Chapter 5: Mane Six vs. Brave Heart
Now at this very moment, the hour has been reached for the challenge. As many of the citizens of Ponyville came to watch what will happen as if it was some sorta show. As Brave Heart was there in awaiting for the competition of his worthy challengers to show up, he was holding something nearby, almost itching to use it that was his weapon. Soon the Mane Six were walking out from the crowds from entering a grassy field while others watched from some hills or for Pegasus, watched on clouds to get a better view. Finally, the six mares stop near the bottom as Brave Heart done a strange motion to draw his weapon to hold it off for the audience to view. It was a claymore with a gray sword who’s blade reflected the light as if made new with golden edges from where the sword comes up & a bronze handbag to grasp it while at the bottom was a golden sphere-shape object. The shaft of the sword measures 4 feet 4 inches (132 cm) in length and 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) including the hilt. The breadth of the blade varies from 2.25 inches (5.7 cm) at the guard to 0.75 inches (1.9 cm) before the point. The sword weighs 6.0 pounds (2.7 kg). To some, they can’t tell if the blade is anything special, but all remain silent when the Alicorn stallion spoke.
“I am here as a warrior to be awaitin’ his worthy challenge.” Brave Heart spoke off with a determine mood on his face before the mares. “Now tell me lassies. Where are they?” He spoke in wondering where his ‘worthy’ opponents are that the mares have pick to represent their side of being right over Brave Heart’s idea of their own ideals of justice.
“You’re looking at them.” Twilight spoke off with a determine face in being humble with her words.
“Wha’cha talking’ about; I see neither hid nor hair of a stallion that stands here before us.” Brave Heart spoke off a bit lost as he looked around, but so far no one, not even one stallion, what’s with the Mane Six’s play here?
“She means us, Brave Heart!” Applejack spoke off with a stern determine expression that what her pal meant was ’they’ be the ones to face the guy.
“Tis be a joke on me honor? Ye be but mares by the son of a shepherd!” Brave Heart spoke off as if swallowing something down his throat wrong, this can’t be what he was actually expecting to face.
“Indeed , but we’re also the mares that became the Mane Six and how we fought valiantly in protecting Equestria!” Rarity boldly spoke in telling how they have done much in facing dangers that no ordinary bunch of mares couldn’t do.
“Yeppers and now we get to take you on!” Pinkie Pie spoke off with a wide smile in stating this fact to the mighty Alicorn stallion.
“Quit yer stallin’ of this rubbish nonsense! Where be Ben Mare? Surely he be a match to test me might!” Brave Heart protests in wanting a ‘real’ fighter, not these lasses here.
“You’re not fighting Ben, you’re fighting us!” Twilight Sparkle protest in claiming that they’ll be facing Brave Heart, not Ben…especially since he’s not even here.
“And we got the skills to pay the bills!” Rainbow Dash spoke off in making this remark claim in making it sound cool.
“Well if, you know, we had bills to pay for and such.” Fluttershy sheepishly replied in thinking that be something of a problem if they had to pay their bills first while missing the idea that it was a metaphor quote Rainbow Dash used to taunt the opponent here.
“Tis be Tom foolery. A mighty stallion battling against six mares seems hardly fare.” Brave Heart protest the idea that he is reduce to facing a bunch of mares of beauty than a tough rugged stallions of brutish might.
“What’s wrong; you wanna make it six fillies to go!” Phobos spoke off with a sly taunt comment to yell this out from the stands.
“Sssshhh! Cut it out, don’t drag us to get him upset!” Spike held his finger to silence the Moon Dragon, the last thing that tthey want is to provoke Brave Heart.
Brave Heart focused from the noisy crowd, but every time he looks at the six mares, he just shook his head. Like he was not accepting the fact that the mighty opponents he wanted to best & prove his point were but princess Twilight and her mare band that together were the Elements of Harmony.
“Bah, ninh, tis isn’t wha was promise. No mare can do what a mighty stallion can do.” Brave Heart shot off in not seeing a point to this, there’s no fight in him beating a bunch of weak mares.
“Wanna bet! We can name a few!” Nyx spoke out from the crowd in saying that they know mares that are stronger than stallions.
“Oh, an who they be, little lassy?” Brave Heart asked off as if accepting to test the challenge of what tough mares there are in Equestria.
“Princess Celestia!” Apple Bloom spoke out the first name that came to her mind.
“Okay, dat’s one,” Brave Heart shrug off to say in seeing that is true, Celestia is tough; he’ll give the CMC that.
“Princess Luna!” Sweetie Belle was next in issuing the next tough mare after her friend.
“Okay, two fair points.” Brave Heart shrugs off again in being beaten, two-for-two, of mare names being really tougher than the average strong stallion.
“And Daring Do,” Scootaloo was third to give off the next name of a mare who’s also a tough pony to beat.
“Well now she isn’t technically…I mean she…” Brave Heart rubbed the back of his head in trying to overlook that one, but the crowd could see otherwise. “Alright, fine, I’ve heard & read her stories too, ta know the greatness performed.” He sighed to give in, even he knows that besides Celestia & Luna, Daring Do ‘is’ a mare who’s done excellent work in beating villains and not just in her Best Selling books too.
Soon after seeing that there ‘are’ some mares that have proven to be tough, Brave Heart stares at the opponents he’ll be facing: The Mane Six. Sure they are possibly tough, but they lost the Elements of Harmony & become near weak, what else can the mares even hope to accomplish? But still, if they are that determine, well….
“Are ye sure ye be wantin’ this? O’ many things, I won’t hesitate when me honor is at state, even against lasses dat be family & friends.” Brave Heart asked again in wanting the group to reconsider what they are asking for here, but…
“Indeed we are cous, now if you have had enough time, let’s duke it out!” Rainbow Dash spoke off in getting ready to face her cousin and show him how tough they really are.
“Not here, I shall hav’ our battle take place where no pony will interfere or cut in our fight.” Brave Heart held up his left hoof in claiming, this area is not where the fight against him shall happen. “Tis de honorable way to spare civilians from getting’ caught in our conflict.” He explained that if they are going to face another, then none of the bystanders should interfere or get caught in the action.
“Wha’ever partner; we’s was gonna suggest it too!” Applejack rolled her eyes while saying they would have asked to do so from the beginning.
“Wait, we were?” Pinkie Pie asked off lost as she didn’t think they would have asked, making the other serious mares roll their eyes at the pink pony’s mind.
“So, where are we going?” Fluttershy slowly asked off in being curious about where the six might be heading off to in order to face Brave Heart.
“We’ll fight here, but not of this plain, but yonder from dat, lass.” Brave Heart explained with a focus face that where they’ll be going, will be in the same spot, but at the same time, not here at all. Mind puzzling, ain’t it?
Then Brave Heart started to perform some strange movement, the likes not seen by some. This action did make the other ponies stare at Brave Heart weirdly; some even thought it was a weird custom from where he’s from. And then if this display wasn’t enough, he began to speak some weird language that’s foreign to the other ponies.
“De réir na geataí na réaltachta & spás, Implore mé thy ainm mo gá mhian a dheonú.” Brave Heart was saying words while in some sorta praying pose.
Soon the entire ground began to glow to spread like a wide circle of light. And the the flat light began to lift them up and Brave Heart was still continuing to say his strange words that left the ponies baffled.
“…ist le mo ghlór anois, agus lig sé a éisteacht. Deontas dom cead a dhéanamh cad a bheidh le feiceáil,” Brave Heart was speaking off while every tone of his voice sounded with upmost respect & of might.
“Twilight darling, what on Equesteia is he doing?” Rarity asked her smart friend in what Brave Heart is saying such strange things.
“He’s speaking some language, I-I-I think it’s Gaelic-Celtic.” Twilight was saying before coming to a conclusive theory of what she can follow up here. “It’s some form where one uses Celtic Spells to cast in a language only those in Trottish would know. Some perform incantations while others can perform a more quicker spell if they’re more experienced, unless the spell is extra hard that needs to be spoken by incantation if it’s powerful.” That was it, Brave Heart is an Alicorn with magic, and so he maybe a user of such refine spells they may not have much knowledge about or what can come of them.
“Draíocht Sféar, a chruthú dod réimse. Agus go mbeadh sé an catha ar mo homeland! Chun neart ár scileanna troda,” Brave Heart was now coming to a conclusion with this last bit of his spell incantation here before waving his hooves off; now finally finished with the strange incantation as it were.
And then just like that, the entire disk of light expanded its self into a sphere that swallowed those above. And when the light show was over, did the crowds end up seeing a sight they never saw. The sphere was actually projecting scenery of a place no pony of dragon had ever seen before, unless they are a custom resident. And from its large size that hovered above, the audiences got a view like they are watching something by a transmission spell, except it shows…the Mane Six.
And speaking of the Mane Six, they shake their heads from what happened to them until they begin to notice, where they are. A strange place of greeny, forest, mountains, lakes, even castles, and strangest of all, there were some bagpipe music heard in the background that was heard for a brief occasion.
“Where are we?” Fluttershy asked out from noticing, this wash’t their Ponyville home area anymore, so where are they?
“Me own Dimensional Sphere Field.” Brave Heart spoke off from being seen in the center of entering the puzzling mare’s air. “Aye, a spell to which many could create their own field to practice the arts of combat & skills, was best to train strong stallions to be mighty warriors, back in the day or so.” He smiled to proudly state this important fact that this place was a special sub-dimension where they are not where they were, but within something made around that general spot.
“Amazing. 'Dis almost feels like when Lorcan sent us 'ta a place he fought mah brother & Twilight’s brother.” Applejack spoke off in recalling something where they were sent to a dimension place of tall buildings where Lorcan fought Big Mac, Shining Armor, and even Ben Mare.
“A place to which one can fight freely here without dragging in any innocent pony folks; it’s amazing,” Twilight spoke in being astounded by this, to think this was a place for where some can train themselves, it was amazing.
“But where are we, anyway?” Rainbow Dash asked in pondering, where they were or if this was even Equestria.
“My field spell of choice, so I made it for us to battle here, in me homeland; Trotland,” Brave Heart explained that he made this spell, and its fashion to be almost like he’s home again.
“This is Trottish?” Rainbow Dash responded off shock to believe, they are actually in the place her cousin came from.
“Neat, are we gonna go sightseeing & meet other ponies?” Pinkie Pie smiled in looking around in thinking that the fighters can see a new place now.
“Nah, nopony is even here ‘cept us.” Brave Heart shook his head in stating, they are the only ones here in this dimension he made from his spell. “And unless ye know how de spell works, ye can’t get in or out. So the only choice now is to have me send yah back after our conflict is over.” Brave Heart points off that the only way to enter or leave is knowing the spell he used or have him take those here back.
Hearing this made many of the crowds outside this Sphere Field almost gasp in surprise. So only when the fight is over & a winner is decided will the spell be lifted to return those that have been transported to this dimensional filed of combat.
“Boy, 'dat sounds…” Apple Bloom was slowly about to say something here, but was cut.
“Amazing,” Scootaloo stated off in not taking her eyes off what’s bound to be seen all for their eyes.
“Not what I go for, but okay.” Sweetie Belle slowly stated till she shrug off that feeling.
“Come on mommy, aunties.” Nyx silently spoke as if praying those facing Brave Heart will be alright, she hopes.
Back in the Sphere Field, the Mane Six were finally done absorbing the facts about where they are, what they’ll be doing here, and how to get back; simple, right? Or it would be if not a few minor details to look over in how this is all supposed to work.
“Ye lasses better be ready.” Brave Heart spoke in settling himself to be ready here now. “It’s gonna take a lot to make me eat Haggis, if an ye manage to win .” He spoke off this statement in what he’ll end up doing if the mares manage to win.
“Haggis; Wha in Sam Hill is 'dat?” Applejack asked off with a raised eyebrow, that word sounds weird.
“Ugh, I think I heard it in a dictionary, but best I not tell you all.” Twilight spoke with feeling a little bit unsure if the gang wants to know the answer about the word Haggis.
“No worries, I always carry one if I can’t understand a word you say or as Rainbow Dash says.” Pinkie Pie spoke to show a dictionary & from Rainbow making a sheepish face towards Twilight in being busted, “Haggis, haggis, haggis, oh here! It says here, that in Trotland, Haggis is the Trottish meaning for….hugh!” Pinkie Pie spoke in searching the book until finally she found what she was looking for and was surprised.
The Mane Six gather nearby to see what the pink pony had found, and it was….
“SHEEP STOMACH,” The six mares exclaimed out in learning what Haggis meant by such a term and it was not pleasant to picture.
The crowd outside watching this also learn what Haggis means and their reaction was…also unsettling. Some of the crowds ended up losing their lunch and others just cringe in picturing such an act. Even Spike & Phobos stopped eating something they had to throw up their meal. Even the CMC & Nyx found this to be most disturbing.
And inside the Sphere Field, already Fluttershy was so shocked, she ended up petrified. And Rarity ended up fainting from the thought of what she heard, very dramatic.
“Alright, snap out o' it ya’ll!” Applejack picked up Rarity to shake her back awake while Rainbow was helping Fluttershy back into reality .
“Yeah, we still have to fight here!” Rainbow Dash stated off to wiggle Fluttershy to blink a few moments to realize where she was again after her shock.
“Oh for the love of me kilt! This is why mares are not much those ta handle such tough acts!” Brave Heart slaps his hoof to his face in seeing why mares are not ponies to handle such things that real stallions would. “For we have a saying in Trotland, a stallion needs an iron belly to swallow whatever he can ta survive. Even if it be the most disguising meal ye ever done seen.” He explained that for real stallions, they need a stomach that’s as rock solid with an iron gut to stuff in anything that includes nasty things to eat no matter how disgusting they may be.
“Oh, I must certainly wouldn’t wanna dream about having to…muuuh! Eat such meals!” Rarity was trying to keep herself up, covering her mouth from almost about to puke for a moment.
“Oh, those poor, poor sheep,” Fluttershy spoke in feeling sorry for the sheep, for many reasons, and that’s just plenty to say.
“I think we were better off not knowing this.” Pinkie Pie spoke with a worried face to close the book dictionary in seeing that the mares learned enough of such things ponies never eat.
“Ya think?” Twilight rolled her eyes in seeing that was the point of never looking up Haggis, cause no pony around are meat eaters, except for the cannibals from the End of Equestria, but that’s different & they changed afterwards.
“Alright, I give ya five ta ten moments before we tussle. Just so ye can fight me at ya best & not say I wasn’t fare.” Brave Heart sighs to allow the mares a moment’s rest from losing their lunches & needed to recover from the shock of learning what Haggis is, typical, not like real stallions would behave.
And so, after a few moments to recuperate from such a tram moment, the Mane Six stood together with determination in their eyes. Applejack had her Diamond Lasso, Magical Hat, and equip her Strength Ribbons on with a determine expression. Pinkie Pie had with her, her famous Party Cannon , her Glow Leaf Charm, and was carrying a few Disco Balls to get ready to get this party started with her eagerness. Rarity was preparing her Eternal Style of her gems to magically hover around, ready & elegant as always. Rainbow Dash had both her Magical Nun-Chuck Guns & her Dash Scouter, looking cool & raring for some action. Fluttershy was wearing her Rosin’ Crystal Petals in her mane, and gulped from hoping she can do this with what little skills she has. Twilight was also being ready here with her own magic on the ready along with the use of her body, her wings & most important, her mind.
“Ye lasses ready?” Brave Heart responded out in wanting to know, if his opponents are finally ready now.
“We’re ready.” Twilight responded with a determined face to face this opponent with her friends by her side.
The Mane Six have fought enemies from Nightmare Moon & Discord, both now former evil, the Changelings & Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, The Brotherhood, Lorcan, Tirek’s Return, the Three Tribe Leaders, and even those Twilight has seen & fought without her five friends beside her; like Sunset Shimmer, the Superior, the dangers in the End of Equestria, the Demon Lords, the Shadow unleashed by Grimmore. At this moment, it’s been a long while since the Mane Six have just fought somepony that’s not evil & wants to kill them, but he needs to be stopped for opening his eyes to the truth of what true justice is really like instead of mis-using it as an excuse to seek revenge & payback. Their battle here begins….
NOW….
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As the Moving Castle was getting closer, Ben was on the balcony in being by himself, thinking as it were. If he finds Mangani, the one pony that’s become a Spirit & Ever Lasting Element of Healing, could his power help give hope to Equestria, and more for that, his own sake?
“Hugh, I sure wish things could be easier.” Ben sighs in feeling a bit sadden at this moment, still having trouble with his nightmares about losing himself when he loses his love ones, what to do, what to do? “Hugh!” Suddenly, the stallion yelped from sensing he wasn’t alone, he didn’t sense a living creature nearby, why?
And suddenly appearing to Ben, was another Musical Spirit Pony, this one was a mare with emerald color. And she was singing a harmonic melody as it speaking to Ben by harmony’s way.
“Oh hay, I guess your the Musical Spirit Pony of Harmony. You sing very well.” Ben sighs with a relief voice, for a moment, he thought it was an enemy, but it’s just a friendly spirit creature.
Harmony responded by a high sung song in commenting Ben’s kind words.
“You know, I almost wish that there was harmony in the world.” Ben spoke off in looking out towards the Moving Castle going near an area, as if thinking off something on his mind about what’s happening to Equestria. “If maybe…ponies heard you, would there be true harmony?” Ben looked to this spirit, wondering if, a spirit that represents the song melody of harmony, could that be like the Elements of Harmony?
Harmony was at a lost for words, and gave a shrug of her shoulders in confusion. She does not know if she herself could even do something like that of what the living stallion requests.
“Sorry, guess maybe I was shifting my weight too much on you. You seem like a good spirit and you & your friends are very special.” Ben smiled a bit in apologizing for trying to confuse this innocent spirit in wishing his problems could just as easily be lifted. “Maybe Mangani is almost like you, but he was still a living pony before, he maybe both. A Creature between being alive & having to do things like Spirit Ponies. Do you still consider that no matter who a pony is or what he’s become, what’s their true self is all that matters?” Ben spoke with deeper thought of meaning and looked to Harmony, as if wondering if her & her fellow Musical Spirit friends see if Mangani is just like them or if he isn’t.
Harmony smiled from hearing this and nods without delay to swirl around Ben. She was responding to this without delay, and from her gentle singing voice, it somehow made Ben…feel less stressful.
“Heh, okay, I get it. You’re saying if he wasn’t a spirit, it’s still the right thing to help out a kind person.” Ben responded off in looking up to Harmony float by him as if being given one direct answer that even Pinkie Pie could know the answer. “Thanks.” Ben gave his thanks to which the gentle beauty nods with an innocent smile, happy to be of assistance.
“Hey Ben, come on down! We’ll be arriving to stop nearby the spot in five minutes!” Crashfire was calling out to his friend in announcing their near arriving time.
“Well, gotta go, see yah!” Ben stated from hearing this news as he’ll leave after saying a little goodbye to the spirit.
As Ben leaves, Harmony waved her friend farewell with a happy expression & sung another gentle harmonic voice in the air. Somehow, Ben Mare was starting to feel like some of his doubts & worries were lifted, could it be that Spirit Ponies have a trait gift to aid the living, suppose that’s just another mystery left for another time & day. For now, there’s a job to be done.
And at this moment, we see Ben Mare, Johnny Brock, Hobo Joe & Crashfire walking outside the Moving Castle that was parked. The group was following the spirits as they were still on the trail of where Mangani is sealed away in. But soon the walking came to a near end, when the living ponies saw the spirits circling some closing crater canyon around them and in front were some darken rock pillars. Judging by their structure alone, they appear to easily weigh several tons and the darken ones behind the lighter pillars in the front, seem the ‘most’ heaviest.
“Man, it’s no wonder no pony ever found Mangani’s seal. He was put behind rocks!” Ben responded to his friends in seeing where Mangani was hidden away, these pillars seem like they’re out of character in this place, but they seem apart of the land, somehow.
“Well stand back, I’ll blast them out of the way!” Crashfire announced in preparing to deal with the problem, ASAP, “Meteor Blaze!” He conjures up a big fireball & soon let it fly off to make an implosive impact on the targets.
That attack cleared away some dust, but soon the group found that only some bits of the pillars were broken through while the ones in the back barely had much damage.
“Um, they are still standing.” Hobo Joe pointed out in seeing that those rocks aren’t gone, sure some of the front ones are still standing, but only a bit of them got cracks.
“Okay, let’s try this one.” Crashfire responded off in seeing if that little stunt didn’t do much, he’ll just have to ‘up’ it another notch, “Kamehameha!” He stood on his hind legs & puts his front hooves together to shout this in launching a giant beam right against the pillars of stone.
