After the taking of Tartarus by the Lord of Chaos, the ponies appeared to have entered into an immense state of panic. The only ponies that could calm them were their respective princesses.
"Dear Equestrians, we know that we are facing a new threat" Princess Celestia said, from her castle, along with Luna, to the ponies of Canterlot. "And we know that this reaches completely different levels we have ever faced."
"Although our enemy is the Lord of Chaos, we can assure you that we will do everything to protect you all" Luna continued.
"That is and will always be my responsibility and the other princesses" Cadance said to crystal ponies. "We will ensure that none of the villains of Tartarus cross our borders and destroy our beautiful land."
"You, ponies of light, were trapped in a stone sleep for over a thousand of years" Twilight said to the light ponies. "However, I know, from the bottom of my heart, that you never ceased to have hope of one day to wake up. Therefore, I ask you: remain calm and don't panic, it won't help anything. Don't do it for me, but for you. I, Prince Blue Sword and the Generals of Order as well as the other princesses will find a way to defeat the Lord of Chaos and return the peace that has been taken from us."
Although the light ponies continue with fear, they applauded Twilight’s speech. She made them a bow and then went back inside the castle, where she was received by Blue Sword that gave her a kiss, saying then:
"That was a nice speech, Twily. I'm sure you managed to calm them."
"I hope so" Twilight said. "They are my responsibility. I have to ensure that nothing bad happens to them. After all, the Light Kingdom should be at the top of the Lord of Chaos’ blacklist. Where's Star?"
"Don't worry about it" Blue said. "He's in his room resting, watched by the best guards of the kingdom."
"I can't stop worrying about our son, Blue" Twilight said. "The Lord of Chaos was able to catch him and Gleaming Shield in Canterlot. Who guarantees us that he doesn't do it again?"
"The kingdom's magic will keep him away" Blue answered, caressing her face with the hoof. "It's nice you want the security of our son, but I can assure you that he’s completely safe. Now, I think the best thing to do is to concentrate on other matters."
Twilight smiled and then said to him:
"You're absolutely right. What would I do without you? "
"That's a good question, dear" he replied. "A good question."
The two looked at each other intensely and prepared to give a kiss when somepony cleared his voice. It was Mirror Coat.
"I'm sorry for interrupting, Your Highnesses" he said. "Princess Twilight, I must tell you that I just get all the information about all the villains imprisoned in Tartarus. It’s on your desk."
"Thank you, Mirror Coat" Twilgiht thanked. "I know it must have been difficult, given that you still have a lot to organize in the Mirrored Library."
"Don't worry, Princess Twilight" Mirror Coat replied. "It didn't cost me anything."
He prepared to retreat when Twilight called:
"Mirror Coat?"
"Yes, princess?"
"Do you know where Golden Paladin is?" Twilight asked. "I haven't seen him around."
"Golden Paladin went reunite with the Lord of Order due to current circumstances" Mirror Coat answered.
"I just hope he can get us something to combat the crisis in which we find ourselves" Twilight said.
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In the throne room of Order, Golden Paladin was kneeling on the bottom of the stairs that led to the throne where his master was sit. The General of Peace told everything that was happening in Equestria.
"I see" the Lord of Order said. "So my brother wants to play for real."
"He's out of control, your lordship" Golden Paladin said. "With a lot of villains attacking in successive manner or at the same time, I don't know if we can withstand for long. We need a way to stop them."
"You're right" the Lord of Order said. "This will bring serious disturbances to the balance between good and evil."
It was then that Golden Paladin lowered her head sadly and somewhat embarrassed and said:
"And I gave him literally the key to his plan be executed."
"Don't blame yourself, general" the Lord of Order said. "There was nothing you could do."
"Yes, master, but even so, it was my duty and I failed."
"On the contrary, you made properly your duty to protect the lives of two innocent ponies, even for more, being these two innocent members of the royal family."
There was a pause in which the Lord of Order thought for a moment about the situation and then he said:
"The only solution I see is to capture each villain once more and save them until we get control of Tartarus. I can’t use my powers as my brother is not using his directly to conquer Equestria."
"I think it’s the best solution as well, master" Golden Paladin agreed.
The Lord of Order snapped his fingers and three big bubbles appeared, while he said:
"To help you in this task, you will need three things. The prison-book..."
