"No seriously what?" Asked Dr. Wily.
"Oh hey we're back."
"What are you talking about neither of us left?"
"You probably wouldn't even understand."
"I am a super genius there is nothing I can't understand."
"Well all right you see-" As Discord was about to explain what he was talking about part of the wall behind him was blasted and chunks of the wall flew at Discord who disappeared to avoid them. Dr. Wily simply created a force field a new feature to the Wily Machine 8 thanks to the alicorn magic. The piece of the wall was broken when Bass fired an attack at the mane 6 and Spike who were now in the room with Dr. Wily.
"That robot is strong!" Rainbow Dash said.
"When I was imprisoned here he was referred numerous times as Dr. Wily's best robot," Twilight added.
"An entire army of you ponies couldn't defeat me," Bass said.
"Well we can actually put that theory to the test since we actually have an army," Spike said in a taunting manner. The attack on the fortress was going swimmingly the ponies, buffalo, and yaks were finishing off the last of the robots. While the robots put up a good fight the ponies, buffalo, and yaks managed to defeat them without any casualties, though quite a few were given serious injuries. Mega Man also helped a lot with defeating the army since he has a lot of experience defeating Wily's robots.
"And I have alicorn magic!" Dr. Wily said and as he said it Spike and the mane 6 saw the royal pony sisters tied up as well as Trixie and Sassy Saddles in the corner.
"Oh no they got Trixie!" Spike said.
"And Sassy Saddles too!" Rarity added. "No wonder I haven't heard from her in so long!"
"Enough talk!" Bass said. "You 7 are mine!" Bass then began to charge the mane 6 and Spike and blasted them all before any of them could defend or counter.
"That does it you're really gonna get it now!" Rainbow Dash said ready to pummel Bass.
"Oh I'm so scared," Bass said sarcastically.
"You better be." Rainbow Dash then flew at Bass almost fast enough to make a sonic rainboom but Bass grabbed her by the wings right before she could touch him. Bass then threw the pegasus right back to where she flew from. "He caught me I can't believe he did that."
"Believe it," Dr. Wily said from the Wily Machine 8. "But now it's time for me to fight Bass you stand back I need to test out the Wily Machine 8."
"Fine doc but don't take too long remember we still have to fight a whole army and Mega Man." Bass then went to the corner of the room to watch the fight. That way he could also see how powerful the Wily Machine 8 has become. Dr. Wily fired several missiles at the ponies and Spike who dodged but were hit anyway when magical energy exploded from the missiles after they hit the ground.
"I don't think they're getting back up after that doctor," Bass said as the 6 ponies and 1 dragon were barely moving.
"Well Bass this would be a good time to take the magic of one of the unicorns. We need one more to power the new function."
"All right doc." Bass then walked towards Twilight because she was closer to Bass than Rarity was. But when he picked her up she blasted Bass right in his face with a small bit of magic. Bass in anger punched Twilight in the gut sending her to the wall.
"You and Wily won't win!" Twilight said getting up.
"Oh please you ponies have no chance of winning," Bass responded to Twilight. Twilight then fired a beam that Bass countered with an energy attack of his own. Twilight was able to push Bass's attack back but he dodged her spell at the last minute. Twilight then fired spell after spell that Bass was able to dodge easily.
"This isn't working I need to think of a plan," Twilight said to herself and she was right but she was running out of options. But as she was thinking Applejack bucked Bass from behind then Rarity tried a spell to stun him but it wasn't strong enough. After that Spike tried some fire breath and Pinkie Pie was about to use her party cannon but Bass began to counter attack. Bass attacked and put all of Twilight's friends in a pile after giving them all a quick but brutal beating.
"I'll give you and your friends one thing, you don't give up," Bass said as he got ready to blast them all with a super powered blast.
"WAIT!" Twilight yelled. "Please don't hurt them anymore!"
