//------------------------------// // The Revenge of the Trix // Story: The Taking of Tartarus // by Rakoon1 //------------------------------// The Lord of Chaos had executed a new attack... a triple one. He had sent three different villains to three different locations. Kraken, the most terrifying sea monster, was attacking Manehattan, trying to sink the island with its giant and powerful tentacles; Cyclops, an one-eyed giant, was terrorizing Canterlot, and there was still Acromantula, a giant spider, which was transforming Las Pegasus on its personal nest. The Generals, with no alternative, decided to separate to face this triple threat: Heartbeat and Melody were dealing with Kraken, Golden and Purple Smoke went to stop Cyclops and Mirror Coat and Leaf Mane went to deal with Acromantula. In Manehattan, Heartbeat and Melody reached the docks where the Kraken's tentacles appeared to grab on the island and to take it to the bottom of the ocean, while the ponies that were there tried to flee. "How do we stop such a big thing?" Melody asked. "First, I think it's better to prevent it from sinking the island and then we take it from its element" Heartbeat replied. "Good thinking" Melody said, realizing what Heartbeat was thinking. The two fire magic beams against its tentacles, which made Kraken drop what it was grabbing and keep them in the air. Then it was Melody’s turn. She cleared her throat and then she sang a song that thrilled the surrounding area. Then Kraken, due to the power of Melody’s voice, was lifted from the sea, revealing its monstrous body. Reaching her immense power, Heartbeat launched a powerful magic beam that hit Kraken in full force and made it moan a lot. When she finished, the monster fell unconscious in the coast. "And that's how we make a good fishery" Heartbeat said. "Well, I must say I'm impressed" Melody said, invoking the cell blaster. "Let’s go imprison this thing before it wakes up and returns to the water." Charging the cell blaster with magic, she made Kraken be sucked into a life cell and then put it into the prison-book. "One done, two to go" Melody said. In Las Pegasus, Acromantula had covered the whole city with its sticky web, where the ponies were held, without being able to escape. The arachnid monster was about that time to devour one of the prisonered ponies, who closed his eyes, not wanting to see the horrible creature. Then roots appeared and moored in Acromantula that was moved away from the pony who sighed in relief. The creature was trapped in the roots that Leaf Mane had invoked with her magic. "No way, arachnid" Leaf Mane said. "It’s better you pick on someone your own size... and with the same number of legs." Mirror Coat freed the prisoned ponies who flee after they were released. Then he turned to his sister and said to her: "Leaf Mane, we must defeat this thing as quickly as possible." "Right away" she said. The General of Nature made the roots that she invoked tighten Acromantula even more, making it moan in pain. Taking advantage of that, Mirror Coat invoked the cell blaster and sucked the giant spider to the life cell, sending it then to the prison-book. Mirror Coat then checked the cells and saw that Kraken was there. "It looks like Heartbeat and Melody managed to arrest Kraken" Mirror Coat said. "Amazing, this means that only lack Cyclops" Leaf Mane said. In Canterlot, the giant pony with one eye was causing great destruction. He kept kicking and bring down everything he saw. The ponies of Canterlot panicked and tried to flee to where they could go. The Royal Guard tried to intervene, but Cyclops was too big and strong to overpower them. Then Golden Paladin and Purple Smoke appeared. "Really?" Purple Smoke asked when he saw Cyclops. "Of all the villains he could send, it had to be Cyclops? That idiot cannot even distinguish day from night." "He may be stupid, but he’s cause immense destruction with his brute force" Golden Paladin said. "This is making the ponies panicking what causing..." "Chaos, yes, I know" Purple Smoke said. "Let's finish this." "Very well, I distracted him and you do what you know best" Golden Paladin said. "You have to be more specific, bro" Purple Smoke replied. "I'm the best in many things." But seeing Golden Paladin’s hard look, Purple Smoke lost his pride and said, making a salute: "Yes sir." Golden Paladin rolled her eyes and then advanced to Cyclops, saying: "Hey, one-eyed freak! Here!" That made Cyclops turn to Golden Paladin and ask with his thick and drawl voice: "Are ya talkin’ tah me?" "Are you seeing another monster with only one eye and immensely ugly around here?" Golden Paladin asked. "Ah am not ugly!" Cyclops exclaimed Cyclops. "Hey, wait a minute. Ah know ya. Ya’are one of the ponies who arrest’d me!" "Wow, it seems you don’t have fish memory" Golden Paladin sneered. "Impressive." Cyclops was immensely angry with all the insults Golden Paladin said and prepared to attack him, but it was then that purple smoke hit him in the face. Inhaling the smoke, Cyclops started getting dizzy and it was then that he fell to the ground, causing a crash while doing it. The smoke then headed to the edge of Golden Paladin and took the form of Purple Smoke that asked: "Is