Present Day...
The Dazzlings and The Rainbooms were all gathered inside what looked like a dimly lit space with stairs leading up to cellar doors. All ten of them were using Sunset Shimmer's cellar as a safehouse where they could relax, have time to themselves, and even think of a strategy on finishing The Blasters' evil ways once and for all.
Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were over by the TV, trying to relax and calm themselves with a few friendly games. Granted, all the games they played were interactive DVD games or board games that involved the TV in a slight manner. But despite all this, Pinkie and Rainbow Dash were having a lot of fun playing against each other.
Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack were over by one corner of the room, using all kinds of special utensils to pass the time. Whereas Applejack was more focused on cooking food for the girls so they didn't have to go out, Rarity and Fluttershy were either drawing pictures of writing pages for possible novels.
Twilight, Sunset and The Dazzlings were primarily at the table at the front of the room. They had been using special newspapers and pictures from the book of Blissen to formulate a plan. They found the relevant plots and created a flow chart on the nearby whiteboard for them to reference for their upcoming plans. They carefully put as many pieces together as possible, then used their flowchart to keep even closer track on all the relevant plans of action.
"So... what exactly are we supposed to be doing?" Rainbow Dash asked when she got up to her feet to quickly grab something from the nearby cupboard. As she walked over to the cupboard, she turned her head towards The Dazzlings, Twilight, and Sunset, who all watched as she almost banged her head into the cupboard door.
"Don't you remember, Rainbow Dash?" Aria shot Rainbow Dash a rather bemused look as she watched the rainbow-haired girl turn towards the cupboard for a brief instance. "We're trying to defeat The Blasters. But this is a rather complex plan we've got running through our heads, so there has to be no margin for error..."
"So, what do we know so far then?" Rainbow Dash asked once she'd grabbed an energy bar and turned towards the girls with the flowchart once more.
"Well, from what the book of Blissen has taught us, Blissen Sirens are usually pacifists, capable of instantly ending someone's rage with a large amount of Blissen Magic..." Twilight showed Rainbow Dash the rather complex flowchart with many pages of the book of Blissen stuck to it. "They feast off of happiness and joy when their singing marks humans and ponies. By harvesting happiness, they're capable of increasing their powers of neutralization to a rather phenomenal level."
"A Blissen Siren only needs time and positive energy to convince any gullible sap that they're on the side of good and heroism," Adagio pointed out as she pointed out more pieces of the flowchart to Rainbow Dash. "Eventually, the Blissen merely needs to look at unmarked humans and ponies to convince them that they're not evil..."
"The Blasters were Blissen Sirens before any of this madness happened. Even before we were reincarnated with Dark Magic, they were still heavily armed with Blissen Magic," she continued, seeing Rainbow Dash nod her head with every point of the story she already knew about. "Due to their high concentration of Blissen Magic, they're capable of uttering the foulest lyrics possible, and they'll still be seen as complete heroes instead of total assholes..."
"There's not a possible way for Lyrican Sirens to overtake other Lyricans, unless their pendants are either misplaced or destroyed..." Sonata said, feeling her neck as she did so. "After a while, Lyrican Sirens need to make their way to the great halls of Composia, where the Demigod of the Lyrican Crystals, Lord Symphonia, will be ready to test them, to see if they're worthy of having a pendant even stronger then they could ever hope to be..."
"You see, the pendants that Symphonia gives to the victors of the trials are linked to their spirits. Each of the new pendants we receive will be shaped exactly in the shape of our insignias," Sonata and The Dazzlings all pointed to the little emblems that were emblazoned on their new clothes. "Our new pendants will be red crystals shaped exactly like these logos right here, as proof that we've completed his trials, and are now worthy of becoming gods among felled Lyricans..."
"However, Symphonia has very high standards to prove a Lyrican's might, and only one out of ten Lyricans have ever completed his trials..." Adagio explained, a rather worried look starting to creep onto her face as she continued speaking. "He'll push us to the limits with his trials, and he'll make it so it'll seem like there's no hope in completing the task and that we'll just give up after a few runs..."
"Not to mention that there are certain requirements we need to undergo in an attempt to earn our new pendants, as we've said before," Adagio mentioned once again, getting the attention of all the girls this time. "In order for the Right Souls of Fury to undergo a trial for new pendants, they need to slay all six of the Euphorian Deities that were resurrected by The Blasters..."
