Guardians of Harmony: Nightmare on Halloween Street

by Postwarmonkey50

Chapter 5: The Hidden Ones

Meanwhile, from within the mountains, inside a dark cave, Eris used the power of the sword to continue raising more undead soldiers, whilst at the same time, created and placed new armor on them that would be fitting for a Knight of Death.

At the same time, Mordred came along, and Eris noticed he had an impatient look. Eris groaned in Frustration over that.

“What do you want, Mordred?” said Eris.

“I am getting impatient for waiting.” Said Mordred out of impatience. “I demand you make haste.”

Eris suddenly snapped her fingers, causing Mordred to be ensnared by vines and shards being close all over his neck and body. Eris walks over to Mordred with a serious expression and a glare.

“Do not question my motives, you filthy monkey.” Said Eris, “Unlike my cousins who tends to fool around with his powers, I am not so easily foolish or overconfident. Remember, I was the one who founded you in the third dimension, and I can put you back there where you truly belong. Do you want your revenge on the Rohan family?”

“Yes, I do.” Growled Mordred.

“Then I suggest you be quiet before I do something far beyond my chaos abilities.” Said Eris. She let him down by dropping him.

After Mordred stood up and dusted himself, Eris said “Besides, I understand your desire for revenge. But now is not the time to seek out your own agendas. If you want revenge, then you will need to be patient for just a while longer. So unless you want to be banished back into the void, I suggest you be quiet.”

Mordred growled and said “Yes, ma’am.”

“Then I suggest you go sit down and keep your manhood in your pants.” Said Eris as she turned back to her undead army. “I have more important things to prepare for then listen to your senseless prattling.”

Mordred growled and move to his corner. She sighed and looked ahead as she continued to raise her army.

“He can be so annoying.” Muttered Eris.

“Uh, excuse me.”

Eris blinked and slowly turned to one of her undead soldiers, who was speaking directly to her.

“If you don’t like him, why’d you bother to hire him?”

Eris looked at him with a flexed eyebrow, then looked at head and said “Good help is hard to find. That and the Void Realm he was banished to was pretty cheap.”

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Back at the Capitol, everyone began to prepare for the race, with Rainbow and Applejack wanting to race first, then their husbands, along with EG Rainbow Dash and EG Applejack. Both Rainbow Dash and her counterpart, were going to ride on a few Cyclizard creatures, with Applejack and her counterpart riding a Gigantauros, with Bucky riding on the same one. The remaining Mane 6 and the remaining EG Rainbooms, along with their friends were watching. However, Princess Twilight noticed someone wasn’t here with them.

“Where is Beau and Moonlight?” muttered Princess Twilight.

At the same time, from outside of the city, Beau was trying to catch up with the kids, who seem to have traveled out of town for some reason.

“Where the heck are these kids going?” said Beau as he continued to walk.

However, his thoughts soon returned to the conversation he remembered having about Bolt. On one part he felt sorry for him for what he went through, hence why the distrust. But on the other hand, ever since he treated her like garbage since Mt. Aris, he’s been getting worse lately.

“Are you okay?”

Beau looked ahead and saw his grandmother, sitting on a rock as if she was waiting for someone.

“Oh, hey.” Said Beau as he walked over, giving her a hug, to which she returned the gesture. Once they broke it, he said “I didn’t expect to see you here. What are you doing here?”

“I wanted to take a break and watch the festivities.” Said Brightstar, “But then I saw you leave the city and followed the kids, so I decided to tag along. And yet your thoughts dwindle from the conversation you had with the others about Bolt.”

Beau sighed whilst rubbing the back of his head and said “He’s been getting worse lately. His distrust for my wife and a few others is continuing to worsen on every step. And I’m afraid how it’ll affect not just most of our families, but between him and Rainbow and Jr.”

Brightstar sighed and said “Yes. Normally I would agree, but given what the Princess of Friendship had done, I can’t exactly blame him.”

“She was under a lot of pressure, and she thought her friends didn’t care.” Said Beau. “She wanted to keep the “Not trusting others” since the whole wedding debacle a secret. But a fat lot of good that did for them. And Bolt had finally felt like he belonged somewhere, that he could trust someone again. But because of what my wife did…”

“I know.” Said Brightstar. She then suddenly had an idea and said “There might be a way to help him change his mind.”

“Really, like what?” asked Beau.

