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// Confronting The Rogue 
// Story: The Return of King Sombra 
// by Dragon-Master-31 
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For the first couple of moments, no pony could tell who this pony in the sky was. But when the sight of four long mechanical arms could be seen, everypony realized who this was.



“Oh my! Is that…?” Mayor Mare asked as she looked up at the pony in the sky.



“Don’t tell me that’s…” Applejack said as she took a step back.



“D-Doctor… Whooves?” Twilight asked as she was filled with surprise as Doctor Whooves looked down at the citizens of Ponyville and smiled, as if he could clearly see them.



“(Chuckle) Hello, Ponyville… miss me? GAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHA!” Discorded Whooves asked as he laughed at the ponies, all while everypony else had horrified looks on their faces. 





As Discorded Whooves continued to laugh while looking down at the ponies of Ponyville, most of the ponies began to freak out and talk amongst themselves as they tried to think about what was going on. 



“Doctor Whooves!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she looked up at the Doctor. 



“AHAHAHAHA! Yes, it is I, Doctor Whooves! I’m so pleased that you are all here today!” Discorded Whooves said. 



“Doctor Whooves!? H-How are you-?” Twilight started before Discorded Whooves quickly interrupted her.



“How am I speaking to you in this very peculiar way? (Chuckle) It’s quite simple really. Magic does have its uses. But that’s not important right now.” Discorded Whooves said as Fluttershy spoke up.



“Where have you been, Doctor!? We’ve all been so worried about you!” Fluttershy said. 



“Where have I been? (Scoffs) Oh, don’t act dumb, Fluttershy! You and your friends know exactly where I’ve been. Remember Appleloosa?” Discorded Whooves asked with an evil smile.



“So, it’s really true? You really were the one who led that attack on Appleloosa!?” Applejack yelled, feeling her blood boil as the Doctor seemingly took pleasure in admitting his crimes. 



“(Chuckle) I sure was, Applejack.” Discorded Whooves replied with a sickening grin. 



“(Growl) YOU MONSTER! YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID!” Applejack yelled as she tried to run towards the town hall but was stopped when Big Mac and Applebloom held her in place.



“Why!? Why did you do that!?” Twilight cried as she tried not to let her anger get the better of her.



“(Chuckle) Why, you ask? Well, it was all part of-.” Discorded Whooves began before he heard a familiar voice speak up from within the crowd of ponies.



“Doc! What happened to you, Doc!?” Derpy cried as she flew up above the crowd but was stopped from flying too close to the Doctor by Rainbow Dash.



“What? You….” Discorded Whooves said as he glared at Derpy, who looked back at him with eyes of sadness and horror.



“Doc! Everypony has been saying that you and other troublemakers attacked Appleloosa! That you even… killed ponies! Please, Doc! Please tell me it’s not true!” Derpy cried as she felt tears began to fall from her eyes. 



“Grrr! SHUT UP!” Discorded Whooves shouted, his sudden outburst startling everypony. “Shut your damn mouth! You stupid, retarded klutz of a pony!” 



“Wh-What?” Derpy asked, feeling as if somepony had just shoved a stake through her heart.



As Derpy took in the cruel words that Discorded Whooves had just used on her, she started to cry. She felt so… worthless; like she didn’t belong anywhere in Equestria, or even the world for that matter. Derpy’s wings lost the strength to keep her up in the air and she would have fallen to the ground if Fluttershy hadn’t flown up and kept her stable. The other ponies started to feel anger bubble up inside each of them. No pony insulted Derpy Hooves like that, it just wasn’t done. It would have been labeled as a crime if it was legally possible for Mayor Mare to make it a law. 



“(Gasp) How dare you say those things to Derpy!” Fluttershy said as she comforted Derpy while glaring at the Doctor.



“(Growl) WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE A CITIZEN OF PONYVILLE OR NOT! YOU’RE SO GOING TO GET IT WHEN WE FIND YOU, DOC!” Rainbow Dash screamed as she let out deep and angry breaths.



“You cruel, heartless monster! You have the audacity to say such horrible things to Derpy!? The very nerve!” Rarity yelled as she too glared up at the Doctor.



“YEAH! Derpy is one of the nicest, sweetest, and most innocent ponies in all Equestria! How could you, Doctor!? You really have gone crazy!” Pinkie Pie yelled as she held back the urge to throw a rock or something at the projection of Discorded Whooves.



“QUIET, ALL OF YOU!” Discorded Whooves yelled as he glared at the ponies below.



“You have no right to tell us what to do, Doctor Whooves!” Twilight yelled as she flared her wings in anger.



“Alright then, looks like I’ll need to use this!” Discorded Whooves yelled as he reached out with one the arms and grabbed ahold of somepony, pulling them into view.



The ponies watched with horror as Discorded Whooves pulled a terrified looking Sugar Belle into view, holding her firmly in the grip of one of the arms. From the crowd, there was one pony who was not only horrified, but also very furious. Big Mac was mortified when he saw Sugar Belle being held by the Doctor. He had felt great anger when Discorded Whooves admitted he was the one responsible for attacking Appleloosa, but now his anger was tripled. 



“SUGAR BELLE!” Big Mac yelled as the two ponies’ eyes met. 



“Big Mac! Help!” Sugar Belle cried as Discorded Whooves brought one of the arms’ claws closer to her throat. 



“DON’T YOU DARE HURT HER!” Big Mac yelled as he stomped the floor with his hoof.



“YOU PUT SUGAR BELLE DOWN RIGHT NOW, DOCTOR!” Applejack yelled.



“Ohh? You know Applejack’s big brother?” Discorded Whooves asked as he turned Sugar Belle’s body so that she was now facing him.



“Let me go!” Sugar Belle yelled as she tried to break free with her magic, but to no avail. 



“(Chuckle) Interesting. Now, if you don’t want me to kill this pony, then listen up!” Discorded Whooves yelled, as he tossed Sugar Belle out of view from the projection. “(Chuckle) Now, you should all know the attack on Appleloosa was just the beginning! We have big plans for Equestria! I’m sure you all know that when I say ‘we’ I am of course referring to Lightning Dust, the Flim Flam brothers, Iron Will, and myself.” 



“Where are you cowards hiding at!? Tell us now!” Rainbow Dash yelled. 



“(Chuckle) Oh you want to come see us? Then come to whatever’s left of Starlight Glimmer’s old village. We are all here, waiting for you.” Discorded Whooves said with a grin. “Oh, and by the way, you can refer to us as the Rogue from now on.” 



“WHAT!? NO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THE VILLAGE!?” Starlight screamed as she glared into the Doctor’s eyes.



“(Chuckle) The same thing we did to Appleloosa. However, this time we have hostages.” Discorded Whooves said. 



“You’re not going to get away with what you’ve done, Doctor Whooves. We’re all coming to ensure that each of you are punished for your crimes.” Celestia said as she took a step forward.



“(Chuckle) Oh I don’t think so, Princess Celestia. The only ponies that are going anywhere, are Twilight Sparkle, and the rest of her friends.” Discorded Whooves said as he pointed a hoof towards the Mane Six. 



Twilight and her friends all looked at each other, each one trying to comprehend what the Doctor had just said.



“Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadance, you three go back to your kingdoms and stay there! Act as if nothing is wrong! The same goes for everypony else, including you, Starlight Glimmer! If anypony tries to help Twilight and her friends, then we kill the hostages!” Discorded Whooves yelled as he raised the two upper arms in a threatening manner. 



“Why, Doctor Whooves!? Why are you doing this!? You were never like this before! What happened to you!?” Twilight asked as she tried to think of what possibly could have turned the kind and polite Doctor into this evil maniac. 



“You want answers, Princess!? Come to the village! And if you and your friends aren’t here by nightfall, then I will kill the hostages! GAME ON!” Discorded Whooves yelled as the projection in the sky exploded with another flash of bright light.



As soon as the light cleared away, leaving the beautiful sky and clouds behind, the ponies of Ponyville began to panic a bit. Lots of ponies had questions and were greatly concerned about what Discorded Whooves and the rest of Rogue had planned for Equestria. With the commotion and panic, it was only a matter of time before things would quickly get out of hoof. Sensing the impending chaos, Twilight flew up in the air and shouted out. 



“EVERYPONY” Twilight shouted, catching the attention of everypony in Ponyville. “Listen, I know that we have just received some horrible news, but this is not the time to lose control of ourselves!” 



As Twilight was giving her speech of reassurance, Celestia and Luna looked at each other with very impressed and amused faces. Cadance had taken notice of this and was rather curious as to what could be on the Royal Sisters’ minds. 



“Celestia, Luna, is everything okay?” Cadance whispered, leaning a bit closer to the two sisters. 



“We are just pleased to see how good Twilight is at speaking like a protective princess.” Celestia replied.



“My sister and I have recently been discussing Twilight’s future as the next ruler of Equestria. Seeing her act in such a way reassures us that we will be making the right choice and that Equestria will be in good hooves.” Luna explained, making sure to keep her voice at a whisper. 



“Wait, if Twilight is going to be the next ruler of Equestria, what does this mean for you two?” Cadance asked.



“We can discuss that at a later time, Cadance. For now, we must focus on what is currently happening.” Celestia said as the three princesses went back to focusing on Twilight’s speech.



“We may not have all the answers, but we at least know who has been behind these recent attacks in Equestria! As the Princess of Friendship, I promise all of you that my friends and I will stop these villains! We will bring them to justice for their crimes!” Twilight said as Celestia walked up to her. 



“The six of you will leave at once. There is no reason to keep those poor ponies waiting any longer.” Celestia said firmly yet gently. 



“What are you three going to do?” Twilight asked, turning to the other three princesses. 



“We will remain here until you have all returned from the village.” Luna answered. 



“Twilight, as much you and your friends may want to deal with the Rogue, your main goal should be to save the hostages. Even if the Rogue manage to escape, don’t bother chasing them down until the hostages are back in Ponyville.” Celestia said.  



“Once all of you have returned with the hostages, we will do everything we can to locate the Rogue if they do escape.” Cadance added. 



“For now, though, I think it is best that you and your friends go and get the Elements of Harmony. You might need them when facing the Rogue.” Celestia said. 



“Thank you, Princess Celestia.” Twilight said as she turned to her friends. “Come on, girls! Let’s go get our elements!” Twilight said as she and the rest of her friends headed for the Tree of Harmony. 





Sometime later, Twilight and the rest of her friends arrived back to the center of town, each one now wielding their respected Element of Harmony. The Mane Six were equipped with what they needed and were ready to confront the Rogue. Once the ponies had gathered around the town hall, Twilight turned to look at Fluttershy and gave her an approving nod. Fluttershy understood what Twilight wanted her to do. After giving Twilight an understanding nod, Fluttershy called for Discord. Seconds later, Discord popped out of nowhere as he looked down at Fluttershy. 



“You called, Fluttershy?” Discord asked before he caught a glimpse of not only the entire population of Ponyville, but also the other royal princesses of Equestria being present. “What’s going on?” Discord asked as he looked at the surrounding ponies. 



“Discord, we need you to take us Starlight’s old village. There’s been another attack and we need to save the ponies trapped there.” Fluttershy explained. 



Without any side remark or utterance of a single joke, Discord grabbed at the empty air as if he was grabbing onto a giant zipper. Discord pulled the invisible zipper down, revealing a portal that led to Starlight’s village. With the portal open and ready for entrance, the Mane Six were now ready to go. That was until they heard Starlight’s voice. Twilight and her friends turned around and saw Starlight, Big Mac, and Derpy standing before them.



“Girls, I know I can’t come with you, and it hurts so much that I can’t do anything to help. But please, please save my friends, please.” Starlight pleaded as she looked at the Mane Six with a look of desperation and fear. 



“Don’t worry, Starlight. I promise we’ll bring your friends back.” Twilight said, giving her friend a look of reassurance and concern. 



“Applejack… like Starlight said, I am furious that I can’t do anything to help. So, all I ask is that you-.” Big Mac started before Applejack interrupted him.



“Don’t y’all worry, Big Mac. I’ll get her back and I swear, if Sugar Belle even has one scratch on her I’ll… I’ll… (Sigh) Look, I’ll get her back, I swear.” Applejack said as she nodded to her brother.



“Thank you, Applejack.” Big Mac replied as he took a deep breath of worry. 

 


“(Sniff) Princess Twilight, p-please… Doc was never like this… please help him.” Derpy begged as she continued to cry.

 


“We’ll do everything we can, Derpy.” Twilight replied with a comforting look.

