Chapter 54: I’ve Seen Fire And I’ve Seen Rain(Bows)
At Opaline’s Castle, Opaline is laughing evilly as she turns to look at Sparky, who is having his dragonfire being drained by the Dragonstone as he is trapped in a bubble.
“Finally, it’s mine. All mine!” Opaline said as she looked at Sparky in gleed.
Sparky looked really weak from getting his dragonfire taken as his scales turned gray.
Opaline then rolled her eyes. “Oh please, you couldn’t handle so much power anyway.” She said to Sparky as she walked up to him with a smirk. “I, on the other hand, know exactly what to do.” She said as she stomped her hoof down and lifted up her hoof as she lit up a flame. “It’s finally time to take my place as the most powerful Fire Alicorn of all time!” She declared with an evil smile as her hoof lit up brighter as she then tossed her fire blast into a vase, breaking it.
And then, the racoonicorn, from when Opaline was waiting for Misty to bring her a smoothie, then came out from behind the vase Opaline blasted while eating a sandwich.
“You again?” Opaline asked in surprise at the same racoonicorn from last time is here as she glared at it. “How many times have I told you…” She started as she closed her eyes as five fireballs appeared over her head. “... Get out of here!” She yelled out as she shoot the fireballs at the racoonicorn.
The racoonicorn got startled as it leapt away from the fire blasts as it destroyed the remains of the vase and its sandwich as the racoonicorn ran around the room, dodging some fireballs while screeching in fright.
Sparky weakly watches as his dragonfire is still being drained out of him as it charges the Dragonstone as Opaline laughed maniacally as she shot more fireballs like crazy.
“No pony can stop me now!” Opaline evilly boasted with an evil smile as she laughed evilly as fire streams shot out around her as she spread her wings.
At Mane Melody, Pipp is intimidating Opaline as she made an evilly laugh of her, revealing that she is trying to recreate their encounter with Opaline while the rest of the Mane 7 and Discord being audience, while Jazz and a couple of racoonicorns listens as they are scared by Pipp’s story while the others just look at her in silence.
Misty’s mane and tail are now purple and orange color, deciding that she want to try something new while moving on from her mistakes while trying a new style that is more like her and not like what Opaline tried to turn her into while also making sure Opaline doesn’t know that she is with her friends while spying on her.
“W-w-wait.” Zipp said quickly as she stopped her sister in confusion. “A racoonicorn? That can’t be right, Pipp.” She said, knowing that part didn’t happen as she looked at the others. “Do you ponies remember a racoonicorn?” She asked them.
They all shook their heads in not remembering that part since they would’ve known about it, even Misty would’ve known since she was with Opaline at the time before freeing the others.
Pipp then lowered to her friends as she gave an annoying look at her sister. “Ugh. Zipp. You're interrupting my story!” She called out as she stood up. “I’m just getting to the good part.” She added with a smile at her friends.
Sunset just gave a sigh. “No disrespect intended, ponies, but I have a feeling that none of you can be trusted to keep accurate records on recent events.” She honestly said before she had a thought. “Though I admit that, if Opaline DID see a racoonicorn, she probably WOULD use it for target practice after she got enough of her powers back.” She admitted, after seeing Opaline in action, that is something she would do and she was a terrible aim after all.
“True.” Misty said in agreement, knowing that is exactly what Opaline would do.
“Good point.” Zipp nodded in understanding as Sunny, Discord and Izzy nodded in understanding.
“Thank you, Sunset.” Pipp said with a small smile as she continued her point of view of the story.
Pipp’s POV:
“...And then, Misty races across all of Equestria to find her friends and give them the horrible, dreadful news!” Pipp narrated.
Misty is running across Maretime Bay with a panicked look as she races towards the Crystal Brighthouse as she opens the door.
“Quick ponies! I saw somepony dragon-napping Sparky!” Misty quickly called out as the Mane 6 were surprised by that.
“What?!” Hitch called out in panic as he came next to MIsty. “Dragon-napped?! What are you saying?! Where did they go?! This can’t be happening?!” He frankly panics as he faces Misty, who is sweating nervously at Hitch’s breakdown. “DID YOU SEE WHERE THEY WENT, MISTY?!” He cried out.
Misty looked a bit nervous from Hitch’s breakdown as she spoke. “Um. I did, but we have to hurry!” She called out.
“You heard her ponies, let’s go save Sparky!” Sunset called out in determination.
Sunny turned to the others with a nod as they all had determined expressions as they rushed out of the Brighthouse and into the Marestream as they flew off.
