Dream-Mix: Predawn

by ScarfStar


5: Hostile Reception

“Yikes!”  

Pinkie quickly bounced to the side as a laser zipped past her and left a burn mark in the wall. Her tail was constantly twitching now as she evaded more fire from the robot’s cannons. She scurried all over the room dodging laserfire while the aqua green unicorn sped over to the wall Pinkie had crashed into.

“Time to go!”  The unicorn gestured to her to follow him before leaping through. 

Moments later Pinkie followed while wondering what had even caused the destruction of the wall. She assumed it was a cannon and as the thought crossed her mind she felt a tickling sensation under her hat.

“This place is crazy. How’d I even get here?” She chuckled a bit while running.

She had a good look around while following the unicorn. The sciencey yet dreary looking light blue hallways and doors, strange symbols, no windows and robots… It was like a prison! A future prison!

“I’m in the future!” She cried out matter of factly and the unicorn came to a halt at a dead end and Pinkie bumped into him.

“The Future? More like ‘Dark Future’,” He laughed and bopped his hoof against the wall.

“This is a Mekkforce base after all. But you knew that didn’t you? I mean you did come here to break me out of here right?”

Pinkie had no idea what a Mekkforce was but she blinked at him and then shook her head. Even adding in a light shrug.

“Nope, I just woke up here after my friends and I were pulled into the sky. So what’s your name? We can have a big dark future party once I round up everypony~” 

The pony stared back at her wide eyed and then laughed nervously.

“I’m Flux… and I think we’re done for.” He gestured to Pinkie to back up against the wall as the trio of robots had finally caught up with them. They were cornered. 

Pinkie noticed the change in tone and frowned about it. She placed a hoof on Flux’s shoulder and nodded to him.

“Don’t worry I have just the thing.”  

She could always use the party cannon, a few well placed pies to the face could give them some time to escape. Luckily the robots hadn’t raised their weapons just yet so she’d have to act fast.

Instinctively she pulled out the cannon from her hat. Which was strange since she usually remembered keeping it in her tail. She paused for a moment confused, as was Flux as he wondered how she had a cannon in the first place. Regardless she fired anyway expecting a barrage of cream pies as the robots raised their cannons.

However a large pink bowling ball shot out instead and rocketed towards the trio of robots. It blasted through them as if they were metal pins, clearing a path down the corridor and crashing off in the distance.

“Special deliv- Oh… STRIKE!” Pinkie cried out excitedly after a pause.

She gasped in amazement and peered at her cannon curiously. Flux clapped his hooves together gratefully and glanced at the wall they’d been backed into.

“Where’d that come from? I don’t remember stocking up on that kind of ammunition.”

“This could work out for us. Try aiming at the wall and I’ll give ya a boost.”

“Huh?”

Flux’s horn had already started glowing  and he enveloped Pinkie in a red/blue aura.


Something was going on around the tower. The bats had returned, there were thunderous clouds in the sky and there was a large crater at the base. Twilight and Noland were out of view and surveying the tower from a building nearby.

Large swarms of the strange bats had flown from all over to this very place and the spike in magic activity had convinced the two ponies to investigate after leaving the rest area.

“They don’t seem interested in us now,” Twilight wondered as another wave of bats flew overhead.

She wanted to examine the tower closely but she could feel a gloomy and familiar presence lurking nearby. She wouldn’t let them get the jump on her again.

“Now we know what kind of bait they chase. They’re drawn to the energy that the tower is giving off. Which is the same dream energy that was present when you were fighting Kamella…with a twist.”
Twilight peered out from the building they were hiding behind after some more bats flew past and then glanced back at Noland confused.

Just then a bolt of lightning struck the area around the tower and Twilight’s attention returned.

“She came out of hiding,” Twilight remarked and spotted Kamella once again.

Though this time she had a new blood-red sword with her as she leapt through the air dodging another bolt.She was wearing the same plum coloured dress and had her pale blue coat which Twilight was… in a strange way relieved to see. No more cases of mistaken identity hopefully.

Another bolt of lighting streaked past  and blasted through a nearby building and Twilight peered ahead looking for the source. 