that good enough?" "Perfect" Golden Paladin said, invoking the cell blaster. He pointed it to Cyclops and sucked him into the life cell. After that, he put the life cell in the prison-book. He opened it and saw that his siblings had been successful and was pleased to see that Kraken and Acromantula in their respective cells. "And with that, the triple threat is over" Golden Paladin said, making the book disappear. "Well, I have to say" Purple Smoke said. "This attempt of the Lord of Chaos was somewhat weak compared to others." "No when we are talking about spread fear and chaos" Mirror Coat said, appearing with Leaf Mane. "Acromantula filled Las Pegasus with cobwebs and almost devoured its inhabitants." "Yes, it was awful" Leaf Mane said. "It almost ate a pony when we got there." "Not to mention Kraken almost sank Manehattan" Melody said, appearing with Heartbeat. "This just makes us be more careful" Golden Paladin said. "Now we know that the Lord of Chaos will not hesitate to send over different villains at the same time." "If only we knew where Tartarus is, we could try to recover it" Heartbeat said. "I think it’s not possible while the Lord of Chaos still have more villains to use" Golden Paladin said. "However, we must do the best we can. And I think the best we can do right now is help rebuild the damage done by the villains of today." When he said that, they saw a flash of red light and Heartbeat disappeared. "It's always the same" Purple Smoke said. "The brat always have to run away when work appears." "What did you expect?" Mirror Coat asked. "After all, she has the personality of a filly." "Well, guys, let's stop talking and help rebuild the damage" Golden Paladin said. The others nodded. The Lord of Chaos was seeing his three villains being defeated so easily, something that made him very angry. "I can’t believe this!" He exclaimed. "Three villains in three different places, causing chaos and destruction, and yet those damn Generals managed to beat them and lock them up!" "Well, my master, no wonder" Fire Punch said. "After all, they had already defeated them before and they knew their weaknesses beforehoof." "Fire Punch..." the Lord of Chaos began, adopting then a thoughtful air. "I believe you stumbled to bond something in your primitive and clumsy way.” “I… I have?” he asked. “The Generals of Order know all my villains of this world” the Lord of Chaos said. “ They know their motivations and their weaknesses. The answer is quite simple, I only have to use a villain who is not from this world. And I have enough of them." "Yes, but..." Fire Punch began. "Who will you choose? It’s just when you use that villain, the Generals of Order will understand and will be aware of any villains from other worlds." "You're right" the Lord of Chaos said. "I have to be careful in choosing. I need a villain who is evil, ruthless and enjoy cause chaos and destruction." He thought for a moment and then said: "I already know! It’s bit risky, but worth a try. Since we have in this world a pony who recently came from another reality, why don’t we use villains of that reality?" And he laughed. In the Magic Dimension, the three witches, who were the Winx’s enemies, were now trapped in a prison in Hoggar. Stormy, that was the most impulsive of the three, tried to blow up their cell, but her attempts were futile. "Give up, Stormy, you will not get" Darcy said, sitting on her bed. "There must be… a way... to get out" Stormy said, launching more attacks, but without success. "If there is one, it will not appear out of nowhere" Icy said. "I wouldn’t be so sure" a voice said. The three witches jumped, with Darcy standing up, and then darkness appeared and took the form of the Lord of Chaos. "Who are you?" Icy asked, in his gruff way. "If I were you, I would show more respect for your lord and master" the Lord of Chaos said. "Lord and Master?" Stormy repeated, not so convinced. "Right." The Lord of Chaos looked at her and then raised his hand and closed his fist tightly. The three witches then felt an immense pain in them that forced them to kneel before him. "I created the darkness and the dark magic you use" the Lord of Chaos said. "I am the source of all evil. Thanks to me, you have the power you have. I am the Lord of Chaos! So, I’ll repeat. Show me more respect!" The Trix, which never before showed real fear, seemed to have it now. Never before they had known the Lord of Chaos and they never thought he even existed. Icy, which recovered faster than her sisters, stood up and then said: "We’re sorry... your Excellency" she said. "But we didn’t know who you were?" "Don’t worry about it now" the Lord of Chaos said, while Darcy and Stormy arose. "We try to know each other better later. Right now, I have a mission for you." "A mission?" Darcy asked. "Right now, I'm trying to conquer a world located in a different reality than yours that my brother, the Lord of Order, rules almost completely" the Lord of Chaos said. "I've tried several times, but his soldiers are always meddling in my way. Many of my villains of that world have tried to give me control, but they were miserably defeated." "So you want our help" Icy concluded. "Precisely" the Lord of Chaos replied. "I need