full cover set, and damaged a Ziggy who was hiding behind it.
Twilight got a Team Jump from Rabbid Fluttershy and landed beside a partial cover that was down on the ground. She took the opportunity to blast the exposed Ziggy, which defeated him and released the energy.
Rabbid Twilight got a Team Jump from Rabbid Fluttershy and landed beside a partial cover the was close to Twilight's. She used her Magnet Dance to draw the remaining Ziggy towards her, and she defeated him by blasting him, while also destroying the full cover set he was hiding behind previously.
The Buckler moved to the bottom corner of the second high area that was opposite to the heroes', and activated his Super Chance technique, which increases the chance of inflicting a Super Effect. He fired a blast that damaged both Twilight and Rabbid Fluttershy, but fortunately, didn't cause Super Effects.
The Supporters simply moved to the same cover set, with one hiding behind a partial while the other hid behind a full, and one of them threw a Grenaduck towards Rabbid Twilight, which exploded triggered a Burn Effect that sent her running to the right edge of the battlefield. The second Supporter was out of range to attack.
Rabbid Fluttershy got down from her high area and got a Team Jump from Twilight before landed beside a different side of the partial cover Rabbid Twilight was at previously.
Rabbid Twilight got a Team Jump from Rabbid Fluttershy, and she landed in the second high area right behind the Buckler. She activated her Bodyguard technique, which reduces the damage from movement-based attacks, then hit the Buckler with her Melee.
Twilight got a Team Jump from Rabbid Fluttershy, then she stomped on the Buckler before she finished him off by blasting him. She activated her Hero Sight.
Rabbid Fluttershy activated her Super Barrier, then tried to blast one of the Supporters, but missed due to his partial cover.
One of the Supporters stayed where he was, but threw a Grenaduck at Twilight, which exploded and damaged her, while the other one moved to a different full cover nearby. After he gets hit by Twilight's Hero Sight, he threw a Grenaduck at her, which triggered a Burn Effect that sent her running to a spot in between both of the remaining enemy Rabbids.
Rabbid Fluttershy enter a pipe that lead to the high area and dashed the Supporter closest to her, which triggered a Vamp Effect that healed her with some of the damaged she dealt, before stopping beside a partial cover set.
Twilight dashed one of the Supporters, then she got a Team Jump from Rabbid Fluttershy which she used to stomp the Supporter with the Vamp Effect, which healed her with some of the damaged she dealt, before stopping right next to him. She blasted the Supporter and it triggered a Bounce Effect that sent him flying out of the battlefield, which defeated him while also healing herself with some of damage dealt.
Rabbid Twilight moved closer to where the action was, and she blasted the remaining Supporter, defeating him and ending the battle.
The heroes cheered as they were healed and rewarded 900 bits and 105 Power Orbs.
After being reunited with the others, the team left the battlefield, but as they started going up the path, they spotted 2 Rabbids with their sides against each other as they attempted to climb a large crack in a nearby cliff, with one side of it made of sand while the other was frozen over, with their legs. The heroes watched them scoot up three times before they slid back down to start over again.
"Those 2 may need hiking boots if they want to make it up that cliff with their method." Beep-0 told the group.
"But you have to appreciate how they're both working together in order to do it." Fluttershy said with everyone else nodding in agreement.
The Rabbids slid back down the crack again as the heroes left the scene and continued going down the path, which seemed to be leading straight for a sandstorm.