//------------------------------// // The Gorgon Gaze // Story: The Taking of Tartarus // by Rakoon1 //------------------------------// The Lord of Chaos was thinking about a new attack against the ponies. However, it was being complicated, because he could not think of a villain who could serve. "I cannot believe it" he said. "I can’t thing in nothing useful to use. Why is it so hard to be an evil genius?" He gestured to his mirror that showed him the failures that it had done so far. "Krylock, Shadow Claw, Pandora and Oogie" the Lord of Chaos said. "They all failed. There must be a way to get to counterattack in force. " Then the door opened and Fire Punch emerged. He said, in a way somewhat hasty: "I'm so sorry, my master. I know I'm late, but I had some problems and..." "Fire Punch" the Lord of Chaos called. Hearing his master calling him in that way made the pony jump up. Normally, when the Lord of Chaos turned to him like that, it came along some kind of sermon and punishment. "Yes, master?" he asked nervously. "Come closer" the Lord of Chaos asked. Fire Punch did so and then said: "Sir, whatever I've done, it wasn’t intentional. I..." "That's not it, your idiot. I just want your opinion." "Yes?" "What kind of villain you think I should use?" the Lord of Chaos asked. Fire Punch was surprised by the question and then said: "Are you asking me to choose a villain?" "No, stupid" the Lord of Chaos replied. "You don’t decide anything. I’m the one who decides that. What I want to know is your opinion about the profile of a villain I should use. Tell me, what failures my previous villains had?” "Personally, my master, there wasn’t wrong anything wrong with them" Fire Punch said, in his usual fawning tone. "But the part of using only a villain may be the only factor in your defeats. After all, there are six Generals of Order, four alicorn princesses and lots of other ponies. I mean, of course Shadow Claw created a large army of pony-wolves, but in the end, it was just him." "I see" the Lord of Chaos said. "Use more than one villain. I must say that the idea doesn’t displease me. Usually, I wouldn’t take such a risk, but it seems that it’s the only way to finally get what I want." He thought for a few seconds and then said: "That's it. I got it. I will use one of the most terrifying teams of villains. Fire Punch, if plan works, I may consider giving you a small reward. Maybe a pair of wings... or a new horn." "That would be glorious, master" the servant answered, bowing. "All right, let's go talk to the first member of my team" he said with a laugh. In a public toilet in Manehattan, a mare was in front of the mirror of the toilets, but the point was that she was no ordinary mare. She had a green coat, that seemed to be scaled in some áreas, with two tangled yellow snakes as a Cutie Mark and her blue eyes had narrow pupils as reptiles’, but the stranger was her mane that was made of living dark green snakes that she was trying to hide in a pink hat. “Mommy knows, my sweeties” she said in a loving way. “I also didn’t want to hide you, but we have to go undercover.” She just hided the snakes and then looked at her own reflection in the mirror and then said with a smile. “Wow, I’m hot.” “Indeed” a voice answered. The mare recognized that voice and said in a gasped tone: "Master." And then the image of the Lord of Chaos appeared in the mirror in which the mare was admiring her reflection. She hastened to make a bow, as she said: "It’s an honor." "I know it is" the Lord of Chaos replied, while the mare stood. "And how has my beautiful Gorgon been? I hope you haven’t been calling attention, Fury." "Don’t worry" she said. "I have done everything you asked me. After all, I have to. If not for the fact that I can be caught and you are my master, it would be because you freed me from my stone prison." "Yes, I know" the Lord of Chaos said. "Mirror Coat was very cruel when he used mirrors to make your power and your sisters’ to turn you three into stone. But this is something that will be easily remedied. I have a mission for you." "Whatever you want" she said cordially bowing her head. "Find and release your sisters and then I want you to create a giant version of the petrified Light Kingdom" the Lord of Chaos said. But seeing that Fury was confused by the last part, he sighed and explained: "I want you to turn ponies in stone." "Oh, I got it" Fury said. "Don’t worry, sir. Your desire it’s my command." "I hope so" the Lord of Chaos said. "Don’t fail me, Fury." And then the Lord Chaos’ image disappeared. It was then that the bathroom door opened and three teen cheerleaders fillies entered. The leader was saying to her friends: “Don’t care about that tomboy. She’s…” But then she saw Fury, almost bumping at her. “My bad, I didn’t see you” she said. “I must have a blind side for horrid hats.” It was then that Fury turned to the filly with a not very happy air and asked her: “Are you talking to me?” “Yeah” the teen answered in an