“Your sword, Magicalibur.” said Brightstar as she pointed at it, “It is capable of great power. It is capable of many things, even summoning those from another world, as well as their departed loved ones.”

Beau was surprised by this, and said “Is that even possible?”

“You won’t know unless you try.” Said Brightstar.

Beau ended up summoning his sword and took a good look at it. He realized that his grandmother has a point. For if he couldn’t convince him. He knew who might, considering what he knows about them.

Beau looked at her and smiled whilst saying “I know who we can call.”

Beau turned around and faced an opening. He used his sword and charged up its harmonic energies, allowing him to shoot a beam of energy, allowing him to open a portal to another dimension.

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At the same time, back at New Carinthia, Bolt was in the locker room, getting ready for the next race that would happen once Rainbow and Applejack came back. As he was about to leave, he heard a knock at the door. The moment it opened, Beau walked in (He hurried back before Brightstar would teleport him back to look for the kids), and looked directly at him.

“Bolt,” said Beau, “We need to talk about the whole trusting thing.”

“Don’t bother,” said Bolt, “Nothing you can say or do will make me change my mind.”

“Then maybe you’ll listen to us.”

Bolt stopped himself and blinked in surprise. He recognized that voice. He slowly turned around and to his shock, it was none other than his mother, along with his cousins, Bobby, Clint, Coop and John.

“It can’t…” said Bolt as he was surprised. He immediately walked over and hugged them. He was extremely happy to see them. He broke the hug and said “How?”

“Beau brought us here.” Said Bolt’s mother. “He told us what happened. Honey, why?”

Bolt knew what she was talking about. He walked over to a table and leaned forward with his arms on the table.

“You have to understand,” said Bolt, “What his wife did, by abusing her friends’ trust. It was beyond unforgivable. How the hell am I supposed to trust her if she plans to do this behind our backs again.”

The cousins looked at one another, realizing that what Beau had told them was true. And now they have to try and talk some sense into him.

“Colt,” said John, with Bolt turning around and looking at them, “Twilight isn’t your father or Doctor Paradigm, and you have got to stop pretending that she is.”

“He’s right,” said Bobby, “Ever since you got here, Twilight had tried her best to help you and your friends ever since they got here. She may not have lost her life and family like you and the others did, but she knows what it’s like to be afraid, alone and helpless with only a handful of your kind still by your side.”

“And when you thought you messed up your relationship with Rainbow,” said Clint, “Twilight was the one who helped you and learned more about Rainbow when it comes to her insecurities and everything.”

“She even helped plan your wedding and placed a few funding aside so that you could raise your son,” said Coop, “Not to mention when Scootaloo was going to put herself in danger, she told you about it because she knows how close you had gotten to her, because you care about her. She risked everything to help you and to make things right for what she said and did to both you and your friends. She even worked hard every day to earn your trusts back, even her friends’ husbands.”

“I didn’t ask her to do any of that.” Said Bolt.

“No,” said Bolt’s mother, “Beau did.”

Bolt was surprised to hear this, and said “What?”

“Twilight’s husband.” Said Bolt’s mother. “The reason for that was because he knows what it was like not to trust someone. And that he always had a hard time grasping what was going on and that he always felt alone. Sure he could also have held onto a grudge, but he also knows that it wasn’t going to help him or anyone in the long run.”

Bolt slowly looked down, suddenly feeling ashamed.

“Now I know,” said Bolt’s mother as she stood near him, “That life hadn’t been fair for you and it had been hard. But it hadn’t been easy for the rest of us either. But there are also good folks in this world who tend to make mistakes just as much as the next one. Your father and Doctor Paradigm did all those things for selfish reasons. Twilight did it because she panicked and stressed and she didn’t know what to do and she was also worried about others.”

She took a step back and said “Twilight and the others only wanted you to be happy, so that you could have a home and live the life that we couldn’t give you. Why would you walk away from that?”

After his mother and cousins left the room to give him some space, Bolt suddenly looked down in complete guilt. He sat down onto a chair with his head resting in his hands. For he couldn’t believe that he was so selfish.

At the same time, after Beau was done, Brightstar teleported him outside, allowing the both of them to continue their journey.

“Do you think that Bolt would listen?” asked Beau.

“Bolt will.” Said Brightstar, “Bolt had always listened to his mother and cousins since he was little. If there was no one else he listened to, no one will.”

“True.” Said Beau. He suddenly smiled and said “Maybe I can do the same for some.”

