The Changelings rained down toward Maretropolis and snarled when they landed on the ground. In the floating lair, the Sisterhood of Evil were grinning with excitement.
"This is better than I dreamed of," the Sinister Sorceress said. "Now, we have an entire army under our command."
"YOUR command?" Suddenly, Queen Scynder appeared in the lair. Everyone was horrified at her appearance. "Who said these Changelings were yours?"
"Queen Scynder, I presume," Anar D said. "Sorry, but I'm going to have to register my resignation. In more simple terms... I quit."
"He's under our control," the Sinister Sorceress said. "So, the Sinister Sorceress has legal rights to your army."
"Even if that was relevant, Anar D doesn't get the world anyway," Queen Scynder said. "When we made our deal, it was for Anar D to have the army in the Discordant Convergence after we struck it. Yet, he missed it."
"He was sealed in a box for 10,000 years," the Sorceress said. "It's just a technicality."
"Read my lips," Queen Scynder said. "No army for you."
"NO... ARMY," Gryphon Galore asked angrily. She attempted to strike Queen Scynder, but the Changeling queen blasted her and the rest of the Sisterhood in a closet which locked itself when it slammed shut.
"All too easy," Queen Scynder said.
"Well, now that those mad mares are out of the way, I can take my sister's box and go exit, stage right," Anar D said.
"I don't think so," Queen Scynder said swiping Pandora's Box from the floor. "Call it insurance."
"OH, COME ON," Anar D shouted. "THAT'S IT!" He snapped his fingers and the Power Ponies' cell disappeared.
"Can't believe I'm going to say this, but thank you, Anar D," the Masked Matterhorn said. "Now, let's get the Harmony Gems and blast these bugs back where they came from!"
"NO," Queen Scynder shouted as she dashed for the Harmony Crown.
The Masked Matterhorn and Queen Scynder grabbed the Harmony Crown at the same time. The two flew into the air trying to tug it away from each other. It was a matter of time before they crashed through the window and both the Harmony Crown and Pandora's Box fell to the city.
"NO," everyone shouted.
Queen Scynder glared angrily at the Masked Matterhorn and blasted her to a building underneath. The Masked Matterhorn shook her head and saw Queen Scynder flying in midair.
"You'll never defeat us," Queen Scynder said, "Because you're one of the good guys, and good guys never have the nerve to finish off the likes of us."
That speech ended when a whistle was heard. Queen Scynder looked and saw Soaron and Gemini above her.
"That is our friend," Soaron said. "Prepare to be beaten."
"Yeah," Gemini said. "What he said."
"Oh, how cute," Queen Scynder scoffed. "Two super pegusi coming to save a city that's not theirs."
"Hey, bug-witch..." Heatwave appeared and blasted a ray of fire into the sky. "Make that three super pegusi. And on the way here, we picked up a few friends."
Queen Scynder looked at the thorn wall and saw hundreds of ponies. She saw Slapstick and his rubber chicken sidekick, Stretch, General Titanium and his army, the royal guards, and other heroes.
Slapstick stepped forward, turned around and shook his tail toward the queen. "Neener, neener, neener!"
"My, my, my," Queen Scynder said. "Every hero and guard must be here. Whatever will I do... with all this emotion!? CHANGELINGS, ATTACK!"
Suddenly, every hero and Changeling charged at each other. It was a fearsome battle. The Power Ponies and Anar D jumped into the city below and landed safely.
"We've got to get the Harmony Gems," Radiance said. "They're the only things that can stop this."
"Right," Anar D said. "You do that and I'll find Pandora's Box and get out of here."
"Oh, no," Saddle Rager said. "You're not going anywhere until you help us find the Harmony Gems."
"But I can't," Anar D said.
"Are you listening to yourself," Hum Drum asked. "Look at all the trouble you caused. You have the power to do anything. You nearly killed us from a distance."
"Yeah, sorry about that," Anar D said. "I was just trying to survive."
"Just come with us, you baby," Filli-Second demanded.
"Now, listen," the Masked Matterhorn said. "I've got this figured out. Zapp, you find the pegusi and tell them to head to the thorn wall. Don't let any Changeling escape. Filli-Second, find Slapstick and you must take out the ground forces. Marevelous, Radiance, head to the rooftops and take out any passing Changelings. Hum Drum, Anar D, you two are with me to find the Harmony Gems. And Saddle Rager..."
"Huh," Saddle Rager asked.
The Masked Matterhorn pointed her hoof at the Changelings. "Smash."
Saddle Rager smirked and flew up. She then instantly changed into her monster form and attacked any Changeling she encounters. She then jumped in front of Queen Scynder.
"ENOUGH," Queen Scynder shouted. "YOU ARE, ALL OF YOU, BENEATH ME! I AM A QUEEN, YOU DULL CREATURE, AND I WILL NOT BE BULLIED BY..."