arrogant way. “We don’t like freaks with a tacky style.” That made the other two laugh. When she saw them mocking her, Fury became angry and said: “Insolent mortal ponies! You dare mock Fury? Don’t you know who I am?! And then her eyes turned completely red and bright, something that left the three teenagers tremendously frightened. In the throne room of the Light Kingdom, Purple Smoke and Melody were playing magic chess, while Leaf Mane was taking care of some of their plants. "Unicorn to E5" Purple Smoke ordered. Purple Smoke’s red unicorn moved forward and took one of Melody’s white pegasus. "This is a check, dear sister" he said. "It looks like the end of the game is approaching." "You wish" she replied. "Queen to E5." And the white queen stepped forward and took the red unicorn. "Checkmate" Melody said. And the red king fell after Melody’s move. "No!" Purple Smoke exclaimed, frustrated. Melody laughed and said: "It looks like there is something that the General of Talent doesn’t have much expertise." "That's what we'll see" Purple Smoke said. "New game." "As you wish" Melody accepted as she and her brother began to repair the taken pieces and order them and the other in their respective places on the board. Then the villain alarm started playing. "Really?" Purple Smoke asked. "It just has to be on the day that we have the castle to ourselves?" "I think it’s best we inform the princess as soon as possible" Leaf Mane said, landing her watering can. "She must return from the Crystal Empire." "I don’t think it's a good idea" a voice said. And Mirror Coat appeared. "Why not?" Leaf Mane asked. "Princess Twilight is safe in Crystal Empire, which is protected from evil almost as effective as the Kingdom of Light" Mirror Coat replied. "In addition, the enemy of today isn’t yet dangerous." "Will you continue with the riddles?" Melody asked. "I was organizing some books near the our enemy records section and I noticed activity on Fury’s part" he said. "Wait, the Gorgon?" Purple Smoke asked. "The one you turned into a statue along with her sisters?" "Yes, the three Gorgons: Fury, Euryale and Medusa" Mirror Coat confirmed. "Although Medusa is the more famous Gorgon in the pony mythology, the other two are also evil. They were three of the Lord of Chaos’ most powerfull servants, because together have the power to imprison in stone anyone who looks at them. But I could use my mirrors to use their own power against them. Golden Paladin then tried to separate them and put them in separate places, and Fury went in Tartarus. The Lord of Chaos should have released her from the prison when he took Tartarus and freed the other villains. "Well, since I already slept for a thousand of years turned to stone, I’m not in the mood to be turned again" Purple Smoke said. "You won’t have to worry for now" Mirror Coat said. "Alone, Fury’s gaze will only hypnotize the victims. To restore her full power, she must first find and free her two sisters. It must have been why she showed activity. This must be the Lord of Chaos’ plan." "A plan that will fail" Melody said. "We will find them first." "Actually, I had the initiative to seek and discover where Euryale are" Mirror Coat replied. "Some archaeologists found her statue and now she is exposed in a business company in Filly Delphia. Melody and Purple Smoke, go there to retrieve it, while I try to find Medusa. Leaf Mane, I need you to stay here to take care of the kingdom. " And they were all waved and went deal their respective missions. Melody and Purple Smoke reached the company when it was night and it was already closed. They found Euryale, yet transformed into statue and positioned as a principal ornament of the source of the great hall, right on top of a pillar. The two used magic to levitate up to the level of Euryale and Melody said: “Let’s hurry. If Fury looks anything like her sister, I think I get why she is so mad.” “Actually, mommy always said I was the cute one” They turned and saw Fury down there with their snakes revealed. She launched an energy beam of one of her hooves against Purple Smoke, but he could deflect, although he was forced to land. She released another beam against Melody, but he just grazed by her mane, ruining her manestyle. "Hey, do you know what it costs me to keep the mane like that?" Melody asked, landing next to her brother. "I bet your mother forgot to tell you to not touch the mane of a General of Order." She and Purple Smoke advanced to Fury that continued to release energy beams against them, but the two Generals could defect. It was then that Melody saw Fury stretching her snakes and preparing to use them in Purple Smoke and her. "Purple, behind you" she warned. He looked and defected in time. The two defected from the snakes, but it was quite difficult, given that they were many. “Why had it to be snakes?” It was then that the snakes were able to corral Purple Smoke and Melody Fury on the ground and Medusa raised a whip snake that launched against