It wasn’t long before the group had gathered nearly all of the Element bearers, thanks to Eclipse’s ability to see through any disguise. Twilight had introduced each, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity. Twilight had informed them that only one remained, a rainbow pegasus named Rainbow Dash.
The group was fighting their way through the bulk of the fight, Eclipse’s golden yellow eyes raking over the scene until...
“THERE!” She yells, pointing to where the rainbow coloured pony was fighting off a duplicate of herself.
Twlight’s horn glows, turning to face the two. There is a small pause as she hesitates, panic growing on her face. “I CAN’T TELL WHICH IS WHICH!”
“I can.” Eclipse’s horn glows as she lets out a blast of magic, sending the disguised changeling that had pinned Rainbow flying into a wall.
Rainbow blinks in surprise, gently getting to her hooves and looking over to the group. She opens her mouth to say something, but is tackled by Pinkie in a hug before she can say anything. “Pinkie-!”
The Element bearers giggles as they all go to greet their friend, much to Rainbow’s annoyance. Eclipse smiles lightly scene, though stumbles. Crevdar catches her before she falls, helping back onto her hooves. “You alright?”
Eclipse nods, leaning slightly onto him, which causes the brown colt to blush lightly. “Just... tired. I’ve used a lot of my energy in the fight.”
The mares break apart, Twilight walking to Eclipse. “That was amazing, how are you able to see past their disguises?”
Eclipse smiles. “That’s part of what I am, Twi. No lie can fool me, and my eyes can see through any disguise.”
Twilight blinks, looking to her old friend in confusion. “What you are...?”
Eclipse gets up from her position, walking over to Rainbow. “You are Rainbow Dash, correct?”
Rainbow smirks. “The one and only!”
Eclipse smiles lightly. “Pleasure to make your acquaintance! I am Eclipse, an old friend of Twilight's!” She turns to the others. “Twilight, all the Element bearers have been gathered; now you must lead us to where they are kept!”
Twilight blinks, being broken from her train of thought. Giving a nod, she begins to run, the group following close behind her.
Crevdar glance to Eclipse, concern flashing through his eyes. “Think you can handle the rest of the fight?”
Eclipse chuckles lightly. “Are you concerned for me? You need not be, I have handled battles far worse than this, and survived.”
Twilight’s face lights up as she spots the building the Elements were being kept in, though glancing back causes fear to show.
Eclipse glances back, noting the army of changeling that had been following them on their heels. Twilight quickly opens the door, the grin on her face replaced with shock.
A wall of changelings stood before them, blocking their way to the Elements.
The group takes a step back, though turning around lets them see that the changelings that had been chasing them, had finally caught up to the group.
Eclipse’s eyes glow red as she begins to gather power, her horn matching the glow of her eyes. Before she can release it however, a changeling slams into her, sending her into the wall, a loud cracking sound echoing through the area. She falls, cracks left behind from where she had hit the wall, landing on the ground with a thud. She shakily gets to her hooves, her magic fading as her eyes return to their normal colour, blood dripping down her forehead from a cut, and from they could see it was bleeding badly. She takes a step forward, stumbling and falling to the ground, her consciousness fading.
“ECLIPSE!” Crevdar yells, immediately rushing to her side. The changelings walk closer to her, though Crevdar stands over her, his wing flared out as he stays in a protective stance.
Eclipse’s blood drips down her face, falling onto the stone below, eating away at the pavement. A murmur ripples through the changelings once they take notice.
“Demon.”
“Monster.”
“Devil.”
“Beast.”
“Savage.”
“SHE IS NOT A DEMON!” Twilight snaps, her gaze falling on the black unicorn. Her ears flatten when she takes notice of the blood eating away at the stone. “...Is she?”
Crevdar stands tall, not going down without a fight. He didn’t know what would happen to them. All he knew is that they had been captured.
And without the Elements of Harmony, now they had no way of winning this battle.