Chapter 4: H.A.R.M.O.N.Y.: Holy Artifacts Raucous Must Obtain Now Yes
Garble and Lighting Dust stood before a video communicator with a shadowy figure visible on the screen.
"Boss, where is Gilda?" Lightning Dust asked.
"She has recently fled to Gryphonstone. There, she has both deserted Team Raucous as well as allied herself with the Elements of Harmony."
Garble growled with rage. "THAT TRAITOR! THAT STUPID, PATHETIC WASTE OF A WEAKLING! I KNEW GRYPHONS WERE NO GOOD!"
"We will be sending a new operative to replace her soon. Once he arrives, you will carry out Operation H.A.R.M.O.N.Y. as you are instructed."
"Yes, sir!"
Twilight was suddenly awakened out of a sound sleep by her Cutie Mark. Realizing that the Cutie Map was calling her, she jumped out of bed and then teleported down to the map. All six Cutie Marks were orbiting around the location of the Tree of Harmony.
Just then, Rainbow Dash flew in, looking very excited. "Alright! I'm up! I'm up! What's the map saying, Twilight."
Still a bit tired, Twilight rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and said, "It looks like we need to go to the Tree of Harmony for some reason. I don't know why it has to be so late at night, but that's what the map is saying."
Pinkie Pie rolled in on her party cannon, with a sleepy looking Rarity sticking out of the barrel. The cannon skidded to a halt, and it fired, launching Rarity up into the air, screaming. Rainbow Dash quickly flew up and caught Rarity in her forelegs.
"Oh, really Pinkie!?" Rarity said with a slight edge to her tired let frightened voice.
"What? It woke you up!" Pinkie said cheerfully.
As Rainbow set Rarity down, Twilight stared at the map intently. "You know, the way the map is sending us to the Tree of Harmony of all places, and so late at night. . . I've got a feeling that something's very wrong."
"Well, then let's go!" Rainbow Dash said, "Pinkie and I will expedite Fluttershy and Applejack's travel. We'll bring 'em right to the Tree!"
"Did you say 'expedite'?" Rarity said, sounding a bit impressed with Rainbow's vocabulary.
Rainbow shrugged, "I like reading."
"Come on, Dashie! Let's go, go, go!" Pinkie Pie cheered as she jumped onto her party cannon and used it as jet engine to blast right out the door. Rainbow Dash quickly followed behind her.
The Mane Six ran into the cave containing the Tree of Harmony. Against the light of the tree, they could make out the silhouettes of three figures standing in front of it.
"Hey! Who are you!? What do you think you're doing!?" Twilight called out to the figures.
"'Who are you?' How naive indeed," the figure on the right said in a female voice.
"The answer to come as we feel the need," the figure on the left said in a male voice.
"Bringing the blinding, white light of evil into the future!"
"Thrusting the hammer of justice down onto the black darkness of the universe!"
The figure in the middle spread his large draconian wings as he boldly declared, "We're carving our names into the rock of eternity!"
"The high-speed destroyer: Lightning Dust!" the turquoise and amber pegasus declared as spun around fast and spread her wings in a pose, smiling confidently.
"Superior and competitive, I am Wind Rider," the older pale blue and grey pegasus stallion said as he hovered in mid air with his arms folded and an angry frown on his face.
"Strongest of the strong, I'm Garble!" the red dragon said with a snarl.
"Now gather, under the name of Team Raucous!" the trio declared as one.
"It's Team Raucous, again!" Twilight shouted in frustration and anger.
"Really, Wind Rider?" Rainbow Dash called out, her face full of disgust, "Really? You joined these losers? Don't you have any pride or honor left?"
"Of course not! You stole it from me, remember!" Wind Rider spat bitterly at Rainbow Dash.
"I didn't steal nothing. You're the one who tried to frame me for a crime, looser!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
"I am going to kill you, Rainbow Dash!" Wind Rider snarled.
"Stick to the plan, old man. We need to take out their power source first," Lightning Dust said.
