> Wasted Life
>  by JusSonic
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> Chapter 1
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My Little Pony: A Wasted Life


It was another day in Ponyville as Twilight was putting books away. It has been sometime since the defeat of Lorcan and his forces but Equestria appears to be going back to normal...or what counts as normal anyway.

Twilight was cut off as her friends rush in, Rainbow exclaims, "Twilight, Twilight! You wouldn't believe what was in the press today."

"What?" Twilight asks puzzled as Rarity folds a paper over to her. The mare took a look at a headline...then gasp for on the front is a picture...of some familiar enemies: Gilda, the Diamond Dogs and the Fllm-Flam brothers!

Twilight remembers how Boris has told her and her friends, during the battle against Lorcan, that the evil dragon has killed off his followers, even Trixie and Lorcan may have done something to Discord...but his statue seems to be back in its usual place before the madness has started.

"'The trial of Lorcan's remaining followers is due today in Canterlot for crimes against Equestria and their association with Lorcan'." Twilight said while reading the article. "But how could they be alive?"

"According to the article, they used clones to escape death...but got captured. Trixie got away." Pinkie explains to Twilight with a nod. "Not sure about Discord..."

"His statue is back in Canterlot. Either that's a fake or Discord is trapped again."

"Well, we hope those ruffians get what's coming to them." Rarity said with a grin. After all the trouble and grief that those villains has caught Equestria, being locked up forever serves them all right!

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At the Castle of Nightmare Moon, Gilda looks a bit annoyed as she comes into the meeting room, snapping, "What gives here? We have them on the run! The least you can do is let us capture Raindow Dash!"

"Yes, we still owe her for pain made on us." Trixie remarks to Lorcan in agreement.

"Everyone, you will have your chance. Remember, the plan was to distract them with the invasions for Phrase 2 to come into play." Lorcan said, seemingly calmly. "Granted, I wished I should've finished off Twilight Sparkle...or took Spike with me instead...or finish off that..."

Lorcan grunts, growls and roars as he fires a flame right at a chair, turning it into ashes.

"Wow, you're upset." Discord said with a smirk on his face. "But then again, that's good."

"You would too if you found out that your brother has never heard of you and the fact that Celestia and Twilight didn't tell him about me or Tadaka!" Lorcan snorts furiously. "I mean, what gave them the right to do so?"

"Still Lorcan, you never told us you had a brother, the least of all it being Twilight's assistant, Spike." Trixie spoke off in feeling rather overwhelmed in learning about Lorcan's brother.

"Yes, I suppose surprises come in many shapes and forms." Lorcan spoke with a dry tone in his voice as his eyes were drifting upwards.

"Still, a tall, slender, and muscular dragon like you, with your physical superiority that seems far to powerful to have a brother who's...well...like that." Trixie spoke to try and get off on Lorcan's good side, stating about his physically built stature & abilities to, well, hard to give more detail about Spike, being he's a baby dragon. "I once recalled hearing in gossip that he stood up to a dragon teen named Garble during some event, but that guy is nothing compared to your mighty physical stature & looks." The pony showmen lean closer to the one that she's deeply fallen for, but hearing these facts and info about not only himself, but about Spike did seem to catch a bit of his interest.

"Trust me, Spike and I are brothers, through our blood, despite him looking not as fearsome as ponies should fear of him because he's still young." Lorcan looked to Trixie in proclaiming a serious notion about him and Spike and their connections are not something of a mistake.

"Too bad that Moon Dragon wasn't so much cooperative," Boxco shrug off about reminding the group of Phobos and how rude he was to their leader.

"Yeah, he even called you 'short', I don't get it!" Dum Dum exclaimed out puzzled, even this pony whose not so bright, doesn't get why Phobos calls Lorcan short when the dragon villain don't look the part.

"Basically, Moon Dragons have the tendency to brag in being in another league then normal dragons from what I heard." Gilda dryly stated out in recalling about Moon Dragons having the act to be all better than others except for those they serve, which clearly, Phobos serves Nyx.

"He's someone that once knew me long ago, even though not much time passes by to those sealed away, he's still thick-headed enough to state me as being...short. When it was my bones structure that made me look thinly," Lorcan stood up to look to his members in explaining a certain tale in the subject of the Moon Dragon's sealed history, that time moves differently there then it does here.

