On the moon base, Gilda and Trixie were talking quietly to each other when Nightmare walked up and interrupted their conversation. “What are you two talking about over here?” Ngihtmare asked.
“Actually, my lord,” Trixie said, turning around, “we’ve been working together to devise a fool-proof plan for defeating the Pony Rangers.”
“Oh? I’m officially listening, now.”
“Let me tell you our plan,” Gilda said, walking over next to Trixie. “What we need to do to combat the Rangers is to divide and conquer. That means we send down two seperate attacks.”
“Gilda goes to Ponyville with some Putty Ponies,” Trixie explained, “while I launch an attack on Canterlot. It’s such a simple technique, I’m amazed even Zecora didn’t think of it.”
“Actually, this is the best plan I’ve heard yet!” Nightmare exclaimed. “You have my full green light for it. Zecora, make two dozens of Putty Ponies. One dozen for each of their attacks.”
“Very well, Nightmare Moon,” Zecora replied from the other side of the room. [How did I do that?] “They will be finished very soon.” Zecora then walked out of the room to her lab where she began molding the Putty Ponies.
“Now, tell me something, you two,” Nightmare said, turning back to Gilda and Trixie. “What are your respective alterior motives?”
“What?” Trixie asked, taken aback. “What could possibly give you even the slightest idea that we might-”
“Trixie wants to go horn-to-horn with the new Green Ranger and I want to destroy the Red Ranger,” Gilda said quickly.
“Really, Gilda?” Trixie asked angrily.
“No, no,” Nightmare said, raising a hoof to silence Trixie. “It’s good you two have your own motives. That just gives you a stronger drive to destroy the Rangers and, therefore, Celestia.”
“Well, in that case,” Trixie said, “there’s 100% truth behind what Gilda said.”
“Excellent,” Nightmare said, turning and walking off. “This will work out better than any of our previous plans.”
Meanwhile, Rarity was in the computer room at Canterlot Castle, trotting up to Twilight, who was distracted by her console. “Twilight,” Rarity called. “You wanted to see me?”
“Actually, yes,” Twilight said, not looking up from her console. “I wanted to work with you on something.”
“Work with me?” Rarity asked, rather shocked. “What could I possibly do to help you? You surpass me in just about every feild from intelegence to raw magical abilities.”
“Yes, but there’s one field in which you’re leaps and bounds ahead of me in.” Twilight levitated two folders each full of paper off the nearby desk and gave them to Rarity. “That’s detail and design. Both of those folders contain sets of important blueprints that will help us in future battles. They probably won’t help us in this chapter, however, so there’s no need to rush.”
Rarity levitated the two folders in front of her using her own magic and glanced through them. “Twilight, one of these folders contain blueprints for weapons, but the other is just a bunch of dress designs.”
“Yeah, but trust me, the dresses will be very important soon. Also, they’re kind of top priority at this point, so get started.” Twilight began walking away when she suddenly turned back around. “Oh, and one more thing. I’ve arranged for you to stay here in Canterlot while we’re working on these designs.”
“Really?” Rarity asked, entirely unable to contain her excitement. “You’ve arranged for me to stay here in Canterlot, the most royal city in all of Equestria?”
“Well, yes,” Twilight replied. “That way, we can keep in touch easier.”
“Thank you so much, Twilight!” Rarity exclaimed, rushing up and hugging Twilight. “You have no idea what this means to me!”
“Uh, yeah. Just get back to me when you’ve finalized some designs and I’ll get started on my half of the work then. But for now, can you let me go? I kind of have some other work I need to get done.”
“Oh, right, sorry.” Rarity then released Twilight from her death grip and began trotting out of the computer room. “Don’t worry, I’ll have these done faster than you can even put a quill to paper.” With the folders in her saddlebag, Rarity left the room and headed down further towards the street level where her suite that Twilight provided was located.
