The ponies ran in fear when Darkanus attacked Canterlot. He laughed loudly while Serena and Melody watched everything while drinking sodas.
"I love the smell of carnage in the morning." Serena said. "We succeeded where Queen Scynder failed to do: we freed Lord Arcanus from the Netherealm."
"Yeah." Melody said. "I love it when the bad guys win."
Suddenly, thunderous thud was heard. Darkanus stopped rampaging when he heard it. Serena looked in her cup and saw the cup ripple with each thud.
In an instant, a wirewolf as big as Darkanus appeared and roared. Darkanus looked through a window in the torso and saw the Power Ponies and the Mighty Machines behind a control panel ready for battle.
"I have to admit," Melody said, "I didn't see that one coming."
"The surprises just keep on coming." Darkanus said.
"Darkanus," the Masked Matterhorn declared through the speaker, "You have caused so much suffering for thousands of years! Every three years, your Discordant Convergence would deliver you your pawns for your escape! Now, you've gone too far! Surrender now or we'll take you out!"
"AND WE'RE NOT TALKING DINNER AND A MOVIE!" Filli-Second shouted.
"You wish to test your power against my own?" Darkanus asked. He then posed for a battle. "Bring it on."
The two titans clashed toward each other and fought. The Power Ponies and the Mighty Machines made a conduit and flowed them through Devastator. The Siren Sisters watched the fight.
"Seems to be like the Power Ponies need to be brought down a notch." Serena said. "Melody..."
"I DON'T THINK SO, SISTERS!"
Carol, Blue Comet, and Hum Drum appeared out of nowhere.
"Carol!" Serena growled. "You shouldn't have interfered! You've always been weak and..."
Suddenly, Blue Comet extended his wings and flew towards the two. The wings knocked them to the floor.
"You talk way too much." Blue Comet said.
"ENOUGH PLAYING AROUND!" Darkanus shouted. "WITNESS... MY... POWEEEEEER!"
The demon fired a red blast toward the robot and it fell back. The robot fell to pieces and everyone fell to the ground. Devastator was wounded, but returned to normal size.
"I thought that would've worked." Saddle Rager said.
"So this foolish idea was yours?" Darkanus said. "Then you get to be the first to be destroyed."
"DEVASTATE!"
Darkanus prepared a blast. He fired it toward Saddle Rager. She was too petrified to dodge. Suddenly, at the last second, Devastator jumped right in front of his owner and took the blast. Devastator gasped and fell to the ground. His eyes turned off and he was no more.
"NO!" Saddle Rager gasped. "Are you kidding me?" She turned her head to Darkanus. "Are... you... KIDDING ME?! I mean, I know you're evil and everything, but you'd hurt my very first friend?! REALLY?! Why you're just a big, dumb... MEANIE?! THERE, I SAID IT! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'RE SO SPECIAL?! WHAT, THE RULES OF COMMON COURTESY DON'T APPLY TO YOU! WHY DON'T YOU PICK ON SOMEPONY YOU'RE OWN SIIIIIIIIIZE!"
Suddenly, the anger transformed Saddle Rager into her monster form and jumped toward Darkanus. He then knocked her aside with a backhand.
"Oh no," Hum Drum said. "Maybe I can..." He reached into his bag, but the only thing he could find is the little cylinder the Power Ponies found in the Everfree Forest. "Well, if you have magic, now's the time we use it."
Hum Drum approached the battle and encountered Darkanus.
"HEY, PSYCHO!" Hum Drum shouted. "EAT THIS!" He held up the cylinder and pointed it to Darkanus, but nothing happened. It was an awkward moment.
"Hehe," Darkanus chuckled. "You really think a little stick can possibly..." He then widened his eyes and was astonished. "Is that... WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?!"
"Uh..." Hum Drum said nervously, "Uh... IT doesn't matter! Now that I found your weakness, you will return back where you came from!"
"Oh, no." Darkanus said with a devilish grin. "You have no idea what that thing is, do you? It's what I want more than anything! AND I WILL HAVE IT!"
Darkanus raised his claws and tried to grab Hum Drum, but the little dragon dodged. Hum Drum saw Zapp and called out her name. He threw the cylinder to her and Darkanus tried to go after her. The Power Ponies and Mighty Machines kept throwing the cylinder to each other out of their reach.
