LEGO Equestria Girls

by Chronicler06


Coming Together

Chapter 15
Coming Together

The skies above Canterlot City turned a brilliant shade of orange as the sun set on another seemingly ordinary day. Many of the citizens were finishing with work and had begun to return to their homes without much to worry about. There was no sense that anything unusual would await this city tonight.

It was a completely different story among the city’s police officers. They knew that Sunset Shimmer was going to make her move tonight, and it would take place at City Park. The details of her plans were still unknown, but they were confident they were ready for anything.

However, that sense of confidence was not shared by a certain rookie officer by the name of Flash Sentry. He was still frustrated that he was denied permission to go with Twilight Sparkle and her team to find Sunset Shimmer, who they recently found out was hiding somewhere in the Everfree Forest. Although he had already been told why he was not allowed to go anywhere, he was even more upset to hear that no other police officer had been told to go with Twilight’s team. But now that the chief was here to oversee the defensive perimeter that was set up in City Park, he decided it was time to personally confront him.

Chief Keystone had the typical yellow skin and wore a blue police uniform with a gold badge on his left chest that identified him as chief of police. On his face, he had a grey moustache and wore glasses with round lenses. His age showed that he’d had this position for a while, and would likely be retiring soon.

Chief Keystone stood behind the temporary fence as he looked through a pair of binoculars, scanning the outside area for any serious danger. Behind him, Flash Sentry walked up to him and calmly asked, “May I have a word with you, chief?”

Keystone glanced back to see the rookie officer. He returned to his binoculars and responded, “What is it, rookie?”

“I understand your reasons for not letting me go anywhere at this time, but I think you’re making a big mistake here,” stressed Flash. “We finally found a real clue on where Sunset Shimmer might be, and the only ones doing anything with that knowledge is a team of girls who can’t quite seem to get along. I really think we should do more than just wait around in the park. If not me, then at least send some other officer to assist them.”

“Listen, rookie,” responded Keystone as he put down his binoculars and turned to Flash. “I am not about to send any officers on a wild goose chase. False leads are among the many ways Sunset Shimmer has been able to evade capture for five years, and as far as I’m concerned, that ‘clue’ you found is just the latest of them.”

“But Twilight’s team still went after that lead,” stressed Flash as he began to lose patience. “For all we know, they could be falling into a trap! At least let me make sure they’re okay.”

Keystone returned to looking through his binoculars as he said dismissively, “They’ll find nothing, just like we always have. Maybe by the time they give up and return, Sunset Shimmer will already be here and hopefully placed under arrest.”

Flash Sentry was stunned by Keystone’s reluctance to take any action. It just made no sense to him. “Fine!” he declared as he stormed off. “You can protect the city your way, but I’m taking the direct approach, with or without your permission!”

Keystone dropped his binoculars and quickly turned to the rookie officer. “Officer Flash Sentry, this is not the time to be an action hero!” he scolded.

“And I say this is not the time to just sit around like a brick and wait for whatever fate is heading our way,” retorted Flash as he walked up to a nearby police motorcycle and climbed onto it.

“You’re already on thin ice, mister,” warned chief Keystone. “Any further trouble and you’ll be fired.”

Flashed started up the motorcycle and retorted, “If you must fire me, then at least wait until after I’ve saved the city.” He revved the motor once before the motorcycle accelerated forward towards the gate. The gate broke loose from its lock and swung open as the motorcycle slammed into it and kept moving forward.

“We should probably reinforce that gate,” noted one of the nearby officers.

Chief Keystone could only shake his head as he watched rookie officer Flash Sentry ride away disobediently. He would have to discipline him later. For now, he had to focus on remaining vigilant for whatever may soon happen here in City Park.

Suddenly, a crackle of static came from the chief’s radio. “Chief! We got incoming from the south!” shouted a voice on the radio.

Keystone quickly picked up his radio and responded, “What is it, officer?”

There was another crackle of static, but no discernable response could be heard.

Keystone spoke to the radio, “I repeat: what is it, officer? Do you copy?”

Again, the only response the chief got was static.

Keystone turned worriedly to the southern side of the park. Along the defensive perimeter, they had built two small watch towers on that side. Even so, he couldn’t help but get the feeling that the rookie officer may have been on to something.

Meanwhile, Flash Sentry rode his police motorcycle through the city streets as quickly as possible. He knew he had already received a warning for his earlier traffic incidents, but he felt that this emergency was serious enough to disregard the risk of getting fired. For him, the only thing that mattered now was finding Twilight’s team and making sure they were unharmed.

He was halfway to the edge of town when he suddenly noticed something very unusual. Citizens were fleeing in panic, screaming for their lives as they ran across the streets and sidewalks. Various vehicles on the roads swerved through the crowds as fast as they could. When two of those vehicles collided and came to a stop, everyone in both of those cars quickly climbed out and joined the fleeing mob.

Flash Sentry quickly noticed that he was moving against the fleeing citizens. As he carefully maneuvered his motorcycle through the rushing crowd of minifigs, he looked ahead to see what kind of threat they were fleeing from. He gasped in shock when he saw the red demon-like creature flying over another crowd of minifigs, but these citizens made no attempt to flee. Instead, they stood completely still, giving out zombie-like moans as their eyes glowed a sickly green color.

Flash suddenly realized he was now through the crowd of fleeing citizens and was now approaching the enslaved crowd. As soon as that horrible creature turned to face him, he immediately turned sharply onto a side street and sped off at top speed. He was trying to save the city, and the last thing he wanted was to end up like those unfortunate citizens.

