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// Crystal Empire Invasion I 
// Story: Spiders & Magic: Capcom Invasion 
// by Masterob 
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Sweetie Belle woke up a bit later, her neck hurting, "Ow, what hit me?" she looked around and saw that she was on a train and saw all the villains around her. Some were asleep like Lightning Dust, Balrog, Iceman, Gambit and Shocker.

Wesker, Vergil, Bison and X-23 were still awake however, but were simply sitting and waiting. She looked around and saw that she was sitting next to Vega, who was staring out the window.

"Vega!?" Sweetie said, alerting Vega to her.

"Oh, hello Sweetie Belle, had a nice nap?"

Sweetie Belle didn't look amused, she was clearly in a bad mood. Vega offered her a friendly smile but it didn't change her attitude.

"I don't really remember much of what happened, but I seem to remember trying to go home and you not letting me, this was shortly after you attacked my friends...well mostly Rainbow, I'm not too big of a fan of Johnny Storm, though I still think that was a bit much", Sweetie said.

"Hey, in my defense, they attacked me first, I just protected myself, nothing wrong with self-defense".

Sweetie barely looked convinced, "You brutalized them with your claw, don't you think that's a reason people call you a villain? Because you act like that? Wouldn't it it be easier to just knock them over and leave them be or try to talk this out?"

Vega sighed, "It's complicated Sweetie Belle, but if my actions have upset you in any way, then I apologize, my only purpose right now is to make you happy, you are my little malvavisco after all".

Sweetie raised her eyebrow, "What's a malvavisco?"

"Marshmallow".

Sweetie glared at him a moment, causing another nervous laugh, "Maybe I come up with another nickname?"

Sweetie sighed, "Doesn't matter, I was hoping to go home, looks like that won't be happening".

Sweetie crossed her hooves and looked away. Vega felt a small degree of guilt, very small but there nonetheless, so he started to stroke her mane, "You're very pretty, even when you're mad".

Sweetie huffed, "Yeah, whatever".

Truth be told, Vega kinda liked this attitude, she had a bit more sass to her. Vega then started to poked her a little, much to her annoyance.

"Knock it off Vega", Sweetie kept her head turned away. Vega then nuzzled against her cheek, causing more aggravation, "I said knock it off!"

"Only when you stop looking cute", Vega said. Sweetie was bemused, "I'm not talking to you, you're basically kidnapping me, when Peter, Twilight, my sister and the others come they're gonna beat you all up!"

She had an angry scrunchy face as she looked away, Vega found that cute as well, almost as cute as her squeaks when she talks. Vega then went in front of her face and looked her straight in the eye.

"What do you want Vega? I'm not in the mood for-" Vega cut her off with a kiss, Sweetie blushed a bit, almost forgetting how much she liked his kisses. Once he broke off he showed a grin, "Love me?"

Sweetie turned away in a mad blush, Vega sat back next to her and hugged her, "I'm really sorry you're going through this, I promise I'll make it up to you, I'll find the nicest restaurant in this Empire we're going to and treat you like a princess", he tilted her head to him, "How does that sound?"

Sweetie thought a moment then nodded, "Ok, if you insist...", Vega then pulled her into another kiss. Sweetie felt a little reluctant but barely fought it away. He placed her over his lap and began to make out with her, much to the disturbance of the other villains still awake.

"What a weirdo", Vergil commented.

The next morning wasn't a cheerful one, Peter had barely slept the previous night. He spent his time looking for Sweetie Belle, long after he sent Twilight home, figuring she's getting too tired, and him being the devoted husband that he was, didn't want Twilight to strain herself.

He wasn't alone, Applejack, Rarity & Logan were also helping, though Rarity herself turned in due to her fatigue, leaving the others behind. Peter was used to long nights, Logan is good at staying up and Applejack also has quite the endurance and high fatigue level to stay up but in the end all 3 had to stop, it was too dark and they were too exhausted.

Luckily some other ponies volunteered their services out of loyalty to Spider-mane and looked through the night while the others went to sleep.