“But could this MIsty save the day, and get the ponies to Sparky before it was too late?” Pipp narrated again.
End Pipp’s POV:
Pipp finished her story with a worried expression.
“I don’t know about saving the day, Pipp.” Misty spoke up with a small smile as the others turned to her. “I mean, I was the reason that Sparky got dragon-nap in the first place.” She said while looking in guilt about her actions she did in the past. “You know, helping Opaline in all that time.” She finished
The rest of the Mane 7 gave a comforting smile to Misty as Sunny placed a hoof on her.
“It’s okay, Misty. All that matters is that you did the right thing when it counted the most.” Sunny said with a wide smile to Misty. “You choose friendship.” She added.
“And you have chosen a life of what you wanted and not what Opaline forces you on doing something you don’t like.” Sunset added with a smile as well as Misty then formed a smile.
“Yeah!” Zipp added with a smile as she came next to Misty. “Betraying Opaline to help us was totally brave. And… you got yourself a real cutie mark to replace the one you always drew on.” She added while pointed at Misty’s real butterfly Cutie Mark that she earned after helping her friends
Flashback.
Misty then pokes Opaline’s bubble where the Mane 6 were trapped in with Discord watching from behind as she popped it, freeing her friends.
And then at that moment, Misty began to glow as she levitated off the ground and glowed very bright as her now real butterfly Cutie Mark appeared.
And then soon afterwards, Misty brushed her mane and tail with orange and purple color for new appearances she fling her mane around with a smile.
End of Flashback.
Zipp and Misty smiled as they looked at Misty’s Cutie Mark from the memory.
“And not only that, but you also change your appearances to not only for Opaline to not know you are with us while you are spying on her for us, but also trying a new appearance that is more fitting and more like you base on your Cutie Mark.” Sunset added with a smile as she rubbed Misty’s mane as Misty chuckled from that.
“Which by the way, the new look really looks great on you. It really does.” Discord added with a chuckle, finding Misty’s new look really great.
“Heheh, well, gotta be me.” Misty said with a small smile at their compliments of her new look.
“Yeah!” Izzy cheered as the others turned to her. “And then Sunny and Sunset, they were all like… Pew! Pew!” She intimidates shooting blast sounds. “Kablamo!” She yelled an explosion as she moved around as she ran around with a yell, trying to mimic the battle Sunny and Sunset had while fighting Opaline as the others watched her in amusement. “And then, they were like…” She intimidates shooting blast sounds again as the others watch on in amusement.
Misty then turned to Sunny and Sunset with a smile. “You two really were amazing, Sunny and Sunset.” She said as Zipp and Discord nodded in agreement. “Together, you two are just as strong as…” She tried to finish but was cut off.
Pipp groaned from all the interruption. “Ponies! Can I please just tell my epic story already?!” She questioned while giving her friends an annoying look.
Sunny gave a sheepish smile, Zipp just gave a look at her sister, Discord just looked annoyed, Sunset raised an eyebrow while giving Pipp a firm look while Misty gave Pipp a sheepish smile.
“Sorry, Pipp.” Misty apologized with a sheepish chuckle.
“No need to lose your feathers, Pipp. Take it easy.” Sunset said firmly to her for yelling to them right that.
Pipp just gave a look to them as she clears her throat while giving a scary look. “Full of strength and work as one, our heroes…” She continued the story.
Pipp’s POV:
“...Sunny Starscout and Sunset Shimmer look down at the villainous Opaline.” Pipp narrated again as Sunny, in her Alicorn form, and Sunset glared down at Opaline from the stairs while Opaline glared back at them.
“So, you're the evil Alicorn we were warned about.” Sunny said firmly as she glared at Opaline.
“The very Alicorn that Twilight warned us through the message from the Crystals and caused the division of Equestria and magic to vanish so many moons ago.” Sunset added while glaring down at the very pony who caused the division and ruined Twilight’s legacy.
“Well not exactly.” Opaline said as she gave them a small grin with her wings spread out and flew up. “Thanks to your little dragon baby and all his dragonfire, I’m not just an Evil Alicorn, I’m a Fire Alicorn!” She declared as her wings and horn lit up with fiery magic as she gave an evil laugh and blasted a beam at the two Alicorns.
Sunset and Sunny flew off as they dodged Opaline’s blast as she tried to blast them but they kept dodging and moving to avoid getting shot at. They then landed on a tree stem as Sunny brought up a shield that protected them from getting blasted as Sunset fired back at Opaline with a beam of her own, knocking the Fire Alicorn back a bit as she shook her head.