“Don’t look back, don’t look back, don’t look back,” he muttered to himself. Before he could continue south, he had to make sure he put a lot of distance between himself and that monster.

Flash had glanced up at that terrible thing for only a second, but it had been enough for him to recognize one key detail: Twilight Sparkle’s magic crown — no longer depowered — was on its head.

The rookie officer sighed in disbelief. He knew to expect something terrible if Sunset Shimmer still had the crown when it regained its powers, but he never imagined anything this terrible. At first, he assumed that demon had been summoned by Sunset, but as he recalled a few other details he had noticed during that brief glance, he slowly realized something quite startling. That flying monster was Sunset Shimmer, somehow transformed by the power of that crown.

Now there was no denying that Sunset Shimmer, with the power of Twilight’s crown, had become extremely powerful. And even worse, the entire city was already falling to her will. There was seemingly nothing that could be done to stop her at this point.

Flash Sentry turned down another side street. There was only one hope left for Canterlot City. He had to find Twilight Sparkle and her team. This artifact belonged to Twilight, which meant that she was the most likely person in all of the Lego World to even have a clue on how they could fight back.

As Flash turned onto another street and began heading south again, he noticed that all of the surrounding citizens had already been enslaved by Sunset’s new powers. Although he felt helpless at not being able to do anything to save them, he was at least assured that Sunset would not be coming this way anytime soon. Not if she planned on subjecting the entire city’s population under her command.

It wasn’t long until Flash Sentry reached the edge of town and began to approach the Everfree Forest. To an outside observer, it would have looked like he was cowardly fleeing the city to save himself. The thought made Flash feel bad about himself, his city, and just about everything. He was not a coward. He just needed to find the right kind of help.

Meanwhile, as Sunset Shimmer continued to hypnotize more and more Lego citizens, it had not escaped her attention that one particular police officer on a motorcycle had gotten away before she could enslave him, too. Let him go, she thought arrogantly. He’s just one officer, and a rookie at that! There’s absolutely nothing he can do to stop me now!


With Twilight’s team not going anywhere, Rocky and Mugsy decided to completely ignore them and continue celebrating with the massive piles of loot that now belonged to them. There was only one way they could have fun with so much money: gambling with each other.

Rocky clenched a pair of dice in his hand as he shook it around. “C’mon! Big money, big money, big money!” he exclaimed excitedly before throwing the pair of dice at a nearby tree trunk. The dice bounced off and landed on the ground. The numbers that came up were a pair of ones. “Gah! Snake eyes!” he shouted frustratingly as he smacked himself in the face with both hands.

“My turn!” exclaimed Mugsy excitedly as he quickly picked up the pair of dice and shook them in his hand. “Here we go! Roll them high!” He then tossed the dice at the same tree trunk, where they bounced off and landed on the ground. The numbers that came up were a five and a two. “Yay! Seven!” he shouted excitedly as he jumped around in celebration. He then turned to Rocky and held out his hand, as if expecting to receive something.

Rocky growled lightly as he reached into one of the nearby piles of cash and grabbed a one hundred dollar bill. “Dumb luck,” he grumbled as he reluctantly handed over the green piece of cash. As Mugsy happily tossed his winnings into his nearby pile of cash, Rocky quickly retrieved the pair of dice and declared, “Best of three!”

“You’re on!” said Mugsy, accepting the challenge.

Meanwhile, the six minifigs trapped inside the cage could do nothing but watch helplessly as the sun set on what was possibly their last day of freedom, while the two crooks continued to play with their money. The pieces that made up the cage had been completely reshaped from the parts and pieces of what used to be Pinkie Pie’s car. Notably, many of these pieces had retained their original colors of pink, white, and blue, but those bright colors did little to improve the mood of everyone trapped inside this tiny prison.

As Pinkie Pie glumly looked around at the inside of the cage, she noticed one piece in particular that stuck out noticeably. Her face suddenly brightened when she realized what this specific piece was. “Oh! Look!” she exclaimed happily as she ran over to the piece in question. “The car’s trunk is still here! This is great! I’ve got all kinds of things in here we could use!”

Mugsy, who had overheard Pinkie Pie, turned to Rocky and asked, “Hey, uh, should we be worried about that?”

Rocky stopped shaking the pair of dice in his hand and looked over at the small storage compartment. “Nah!” he said dismissively with a wave of a hand. “Look at the size of that thing! She probably ain’t got more than one or two hand tools in there.”

Pinkie Pie quickly opened the trunk and immediately began tossing out all of the items she had stored inside: a shovel, a radio, an apple, an ax, a spare tire, a pickax, a chainsaw that sounded like it was still running, a jackhammer, a spare chair, a spare steering wheel that honked when it hit the ground, an empty mug, another apple, a red parrot that squawked loudly as it flew away, a leftover pizza, a toilet seat, a pair of handcuffs, a megaphone that briefly made an air horn noise when it hit the ground, a spare car door, a spare window, a spare license plate that was labeled “PINKIE”, another spare tire, a pair of binoculars, a coiled-up whip, yet another apple, and finally a rubber chicken that squeaked when it landed on top of the pile of items.

“Whoa!” exclaimed Spike as he and the other girls stared at the large pile of items that had just been pulled out from such a small storage compartment — which any sane person would’ve thought was impossible. Of course, this was Pinkie Pie, so they chose not to question it. Instead, Spike turned to Pinkie and remarked, “You’ve got everything but the kitchen sink in there!”