In one of the bubbles appeared the image of a book padlocked and with an octagonal slot in the center of the cover.
"The life cells..."
In the second bubble appeared a couple of small hexagonal discs with the size of the existing slot in the prison-book.
"And the cell blaster"
And in the last bubble appeared an instrument that was similar to a spotting scope with the front having the same shape as the life cells.
"Find these three items spread across several worlds and you would be able to imprison each villain until we get Tartarus back" the Lord of Order said.
"Understood" Golden Paladin said, bowing respectfully his head. "I will do my best, master."
He then drove up to one of the mirrors of the throne room and with his horn surrounded by his magical aura, he crossed it.
"Good luck" the Lord of Order wished. "You're going to need it."
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In Ponyville, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were in Sugarcube Corner, talking about what had happened at the Grand Galloping Gala.
"Ah still can't believe that Tartarus is in tha hands of that lunatic" said Applejack. "He now has tha resources tah destroy Equestria and everythin’ that surrounds it."
"Yes, with all those hideous villains that he got, it's pretty likely what will happen" Rarity said.
"Uh, let's not be so negative, girls" Pinkie Pie said, in his usual cheerful and dizzy tone. "Maybe he doesn't want to break in and create a great chaos. I mean, it might be in his name, but that doesn't mean he's going to do. Maybe he wants to make a big party and decided to invite all his bad friends."
That made everypony look at her seriously.
"Anyway…" Rainbow Dash said, ignoring what Pinkie Pie had said. "For me, the Lord of Losers can send all the villains that he wants. We have the Elements of Harmony and, with them, those idiots will get a kick in the ass that they won't soon forget."
"Oh my, that sounds so... violent" Fluttershy said. "Maybe we can convince them to do no harm. After all, we reformed Discord."
"Fluttershy, darling, no offense, but I think our friend Discord is not exactly reformed" Rarity said. "At least, not in the way it was supposed to be."
"That is because there must be collaboration of both parts" Fluttershy said. "Seriously, girls, if you met him a little bit more, you could see the good heart that the Discord has."
"Yeah, I'm sure Discord and good heart are words that can never be placed in the same affirmative phrase" Rainbow Dash said.
"Changin’ tha subject..." Applejack said, turning to Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow, we can have tha Elements of Harmony, but it won't do any good if various villains attack us at tha same time."
"Applejack, you worry so much" said Rainbow Dash.
"And ya do tha opposite" Applejack replied.
"Come on, girls, can we end this?" Fluttershy asked.
"Fluttershy is right" Rarity said. "This is already becoming very exhausting."
Rainbow Dash and Applejack exchanged a look and then waved.
"Great" Rarity said. "Now we can focus on happier things."
"Yes, just like the Great Ponyville Fair that will take place tomorrow afternoon" Pinkie Pie said. "I can't wait! And I'll do my special chocolate cupcakes recipe. It will be... delicious!"
"Well, it's always a way tah distract us from everythin’ that's happenin’" Applejack commented.
"You are right" said Rainbow Dash. "Let's concentrate ourselves on having fun."
The Lord of Chaos was watching that scene through the mirror of a room situated in Tartarus, where he had installed himself, sitting on a throne similar to the one he had in his throne room.
"So you want to have fun" he said. "That's what we're going to see. After the role you had in my humiliation, I don't think that's going to happen."
It was then that someone knocked on the door and then Fire Punch entered.
"I'm sorry, sir" he said.
"What do you want?" the Lord of Chaos asked rudely. "Can't you see I'm busy?"
"I'm sorry, sir, but I wanted to thank you a lot for release me" Fire Punch said. "It just proves how magnanimous you are to those who are loyal to you."
The Lord of Chaos looked at him for a few seconds and then said:
"Don't get above yourself, Fire Punch. You're just out of your cell because I opened every cell in Tartarus. Believe me, after your big failures, I had no intention to involve you in my latest great plan."
"But I promise you that I will be an asset" Fire Punch said. "Don't forget everything I did for you when was the King of Changelings or when had King Sombra’s Horn."
"Yes, and both times you were defeated miserably" the Lord of Chaos replied. "If you think I'm going to give you a new power, you're sadly mistaken. You had your opportunities. No other villain received more mercy than you. Consider yourself lucky to be allowed to walk freely around."