“Now, Sunny!” Sunset called out as Sunny nodded as she focused her magic on her shield as she expanded it as it hit Opaline, causing her to be disoriented for a second.
Opaline opened her eyes as she saw Sunny and Sunset flying towards her as they then the three Alicorns faced each other in air combat as Opaline kept blasting at them while Sunny and Sunset dodge while Sunny brought out a shield to protect them while Sunset went onto the offense and blasted Opaline back with her magic, which she managed to dodge.
Opaline had enough as she then shot her magic up on the ceiling, which caused a piece of it to fall off as it fell on Sunny as she fell to the floor.
“Sunny!” Sunset called out in worry as she flew down to Sunny, seeing that one of her hind legs was stuck in the boulder. “Sunny, are you okay?” She asked in concern.
“I’m fine. But I’m a bit stuck!” Sunny called out as she tried to break free as she and Sunset glared at Opaline as the Fire Alicorn landed in front of them as Sunset lit up her horn with a glare.
“I tried to warn two, but did you listen?” Opaline mocked as she walked up to them with her wings and horn lit. “Ugh. So pathetic.” She said in disgust before she gave an evil smile. “Even with a Guardian of Harmony by your side, nopony could ever stop…”
Opaline was cut off when a donut suddenly hit her in the face, which made her turn to the source as more donuts started hitting her as she then gave a glare. “Hey!” She yelled in rage before a donut landed on her mouth as she took it out. “Donuts?!” She questioned as she then got hit by another donut to the face.
End of Pipp’s POV:
Izzy then suddenly levitated many donuts with her horn as she interrupted Pipp’s story.
“And I was all… Pew! Pew! Take that!” Izzy called out as she tossed some donuts around while Pipp just stood there on the stage with wide eyes as Izzy threw more donuts. “Bam! Do-nut’ mess with us, Opaline!” She called out while giving a stink eye.
The others were just watching in shock by this as Izzy got between them with a laugh as she is next to Zipp.
“You see what I did there? Donut? Cause I like…” Izzy then jumped over as she started tossing donuts all over Mane Melody while making explosion sounds.
The racoonicorns and Jazz looked in shock as the racoonicorns ran around while Jazz got two donuts that landed on her eye, a racoonicorn is taking cover on a chair with a donut on its horn as the others duck from the incoming donuts.
“Izzy! Seriously!?” Sunset called out as she ducked another donut.
One landed on Discord’s mouth as he took a bite out of it before eating it. “Tasty, but also a bit fun.” He commented with a smile.
“Discord, seriously?” Sunset said with a deadpan tone.
“What? I’m the Lord of Chaos, this is my fun. Give me a break.” Discord said in defense as he ate another donut that Izzy kept tossing as Sunset rolled her eyes with a sigh.
“No!” Pipp called out as she was ducking some donuts as she turned to Izzy. “Izzy, those are supposed to be for Mane Melody customers.” She pointed out as she ducked another donut that was flying towards her as she growled in irritation from that.
“And also, you absolutely did not fire donuts at Opaline, Izzy!” Zipp pointed as she ducked another donut.
“You and Pipp were throwing some furniture items at her while fighting her!” Sunset added since that’s what really happened.
Izzy stopped throwing donuts when she heard them. “I didn’t?” She asked as she turned to the others while realizing that they were right. “Huh. Oh yeah. I maybe I didn’t” She said with a smile as canceled out her magic and the donuts fell.
Pipp just stood there with wide eyes again as Izzy came next to her.
“You’re just such a good storyteller, Pipp, that I got all caught up at the moment.” Izzy said cheerfully to Pipp with a cheerful smile. “Okay, keep going. Keep going.” She added as she walked off stage.
Pipp cleared her throat again with an annoying look for being interrupted as she continued. “Sunny, Sunset and Opaline…” She continued.
Pipp’s POV:
“...were locked in an epic battle.” Pipp narrated again as Opaline then lit up her horn and wings again as she gave an evil grin as she then fired a strong beam of magic at Sunny and Sunset.
Sunny and Sunset combined their magic as they brought out the shield in front of them as they blocked Opaline’s magic with their friends behind them while Izzy, Pipp and Discord were stuck in Opaline’s bubble.
“Don’t give up, Sunny and Sunset!” Izzy called out.
“We love you two!” Pipp called out.
“Never stop believing in yourselves!” Discord called out next.
“You two are the most amazing ponies I know!” Izzy encouraged them.
“Don’t give up!” Pipp added.
“Remember that you two are stronger together!” Discord added next.