 


“We’ll figure out what’s wrong with the Doctor. And why’s he such a… such a…” Rainbow Dash said before Fluttershy stepped forward.



“We’ll do our best. I promise, Derpy.” Fluttershy said. 



“Go now. Those ponies need you.” Celestia said as she gestured towards the portal. 

 


“Girls, if this is so serious, why don’t I come with? I’m sure I can help out.” Discord offered. 



“No, Discord. Doctor Whooves said that if anypony else tries to help us, he’ll kill the ponies he’s taken hostage. We need to do this alone.” Fluttershy said.



“(Sigh) Alright, go then.” Discord said as he stepped aside to allow room for the ponies to enter the portal. 



After giving each other one final nod of approval and confirmation, Twilight and her friends walked into the portal, with Discord shutting the portal soon after they went in. As the Mane Six headed into the portal, a few of the citizens of Ponyville started to form a little group as they discussed the discovery of Doctor Whooves, now being an evil pony who had led the attack against two villages in Equestria. The group consisted of Lyra Heartstrings, Bon Bon, Octavia Melody, and Vinyl Scratch. There were meant to be more ponies in this little group, but there wasn’t really any time to gather the others. 



“I can’t believe Doctor Whooves has turned evil!” Lyra cried. 



“It’s just so hard to believe! We were all friends even before Twilight first came to Ponyville.” Bon Bon said. 



“The very thought of the good Doctor becoming the monster that he is today is just… preposterous!” Octavia said. 



“I agree with what Twilight was implying earlier before the Doctor left. Something definitely had to have happened to him.” Vinyl Scratch said. 



“Oh, I just feel so horrible for Derpy. The very sight of her being insulted wounded me.” Octavia said, looking over to Derpy, who was standing in the crowd just staring at the floor. 



“We’ve got to do something! We have to find out what happened to Doctor Whooves!” Lyra said with a determined expression on her face. 



“Yeah, that’s not happening.” Vinyl Scratch said as she shook her head.



“What do you mean!? Doctor Whooves was our friend! We can’t just sit around and do nothing!” Bon Bon said.  



“You heard what he said, if anypony tries to do anything, he’ll kill the hostages he has. As much as I want to do something, I don’t want to be the reason that somepony gets killed.” Vinyl Scratch said.



“Then what are we supposed to do!?” Lyra asked. 



“We’ll do what we always do when something bad happens. Stay together and let Twilight and the others do their part to save Equestria. If anypony can put a stop to this, it’s them.” Octavia said. 



“I sure hope so.” Bon Bon said as they all looked at each other. 







Starlight Glimmer’s Old Village…







Once Twilight and the rest of her friends had walked through the portal, they found themselves standing at the entrance to Starlight’s old village. The very moment they were able to see clearly after stepping out from the portal, they were met with another disturbing sight.



“Oh no… no, no, no, no, no.” Twilight said as she and her friends laid eyes on the destruction of the village. 



For the second time now, the Mane Six’s spirits were completely shattered as they saw the terrible condition of the village, or whatever was left of it. However, much like in Appleloosa, the most haunting sight of all… was the bodies. The bodies of innocent ponies scattered all over the streets of the village. Limbs decorated the streets of the village like holiday decorations from hell. Blood painted the walls of some of the buildings in the village as if done by a sadistic artist. 



As the Mane Six stared at the horrific state of the village, Twilight shook her head to pull herself out of the trance she had been in. She knew that there was no time to take in the terrible sights. They needed to find the hostages as well as the villains responsible for this second attack. 



“(Sigh) Come on girls, we need to find the hostages, now.” Twilight said as she started to trot into the village, her friends followed soon after. 



Because Twilight had started walking first, she was already walking down the middle of the street of the village. Knowing that it wasn’t a good idea for anypony to be alone right now, Applejack quickly ran ahead until she caught up with Twilight, walking alongside her. Rarity and Pinkie Pie began walking down the left side of the village, while Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy walked along the right side of the village. The two pegasus friends stayed on the ground as they could not find the strength in themselves to fly. The carnage was much worse than what they had seen in Appleloosa, much, much worse. When the two pegasi looked down an alley between two buildings, Rainbow Dash quickly shut her eyes and turned away, while Fluttershy threw up. In this alley, the badly mutilated body of a pegasus was sprawled out on the ground before them. His body was horrifically twisted, his spine even popping out from his back. One of his wings was so badly broken that it was just barely clinging to the pegasus’s body. Blood had poured from the pegasus’s mouth and nose; his eyes were still open wide and bloodshot. 



“O-Oh Celestia! Oh no! No!” Rainbow Dash said as her eyes suddenly landed on a pair of bloodied up pegasus wings. 



When Fluttershy recovered from her sickness, she looked over and saw the wings that had freaked Rainbow Dash out so much. Fluttershy had no idea who these wings belonged to, but it was clear that they had been torn off with brute force, as the bone of each wing could be seen past the dried-up blood. Little did Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy know, these wings had once belonged to their friend, Night Glider. 



“Fluttershy… this… this needs to stop!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she kicked a piece of wood that was on the ground. 



“I… I know…” Fluttershy said as she tried not to look at anymore of the carnage.



“Listen to me, Fluttershy, when we find Doctor Whooves, don’t stop me. Because when I see him, I’m gonna give him a real beatdown. I’m gonna make him pay.” Rainbow Dash said with pure anger and hatred in her eyes. 



“Rainbow…” Fluttershy said, feeling extremely concerned with Rainbow Dash’s intentions. 



“I’m going to punch and kick him so hard that he’ll never be able to walk or even move ever again!” Rainbow Dash continued as she got more and more aggressive. 



“Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy said again, getting more and more terrified with her friend’s anger. 

 

“I’ll make sure he suffers! I’ll make sure he die-!”



“Rainbow Dash, STOP!” Fluttershy said as she suddenly smacked Rainbow across the face with a hoof. 



Rainbow Dash was caught off guard as she felt a hoof smack her in the face. The slap wasn’t strong enough to cause any bleeding, but it still hurt a lot. After recovering from the initial shock of the slap, Rainbow Dash shook her head and then looked over to Fluttershy, who was crying tears of sadness, with a look of anger in her eyes that sent a chill down Rainbow Dash’s spine. 



“F-Fluttershy?” Rainbow Dash asked as she kept a hoof over the spot where Fluttershy had hit her. 



“Don’t you dare! Don’t you even think about stooping to their level! I know you’re mad and I am too! But that’s no reason to become a monster like them! Pull yourself together, Rainbow Dash!” Fluttershy yelled as Rainbow Dash was frozen still out of terror. 



“I… I… Well, what do you want me to do then!? Give Doctor Whooves a friendly hug and then it all be better!?” Rainbow Dash asked, stepping forward a bit.



“I never said I was against punishing Doctor Whooves for what he’s done! What I am against, is one of my best friends becoming a killer just like the rest of the Rogue! You’re not the only one who’s hurting from all of this, Rainbow Dash! I’m just as angry and upset as you are! So, stop acting like you’re the only pony suffering!” Fluttershy said before she wiped away her tears and looked into her friend’s eyes. “And I thought I was going to be the one to break, not you. I guess I was wrong.” 



For the next few moments, the two pegasi just stared at each other. Neither one could find the right words to say to the other. It wasn’t until a few seconds later, when Fluttershy’s expression suddenly changed from one of anger, to one of horror. 



“O-Oh my goodness! R-Rainbow Dash, I’m so sorry!” Fluttershy said before Rainbow Dash held up her hoof.



“No. Fluttershy, don’t you dare apologize to me. I deserved every bit of that. I-I don’t know what came over me! I was just so angry! I’m… I’m fed up with all of this… chaos! I mean, the last worst thing to happen to Equestria was when Cozy Glow nearly took over the world! Now we’re dealing with… murder! It’s all happening so fast!” Rainbow Dash cried as she sat down and held the sides of her head with her hooves. 



“I know… it’s… it’s… scary…” Fluttershy said as she sat down next to her friend. 

 

“Thanks, Fluttershy. I’m glad to know that you’ll always be looking out for me.” Rainbow Dash said as she turned to smile at her friend. 



“It’s the least I can do, Rainbow. After all, you looked out for me when we were younger. It’s only fair that we look after each other.” Fluttershy said, smiling back to Rainbow Dash before they shared a comforting hug. 



“Well, come on, Fluttershy. We need to look for the hostages.” Rainbow Dash said as the two pegasi stood up. 



“Rainbow Dash, it’s okay to be angry. But it’s not okay to let your anger control you.” Fluttershy said. 



“Yeah, you’re right. I’ll do my best to keep myself under control. Come on.” Rainbow Dash said as they continued to walk down their side of the village. 





While Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had their little conversation, Rarity and Pinkie Pie were also having a hard time dealing with the awful sights. They had come across the body of a pegasus that had a massive hole in her chest. It seemed that this pegasus had been shot with magic from extremely close range. A few feet away from the body, was the headless body of a unicorn. The unicorn’s head was a few inches away from the body, with an expression of confusion and fear. Rarity tripped over something and when she looked to see what it was, she quickly turned away, only to be met with a more horrible sight. Rarity had tripped over the front leg of an earth pony and when she turned her head away, she found the rest of his body; his other legs torn off and scattered around. Just ahead of them, there was another pegasus that was seemingly crushed to death by a building that had collapsed onto him. His face looked as if he was still crying out for help, even in death. Rarity was about to comment about how sickening the situation was, when she heard Pinkie Pie shout. 



“(Gasp) Party Favor!” Pinkie Pie cried as she ran off towards one of the buildings. 



“What? Party Favor!?” Rarity asked as she quickly chased after Pinkie Pie. 



When Rarity finally caught up to Pinkie Pie, she saw what had made her so upset. On the ground, leaning against the front of a building, was the body of Party Favor. He had been fatally stabbed in the chest and his horn was gone. Rarity wasn’t sure what had happened to Party Favor’s horn, but all she knew was that it must have been extremely painful due to the amount of blood that had come out of the base of where Party Favor’s horn had once been. 



“No! He was such a nice guy! Oh, why did this have to happen, Rarity!?” Pinkie Pie cried as she turned around and hugged Rarity.



“I… I don’t know, darling. I’m not sure if I can handle seeing these kinds of things much longer.” Rarity said as she held Pinkie Pie. 



“We’re gonna stop the bad guys, right?” Pinkie Pie asked as she looked up into Rarity’s eyes. 



“Of course, we are, darling. We’ve always come out on top before. It was never easy, but we managed to win in the end every time.” Rarity answered as Pinkie Pie let out a slight giggle.



“Well, defeating Nightmare Moon wasn’t that hard, it was actually pretty easy now that I think about it.” Pinkie Pie said, trying to lighten up the mood with a joke. 



“(Giggle) Yes, I suppose it was a bit easier than the times we fought the other villains.” Rarity said as the two shared a quiet laugh that quickly faded away. 



“Rarity, let’s make sure this never happens again.” Pinkie Pie said as the two separated from their hug. 

 

“Don’t worry, darling. We’ll teach those ruffians a lesson for what they’ve done to Equestria.” Rarity said as the two friends nodded to each other. 



Pinkie Pie and Raity continued their walk along their side of the village, searching for any signs of the hostages. They checked inside some buildings and found no hostages. The only thing they would find was more dead bodies. With every new body they found, the more anger they began to feel. The two ponies did their best to keep each other calm, but they both knew that when they saw the ones who were responsible for all of this, it would be very hard to hold back their anger. Pinkie Pie could feel herself start to breakdown even more the longer she went on. She decided that she would try her best to keep her spirits up by making jokes and keeping herself as sane as she could be, despite the gruesome situation she was in. 





Twilight and Applejack were walking along the street of the village looking for hostages as well as any other possible survivors. Since the town was so small, the number of bodies they found told them that the chance of any other ponies being alive was slim to none. Applejack’s breathing got louder and heavier as they passed by more dead bodies, her anger visibly clear on her face. Twilight was silent and showed no signs of visible anger. However, Twilight was angry. Her anger was being kept inside of her and it only grew more intense. Eventually, Twilight and Applejack came across the body of Feather Bangs. From what they could tell, Feather Bangs had been stabbed in the chest and his head had been horribly twisted around in a full 180 degrees. It was a very disturbing sight to see. 



“Oh my gosh… no…” Twilight said as she looked down at Feather Bangs’s lifeless corpse. 