them. But they released beams from their horn, right on the head of the snake, something that displeased Fury immensely. “My baby!” she exclaimed, picking up the whip and petting its head. “Oh, sweetheart, are you okay?” “So, Fury, that’s all you got?” Purple Smoke asked. “Not even close” she answered. “Minions, attack!” Then as Purple Smoke as Melody began to be attacked with kicks. When they stopped, they saw who were their attackers. "Teenage fillies?!" It was true. It was the leader of the cheerleaders and her friends who had mocked Fury and now were in the pyramid position with their red eyes due to the Gorgon’s hypnosis. "That's right, Generals" Fury said, suspended in the air thanks to her snakes. "With these girls, you don’t touch me." She was right. They couldn’t hurt that fillies because they were innocent. They then continued to attack Mirror Coat and Melody. She, who was a mare and knew how cheerleaders thought, knew how to dodge, but Purple Smoke wasn’t having the same lucky. While her slaves dealt with the two Generals, Fury grabbed her petrified sister with her snakes and went away, followed by the fillies. When Melody and Purple Smoke returned to the Light Kingdom and told what had happened to Mirror Coat and Leaf Mane the next morning, they were not very happy. "This is bad" Leaf Mane said. "Fury must have those fillies under her spell." "Yes, but I think Fury is not stupid" Mirror Coat said. "Her spell must have an on/off switch. Probably those fillies are living their normal lives without knowing that they are slaves to one of the Gorgons. Fury has an inborn ability to sense the location of her sisters. Surely she will use the cheerleaders again to help retrieve her only other sister, Medusa. But she won’t take her chance at day-light” "Did you managed to locate her?" Melody asked. "Unfortunately no" he said. "It appears that Golden Paladin launched Medusa in the ocean so that no one could find her, so she can be anywhere." "I had an idea" Leaf Mane said. "If Fury can find Medusa, we just have to infiltrate and for this we will have to get close with the cheerleaders. If Fury calls them, they can lead us to the statue. " "It's an idea, but for that we need a filly that they do not recognize and I think my illusions will not serve anything" Mirror Coat said. "But where we will arrange a filly that we can use for the infiltrating?" Melody asked. Then something caught their attention. They looked and saw Purple Smoke seeing his reflection, while taking the form of many different stallions, as he said to himself: "What will I use in my next time in Las Pegasus?" It was then that he noticed the others looking at him. "What?" Purple Smoke asked. "Do I have something on my face?" Mirror Coat, Leaf Mane and Melody looked at each other and the first asked: "Are you thinking at the same as me?" They nodded with a smile. "What?" Purple Smoke asked, who was not understanding. "Purple" Melody said, approaching him. "My dear brother, ever have you transformed into a teenage filly?" "No, why are you asking..." he began to ask, soon realizing what was their idea. "Wait, no way! No, no! I will not do that!" Later, in the high school where the cheerleaders were studying, they were in the gym. Then the doors opened and they saw an earth filly at the same age as them entering. She had a silky sky-blue coat and a beautiful mane with beautiful shades of purple. She wore the school cheerleader uniform. The truth is that was Purple Smoke in disguise, and he had had no choice but to take that ridiculous form. In the Light Kingdom, Mirror Coat, Leaf Mane and Melody watched that in one of Mirror Coat’s mirrors. Melody was one that finds it very funny. "I think I'll every day to the Mirrored Library only to remember this moment" she said. "Shh" Mirror Coat said. "Remember that we are working." When Purple Smoke reached the edge of them, he said: “Hi, girls, I’m here to join your cheer squad.” “Who are you?” the leader asked. “I think I never saw you around here.” “My name is Purple…” Purple Smoke started, trying to invent a name for himself. “Shine… yes. Purple Shine. I’m new. I was transferred few days ago and I thought that, how I was a cheerleader in my former school, I could join in this squad.” That made the three cheerleaders watch to each other. In Fury’s hideout, she was ready to release Euryale. “Euryale, my sister!” she exclaimed. And, using one of her energy beams, she made the stone layer above her sister to break and she was released. Euryale was very alike her sister, but with a different mane style, green eyes and her Cutie Mark (also hade the same design) had red snakes. “You are free!” Fury exclaimed. After recovering from her liberation, Euryale looked around and said: “This is… a new world. At last we will rule again and spread the Lord of Chaos’ terror. And once we find Medusa, none should stay on our way.” It was then that Euryale stopped and said to Fury: “Oh no, you are not wearing my bracelet.” Back