Meanwhile, the other four Rangers were still in Ponyville, going about their usual business. Applejack doing some apple bucking, Fluttershy tending to an injured mouse, Rainbow Dash getting things together for an afternoon thunderstorm, and Pinkie Pie hopping through the market, picking up some things for the Cakes. However, as the Rangers were doing all of these things, Gilda was getting ready to put her part of her plan into action. She teleported to the edge of the Everfree Forest with a dozen Putty Ponies behind her and began waiting for the right moment to strike. “Waiting for you signal, Trixie,” she said into her comunicator.
“What?” Trixie asked from the other line. “I was sitting around waiting for your signal.”
“Really? Well in that case, consider this the signal. Begin your attack and I’ll begin mine.” Gilda switched off her wrist comunicator and motioned for the Putties to follow her into the down, where she began launching her razor feathers in several directions, causing explosions, damaging buildings, and causing panicked ponies to begin scattering. Gilda’s attack began in the market area, so Pinkie was the first Ranger on the scene. She ducked behind some barrels, pulled out her Element, and turned on the comm.
“Rangers,” she said into the comm, “Gilda’s attacking Ponyville. There are Putties swarming the market area.”
“On my way,” Rainbow Dash replied.
“I’m comin’,” Applejack said.
“Be right there,” Fluttershy said.
“Bit of a problem, actually,” Rarity said.
“Problem?” Pinkie asked. “What do you mean, Rarity?”
“Trixie’s here in Canterlot with about a dozen Putties,” Rarity replied. “Twilight and I won’t be able to join you four.”
“That’s all right, Rarity,” Rainbow Dash said. “We can manage without you for now.”
“One more problem, though,” Fluttershy said. “What are we going to do when it’s time to fight mega Gilda and Trixie?”
“I can handle that,” Twilight said. “Good luck to you four. Rarity, I’m headed down to where you are right now.”
Pinkie (who, in case you forgot, was the Ranger who began the conversation) switched off her comm and leapt out from behind the barrel to face Gilda and her Putties. “Hay, Gilda!” Pinkie called. “Looking for me?”
“No,” Gilda said. “I’m actually looking for your Red Ranger, Rainbow Dash. My Putty Ponies will deal with you.” Gilda flicked her wrist to command her Putties to charge. Pinkie charged back and engaged the Putties, not even bothering to morph for the battle.
Meanwhile at Canterlot, Trixie was leading her own group of Putty Ponies through the royal streets. Rarity quickly left the suite she was staying in and galloped towards where the Putties were, shortly being joined by Twilight. “So what are we supposed to do without the others?” Rarity asked.
“We should be able to easily beat Trixie and a couple of Putties,” Twilight replied. “There’s absolutely no need to worry.”
“Oh, there’s plenty need to worry,” Trixie said as the two Rangers galloped onto the scene. “It’s just two of you against the Great and Powerful Trixie. You have no hope of victory. Besides, I’m only here for one of you.” Trixie indicated Twilight with her hoof. “You and I have some unfinished business. Putties, keep the Black Ranger busy.” Upon command, the Putty Ponies began charging towards Rarity.
“Ready, Rarity?” Twilight asked, summoning the Thunder Coin.
“Ready,” Rarity replied, summoning her Element of Harmony.
“IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME!” Twilight shouted, placing the Thunder Coin in her hoof. “THUNDER!”
“GENEROSITY!”
“Harmony Force, Ranger Green!”
“Harmony Force, Ranger Black!”
Both Twilight and Rarity began charging right towards Trixie, but the Putties stopped Rarity, leaving Twilight to face Trixie alone.
Back in Ponyville, Pinkie was still doing her best to hold off the Putty Ponies until the other Rangers showed up. “What’s the matter, Pink Ranger?” Gilda asked. “Getting tired?”
“No,” Pinkie replied. “Just trying to decide whether or not I should warn you about that lightning cloud that Rainbow Dash is about to buck over your head.”
Gilda looked up to find that while what Pinkie said was true, she didn’t even have a second to react before Rainbow Dash delivered a “shocking” message. “Careful, Gilda,” Rainbow Dash said, flying over to join Pinkie, “there’s a thunderstorm scheduled for this afternoon. You could get hit by lightning.”
