//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: Dark Danny // Story: Equestria Wars Episode X: The Vampony Menace // by sonicdash123 //------------------------------// Charming Thunder and Twilight, who were unarmed and their cell being enchanted to prevent them from using magic. They were helpless and looking at the guards in misery. The guards were talking about why they were watching them when they were locked away. However, they were cut off when something landed in front of the cage. They looked and see a tall figure in front of them. "What the-General Calamitous?" one of the shadow guards asked shocked. "How are you alive?" Suddenly, one of the guards was knocked out by Proxy, who was disguised as General Kota. Proxy grabbed his lightsaber and cut the other guard in half. Proxy returned to his true form as Danny and Dusk arrived. He shot a ghost ray at the lock of the cell, breaking it. Charming Thunder and Twilight then came out of the cell and as he handed them their lightsabers. "We need to get out of here before Nightmare finds out we are already here," Danny said. "Grievous, clear us a path." Grievous nodded and began to run up the stairs with his lightsabers in hand. The group then made their way up to the top floor and that was when the alarmed began to go off. A lot of guards began to rush to the Dungeons and they see them. "Well, time to fight for our lives." Proxy transformed into Darth Maul, which almost made Charming Thunder's heart stop. Proxy activated his double-edged lightsaber, Danny activated his lightsabers, General Grievous separated his hand into four arms and grabbed his four lightsabers and activated them, Dusk pulled out her two lightsabers and activated them, Sharple pulled out her lightsaber and summoned several different swords and held them with her magic, Soundwave puts the Resonance Blaster and put it on, and finally, Twilight and Charming Thunder activated their lightsabers. “Now THIS is a true battle with the combination of Sith and Jedi!" Charming Thunder nodded and the enemy began to charge. They began to charge as well then collided with them and began to cut down the enemy. They were surrounded and both Danny and Charming Thunder stood back-to-back. They looked at each other before they began to cut them down. They blocked their blaster fire. Soundwave punched a trooper then another and began to use his trademark weapon and began to take down loads of enemies. He deployed Laserbeak and he began to fire at them. Grievous was mowing down enemies with his four lightsabers. He stabbed two and cut down two more then proceeded. Sharple cut down one foe and used her swords to mow down groups. Twilight was cutting down opponents of her own with Proxy, who was still Darth Maul. Dusk was cutting down opponents like they were grass against a lawn mower. They were eventually together and managed to hold their ground. No matter how many they took down, more Shadow Troopers came back to replace the fallen. "There are too many of them!" Charming Thunder shouted. "We can’t take them all down!" "Then it’s time we even the odds! Selected Ghosts of the ghost zone, your master calls for your aid! Johnny 13, Danny Phantom, Clockwork, Vlad Plasmius, Fright Knight, Ember Mclain, Skulker, and Frostbite, I call your assistance!" Suddenly, the portal of the Ghost Zone opened. Johnny 13 and Danny came through first. They began to take down some Shadow Troopers. Vlad and Fright Knight came next, Vlad using his ghost rays to take them down while Fright Knight cut them down with his sword and pet, Nightmare. When, two more came through the portal: Ember Mclain and Skulker. "It’s time to rock and roll!" Ember said as she began to play her guitar, her guitar was sending ghost attacks at the Shadow Troopers. Skulker began to fire ghost rays as well. Clockwork and Frostbite came through last and Frostbite fires ice beams at the Troopers, freezing them. Clockwork began to radiate with power as it began to launch waves of ghost energy at them. Charming Thunder smiled at the additional reinforcements. "Now it’s a fair fight!" The group began to advance with the ghosts backing them up as they mowed down the shadow troopers and eventually defeated them all. The ghosts returned and the group began to run towards the exit that leads through the castle gates. --------------------- Charming Thunder, Danny, Twilight, Dusk, Grievous, Soundwave, Sharple, and Proxy were almost to the ship until they were stopped by Nightmare Moon and her soldiers. "Welcome home, Danny," Nightmare Moon said in an evil tone. Danny's eyes turned blood red and felt pain in his chest. Suddenly, green flames began to surround and it began to make the environment change entirely. The wing began to pick up speed, lightning began to crackle at the clouds as they turned dark. Even the night sky was beginning to change into green slightly. A green flaming tornado began to swirl around Danny and when the tornado blew apart, standing there was a adult-looking stallion. He was Black, his mane and tail were white but they look like flames, his teeth were still normal but he had fangs in front of them. And, to everyone shock, his cutie mark was the same. He opened his eyes, revealing his blood red eyes. The stallion smiled and said, "Hello Nightmare...and goodbye." He then aimed his hoof at her and a blast of ectoplasm happened, sending Nightmare flying away. The stallion began to laugh evilly. "Finally, after 500 years of being locked away in Danny's soul, I'm FINALLY FREE!!! Dark Danny is back and better than ever!" Charming Thunder and the others couldn’t believe what just happened. He turned evil because of Nightmare Moon. Dark Danny turned to Charming Thunder and the others. He glared at them, not even going to attack them. "What are you doing, standing there for? Get into the ship, my business is with Nightmare alone. I don’t need pests getting in my way." Charming Thunder understood that Dark Danny was sparing them to leave and get out of his way. Charming took the chance and began to take the others to the ship. Dark Danny looked at the troops and fired an ecto-energy wave at them, pushing them back and off the landing platform. Nightmare Moon returned and she looked angry. She fired a beam of magic at Dark Danny but he just used a shield to block the attack. He pointed his hoof at her again and fired another ghost ray at her, push her back slightly. He took a deep breath before unleashing his ghostly wail. The attack pushed her back and made her pushed back to the castle. Dark Danny smirked before he felt pain in his chest. He revered his form back to his normal self and got up and dashed to the ship before it took off. He put up the landing ramp and went up to the front and took a seat at the driver’s seat with Charming Thunder. "Let’s get going before Nightmare recovers from Dark Danny’s Ghostly Wail." He then took the navigation controls and began to take them away from Canterlot. --------------------- The group arrived and landed in a hangar bay. They then got off the ship as Danny introduced the place. "Welcome to the Mount Phantom, the hidden base for the Phantom Consortium," Danny said. "In this place, we were going to monitor all enemy activity here. Come on now, we have a war to wage. I’ll show you to your living quarters." Charming Thunder and Twilight were shocked to know that he had a hidden base in Equestria without their knowledge and he lead them to the section where the living quarters are. "What just happened back there?" Charming Thunder thought as he remembered that stallion back at Canterlot before he escaped.