After Peter had woken up he dragged himself out of bed, feeling down on not being able to find Sweetie Belle. Twilight noticed his mood and nuzzled him, "You did your best Peter".

"Yeah...but it wasn't enough...who knows where those creeps took Sweetie Belle..."

"Don't let it get you down, come on, you can eat up and we'll go look for Sweetie Belle again together", Twilight offered.

Peter nodded, shortly after breakfast he worked fast in trying to find Sweetie Belle, being joined by Twilight, Trixie, Logan & Spike. So far they had no word from anypony on where Sweetie Belle was. Peter grew frustrated, "Dammit, this is all my fault, I should have handled Wesker sooner!"

Twilight consoled him, "Don't blame yourself, we're all in this together".

Logan nodded, "Seriously, quit your bitching Parker, we'll find this girl".

Peter looked pretty annoyed at that, "Thanks for your kind words Logan...". Logan simply groaned and walked off, with Twilight & Peter following.

As they walked they noticed a big sign on the side of a house, a sign that had a crude drawing of Spider-Mane with the words, 'FRAUD' over it.

"What in the world?" Peter said as he looked at the sign.

"That ain't the only one", Logan said and pointed to a few other posters, all with crudely drawn Spider-mane pics and different tags over them, some saying 'JOKE' or 'HYPOCRITE' or Peter's least favorite, 'MENACE'.

"Um did J. Jonah Jameson come through here or something? What's with these posters?" Peter asked.

Just then Johnny & Rainbow Dash approached Peter. "Johnny, Rainbow Dash, what's going on?" he asked.

"Your least favorite pony is at it again", Rainbow said.

"Who?" Peter asked.

Suddenly they heard a voice that sounded like it was coming from a Megaphone, "Spider-mane is a plague to our society!"

Peter groaned and rolled his eyes, "I think I recognize that voice".

They all ran to the center of the village where there was a large crowd gathered, the rest of the Elements were there near the end of the crowd. They then spotted Thunderlane on a self made podium, wearing his new bluish-grey hoodie, speaking from a Megaphone while holding a sign with Spider-Mane's face and a circle with a slash through it.

"Ever since Spider-mane has come to our world he's been nothing but trouble! He nearly got our world destroyed after that Goblin dude stole Discord's power and threatened to destroy everything, just because Parker can't keep him under control! He caused a rift between our worlds, and now there's a group outsiders who came to our world, looking for Parker, who just yesterday had kidnapped a young teen filly, taking her who knows where. Why? Because Spider-Mane is causing all the trouble! Not to mention that he still has that Nightmare inside of him so who knows how long before he ends up betraying us!"

Twilight groaned, "I can't believe him, he's trying to get everyone to turn on Peter"

Thunderlane spoke again, "We can't trust him! We need him gone from this world, only then will those creeps leave! So who's ready to join my cause!? Who will stand up and rise against the oppression that Peter Parker has bestowed onto us!?"

Octavia rolled her eyes and turned to Lyra, "Can you believe this guy Lyra?"

Thunderlane glared at Octavia, "I heard that! Don't be a sheep Octavia!"

One young pony named Speeding Bullet spoke up, "Spider-mane is a great hero! He saved this world so many times! Many ponies look up to him! He's not a menace, you're just a troublemaker!"

"Hey pal, if you're not with me you're against me!" Thunderlane said.

Lyra then spoke up, "Seriously Thunderlane, what's with you!? Are just jealous of Peter!? Because he's everything you're not? A real stallion?"

Thunderlane raised his eyebrow, "Real stallion? That's weird talk coming from a mare that's dating another mare.  Besides I'm more of a stallion than Peter Parker, I don't need to bitch and whine to get attention like he does. From what I hear he constantly mopes about his dead uncle probably for some sympathy points from all the mares, he acts like he can't do something so when he does it, he looks like a million bits!"

