Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were once again being insulted by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon for not having their Cutie Marks. That left the three fillies very angry, because not even in the summer holidays they could have peace from the two bullies.
"You know, girls, maybe you should stop this pathetic little club of yours" Diamond Tiara told them. "It’s better you designate yourselves to the fact that your flanks will be blank for the rest of your lives."
"Yeah, I bet that even when you have wrinkles you won’t have your Cutie Marks" Silver Spoon added.
"That's what ya think" Apple Bloom said.
"Yeah, it happens that we are already good at many things" Scootaloo said. "It must be why we still don’t have our Cutie Marks: it is difficult to know which is our true talent."
The other two nodded.
"Well then, let's hear in what you three are good to do" Diamond Tiara said.
That made the three Cutie Mark Crusaders exchanged nervous glances because what Scootaloo had said was not entirely true.
"Well, we are..." Sweetie Belle began. "We are good..."
Realizing that they did not know what to say, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon gave a laugh and then the first said:
"Yeah, I knew it. You are completely losers. If you want to continue that your little club you may continue. You may find your Cutie Marlks... maybe never.”
And she and Silver Spoon began to laugh out loud.
"Hey, stop it!" a voice commanded.
They turned and saw a filly from all their age approaching. She had a green pigmented hair, a yellow-pale mane and reddish eyes. She had no Cutie Mark. She had saddlebags.
"Are not you ashamed for bully ponies that don’t have their Cutie Marks?" the filly asked.
"What right have you to say that?" Diamond Tiara asked, arrogantly. "I see that you are also a blank flank."
"Yeah, right" Silver Spoon added.
"I have all right" the filly replied, adopting a more mischief air. "At least I do not go around making troublers that can be discovered by some parents."
Realizing what the filly was trying to say, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon became shocked with the first saying:
"You would not dare."
"If it is to save blank flank partners, then yes, I would dare" the filly replied, challenging Diamond Tiara’s sharp look.
The two looked at each other for a while and then Diamond Tiara told to Silver Spoon:
"Come on, Silver Spoon. Let's do things that only special ponies like us can do."
"But..." she began.
Seeing her friend’s harsh gaze, Silver Spoon hastened to follow her. When they moved away, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo went to the foal and began to congratulate her.
"That was awesome!" Scootaloo exclaimed.
"Ah never saw anypony facin’ Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon that way" Apple Bloom said.
"You helped us" Sweetie Belle said. "I don’t know what to say."
"It was nothing" the filly said. "I'm sure any of you would do the same for me."
"By tha way, mah name is Apple Bloom" the little farm filly presented. "And these are Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. What’s yer name?"
"My name is... Pandora" she said.
"Pandora?" Scootaloo asked. "What a strange name. Don’t tell us you are from another world."
"What?"
"Don’t mind her" Apple Bloom said, covering Scootaloo’s mouth for a few seconds. "Sometimes, Scootaloo says some nonsense."
"You're new around here?" Sweetie Belle asked. "I've never seen you around."
"I just moved with my parents" Pandora said. "Long trip."
When they heard that, the three Cutie Mark Crusaders exchanged glances and smiled, because they had just had the same idea.
"Hey, Pandora, since ya will live here in Ponyville, do ya want tah join our club?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Your club?" she asked.
"Yes," Sweetie Belle replied. "We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders and our goal is to find our special talents and win our Cutie Marks."
"Yes, and it's pretty fun" Scootaloo said. "What do you say?"
"Let me think..." Pandora said, thoughtfully. "Sure, why not?"
When they heard that, the other three fillies exclaimed:
"Hurray!"
"So come with us" Apple Bloom said. "We will to our headquarters tah do yer initiation ritual. Come!"
And Apple Bloom, Seetie Belle and Scootaloo began to advance towards their treehouse. Pandora stood to see them moving away and then she made a smirk and her red eyes shone with a dark luster. Then she began to follow them.
The Lord of Chaos was seeing them through his mirror, sitting on his throne in his room in Tartarus with Fire Punch beside him.