“Well, everyone will be there.” Said Brightstar, “I’m sure they’d appreciate it.”

“Except for Bucky and Daisy,” said Beau, “Ever since Daisy died there, they treated him poorly and blamed him for what happened. So I doubt the two of them would want to see them again, not after they broke the promise.”

He looked down and said “And I don’t want to see both my parents either, not after they lied to me about my family lineage and not told me of our legacy. They threw it away and squandered it as if it meant nothing to them. Besides…”

He couldn’t help but smile as he stopped in front of her, then said directly to her, “I already have a mother.”

She was greatly taken aback by this, and didn’t know what to say.

“That is,” said Beau in a hesitant tone, “If you’d let me call you that.”

Brightstar was so touched, she ended up shedding tears of joy over this. “I’d be honored.” She responded.

The two of them then hugged one another, forming a new type of bond between them.

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At the same time, far from New Carinthia, Moonlight continued to follow the magical pull she had been feeling for a while now. However, this continued to leave her farther and farther from the city, with the rest following in tow and were getting worried.

“Moonlight, where in tarnation are y’all going?!” said Apple Slice.

“Yeah, you’ve been following that route for hours and you haven’t said a word since we left the city.” Said Searing Shimmer.

“I felt a strong presence whilst we were touring the city,” said Moonlight, “I don’t know why, but I have a feeling that this is important.”

“You think she’s trying to prank us?” whispered Bolt Jr.

“Why in all of Equestria would she ever do that?” said Crystal Gem, “We all know that she wouldn’t know a good joke if it came out of a book.”

“Err, good point.” Said Jr.

Moonlight was able to spot a clearing ahead, and when she got clear from the bushes, she was amazed by what she was seeing in front of her.

“Whoa.”

“What?” said Warm Breeze, “What could be so…?”

However, when all of them were in the clearing, all of them were too in awe from what they were seeing in front of them.

For straight ahead was a town like fortress. There was a large wooden wall that surrounded a large plot of land, whilst from behind the walls were a large town/village. And from the right, appeared to be a large hill, which was none other than a large fortress. But from the looks of it, the town had seen better days.

“What in Equestria is that?” said Searing Shimmer.

“I’m not sure.” Said Apple Slice.

Suddenly, Peacon and Lemon Pie grinned and shouted “Let’s check it out!!”

They both grabbed Moonlight and dragged her off.

“Hey, wait!!” protested Moonlight, but was continued to be dragged away.

“What is up with those two?!” said Crystal Gem. But then she remembered and said “It’s Aunt Pinkie Pie’s children, don’t question it.”

“Got that right,” said Jr as he carried Crystal bridal style, making her yelp, with him saying “Let’s go.”

Warm Breeze held onto Apple Slice and Searing Shimmer, with Warm Breeze saying, “Stay close to me Comfy.”

“Okay.” Said Comfy Breeze.

The few of them took off and followed the Pie Twins whilst they still dragged Moonlight.

They all soon stopped at the front of the gate, and saw how big it was up close.

“Oooooohhh.” Said the Pie Twins, “Now that’s big.”

However, Moonlight spotted something from up top, and saw a symbol above it. To her surprise, it was from what her father told her about, the House of Rohan.

“Whoa, this is the Fortress that Uncle Thorin told us about the last time we visited.” Said Moonlight.

“Wait,” said Apple Slice, just as surprised, “This is the Fortress of the House of Rohan?”

“It is.” Said Moonlight as she used her magic to open the gates.

Once they were through, they saw so many homes, shops, eating places, barracks and so on, all of it abandoned and left to rot in ruin, showing many buildings who had seen better days. They looked at through most of the buildings had seen better days.

“Ugh,” said Crystal in partial disgust, “Why this place is quite repulsive.”

“Well what did you expect, a Spa?” said Warm Breeze, “besides, this place had been abandoned for centuries and no one was around to maintain this place.”

“This place reminds me of Ponyville,” said Lemon Pie, “Only very dreary.”

“I had a nightmare that I wanted to throw a party in a place like this.” Said Peacon Pie, “Only nopony showed up, for nobody lived in Ponyville, or in Canterlot. And that the only ones that existed were somewhere near a bay of sorts that nopony was friends there.”

They soon made their way to the fortress. They were surprised to see how big it really is.

“Wow, definitely big.” Said Bolt Jr. when he marveled at the sight of the place.