“Nope! Got that, too!” replied Pinkie happily as she pulled out a kitchen sink, which hit the ground with an audible thud.

Rainbow Dash stared at Pinkie in stunned silence for a few seconds. She then snapped out of it and said, “Well, uh, at least you’re right about having some useful things in there.” She eyed the chainsaw and reached down to pick it up. “Maybe now we can—”

Before Rainbow Dash could grab the chainsaw, Rocky quickly snatched it and pulled it out of the cage, where she could no longer reach it. “Nice try, sissies!” he said tauntingly. “But you ain’t gettin’ out that easy!” He then unceremoniously tossed the chainsaw behind his back. Since it was still running when it stuck into the ground, it quickly zoomed off into the woods on its own. In its wake, a few large trees toppled over.

After watching that odd display, Applejack quickly followed Rainbow Dash’s example and picked up the ax. She brought it backwards and prepared to strike it against the bars of the cage. As soon as she began to swing it forward, she felt the ax slip out of her hands. “Huh?” she muttered as she looked at her empty hands in confusion. She looked back and saw that Mugsy had used the hooked end of his crowbar to snatch the ax out of her hands and outside of the cage.

When Rarity picked up the shovel, Rocky did the same thing while saying, “Yoink!”

With a goofy grin on his face, Mugsy quickly began scooping the rest of the items out of the cage while saying, “Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! ” On the other side of the cage, Rocky silently did likewise.

Eventually, the only item that was left within reach of the trapped minfigs was the pickax. As Mugsy hooked the head of it with his crowbar, Applejack grabbed onto the handle. “Hey, lego!” exclaimed Mugsy as he pulled on his crowbar. Applejack responded by pulling harder on the handle of the pickax, followed by the other girls joining in on her side.

Rocky brought a quick stop to the tug-o-war by blaring the air horn of the megaphone. The sudden loud noise startled everyone into losing their grips and falling backwards. Before anyone inside the cage could recover, Rocky grabbed Mugsy’s crowbar and the pickax and pulled them both out of the cage. “Finders keepers!” taunted Rocky as he waved the pickax around, then carelessly tossed it behind his back. The pickax spun through the air and stuck itself into a tree trunk.

As Mugsy sat up, he saw Rocky toss one of the apples at him, which bounced off his head before he managed to catch it. Mugsy looked at the interior of the cage and saw that he and Rocky had successfully removed all of the items that had been stored inside that tiny trunk. In celebration, he held up his apple and said, “Cheers!”

Rocky responded by grabbing another apple and smacking it together with the one in Mugsy’s hand. They both then simultaneously took a huge bite out of their apples.

The six minifigs inside the cage sighed in defeat. Rainbow Dash turned to Pinkie Pie and asked, “Got anything else in there?”

Pinkie Pie stuck her head inside the open trunk and looked around. She then pulled her head out and dejectedly replied, “No, I’m afraid that’s it.”

“Rats!” shouted Applejack in frustration.

Just then, a series of squeaking noises came from within the open trunk. The source was quickly revealed to be three rats that then hopped out and began scurrying around in the cage.

“AHH! RATS!” shrieked Rarity as she tried desperately to put as much distance between herself and the rats as possible.

As the trio of rats quickly scurried out of the cage, Rocky and Mugsy yelped and dropped their half-eaten apples. They then quickly grabbed their crowbars and chased after those rats. They both tried to smack those rats with their crowbars, but they were always too fast to get hit. Not to mention, they were now going in circles at this point.

“Don’t you dare hurt them!” exclaimed Fluttershy desperately. “They never did anything to harm you!”

Rocky and Mugsy continued to beat their crowbars against nothing but empty ground. Eventually, Mugsy managed to hit something, but instead of one of the rats, it was the bottom of Rocky’s leg.

“Ow! My foot!” shouted Rocky in pain as he clenched his foot and hopped around on his other leg.

“Whoops. Sorry,” said Mugsy sheepishly.

The trio of rats took advantage of the incident and scurried away into the forest.

With the rats now gone, Rocky let go of his sore foot and glared at Mugsy. He picked up his crowbar and casually smacked Mugsy in the back of the head with it.

“Ow! What was that for?” complained Mugsy as he rubbed his free hand over the back of his head.

Rocky ignored him as he walked back to the piles of loot and dropped his crowbar. He then scooped up the pair of dice and began to shake them around as he grinned and said, “Better say goodbye to your loot, ‘cause I’m doubling down on this one!”

Mugsy smiled as he walked over to the piles of loot and dropped his crowbar. He accepted the challenge by saying, “Bring it on!”

As the two incompetent crooks resumed their petty gambling, the six minifigs trapped inside the cage were now back to doing nothing but looking on in defeat. Their only hope of saving themselves had been taken away just as quickly as they had found it. Although none of them wished to openly admit it, it was now clear that their only hope of escape would come from some outside help. The only one they could think of to do that was Twilight Sparkle, but after the way they had seen Sunset Shimmer get rid of her, there were legitimate fears that she might have ended up even worse than them.


Twilight had noticed the sky growing darker on her third day in the Lego World. She knew it would only be a matter of hours before the gateway to Equestria closed, leaving her stranded here for the next two and a half years before she could even try to return home. By then, there might not be anything left for her to return to, thanks to Sunset Shimmer.