"Yes, everything is going as I planned" the Lord of Chaos said, giving then evil laughter.
"I don’t understand, master" Fire Punch said. "Why did you send a girl? Would not it be more logical to send a villain with more... well, more. "
The Lord of Chaos looked coldly to Fire Punch who cringed before the eyes of his master.
"You really are an idiot, Fire Punch" the Lord of Chaos said. "You should learn that appearances can be deceiving. Therefore, let me clarify that your little mind. Actually, do you know who that filly is?"
Fire Punch shook his head and the Lord of Chaos answered:
"Her name is Pandora and she lived at the time that the ponies of all kinds lived together in peace before my darkness lead them to a war that forced my brother to create the Light Kingdom and bring his Generals of Order. At that time, I tried to infect this world, but my brother was able to isolate my darkness and lock it in a box, preventing me from moving forward with my achievement. After that, he instructed a pony of pure heart to keep it, giving her the key, and forbade her to open it, saying that bad things would happen if she did it. This pony was Pandora. "
"Wait, but if she was chosen by the Lord of Order to keep the box, how she eventually became one of your villains?" Fire Punch asked.
"A question with an easy answer" the Lord of Chaos replied. "Invisible, I whispered in her ear and encouraged her curiosity and Pandora eventually opened the box, freeing my darkness, giving me the opportunity to continue my invasion in this world. After that, I used part of the same darkness to turn Pandora into what she is today: one of my most cruel and evil minions."
"But what happened to her?" Fire Punch asked.
"After she opened the box, my brother took it from her and closed it, holding part of the darkness that remained there, hiding it later and then Pandora was eventually defeated by Melody and Purple Smoke, when she had almost found the box" the Lord of Chaos said. "Now that she is free, I can use her to retrieve the box and release the rest of my power is still there and so I will become even more powerful. Pandora has the key and know where the box is hidden. Now, we just need to achieve it."
"But why are you using those fillies?" Fire Punch asked. "If Pandora has the key and knows where the box is, would it be easier and safer if she went to get it?"
Faced with that question, the Lord of Chaos pointed his hand and threw Fire Punch telekinetically against a wall, causing him to fall to the ground. Then he came to his edge quickly and said:
"You really are stupid. Don’t you see that the box cannot be released from the place where it is for someone with an evil heart? It is necessary to be of the Order side to get it. Therefore, I will use this fillies’ ingenuity and obsession in achieving their Cutie Marks to get the box. Do you understand now?"
Fire Punch nodded his head quickly and then the Lord of Chaos said:
"Good."
And having said this, he went to sit on his throne.
In the Light Kingdom, Twilight was dealing with paperwork, sitting on her throne, while Heartbeat was playing with Star Knight. Blue Sword had work from the Royal Guard to do and Spike was in the kitchen to snack, and Twilight knew that Spike was going to take longer than expected. As she signed papers, the throne room doors opened and Melody and Purple Smoke entered, standing in the middle of another of their disagreements.
"I'm just saying that it was my turn to get to the room" Melody said.
"Oh, you're completely wrong, dear sister, it's my turn" Purple Smoke said.
"Storm coming" Heartbeat said. "I think we'd better go play somewhere else, Star. If you excuse me, Your Highness..."
And then she and Star disappeared in a red glow. However, the General of Talent and the General of Music continued to advance towards the throne, always arguing.
"I created that room for my art" Purple Smoke said. "That room is for arts."
"Sorry to disappoint you, Purple Smoke, but music is art too" Melody said. "Furthermore, that room is the one with the best acoustics and enough space to dance."
"Please, you won’t start with that crap, will you?"
"Golden Paladin told us to share the room at the same time. You used it last time, and now it's my turn."
Tired of hearing them discussing and wanting to focus on her work, Twilight said:
"Okay, can you two stop this? I hardly hear my thoughts."
The two Generals stopped immediately, listening their princess speaking, and Purple Smoke said, as he and Melody made her a bow:
"I'm so sorry, Your Highness. It turns out that my sister Melody is behaving like a stubborn mule."