And then from the force did blast through solid rocks, when it reached the dark pillars, it was not going anywhere until Crashfire cease this technique that was becoming tiring.
“Nope, nothing,” Hobo Joe shook his head in sadly declaring, that even though the gang got by a few more of the front rocks gone, them back ones still standing.
“Okay, no more mister nice stallion! Try this!” Crashfire snorted out in feeling he’s done playing games, time to really ‘level’ this obstacle down, “Rainbow Eternal Blast!” Now he used his horn, and launched a rainbow-colored beam that created a stronger force impact against the structure.
With that attack, it bust through the remaining ordinary rock pillars to be cleared away, but…..the dark pillars still stood…untouched.
“I don’t get it, that last attack should have burst through anything with an iron defense!” Crashfire spoke off in disbelief, how were the last bunch of pillars still standing when his attack could breech even those that were hard iron defense, be it iron shields or creatures with an iron skin?
“Well, on the brighter side, you managed to wipe out the front line of those rock pillars.” Ben spoke in trying to lighten the subject, the stallions managed to get rid of half of what was blocking them, but this other ‘half’ was of a more trickery substance.
“Hmmm, looks like these things are made of some minerals that are too strong to crack with average or even strong pierce & break forms of magic.” Johnny Brock spoke from making contact with these dark rock pillars, felt their structure, even sense how they were magically crafted. “Whoever put these up made sure they stay up.” The rock star shook his head with a sad expression; someone made effort to make sure these things would not be so easily to fall.
“We can’t give up now. We’re so close to freeing a pony that’s been trapped who knows how long.” Ben spoke from summoning his Master Sword to try taking a swing at busting through. But physical attacks made him bounce back, his Sword Beam & Triforce Slash weren’t cutting it, and when he tried his Triforce-Charge Strike…. “Guuuagh,” Yep, he instead ended up getting a major slam impact against this dark pillar of stone that was too strong for even his best charge impact could do.
“I feel your burning passion to do what’s right Ben, but even your Element might not be able to break through that.” Crashfire spoke in understanding Ben’s honorable thought, but even his Fire Element couldn’t breech these things and it looks like even the Triforce & Master Sword can’t crack the deal. Course, Ben decided to switch to his Hero’s Bow and fired off either fire, Lightning or even Light Arrows, the dark pillar structure did not even del that.
“Can’t we use your Castle to pull them out?” Hobo Joe asked off in thinking maybe Johnny’s castle was big enough to be used like a giant to lift or pull this troublesome dark pillar out.
“It’s a long shot; the worst could be overheating my engine.” Johnny Brock rubs his chin for thought of their odds in doing something like that, it’s risky, but…what else is left to try. “Come on, let’s move.” He signals the gang to follow him back to his home, they’ll try a different plan of solution here.
Seeing there was nothing they could do at the moment, they all slowly began to move. Johnny Brock & Crashfire were ahead, Ben & Hobo Joe were following; the only ones that were staying were the Musical Spirit Ponies. The spirits were wondering around the pillars, sensing a friend and did not wish to leave him; Ben looked at them and sighed in feeling that he’s failed. But Hobo Joe patted his back with a smile to say ‘Don’t Lose Hope yet’ kinda sign to which Ben nods to then move a bit further ahead of Hoboken Joe.
But then suddenly, a darken shadow was overshadowing Hobo Joe’s presence. “Hugh? Waaah,” Then when the hobo looked up, to notice a dark rock pillar was falling directly over his spot; But in a slow motion, something tackled the old hobo that was a spirit, saving it, and it was the determined….Harmony.
“Bashhgrufruvhmmmm,” A sudden impact force shook the area enough to make the three stallions ahead of Hobo yelp to look back in what happened. Only to see a dust cloud, a new dark pillar that appeared and an Earth hobo lying front across the ground like he was knocked over by what may have fallen.
“Hobo Joe,” Ben cried out as he and the others rushed over to check on their friend. “What happened? Where did that thing come from?” Ben helped his old friend up while staring at the dark pillar’s arrival, where’d it come from?
“Cough-cough; beats me! It almost come flying onto my noggin!” Hobo Joe coughs to dust himself of the dirt, but he’s use to that while explaining that the dark rock pillar almost came close to crushing him to death.
“But how did you manage to evade it in time?” Crashfire asked off stump in how this stallion managed to get out of that, he would have been a pancake unless….
“I didn’t, I was pushed by one of them spirits.” Hobo Joe spoke off to hold his aching head in stating, someone saved him from harm’s way.
The Musical Spirit Ponies suddenly were hovering and swirling near the near dark pillar with actions of concern & worry. Something happened that got them to be all worked up.
“Oh no and I can see and sense who is now trapped under there. It’s Harmony!” Johnny Brock spoke off from seeing a tiny emerald glow trying to escape from underneath the dark pillar, it was the Musical Spirit Pony called Harmony.
Ben suddenly froze, that was the spirit that was with him; she must have saved Hobo Joe’s life and is now trapped. Soon Ben brought out his Master Sword, Johnny Brock brought out his Magical Guitar & Crashfire was igniting his flames. Soon Sword Beams, Magical Soundwaves of Music launched and even hurling fireballs were hitting the object in question. The entire users of the elements were throwing everything they got to break the dark pillar that was resting on their friend, but no damage was ever done to it.
“Dang gum; Nothing’s working!” Hobo Joe cursed with a frown, the stallion’s that got the magical stuff & abilities, ain’t making this one dark pillar give in.
“This is bad. These dark pillars seems to be resisting a spell that keeps anything from getting in or out from their path. I hate to say this, but even spirits caught in that can’t be free .” Johnny Brock spoke from ceasing his attacks in figuring out that the dark pillars are somewhat made to not be destroyed, and whatever is in their path, nothing can get in or out, or even escape from below it’s surface.
“We can’t give up! She risked her safety to save Hoboken Joe! I can’t just abandon her!” Ben protest with a stern face that he can’t call it quits, the one spirit that wanted to help him be cheerful saved someone that helped his early childhood & curse from being kill. It wouldn’t be right to pack it in and leave when the going got tough.
“We won’t, but nothing we’re doing is making a dent.” Crashfire stated to Ben that they aren’t abandoning this friendly spirit, but the group isn’t getting anywhere in attacking something their attacks have no effect on.
“Then there’s just one option left…we’ll lift it off of Harmony!” Ben spoke off with a serious determination in what they’ll need to do; if the group can’t destroy then they’ll just pick it up.
“What!” The other ponies yelped out in shock, has Ben gone and lost his senses?
“Benny boy, dat thing ain’t no lightweight! It’s about as heavy as an Ursa Major dat’s eaten plenty of iron diet!” Hobo Joe spoke off in seeing that this was pillar that had more weight to it & such heavy density in it’s hard forge that the stallions can’t even imagine how much strength it take to lift this thing.
“Urrraughhh,” Ben was on the ground, put his hooves underneath the dark pillar to begin to lift it up. “Maybe so….but I won’t give up without a fight, “Hrrruaghhh!” Ben was stating out with his teeth gritting as he was not going to give in here without trying.
Those of the living & of the spirit saw how much one pony was gonna go to help rescue one that was in need of their help.
“Yo Johnny, think if we give our strength to Ben, he can pull it off?” Crashfire turn to the rock star in feeling emotional from that burning will of Ben’s to start thinking they can’t give up and should give this a try anyway.
“It’s risky, if we push too hard, we’ll exhaust ourselves to be completely powerless.” Johnny Brock stated with a serious face, but one look at Ben...changed his mind in seeing such courage being displayed. “But Ben’s heart is true, a friend of mine is trapped and his soul has sounded my soul of rock!” With that said, he played a beat off his guitar to light up his musical aura.
“Me too, let’s get fired up!” Crashfire shouted off with his own firry aura burning up to increase the temperature around them.
Soon the three Element users were focusing on grabbing underneath the dark pillar to work together…to lift an object so heavy, it’s amazing if even someone with crazy monstrous strength could have thrown this. The group was starting to get somewhere as they saw Harmony’s glow brighten underneath the heavy object.
“Urraugh, just a bit more….” Ben struggled off to say in instructing his friends as he saw that they were getting close. “UUurraguhh….Almost….” He was really looking like he was struggling, Ben’s group are almost there, if they can lift enough, the spirit underneath can escape.
But even from that tiny open window, Harmony was seen only enough to get a few inches out. Even with three stallions unleashing enough of their Elements power altogether, the dark pillar was still too much heavy for them to last.
“Ben, we’re running out of steam! It’s too heavy, it’ll kill you!” Hobo Joe cried out in seeing that Johnny, Crashfire, even Ben, they were pushing their magical auras with their efforts too far, anymore and it’ll kill them.
“I’m sorry, but….I can’t give in!” Ben was speaking off in disagreeing about the argument to not back down. “If I…give in now….then it’s like the nightmare!” He issued off to say about how if he gives up here, then his worst fears may yet to come true.
Soon the images of Ben’s nightmare, Shadow Dragon, his friends & family in peril & killed, Ben becoming all evil. And the evil smirking look from Shadow Dragon’s face with some evil cackling as if he’s won.
“If I…can’t even help a spirit friend when she risked herself for us….” Ben was speaking from where it looked like he & the others were about to give out soon. “GRRRRRRRRR…..then I don’t even deserve to become her friend if I quit now!” Ben was struggling with a stern grit teeth expression while admitting what he’ll end up being if he gives up. “If I give in….then I’ll have lost! I can’t give up!” He spoke with such determination to not give in yet, not yet, not now. “For my friends….for my family…for…my…..very being!” Ben was speaking with much proud words of what he wishes to achieve for everyone he holds dear, to them & himself, they are….his world, “UURRRARRRUUGHHHHHHH!” Ben was now roaring out in putting this next moment to usher his strength.
Just then, something began to happen as brightness was glowing from Ben’s Triforce Mark. And it enshrouded the Earth stallion, and even Crashfire & Johnny were left stumped.
“Wha in Sam Hill,” Hobo Joe yelped off to say from shielding his eyes, Ben must have triggered something from his Element, but what?
At this moment, something was covering underneath Ben’s two front hooves that were trying to lift the dark pillar rock by a shroud of golden light.
“This is…” Ben spoke lost in thought & confusion, but then felt…something. “My strength….I’m feeling…stronger." He felt his front hooves, then felt his own strength & the heaviest weight of this dark rock pillar, felt…lighter suddenly. “Yes, this is it! Hang on everypony! This is finally our salvation of our determine will!” Ben responded to have the others not give in, this was a sign of what he’s unlocked and to put this to use, “HURRAARRRRRUGHHH!” Ben was heard making a loud battle cry as he soon held his front hooves to dig deep under this rock to really give it his all.
Then in an unbelievable amount of strength, the ponies of the living & spirit saw the dark pillar rock….lifted up high in the sky. And just underneath it, we see as if the stunt of a Hercules tale, for Ben Mare had in an amazing feat held the heaviest object up with his hind legs making him stand & his front hooves holding the rock above.
“HOLY CELESTIA; He’s…he’s….” Crashfire yelped off to nearly go wide-eye, Ben’s actually done something crazy ridiculous here that they never thought possible.
“Lifted the dark pillar that weights several tons & he’s not breaking a sweat!” Johnny Brock spoke off amazed that what they knew was too heavy to be lifted; Ben Mare somehow unlocked a new power that gave such strength to do the impossible deed.
Then with a thrust action, Ben had soon tossed the very tall object away from him like it was nothing, it was thrown away from his friends a good few feet, “BOOM-Powwfruvhmmm!” And in a shocking feat to believe, that very dark pillar broke into several pieces & shattered about when it was thrown off a distance by Ben.
“Wooooooow-Weeeee; now 'dat there was a mighty impressive throw, Benny boy!” Hobo Joe smiled off to whistle in being impressed, that was by far a throw that the gang never done & seen Ben performed.
“Of course, the material of these dark pillars shatters when someone actually lifts them off the ground & break when thrown against something.” Johnny Brock suddenly came to a shocking realization about the dark rock pillars of a weakness they have exploited. “That was the weakness, it was set so that only some creature of such strength could lift such an object, and it looks like….you done it Ben.” The rock star stallion smiled to his friend, he’s done a big deed in which could have taken almost many dragons working together to achieve.
“Yeah, plus, like the new hoof gauntlets.” Crashfire spoke off to say while also pointing at something ‘new’ on Ben Mare.
True to words, the brightest seem to cease to allow all to see that Ben wore something on his front hooves he never had before. Some kinda metallic gloves that were brown, but had a golden metal plate on the front & with a red triangle in the bottom center of the hoof. To Ben’s mind, the red triangle seem to almost remind him…of the Triforce of Power and what he felt from these gloves are like the behemoths of strength-inducing objects, this could almost be a new unlock sign from both his connection to the Triforce & the Hero of Time, Link.
“I’m lost too; I feel even more power coursing through my arms. But…I think I know what these are. The Golden Gauntlets,” Ben spoke from seeing what he wears at the bottom of his front hooves, that which has given him power, this may have even been an unlock ability from the Triforce of Power. “From what the Triforce of Wisdom has about them, when worn, they grant me immense strength, that’s what allowed me to lift that dark rock pillar so easily, even when it weigh several tons, and then throw them away. I could probably even lift & throw the normal gray stone pillars too.” Ben explained what these items he’s wearing on his hooves can do, they grant him immense strength, more so then he ever had physically, it was….mind blowing.
“Well, here’s somepony that really wants to give you thanks.” Johnny Brock smiled off in noticing a brighter emerald glow from the open crater where the dark pillar once rested.
Soon rising up from an opening, the Musical Spirt Pony, Harmony soared up for happiness & joy while being surrounded by her spirit friends in seeing her safe.
Harmony: AAaahhhhhhh….AAahhhhaaahhhaaaahhhh!
The very gentle, angelic voice sung was soon heard almost all over the entire area, and the ground began to suddenly begin to glow….with greeny.
Harmony: AAaaahhhhhhaaahhhhh….AAahhhhhaaaahhhhaaahhhh!
“The ground,” Crashfire responded surprise, Harmony’s voice is making the canyon develop…greeny of plants, flowers & trees.
“Well I’ll be darn!” Hobo Joe responded in seeing it like something of nature’s second coming.
Harmony: HAaauhhh-HUaaahh-AAaahhhh….AAahhhhaaahhhaaaahhh!
Even the canyon walls were getting covered by green leaves growing & sprouting flowers in making the valley beautiful. But the scene shows a mysterious character watching the display and the harmonic melody being heard seem to….give him pain.
Harmony: WAaaaughh-Aaahhaaaahhhh….Waaaugh-Aaahh-AAaahhhaaahhaaahhhh!
“Arrrughh….can’t….stand…it…. Must….leave…” The mysterious shadowy figure cringed from hearing such songs of pure harmony as he escaped by teleporting by dark magic away. It appears the accident that happened was more of a setup and the one responsible has fled.
Harmony: AAaahhhaaahhhAAAAaahhhh….
Soon below the scenery, the other spirits surround Harmony, as she finished her singing. Pretty much, even the living stallions were clapping their hooves for the performance.
“Hey guys, look!” Crashfire spoke from noticing, that a glow was escaping from behind the other remaining dark pillars, it means one thing.
“It’s Mangani, he heard Harmony’s singing and he’s trying to call us.” Johnny Brock addressed out in realizing that the other Spirit Pony has heard a fellow spirit being free and is reaching out to them.
“Then leave it to me, I’ve got just the thing to do the job.” Ben smiled at his new gauntlets, with these, he’s now feeling more physically stronger than before, and the last job task…won’t be so difficult anymore.
And just in a few matter of minutes, thanks to the Golden Gauntlets Ben worn, he was lifting up the dark rock pillars no problem to even throw them aside to watch them break into pieces. Looks like his new ability would maybe make him feel like his strength is almost around Hiko Seijuro, Equestria’s Strongest Earth Pony, the term used is…almost. But soon, after the last dark pillar was lifted and thrown away, did the gang find some magical sphere of rock structure with some pony inside, like his glow essence is seen from outside the boulder.
“Okay, so we finally found him, so what’s de best way to break him out?” Hobo Joe responded in seeing that the four found who they were seeking, now what can they do to get him out.
Then suddenly, Ben’s Triforce was glowing again as the stallion suddenly felt his right hoof begin to hold…something heavy. It was not the Hylian Shield, or the Hero’s Bow, not even the Master Sword, it was…something new. And when the flashy light show ended, did something magically appear in Ben’s hold. It looked like steel war-hammer that was gray, very smooth silver structure and a brown handle at the bottom.
“Wow, nice hammer. What is it?” Crashfire spoke off in noticing something new in Ben’s possession and it looks pretty impressive.
“I think I know….this weapon is the Megaton Hammer.” Ben spoke from suddenly feeling his Triforce of Wisdom giving him knowledge of what he now wields. “Forged out of the finest steel available, was once a mighty hammer once wielded by the Hero of the Gorons to slay an evil Dragon named Volvagia living in their volcanic mountain. That Dragon was very scary because it ate Gorons.” The stallion was speaking of things that have happened so long ago, it pretty much left the others a bit puzzled, but still awe over such a history tale.
“And do you know what Gorons are?” Johnny asked off with a raised eyebrow as if knowing what the answer maybe.
“Not a clue.” Ben shrug off to say in not knowing what Gorons are, or what an evil Dragon named Volvagia is, maybe King Spykoran the Old knows the tale, he’s Spike’s grandfather, or maybe Twilight may know. “But this hammer seems like it can be used in the same fashion as my sword, like I can excite swings & jump them to attack.” Ben was giving this hammer a few swing motions and it felt more better with two hoofs holding it. “Feels like I need both my hooves to brandish it. Its power in its primary field seem like the sue against knocking away certain statues that impede progress, flipping over certain enemies & destroying certain types of boulders.” Ben stated in how it feels to wield the Megaton Hammer, how it has quite a bit of power to do some interesting things.
“So it’s like you can use it for about the same purpose bombs are used for, like uncovering entrances & such to damage enemies?” Hobo Joe asks Ben in amazement.
“Yeah, though it’s strange.” Ben nods off in agreeing to such likely terms for the new weapon, but looked at it with more interest. “I feel like this weapon was used by the Hero of Time, maybe that’s why my Triforce brought it out now when it felt I was strong enough to lift it.” Ben thought up a theory about how he finally gain this, the Megaton Hammer seems like it would be very heavy, might be slow with its reach being short but it’s power & toughness far exceeds that of any normal sword, giving more offensive boost. He may have needed the Golden Gauntlets to help him balance out to wield this weapon with better ease to not be given the disadvantage.
“Well take a swing & see if it breaks that prison of Mangani’s in.” Johnny Brock signal that Ben use that new weapon of his to help get Mangani free .
Nodding to that, Ben decided to try out another new item he acquired. And with his strength now immense, he wields up the Megaton Hammer to the stone sphere encasing the trapped spirit, “Powwwfruvhmmm!” And with a mighty swing of the hammer, Ben made contact to which, it ended up doing something. “Crack-Crack…Breakrsisivhmmm!” The entire sphere was completely smashed into crumble bits and Ben’s swing even cracked a bit of the top of the canyon too, woah! And finally, all ponies nearby saw something slowly move out….A tall, muscular Alicorn stallion with gray-white coat color, tan gray-white & white mix colors for his puff top, flat down mane & long tail, pointed two-top ears and has gray violet/blue eyes. He has dark brown/gray marks on his hooves, his mouth, a mark on his forehead & spots over his nose area. His body does give off a glow as if appearing as a luminous pony. And strangest of all was no Cutie Mark even as an adult, which is said that for Spirit Ponies, they don’t have a mark. This was the very creature the gang had been seeking; this stallion was….Mangani, the Silver Pony Healer and the Element of Healing.
“Mangani,” The four living ponies responded in awe struck motion, it’s as if they were seeing something spectacular before them.
The Musical Spirit Ponies circle around for joy to see their friend has return, as Mangani looked at them with a face that was calm & collective, neither worried or anything of an emotion. But he did nod to those that were worried for him, signaling that he is glad to see them too; Then Mangani saw he had visitors, or more likely, his rescuers, as he approached them like some sage or priest to those that seen him.
“Mangani, I am Ben Mare, son of Celestia, princess of the sun, I humbly ask of you….to please come home with us.” Ben comes up to kneel down to ask this Spirit Pony user of an Element to help them out & to come with them. “You’ve been gone for so long & the Elements of Harmony have return to the Tree of Harmony, Equestria is in need of your Element to help us.” Mangani kept a focus face in listening to this words and was indeed interested about such news about the original Elements and the Tree of Harmony. “I know it seems selfish, but we wanted to free you, because of not only of the new dangers or about some evil trying to manipulate me that I need your help, but because you deserve to not be caged for what you done was right.” Ben spoke truthfully, he may be needing Mangani to help him, but Mangani has as much right to live as he should, and that if Equestria is need of his healing, then the Spirit Pony can do so.