Derpy was next to speak, "You have some nerve talking about Peter like that, he's a very humble hero, when he's not saving the world, he's being our friend, he's been so kind to me an my little muffin Dinky. He's been kind to all the ponies, he doesn't need someone like you spreading rumors about him! None of us are gonna buy that Thunderlane!"

Thunderlane rolled his eyes at Derpy, "Yeah I know how you feel about that web-head Derpy! You have a crush on him, that or you just need some guy to help you raise your daughter because you bit off more than you can chew taking her in, I know you were probably lonely with your condition but get real"

Dinky growled, "Hey! Don't talk about Derpy like that! She's a great mom! Peter inspired her even more to be the best mom possible!"

Octavia spoke next, "Peter's kindness helps motivate me when I do my cello, I even made a few new songs thanks to having been inspired by him!"

Lyra spoke next, "Peter has also done his best to make me feel like I'm not some strange pony, he's proof that humans existed and thanks to him I was no longer seen as the town weirdo!"

Thunderlane muttered, "There's plenty of other reasons you're a weirdo though"

Octavia cleared her throat, "Point is Thunderlane, we're not buying into this nonsense! I suggest you take your little megaphone and those ridiculous signs and go home!"

Lyra nodded, "Yeah you're acting more drunk than Berry Punch right about now!"

Berry stopped drinking her glass of hard apple cider, "Hey!" then she passed out on the ground, other ponies looking at her with shame.

Thunderlane looked around at the crowd of ponies glaring at him, then he noticed Peter, Twilight & the others in the back. He then had a sinister glare, "You ponies are gonna regret this", he then flew off with his stuff.

The crowd simply rolled their eyes at him, then noticed Peter behind the group. He seemed to be really happy, "I wish I had you all back home where many actually believed I was a menace".

Several ponies approached Peter with smiles.

"We know you're not a menace, you're a nice guy to be around", Lyra said.

"A real gentlecolt, rare breed in fact", Octavia said.

"You're my hero, and Dinky's too", Derpy said.

"Can I have your autograph!?" Speeding Bullet asked, holding out a comic. Peter borrowed one of Spike's quills and signed it, making the pony happy.

"Thanks Spider-mane!" he turned to Twilight, "You and Spider-mane are the coolest couple in Equestria!" he then made his way home, holding his comic tightly. Peter and Twilight had a smile on their face, nice to meet a fan.

"I'm really glad you all care about Peter so much, I don't get why Thunderlane's acting how he is but we'll deal with it soon enough", Twilight said.

Lyra, Octavia and Derpy nodded. "We'll always have your back Peter", Lyra said. Soon the crowd split, all the ponies resumed their duty, leaving Peter with a smile on his face. Though nearby Dr. Hooves, Vinyl Scratch and Bon Bon were simply watching things play out. Then found their respective friend and decided to go about their day, not before shooting curious glaces to Peter and looking to Thunderlane's posters, wondering several things.

Rumble had also watched from nearby, a little ashamed of his brother for making a fool of himself. He then heard some hoofsteps and turned around to see an angry looking Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.

"We've been looking fer yah!" Apple Bloom stated angrily. 

"We have a score to settle with you!" Scootaloo said with mal intent.

Rumble looked nervous and backed away, "Um...can I help you girls?" 

He sweated a bit before Apple Bloom gave the order, "Get him!"

The two fillies chased Rumble through the town center. Rumble was pretty scared, to the point where he forgot he could fly and just ran towards the heroes. He then zig zagged around them, confusing the ponies, though while running he caught sight of Rainbow Dash, who looked at him pretty confused. He stopped immediately because he still had a sense of fear for Rainbow Dash for what she did to him the day prior, but stopping only allowed the crusaders to get close. Luckily Peter stepped in, "Hold it!"

The crusaders stopped and looked at Peter confused. Rumble ran behind Twilight and trembled in fear.

"Girls, why were you just chasing Rumble?" Peter asked. 

"We blame him for Sweetie Belle getting kidnapped, plus his brother was being a real bonehead to you, so we took things into our own hooves", Apple Bloom explained.