"Stubborn mule?!" Melody repeated, offended. "Who are you calling stubborn mule, your ball of purple and scruffy coat?!"
The two looked at each other quite fiercely and Twilight didn’t know what to do with those two. She then exclaimed:
"ENOUGH!"
That made Purple Smoke and Melody stop arguing and look to her.
"You have to come to an understanding" the princess told them. "I know you may have opposing ideas, but you have to think that you are siblings and should act as such."
However, the two generals turned their backs to each other. Twilight sighed and said:
"This won’t be easy."
Suddenly, the alarm began to ring, which meant that there was villain activity.
"I can’t believe it just had to happen when there’s not almost no one here" Twilight said.
Then she had an idea that maybe would cause Purple Smoke and Melody to find peace for some time.
"Purple Smoke, Melody, I want you to investigate this" Twilight said.
"What?!" they asked.
"I won’t do anything with her" Purple Smoke said.
“Me neither" Melody said.
"Look at you already agreeing" Twilight joked. "Yes, you will. That's an order."
The two Generals looked fiercely and then turned their backs to each other, as they disappeared. After that, Twilight sighed and said:
"I just hope to have made the right decision."
In the Cutie Mark Crusaders’ treehouse, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo made Pandora's initiation ritual, which was equal to Babs Seed’s, including the long and redundant welcome speech Sweetie Belle said and it was written by Scootaloo that she had not yet reviewed. After that, they began to try to decide what they would do now.
"Very well, Cutie Mark Crusaders, we have tah think about somethin’ we have not tri’d yet" Apple Bloom said. "It has tah be somethin’ challengin’."
"Something fun" Sweetie Belle said.
"Something exciting and immensely radical!" Scootaloo exclaimed.
When she heard them saying that, Pandora smiled, because her master’s plan was going according to what he had anticipated. She then suggested:
"What if we did a treasure hunt?"
"A treasure hunt?" the other three repeated.
"Yes" Pandora said, while using his magic, whose aura had the same color as her eyes, to pick a rolled parchment. "I found this in my parents’ old things. It seems to be a treasure map."
She unrolled the scroll and the others saw that it really looked like a map that had a marked path leading to a large X.
"It is really a treasure map!" Scootaloo exclaimed.
"Wait, didn’t we do a treasure hunt before?" Sweetie Belle asked. "And I remind you that the treasure was no big deal."
"Maybe, but this map seems to be serious" Scootaloo said. "Where did your parents found it, Pandora?"
"I don’t know" she replied, lying. "They should have arranged it in one of their trips."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Scootaloo asked. "Lets go!"
Pandora smiled, trying to not show the evil nature of that smile. Those stupid fillies were falling into the trap.
"Wait a minute" Apple Bloom said suddenly. "This map shows that tha treasure is... in the Everfree Forest."
"The Everfree Forest?!" Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle asked at the same time, beginning to tremble.
"Are you talking about that forest beyond?" Pandora asked. "What has it?"
"It’s only full of the most dangerous creatures of all" Scootaloo said.
"Yes, the last time we went there by ourselves, we were attacked by a basilisk" Sweetie Belle said. "Fortunately, our friend Fluttershy was there to help us."
"Pandora, however how much good would be followin’ yer map, Ah don’t think it is a good idea tah enter in tha Everfree Forest by ourselves" Apple Bloom said. "Maybe we should ask for help to Applejack."
Pandora began to fear the failure of her plan. If Apple Bloom would tell Applejack, one of the representatives of the Elements of Harmony and great friend of Princess Twilight, she could not get her box and then use the power in it to spread his master’s darkness. She had to do something.
"Wait, Apple Bloom" Pandora said. "You won’t want to do that."
"Why not?" She asked.
"Because your sister is working" Pandora said. "You don’t want to make her stop just because of a simple treasure hunt, do you? Furthermore, you are already more grown since the last time, aren’t you?"
"Well..." Apple Bloom started, uncertain.
"Pandora is right, Apple Bloom" Scootaloo said. "We are more grown-up."