All was silent while many wonder what Mangani would say or do, but with the expression the silver pony that glows gave off, none could read him or tell what he thinks. Just when all hope was beginning to fad that Mangani could not help them, something happened in an unexpected twist…
“Thank….You….” A sudden, old, senile, but wise & caring voice tone was heard that made Ben, Johnny, Hobo Joe & Crashfire yelp their attention to…who spoke to them.
“Woah, did I just hear something’ in my head?” Hobo Joe asked off in hearing someone speak, but it sounded like a voice in his head.
“You ain’t the only one, what was that?” Crashfire asked off lost in how they all heard voices i their heads, is that even possible.
“Mangani isn’t one to speak much, but he can use some magic of telepathy to communicate with us when he need be.” Johnny Brock spoke with looking to their newest element friend that is a spirit, seeing that Mangani doesn’t speak much with his own voice from the mouth but he can speak using the magical communication between their minds.
“Take me….& and I will go….wherever it is….my aid is needed.” Mangani spoke with his mind speaking to the group, requesting that if there is something that needs to be healed or is injured, he will help in some way. And as he spoke, he glowed to unleash some Healing Aura that was helping those like Ben, Hobo Joe, Crashfire, & Johnny feel an aura projected on them that was…healing them. Their wounds were fading, their fatigue & strength restored like the could continue on without feeling tired, so this was the magical power of healing that only Mangani is said to possess; truly a miraculous force to help give light to darkness.
Ben smiled to stand in seeing a new friend they have made, one that is someone that could possibly be a helping step to keeping Equestria safe, at least for now. “Guys, lets head home.” Ben turn to his friends in signaling that it’s time they get ready to head on home to their friends in Ponyville, waiting for them.
That message was very clear, those of the living and those that were the Musical Spirit Ponies all smiled for joy. They have found Mangani, the Element of Healing, and now from Ben’s latest unlock abilities, he feels stronger. All things may try to hurt them, but in some due time, all it takes is the ‘right’ kind of healing. And not just with magic, but with the will from friends & family, even despair can’t continue to leave more wounds on one’s soul. And with that, the scene goes dark when we zoom away from seeing the group head to the Moving Castle, to finally…head on home.
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"Aieyah; Why wasn't I was informed about this?! Dragon Kick, you were supposed to tell me about this!" Tao exclaims to Dragon Kick as the Mystic Ponies watch the fight that is about to begin from the sideline.
"I did, uncle! But you two were too busy on fighting." Dragon Kick explains to Tao in concern. The old pony and Mama Heart were too busy to consider dealing with Brave Heart.
"We and our stupid rival habit; we're too late to stop Brave Heart." Mama Heart said with a groan, feeling sorry for not dealing with this sooner.
"Duh," Jade remarks with a look that said 'man, you are so obvious'.
"Something's not right. Who took our place?" Tao ask with a frown. Who told the mares to deal with Brave Heart anyway? It can't be Tao's group.
"I do not know sensei." Mighty admits in concern. It wasn't him, Dragon Kick and/or Jade so who could it be?
"You need not worry, Master Tao. I had taken care of your mess." The familiar figure of Azure said, coming in from out of nowhere.
Tao's family and Mama Heart ask in surprise, "Lord Azure Phoenix?"
"What're you doing here? I thought you're done with your revenge." Jade said, wondering why Azure is here. The group thought that he dropped his revenge against Nyx.
"Oh, he wasn't anymore." A voice said. The Mystic Ponies turned and saw an unicorn with a gentle light brown short mane in bun shaped with golden headwear and tail, dressed in a blue and white Chinese robe and had a cape. His cutie mark is light bulb with 'knowledge' in Chinese word.
"Schemetrick; One of Lord Azure's best advisors and strategists," Mighty ask in surprise to see Lord Azure's advisor and strategist right here and now.
"Indeed, I am. I'm impressed that little Nyx had managed to calm my lord down from his revenge. I was worried about it."
"I'm glad that she did." Mama Heart said, relieved that Azure finally put aside his anger once and for all.
"Never mind about that; Why would you do it, Azure," Tao demands to Azure as to why he did what he himself did.
Azure pauses then he explains, "Brave Heart may have proven to be powerful warrior, he is yet another arrogant and fool pony. So the only way to win his mind and heart, Princess Twilight Sparkle and her comrades must defeat him."
"If these girls not only defeat him, but also prove their worth and will to him." Schemetrick adds with a nod. "He wishes to see this with his own eyes, just like what he did with Nyx."
Tao nodded while saying, "I understand. I can only hope that Twilight and her friends survive this fight."
"I'm sure they will. Have faith." Dragon Kick assures Tao.
"These girls face all kinds of danger. If they can't do it, then no one can." Jade said in determination.
"Indeed . Brave Heart had gone too far without my advice. How's stupid was that?!" Mama Heart scowls, not believing what Brave Heart has tried to do. She then sighed, "At least, you get the right job and friends."
"Thank you, mother," Mighty said to his mother with a smile.
Hidden nearby, Chase smirked as he remarks quietly, "Good. The interesting battle is about to begin. I look forward to see their true strength and power of friendship."
Soon afterwards, the battle within the Sphere Field had already gone under way. And the first to make a move was….Brave Heart.
“Here he come girls, scatter!” Twilight instructed her friends in seeing the stallion come charging at them at quick speed. As soon as Brave Heart swung his sword, the six mares each went in different directions; all to confuse their opponent in which to tackle first.
“Time Ah started this here rowdy!” Applejack spoke off in seeing that she’ll have to be the one to be the first to act, “Happy Trails, To You!” At with that, Applejack takes her hat before throwing it off to spin at her target.
“Woah,” Brave Heart ducks before that hat almost got him, as he stops to look between that action & the farmer mare. “And wha was it ye be at lassy? A simple farewell would have been better than throwing stuff at me!” The stallion thought that was Applejack’s way to say goodbye, it was a weird custom.
“Too bad yew ain’t seeing its full potential.” Applejack smirked proudly in showing, that wasn’t her intention.
“From a hat,” Brave Heart was questioning what was so special from throwing a simple hat, “BOINK!” Then it hit Brave Heart, literally in the back of his noggin, “Guuuagh!” Brave Heart yelped to hold his head when Applejack’s hat whacked him down from out of nowhere.
“A magical hat, partner,” Applejack quotes while catching her hat again in her hooves.
“Aw bagpipes! Now I be wishing’ ta hav’ a magic kilt if dis be battle of wardrobe!” Brave Heart cursed himself to being so foolish to think that was a simple hat, the mare had such a trick up her sleeve.
“Hey Cous, heads up!” Rainbow Dash shouted out from above in where she was coming in at the scene. “Ariel Nun-Chuck Gun Ground Barrage!” Rainbow announced off what she’s about to dish out here. “Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang” She brought out her nun-chucks & zooms up into the air and then dives down, double magical guns a blazing.
Brave Heart was quickly moving about to dodge the barrage of the shots before he held his sword to end up stopping his cousin’s weapon from going for a melee attempt.
“Ye be good cousin, but did ya think da work? Ye told me of yer moves in our last message.” Brave Heart responded off with a cocky smile in already knowing much of some of Rainbow Dash’s moves.
“Then you know this? Walloping Nun-Chuckers,” Rainbow rotates her nun-chucks into a twirling manner to hit her opponent, who kept blocking with his claymore.
“Ah, not bad; maybe I give ya pointers afterwards.” Brave Heart smiled in really starting to get somewhere with his fight now.
“Eternal Style - Gem Assault,” Rarity’s voice was heard, as Rainbow ducks away to let some gems barrage assault he Brave Heart behind with brutal measurements.
“Ow-ow-ow, hey; Attacking from me backside?” Brave Heart yelped out before jumping away in glaring at the sneaky attacker. “Where’s the sport of that?” He protest in seeing that was not fair game to him to see.
“Sorry cous, anything goes, can’t be too careful against anybody.” Rainbow Dash spoke off with a cocky grin when she and Rarity stood together, ready to keep dishing out the goods.
“Then so be it, if ye be wanting a better fight out of me, then ye surely shall get!” Brave Heart protests forth in seeing if the mares want him to be a tad more serious, so he shall. “I’ll start by getting a wee more serious.” Then the stallion held up his left hoof before preparing something. “Ball de Dóiteáin!” After speaking words of Gaetic-Celtic language, he fired off a Celtic Spell from his horn which shaped like a fireball.
“Eternal Style – Absorption,” Rarity came up before Rainbow Dash to have her gems surround them, the magic was absorbed for the mare to redirect it back at Brave Heart.
“Guagh,” Brave Heart quickly took to the skies to flap his wings to stare down in what just miss hitting him….his own attack. “Dashie was right, for skills with gems seem quite effective.” Brave Heart quoted off in seeing he might have misjudged the delicate Rarity in what skills she brings.
“Poww…..BOOOM!” Suddenly, cannon fire was heard before an explosion happened just behind Brave Heart.
“Gaaaugh; Wha in Lockness,” Brave Heart yelped from being tossed around before rebalancing himself to know where that explosion came from….and it was from one pink individual.
“Guess who! FIRE,” Suddenly, Pinkie Pie was but ten meters away from Brave Heart with her cannon set for ‘Blast Them in The Face’ dial, “Pooowwfruvhmm!” Then one moment later, Pinkie Pie was shot off to a distance to the ground while her attack was inches from Brave Heart.
“Balla an Solas!” At the moment, Brave Heart cast a Celtic Spell that created a wall of light that was almost like a window he projected of some sort that aided his defense, “BOOM!” And lucky thing too, that attack almost got him while his wall faded afterwards. “I thought Rainbow was crazy about your acts, but what was that? Mares don’t make bombs go boom in yer face!” Brave Heart was complaining out in seeing that the pink mare was crazy, where she come across such powerful explosions & uses them better than a stallion bomb expert.
“That’s why I’m perfect for the job!” Pinkie Pie smiled off to say while this almost made the stallion lose his flying balance.
“Now I see why Rainbow Dash says ye be random, yer mind is randomly hard to follow.” Brave Heart sighs in seeing this was one pony that might be tricky to figure out her way of thinking.
“Twilight Star Shower,” Suddenly, Twilight’s voice is heard before Brave Heart looks up to see a spell that was cast; twilight stars sparkling in the air before they are revealed as magical spheres fire downwards across the stallion’s zone.
Brave Heart wasting no time as he is soon zooming and zigzagging around to avoid any explosive barrage, he has to admit, the new princess’s powers are good; it’s almost enough to make him sweat, almost. And the attacks were creating a lot of dust clouds, but the stallion flew around without losing where he was going.
“You lasses are good, but ye’ll have to do better than dat to beat…” Brave Heart was ranting off in feeling he’s still holding his own fairly well in their battle…or was it?
“Um, excuse me…?” A sudden shy voice was heard in interrupting Brave Heart’s moment.
Suddenly coming out of the smoke clouds, Fluttershy was waving with herself showing no fighting intention but of an innocent face.
“Wha, how’d ye find me from all them clouds?” Brave Heart asked off in not believing this shy Pegasus saw her way through thick clouds that be like looking around in the dark.
“Oh, just a move I learn from an owl, a friend of mine dubs it, my Owl Foresight.” Fluttershy spoke off in explaining how she managed to perform something on her own.
“Well I hate to hurt a pretty lass’ face, but this here is a combat.” Brave Heart spoke to soon be approaching Fluttershy’s spot, she maybe the shiest mare, but she’s also his opponent.
“Eek,” Fluttershy yelped to duck herself down just as the stallion’s hoof came in contact with her mane.
“Dweeee,” Suddenly at the moment Brave Heart’s hoof touched Fluttershy’s mane, it suddenly shimmer a bit and became that like…a hedge pin of needles.
“Ouch? Wha be this? Yer mane be like a hedge’s spine backside!” Brave Heart yelped to wave off his hoof that got stun their and once more…it felt almost stun.
“Sorry, but I hope you’ll forgive me of this….” Fluttershy spoke with an apology face in seeing that what will happen next, won’t be pretty, “Infinity Shots!” The mare slowly spoke with a soft voice of hers while trying to sound tough.
“Powp-powp-pwop-powp-powp….” Suddenly without warning, Fluttershy’s countless ‘hairs’ were harden & were firing off while new ones were regrowing from her. And the needle points of the mare’s hair were coming at Brave Heart, who yelped to use his sword to swing about to knock as many countless numbers he could.
“By me bagpipes, it’s like swatting away a thousand needles!” Brave Heart spoke off in seeing this was a very hairy situation he’s now in, nobody could have seen Fluttershy pulling this off.
“Rodeo Thrown-Down,” Suddenly, Brave Heart finds himself in a snag, cause he just got caught in Applejack’s Diamond Rope by a lasso and used all her strength to spin turn in motion; And soon thrown in the air before smacking down Brave Heart hard against a boulder rock.
“Aeee-Aeee; I’m starting to see why I underestimated ye lassies.” Brave Heart cringed a bit to struggle in his tied up state & the pain he felt, the Mane Six are showing a little more toughness than he gave them credit for.
“Yew bet an' now we got ya tied up! Now girls,” Applejack spoke off to say while signaling her other friends to attack.
“Nun-Chuck Gun Ground Barrage!” Rainbow Dash was firing her nun-chucks attack on the ground to blast away at the cornered stallion.
“Eternal Style - Diamond Fist,” Rarity was pulling up from the rear as she was going after Rainbow’s attack…with her gems focus to surround her right hoof encase as a diamond shell gauntlet.
“Boom-Boom, Booom,” Brave Heart ended up taking hits from the two mares’ attacks, Rainbow’s attack felt like stings, but Rarity’s move packed some magic inside that ended up making an explosive shockwave; ouch.
“Unicorn Burst,” Twilight announced from charging up her horn with a familiar piercer spell and then fired a burst of electric energy like a beam with a drilling edge, going for the target.
“Kurpowwfruvhmm….” Soon a giant explosion cloud was seen that covered the area where that last attack hit.
The crowds watching the battle seen by the Sphere Field were all amazed by the powers showed by the Mane Six, even without the elements they bear, they are still tough.
But soon doubt filled in many minds when coming out of the cloud was Brave Heart as he held his claymore in the slash upward position. It seems the stallion cut free of Applejack’s Diamond Rope, but how when it was stronger this time around.
“Um, Twilight…what happened?” Fluttershy asked nervously in seeing that what just happen, wasn’t what they had planned for?
“His weapon, I can’t quite place it, but he used that claymore to cut himself free of Applejack’s magic diamond rope & even overcame the Unicorn Burst.” Twilight spoke with almost being so astounded, that this clearly was overwhelming her mind.
“'Dat can’t be right. Wha kinda weapon he’s holding be anyway?” Applejack spoke off in finding this hard to swallow, just what sorta weapon has Brave Heart wielded this whole time?
“I be tellin’ ya lassies, cause me Brave Sword has a secret.” Brave Heart spoke in showing a sly smile off his face before holding up his sword proudly. “Me sword is also magical, as it has been inscribed with ancient runes that makes it indestructible & increase its destructive power .” As he explained that, glowing off the claymore were some rune markings, showing the magic that surrounds his sword alright.
“No way, that’s like he’s got Ben’s Master Sword!” Rainbow Dash protest in not believing this, her cousin never said he had a blade with some magical powers inscribed in its feature.
“Only we’re afraid to say, the details & qualities are far different, my dear,” Rarity acclaimed to say that both Brave Heart & Ben’s swords were magical, yes, but they each are differently fashion and forge with different history to be played out.
“Well, at least he’s hurt a bit,” Pinkie Pie smiled to say that they’ve caused some damage to the stallion, that’s one score for them.
“Ah, ye judge me too quick, true as it be, I’m wounded. But this be scratches 'dat be easily fix.” Brave Heart spoke before he was suddenly positioning himself in a bow pose. “Heed mo Becken ag glaoch ...Solas Angelic!” He spoke with the strange words of Celtic Magic again, preparing something.
Then in an instant, light glowed like the angel of the night, and the wounds he received vanished from sight. This caught everyone watching this by surprise.
“Okay, scratch that one.” Pinkie Pie slowly responded in seeing that moment was closed.
“Now then lassies, let us up the battle for round two.” Brave Heart motioned off that this was but the first opening, time to go up to their second round of their battle.
This made the six mares get a bit more defensive, looks like Brave Heart is tougher than they thought. They’ll need to be extra vigilant in what other surprises this Alicorn stallion can do.
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As Ben's group are on their way back home, Ben, Hoboken Joe, Crashfire, Johnny and Mangani encountered a white unicorn with black mane in ponytail, dressed in a white robe with small armor plates. He has twin swords and blue Phoenix Cutie Mark. Another one is brown Earth Pony that has shirt but spiky mane and tail, dressed in blue armor and had a black eye patch. His Cutie Mark is Black eye patch and curve-shaped sword.
"Who are you?" Ben asks the newcomers puzzled.
The unicorn grins as he made the introductions, "My name is Prince Strikespell, son of Mystic Councilpony: Azure Phoenix. This Earth Pony is my father's general: One-Eyed Anger."
"Gotta say, kid; that was quite impressive display you've got there to free Mangani." Ange remarks, impressed by what he and Strikespell just seen.
"Seriously; you were watching and didn't help us. That's so not cool!" Crashfire snaps in annoyance over the lack of help from Strikespell and Anger.
"He's right. If you had, we would've gotten Mangani out and away from this freakshow!" Johnny exclaims in agreement.
"Do not misunderstand our purpose, heirs of Fire and Music. If we had found the weakness that Dark Ponies had cast a spell on Mangani, we would've gotten him out before you." Strikespell points out to the two stallions that if he and Anger would've found the weakness sooner, they would've deal with the problem sooner.
"So those creeps were behind of this?! Why," Crashfire demands. So the Dark Ponies are responsible for what happened to Mangani.
"Probably preventing us from helping each other; not cool." Johnny remarks with a frown.
"You've got it, music pony. In fact, not even the holders of Elements of Harmony could do it, unless you've shown great will and determination. It proved that you're the one, Ben." Anger said to Ben proudly.
"Um..... Thanks." Ben said with a slight awkward look.
"Well, I'll be darn it. So what brings you here, fellas?" Hoboken Joe asks the newcomers curiously.
Strikespell explains, "Father had informed me that you'll be here for Mangani and requested to see your power . It seems that you had proven very well."
"Thanks, Prince Strikespell. But I couldn't have done it without Hoboken Joe." Ben said with a grin.
"Yeah; you impress me with good advice for that kid. Well done, Hoboken Joe." Anger said, complimenting Hoboken Joe for his help to Ben.
Hoboken scratches his mane, remarking, "Shucks. It's nothing. I did what I can to help this young lad."
"Listen, Tao told us in his story of how he lost his daughter...I'm sorry to hear that." Ben said to Strikespell.
"Yeah, it was hard on dad, even when he has to put her on ice." Strikespell said seriously with a sigh.
"What do you mean?" Crashfire ask Strikespell. The Mystic Pony pauses then explains.
Flashback
Azure Phoenix looks at his daughter, Hope Light, encased in crystal. While she's dead, her father does so in a way that she can never age or become dry. The Mystic Pony wanted to preserve her, even if the wound she received from Nightmare Moon has killed her.
Strikespell narrates, "Dad has put my sister Hope Light in crystal so that she can never age or become dry. He wishes to preserve her even if her wound from Nightmare Moon has killed her."
End Flashback
Strikespell pauses as he speaks, "I was hoping...that when Mangani is found, he can use the power Element of Healing to revive the dead if their body is still intact, to be healed of the wound & revive a lost life...bringing us as a family together again..."
"I shall...do that." Mangani speaks, much to the others' surprise. "No one deserves...life of sadness."
"Right, let's get back to Ponyville." Johnny said with a smile; If Hope Light is back to life then maybe...
"It seems your quest is complete . We would be honored to teleport you and your Moving Castle to your home." Strikespell said,
"Well, we could use some help. But how you going to do-" Ben begins to say. Strikespell gathered bluish energy in his horn with his eyes opened in white light and blasted out at the sky. They all disappeared from sight.
Black Tiger and the Dark Warriors Trio saw everything, much to their surprise. Black Tiger said, "We must report to both masters at once."
"You said it, Black. This is going to be major problems." DJ said seriously. If Mangani can bring back the dead, it will be a major problem.