That wasn’t even counting the fact that she was now physically unable to literally do anything at all. With all of the pieces of her body separated, the only part of her that could move was her facial features. She could've tried hopping her head around, but the fact that it had landed on its side would make this very difficult. Besides, there was very little one could do when one is nothing more than a head.

And so, Twilight could do nothing but leave her eyes closed in sadness, silently moping about how she had been just a few seconds too late. And now, an entire city in this world and an entire kingdom in the other world were about to face the consequences of her failure.

This part of the forest had been very quiet ever since Twilight had crash-landed here, so when she heard the faint humming noise of some motorized vehicle off in the distance, she definitely took notice. Even so, she didn’t expect much to come of it. As far as she knew, she had landed far from any of the nearest trails in this thick woodland. Any nearby vehicles were probably just passing by, never knowing of her unfortunate fate.

Within moments, the deep humming noise of the motor steadily grew louder. In addition, a light was shining through the trees — likely the headlight on that vehicle, driving through such a dark place. It wasn’t much longer before Twilight realized that vehicle was approaching her location. Even then, she still didn’t get her hopes up. Due to her current condition, she doubted that someone passing even very close to this area would ever notice her.

Twilight’s rock-bottom expectations were exceeded yet again as that vehicle — a police motorcycle — pulled up into the area and stopped just a few paces away from where her parts lay scattered across the ground. The rider of that motorcycle brought it to a stop and shut off the motor, which also shut off the headlight. With the blinding glare of that headlight gone, she could now see who it was that had just stumbled into this part of the forest: Flash Sentry!

Rookie police officer Flash Sentry knew that he had to go into the Everfree Forest to find Twilight and her team, but he had no idea where exactly to look. Despite the fact that he knew this motorcycle was not built for off-road use, some instinct within him told him that he had to come to this particular location, even though he had never been here before. Although he still had no idea what drove him to look for something in this location, the sight that awaited him made him very glad that he chose to listen to that odd instinct.

“Twilight!” he exclaimed in horror as he saw the terrible condition she had ended up in. “What happened?! Are you okay?!”

Twilight responded by silently looking up at Flash, then glancing back down at the ground as she sadly closed her eyes again.

“Here, let me help you!” exclaimed Flash in determination as he quickly began gathering up all of Twilight’s parts. He picked up the hip joint, attached one leg, then the other, and set those legs on the ground on their feet. He placed the skirt back over those legs, then attached the armless torso on top of that. He grabbed a hand and an arm, put them together, and then attached that arm to her torso before repeating the process with the other hand and arm. Finally, he picked up her head, placed her hair on top of it, and reattached her head to the rest of her body. He stood back and smiled as he saw that Twilight Sparkle was now completely reassembled. “There!” he said in satisfaction. “Feeling better?”

Even though her body was now whole again, Twilight strangely did not share in the enthusiasm. “No…” she replied with a sigh. She dropped to the ground on her rear and looked downward in sadness.

Flash Sentry was stunned to see Twilight was still depressed. He thought that helping to put her back together would have helped a lot, but she still appeared to be just as depressed as before. He kneeled down and placed a hand on her shoulder. “Twilight,” he said slowly as he stared into her eyes. “What’s wrong?”

Twilight looked up at Flash Sentry. The pleading look in his eyes showed that he really wanted to help her. Knowing that he expected an answer out of her, she sighed sadly and quietly replied, “I failed, officer… I failed to take my crown away from Sunset Shimmer before it regained its magic powers… I was just a few seconds too late… And now, my team is trapped in a cage and the entire city is falling as we speak… The portal to Equestria closes in just a few hours, and when that happens… there may not even be an Equestria left for me to return to…” She paused for a few seconds and looked down in defeat. “There’s nothing left that I can do…”

Flash was understandably shocked to hear all of this. Although he had already figured out that Twilight had failed to take her crown back in time to keep its powers away from Sunset, he was very surprised that she considered that failure to be the end of everything. He had to convince her otherwise. “Twilight,” he said softly. “Look at me, Twilight.”

Twilight hesitantly looked back up into Flash Sentry’s eyes.

Flash spoke softly, but sternly. “This is not yet over, Twilight. You’re still here. Your Creation Spark still shines brightly. We still have a few hours left to go before that interdimensional gateway closes. And for all we know, it may take Sunset Shimmer some time to prepare before she can begin her invasion of your world. You can still do something about this, Twilight.”

Twilight considered Flash Sentry’s words of encouragement, but sighed dejectedly as she remembered the hopeless odds she was now up against. “But what can I do?” she quietly asked. “How can I possibly stand up to Sunset Shimmer now?”

Flash didn’t show it, but he was getting quite frustrated with Twilight’s refusal to take any action to save the two worlds. Refusing to take action… pondered Flash. He needed to snap Twilight out of her depression, and he decided to try another source of encouragement. “You know… I’m officially not supposed to be here,” he admitted.

Twilight was confused, but continued to listen carefully.

“Chief Keystone didn’t want me to go anywhere,” continued Flash Sentry. “He even refused my request to have another officer follow you and your team so I could be sure of your safety. He wanted to keep every police officer within the city and wait for Sunset Shimmer to come to us.” He paused briefly before a more determined look appeared on his face. “I didn’t like that. I wanted to take action, but he wanted us to do nothing. I wanted to go out and do something to save my city, but he wanted to stand and wait for whatever fate was heading our way.” He paused again. “I did not like what he was ordering me to do, so I decided to defy those orders.”

“You did?” asked Twilight, quite surprised by that detail.