Applejack said nothing as she simply snorted out of anger at the sight. Twilight didn’t move as she just kept staring at the body. After glancing at her friend for a brief moment, Applejack turned her head and when she did, something caught her eye. It was one of the shops in this little town, a bakery to be exact. However, this was no ordinary bakery, this was Sugar Belle’s bakery. Hit with waves of fear and adrenaline, Applejack rushed over to the bakery. Her heart sunk when she saw the condition of the bakery. 



The entire front wall of Sugar Belle’s bakery was completely destroyed. Plates and trays were scattered everywhere, with little shards sprinkled around the floor. The display case that Big Mac had built for Sugar Belle, according to Applebloom, was smashed. There were no bodies inside the bakery, only clear signs that a struggle had occurred. Applejack’s anger took over her body for a brief moment as she walked over to a wood plank that had fallen on the ground. With a loud yell, Applejack raised her front legs up in the air and smashed the plank to pieces. She would have done more damage, if not for the fact that she suddenly heard the sound of heavy breathing. However, it was not her own heavy breathing, it was Twilight’s. Applejack turned to look at Twilight and even though she couldn’t see her face, she could see that an ominous purple shadow was starting to emerge from the sides of Twilight’s eyes. Applejack panicked when she realized what this was. Twilight was starting to let dark magic, or the magic of King Sombra, take over her mind and body. 



Twilight still didn’t move, apart from her chest puffing in and out due to her heavy breathing. While she had been staring at Feather Bangs’s body, the anger inside of her started to show itself. Her mind was suddenly filled with thoughts of revenge against Doctor Whooves and the rest of the Rogue. They would pay for what they did in Appleloosa and in this village. Twilight had become so focused on her thoughts of anger and revenge, that she didn’t notice the dark magic that was starting to take possession of her. 



“Twilight? Twilight!” Applejack cried, snapping her back to reality. 



Twilight shook her head as she felt Applejack’s hoof on her shoulder. As she was brought back, the dark magic quickly disappeared. 



“H-Huh? Applejack?” Twilight asked as she looked at her friend.



“Thank Celestia, I was worried there for a second.” Applejack said, exhaling a bit out of relief. 



“What? What happened?” Twilight asked. 



“Well, from what I just saw, you looked like you were about to use King Sombra’s dark magic or something.” Applejack said.



“Wh-What? Dark magic? N-No, I wouldn’t…” Twilight said as she tried to think of how this dark magic even came over her.



“Twilight, it’s okay, I know how you feel. You’re just really angry. But as angry as we all might be, we can’t allow ourselves to let our anger get the better of us. Trust me, it ain’t a pretty sight.” Applejack said, feeling a bit surprised that she was the one telling Twilight this as she had figured it would have been the other way around. 



“Thanks, Applejack.” Twilight said as the two friends shared a quick hug. “I think it’s time to confront the Rogue.” 



Applejack nodded in response and Twilight turned in the direction of where her other friends were. Twilight and Applejack called out to the rest of their friends and motioned for them to come over. Rarity and Pinkie Pie heard the sounds of their friends calling, and they walked over to them quickly. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy followed soon afterwards. Aside from Applejack, no pony knew what Twilight had planned, but judging from the look on her face, things were about to get serious, if they hadn’t been already. Once the ponies had gathered around, Twilight spoke up.



“Girls, listen up. Get ready because we’re going to lure the Rogue out and confront them.” Twilight said with a serious expression on her face.



“But what about the hostages?” Fluttershy asked.



“Don’t y’all worry, Fluttershy. We’ll make the Rogue tell us where they’re keeping the hostages.” Applejack said. 

 

“We’ll be going up against five dangerous villains. Despite this, we must stay together at all times. The Elements of Harmony won’t work unless the six of us are together.” Twilight said. 



“Don’t worry about a thing, Twilight. There’s six of us and only five of them, we’ve got this.” Rainbow Dash said. 



“Well, actually there’s going to be nine of them if you count Doctor Whooves’s mechanical arms.” Pinkie Pie said, still trying to keep her spirits up. 



“Either way, we cannot let our guard down. We need to stay focused and not get overly confident.” Rarity said.



“Remember, Princess Celestia said that saving the hostages is our number one priority here. If the Rogue escapes, they escape. Now, is everypony ready?” Twilight asked as she looked at each of her friends.



“Ready.” They replied as they gave her an affirming nod. 



Twilight nodded to each of her friends before they all turned to face down the street of the village. Then, after taking a deep breath, the Mane Six shouted out towards the village. 

 

“DOCTOR WHOOVES!” Twilight yelled. 



“Come out, Doctor! Stop hiding and get out here!” Applejack yelled.



“Get out here now! You four-armed maniac!” Rainbow Dash yelled.

 

“You told us to come to the village! We’re here, so come out!” Fluttershy yelled. 



“Show yourself right now you coward!” Rarity yelled.



“Yeah! Come on out and fight us, Doc Ock!” Pinkie Pie yelled. 



For a brief moment, there was silence. The shouts from the Mane Six echoed across the land. The Mane Six kept their eyes scanning over the entire village, looking for any signs of a surprise attack. Soon, the eyes of the Mane Six landed on the building where Starlight used to live in. They had a strong feeling that this was where the Doctor was hiding. Their suspicions were proven right seconds later as a mechanical arm smashed through the roof of the building. Following the first arm, a second mechanical arm smashed through the roof and both arms tightly clamped themselves on the edges of the roof. Two more arms came out and busted a large hole in the roof and then, once all four arms had a good grip on the roof, they began to lift somepony out of the building.



“Doctor Whooves.” Twilight said as she and her friends locked eyes with the Doctor.



When Discorded Whooves spotted the Mane Six, he chuckled as he gave them a friendly yet sadistic wave. The arms then slightly lowered him just above the roof of the building. Twilight realized what was about to happen and kept her eyes locked onto the Doctor.



“Stay together girls. Here he comes.” Twilight said. 



Then, with a commanding yell from the Doctor, the arms launched themselves into the air like a jumping spider. Discorded Whooves came crashing down and landed right in front of the Mane Six. When the dust from the landing cleared away, the ponies finally were able to get a good look at him, as well as how… different he looked. The Mane Six knew that despite how much they just wanted to start fighting, they needed answers. 



“(Chuckle) Hello, little ponies.” Discorded Whooves said as the bottom two arms raised him in the air. 



“It’s just like Braeburn and Capper told us. He does look mighty different than what he used to look like.” Applejack said as she observed Discorded Whooves’s grey coat and black mane. 

 

“You were always an earth pony, Doctor! How in the hay do you have wings!?” Rainbow Dash asked.



“(Chuckle) I’m new and improved, Dashie.” Discorded Whooves replied with a grin as the upper two arms snaked out as if they were showing pride. 



“Hey! No pony calls Rainbow Dash Dashie except for me!” Pinkie Pie yelled with a scowl. 

 

“(Chuckle) Do I look like somepony who cares? Because I don’t.” Discorded Whooves said. 



“Doctor Whooves, why… why are you doing all of this!?” Twilight asked.



“Your world is crumbling, princess. Soon, all of Equestria will shatter and fall to darkest void of time and space. This has happened before, and it will happen again. Therefore, I’m going to speed the process up a little. I’m going to destroy all of Equestria and once everything is gone, I will rebuild Equestria in my own image! I will rule not just Equestria, but the whole world!” Discorded Whooves said as he laughed maniacally. 



“That’s… That’s it!? World domination!? Are you serious!?” Rainbow Dash yelled. 



“If this is indeed your plan, how are you going to destroy all of Equestria? You may have those arms and a couple helpers on your side, but you don’t have the power to take over Equestria!” Rarity yelled. 



“(Chuckle) You’re quite right, Rarity. I don’t have the power to destroy and take over Equestria on my own. That is why the Rogue and I require a certain object of great power… the Staff of Sacanas.” Discorded Whooves said. 



“The Staff of Sacanas!?” Everypony except for Twilight cried, shocked by the mentioning of the weapon used by the Storm King. 



“If the Staff of Sacanas is what you need, then your plan will never work!” Twilight said. 



“Oh? And why is that?” Discorded Whooves asked with an amused smirk on his face.



“Because I recently hid it somewhere safe! Somewhere that no pony would ever think to look!” Twilight said, smiling up at the Doctor.



“(Chuckle) Did you, now? I see… you didn’t happen to hide it inside the Storm King’s Castle, did you?” Discorded Whooves asked with a grin. 



“Wh-What!? How did you know!?” Twilight cried as her wings flared out in a panic. 

 

“Wait a minute, I thought you were keeping the staff in your castle.” Rainbow Dash said as she turned to look at Twilight. 



“I was! But Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were worried that the power trapped in the staff couldn’t be contained forever. They decided it was best for everypony if we moved it somewhere where no pony could get hurt.” Twilight explained before Discorded Whooves interrupted her. 



“That’s right, and you chose to keep the staff inside the Storm King’s Castle on the South Luna Ocean, just off the coast of the Slug Troll Swamp. (Chuckle) I must say that it was a very clever decision on your part. After all, the Storm King’s Realm has become nothing but an abandoned and forgotten island since the Storm King’s defeat. There is no longer any life left on that island and no pony would ever think to look there.” Discorded Whooves said with another chuckle. 



“How do you know this!? No pony knew about this except for Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and me!” Twilight said. 



“Why didn’t you tell us about this, darling? We all helped in defeating the Storm King.” Rarity said, tilting her head a bit.



“I wanted to tell you all, but I couldn’t. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna told me that it was to be kept a secret.” Twilight replied. 



“To answer your question, Princess, I have a very special friend who’s been keeping a close eye on you and your friends for a long time.” Discorded Whooves said with another chuckle. “Once I have the Staff of Sacanas, I will be unstoppable! I will be like a god! I will destroy all of Equestria and I will rebuild it in my own image! I will save this pathetic world!” 

 

“We won’t let that happen, Doctor Whooves! Stand together girls! It’s time!” Twilight yelled as the Mane Six prepared to use the Elements of Harmony.



“(Evil Laugh) Go ahead and try it!” Discorded Whooves yelled as he mockingly gestured for the ponies to hurry up. 



The Mane Six wasted no time as they got into their battle formation and began to gather up the power to use their Elements. One by one, each Element activated its power and began to sync with the others. The power of the rainbow began to charge up and that’s when Discorded Whooves shouted out.



“NOW! GET THEM!” Discorded Whooves yelled to somepony behind him.



Then, just as the Mane Six were about to blast Discorded Whooves with the power of the Elements of Harmony, Lightning Dust flew out of the building where Discorded Whooves had just been inside of. Once she was up in the air, Lightning Dust flew straight towards the Mane Six and smacked right into Rainbow Dash, knocking her back and causing the ponies to lose their focus. 



“OW! What the hay!? (Gasp) YOU!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she glared at the reckless pegasus.



“Ha! Ha! You wanna fight me, Rainbow Dash!? Then come and get me!” Lightning Dust yelled as she flew off.



“GRR! GET BACK HERE YOU!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she flew after Lightning Dust.



“Rainbow Dash! Come back!” Twilight cried as she watched Rainbow Dash fly after Lightning Dust.



“Gosh darn it, Rainbow! We’re supposed to stay together! Ya’ll can’t just -! GAH!” Applejack yelled as she was suddenly hit in the chest by a beam of magic.  



“Applejack!” Twilight cried as she watched Applejack get shot back into a nearby barrel, causing it to break as she landed on it. 



As soon as Applejack was able to recover from the impact, she looked up to where the magic had come from. Applejack’s rage skyrocketed as she laid eyes on Flim and Flam, who were standing on the roof of one of the buildings, waving down to her with taunting grins on their faces.



“Hello, Applejack!” Flim called out to her with a chuckle.



“Did you miss us!? Well let me say, we’ve certainly missed you!” Flam yelled with a laugh. 



“(Growl) FLIM AND FLAM!!!” Applejack screamed as she ran towards the direction of the building where the con artists were at. 



“Applejack! We must-(Scream)!!!” Rarity screamed as she was suddenly snatched up by one of the mechanical arms and then thrown through a broken window of one of the damaged buildings. 



“Rarity, no!” Fluttershy cried as she watched her friend crash through the window before the sound of a roar could be heard from inside another building. 



Suddenly, Iron Will busted through the wall of the building, causing whatever was left of the building to fall to the ground. Iron Will glared at the yellow pegasus as he let out a loud snarl and a roar. 



“FLUTTERSHY! RAHHH!” Iron Will roared as he jumped into the air, raising his arms above his head, ready to crush the ponies to bits. 



