Chapter 3
“The Midnight Kingdom is on a road to progress, my friends,” Tirek stated as he continued to speak to his people. “Whatever damage was done under the previous leadership will be mended. No one will dare stand up to us, and if they do, I will protect you at all…wait…what is that?”
Tirek stopped his speech once he noticed several figures in the distance. They had just walked up over the hilltop in front of the castle entrance several hundred yards away. Tirek looked closer and noticed Twilight with Spike and two other creatures he did not recognize.
“Princess Twilight,” Tirek grumbled before pointing to them. “My friends, we are being invaded! Allow me to show you all what happens to those who oppose my will!!”
Tirek removed his crown and placed it on the floor next to him. He then crouched down and leaped forward with all his might. He soared through the air and landed right in front of Twilight and the others, causing Spike to tumble and fall while Sandbar and Ocellus nearly lost their balance.
“Princess, I thought I told you to stay out of here!!” Tirek shouted at Twilight.
Twilight closed her eyes and stood against the wind in her face from Tirek’s breath. She then opened them again and looked grimly at him.
“Tirek, I wouldn’t come back here if I didn’t have a way to stop you,” she told the angry centaur titan. “I’ve brought the Elements of Harmony with me.”
“All I see are two pathetic creatures over there with the Elements. You couldn’t even bring all of them at once!”
“We’re all that’s needed, Tirek!” Sandbar shouted as he held Ocellus’ hoof and their necklaces began to shine.
“GET OUT OF MY KINGDOM NOW!!!” Tirek shouted even louder.
Sandbar and Ocellus began to levitate and a magic aura spun around them. Tirek gritted his teeth and charged up his magic. Twilight was about ready to cast her own protection spell but the Elements seemed to have already created a canopy around all four of them. Tirek retaliated, but his blast had no effect. He shot beam after beam at them and tried smashing the shield with his fists or hooves, but it did no good. Ocellus and Sandbar had their eyes closed the whole time, expecting the Elements to blast Tirek with the rainbow, but nothing was happening. They opened their eyes and looked around, confused.
“Is it working?” Ocellus asked.
“Well it’s definitely protecting us,” Sandbar replied. “I’m trying to concentrate.”
“So am I.”
“Think maybe the Elements are refusing to work again?”
“I’m afraid so. Twilight, I don’t think we were meant to use these on Tirek!”
Twilight was huddled up next to Spike as she watched Tirek try to break through the canopy. She already looked defeated.
“I don’t understand! Why aren’t the Elements working?” Spike called to Twilight.
“There is another way. There must be,” Twilight replied. “Spike, we need to retreat!”
“Well we’ve already made him mad! He’ll just follow us to Equestria now! We never should have come here!”
“Ocellus, maybe Twilight’s right!” Sandbar said. “Clearly the Elements want us to approach this differently!”
“YOUR PRECIOUS ELEMENTS HAVE FAILED YOU!” Tirek shouted.
“You can hear us?” Ocellus asked.
“Of course I can hear you, you pesky gnat! All four of you leave now and I will one day find a way to make an example of Equestria! No one stands up to the all-powerful Tirek!”
“There is one, brother!” shouted a voice in the distance.
Tirek turned back to the castle town and saw Scorpan walking down the steps to the balcony. He had just finished absorbing all the power from the Absorption Stone via his mouth and Tirek was too late to stop him. He began to grow in size till he was about as tall as Tirek. His pupils turned into slits, his ears became longer and his fingertips were more claw-like. His wingspan increased by a tremendous amount. Scorpan was now prepared to take on his brother. The citizens in the crowd all cheered loudly as Scorpan crouched down and then took off with his enormous wings. Scorpan landed in front of Tirek as Twilight and the others scrambled for cover.
“SCORPAN!!!” Tirek shouted angrily as he turned to face his brother. “Know your place and stand down!”
“Brother, this ends now!” Scorpan replied as he pointed to Tirek. “I don’t want to fight you, but I am the king and I will protect my people!”
