//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Night of the vampire // Story: The guardians of harmony: The return of the Dark lord // by Savant 123 //------------------------------// Opening of the guardians of harmony : Play she ra princess of power theme song The intro starts with the other , sombra , queen chrysalis, Tirek and lord Norlock looking at the pool in the center of the dark chamber. ~ We're on the edge of greatness ~ The camera then zoom into the pool to show sunset was on the school roof staring at the sunset . She then turn her head to stare at the camera before her geodes glow a bright red light covering the screen. ~ turning darkness into light ~ After the bright light disappear it shows scenes from previous equestrian girls adventure such as the first equestrian girls movie, rainbows rock, Friendship games, legend of everfree, mirror magic , forgotten friendship , rollercoaster of friendship ,spring breakdown, sunset backstage past and holiday unwrapped. ~ We're right beside you ~ All the guardians of harmony are now on a battlefield and in front them was an army of reapers ~ Ready to Fight! ~ Everyone then pony up and turn into their superhero forms ~ (fight, fight, fight fight) ~ Both sides quickly charge into one another. ~ We're gonna win in the end! ~ Pinkie rises out of a tide, blasting reapers with water while rainbow dash blast them with lighting shocking them. ~ We must be strong, And we must be brave ~ Applejack is capturing and tying up reapers with vines. While rarity is using her magic to open up holes in the ground that cause many of them to fall in. ~(we must be brave) ~ Fluttershy is using her power to make a tornado that caught many of the reapers while twilight is using her telekinesis to pick up a few of the reapers and toss them in the air. ~ We're gonna find every bit of strength that we have ~ Sunset is using her magic to make a fire shockwaves that took out many of the reapers The scene shifts to the main chamber of Grogar lair where his egg form floats in the air and beneath it was the other, queen chrysalis, lord norlock, Tirek and sombra , vindicator ,cinch, Adagio dazzling,Sonata dusk and Aria blaze . Behind all of them was a dark background where the red eyes of the monsters that serve Grogar glow with malice. The egg form of Grogar suddenly glow covering the entire screen. ~ and never let go ~ The scene then shifted to the guardians of harmony battering against the other and Grogar top subordinates. ~ (Oh ah Oh) ~ The other and sunset fire a magical beam towards one another resulted in a blight flash that cover the entire screen. ~ We must be STRONG! ~ The scene ends with a final shot of the guardians of harmony sitting down at the base of the school statue with wallflower Trixie and Flash sentry standing nearby. …. In the dark night of Canterlot City, a woman around the age of thirty was seen walking on the street. However, unknown to her, as she walks, a figure is watching her from the top of a building. The figure's red eyes look at the woman with hunger. It jumps from the building directly above the woman. The woman noticed a shadow over her and looked up and saw the figure above her. She screamed, but it was cut short as it landed on her. …. “Several women and men were found on the street yesterday night unconscious with bite marks on their necks,” the news anchor reported. Sunset was currently in her living room watching the news. She could instantly tell that what happened to the victims was the work of Grogar, or, more accurately, one of his monsters. Sunset heard her phone ring, and she checked it immediately. She saw it was a message from Discord, who was telling her to meet him and everyone in Star Swirl office at Black Light headquarters. Sunset sends back her response and tells him that she will be there as soon as she can. After switching off the TV, she went out of her house and opened her front door. She then began the walk to the bus station. She would have taken her motorcycle, but it is in the shop currently. "Where are you going off to this early?“ A voice said, causing sunset to turn, and saw the voice was from a man around his 30s. He had white hair and beard. His clothes were a brown long coat, a white shirt, and black pants and shoes. "Oh, hey, Joe,” Sunset said, greeting the man. Joe was a friend of Sunset who she met before the friendship game. It was weeks before the friendship games started, and Sunset started to feel depressed due to her not knowing what her purpose was since all her life she wanted to become a princess, but since she gave that up, she didn’t know what her purpose was. She managed to keep that a secret from her friends, as she didn’t want to bother them with such things, especially since she believed this was something she must do alone. However, when Joe came into her life, he was able to help Sunset with her problem of finding out what her purpose in life is. Flashback: It was the day before the friendship games officially began, and Sunset was sitting down on the park bench in a depressed state, as she just didn’t know what her purpose now was. Longer than she can remember, she believes her purpose was to be a princess and rule equestria, but now that she has stopped trying to be a princess, she doesn’t know what her purpose is now. Sunset sighed as she looked at the sky and watched the cloud pass her. “You seem troubled,“ a voice said, causing her to turn and see a man sitting down next to her. He turned his head and looked at sunset. "Sorry, was I bothering you?” “Um no." Sunset said as she put her head forward and looked up at the sky again. ”Just thinking.” “As I previously stated, you seem troubled.