Gilda shook off the attack, her burnt fur and feathers somehow returning to normal. As she was doing this, Applejack and Fluttershy galloped in next to Pinkie and Dash. “I was really wondering when you Rangers would get here,” Gilda said. “Especially you, Red Ranger. You and I have some unfinished business, and Derpy isn’t here to bail you out this time.”
“I don’t need Derpy’s help to defeat you,” Rainbow Dash said, pulling out her Element of Harmony. “IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME!”
“HONESTY!”
“KINDNESS!”
“LAUGHTER!”
“LOYALTY!”
“Harmony Force, Ranger Blue!”
“Harmony Force, Ranger Yellow!”
“Harmony Force, Ranger Pink!”
“Harmony Force, Ranger Red!”
“From all of us together, we fight as one! We protect one another until the battle is done! PONY RANGERS, HARMONY FORCE!”
“If I may give my own input real quick,” Gilda said after the Rangers were done with their introduction. “I think you’re down two Rangers too many to use the word ‘together’.”
“Yeah, well...” Rainbow Dash said, realizing that Gilda was right on this one. “The point remains the same!”
“I hardly think so, but who am I to question how the mind of a pony works? Putties, attack!” Upon command, the Putties, who took almost no damage from their earlier battle with Pinkie, charged straight for the Rangers. AJ, Fluttershy, and Pinkie went after the Putties, but Rainbow Dash flew over the battle and charged stright towards Gilda to finish their previous battle.
Back in Canterlot, Twilight and Trixie were facing off in the battle Trixie’s been looking for for the longest time. “The first time we battled, Green Ranger,” Trixie said, “you were piloting a machine. At long last, however, we battle hoof-to-hoof. Horn-to-horn.”
“I’m starting to get the feeling that you really like to hear yourself talk,” Twilight said. “News flash: nopony else does.”
“You dare insult the Great and Powerful Trixie? Prepare to feel pain beyond your wildest nightmares!” Trixie fired a blast of magic at Twilight, but Twilight used her own magic to form a shield, protecting her from Trixie’s attack. Twilight then went on the offensive and teleported behind Trixie to buck her to the ground. Trixie was entirely unable to defend herself from this attack and took the full force, getting flung about ten feet back. Though she couldn’t defend herself, she was able to recover quickly and fire a bolt of magic at Twilight. Twilight tried to defend herself with her hooves, but the attack was too powerful and Twilight was knocked to the ground.
“Twilight!” Rarity shouted from the other end of the street. She tried to go help her friend, but there were too many Putty Ponies for her to handle fast enough. “I’ve had just about enough of you Putty Ponies!” Rarity then used her magic to take about three of the Putties by the hooves and flung them into three other Putties. She then flipped right over the back of one Putty and bucked another to the ground. After that, she flipped the Putty she flipped over right into the hard concrete below. She then leapt into the air, did a rather unnescisary flip, and slammed the faces of two Putties into the ground. She did a quick dive towards the last two and split-kicked them both to the ground. She then got back up on all fours, took a second to brush some dust off of her armor, and then started galloping towards where Twilight and Trixie were still fighting. “I’m coming, Twilight!”
Back in Ponyville, Rainbow Dash and Gilda were still fighting hoof-to-claw while the other Rangers were busy fighting the Putties. “Hey, Gilda,” Rainbow Dash said.
“What?” Gilda asked.
“Watch for flying hooves.” After saying this, Dash made an attempt to punch Gilda in the beak. However, Gilda caught the attack with her claw and used Rainbow Dash’s momentum to flip her to the ground. “I should have seen that coming.” Rainbow Dash quickly recovered and flew up into the air. “Now try to keep up.”
“Do you even know who you’re talking to?” Gilda asked, quickly giving chase. Rainbow Dash noticed that Gilda was chasing her, but didn’t expect the griffon to be able to fly as fast as she did. Fortunately, Dash wasn’t flying at full speed, so she accelerated and flew into a tightly-packed cluster of rain clouds. Gilda flew into the clouds as well, but she wasn’t as good of a flyer in rain, wind, or lightning as Rainbow Dash was. She certainly wasn’t good at flying through all three at the same time, either. “Where are you, Red Ranger?” Gilda called. In response, Rainbow Dash bucked a piece of cloud right into Gilda’s face, causing her to start falling. The downed griffon recovered before she hit the ground, however, but was still caught off-guard when Rainbow Dash came up behind her and bucked her the rest of the way to the ground. Gilda slammed facefirst into the ground below, but quickly recovered and looked up angrily at Rainbow Dash.
