Twilight stood alone in the center of the stone circle in tears.
“Our Princess looks worse than ever,” said Strongheart.
“Of course,” said Chief Thunder. “There’s still a hole in her heart that has yet to be filled.”
“Poor girl,” said Fluttershy. “She still blames herself for what happened to the other Twilight.”
“Twi,” said the Princess. “If it weren’t for me, you’d still be here. I can never forgive myself. It’s not fair! I should be the one sealed up! Not you! I’m the one who played the damn card!”
“She has to snap out of it,” said Fluttershy.
On the other side of the valley, Adagio finally found her target. “Well, well, looks like the little Princess survived after all.”
Back at the Dartz’s headquarters in the city, a call came, he quickly put on a viewing screen. “This better be good.”
“I’ve located the Princess, master,” said Adagio.
“Excellent work, Adagio,” said Dartz.
“Now all I have to do is take her out,” said the former Siren.
“Wait!” called Dartz.
“What’s wrong, master?” asked Adagio.
“That valley is inhabited by evil apparitions,” Dartz explained. “Now throw your stone into the ruins.”
Adagio followed the order and threw the stone down to the ground.
“Ancient Spirits of the Orichalcos,” Dartz chanted. “I call humbly upon thee to awaken the soul of one of your own, from the depths of the earth. Come fourth my Orichalcos soldier! Come fourth and bring the Princess to me!”
The ground shook and lightning flashed all around the valley.
“What’s going on?” asked Twilight.
“It’s an earthquake!” cried Fluttershy.
“Oh no!” said Strongheart.
“I’m afraid it’s much worse than that,” said Chief Thunder.
Twilight then heard a roar. “Who’s there?!” asked Twilight.
The ground split open and black vapors arose from the earth. A huge gray Orichalcos demon in armor formed. Its red eyes glowed and the Seal of Orichalcos appeared on its forehead.
“I thought so,” said the Chief.
“Who are you?!” asked Twilight. “Better yet, what are you?!”
The monster didn’t utter a sound.
“Okay...” said Twilight.
The monster then swung its blade at her, but Twilight ducked just in time.
“We have to get this card back to her!” cried the Chief. “It’s the only thing that can safe her!”
“Be careful, grandpa,” said Strongheart.
“I shall,” said the Chief. He then jumped and charged down into the valley.
The evil spirits sensed the Chief and flew straight at him.
The Chief chuckled. “You think you can stop me? Be gone!!” The Chief took three cards out of his coat and played them. (The All-Seeing White Tiger, Hurricail, and Thousand Dragon) The monsters collided with the dark spirits and they all shattered like glass. More began to form.
“He’ll never fight off all those by himself,” said Strongheart. “Come on, Sky.” The girl hopped on the timber wolf and the two road down the hill.
“Wait!” cried Fluttershy.
The Orichalcos monster kept trying to kill Twilight, but she just kept dodging.
Twilight then asked herself. “What would Rainbow Dash do?” She looked at the monster and ran at it yelling, “Charge!!” She then rolled under the monster. It looked between its legs and Twilight kicked it in the face, causing it to fall over. It then got back up and roared in fury.
More spirits charged towards Strongheart.
“You know what to do, Sky!” cried Strongheart. Sky's form changed to a more vicious-looking wolf, and the spirits shattered as she jumped through them.
“I don’t know who they are,” said Dartz. “But they won’t interfere with my plans!”
Lightning shot down toward Chief Thunder. But the Chief summoned Giant Jellyfish to block the lightning strike.
“What?!” cried Dartz.
Chief Thunder was suddenly surrounded by spirits. He then looked back and saw Strongheart rushing toward him. “Strongheart! Take this!” he cried as he threw the card to his granddaughter. “Take it to the Princess!”
“Right!” cried Strongheart. She caught the card and Sky kept running until they reached Twilight. “Here Princess! Catch!”
“Thank you!” yelled Twilight as she caught the card. “I hope you deem me worthy of your power. I am truly sorry for what I did, but the lives of so many innocents are depending on you. So I ask you, not for myself, but the for sake of our two worlds, help me, Timaeus!” The card began to glow. “Timaeus, come forth! Destroy this evil beast!”
The dragon rose up and fired a blast at the soldier. It was destroyed instantly.
Dartz saw everything on his monitor. “This isn’t over, you little brat!” yelled Dartz.
“Thank you, Timaeus,” said Twilight. “Now please, will you help us save the world?”
The dragon nodded, then vanished.