“ The man said, "Do you want to share your problems since I might be able to help? But it is your decision if you want to.” Sunset, stay silent for a while before taking. "It is that I don’t know what my purpose is now." Sunset said, ”Long ago, I thought I already knew what it was, but now I know it isn't, and now I am lost. While I am happy for the life I have now, I still feel lost as I don’t know what my purpose is.” They were silent for a few moments before the man spoke again. “If you want my honest opinion, I think you should think first about what you really want." The man said, "You said you originally thought you knew what your purpose was but found it wasn’t it. That is only natural, as no one really knows what their purpose in life is. However, while they don’t know what their purpose is, that does not mean they can’t choose it. We all make our choices in life, and it is us who choose what our purpose is. This is something that no one but yourself can decide. So tell me this: What do you think your purpose is?” Sunset sat in silence for a while before answering, “That's the thing I don’t know.” “No one ever knows, but they will know when it comes to them,” the man said. ”If you aren’t able to find out what your purpose is, then wait till it comes to you.” “Wait till it comes to me," Sunset though. “I hope this helps you,” the man said. “It did,Sunset said. She then extended her hand toward the man. ”The name is sunset.” "Joe," the man said as he shook his hand. Flashback end: After the friendship games, Sunset realizes what her purpose is. It was helping people. After she saved twilight from becoming midnight, she realized her purpose was to help people who needed help or who made mistakes in life and needed a helping hand to help them get back up and put on the right path in life. It is why she not only forgives her previous enemies but also helps them set their lives straight. After the friendship games, she would occasionally run into Joe and have a few conversations with each other. From their conversation, she learned that Joe was not from Canterlot but from out of town. The reason he was in Canterlot was due to business reasons, which he didn't tell, and Sunset respected his privacy enough to not barge into his life. As time went on, the sunset began opening up to him, and the two became friends with one another. “I am going to work." Sunset answered him since she was supposed to keep the black light and her being a member of the guardians of harmony was a secret. “To your sushi job,” Joe said with a raised eyebrow. “I thought today was your day off.” “I had a part-time job,” Sunset said quickly. “Really” he ask. “Yeah” Sunset said”Anywhere I need to go now. Bye Joe” Sunset waved at him before walking off. “Bye sunset and good luck at your job,” Joe said before he walked away. “Because you need all the luck you can for what is to come, “Joe said as he walked off in another direction. …. Sunset had just enter into star swirl office where all her friends,discord and star swirl who was sitting at his desk waiting for her. “Good you here, "Star Swirl said as soon as sunset entered the room. "Now let us discuss the topic of this meeting.” He snaps his fingers, and immediately a holographic screen appears, showing images of several men and women in the hospital, unconscious. “Last night, multiple people were found on the streets unconscious with bite marks in their necks. We sent several agents to infiltrate the hospital. From the information we have gathered, we have concluded that this was the work of a vampire.” Star swirls and snaps his fingers, making the holographic screen disappear. "Wait, vampire, you mean like Count Dracula? “Rainbow Dash asked. “Dracula isn’t a real vampire,“ Discord points out. “But yeah, we are dealing with a real vampire.” “So does this mean you want us to hunt this vampire?