Flash replied with a nod before continuing, “I hate feeling helpless. I knew I could still do something, so I went out and did it. I went against the chief’s direct orders and left City Park on that motorcycle and rode it all the way out here.” He tapped the police badge of his left chest as he muttered, “I understand I may have to turn in this badge for what I did… but I’m convinced that I did the right thing.” He looked Twilight directly in the eyes as he firmly said, “I did all of that for you, Twilight. I have already helped you, but now you must help me. I cannot help my city at this point, but you can. There is still time left to succeed in your mission. You and your team must come together and find a way to stop Sunset Shimmer before it really is too late. Twilight Sparkle of Equestria… can you do this?”

Twilight looked down as she considered everything that Flash Sentry had just explained to her. This minifig had practically sacrificed his career for her sake. He was clearly not the type to give up so easily, and if he truly believed that there was still hope, regardless of how slim the odds were… then there really was still a chance left.

Finally, with renewed determination, Twilight stood up and proudly said, “You’re right! I can’t just sit here and simply let things happen. I need to get back out there and do everything I can to save my world and this one. It’s never over until it’s really over!”

“That’s the spirit, Twilight,” praised Flash Sentry as he stood back up. To be sure that she really was ready to take action, he asked, “So what needs to be done, first?”

“First, I’ll need to get back to my team and find a way to rescue them,” answered Twilight. “Without their help, I’ll never stand a chance. I just need to find some way to get back there, and fast.”

“Take my motorcycle,” offered Flash. “It may not be built for off-road use, but it’s better than nothing.”

Twilight glanced at the motorcycle and noticed there was room for only one minifig on it. She turned back to Flash and replied, “Thanks for the offer, but I can’t just leave you here alone in the woods.”

“Don’t worry about me,” argued Flash. “Your world’s not counting on me to save them. They’re counting on you.”

“Yes, I know,” said Twilight as she began looking around the area for anything useful. “But until I can free my team, you’re the only help I’ve got. There is no way I’m going anywhere without— AHH!” As she had pushed her way through some foliage, she stumbled off the edge of a small cliff that had been hidden from view.

“Twilight!” exclaimed Flash as he pushed his way through the foliage, only to end up tumbling over that same cliff right after her. Both minifigs bounced off the side of the cliff a few times before landing at the bottom. Flash groaned as he slowly got up and asked, “You okay?”

Twilight sat up and held the side of her head painfully as she replied, “I’m fine.” She jokingly added, “At least I still have all of my pieces.”

Flash smiled at this assurance. He then turned to look up at the small cliff they had just fallen down and muttered, “Well, I guess the motorcycle is no longer an option.”

Understanding there was no going back, Twilight decided to take a quick look around at their new surroundings. In addition to more trees, she also noticed a few Lego pieces scattered around, though it was a little too dark to identify what kinds of pieces they were. She responded, “No, but I think we might have something useful here.”

Flash turned to Twilight, then in the general direction she was facing. He quickly noticed the various Lego pieces that she had found, so he pulled out a flashlight and switched it on to get a better look. There were only a few pieces here and there, such as a few small bricks, plates, and wheels. Flash Sentry sighed in disappointment and said, “I’m afraid we don’t much to work with here.”

Twilight, on the other hand, remained optimistic. She responded, “No, but with a little imagination, I think I can build something useful.” Twilight mentally took note of each of the pieces she could see, thanks to the light provided by Flash Sentry. This was actually the first time she really had to build something on her own, and would thus need to rely on her own creativity.

It wasn’t long before Twilight began to form an idea. Smiling, she turned to Flash and said, “Keep that light on. I’m gonna need it.” She then ran over to one of the pieces and went to work.

Flash Sentry kept aiming the flashlight at Twilight as she ran around collecting pieces. She was no speed-builder like Pinkie Pie or Rainbow Dash, but she knew exactly what she wanted to build. She started with a standard twelve-stud plate for the base of the model. To the bottom of that, she attached a pair of four-stud plates that each had two axles on opposite ends. She then began collecting some wheels, one of which was separate from the tire. She laid the tire down on its side and tried to push the inner wheel into it. Since the tire was made of rubber, she found that it was rather difficult to attach it to the plastic part of the wheel. It wasn’t until she tried stomping on top of the inner wheel that she finally managed to fit the tire on. She then rolled the wheel over and attached it to one of the axles. She was unable to find more than two of those kinds of tires, but she did find a pair of smaller wheels, so she decided to place the bigger wheels on the back axle and the smaller ones at the front. She then attached a pair of seats on top of the base, one in the back and one in the middle. Finally, she added a few small pieces to the front and topped it all off with something that could work like a pair of handlebars.

Twilight Sparkle took a few steps back to admire her work. “It’s not much, but it should get the job done,” she admitted with pride.

With the construction now complete, Flash Sentry switched off his flashlight and put it away. Curious, he turned to Twilight and asked, “What do you have in mind?”

Twilight turned to Flash with a smile on her face as she simply replied, “You’ll see.”


It was now many minutes after the sun had set. The skies were now dark enough for stars to appear on this clear night. Back at the cage, the six minifigs remained trapped inside while the two crooks continued to gamble with their loot. Once again, Rocky tossed the pair of dice at a nearby tree. When he saw the outcome of his toss, he grunted in frustration, yet again.