“Look out!” Pinkie Pie cried as she pointed towards the angry minotaur who was about to crush them. 



Twilight was about to use a teleportation spell to get Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and herself out of range of Iron Will’s attack, but before she could, one of the lower mechanical arms grabbed her by the legs and slammed her headfirst onto the ground. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy quickly jumped out of the way, just barely avoiding Iron Will’s crushing blow. Once Iron Will had hit the ground, he lifted up his arms to see if he had crushed any of the ponies. When he saw that his attack had failed, he growled and looked up, seeing Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie on the ground in front of him.



“(Growl) FLUTTERSHY! IRON WILL CRUSH YOU!” Iron Will roared as he lifted one of his arms into the air and brought it down towards Fluttershy. 



Fluttershy squealed as she quickly jumped back a bit, narrowly avoiding getting crushed. Iron Will didn’t give Fluttershy any time to get back on her feet as he kept trying to crush the pegasus with his gauntlets. Fluttershy could do nothing but scream and squeal as she kept crawling and occasionally jumping out of the way of Iron Will’s attacks. Pinkie Pie had managed to get back on her feet and when she saw the trouble that Fluttershy was in, she panicked. 



“(Gasp) Fluttershy! Don’t worry, I’ll save you!” Pinkie Pie said as she ran off to help her friend.



However, before Pinkie Pie could do anything to help Fluttershy, her back leg was hit by a beam of magic, causing her to trip and slide on the ground. When Pinkie Pie turned to see who had hit her, she saw a cloaked pony, most likely a unicorn since he had just fired magic at her. 



“Who are you supposed to be!? I don’t remember there being six bad guys who have been attacking Equestria.” Pinkie Pie said as she stood back up while pointing to the cloaked unicorn.



“Introductions can come later, Pinkie Pie. For now, business comes first.” The cloaked unicorn said. 



“Huh? How do you know my name? (Gasp) Oh no! If you’re here, then that means… we’re dealing with the Sinister Six!” Pinkie Pie cried as the cloaked unicorn let out an amused chuckle.



“I see you’re still in the mood for jokes. If that’s the case, this will make my job much easier.” The cloaked unicorn said as he started firing multiple beams of magic at Pinkie Pie, who did her best to avoid every single blast. 





While Pinkie Pie was fighting against the cloaked unicorn, Twilight finally managed to get back on her feet. As she was standing back up, she turned to see that she was on her own. She was about to call out to her friends when she heard the sound of metal clanking and the sound of somepony chuckling.



“(Chuckle) Looks like your attempt to defeat me using the Elements of Harmony has failed. What will you do now, Twilight?” Discorded Whooves asked, taunting Twilight as he gave her a mocking grin.

 

“Where are the hostages, Doctor Whooves!? Tell me!” Twilight yelled, glaring up at the Doctor. 



“Oh, they’ll be just fine. Come now, let’s continue our little talk.” Discorded Whooves said with a beckoning hoof. 



Twilight let out a yell as she fired a beam of magic at the Doctor. Before the magic could hit him, one of the upper arms reached out and blocked the attack. Discorded Whooves chuckled as the arm prevented Twilight’s magic from reaching him. 



“HA! As if that would work so easily!” Discorded Whooves yelled as he laughed at Twilight’s failed attempt to use magic on him. 



With her initial attack failing, Twilight quickly flew towards Discorded Whooves. Since the Doctor was too busy laughing, Twilight was able to catch him off guard as she flew right under the mechanical arm and started to punch the Doctor in the face. After getting hit in the face a couple times, Discorded Whooves used one of the lower arms to smack Twilight from below, sending her higher into the air. Twilight quickly shook off the attack and dove down towards the Doctor. Discorded Whooves laughed as one of the upper arms reached out and grabbed a hold of Twilight in a way that had her legs and wings pinned to her sides. Discorded Whooves grinned as he sent another arm to try and grab ahold of Twilight’s head. However, just before the arm could grab Twilight, she managed to teleport out of sight.



“What!? No!” Discorded Whooves yelled as he looked around for Twilight. 



While Discorded Whooves was desperately looking all over the place, Twilight teleported in the air behind him. Twilight then fired another beam of magic straight at the Doctor’s head. One of the mechanical arms had seen Twilight appear behind their master and they warned him about the attack. Discorded Whooves turned around and as he did, he was immediately hit in the face by a beam of magic. This caused the Doctor to yell in pain as the arms stumbled back a bit, as if they felt their master’s pain. Discorded Whooves snarled as he sent one of the arms out to try and grab ahold of Twilight. Twilight teleported higher into the air, just out of the arm’s reach. Once she was out of range, Twilight began firing multiple beams of magic at the Doctor. 



“(Growl) Damn magic!” Discorded Whooves said as he ducked, narrowly avoiding another hit. 



Discorded Whooves then turned around and spotted something that could be useful. With a loud grunt, Discorded Whooves started making his way towards one of the nearby destroyed buildings, all while dodging Twilight’s magic. When he finally reached the wreckage, Discorded Whooves grabbed ahold of a large piece of a wall. Discorded Whooves then used the mechanical arms to rip the wood into two large pieces. He turned around and threw both pieces of wood at Twilight. Using her magic, Twilight blew up the first wood plank and then sent the second one flying right back at the Doctor. Discorded Whooves was hit in the chest, causing him to fall on his back. The arms tried to lift him back up, but before that could happen, Twilight teleported herself right in front of the Doctor. Twilight then started to punch Discorded Whooves in the face again, but her assault ended when she was grabbed by one of the arms and then flung away from the Doctor. As Twilight managed to recover herself in the air, she looked down and saw Discorded Whooves smile at her while the arms opened and closed their claws repeatedly in a threatening manner. Twilight let out another yell as she flew towards the Doctor. 





While Twilight was fighting Discorded Whooves, Applejack was trying to find a way to get to the Flim Flam brothers, who were still holding their vantage point on the roof of one of the buildings. She had considered using her powerful legs to launch herself onto the roof, but every time she tried to, she would be forced to avoid getting hit with magic. After avoiding another attack from the Flim Flam brothers, Applejack looked up and glared at the two unicorns.



“(Growl) Cowards! Y’all get down here and face me!” Applejack yelled as she ducked, avoiding yet another attack. 



“We’d love to, Applejack! But quite frankly the view is much nicer up here.” Flim said as he fired another beam of magic at the earth pony. 



“Yeah! Not to mention the fact that it’s much more fun watching you run and hide!” Flam added as he too fired magic at Applejack. 



“I’m gonna get ya for you two did in Appleloosa! RAH!” Applejack yelled as she quickly ran behind a barrel and then kicked it towards Flam. 



The force of the kick was so powerful that the brothers didn’t have any time to counter the attack. Flam’s only option was to jump out of the way; however, he wasn’t fast enough as the barrel hit him in the chest, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground below. Flam let out a cry of pain as he landed hard on his side. Flam’s cry of pain soon turned into a cry of fear as he saw the rage-fueled Applejack rush towards him.

 

“(Scream) BROTHER! HELP ME!” Flam screamed as he backed up against the wall. 



Applejack continued to charge towards Flam, intending to ram him into the wall with all her strength. However, she had become so focused on Flam, that she had completely forgotten about Flim. Before Applejack could reach Flam, Flim strategically fired a beam of magic at the ground right in front of Applejack’s front legs. The blast caused Applejack to lose her balance and fall forward, sliding until she stopped right in front of Flam. As Applejack tried to get up, she was kicked in the chin by Flam, causing her to fall onto her back. Flam then jumped on top of Applejack, pinning her down.



“Come on now, Applejack! Even the sheriff put up more of a fight than you!” Flam said as he grinned at her. 



“GET OFF OF ME! YAH!” Applejack yelled as she managed to kick Flam in the stomach.



With Flam distracted by the pain of getting kicked, Applejack shoved Flam off of her using both of her back legs. As Flam was thrown off, Applejack quickly ran over to him, picked him up, and then threw him into the street of the village. Seeing his brother in danger, Flim quickly jumped off the roof and tossed Applejack to the side with his magic. Applejack quickly got up and glared at the two brothers who were now circling her. 



“You can’t defeat the both of us, Applejack! You’re just one pony!” Flim said as he gave Applejack a taunting smile. 



“Yeah! You should just surrender now and maybe we’ll convince the boss not to kill you.” Flam said. 



“Surrender? Y’all really think I’m just gonna give up!? There’s something about me that I think you two just don’t understand yet.” Applejack said as she stared down her two attackers. 



“Oh? And what would that be, Applejack?” Flim asked with a raised eyebrow. 



“Please tell us! We’re just dying to know.” Flam added with a laugh. 



“Y’all should’ve known by now, I never give up!” Applejack yelled as she lunged towards Flam, tackling him to the ground. 



With Flam pinned to the ground, Applejack started to punch him hard in the face. Flim tried to grab Applejack so he could throw her off, but Applejack bucked him in the chest with her back leg. Flim cried out in pain as he was kicked hard in the chest. He looked over to Applejack and prepared to fire a beam of magic at her. Sensing the danger, Applejack grabbed ahold of Flam and tossed him towards his brother, causing him to get blasted by Flim’s magic. With Flam hit, Applejack charged towards Flim but before she got too close to him, she kicked some dust in his face, causing some of the dust to go into his eyes. 



“GAH! MY EYES!” Flim yelled as he desperately tried to rub the dust out of his eyes while blasting magic all over the place in an attempt to hit Applejack. 



With Flim being blinded by the dust, Applejack ran over and grabbed ahold of Flim’s front legs. Before she was hit by any magic, Applejack threw Flim over her, sending him crashing into Flam, who had just gotten up. The two brothers started to fire magic at Applejack as she charged towards them, dodging every attack. Applejack eventually reached the brothers as she grabbed them by their front legs and threw them back into the street. With the brothers still on the ground, Applejack charged towards them, however before she reached them, the two brothers quickly activated a shield bubble around both of them. When Applejack crashed into the magic bubble, she bounced back and landed on the ground. Before Applejack could get up, she started to get hit by multiple beams of magic as the two brothers shot her repeatedly. They were purposely firing weak shots of magic just so Applejack could feel pain. 



“HA! See!? You can’t stop us!” Flim yelled as he continued shooting Applejack with magic.

 

“You put up a good fight, but at the end of the day, you’re just one pony!” Flam said as he also continued his assault. 



Applejack cried out in pain as she was barraged with magic. She could tell that the brothers were going easy on her, just so she could suffer. Applejack refused to submit and let them win and she was determined to   fight back. However, this was easier said than done. Every time Applejack would try to stand up, her legs would get shot at. Applejack started to feel the strength of the magic get stronger and stronger as time went on. The pain was becoming unbearable as Applejack continued to try and get back up. Eventually however, Applejack’s body gave out, the pain had been too much for even her to handle as she went limp. Seeing this, Flim and Flam laughed as they walked over to her.



“What’s wrong, Applejack? You done already?” Flim asked with a grin.



“Too bad, we were hoping you would last a little longer. I guess not.” Flam said as the two brothers grinned at each other, while Applejack hissed in pain. 



“Wh-Why? Why would y’all do this!? Y’all were just… lying, thieving, con artists! Not killers! WHY!?” Applejack yelled with whatever strength she had left. 

 

“Why? (Chuckle) Should we tell her, brother?” Flim asked, looking at Flam with a curious expression on his face.



“I don’t know… I don’t think she will like our answer.” Flam replied with a fake look of concern.

 

“Come now, brother, when has Applejack ever liked anything that we’ve said or done?” Flim asked with a snort.



“You’re absolutely right, brother.” Flam said he looked down at Applejack. “If you must know, Applejack, think of it as our way of getting revenge against you! Every time we try to live our lives and do what we do best, you always come around and screw everything up!” 



“That’s right! And quite frankly, we’re tired of it! Also, we’ve been promised riches beyond our wildest dreams! You know us, we’d never turn down such an offer.” Flim added with a grin. 



“That’s it? THAT’S IT!? Y’ALL KILLED PONIES! AND FOR WHAT!? MONEY!? PETTY REVENGE!?” Applejack yelled, more disgusted with their answer than angry. 



“(Laughs) Well, what did you expect from us, Applejack!?” Flam asked.



“Yeah! You really need to understand that sometimes things just-GAH!” Flim yelled as he was suddenly hit by a beam of magic in the chest, causing him to fly back into a wall. 



“What the!?” Flam yelled as he watched his brother get hit. 