to the gym of Manehattan high school, the cheerleader leader, who was called Grace Strut, said to Purple Smoke, who was incarnating Purple Shine: "Look, newbie, you can’t simply get here with that outfit and think you can be on the team." "Actually, this is what makes me think I be on the team" Purple Smoke said. He then put the radio play the music the cheerleaders used to play for practice and began an amazing choreography. Although his powers were limited when he changed his form, he could still make a good dancing to impress the cheerleaders, something that could and earn him a place in the team. "Very well, you may have entered, but if you want to hang out with us outside practice, you still have a lot to prove" Grace Strut said to him. "That little dance of yours was test number one." "So what's test number two?" Purple Smoke asked. "Surprise wardrobe inspection" one of Grace’s friends said. "Your house, twenty minutes. Are you in?" Purple Smoke gave a nervous laughter. After all, win their trust would be more difficult than he thought. Fortunately, thanks to Mirror Coat’s illusions and Melody’s wardrobe, Purple Smoke could let the cheerleaders speechless, given that the General Music's clothes were the late fashion. What further left Purple Smoke even more humiliated was that he had to use Melody’s clothes along with the other fillies when they returned to school because he knew that he was just giving to his sister and rival more stuffs for her to enjoy. All ponies were looking at them, especially colts, something that left Purple Smoke immensely uncomfortable. Then they stopped and Grace told to Purple Smoke: “Very well, newbie, you got the moves and the look, but now it’s time to check your cheerleader attitude. The next pony that turns around that corner is to leave in shreds.” "What?" Purple Smoke asked, knowing that they wanted him to humiliate somepony, something that went against what he was. "I don’t know that I can." But then a thin colt with glasses turned around the corner that Grave indicated. Purple Smoke hesitated and then Grace said to him: "What are you waiting for, finish him already." Knowing he had no choice and he would repent immediately afterwards, Purple Smoke went towards the poor colt and when he arrived in front of him, he told him: "Hey, why don’t you see where you're going?" "I'm sorry" he said nervously. "Oops, it seems I formulated wrongly what she said" Purple Smoke said. "A four-eyed like you should never see well, even if something is right in front of his nose." The words and the tone he was using seemed to be affecting the poor colt that began to shrink in fear. "Just look at him shaking. Why don’t you go run to you mommy. Go, go there!" And the colt, failing to support more, got out of there running and crying, something that shattered Purple Smoke. After all it was his duty to help ponies and not make them feel bad about themselves. While the cheerleaders would congratulate him, his brother and sisters were amazed by what they saw. "It seems Purple Smoke doesn’t need to be the General of Talent to be able to do that" Melody commented. "Poor little guy” Leaf Mane said. “He was shattered. " "It was necessary" Mirror Coat said. "Now with that, Purple Smoke won their trust." Mirror Coat was right, because they organized a party in Grace's house to celebrate Purple Smoke entering the group of them, when night fell, taking up a cake with a picture of him as Purple Shine. He liked the cake, but when they started with the filly games, he didn’t like so much. When they reached the Truth or Dare, Purple Smoke invented an excuse and went to the bathroom. When he got there, he turned to the mirror and saw whis filly form. He couldn’t wait to get back to his own self. "Hello... sis" a voice said. He turned and saw Melody. "What are you doing here?" "Nothing, I just came to see how you were doing" Melody said. "Yeah, you came just to enjoy yourself" Purple Smoke said. "Don’t you have all my embarrassing moments?" "Now you're being cruel" Melody said. "Melody, return to the Light Kingdom" Purple Smoke said coldly. "Yeah, okay, as you wish... grumpy" she said, teleporting herself. Purple Smoke then returned to the room, but when he got there, the fillies were gone. He went to the lobby and saw the back door was back, realizing that they had just left. “Hey, guys, wait for me” Purple Smoke called, while he was running to catch them. “It’s already time for the treasure hunt?” He followed them to the docks, where they were walking through a footbridge towards a fishing vessel used by the city griffins. "What’s up, girls?" Purple Smoke asked, looking around as he approached them. "Something tells me that this is not a game. Guys, I think it’s better we get out of here, right?" Then they turned to him and Purple Smoke saw that they had red eyes, as when they were hypnotized. "Oh, oh" Purple Smoke said, backing away. It was then that he noticed a presence behind him. He turned and saw