"What are you talking about?" Twilight inquired.
"It's simple," Lighting said with a wide smirk on her face, "This Tree is the source of all your Element of Harmony powers. If we remove the Elements from the tree, then you girls are toast."
"NO!" Twilight shouted in desperation, "If you do that, the Everfree Forest could go crazy and start spreading again!"
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Garble laughed and said, "Ha! Like we care!" He then held up the remote control he held in his claws and pressed the button on it.
Around each of the Elements on the Tree were 4 explosive charges. The lights on them blinked twice, and they all exploded simultaneously.
"Oh no!" Twilight exclaimed as her friends gasped.
Garble laughed victoriously as Lighting Dust and Wind Rider stared into the resulting smoke.
Eventually, the smoke cleared, revealing that Tree of Harmony had been completely untouched.
Garble's jaw dropped. "HUH?! What happened!"
Wind Rider glared at his partners and said, "I told you fools we needed more explosives!"
"Shut-up, you stupid fossil who's stupid enough to get kicked out of the Wonderbolts!" Lighting Dust shot back.
"Why you little- You little-!" Wind Rider shouted, shaking with rage.
Twilight looked on in shock for a moment, then smiled and said, "You think you could destroy the Tree of Harmony that easily! A bunch of jerks like you who don't know the first thing about the Magic of Friendship don't stand a chance against us!"
Garble made his eyes wide and said mockingly, "Ooooooh! I'm soooo scared! Six little ponies are gonna beat us with the Magic of Friendship!" The dragon then began laughing hysterically.
"You moron! We are clearly loosing right now!" Lightning Dust said, glaring at the laughing dragon.
"So he's a moron? Takes one to know one, I guess," Wind Rider said as he glared at Lighting with a look of disgust.
Rainbow Dash sighed and said, "You know what? I'm sick of these losers. Can't we just blast them or something?"
Twilight thought for a moment. "Well, they did try to damage the Tree of Harmony . . ." Then Twilight gave a gleeful smile. "Sure, why not!"
"YAY! RAINBOW POWER TIME!" Pinkie Pie cheered.
Six columns of bright light silenced the Team Raucous Trio, and they all looked to see the Mane Six in their Rainbow Super Forms.
"What the-?" Lighting Dust said slowly.
Wind Rider was frozen solid with awe.
"Why do I feel like we're in danger?" Garble said awkwardly.
The Mane Six fired out six different colored beams, which all collided right were the trio of villains were standing. There was a huge multicolored explosion that blasted the three of them out of the cave and into the sky at high speeds.
"Looks like Team Raucous just blasted off!" Garble shouted as he flailed madly as he was propelled through the air.
"Curse you, Rainbow! And curse you're friends!" Lighting Dust screamed as she was sent spinning out of control.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Wind Rider roared as he soared through the air like a rocket.
The three of them flew off into the night until they disappeared with a tiny twinkle of light.
The Mane Six returned to normal and landed gently onto the ground.
"Well, darn tootin', that was easy," Applejack remarked.
"I hope they don't come back again," Fluttershy said timidly.
Twilight smiled and said, "Something tells me they probably won't." She then yawned a bit and said, "Come on girls. Let's get back to bed."
"Hear, hear!" Rarity said in slightly sleepy sounding tone.
Everypony shared a brief chuckle, and they made their way back to their homes and their warm comfy beds.
The next morning. . .
"FIRED!?" the trio shouted at the video communicator.
"Of course you're fired! You've failed every single mission I've given you! So goodbye. Good luck. And good riddance!"
The screen went black.
Garble growled angrily, "Darn it! I wanted to bring Equestria to it's needs!"
Wind Rider clenched his teeth and said, "And I wanted to make the Wonderbolts beg for mercy."
Lightning Dust just shrugged, "Well, I just wanted some cash. And to get a little revenge. But hey, at least it can't get any worse."
Just then, the communicator exploded with tremendous force, blasting the three villains up into the sky.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAAAAAAAAAIN!"
*ding*
The End