Not far from there, deep within the forest, there was nothing out of the ordinary. The peaceful silence was then interrupted by a faint buzzing noise. That noise gradually grew louder and louder until the source of it finally zoomed by. It was a small and very basic all-terrain vehicle — also known simply as an ATV. Sitting in the driver’s seat at the front was Twilight Sparkle, who worked the handlebars with all of her strength as she struggled to maintain control at high speed. Sitting behind her in the other seat was police officer Flash Sentry, who kept one hand on top of his head to prevent his hat from flying off.

“Are you sure about this?” asked Flash with concern.

“Trust me, I know what I’m doing,” replied Twilight. She and Flash had to almost shout over the loud buzzing noise of the ATV as it zoomed off through the woods.

Flash looked ahead worriedly. He was starting to regret agreeing to come with Twilight, if this was how she planned to ride to the rescue. Then again, he had to admit that there really were few options left at this point.

“There! I see them up ahead!” exclaimed Twilight, pointing at a large clearing not far ahead. Between the tree trunks, they could see the cage, the large rock, and the piles of loot in between. At the speed they were going, it would only be a matter of seconds before they arrived.

“So what’s the plan?” asked Flash.

“When I give the signal, jump off!” replied Twilight.

“WHAT!?” exclaimed Flash in shock.

Meanwhile, as Mugsy took his turn to throw the pair of dice, Rocky began to notice a faint buzzing noise. As the pair of dice was tossed in front of him, he glanced over in the direction the noise seemed to be coming from. He saw something moving through the woods. His eyes widened as he realized that it was moving fast, and it was heading right for them!

Mugsy, oblivious to the oncoming threat, looked at the result of his throw and happily exclaimed, “Yay! Another seven! This must be my lucky day!”

“Uh, Mugsy…” said Rocky worriedly as he slowly pointed at the oncoming vehicle.

Mugsy, being the dim-wit that he was, misunderstood Rocky’s fearful expression and simply assured, “Aw, don’t be jealous.”

Rather than argue, Rocky simply grabbed Mugsy’s head and twisted it around so that they could both see what was rapidly approaching. Like Rocky, Mugsy’s eyes widened in shock as he saw the oncoming danger.

Twilight steered the ATV directly towards one of the piles of loot. Directly beyond that specific pile was the cage, where her team finally began to notice what was heading their way. “Now!” shouted Twilight, just before jumping out of her seat and diving to the right.

“Whoa!” shouted Flash Sentry as he quickly jumped out of his seat and dove to the left.

Just one second after they both ditched the ATV, the small vehicle ran over the pile of loot and was launched into the air. Rocky and Mugsy yelped as they both dove aside to avoid getting run over. The six minifigs inside the cage gasped fearfully and crowded over to the far side as the driverless ATV came flying directly at them.

When the ATV slammed into the side of the cage, the impact completely demolished both models, sending Lego pieces flying everywhere. As Twilight’s team quickly realized they had not been hit by anything, they opened their eyes to see Lego parts raining down all over the clearing. They all glanced around to discover the cage was now completely gone. They were free!

Spike was to first to react. He threw his red LEGO hat up into the air and starting jumping around as he excitedly shouted, “Yes! Freedom! Woohoo!” As soon as he stopped hopping around, his hat landed back on his head, albeit at an awkward angle.

Rarity giggled as she readjusted Spike’s hat and said, “Yes, I think we can all agree this is worth celebrating.”

“Ah’d just like to know who came up with that brick-headed idea to free us like that,” remarked Applejack with a smile on her face.

“That would be me.”

The team turned to the source of the voice and gasped as they saw Twilight Sparkle walking up to them.

“Twilight!” exclaimed Pinkie Pie happily. “You’re here! And you’re okay!”

“I most certainly am, now that I’ve just freed my friends,” said Twilight as she stopped right in front of the team.

“‘Friends’?” asked Rainbow Dash in confusion. “You mean…?”

“That’s right,” replied Twilight with a nod and a smile on her face. “You’re not just a team that reminds me of my pony friends. You are all my friends — my Lego friends. And right now, I need you all more than ever. Sunset Shimmer may have my crown and its powers at her command, but we still have each other. And as long as we work together, then there’s still a chance that we can succeed.”

“Now that’s the kind of spirit Ah can appreciate!” praised Applejack.

“Yay! We’re all friends again!” exclaimed Pinkie Pie cheerfully.

“Awesome!” added Rainbow Dash. “Now let’s go stop that monster!”

“Oh no you don’t!”

Twilight and her friends spun around to see Rocky and Mugsy were back on their feet. They had menacing grins on their faces as they threateningly held their crowbars.

“You sissies ain’t goin’ nowhere!” threatened Rocky.

“Yeah, sissies!” added Mugsy tauntingly, before giving a quick laugh.

Before the two incompetent crooks could make another move, a pair of hands reached up from behind and bonked their heads together. Both crooks moaned deliriously before falling forward and unconscious. Behind the two downed brick-heads was Flash Sentry.

Flash sighed and shook his head. “Crooks,” he said flatly. “When will they ever learn?”

Spike turned to Twilight in confusion and quietly asked, “What’s he doing here?”

“He actually managed to find me,” answered Twilight. “He helped me when I needed it most.”

“And you decided to bring him with you?” asked Fluttershy.

“It was the least I could do,” replied Twilight with a shrug. She glanced down at the unconscious crooks and jokingly added, “Especially considering how he just paid off the debt he owed me.”