"My, my, aren't we in a tempered mood?" Discord floated while in a swirly pose in looking to Lorcan, sensing tension was in the air and he was loving to cause a little...chaos to go along with it.

"Enough of this boring discussion, time to get down to other matters." Lorcan waved off Discord's remark statement, as they have other matters to attend to. "Boris!" The dragon looked to Boris nearby in wanting a response.

"Yes, Lorcan," Boris responded in hearing his name and awaiting the orders.

"How goes our army?" Lorcan asked from tapping his fingers in wanting to know of their standard strength.

"The Diamond Dogs leader trio is having their soldiers working in constructing some of Flim & Flam's designs for new weapons as we speak." Boris humbly explained in knowing what the Flim-Flam Brothers are doing with the Diamond Dogs, constructing their machines for war.

"Good, then it won't be long before you all have a chance to get your revenge." Lorcan smiles to remind the members here of what shall soon come to pass for them. "But remember, stick to the plan I pacifically commended. Once the moment is right, Phase Three of our grand conquest shall be at hand." The dragon villain issued out in wanting the members to follow their Phase Three Plan to the letter, once done, all shall be within their grasp.

"Yes Lorcan." The other members nod to humbly hear and obey those orders.

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"Miss Gilda, are you listening?!" Princess Luna demands to Gilda who appears to be daydreaming.

"Huh, what; ugh, sorry; stop caring and went to sleep." Gilda remarks with a frown. Turns out, the griffin and her allies (with the exception of Discord, Trixie, Boris, Boxco, Dum-Dum and Lorcan himself) are at their trial for their crimes. "What's up?"

Celestia, judging over the trial, sighs while saying, "You have heard all the evidence against you all. What do you have to say in your defense?"

"Princess Celestia, it isn't our fault!" Flim protests to Celestia with a frown. "We were used and manipulated by Lorcan!"

"Yes, the best you could is show mercy and give us community service!" Flam exclaims in agreement.

"Sadly, the evidence shows that won't be happening; You worked with Lorcan in attacking Ponyville, Canterlot and Cloudsdale, you and your allies kidnapped foals to lure my student and her friends to the castle, you tried to kill them and even manipulate them into releasing a wicked army. That's not enough for community service." Celestia said to the criminals sternly. "That is enough for jail time!"

"What," The Diamond Dogs gasps in shock and horror. They are being sent...to prison?!

"SILENCE," Luna booms in the Royal Canterlot Voice. "Thou all are lucky that thou won't be executed instead!!!"

The villains, minus the bored Gilda, kept quiet. The griffin wants this jail time to be done and over with. After a while, Celestia spoke up, "We have decreed. For your crimes against Equestria, you all shall spend a few years in the newest prison or until any of you are fit to rejoin our society under new peaceful terms in coming to their hard lesson learn."

The Royal Guards take the bad guys away. Gilda comments, "Yeah, right. We will just escape."

"Not without Lorcan or Discord, you cannot. This prison that you will be sent to is the hardest to escape from."

As the prisoners are taken away, Flim comments, "She's right. How will we escape without Lorcan or Discord?"

"Or Trixie for that matter," Flam said in concern. "We're trapped."

"Nah, we will get out...somehow." Gilda remarks with a frown. Prison can't hold her and her allies forever.

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At this timely moment, the scene of the area is of a hidden cavern area where there were illuminating color mineral structures. These were known to Equestria as the Gem Caverns, rock structures forged in a style that they give off the light and glow of a gem. Once in record note, there was even one beneath Cantorlot, when the Changeling Ruler; Queen Chrysalis once imprisoned Princess Candace, niece to Celestia during her wedding to Shining Armor a long time ago, as the evil queen took the alicorn's place during marriage. But that was over, and all seemed right again, but now the focus is that these caverns now hold a different interest as they were not keeping someone imprisoned, but…rather, keeping some hidden. At this moment, we see some familiar faces, none other than Trixie Lunamoon, the Great & Powerful, Boris, the Red Devil, and…Boxco & Dum Dum, the minions (yeah, that last part ain't exciting, but that's what they got going now). As of now, these four are waiting around in this cavern as it's now the hideaway from all of Equestria's forces…requested by an unusual 'ally' that seems to have connections with Trixie, or someone….above/

"Boy, the cloak fellas sure taking their sweet time." Boxco spoke off in knowing that the strange cloak figures the four once came across as they were waiting for them.