“ Rainbow asks. ”Because that sounds awesome.” “Agree,” Pinkie Pie said. ”Hunting vampires sounds awesome. Maybe I should call myself Pinkie Van Helsing. That sounds cool.” “Um, hello, pay attention, please,“ Discord said. “ This is no joke,“ Star Swirl said seriously. ”Vampires are powerful creatures of darkness and should be taken seriously. Hence why you will be assisted by our best vampire hunter team.” Star Swirl, then press the intercom on his desk. ”You may bring them in now.” Immediately after he said that the door was open,and in came a large, dark-skinned man. He was bald and wore black sunglasses. His attire consists of a black suit and tie. "Wow, this guy looks cool,” Pinkie Pie said. “I take it, you the vampire hunter we are working with, Sunset asks. "Um, that is our accounting." Discord said, ” We ask him to escort the vampire hunters here.” The man stepped aside, and in came a woman who was around 30. She has mohawk purple hair and also wore a black suit and tie. What made her look so intimidating was her stoic face with a huge scar that ran down over her right eye. "Greetings, my name is Tempest.“ The woman said, ”And this is my team.” Immediately after she said that, three other figures walked into the room. One was a young, man who had spiky white hair, blue eyes, and was very short. He was also dressed similarly to Tempest. Next was a young man who was around their age. He had brown hair, wore blue glasses, and was dressed similarly to Tempest. However, it was the last one that got their attention, as the last one was a girl around their age who had long purple and teal hair and was dressed in a similar manner to the rest. “Starlight.“ Sunset, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, rarity, Fluerrshy, Twilight, and Applejack said in shock as the last member of the team is none other than Starlight Glimmer. They weren’t the only ones surprised, as Flash himself was surprised due to him meeting with Starlight once when she first visited Earth. “Not quite,” Star swirl said. ” This is starlight human counterpart.” “Why don’t you all introduce yourself?” Discord said. “Hello, my name is Sunburst,“ the one with glasses said. “My name is Grubber,“ the short one said. “And you already know my name due to you meeting my counterpart from the other world, but I will introduce myself for formality. I am starlight glimmer .” Starlight's human counterpart said. “Agent tempest and her team specialist in dealing with vampires,“ Star Swirl explains. ”Their knowledge and experience will prove valuable in your mission.” “Wait, so you guys hunt vampires, so what happens if you encounter a good vampire?“ Twilight asks. “The only good vampire is a dead one.” Tempest said in a serious voice before chuckling. ”No, I am just kidding. If we encounter one, we will try a more peaceful approach by talking with the vampire and trying to come up with a peaceful agreement in which we will provide them with a safe residence and steady supply of food, and in return, the vampire promised not to cause trouble.” “Do you think we are racist against vampires or something?“ Starlight said. ”Black light works with many forms of supernatural creatures and thus is aware that a person's species does not determine their morals. Heck, we have a few vampires working as agents in black light.” “Anyhow, to get the topic on hand, you will begin the hunt for the vampire immediately before nightfall, as once night has come, the vampire shall begin the hunt again, and while there haven’t been any casualties yet, that might change soon if we don’t act now.” Star Swirl said. …. In an abandoned warehouse located somewhere in the city, a figure is seen hanging above the cell. This figure is none other than Lord Norlock, the vampire lord, and the one responsible for the attack on the victims. He was currently sleeping,but his sleep was interrupted when he sensed something and immediately awoke. He opened his eyes, and a black cloud formed in front of him. The middle of the cloud opens up, showing an image of the other, who is back in their lair. “Report on your progress, Norlock.“ The other order the vampire lord. “I attacked multiple victims last night,” Norlock said. ”This will no doubt catch the attention of the guardians of harmony and their allies, and they will no doubt try to find me. And once they do, I will destroy them.” “Don’t underestimate them, for our foes are more formidable than you think,” the other warns. “Don’t worry, I will destroy them.” Norlock said. “You better,“ the other said before the cloud closed up and dissipated. “Don’t worry, I will defeat them." Norlock said as his eyes glowed red. ”And once I do, I will steal their elements and the shield and use them to take down Grogar and all his followers and rule this pathetic world as its rightful ruler. …. The guardians of harmony and tempest and her teammates were in one of the spare rooms in black light to discuss their strategy to find the vampire before it struck again. “So,” Trixie pulled out her notebook “to recap:Multiple people were attack and had their blood drain by a blood sucking vampire and we need to find it before it struck again. The keen and deductive Trrrixie is on the case! “Not so fast!” Everyone turned to see Rarity with a fedora on her head“Noir is my gig, sister, and I will not have you tramping in my town.” “Is that so, sister ?” Trixie sneered, crossing her arms across her chest, “And how, exactly, do you plan to stop me?” “Elementary, my