"MASQUE!"
"MATTERHORN!"
"RODAN!"
"DUSK!"
"SADDLE RAGER!"
Saddle Rager caught the cylinder, but she couldn't throw it to anyone. Darkanus blocked her path. Darkanus prepared to fire.
"Prepare to join your pet in oblivion."
"LEAVE HER ALONE!"
Darkanus turned to where the voice came from. That was his mistake. A figure jumped and slammed its fist to Darkanus' torso and the villains bent forward in pain. The figure landed onto the ground and the heroes were astonished to see that it was Devastator still alive. And, for the first time ever, Devastator could speak in complete sentences.
"You ruined too many lives. You will never hurt anyone else ever again. NOW!"
The Power Ponies stared in shock, mostly happy that their friend was alive, but surprised he still was alive. "Girls! We have to focus!" said Matterhorn, snapping out of their daze. The other Power Ponies nodded, closing their eyes as they focused on their new Harmony Gem, the one who had given it to them, the trials they had to go through to get them, it was going to end, here and now. They began to glow with a holy light, Darkanus turned to look at them, having sensed the large amount of magic and his eyes widened in horror.
"NO! I WILL NOT LOSE!" he thundered, mustering up all the magic he could and blasting the Power Ponies with all his might, however a shield of Harmonic energy protected them as a bright rainbow beam surged forth from them, directly at Arcanus, pushing back his own beam of energy "No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed the centaur as his beam was overpowered by the Power Ponies own, as it washed over his form.
Darkanus had disappeared with no trace. He has been destroyed. The Siren Sisters were shocked.
"MASTER!" Serena screamed. "I'LL AVENGE YOU!" She tried to attack the Power Ponies, but Melody held her back.
"Don't be an idiot, Serena! You won't win!"
Melody dragged her sister from the scene and they disappeared.
In the sky, a bright rainbow appeared. Bright comets escaped from the rainbow and landed inside of the New Heroes. They woke up suddenly and full of joy. A bright one landed in front of the Power Ponies and Anar D came out of it.
"BOOM, BABY! I'M BAAAAAACK!" Anar D materialized a mariachi band and danced to their music.
"ANAR D!" Saddle Rager cheered.
"You were expecting maybe the Impossible Man?" Anar D asked.
"I'm just glad everyone's all right." Devastator said.
"Devastator... you can speak," the Shadow Blot asked, "And you're alive! How is this possible?"
"I brought him back." The Doctor appeared out of nowhere. "It wasn't his time to die yet. So I turned back the clock on him. And I gave him some upgrades to go with it."
"Thanks, Doctor." Saddle Rager said with a grateful tone.
"I just hope you know what judgement comes after." the Doctor said. He vanished in a bright light.
"WHO SAVED THE WORLD?!" Filli-Second asked loudly.
"WE SAVED THE WORLD!" everyone declared.
"I SAID, WHO SAVED THE WORLD?!" Filli-Second repeated.
"WE SAVED THE WORLD!" everyone repeated.
"I SAID..." Filli-Second said.
"Stop asking that!" Timberwolf growled.
"We saved the world." Filli-Second said.
"Oh." Carol gasped. She picked up Pandora's Box and presented it to Anar D. "I believe this belongs to you."
"What, this thing?" Anar D asked picking up the box. "True, it belonged to my sister, but this thing has brought me nothing but trouble. Now that I realize how dangerous this thing is, I'm no longer keeping it."
"What?" Timberwolf asked. "But it's connected to you. You're forced to be with it."
"Not if it's in another world." Anar D said. "I'm sending this thing into another dimension. I don't know where, but I won't care."
"Are you serious?" the Masked Matterhorn asked.
"I know I've never been serious before," Anar D said, "But now, I'm putting all the seriousness I've been holding in into what I just said. It will never bother us again."
Suddenly, the sun started to rise. Everyone stared at the sun. Anar D immediately materialized a rocket and put the stone box in the cockpit. The rocket blasted off into the sky. Anar D snapped his fingers and a green portal appeared. The rocket went through it and it disappeared. That was the last they saw of Pandora's Box.
"It's a new day." the Masked Matterhorn said. "Who knows what tomorrow will bring?"