something they have never faced. You three have a good reputation in this reality. Can you help me in this little demand of mine?" The three exchanged glances with each other and then Stormy asked: "And what we get in return?" The Chaos Lord looked at them for a few seconds and then said: "I like the way you think. You prefer to engage something, knowing that you are gaining something. But I think the mere fact of helping me is reward enough. In addition, of course, of your freedom. But, if you accept, you will have a small bonus." "That is?" Darcy asked. "The chance to take revenge against your old friend Bloom" the Lord of Chaos replied. "Bloom ?!" Icy repeated, while hate appeared on her face and on her sisters’. "What does she have to do with this?" Stormy asked. "She now lives in the same world that I'm trying to conquer" the Lord of Chaos answered. "But I may have more information if you accept. I'll be waiting... for the next few seconds." And then he turned into darkness which has become a portal. "What do you think?" Darcy asked to her sisters. "Are you kidding?" Stormy asked. "It's the perfect opportunity to destroy Bloom once and for all." "Stormy is right" Icy said. "Come on." She then passed through the portal, followed by Stormy. Darcy hesitated for a second, but she also passed the portal. The Chaos Lord was sitting on his throne in Tartarus with Fire Punch by his side, when from the portal appeared the Trix. "Be very welcome" the Lord of Chaos said. "I’m glad to see that you accepted my reward." "Enough talk" Icy said. "We want to know more about Bloom." "Moderate your tone" Fire Punch told her. "Don’t you know who you're talking to?" "Moderate your tone, horsy" Stormy said. "Or I will undo you to pieces." "This is Fire Punch" the Lord of Chaos introduced. "One of my servants that at the moment is... keeping me company as pay for his failures. And I think you should not call him horsy, because he is a pony... just like you." He gestured and his mirror moved to the front of the Trix and they were shocked to see that now they were unicorn ponies. The manes and tails of them were of the same color as their hair, while Icy had a light grayish blue coat with a frozen heart surrounded by thorns as a Cutie Mark, Darcy had a dark moderate blue coat with two black feathered wings as a Cutie Mark and Stormy’s coat was mostly desaturated dark pink with a storm cloud with three lightnings as a Cutie Mark. "But what is this?!" Icy asked. "What have you done to us?!" Stormy asked. "Is this a joke?" Darcy asked. “Calm down" the Lord of Chaos said, trying to reassure them. "There are rules in this reality, because this world is a world where ponies and other creatures live. But don’t worry. Your powers remain the same, I made sure of that myself. You just have to use your horns for that." "Enough of this" Icy said. "Where is Bloom?" "But what impatient you are" the Lord of Chaos said. "Very well. Your dear enemy is living a quiet life in a village called Ponyville... along with her husband and their baby son." "Wait, Bloom married?" Darcy asked, astonished. "And she’s a mommy?" Stormy asked, equally surprised. "This is... unbelievable" Icy said. "Now your job" the Lord of Chaos said. "I want you to destroy... Well, everything. But try not to be caught. Oh, and stay away from the Light Kingdom if you want to keep your freedom." "That's it?" Darcy asked. "You just want us to destroy everything." "To me, it seems perfect" Stormy said. "I know it sounds pretty basic... for someone like me" the Lord of Chaos said. "But we are talking about spread fear and suffering, and the alicorn princesses, the leaders of the land that I am targeting, will not want their subjects suffering." "I understand" Icy said, smiling slightly. "A very clever and evil plan." "Thank you" the Lord of Chaos thanked. "But enough of praises. Start working. The earlier you start, the sooner you will have your chance to end Bloom." The sisters exchanged glances with each other and then nods. "You can count on us" she said. And having said that, they teleported themselves. "Are you sure you can trust them?" Fire Punch asked. "They don’t seem very reliable." "You're right" the Lord of Chaos replied. "So I'll be an eye on them. And, if they turn under me, I will have all the pleasure in putting them back on track. And if they don’t up to my expectations, I always have the Generals to deal with them." Fire Punch, realizing what he meant, smiled wickedly. In Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack, Big Mac and Apple Bloom were picking apples, with the first two bucking trees and the little filly collecting the apples that fell. Then Cherry Blossom appeared. "Look who she is" Applejack said as Big Mac ran towards Cherry Blossom to greet her with a kiss. "Hard day at tha hospital? Ah believe today is tha day of Pinkie’s culinary creations." "Interestingly, no" Cherry said. "It seems that the creation of this month of Pinkie was a complete success." "Well, but what a great surprise" Applejack said. "Don’t ya think, Big Mac?" "Eeyup" he said. "Oh, Applejack, can we go prove it, can we?" Apple Bloom asked. "Of course, li’l sis, but only after work" Applejack said. In Ponyville, Rarity