When we last left the MasterBuilders, they were on the run now. After a desperate and intense battle alongside their new friends, the Mane 6 and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, against the much more bigger Micro-Manager army of Lord Business and his newly formed Syndicate of Doom, a team made up of some of the LEGO world's greatest villains including Lex Luthor and Darth Vader, the combined group was forced to flee from Ponyville as the tyrant's forces seized the whole town, along with that, the downfall of Canterlot and the Royal Pony Sisters. Now, under the command of Twilight and Emmet, the whole group made their way to the tyrant's next target: The Crystal Empire, ruled by Twilight's sister-in-law and older brother, Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor, to help in defending Equestria's last kingdom from the clutches of Lord Business. While also searching for Discord, the Former Spirit of Chaos, who claims to have some part in the return of the tyrant, and finally get some answers.
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After finding the railroad tracks that normally lead to the Crystal Empire, the getaway truck housing the entire group was getting anxious yet at the same time irritated for some when the possible outcome of losing the Crystal Empire to Lord Business is the truck being driven like it's carrying very delicate fine china or something.
"Hey Batman!", shouted Spike, one of the ones getting irritated, "Can't you make this thing go any faster? We'll probably never make it at this rate!"
"Do I look like I wanna waste my time with stupid complaints?!", shouted Batman from the drivers seat, "Someone's gonna say it's too fast, or someone's gonna say it's too slow, and back to back, over and over again! I've put up with junk like that before, and I'm done with that you hear me?! I AM DONE!!"
"If we're gonna get to the Crystal Empire in time to help Cadence and Shining Armor, we'll need to risk it!", shouted Twilight, "Batman, we need you to speed this up double time!"
"Oh you're SURE about that?!", asks Batman.
"YES!!!", yelled everyone else.
"If you guys insist!!", shouted Batman as he stops the truck and steps outside to use some leftover Lego pieces from creating the truck to quickly build and stick a trio a heavy duty jet turbines onto the sides and roof of the truck and gets back into the drivers seat.
"Excuse me, but just how fast will we be going? My mane is wind sensitive and I just had it washed and lathered", says Rarity with some concern.
"REALLY fast, kid", said Batman with a smirk on his face.
"Oh dear, perhaps it's be best if I were to take a rain check on this idea", said Rarity with a hint of fear in her voice.
"BUCKLE UP!!!", shouted Batman as he stomped hard on the gas pedal and engaged the turbines and everyone else was thrown into absolute terror screaming on the top of their lungs as the truck was going just as fast as Benny's Spaceship, which was insanely fast. It took another ten minutes, but the truck finally stopped right in front of the train station, with the train tracks between it and the grand entrance to the majestic kingdom that was missing for over a thousand years. and just after Batman parked the truck, everyone was still pretty terrified as they hopped off the truck.
"That... was most unpleasant", said Rarity with a shaking feel to her tone.
"Now you guys know how WE feel", said Scootaloo, referring to herself, Sweetie Belle and AppleBloom from when they were flown around Equestria crazy fast with Benny and his ship.
"Hey, we made it, and just in time too", said Batman, "the place looks like it's still in one piece, you're welcome".
"What do ya mean 'yer welcome'?! We coulda all done got ourselves a heart attack thanks to that stunt ya pulled!", shouted Applejack.
"Get off my back, kid!", shouted Batman, "I got us here fast enough after all".
"Whoa!! Is that it?!", shouted Emmet with amazement.
"It sure is, MasterBuilders", said Twilight in a proud manner, "I'd like to introduce to you: The Crystal Empire!"
"That is AWESOME!! I never knew it's be this great! I can't wait to get a look of this place", said Emmet with a smile on his face.
"We'll have plenty of time to give you all a tour later, Emmet", said Twilight, "right now, we have to get to the castle and warn my sister-in-law and brother about the invasion".
So with that said, the whole group made their way the castle located in the center of the empire. As they ran there, Emmet and the MasterBuilders got a good look at why the Crystal Empire got it's name: the way the place runs is just like Ponyville, or even Canterlot, but one real difference is that nearly everything looks to be made out of crystal, even the ponies residents themselves appeared to be crystal-form.