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“Bíseach Forth, scaoileadh saor nuair a scoirfidh ...” Brave Heart suddenly unleashed to speak some new Celtic Spells out, which by his horn’s aid, levitated his Brave Sword in froth of him, lightly hits one of it’s needs, causing it to spin like a fan. “Sky de Magairlín!” At the moment when he stopped it, he creates a widening tornado-like blast, which fired right towards his targets.
“INCOMING WIND,” Rainbow Dash yelled out in seeing that the mares got an attack coming up faster than the wind itself here.
“Rarity, Twilight, any day now,” Applejack spoke in needing these two mares to provide a defense for them.
“I got it!” Fluttershy spoke in stepping in to help shield her friends.
“You got it?” The other five mares asked off surprise, what was Fluttershy thinking?
“Crystal Petal’s Link Shield!” Fluttershy suddenly spoke which her crystal petals off her mane and between the ears glowed to scatter to arrange in a triangle of golden force.
And then before the attack that Brave Heart fired hit the gang, Fluttershy’s shield managed to cover her & her friends that somehow, negated the attack.
“Faith & Begorrah; Wha spell be this?” Brave Heart responded off shock to see that a spell he unleashed was blocked, but something Fluttershy pulled out.
“My defensive technique that repels attacks at me and my friends,” Fluttershy responded in what her newest move of the day was and it was surprising that ‘she’ provided defense for her herself & her friends.
“Oh yeah, way to go Fluttershy,” Pinkie Pie pumped up her hooves to cheer for her friend.
“Darling, that was marvelous, why, you helped saved us.” Rarity happily stated in being surprised that the shy one had such a fantastic surprise for them.
“Oh, it’s nothing.” Fluttershy blushed a bit lightly, feeling that it was nothing too much.
“Nothin’ tube sweet, I’ll just try another attempt directly!” Brave Heart proclaimed out before taking to the skies and charging straight with his claymore facing out.
“Pinkie, now,” Twilight signal her pink friend to prepare a little ‘surprise’ for the stallion Alicorn.
“Right, take THIS!” Pinkie Pie smiled to throw something out with all her might in the guy’s direct path to the mares.
And when Brave Heart saw was some shiny sphere ball that hovered above….
“Wha be this? I’m…moving….against me will!” Brave Heart yelped in seeing he was moving out of his controls, why was it?
“Oh that’s my Disco Ball; you’ll dance to the beat while we attack you.” Pinkie Pie smiled off to explain what she’s managed to do here.
“Say wha now lass,” Brave Heart asked off in utter disbelief, the mare was using music & dancing her opponents as an attack, who’s ever heard of that? “Well I prefer a tune to dance from a victory or a fest. So let’s change the tune.” Brave Heart spoke off in feeling this little trick needs to be…better suited to his style & taste.
Then from Brave Heart’s horn, magic was shot out that affected the Disco Ball to suddenly change it into….BAGPIPES! And then it started to magically sound out in playing a tune.
Course outside the Sphere Field, many ponies who heard the sound, some were kinda…music critics; Cause they found the sound to be ear-piercing to them since they never heard much of bagpipes or that from Trotland.
“Ahhhh, it’s inhuman! It’s ghastly! It’s…it’s…” Diamond Tiara covered her ears in complaining in hearing such a sound that was too much for her to take.
“It’s My Filly Of The thirdth the fourth.” Miss Cheerilee stated out in recalling the name of that tune. “I remember that’s the song custom for ponies that live in Trotland & Trottingham.” She explained this to her students that even if the foals were listening, they can’t stand the bagpipe sound.
“Oh dear; this maybe worse than when some terrorist held the city of Baltimare hostage with an accordion; Before Celestia fixed the problem.” Mayor responded with worry, this was not a good thing to be happening.
“Somebody’s got to help those poor ponies!” A random citizen cried out with her hands on her ears, the Mane Six must be feeling torture by such music.
Meanwhile, inside the Sphere Field, the Mane Six were blasting some of their range attacks at their target, who had somehow worn his Trotland outfit and kilt to be dancing to the tune that he made.
“This is getting ridiculous, he’s turn Pinkie Pie’s attack to his advantage!” Rainbow Dash spoke off in seeing that her cousin turn one attack against the mares, so how do they fight this?
“Then instead, we’ll just trip him up.” Twilight spoke with her horn glowing, preparing a magic spell while the opponent is distracted.
Suddenly, the kilt worn by Brave Heart was tugged up to cover the stallion, making him unable to see and gave the mares a shot to remove the bagpipes and quit the sounds right there.
“Aaaeeeeh; I liked dat music!” Brave Heart complained to say after he unblinded himself, only to see the ‘you’re kidding me’ faces in what he said. “Oh right, our battle. Oh well, I’ll dance again to victory when be done here.” He made his outfit of a kilt disappear now, as he return to being battle ready now.
“Dance to this! Confetti Fog,” Pinkie Pie spoke forth in now preparing her cannon with a different attack, “Poofruvhmm!” And from the Party Cannon came a large swarm of colorful paper confetti that was flapping around Brave Heart’s surroundings.
“Cough-cough, cough…wha’s this lass? Gugh, oh, can’t talk, smell, or see his hair with this stuff in me way.” Brave Heart was having trouble with this, cause it left him blind, the stuff either got in his nose, his eyes, even his mouth, he can’t even tell if the pink pony will try a sneak attack on him.
“Tangle Party Streamers,” Pinkie Pie’s voice was heard during Brave Heart’s distraction at the time, “Poofruvhmmm….Wraapsvhmmmm!” Suddenly, the field view for Brave Heart was cut down when something attacked him from hearing Pinkie Pie’s voice.
And once the fog of confetti was all over, the mares soon got a view of Brave Heart…tangled in party streamer lines. The stallion was trying to get out, but the stuff was pretty tight.
“Darn. Jus’ a second, I’ll be outta this faster than you can say….” Brave Heart was bound to say in trying to get himself free from this, as this can’t hold someone who’s really strong to break this hold in a few minutes.
“How’s about instead, we send ya down wit' our hooves 'ta 'dat face?” Applejack spoke off in stepping in near the tied up stallion to prepare an attack of her own now. “Heavy Buffalo Roam!” As Applejack spoke, she lifts her left hoof that glow a bright orange of high-temperature, and from her Strength Ribbons additional effect, “Powwwwwfruvhmmm!” And in a surprising feat that no pony saw, she delivered a strong hoof boot that could rival a Dragon’s swift blow from their claw.
“Guuuaaghhhh,” Brave cringed from being knocked backwards to roll across the field to head towards Twilight.
“Nova Punch,” Twilight flew near with a glowing hoof of hers she once used to bring down a mountain on a Hydra, “BammFreuvhmmm!” Only now, she used it to bash Brave Heart down which felt like being hit by a supernova.
“Gooowwwwch,” Brave Heart cried out from being launched into the air from that powerful punch right there.
“Eternal Style – Scepter,” Rarity used her magic on the gems to form a weapon, this one appearing like a long scepter & a top ornament like a giant gem octagon, “Smackfruvhmmm!” Then quicker than any could say, she swung her forged weapon across Brave Heart before he even could tell.
“Wuuaaaughhh,” Brave Heart yelped from being knocked downwards from Rarity’s swing to head near Fluttershy.
“Sorry, but….Iron Bear Claw,” Fluttershy was apologizing at this time before putting her two front hooves near her waist, and then…. “Bashhfruvhmmm,” With a surprise once again, the gang saw Fluttershy using the power of a bear that pushed the opponent back. Yep, hard to believe ourselves; must be from Nexus’s potion stuff.
“Woohooouvmmmm,” Brave gasped from feeling himself pushed back again, and from the whimsy shy mare out of the group, what’s wrong here?
“Aims to please,” Rainbow Dash flew up to deliver her two cents of swinging her nun-chucks that knocked Brave Heart towards her friends.
“Weeee,” Pinkie Pie was cheering in having fun to blast her cannon that knock the drifting stallion towards another pony nearby.
This was going on for a few moments, but that was when things were cut short.,“Slissivhmmm!” As Brave Heart sliced the tangle streamer liens with his sword as he was flapping his wings to stare down at the ponies….with a seriously gazing eye sight.
The crowds outside watching this saw what was seen on Brave Heart’s face….most that saw the guy get angry, did not let it pass them; he’s mad now.
“Woah girls, yew seeing 'dat,” Apple Bloom yelped in seeing something scary just now.
“You mean those eyes of Brave Heart, hard not to miss!” Scootaloo pointed out in telling, the Alicorn stallion seems ‘dead’ serious now.
“What’s gonna happen now?” Sweetie Belle asked in fearfully wondering what could happen here.
Nyx felt silent in seeing this, Brave Heart seems different now, she can sense his magic…sky rocket over what her mother and aunts were dishing out.
Inside the Sphere Field, the Mane Six were scattered at the moment, watching as Brave Heart landed on the ground, but his eyes seem to show…something scary.
“I think play time with ye lassies has gone on long enough!” Brave Heart addressed this off once again in feeling ready to get serious here.
“Play time?” Rarity raised an eyebrow in hearing those words correctly.
“Awww, we were playing a game?” Pinkie Pie sighs to moan in thinking that the fighters were doing a game instead of this.
“Yeah, I’m pretty sure my cousin doesn’t mean that.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes on her pink friend’s wild random claim.
“But what does he mean?” Fluttershy asked off in being puzzled by Brave Heart’s words.
“Whatever it is, it can’t be good.” Twilight shook her head in feeling something big is coming, her sense in magic from Brave Heart seems…to have changed.
“Ah reckon so, stay alert ye’ll, 'dis doggy’s about 'ta show his bark worse than 'de bite!” Applejack spoke off in getting ready for any surprise actions about to come their way.
“This challenge was fun while it lasted, but I, Brave Heart, can see that if I want to end things, I must not hold back any longer.” Brave Heart spoke with a stern serious tone of voice in stating this fact. “I wanted to be as lenient as possible, but ye left me now choice.” He shook his head in seeing there was no way out, the Mane Six have proven he mustn’t be holding out against them, he’ll have to be more rough now.
Silence filled the air, both those inside & outside the Sphere field was gluing their eyes to what will happen from here. Sounds like Brave Heart is about to go off on the more offensive strike.
And at the moment, the silence stopped, and that’s when the action took place.
“Draoithe Dó lasair, Ignite Thy Fórsa…” Brave Heart was speaking more words of his Celtic Spells by the incantation, as he aims his horn forward to target those before him, as he was magically generating a torrent of blue magic, “Dragon Gorm Wrath!” He shouted this off after finishing his preparation to fire this at the targets.
“Proofrsuvhhmmm….” And then in a shocking surprise, the magical energy that moves like a large wave of magical energy, that’s proof on the amount of power which was placed into the spell.
“Huuugh…” The six mares gasped in surprise shock, that attack is gonna hit and looks really powerful.
“Comet Run,” Twilight shouted out to cast her spell that caught everyone near her to glow as a white flash ball that took off with a tail wave.
“Bammgruvhmmmfruvhmmm….” The attack ended up blasting all the terrain in the front path that look like it boast away an entire road…and anything within the path.
Outside the Sphere Field, it’s as if the loud explosion was heard like a quake in a pond pool, like the audience almost saw & felt a reaction. That stunt pulled by Brave Heart seems…too extreme.
“Aye-Aye-Aye-Aye, Aye; Tell me I didn’t see that right?” Phobos was gasping to drop his meals to be almost too stump shocked in believing what just happened.
“I’m afraid it’s no lie, that attack look too much for just a competition!” Spike spoke worried in seeing what was seen seem more like a very powerful spell to leave more than a little damage, make that a lot.
Within the Sphere Field, Twilight’s Comet Run managed to bring the Mane Six towards another spot a couple a good miles away from where they were. They all sigh with relief, and saw where Brave Heart was and where the attack he fired…laid near waste across the ground to make rubble out of the land.
“Rainbow; Dat cousin o' yours almost blew us 'ta kingdom come.” Applejack shouted out to snap at her friend in seeing her cousin Brave Heart almost burn their hides.
“Hay, I didn’t expect him to pull something THAT powerful!” Rainbow Dash protest in saying that she wasn’t expecting her cousin to go ‘all out’ suddenly.
“Oh dear, what if…he was telling the truth in being more serious now,” Fluttershy yelped in fearing the thought, that the mares angered Brave Heart to now take things seriously.
“I hate to say this, but we might have just…a ‘smidgeon’ overdone it, perhaps.” Rarity spoke in feeling they may have done more than just to beat him in a challenge, they got him very mad.
“I guess this’ll really test ourselves now girls. Probably all the more reason to be ready for anything and to dish out anything to beat him now,” Twilight spoke with a serious face, now they really got beat Brave Heart to show him the true meaning of justice than just using power & might for the wrong stuff he’s confused them to be.
“That’s good, cause here he comes now!” Pinkie Pie nods to say while pointing at their opponent about to come at them.
Soon Brave Heart went on a more faster approach by his wing aid and held his claymore to prepare to swing it.
“Eat Party Cannon!” Pinkie Pie shouted out to aim her Party Cannon to prepare to fire her shoots. “BAM!…BAM!…BAM….BAM!….” And soon she was firing away whatever shots she could use, whether party favors or explosive stuff.
“Boom….Boom…Boom…Boom….” Course all the shots Pinkie Pie fired were impacting around the area that Brave Heart zig-zag around, not getting caught in any of them while focusing on what’s ahead.
“Ho-Down Wallop,” Applejack was spinning her lasso up that was charging up a magical sphere inside the upper end before throwing it outwards.
“Kaboomruvhmmm….Kapowwfruvhmmm….” Applejack’s attack, she tried to do repeat after repeat, but Brave Heart was not slowing down or stopping.
“Twilight Star Shower,” Twilight used her horn’s magic to unleash the power of spheres from above like the stars.
But even that was still not slowing Brave Heart to easily foreseen each of the falling stars to dodge and even block or counter them.
“Okay, okay, gotta use something more violet that’s possible….um…lethal force.” Fluttershy spoke in feeling that she needs to really get to be more helpful to her friends, and she has one technique to use. “Oh, here goes. Solitary Petal’s Cutting Shield!” She gave in to prepare something with her Crystal Petals as they began to glow.
“Thropvhmmm…Priisisivhmm…” Soon the petals from both sides fuse to fire off as a single glowing projectile arrow and even Brave Heart saw it coming that all that happened…was a bright flash expanding around.
“Did that work?” Twilight asked off in wondering, if that move managed to do it.
And then Twilight’s answer came in seeing the Brave Sword once again block what almost some thought would have surely worked.
“Eternal Style - Gem Assault,” Rarity then used her gems to magical be fired off to assault the charging Alicorn stallion, but even that move was futile with Brave Heart countering & dodging them. “My dear, we’re running out of options here! We need a stronger impact!” Rarity question if the Mane Six had something stronger to help them fight off this unstoppable pony.
“Then leave it to me!” Rainbow Dash spoke to swing her nun-chucks in having the solution ready. “I’ve been itching to try this mode for about as forever gets. Sorry cous, but you’ve force our hold.” She stated to almost press the secret button that will change her nun-chucks, into a cool awesome weapon, shame it’s gotta be used to stop Brave Heart.
“Well ye better start, cause he’s almost inches away!" Applejack spoke off in pointing out that the mares can’t keep attacking by range attacks if the opponent is almost here.
“Got it; Magical Nun-Chuck Guns, time to go for….the Enhanced Mode!” Rainbow Dash stated out in understanding the issue and presses the unicorn button on her weapon.
Soon the Magical Nun-Chucks Guns were magically transformed into it’s bombardment mode as Rainbow Dash took the center controls to begin operating it.
“Unicorn Cannon ,” Rainbow Dash proclaimed out once her transformed weapon was ready as she grabbed hold of the trigger levers, “Lock-On!” As she spoke this, the magical yellow holo-screen showed her locking on target, “HEEEYAAAAAAHH-RAAAAAHHHH!” Then she lets out a mighty battle cry while concentrating her magical energy before firing. “POWWWVHM-Powwwvhmmmm/Powwwvhhmmm….” And from the firing, that was enough force to almost push Rainbow Dash back since the attack condense when fired all the magical energy the weapon possesses.
“Nehruhruhruhraaaughhh,” The two attacks took the form of two blue unicorn head that were projectiles heading directly towards…Brave Heart.
“Wha the…?” Brave Heart’s eyes widen in seeing another new surprise, one that may actually cause some damage to him.
“Kabooomfrvuhmmmm….” At impact, that created a large explosive cloud that spread around where Brave Heart seems to have stopped at last.
Finally, the six mares drop themselves to almost pass out while Rainbow Dash undid her Magical Nun-Chucks back into their standard mode.
“Phew….I say that was….eeek-ooh, ack, Dede-Do, Whap-pana!” Pinkie Pie was almost going to say, but then she was acting weird before…it dawn to her, “Uh-oh! That’s my Pinkie Senses saying that we’re not done yet!” Pinkie stated in realizing that the mares are far from being done here.
“Whaaat,” The other five mares responded in disbelief, but Pinkie Pie’s senses are never wrong, just great.
Soon dashing forth from the explosive clouds, was Brave Heart, looking a bit messy, but looks mean little it the body is still in perfect form to battle; which he is unfortunately.
“Prepare to task my blade!” Brave Heart shouted out in about to have his claymore be swung forth.
“Oh no, he’s gonna attack! Fluttershy, you have to make your shield!” Twilight spoke to her friend in seeing that they need the Pegasus to do what she did last time.
“Well yes, but I have another idea.” Fluttershy spoke in thinking she has another idea that could be better than a simple shield at hand here.
“It better not be an apology!” Applejack spoke off in thinking if Fluttershy think that will work, it won’t.
“No, but I think it might work well with our situation.” Fluttershy spoke in having a way to help the girls out; they just have to trust her.
The other mares were left unsure, but Fluttershy’s new abilities have shown she can fight fairly, they got to trust her. Soon Brave Heart was now a few meters away from the mares. Just then, Fluttershy used her Crystal Petals to make a strangely, yet familiar shield.
“Nice try, but I know dat shield’s strength; it won’t stop an attack this powerful, and with my Brave Sword’s magical ability now up to break through!” Brave Heart exclaims to Fluttershy in determination.
At the time, time seem slow before the attacker attacked the one with the defense, “Clashhfruvhmmm!” Soon it happened, Brave Heart’s claymore smashed against the shield in preparing to break it with his mighty power .
“Hmph…” But in the most rarest of all rarest moments that any pony never thought they live to see the day in an actual dangerous situation was Fluttershy….cracking a sly smile.
Even those outside the Sphere Field watching this, those that have known Fluttershy can tell a hidden smile holds….something sneaky.
“Oh boy, Fluttershy with a sneaky smile is never a good sign.” Phobos yelped to fear the scene playing out here.
“Believe me; I think that’s a thing we wanna stay away from.” Spike responded in understanding his pal seeing this, it’s never a good thing.
Back inside the Sphere Field, Brave Heart stared in confusion, why was the mare here smiling? But then he suddenly noticed something strange…the shield, it was not breaking. The shape was different too, creating a pyramid shield, and the instant of receiving his attack, it did something. “”Kapowfrusvhmmmm….” It disperses the resultant force as a concentrated explosion which automatically returned the opposing trajectory that knocked Brave Heart across the field. And the other five members of the Mane Six stared at Fluttershy with…gasping mouths.
“Um, what,” Fluttershy slowly spoke in looking at her friends weird faces at her, did she do something….wrong here?
“What…did you...just do…there?” Rainbow was trying to say while still getting over what they even saw this Pegasus do.
“Oh, that was a move I was told combines offensive & defensive properties, and it hit, well…whatever would have hurt us, bounce back.” Fluttershy explained a bit meekly about how that move she did had performed while dispelling it at the time.
“Darling, let’s just say, you were….” Rarity was trying to find the right words to describe this, only to be cut off now.
“Almost scary when you pulled a surprise even I couldn’t have done!” Pinkie Pie spoke off in stating such a fact, almost like Fluttershy was being her old tough attitude self that Iron Will showed her to be.
“Oh dear, I’m so sorry.” Fluttershy spoke with wide eyes to apologize, she didn’t know what she himself did was…out of character.
“Its fine Fluttershy, at least now….hugh,” Twilight was about to say something that all was well….or was it when she gasped for some reason.
Suddenly from the clouds, Brave Heart was seen looking a bit hurt for wear, but he spoke more Gaetic-Celtic words which provided some healing spell that made his received wounds disappear. And then in a flash, he vanished from sight, only to appear above the gang.
“Eeep,” Fluttershy yelped to cover her hooves over her head, looks like this’ll hurt.