"I know, I'm plain losing my noggin here." Dum Dum nods his head in stating in feeling that this waiting was making him almost lose it.

"That's your mind, you dolt!" Boris snapped of at his minion for getting that sentence wrong again. "Ugh, why they wanted us to stay here is beyond my understanding." He sighs in feeling that this waiting around was getting to them, why did they agree to this?

"You think you have problems, out of many of us, you got the powers of a devil." Trixie spoke off to Boris while trying to use her magic to brush her mane. "While I wish to be 'all powerful' I'm only as good as besting your two minions." The mare pointed off that she's only as being better then Boris' two minions.

"Hear that, she could beat you easily!" Dum Dum smirked off to point this out at Boxco's face in what Trixie just said.

"Don't rub it in; I do the best I can! And I think she meant you!" Boxco objected to that claim while pointing his own statement at Dum Dum's claim of who's better than whom.

"When will that…unusual mare return?" Boris huffed off to say from walking around the area, puzzling on when the person they are waiting for will come.

"The name…was Warring Malice." Spoke out a voice that echoed in the cavern that belongs to neither pony.

"Hey yeah, that was the name!" Boxco spoke off from hearing that voice; that was the name of that one pony they met.

"Yep, I recall that name now!" Dum Dum nods in agreement, that was the mare under the cloak they met before.

"Well which of you said it?" Trixie asked in wanting to know which of the minions spoke off without knowing the truth.

"Uaagh…not us," Both Boxco & Dum Dum responded a bit puzzled as neither of them even said the name.

"What do you mean, it wasn't my own and if it wasn't Trixie's voice, then…" Boris spoke a bit puzzled and confused at his goons; the only possibility left is that…

"Gruspvruvhmm-Fruvhpm…" Suddenly, a corridor of darkness appeared before the gang, which made them yelp. "Whruspfruvhmm…" And who should appear out of that portal before it fades away than Warring Malice.

"Waaaughh; WARRING MALICE," Dum Dum & Boxco cried out in fear and hugged each other at seeing this mare surprise them like so.

"Good, got it memorized, fellas." Warring put her right hoof to her forehead in remarking that statement that these two goofs remember her name well.

"Ugh, you could have just walks in here normally." Trixie sighed before exclaiming off in seeing that this associate of the four could have just walk in instead of trying to scare them.

"I perfect to travel by style. Plus, I wanted to see the looks on your faces!" Warring exclaimed of with a sly playful smile, stating her kinda fashion of work, even if that meant pulling the group's legs.

"Okay, have you showed up for any reason besides wanting to play that joke?" Boris remotely stated with annoyance that this person was here other than to clown around.

"As a matter of fact, I did!" Warring nods to respond as she was walking around, minding her own time of business without rushing.

"Say boss, how come you're freaked out about this mare?" Boxco asked from seeing his boss get all wobbly whenever he sees Warring Malice.

"Yeah, she ain't even a Unicorn or a Pegasus, she's a…" Dum Dum was trying to say that there was nothing to fear from this pony, cause she's a…

"An Earth Pony, boys," Warring cut off the minions to finish that little claim statement in what she is. "Well here's a news flash, not all Earth Ponies….are as simple to NOT know the arts or magic!" The mare stated off from trailing along the caverns, making light conversation in the works. "After all, there is the zebra of mystery, Zecora, the Shaman, and then there is just Ben Mare, who was blessed with the Triforce Element." What was spoken was the truth; even those without magic, there are 'other' ways to obtain such phenomenal abilities. "Got it Memorized?" Warring once again put her right hoof to her forehead in remarking the statement that these folks remember that.

"Ugh, you don't have to remind me, it's bad enough that I have to live by such a thought." Boris shook his head off from hearing this settlement sentence once again.

"But what's your story? You couldn't possibly be like Ben Mare?" Trixie asked off in knowing that, from this mare's appearance, it's not of normal means, more like…a magical touch.