"Wow! Everything here looks so pretty!", said Unikitty with awe.
"I know! That's what I thought the first time around!", said Pinkie with joy.
"As Twilight mentioned back at the truck you two", said Vitruvius, "we need to focus on the task at hand".
"AWW! I REALLY wanted to see more", said Unikitty with sadness.
"Hey, when this is over, we can come back and throw a pie-eating contest!", shouted Pinkie, trying to cheer up Unikitty.
YAY!! Thank you Pinkie, you're ideas are the best!", shouted Unikitty with joy again.
"Hey! Before you said MINE were the best!", shouted Batman.
"I know! But I can't make up my mind sometimes!", shouted Unikitty in a happy way.
"That figures", said Batman.
In no time at all, the group made it to the throne room, which housed the two married and proud rulers of the Crystal Empire: Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor, both who looked surprised to see Twilight and her friends seeing as how they weren't expecting their visit, but happy to see her again nonetheless.
"Twilight! I'm surprised to see you again so soon!", shoued Cadence with certain joy.
"Hey, nice to see my kid sister again!", shouted Shining Armor with joy as well, followed by a strange dance between Twilight and Candence along with a cheerful little song, which weirded out and impressed the MasterBuilders at the same time.
"Oh, that just a little something Cadence and I always do when we see each other", said Twilight, "We've been doing it since I was little, back when Cadence was my foal-sitter and all".
"Good to know", said Wyldstyle.
"Hey kiddo, don't mind me asking, but who, or what, the heck are these guys supposed to be?", asked Shining Armor as he and Cadence uneasily stared at the MasterBuilders.
"Guys, this is Emmet and the MasterBuilders, our friends", said Twilight, "who also happen to be from another world".
"Hey there your Majesties, it's a real pleasure to meet you!", shouted Emmet with pride and joy, "And as meet as I enjoy meeting you two at last, it's probably best that you listen to what we have to say".
Emmet and Twilight finished bringing Cadence and Shining Armor up to speed on what's happened so far, and that filled the two rulers with concern.
"So Ponyville AND Canterlot are both seized by these villainous forces?", asked Cadence.
"Afraid so, I am", said Yoda, "fallen, the two kingdoms have. Same to happen, it will be, to this empire".
"Not if I can help it!", shouted Shining Armor, "I'll send out my best men and have them guard every last inch of this place".
"Unfortunately, that's not going to be enough, Shining Armor", said Vitruvius, "You'll need our help to fend off this invasion, otherwise Lord Business will have already won".
"But what about Discord?", asked Cadence, "You said he had something to do with all this".
"He said he didn't really mean it", said Vitruvius, "and we believe him".
"Yeah, but the guy hasn't shown up yet, and we figured he'd be here to tell us how this happened".
"Ask and you shall receive, my dear!", shouted Discord as he appeared in front of the dual thrones.
"Discord, bout time you'd show your face!", shouted Rainbow, "Now tell us what's going on! And how YOU'RE the reason we gotta deal with Lord Business and his goons!"
"*sighs* Well, as promised back in Ponyville, I do OWE you all that explanation", said Discord with a touch of guilt, "You see, that thing I did with the Tree of Harmony and those seeds back in my past wasn't the only backup plan I had in taking down Celestia and Luna. Just before my last attempt to conquer Equestria, It took all my effort and power to create an orb of pure, unbridled, dark magic, even, in the event of my defeat, it would, on it's own, go off when the Royal Pony Sisters gave off a great tidal wave's worth of power, and emit a pair of dark magic masses that would fly off and seek them out, and once coming into contact, BOOM! Those two sisters would be corrupted, turning them into pure forces of evil, and they would do all the work for me and conquer Equestria. But even with that boost they got with help from the Elements of Harmony, it seemed like that wasn't enough to make that orb go off and do it's job".