Peter face-hoofed, "So what were you planning on doing?" 

"We were gonna beat him up", Scootaloo explained.

This caused all the ponies to glare angrily at the young fillies. Trixie spoke first, "I thought I told you girls that was a bad idea!"

Apple Bloom turned to Trixie, "But we have to, teach him a lesson for endangering our friend, also send a message to his brother, don't mess with Peter!"

Applejack stepped him, "Young filly have you lost yer mind, ah taught you better than that!"

While Rumble was hiding, he heard a taunting laugh from another young colt, Button Mash.

"Ha ha! Rumble's getting chased by girls! What a wuss! I can handle two girls!" Scootaloo glared at Button and started chasing him, causing him to run away in fear, "Aaaaah! Mooooom!".

Peter rolled his eyes and sighed, "Mind if I talk with Apple Bloom AJ? I seem to be in the center of this so I should straighten something out, I am her 'Big Brother' after all. Besides I'm gonna need you all to grab Scootaloo before she hurts that kid."

Applejack nodded, "Sure thing Pete", she turned to Apple Bloom, "But we're still gonna have a talk about this later young filly, expect Big Macintosh to hear about this too", she trotted off with the others to find Scootaloo and Button Mash. 

Johnny chuckled and turned to Apple Bloom, "We have something in common kid, scary older authoritative sisters". 

Applejack turned to Johnny, "Get moving mister!"

Johnny trotted off with Rainbow Dash, who when she passed by Rumble, he felt a bit of unease. Before Twilight could leave, Peter turned to her, "Stay, I could use back-up if I need any"

Twilight nodded and sat with the group. Rumble then clutched to Twilight for safety, finding a sense of security with the Princess of Friendship. She 'awed' at that and then picked him up a little to place him on her lap while she rubbed his mane. She found him to be quite adorable, especially when he further clutched to her for protection. 

"He reminds me of Mayday a little," Twilight quietly said.

Peter turned to Apple Bloom, "Now Apple Bloom, I know you wanna stand up for me and my name but this isn't the way to do it, beating up Rumble is only gonna make things worse."

Twilight nodded, "If Thunderlane knew you beat up his brother for Peter, that's just gonna give him more ammunition against Peter, ponies will get the wrong idea."

Peter nodded, "Exactly, besides Rumble wasn't doing anything wrong, you can't fault someone for being related to someone who isn't friendly, they don't choose their family, maybe Rumble doesn't agree with him".

"He probably does, he says Johnny is better than you!" Apple Bloom argued. 

Rumble shook his head, "I never said that! I just said I like his powers better than Peter's...uh no offense Mr. Parker"

Peter shook his head while raising his hoof, "Please, just Peter is fine, and don't worry, you're entitled to your opinion, truth be told I'm a little envious of Johnny myself. He can fly, plus there's others who have powers I like better than my own, but I'll get to that later", he turned to Apple Bloom, "See where a misunderstanding could lead to? Now as for Sweetie Belle, Rumble didn't know what would happen, not saying he should have lied but I'm sure he wouldn't want her getting kidnapped".

Apple Bloom nodded, then Peter turned to Rumble, "As for you Rumble, I know you didn't want to get Sweetie in trouble but if you knew she was lying you needed to say something, it's a hard decision to make, but sometimes the hard decisions are the right ones. I know you feel guilty over Sweetie Belle, but accidents happen, she's more at fault for putting you in that situation and not to mention you two were kinda forced into a relationship, so don't blame yourself for this."

Rumble nodded, "Yes sir...though for the hard decision part...did you ever have to make one?" 

Peter sighed, "Several, not easy but the easiest way to make them is by going with your heart and conscious".

"Even if it meant being a snitch?" Rumble asked.

Peter sighed, "The difference is that a snitch gets someone in trouble for fun, if you told somepony about Sweetie Belle, you're not doing it to get her in trouble, you're doing it to help her", Peter ruffled his mane, "We'll find Sweetie Belle, and I'm sure next time you're faced with this you'll make the right choice."