"In addition to that we will be more aware of the dangers" Sweetie Belle said.
Apple Bloom thought for a moment, but then she sighed and said:
"Okay, ya won, we will do the treasure hunt."
"Good!" the other three exclaimed.
"Ah jest hope not come tah regret this" Apple Bloom said.
Seeing this, the Lord of Chaos laughed and said:
"Very well, Pandora. Continue to do the job you're doing. You are doing great."
"I don’t want to be a spoilsport, my lord, but it does not take much to fool fillies" Fire Punch said.
"If I had sent another villain, Fire Punch, it would be a waste, because the more likely it was that same villain be captured soon after" the Lord of Chaos said. "We need to enter the place where the box is, and for that, we have to gain the trust of someone from the Order. Because there are now huge villains out there, ponies and other creatures are quite cautions. Pandora has an innocent look that is perfect for this service. She is deceiving those silly fillies perfectly."
Pandora and the fillies went to the edge of the Everfree Forest with everything they might need in their saddlebags. Then they entered in the dark Everfree Forest.
Purple Smoke and Melody came to Ponyville with the last using some magic.
"Apparently, the source of the negative energy of the villain we pursue is here in Ponyville" she said.
"The Lord of Chaos has really a lack of creativity" Purple Smoke said. "Does he have no more places to attack?"
"Ponyville cannot be his real target, Purple Smoke" Melody said.
"Oh, now you think you know everything like Mirror Coat knows?" the General of Talent asked provocatively.
"At least, I know more than you, apparently" she replied.
The two looked at each other fiercely, but then Melody stopped and said:
"Look, we can sit here and argue or we can do what we came here to do and end with this involuntary partnership as soon as possible."
"Finally, there is coming out something really clever from you" Purple Smoke said. "I think we can make a truce until this is over."
And then the two bump the hooves to seal the deal.
"Now, where is that little rat?" Purple Smoke asked.
"I'm not sure" Melody said, going back to her magic to try to find the villain they sought. "But I think that is not in the village. I can feel a strong negative energy coming from... Sweet Apple Acres."
"Do you think the Lord of Chaos want to go after Princess Twilight’s friends so they cannot use the Elements of Harmony against his villains?" Purple Smoke asked.
"Well, he already had two planes almost successful" Melody said. "I think getting rid of a possible threat like the Elements of Harmony would be a good reason for him to attack."
"So what are we waiting for?" Purple Smoke asked. "Let’s go."
And they began to head to the apple farm.
The Lord of Chaos and Fire Punch saw them in the mirror.
"It seems we have problems" Fire Punch said.
"If they think that I will let them prevent me of recovering what is mine, they are so wrong" the Lord of Chaos said.
He changed the image in the mirror to show Pandora and the fillies walking through the woods and said, making his voice echoed only in Pandora's mind:
"Pandora, the General of Talent and the General of Music are looking for you. Hurry up to find the box."
Pandora nodded.
Applejack was bucking all trees full of apples and make them fall. When she stopped to rest and wipe the sweat from her brow, she heard a voice saying:
"Hello, Applejack."
That made Applejack shudder a bit, because she was not expecting, and then she turned and saw Melody and Purple Smoke.
"Are you okay?" Melody asked, who had been one that had greeted Applejack.
"Yes Ah am" she said. "Ya just surpris’d me a little."
"Always so honest" Purple Smoke said. "I do not know you can do it."
"Ah can thanks tah what is inside of me an’ tha hard work" she said.
"Well, I couldn’t do what you do" Melody said, looking at the harvested apples.
"Of course, you have fear of soiling the mane and the hooves" Purple Smoke said.
"I thought we agreed that we wouldn’t argue" she told him.
"Yeah, yeah, I know" he replied.
"But what are ya doin’ here?" Applejack asked.
"We came after a villain" Purple Smoke. "Apparently he or she is here."
"Tha Lord of Chaos is attackin’ again, is not he?" Applejack said.