"Until now, when that thing sensed the power from the Piece of Resistance and the Kragle when we came here", said Superman, "Those two masses followed us into Ponyville and they were coming for the two relics, and Emmet was carrying them both, but when 'President Business' and 'Goodcop' pushed him out of the way, they got hit with that dark energy".
"And as a result, THEY were the ones who became corrupt, sending them back to their old selves from what I heard of", said Discord, "so now you all know of how this mess started, it was because of me".
"This ain't the time for guilt partner, just bring that orb on over here and fix this", said Applejack.
"Well, it's not that simple, you see, It's pure unbridled magic as I said, and also unstable, if I teleport the orb here, that could cause it to go off again, but on a larger scale and corrupting all of us, and to be honest, I'm not interested in being evil again", said Discord.
"If you can't just bring that thing over here, then tell us where to find it", said Batman.
"That will have to wait until later, I'm afraid, you all have much more to worry about at the moment, I'll be back shortly, be sure to survive long enough for me to return! Goodbye!", shouted Discord.
"HOLD ON!", yelled Batman as Discord vanished once again, "I hate that guy".
"To be fair, ya seem to hate everyone", said AppleBloom.
"Only guys who REALLY bug the heck out of me", said Batman.
"Guys, I hear something, and it seems to be coming this way", said Sweetie Belle, and right away the group converged on the balcony to see what's going on, and they get a clear view of the entrance just outside of the empire, and see Darth Vader with his personal forces in tow, and is handed a megaphone to make his announcement.
"Greetings denizens of the Crystal Empire! I am Darth Vader of the Sith! And I have arrived to seize this kingdom in the name of my master, Lord Business! And nothing shall stand in our Ah! A bee! Get it away, I'm allergic to bees! OOF!", yelled Vader as he ran around in circles trying to get away from the bee only to run right into one of the two giant crystals that mark the entrance and border of the empire.
"If that's the best Lord Business can throw at us, we've got nothing to worry about", said Shining Armor with confidence.
"That's not the entire force, THAT IS!!", shouted Batman as he pointed just beyond Vader and his forces and saw two combined forces lead by Badcop, riding in his flying squad car, and The Joker, riding in his deadly Jokermobile.
"Hello there Crystal Empire!!", shouted Joker with his usual frightful smile on, "I hope you've been doing a lot of partying lately, because the party police is HERE!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!"
"We're not here to party, Joker, we have a job to do!", shouted Badcop from his flying squad car, "Now meet up with Vader and help him get back on track! We're taking over this kingdom for Lord Business one way or another! All units! Converge on the crystal palace and seize the prince and princess! Round up the citizens and open fire on any who resist! We've learned that the Mane 6 are here, including the MasterBuilders, do not destroy them, Lord Business wants them ALIVE!!" And with that, as the invasion forces converge toward the Crystal Empire, the group rushes outside underneath the crystal palace, right next to the Crystal Heart, the very core of the empire, to think of a plan.
"This be a lost cause now! Let's abandon ship mates, while we still can!", shouted MetalBeard.
"Not an option! We stand and fight!", shouted Twilight.
"She's right, we couldn't protect Ponyville, and we didn't even come close to helping Canterlot", said Emmet, "but we're NOT giving up on the Crystal Empire! Shout out if you're with us!"
WE ARE!!", yelled the whole group in unison.
"If we're gonna do this, I'm gonna need to build a ride so I can deal with the chumps in the sky and give Joker a big surprise", said Batman.
"Oh! Allow me to assist with that!", shouted Rarity as she ran over to the little carrier and pulls out a couple of pink and violet Lego pieces for Batman to start with and hands them to him, feeling pleased with herself. Until Batman gives Rarity a mean glare as he sticks a bomb on both pieces and tosses them into the air just before they went boom.
"I ONLY work in black", said Batman as he ran to the carrier, had it unload the bunch of black Lego parts he needs and starts building away crazy fast, "And sometimes, VERY, VERY dark gray", he added as he also included some gray parts into the build, along with a few hints of yellow and orange, put a sticker with his Bat-logo on the front, and is finally in the pilot seat of his completed Bat-Copter, complete with dual laser/missile launchers, thrusters, a spotlight, and a crane.