"But..." Fire Punch started, but, after receiving the gruff look from the Lord of Chaos, he changed to a submissive tone. "As you wish, my lord."
"Now you stopped bothering me with meaningless affairs, I think it's time to concentrate on more important matters, like trying to find a way to ruin the happiness of Princess Twilight’s friends and, at the same time, lure her out of that stupidly brilliant place" the Lord of Chaos said, adopting his pensive air.
He thought for a while and then said:
"I know! I'm a genius. I know exactly what to do and Pinkie Pie’s chocolate cupcakes are the answer."
"I don't understand, sir" Fire Punch said.
"With your limited understanding and intelligence, no wonder" the Lord of Chaos answered him. "I will put something in the cupcakes that will end with the peace and tranquility of the so beloved Twilight’s Ponyville, enough to make her go there and then crush her. Without the Light Kingdom Princess, the only opponent with the same kind of power is her son who at this moment is still a baby. Thus, it will be much easier to conquer this world. Of course, when I say I will put something in the cupcakes, I mean someone will do it for me. Namely, a villain in particular."
And he rubbed his hands, while giving his evil laugh.
In the Cakes’ kitchen, Pinkie Pie was preparing to cook her cupcakes. Humming, she put the ingredients on the table and began to check them. After that, he began to mix everything, always humming. It was then that, after mixing the flour, sugar, chocolate and baking, she prepared to mix the eggs, milk and margarine when suddenly...
"Oops, what silly I am, I didn't bring the eggs" she said. "How can I make cupcakes without eggs?"
And she went to the refrigerator looking for eggs. Meanwhile, a creature with six articulated legs appeared and, using a scorpion tail, it squirted a slight glow green liquid, starting then mixing everything to put as it was before. While doing it, Pinkie Pie had one of her combos: ears flopping and tail twitching.
Pinkie Pie lifted her head and said:
"Ears flopping and tail twitching? That means there's a monster behind me messing with my cupcakes."
She turned around holding the eggs with the tail, but she didn't see anyone there. She approached her mixture and smelled it. Then she said:
"No, it seems that it was a false alarm."
And she continued to make the recipe.
The Lord of Chaos was seeing her making the cupcakes and then said:
"That’s right, my dear pink bouncing ball, make your cupcakes and then give them to your friends. They will have a surprise that they will not forget any soon."
And he gave an evil laugh. He made a gesture with his hand and then said to the creature that appeared in the mirror:
"You made a great job... Krylock."
The Lord of chaos was talking to a monstrous creature with a large cobra head on scorpion body. The Krylock just hissed, seeming unable to articulate words.
"I'm sorry, my lord" Fire Punch said. "But can I ask what are you planning?"
"It's not obvious, you idiot?" the Lord of Chaos asked. "Those muffins will be distributed for all Ponyville ponies and those idiots will ingest Krylock’s venom."
But seeing Fire Punch’s confusing air, the Lord of Chaos sighed and said:
"Don't worry your pretty little hollow head. Just wait and see what will happen."
The next day, the Great Ponyville Fair seemed to revitalize ponies’ spirit. The fun and happiness reigned in all corners of the village. Pinkie Pie was finishing packing the cupcakes she had done. Mr. and Mrs. Cake were there with the twins.
"We are very pleased that you can go sell the cupcakes for us, Pinkie Pie" Mr. Cake said.
"Yes, with the twins, we don't have much time for that" Mrs. Cake said.
"It was nothing, Mr. and Mrs. Cake" Pinkie Pie said, giving a cupcake to each twin that started eating them. "You know how I love to make cupcakes. And I love even more to sell them. Well, I gotta go. See you later."
And she left, hoping. Mr and Mrs Cake turned to their two kids who were all dirty with the chocolate cupcakes that they had been eating.
"Sounds like somepony needs a bath" Mrs. Cake said.
"Let's go to the bath, kids" Mr. Cake said.
Mr. Cake took on Pumpkin Cake, while Mrs. Cake took on Pound Cake. What they didn't know was that while they were going up, the eyes of the two foals became yellow and with slit pupils and their teeth became razor sharp, turning into fangs.
At the fair, Pinkie Pie was in her stall selling her cupcakes.