They walked inside to see what else they could find. But as they got inside, they saw many ancient artifacts, weapons, clothing, tables and many things that the Rohan family had prized the most.

“Guys, look at this.” Said Searing Shimmer.

When they regrouped with him, they saw a big painting in front of them. For in front of the painting, happens to be the painting of the Founders of the Knights of Harmony. On the left, is Brightstar, to which Moonlight was surprised to see her grandmother. On the right, was Gusty the Great, to which surprised the kids, seeing that they had heard about Gusty in their story times.

But right at the center of the two, was none other than Achilles Rohan, to which the kids were surprised to see a human from back then.

“Wow, Achilles really was a human.” Said Searing Shimmer.

“Indeed.” Said Crystal, “Imagine what Equestria and the rest of our world would’ve been like if humans had still lived in this world.”

However, Moonlight suddenly felt the pull again, but this time, it lead to what appeared to be a throne room. She followed the pull and to her surprise, saw how big it was on the inside. She was amazed to see what it looked like, for it almost looked more grander than Canterlot.

She walked over to the throne and then sat down on it, which she couldn’t help but fawn over, with her giggling and said “So this is what it felt like to sit on the throne.”

“Moonlight, where are you?!” said Searing as he and the rest of the kids walked in.

“Oh, guys I’m over…,” said Moonlight.

However, the moment when one of her hands were on the arms of the throne, it suddenly went crooked, causing a trap door to suddenly open, making her yelp as she fell in whilst she screamed.

“Moonlight!!” exclaimed the kids when they all ran over to the trap door.

The kids looked down at the trap door, with Apple Slice saying “What in tarnation do we do now?!”

“What else, we jump after her!!” said Bolt Jr., causing him to immediately jump in after Moonlight, with the others having no choice but to follow in tow.

They all kept sliding down further and further and further whilst some laughed and some cried in fear, now knowing where this will lead them to. After much sliding, they spotted a light at the other end of the tunnel, causing them to immediately exit out of it and fell, all in a big loud thump.

The kids groaned in pain as they had the worst experience of their life.

“That really hurt.” Whined Crystal Gem.

“Speak for yourself,” said Moonlight as she grumbled whilst being at the bottom of the pile, “At least you’re not at the bottom.”

Everyone slowly stood up and dusted themselves.

“What the heck, Moonlight?” said Warm Breeze as he straightened himself out, “You ditched us when we’re in the middle of the festival, the next thing you know, we’re all brought here?”

“I’m sorry, but I felt a magical presence.” Said Moonlight, “I was the only one who could feel it and I was drawn there for unknown reasons.”

“You sure about that?” said Peacon Pie.

“Uh, guys?” said Lemon Pie as she pointed in the other direction. When they looked, they were shocked into seeing what they couldn’t believe.

For what was straight ahead, was a large city, that stretched as far as the eye can see, with rock pillars all over the place to keep the top from collapsing onto the ground.

“Whoa.” Said the kids from what they saw.

“There’s an entire city?” said Crystal.

“This kind of reminds me of one of the Daring Do books that my mom once read to me.”

“Daring Do and the Lost City of Diego?” said Crystal, making him gasp and slowly look at her.

“I love you.” Said Jr. out loud, not caring that he was in front of the others. Crystal merely blushed madly and looked away whilst clearing her throat, whilst at the same time, the rest of the kids were shocked by what he had just said, except for Moonlight, who was observing the area around her.

“This place reminds me of the underground city just far from Istanbul that my father told me about during his time in the human world.” Said Moonlight.

“Um, darlings.” Said Crystal Gem, “I do not wish to sound like an uncouth friend. But could we please leave this place?”

“Pff, I’m not scared.” Said Jr. “I can sense danger a mile away. I’ve got the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox.”

When all of a sudden, a spear and arrow was pointed at his face, which shocked Jr, but stood in front of Crystal Gem to protect her, whilst more and more spears and arrows surrounded them, being wielded by hooded figures as they had the kids surrounded. They looked like they had nowhere to go now.

“Oh, Pegasus Feathers.” Muttered Jr.

“Y’all can say that again.” Said Apple Slice.

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[AgentKorpsman]

“Oooooohhh.” Said the Pie Twins, “Now that’s big.”

That’s what she said

[AgentKorpsman]

“Y’all can say that again.” Said Apple Slice.

*me comes out from behind the ponies with spears*

Indeed young one you can say that again.

And might I ask what are you doing in my fort and city?