"Oh, I see, well sometimes, black IS trendy in some places", said Rarity.
"Black is trendy ALL THE TIME for me, kid. Hey MetalBeard!", shouted Batman, "Wanna get some altitude?!"
"Aye Bat-mate! I think it be time to show these scoundrels that the mighty MetalBeard conquers even the very skies themselves!!!", shouted MetalBeard as Batman started to take off in the Batcopter, but waited long enough to lower the crane for MetalBeard to grab onto.
"Then grab on and help me show these chumps who's boss!", shouted Batman as MetalBeard got a hold of the hook and the two fearless combatants flew towards the enemy just as they finally reached the empire.
"HERE'S HOW WE DO IT, PIRATE STYLE!!!!", yelled MetalBeard as he swung from the crane of the Batcopter and blasted at multiple Micro-Managers and other flying squad cars with his double-barrel blaster, while Batman opened fire at the enemy himself with the Bat-Copter's own dual laser launchers.
"Hey, Rainbow! You can come with me! I can fly too, I got my own blaster and everything! Great, let's go!", shouted Benny as he flew around shooting at any enemy threat coming his way while laughing like a lunatic.
"Come on! Batman gets MetalBeard, and I'm stuck with Benny the nutjob?! PLEASE!", shouted Rainbow just befor she saw how Benny led one of the Micro-Managers chasing him into slamming against another as he flew out of the way in time, "On the other hand, he does know his way out of a brawl, hang on Benny! Help's on the way!", Rainbow added as she took off and got Benny's back as she used her breakneck speeds and superb flying skills to knock a flying squad car into another, making them both fly out of control, and then flew right above a Micro-Manager and dive-kicked it into the ground.
"Well guys, it's showtime!", shouted Indy. And so, the others helped engage the enemy: Emmet, Twilight, Vitruvius, Cadence, and Indy stood together at the crystal palace grounds while a whole bunch of Robo-SWAT drones approached them, and sparks flew as Team One charged at the squadron, from Vitruvius knocking back a couple of drones with a wave of force from his staff, to Cadence blasting one drone back into a few others, from Indy grabbing one drone with his whip and swinging it around knocking down five others trying to surround him then tossing that one against a wall, to Twilight kicking at three drones then blasting four more with her magic, she then turned to Emmet to check if he needed any help, but clearly he was turning out fine, as he was all over punching one drone and then kicking another one, then pulling out the Piece of Resistance quickly and backswings it while it emits a wave of energy blowing away six others, then using the downed drones he fought to quickly build a big five-foot-tall makeshift hammer, leaps into the air, then slams the ground with it as the shockwave knocks away the remaining drones attacking his team.
"Amazing! I've never seen ANYONE fight like that before!", shouted Twilight with surprise.
"Turns out every MasterBuilder can fight like this", said Emmet, "also, I watched 'Kung Fu Panda' over a hundred times, and that was awesome!!"
"*chuckles* That explains alot!", said Twilight.
Meanwhile, Wyldstyle, Applejack, and Rarity were cornered in the market district by various drones and a few walking Micro-Managers, and a few of the drones laughed at the thought of being beaten up by a trio of girls, and they'll wish they were right. WyldStyle jumps right between two drones and ducks just as they blasted each other, then grabs another and tosses that one into two more, and pulls off a powerful whirlwind kick as she took down seven more drones. That's when one of the Micro-Managers locked onto Wyldstyle and was about to launch a missile until Applejack tossed her lasso right around it's legs and pulls it from right under and causes it to hit the ground right before it launched the rocket, only for it to fly into and destroying the second Micro-Manager instead. While Rarity kicks at a pair of drones into a building, and then uses her magic to extend a scarf she found lying around right in front of the third walking Micro-Manager's legs, which was making it's way to Applejack, and then trips and falls right onto a few other drones getting ready to blast Rarity and end up crushed, finishing off the drones attacking Team Two.
"That's what happens when you treat girls like a joke!", shouted Wyldstyle.
"Darn tootin'!", shouted Applejack.