"Come on!" exclaimed Pinkie. "Come buy your delicious cupcakes here in your dear friend Pinkie Pie’s stall."
A pony came to the stall and put a bit on Pinkie Pie’s tin and then she extended him a cupcake saying:
"Thank you very much and have a nice day, which shouldn't be hard because every day looks better with a delicious chocolate cupcake."
The pony then walked away with his cupcake he ate with a lot of satisfaction. Pinkie Pie’s friends then appeared.
"So, how's is goin’ tha sales, Pinkie?" Applejack asked.
"Like a dragon in the middle of a lot of jewels" Pinkie Pie replied.
"Good" Fluttershy said. "These cupcakes seem to be appetizing."
"In fact, they appear to be the ideal candy to take along with a nice cup of tea" Rarity said.
"Well, I saved some for you" Pinkie Pie said. "But first, I need you to help me with the sales."
"Selling cupcakes to eat a few for free?" Rainbow asked. "I'm completely on it."
"Yes, ya can also count with my help, Pinkie" Applejack said.
"And mine" Fluttershy said.
"Well, personally, I would not align in something that was related to any physical effort" Rarity said. "But sales require a certain approach with the customers and I happen to have a natural gift to interact with the ponies."
"Well, there you go, girls" Pinkie said, while giving to each one a tray with cupcakes. "Make sure everypony have one. Of course there will be some that will not have one, which is a shame, because they won't be able to experience the joy of eating a chocolate cupcake made here by Pinkie Pie."
Her friends then took the trays, placing them on their back, except Rarity who used her magic, and they began to deliver the cupcakes. It didn't take long until they have the trays empty. They returned to Pinkie Pie’s stall, or at least almost all of them. Fluttershy was the only one who had not yet returned.
"Did you distributed all the cupcakes?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Yes, Pinkie" said Applejack. "These ponies rushed to them like a bunch of Timberwolves to a lot of food."
"Yes, those cupcakes sell very well" Rarity said.
"Hey, since we worked hard to sell those cupcakes..." Rainbow Dash started.
"You want to eat some as a reward?" Pinkie Pie asked, making appear a platter with five muffins. "They're already here."
"Pinky... you are awesome!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, preparing to take one of the muffins, only to be stopped by Pinkie Pie.
"But we will just start eating when Fluttershy arrive" she said.
"What?!" Rainbow Dash asked, not wanting to believe what she heard.
"Come on, Rainbow Dash, is part of the rules of good education" Rarity said.
"There's no harm in waitin’ a little longer, RD" Applejack said.
Seeing that she had no other choice, Rainbow Dash sighed and said:
"Okay."
Fluttershy, due to her shyness, ended for taking a long time to deliver the cupcakes, but ultimately she managed to give the last one to a young filly.
"Thank you" the little one thanked, moving away.
"You're welcome" Fluttershy replied.
She sighed before her done work and then saw the filly eating her delicious cupcake. It was amazing the satisfaction that arose by brighten the ponies with things as simple as a chocolate cupcake. She now understood what Pinkie Pie felt when she do it.
Then something caught her attention. The filly, after eating her cupcake, licked her lips, all happy, but then she wriggled her face and then Fluttershy saw with horror her eyes turning yellow with slit pupils, her teeth becoming fangs, the column bending so that the front legs were raised off the floor and they became pincers, while the hind legs became in six articulated legs and the tail turned into a scorpion tail. A kind of exoskeleton appeared also from the waist down.
The filly, now transformed, started pinging, showing a cobra forked tongue and began to walk from one side to the other, causing chaos, making the ponies around screaming and running. And she wasn't the only one. More ponies, young and old, all transformed into similar creatures. And among them, were all the ponies whom Fluttershy had delivered the cupcakes.
Full of fear, Fluttershy started running in the direction of Pinkie Pie’s stall, for help.
There, Rainbow Dash was getting tired of waiting for Fluttershy, until they got fed up and said:
"Ok, I'm starving. I'm going to eat my cupcake, either Fluttershy is here or not. I’ll even eat her cupcake if she doesn't come in five minutes."
"Ah expect’d ya tah say somethin’ like that" Applejack said.
"Yes, but until that lasted long enough for the normal" Rarity commented.
Rainbow Dash was about to eat her cupcake when Fluttershy appeared, flying quickly and saying:
"NOOO!"