After fighting off the last of the spirits, Chief Thunder and Strongheart walked over to the Princess.
“Congratulations, Princess,” said the Chief.
“We knew you could do it,” said Strongheart.
“Thank you,” said Twilight. “I never could have done this without either of you.”
“No problem,” said the Chief. “Now let’s get out of here!”
As the four climbed out of the valley, Fluttershy rushed over.
“Are you all alright?” asked Fluttershy.
“We’re fine,” said Chief Thunder. He then kneeled in pain. “I think.”
“Grandpa!” cried Strongheart. “Where does it hurt?”
“These legs aren’t made for all this action,” said the old man.
“We must return to our village,” said Strongheart. “Our people need us.”
“We understand,” said Fluttershy.
“Thank you for all your help,” said Twilight.
“You’re very welcome,” said the Chief as he and Strongheart walked away.
“Goodbye, Sky,” said Fluttershy. The wolf licked the girl, then padded after her owners.
“We better call the others,” said Twilight.
“I hope they’re okay,” said Fluttershy.
On the other side of the valley, Adagio watched Twilight and Fluttershy walk away. “Gotta say, I’m glad you won, Princess. Now I get to deliver your soul to master Dartz.”
A few hours later, back at Dartz’s building in the city, the Dazzlings and Flash Sentry were sitting at a table with their master.
“Just leave Sunset Shimmer to me!” said Flash.
“You’ll do nothing until master Dartz says so!” said Adagio.
“Who do you think you are? My mother?” asked Flash. “No one tells me what to do!”
“Show some respect!” ordered Adagio.
“You forget who you’re talking to,” said Aria.
“What was that?!” asked Flash. “That’s it! Screw all of you! I’m outta here!”
Sonata began to follow him. “Let him go, Sonata,” said Dartz. “He can try to run away. But in the end, he’ll get what he deserves.”
Flash jumped on his blue motorcycle and took off. “It’s time to finish what I started,” said Flash. A couple miles out, Flash then saw a light blue motorcycle heading straight for him. “Oh great! It’s taco girl.” The two road toward each other, and stopped before they collided. “Didn’t I tell you to stay out of my way?”
“I came to help,” said Sonata.
“Haven’t you done enough?” asked Flash.
“You need my help!” Sonata insisted. “And I need you. We’ll take the girls on as a team.”
“Look, I work alone, okay?” stated Flash.
“Look I’ll you get what you want,” said Sonata.
“Power?” asked Flash.
“No, you got that,” said Sonata. “I know you want revenge on Sunset for when she used you. Trust me, this will work. First it’s Shimmer, then the world.”
“Sorry, but I don’t like you,” said Flash.
“Come on,” said Sonata. “I know that deep down, you feel the same way I do. That’s why we found each other.” Sonata wrapped her arms around Flash’s neck, but he gently took them off.
“Sorry,” said Flash.
A couple seconds later, Pinkie’s hummer came driving down the road.
“I wonder how the girls are doing,” said Rarity.
“I bet they’re already there,” said Pinkie.
“Hey, look!” said Rarity. “It’s Flash and one of the Dazzlings!”
“What?!” asked Pinkie.
“Stop the truck!” said Rarity. Pinkie pulled over to the side of the road. The girls then grabbed their duel disks and ran over to Sonata and Flash.
“Alright, you punks!” said Pinkie. “What did you do with our friend Twi?!”
“Never heard of her,” Sonata lied.
“Look,” said Rarity. “We just want to know where our friend is and we’ll be on our way.”
“Maybe a duel will jog your memory!” said Pinkie.
“No, Pinkie!” said Rarity. “It’s too dangerous!”
“I’ll be fine,” said Pinkie as she took out deck. “I’ve dueled tougher opponents. If I win, you talk! Deal?”
“Here’s your big chance,” said Flash to Sonata. “Why don’t ya show me whatcha got?”
“Why not?” asked Sonata. “I’ve got five minutes to kill, plus I can show off a few new dueling tricks. Alright, Pinkie Puff! You’re on.”
“Just a minute!” said Rarity as she pulled out her deck. “If you’re dueling her, you’re dueling me too.”
“Alright,” said Sonata as she activated her duel disk. “Then I’ll take out both of ya. Watch this, Flash.”
“Remember,” said Rarity. “Don’t let her play the Seal of Orichalcos.”
“Right,” said Pinkie.
“Let’s duel!” said the three girls.
