Twilight, Rarity and Trixie gathered in front of the hotel.
"What's going on?" asked Rarity.
"Princess Celestia is gonna show us how to use Light attacks." sad Twilight.
Celestia emerged from the hotel.
"Ready, my little ponies?" she asked.
"You bet, Princess." said Twilight enthusiastically.
"All right, then." said Celestia. "Let's get started. First, you--"
"Well, well, well." said a voice.
Twilight and the others turned around to see a trio of costumed pegasuses landed in front of them. They slightly resembled the Wonderbolts but had darker costumes.
"You again?" asked Twilight.
"You know them?" asked Trixie.
"We saw them the night we went looking for the Elements Of Harmony for the first time. They tried to get Rainbow Dash to abandon us."
"I'm pleased you remember us." said one of the pegasuses. "You can call us The Shadow Bolts."
"The Shadow Bolts?" asked Rainbow Dash, sticking her head out from one of the hotel windows. She flew out and landed next to Trixie. "You three again?"
"So, I hear you're trying to save Equestria from the Princess Of The Night." said one of the Shadow Bolts.
"The Shadow Bolts?" asked a yellow pegasus, landing next to the Shadow Bolts. "What are you? Impostors?"
"Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!" yelled Rainbow Dash excitedly.
"And who are you?" asked the leader of the Shadow Bolts.
"I'm Spitfire of The Wonderbolts. You?"
"I'm Thunderbolt." said the leader. "And this is Storm Cloud and Raven."
Spitfire put a hoof to her lips and whistled as loud as she could. Two other pegasuses appeared and landed next to Spitfire.
"And this is Soarin and Fleetfoot." said Spitfire.
"Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!" Rainbow Dash repeated.
"Look, I don't know who you think you are," said Spitfire, getting all up in Thunderbolt's face. "but we were doing this way before you were."
"Oh, Spitfire." said Thunderbolt. "It's not about the occupation."
"What do you mean?" asked Spitfire.
"We don't care who you are or what you do." said Thunderbolt. "We just want the Princess."
Spitfire took a step back as Soarin and Fleetfoot stood next to her.
"I'm afraid we can't let you do that." said Spitfire.
"Well, you're not the opponents we were looking for," said Thunderbolt. "but you'll do."
Storm Cloud tackled Fleetfoot to the ground. Raven rammed into Soarin, who kicked Raven to the side. The two leaders faced each other as the others engaged in conflict. Raven dodged a kick from Soarin and countered with a headbutt, knocking him over. Fleetfoot rolled over, winding up on top of Storm Cloud. She then punched him in the face a couple times before Storm Cloud kicked her off. Fleetfoot tumbled across the ground and looked up as Storm Cloud rammed into her. Thunderbolt and Spitfire circled each other.
"You may be good at flying, Spitfire," Thunderbolt taunted. "but the Shadow Bolts are the best fighters."
"Then let's see what you got." Spitfire said, lunging at Thunderbolt. She stepped aside as Spitfire shot passed. She then kicked Spitfire in the back. She fell to the ground with a thud.
"Don't you Wonderbolts know any other attack?" Thunderbolt laughed.
"We're not unicorns, you know?" said Spitfire, getting up. "Our attack range is limited."
"All right. You know what?" asked Thunderbolt. "I think I'll give you a fighting chance." She took off into the sky. "Come and face me!" she yelled back.
"Bad move." said Spitfire, taking off after Thunderbolt.
Soarin tried to ram Raven but missed. Raven then kicked Soarin in the legs, forcing him to kneel. She then stood in front of him and kicked him in the head, knocking him out.
"That's one down." said Raven.
She looked over at Storm Cloud. He kicked Fleetfoot in the stomach when she tried to pounce on him. She let out a grunt of pain as Storm Cloud's hoof collided with her stomach. She fell to the ground, moaning. She looked up as Storm Cloud kicked her in the face, knocking her out.
"Two down." said Storm Cloud. "One more left."
Both he and Raven looked up at Thunderbolt. Spitfire flew around Thunderbolt in circles. She then broke from her path and shot passed Thunderbolt, kicking her in the face. She then went back to flying in circles around Thunderbolt.
What's the matter?" asked Spitfire. "Too fast for you?"
"Oh, you wish." said Thunderbolt.
She carefully watched Spitfire as she circled. Just then she shot forward, ramming into Spitfire at full speed. Thunderbolt hovered and watched as Spitfire fell from the sky. She hit the ground and tumbled a bit before skidding to a stop. Thunderbolt then landed in front of her.
"You know, Spitfire. t's been fun... but it's time to end this."
She placed her hoof on Spitfire's head. Thunderbolt then raised her hoof, getting ready for the final blow.
"I've had enough of this." said Celestia.
She concentrated hard as a blinding light shown from her horn. Thunderbolt stumbled back and shielded her eyes. The other two did the same.
"CURSE YOU, CELESTIA!" yelled Thunderbolt.
She and the other two Shadow Bolts took off back towards the castle. Celestia went over to Spitfire.
"I'm sorry, Princess." said Spitfire. "I've failed you."
"Oh, Spitfire. You didn't fail me. You did your best, and that's all that matters."
"Thanks, Princess."
"Besides," said Celestia. "I did't expect you would defeat my sister."
"That was Luna?" asked Twilight.
"Yes, Twilight." answered Celestia. "It's one of her powers. She can change her form into anything she wants. It appears the Shadow Bolts are one of her forms."
"Will you help us learn how to defeat her?" asked Trixie.
"Of course." said Celestia.
"Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!" yelled Rainbow Dash excitedly.
"What up with you?" asked Bon-Bon.
"I get to hang with the Wonderbolts!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
"Sounds like fun..." said Spitfire. "But we need to rest first."
"Of course." said Rainbow Dash. "Need help to a room?"
"That'd be nice." said Spitfire.