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// Chapter 18: Battle of the Frownedere Castle 
// Story: My Little Pony: Lost in Wonderworld 
// by specialhoof2022 
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At Frownedere Castle, I was still chained up as prisoner.

"You ready for the big time?" said Queen Eschew.

Caren Coal took out pair of scissors and cut off a little bit of my mane. Then, she pricked a feather from one of my wings. Eschew placed them into her magic cauldron, mixed it up, and it was done. She drank the potion, and then she sprouted wings on her back. She had transformed into an alicorn.

"Oh look at me." said Queen Eschew. "Your mane and feather made me more powerful and gave me wings. Just imagine what I'll be able to harvest from the rest of the foals around Wonderworld."

She then told Caren to remove the big sheet, and underneath was a big, evil contraption called the Magic Collector. When I looked at it, there were cages hanging up, and scissors, knives, and needle shots, the other signs from my nightmare.

"I'll steam the magic from their sweat." said Eschew. "I'll tug it from their tears; I'll cut it from their manes; I'll prick it from their feathers; I'll drain it from their blood."

"You're a fool, Queeny." I say. "You many have the foals living in the city, but my friends are well on their way home by now."

"Oh, I don't think so."

The defenders, the orphans, and the Mane 6 were marching towards the Frownedere Castle to save me. They were all bringing some weapons they need for battle. They were also bringing some cubes of weapons, they help the fighter to select the right weapon. Everypony had reached the castle, they began to crawl slowly and silently to go near without making any sudden sounds.

"We all remember the plan, right?" Ellagant asked everypony.

"Yes we do." Izzy answered.

"Let's get our hooves on." Grouchy Storm added.

Ellagant's phone began to vibrate instead of ringing, so nopony could hear. It was Brainiac calling her, he was trying to turn on the communication computer, so he would call the remaining defenders from Maretime Bay.

"Brainiac, what's happening." Ella asked.

"I pressed the buttons in order, but it's more powerful than I thought. I don't think I can do it." Brainiac answered.

"Kid, you can this." Zipp told him. "Just finish it up."

After Brainiac followed the last part of the buttons, he pressed the "send" button, and he finally began to call.

Back at Friendship HQ, the remaining defenders were waiting for the Mane 6 to return with the others when suddenly, the screen began to ring.

"Another call?" Needle Stitch asked.

"I got this." said Cloudy Carla.

Cloudy picked up the call, and it was Brainiac calling them.

"Hello friends." Brainiac said. "I'm Brainiac from Wonderworld. And, we need your help."

"Help?" Cloudy asked. "What's the emergency?"

Caren Coal chained me onto the Magic Collector to be ready to steal more of my magic.

"Now, I don't want you to worry." Queen Eschew was telling me. "Whatever doesn't hurt you, only makes me stronger."

Before she was about to turn on the machine....

"YO!!" said a colt outside. "QUEENY, YOU BETTER NOT BE HIDING IN YOUR CASTLE, COME OUT TO PLAY!!!"

The voice belongs to Grouchy Storm. As I heard him, I feared my friends are really here, they could get themselves captured. I tried to free myself out of the chains, but I couldn't.

"Ooh. It sounds like there's another foal is here." said Eschew. "I'll go get him. Caren you get the machine going."

Eschew went out to get my friends, while Caren stayed to harvest my magic.

"Alright kid, enjoy the ride." Caren told me. "And, remember, keep your head and hooves inside the car at all times."

The machine turned on and my magic began to drain out of me.

Eschew went out front of her castle to see if she could find the kid, who yelled at her.

"Here I am, kid." she called out. "Please come out. I'm not gonna hurt you."

Then, Grouchy Storm came out of hiding behind the stone wall.

"Hello Queen." he yelled. "We know you're about to attack Wonderworld soon."

"And we cannot let you do at all." said Scarlet Tomato when she came out of hiding.

"By order of Princess Brightira, this must stop, now." said Lucky Clover.

"And you have our friend!" said Daytime Darwin. "Prepare to get hoofed."

"Yeah, what he said." said Frosty Flavor.

"Adorable." Eschew said to herself. "5 little ponies have come to save their friend."

"Hey Queeny, make that 6 little ponies." said Brainiac when he came out.

Then, he used his magic to launch a firework into the sky.

"And of course, I brought lots of backup from far away."

Eschew looked around and there were lots more of foals everywhere; all the defenders of friendship and all the orphans of Wonderworld. They brought weapons and other stuff from from both Friendship HQ and Wonderworld.

"My, my, my." Eschew said to herself. "Looks like I hit the jackpot."

Sparky the dragon blew the horn to start the battle. Then, all the foals started throwing and catapulting sharp weapons at Eschew. The foals were battling really well. Grouchy Storm through a spear at Eschew's shoulder.

Present Prize threw an egg on Eschew's head, making a joke that the egg was a baby chick.

Gutsy Scott was carrying a bag a bowling balls from Sports Stadium to drop onto Eschew.

"Disgusting Foals." Eschew grumbled.

Carver Crafty and Hefty Haman were carrying a wooden ball covered with sharp needles.

"You know, one bad apple could ruin your whole day." said Carver Crafty.

They used Pineapple Tidbit and Lemonlime's combined tails as a slingshot, and launched it at Eschew's hip.

Streamer Smooth and Trueheart dumped cylinder blocks on the floor, as Brainiac put a dart in his toy cannon.

"Hey Queeny, here's a little desk toy from the big apple." Brainiac said.

Then, he launched the dart at Eschew's bottom, causing her to step on the blocks that made her loosing her balance. Radish Ryan and Nighttime Nathan pushed down a pan, but they accidentally got Disgusted Lex tied up as she slipped. Then, the pan hit Eschew in the face.

Meanwhile, Misty Brightdawn was helping Bubble Burst and Amber Lake to sneak into the castle. She'd found a sewers plate, figuring it could be the way in. She used her magic to open the sewer plate for Bubble and Amber to enter.