"Correct! On the account, I am a she and he is a he!" Warring playfully bow down to Trixie and crew before she explained more bits about herself. "As for my gift of knowing the magic hocus-pocus, well…that's my little secret." From the sly and go-getter attitude, this pony was a mystery that like to be a riddler being. "Or would you like a hint?" The pony waved up her left hoof as if offering those a hint to her puzzling mystery.

"Okay…" Boris goons responded out in liking that, while Boris and Trixie sigh at this easily fooled act.

"Ugh, can we please return to the subject of 'why' you are here?" Boris groans before trying to push his minions aside to get on track again of to why this mare of mystery is here.

"Hey, hey, settle down, I'm getting to it." Warring held up her hooves to have Boris not be so rushful as she's getting there, all in good time. "Now as you know it, we originally were going to recruit one of you. Care to re-memory our discussion?" The mare spoke to bring up a discussion of a fact on what they talked about in the past.

"Ugh, we heard the first time you and…" Boris froze when he recalled something, Warring wasn't alone, he was with another that which made him & the remaining Brotherhood members quake with fear, "Dauaugh! With your ally wanting Trixie," Boris quickly spoke off the 'ally' part with much caution as he moved the discussion along without trying to remember that one member….that many of the group felt fearful of.

"Yes, but while our Superior had eyes on her performance, why did he miss you," Warring spoke off in discussing the fact, his Superior wants Trixie yet while miss a strong stallion like Boris and his powers. "You, that hold the powers of a Devil, you being the new terror for Pony Legends!" The mare spoke off to highly recall such things about Boris, not feeling to worry over such trivial manners.

"Is there a point to this?" Trixie asked in feeling somewhat annoyed as she's not seeing the point of this discussion here.

"There is indeed and he's the plot of the reasoning!" Warring spoke off from standing near Trixie and saying how much Boris is somewhat, a 'reason' to be. "Boris here, out of all of you, has more magical power, speed and strength, to be on pair with alicorns like the Royal Princesses." What Warring said was very true, Boxco and Dum Dum were alright, Trixie with her parlor tricks, but Boris had more powers than any of them, aside from the usual magic and gunmen, his magical forces are beyond normal standards. "Got it Memorize?" And once again, this mare had her right hoof on her forehead, to remind these guys to keep that thought in their memory.

Many were puzzled as always whenever Warring Malice spoke her little catchy line, always saying that they gotta memorize the things that are said and done, etc.

"But the answer is simple, Boris is in a league to take care of himself and if he wants to work for us, he can gladly work…under you, Trixie." Warring spoke off to casual say that if the Red Devil is liking to work with the mysterious group's order, then he'll work under one unicorn here; Trixie. "But as stated, there with Boris lies what you lack the most to become truly well-noted." The mare in question pointed to Trixie in stating a thing Boris has, that she alone is lacking.

"And that would be?" Trixie raised an eyebrow in wondering just where Warring was going with this now.

"A magical boost upgrade," Warring Malice playfully shrug off her shoulders to say this answer as basically understandable as possible. "As far as every person knows, Boris, the Hero of Canterlot, became the Red Devil, when he invoked the Talent Swap Spell, to recreate the spell, the Devil's Red Sun." The mare spoke off in some related tales in how Boris has a new changed outlook in life. "In truth, what it did for Boris was make him stronger than anything he ever dreamt for." Warring leans forward to Trixie and crew in stating how what happened to Boris made him far more powerful than he ever was before.

"Well a lot of good that did." Boris remotely stated off with a dry tone and rolled up eyes. "After my defeat, Lorcan used me, even if he did fix my busted horn. At the very end, he even tricked my own minions to change me into a rampaging beast until even when defeated, I regain my senses." The Red Devil pony could never forget that even after some kindness Lorcan showed, in the end, he was a sacrificial pawn for the dragon.

"Yep, even when the boss fought on even pair with Celestia," Dum Dum nods while recalling an event Boris had a fight with the princess of the sun.

"Then Mane Six mares just out did him with help!" Boxco responded off in recalling that even Boris couldn't defeat six mere mares that weren't alicorns.

"Can the both of you!" Boris snapped at his minions for even bringing up such a reminder that pains his mind.