Applejack weakly turned her head to see who had attacked Flim. That’s when she saw Rarity, who had recovered from being thrown into a building by the Discorded Whooves. Rarity had a few bruises on her body, as well as a very angry look on her face.



“GET AWAY FROM HER!” Rarity screamed as she leaped forward, landing in front of Applejack while hitting Flam with her magic. 



“Rarity? What are you doing?” Applejack asked as she found herself being levitated off of the ground by Rarity’s magic. 



“Keeping you safe, darling, that’s what I’m doing. You’re clearly in no condition to fight these ruffians anymore. You rest up now while I deal with them.” Rarity said, not taking her eyes off of the brothers. 



“No! You can’t!” Applejack tried to protest, but Rarity wasn’t having it.



“Applejack, you could have beat them quite easily. However, it seems that you’ve allowed your anger to take control of your actions. I assure you; I can keep them busy while you recover.” Rarity said in a gentler tone as she gave Applejack a confident smile.



“Ow, my head… H-Hey! This doesn’t concern you, fashionista!” Flim yelled as he pointed at Rarity.

 

“Yeah! This is between me, my brother, and Applejack! This is not your problem!” Flam added.



“Oh, it just became my problem!” Rarity said as she glared at the Flim Flam brothers, her horn igniting with magic. “You hurt Applejack or any other of my friends, then you deal with me!” 





As Rarity engaged in battle with Flim and Flam, in the skies above the village, Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust continued to chase each other. Back at the Wonderbolt Academy, Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust’s speed was nearly identical. However, since then Rainbow Dash had gotten a bit faster, and Lightning Dust had gotten more agile. This made it almost impossible for either of them to gain the upper hoof. Every time Rainbow Dash would try to get in close, Lightning Dust would do some crazy flip or spin maneuver to avoid her attack. Eventually, Rainbow Dash managed to grab ahold of Lightning Dust’s tail. With a good grip on Lightning Dust’s tail, Rainbow Dash pulled back as hard as she could, stopping the reckless pegasus in her tracks. 



“OW! My tail!” Lightning Dust screamed as she turned around, only to get punched in the face by Rainbow Dash.



“Take that! And that! And that! And that!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she punched Lightning Dust in the face over and over again. 



After getting punched in the face a total of fifteen times, Lightning Dust was able to find an opening and kicked Rainbow Dash in the leg, throwing her off balance and allowing Lightning Dust enough time to sucker punch her in the face. Lightning Dust was about to punch Rainbow Dash again, but her punch was blocked by Rainbow Dash, who then kicked Lightning Dust in the stomach. With Lightning Dust stunned from the kick to the gut, Rainbow Dash flew away and then started to perform fast strike attacks on Lightning Dust, flying into her once and then flying off before going back in for another strike. As the endless assaults kept coming, Lightning Dust started to examine Rainbow Dash’s flight pattern, analyzing it carefully. Once she found the pattern, Lightning Dust allowed Rainbow Dash to hit her one last time, before she raised both her hooves up and brought them down hard onto Rainbow Dash’s head. This powerful blow to the head caused Rainbow Dash to lose control and start falling towards the ground.



“Now I’ve got you!” Lightning Dust yelled as she flew down after Rainbow Dash, going past her and flying up towards her from below. 



Rainbow Dash managed to regain control of herself as she quickly dodged the attack at the last second. As Lightning Dust flew past her, Rainbow Dash flew up and grabbed Lightning Dust from behind, keeping her hooves by trapped in place. Lightning Dust struggled to break free until she finally slammed the back of her head into Rainbow Dash’s face, causing her to let go. Lightning Dust turned around and kicked Rainbow Dash hard in the stomach before landing an uppercut. As Lightning Dust went in for another punch, Rainbow Dash countered by blocking the punch and then sucker punching Lightning Dust in the face. The two pegasi then started to punch and kick each other; countering and dodging at equal speeds. 



“I’ve been waiting for this for a long time, Rainbow Dash!” Lightning Dust said as she took a swing at Rainbow Dash, who ducked under the punch. 



“Shut up!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she punched Lightning Dust in the face. “You killed ponies at Appleloosa and now in this village! Why would you do that!?” 



“Heh, why? Obviously to get revenge on you!” Lightning Dust yelled as the two pegasi remained in the air, just glaring at each other. 



“If you wanted revenge on me, why did you kill all of those innocent ponies!? What did they ever do to you!?” Rainbow Dash yelled, her breathing getting heavier the angrier she got.



“I had no choice! I have to listen to my boss! But he said if I did, then I’d get to kill you and prove to all of Equestria that I am better than you in every way!” Lightning Dust yelled.



“What!?” Rainbow Dash asked, disgusted by what she had just heard. 



“You ruined my life! You crushed my dreams of becoming a Wonderbolt! And you’re the reason the Washouts are gone! You’ve taken everything from me! I have nothing!” Lightning Dust yelled as she kicked Rainbow Dash in the chest.



“Grr! SHUT UP! You nearly killed my friends! You almost…. Scootaloo could have… YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HER!” Rainbow Dash screamed. 

 

“Yeah!? So, what!? Why is Scootaloo so important to you anyway!?” Lightning Dust asked. 



“She’s like my-NO! SHE’S MY LITTLE SISTER! AND YOU ALMOST KILLED HER!” Rainbow Dash screamed as she punched Lightning Dust so hard in the face that at least three teeth came out of her mouth.



“(Spit) I sure did, and next time I see her, I’ll make sure I finish the job! That way you’ll know what it’s like to lose everything!” Lightning Dust yelled as she wiped some of the blood off of her mouth. 



“NO!!” Rainbow Dash screamed as she tackled Lightning Dust, causing the two to wrestle and struggle against each other as they both fell towards the ground.  



As the two pegasi fell to the ground, they never let go of each other as they kept headbutting and even biting at each other until eventually, they both landed on one of the buildings. The fall had really hurt both pegasi, but luckily neither sustained any serious injuries. Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust struggled to get up and soon they were both back on their feet and glaring into each other’s eyes. Rainbow Dash let out another yell as she lunged towards Lightning Dust, continuing their fight. 





While Rainbow Dash continued fighting Lightning Dust, Pinkie Pie was bouncing and jumping all over the place as she was getting shot at by the cloaked unicorn. Pinkie jumped from roof to roof and wall to wall as she dodged all of the attacks. The cloaked unicorn was starting to get annoyed with how fast Pinkie Pie was. He started to watch how Pinkie Pie moved and once he found a pattern, the cloaked unicorn fired a beam of magic at the spot where Pinkie Pie was about to jump to. While she was in midair, Pinkie Pie somehow managed to stop herself in the air and leapt back to her previous spot. 



“What!? How did you do that!?” the cloaked unicorn asked, trying to figure out how Pinkie Pie had literally stopped herself midair and seemingly used the air to jump back to her original position.



“That was a pretty clever move, mystery pony! But it’s not enough to stop Pinkie!” Pinkie Pie said with a cheerful, yet confident smile. 



“In that case, take this!” the cloaked unicorn yelled as he started to fire more shots towards Pinkie Pie, who of course continued to dodge every single shot.



However, this was what the cloaked unicorn wanted to happen as now he had Pinkie Pie under the impression that he was just going to continue firing magic at her like an idiot. Once Pinkie was fully focused on avoiding the attacks, the cloaked unicorn teleported out of sight.



“Huh!? Hey! Where did you go?” Pinkie Pie asked as she looked around for the unicorn. 



As Pinkie Pie looked around, her Pinkie Sense suddenly kicked in and she felt this incredible sense of danger coming from just behind her. Pinkie Pie quickly jumped up into the air, just as the unicorn teleported right behind her and fired a beam of magic at her, hitting her and causing her to fall to the ground. As Pinkie Pie landed on the ground, she looked up at the roof where the unicorn was standing, his jade green eyes glowing from the darkness of the hood he wore, looking down at her.



“(Chuckle) I must say, your unique abilities to defy the very laws of nature and gravity have amused me. I look forward to performing many experiments on you, Pinkie Pie.” The cloaked unicorn said as he teleported to the ground and started walking towards the party pony. 



“(Gasp) Oh no! Please don’t do any scary science experiments on me!” Pinkie Pie cried as she covered her head with her hooves, until she suddenly looked back up. “Well actually, there is one experiment I wouldn’t mind getting.”



“Oh? And what would that be?” the cloaked unicorn asked, tilting his head a bit with curiosity.



“Electroshock therapy.” Pinkie Pie responded with a happy smile, as if she wasn’t talking to a pony that wanted to experiment on her. 



“Really? And why is that?” the cloaked unicorn asked. 



“Because when ponies get shocked, they make really funny noises, like this!” Pinkie Pie said as she suddenly jabbed her hoof into the unicorn’s chest with a joy buzzer. “(Giggle) The good old joy buzzer, works every time!” Pinkie Pie said as she looked over at the screen and gave the readers a wink and a smile. 



The unicorn was certainly taken aback as he continued to get shocked by Pinkie’s joy buzzer. Eventually however, the unicorn managed to teleport away and behind Pinkie Pie, shooting her in the back with his magic. 



“You know… I really am not amused by your little party tricks. I think my first experiment on you will be to test how loudly you can scream. Your voice is quite nice, so I’m curious to hear just how high your voice can go.” The cloaked unicorn said with another chuckle.



“Are you flirting with me? Aww gee, I’m flattered mister mystery pony, but I kind of already have somepony in mind. He’s super funny and nice, and he’s a party pony just like me!” Pinkie Pie asked as she pulled out what looked like a daisy. “I was going to give him this flower, it’s super pretty, right?” Pinkie Pie asked as soapy water suddenly shot out of the daisy and into the unicorn’s eyes. 



Pinkie Pie laughed as the unicorn stumbled back while trying to wipe the soapy water out of his eyes. Pinkie Pie took the opportunity and pounced on the unicorn, landing on his back and wrapping her front hooves around his neck. The unicorn tried to teleport away, but every time he did, Pinkie Pie would still be on his back, practically hugging him. 



“(Giggle) You’re not going to get rid of me that easily!” Pinkie Pie said as she reached into her mane and pulled out a party hat. 



Before Pinkie Pie could do whatever, it was that she intended to do with the party hat, her Pinkie Sense kicked in again and she felt the need to get away from the unicorn as quickly as possible. The unicorn’s horn started to spark with a great surge of magic and a charging sound could be heard. Pinkie Pie quickly bounced off of the unicorn just in time as a huge burst of magic emitted from his body. Once Pinkie was off of the unicorn’s back, he turned to look at her. 



“Enough! I’ve waited more than a thousand years and I’m not going to be made a fool by a mere earth pony! You want to party, Miss Pie!? Alright then, let us party!” the cloaked unicorn yelled as he fired another shot at Pinkie Pie. 



Pinkie Pie grinned with confidence as she dodged the attack and continued to have as much fun as she could while fighting the cloaked unicorn. Little did she know however, this unicorn was now deadly serious. 





“DIE FLUTTERSHY!” Iron Will yelled as he brought his fist down towards Fluttershy. 



With a terrified squeal, Fluttershy quickly jumped out of the way before she was crushed. Even now, Fluttershy still hadn’t been able to get airborne; Iron Will was just too fast and he wouldn’t give her any time to escape. Soon Fluttershy found herself crawling up against the wall of one of the buildings. Iron Will roared as he tried to punch Fluttershy, but he missed, and his fist was stuck in the wall. Fluttershy knew that it would only be a matter of seconds before Iron Will managed to free himself. 



“Iron Will! Why are you doing this!? Why are you trying to kill me!? I don’t understand!” Fluttershy cried as she finally managed to get off the ground. 



“You tricked Iron Will! You said that if Iron Will changed, things would be better! YOU LIED! You only said that to make Iron Will fail!” Iron Will roared as he tore his hand out of the wall and swung at Fluttershy, who flew up higher, avoiding the attack.



“Why would I ever do that!?” Fluttershy asked, shocked by what she had heard. 



“Whooves told me that you wished to get revenge on Iron Will for how Iron Will treated you!” Iron Will roared as he ripped out one of the supporting beams of the building. 



“What!?” Fluttershy cried.



“Now, IRON WILL CRUSH YOU!” Iron Will roared as he started swinging the beam at Fluttershy. 



The beam just barely missed Fluttershy as she flew to the side. Iron Will roared again as he started repeatedly trying to smack Fluttershy out of the air with the beam. After many failed swings, Fluttershy knew she had to snap Iron Will out of whatever trance he was in. She knew that she never had tried to set him up to fail. She helped change him so he could be better, not so he could fail. After avoiding another swing, Fluttershy flew up to Iron Will and then quickly used the Stare on him, freezing Iron Will in place. 



