Las Pegasus.
"First things first," Twilight said, "we need to head back to Ponyville."
"WHAT!" Rainbow Dash along with Cuphead and Mugman cried.
"Why?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"If this Devil is as powerful as Cuphead and Mugman say," Twilight replied, "and I'm willing to bet that he's the one who kidnapped Starlight and her friends."
"IF the Devil's got your friends," Cuphead added, "he's probably made a deal with them and taken something from them when they fell for his easy persuasion."
"Do you have any idea, what your friends have that The Devil might want?" Mugman asked.
"The only thing, I can think of is magic," Twilight replied.
"Then that's what he must have taken from your friends," Cuphead stated.
"What a minute," Applejack interjected, "are you saying that, this Devil fella, has the magic from Discord, Thorax, Trixie and Starlight?!"
"That's about the size of it," Mugman responded.
"That's why we need to go back to Ponyville," Twilight said, "if The Devil has Discord's powers then we're going to need the Elements of Harmony to negate the magic The Devil has at his command."
"Sounds like a plan," Rainbow Dash smiled.
"Agreed," Rarity nodded, "I need a break from this vile place."
Everpony nodded, even Cuphead and Mugman agreed.
The Devil's Dungeon.
"Does anypony have an idea?" Starlight asked.
"I think I might have an idea," Trixie replied.
She whispered her idea to Starlight and Thorax.
"Guard!" Trixie cried, "my companions has gone insane, I don't know what he'll do."
The demon outside the cell arrived, "What?" he asked.
Trixie pointed at Discord, who was now rambling non-stop.
"I'm a rocket man," he sang, then he sighed, "oh, come on, that's all you got for me! Who old is that song? What we need is a rocket launcher pointed at the writer's face, forget this, guys, I'll be in my trailer."
"I'm worried about him," Trixie said, "can you get him to a doctor?"
The guard shrugged, he unlocked the cell door and entered.
The moment he entered the cell, Starlight tackled him from behind.
Before the cell door could close, Thorax held the door wide open.
"We have to go, now!" Starlight cried.
"What about Discord?" Thorax asked.
"Just grab him and lets go!" Trixie ordered.
Without another word, Thorax grabbed Discord and dashed out of the cell.
"There's a door ahead," Starlight pointed.
All of the friends made a mad dash towards the door.
"I hope this leads to the exit," Trixie said.
With that, Starlight opened the door.
"Peek-a-boo!" The Devil laughed, as he stood in the doorway blocking their escape.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH" Thorax, Trixie and Starlight all screamed in fright.
"Hey, I said no pepperoni you idiot," Discord hollered.
Ponyville, The Tree of Harmony.
"That's beautiful," Cuphead said as he and Mugman stared up at the Tree of Harmony.
"It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," Mugman nodded.
"There's no time to dwell on that, now," Twilight stated, as she removed the Elements of Harmony from the tree and handed them to her friends.
"Twilight's right," Rainbow Dash agreed, as she placed her element into her necklace, "it's time to get serious."
The rest of the Mane Six nodded in agreement, their respected elements now emplaned in their necklaces.
"Alright, everypony," Applejack smiled, "it's time to show The Devil how we do things here in Equestria!"
"YEAH!" Everypony along with Cuphead and Mugman responded, in unison.
"Alright, girls," Rainbow Dash nodded, "let's do this!"
Everypony, along with Cuphead and Mugman, gathered round Twilight.
Twilight's horn glowed and, in a flash, the group vanished.
Thanks very much for getting the next chapter up. I really appreciate you going to the effort. I also really like you using one of my ideas enough to use it. Anyway, splendid job on the exchanges, characterizations and future chapter set-up. I particularly liked the scene in the Devil's dungeon as well as the preparations the Mane Six made before continuing the rescue mission . Now, I have just three more possible suggestions for later:
1. At appropriate points, the Devil could use his boosted powers to bring in some of the "bosses" that were considered for the "Cuphead" game, but didn't make it into the final version (i.e. the giant spider, the octopus boss and the "devil bat" just for a few examples) to fight CH, Double-M and the Mane Six)
2. Just before the second-to-last battle (i.e. when CH, Double-M and the Mane Six take on King Dice before they get to the Devil himself), the Devil could amp up King Dice's powers to give the heroes a better fight (i.e. in addition to size-shifting and a small army of gambling-themed minions, King Dice also now has the ability to create up to seven exact duplicates of himself [so there can be a "King Dice" for EACH of the eight heroes], but his dice-eyes have been granted six different powers depending on how they are rolled [i.e. if he rolls a "double-one" with his eyes, he can create an army of giant snakes to help him in his fight {a reference to rolling "snake eyes"}, if he rolls a "double-six" with his eyes, he can fire concussive energy blasts equal in power to a 200-ton train moving at 125 miles per hour {a reference to rolling "box cars"}, plus he can also shrink his targets and fire beams of heat, cold and hyper-gravity, depending on how his eyes roll {no "dice terminology" references in that set of powers, but they ARE pretty useful in battle}]).
3. Just before the final battle, the following exchange (or something akin to it) can take place:
Devil: Well, well, you've certainly made it a pretty good way. Not only did you defeat my sins AND every other monster I've tried to through at you, but it seems that even WITH the upgrade I was generous enough to give him, my no-good lackey King Dice was still no match for you.
Twilight: Seriously? "'No-good lackey'"? Is that any way to talk about your most loyal follower? Probably the closest thing you have to a friend?
Devil: To be honest, if he couldn't handle you eight, yes. That IS a good way to talk about him. Anyway, I COULD just crush the eight of you where you stand, but I would prefer to offer you a deal. It WOULD be nice to actually have COMPETENT underlings for a change, so maybe we could make a deal instead.
Rainbow: Forget it. We worked for you before and we aren't falling for your tricks again!
Applejack: The only '"deal'" we are interested in is you releasing our friends unharmed, returning things to the way they were BEFORE you began your shenanigans AND you going back to your own universe. We can do that the easy way or the hard way.
Devil: So that's the way you want to play it, huh? (creates evil duplicates of all eight of the heroes to assist him in the final battle) Well, let's have at it!
Of course, if you DON'T like the ideas, I will completely understand and still look forward to more of your work.
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I will defiantly see what I can do with these ideas and thank you for the support
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Thanks and you are quite welcome, in that order. :-D
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