and Shadow Claw were strolling through the village. Since Shadow Claw was cured, they were able to celebrate their love at will and, therefore, they gave long walks through the village. "It’s so good to be with you at ease" Rarity said. "Yeah, you know, deep down, I just wanted to be with you" Shadow Claw confessed. "I think you were my only thought of comfort when I was stuck in the prison-book." "Good thing I was" she replied, with a smile. Both were prepared to kiss when a loud thunder was heard in the village, making several ponies shudder. Quickly, black storm clouds came and covered the whole village. "But what is this?" Rarity asked. "I thought it would be sun. After all, we are still in the summer." Rarity saw her friend Rainbow Dash passing and asked her: "Rainbow Dash, but what is this?" "I don’t know," she replied. "This shouldn’t be happening." The blue pegasus hastened to go deal with the clouds, but as ahe approached them, lightning came and hit her, throwing her hard against the floor. "Rainbow!" Rarity exclaimed as she and Shadow Claw approaches. "Are you okay?" She rose with her head spinning and replied: "I think so." But then things got complicated, because the lightning started to hit several houses and set them on fire and some ponies ran to avoid being hit. "But what's going on?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "I have a bad feeling about this" Shadow Claw said. But then a tremendous snowstorm came and began to freeze the entire village. There was evil laughter and then a cloud came down from the sky and there were the Trix. "I hope you are having fun, Ponyville" Icy said. "Because the fun is just getting started." "But who are those three?" Rarity asked. "They’re probably villains of the Lord of Chaos" Rainbow Dash said, turning to Shadow Claw. "Colleagues of yours?" "I don’t know" Shadow Claw said. "I never saw them, not even in Tartarus." "It seems that these ponies are quite skittish" Darcy said to her sisters. "Let's see if I can make them run faster." From her horn, she released darkness that took the form of a giant snake that started crawling around the village and scaring everypony. "Hey, you!" Rainbow Dash said, flying to them. "What do you think are doing?" "You see, sisters, a bully" Icy said. "Let’s show her what we do with the bullies" Stormy said, making sparks coming out from her horn. She threw more lightning against Rainbow Dash who tried to deviate from them as she could. "Hey, I thought that lightning fell only once in the same place." She tried to swerve, but that seemed to be too difficult. "Let's go!" Rarity exclaimed. She and Shadow Claw began to get out galloping and Rainbow Dash eventually followed them, flying. Soon they come near Sweet Apple Acres. "Well, I guess I'll see Jona" Cherry Blossom said. "I don’t see him since morning." But when she was preparing to go to the farmhouse, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Shadow Claw appeared gasping. "What tha hay is wrong with ya?" Applejack asked them. "It seems ya are runnin’ away from somethin’." "In fact, we are" Rarity said. "Really?” Apple Bloom asked. “From what?” "From that!" Rainbow Dash said, while the black clouds arrived at the apple farm and lightning began to beat some apple trees. They heard laughter and the Trix appeared with Icy saying: "It seems that we now have enough targets to train our powers, girls." Cherry Blossom froze when she saw Icy and heard her voice. "No, it can’t be" she said, beginning to retreat. "Not you." Icy noticed her and said: "Look who she is. How are you, Bloom?" "Icy? Darcy? Stormy? "Cherry Blossom asked, not wanting to believe. "You seem surprised to see us" Icy commented. "Yes, don’t you are happy to see us?" Stormy asked. "You know these three, Cherry?" Applejack asked, as she put in front of Apple Bloom. "They are witches from my dimension" she said. "They are my greatest enemy. But I don’t see how they can be here." "Courtesy of the great Lord of Chaos" Darcy said. "He wants us to cause some chaos here." "That's why I don’t recognize you" Shadow Claw said. "You are not villains of this world." "Exactly" Icy said. "And we are here to take revenge on you, Bloom. You will pay for what you did to us." Big Mac then placed himself in front of Cherry and said to the witches: "Only over mah dead body." "Look, girls, it seems that this is Bloom’s famous new love that we heard about" Darcy said to her sisters. "Hilarious" Stormie said. "From a prince boyfriend to a farmer husband." "Enough talk" Icy said. "Let's do what we came for." "Well, farm boy, let’s respect your request, shall we?" Stormy said. She launched a lightning from her horn that hi Big Mac and cast to the ground. "Big Mac" everypony called. Seeing her almost-unconscious husband, Cherry turned to the Trix and told them: "Trix, you will pay for this!" "I sincerely doubt about it" Icy said. "Darcy!" "Here it goes" she said. And from her horn, she released an immense darkness that covered everypony. They couldn’t see anything. Finally, the smoke dissipated and they saw that they had disappeared... with Cherry. "Oh no, Cherry!" Big Mac exclaimed, getting up. "Those three kidnapped her!" Rarity exclaimed. "Ah have tah do somethin’!" Big Mac said. "Ah will find her and rescue her and then Ah will deal with those three!" "Take it easy, big brother" Apple Bloom asked, who was not used to see her older brother so exalted. "Apple Bloom's right, Big Mac" Applejack said. "Ya wouldn’t stand much against those three. Did ya see tha powers they had." "But I cannot stay here while they have mah wife, AJ" Big Mac said. "Big Mac, Cherry is a good friend of mine and I want to save her, but Applejack’s right" Rainbow Dash said. "I think we only need to ask for help from those who have the power to defeat them" Shadow Claw said. "I think you know who I mean." "Twilight!" Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash exclaimed in unison. "And the Generals" Shadow Claw said. "After all, they managed to defeat me, when... well, you know. And I think they are about to realize what happened, given the damage they caused." In the Light Kingdom, Twilight and Blue were enjoying a good time with their son in the castle gardens, when Mirror Coat appeared and said: "Your Highnesses, it happened something horrible." "What's up, Mirror Coat?" Twilight asked. "Ponyville was attacked" the General of Knowledge said. "What?!" Twilight and Blue asked at the same time. "It was even a moment ago" Mirror Coat said. "Mirror Coat, gather your siblings" Twilight said. "This may be an attack of the Lord of Chaos." "They are all in the throne room waiting" Mirror Coat replied. "Perfect" Twilight said, turning then to her husband. "Can you stay with Star?" "Go rested" Blue Sword said. "Let me know if you need help." "Sure" she replied, giving him kiss and then turning to her son. "Mommy has to go work now. I see you later, my little one." And she gave a kiss on Star’s forehead and then followed Mirror Coat to the throne room, where there were the other Generals. "I don’t understand" Twilight said, coming up with Mirror Coat. "If there is another villain attacking, the alarm should have fired." "Not in this case, princess" Golden Paladin said. "What do you mean?" She asked. The General of Peace waved to Mirror Coat that created a mirror that showed to Twilight the Trix destroying Ponyville. "But who are they?" Twilight asked. "They are called the Trix and they are really bad" Heartbeat said. "They are not from here" Leaf Mane saod. "That's why the alarm didn’t fire, because it is only scheduled for the villains of Tartarus." "This means that they are... out of this world?" Twilight asked. "But from where?" "From the same world that your friend Cherry Blossom" Golden Paladin said. "In fact, they are her greatest enemies." "What?!" Twilight asked. "And how is Cherry?" The the Generals of Order exchanged glances with each other and then Golden Paladin said: "Unfortunately, she was kidnapped by them." Twilight didn’t wanted to believe. Cherry was a good friend of hers and now she was in trouble because of her old enemies. "I don’t want to imagine how Big Mac is" Twilight said. "All right, let's go to Ponyville." They waved. In the Trix’s hiding place they had found, they had tied Cherry Blossom. She regained consciousness and saw the three witches in front of her with a mischievous smile. "Look who decided to wake up" Icy said. "So Bloom, are you comfortable?" "You will not get away with this" Cherry said to them. "Do you think so?" Darcy asked. "We disagree. After all, we have what we want you, don’t we?" "And all we were told to do to have you was to cause chaos and destruction" Stormy said. "My favorite activity." "Now, Bloom, it's time for you to pay for all the suffering that you have made to us" Icy said. She began to charge her horn with magic, while her sisters did the same. Bloom closed her eyes, waiting for the pain. But then a voice said: "What do you think you are doing?" The Trix turned and Cherry opened her eyes. A darkness came and from it appeared the Lord of Chaos. "What do you think we are doing?" Icy asked. "We are having our revenge." "Before you fulfill your part?" the Lord of Chaos asked. "I don’t think so." "Calm down, all right?" Darcy said. "We will treat what you told us to do." "Yes, let's just deal with Bloom and will have all this land burned" Stormy said. "I don’t want it burned after" the Lord of Chaos said. "I want it NOW!" The Lord of Chaos’ cry made the Trix shudder, while a thunder was heard. "If you don’t respect my requirements, you will return to that cell where I got you" the Lord of Chaos said. "Is that clear?!" But Trix didn’t respond. "I'm not listening to you" the Lord of Chaos said. "Yes, sir" the three witches answered. "Perfect" the Lord of Chaos said. "So go back to work. I'll be watching you." He then turned to Cherry and told her: "Cherry, or should I say Bloom, it's so good to see you." "The feeling is not mutual" she replied. The Lord of Chaos laughed and then said: "Good." And then he disappeared. "What do we do, Icy?" Stormy asked. "We have the opportunity to end Bloom. She doesn’t have her powers. We have ours." "You heard what the Lord of Chaos said, Stormy" Darcy said. "He will get us back to our cell if we not obey him." "Darcy’s right" Icy said. "We cannot disobey to the most evil and powerful being of all. You both treat to destroy. I'll