Sunset and Sunny heard their friends as they gave encouraging determined expressions as they glared at Opaline as their magic lit up bright.
“It’s time to end this, Opaline!” Sunset called out with a determined fierce expression. “Let us show you the true power of the Alicorns and the Magic of Friendship!” She declared.
Sunny and Sunset then combined their magic as they made put more magic into the shield as Opaline’s beam is being pushed back as Opaline strained to keep the shield back as she was then hit by it as she fell to the floor with a scream.
Opaline stood up as she gave a glare at the two Alicorns before a bubble of their own as Opaline saw that she was trapped as Sunny and Sunset glared at her while Izzy, Pipp and Discord, who were now free from Opaline’s bubbles, looked in awe and amazement.
And then Zipp and Hitch came trotting towards them with a drained Sparky on Hitch’s back.
“We got Sparky!” Hitch called out as they came to their friends. “Let’s get out of here!” He added.
The Mane 6 and Discord trotted out of the castle while leaving Opaline behind and trapped in the bubble as the Fire Alicorn growled in rage.
“This won’t hold me forever!” Opaline called out in rage as she hit her hoof in the bubble.
End of Pipp’s POV:
“Mwahahaha!” Pipp made an evil laugh with an evil smile after she finished her story while ending it with an evil laughter as the others watched.
“Okay, okay, Pipp.” Hitch called out as he was at the corner of Mane Melody in front of a couch as he gave a small smile at Pipp. “Maybe that’s enough of the scary stories for today?” He suggested as he moved to show an exhausted and frightened Sparky laying on the couch with his blanket.
Sparky is still recovering from when Opaline drained most of his dragonfire, but after hearing Pipp’s scary story, it got him frightened and scared after hearing that again after he experienced it once, which still haunts him.
Pipp gave a guilt expression for reminding Sparky of that as she walked up to him. “Aw. I’m sorry, Sparky. I didn’t mean to scare you.” She apologizes for making Sparky scared.
“Still under the weather a bit, aren’t you little guy?” Hitch asked as he tucked Sparky’s blanket a bit as the baby dragon smiled at him.
Sunset came to Sparky as she gently rubbed the baby dragon’s head. “He’s still recovering from being drained by Opaline from that Dragonstone. It’s gonna be a while until he’s back to his full strength.” She said as she smiled at Sparky.
“Well, he is faring better than before. So he’s getting there.” Discord noted as he smiled at Sparky.
“Aw. Don’t you worry, Sparkeroni.” Izzy said in a cute tone to Sparky. “Sunny and Sunset took care of that evil pony Opaline. She won’t be bothering us anymore.” She assured him as she turned to Sunny and Sunset with a smile. “Right, Sunny, Sunset?” She asked the two ponies.
“Oh here?!” Sunny asked in a bit nervously as she gave a nervous smile. “Yeah.” She gave a nervous chuckle, since they really just trapped Opaline and not defeated her. “No worries.” She said with a nervous chuckle.
“We don’t have to worry about her.” Sunset said with a nervous chuckle. “For now, at least.” She muttered quietly so that she wouldn't scare Sparky again.
The rest of the Mane 7, san Misty, and Discord gave a hug as they are glad that they are okay.
Misty smiles at this as she then gets worried as she looks out the window, knowing that they haven’t seen the last of Opaline.
Sunset came to Misty after the hug as she had a worried look as well. “She’s still out there and planning something new, isn’t she?” She asked in concern and a little quiet so that they don’t spook Sparky.
“Yes she is. And she’s not gonna let her defeat slide either.” Misty answers quietly as she is worried about what Opaline is planning while she isn’t with her at the moment.
“Well, whatever she has planned, we’ll be ready for her and stop her from reaching her goals.” Sunset said confidently as she and Misty still looked out the window. “She hasn’t seen the last of us and we know we haven’t seen the last of her.” She added while giving a determined look while wondering what Opaline is planning now and if they are prepare to face it when she strikes.
At the Dark Castle, Opaline is looking in her mirror as she lit up her hoof with magic flames.
“Mmm-hmm.” Opaline said with an evil smile. “Power looks so good in you, Opaline.” She said to herself as she then gave an evil laugh. “Those ponies, the lord of chaos and the Guardian of Harmony don’t stand a chance.” She added as she then gave an evil laugh, which resulted in flames bursting from the ground as she gave an evil crazed look while still laughing.
Opaline has her magic back to full strength and will be planning her revenge on the Mane 7 and Discord, while she doesn’t know Misty is with them and spying on her, but she will have her revenge on them for defeating her and taking Sparky back.
End of Chapter 54.