It was another pony but she was wearing a pale white hooded cloak and brandishing a white sword that was sending the lightning everywhere. While several stray bolts destroyed the bats that flew too close it seemed they couldn’t hit her intended mark. Kamella was too quick for her.

“I just knew you lesser beings would be the cause of this.” The hooded pony moved swiftly and closed the distance between herself and Kamella and swung her sword at her.

“Soulless puppet, like you could ever understand.” Kamella blocked the sword with her own and the clashing of blades caused more lightning to travel in all directions.

While the two fought, Twilight wondered what to make of the situation. She was wary of Kamella but had no idea who this other pony was.

“Do you recognize that pony?” She looked back at Noland  who was watching the tower rather than the duel.

“The attire tells me that she’s bad news as well. We should let them take eachother out and then try the t-”

*BLAM*

There was suddenly a large pink explosion from the tower and a scream from above. The cloaked pony and Kamella broke away from their clash and jumped back ,both wondering what the commotion was,

“Too much!” A familiar voice cried out and Twilight looked up to see a certain pink pony and an unfamiliar aqua green pony falling from the sky. 

“P-Pinkie!?” Twilight’s eyes widened at the sight of the two. She was both relieved to see atleast one of her friends but not relieved to see her plummeting to her demise!

Without hesitation she sprung into action and took off from the hiding place with Noland following behind her. Twilight flew into the sky as Noland rushed towards Kamella and the cloaked pony.

“I’ll keep ‘em busy. Just get your friend!”  He called and in a flash of purple he fired his own set of lightning bolts at the two sword wielding ponies and they turned their attention to him. 

Twilight teleported high into the sky and then continued flying above and blasting away any bats that stood in her path until she was level with Pinkie and Flux.

“Hi Twilight! Nice weather we’re having don'tcha’ think?” She laughed  with tears in her eyes due to the speed  of the air striking her eyes as they fell. She was holding onto the party cannon with Flux.

“That’s if you like storms!” Flux retorted but he couldn’t help but chuckle and waved to Twilight all the same.

Twilight rolled her eyes at her friend’s silliness and her horn sparked as she used her magic to levitate the two ponies and hopefully slow their descent. All three were covered in a lavender aura and they gently floated down towards the base of the tower.

“Am I glad to see you Pinkie,”  Twilight sighed gratefully but kept her magic going as they floated. 

“Me too! And thanks for saving us!” Pinkie smiled in return and her party cannon suddenly disappeared as she pulled Flux over.

“This is Flux, he was being chased by robots!”

“Hey~”

“Err hiya?” Twilight blinked at the two of them.  “So we have vamponies and robots now? What’s next?”

“BATS!” Pinkie cried out as a horde of them swooped in at the trio.

Acting fast Twilight teleported the three to the ground and luckily they were close enough that they landed softly in a large crater that was near the tower.

“I think I’m getting the hang of this,” Twilight smiled and quickly looked herself over. “My magic hasn’t been the same ever since I touched that card.”

“Same with the party cannon.” Pinkie added as she dusted herself. “Maybe it’s because of these weird clothes.”

Twilight glanced at her friend’s attire wondering how the explosion happened as Flux peeked out from the large crater they’d landed in. 

“Ya think those bats are still around?”

“No but I’m still here.”  Said a voice and the cloaked pony appeared in front of him. She threw off her hood revealing an equal pale white coat, dark green mane and a metallic eyepatch covering one of her red eyes.

Flux fell back into the crater in surprise as the pony brandished her sword. Twilight looked up at her, the red in the strange unicorn’s eyes were surprisingly cold and she couldn’t sense any magic from her like she could with Flux or even Kamella.

“Alloy again huh? This is getting really old now.” Flux frowned and pulled his goggles over his eyes and readied his stance.

“That’s something we can both agree on. Now if you’d be so kind as to return to your cell and power the circuit,” She remarked and her sword emitted green sparks  as she stared at him.  “It doesn't matter whether you’re conscious or not.”

Twilight and Pinkie both frowned ,the latter readying her party cannon as Alloy stepped down into the crater towards the three ponies.