"Unfortunately, dear Applejack" Melody. "Did you see something strange or somepony new here?"
"Something strange, no" she said. "Now about new ponies, Ah only jest met a new friend of mah sister an’ her friends. What was her name? Ah, yeah. Pandora."
Hearing the name, Melody and Purple Smoke gasped.
"Pandora?" they repeated.
"Yes" Applejack confirmed, noticing that the two Generals had been shocked by that. "What’s up?"
"Applejack, your sister’s new friend is the villain we seek" Melody said.
"What?!" Applejack asked, not wanting to believe. "That lovely thin’? It can’t be."
"She may look lovely on the outside, but believe us she is far from it" Purple Smoke said.
"Wait, if you are serious, who is this Pandora and what she want with my sister and her friends?" Applejack asked.
"Pandora is responsible for the fact that the Lord of Chaos is currently trying to conquer your world" Melody said.
"And if we know Pandora as we know her, so I guess we know what she wants" Purple Smoke said.
Pandora and the three fillies were so inside of the Everfree Forest that in the trees and in the plants there were frightening shadows. The three fillies were starting to get scared.
"Pandora, I think we should go back" Apple Bloom said. "We can continue another day."
"Yes, in the company of other pony" Scootaloo said.
"Like my teddy bear!" Sweety Belle exclaimed.
"Hold on, girls, we're almost there" Pandora said, who was sick of hearing the fillies whining.
She had to hurry before Purple Smoke and Melody arrived. Although they were always arguing, those two made a great team. After all, that was why they defeated her.
It was then that she felt something. It was the darkness contained in the box calling her. Pandora couldn’t believe she was so close. Suddenly she seemed to hit some kind of barrier that made her fell on the floor.
"Pandora, are you okay?" Apple Bloom asked as she and the others went to her edge.
"Yes, I am" she said, sitting up.
That should be the barrier that prevented the evil beings to move on. It was now that the fillies would be useful.
"Maybe we should turn back now" Apple Bloom said.
"When we are so close?" Pandora asked. "The place we seek is right in front of us."
"Really?" Apple Bloom asked.
Pandora nodded. The other fillies looked at each other and then Apple Bloom said:
"Okay, we continue."
"Good" said Pandora. "But do you mind in go on? I think I need to recover from that fall."
"You should not stay here alone" Scootaloo said.
"Don’t worry" Pandora said. "I’ll catch you in no time."
Although uncertain, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweety Belle advanced. Seeing them departing, Pandora smiled wickedly and said:
"That’s right, go ahead. Find your treasure. When you find yourselves, this world will be merged in the Lord of Chaos’ darkness."
It was then that from the vegetation came out a manticore. It roared fiercely to Pandora as it approached, but she didn’t seem to have afraid. It was then that her face changed completely. Her coat wrinkled a lot and became immensely pale, her mane was undulating and whitish and her eyes turned white. She was so scary that the manticore run away immensely scared, as if it had seen its worst nightmare. Then Pandora's face was again the one of a lovely filly again and she said, referring to the manticore:
"That's what I thought."
Applejack, Melody and Purple Smoke ran as quickly as they could through the Everfree Forest. The two Generals had just told the story of Pandora to Applejack.
"You mean that Pandora is using my sister and her friends to get a box?" Applejack asked.
"It's not any box" Melody said. "It contains a part of the darkness with what the Lord of Chaos tried to infect this world."
"If he can put his hands on box and its content, he will increase his power" Purple Smoke continued.
"And why use fillies for this?" Applejack asked.
"The box is protected from evil beings" Melody explained. "Only good things can come closer to the box. Pandora is using them due to their ingenuity. Once they take the box, the defenses around will disappear and your sister and the others will be in great danger."
"So we have to get there as soon as possible" Applejack said.
And the three rushed up.
The little fillies continued the way, looking nervous for the trees that were surrounding them. Then they arrived to a sort of clearing with a square shape. In the center was a plate with engravings.
"Look, gals" Apple Bloom said, pointing to the plate. "It must be that."