"Most certainly!", added Rarity.
Then, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were stuck with Pinkie and Unikitty in the southside of the empire, surrounded by eight drones and four flying Micro-Managers. Just like the last time, a few drones thought it funny that a bunch of girls were actually going to fight them, but just like last time, that didn't go very well. Pinkie pulls out her usual party cannon and blows away four of the eight drones, while AppleBloom kicks at two more drones toward Sweetie Belle as she crouched onto the ground and caused the two drones to trip over her, and Scootaloo comes in and kicks them in the face herself to knock them out, just before the Crusaders noticed the last two drones aiming their blasters at them, until Sweetie Belle uses her own magic to land a couple of buckets onto their heads while Scootaloo pulls out her trusty scooter and rams right at them. But that's when the four flying Micro-Managers converged on Pinkie and the Crusaders, and, seeing that, once again,just staying positive won't do any good like back at Bricksburg, Unikitty freaked out in a blast of rage as she had a menacing look on her face, and her whole body turned red and yellow, the colors of fire, and became Angrykitty long enough to leap at the four flying Micro-Managers and tear them apart one at a time in a flash. And that's when she converted back into Unikitty right after she finished the job, and then cheered about their victory as Pinkie and the Crusaders joined in.
"WHOO HOOO!! Wow! That was a 'total blast!'", shouted Pinkie.
"I GET IT!! Because you BLASTED them with your super cool party cannon!! YAY TEAMWORK!!", shouted Unikitty.
"HA! Those guys never knew what 'hit' them!", shouted Scootaloo.
"*chuckles* 'Hit em', I get it", said AppleBloom.
"I don't get it, *giggles*, just kidding, I do", said Sweetie Belle.
After doing what they can, Yoda, Nightwing, Fluttershy, Spike, and Shining Armor took down the drones attacking them just in time to confront Darth Vader in the east quadrant. Shining Armor felt too confident that they could take on Vader easily, but was proven wrong as Vader used the Force to blow them away. Yoda made his move first as he and Vader engaged in a lightsaber duel, the Jedi-Master and Sith Lord seemed evenly matched as the're lightsabers clashed with one another multiple times with a few flips added, until Vader knocked Yoda's lightsaber aside and kicks him across the street, seeing Yoda get tossed around like that made Fluttershy very upset as she flew right in front of Vader to make her move.
"You have no right hurting my friends like that!", slightly shouted Fluttershy, "And just for that, you get 'The Stare'!", and like that, Fluttershy engaged in a serious staring position and looking at Vader right in the face like she's trying to put him in a hypnotic state, but Vader just stood there unimpressed.
"You're wasting your time, child. I am a mighty Sith Lord! And NO Mind-Trick can overcome my will, not that of a Jedi, and especially that of foolishly young one such as AHH!", said Vader but was cut off there as he was caught off-guard long enough for Nightwing to knock him across the street into Shining Armor, who in turn kicked Vader against a coffee shop, while Spike grabbed a teapot and splashed piping hot coffee at Vader's face, who was then blinded by the hot beverage and was swinging his lightsaber like crazy, while Yoda walked up to him and their lightsabers clashed a couple of times just before Yoda flip-kicked Vader up into the air, and lands back on the ground in time to use the Force and sends Vader flying across town.
"He was smart enough not to fall for a mind trick, but dumb enough not to pay attention to his surroundings!", shouted Nightwing.
Meanwhile on the southeast side of town, a crowd of ponies were being chased by a herd of Micro-Managers, and one was just about to capture a stray pony, until Superman come flying in and knocks it into the ground, picks it up and tosses it into another one, resulting in a big explosion. Then Wonder Woman flies in and knocks away two others and then dodged another one's laser-fire long enough to use her own lasso to get ahold of it and tosses it into the ground. Three more were converging on the Man of Steel and the Amazon Princess, until Green Lantern flew right behind them and used his power ring to create two giant boxing-gloves and smash up two of the three Micro-Manager, and then creates a bus and slams it on top of the third one, but followed by a wad of super-strong pink capture gunk(otherwise known as chewing-gum) being launched from the third Micro-Manager right at Superman and knocks him to the ground stuck with only his head sticking out.