Rumble nodded, "Ok Peter", Rumble got off Twilight and turned to Apple Bloom, "I'm sorry for what happened to Sweetie Belle."

Apple Bloom partially wanted to stay mad at Rumble, but looking into his eyes and hearing his genuine apology, she simply sighed and smiled a bit, "It's fine, sorry for chasing yah."

Peter grinned, "Ah, peace, the best way to solve a conflict" Twilight nuzzled against him, "You did great".

"That's why Peter's the greatest hero ever", Apple Bloom said. 

Rumble looked curious, "Um, just curious...what makes Peter a great hero?"

Apple Bloom approached Rumble, "Come with me, I'll tell you all about Peter, who knows, if I can enlighten you on Peter, maybe you can get through to yer brother".

Rumble nodded, "Ok then". Rumble got off Twilight and said one thing to her, "Thanks for making me feel safe Princess Twilight".

Twilight rubbed his mane, "You can just call me Twilight".

Rumble nodded, "Ok, bye Twilight", he turned to Peter, "Bye Peter". He then went with Apple Bloom and the two walked and talked toward the direction of The Crusader Tree house. Peter smiled at the sight of the two being friends at but felt some sadness, "This was great but we still need to find Sweetie Belle".

Twilight nodded, "Right, come on". They resumed their search for Sweetie and any sign of the villains.

Meanwhile at the Crystal Empire, the villains waited near the gate, ready to make their move.

"It's time to bring this Kingdom to it's knees", Wesker said.

He led his group through the city streets. Much to his and the surprise of everypony except Sweetie Belle & Lightning Dust, all the ponies were crystal.

"So there's a 4th breed of ponies", Wesker said as he looked around, somewhat curious, "Quite interesting".

"Looks kinda stupid", Vergil said, "I could swear this is a little girl's play set or something."

As they marched all the ponies just looked at the outsiders, there was something strange out them, especially Wesker, Vergil and Bison, those 3 just gave off an uncomfortable vibe amongst the ponies.

They continued to march as Wesker eyed the ponies, then took note of the Crystal Castle in the distance. Sweetie Belle also took note of the castle, "So we're really gonna see Princess Cadance?"

Wesker nodded, "Yes, we're gonna talk business". 

Sweetie didn't like how he said that, it sounded almost ominous, "You won't hurt her will you? She's really nice, one time she let my sister do her mane, took a while but she got it right."

Wesker grinned a bit, "We'll see". That really didn't unease Sweetie Belle's emotions.

As they walked, the villains noticed the huge Spike statue. "Isn't that the dragon that was with Twilight Sparkle?" Vergil asked. 

Sweetie nodded, "Spike once helped save this Kingdom from the Evil King Sombra, they defeated him once, but he came back, that's when Spider-Mane defeated him."

Vega thought a moment, "Sombra...in my language that means shadow". 

Balrog chuckled, "It also sounds like Sombrero, Ole!"

Vega shot a glare at Balrog, "Oh shut up".

Sweetie giggled a bit then spoke, "He did have shadow powers, he's really strong, though Peter was able to bet him twice, he's probably the only villain that Peter killed".

That caused Wesker to stop in his tracks, "Spider-Man killed someone?"

"You mean somepony", Sweetie corrected.

Wesker grew irritated, "I am not interested in your world's grammar! Just answer me! Did Spider-Man kill someone!?"

Sweetie looked a bit taken back and scared, "I think he did, he made Sombra disappear or something".

Wesker thought a moment and then kept walking, wondering how far Sombra had pushed Peter. Wesker now believes he can potentially manipulate or twists Peter's emotions, hopefully to get Peter on his side, he'd hate to have to kill him, it would be such a waste.

They finally arrived at the castle, Vergil felt a bit uneasy and then noticed the crystal heart, "Ugh, what's that thing?"

Sweetie looked, "The Crystal Heart, it was it's love that helped give the ponies their lives back, this kingdom runs on love, makes sense that the Princess of Love now watches over this Kingdom."