“Sorry, Gilda,” Rainbow Dash said teasingly and smiling under her helmet. “Didn’t see you there.” Gilda was infuriated.
Back in Canterlot, Trixie was actually proving to be more than a match for Twilight, even in her morphed state. “You know what your first mistake was, Green Ranger?” Trixie asked.
“I’m not going to ask,” Twilight said. “You know why? I’m afraid I know exactly what the answer your looking for is.”
“You first mistake was challenging the Great and Powerful Trixie!”
“Yeah, I was afraid that would be the answer,” Twilight said, rolling her eyes. After a second, she realized that Trixie couldn’t see her roll her eyes. “Sorry, but since you can’t see my face, I assume it’s only fair to tell you that I was rolling my eyes when I said that.”
That was not the best thing Twilight could have said because this did nothing but anger Trixie further. “I’ll teach you what happens when you insult the Great and Powerful Trixie!” Trixie then used her magic to levitate Twilight and slam her into the wall of a building. Twilight fell from wher Trixie left her in the wall about fifteen feet to hitting her face on the concrete floor. “Nopony can save you now, Green Ranger.”
“I can!” Rarity called charging horn-first at Trixie, who was caught entirely off guard and sent flying. “Are you all right, Twilight?”
“I’m fine,” Twilight replied as Rarity helped her up. “Thanks.”
“No problem, Twilight, dear.”
“Oh, there’s a pretty significant problem,” Trixie said. “You ruined my duel with the Green Ranger. I was about to defeat her in a horn-to-horn battle and you interfered! Now it’s time for me to take my revenge.” Trixie pulled out her communicator and activated it. “Gilda, it’s time for plan B. I’m casting the spell now.”
“All right,” Gilda replied. “Not everything’s going so well on my end, either.”
Trixie put away her communicator and began charging her horn. “Mega spell, activate!” When Trixie cast the spell, her horn glowed as bright as the sun for a moment and sent two large balls of energy into the air. One headed towards Ponyville, but the other just flew straight up into the air and came right back down, impacting on Trixie. After the ball of energy hit Trixie, she grew to about thirty stories tall. Off in the distance, Twilight and Rarity saw the same thing happen go Gilda.
“Oh no!” Rarity said. “Two mega foes? Twilight, what are we going to do?”
“Take the Mastodon zord and meet up with the others in Ponyville. I’ll handle Trixie.”
“But how are you going to do that? You only have one zord.”
“Don’t worry. My magic’s a little better than you give me credit for. Now go. I’m sending your’s and everypony else’s zords now.”
After Twilight said this, the zords began stampeding towards Ponyville. Rarity jumped into her zord. When the zords got to Ponyville, the other Rangers jumped into their own zords and wasted no time forming the Megazord. Twilight then summoned the Dragonzord, jumped into it, and faced Trixie. “How do you expect to defeat me with one little zord?” Trixie asked.
“Simple,” Twilight replied. “With a little magic. Dragon Battlezord: Single Pilot Mode!” Twilight then cast a spell that almost knocked her out of her seat. However, she was able to maintain her stability and continue the spell. Outside, the Dragonzord began glowing brightly with a green light that had a light purple hue to it. “Summon light zords!” After Twilight said this, three huge balls of green light light came out of the Dragonzord and flew back around straight into the zord. The whole thing instantly exploded in a flash of green light, eventually dying down to reveal the Dragon Battlezord in it’s entirety. “Wow...” Twilight said. At first she in disbelief, but then she started to laugh a little. “I can’t believe that actually worked!”
“So you have your own Megazord,” Trixie said, scoffing. “I’ll still tear you apart zord by zord.”
“You can try,” Twilight replied, now smiling. The two then began charging at each other.