"The six Euphorian Deities are, as you all know, Courageour, Silenzel, Obedium, Judgialze, Hierarxe, and Honous with his trusty steed, Chival..." Sunset spoke, showing all six of the pictures of the Euphorian Deities on the flowchart. "They represent everything to do with Courage, Silence, Obedience, Judgements, Hierarchies, and Heroism..."
"And we witnessed The Dazzlings slaying four of them there deities," Applejack pointed out this time, seeing Sunset and Twilight drawing giant X's on the pictures of Courageour, Silenzel, Obedium and Judgialze. "With that in mind, ah'd say The Dazzlings are almost ready fer their trial..."
"Yes, but things are only going to get tougher and tougher from here on out, girls..." Aria spoke, pointing to the next Euphorian Deity on the flowchart. It was a wizard with an almighty staff with a special star crosshair where the tip of the staff would be. Its' chest seemed rather small, but that was because it was seen absorbing energy from a lifeless human. "The next Euphorian Deity is known as Hierarxe, the Euphorian Deity of the Hierarchy..."
"Hierarxe is unlike other Euphorian Deities. Instead of feasting off of large concentrations of his principles, like the other Euphorian Deities, Hierarxe instead seeds himself inside a boastful person and feeds off of their boastful nature," Adagio said, getting all of the girls to watch closely. "Even worse so, is that Hierarxe is known to possess the boast buster he feeds on, using their bodies as puppets to channel his destructive energy..."
"So far, the only boast buster that we have leads on is Trixie Lulamoon, or as she calls herself, 'the Great and Powerful Trixie'," Sonata pointed out, showing a picture of Trixie right next to Hierarxe. "If what Fuchsia and Lavender suspect is true, then Hierarxe has seeded himself inside Trixie's body and will be using her to wreak havoc and destruction on every city he travels to. People will see Trixie as a monstrosity from another world, and Hierarxe will be completely free of blame.
"The only way we can draw Hierarxe out, is if we can find Trixie and duel her," Adagio went even further with the explanation. "If we can push Trixie to the breaking point, Hierarxe will come out of hiding and finish the job himself. And when he does..."
"You'll be adding one more Euphorian Deity to your body count!" Rainbow Dash perked up, showing a high amount of enthusiasm as she stared at the pictures of Hierarxe and Trixie.
"So, where should we start?" Fluttershy asked, curious to know where to find Trixie at a time like this.
"We've got Fuchsia Blush and Lavender Lace added to our contacts. We'll call them and see if Trixie's state got any worse," Twilight said as she and Sunset pulled out smartphones, opened up the contacts page, and found Fuchsia Blush and Lavender Lace relatively quickly. "They're the closest things to Trixie ever since the Battle of the Bands, so they're keeping a very, VERY close eye on her."
"In fact, they're Trixie's managers in a way. Ever since she graduated from CHS, Trixie's been known for some of the most advanced magical tricks in the world. She had tutoring from every magical master around the world, from Chinass, Native Amareica, Transylvaniass, Guanponamo, you name it, she's done it!" Sunset pointed out, hearing the girls let out little giggles shortly afterwards. "But anyways, if Fuchsia and Lavender know about Trixie's current state, then they'll let us know whether or not she's been getting better or worse. Either way, we'll let them know that were coming to have a little 'talk' with their client..."
Twilight and Sunset pushed a special screen icon on their phones, changing the options into what looked like a screen with a smaller screen on their end. The phones still made ringing noises as they waited to establish a secure connection with that of the two girls that Trixie associated herself with the most.
"Hi, Sunset." Fuchsia's face appeared on Sunset's phone, instantly filling up the rest of the screen with her face.
"Hey, Fuchsia. Just checking in on you," Sunset said back to Fuchsia, happy that she'd managed to establish a secure connection with her.. "Just wanted to know, how's Trixie doing?"
"Things aren't looking good for Trixie at the moment..." said Lavender from Twilight's phone, who was quickly seeing that the whole group was listening to this large conversation. "We're watching her performing here in Maneorca, and she's pulling off tricks we haven't even taught her yet..."
"Not to mention that she's doing this by uttering some random Lyrican garbage, saying that they're her new 'magic words'," Fuchsia spoke to the girls, turning her camera towards the girls, who could see Trixie uttering some otherworldly Lyrican words and glowing bright blue as she used her hands to levitate some volunteers with little effort. "Do you think you could help us out here?"