Fury and Euryale exhibiting a big smile. “Look, Euryale, a guest” Fury said. “Let’s try to make her welcome.” And their eyes turned bright red, ready to hypnotize Purple Smoke. Melody came to the throne room, but saw the face of concern of Mirror Coat and Leaf Mane. "What's wrong?" she asked. "We lost contact" Leaf Mane said. "What?" Melody asked. "How?" "It appears that the Gorgons’ hypnosis prevents us from spying their slaves when they are under hypnosis" Mirror Coat said. "We have to hurry up. When he is not in his true form, Purple Smoke is more vulnerable. If they caught him..." "So we have to go" Melody said. “Let’s go." They went to Grace's house and, using a tracker spell from Mirror Coat, they could follow their steps to the docks. Using a levitation spell, they began to cross the sea to find the fishing vessel stopped where there were the two Gorgons, along with the three cheerleaders and Purple Smoke (still in the form of Purple Shine), who were pulling the great handle to pull the fishing net. “Let’s pick up the pay, ladies” Fury said to her slaves. “I’m missing some serious beauty sleep here.” The three Generals were hidden behind boxes to observe and saw that Purple Smoke had given up to the hypnotic power of the Gorgons. "Purple" Melody said. But Fury and Euryale heard her and the first said: “Minions, seize them!” And the three fillies and Purple Smoke advanced against the three Generals. But without them, the handle began to rotate to the opposite side quickly, dropping the net that was being pulled. Fury, seeing this, hastened to go to the crank and locked it. She turned then to her sister and said to her, as she began cranking: “Euryale, don’t just stand there. Help me.” “Okay” she replied, in a boring way, getting close calmly. “ But for the record, no one likes a bossy Gorgon.” And she began to help Fury. The net then appeared, full of fish. They brought it to the boat and dropped it. The fish fell to the deck, but also appeared the statue of the last missing Gorgon, Medusa. “At last, our sister” Fury said. And she and Euryale used their energy beams to break the rock that held Medusa and she was released. Medusa had blue eyes like Fury and the snakes of her Cutie Mark were blue. She sank down and said, as she passed the hoof down her face: “That rock made my skin so dried.” She then noticed the fish were there and then asked to her sisters, standing up and looking around: “Please, tell me you don’t live here” “Or you could just say thank you” Fury said, extending then her hooves. “Euryale. Medusa. Take my hooves. They did so, causing a release of energy that made the struggle between the Generals and the cheerleaders stop. The energy involved the three Gorgons and, seeing that, Mirror Coat advanced and told them: “Sorry, sisters, but it’s time to break this little family reunion.” He then advanced to them, along with Leaf Mane, but the three Gorgons threw red beams from their eyes that reached the two Generals and turned them into stone statues that fell on the deck. "No!" Melody said. Then she was surrounded by the cheerleaders and Purple Smoke. “You, minion, finish her.” So he advanced to Melody. "No, Purple Smoke" she said, while her brother gave her a blow that left her suspended in the bow. Melody looked and saw Purple Smoke, right in front of her. "Purple Smoke." He tried to make her fell, but she managed to resist. "Wait a second" Fury said to Melody. "Did you call him Purple Smoke? This means that we have one of the Generals at our command." "It will be nice to see a General defeat another" Medusa said. "Truly enjoyable." "I don’t know what that means, dear sister" Euryale said. "Don’t invent words like that." "Purple Smoke, it's me, Melody" Melody said. "The sister you hate the most." What Melody said seemed to be affecting Purple Smoke, as he seemed to hesitate. Fury approached, suspended by her snakes, and ordered: “What are you waiting for, General minion. Could you finish her already? "Whit whom do you play chess where you end up losing, but always with head up?" Melody asked to Purple Smoke. "With whom are you always brag about your achievements just to annoy? Me, Melody, your dear and, at the same, hateful sister." Melody’s words struck Purple Smoke that began to free himself from the hypnosis, eventually do it completely. "Melody?" He asked. He then helped her back up. “My spell!” Fury exclaimed, without wanting to believe. “She broke my spell! “That’s right, Fury, and I’m about to break so much more” Purple Smoke answered her. “Nobody defies me!” Fury exclaimed. “I am Fury, leader of the Gorgons!” “Excuse me” Euryale said, making Fury turning to her. “We lead together.” “Yah, who died and make you queen?” Medusa asked. "Look at that, those Gorgons still fight more than us" Melody noted. That gave an idea to Purple Smoke that said: "I got an idea. And I will do it in the cheerleader way. And I know that I just gave you another embarrassing moment to remember." "Eeyup, but