Meanwhile, back in Ponyville, the other five Rangers faced off against Gilda in the Megazord. “Are you sure Twilight can handle Trixie on her own?” Applejack asked Rarity.
“Not entirely,” Rarity replied. “But we have to trust that she can handle it and take care of the situation we have in front of us now.”
“Fine by me,” Rainbow Dash said, obviously ready for battle.
“Hey, Rangers!” Gilda called. “Did you fall asleep over there or what?”
“No,” Rainbow Dash replied. “Just waiting for you to make the first move.”
“Gladly.” Gilda then charged straight for the Megazord, talons out in full striking position. However, the Rangers swung their Power Sword to counter this attack, hitting Gilda square in the beak. However, this didn’t stop Gilda’s attack and her claws dug right into the hull of the Megazord.
“Hey!” Pinkie shouted. “Why does the Pterodactyl zord have to take all of the hits?”
“Because it’s the most well built,” Rainbow Dash replid. “At least that’s my guess.”
“It doesn’t matter how well built any of your zords are,” Gilda said, getting up. “I’ll still tear you all apart. Zord by zord, feather by feather, horn by, uh... you know what I mean. I’m going to defeat you.”
“You can try,” Rainbow Dash said. The Megazord then aimed its sword at Gilda, ready to strike again.
Back at Canterlot, (well, the clearing at the base of the mountain Canterlot rested upon) Trixie and Twilight were still facing off. Twilight was trying to strike Trixie with her spear, but Trixie teleported before getting hit each time. “Hey Trixie,” Twilight called, “why don’t you hold still for a moment so we can actually battle?”
“Oh come now, Twilight Sparkle,” Trixie said, teleporting out of Twilight’s view and reappearing behind the Battlezord. “What fun is there in battle if your opponent stands around and waits to get hit?” Twilight wasted no time and swung her spear around to hit Trixie while she was talking. This attack hit Trixie right in the horn, apparently disabling her magic abilities for a short time.
“Not so ‘Great and Powerful’ now, are you?” Twilight asked, pointing her spear in Trixie’s face.
“You won by a cheap shot, Twilight Sparkle,” Trixie said. “For now, I admit an honorable defeat. However, this was not an honorable victory for you. We will duel again, and it will be a legitimate, one-on-one duel.”
“You really think I’m going to just let you trot away from here with your head held high? LIGHTNING SPEAR, CHARGE!”
“Two things, Twilight Sparkle. First, what’s the difference between killing me and killing Derpy?”
This actually struck Twilight pretty hard for a moment. She still wasn’t quite over what had happened with Derpy, but she quickly shook it off. “There’s a big difference. You’re pure evil, but Derpy had a spark of goodness in her that Nightmare Moon tried to overwrite. That spark is free, now, but you never had one in the first place.” Twilight then lowered the charged spear and aimed it at Trixie. “Now, it’s time for your defeat! LIGHTNING FURY!” Twilight then made the Battlezord leap at Trixie and slashed her with the spear.
“Gah!” Trixie shouted as Twilight hit her. She was crackling with electricity and about to explode, but a small evil chuckle came out before then. “That brings me to the other thing. Nightmare has developed a ressurection spell, so destroying me now will do you no good. Nightmare has something big planned, and she needs all four of us for it. Equestria will be destroyed, but I’ll make sure you’re spared so that we may have our duel.” Trixie laughed loudly and evilly as she fell to the ground and exploded in a glorious wall of fire.
“There’s no way,” Twilight said to herself after Trixie was destroyed. “A ressurection spell is impossible. I have to warn Princess Celestia and the others.”
Back in Ponyville, the battle between Gilda and the Megazord continued. Gilda was hacking and slashing at the Megazord, but the Rangers were able to block enough of the attacks to avoid major damage. However, after a while, Gilda suddenly stopped attacking. “Trixie’s been destroyed,” she said, looking towards the clearing where Trixie’s destruction took place. “Her side of the plan has failed, but I can still continue my part.” She turned around, but only to find the Power Sword pointed right in her face.
“I beg to differ, Gilda,” Rainbow Dash said. The Megazord then raised its sword and brought it down upon Gilda, knocking her several football fields away. “You’re finished, old friend.”