dear Trixie” replied Pinkie Pie, blowing on a bubble pipe, “You just choose a different mystery subgenre.” She pulled out her deerstalker and placed it firmly on her head. “Now then, ladies,” she chewed on the pipe's mouthpiece, “the game is afoot. I don't know the rules, but I suspect it has something to do with running around without shoes.” Fluttershy let out a squeal of glee. “That sounds like fun!” “It would to you” groaned Rainbow Dash, crossing her arms, “I happen to know just how much you , wallflower and Tree Hugger love nature walks.” Applejack covered her eyes with her hat. “I'mma gonna try not to imagine that image.” Sunset mirrors her action by covering her eyes. ”Me too.” “Can we please stay on topic?” yelled Tempest, “This is serious as we only have until sundown to find and stop this vampire before it struck again.” “Right, sorry,” Trixie and Rarity said at the same time. “So how are we going to find the vampire?“ Wallflower asks. “Simply,“ Starlight said as she began pressing a button on her watch, and immediately a holographic model of the city appeared on the table. ”The victims of the vampire attacks were founded here, here, and here.“ She pointed out each area on the area marked red. ”After investigation and analysis, we found that there is a pattern as each attack happens not far from each other. After analyzing the areas where the attack took place, we managed to find what we believe to be the vampire hideout.“ The image zooms into the city to show an abandoned warehouse. “Currently, right now this is our only lead” Sunburst said. "We are going to investigate this immediately.” “In this case, let pony up everyone,“ Sunset said as everyone turned into their superhero forms, and immediately after they were done transforming, they followed Tempest and her team to go to the abandoned warehouse and confront the vampire. …. The van where everyone is currently in was parked not far from the warehouse, and immediately after it was parked, everyone exited it. “Grubber, send in a drone and do a perimeter check of the warehouse.” Tempest order the short man. “Ok, boss,” Grubber said as he clicked on the screen of his watch, causing an energy blast to come out of it and reform into a military drone. “Wow,” Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie said at the same time, amazed like everyone else. “That's an amazing piece of tech you got there,“ Twilight said in amazement. “I agree,” Sunset said. “Well, what do you expect from a device created by black light?” Grubber said. ”This piece of device, like all black light devices, was created through the use of magic and science. This specific one here is called the U-Watch, which allows its user to store equipment and gear.” Grubber used his watch to pilot the drone and have it flow to the warehouse. However, unknown to them, when it flew past one of the windows, a bat that was hanging on the cell saw it and immediately flew to the direction of where Lord Norlock is. The bat flew next to his ear and whispered what it saw. Norlock opened his eyes as he smiled evilly. “So they are here,” he said. “From what I can see through the drone, the only entrances in the warehouse are the back door and front door.” Grubber reported as he saw the images from the holographic screen that was projected from his watch, which allowed him to see through the drone. The drone flew back and floated above them. “All right, let suit up and get ready to fight,“ Tempest said as she and all her teammates clicked on their watches, which resulted in a bright light covering them. Once the light died down, Tempest and her team were wearing hi-tech armor. “Wow, you guys look awesome,“ Rainbow said. “Thanks,” Starlight said. ”Now everyone be on your guard, as we don’t know how powerful their vampire is or what tricks it has.” “Don’t worry, I got garlic,“ Pinkie said as she pulled out a garlic from her hair. ”Let him come, and I will toss this at him.” “Pinkie, why do you have garlic in your hair?” Wallflower ask. “Oh, I carry garlic just in case of emergencies,“ Pinkie said. “What kind of emergency would require garlic?“ Twilight asks. "I don’t know,” Pinkie said with a shrug. “Best not question it." Applejack said, ”Just pinkie being pinkie.” “Um, I hate to break it to you, but garlic doesn’t work on vampires; that's just a myth,“ Starlight said. “What about a wooden stake through the chest?” Pinkie ask. “Well, who wouldn’t that kill?” Starlight deadpan. “The most effective way to deal with a vampire is with silver or holy water.” Sunburst said. ”Hence why we have guns that fire silver bullets that were blessed by a priest.