“Just doing an officer’s duty,” responded Flash Sentry. He tried to finish that with a tip of the hat, but when his hand grasped nothing, he noticed that his hat was missing. He glanced back to where he had jumped off from that ATV and saw his hat was still on the ground there. He turned back to Twilight’s team chuckled nervously. “Hat fell off again,” he simply said, before turning around and quickly leaving to retrieve that hat.

At the same time, Pinkie Pie also walked away from the group. She quickly began gathering up some of the pieces that now lay scattered across the clearing. Spike noticed this and asked, “Uh, Pinkie? What are you doing?”

“If we’re gonna go after that big meanie, I’m gonna need to rebuild my car so we can get there fast!” answered Pinkie as she kept gathering more pieces.

“Ah’d hate to break it to ya, Pinkie,” Applejack spoke up, “but after what Sunset did to these here parts, Ah seriously doubt we’d be able to make another car outta them.”

“Besides…” added Rainbow Dash solemnly as she picked up a grey one-stud brick. The side of that piece was labeled with a black lightning bolt. “The Power Brick is dead.” She then tossed aside that piece, knowing that it was now completely useless.

Twilight remembered reading about Power Bricks during her research at the library two days ago. Just as a minifig needs a Creation Spark to be alive, a vehicle needs a charged Power Brick in its construction in order to be able to function. The lightning bolt design on its side was an indicator of how much charge was left within the Power Brick: If it was fully charged, then it would be completely green; three quarters charged and the color would still be green, but the upper quarter would be black; half charged and the color would turn yellow with the black section now covering the upper half; one quarter charged and the colored portion would turn red, while the black portion expanded to cover the upper three quarters; and finally, no charge at all was indicated by the lightning bolt being completely black, and thus be considered “dead”. Power Bricks could always be recharged — that’s what refueling stations were for — but out here in the middle of nowhere, it was very unlikely they would be even close to such a place to recharge that brick.

“What about that thing Twilight used?” asked Pinkie Pie. “Why not use that Power Brick?”

“It wouldn’t make much difference,” admitted Twilight. “That Power Brick’s charge was already very low when I added it in. I was actually afraid it would run out before I could even get here! I’m just glad that it managed to keep working long enough to do what I needed.”

“So what can we do now?” asked Fluttershy. “It’ll take hours to get back to Canterlot City by foot!”

“Not to mention, we’ll never stand a chance on our own like this,” added Rainbow Dash. “I mean, sure we’ve got each other, but we can’t exactly fight Sunset Shimmer with nothing but our bare hands.”

“She does have a point,” said Flash Sentry as he dusted off the top of his hat before putting it back on his head. “I saw Sunset Shimmer for myself on my way out of the city. She’s quickly enslaving every citizen in town, and I would’ve met a similar fate had it not been for my quick reaction on that motorcycle.” He sighed before continuing, “The only thing I could do was escape. If you girls are gonna stand any chance against someone that powerful, you’re going to need some firepower.”

“But where can we get it?” asked Spike as he looked around. “We certainly don’t have much to work with around here.”

Applejack’s face brightened as she suddenly remembered something. “Ah got it!” she exclaimed happily. She turned to her friends and explained, “Ah’ve heard there’s an old junkyard not far from here. Ah bet we can find all kinds of useful parts there.”

“Normally, I would object to the idea of working with junk,” Rarity spoke up. She then shrugged as she added, “But, beggars can’t be choosers, and in this particular case, we have definitely been reduced to beggars.”

Twilight nodded in agreement and said, “Yes, that junkyard is probably our best chance.”

“Then why are we still here!?” exclaimed Rainbow Dash. “Lead the way, AJ!”

Applejack nodded in acceptance before turning away to lead the team of friends off to the junkyard.

Twilight began to follow, but stopped and turned back to see that Flash Sentry was not following with the others. “Aren’t you coming?” she asked.

“As much as I’d love to, somebody’s gotta stay here and deal with those brick-heads,” answered Flash, gesturing towards the unconscious forms of Rocky and Mugsy. “I should also probably secure all this loot before any would-be robbers try to take it.” He then smiled as he added, “Besides, you’re now back with your friends. You won’t be needing my help from this point on.”

It was only at the final reason that Twilight smiled. She nodded in understanding and said, “You’re right.” As she turned around and chased after her team — no, her friends — she shouted back, “Wish us luck!”

“I will!” Flash shouted back. He decided to assure Twilight by adding, “And don’t worry about me! I’ll catch up with you in the city!”

Twilight glanced back with a smile on her face before turning her attention back to following her friends down the dirt road. She would worry about the rookie police officer later. For now, she and her Lego friends had only one chance left to stop Sunset Shimmer, and they were about to take it.


After nearly half an hour of running, the team finally reached the edge of the Everfree Forest and arrived at the old junkyard. A tall fence surrounded the entire area, except for a wide gap at the entrance where the gate had long since fallen off. Within this vast area were countless piles of parts and incomplete models and vehicles.

“Wow-wee! Look at this place!” exclaimed Pinkie Pie in awe.

“Ah figured y’all would like this,” remarked Applejack smugly.

“Awesome!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash excitedly. “We can build all kinds of things with this much stuff!”

“Then let’s not waste another moment,” said Twilight with determination. “Come on, girls! It’s time to get creative.” She then began to walk into the junkyard, soon followed by the rest of her friends.

Each minifig began at different piles and started by taking a look at what kinds of parts could be found within those piles.

Applejack found an axle with two wheels already attached to opposite ends. She quickly pulled it out of the pile and tossed it aside to the ground.