She then dropped Rainbow Dash before she take a bite of the cupcake, throwing her to the ground and throwing the cupcake to the ground.
"Fluttershy, what do you think you're doing?!" Rainbow Dash asked, moving Flutterhy away from her, rising up. "You made me lose my cupcake."
"I'm terribly sorry, Rainbow Dash" Fluttershy said, also rising up. "But it turns out that you couldn't eat your cupcake."
"And may I ask why?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Because..." Fluttershy stammered, trying to find the courage to say it. "Because... Because of that."
And she pointed. It was then that the ponies turned appeared to wreak havoc, something that surprised her friends.
"What tha hay are those?" Applejack asked.
"It happened to be all the ponies that ate Pinkie Pie’s cupcakes" Fluttershy said. "At least, everypony who I sold them"
"Hey, Ah also recall those ponies" Applejack said. "Ah also sold them tha cupcakes."
"And I to those" Rarity said.
"Hey, are you saying that my cupcakes have anything to do with the fact that those ponies are now a sort of weird mutants and..." Pinkie Pie started.
She then sniffed her cupcakes more carefully and then said:
"Hey, somebody put something in my cupcakes! I had a feeling that something wasn't right. My Pinkie sense never fails!"
"Look out!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
They then saw a scorpion tail being whipped towards them and everypony ducked, while the tail destroyed Pinkie Pie’s stall. They went to a shelter and there Applejack asked:
"How are we goin’ tah get rid of these things?"
"For me, I go there and let them feel the flavor of my hooves" Rainbow Dash said, ready for combat.
"You can't fight them, Rainbow Dash" said Rarity. "In spite of everything, they are innocent ponies."
"But what am I supposed to do?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Oh damn" Pinkie Pie said, remembering something.
"What is it, Pinkie?" Applejack asked.
"I just remembered that I gave cupcakes to the Cake twins" she said.
In Sugarcube Corner, Mr. and Mrs. Cake were in a shelter, while their children, now transformed into mutants, tipped the store upside down while they ate all the candies.
"But what's wrong with our babies?" Mrs. Cake asked.
"I don't know, sweetheart" Mr. Cake replied. "It must have been something they ate."
It was then that Rainbow Dash appeared at the entrance and, with her speed, she managed to put the twins in a net and hang them from the ceiling.
"Are you okay, Mr. and Mrs. Cake?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"But what are you doing to our children?" Mrs. Cake asked to Rainbow Dash, in a disapproving way, while she and her husband came out from their hiding place.
"Ah... Keeping them safe... and you" Rainbow Dash replied.
She then heard a sound of spitting, turned and saw that one of the twins had spat a kind of green acid that broke up the net, which allowed them to get out of there. Given this, Rainbow Dash, with all her speed, grabbed Mr. and Mrs. Cake and took them out of the bakery and then sealed all the doors and windows.
"They, they won't get out of here" she said.
"Can you explain us what's going on?" Mr. Cake asked.
"Uh, it's kinda hard to explain" Rainbow Dash answered. "But don't worry, we will do what we can to resolve this. I hope..."
And having said that, she moved away quickly. She returned to the area of the fair where everything had worsened. She found her friends and said:
"The twins’ situation is under control... more or less. How are things here?"
"Not well" Applejack answered. "We don't know how to fight these things without hurting them."
"I wish Twilight was here" Fluttershy said. "She'd know what to do."
In the Light Kingdom, Twilight was sitting on his throne with Blue and Spike by her side, taking care of some matters of the kingdom when suddenly a deafening alarm began ringing.
"But what is this?!" Twilight asked, while she and the other two covered their ears.
"I don't know!" Blue Sword replied.
Mirror Coat then appeared and Twilight asked him:
"Mirror Coat, what the hell is going on?!"
He didn't answer, only looking at one side of the throne room where Heartbeat appeared.
"Did you like it?" she asked, so that all could hear. "It’s my new emergency alarm. It plays quite loud so all ponies can hear."
But seeing rough looks looking at her, she asked:
"Too loud?"
"Yes!" everypony replied.
"Oops, sorry" she said.
Her horn shone and then the alarm stopped.
"Thanks Celestia!" Spike exclaimed. "I thought I'd be deaf before reaching the adolescence."