“Oh I do, brother. I do want to fight you very much…”
Tirek’s voice became softer but very threatening. He cracked his knuckles on both hands and stood still to strike fear into Scorpan, but Scorpan did not turn away from him. They stood for a few moments, clenching their fists, waiting for each other to make a move. After nearly an entire minute, Tirek’s eyes widened quickly and he shouted as he threw his fist back and dashed for his brother.
Scorpan did the same and their fists collided, sending a wave of energy cutting through the air and creating a carving on the ground between them. What happened next was a series of fast-paced punches and parries as they both grunted and winced with each movement. Their arms moved as fast as lightning and were nearly impossible to see. They started to teleport all over the battlefield while fighting, leaving behind a burst of orange energy and reappearing elsewhere over the ground. Tirek finally managed to land a blow on Scorpan’s face but Scorpan did the same and they flew back simultaneously. They landed several hundred yards away and wiped their lips with the elbow of their wrists. Tirek then charged up his magic between his horns and Scorpan opened his mouth and did the same. A small orb of bluish energy appeared on front of his snout and grew bigger as they both prepared to blast each other. Finally Tirek shouted and shot his beam at Scorpan while Scorpan opened his jaws even wider and blasted Tirek. Their beams met in the center and pushed against each other. The brothers both continued to exert their magic until there was an explosion that knocked them both back. Scorpan tried getting up but saw Tirek leap in the air, attempting to crush him with his powerful fists. Scorpan leaped out of the way just in time and flew to a safer distance. Tirek fired a continuous beam at his brother as Scorpan took flight to evade it. The beam cut through some mountains and trees. Fearing the beam was too dangerous for anyone in this vicinity as well as the castle town, he finally stopped and crossed his arms to block the beam. Tirek pushed harder and harder till Scorpan could no longer take it, so he teleported behind Tirek and put him in a chokehold.
“TIREK, THAT’S ENOUGH!!!” he shouted.
Tirek gagged and then elbowed Scorpan in the stomach. He then tried to punch Scorpan, but Scorpan was quick and dodged it. Scorpan then lifted his leg and kicked Tirek in the face. Tirek grabbed Scorpan by his leg and swung him down into the ground, creating a large crater. He tried doing it again but Scorpan teleported them both away into the air. Scorpan spread his wings and stayed afloat. Tirek began falling, but then used his magic to remain airborne. They both took a moment to catch their breaths until Tirek hollered and dashed towards Scorpan. They both met in midair and grabbed each other’s fists and pushed hard against themselves with energy emitting from their bodies. They gritted their teeth and pressed as hard as they could until they finally separated. They put their hands to the sides of their bodies and charged up energy. They then put both hands forward to send powerful blasts at each other. Scorpan underestimated the power of Tirek’s blast and his was disintegrated while Tirek’s blast came through and pushed against Scorpan, sending him far into the sky. Scorpan teleported back to the earth below, but Tirek noticed this and put his finger skyward and charged up a large ball of energy. He sent it hurtling down and Scorpan blocked it with his hands, not wanting it to do damage to the land. He threw it back at Tirek and Tirek teleported to the ground where they continued their battle.
Twilight and her companions ran through a nearby forest, dodging rocks and debris that would fly in their direction every so often. A huge beam shot across the ground and carved a ditch right in front of them, just barely missing them. Ocellus transformed into a giant eagle and picked up Sandbar to carry him over the ditch while Twilight and Spike spread their wings.
“THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR!” Spike shouted.
“We need to get to a safer spot!” Twilight replied. “That mountain up there looks good!”
They all flew to a mountain with a cliff at the top where they could spectate the battle before them. Once they landed, they were far enough away from the brothers.
“Well this did not go as planned,” Ocellus said as she transformed and started panting.
“So are they just going to keep fighting until Tirek gives up?” Sandbar asked.
“I’m not sure. They seem to be about equal, but Scorpan is holding himself back. I’m guessing he’s trying to get Tirek to calm down and talk.”
“Well I don’t think Tirek’s gonna listen,” Spike said. “We need to figure this out before Tirek flattens the entire peninsula and ends up moving into Equestria.”