be watching our prisoner." "Oh, you want us to believe that you're not going to do anything while we're gone?" Stormy asked cynically. "The Lord of Chaos is watching us" Icy recalled. "Don’t worry, Bloom will be in one piece when you two arrive. Now, go. The faster you do the job, the sooner we will have our revenge." Stormy and Darcy looked at each other and then they teleported themselves. Once they are gone, Cherry say to Icy: "I can not believe you think the Lord of Chaos will remain true to his word." "Shut up, will you?" Icy said to her. "If we’ll stay here, is for you to keep quiet." "You're making a big mistake, Icy" Cherry said. "The Lord of Chaos is just using you and then he will discard you when you three cease to be helpful to him, just as Darkar, Valtor and Tritanus used you and discarded you." "Probably" Icy said. "But I and my sisters will do everything possible to postpone this moment. And when it comes, you will not be to see him." "Not if they are caught in the meantime" Cherry said. "Not this plano f the Lord of Chaos Lord doesn’t work." "Oh, it will work" Icy said. "We will burn this land and spread fear so the Lord of Chaos can feed from it." "Icy, I know the alicorn princesses and the Generals of Order" Cherry said. "They will beat you and your sisters and arrest you in a place where you can never escape for yourselves. A worse place than where you were. They will make to you the same they did to all the other villains that the Lord of Chaos sent. They..." But she didn’t finished because Icy used her magic to invoke a rope to muzzle Cherry. "I told you and I’ll repeat" the witch said. "Be quiet!" In Ponyville, Twilight and the Generals of Order appeared in the place where the others were. "Thanks Celestia" Rarity said as she, Rainbow Dash and Applejack would hug Twilight. "We’re glad you came, Twilight. Cherry..." "We know" Twilight said. "That's why we're here." "Ya’ll save Cherry, won’t ya, Twilight?" Big Mac asked. "Of course" Twilight said. "And we will also defeat those witches before they can cause more damage." "It's too late for that, Your Highness" Mirror Coat said. "See." He used his magic to summon a floating mirror that showed to everypony Stormy and Darcy. They were in different places: Darcy was in Tall Tale Stormy and Stormy was in Filly Delphia, but they were doing the same thing: destroying everything in sight and cause chaos. "They are doing what it was ordered to them" Shadow Claw said. "Cause chaos and destruction, so the Lord of Chaos can feed from the fear generated by them." "They are continuing the work Kraken, Acromantula and Cyclops were doing" Golden Paladin said. "But the worst is that these witches are smarter and more efficient" Mirror Coat said. "If we did nothing, all Equestria will burn and will not be long until the Empire Crystal and possibly the Light Kingdom suffer the same fate." "Wait, they are only two" Applejack said. "Where is the other?" "Icy" Heartbeat said. "She must be with Cherry." "Can ya find her?" Big Mac asked. "I don’t know" Mirror Coat said, making the map of Equestria appear. "They should still be in Equestria, but I cannot say where." "Maybe I can help" Heartbeat said, advancing to the map. "Recently, I felt a rush of negative energy. How it was momentary, I didn’t care about it, but it was great. The Lord of Chaos type." "Where?" Golden Paladin asked. "Well, here" Heartbeat said, pointing to Ghastly Gorge. "So that's where Ah must go" Big Mac said. "Big Mac, ya cannot go" Applejack said. "What if somethin’ happens tah ya? Think ‘bout li’l Jona." "It’s fer him that Ah'm doin’ this ... and fer Cherry" Big Mac said. "It’s my duty to rescue her." "So I'll go with you, Big Mac" Twilight said. "You're going to need help to deal with Icy. Heartbeat, you come with us." "Sure" she replied. "Golden Paladin, you and the others have to stop Stormy and Darcy" Twilight said. "Don’t worry, princess" he said. "We will stop them." Twilight then turned to her friends and told them: "I need you to watch over things here and help the ponies that need. After an attack like this, there may be somepony in need of help." "You can count on us, Twilight" Rainbow Dash said, saluting. "We will give our best" Rarity said. "And that's a promise" Applejack said. "I'll help," Shadow Claw said. "Me too" Apple Bloom said. Twilight smiled and then she and Heartbeat teleported themselves, taking Big Mac with them. "Okay, guys, let’s go" Applejack said. And she, Rainbow Dash, Apple Bloom, Rarity and Shadow Claw went to the village. After they depart, Golden Paladin turned to his siblings and said: "Well, come on stop those witches. Mirror Coat and Purple Smoke, you deal with Darcy." "Sure" Mirror Coat replied. "It will be a pleasure" Purple Smoke said. "Leaf Mane and Melody, you come with me to stop Stormy" Golden Paladin said. They waved. With the tasks distributed, the five teleported themselves. Darcy had moved from Tall Tale to Vanhoover where she was terrifying the ponies with her extremely realistic illusions, while flying over and destroyed buildings. "This is being fairly easy" she said. "But anyway, after this city, I will advance to the so-called Empire Crystal." "That will not happen!" a voice