"Let me handle this," Adagio said, getting the girls to turn their phones so that Fuchsia and Lavender were looking primarily at her. "Trixie's been seeded by Hierarxe, the Euphorian Deity of the Hierarchy. The only way she'll be saved from this evil, is if we come over to Maneorca and duel her head on. With Hierarxe deep in her body, Trixie will have no choice to accept our challenge."
"When we duel her and beat her, Hierarxe will come out of her body and challenge the three of us directly," Aria continued with the explanation. "When Hierarxe comes out, we'll defeat him and sever Trixie from his body. It's a rather confusing process, and probably one that could leave Trixie spending a few weeks in hospital afterwards, but its' the only cure we can administer to her at this moment in time..."
"If you're planning on making it to Maneorca, you'd better do it fast. Trixie's last performance in Maneorca is three days from now. And she'll be leaving immediately after that..." Lavender explained as they saw Trixie finishing up her performance and returning to the confines of the stage. "I gotta get going now, Trixie's very sensitive with people snooping on her whilst she's backstage."
"Alright then, see you later, girls." Twilight said as Fuchsia and Lavender's faces vanished from the screen, making the screens return to their normal state shortly after that.
"Well, we've got our next target, girls. We're heading to Maneorca ASAP," Twilight said, addressing all of the girls as seriously as possible. "We need to save Trixie from Hierarxe!"
"But why? She's been nothing but trouble ever since the Battle of the Bands! I see no hope for Trixie at this point, especially since that time she ambushed the seven of us when we were rehearsing..." Rainbow Dash said, rather bemused at the fact that Trixie had to have been saved by them all.
"Fuchsia and Lavender confirmed that Hierarxe has seeded Trixie, forcing her to boast more and more so that she'll spill more energy for him to consume," Adagio said, getting Rainbow Dash to listen very closely. "Trixie can't help it, Rainbow Dash, she's being manipulated by a giant wizard with a Blissen pendant around his neck. I'm completely certain that she'd apologize when she wakes up in hospital afterwards..."
"No matter what Trixie might say to all of you, whether it be compliment, taunt, or insult, remember that she's being possessed by one of the six Euphorian Deities," Adagio spoke to all of the girls, seeing that they were all hanging on every word she spoke to them. "She might be a stuck up brat at the moment, but that's only because her boastful nature is being tempered by one of our six primary targets."
Adagio continued explaining, knowing that she was coming to the end of her sentence. "We kill Hierarxe, and Trixie becomes completely docile and harmless. Sure, she'll have a lot of questions to ask, and dozens of apologies to make, but she'll still be freed from the darkness with the death of Hierarxe."
"So, should we get going?" Rarity asked before getting confused looks from all of the other girls. "Oh, sorry. I guess there was no need to ask, was there?"
"But Trixie's in Maneorca! There's no way we can afford plane tickets in time!" Fluttershy said, showing concern for the plan that the girls had carefully crafted.
"There's a way we can get to Maneorca without having to afford plane travel, but you'll have to hold onto us rather tightly..." Adagio explained, using her hands to gesture the other girls into hugging The Dazzlings as tightly as possible.
"Why exactly do we need to hold onto you to get to Maneorca?" Rainbow Dash asked, still blind to what The Dazzlings had planned in terms of travel.
"Oh no... You don't mean the warp function of our singing?" Sonata pointed out as Adagio and Aria linked hands with all the other girls. "The UNTESTED warp function of our singing?" she saw that Adagio and Aria were paying absolutely no attention to her at this moment in time. "The one that only we've been able to use without disorientation?"
"Coming, Sonny?" Aria asked, stretching her arm in an attempt to grab onto Sonata's.
"May the taco prince forgive me..." Sonata said as she reluctantly grabbed onto Aria's hand with one of her hands, and then finished the circuit by holding onto Sunset's other hand.
"WOOHOO!" Rainbow Dash and many of the other girls cried out in delight as they flew through a red vortex towards their destination.
"You were saying, Sonata?" Adagio made banter as she looked at Sonata, who looked rather flabbergasted at the fact that The Rainbooms were enjoying their trip through the vortex.
"I stand corrected..." she said, watching most of The Rainbooms cheer and holler out with glee as the group all headed towards Maneorca to stop Trixie from doing anything rash.
"I just hope we're not too late..." Aria looked rather serious as The Dazzlings all saw a huge light at the end of the vortex. To her, it was a sign that they were about to arrive in Maneorca, but she was worrying whether or not Trixie had snapped and was already going on a rampage...