“ He brought out a gun from his gun holster that was on the side of his suit to show them. ”Or in the tempest case, a silver katana that is blessed by a priest.” Tempest clicked a button on her gauntlet, and immediately after clicking it, a bright light appeared in her hand, which took the form of a katana. “Wow, that's cool,” Sunset said as she admired the Japanese sword. “Come on, everyone, let go,” Tempest said as everyone began walking towards the warehouse. …. The warehouse door opens, and everyone enters the dark building. “It's dark in here,“ Fluttershy said, scared to be in the dark. “Don’t worry, darling, we are here,” Rarity said as she put her hand on the shy girl's shoulder in an attempt to calm her down. “So you all have arrived?" A voice said something shocking to everyone. “Who are you? Show yourself.“ Sunset demanded. “I am Lord Norlock, the vampire lord, and one of the Grogar Top Generals." Norlock said. While he talked, Grubber was able to find and turn on the light switch, blinding everyone for a moment. Once their vision returned, they looked up at where their voice came from and saw Norlock hanging upside down from the cell. “And I shall be the one to destroy you all.” Norlock jumped from the celling and landed on the ground. Grubber piloted the drone and had it charge and fire lasers at him. However, Norlock just blocked the attack with his hand. He then disappeared in a cloud of black smoke before appearing behind the drone and slashing his hand on it, destroying it. Grubber takes his gun from his holster and shoots at him. However, Norlock was able to dodge the bullets with ease. Starlight and Sunburst quickly fired a magical blast at him. Norlock responded by covering himself with his cape and letting the blast hit him. This resulted in a small explosion that covered him in smoke. Norlock quickly swiped his cape in the air, blowing the smoke away. “So you guys can use magic.” Sunset ask. “Yeah, but I am only good at studying magic, not using it,“ Sunburst said. ”That honor goes to Starlight, who is talented in both studying and using magic.” “It's that the best you can do,” Norlock mocked. Tempest was suddenly behind him and was about to swipe her sword at him. However, Norlock simply sidestepped to avoid the attack, and immediately after avoiding it, he swiped at her. Tempest was able to dodge the attack and try to hit him with the sword. However, the vampire just simply dodged each attack until he had enough and kicked her in the chest, sending her flying and hitting the wall. Suddenly something punched Norlock, sending him flying and hitting a couple of boxes, which broke upon impact. He got up and saw that it was rainbow dash. The rainbow-haired girl used her super speed to charge towards him again. However, before she could hit him, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke and suddenly appeared behind her. He grabbed her by the back of her shirt and was about to bite her, but Rainbow Dash quickly used her powers to cover her entire body with lighting that ended up shocking the vampire, causing him to let go and step back from her. He suddenly felt himself being caught in a magical aura and turned and saw it was Twilight, who lifted him in the air and slammed him on the ground. She was about to do it again, but he disappeared in a cloud of smoke and appeared in front of her. He swiped at her, but Twilight was able to form a magical barrier that blocked the attack. Applejack was suddenly behind him, grabbing him by the neck and tossing him on the other side of the warehouse. The vampire was able to gain his bearings and quickly land on his feet, unharmed. He launched himself forward towards the two girls, but Fluttershy appeared in front of them and blasted a wind attack that sent him back. However, Norlock simply put his feet on the ground, sliding to a stop. He held one of his hands out and blasted a black magical blast at them. However, rarity was able to form a large diamond shield that blocked the attack. Before Norlock can do anything else, Sunset teleports next to him and punches him with a flame-covered fist, sending him flying to the left side of the warehouse. Norlock quickly did a backflip and landed on the ground safely. Suddenly, a rope wrapped itself around him. He looked at the source of the rope and saw that it came from Grubber Gauntlet. “Now, boss,” Grubber said. He turned to his side and saw that tempest was in the air, and was about to slash him. However, Norlock simply spun, resulting in Grubber being pulled into the air and hitting Tempest on the side, causing both to be toss in a different direction. Norlock quickly breaks his restraints and fires a magical blast at them. Fortunately, both of them quickly pushed each other out of the way, resulting in the blast hitting the wall and letting sunlight in. Norlock quickly backs away to get as far from the sunlight as possible. Seeing that both Applejack and Rainbow Dash nodded to one another as an ideal struck them. Rainbow quickly used her superspeed to run in a circle around him. This distracted Norlock so much that he didn’t notice Applejack trying to ram him. However, the vampire was able to notice her at the last moment and quickly disappeared in a cloud of smoke, resulting in her hitting a rainbow dash. The two fall into the group. The vampire appeared on the other side of the factory and far away from the