Pinkie: LP 4000
Sonata: LP 4000
Rarity: LP 4000
“We’re gonna mop the floor with you!” said Pinkie.
“And once we do, you tell us where you’re keeping Twi.” said Rarity.
Turn 1: Sonata
“Whatever,” said Sonata. “I’ll goes first. I summon Sonata the Melodious Diva in attack mode, then I’ll place two cards face down and end my turn.”
Turn 2: Rarity
“It’s my turn,” said Rarity. “I play Gem-Knight Fusion to fuse Gem Knight Tourmaline, Crystal, and Amber together to form one of my favorites, Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond in attack mode. Then I’ll normal summon Gem-Knight Sapphire, then I’ll use Brilliant Diamond’s effect and my Sapphire to the graveyard and special summon Gem-Knight Topaz in attack mode. I end my turn.”
Turn 3: Pinkie
“My turn!” said Pinkie. “I summon Madolche Mewfeuille, now his effect lets me special summon another Madolche monster. So I summon Madolche Butlerusk, then I’ll activate Star Changer to increase my Mewfeuille’s level by one. (Madolche Mewfeuille: Level 3 – 4) Now I’ll combine my two monsters to build the overlay network and Xyz summon Madolche Queen Tiaramisu! “I place one card face down and end my turn.”
Turn 4: Sonata
“It’s show time,” said Sonata. “I activate Fusion Substitute, but instead of fusing monsters in my hand, I’ll activate Chain Material to fuse monsters in my deck! I fuse twelve Melodious monsters together to form Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir! But unfortunately, you won’t see her this turn, because I activate Dimensionhole, which removes my Bloom Prima from play until my next turn.”
“Why’d she do that?” asked Pinkie.
“I don’t know,” said Rarity. “But be careful.”
“Now I play Polymerization,” continued Sonata. “I fuse my Sonata with the Mozarta the Melodious Maestra in my hand together, and form Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir in attack mode. First I’ll attack your Brilliant Diamond.”
“But my knight is clearly stronger than yours,” said Rarity.
“Hello?” asked Sonata. “Her effect like, activates. My monster can’t be destroyed in battle or by card effects, plus I don’t take battle damage. After I attack a special summoned monster on your side, I can inflict damage to you equal to the difference between your monster’s original ATK points and my Bloom Diva’s. Afterwards, your monster is destroyed.”
“Oh no,” gasped Rarity.
“The difference between our monster’s points is 2400,” said Sonata. “So you lose 2400 points and your knight is destroyed.”
“Blast it!” said Rarity.
Pinkie: LP 4000
Sonata: LP 4000
Rarity: LP 1600
“Next, I’ll activate my trap,” said Sonata. “Melodious Illusion, this card lets one of my Melodious monster attack again this turn, so I’ll attack and destroy your Madolche Queen!”
“Uh-oh,” said Pinkie. “Let’s see, the difference is…. 1200!”
Pinkie: LP 2800
Sonata: LP 4000
Rarity: LP 1600
“I end my turn,” said Sonata.
Turn 5: Rarity
“Then I guess it’s my turn,” said Rarity. “I activate the effect of Gem-Knight Fusion from my graveyard. By removing a Gem-Knight monster (Gem-Knight Crystal) from play, I return my fusion card to my hand. Now I’ll fuse Gem-Knight Topaz together with the Gem-Knight Alexandrite and Obsidian in my hand to form Gem-Knight Master Diamond in attack mode. Now his effect gives 100 extra points for every Gem-Knight in my graveyard, and right now, I got seven. (Gem-Knight Master Diamond: 2900 – 3600) I end my turn. In order for us to win, I need your help, Pinkie.” Rarity looked at her friend.
Turn 6: Pinkie
Pinkie nodded. “I draw,” said Pinkie. “I activate my trap, Madolchepalooza. This lets me special any number of Madolche monsters from my hand, so I’ll special summon two copies of Madolche Puddingcess. Then I’ll overlay them and Xyz summon Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode. Now I activate her effect, I can return a Madolche card in my graveyard to my deck. Then I use one overlay unit to special summon a Madolche monster from my deck to the field. I’ll special summon Madolche Chickolates in defense mode. Then I’ll normal summon Madolche Baaple in attack mode. Now, I activate my Baaple’s effect, I can select one Madolche monster in attack mode and one of your monsters that’s in attack mode, I can switch them both to defense mode.”
“So what?” asked Sonata.