"Heartbeat, which was the reason for the alarm?" Twilight asked.
"I'm terribly sorry, princess, but I thought I could install an alarm system in case of any activity of villains emerge" Heartbeat said. "And it seems that it worked well. I just have to adjust the intensity of the sound."
"Wait, you mean there's a villain playing up?" Blue Sword asked.
"That's exactly what brought me here, Your Highnesses" Mirror Coat said in his respectful tone. "I received information that Ponyville is being attacked by mutant ponies right now."
"Ponyville?!" Twilight repeated, rising up. "My friends... How are they?"
"Well, they're trying to take of everything, but I doubt they can do it for a long time" Mirror Coat answered.
"What are we dealing with?" Blue Sword asked.
"I'm afraid with this" Mirror Coat replied, carrying his horn with magic.
He made a mirror appear and it reflected Ponyville being attacked by the mutants, something that horrified Twilight and Spike.
"But are these..." Heartbeat started.
"I'm afraid so" Mirror Coat said. "These poor ponies ingested Krylock’s venom."
"Kry-who?" Spike and Blue asked.
"Krylock" Twilight said, thoughtful. "I think I've read something about it. The information about the prisoners of Tartarus you gave me, Mirror Coat."
"Yes, Krylock is a prisoner of Tartarus" Mirror Coat said. "A pretty dangerous prisoner."
"And stupid" Heartbeat added.
Mirror Coat’s horn shone and in the mirror appeared Krylock’s image, as he explained:
"Krylock is a demon with a cobra head and a scorpion body. It’s a beast of pure evil, although, like Heartbeat said, not very intellectual, it is pretty good at following orders."
“And I guess who is giving orders to it” Blue said.
"But the venom it’s the worse part" Heartbeat said. "It can turn others into mutant monsters like it."
"But how did it manage to do something like that?" Twilight asked.
"Apparently, it used your friend Pinkie Pie’s cupcakes, princess" Mirror Coat answered. "It is inter-dimensional. It is not very difficult to it appear and vanish into thin air."
Twilight thought about it all. Her friends were in danger and she need help them.
"I have to go to Ponyville" she said. "Now."
"What?" Blue Sword asked, turning Twilight to himself. "Twilight, you can't go. It's pretty dangerous."
"Blue, my friends are in danger now" Twilight said. "I can't leave them."
"Prince Blue Sword is right, Your Highness" Mirror Coat said. "Most likely this is a bait of the Lord of Chaos to attract and attack you."
"I don't care, my friends need me and I will help them, whether you like it or not" Twilight replied.
Blue really wanted his wife didn’t go because was the best for her, but he knew he couldn’t stop her when she was so determined. So he could only do one thing.
"So I'm going with you" he said. "You won’t face those things by yourself."
Twilight then answered him with a tender smile. She then turned to Mirror Coat and asked him:
"Is there any way to reverse the mutation process caused by the venom?"
"There's a spell" he replied. "But I need a few ingredients first."
"So, set it up and then come meet us in Ponyville" Twilight said.
Mirror Coat nodded, making a bow to Twilight, and then, with his magic, he changed the mirror that was invoked to become a portal to Ponyville and then invoked another mirror he crossed, making it disappear then. Twilight and Blue exchanged a look and a smile and, before crossing the mirror, Twilight said to Heartbeat and Spike:
"You two take care of the Star, okay?"
"Of course, Princess" she replied. "You know how I love foals."
“Yeah, Twilight, your number one assistant has everything under control” Spike said.
With that, Twilight and Blue crossed the mirror.
Things in Ponyville took a turn for the worse with the mutants attacking the rest of the village. Some stallions tried to fight them, but the mutants were too strong. Twilight's friends tried to stop them as best they could, but the results were not better. It was then that one of the mutants managed to trap them and prepared to attack them, if it wasn't a magical bubble that appeared and secured him, lifting him into the air. Everypony looked at who had released the bubble and then saw, with great joy, Twilight and Blue Sword.
"Twilight!" Applejack called, while she and the others went to them. "Blue Sword! Ah'm glad ya came."
"When Mirror Coat told me what was happening, I had to come" Twilight said.
"And of course I had to come too" said Blue. "I wasn't going to let Twily fall into a trap of the gross Lord of Chaos."