Twilight didn’t know how, but in a slow motion she flew in to try to stop Brave Heart. And during the time, her right hoof felt heavy, as if she was struggling to perform something. “CLASPPFRVUHMMM….” Then in a blink of an eye, Brave Heart’s Brave Sword was repel off by some other weapon. As he got his bearings, he saw that Rainbow Dash & Rarity had their nun-chucks & gem scepter, but none of those blocked his attacks…it was the princess herself. Twilight held a pink glow of an object that seems to be a formless weapon that surprised those fighting, and those watching too.
“By Druids Beard; Wha be dat, lass?” Brave Heart gasped out in shock, Twilight wields a weapon, now that’s surprising.
“Twilight; is dat de weapon used 'ta stop 'de Superior’s Curse Spell?” Applejack asked off her friend in seeing the weapon Twilight has just managed to show the rest.
“Yes, oh though…I still haven’t quite gotten it to perfectly stabilize itself into a full form yet.” Twilight nods in seeing the formless weapon, it’s managed to provide her aid, but it’s still far from being truly formed here.
“Don’t worry; you’ll be able to call upon your StarBlade eventually.” Pinkie Pie spoke off with a smile in assuring her friend of being able to create the weapon she seems to be capable of someday.
“StarBlade,” Twilight raised her eye in questioning why her pink friend said her weapon was such a name.
“Pinkie, why on Equestria would you believe that’s what it’s called?” Rarity asked for Twilight in seeing her friend never even said what her almost formed weapon was called.
“Lucky guess,” Pinkie Pie shrug off her shoulders in stating it as such here.
“If we weren’t in the middle of something, I say that’s very random.” Rainbow Dash spoke off in seeing her friend really spoke out something random here.
“Well now, a chance to be duking against a blade of mystic origin, now this is the kinda battle I’ve been hoping to come across.” Brave Heart spoke in stating to get a bit more interested by this, finally a chance to try his might against a blade of unknown.
And no sooner was Brave Heart dashing so fast, Twilight ended up holding her unformed weapon of energy to block the fast & strong blows of the stallion’s Brave Sword. The other mares were a bit surprised, that Twilight was able to wield the weapon without much need of her magic. And by the judging of it, both weapons of magical properties were clashing to break through the other’s defense. But for each time a strike was done, Twilight’s formless weapon began to show its self-informing, almost about to vanish at a drop of a hat.
“No, no, not now! Keep it together!” Twilight protest with worry, she can already sense that the weapon can’t maintain its form to stay longer and will vanish soon…
“Breakrisvhmm….” At that time, the formless weapon was completely broken through from which Brave Heart’s last strike knocked Twilight against her friends. As the mares were shaking their heads, Brave Heart seems not at all done yet.
“Such a shame lass, I would have liked to have seen thy blade fully stable, but it seems ye yet master it.” Brave Heart sadly shook his head in seeing that while Twilight appears to wield a new power , it has yet to awaken & for Twilight to properly forge it to be better suited in combat. “It’s time to surrender, for now there’s going to be no holds bound!” At Brave Heart’s words, his magical aura began to light up for all to see.
Outside the Sphere Field, the audience was seeing Brave Heart’s magical aura flare up like a bright light show.
“Hugh….his magical power is rising up further!” Nyx gasped in sensing the magic Brave Heart was admitting could be felt by her sense of magical difference.
“Uh-oh,” Spike & Phobos responded with worried looks, that doesn’t sound too good to hear.
And back inside the Sphere Field, the Mane Six were standing up to see how much Brave Heart was focusing on building up his magical power .
“Oh no; He’s trying build up more of his magic for a final attack!” Twilight gasped in sensing a change, Brave Heart’s gonna try to unleash something far more stronger than before.
“Rainbow, doesn’t dat gizmo o' yers can tell wha his level o' magic is at?” Applejack asked her friend that’s gotten those special sunglasses to help tell how strong an opponent that they are facing here.
“Give me a second, I’m just testing it.” Rainbow Dash responded off to say in putting her Dash Scouter on to suddenly begin to see the read outs; and it shocked her, “No way! According to this, his Magic Level is over…..9000!” She responded off in almost seeing this as a shocking feat.
“WHAT! 9000? There’s no way he can be at that level, can he?” Pinkie Pie shouted out to show bug-eye motion in not believing this piece of news.
“It’s almost like our struggle against Lorcan, only much different!” Rarity spoke for fear that this was almost like the time Lorcan never fought them seriously & had more tricks up his sleeve, what a terrible memory.
“Well get ready to hate this…it’s still going.” Rainbow Dash spoke to look more wide-eye in surprise, as the numbers from her scouter aren’t lying to her of the sense of magical power . “It’s over 10,000…..50,000….” She was speaking from seeing the numbers rise up so high it was skyrocketing. “It’s at…It’s nearly over a Magic Level of 100,000!” Rainbow exclaimed with almost sweat coming down her face, that’s a lot of magical might right there.
“Oh dear; Oh dear; Oh dear; Oh dear; that doesn’t sound too pleasant to hear!” Fluttershy was beginning to look extremely worried, whatever may come, might be too much for them to withstand,
“Everypony, we have to be ready for anything.” Twilight shouted out in getting her friends to remain focus and prepare for anything that comes their way.
At this time, Brave Heart closed his eyes and began to speak some long Celtic-Spell, “Tonn ar an Aigéan, Reo Ar Al Thy Thimpeallachtaí.” The words he spoke began to form around his weapon’s tip. “Lig go léir freastal ar a gcuid defeat reoite god fhéadfadh coldness.” He spoke with a heavy sounding of force before opening his eyes. “Oighearshruth Tundra!” He aims his Brave Sword towards the Mane Six from announcing the next spell.
Then after that, the stallion fires a massive wave of ice which freezes the surrounding area & heading for the targets. The Mane Six had to quickly act, Twilight & Rarity tried to hold a strong spell with Fluttershy’s shield ability from her Crystal Petals, but it was shown to be cracking at a rapid rate. Applejack, Rainbow Dash & Pinkie Pie fired some of their magical range attacks to keep the ice from getting to them, but this spell seems very strong. And when the last line of defense was about to crack after taking around fifteen seconds of the attack, Fluttershy saw this with fear and then….
“Huuuagh…WAAAAAAAUGHHHH!” Fluttershy took a deep breath and unleashed a scream that produce a super-conic wail that was pushing against the attack….
“Bangruvhmmm…..” And then on impact, the ice soon finished spreading over the entire area that it targeted. Leaving everything in a frozen state like winter had come early.
No one that watched the battle from the Sphere Field could tell what happened, either the mares were defeated, or….well let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
“Wha happened 'ta 'de others?” Apple Bloom asked with some voice of concern in what they saw happen.
“I can’t tell where they are.” Sweetie Belle stated in being unsure in what just took place here.
“Man, I wish this thing had better reception.” Scootaloo groans to say that they can’t tell, the snow in the Sphere Field seem to cover much view.
Inside the Sphere Field, we finally see what happened, the entire area was frozen. Brave Heart saw the drifting falls of snow as he slowly was walking forth towards where his opponents were. At arriving, the Mane Six look a bit beaten & feeling a bit of some cold frostbites but then were pushing themselves to stand up.
“I commend ye of coming this far, lassies. Ye gave me a bit of a good fight, but it proves one thing.” Brave Heart spoke in trying to be honest towards the mares about this battle they’ve done so far. “That the strong are those dat hold power & might to make a stallion stronger than all else.” He spoke off in declaring that only the truly strong creatures can make a difference in the power they hold.
“Hugh…hugh…we’re not done yet, cousin.” Rainbow Dash was trying to stand after the gang has just survived that close spell that almost froze them.
“Oh stop Rainbow Dash, ye done well enough dat anymore & ye be finished.” Brave Heart spoke off in wanting his cousin to stop, she can barely stand. “There have only been so far a few strong warriors to have ever earn me interest & me respect for their strength.” He issued to state this matter of those he’s fought before have been the only ones that he’s recognize as strong fighters.
“Um, would it be too much of a bother to ask who they might be? That is, if you don’t mind me asking.” Fluttershy spoke in polity asking for an answer to a question here.
“Seein’ ye’ll be done soon, I’ll tells ya.” Brave Heart spoke in seeing the mares won’t be resisting that he can tell them, unaware of a hidden agenda from the Mane Six. “For starters, dat Big Mac guy & Tough Apple, they felt strong during our tussle. They ain’t too shabby, so I’ll respect the Apple clan’s strong members & acknowledge Applejack’s got something to match.” He spoke of some kinda credit for the Apple Family having such strong members.
“Gee…thanks fer 'de thought.” Applejack rolled her eyes in hearing this, just wish it wasn’t when that the mares were down.
“But even so, I’ve best’d them Apples, and hav even best’d the Alicorn you known as Golden Heart.” Brave Heart spoke out in stating this out about who else he’s beaten in the past.
“You defeated Goldie?” Pinkie Pie responded out surprised in hearing this piece of news suddenly.
“Aye, but just as I was com in’ terms to claim victory, a cloak pony stranger in light pink armor almost caught me by surprise.” Brave Heart spoke before stating in deep thought of something that happened during such a battle. “And then the stranger fought me to the pint it retreated with Golden Heart. And when I found the guy, I wanted to know who de pony was, only to hear it was a pony who gone by ‘the Bird Of Prey’ & worn armor made of Horsefeather Iron. Dat which was worn once by greatest of warriors & made from rare material that’s hard to find & duplicate more like it,” The explanation of such a warrior made those that were here & those that were watching the battle from outside the Sphere Field…were curls of the pony called ‘The Bird Of Prey’, somehow. “And I’ll find this Bird Of Prey in hearing the opponent is like the Ultimate Hunter, a true foe to face indeed .” He spoke in someday wanting to fight against whoever that who saved Golden Heart & the Alicorn said to him was going by a name, Brave Heart will find & fight that warrior again.
“Well, doesn’t that sound refine of you to say.” Rarity rolled her eyes in hearing such a tale from this stallion.
“Aye, but even finding good opponents & beating some of the best, there are only those who I truly & at most respect the ones that even I fought me best and aren’t close to their powerful might.” Brave Heart pointed out in saying this while having more to say. “Truth be told, I want to clobber your biggest threats like the Superior & his organization, fight off the Dark Mystics, and take the battle to a higher plain in facing even the Demon god himself of Tartarus, Grimmore the Overlord King & his army.” Brave Heart was actually wanting to face stronger opponents the likes no one has fought before, but are claim to be very powerful.
“But you can’t do that alone.” Twilight protests in hearing Brave Heart’s words in wanting to face those maybe too powerful to go up against.
“My strength is no joke lass; I’ll fight to beat the biggest villains for justice even if ye say my path view is off.” Brave Heart spoke off in declaring that his strength is more than mighty to aid him in bigger fights of strong foes. “But I’m still far from competing against only those dat truly have best’d me in terms of strength, power & swordsmanship.” Brave Heart looked off in the distance in recalling those that he ‘had’ fought against, and were proven to not be near such strength that he could not compete against. “And they be them.” He spoke forth in preparing to describe the very tough opponents that have proven to be in a league class all on their own.
Soon images of ponies behind Brave Heart were seen as he spoke their names with upmost pride & respect.
“Nezha, the Ultimate Mystic Warrior. And then with him be the next. Susano, the Great Mystic Pony.” Brave Heart spoke of the first & second pony figures that were seen in the background, claiming them to be very strong. “And even one who’s earned the most recognition as a mortal said to be the most powerful swordsman, the strongest Earth Pony in all of Equestria, the thirteen successor to the sword art of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu, Hiko Seijuro.” The next pony he spoke was seen as the best swordsman Equestria has ever had, and while not a Mystic Pony, his strength is no lie, it’s boundless to imagine how strong that opponent truly be.
The Mane Six were almost awe inspired in hearing that there were those powerful ponies alone, that Brave Heart admits that they are stronger & he respects them. Twilight also knows plenty of the names, the Mystic Pony names Tao spoke to her about & remembering Hiko Seijuro from the End of Equestria, a stallion who’s strength even prove to be even better to survive living in such a terrible place.
“Those are strong stallions to which I someday want to stand at their side at the tippy-top of Equestria.” Brave Heart declared out in wanting to be near such strong fighters. “While admirably, the Royal Sisters are as at the level like Golden Heart, the serious matter must be left to the stallions alone.” He spoke in declaring that only the strong gender of the stallions, can even hope to beat whatever powerful villains that come forth. “My childhood was not a happy one, as I learn only the strongest can change the world around them and so I train vigorously to obtain such strength as an Alicorn. So heed my words and just surrender now, it’s over.” He stated this with a serious expression in wanting the mares to understand; he became might, strong and powerful so that he can make sure nothing like his childhood or the future dangers of evil ever rise again while announcing the battle with the Mane six is over with.
“Heheh, what’s actually over is you talking, Brave Heart.” Rainbow Dash let off a tiny chuckle in stating that the only thing that’s done here was her cousin’s ranting.
“Right, we thought Rainbow was a showoff, guess it runs in 'de family.” Applejack spoke off to say, much to Rainbow’s annoyance.
“We can completely understand your view of things, but darling, it’s not going that way.” Rarity spoke that while they understand the troubles Brave Heart had endured, his actions are not the right way to deal with them.
“Right, I mean, yeah, we’re still a long, long, long, long, LONG-long-long, long way away from being powerful ourselves.” Pinkie Pie spoke out that just because the mares aren’t really strong, doesn’t mean that in time, they can get stronger patiently.
“But as long as we’re still fighting together, we’ll trust our strengths to help another.” Fluttershy spoke in saying they have each other to look out for them and to help lean their strength to the other.
“Ye mares are a stubborn lot. What other hope ye have left?” Brave Heart spoke off in seeing the mares are not giving up, what other hopes are even left for them to try?
“Time,” Twilight spoke with a smile in having some magic shine around her horn. “And thanks to you, we’ve gotten enough for me to use my magic left to perform….this!” She stated that thanks to Brave Heart talking so long, she can cast one spell to which gives them some aid.
Then a bright light flashed in front of the group that blinded Brave Heart & the crowds watching from the Sphere Field. By the time the light show ended, did everybody get a wild surprise in what appeared; All of the Guardians Twilight Sparkle had gotten from the end of Equestria: 1st Mehitos the Carnivorous Plant, 2nd, Egola, The Ice Giant, 3rd Undine, the Water Spirit Guardian, 4th Flying Leo, the Loyal Beast, 5th & 6th were Torpedine & Gymnote, the Electric Sea Creature Guardians, 7th Phoenix, the Living Inferno Bird, and 8th Saint Anger, the Giant Hands. They were all here; they were All Ready & raring to go on the sound of the princess’s command.
“The Guardians ye gain from the End of Equestria?” Brave Heart spoke off in witnessing this act, and couldn’t help but smiles to it. “Well now, we’re finally gettin’ more now out of this, then lets test their strength.” He spoke to hold his claymore in seeing this will be more of a challenge for him to face & overcome.
At that moment, Saint Anger grasps Brave Heart to thrust him all the way across a lake and smacked into the castle region. The other Guardians soon followed through to begin their battle in keeping Brave Heart busy. The Mane Six were finally on their feet and could see their surprise magical summon allies take the battle with Brave Heart to the castle that the stallion created in this Sphere Field’s dimension.
“Nice work Twilight.” Applejack smiled weakly to her friend for the quick save on her part.
“Al I did was buy us some time girls. But now, we need to recover our strength.” Twilight spoke with a sorrow face of concern, she can tell that it won’t be long until Brave Heart has best’d even the number of Guardians that she summoned.
“I can help with that.” Fluttershy spoke in saying she can help heal her friends, much to their puzzlement. “Crystal Petal’s Return Shield.” After speaking those words, her crystal petals make half-oval barrier around the gang as it was slowly rejecting, reversing & reconstructing the gang’s body, even felt the damage & their point of strength return, “How’s that?” She asked from seeing the spell was done, and wanted to know the answer, unaware that she surprised her friends once again here.
“Wow, I’m feeling a little more better, thanks for the assist, Fluttershy.” Pinkie Pie smiled to thank her pal for the nice healing job; the mares feel like they can setback to what they were doing.
“But still, even at our top best performance, it looks like we’re still no match against Brave Heart.” Rarity spoke in feeling that after all the stuff they threw at Brave Heart; he has yet to fallen or give up.
“I even hate to admit it, but he’s seems more like the guy that could handle things better than us.” Rainbow Dash sighs in almost throwing in the towel, Brave Heart’s too tough for them, even if they even had their Elements.
“Girls, we can’t give up like that!” Twilight spoke in wanting her friends to not just give up when things have gotten too tough here. “If we don’t show Brave Heart that his actions are not the right way, then he’ll never learn & will just continue.” If the Mane Six lose the challenge, then Brave Heart will unleash justice & revenge on anything that deserves it, even if it’s more than what they deserve.
“But…what else can we do? We’ve tried about everything?” Fluttershy asked in worry, the girls tried to use all their best efforts which ended up not being enough.
“Right, even my Party Cannon , despite it’s been up to a powerful state, and all our other stuff, we’re still not beating him to submission.” Pinkie Pie nods in sadly agreeing, they’re best just isn’t cutting it here.
“Regrettably, I feel that unless we figure out how to awake our so-called Element Evolution, we’re practically still no match for him.” Rarity spoke in feeling that the only shot they might have, is to achieve their Element forms, but they still have not figured out how to do so at this time.
“Booomm….” An explosion was heard off in the castle which made the mares stare in realizing, Brave Heart’s off set fight with the Guardians is getting a bit wild now.
“Well it don’t sound like we even got time 'ta figure out how 'ta achieve 'dat ability we have!” Applejack spoke in seeing that it’s only a matter of time till Brave Heart is done fighting the Guardians.
“Twilight, I know you’re saying we can’t give in, but what else is left to help us few fight something that’s one tough opponent?” Rainbow Dash flew to her friend in asking a difficult question, what ‘can’ they do to turn the odds?
Twilight was in a deep thought, they’ve used the best of what they carry, what spells that could work, and even teamwork. Nothing was working; Brave Heart was just too strong for six individuals to take down on their own. But what else can topple one powerful force if not numbers, what if….the numbers united into one? That’s when it hit Twilight in realization, it’s a long shot, especially since they don’t have the Elements of Harmony or achieve their Element Evolution, its stand to reason as being their last chance to make a comeback.
“There may be one way we haven’t tried.” Twilight slowly spoke with a focus face in coming to terms of one solution. “We have to try it! The spell Celestia said we could learn to work together on to increase our strength.” She issued this out with a determine face in what spell she’s been given the knowledge from Ceelstia to study & perform it.
“Wait, by ‘it’, ye all don’t mean?” Applejack spoke off in almost looking bewildered in realizing what this conversation was gonna go into.
“I do, we need to perform the Xros Fusion Spell and become one with the strength of our friendship.” Twilight spoke with a determine expression, that was their only shot left to try to achieve.
“But Twilight, what if that’s not gonna last like when you tried to stable your weapon?” Rainbow Dash spoke off in recalling what happened with the mare’s weapon she never formed.
“StarBlade,” Pinkie pointed out to say this, much to the random moment. “And the spell Twilight told us, it’s either we willingly work together or force into it!” She stated in recalling that the spell either has those work together as one or where one forces others to give them power .
“But you never force us into such a state, would you Twilight darling?” Rarity asked off in not thinking Twilight be the forceful person, now would she?
“Of course not, I want to perform that spell….if all of you, my friends, trust me to guide us.” Twilight protest the idea of using a spell if it meant it be forcing her friends into something they not do, she wants them to do this; together.
“To let you guide us, well, that is a nice thing for you to say when we think about it.” Fluttershy responded in thinking how when Twilight put that claim, it does sound nicer.
“BOOOM-Boomvvhmmm,” Suddenly, more explosive noises were heard that ended up shaking the area enough to catch all those not paying attention to turn around at a ruin castle.
Soon the Mane Six saw a shocking sight of what lay waste near the castle grounds. Phoenix & Undine were frozen solid, Egola was scattered to tiny pieces, Mehitos was screeching from being burnt, Torpedine & Gymnote were half buried under rubble; Saint Anger’s two hands lie on their backsides while Flying Leo was grounded from being smashed into the crater. It wasn’t long before the eight Guardians vanished into a light to return to where Twilight was that she received them back. And from seeing Brave Heart fly out of the castle area to return to his opponents awaiting him, still raring to go without much damage.
“Undine; Are you all alright?” Twilight spoke to her Guardian Ring that return to her, worried how the Water Spirit Guardian & the others are doing after that fight.
“We will be fine Twilight; we’ve tried to hold him off as long as you needed.” Undine’s voice could be heard from her ring, as she explained that the Guardians own by Twilight will be fine in a while. “The rest…is up to you.” She spoke before her voice went to rest, Brave Heart was stronger to have even best’d eight Guardians alone.