“Now my Chickolate’s effect activates,” said Pinkie. “Whenever a Madolche monster’s position is changed, I can select one monster on the field and negate its effects. So, I’ll negate your Diva’s effect.”
“Hmm,” said Sonata in a semi-impressed voice.
“Now my Chocolat-a-la-Mode will attack your Diva!” said Pinkie.
“I discard Score the Melodious Diva from my hand,” said Sonata.
“What’s that do?” asked Pinkie.
“Whenever you attack one of my Melodious monsters,” said Sonata. “I can discard this card from my hand and reduce your monster’s points to zero!”
“What?!” cried Pinkie. (Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode: 2500 – 0)
“And since my Diva has 2000 Def points,” said Sonata. “You lose 200 life points.”
“Dang it!!” cried Pinkie.
Pinkie: LP 800
Sonata: LP 4000
Rarity: LP 1600
“I end my turn,” said Pinkie.
Turn 7: Sonata
“My turn,” said Sonata. “Now I can return my Bloom Diva to the field.”
“Oh no!” said Rarity. “I forgot about that!”
“Me too,” said Pinkie. “I bet she’s gonna play the seal.”
“Please,” said Sonata. “You two aren’t worthy of the seal. By the way, my Bloom Diva gains 300 extra ATK points for every monster I used for its fusion summon, and since I fused twelve monsters, she gains 3600 points!” (Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir: 1900 – 5500)
“5500 points?!” cried Rarity.
“I can’t believe it!” said Pinkie.
“Also,” said Sonata. “My Bloom Diva can attack twice per turn.”
“Fantastic,” said Pinkie sarcastically.
“Bloom diva, attack Master Diamond and the Puddingcess!!” ordered Sonata.
“Aaahhhh!!!!” cried Pinkie and Rarity.
Pinkie: LP 0
Sonata: LP 4000
Rarity: LP 0
“I gotta admit,” thought Flash. “That was impressive.”
“Bummer,” groaned Pinkie.
“Fine, you won,” said Rarity. “Now leave us alone.”
“I gotta message for Shimmer,” said Sonata. “Tell that girl she’s next.” Sonata looked back at Flash, but he was already on his motorcycle.
“Where ya going, Flash?” asked Sonata.
“I told you, I work alone!” said Flash as he rode away.
Sonata then got on her bike at went to find Sunset.
“Come on, we better get back on the road,” said Rarity.
“Okay,” agreed Pinkie.
Meanwhile, Rainbow, Applejack and Sunset were just following the train tracks, while carrying Snails.
“Finally!” said Rainbow. “The chopper’s here!”
“Bout time,” said Applejack.
“Girls, look!” said Sunset as she pointed up. Strange lights appeared in the sky.
Back at the valley, Twilight and Fluttershy had also noticed the lights.
“Fluttershy, you see that?” asked Twilight.
“You mean those weird lights?” replied Fluttershy.
“This is what happened last time,” said Twilight. “I think it’s the Leviathan.”
Dartz stood at the window of his city headquarters, watching the lights.
“Yes, Great Leviathan,” said Dartz. “Keep feeding, you’re almost ready.”
Back at the valley, Twilight and Fluttershy heard a helicopter.
“Fluttershy, look!” said Twilight.
A rescue chopper was flying toward them, and Rainbow waved through the window.
“We’re saved!” save Fluttershy.
After the chopper picked up Twilight and Fluttershy, a medical crew checked out the girls, took Snails to a hospital, and flew the girls to the airport.
When they landed, they were greeted by Rarity and Pinkie.
“What’s going on?” asked Rarity. “Your train never arrived.”
“Did you get a flat tire?” asked Pinkie.
“No,” said Twilight. She and Sunset then told the whole story about how Snips and Snails sabotaged the train and dueled them.
“After that, the train went off the tracks,” said Twilight.
“Oh my gosh!” cried Rarity. “Are you and Fluttershy okay?”
“We’re fine,” said Twilight. “But then we ran into an Orichalcos monster.”
“Monster?” asked Rainbow.
“Yes,” said Fluttershy. “It was hideous.”
“Glad it didn’t hurt either of you,” said Applejack.
“Now let’s get on this plane already!” said Rainbow.
“Right!” said the girls. They boarded and took off.
As the plane flew along, the aurora lights returned.
“Not the lights again!” said Rainbow.
“Pretty,” said Pinkie.
The pilot then gave an announcement. “Attention, we may be experiencing some mild turbulence, please fasten your seat belts, just to be safe.” The pilot was Aria!