"And just what are you going to do about it?" Twilight felt a strange feeling come over her as she saw a strange rainbow light shine on Bass for just a little while then came to a sudden realization.
"I'll let you take my magic if you won't hurt my friends anymore."
"Do you honestly think I'm going to fall for that?"
"Wait Bass I think she's telling the truth," Dr. Wily told him since he needs one more unicorn's magic to complete the new function. "Get the special container and hose and take her magic and Twilight if you try anything I'll blast your friends." Dr. Wily then moved the Wily Machine 8 right above the 5 ponies and 1 dragon. Bass followed his creator's plan and then used the container and hose to take Twilight's magic as she made no attempt to resist.
"Yes finally now to hook it up." Dr. Wily then landed the Wily Machine 8 and grabbed the container and hose after ordering Bass to make sure the ponies and dragon didn't try anything.
"Twilight what were you thinking?" Spike asked.
"We weren't worth it," Fluttershy added.
"Yes you are I realized that now," Twilight said as her friends started getting off of each other while also keeping their distance from the Wily Machine 8 so they wouldn't get beat up by Bass again.
"All done!" Dr. Wily said as he ran into the Wily Machine 8 and made it fly again. "Now Bass take the portal to the broken robots so the new function can repair them."
"Excuse me? Did you suddenly just build me for physical labor?"
"Hurry and do it Bass, we still have an entire army to defeat!"
"Fine." Bass started to walk over to the portal but then Mega Man entered the room along with Sheep Man and Discord who finally reappeared.
"I was wondering when I'd fine you 2," Mega Man said.
"Well I guess you found us," Bass retorted then noticed Sheep Man right next to Mega Man. "What are you doing with him?"
"He must have turned normal after the energy spark hit him and then he betrayed us to help the ponies," Wily said.
"That makes sense," Discord said. "As much sense as it can I suppose."
"But it doesn't matter my Wily Machine 8 has been equipped with the magic of the 3 princesses not even you stop me this time Mega Man."
"Then how about I give it a try?" Discord asked Dr. Wily.
"You? What makes you think you have a remote chance of defeating me? My Wily Machine 8 has the magic of all 3 alicorns in case you didn't hear! It has become the ultimate combination of science and-"
SNAP
After a rather loud snap Dr. Wily found himself outside the Wily Machine 8 that fell down without someone controlling it with cuffs on his legs and hands that were behind his back and in front of him the 3 special containers and Discord who didn't actually move.
"Magic?" Wily finished understandably confused. After that Discord snapped his fingers again making a giant anvil appear in the air and fell down crushing the Wily Machine 8. "But...But how?"
"Alicorn magic has got nothing on me!"
"This can't be happening what are you?" Dr. Wily asked.
"I think I all ready told you that I'm Discord spirit of chaos and disharmony."
"NO you haven't won yet! Bass do something!"
"All right fine." Bass then jumped to a ledge above Wily and the others and grabbed an object that looked like a metal backpack with a cord on it and as he jumped back down Treble the robot wolf entered the room through the hole.
"Treble, you've saved me the trouble of looking for you come time to merge." Treble wasted no time and did as he was ordered, fusing with Bass to unlock his full power.
"Oh yeah I can never get enough of that!" Bass then placed the object on the front of his chest.
"What's he doing?" Twilight asked.
"I'm not sure but with him it's never good," Mega Man answered.
"Hey Discord you said you are the spirit of chaos and disharmony right?" Bass asked.
"That's correct."
"Well would you like to see some real chaos?"
"You've caught my curiosity."
"All right then, just give me a second." Bass then flew towards the containers and then stopped right in front of them. Bass then attached the cord to one of the containers and absorbed the magic within it.
"Bass what are you doing?" Dr. Wily asked as he tried to get free.
"I remember you built this to absorb magic and put into the robot wearing it to make them stronger, you've only made one so far, I've decided to use it and put it to the test."
"But that's alicorn magic it's for the Wily Machine 8!"