Hearing that last sentence made many of the mares feel During the time, a background music was heard called ’Toushi’ from Digimon Xros Wars: Music Code filled the air.
“I give ye this final chance to walk away now, ye’ve fought hard, but de results are de same no matter wha ye try!” Brave Heart spoke off loudly as he flapped within the air, demanding that the Mane Six surrender & submit defeat at his power that he holds the most in their battle.
“Girls, I won’t force you if…” Twilight was looking like this was gonna be it for them, but…
“Nevermind that, let’s do it.” Rainbow Dash interrupts to say that they’ll do this.
“Hugh?” Twilight replied off lost & puzzled, did that mean…the others should actually try the spell?
“Undine & her Guardians fought so hard to help, it be cruel to not respond with kindness for helping us.” Fluttershy smiled to say that if the girls had those that went through hardship to give them a shot, then they should respond to such he artful feelings.
“In all honestly, Ah think we need 'ta truly grow 'ta have a chance fer friendship like ours 'ta shine.” Applejack smiled to nod in seeing that the mares need to up their play field in their friendship, to truly be so strong together.
“Then we’ll just be generous as can be and share each other’s feelings to strengthen our own.” Rarity nods with an honest & noble face; they’ll each give what they can to help the other out.
“And lots of laughter to brighten our friendship to a good moment where there is no frowns.” Pinkie Pie smiled to nod in seeing, if the Mane Six share much happiness, then their spirits will fly.
“Twilight, we’re gonna try to be more loyal not to just us, but to our friendship. We’ll have hard times & arguments, sure, but we can still do it.” Rainbow Dash spoke off in stating that even if the six have their disagreements, true friends…are loyal till the end.
“Girls….” Twilight smiled with tears in her eyes, she felt like she herself was so happy, the princess was once upset that her friends never came to the End of Equestria, but now…now maybe different. “It seems that magic alone can’t always be strong by itself, not unless it’s accompanied by other magic from those to support it .” She smiled to nod proudly, the magic of their friendship helps strengthen it, and the more the girls develop it together, the stronger it can be.
“Well lasses, wha is your answer! Surrender,” Brave Heart called out in wanting to hear if the mares were gonna surrender or not.
And guess what the answer became?
“Noooooo,” The Mane Six responded in objecting to surrender their defeat at the hands of Brave Heart.
This took Brave Heart by surprise; the six mares still wish to go on, but why? They alone were no match for him, he pick them off, one by one, he outdid them every turn, he’s even best’d the Guardians which were hard to beat by one single pony alone by Twilight’s band that traveled to the End of Equestria. So how was it, despite being the mightiest, the strongest, the most powerful opponent the Mane Six had come across, they still won’t give up to the very end. It was at the time that even the background music had cease being heard.
“Then I’m left with no choice, effort like that is true to push one further, so I’ll put you down with this final spell.” Brave Heart sighs heavily to shut his eyes; it looks like he’ll have to perform a big act to have the mares stay put, even if it hurts.
Soon Brave Heart started to channel his magical aura into a far more higher appearance than ever before. Both inside & even outside the Sphere field, it began to quake from such a tremendous force at work. And which during the moment, a new background music was heard called ‘Ankoku No Madoushi’ from Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack to be played.
The audience began to show even greater worry in witnessing a strange new feat, something truly big was about to happen. The CMC looked really worried, Spike & Phobos were beginning to bite each other’s nails even some of the other ponies that know the Mane Six showed signs of concern, this scene….did not look well.
“Teorainn na mílte lámha, lámha urramach, in ann teagmháil a dhéanamh leis dorchadas; Lámha in ann a léiriú ar an spéir gorm Lámhach.” Brave Heart was speaking the first few words of his incantation for a seriously powerful spell, such that it needed to be recited even for him. And during the moment, the area that had light begin to darken a bit.
The ones watching saw the Sphere Field showing a lot of shaking water vibe in what’s to be unleashed. Brave Heart’s about to dish out something big here.
“An bóthar a basks i bhfianaise, an ghaoth a adhaint na luaithrigh, am go mbailíonn nuair a bhfuil an dá chéile, níl aon ghá a bheith hesitant, obey mo orduithe. Urchair Solas, ocht gcomhlacht, naoi mír, leabhar na bhflaitheas, Treasure ghalraithe, roth mór, túr fortress liath.” As Brave Heart continued to concentrate, he was generating ten pink magical energy points around himself, “Aidhm i bhfad ar shiúl, scaip geala agus cleanly nuair a fired.” This spell seems to be at a higher rating to which it was going to be fired.
“You girls ready, let’s hope this works.” Twilight signal her friends to gather around in some circle they were trying to hold the other’s hoof. “But then again, I forgot, my belief in you all shows that we truly believe in what can be done…together.” Twilight smiled, as the others with her smiled back, cause no matter what, their friendship is strong; they just have to keep making it stronger.
At the time, Twilight’s horn was glowing a tiny little flash of white light dancing around them. But by then, their attacker was done with his spell.
“Míle-Hand Marú-Sear Fhórsa,” Brave Heart announced forth his spell as he fires his ten pink energy points of magic at his targets; the Mane Six.
“Trusshvmmm…Booomfuvhmmmm…..” The pink energy points made contact, resulting in an exceedingly devastating explosion. Such that none had seen, even to rival one of Pinkie Pie’s explosion stunts by her cannon.
“Waaaughhhh,” The crowds all gasped in shock and surprise, that much power display from their view at the Sphere Field, seem to truly show Brave Heart has achieve victory; in defeating the Mane Six.
“Sis,” Apple Bloom & Sweetie Belle cried out in seeing their sisters Applejack & Rarity in trouble.
“Mommy,” Nyx cried out in horror, what’s happened to her mother now?
“Rainbow Dash,” Scootaloo cried out in worried that her idol hero is no more.
“Oh no; Pinkie Pie; Fluttershy,” Phobos clasp his claws to his face in almost pulling his cheeks, what happened to the others?
“No way; they couldn’t be…” Spike was almost gasping to stand in disbelief; his friends & family aren’t…finished, are they?
The background song was now coming to an end as we see the stuff inside the Sphere Field. Brave Heart was awaiting the end result of his strongest attack, even if the mares survived it, they will most lightly be down for the count.
“At last, tis now over,” Brave Heart signs in seeing he’s at last won the battle, a shame that his opponents were not fully up to challenging his might. But at least this has ended the battle.
Or was it…?
“Not quite!” Spoke the voice of Twilight Sparkle from out of nowhere during the time of silence.
At a wide eye surprise by even Brave Heart, he stared down at the explosion of his last attack? And to his surprise to even the many crowds in seeing it, and almost not even believing it to be heavenly possible…the Mane Six….were ALRIGHT! The six mares were encase some brilliantly glowing light that lifted them up from the explosion. It was during this moment, that a background song called ‘Erza VS. Erza’ from Fairy Tail Soundtrack the extended version, begin being heard.
“THEY’RE OKAY!” The CMC shouted for joy in seeing this, their family & friends are okay.
“THEY’RE ALIVE!” Phobos & Spike hugged each other for joy in seeing their pals are not dead.
The crowds were cheering with the upmost of roars, Twilight Sparkle’s group are still alive, thank Celestia for that.
And within the Sphere Field, even Brave Heart stared in surprise to puzzle the very question…
“By Celestia & Luna, tis not possible; Dat attack was strong enough to take out the toughest of creatures! How’d ye do it?” Brave Heart spoke to gasp in shock; only the truly mightiest of warriors could have survived that spell, how these mares do it? What were they up to?
“With this spell, our strength of friendship…has helped us.” Twilight responded off in proudly saying that it’s from one spell they have done, that has helped them survive. “Let’s do it girls!” Twilight turn to signal her friends in saying it’s time they truly begin their counter attack.
“Right,” The others responded with proud & determination in their eyes & their souls.
“Thruspvhmm….” Then in a unexpected event , the light flashed a brief moment before un-expectingly…shooting six color lights into the sky; orange for Applejack, yellow for Fluttershy, white for Rarity, pink for Pinkie Pie, light-blue for Rainbow Dash, & violet for Twilight. “Claspfruvhmmm…” They were flaring off like shooting stars before their separate sides soon clashed against the other, their six colors flash in bright white light.
“XROS FUSION,” The Mane Six shouted out loud in performing the spell from the Forbidden Book of Spells. And here’s the result…
Soon from a glowing sphere of light, the orb was leveling in the air above the scenery while Brave Heart & those that watched this act performed. Soon something was pushing out from within the sphere that were two wings, then it’s back hooves, then it’s front hooves from the left down & right up that almost seem to ‘grasp’ the air. A tail was seen coming out of the light before bursting from the sphere in a pillar of yellow light was the form of a mare’s head with shut eyes….before suddenly opening to its ‘eyes’ in its view presence. It’s appearance takes the form of an Alicorn made of glowing aura energy, with a light tan blue fur coat, delicate brush mane near her neck & face & long curvy tail that are dark & tan light violet color mix and light turquoise eyes. The only other thing on her body is white hoof wear, clearly made from a silver material for fighting. She suddenly stretched herself in appearing from the sphere of light that dispense itself as particles, before her hooves smashed into the ground below her with such force.
Then from a sparkle glimpse of her eyes, she suddenly began to move while speaking with Twilight’s voice. “Unity - ‘Proto Form’!” The new mare exclaimed herself of her identity in posing of her presence, and soon behind her were symbols of the Elements of Harmony.
Now the shocking display was not seen within the Sphere Field, but outside, as all the pony citizens had seen in and not believed it. This new mare called Unity…was a fusion of six ponies that represent the elements of Harmony: Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack & Pinkie Pie. All fused into one single deity form.
“Am I seeing things?” Spike spoke off in not believing what the crowd had just witnessed.
“Did they just…fuse?” Phobos asked off with twitchy eyes to shake himself if he was seeing things.
“Great Apples Seeds,” Apple Bloom responded off shock to believe what they all seen.
“That is…Sooo Cool!” Scootaloo smiled off widely in seeing this was a big moment.
“They look amazing.” Sweetie responded in being ‘awed’ by such a performance & style, Rarity would be proud.
“Mommy did it; she and the others successfully did the Xros Fusion Spell!” Nyx smiled off very happily, her mother and aunts managed to perform the spell that they almost thought their friendship couldn’t do alone.
Now all of the ponies were astounded by this feat very much and anyone else watching too.
And back inside the Sphere Field, the new Alicorn pony named Unity soon focus her eyes on Brave Heart. Who as the Alicorn station saw the gaze, he felt something…off to make his mane stand on edge.
“Faith & Begorrah; The lasses have performed a spell dat which none how done since….ever to this day!” Brave Heart responded off in being completely shocked, he’s heard of the spell, but Rainbow’s last message said that the Mane Six haven’t gotten the hang of it, well that went out the window .
“Optic Beam,” Unity responded out in looking up with her eyes, as they were suddenly glowing. “Prsuvhmmm….” Soon she fired a magical laser from her eyes directly for her target; Brave Heart.
“Yikes!” Brave Heart yelped in see a fast shot coming at him in the air so he had to react quickly. “Trzizisisivhmm….” Brave Heart used his sword to block the attack, but it felt like he was still being pushed back before he slashes the attack away. “A pony dat shots magic beams from their eyes, now I’ve seen everything, lassy!” He spoke off in never in his life, has he ever seen a pony that could do that, sure, he heard Lorcan did something similar, & even about the Fire Demon Shendu, but that was a Dragon on both accounts for Heat Beam Eyes of a related note.
Then Unity spread her wings open, and then….took off with speeds of double the ability Rainbow Dash could do.
“Hoof Bunker,” Then Unity charges her magical energy into her left hoof, “Huuuaghh!” Unity then wielded her hoof to deliver a hurtful impact to knock Brave Heart away.
“Powwwfuvhmmm…..Pooowfruvhmmm!” Brave Heart quickly used his sword to block, but the strong force of that one punch blow knocked him at least 30 yards to crash against the terrain from a hurtful impact.
The audience was really eating this up, they cheered in seeing the new pony Unity really prove more a match against Brave Heart.
Then within the Sphere Field, Brave Heart took to the air once again.
“Raging Solas Fang,” Then as Brave Heart performs another Celtic spell, he creates a circle of energy he generates through the tip of his claymore before firing multiple magic blasts of green light from it’s center in a cage-like formation.
But in a unimaginable form of speed & flight, Unity was seen dodging the multiple shots raining down on her. She was seen not being shown the slightest worry, but seem to actually be…having fun.
“Hmph-hmph, this is fun, what’s next? Brave boy?” Unity chuckled a bit in mixing stuff with Pinkie’s side of playing a game with her opponent with that sly comment with Rarity’s style of tone.
Oooohhh…snap. She did NOT just go there!
“Ye be fast to dodge them lassy, but never underestimate the true strength of a stallion!” Brave Heart spoke his words with a stern face before using his horn to disappear suddenly.
Then he reappeared to be behind the Alicorn mare as Brave Heart was about to swing his sword to catch her by surprise…or was it how he thought. “Clashvhmm….” For Unity suddenly performed a barrier around her very being in just the quick second before the weapon touched her and did not even flinch.
“By Haggis; One second fast reflexes!” Brave Heart gasped out in not even seeing the mare cast a fast spell that protected her before the weapon came into contact.
“I’m sorry, here, let me give you a helping hoof.” Unity spoke with Fluttershy’s approach in wanting to be helpful, or would it have been.
Then Unity swung around to where her tail ended up catching Brave Heart by surprise again. “Frsuvhmmm….Boommfruvhmm…” And then in a lightning fast reflex, she swung around to throw Brave Heart to crash right into the ruin castle, completely totally it’s entire structure.
The audience that saw that move could almost blink twice as if that actually happened.
“Woooaaah,” Spike & Phobos just said that much, this…was unlike anything they’ve seen before.
And within the Sphere Field, Unity was seen flapping her wings in awaiting Brave Heart’s second coming. And unknown to the crowds, the Mane Six’s spirit forms were seen outside of the pony they fused to become.
“Alright Twilight, now this form is awesome!” Rainbow Dash’s spirit comments with a proud attitude in seeing what their fusion form is doing, kicking butt more than before.
“Gotta say sugar-cube, yew pulled a nifty spell here.” Applejack’s spirit smiled to say from seeing, even if the Mane Six lost their Elements of Harmony, they pulled a new miracle just now.
“She does seem nice from seeing her…from this angle.” Fluttershy’s spirit nods to comment how their form, Unity, shows she’s a very nice pony, must be because she’s got them inside to guide her.
“More lovely if you ask me, she’s stylist in appearance.” Rarity’s spirit quoted in seeing this new Alicorn of their fusion is very lovely and she’s fabulous to be a marvelous model.
“Yep, and we’re having fun too!” Pinkie Pie’s spirit nods in seeing their fusion as one is great and they seem to be having fun while doing this.
“Remember girls, we’re not done yet, we got a lot more to go.” Twilight’s spirit spoke in keeping her friends to remember, they still got a job to do here.
Soon the sports of the Mane Six vanish while their fused form Unity watched patiently of her opponent to rise again.
“BOOMPOWWFRUVHMMM…” And in a sounding of a sonic boom, Brave Heart shot off like a rocket, hurling himself forward with his Brave Sword about to take a swing.
“Back for more, then let’s see you handle these….” Unity spoke in seeing her opponent coming up to her as she held her front hooves together, “Six Elements of Harmony!” Then from spreading her hooves out, six orbs of orange, yellow, white, pink, light-blue and violet appear around her backside image.
“Wha de druid’s jammie,” Brave Heart was saying before he suddenly duck from when those six orbs almost collided against him. “Yikes, these here orbs, they can’t possible be de real Elements of Harmony, ye six lasses return them!” Brave Heart protest to dodge the tackling orbs, believing that they are not the true original six Elements the Mane Six once worn, since they return those items to the Tree of Harmony.
“Yes, but they hold the strength from the ones that represent them and they can do just plenty.” Unity spoke in explaining with a calm face that the orbs ‘do’ have the power and are representing Honesty, Kindness, Generosity, Laughter, Loyalty, & Magic, if one were to see the color pattern & recognize the theme.
Soon Brave Heart ducks from another tackle attempt, but that’s when things changed. Soon the orbs began firing beams of light & projectile shots that Brave Heart had to dodge, counter with his sword or teleport out of the way & reappear elsewhere. And the orbs even combined their power into a single blast that went straight at the stallion.
“Void scoilteadh!” Brave Heart cast another Celtic-Spell that creates a translucent barrier in the form of a large rectangular wall. “Kurpowwfruvhmmm….” But the blast shot from the orbs impacting it cause such inflicted damage, it took fifteen seconds for Brave Heart to get out of the way. “Those things be quite the little devils!” Brave Heart quoted in seeing this was gonna be a little more tricky than before.
Then soon the orbs began to spiral around the stallion for their next shot at him.
“My game,” Unity spoke in seeing she has the upper hand here now.
“Is it?” Brave Heart spoke before he held up his left hoof while the other held his sword & his horn glowed in preparing a spell counter measure, “Naoi Gaistí Solas na gréine!” The Alicorn soon spoke some new Celtic-Spell words right out of the blue.
Then without warning, Brave Heart ended up creating eight black holes with purple outlines which emit magical energy in the space surrounding the target, Unity, with the ninth black hole manifesting itself in the center of her chest, “Guuuaaghhh!” Unity gasped in suddenly realizing this spell’s purpose, with the intention of immobilizing her, the target.
Suddenly, the orbs sense their caster in trouble to flea and aid Unity. But Brave Heart soon fired a blast of spherical red magical energy through the tip of his claymore which imploded that made the orbs dematerialize.
“Phew, I haven’t had this much trouble since a long time. Seems yer little fusion spell gave ya penny of packing, for sure.” Brave Heart signs to have a little breather now after seeing how tough his opponent has been. “But de die is cast, I got ye immobilize.” He issued that there is no way that this strong mare Alicorn of six fused ponies could get out of that one.
“Really; forgot about this trick? Optic Beam,” Unity responded with her expression unchanged as her eyes glowed again with a familiar move. “Thruspvhmmm…” And her magical laser beam was shot and it came close to contacting the target.
Brave Heart immediately duck by a mane’s length of a second, but that attack burn off some hair for sure, it was fast.
“Sorry to say, but I can get out of this trap easily.” Unity responded that this was not some spell that she couldn’t get out of with a little time.
“Too true, which is why I’ll be needing to cast this here spell. Sorry it has to be, but I can’t risk losing to ye here.” Brave Heart responded with a serious face in not going to allow this chance to go no matter what. “Ye tiarna! Masc na fola agus feola, gach chruthú, flutter de na cliatháin, ye a mbeidh idir an t-ainm Mhanann!” As he spoke Gaelic-Celtic for a spell, he was generating blue magical energy with his hooves. “Ar an bhalla lasair ghorm, inscríobh Lotus cúpla. I abyss de conflagration, fanacht ag na Spéartha dtí seo.” The spell was now finished, as he he pushed it forward against where his immobilize target is, “Lotus Twin Gorm lasair!” He pushed the magical energy toward the target in a concentrated blast, showing a twice effectiveness with much greater potency than a familiar single shot variety.
But with the use of Unity’s horn, she used magic that converts her emotional strength to magical energy, forming a light blue sphere surging with blue electric bolts.
“Pony Blaster,” Unity shouted out loud as she fires this attack from her horn’s aid.
“Kurpowwfrsuvhmmmmm…Bamgruvhmmm…” Both attacks impacted with an explosion on contact. “Frusvhmmm…” But from the smoke, Unity’s attack came out that surprised even Brave Heart that took that exploded impact that knocked him back.
“Gaaaugh,” Brave Heart really rolled around in the ground from that attack.
Soon the spell on Unity was lifted as she was free to soar down on the ground level where Brave Heart was.
“How lass, dat attack should have been...” Brave Heart wanted an answer to why that move the fused mare used came through his own, it was twice as powerful, so why?
“A greatest move like that is done when synchronizing the power of friendship used by those apart of me.” Unity nods her head down in explaining about the power of her ‘Pony Blaster’ just now. “That’s how an attack that could have beaten them separate, won’t work against us united as one…unity.” That technique was filled with the synchronized efforts of the Mane Six.
“Argh; Then taste me Brave Sword instead!” Brave Heart shouts to charge forth in preparing to wave his sword against his opponent.
“Then try to see if that special sword of yours can handle this; another strength from all the friendship power of the Mane Six wanting to achieve victory!” Unity proclaimed forth in finally preparing to dish out something extra special now. “Six Victorize,” With….