Back in the crystal castle, everyone continued digging but were getting nowhere. The only thing they were able to uncover was mostly dirt with some crystals, which became harder to find the further they went. They started branching out to widen the hole, but it did no good. It had been nearly an hour since they started. Discord took off his helmet and took a rest to catch his breath.
“Find anything yet?” he asked.
“We haven’t found squat!” Stormy called back.
“Just a few large crystals every now and then,” Starlight added as she used her magic to pick up some rather dull gemstones.
“None of them have any power though. I don’t know if we’re even supposed to be looking for an artifact,” Sunburst added.
“This isn’t getting us anywhere, Flurry,” Trixie said as she set her shovel down and took a rest.
“Can the map at least tell us what it is we’re looking for?” Annie asked.
“Maybe it wants us to find out for ourselves,” Pumpkin added.
“There’s got to be a way to know…wait…” Flurry said as she started to notice something.
Everyone else turned their heads and saw that the wall she was in front of had a glow emanating from it. There were some cracks in the dirt with rays of sunlight breaking through.
“That must be it!” Discord said.
“Keep digging, Flurry!” Stormy told her.
Flurry took her shovel and used her magic to dig faster until she hit something in the dirt. She could feel her shovel stop the moment it happened.
“Hear that? I think I found it!”
Some dirt fell down and the orb that led them downstairs earlier was visible right over where Flurry was digging. It floated out and moved down to where her shovel was directed. Flurry finally uncovered a large crystal rock with keyholes in it.
“It’s…It’s the box for the keys of harmony!” Starlight shouted.
“The one that gave Twilight and the others the rainbow magic to stop Tirek!” Sunburst joined in.
“That was what gave them the power?” Trixie asked.
“I thought the keys were on the outside though. Where did they go?” asked Discord.
“Hold on, I think it can be opened!” Flurry said as she plucked it out of the ground with her magic.
The top half of the box flipped back like a lid and inside were all the items that transformed into the keys during Twilight’s battle with Tirek.
“THE KEYS!” Discord, Trixie, Starlight and Sunburst shouted in unison.
“That must be Mommy’s Wonderbolts pin she got from Spifire!” Stormy said as he picked the pin out of the box to marvel at.
“Fluttershy’s flower from the Breezies! It hasn’t wilted at all!” Discord said as he took the flower and held it close.
“And that’s Rarity’s thread spool she got from Coco Pommel!” Sunburst said, using his magic to take the thread out and show it to Starlight and Trixie.
“And Mom’s coin that Silver Shill gave her!” Chip said as Annie took the coin.
“Oh my gosh!! Pound look! Pinkie and Cheese are going to be so happy to have Boneless #1 back!” Pumpkin said as she shook the rubber chicken around with her magic.
“Guys, look!” Flurry said.
She took out the final key: Scorpan’s necklace. The orb was glowing over the necklace and then finally died out. At last they had found the relic the map was leading them to.
“This is what the map wanted us to find. Scorpan must need to give this back to Tirek!”
“Wait, Flurry…that’s no ordinary necklace!” Sunburst said as he adjusted his glasses.
“THE PENDANT OF RESTORATION!!” he and Starlight said excitedly.
“Wait, hold on a minute… that’s the Pendant of Restoration?” Discord said, confused. “I thought it was just some ordinary relic from King Vorak’s family!”
“It was made under his rule,” Sunburst began to explain. “King Vorak’s father Oltok made a lot of bad decisions during his reign and regretted them in his final days when Vorak took the throne. Vorak had his best sorcerers make a pendant that had the ability to fix disorder: a pendant that no villain would ever covet for they would only seek to destroy, not rebuild. He gave it to a dying Oltok so he could undo the harm to the Midnight Kingdom that he had caused, but sadly Oltok passed just as he began to hold the pendant and Vorak was tasked with solving it himself. I don’t know if the pendant was ever used at all.”
“Why couldn’t King Vorak just use the pendant after that?” Pound asked.
“Because it can only be used to fix things by the very person who did the damage in the first place,” Starlight answered.
“And now Tirek is the one who has to use it,” Flurry said. “That’s why Scorpan left his brother with this pendant when he was sent to Tartarus! He believed that Tirek could change one day and use this pendant!”