hole. As soon as he appears, however, something punches him. He looked around to see nothing, only to receive another punch and another. However, following his instinct, he caught the next punch and stared at the person who punched him, which was Wallflower. He was about to attack her, but Trixie teleported to his side and fired a magical blast at his face, causing him to let go of her as he flew to the other side of the warehouse. He quickly stood up and turned to glare at them. The side of his face was burned, but it quickly healed up. He suddenly hears something being fired, so he turns and sees an ice ball being fired at him. Norlock quickly flew into the air to avoid the attack. However, when he was in the air, he didn’t notice that Flash had jumped into the air and cut his back. The cut instantly healed before he turned and looked down at flash. He blasted a magical blast at him, only for a flash to form a magic shield to block it. Rainbow Dash quickly flew in the air and rammed into him, causing him to fall to the ground, face first. When he tried to get up, Applejack quickly jumped from above and pushed his head onto the ground again. She quickly punched him over and over again, as hard as she could. Norlock quickly disappeared in a cloud of smoke and appeared behind her. He was about to bite his neck, but Applejack was about to react quickly and roundhouse-kick him in the head. However, the vampire was about to quickly put his arms up and block the attack. He slid on the ground until he managed to stop. Applejack quickly rushed to him and tried to punch him, but he was able to dodge each attack with ease. He tried to attack back, but Applejack was about to block or dodge each attack. Meanwhile, as the two fight, Sunburst aims his gun and tries to shoot at Norlock. However, the two keep moving, making it hard for him to shoot. Applejack tried to punch Norlock, but the vampire disappeared in a cloud of black smoke. “Where the heck did he go?” Sunburst said. “Try looking behind you,” Norlock said from behind him. Startled, Sunburst quickly turned and tried to shoot him, but Norlock quickly swiped his hand, cutting the gun in half. He was about to attack Sunburst, but Starlight teleported next to him and quickly grabbed him, and teleported out. Immediately after the two teleported away, sunset appeared above him, and she released a fire wave from her hand that burned the area he was in. Norlock simply burst through the flame and was about to grab her, but Twilight used her telekinesis to pull her away to safety. Norlock landed on the ground and immediately caught something that was thrown at him. It was a garlic, and he quickly looked at who threw it at him, which was pinky. Before he could do anything, the garlic exploded, causing him to be blown back. However, before he could hit the ground, he disappeared and reappeared behind Pinkie. He quickly bit her neck and drank a bit of her blood. However, he immediately pulled back and started walking backwards as he coughed and vomited on the ground. “Too sweet,” Norlock said. “Wow, I guess Pinkie's habit of eating sweets must have made the blood inedible for vampires,“ Sunset said. As Norlock coughed, Wallflower took the opportunity to form a shadow tentacle that grabbed him by the leg and tossed him in the air, then into Applejack, who punched him hard until he landed near the hole. When he landed, his hand landed where the sunlight was causing him pain. " Ahhh," he said as he pulled back his hand. Before he can do anything else, Fluttershy appears not far from him and blows him away through the hole and into the outside sun. Norlock was able to quickly cover himself with his cape to shield himself from the sun. “It is over,” Tempest said as she and everyone walked out of the warehouse. “No, it isn’t.“ Norlock raises his hand in the air and fires a magical blast. The blast reached the air and formed a large black cloud that covered the city and the sun. Norlock stood back up and glared at them. He propelled himself forward toward them. Rarity was able to quickly form a large rock first and launch at him, only for Norlock to break through it with ease. Immediately, rarity forms a diamond dome around them, which Norlock slams into. After recovering from the pain, he quickly punched the dome, and with each punch, the dome cracked and eventually broke down, only to reveal that the dome was empty and there was a large hole. He quickly turned behind and saw sunset and twilight blast their respective attacks at him, which formed a large magic attack of fire and magic. Norlock quickly jumped in the air to avoid the attack. While in the air, Rainbow Dash, using both her super speed and flight powers, slammed him into the ground, where she immediately rapidly punched him with her lightning cover fist. Norlock disappeared in a cloud of smoke during the attack and appeared in the air above them all. He rapidly fired a magical blast at them. Each of them was able to dodge the attack. As he fired, he didn’t notice Applejack had formed a vine, so she grabbed him by the leg and slammed him on the ground. He turned and saw the vine. After slashing it, he got up and saw flash in front of him. Flash's sword was covered in a golden light, and he immediately swiped it, creating a magical slash that was aimed at him. Norlock swiped the air, creating his own magical slash that collided with flash. Both sent a magical slash after another that collided with one another. “Flash, try to use duplicate,“ the voice of Gilgamesh said in the flash. "How do I do that?