Soon Brave Heart charged right into the attack to plunge his sword into it, “Karboomfruvhmmm!” And that attack completely covered up the stallion into a large smoke cloud. “Stabfruvhmmm…” And soon that fell out of the explosion cloud was the Brave Sword
The crowds watching the Sphere Field were really stuck to seeing this, especially what happened just now.
Inside the Sphere Field, Unity was seen looking…awaiting for the smoke clouds to clear. And soon walking out a bit sluggishly was Brave Heart, he was still standing, a bit more wounded and almost looking like he fall. But he’s a tough stallion to not fall so easily, we’ll give him that.
“Hugh…hugh….I’m almost out of juice….not enough left to…heal me-self.” Brave Heart was letting off tired breaths of near exhaustion as he stared up against the one opponent that be a mare, could take him ’this’ far in a battle.
“You see, even your mighty strength can’t be invisible.” Unity spoke off in telling it as it is, that even Brave Heart with all his talk about power & might, true strength, can be found elsewhere then from one solo act. “Now it’s your turn to be given the choice to give in & change your ways.” She exclaimed that now it’s time her opponent surrenders, this battle will not last long.
“NEVER; I, Brave Heart, am not about to lose to no mare; Even if dat mare is six as one and tough as nails.” Brave Heart protest the offer to surrender, he will not fall even to the Mane Six, even if they are one entity now. “I’ll just finish this with my last stand!” Using all his might, Brave Heart soon stomps his hooves in the ground, his magical aura glowing with much more intensity than ever seen thus far; he’s going to be ‘dead’ serious now.
“If that’s how you feel, then I’ll also respond to your feelings with my own best attempt…to win !” Unity spoke with a stern expression, seeing if Brave Heart wants to settle this with a ‘final clashing’ then she’ll humbly respect even that warrior’s pride. And soon she began to glow even more of her magical aura as even the spirits of the Mane Six stared off from the invisible background from seeing things from within Unity; this will be their final chance to end things.
“Then taste a high level spell. Neamh Chreatha Dragon, Thunder Canno!” Brave Heart spoke forth before then saying his Celtic spell to raise his hoof forward & outstretched, using his free hoof to grip the firing arm for extra support. “POWFRUSSVHMMM...” Soon with the palm of the hoof facing flat toward the target fires a gigantic beam of electrical & magical energy.
“Six Victorize!” Unity was soon making magic that fires a beam from her horn that takes the form of a red ‘V’ in front of the beam itself.
As soon as the mare’s attack was launched, it came near even Brave Heart’s attack. “Kambooomfrvuhhmmm….” Soon Brave Heart’s attack created an enormous explosion upon impact while stopping Unity’s own in its tracks.
Outside the Sphere Field, it was soon shaking its structure to the point where even the mighty two impact forces unleashed shockwave currents that the audience felt. Many of the citizens tried to hold their ground, the Pegasus were trying to fly against this powerful aftershock wind pressure. The CMC were trying to keep their balance, along with Spike & Phobos. The battle was about to reach its most crucial moment of epic conclusion.
And as for those still battling, neither side was backing down their attacks.
“This time, I’ll show you….MIGHT & POWER equals the STRONGEST stallion to bring order of justice!” Brave Heart shouts out in pressuring his spell to push Unity’s attack back a bit, it seems to give him the advantage now.
“Wrong! True strength can come from more than power alone, if one uses power to protect their friends, that’s real strength!” Unity protest out loud against their clashing of magical wills of what real power is like, and will prove it. “I can feel it inside myself, the passionate heart of six other fused ponies racing through me, giving me a burning sensation!” As she was speaking, her entire body flared up with a burning firry aura, as if felt the strong passionate hearts of the Mane Six racing throughout her, all wanting….to win by their combined efforts. “Six Victorize MAX Power!” As Unity was still fighting, she soon fired an enhanced version of her technique in dazzling colors like a crimson & black mix from her horn. “Thruspsvhmmm….” Soon the newest attack skyrocket to merge with her old one and pushed to the furthest reaches to its target.
“Frrsusuvhmmm….Bammgrovhmm…” And soon Unity’s move completely broke through Brave Heart’s attack and really got him on the spot. “Gaaaughh-Aaaaaahhhhh…..” Brave Heart was heard screaming before he was seen skyrocketing to crash against a mountain top within the area. “Kurpowvhmmmm….Boooommfruvhmmmm….” And soon afterwards, just before exploding in a glorious burst from the attack’s burning passion.
At last, the deed had been done and soon Unity took to the skies to fly off fast to approach where she sent her opponent. It was around this that that even the background music was now coming to it’s epic closure moment in sealing the deal here.
And those that watched this battle were staring at ‘awe-struck’ with their jaws left hanging open. Did Unity, the fused form of the Mane Six just…win ? It’s hard to believe, but they can’t be too sure about this.
Within the Sphere field near the mountains, Brave Heart lied down on his back seemingly embedded in the rock, beaten, wounded, and showing a sorrow face. Around the time, another music was being heard in the distance called ’Shukumei’ from Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol.1, and it was a sad theme to be played. The stallion was just barely keeping himself awake while he tried to move his body, but…couldn’t.
“Why….” Brave Heart spoke off weakly to stare up to the skies. “Why did this happen….to me?” He was questioning why this sudden event had brought him defeat.
Soon shadowy images are seen from within Brave Heart’s mind. Of a young colt whose is Brave Heart, and the treatment he has been given.
“My childhood was lay barren with which are all so sad." Brave Heart spoke from seeing the shadowy images of what he’s lived through. “The child Alicorn of Pegasus & unicorn, such a thing some believed a true blessing, but…it only ridicule my youth, even my accent to be tease about.” As he spoke, his parents are seen loving his colt self while in another, he is tease by other colts, even bullied. “The only thing that left my heat bitter more than dat was the death of my mother, Morning Light, by the hands of a Dragon.” Brave Heart spoke from where his eyes of sorrow saw things that he wished not to bring up, but they just came.
An image of a shadowy Dragon of evil was seen and Brave Heart’s mother was there before…being struck down. As Brave Heart’s father & his mighty warriors came to fight the Dragon, the little colt came near his unmoving mother…dropped to his knees to begin crying for a sad loss of a love one.
“On that day, I saw that those without power are nothing but the weak awaiting death by the strong.” Brave Heart spoke with such a sorrow tale about his life in what’s transpired. “I saw that to change everything was to become strong, I had the chance to become stronger since being an Alicorn gave me dat feat.” He spoke from seeing his shadowy image grow from a weak colt, into a big, strong, tough stallion & wields his mighty claymore. “I never had time to have fun, even at a young age; I wanted to adapt myself to become a proud warrior like my father.” Another shadowy image shows Brave Heart being trained by his father to become stronger and the colt on a training field to train rather than play like the others. “I seek’d respect from all the harsh treatment I’ve gotten as a colt…if I could become legendary.” Brave Heart spoke his words when the images of his past soon vanished like the wind to him.
Soon Unity landed near the mountain side as she approached Brave Heart who did not move a muscle as he was too weaken & beaten by the stronger pony standing over his defeat.
“I’ve worked hard to achieve a goal; the path I believed was justice than of revenge.” Brave Heart explained himself out in seeing Unity was nearby to hear his crying words of agony. “All to try to keep what happened to me from beginning anew . No one understands, one tiny push, tis all it takes…to make one’s world view come apart…and lose everything.” The eyes of Brave Heart may have been half-shut, but what he says is no lie; any act, can lead to tragedy. “All my efforts, all my battles, all the worthy foes & opponents I’ve faced, what was it I truly seek now….it all seems…like a vacant memory in the wind.” Brave Heart spoke off to shut his eyes in feeling that his efforts may have not been worth anything in the end.
“What you’ve done, some of your efforts may have been of helping to protect Equestria, but the method you hold doesn’t mean it’s the right choice to follow.” Unity spoke with a voice of compassion in explaining something she & the Mane Six within her have tried to have the stallion see. “You’ve endured so much & tried to correct mistakes, but forcing others and yourself won’t change what happened in the past.” She spoke in stating this crucial fact, Brave Heart should not be so full of the ideal to exact revenge as justice on anything that is shown as the first act of being evil.
“Heh, so says the pony that stands before me, the defeated.” Brave Heart lightly cracked a smile to the one that is scolding him. “You may as well say ‘I told you so’ now, lass. I deserve it.” Brave Heart spoke in awaiting to be told that she was right & he was wrong. “All this time I’ve treated those of such tiny misdeeds with such acts, even those former & only related by blood, I seem more villain than hero.” He spoke in knowing what he’s done was not for the best, Brave Heart may have wanted to protect Equestria, but treating folks terribly is not act a heroic warrior should behave.
“You are a hero Brave Heart, just misguided.” Unity spoke while using her magic to levitate the stallion’s Brave Sword to him which his eyes open to see. “But if you can open your mind, let those like friends help you, then you have nothing to fear.” She was speaking with a showing of a gentle smile on her face. “Instead of just gaining power to make yourself better, you should realize that true might is doing what’s right. By using it to protect those you care about and aiding your friends.” Unity explained that it’s not might that equals right; its right that will equal the might…of those that put what is true for everyone’s sake.
Brave Heart slowly was opening his eyes more wider than before as if he has been told something…something he’s missed this whole time.
“True value…true might….true power ….It is not of mine alone, but for the sake of friends.” Brave Heart spoke these words with much surprise and almost…seem to be in tears while he held them back. “I see….I finally see it.” He sighs in feeling that now, within his mind and his heart…the answer is finally clear to him. “Friendship, to believe it’s power can even withstand all my hardest struggles to reach such strength, perhaps I had gone down the wrong path of my belief.”
Then Brave Heart rises up with some recuperated strength as he grabs his sword to stab it into the ground…helping to keep him balance.
“Uaagh…” He begins to stand but wobbles a bit from feeling weak. “If it’s all de say to ye lass, or lassies, would ye say….” Speaking with exhausted breath, he looks up to the mare with what may actually be…eyes of not blind anger, but awaken eyes of truth. “'Dat even a stubborn warrior dat admits his faults is showing how much a stallion he is to not keep refusing when he’s wrong…like a little colt.” The stallion wants to know if he’s finally now seen as one to see the truth rather then turning a blind eye to it; in what difference there is between justice & revenge.
“Very much,” Unity nods with an honest smile to happily see, this pony has finally accepted the lesson that he has long been missing.
Then Unity used her magic to suddenly…begin healing, but not of herself…but to Brave Heart. The stallion felt his wounds vanishing from sight as he was stump shock as were those that watch this. The strongest victory was healing the fallen…it truly showed that of her blissful heart.
“Hmph, I will be a true stallion and a true warrior, and most of all…be true to a worthy opponent. A worthy friend to have or friends in this case,” Brave Heart slowly responded with showing a true happy smile on his face while standing up. “I admit my defeat at your feet. And see that even this defeat, has helped me to learn of my mistake.” He humbly bow like a warrior in seeing a worthy opponent has best’d him the art of combat, and there be no finer honor…than to learn in one’s defeat.
Soon Brave Heart used his horn to suddenly react to something. The Sphere Field dimension began to fade as the outer part of it vanished before the ones that entered it return from their battle. The background music itself slowly was finished around this time. And then loud cheers were seen from the ponies that were around as they came around near the ones that fought. And many were amazed to look at the Mane Six as Unity; it’s like seeing a whole new pony come into existence.
“You girls did it!” Spike pumps up his fist to happily say this to the ones that won against Brave Heart, that was epic.
“Um, or was it just you?” Phobos asked off puzzled since they were talking to Unity, not the Mane Six themselves.
“You were amazing fusing as one!” Scootaloo spoke off with wide sparkling eyes in never seeing anything that awesome since…well, since ever.
“Hey, maybe we could be like that!” Sweetie Belle suggested in what they could be, maybe even to earn their Cutie Marks.
“Yeah, like…'de Cutie Mark Crusaders Xros Fusion Team!” Apple Bloom responded in thinking up a name of what they can call themselves if they earned such Cutie Marks.
“Yeah; CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS XROS FUSION TEAM,” The CMC cheered loudly in seeing such a big opportunity before them.
“We’re glad you’re all safe & sound.” Nyx smiled to hug Unity in being so proud that she return the favor, it’s like the filly is hugging her mother & aunts all at once without a big group hug.
“Everypony, Brave Heart would like to say a few words.” Unity spoke in getting the other ponies nearby to listen to her, as she turns to Brave Heart. “Go on.” She nodded her head to the crowd as the Alicorn stallion swallowed some pride in seeing…it’s time to make some amends.
“Aye, I be sorry in how I acted, even to little Nyx here & them Dragons.” Brave Heart spoke in saying sorry to what he had done in learning Nyx was Nightmare Moon along with Spike & Phobos being Dragons & said things that hurt their feelings even though he had apologized for doing so.
“You really mean it?” Nyx looked up with hopeful eyes in liking to know if Brave Heart was being true.
“Aye lass, to be better to have ya a friend than to mistreat ya as an enemy of tomorrow,” Brave Heart kneels down to gentle pat Nyx’s shoulder with a smile, he much rather be friends to the black filly than to mistreat her, it be no better than if he was being the bully and he doesn’t wish that.
“Well I suppose that means you don’t want her to hate ya.” Spike spoke in rubbing his chin in thinking how Brave Heart said this meant he wanted to be more allies than as enemies kinda discussion.
“But what about us; we got feelings too and even Rainbow when you disowns her as a member of your clan.” Phobos snap in him and Spike being upset in what Brave Heart still said & did that hurt much of them. "Apologize or no..."
“Aye, I be sorry for all I’ve said an done.” Brave Heart nods with a heavy heart in knowing he did not be so nice on those parts. “And if to prove me worth of word is golden, I even eat de worst meal ye give me as a punishment dish.” Brave Heart announced that if he must, he’ll eat the worst served food to make amends to his terrible actions, if those in Trotland can stomach Haggis & other stuff to have iron bellies, he’ll take on any disgusting challenge if it makes them ponies feel forgiving to him.
“How about a muffin,” Derpy came up to offer a muffin to the Alicorn stallion as Brave Heart saw that was more a tasty meal than a disgusting one, not even disguise as a prank by the lass.
“Hugh, well…thank hey lass.” Brave Heart smiled to accept this to take a bit, and from tasting it, it wasn’t bad, heck, it felt like if your nice, someone will be nice back. And he likes it a lot, “Hmmm….good muffin. Wouldn’t mind more of them as my torment; Hahaha….” The other ponies soon joined Brave Heart in laughing a bit here in the joke he made, looks like he’ll be okay now.
Unity smiled from seeing this and soon the magic surrounding her glowed before vanishing in a bright flare. And now left standing was the Mane Six, now unfused from being Unity.
“Wow, that felt all tingly!” Pinkie Pie smiled to hold herself in feeling that moment that the mares undid being Unity felt tingly in a sorta way.
“I guess we didn’t need to be in that form anymore.” Fluttershy spoke in nesting that when the Mane Six were done; they undid their fusion to return to their six selves.
“A shame really, I almost wanted to see how us as Unity, look with some of my other outfits.” Rarity spoke with a disappointed tone; she had some interesting ideas she wanted to try.
“Ah Rarity, ye an' yer mind think 'dat all de time.” Applejack rolled her eyes in seeing her friend would wanna dress them in some pretty outfits, even when as one pony body with six ponies in the mix.
“So Twilight, think with this new power , we can take on the bad guys even without our Elements or the evolution thing for the time being?” Rainbow Dash turn to her friend in wondering, with their new discovered power, can they have far better chances to take on villains like that Demon Snake creep or even the Superior at the moment, while the others like Dark Curse & Grimmore might be later?
“Well, it’s a first step, what we achieved was more likely, the first part of our fusion as Unity.” Twilight spoke in stating, that the girls seem to have only unlock a ‘proto’ type of their fused form. “There was so much she could do, but at the same time, it feels like…there are more levels we can achieve to go further than what we’ve gotten so far.” Twilight stated a theory, that the Mane Six were only at a novice or beginning part of how strong they can truly be…if they can go even further with their strength & friendship.
“Oh, like if we can make our friendship even stronger, so will Unity. And if we achieve our Element Evolution Forms, do you think that could also make a new possibilities,” Pinkie Pie spoke off with a wide smile in thinking they can do such interesting ideas to which may help in further protecting Equestria.
“Sounds mighty complicated stuff an' Twilight says we’re only at 'de first step?” Applejack stated in thinking deeply, Unity, who announced was a ‘Proto Form’ managed to help in facing against Brave Heart’s level of power .
“Well, I for one can’t wait to see how we look if we can strength our bond of friendship, be simply marvelous.” Rarity smiled in thinning positive thoughts, if the Mane Six can made their form be even stronger, that will prove how much stronger their friendship to the other is.
“I feel we made a bigger achievement today than just fusing as one girl; we finally helped Brave Heart change his ways.” Fluttershy smiled to look back at Brave Heart as he was continuing to apologize while starting to befriend the citizens anew .
“Fluttershy’s right, my cousin was tough and we might not have done this without him pushing us. So, I guess there’s a little gratitude for his un-expected helpful aid.” Rainbow Dash smiled in seeing the bigger picture, if not for Brave Heart helping to push them to their hardest, they might not have truly uncover the power to perform the Xros Fusion Spell and may have lost in the end.
“For now, I think I better tell Princess Celestia about this, of what we’ve managed to do. We may not have the Elements girls, but our friendship can be strong when we unit…as one unity.” Twilight stated that she’ll need to tell Celestia, her sister Luna, Golden, any pony of their big achievement here.
“AGREED,” The other five mares responded with a smiling face as they were all in agreement there.
"Well done, Mane Six." Azure said as he came up to the girls."You had impressed me, especially you, Twilight Sparkle."
"Oh yeah! You've got that right, pal. You mess with wrong mares!" Rainbow exclaims, getting in Azure's face for his insults earlier.
Schemetrick smirked as he remarks, "I wouldn't push my luck if I were you, Rainbow Dash."
"Why's that?"
Tao hits Rainbow while scolding, "You disrespect one of the Mystic Council members: Azure Phoenix!"
"Azure Phoenix; You mean the Ruler of Land of Ma; the Conqueror of the North; The most craftiest and cunning warlord in Equestria is the Mystic Pony?!" Twilight gasps in shock and alarm of hearing this. Azure Phoenix, this pony is the same one?!
Azure smiles as he comments, "Hmm...... My reputation proceed me." Twilight nervously bows to Azure, pleading forgiveness for the disrespect from Rainbow, especially her and the others' from earlier.
"I'm sorry! So sorry! Lord Azure!"
"Wait a sec! Yer're saying 'dat this guy is actually a Mystic Pony?!" Applejack asks Twilight in shock and disbelief.
"Duh," Jade and Mama remarked. Isn't that obvious?
"Uh-oh," Rarity said in worry.
"Oh boy; we're in trouble." Spike remarks in concern. Not good.
"Tell me about it." Phobos said to Spike with a groan. The Mane Six may have offended Azure here.
Pinkie bows to Azure, asking nervously, "You know we were just joking, right? No offense?"
"Please forgive us." Fluttershy said meekly, hiding her face in her own mane while bowing as well.
Azure smile, saying, "You're already forgiven. In fact, I wish to see your true power of your friendship, wisdom, strength and unity. You had impressed me. Well done."
"So all this are the test?" Twilight ask Azure in surprise. The insulting and the battle was a test which the Mane Six, their friends and Brave Heart didn't even know about?
Schemetrick laughs, "That's right, princess. And all of you had passed."
"Thanks. But what's with insulting us?!" Rainbow demands to Azure, still annoyed with the insults from before.
"Yeah; that wasn't nice." Pinkie remarked, deeply hurt by the insulting as well.
"So, why Lord Azure?" Rarity asks Azure, wondering what's with the insults.
"A true leader and warriors do not show concern of his enemy or even your family and friends. They must defeat their enemies or else your home will be destroyed." Azure explains to the Mane Six. "That's why I insult you to make you fight Brave Heart and get your rights and ponies' freedom from him. Never let him take your home away."
"Yeah. Yew said it, yer majesty." Applejack said in understanding. At least now, Brave Heart has learned his lesson after all.
"Thank you, even though you were rude to us." Fluttershy commented, pointing out Azure's rudeness.
"But Azure's right. This is our home. It is our duty to protect it from anyone no matter the cost. As princess, I must do what I can to protect my home at all cost." Twilight said with a nod. She will do her best to defend her home from any pony wishing to give anyone a hard time.
Azure nod while smiling. He comments, "Indeed . You should thank your daughter as well. She is the reason of why I help you."
"Of course. Thanks Nyx."
"I do what I can for my family, friends and home." Nyx said with a proud smile to her mother.
"Remember, Twilight, always treat your daughter with love and equality." Azure said to Twilight. He wishes her to care for what she has, recalling what he himself now lost.