Rarity picked up a standard eight-stud brick, but discarded it in disgust when she noticed that it was green. She then smiled when she found a similar brick that was white instead.

Rainbow Dash picked up an odd cylindrical object. Curious about what she could use it for, she unintentionally hit some kind of trigger on the bottom end of it, which immediately caused a large jet of flame to shoot out the top. She was startled by this and quickly shut it off. Once the flame was gone, a huge grin formed on her face as she thought about how she could use something like this.

Spike managed to grab a pair of two-stud bricks. He carefully attached one on top of the other, then smile at his accomplishment. But then he saw Applejack pass by while hauling a sled on which dozens of various parts and pieces had been piled up on. At this sight, Spike could only drop his jaw in shock.

Pinkie Pie ran around another pile to inspect it from every angle. Her face brightened as she suddenly got an idea. She then proceeded to quickly toss away various parts and pieces from the pile. Fluttershy, who happened to be standing nearby, immediately cowered down and held her arms over her head to protect herself from the raining Lego parts. Once pieces stopped flying everywhere, Fluttershy slowly brought her arms down and looked up to see Pinkie Pie, who gestured towards the large incomplete model that she had just unburied from underneath the pile. Fluttershy simply stood up and smiled.

Among the various pieces Twilight was pulling out from another pile, she discovered a large blue transparent piece. Its curved shaped reminded her of how it was commonly used on a particular type of vehicle, which gave her an idea on exactly what she wanted to build.

Rarity carefully removed another brick from her pile, which inadvertently caused a massive container on top of the pile to topple over, allowing its contents of large blue and green spheres to spill out and roll across the ground. When everyone noticed the mess and then turned to see who had caused it, Rarity just smiled sheepishly and blushed in embarrassment.

Rainbow Dash smiled as she was lucky enough to discover a fully-charged Power Brick. She then tossed it aside when she found one the size of a two-stud brick — which meant the charge on this one would last twice as long. She then threw that one away too when she found one the size of a standard four-stud brick — four times the charge of a regular Power Brick! Now that was the kind of power she wanted, which put a huge grin on her face.

Pinkie Pie carried a precariously balanced pile of pieces in her arms over to the large model she had discovered. With her view blocked by those pieces, she failed to watch out for those scattered spheres and slipped on one of them, causing her to fly onto her back and dumping all of those pieces all over the ground. Spike noticed the incident and, when he saw what kinds of pieces had just been dropped, finally got an idea of what he could build.

Applejack’s creation was already starting to take shape by the time she carried over a stack of large tires. When she dropped the tires on the ground, the one on top of the stack bounced off and began to roll away, forcing her to chase after it.

Fluttershy looked down at a megaphone in her hands, then looked up at Pinkie Pie’s unfinished creation. She was hesitant, but felt that Pinkie would appreciate her contribution to the build. She climbed up on top of the model and looked for an appropriate place to attach her piece. Once she found the perfect spot, she carefully attached the part. The instant it was attached, the part let out a brief honk, which startled Fluttershy and made her fall off the model and hit the ground on her back. When Pinkie Pie looked over in confusion, Fluttershy simply smiled and blushed in embarrassment. Pinkie Pie responded with a smile of her own before returning to whatever she was doing.

Rarity looked down at the few pieces she had collected and carefully arranged. She still couldn’t quite decide what she wanted to build. She glanced over at Applejack’s half-finished creation, then to the spheres that remained scattered across the ground, and then back to the small assembly she had been working on. She smiled as she finally got the perfect idea. She picked up her small assembly and brought it over to Applejack and her creation.

Spike smiled as he added the last piece to his small creation. He dragged his creation over to Pinkie Pie’s model and, with a little help from Pinkie, managed to toss it up onto the model.

Twilight searched desperately for one particular part. She knew her creation would be rendered useless without it, so she had to search through every pile, if necessary. She smiled as she finally found the part she was looking for: a small propeller.

Rainbow Dash added the last piece to her creation. After smiling at seeing it completed, she then tried to move it, but it was just too heavy for her. As she continued straining to pick it up, she was stunned when she suddenly felt her model being lifted off the ground. She opened her eyes to see that Applejack had picked up the other side of this model. Applejack just smiled and nodded once, and Rainbow Dash responded with the same gesture. Following Rainbow’s direction, they both hauled the creation over to and up onto the back of Pinkie’s large creation. The two strong minifigs wiped their brows and shook hands at this accomplishment.

Rarity finished the final attachments of her contribution to Applejack’s model. She was glad that Applejack had approved of her proposal to merge their creations into one single model. After a quick look around, she found herself very pleased with the aesthetic design of this combined model.

Fluttershy helped Rainbow Dash insert a few gears and long axles into some hidden spaces within Pinkie Pie’s creation. She wasn’t sure what purpose they would serve, but she was more than happy to help with any part of the build.

Twilight had needed a ladder to reach the top of her almost-finished creation, but once she managed to get up there, she was easily able to attach the final pieces, which were a couple of long eight-stud plates.

Finally, everything was now complete. The seven minifigs stood back to admire the creations they had been able build together. There was no doubt in anyone’s minds that they had done a very good job of using everything they had available to them.

“Nice work, girls,” said Twilight Sparkle with pride. “If these creations can’t stop Sunset Shimmer, I don’t know what will.”

With smiles on their faces, the seven minifigs returned to their creations, ready to put them into use. This was going to be their final chance to defeat Sunset Shimmer and save Equestria and Canterlot City. It really was now or never.