"Wait, this is his doing?" Rainbow asked.
"It’s one of the villains of Tartarus" Twilight replied. "Its name is Krylock and is a demon with the cobra head and the scorpion body. It put some of its venom in Pinkie’s cupcakes for the ponies that eat them turned into mutants and begun attacking Ponyville."
"What?!" Pinkie Pie asked, completely shocked and angry. "How did they dare to poison my delicious cupcaked? This is an attack on the good name of the chocolate cupcakes!"
Although still a little unnerved by what Pinkie Pie had just said, they ignore her. Twilight then said:
"Mirror Coat's handling the cure, but we have to get all existing mutants, while he does it."
"Understood" Rainbow Dash said, making her a salute and then turning to the others. "You heard her, girls, we have to catch all the mutants. Come on!"
They then put to work. They began to round up and imprison all the mutants, placing them in Twilight’s magic bubble that was increasing in size to hold all of them.
The Lord of Chaos was watching everything from the comfort of his room in Tartarus, saying:
"All the pieces are in place."
"Are you sending the Krylock to end with Twilight Princess right now?" Fire Punch asked, who was alongside his master.
"I could do that, but it’s better wait they spend their energies to heal their buddies and then the Krylock attacks with full force" he replied.
After Blue Sword put two mutants that he had captured in the bubble, Twilight asked:
"Is it verypony?"
"Almost" Rainbow Dash’s voice replied.
She then brought the twins, which had the pincers and the muzzles closed with rope, holding them by the tail. Mr. and Mrs. Cake came along.
"These two were hard to catch" Rainbow Dash said, putting the twins in the bubble, starting to gasp then. "Who would think two small foals would give a lot of fight."
Mr. and Mrs. Cake then reached Twilight and the first asked her:
"Please tell us you can heal our children, Princess Twilight."
"Yes, they are only foals and..." Mrs. Cake began.
"You don't have to worry about" Twilight answered them with her kind smile. "We'll be able to heal them."
Mr. and Mrs. Cake, listening Twilight’s words, became more peaceful.
It was then that a mirror appeared and Mirror Coat appeared from it, carrying a small cauldron boiling with his magic. The mirror disappear when Mirror Coat crossed it.
"Mirror Coat, I glad you're here" Twilight said. "We captured all the mutants. Is the spell ready?"
"Not yet" he replied. "It still misses one more ingredient."
"Then why are you here?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Go get this last ingredient."
"That's why I'm here, my very dear colorful friend" Mirror Coat replied. "The final ingredient that we need is Krylock’s venom and I think this is the ideal place to find some."
"The venom?" Blue repeated. "You need the venom to make a cure for the venom itself?"
"A lot of the antidotes for venoms require a sample of the venom in question to work" Mirror Coat answered. "Fight fire with fire, if you want."
"But the venom is in the muffins and we sold them all" Rarity said.
"Except those that Pinkie Pie saved for us" Fluttershy said. "But they were undone in the middle of the whole the chaos."
"So where do we find a cupcake that has tha venom an’ that has not yet been sold or lost?" Applejack asked.
It was then that everypony had the same idea and they looked to Pinkie Pie.
"What?" she asked.
Twilight advanced to her and extended the hoof. Realizing what Twilight wanted, Pinkie Pie rolled her eyes and then she drove her hoof to her mane and pulled out one of the chocolate cupcakes that she was selling, giving it to Twilight.
"Seriously?" Rainbow Dash asked to Pinkie Pie.
"Hey, I like having a chocolate cupcake saved in my mane" Pinkie Pie defended herself. "You never know when we want to eat one. Besides, it was here before I began selling the cupcakes."
Twilight extended the cupcake to Mirror Coat who used his magic to pick it up and put in the cauldron that bubbled up to become purple. After that, Mirror Coat plunged his horn in content. The horn began to shine and absorbed everything that was in the cauldron, assuming its color, and then he turned to the mutants and launched an intense beam that passed through the bubble and hit them. They groaned during a few seconds and then the mutation process started to retreat until they all come back to be ponies, all confused about what had happened. Twilight freed them from the bubble. Mr. and Mrs. Cake went to pick up their children, thanking Twilight and the others for what they had done and then went home. The others did the same.
"Well, it looks like tha mutant problem is solv’d" Applejack said.