Twilight nuzzles Nyz, saying happily, "Of course. I will and always love my daughter."
Soon the scene begins to slowly move away from the happiness that had come around the area. Truly, the Mane Six had accomplished plenty in what some could never imagine; handling the strong & mighty powerful Alicorn stallion; Brave Heart, teaching him an important lesson about the true difference of justice & revenge while learning to be a better pony even to those that were either being mean or a part of a Dragon race. Even the six mares performing their first Xros Fusion Spell together that worked out okay, but it’s only just the first step to a whole new opportunity to discover more secrets in the future. Truly things begin to show that Equestria’s defense is not entirely lost without the Elements of Harmony, for the chances of new risen heroes…can make a difference.
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At this very moment, within DJ Pon-3’s music place, the same door that led to Johnny Brock’s Moving Castle glowed before it was soon opened to allow those that enter it to come forth. And soon entering was Ben Mare, followed by Hobo Joe, Crashfire, Anger, Strikespell and even Mangani. As the door behind them closed, Mangani was the first to study the surroundings of where they had entered.
“So we’re finally back. Too bad Johnny still had more traveling to not join us.” Hobo smiled in seeing the group has come home, now if only their other friend decided to join them.
"Yes, but he has a reason." Strikespell comments with a nod.
“Yeah, but he can come here anytime. Still, feels good to be back. I forgot how much I liked this place.” Crashfire spoke off to say while sating how he long miss this place.
“Welcome Mangani, we’re in Ponyville now.” Ben spoke to humbly give the little welcome to the Spirit Pony.
Mangani just let a nod be his answer to hearing Ben’s words while he still kept the same face as always, showing proof that his emotions do not appear, but he can speak with being like a holy priest sage or something close to that.
“Come on, let’s go find Twilight & the gang, I wanna introduce you to them and maybe my mom & aunt too.” Ben spoke in wanting to show this new friend of theirs the tour around their home.
With that in mind, did this group leave the music area while waving bye-bye to DJ Pon-3.
“Beeennn,” Soon a familiar voice was heard calling to Ben to turn to see…his love & friends coming up to him.
“Hey, Twilight,” Ben smiled to be given a hug by his love while Nyx was also popping in to with a smile. “Nyx, you guys, you’re here.” Ben spoke in being surprise to see his friends here and so soon too.
“We missed you daddy!” Nyx spoke off in missing her father; he’s been almost away for a whole day or so.
“Where have you been?” Spike asked off in liking to know where this guy was at.
“Oh don’t worry nothing, he was safely with some pals is all.” Hobo Joe came up to tell the ponies here what happened.
“Hoboken Joe; you’re here,” Twilight spoke in surprise to see the stallion friend of hers & Ben from their childhood was here, what a surprise.
“And so are you Crashfire.” Rainbow Dash spoke off in noticing a pal of hers was here, what was going on?
“Yo Rainbow, long time no see.” Crashfire waved out in saying hi to a friend he hasn’t seen since, well…since a while.
“Well, it’s nice to see you all again.” Fluttershy happily stated about seeing some old & friendly faces. She notices Anger and Strikespell. "And uh..."
"Strikespell, Anger." Azure said as he, Tao and the rest of their group appears. "You are here."
"Yes, I'm here, I helped them out, father." Strikespell said with a nod.
"Father," The Mane Six, the Dragons and the CMC exclaims in shock and surprise.
"Yes, this is my son, Prince Strikespell. The Earth pony with him is my general One-Eyed Anger." Azure said, introducing his son as well as his general.
"It's an honor to meet the new princess and the rest of the Elements of Harmony." Anger said, bowing to the princesses.
"Well, for someone who is called 'Anger', he sounds like a gentlecolt." Rarity remarks with a pleased smile on her face.
“Hey, who’s your new friend? The one who’s all blowy like? Hugh-hugh-hugh, hugh?” Pinkie Pie pointed in seeing one pony that was different from Ben’s little group which earn some attention.
Soon all eyes were on Mangani as he looked to the group with his eyes with his calm & collected expression, as if…looking deep in their souls.
“Oh my, he…certainly gives off a strange presence,” Rarity spoke in seeing this silver coat pony was…by the definition, a mysterious one.
“Ben, just who is 'dis partner?” Applejack asked off in liking to get more intel in who was here before them.
“You guys, we found another. We found a pony who’s said to be the Element of Healing.” Ben explained this out before he proudly held his hoof to the pony. “Allow me to introduce you to Mangani.” Ben introduced the stallion Alicorn who remain silent as he only closed his eyes to do a bow of some show of respect.
“Hugh….Mangani; as in…the Silver Pony Healer, Mangani, the Spirit Pony?” Twilight gasped off in being utterly astounded to believe, Ben had found ‘the’ pony healer, Mangani.
“Who,” Phobos asked off in not knowing what the hay was going on.
“A spirit pony, oh my, I’ve never heard of them. Um, are they friendly, if you don’t mind me asking?” Fluttershy asked shyly in liking to know, if this was a pony that was friendly since she never seen one before.
“Better gather around, have we got a story to tell.” Hobo Joe issued off in wanting this gathered group to come around, they got a lot to talk about from his & Ben’s story in where to even begin.
And soon Ben’s side told the gang that was here in Ponyville of what happened. Hobo Joe took Ben to meet Johnny Brock & came across Crashfire, and met some Musical Spirit Ponies, before stating an objective to find the one pony that could help some of their troubles, including Ben’s own worries. The ride the Moving Castle went quite some distance miles, found where Mangani was sealed, and an incident happened that almost killed Hobo Joe, if not for a spirit’s rescue. Then during another rescue need, Ben’s Triforce helped him to unlock two new items: the Golden Gauntlets & Megaton Hammer to which when he showed them to his friends in what he now wears & wields, were left stunned. And once they freed Mangani, did the group return to have the Spirit Pony to meet them, meeting up with Strikespell and Anger, & continue what he has done that was left off, helping to heal those in need.
“By all the fashion tips, this news is so unreal!” Rarity spoke off in being completely surprised, this was by far the biggest news she has ever heard…or was just be dramatic was all.
“Ta think there was another pony user o' an Element, an' we missed out.” Applejack spoke off in feeling like this was something they should have tag along, but...they had other tendering issues here in Ponyville.
"Amazing but true," Strikespell said with a chuckle.
“Well I’m sure you all had your hooves full. Like with Brave Heart.” Ben spoke in being an understanding stallion in why the Mane Six almost wanted to be there to help, but they all had things to do after all. “Speaking of which, where is he?” Ben suddenly realized, Brave Heart isn’t around, he wonders if something may have happened.
“Well, while you went off on your trip, we’ve had a little ‘discussion’ with my pal about his act.” Rainbow Dash spoke off with a little smile in telling it like it is about how the gang handled Brave Heart.
“In other words, we were teaching him a lesson about not being so stricty-mick-strict-stien on a few bad actions!” Pinkie Pie spoke off in stating how the ponies had to make Brave Heart stop his crazy action to take situations so seriously.
“And now, we think he’s learn to not always be so strict, there is a limit after all.” Fluttershy spoke in feeling that while some bad acts are in need to be reflected on, tiny stuff that are just little bad acts or going overboard on such actions might be too much of a good thing.
“Though in some cases, if we were in a fight against such evil, maybe we could have let him loose…a little.” Phobos wiggled his fingers in stating how the mares do the act of letting Brave Heart fight the good fight; he is a tough pony after all.
Jade notices something, making her say, "Phobos, watch your claws!"
Course Phobos wasn’t watching where he wiggled his hands and ended up hitting a poor butterfly nearby to fall on the ground.
“Hugh, Phobos, you hurt that little butterfly!” Nyx gasped in seeing what her pet pal just did there.
“Aaaahhh; No, no, it’s still good, go on, fly, fly, fly!” Phobos yelped to panic as he was trying to make the butterfly move off, but nothing, it just…sat there still.
“I think it’s….gulp…you know.” Spike gulps in fearing that maybe Phobos accidentally killed the poor thing.
“Eeeek; Oh the poor butterfly.” Fluttershy squalled in horror as she leans down to see the poor little thing.
“Oh man, I’m gonna get an earful from Fluttershy about being a butterfly murderer!” Phobos slaps to moan in seeing that he did a bad thing & will not like where it goes next.
However, Mangani approached the butterfly and lightly touches it with his left hoof. Then a mysterious white glow came off from him, as the glow came in contact with the butterfly, and then…it started to move. The butterfly was flapping it’s wings to soar off, like it was in no mortal danger.
“It’s alive! You helped it! Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!” Fluttershy smiled for joy to hug Mangani in seeing he helped bring the butterfly to life, “Oh, sorry. I was just a little excited.” Then she backed down in sheepishly saying sorry, she kinda was excited for a moment.
Mangani silently nods in understanding the emotion very much.
“The Element of Healing; Wow, that magic, it’s just like the necklace of Eternal Love that you got me Ben.” Twilight spoke from what she and the others say was amazing, that kinda special healing magic was something else.
“Don’t I know it.” Ben nods in agreement to his love, that healing power is special, just like the necklace he got for Twilight.
Nyx sees this and got an idea. She turns to Azure, asking, "Azure? Any chance your daughter can be brought here?" Azure looks puzzled but nods. He gives the orders to his Mystic Warriors to bring the encased body of Hope Light here. The filly Alicorn turns to Mangani. "Can you do me a favor, Mangani?
A while later, Azure's blue Mystic Soldiers brought the ice case of his dead daughter from Mystic Portal; Mangani approached Hope Light and lightly touches her with his left hoof. Then a mysterious white glow came off from him, as the glow came in contact with the mare and then…she started to move, opening her eyes.
"Father," Hope ask puzzled and in concern. Where is she?
"Hope; you're alive!" Azure gasps as he got tears in his eyes. The Mystic Pony d Hope hug, reunited for so long. Strikespell smiled. After centuries, Hope Light is back to the Realm of the Living.
"Welcome to the living, sister." Strikespell said as he hugs Hope Light as well.
"Thank you. What happened?" Hope Light ask puzzled. Last thing she remembered is being killed by Nightmare Moon. But now...the mare is back to life.
"It's a long story."
"Thank you, Nyx. Why?" Azure asks Nyx, wondering why she did the request to Mangani.
Nyx smiles as she answers, "Consider this even, Lord Azure." After all, the filly felt that it's best that she did what she herself did to poor Hope Light centuries ago.
"We are now even. Well done and thank you."
"That's some Nightmare Moon you've got there." Anger said to Ben with a chuckle.
"You're wrong, Anger. She's not Nightmare Moon. She's my daughter. She's Nyx." Ben said while nuzzling Nyx, proud of what she did for Azure and his family.
Anger chuckled, "Of course; just teasing, kid."
"Look, princess Celestia & Luna are arriving!” Rarity points out in the skies of who was coming near them suddenly.
And soon coming before the gang, were the Royal Sisters that landed on the ground. They have become concern over things that have been going on, but more so when it was said Ben Mare had been gone for nearly a whole day.
“Yere majesties,” Applejack spoke to take her hat off to bow to the princesses.
“Rise up Applejack; we are all friends, are we not?” Luna waved of to have the cowgirl stand, the kneeling & bowing is not needed. “Nephew….you are here…” She spoke in seeing that Ben has at last, been found here, but also noticed what ‘else’. He had on him; the Golden Gauntlets & Megaton Hammer.
“Son, where did you go and how did you uncover those objects, and…” Celestia was speaking in seeing what Ben had now brought forth to their newest surprise, and when she saw someone else was near him, she gasped, “Mangani?” She gasped in recognizing this particular pony without a doubt.
“You know him?” Spike asked off puzzled in how Celestia knows this pony.
“Mangani was a pony we saw ourselves long ago, when he was once a normal stallion before he fell into a lake during a rare luna eclipse.” Luna spoke in explaining how the Royal Sisters were once the witnesses to this pony becoming who he is.
“Luna’s power & some trace of the Element of Healing within the lake somehow infused to create the one before you all…as a Spirit Pony.” Celestia stated how the two different forces of that event transformed Mangani into who he is today.
“Yeah, but we found him where he was sealed and Ben discovered some new abilities, if not for that, Mangani would still be trapped,” Crashfire explained this bit of important news for the princesses to know this.
"And that's not all. Princesses, I believe you remember my daughter Hope Light." Azure said with a smile, making the female Alicorns gasps.
"Hope Light! You're alive!" Celestia said, hugging Hope Light, happy to see her, "But how?"
"Mangani has brought her back to life."
Luna looks down, feeling guilty as she recalled that she herself has killed Hope Light back when the nightmare essence took control of her...as well as mocking her death. The mare sincerely says, "Hope Light, please forgive me...I..."
"It's okay, Luna." Hope Light said to her friend with a smile while hugging the Goddess of the Night. "It's good to see you back to your old self."
“I am very proud of you son, you may have helped Equestria get another step closer to helping us heal over the new dangers coming.” Celestia smiled to hug her son for doing something that may help them in their cause.
“I had to mom, I just….didn’t wanna risk losing anypony.” Ben spoke in hugging back; he felt that he had to do something so that the ones he loved, will not be lost to him. or become something that he does not wanna be.
“You won’t….my friend.” Suddenly, a voice heard within the air that all ponies thought…was in their heads.
“Woah, I hear voices in my head!” Pinkie Pie spoke off in being surprised in what she heard.
“Pinkie, they just explained how this guy can talk.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in recalling Ben’s story said this guy can talk with telepathy.
“I must go….and help heal the wounds the land has suffered.” Mangani spoke with his mind giving these messages to the others. “I shall start with the Tree of Harmony.” Mangani stated to turn in needing to go perform his first duty as the Element of Healing.
“Well, glad to see things can help us out, we hope to see you soon.” Hobo Joe nods in feeling that with Mangani, they may see him much in their future.
Mangani nods to this, but before leaving, approaches the Sparkle family with…him staring at them; like looking deep within their souls.
“Before leaving…..wish to heal that which is in you,” Mangani’s voice is heard within this group’s mind as he wanted to help them.
“That which is in us,” Spike asked off a bit puzzled, that was kinda puzzling there?
“Great and we thought Zecora’s riddles were puzzling!” Phobos rolled his eyes in feeling that this sentence was very confusing.
“Shhh…” Nyx hushed her friend to not be rude, especially with this Spirit Pony.
Suddenly, Mangani gently lifts his right hoof to touch each of their foreheads. A white glow covered their bodies, and everyone saw something of the pony that users the element of healing, as if there were some wounds that were recovering, healing over. And once more, within their souls, if felt like issues from Twilight’s tragic loss of a brother felt healed, Spike’s loss of his brother began to be lifted, even Nyx from her soul & memory of being treated like Nightmare Moon…seem to lessen on her heart. Even Ben with his nightmare images, it felt like….what happen was making the nightmare disappear a bit and then his dream self glowed to suddenly wear….the new items that gave him new strength, but when the evil pitch dark figure of Shadow Dragon tried to reach him, Ben swung the Megaton Hammer & it completely obliterated the evil creature; Ben’s strength has reach a point to even survive better in his subconscious mind. Once the Sparkle family was snap back into reality , they felt somewhat, different now. The effects around Mangani’s healing magic seem to help them and the others were left speechless.
“I feel…healed.” Twilight rested her left hoof to her heart, feeling herself healed where something once ached.
“Not just in body, but in spirit.” Nyx stated in feeling more lighter then before like a great weight of grief was lifted.
“Yeah, oh man, I feel like I can go a couple of rounds!” Spike spoke off in feeling more pumped than he usually is.
“Yeah, give me five, give me low, and a tail slap, yeah!” Phobos spoke off to which he and Spike did a high five, low five, even slap their tails like some signature dragon sigh show of being buds.
Soon Mangani turns now to prepare himself to leave this scene.
“Hey Mangani….” Mangani stops to turn in seeing Ben Mare giving him a smile. “Thanks, for everything.” Ben gave his thanks to the Spirit Pony, it seems this stallion was able to help him feel like he doesn’t need to fear a great evil shadow, he’ll overcome it, and if hurt, the cure to heal….can be from those that with love, can be just what the doctor ordered.
“Thank you….for bringing me back. Ben Mare.” Mangani slowly spoke with his words echoed in everyone’s minds, “OOOUUAAAUGHHHH!” Then he makes a strange sound from opening his mouth as Mangani was magically turn into a spirit form of mist to soar away in the air; Going where he’ll be needed to help heal those in need.
“Well this has been a perfect ending. Can it get any better?” Crashfire smiled in seeing that the situation here couldn’t get any better than it is now.
“BROTHER!” Suddenly, a loud mare came up behind Crashfire to tackle him into..a hug.
“Gugh, wha…Snowcrystal,” Crashfire nearly yelp before looking down to see to his surprise, a mare he never expected to see here.
“I finally found you!” Snowcrystal responded with being very happy to see this pony here, at long last.
“Hey Crashfire, who’s she?” Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow in not knowing who this new pony was.
“Oh, I’m his twin sister, Snowcrystal from the Crystal Empire. Nice to meet you all, I’ve wanted to meet you all so much after your help in defeating King Sombra.” Snowcrystal wasted no time in expelling herself to the group, and boy did that leave many of them stump surprise.
“Woah-woah, woah; Crashfire’s sister,” Applejack waved her hooves around in being too surprise to believe this, this mare was Crashfire’s sister?
“Yes, I just been assigned here by the princess and prince of where I used to live.” Snowcrystal explained her little story in how she came to be here in this area from where she once lived.
“My brother,” Twilight responded surprised, Shining Armor assigned her to come here?
“And my cousin,” Ben repeated in knowing his cousin Candace lived there, so this mare came here from the Crystal Empire.
“Wait, you said ‘use’ to live, does that mean…you’re living here now?” Rarity spoke in recalling something extra important, was this new mare gonna be living in Ponyville with them?
“Oh-boy oh boy; that means I get to throw you a welcome party!” Pinkie Pie was bouncing all around happily, thinking she’ll throw this pony a nice surprise party.
“It’s very nice to meet you, Snowcrystal; I hope we can become friends. Um, if you don’t mind,” Fluttershy approached to humbly welcome this pony and shyly asked if they’ll be friends.
“Of course,” Snowcrystal smiles to say that she of course wants to be the Mane Six’s friend, after how she saw what they did to King Sombra, who wouldn’t wanna be their friend?
“Then put her there!” Phobos held his hand to which Snowcrystal shook, but then the moon dragon yelped. “Yikes, what’s with the cold hoof?” Phobos responded in seeing his claw was looking a bit…frost-bit, like it shook with an ice cube.
“Oh, sorry, that’s just my ability.” Snowcrystal sheepishly apologized in stating that was her bad.
“Ability; But, you’re a Pegasus, aren’t you?” Spike spoke off puzzled, it’s usually unicorns with abilities of magic or making their bodies cold, so what was this?
“I can explain, you see, while I’m an Element of Fire, she’s more the opposite of that.” Crashfire spoke in expelling that his sister here is like him, and an element opposite to fire would be one thing.
“And dat being,” Hobo Joe asked off to say, but had a good guess what the answer would be.
“My Element is Ice.” Snowcrystal smiled to easily say what her element is, and that surprised everyone cause it meant….this pony was an element user, different from the Elements of Harmony.
“Sister, did you hear that? An Element that represents Ice,” Luna spoke to Celestia in hearing this, this Snowcrystal seems like she possesses abilities to use such an element.
“I did hear, and seeing two ponies that represent two different elements in the same day. It’s a rare moment.” Celestia nods to say while not believing this day, Mangani being the Element of Healing, and now Snowcrystal being the Element of Ice. What a surprise to absorb in.
“You know Snowcrystal; we’ve had such a busy time with Brave Heart & such, maybe we should take the time to get to know you.” Twilight spoke in wishing to learn a bit more about Crashfire’s sister.
“Yeah, you can probably show us some amazing tricks. Like do you do some karate & kung fu like Crashfire does?” Nyx asked off in wondering if Snowcrystal was like her brother in what martial art moves he can do.
“Is a Dragon’s favorite food gem?” Snowcrystal spoke off with a sly grin in making this point…crystal clear of what that answer was.
“Well, there’s cookies, cakes, maybe other pastries, but yeah, it’s the natural sense.” Phobos pointed out other things dragons would like to eat, but if not sweets, then definitely gems since they collect such things.
“Then let’s get ready to have fun!” Spike pumped up his fist in thinking it’s time they get going to show Snowcrystal a good time around Ponyville.
With that, the gang begins another fun exciting moment to once again, show a new friend around Ponyville & getting to know Snowcrystal better…while Pinkie Pie prepares to do what she does, perform welcomes with her Party Cannon & throw parties, what else. And we’ll be seeing that in a little a while.