“You listen to me, Iron Will! I never lied to you! And I would never set you up to fail!” Fluttershy said, keeping Iron Will locked in place.



“You… wouldn’t…?” Iron Will asked, completely trapped by the Stare. 



“Of course not. Doctor Whooves is lying to you!” Fluttershy said. 

 

“Whooves… lied to Iron Will?” Iron Will asked. 





Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust were still beating the living daylights out of each other in the sky above the town. Not too long after they had crashed onto the roof of one of the buildings, they soon were back in the air. Lightning Dust had just landed a good punch to Rainbow Dash’s face. She laughed as she relished seeing the cyan pegasus in pain. However, Lightning Dust saw something going on in the town; Iron Will was seemingly being pep talked to by Fluttershy, and it appeared to be working. Lightning Dust roundhouse kicked Rainbow Dash in the face, keeping her busy as she flew down towards Fluttershy. 



“Fluttershy!” Rainbow Dash cried as she quickly flew after Lightning Dust. 



“Yes! He lied to you! This isn’t who you are.” Fluttershy said, seeing that she was actually starting to get through to Iron Will. 



“It’s not?” Iron Will asked. 



“No, it’s not. You can be better. I know you-GAH!” Fluttershy said before Lightning Dust suddenly flew right into her and slammed her onto the ground. 



Once Fluttershy had hit the ground, Lightning Dust didn’t lose her grip on the yellow pegasus as she pinned her down and raised her hoof to start punching her. Iron Will, who was no longer trapped by Fluttershy’s Stare, turned to see Lightning Dust was now punching Fluttershy repeatedly in the face. Iron Will thought about what Fluttershy had just told him, wondering if she was indeed telling him the truth. However, before he could even think of what to do, Iron Will heard the sound of somepony yelling from behind him. Iron Will turned around and was met with a punch to the face by Rainbow Dash. 



With her first punch landing a direct hit to the minotaur’s face, Rainbow Dash didn’t give Iron Will a moment to rest or counter as she started unleashing her rainbow combo attack on his face. Rainbow Dash punched and kicked Iron Will in the face for a good thirty seconds, until she suddenly stopped her assault, pulled her right hoof back a bit and then punched Iron Will as hard as she could in the face, causing him to fall to the ground unconscious. With the angry minotaur out of the fight, for now at least, Rainbow Dash looked up to see Fluttershy doing her best and failing to avoid Lightning Dust’s punches and kicks. 



As Fluttershy took another kick to her chest, she saw that Rainbow Dash had just taken down Iron Will. The two pegasi made eye contact and nodded to each other. Right as Fluttershy was about to take another punch to the face, Rainbow Dash flew over and tackled Lightning Dust to the ground. While Rainbow Dash was keeping Lightning Dust pinned to the floor, she looked over to Fluttershy. 

 

“I’ve got this, Fluttershy! Go help the others!” Rainbow Dash yelled before Lightning Dust headbutted her, allowing herself to fly out of the cyan pegasus’s grip. 



As Lightning Dust began to attack Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy felt something start to boil. The sight of her childhood friend getting beaten up by this cruel bully made her suddenly lose the shyness and the gentleness. Fluttershy was determined to make sure this bully never hurt anypony again. She wasn’t sure how long this anger would last or if she could ever muster up this kind of anger again, but that didn’t matter. All that mattered was stopping Lightning Dust from hurting one of her best friends. 



“No!” Fluttershy said as she flew over and tackled Lightning Dust the ground, rolling around a bit before tossing her into a wall. “We’re fighting together, Rainbow Dash.” 



Before Rainbow Dash could respond, Lightning Dust managed to get back up and she glared at the two pegasi. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy looked at each other and gave each other a confident grin. The two friends then turned back to face Lightning Dust. 



“Bring it on, Lightning Dust.” Rainbow Dash said with a grin.



“Heh, with pleasure! YAH!” Lightning Dust yelled as she flew towards the two pegasi. 



As Lightning Dust flew towards the two friends, she made it look like she was aiming for Fluttershy, but at the last second, she changed her course and managed to tackle Rainbow Dash out of the air and to the ground. As Lightning Dust was about to start punching Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy suddenly grabbed ahold of Lightning Dust’s legs, holding them back. This allowed Rainbow Dash to get up and start punching Lightning Dust while Fluttershy held her in place. After taking quite a few punches, Lightning Dust managed to smack Fluttershy in the face with the back of her head. Using her incredible speed, Lightning Dust turned around, grabbed Fluttershy, and pulled over so that she was right in front of her, resulting in Rainbow Dash accidentally hitting Fluttershy in the back of the head. With Fluttershy badly hurt and Rainbow Dash shocked at what she had just done, Lightning Dust took the opportunity to throw Fluttershy at Rainbow Dash, causing the two friends to fall to the ground. 



Lightning Dust flew over to the pegasi and grabbed Fluttershy by the leg, tossing her to the side so she could focus on her primary target. Rainbow Dash quickly rolled out of the way, narrowly avoiding a stomp attack from Lightning Dust. Rainbow Dash then landed a punch to Lightning Dust’s side, stunning her for a bit. Lightning Dust quickly sidestepped out of the way and kicked Rainbow Dash in the chest before lifting her up into the air. Before Lightning Dust could do anything, Rainbow Dash headbutted her and then started to combo her. Somehow, Lightning Dust was able to break out of the attack and she backhoofed Rainbow Dash in the face. As the two pegasi started to combo each other, Fluttershy flew over to try and get the jump on Lightning Dust. However, she had seen this attack coming so Lightning Dust managed to kick Fluttershy back. Fluttershy didn’t give up though as she just shook off the pain and wrapped her hooves around Lightning Dust’s waist. With a little yell, Fluttershy pulled Lightning Dust away from Rainbow Dash and actually threw her onto the ground really hard. 



This action and strength coming from Fluttershy certainly surprised Rainbow Dash, as she had never seen her friend fight like this before. However, this was no time to be surprised as Lightning Dust recovered and after muttering an insult, she flew up and tried to tackle Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash didn’t let that happen as she managed to intercept Lightning Dust, smacking her back to the ground. Fluttershy quickly flew over to the pegasus and tossed her back up into the air, where Rainbow Dash was waiting. Lightning Dust found herself caught in Rainbow Dash’s combo attack once again, only this time, Fluttershy had joined in. The two friends began tossing Lightning Dust back and forth to each other, making sure to hit her with what they had before throwing her back. Eventually, Lightning Dust managed to get an opening and flew up into the air, temporarily freeing herself from the double team attack. 



Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy quickly flew after Lightning Dust, determined not to let her get away. Lightning Dust wasn’t able to get away fast enough as Rainbow Dash caught up to her and grabbed her leg before tossing her down to Fluttershy. However, Lightning Dust managed to recover midair, and she landed a powerful kick right on Fluttershy’s head, causing the yellow pegasus to fall to the ground. As soon as Fluttershy landed on her back, she closed her eyes as Lightning Dust landed on top of her, pinning her down so she could start beating her down. Just as Lightning Dust was about to hit the yellow pegasus, Fluttershy opened her eyes and caught Lightning Dust in her Stare. Lightning Dust was terrified when she found that she couldn’t move, and she tried her best to break free of whatever this was. While Lightning Dust continued to try and escape, Fluttershy saw Rainbow Dash approaching fast and she gave the reckless pegasus a grin. Lightning Dust was then tackled by Rainbow Dash, who slammed her up against a wall. 



With Lightning Dust pinned, Rainbow Dash punched her hard in the face three times before she prepared a punch and landed a powerful uppercut, causing the back of Lightning Dust’s head to smack against the wall. Lightning Dust then fell to the ground, seemingly unconscious. With another member of the Rogue presumably taken out of the fight, Rainbow Dash looked over to Fluttershy gave her a grin.



“Nice one, Fluttershy! I didn’t know you had that in you.” Rainbow Dash said.



“Oh, well, um… I didn’t either. I was just so angry when I saw how much Lightning Dust was hurting you. I had to help my friend.” Fluttershy replied, rubbing her hooves together. 



“Well, thanks for that. Now come on, we have to help the others! I’ll help Twilight and you help Pinkie Pie!” Rainbow Dash said as she suddenly flew off to help Twilight. 



Fluttershy nodded as she flew over to help Pinkie Pie. However, neither of them had noticed when Lightning Dust’s eyes started to slowly open, and a small grin formed on her face. 





Meanwhile, Twilight was still battling against Discorded Whooves and those annoying mechanical arms. She had quickly worked out that the safest way to fight the Doctor was to put a good distance between herself and the mad doctor. However, being far away from him meant it was much harder for Twilight to inflict any damage as the arms would counter and block every beam of magic she fired at the Doctor. Of course, Twilight had tried to pick up the Doctor and throw him to the ground with magic, but every time she did, the arms would catch the ground, keeping the Doctor from getting hurt. Eventually, Twilight decided to go for it, and she flew towards the Doctor. Discorded Whooves reached out and tried to grab Twilight with one of the arms, but she teleported behind him and fired a beam of magic at his back. As Discorded Whooves yelled in pain, one of the arms almost grabbed Twilight, but she managed to teleport above the Doctor. Twilight then flew down and tackled the Doctor to the ground. Before she could start hitting him, one of the arms grabbed Twilight’s leg and tossed her to the ground. 

 

“I honestly expected more from you, Twilight Sparkle. You’re starting to disappoint me.” Discorded Whooves said as he looked down at Twilight.



“(Cough) You wouldn’t be saying that if you didn’t have those arms, Doctor Whooves.” Twilight said as she glared up at the Doctor. 



“(Chuckle) You can just admit that you’re not as powerful as you think you are. There’s no shame in that.” Discorded Whooves said with a smile as the arms brought him closer to the princess.



As Discorded Whooves started getting closer to her, Twilight knew that she had to get rid of those arms. Then she remembered what the Doctor had said during the presentation.  



To remove the harness, I simply press this button on my right side, just behind my right shoulder.



Twilight quickly looked at the harness and spotted the button. If she could get those arms off of the Doctor, she’d be able to take him down and stop the rest of the Rogue. With a new strategy fresh in her mind, Twilight began firing beams of magic at the Doctor. The upper arms shielded their master from the attack and Twilight took his opportunity to teleport herself onto the Doctor’s back. Twilight reached her hoof out for the button on the harness, however just as she was about press the button, one of the arms grabbed her, pinning her wings to her side. The arm snaked around and held Twilight out in front of the Doctor. Twilight was about to teleport away, when a second arm reached out, its claws pinched the tip of Twilight’s horn, cutting off her magic. Twilight hissed in pain as she felt the claws of the arm pinch her horn even harder. 



“Trying to separate me from my mechanical arms, Twilight? (Chuckle) Not going to happen.” Discorded Whooves said, giving her a sadistic grin while he prepared to rip Twilight’s horn off.



Twilight screamed in pain as she felt the claws of the arm start to pull at her horn. Knowing that the Doctor intended to tear her horn off, she tried with all her might to use any kind of magic to break free. 



“Don’t worry, Princess, the doctor knows best. Prepare to scream for-GAH!” Discorded Whooves yelled as Rainbow Dash suddenly smacked into him, causing him to drop Twilight. 



As Twilight fell on the ground, she looked up and saw Rainbow Dash was punching the living daylights out of Discorded Whooves, all while quickly dodging the arms. After landing a powerful kick to the Doctor’s face, Rainbow Dash started to fly around in a circle, whipping up a large cloud of dust and once it was large enough and formed in the shape of a tornado, she kicked it towards the Doctor, temporarily trapping him in a mini tornado of dust.



“Thanks, Rainbow Dash, wait where’s Lightning Dust?” Twilight asked, looking around for the reckless pegasus that Rainbow Dash had chased after earlier.



“Don’t worry about her. Fluttershy and I took her down.” Rainbow Dash replied with a grin, unaware of the imminent danger she was about to be in. 



“RAINBOW DASH! LOOK OUT!” Twilight cried as one of the arms came out of the tornado and reached out towards Rainbow Dash. 



Rainbow Dash quickly dodged the arm as she and Twilight watched Discorded Whooves break out of the tornado, destroying it. The Doctor chuckled as he looked down at the two friends. Twilight and Rainbow Dash prepared themselves to fight the Doctor but before they could, Twilight was suddenly tackled by Lightning Dust, who started to fly the princess up into the air and away from Rainbow Dash.