“ Flash asks as he fires another magical slash. “Just concentrate and imagine that there were more than one of you.” Gilgamesh said, and Flash did as instructed. He closed his eyes, and immediately his body was covered in a blight light, and immediately copies of him began to split from him. The light dissipated from him, and Flash and all his clones tried to attack Norlock. However, the vampire simply dodged each attack with ease and even hit a few of them, causing them to disappear in a flash of light. However, one of them was able to get a lucky shot and was able to slash him from the front. This caused him to be thrown back and land on his back on the floor. He saw Tempest falling from the air with her sword aimed at his chest. Norlock was able to quickly roll out of the way before the sword hit him. He quickly jumped back on his feet and immediately punched another flash sentry copy that tried to hit him from behind, causing him to disappear in a flash of light. Trixie fired a magical blast at him, but Norlock held his hand out and blocked himself from the blast. He propelled himself towards the magician, but she managed to teleport out of the way, and he instead flew to Applejack, who was behind Trixie, who punched him in the face and sent him flying back. He skidded to a stop and immediately managed to dodge a punch from Starlight, whose hands were covered in magical aura. She tries to punch him, but he manages to dodge each attack. He then swiped her away, causing her to be sent flying; luckily,Sunburst was able to catch her in his arms. He put her down on the ground gently, and the two immediately fired a magical blast at him, but Norlock simply swiped the attack away and was about to fire his own attack at them. However, Pinkie used her powers to fully encase him in ice. Norlock, however, simply burst out of the ice, turned, and glared at Pinkie. He was about to propel himself towards her but immediately had to dodge as Grubber shot his gun at him. Norlock dodged each attack before disappearing and appearing in front of him. He grabs the short man by the throat and raises him in the air. He was about to pierce his heart with his hands, only for Flash to jump next to him and cut the arm that was holding Grubber. Grubber fell to the ground, and the arm holding him immediately caught fire before turning into ashes . Norlock staggered backward as he held the stump that was his arm. A fire appeared on the stump and took the form of an arm before disappearing, leaving his arm completely intact. He glared at Flash, and immediately both charged at each other and tried to hit one another. Flash swung his sword at him, and Norlock swung his arms at him. As both fought, an idea suddenly came to sunset. “Fluttershy, try to fly into the air and use you wind power to blow the cloud away.” Sunset said to Fluttershy, ”If we can clear the sky and get some sunlight here, we might be able to end this.” “Ok, I will do my best,“ Fluttershy said as she nodded her head and flew into the air and into the center of the cloud. She took a deep breath and quickly released a large amount of her power into the cloud. This caused the clouds to slowly be blown away until all the clouds in the city were blown away. During their fight, Norlock immediately noticed this, and immediately after that, his body started to burn up as the sun burned his body, causing him incredible pain. “Aaaaaahhhhhhhh,” Norlock screamed. Flash took this opportunity to slash him with enough force that he was thrown back and landed on the ground. Norlock quickly sat up and used his cape to shield himself as much as he could from the sun. However, before he could do anything else, Grubber shot at him three times with his gun, causing him more pain. As he screamed, he didn’t notice Trixie teleport behind him and grab his cape. “Now for Trixie's next trick,” Trixie said as she tore the cape off him, exposing him to more sunlight. "Ahhhhhhhh!” Norlock screamed as he felt more pain. He fell to the ground in pain. Due to him being in pain, he didn’t notice tempest was standing in front of him. She kicked him in the head, causing him to lay on the ground on his back. He screams in pain as he is exposed to more of the sun. Tempest then plunged her sword into his chest, causing him to scream in pain as fire appeared on his body. The fire burned his body until there were nothing but ashes left. After that was done, tempest made her sword disappear in a flash