"AHH! I can't move! Not this again!", shouted Superman with irritation, while Green Lantern quickly notices and, not even thinking about what happened last time, heads down to help out his role model.
"Don't worry Superman! I'll get you out of there!", shouted Green Lantern as he ran toward the entrapped Man of Steel.
"No Don't!", yelled Superman, but was too late as, once again, the Emerald Knight ends up with his arms stuck, followed by his legs.
"Oh my gosh, my hands are stuck! My legs are stuck as well!", shouted Green Lantern with surprise, as if it never happened before.
"I super-hate you", said Superman with a hint of anger, and the two were approached by a trio of police dropships, until Wonder Woman comes in and smashes them up good, then turns her attention to the entrapped duo.
"Honestly, I'll never know what you boys would do without me", said Wonder Woman with a smirk on her face.
"Get captured by the forces of an evil tyrant, I bet that's it!", shouted Green Lantern, "But it'd be nothing me and my best buddy can't handle!"
"I'm VERY close to filing a restraining order against you, 'buddy'", said Superman with an angrier tone just as he used his heat-vision to melt away the gunk into a big puddle, freeing Green Lantern and himself as well.
Meanwhile, Rainbow and Benny were making real progress as well, until Badcop comes flying in riding his flying squad car.
"Only authorized personel are allowed up here, you two are in my territory!!", shouted Badcop.
"Oh yeah, says the guy working for an evil tyrant! Think again, pal! These skies belong to us!", shouted Rainbow.
"Yeah, and only ponies and spaceships are allowed around up here! Especially SPACESHIPS! SPACESHIPS! SPACESHIPS!!!", shouted Benny.
"Fine, you punks won't do this the easy way, the hard way will work just as well!", shouted Badcop as he readies his flying squad car's dual laser turrets and starts firing away at them. Badcop, Rainbow and Benny were dodging laser fire coming at each other, until Benny manages to use his own blaster to take out the turrets on Badcop's flying squad car, and then Badcop sticks out the window and aims his own personal blaster at Benny and was about to shoot, until Rainbow comes flying in with the same trick as before, and dive-kicks the squad car straight toward the ground.
"I'd really love to let those two off with a warning and all", said Badcop lying in the half-wrecked flying squad car with his good-cop face on, then turning back to his bad-cop face and says, "But I won't! This is clearly a violation of Flight-based regulations!!", and then he tosses a chair out of the car in anger.
Meanwhile, Batman, riding in his Bat-Copter, and MetalBeard, hanging from the crane, were in pursuit of The Joker, driving around the entire kingdom blasting up the place in his own Jokermobile.
"Hey Bats! Been a while!! OOOOO! And it seems to me you've built yourself that ol' whirlybird of yours! And it even comes with a metal pirate!! Real Nifty there!", shouted Joker from his car.
"I'm full of surprises, Joker! Now pull over, and we'll try not to ruin the paint job on that hunk o' junk on wheels!", shouted Batman.
"Aye! Or refuse and fight us, I be good either way!", shouted MetalBeard.
"Tempting, but you know me better than that, Bats! I'm not the surrendering type!", yelled Joker as he switched on his car's rear turrets and has them firing at the Bat-Copter, while Batman engages the Bat-Copter's own dual lasers. The Jokermobile and Bat-Copter were blasting away at each other, until MetalBeard took notice of a few flying Micro-Managers chasing them, and tries to blast them out of the sky, but can't very well get good aim with Batman swerving the chopper to avoid Joker's laser-fire.
"Bat-mate! I be having trouble ending the flying scallywags chasing us with me blaster! Stop swerving!!", shouted MetalBeard from below the Bat-Copter.