“Twilight! WOAH!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she tried to fly after her friend but was caught by one of the arms and yanked back towards the Doctor.

 

“I don’t think so! You’re stuck with me, Dashie! YAH!” Discorded Whooves yelled as one of the arms tried to grab the cyan pegasus. 



Rainbow Dash kicked the arm that tried to grab her and then glared at the Doctor. She had waited for this moment and now he would pay for what he had done. Rainbow Dash flew straight towards the Doctor, avoiding each of the arms as she started to unleash her rainbow combo on him. This didn’t last long though as one of the arms grabbed Rainbow’s leg and tossed her over and away from the Doctor. Rainbow Dash was quickly able to recover in the air as she flew back towards the Doctor. Before she could reach him however, one of the upper arms reached out to swipe at her. Rainbow Dash stopped herself from getting too close as she just kicked the arm away. The second upper arm shot out and also tried to grab her, but just like the previous attempt, it failed as Rainbow Dash punched the arm away. Discorded Whooves laughed as he started engaging in a hoof to claw fight as both of the upper arms tried to hit Rainbow Dash, only for the pegasus to punch or kick them away from her.  



Rainbow Dash of course had tried to get past the two upper arms and reach the Doctor, but the arms were so long and fast that she wasn’t able to get herself any closer. She had tried to fly around and attack the Doctor from behind, but the arms would rotate their master around so that he was always facing the pegasus. After fending off the arms a couple more times, Rainbow Dash decided to try something different. Rainbow Dash started to fly in circles super-fast around the Doctor, planning to fly in and attack him once he got dizzy from trying to follow her. 



Discorded Whooves tried to follow Rainbow Dash with his eyes, but he soon found himself getting very dizzy. Before he could make himself even more dizzy, the arms started speaking to their master, suggesting a plan to catch the speedster. 

 

“Yes, you’re right! Track her movements!” Discorded Whooves ordered as he was lowered to the floor by the bottom two arms. 



With their master safely on the ground, all four of the arms activated their sensory systems that had been recently installed by Professor Screw inside the spot where light could be emitted from the center of each claw. The arms carefully examined and watched Rainbow Dash’s movements, calculating her exact speed, and determining the exact moment she would try to close in and attack the Doctor. Once the arms had finished their calculations, they alerted their master. 



“Good. NOW!” Discorded Whooves yelled as one of the upper arms shot out, just as Rainbow Dash had tried to fly in to attack the Doctor. 



Rainbow Dash let out a cry of pain as she was grabbed by one of the arms. Its three claws had caught the pegasus in a way that had pinned her front legs to her side and left her wings relatively useless. Discorded Whooves laughed as he watched Rainbow Dash struggle to break free. The arm started to bring Rainbow closer to the Doctor until she was only a few inches away from his face. She glared into Discorded Whooves’s eyes as he grinned at her. 



“What is wrong with you, Doc!? You hurt all of us! You hurt Derpy!” Rainbow Dash said as she continued to struggle. 

 

“(Chuckle) You seem to care a lot about that stupid klutz. Why is that?” Discorded Whooves asked.



“Call her another insulting name and I’ll buck your teeth out and make sure you end up in a hospital for a long time!” Rainbow Dash yelled.



“(Chuckle) Just stop caring about that clumsy mistake of a pony. Trust me, she’s worthless, pathetic, mentally stupid, and just a dumb klutzy bitch!” Discorded Whooves said. 



“No. She’s. NOT!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she kicked the lower finger of the claw so hard that the claw actually let her go.



Once Rainbow Dash freed herself, she headbutted Discorded Whooves hard in the face. This gave her enough time to start punching him in the face, all while doing her best to avoid getting grabbed by the arms. 





During the time Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were taking care of Lightning Dust, Rarity was taking care of Flim and Flam. The three unicorns took cover behind pieces of rubble and tried to shoot each other with magic. Eventually after a lot of blasting, Rarity decided to just go for it as she leapt out of cover and ran towards the two brothers. Flim and Flam immediately stood up and started to shoot their magic at the fashionista. Rarity was able to avoid getting hit by using a trick she had seen Shining Armor use during a very interesting Hearth’s Warming. As Rarity ran towards the brothers, she jumped up in the air and fired her magic down at the ground below her, giving herself a boost as she did a few flips in the air above Flim and Flam. As Rarity landed behind them, giving them a sly smile, Flim and Flam were completely flabbergasted by what they had just seen. 



“What the hay!?” Flim yelled as his mouth hung open.



“How did she do that!?” Flam yelled as he held the sides of his head with his hooves.



“Here’s a little lesson for you boys; never underestimate a lady!” Rarity yelled as she fired her magic at Flim and then at Flam. 



The two brothers fell back against a wall of a building and before they could get up, Rarity used her magic to pick up Flim and slam him right into his brother. The two brothers managed to stand, and they started opening fire on Rarity. Rarity reacted quickly as she started to run around the area, dodging and leaping out of the way of every magic beam shot at her. While Rarity was avoiding the magic of the two con artists, she gave them another sly smile. 



“UGH! Shoot her, brother!” Flam yelled.



“I’m trying! She’s too fast!” Flim yelled back as he ducked, narrowly avoiding a blast of Rarity’s magic. 



As Rarity kept running and dodging the magic attacks, she used her magic to pick up some rubble and dumped it on the brothers, burying them in debris. This didn’t last long as the brothers shot out of the rubble and continued firing their magic at Rarity. After some time of trying and failing to hit the white unicorn, Flam decided to fire his magic right in front of where Rarity was going to run. This worked as Rarity immediately screeched to a halt before she ran into Flam’s magic. Flim took this opportunity to fire a shot at Rarity, hitting her in the side. The impact caused Rarity to fall to her side hard, crying out in pain. Flim and Flam laughed as they quickly trotted over to her. Flim immediately secured Rarity by encasing her entire body in magic, holding her in his magical grip. 

 

“We’ve got you now! You do the honors, brother.” Flim said as he looked at Flam. 



“With pleasure, brother.” Flam said as he charged up a powerful beam of magic, ready for Flim to release his magic grip on Rarity so he could blast her.



However, just as the brothers were about to finish off Rarity, Flam was suddenly tackled from behind by Applejack, who had finally recovered from her previous scuffle with the brothers. 



“No!” Flim yelled as he watched his brother get tackled to the ground by the very angry Applejack.



When Flim had turned his attention away from Rarity, he had failed to see that she was now charging up her own magic. As soon as Flim turned back to face Rarity, she unleashed a powerful light spell that temporarily blinded Flim, causing him to release Rarity. Now free, Rarity blasted her magic in Flim’s face, sending him flying back a bit.



Meanwhile, Applejack and Flam rolled around and wrestled with each other. Applejack made sure that she didn’t give Flam any time to use his magic and escape. Eventually, Flam found himself pinned face down, with Applejack on his back. Applejack then grabbed ahold of Flam’s head and started to slam it on the ground over and over again, the strength of each slam breaking Flam’s nose. Once Flam’s face was bloodied up, Applejack then picked Flam up by his waist and slammed him over her shoulder and onto the ground hard. Flam let out a yell as his body hit the hard floor. Applejack then jumped over his body and kicked him in the stomach. Applejack quickly looked around and spotted some rope hanging from one of the windows of a building. Applejack kicked some dust into Flam’s eyes and ran over to grab the rope. 



Despite the pain he was feeling and the dust in his eyes, Flam managed to get back to his feet, only to have a rope get suddenly wrapped around all four of his legs. Applejack pulled back, causing Flam to fall on his side before she started to swing him around. After a few good swings, Applejack snapped at the rope, causing it to untie itself from Flam’s legs, causing Flam to get thrown through a window and slamming into the wall of the building. Applejack stared at the door to the building Flam had been thrown into and waited. Moments later, Flam shot the door down with his magic and stepped out of the house and looked up at Applejack. Flam took a couple steps towards Applejack, and then fell to the floor unconscious. 



Satisfied with the fact that Flam probably wasn’t going to get back up anytime soon, Applejack turned to look at Rarity, who was still battling against Flim. The unicorn panicked as he saw Applejack running towards him. Rarity kept him distracted by firing her magic at him, allowing Applejack to slam into him and shove him to the floor. Flim managed to kick the farmer in the chin with his leg, buying him some time. However, this proved to be ineffective as he was suddenly picked up by Rarity’s magic. With a grunt, Rarity threw Flim to the side. Applejack and Rarity were about to gang up on Flim when Applejack saw something out of the corner of her eye. Applejack turned her head and saw that Rainbow Dash was in serious trouble.



“Rainbow Dash!” Applejack cried, getting Rarity’s attention as she looked over and saw what was about to happen to the pegasus.



“Go! Help Rainbow Dash! I’ll deal with him!” Rarity said as she saw Flim start to get ready to fire more magic at them.



“Thanks, Rarity! I’m coming, RD!” Applejack yelled as she picked up the rope and ran to Rainbow Dash’s rescue. 





Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was really starting to struggle in her fight with Discorded Whooves. It was almost impossible to inflict any damage on him because of those arms. Rainbow Dash landed a kick to Discorded Whooves’s face and punched him in the face before one of the arms smacked her away from him. When Rainbow was smacked away, another arm reached out to try and grab her, but she managed to fly out of range. Once Rainbow Dash was ready, she flew down and landed a quick strike on the Doctor. However, as she tried to fly away, one of the upper arms managed to grab ahold of her leg and slammed her down to the floor. With the speedster landing hard on the ground, the claws of the upper two arms opened up and two long spikes came out. The arms then tried to stab Rainbow Dash, but she was able to crawl away and eventually got back in the air. 



Rainbow Dash knew that trying to attack Discorded Whooves while the upper arms wielded those long and sharp spikes was too dangerous. After examining her options, Rainbow Dash decided to try and knock the Doctor off balance. Rainbow Dash flew around, purposely letting the arms attempt to swipe at her. With the arms locked in a routine, Rainbow Dash flew straight towards the lower left arm and kicked it out of place, expecting the Doctor to fall to the ground. However, the lower right arm’s grip prevented the arms from losing their balance. Seeing that her plan had failed, Rainbow Dash tried to fly away but she was grabbed by the lower left arm. The upper arms put their spikes away as Rainbow Dash was lifted up towards the Doctor. The arm that held Rainbow Dash activated its electricity field, electrocuting her. Rainbow Dash cried out in pain as she felt massive waves of electricity flow through her entire body. Discorded Whooves grinned as he activated the upper right arm’s electricity field and slammed the arm onto the ground, electrifying the patch of land he stood on. Discorded Whooves then lifted Rainbow Dash in the air and slammed her down, right onto the electrified floor, sending even more painful waves of electricity through Rainbow Dash’s body. Rainbow Dash screamed even louder as she felt more pain than she had ever felt in her life. Discorded Whooves then lifted Rainbow up in the air and threw her down on the ground. 



Discorded Whooves laughed as he looked down at the injured Rainbow Dash. The cyan pegasus was so badly injured that she could barely move. Every time one of Rainbow’s wings even twitched, she felt a surge of electricity shock her. Discorded Whooves then ordered the two upper arms to grab Rainbow Dash’s wings and then they lifted her up off the ground, like they had done to Night Glider the previous day. 



“(Chuckle) Now, Rainbow Dash, it’s time that you truly understand what it’s like to be an earth pony… permenately! HAHAHAHA!” Discorded Whooves said as he laughed, prepared to rip Rainbow Dash’s wings off. 



Rainbow Dash’s energy had finally returned to her body, but it didn’t matter. She was trapped in the grip of the mechanical arms. Rainbow Dash cringed as she felt the arms twist at her wings a little. Then, just as the arms were about to tear her wings off, a rope was suddenly wrapped around Discorded Whooves’s neck. Applejack had arrived just in time as she yanked down hard on the rope, pulling Discorded Whooves down the ground and letting go of Rainbow Dash. The Doctor didn’t stay on the ground long however as one of the arms managed to cut the rope. That same arm grabbed ahold of Applejack and threw her up in the air. Rainbow Dash quickly flew over and caught her friend in the air, safely bringing her back to the ground.



“Applejack!? What are you doing here!?” Rainbow Dash cried, too shaken up by what almost happened to her to actually be thankful to her friend. 

 

“What do y’all think I’m doing!? I’m saving your sorry flank!” Applejack replied. 



Before the two friends could get into a pointless argument, they watched as Discorded Whooves propped himself back up and glared at the two of them before giving them a grin.