"You mean the thing that got crushed by a giant anvil?" He asked as he absorbed magic from the second container.
"No please I can get you different magic you just have to wait a little longer."
"I'm sick of waiting I want some extra power and I want it now!" Bass then used the cord to absorb the third container giving himself the power of the 3 alicorns. "I can feel it, so much power flowing through me." A magical aura then started to appear on Bass as he flew up into the air. "Now about that real chaos I was talking about."
"Yes I'm still curious to see that," Discord responded knowing Bass was talking to him.
"How about I start by finally getting rid of Mega Man?" Before Mega Man could even respond Bass fired an energy attack much stronger then the ones before thanks to the alicorn magic. When the attacked cleared there was a hole in the wall at least 15 feet tall and wide the attack not only went threw the fortress but through the mountain as well. "I did it, I finally got rid of him, I can't believe I got rid of him let's see what else I can do with this new power." Bass then flew right through the hole and out of the mountain.
"I can't believe it poor Mega Man," Fluttershy said.
"I know it's just horrible!" Rainbow Dash added. "Discord how could you just...Discord?" Rainbow Dash then looked around as Discord seemed to vanished but then got tapped on the head by Discord who was behind her and was next to Mega Man and Sheep Man.
"You think Bass would have noticed I teleported his enemy over here blinded by power I guess."
"Wait you saved him?"
"Yes Dashie I saved him."
"Wait but why did you teleport yourself a few feet away?"
"I didn't I walked."
"Why?"
"I wanted to see if you'd notice."
"Thanks for saving me Discord."
"No problem just a snap of my fingers."
"But what are we going to do about Bass?" Spike asked.
"HEY DON'T IGNORE ME!" Dr. Wily shouted. "I'm not done with you ponies yet when I get free I'll make you all suffer for interfering with my plans and-" Dr. Wily was then bucked in the back of his head by Twilight which knocked him out cold.
"That may have taken all my energy but it was more than worth it."
"Well as I said before what do we do about Bass?"
"Perhaps we should free our captured allies first Mega Man."
"Oh right Discord," Rarity said who then raced towards Sassy Saddles to free her immediately while Spike followed because he always loves to help her.
"Spike help Trixie would you."
"Sure Rarity." Rarity got her friend free in no time at all while Spike did the same and faster thanks to his claws.
"Sassy darling are you all right?"
"I've been better Rarity much better. Though I actually do feel pretty good my magic is still gone but it's positively splendid to have that rope and cloth off of me."
"Trixie could not agree more. While Trixie did practice quite a bit of escape magic those ropes were so tight they were almost choking Trixie."
"Well at least you weren't tied up as long as I've been."
"At least you weren't beat up by a robot."
"No just taken right out of nowhere by one."
"Oh Sassy you poor thing when this is over I'm going to take you to a nice spa in Ponyville then you can take a week or two off."
"Which actually shouldn't take too long," Spike added. "I think we just have to defeat Bass at this point."
"You mean the robot that quite literally shot a giant hole through the wall a moment ago?" Sassy asked.
"Oh my gosh I can't believe I didn't think of this before," Fluttershy said in almost shock as she and the others were trying to free the princesses. "What if the attack Bass fired hit somepony?"
"Or Yak or Buffalo," Pinkie added.
"Don't worry," Mega Man said as he carried Twilight to her friends so she could help. "They went to the other side of the fortress quite a while ago."
"Oh thank goodness." Mega Man then placed Twilight down as she tried to help get the chains off Celestia and Luna. However still low on energy she simply asked Mega Man to do it who obviously was very strong since stopping Wily and all of his robots is sort of his job. Mega Man then grabbed the chains and broke them off as if they were simply straw. When the chains were broken Twilight went to see if Princess Celestia was okay who pulled Twilight in a hug the second she was close enough while sitting because of her lack of energy.