Flurry’s bow began to glow again as the pendant shone with a green aura surrounding it. Flurry looked up at her friends with a determined face.
“I have to get this to Scorpan. He has to be the one to give it to Tirek, not me,” she said as she put the pendant around her neck.
“Well if you’re going, we’re coming with you!” Stormy said, excitedly.
“Hold on now, Stormy!” Pound said, trying to calm his friend down. “Do you have any idea how much trouble we’ll be in if we go into the Midnight Kingdom with the way things are over there right now?”
“That’s right, Stormy. I can’t allow any of you kids to go there aside from Flurry or your parents will have our heads,” Trixie told him.
“I think we should stay here. It’s too dangerous,” Annie said, timidly.
“Yeah, Mom would kill us if she found out,” Chip added.
“Ditto,” Pumpkin chimed in.
“Awww, but I wanted to see a really cool battle between Tirek and Scorpan!” Stormy whined.
“Look Stormy, this is Flurry’s mission,” Discord explained. “When the map calls you somewhere, you’ve got to go do it. I’m sure Shining Armor and Cadance will understand. Right, Flurry?”
“They’ll understand,” Flurry said. “But you’d better come with me to keep me safe.”
“Well I have no choice. I can teleport you and I’m probably your best bet at defense against Tirek if it comes to that.”
“Can we at least see what it looks like real quick? Pleeeease?” Stormy begged Discord.
“I suppose I could open a portal in the field outside of the palace real quick, but hopefully there isn’t a battle happening at the moment,” Discord said.
“All right, but we have to be quick, Discord,” Sunburst said.
Discord straightened out his lion arm and pointed his index finger forward. He spun his finger around once and a small magic circle appeared. It grew into a larger circle and showed what was happening on the other end. Right before their eyes appeared Tirek and Scorpan as hundred-foot-tall titans fighting each other. Scorpan was throwing punches at Tirek as Tirek deflected them with his arms.
“WHOOOOA! SO AWESOME!” Stormy said with his hooves pressed against his cheeks.
Tirek suddenly punched Scorpan in the face and Scorpan flew off behind the spot the portal was in. Tirek then fired a laser at the ground and it was moving right to the portal. Everyone screamed and Discord immediately closed the portal just as small rocks and dirt began to fly in through it. Discord stood completely motionless with a shocked face.
“Okay, that was a bad idea,” he said.
“Discord, maybe you two should wait till they calm down,” Pound suggested.
“Pound, if we wait any longer, Scorpan might not be around! It’s a friendship problem. I have to get both of them to make amends.”
“She’ll be fine with me, Pound,” Discord assured the young pegasus.
“Just…be safe is all,” Pound said, cautiously.
Discord and Flurry took one look at each other and back at all their friends who looked very worried.
“Don’t worry, everypony,” Flurry said. “I promise you I’ll come back…and with good news.”
Discord took a deep breath and snapped his fingers. In a flash of light, they were both gone.
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Oh wow! Titan fight!!
And the key box! I always wondered what happened to it!
And we thought the clash between Twilight and Tirek was epic. Now Tirek is fighting someone his own size and strength: a powered-up Scorpan. Of course, the downside to such an epic brawl is extreme collateral damage to the surroundings.
So that's what our heroes needed to find: Scorpan's old medallion, or the Pendant of Restoration. Pretty interesting lore behind that, how it can undo villainous damage done, but it can only be done by the one who performed that damage in the first place. Kind of like the Alicorn Amulet and how only the user of it can take it off, a tall order when the user is mad with power. Scorpan still held onto the hope that Tirek would one day change and amend his ways, but he's waited in vain all these years, and Tirek gave it away as a reminder of Scorpan turning on him. Now's the time for Flurry to return it, and hopefully end this madness.
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I know, right? So did I! And those keys couldn't have stayed that way forever, especially when they were all gifts to the Mane Six!