“Applejack and Rainbow Dash… you two always were the strongest in terms of physicality. Let’s see if the two of you can stop me!” Discorded Whooves said as he waved the arms around menacingly while the two friends looked at each other. 

 

“You ready, RD?” Applejack asked, grinning at her friend.



“Heh, you bet I am, AJ. Let’s kick his ass.” Rainbow Dash said as they charged towards Discorded Whooves. 





Pinkie Pie had also been starting to struggle in her fight with the cloaked unicorn. His attacks became stronger, and he became more strategic in his attacks. Soon, Pinkie Pie found herself only on the defense instead of the offense. Every time she tried to get close to the unicorn, he would teleport just a few feet away from her and hit her with powerful magic. The unicorn then caught Pinkie Pie in his magic grip and pulled her towards him. As Pinkie Pie tried to break free, the unicorn summoned a scalpel and held it directly under her chin, threatening to cut her neck. 



“It has been fun, Pinkie Pie. But I believe play time is over. You have two choices, either you surrender yourself to me and become one of my new experiments, or I’ll just cut your beautiful neck open. What will it be?” the cloaked unicorn asked. 

 

“Um… can I phone a friend?” Pinkie Pie asked with a giggle.

 

“Very funny, but no. Besides, you have no friends available to help you. You’re mine now, Pinkie Pie.” The cloaked unicorn said as he chuckled, unaware that Fluttershy was flying towards him.  



“But what about Fluttershy?” Pinkie Pie asked.



“What are you talking about? OOF!” the cloaked unicorn said as he was suddenly tackled to the ground by Fluttershy. 



Fluttershy and the unicorn rolled around the floor together for a bit until the unicorn caught Fluttershy in his magic and threw her over him and onto the ground. The unicorn quickly stood up and charged at her, preparing to blast her in the face with a very powerful incinerating spell. However, just as he was about to unleash his spell, Fluttershy looked up and caught the unicorn in her Stare, paralyzing him. 



“Gah! N-No!” the cloaked unicorn yelled as he tried desperately to break out of Fluttershy’s Stare. 



“Glitter dust!” Pinkie Pie yelled as she popped out in front of the unicorn with a small wooden bucket in her hooves before tossing the glitter into his face.



“GAHHHH! MY EYES!” the cloaked unicorn cried as he stepped back while painfully rubbing his eyes. 



Before the unicorn could do anything else, Pinkie Pie bounced over to him and jabbed his front leg with her joy buzzer, giving him a really good shock. Once Pinkie had electrocuted the unicorn for a good thirty seconds, she pulled back and pulled something out of her mane.



“Here, hold this!” Pinkie Pie said as she placed a bomb in the unicorn’s hooves.



“Wh-What!?” The cloaked unicorn cried as he was still recovering from having glitter thrown at his face and then getting electrocuted by a joy buzzer. 



“Fluttershy, duck!” Pinkie Pie cried as she ran towards the yellow pegasus.



“Huh? Woah!” Fluttershy squeaked as Pinkie Pie tackled her behind two wooden barrels.



The unicorn finally used his magic to get rid of the glitter that was in his eyes and when he did, he looked down at what he had been handed. A few ticking sounds could be heard from the bomb as the unicorn let out a disappointed grunt.



“Oh fu-BOOM!” 



The bomb suddenly exploded, sending the unicorn flying into a wall of one of the few remaining buildings of the village. The bomb Pinkie Pie had handed the unicorn was not a real bomb as it had been filled with flour, sugar, and confetti. The unicorn coughed as he weakly stood back up and glared at Pinkie Pie.



“(Cough) (Cough) When I get my hooves on you, I’m going to make sure you suffer! I will take great pleasure in watching you scream from the many experiments I will perform on you!” the cloaked unicorn yelled before Fluttershy raised her hoof.



“Um, excuse me?” Fluttershy said, getting the unicorn’s attention.



“What!?” the cloaked unicorn asked, not wanting to hear from this pegasus.



Fluttershy didn’t say anything as she just pointed up above the unicorn. The unicorn looked up to see that the roof he was standing under was about to break and fall. Unamused, the unicorn looked over at Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy and gave them another disappointed look.



“(Sigh) Oh no-.” the cloaked unicorn said as the roof finally collapsed and fell down on him, burying him underneath the rubble. 



“Hooray! We did it! Thanks for the help, Fluttershy! I couldn’t have done it without you!” Pinkie Pie said as she gave her a hug.



“O-Oh, um, you’re welcome, Pinkie. But did I really help you?” Fluttershy asked.



“Of course, you did, silly! If you hadn’t shown up, I would have been a goner! Now come on! Let’s go help our friends!” Pinkie Pie said as she ran off. 



“Oh, okay! Wait for me!” Fluttershy said as she flew after Pinkie Pie.



Meanwhile, Rarity and Flim were just finishing their little magic duel. Flim had tried to overpower Rarity with his magic, but he had been too exhausted, not only from his battle with the fashionista, but also due to his earlier fight with Applejack. Flim started to throw some of the surrounding objects at Rarity, but she was able to blast each of them away with her magic. When it seemed that Flim was finally burned out from the fight, Rarity ran towards him and tackled him to the ground. After backhoofing Flim in the face a couple times, Rarity picked him up with her magic and threw her over to where Flam was still lying unconscious. Flim hit the ground hard and as he tried to get back up, he fell right next to his brother, passed out from exhaustion. Looking down at the two con artists, Rarity smiled with delight.



“Sorry boys, it looks like Rarity shall be taking this victory today.” Rarity said to the unconscious bodies of Flim and Flam. 

 

“Heya, Rarity! Wow, looks like you really showed those two!” Pinkie Pie said as she and Fluttershy appeared beside her.



“I certainly did. Come along now, darlings. Rainbow Dash and Applejack need our help.” Rarity said as the three friends made their way over to Discorded Whooves. 







Meanwhile Applejack and Rainbow Dash were battling against Discorded Whooves, and they were doing surprisingly better than they initially thought. They used their teamwork to gain the advantage over the Doctor. Every time Rainbow Dash would go in for a close ranged attack, Applejack would attack the lower arms, keeping them distracted and allowing Rainbow Dash to have less of a risk of getting grabbed. Eventually, Rainbow Dash managed to get past the upper arms and tackled the Doctor, punching him in the face and chest. While this happened, Applejack ran up from behind the Doctor and jumped up into the air, landing on Discorded Whooves’s back. The two friends kept their assault going for as long as they could until the upper arms grabbed them and tossed them to the ground. Discorded Whooves laughed as he looked down at the two friends.



“(Chuckle) You two put up a good fight, but there’s only two of you!” Discorded Whooves yelled as he laughed before he was shot in the back by a beam of magic. “What!? No!” Discorded Whooves yelled as he turned around to see Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy before he heard a familiar voice come from above him. 



“Correction, there’s six of us.” Twilight said as she landed beside her friends, holding an injured Lightning Dust with her magic. 



From what Discorded Whooves could see, Lightning Dust’s left wing was broken, and she had lots of bruises all over her body. Twilight then tossed Lightning Dust to the side. When she landed on the floor, she tried to get back up, but she was just too injured and exhausted as she fell back down. Discorded Whooves then looked around and saw the unconscious bodies of Lightning Dust, Flim, Flam, and Iron Will. Discorded Whooves turned to look at the Mane Six and gave them a glare.



“It’s over, Doctor Whooves. You’ve lost.” Twilight said. 



Discorded Whooves kept glaring at the ponies, until he started to laugh like somepony had just said a funny joke. Hearing the mad doctor laugh made Rainbow Dash groan.



“Oh boy, it’s never a good sign when the bad guy loses everything and then they start laughing.” Rainbow Dash said. 



“(Laughs) You all did very well. Though it looks like most of you took quite a beating in the process. I must admit I’m rather disappointed with the outcome. However, it seems like you haven’t dealt with all of my partners.” Discorded Whooves said. 



The Mane Six suddenly heard the sound of rubble being broken and magic starting to charge up. They turned around and when they saw that the source of the sounds were coming from, Pinkie Pie’s eyes widened with fear and worry.

 

“Uh oh…” Pinkie Pie said.



Suddenly, a large beam of magic shot out of the rubble and the sound of a pony yelling could be heard from miles away. When the dust cleared, the ponies saw the cloaked unicorn was now back up, his jade green eyes glowing with malice as he glared at them. The unicorn then teleported away and right next to Discorded Whooves.



“THAT’S IT! I’M DONE! NO MORE GAMES!” the cloaked unicorn yelled as he ripped off his cloak, revealing himself to the ponies. 



The Mane Six were then greeted by the sight of a unicorn with a dark maroon body, his mane and tail as grey as stone. He had a ruffled up and messy mane, like that of a mad scientist. His cutie mark was a beaker with a black skull on it and his eyes were a jade green, filled with malice.



“Huh? Who are you!?” Pinkie Pie asked as she pointed at the unicorn. 



“(Chuckle) Greetings, ponies. My name is Professor Screw Loose. Don’t be fooled by my appearance. I am a very powerful crystal pony that knows many forms of dark magic.” Professor Screw said 



“A crystal pony!?” the mane six cried as they were not expecting a pony from the empire of love to be one of the Rogue. 

 

“How are you a crystal pony!? I thought the Crystal Empire was all about love!” Rainbow Dash cried. 



“(Scoffs) You really think that just because the Crystal Empire is about love, that there aren’t any bad ponies in the bunch? HA! Wake up, pegasus, this is real life not some fairy tale!” Professor Screw yelled. 



“(Giggle) Professor Screw Loose? That’s a funny name! But wait, if you’re a crystal pony, that means you were gone for over one thousand years! Have you always been evil or did somepony change you?” Pinkie Pie asked.



“Actually, I’ve been in Equestria ever since the Empire disappeared.” Professor Screw said. 



“Wait a minute! If y’all have been around since then, that means you’re-.” Applejack said before the Professor cut her off.



“Over one thousand years old? Yes, I am. To be more specific, I am exactly one thousand and fifty-four years old.” Professor Screw said.



“Wh-What!? But that’s impossible! How can you still be alive?” Twilight asked. 



“You ask too many questions, Princess Twilight. Personally, I prefer to speak through my actions. Come, let us speak somewhere private.” Professor Screw said as his horn began to glow with magic. 



Twilight suddenly found herself being encased entirely by Professor Screw’s magic. She tried to break out using her own magic, but the Professor’s magic was much stronger than hers. The Professor intended to take Twilight away from her friends to ensure that they couldn’t use the Elements of Harmony on the Doctor, just like before when the Rogue separated all of them from each other. Based on the Professor’s words and the look on his face, Twilight knew she only had seconds to tell her friends about the Doctor’s weakness. 



“Twilight!” The rest of the Mane Six cried as Twilight was suddenly lifted up into the air.



“Girls! Don’t worry about me! Just get those arms away from the Doctor! There’s a button on the right side of his harness! Be careful!” Twilight yelled as she and the Professor suddenly teleported away. 



As soon as Twilight and Professor Screw were teleported away from the village, the rest of the Mane Six looked over to Discorded Whooves. They weren’t sure how long Twilight was going to be gone for, but whatever it took, they knew they had to stop Discorded Whooves. 



“(Chuckle) You think it’s going to be easy to separate me from these arms? Ha! I’d love to see each you try!” Discorded Whooves yelled.



“You really think you’re going to get away with what you’ve done!?” Applejack yelled, stomping her hoof on the ground. 



“Of course, I am! I’m stronger than I ever was before!” Discorded Whooves replied with an evil laugh. 

 

“What happened to you, Doctor!? You were never this cruel, evil, or rude!” Fluttershy cried. 



“(Chuckle) I told you all before, I’m new and improved! You see, I am Doctor Whooves, but I am not the Doctor Whooves you knew and loved. My mind now controls his body! I will remain here in this new Equestria forever!” Discorded Whooves yelled with another evil laugh. 



“What? Are you saying that you’re Doctor Whooves from another world?” Rarity asked.



“(Chuckle) Precisely.” Discorded Whooves replied. 



“Whether you’re from another world or not, you’re still going to pay for what you’ve done!” Rainbow Dash yelled. 



“HA! As if you five are going to be the ones to stop me!” Discorded Whooves replied as he then grinned sinisterly at the ponies. “Soon, the Staff of Sacanas will be mine! Equestria will fall to me!”

 

“Not gonna happen, Doc Ock! Not while we’re around!” Pinkie Pie yelled. 



With that, the Mane Five charged ahead to fight against Discorded Whooves and take him down once and for all.