exclaimed. She turned and saw Mirror Coat on the ground. "And who are you to say something like these?" Darcy asked. "I'm Mirror Coat, the General of Knowledge" he said. "So you are one of the famous Generals of Order that the Lord of Chaos talked about?" Darcy asked. "You don’t seem a big deal." "Neither you compared to your sisters" Mirror Coat replied. "I really have to say. Do you call this an illusion? A unicorn baby can do much better.” "What did you say?" Darcy asked, offended. "You'll pay for this insult. Take this." And she launched a black beam from her horn that hit Mirror Coat that simply snapped in mirror shards. "What ?!" she asked, not wanting to believe. "An illusion." "I told you that your tricks were not very good" Mirror Coat said, appearing a few feet away from where the illusion was. "And you still call yourself the witch of illusions" another Mirror Coat said, appearing on the top of a building. "You're pathetic" another said. "More than pathetic" another said. "You're lower than an amateur" another said. When Darcy found herself, she was surrounded by Mirror Coats. "How..." Darcy began before recovering her composure. "So, you want to fight, right? Whatever." Using her magic, illusions of herself were invoked and, channeling her power to them, she began to destroy the copies Mirror Coat had, hoping to hit the real one. However, when she turned to the last one, she saw that it was also an illusion. "So that's how you want to play?!" Darcy asked to the air, on land, referring to Mirror Coat. "Hiding up behind your glass dolls?" "I thought it was how you played" a voice said. Darcy turned and saw Mirror Coat, the real one (as this one was shining with his light unlike the others), appearing. "I thought you also hide yourself behind the illusions and then attack like a coward you are" Mirror Coat said. "At least, I have the dignity to show my face to my enemy." "Unless you are the true General of Knowledge, you are just doing the same" Darcy said. Mirror Coat smiled and said: "I am the true one. You can see that I am different from the others." "So, finally, I can do... this!" And Darcy moved quickly towards Mirror Coat, carrying her horn with magic, but she saw that Mirror didn’t moved away and was displaying a slight smile. Was it... It was then that purple smoke appeared from nowhere and involved Darcy. Breathing it, Darcy began to feel dizzy and had no strength to stand and fell to the ground. With her head slightly to the wheel, she saw the smoke dissipate and noticed the stallion stood beside Mirror Coat. It was Purple Smoke. "Just because I showed my face, it doesn’t mean I have stopped using illusions, my dear" Mirror Coat said to her. "And now it's time for you to pay by your actions" Purple Smoke said, invoking the cell blaster. The General of Talent appointed it to Darcy and sucked her to the life cell. Then invoked the prison-book and put it in there. After causing some destruction in Filly Delohia and in Baltimare, Stormy progressed further south, precisely in the direction of the Light Kingdom. "The Lord of Chaos said to not approach the Light Kingdom because of the Generals" Stormy said. "I want to see how he will react when he learns that I destroyed that kingdom." Then she crashed into a barrier so hard that she fell to the ground, getting foot landing at the last moment with the help of magic. "What the hell was that?" "That was me" a voice said. And then Golden Paladin appeared a few meters from Stormy. "And who are you?" She asked. "My name is Golden Paladin and I’m the General Peace, the leader of the Generals of Order" he said. "So you're the leader of the Generals" Stormy said. "I've heard about you and the others." "So if you heard about us, you should know that we already defeated many of the Lord of Chaos’ villains" Golden Paladin said. "Yes, I've heard all that crap" Stormy said. "But if you think you'll manage to defeat me, then you are very much mistaken." "Is the youth of today so arrogant?" Golden Paladin asked. "You should not underestimate us. You can pay for that... like now." Suddenly, Stormy was hit by a sonic scream that made her lead her hooves to the ears. It was a sound so acute that she barely could think. She looked all around and then saw Melody approaching and giving the scream that was disorienting her. Loading her horn with magic, lightning was fired against her, but then a root appeared from nowhere and absorbed the lightning. Leaf Mane was there, having protected Melody with her magic on nature. After that, she concentrated her magic on Stormy and roots then appeared around her and bound her, holding her firmly. Once Stormy was trapped, Melody stopped her sonic scream and she and her siblings approached. Stormy tried to break free from the roots with her magic, but the lightning conjured were absorbed by the roots that then lead them to the ground. "I told you to not underestimate us" Golden Paladin said, invoking the cell blaster. "To the next time, follow the advice I gave you." And he absorbed her to the life cell and then deposited it in the prison-book. Shortly thereafter, Mirror Coat and Purple Smoke appeared. "Good job, guys" Golden Paladin said, seeing Darcy and Stormy trapped