All the villains swear they could gag and simply approached the door, two crystal guards approached Wesker.

"None may enter!" they said.

"I need to see Princess Cadace", Wesker argued.

"None may enter".

"You are trying my patience, let me in so I may-", spears were aimed at Wesker.

"None may enter!'

Wesker sighed, "I don't have time for this", he broke the spears quickly and knocked out one guard with a hard back hoof, then kneed the other guard and throw him through the doors to the castle, breaking them off the hinges.

Sweetie looked taken back by Wesker's strength and speed, he's so much like Peter. Wesker turned to the others, "Come on"

They marched into the castle, Lightning Dust grinned, "Wow, this guy's hardcore, I definitely made the right choice siding with him"

They marched through the halls, more soliders ran over to the group, "Intruders! Intruders!"

Wesker groaned, "Great, more of them"

The guards ran in to attack but Wesker zipped through and punched each guard, knocking them out like it's nothing.The guards didn't stand a chance, they couldn't even spot him, he moved faster than their eyes can track.

One guard got knocked toward Bison, who simply grabbed the guard and did a strong psycho powered punch to his gut and punched him away.

A few guards tossed their spears at Vergil, he simply used the Yamato to slice the spears and then rushed in and attacked the guards with the non-lethal part of his sword, not wanting to waste his time killing those not worthy.

As they proceeded through, some guards with crossbows arrived and shot arrows at the villains, Wesker used his immense speed to dodge them and attack the guards. Lightning Dust flew around and managed to knock a few crossbows from the guards before Bison flew over to punch them.

A few guards arrived with swords and tried to attack but Vergil had blocked with his sword and knocked them all off balance, allowing Shocker to blast them with his gauntlets.

X-23 ran in and slashed the armor off the guards, allowing Balrog to rush in and punch a few of them.

Iceman froze several guards in place while Gambit tossed his kinetically charged playing cards at the frozen guards.

A few guards with whips arrived to attack but Vega caught the whips with his hooves and pulled the guards off balance, allowing him to attack them both, their armor protecting them from serious damage with the claw but Vega's attacks were still deadly.

The more guards that went in to attack, the more that fell by the might of the villains. Sweetie Belle simply watched as the villains had dealt with each of the guards like it was nothing, they were quite a dangerous alliance.

Meanwhile the head guard, Flash Sentry, had approached Cadance & Shining Armor, "We have intruders, 11 ponies have entered, they're attacking every guard in sight, it's a war!"

Shining Armor heard the commotion, "I'll go see what's up", he put on his armor but Cadance went to him.

"It sounds dangerous out there!" 

Shining turned to Cadance, "What choice do I have? As the Prince and Captain of the Royal Guard I must help my men".

Cadance hopelessly nodded, "I understand that, you do what you must do". 

Shining nodded, "Stay here, if something happens to me, run."

"You better come back, not just for my sake but our child's too", Cadance demanded. 

Shining Armor then kissed her, "I'll do my best." He went charging in. 

Cadance looked to Flash Sentry, "Listen to me, I want you to go to Ponyville, find Twilight and Peter, and get them here, Auntie Celestia's letter told me about the invaders of this world, if this is them we need to be prepared, me and Shining Armor will try to hold them off, you need to hurry!"

Flash Sentry nodded, "I will", he quickly went out the window and sped away, Cadance waited like Shining Armor had asked her to, though she hated doing nothing while her husband went to risk his life.

Shining Armor went to the center of the castle where the fight was near it's end, he encountered Shocker & Lightning double teaming some guards, X-23 and Vega attacking guards with Vega licking the blood off his claw whenever he cut one of the guards, he also noticed Wesker's speed and strength, it almost frightened him but he knew what he must do, "Hey!"

The villains looked toward Shining Armor, Wesker grinned, "Well now, who do we have here?"

Shining noticed Sweetie, "Hey, aren't you Rarity's younger sister!?"