"Finally!" Scootaloo exclaimed. "I cannot stand these trees. I mean, is not that I am afraid, but..."
“Let’s get the treasure" Sweetie Belle said.
The fillies went there and found the plate that should be hiding something. Driven by their curiosity now, they put their front hooves on the plate edge and used all their strength to push. They began to move it and, after doing so, a beautiful golden and shiny box rose in the air, and a light pulse was released.
"Okay, that was weird..." Scootaloo said.
"Look at this box" Sweetie Belle said. "I've never seen anything like it."
"Yes, it’s strange" Apple Bloom said, lifting a hoov and starting to bring it closer to the box.
"It's not just strange" a voice said. "It's powerful."
They turned and saw Pandora.
"Pandora, we’re glad you came" Scootaloo said. "We were getting worried."
But Pandora didn’t answer. She merely took the hoof into the saddlebag and take out a golden key. She raised it in the air, pointing to the box, and then it headed to the key, inserting it in its lock and then rotating, opening. The box then pulled away and opened, making darkness start getting out slowly from there.
"Okay ... that was weird" Scootaloo said.
"Pandora, what's going on?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Thank you, girls" Pandora said, with its eyes beginning to glow. "If were not from you, I would never find my box."
"Pandora... what is happening... with you?" Sweetie Belle asked, as she and her friends began to retreat nervously.
"What is happening is that I can finally drop this innocent air that gives me nausea" Pandora said.
Then she revealed her terrifying look that made the little fillies give frightened screams.
"Finally, the box was opened and all the Lord of Chaos’ imprisoned power can finally flow in this world" Pandora said.
"Wait, Lord of Chaos?" Apple Bloom asked. "This means that you..."
"Yes, I am one of his servants" Pandora said. "In fact, one of his most loyal servants who will return to him the power that once was his."
"Oh no, what have we done?!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.
"You helped me to make this world better" Pandora said, making the box come to her and grabbing it. "With the contents of this box, the power of the Lord of Chaos will not be beat!"
And she gave an evil laugh.
"Although your help was essential, you no longer have anything to offer me" Pandora said to the fillies. "It's time for you to be the first casualties in this new era governed by the master of all evil."
And she began to charge her horn with magic to get rid of the fillies, but that was when somepony said:
"Only over us, Pandora."
She turned and saw Purple Smoke and Melody along with Applejack.
"Big sis!" Apple Bloom called.
"Hold on, Apple Bloom" Applejack said. "Ah'm comin’."
"Well, well, well, if not the two Generals who put me in a filthy cell in Tartarus" Pandora said.
"It’s also a pleasure to see you, Pandora" Purple Smoke said. "I mean, at least you could... not show your face."
"We are here to stop you, Pandora" Melody said. "And this time you will go to a much more confined place."
"Do you think that you can win me now that I have in my possession the box of all evil?" Pandora asked, showing them the gold box.
"This is something we will have to see, isn’t it?" Purple Smoke answered.
And, without warning, he and Melody cast magic beams from their horns against Pandora that retaliated with one of her own to fight against the two Generals. Taking advantage of that, Applejack came to her sister and friends.
"Applejack!" Apple Bloom exclaimed as she hugged her sister. "Ah'm so glad tah see ya."
"Me too, sis" Applejack said. "But now we have tah get out of here. Melody and Purple Smoke can fight with Pandora. "
Applejack began to try to drive the little fillies out of that place when they saw that Pandora was winning the fight with the two Generals of Order. The evil villain laughed when she saw that she was close to victory.
"Applejack, they need help" Apple Bloom said.
"Ya're right, sis" Applejack said. "And that is exactly what they will have."
And then, waiting for the best moment, Applejack gave haul and then jumped as high as she could in Pandora’s direction and hit her, causing her to stop her attack on Purple Smoke and Melody. When recovering from the onslaught, Applejack saw Pandora facing her and with an air not very cheerful. The box was lying nearby.
"How dare you, your filthy pony?" Pandora said, starting to charge her horn. "You will regret this bitterly."