"Therein lies the problem, you were alone, true you had help, but they were not strong enough." Warring pointed up a hoof to say in her claim what had happened with Boris and his minions, "Which is why the solution to the problem lies in what many of you lack….a magical boost upgrade, to make you strong." The mare stated out to the group that was only of Trixie and Boris's goons. "If anything, what we in our Organization have achieved is to help make our members and followers…stronger to take care of themselves." The mare held her hooves up in trying to speak this out with feeling.

"So, how do you plan to do this?" Trixie asked in slowly becoming interested in what this person is trying to say that Warring can make them stronger than Lorcan ever did.

"Poof," Suddenly, magic glasses appeared filled with glowy yellow fluid appeared in Warring's hooves…like out of thin air. "Other than our Superior's power, our other member, a guy name Wilco, knew a bit of stuff from a…Dr. Lizardo, person, and so, they made this special batch." The girl presented the mysterious potion drinks which from Boris & Trixie's group, kinda yelped a bit in seeing this. "Looks suspicious, I know, thought so too myself before I had it and look at me now." The mare shrugs off her shoulders to say, it does indeed look weird, but the results, are no lies.

"Then what are you waiting for?" Boris asked off in wondering what is making this strange mare stall for long to give the group those…'unusual' drinks.

"Just this…" Warring spoke with a sly smile as she approached Boris before… "Prick," She quickly moved her left hoof to pull off two strains of Boris's mane.

"Owww; that was my MANE," Boris snapped out loud after his yelp, what was this mare doing trying to pull a stunt like that?

"Had to get it to make these two get just the right touch," Warring spoke off with a jolly smile as she gently let the two strains of Boris's mane fall into the drinks. "Proofruvhmm…" Then an eruption of smoke came from the liquid which shifted its bubbly fizz, "Done! Now you two, time to take some of this." Warring held up the two drinks and presented it to…Boris's minions.

"US," Boxco & Dum Dum responded off surprised that they…are going to test out this strange magical potion drink.

"Um, no thanks, we're good." Boxco held up his hooves to sadly decline the offer.

"Yeah, we don't mind at all." Dum Dum nods with a sheepish face in agreeing to that idea.

"Why give them the first try?" Trixie asked a bit puzzled in hearing what Warring plans to do first with Boris's goons. "I thought you wanted to help me gain the boost." The mare questioned this other mare''s act of wanting to help her.

"We do, the Superior does, but he wants you to trust in what he's doing is nothing to cause a setback." Warring spoke to explain that this is about trusting them, since Boris and Trixie have some doubts. "Other then, well, you'll be like Boris, always in that form, unless you can use disguise magic to change your form to any pony, even your true self." The mare shrug off to explain the outcome that will happen once anyone who drinks this batch will be like Boris the Red Devil is even today.

"We're gonna look like the boss is?" Boxco asked off surprised from seeing the Boris of today, he's still in the form of the Red Devil.

"Are we gonna be devil like features too?" Dum Dum asked a puzzling question if the two minions look almost devilish like their boss is.

"Don't know, you have to drink up and find out." Warring shrug off in not feeling too worried, since she doesn't know the effects this stuff will do from Boris's boys. "And don't worry, you'll keep your personalities, it's only the outer that improves who you'll be, not the inner." The mare explained off that Dum Dum & Boxco will still keep something of themselves on the inside, it's only the outer appearance that will change them, make them into 'new' stallions. "And you know that all too well, eh Boris?" Warring made a sly smile to look at Boris, the stallion that went so far to change even himself to earn victory against his foes.

"Hmph, spare me the details." Boris huffed off to respond, he like the idea of always knowing that he'll be the Red Devil pony, it's not bad once you get use to it.

At that time, Boxco and Dum Dum looked at the drinks set in front of them. These items are a mixed potion batch of unknown origin, yet it did something from the added portion of Boris's mane, what was it?

"Um, should we take this?" Dum Dum asked his pal if they should really take the potion before them.

"I don't know, should we?" Boxco responded off in being unsure himself if they should do this.

"But she said we be better, we be as strong as the boss!" Dum Dum pointed out what Warring said if they drink this weird potion, they'll be even stronger than before.