Wesker turned to Sweetie Belle, "You know this pony?"

Sweetie nodded, "Yeah, that's the Captain of the Royal Guard, Prince of the Crystal Empire and Twilight's older brother, Shining Armor".

Wesker smiled as he looked up, "So you're the prince, and Twilight's older brother, nice to finally meet you face to face".

Shining then approached Wesker, "You have some nerve coming to my Kingdom and attacking like this, who are you!?"

Wesker removed his sunglasses, showing off his glowing red yes, freaking Shining out a little, "I am Albert Wesker, I came to this world for one reason, to find Spider-Man." 

Shining's eyes widened, "Are you from his world?"

Wesker shook his head, "No, I come from a world adjacent to his, see I along with some of these fine warriors here had invaded Peter's world, then we find out he's hiding in this world, when I encountered him I saw that he was happily married to your sister so instead of killing and capturing him, I decided to give him some time to consider joining my cause, he and your little sister would be my protégés".

Shining snarled, "My sister would never join you, neither would Peter! But what does that have to do with attacking this Empire? He doesn't live here".

"If I want Peter and Twilight to join me, I must prove my strength, and the strength of my allies, not to mention strike fear into the hearts of the ponies in this world, once they see what I can do to this empire, they'll realize that they could be on the end of a losing battle should they side against me", Wesker explained in cold detail.

"This won't make them join you! They're will is too strong!" Shining warned.

Wesker nodded, "Probably not, but don't worry, I'll give them plenty of chances, one here, one for Canterlot and one for any other Kingdom we find in this world, and if they truly decide not to join me...well you'll be down one brother-in-law and one little sister".

Shining growled and blasted Wesker in the face with his unicorn magic. Wesker rubbed his face a little and glared at Shining, "You'll regret that". Wesker then knocked Shining down the hall, but he rebounded and shot some magic at Wesker, but he dodged each attack and appeared near Shining. however Shining was able to narrowly avoid a punch from Wesker and blasted him back a little. Vergil rushed in and slashed at Shining but he used his magic to grab a nearby shield and deflect the sword, though the strike was strong enough to dent the shield.

Bison flew in and did his Psycho Crusher attack to Shining Armor and knocked him further back, to which Shocker arrived and blasted Shining Armor a bit. X-23 rushed in and destroyed his armor with her slices, Vega rolled in and slashed Shining Armor a few times before kicking him to a dive kick from Lightning Dust.

Sweetie watched in horror as Shining Armor was ganged up on by the villains, despite his valiant efforts, he could not stop them. He received several punches and kicks from all of them, the end came when Wesker approached Shining Armor and did several body strikes and then some head strikes before knocking Shining Armor back down several yards crashing through a wall. His body covered in cuts and bruises.

Wesker grinned and placed his sunglasses back on before proceeding with his allies to the royal quarters where Princess Cadance was waiting, "You must be Cadance".

She glared at Wesker, "What did you do to Shining Armor?"

"He's simply taking a brief nap, he'll be fine...probably", Wesker said, causing Cadance to growl. 

"I won't let you take this Kingdom so easily".

Wesker grinned, "I should think not", he then gestured his head and all his allies surrounded Cadance in a threatening way.

"You should surrender while you can, otherwise this won't be pretty", Bison said as he grinned.

Cadance looked around, at the cold stare from Vergil, the cocky grin from Lightning Dust, the soulless eyes of Gambit, Iceman and X-23, the suave yet psychopathic smile of Vega, the smug grin of Balrog, the determined face of Shocker and the evil smiles from Bison and Wesker.

Cadance stood her ground, "I won't go down without a fight". 

Wesker simply glared, "Suit yourself Princess"

Once he gave the signal, all the villains went to attack Cadance, despite to her limited fighting abilities she was able to put up quite some resistance, however she could not handle the power of the villains. Especially not that of Bison, Vergil and Wesker, they proved to be too much for Cadance as she was taken down. Her screams were heard by Flash Sentry as he made his way towards Ponyville, he needed help and fast.