Scynder was interrupted when Saddle Rager grabbed the Changeling queen's mane and slammed her to the roof dozens of times. She ended when she threw her across the distance.
"Puny queen," Saddle Rager growled.
For the next 10 minutes, every hero was facing powerful Changelings. Slapstick were running fast confusing the Changelings until they ran into each other. The Wonderbolts used their powers at Changelings, even when the heroes were cornered. General Titanium's soldiers pulled out all their weapons and fired at the Changelings.
In the meantime, the Power Ponies beat up their share of Changelings. Mistress Marevelous tightened her lasso at a group of Changelings and spinned them like the Tazmanian Devil. Zapp used her powers to summon lightning and electrocute any Changeling getting near the thorn wall. Filli-Second kept zipping next to swarms of Changelings.
"Tag, you're it," Filli-Second said smacking every Changeling.
Radiance created many hard-light projections and used figures to beat up any Changeling she encountered. Soon, the Masked Matterhorn, Hum Drum, and Anar D found the Harmony Crown in the middle of the street.
"There it is," the Masked Matterhorn screamed. "Let's get it!"
Suddenly, a group of Changelings tackled the princess and the dragon. While they grappled with the giant bugs, only Anar D wasn't fighting a Changeling. He looked and saw Pandora's Box on the other side of the room. He looked at both the box and the crown and groaned.
"OH," Anar D shouted. "BLAST ME FOR A FOOL!"
Anar D picked up a brick and used it to push the Harmony Crown toward the Power Ponies.
"Hurry it up, my little ponies," Anar D shouted. "I'm feeling queasy from doing this!"
The Masked Matterhorn grabbed the Harmony Crown and put it on. The Changelings got scared and ran out of the area.
"All right," Hum Drum said. "Now, let's blow up this thing so we can go home!"
"NOOOO," Queen Scynder shouted. She swiped the crown from the Masked Matterhorn's head.
"I DON'T THINK SO," Anar D shouted. He picked up the brick and threw it up. The brick hit Queen Scynder in the head and she dropped the Harmony Crown.
In instinct, Anar D ran and jumped toward where the Harmony Crown was about to fall.
"NO," the Masked Matterhorn shouted.
But it was too late. Anar D had already grabbed the Harmony Crown and a big light emerged from it. Anar D screamed in loud pain as he felt tremendous pain flowing through his body. A black cloud came out of nowhere and surrounded them. In the distance, the rest of the Power Ponies and saw the cloud. They stopped fighting and headed towards it.
Inside, Queen Scynder grinned and watched Anar D struggling through the pain the harmony in the gems were giving him. The Masked Matterhorn felt a powerful wind, but she pushed through it and extended her hoof.
"ANAR D," she screamed. "TAKE MY HOOF!"
Anar D looked and saw a vision of her sister extending her hoof.
"Take my hand, D," Pandora said.
"Pandora," Anar D said in pain. "I won't make the same mistake again!"
He slowly reached out his eagle claw and grabbed the Masked Matterhorn's hoof. Suddenly, the pain flowing through Anar D was also felt by the Masked Matterhorn.
"MAGIC," the Masked Matterhorn shouted.
The rest of the Power Ponies came in and struggled through the force. Saddle Rager pushed through and grabbed Anar D's lion paw holding the Harmony Crown. She felt the same pain also.
"KINDNESS," Saddle Rager shouted in pain.
One by one, the Power Ponies struggled through and grabbed their friends' hooves feeling the same pain Anar D felt.
"LOYALTY," Zapp shouted.
"LAUGHTER," Filli-Second shouted.
"HONESTY," Mistress Marevelous shouted.
"GENEROSITY," Radiance shouted.
Hum Drum was last when he held onto Radiance's hoof. A minute of screaming later, the Power Ponies and Anar D's pain ended. They couldn't feel the pain anymore and the black cloud changed into the colors of a rainbow. They turned their faces confidently at a frightened Queen Scynder.
"BUT YOU'RE PURE CHAOS," Queen Scynder shouted. "HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! HOW CAN YOU AND ANYONE YOU HOLD ONTO CONTROL THIS POWER?!"
"I'll explain that," the Masked Matterhorn said glowing in a rainbow with her friends. "There is one factor you and your Changelings never took into account..."
"FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC," all the Power Ponies shouted at once.
Suddenly, a rainbow blasted from the Harmony crown and went right through Queen Scynder. She disappeared and the rainbow did the same to all of the Changelings in Maretropolis. As soon as there were no more Changelings, Anar D dropped the Harmony Crown and the light show ended. Afterwards, the citizens of Maretropolis looked out of their hiding places and saw the heroes still standing. They cheered at them because the day was won and the heroes were victorious.