"Fine then! I've been wanting to bring down Joker with my own hands anyway! I'm putting this thing on auto-pilot so you can deal with those robo-chumps while the clown and me settle things like men!", shouted Batman as he engaged the auto-pilot and jumps out of the cockpit and glides to the Jokermobile, while the Bat-Copter makes a right turn on it's own giving Batman some space while MetalBeard continues to dangle from the crane and can finally blast at the pursuing Micro-Managers with ease. Batman lands on the Jokermobile and, taking notice quickly, The Joker himself puts his car on auto-pilot as well and jumps onto the roof of his own car to duke it out with his greatest enemy.
"HA HA! About time you'd decide to fight like a man!", shouted Joker.
"I Couldn't agree more!", shouted Batman. Joker makes his move first by pulling out a blaster only for a tiny flag with "Bang" written on it to pop out, but then pulls out a real blaster and takes a shot at Batman, only for the Dark Knight to dodge left and knock the blaster aside with a batarang as the two legends finally go hand-to-hand. The two rivals pummel the living daylights out of each other in their own ways, from Joker shocking Batman with a lethal joy-buzzer, to Batman landing a solid uppercut on Joker, and it seemed like the fight would last for hours, or even DAYS, but not really. Batman quickly turned to the sky and noticed the Bat-Copter coming back for him, with MetalBeard using his blaster to finish off the last of the Micro-Managers that were chasing him , and that gave Batman an idea. Getting plain sick and tired of how long that fight was taking, Batman finally ends it by tossing a well-aimed explosive batarang at one of the Jokermobile's front wheels, causing it to lose control, while Batman using his grapple-gun to get back to the Bat-Copter and shuts off auto-pilot as he re-enters the cockpit, and watched as Joker stumbles and falls back into the car as it swerves and crashes against the town library.
"Wow Bats! What a ride! THANKS FOR PLAYING! HA HA HA!!!", yelled Joker with a maniacal laugh and smile as usual, treating everything as if it were one big joke.
"That guy outta find a dictionary and look up 'Loser' while he's there", said Batman flying the Bat-Copter.
"Aye!! Or better yet! He be looking up 'Sack o' Fish Guts' instead!", shouted MetalBeard, still dangling from the chopper's crane.
Eventually, the group was able to get back together and drive Badcop, Joker, Vader, and their remaining forces to the empire entrance/border.
"Leave the Crystal Empire, NOW", said Twilight, "And tell Lord Business this kingdom is OFF LIMITS!"
"YEAH!, what Twilight said, to you guys, just now", said Emmet.
"And on that note...ALL UNITS! Fall back to Canterlot! IMMEDIATELY!!!", shouted Badcop as he flew off in his wrecked flying squad car, Joker drove off in his messed up Jokermobile, and the remaining forces flew, ran or drove off as well, leaving Vader behind until it turned out he wasn't paying attention and figured things out as he panics and stumbles to get back into his personal hovercraft and flies off as well, and with that, the group celebrated their victory until they turned and looked at the mess left all over the Crystal Empire, it's basically what happened in Bricksburg all over again.
"OH COME ON!!!!!", yelled Batman with disbelief and anger.
Shortly, the group was able to get back to the palace in time to find an old friend waiting for them while leaning back in a recliner chair.
"Well! What a fine job you all did! Congratulations are in order!", shouted Discord with delight.
"Yeah thanks, except we gotta clean up this darn kingdom from top to bottom now!!", yelled Batman, "And you still haven't told us where we can find this stupid orb you talked about!"
"Oh right, THAT! I almost forgot!", shouted Discord as he got out of the chair, "It's not that hard really, I hid it in the last place anyone would look: none other than the Everfree Forest! Right in the very center of the forest, there's bound to be a very big rock in an open field, once you move it, you'll find there's an impressive staircase that leads to some underground chambers with an added maze, go the right way, and you'll find a giant set of doors that lead to one big empty room with the orb right in the center on a pedestal, I'll of course be able to provide you with a map so you won't get lost down there".
"Thank you very much for your help", said Fluttershy.
"Hold up! If it ain't that hard, then come along with us so you can put that thang to good use", said Applejack.
"Well, you see it's not that simple at the same time", said Discord with regret, "Yes the orb can fix things, but despite it being all powerful, it's not indestructible, if the orb's destroyed before it can be used to drain the dark energy from Lord Business and Badcop, that dark energy won't be going anywhere".