we talk about it later" Melody said. "Go ahead with the idea." Purple Smoke nodded and he turned to the Gorgons and said, making the Gorgons turn to him: “Hey, Fury, didn’t you tell you were more powerful than Medusa? Because if you ask me, she deserves to lead, not you.” “You said you were more powerful?!” Medusa asked, not very happy with Fury. “Please, as you could fulfill the Lord of Chaos’ commands without me” she answered. “Well, everypony knows Medusa” Purple Smoke continued, making Medusa swell with vanity. “But what hell it’s a Fury? And since only one of you can lead, why shouldn’t be her?” “Well, the General of Talent has a point” Medusa replied. “But I’m the most import of the Gorgon sisters” Fury said. “Wake up, sweetie, we are just as important as you are” Euryale answered her. “I’m the leader!” Medusa exclaimed, making her hooves shine with energy. “Hello, I am!” Fury answered, doing the same. “I am!” Euryale exclaimed, doing the same as her sisters. Then the three began to fight among themselves, casting a energy beams to the other. Purple Smoke and Melody tried to take cover. All those beams eventually release Mirror Coat and Melody from their stone prison. The battle between the Gorgons became increasingly intense, until the three used their petrification spell in one another, causing a huge explosion of energy that created a smokescreen. When it cleared, the three Gorgons were turned into stone statues. "I can’t believe" Mirror Coat said. "You made it." "You bet" Purple Smoke said. "And now that this is over, I can finally get rid of this filly disguise." And then he returned to his true form. "Finally!" He exclaimed, hugging himself. "I never miss so much being like this." "Well, the truth is that it only ends when the Gorgons are trapped in the prison-book" Leaf Mane said. "That is why..." And she invoked the prison-book, the cell blaster and two life cells (because there was already one in the cell blaster). Focusing first on Fury, she loaded the cell blaster with her magic and she casted a greenish light that hit the petrified Gorgon and she began to be sucked into the cell life, where her image appeared. Then Leaf Mane put the life cell in the prison-book and made the same with the other two. After that, they turned to the three teenagers that, with the defeat of Fury and the others, were released, losing consciousness in the process. "Well, I think it’s better we deal with them" Mirror Coat said. "I'll help you" Leaf Mane volunteered, after making the prison-book and the cell blaster disappear. "I'm going home" Purple Smoke said. "I'm tired of... well, this." And he turned into a stormy cloud of purple smoke and he walked away. "And I go too" Melody said. "I need to relax after this adventure and there is nothing better than watching again all the ridiculous moments Purple Smoke did. To the Mirrored Library!" And she disappeared. "Those two will never change" Mirror Coat said to Leaf Mane. "And is it better they change?" She asked. The two exchanged a laugh and then went deal with teenage fillies. The Lord of Chaos saw everything through and then said: “It seems using a villain team was not a good idea. But, wait, this was your idea, Fire Punch.” And he turned to his serve that started soon shaking in fear and backing up when his master got closed. “Well, technically no” Fire Punch defended himself, nervously. “All I said…” “I don’t believe in technicalities” the Lord of Chaos answered. “I believe in payback.” Fire Punch gulped, knowing that awaited him another of his master's punishment. In the throne room, Mirror Coat and Leaf Mane were resting after having dealt with the teenage fillies. Then the door opened and Twilight, Blue, Star and Spike entered. "Your Highnesses" Mirror Coat said, as he and Leaf Mane made a bow to the royal family. "There was a problem while we were away?" Twilight asked to the two Generals. "Nothing much, Princess" Leaf Mane said. "Yes, the work of the usual" Mirror Coat continued. "Organize..." "Taking care of plants..." "Catch three villains..." "Wait" Blue said. "Did you just say you caught three villains?" "Why didn’t you warn me?" Twilight asked. "Don’t worry" Mirror Coat said. "It's all right. We dealt with the problem. The villains are in the prison-book." "Good" Twilight said, a little more relieved. "But I want to know all the details." "Of course, Princess" Mirror Coat and Leaf Mane answered. But then a discussion between two family ponies started on the outside of the room. "Come on, Purple Smoke" Melody asked. "Just once." "No, I said no!" Purple Smoke replied. "Once was enough." "But you were so cute." "I said no! And no is no! " "But what's going on out there?" Twilight asked, not understanding. "This, princess, is a long story" Mirror Coat said, while Leaf Mane struggled to contain her laughter. "Why do I have the feeling that we have lost much more than we think?" Blue asked. "Believe me, my friend, this is always happening to me" Spike answered.