“You really think I am finished, don’t you?” Gilda asked, getting up and dusting herself off. “Allow me to let you in on a little secret. Even if you destroy me now, I’ll just come back in a matter of days for Nightmare’s master plan using her ressurection spell.”
“Ressurection spell?” Rarity asked. “I’m not one for studying magic, but even I know that that’s magic beyond even Twilight’s level.”
“Well Nightmare is a power beyond even Celestia’s level. So go ahead, destroy me. If anything, it will probably make me stronger.”
“Make her stronger?” Fluttershy asked. “Rainbow Dash, can we really take that chance? I mean, Gilda’s completely weakened, so there’s no real need to destroy her.” Rainbow Dash just looked down for a little while in silence before responding. “Rainbow Dash?”
“Gilda will easily recover her power if we let her hang around in her mega state,” Rainbow Dash finally replied. “Besides, I want Gilda to send Nightmare a message.” She then moved her controls to make the Megazord aim her sword at Gilda. “Tell Nightmare that no matter what she throws at us, no matter what she threatens us with, we’ll not only be ready for anything and everything, but we’ll be anxiously awaiting her next move.”
“Hold on a second,” Gilda said, pulling out a pen and paper. “...awaiting... her... next... move...” she said out loud while writing Dash’s message down. “Okay. Now, go ahead. Deliver the finishing blow. It will make no difference, anyway. The days of both you and the rest of Equestria are numbered.”
“Well if that’s the case, we have something in common. SPECTRUM SLASH, CHARGE!” The Megazord raised its sword to the air and let it be struck by five bolts of lightning of the colors red, blue, yellow, pink, and white. After each bolt struck several times, the sword began glowing with a rainbow light. “ELEMENTS OF HARMONY UNITE AS ONE! FINAL STRIKE!” All five of the Rangers focused the power of their Elements of Harmony into the sword as it was brought down upon Gilda. In one swift slash that left a rainbow colored trail, Gilda was knocked several full football stadiums (parking lots, concession stands, and all seats from those next to the field to the nosebleed section included) backwards.
“You may have destroyed me for now,” Gilda said, hardly able to stand and crackling with electricity. “However, you won’t stop Nightmare Moon’s master plan. EQUESTRIA. WILL. FALL!” As Gilda said this, she fell slowly and erupted in a firey explosion.
“We did it!” Rarity shouted. She and the other Rangers celebrated, but Rainbow Dash sat rather still, thinking about what Gilda said about Nightmare’s “master plan”.
“Are you all right Rainbow Dash?” Fluttershy asked.
“Yeah,” Dash replied. “I’m fine. We should get back to Canterlot and tell Twilight about what Gilda said.”
“Good idea,” Pinkie replied. “Then after that, I’m throwing a party!”
“Another party?” Rarity asked. “Don’t you think we’ve had enough parties in the past week?”
Pinkie quickly rushed up into Rarity’s face and glared at her. “How dare you speak such unholy words, woman.” She then slowly backed away, not breaking her gaze on Rarity.
“Now that, my friend, is something you never say in Pinkie’s presence,” Rainbow Dash said with a little chuckle.
“Yeah...” Rarity said. “Never enough parties. I just forgot for a moment, that’s all. Let’s get back to Canterlot, shall we?”
Back on the moon base, Nightmare ressurected Gilda and Trixie in a blinding flash of light. The two previously fallen minions colapsed onto the ground and took a huge gasp of air. “You’re welcome,” Nightmare said, turning to walk away. She was breathing heavily and massaging her horn from the difficulty of not only casting the ressurection spell, but ressurecting two minions simultaniously.
“Are you all right, my lord?” Trixie asked, getting up quickly and bowing.
“I’ll be fine,” Nightmare replied. “Just a... difficult spell, that’s all. A little rest and I’ll be all right.”
“If that’s what you say, my lord,” Gilda replied, bowing. “Oh, also, the Rangers know of the master plan.”
“What?” Nightmare asked, quickly turning around. “What do you mean?”
“It was all Trixie’s fault.”