"So we gotta smash the thing after we drain those two, got it!", shouted Rainbow.
"Well...there's more actually", said Discord.
"Ugh! There's ALWAYS more!", shouted Batman.
"The dark energy in Lord Business allowed him knowledge of how he became evil again, and that includes the orb's hiding place. So since the dark energy is keeping him from wanting to be good again, he's sent that Man-Bat fellow and his own personal forces to guard the orb in case you were to find it", said Discord, "And there's just one more little thing I need to tell you all".
OH COME ON!! REALLY?! UNBELIEVABLE!!", yelled Batman.
"In case if the orb were found and I were forced to reverse the damage done, I made it so that only two individuals of my choosing could use the orb, whether it'd be one of them or both of them, and the process is permanent".
"So you have to make it so that two of us can use the orb?", asked Sweetie Belle.
"Precisely my dear! You outta get an award for such quick deduction", said Discord.
"Aw thanks! I try", said Sweetie Belle while slightly blushing.
"Alright then, I say you zap my and Batman, we're the two best, we can do it!", shouted Rainbow.
"Now you're thinking my way, kid", said Batman.
"I vote Emmet and Twilight should be the ones to handle that orb", said Wyldstyle.
"You really think it should be US?", asked Emmet.
"You two are obviously THE best of us, you've lead us this far, which is why you guys should handle that thing", said Wyldstyle, "and besides, we'll be there to back you up, as long as no one here has a problem with that". And after a brief moment, no one opposed Wyldstyle's idea, especially Rainbow and Batman, who insisted on it being them.
"I don't hear anyone saying anything about it", said Batman.
"Then it's settled: Emmet and Twilight should hold the responsibility of controlling the orb when we get to it", added Vitruvius, while all that talk encouraged Emmet and Twilight to accept this 'burden', knowing that their friends have faith in them.
"Alright, we'll do it", said Twilight.
"Same here", added Emmet.
"Splendid! Now you two just need to hold still, this won't hurt much. It may hurt a whole lot actually", said Discord as he did a snap of his fingers and somehow Twilight and Emmet were given an incredibly painful shock, but turned out just fine afterward.
"I don't feel any different", said Twilight with confusion.
"Yeah, me neither", said Emmet with confusion as well.
"You're not supposed to feel anything", said Discord, "Now, I suppose I'll be on my way".
"Wait! I have an idea, Shining Armor and me can help the crystal ponies in the clean-up effort no problem", said Cadence, "But we'll need to fortify our defenses while you guys are gone".
"You never know when Lord Business might send another invasion force, and we'll need all the help we can get", said Shining Armor, "Especially a certain trickster who seems to be the right guy for the job".
"You want ME to help keep the empire safe? Even after learning that I'M the reason this all happened in the first place?", asked Discord with surprise.
"The past is the past, Discord", said Vitruvius, "we can't change that, but we can still change what's going on now".
"Not only that, but you're our friend, and friends ALWAYS help friends", said Fluttershy as she gave Discord a big hug, knowing that he needed one.
"Out of everyone here Fluttershy, you've always trusted me the most, I thank you for that", said Discord with a smile on his face, "Very well, I'll stay and help keep this place safe, and I'll give it my best!"
"Thank you", said Fluttershy.
"Hey, that's what friends are for", said Discord as he hugged Fluttershy back.
"Good luck, kiddo, and stay safe for us", said Shining Armor as he and Cadence gave Twilight a hug.
"I'll be rooting for the filly I ALWAYS loved sitting for back then", said Cadence.
"Thanks you two, I promise we'll do our very best!", shouted Twilight.
"That's right! Everyone, let's head for the truck and move on out, time to visit the Everfree Forest!", shouted Emmet just before the whole group got back to the getaway truck with Batman behind the wheel again, seeing as how he's leaving the Bat-Copter behind for when he'll need it later, and with Cadence, Shining Armor, and Discord watching from far away, the group made they're way to their next destination: The Everfree Forest.