"I knew you would come to rescue me," Princess Celestia told her student as she continued to hug her not only with her hooves the left one behind Twilight's back and the right one behind her head but also with her wings. At first Twilight wanted to push her back because she could barely breathe but as her head was pressed against her teacher's chest she felt very relaxed she was so warm and her coat was so soft. "I'm so proud of you Twilight what you did to took courage."
"What does she mean?" Mega Man asked.
"Twilight offered her magic to Wily if he and Bass wouldn't hurt her friends anymore," Princess Luna answered.
"Wait so let me get this straight you willingly helped out the ones that kidnapped you for 3 years and have wagged war on your home just to protect your friends?" Mega Man asked Twilight who simply nodded her head. "Well you know what?" After asking her that Mega Man then rubbed Twilight's head with his hand. "I probably would have done that too."
"Really?" Twilight asked.
"Yes." Mega Man then noticed that Sheep Man was pointing to Mega Man's metal that Princess Celestia gave him and then pointed to Twilight. "You're right Sheep Man you don't need to talk for me to understand what you're saying." Mega Man then removed his metal and put it on Twilight's neck. "Here you deserve this more than I do."
"Mega Man I can't take this." Princess Celestia then stopping hugging Twilight but had one of her wings on her back.
"I think you do," Celestia said. As Twilight looked at the metal as a rainbow passed through. "Did you see that?"
"Yes looks like we have the last key?"
"Key? Discord what are you talking about?"
"I'd like to explain Twilight but we should probably do something about Bass so he doesn't cause too much damage."
"But how he has all the alicorn magic?"
"Yes Spike but now you 6 have something to fight back with in the meantime you and Sheep Man keep an eye on the fortress while we're gone."
"No way where ever Twilight is going I'm going too!"
"Fine Sheep Man will keep an eye on the fortress along with the other ponies here while Mega Man and I will take care of Bass."
"Do you see that hole he made? What can we do?"
"You know how he fights and my chaos based magic can back you up." Discord then dropped 5 rolled up scrolls next to Twilight.
"Discord I have no idea-" before Twilight could finish Discord snapped his fingers and the mane 6 plus Spike were teleported to a place where Twilight has never seen before. "What you're talking about."
"What are we doing here again?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Again?"
"Oh that's right darling you weren't with us. You see it happened during the Summer Sun Celebration."
***
After he flew out of the mountain Bass was so happy to finally be rid of Mega Man that he actually flew around Equestria in only a minute or two. "I can't believe this, the alicorn magic not only increased my strength but my speed as well. I should have done this sooner I'm unstoppable now."
"Really how about we put that theory to the test," Mega Man said quickly catching Bass's attention.
"Mega Man!" Bass couldn't believe his eyes. "But how I obliterated-"
"No you didn't I teleported him out of the way just before your attack hit him."
"WHAT! So even with all the alicorn magic something still gets in the way of me defeating Mega Man?!"
"Don't feel bad the alicorns never beat anyone with it either, well except for you robots so what does that say about you?" Enraged by Discord's not so subtle insult he charged at Mega Man and Discord that latter whom avoided Bass by teleporting while the former backed up. Bass's attack made a hole in the ground large enough to become a swimming pool.
"I can't believe he's gotten so much stronger Discord if we're going to beat him we'll need a plan." Discord responded by summoning an anvil twice as big as the one he used to destroy the Wily Machine 8. Bass instinctively punched the anvil and smashed it into pieces.
"Huh should have known that joke would only be funny once." Bass then floated out of the hole with a face of curiosity instead of rage.
"Wait a minute how did you 2 find me after I flew off?"
"Oh that's easy. I can sense whenever there is a magical imbalance so it was really no trouble to find you."
"Well that doesn't mean you can beat me."
"I don't have to we're just here to stall you. So in the meantime here's a pie in your face." Discord then summoned a banana cream pie and threw so fast Bass couldn't dodge it and was hit right in the face by it. Bass then grabbed the pie tin then crushed with with his hands before dropping it and wiping the pie off his face as best he could.