“Are you crazy?” Trixie asked. “It was totally you who squaked.”
“It was both of you,” Zecora said from the other end of the room, not even looking up from her brew. [I did that again. Why couldn’t I have done this in the last chapter?] “I was watching you two. Both of you had spilled the beans, but neither said when or revealed the means.”
“Even if they were simply hinted at it,” Nightmare said, “it still puts the master plan in jeopardy. You two will pay dearly for this... as soon as I recover from the ressurection spell.” Nightmare then walked slowly out of the room, still rubbing her horn with her hoof.
Back in Canterlot, Dash and the other Rangers were galloping at top speed into the computer room to warn Twilight of what Gilda had told them. “Twilight!” Rainbow Dash called when she finally got into the computer room.
“Rangers!” Twilight called back, turning around. “I’m so glad you’re here. I need to warn you about something.”
“We were here for the exact same reason,” Applejack replied. “What’d you wanna warn us about?”
“Ngihtmare Moon has a ressurection spell,” Twilight replied. “She’s using it to revive her minions. Gilda, Trixie, Manticore, and even... actually, we never destroyed Zecora. But still, the minions we’ve destroyed will only be back stronger than ever.”
“Gilda told us the exact same thing,” Rainbow Dash said. “As well, she mentioned something about a ‘master plan’ Nightmare has. We didn’t get much information on that, but I’m sure it has something to do with the ressurection spell.”
“Trixie revealed the same thing, as well.” Twilight turned back around to her console and typed some stuff in. “I just can’t understand how Nightmare’s magic could be that powerful. It’s stronger than even Princess Celestia.”
“Perhaps it is magic beyond me,” Celestia said from her time warp in the front of the room. “But you Rangers musn’t forget that the Elements of Harmony have power far beyond even Nightmare when in the right hooves. From the beginning, I’ve trusted that the right hooves are your’s, but you six must believe the same thing if you wish to be victorious.”
“But what are we supposed to do about Nightmare’s master plan?” Fluttershy asked.
“I have a couple of ideas as to what that master plan is, but you must trust that I have every senario covered to a certain extent, despite the fact that the success of every plan is dependant on the actions of you Rangers.”
“Well then,” Rainbow Dash said, “you can count on us, Princess.”
“Good. Twilight, send them back to Ponyville for now.”
“Yes, Princess,” Twilight replied. “Rarity, however, needs to stay here in Canterlot so she can finish helping me with our own plans.”
“You two didn’t start a new shipping thread, did you?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“A shipping thread?” Rarity asked, offended. “Why would you think we started a shipping thread? We’re just working on a secret project that nopony can know about, that’s all.”
“All right,” Rainbow Dash said, raising her hooves into the air. “No need to get angry.”
“Anyway...” Twilight said, pretending that last part of the conversation didn’t happen, “see you Rangers soon.” Twilight then teleported the Rangers back to Ponyville, leaving Rarity there in the room. “Can you believe they thought we were starting a shipping thread?”
“I know,” Rarity replied. “Anyway, the designs are almost done and I’ll have them up to you by the end of the day today.”
“Good. I’ll get the other part of the plan going and we’ll meet back here this evening.” Rarity gave a nod and the two shook hooves. They then walked away in sperate directions. Twilight went back to her console and Rarity left the room.
“So,” Spike said, scooting over to where Twilight was sitting, “what is this plan you two have?”
“Sorry, Spike,” Twilight said, not even looking up from her work. “It’s top secret. And no, for the last time, it is NOT A SHIPPING THREAD!”
“I wasn’t going to ask if it was a shipping thread. I was going to ask what a shipping thread was.” Twilight just groaned loudly, slammed her face on her console, and handed Spike a piece of paper with the URL for 4chan on it.
“Just go to this website and click on /mlp/. You should find plenty of shipping threads, there.”
“Thanks, Twi.” Spike then took the paper, went to 4chan, clicked where Twilight indicated, and instantly fell out of his seat from how scary and horrible most of the threads were.
“I guess I could have warned you about the wrong shipping threads,” Twilight said, going back to her work. “Sorry.”