"But not the problem with the Krylock!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, pointing.
Everypony turned and then they saw Krylock itself right there.
"Protect yourself, princess!" Mirror Coat exclaimed, advancing to the creature.
Mirror Coat began to attack Krylock with magical beams, however the hard exoskeleton of the creature was protecting it. The demon also attacked Mirror Coat, but he protected himself from the attacks with a magical barrier. It was then that Krylock threw up his green acid that reached Mirror Coat’s barrier, undoing it. With the general unprotected, the Krylock made a tail attack that reached Mirror Coat, throwing him.
Without the General of Knowledge of its way, he turned to Twilight, wanting to finish the job that his master had given to it. Blue advanced to it, wanting to fight it, but it was enough to Krylock make a blow with one of its claws to get him out of the way.
"Blue!" Twilight called.
But she could not go to him, because Krylock was right in front of her.
"Yes, crush her now!" the Lord of Chaos exclaimed, starting to get excited, while he saw the scene.
The Krylock raised its pincers, ready to strike Twilight. She tried to access to her magic, but it seemed like she had entered into some sort of paralysis. When Krylock down its pincers, Twilight closed her eyes, waiting for the impact. But there was no impact. When she opened her eyes, she saw that there was a yellow shield protecting her from the Krylock. It tried to break it, but it couldn't. It turned to the one who had done that and all the others looked as well. Golden Paladin was nearby, with his horn surrounded by his magic aura.
"Don't even think about it, freak" he said to Krylock. "You don't touch on Twilight Princess with your nasty pincers."
"What?!" asked the Lord of chaos, not wanting to believe in his eyes. "Golden Paladin?! But has he always have to arrive on the less timely moment?! Krylock, finish him and finish your job!"
Krylock then advanced against Golden Paladin, but when the creature was close enough, he teleported, appearing on one of the monster’s flank and giving him a buck so strong that launched it for a few hooves away, something that left everypony speechless.
"It seems you have competition, Applejack" Pinkie Pie said.
Krylock stood up and moved so fast that it managed to hold Golden Paladin on, securing him with its pincers. Later, it prepared its tail for the attack, but, when Krylock down it, Golden Paladin created a barrier where the tip of the tail hit and the two began to measure forces. The General of Peace managed to win this battle of forces, making Krylock to release him, and then he took advantage of this moment to catch the tip of the tail of the demon with cobra head and stick it on its chest.
The creature screamed in agony, while retreating and then fell on the floor, unconscious. Golden Paladin stood up, while all of the others acclaimed him.
"It's time to you get back to where you shouldn't left, Krylock" Golden Paladin said.
His horn shone and then he invoked the cell blaster and a life cell, placing the last in the front of the first. Then he charged the cell blaster with his magic through the back and it began to shine with the same brightness and then the life cell began to emitter a yellow light that got Krylock and began to suck it inside of it. After the monster had been sucked wholly into the life cell, an image of it appeared there. After that, Golden Paladin invoked the prison-book and entered the front of the cell blaster into the slot in the cover and then rode it, making the book absorve the life cell.
After the task finished, everypony went to him.
"Thank you, Golden Paladin, you saved me" Twilight said.
"That’s my duty, princess" he replied, making a bow to Twilight.
"No, seriously, Golden Paladin, you were amazing" Blue said, while he placed himself next to his wife. "Even I couldn't fight like the way you did."
"Yeah, ya've such a force" Applejack said. "If I had your hooves, I wouldn't have half the work in the orchard."
"And these devices you have…" Mirror Coat observed. "What are they?"
"It’s what the Lord of Order gave us to imprison all the villains" Golden Paladin replied. "It’s a task that will take some time, but has to be done."
"But with the help of everypony, I'm sure it will be done right" Twilight said.
Her friends nodded, agreeing with her.
"NOOO!" the Lord of Chaos yelled, launching lightning against the mirror, leaving it in a thousand pieces and then starting to leave the whole room upside down. "How can this be possible?! My plan was a virtually perfect!"
Fire Punch, full of fear about what could happen to him in the midst of all the anger from his master, he left quickly the room.
When he was calmer, the Lord of Chaos said, gasping:
"You can laugh all you want, but Krylock was only the beginning. I still have a lot of villains to use, each one worse than the other."