in their cells. "I hope the princess and Heartbeat are being able to handle Icy and save Cherry Blossom." Twilight, Heartbeat and Big Mac walked through Ghastly Gorge. "Are you sure they are here, Heartbeat?" Twilight asked. "Of course, after all I am the General of Affection" she said. Heartbeat then stopped and said, pointing to a cave: "There. I can feel it. It’s Cherry Blossom... and Icy." "Well, let’s go" said Big Mac, beginning to move. "Wait, Big Mac" Twilight said, stopping him. "Maybe I should go first with Heartbeat." "But it's mah wife" Big Mac protested. "I know, but you have to understand" Twilight said. "Icy is a very powerful witch. Let me and Heartbeat deal with her. While we keep her busy, you can free Cherry." Big Mac thought for a few seconds and then said: "Okay." In the cave, Icy walked from one side to the other, getting impatient. "But where are they? Why are they taking too long?" "Maybe because they have been defeated" a voice said. Either Icy as Cherry Blossom turned and saw Twilight and Heartbeat. Cherry was very happy to see them. "But what is this?" Icy asked, in a tone of joy. "A filly and her baby-sitter?" "Hey, who are you calling filly?!" Heartbeat asked, offended, then repairing in her body. "Well, yes, I am a filly, but not any filly! I am the General of Affection." "Wait, you're a General of Order?" Icy asked, with a laugh. "Yeah, right." "It's the truth!" Heartbeat exclaimed, starting to get angry. The growing anger of Heartbeat began to slightly shake the place, but Twilight put a hoof on her shoulder, which made her calm and to stop the shaking. After that, Twilight came forward and said: "I am Princess Twilight, the ruler of the Light Kingdom, and I demand that you release our friend, Icy." "If not what... princess?" Icy asked. "Do you think I'm afraid of you two? You don’t even give me the creeps." Then a red beam came out of nowhere and hit Icy hard and threw her against the wall of the cave. "Heartbeat!" Twilight said, turning to the little General. "Sorry, but she was annoying me" she said. Icy rose up, extremely angry, and using her magic, she made the temperature drops sharply, while snow was beginning to appear. "Enough!" She exclaimed. And she released a white beam that was caught by a barrier created by Twilight. A battle began between Icy and Twilight and Heartbeat. Realizing it was his cue, Big Mac came in and proceeded to Cherry. When she noticed him, the stallion was already on the verge of her to untie her. Cherry had never been so happy to see the stallion she loved. As soon as he untied her and she removed her gag, the two exchanged a big hug. Noting that Cherry Blossom was untied, Icy said: "No!" And she launched against them a white beam. Big Mac put himself in front of Cherry to protect her, but does not happen any clash since Heartbeat quickly appeared and protected them with a red shield. When Icy’s attack stopped, Heartbeat broke the defensed and launched a more intense red beam that hit in Icy that started moaning in pain. Twilight joined the attack with another beam and together, the princess and the General managed to subdue Icy, who was lying on the ground, defeated. "I'm sorry that things have come to this" Twilight said, invoking the cell blaster. "But you and your sisters have not given us no choice." She charged the cell blaster with her magic and so she casted a violet light that hit Icy and began to suck her into the cell life. After that, Twilight invoked the prison-book and put Icy there. "There" she said, also seeing the other two witches in their cells. "The Trix will no longer return to bother us." "If I were you, Twilight, I wouldn’t say that" Cherry Blossom advised. "These three always find way to cause problems." "But within the prison-book, they will not have many opportunities" Heartbeat guaranteed. "It is designed to be inviolable. No villain manages to escape from there." "Well, I don’t know how to thank you" Cherry Blossom said. "You saved me." "You are our friend" Twilight said. "Of course we save you." "And ya are mah wife" Big Mac said to her. "Did ya think that Ah would stand doin’ nothin’?" Cherry Blossom smiled and lightly passed her hoof across his face and the two shared a kiss. "That's why I love you" she said. Twilight then noticed a tear in Heartbeat’s eye corner. "Heartbeat, are you... crying?" She asked. "Of course I am" the General of Affection replied, wiping her eyes. "The happy endings like this always make me cry." They then returned to Ponyville, where Cherry Blossom could return to her family, strongly embracing her son when she saw him. The Chaos Lord was seeing that, but soon made the image disappears. He said: "You may have locked the Trix in your little book. But that didn’t stop my plan." He then began to laugh, as darkness began to envelop him. Fire Punch was slightly intimidated and stepped back. The Lord of Chaos began to laugh and then said: "All the fear and chaos caused only strengthened me. It's time to start to play seriously. It's time to make my enemies bow before me!" And he gave such a loud laugh that the thundering clouds that filled the sky where Tartarus was rumbled to the rhythm of the laughter of the master of all evil.