"Okay, now I'm going to kill you."
***
"And then this chest appeared," Rarity said explaining the origin of the chest.
"I see Trixie told me a little about this."
"But we still don't know why in rhubarb pie Discord sent us here."
"I'll bet these scrolls have something to do with it."
"Good idea Spike." Twilight then opened the scrolls and read all 5 of them each one explaining how the other members of the mane 6 had trouble representing their element but by doing so taught another pony something who rewarded them with something. Twilight then remembered what the other mane 6 told her while she stayed with them one night at a time. "I get it now." Twilight then approached the chest and saw it had 6 keyholes then suddenly the metal Mega Man gave her turned into a key that was placed in one of the keyholes.
"What happened?" Spike asked as he went over to Twilight. Twilight then hoofed the scrolls to the 5 other ponies giving them the ones they wrote.
"Hey this is the friendship lesson I sent to the princess," Rainbow Dash said in surprise.
"Same here," Applejack said.
"Why would Discord give these to you Twilight?" Fluttershy asked.
"Because he's trying to help us he knows that this chest can help us. Do you all remember the things you got when you wrote these." The 5 all nodded their heads. "Well go get them right now and bring them back here." The 5 then ran off deciding not to question it while Spike decided to stay with Twilight.
"Twilight I've been thinking."
"About what?"
"I was thinking maybe I shouldn't move in with Rarity. Maybe I could just stay in the library with you and still be your number 1 assistant."
"No Spike as much as I appreciate that if you want to move in with Rarity it's all right with me, besides I've been thinking too. I'm going to move back to Canterlot."
"What, are you serious Twilight?"
"Yes I just think that it's for the best. In a way you're all moving on in life it's time I do the same. I've spent the last 3 years trapped in a cage it's time I learn again how to stand on my own 4 feet. But don't worry I'll still visit you all from time to time."
"That's good we just got you back in our lives Twilight we don't want you out of it ever again."
"I don't want you out of my life ever again either Spike." Spike then hugged Twilight and she returned the hug.
"I love you Twilight."
"I love you too Spike." Before long the 5 ponies then returned with the items.
"Twilight sweetie we got the things you asked for."
"Wait Twilight you said the others got something when they taught a lesson to somepony else about the element they represent what lesson did you teach?"
"Actually Spike I think I taught myself by remembering how much you all mean to me and by remembering, friendship is magic." The other 5 then then got close to the chest and their 5 items turned into the 5 other keys. "Together I think we have to do this together." the mane 6 then each turned one key causing the chest to open and a rainbow came out. The rainbow then entered the Tree of Harmony as each color connected to the Elements of Harmony now connected to the tree and made the tree glow and the glow returned to the mane 6.
***
Bass had tried his best to defeat Mega Man and Discord but couldn't touch them. Mostly do to Discord and his chaos based magic he thought about maybe trying to hit them with a blast so huge they couldn't teleport away from it. As he was thinking of other plans he noticed a huge floating energy sphere coming towards him and that the mane 6 were in it.
"Well looks like the cavalry has arrived," Discord said.
"Like it makes a difference!" Bass then fired an energy blast twice as big as the one he tried to kill Mega Man with directly at the mane 6 but it couldn't even break through the sphere. "What? How is that even possible you don't even have your magic?" Bass asked obviously directing it towards Twilight.
"You're wrong Bass, I may have given away my unicorn magic but I still carry the most powerful magic of all." Bass was then hit by the rainbow which caused his aura to disappear and forced the alicorn magic out of him as well as become unfused with Treble. No longer able to fly the 2 then fell to the ground both were injured slightly from the fall and had wires sticking out caused from the magic removal. "No I'm back to normal!" Mega Man was then teleported right in front of Bass as Discord came down sitting on a regular sized anvil that smashed Treble into pieces.
"Oh that's good to hear normal you I can handle," Mega Man said as he cracked his knuckles.