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Yeah! At least now the kids can give them back to their parents, they'll be so pleased. Great idea with the lore around the necklace, too! I always wondered where Tirek pulled that thing from to give to Discord
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Well in the actual show, Tirek said he got it from his brother, but then revealed he didn't want it all along since he hates his brother and that "it is as worthless as he is" which is why it wasn't meant to be a token of gratitude to Discord. Discord then ends up giving it to Twilight.
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Yeah, I remember that part, Scorpan gave it to him. I meant that, the writers just made it appear because Twilight needed a key, they didn't give it any lore. I like that you did!
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Yeah, it should have been more important, though judging by the images from the Tirek edition of the "FIENDship is Magic" comic, it might have been his family's crest cuz it is in King Vorak's throne room.
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I didn't even notice that!
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It went over my head for quite a while too! XD derpicdn.net/img/view/2015/5/12/894464.jpg
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Ohhh, I see now!
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It was the battle we all knew we needed but never got and sadly never will at this rate. I am delivering!
I wanted to find an interesting way to use that necklace and I was also trying to keep from making too many McGuffin items. That's why the Safeguard Bracelet and the Pendant of Restoration both have limitations to their use and I even make it so the Elements don't always choose to work if there is a better alternative to beating them. In this story, the Pendant won't even be what stops Tirek and fighting Tirek isn't going to help either.
The fight choreography for this chapter is excellent. I'm looking forward to more.
Also neat return of the Key Box. I like how are all of their treasures have been restored.
Holy crap the fighting sequence here for Tirex VS Scorpan is off the charts!
Also pretty clever having the keys back, looking forward to see how this will go down next chapter Alex!
Alright, the titular battle between Tirek and Scorpan has begun! The Elements are unfortunately ineffective against Tirek, just like with Cozy Glow, so it is down to a battle of Titans between the two brothers. Who doesn't love a good kaiju-sized brawl?
Meanwhile, Flurry and the others make a surprising discovery. They found the box that came from the Tree of Harmony that the Mane 6 opened, which gave them their Rainbow Power and created Twilight's castle! I was wondering where that thing disappeared to, but it is nice to see the keys have returned back to normal. Since they held so much sentimental value it didn't feel quite right that they were apparently lost forever. Hopefully they can have them back once this is all over.
The story behind Scorpan's medallion, or I guess I should say the Pendant of Restoration, was certainly interesting. Now I understand what Flurry's mission is. She need to get the battling brothers to stop fighting and repair their damaged friendship, and it that happens, maybe Tirek can use the Pendant of Restoration to fix all the damage he's done.
Sorry Stormy, but they're right. This is Flurry's solo mission, meaning she has to do it on her own.
Yep, he's Rainbow's kid alright.
As much as I want to say there's hope; I'm sorry to say this but I doubt it. Flurry is bringing the necklace or Pendant of Restoration as you call it, the one object that Tirek gave to Discord since he said its worthless to him because it reminds Tirek of Scorpan's betrayal and was part of the keys that gave Twilight and her friends the magic to banish Tirek back to Tartarus. If Twilight or Discord reveal that Scorpan's pendant was the reason he got banished to Tartarus again those years ago, he'll be beyond angry enough to either destroy it or throw it to the depths of space where not even Luna can retrieve it.
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Wait till you see how it plays out then.
Come on Harmony this is really not the good time
“Brother, this ends now!” Scorpan replied as he pointed to Tirek. “I don’t want to fight you, but I am the king and I will protect my people!”
“Oh I do, brother. I do want to fight you very much…”
That's a lot of risk right there
Whoa that's a pretty epic battle here so Tirek prepare to make another speech until Twilight Spike sandbar and Ocellus showed up and they give him a warning to surrender but he was not willing to do it so both Sandbar and ocellus use the elements of harmony it was working but unfortunately it refused to attack for some unknown reason thinking they had to make a Hasty retreat but Scorpan showed up but he is much powerful and both of them began to fight with each other while the battle was going on back in the crystal Castle flurry heart and the others tried to find whatever the Cutie map is trying to say until they found the box the one holds the keys of the items that's been given to the main six and it looks like they're back to their normal self after the rainbow power even the necklace that Tirek had but apparently it holds a magic that to fix disharmony and everything but it was supposed to be Tirek that someday he will change and it looks like that's what flurry heart has to do she has to go over there to give it to Scorpan and maybe he can give it back to his brother again that's a lot of risk sometimes Old Wounds never healed but maybe maybe it's not too late they just had to get through to him somehow well I guess we'll find out next time
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what, to leave the pendant with Tirek? Tirek can't use it for evil, only for good. In his current mindset, he wouldn't want to fix anything he's broken.