of light and sight in exhaustion. “We won!” Rainbow Dash shouted in joy, which is reflected by everyone. “Good job, Fluttershy,“ Tempest complimented Fluttershy, who had landed on the ground immediately after she cleared the sky. “It was nothing, really,"Fluttershy said in a modest tone. “It wasn’t nothing ; you did a really great job,“ Starlight said. ”Not just you but also everyone.” “I agree,“ Sunburst said. “Yeah,” Grubber said with a nod. “All of you did excellent work out today,” Tempest said. ”But be warned: do not get overconfident, as this battle has just begun. We might have hit a critical blow on Grogar, but that doesn’t mean he will stop anytime soon.” “Don’t worry,“ Sunset said. ”As long as we are all together, we can face anything a grogar throws at us.” All the guardians of harmony nodded their heads to show that they agreed with what sunset said. …. “So Lord Norlock is dead." The other said this as he watched the battle that had taken place from the pool in the center of the chamber. "It doesn’t matter anywhere since they helped get rid of that traitor. Did that fool, though I didn’t know his intentions of betraying the master?” The other knew that Norlock had no real loyalty towards Grogar, as he only joined his master once he realized he could not win against him. However, even though he held no loyalty, his skills and power alone would be reason enough to recruit him among their ranks. “No matter, this is far from over." The other said: ”And I already have my next monster ready.” As soon as he said that, a pair of red eyes appeared behind him. The owner of the eyes body was covered in darkness, making it impossible to identify it. But the eyes alone are enough to make it clear that the owner of the eyes is anything but human. The eyes glow with malice as it can’t wait to unleash terror upon the humans and the guardians of harmony. …. End of chapter 8 End song Played Shine by Mr. Big [Instrumentals] The opening fades into the inside of a room and focuses on an accordion-book that was open all the way onto a table. [I never really feel quite right] The scene then fades to show the beginning of the book, before moving to the left, as it showed the pictures in it. The first of the pictures was of sunset who was on her couch with her pet lizard ray on her shoulder both of who are smiling in front of the camera. [And I don't know why, all I know is something's wrong] As the camera moved, showing the rest of the photos, it then showed a picture of Rainbow Dash playing football on the school field .The next picture showed Rarity making a dress using sweetie bell as her model must to the young girl displeasure. [Every time I look at you, you seem so alive] The next picture showed both Pinkie pie and Fluttershy backing a cake in a kitchen. The one after that was of Applejack picking out apples from a tree in her farm with her family. [Tell me how do you do it, walk me through it] After that, it was a picture of twilight in her lab doing one of her experiments with spike sleeping on his dog bed nearby.The next picture was of wallflower ,Trixie and Derpy taking a group group picture in her garden. [I'm following every footstep] The next picture was of flash sentry and his band playing on a stage. [Maybe on your own you take a conscious step] The next picture was of Pinkie and Rainbow dash sneaking up on Luna who was sleeping on her desk. The picture next and under it was of an angry Luna who have a mustache drawn on her face by a marker chasing rainbow and pinkie pie who was laughing and nearby was principal celestia who have an amuse look on her face . [Do you wanna give it up? All that I want…] The next picture was of sunset in her demon form who was flying in the air and on the ground was princess twilight and the rest of her friends ready to confront her.The photo after that was of sunset in a crater with tears in her eyes. [Is for you to SHINE~] The photo after that showed princess Twilight pulling sunset out of the crater. [SHINE~ down on me]The next photo was of sunset hugging wallflower after destroying the memory stone. [SHINE on this life that's burning out] A photo after that showed Discord putting a kick me sign on sunset back with him turning to the camera putting a finger on his lip telling the person who is using the camera to be quiet . The one underneath it was a picture of Bulk biceps running from Fluttershy while she is wearing her alien custom . [SHINE~] The photo after that was of star swirl and Stygian practicing their magic. [SHINE~ down on me] The photo after that showed a picture of vindicator battering the guardians of harmony. [SHINE on this life that's burning out] Fading away from that one photo, the scene changed to show the last picture in the book.It was of sunset, Rainbow dash,Pinkie Pie,Fluttershy, Rarity ,Twilight ,Applejack,.Wallflower,Trixie , Flash sentry ,Princess Twilight,Discord ,start swirl and Stygian standing in front of the school statue smiling [SHINE~] A hand then closes the accordion book.