But before she could attack, Pandora was surrounded by purple smoke.
"What..." she began.
Pandora then saw that smoke was coming from Purple Smoke’s horn. It was his toxic gas. She then felt her forces to diminish and Pandora bowed, starting to cough terribly.
"Applejack, the key and the box!" Melody said.
Realizing what she meant, Applejack take the golden key from Pandora that couldn’t do nothing but cough and then threw it to Melody who caught it with magic. Then she kicked the box that flew to the General of Music that caught it with her hooves.
"No..." Pandora said between coughs.
"Your search for power ends here, Pandora" Melody said. "The darkness that your master gave to you will come back to the box."
Melody inserted the key into the lock and ran it. The box opened and began to suck darkness that came from Pandora that coughed and screamed in agony. After all the darkness entered in the box, it closed and was locked.
"No!" Pandora exclaimed.
Purple Smoke then invoked the cell blaster with a life cell and told Pandora:
"As in the good old days."
And he carried the cell blaster with his magic and he casted a purplish light that hit Pandora and she began to be sucked into the cell life. She tried to resist, but she could not. So she was completely sucked and her image appeared on the cell life. Purple Smoke invoked then the prison-book and put the life cell inside, saying:
"A villain booked. Or should I say boxed".
Purple Smoke opened the book on the page that showed where Pandora was. She told him:
"You will be sorry. You will see, my revenge will be terrible!"
"Yeah, well, it's better you keep your breath" Purple Smoke replied. "You'll be there for a long time."
And he closed the book, making it disappear then.
"I must admit we did a good job" Melody said, approaching, holding the box with her magic.
"Yes, we did" Purple Smoke agreed.
"Well, but who would say" Applejack said, approaching with Apple Bloom and the others. "Ya two are agreeing and even praising each other’s work."
"That's why we did a good job" Purple Smoke replied.
"And partly thanks to you, Applejack" Melody said. "Thank you."
"It was nothing" Applejack said. "It was a pleasure."
'We didn’t do nothing" Apple Bloom said, sadly. "All we did was make Pandora put her hooves on what she wanted."
"Yes, we almost ruined everything" Scootaloo said.
"You have no fault" Melody said. "You didn’t know who Pandora was."
"Yes, to all eyes, she was an innocent filly" Applejack said. "She even fooled me."
"Yes, but she used our eagerness to receive our Cutie Marks" Sweetie Belle said. "We were really naive."
"There is no harm in wanting to find out in what we are good" Purple Smoke said. "But you should note that nopony discovers his talent this way. You just have to be patient and you'll see that you’ll find out in what you are good."
"Can ya tell us, mister General of Talent?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Yes, we promise you will not tell to anypony that you helped us" Scootaloo said.
"I'm sorry, girls" Purple Smoke said. "But the rules prevent me to tell you. Furthermore it would not be fair."
"Well, at least we tried" Sweetie Belle said.
And everypony started laughing.
In the Lord of Chaos’ room, he was about to explode with rage and Fire Punch hastened to leave the room before his master could do anything to him.
After handing the box to the Lord of the Order and return to the Light Kingdom, Purple Smoke and Melody told Twilight everything that had happened. Heartbeat was beside her.
"I’m glad you were able to arrest another villain" Twilight said. "And I'm even more pleased to see that you are starting to get along."
"Yes, I think we are learning to respect each other more" Melody said.
"I agree" Purple Smoke said. "And for that reason, Melody, you can keep the room for you."
"Oh, thank you, Purple Smoke, but I can find another room to practice" Melody said. "You can stay with your room."
"No, I insist. You can have it."
"No, it’s yours."
"Melody, I told you. You can have it.
"And I told you, Purple Smoke. My turn can wait."
And when they find themselves, Melody and Purple Smoke were arguing again.
"I can not believe that after everything that happened, they started arguing again" Twilight said to Heartbeat.
"What can we do?" Heartbeat asked, shrugging. "Those two almost never are in accordance.”
The two sighed and started to see Purple Smoke and Melody arguing.