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It's the fight I think a lot of bronies would have loved to see! We were definitely robbed of a good kaiju battle. The one with Tirek and Twilight was great, but it would get way more intense if Tirek fought someone as big as him who has a more humanoid build. I've been watching some Dragon Ball Z lately and I hope it helps! XD
Amen! Those 6 artifacts really should have transformed back and I'm surprised Pinkie wasn't disappointed when Boneless went away like that. Scorpan's necklace seemed to hold so much sentimental value and I feel like seeing that go to just ruins any hope of seeing Scorpan be a useful and likable character later on, but of course he never showed up at all and probably never will in G5.
I figured their parents would really not want them sneaking off to a war zone like that, but I will allow the kids to see some action later on too. There will be an upcoming story where the battle comes to pretty much everyone in Ponyville.
That's our Stormy! He'd definitely do the whole "SO AWESOME!" thing and make the same face Dashie was known to make! :3
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ANd it's going to continue in the next chapter too!
It wasn't such a good idea just having them transform into the keys and then disappear like that. With Scorpan's necklace having importance in this story, they had to find it and all those other keys would transform as well.
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I've never done a fight scene like this so I'm glad it's turned out good so far! It's fun to write!
I aim to surprise when it comes to things like that. Scorpan really should have shown up in the show and those keys should have reverted to their original shape. I don't think Scorpan would have been very happy to know what happened to the necklace he gave his brother.
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Well it turned out really well! Looking forward to seeing what you do in the future if this is your first major foray into action!
I think Tirek was probably past the point of caring after Scorpan chose ponies over him.
Wouldn't a villain try to rebuild in their image? I think they can be more practical then that.
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They can only rebuild what they have destroyed themselves, not what someone else has destroyed.
Well... on one end, it seems there is a light at the end of the tunnel, given that Scorpan and Tirek are having an even enough fight after Scorpan resorted to that last desperate measure.
On the other... said fight clearly has the potential to be very destructive, given both the size of the fighters and the fact they can fire magic energy rays, so it better end fast. Though a quick ending clearly isn't on the table, given that the Elements yet again aren't working. I'd honestly wonder if they were out of order, but given the precedent with Cozy Glow, it seems they just want to see things through to another kind of end. That said, I do love how Ocellus and Sandbar tried to use them and actually managed to be halfway successful, as well as the element of Ocellus turning into a giant eagle to take Sandbar away when they got way; it was just a very nice incorporation of her changeling powers.
The fight scene as a whole was really cool. I could very much picture it, and while I do wish we could have seen an animated version of it, I still love that we got to see it in the fic. I definitely see the same Dragon Ball Z style inspiration that was used in the original battle with Twilight and Tirek, and to a lesser degree in the one she had with his 'less strong' form in the series finale. Well done!
Interesting that the keys have returned, but it makes sense the tree would preserve them somehow, and it's also genuinely sweet how the children/charges of the original elements get to see what was used to open the box that allowed their parents/mentor figures to defeat Tirek so long ago. I think my favorite of the group would be Pumpkin finding the first Boneless, but all of them were great!
And interesting lore on the pendant that Scorpan gave to Tirek so long ago. That was quite the leap of faith he took... and well... admittedly it doesn't seem to have paid off so far, but maybe it still can.
And as has been said, Stormy is again showing he's Rainbow Dash's son by wanting to see the battle up close and getting so thrilled at the little he sees. That was quite the funny touch. Well done!
But all in all, that applies to the whole chapter as well. It was a very well done chapter in general, and I really liked it!
Is this a Spaceballs reference?
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Yup! Finally someone noticed! XD
Oh! I think feelings are developing here! (*whispers* Yes, I ship them!)
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You’re not the only one. XD