"But what if we end up being as…devilish looking and not in the good way of speaking?" Boxco spoke out in the affair effects that they might be just like Boris is.

"Boys, if you're not going to, then you don't have to." Trixie spoke in feeling that maybe forcing even two lunk heads of Boris's group might seem like taking an advantage, so they don't have to go through with this if they chose not to.

"Hugh, you know, she's strong, but we're chopped liver." Boxco sighed in looking to Trixie; at least that mare is better than they are.

"Maybe this price is worth it, let's do it!" Dum Dum spoke off in feeling that, maybe they owe it to themselves, to get better.

"Yeah, we'll take your offer pal!" Boxco responded to Warring Malice in saying that they'll take the potion.

"And drink to it, we will!" Dum Dum also responded while he and Boxco took the two drink potions in their hooves.

"Okay, and trust me fellas, you won't be disappointed." Warring nods with a jolly smile, assuring these two that they'll get something for this alright.

Soon, Boxco & Dum Dum looked at the drink potion and then back to Boris and Trixie that had puzzled expressions. Were the two minions really gonna take the chance or continue to live as nothing but weaklings from now on? Then with some unforeseen determination, the minions of Boris did the only thing they could do….ND DRANK THEIR GLASS DRINKS! Trixie and Boris were shocked to see this, but only so after they saw that Boxco and Dum Dum finished and there was no more of the portion stuff left? Soon after setting the empty glasses down, both minions waited, and yet…nothing seem different.

"Are we…different now?" Dum Dum asked from wiggling his left hoof in front of him.

"Ahhh, what happens next?" Boxco asked from not finding anything strange happening.

"Patience, the effects should start about…" Warring spoke with ease, as she slowly smiled before saying this at the right timing. "Now…"

"Wrisisfurvhmm…." Then a magical cloud surrounds Boris minions without warning, until now that is. "WAAAUGH…AAAAUGHHH!" Their yelping cries were heard before they were enshrouded by some spell that came from within them.

Boris and Trixie watched as the light shown the two minions shadows over the walls for us to only see fractions of what's happening. "Frusfruvhmmm…" From one shadow of a unicorn, something spread out from the body which looked to be…WINGS! "Prusfurvhmm…" Then from the shadow of a Pegasus, something pierced over the forehead spot which looked to be….A HORN! "PUMPFRUVHM-PUMPFRUVHMM…" The shadows features were showing some strange 'expansion', like they were bulging and making the bodies of the minions grow. "Rsisifirvhmm…" Finally, the moment was passing as the magical cloud that surrounded the minions was fading and from the darkness showed two bodies that lied on the ground. Trixie and Boris were surprised to see most of those that were Boxco and Dum Dum and would wonder how to react…but Warring did.

"So guys, how yeah feeling," Warring came up with a positive smile, asking how Boris's boys are feeling at this time.

"Ugh…I feel like I got hit by a train." Dum Dum spoke off from while we heard his voice, he was not seen.

"I feel something strange…about myself." Boxco spoke off from not looking at himself or his pal, unsure what was going on.

"Say Trixie, can you create a large size mirror?" Warring turned to Trixie and was asking for something out of the bloom.

"Well yes, that's a simple spell, watch!" Trixie nods to this request as it didn't seem like such trouble, "Brziizvhm/poof!" She used her horn's glow to make the near spot to them have a large mirror. "There's your mirror, but I still can't see why…." The mare was about to ask why they even needed a mirror before…she got cut off.

"Right, that's good and now…" Warring spoke from nodding to Trixie's work as she came to lead Boris's minions that slowly struggled to get up to walking with her. "Boys, take a look at your new…selves!" The mysterious mare stated off as she left the two minions to have a new gander at themselves by the mirror.

Soon after Boxco & Dum Dum stood up straight and looked to the mirror, something in the reflection caught their attention. What surprised them first was how the minions of Boris saw how much they were entirely different. The know feature effects were much added height & more muscular body build up to be on pair with tough stallions like Big Macintosh or even the fearsome strength of Tough Apple.

The first one up of his changes was known other than Boxco, and boy were there some. His eyes were a brighter yellow; his coat was now a strong purple color than it was before. His mane was still spiky, but was standing on end, giving it a rising, flame-like appearance, but longer and rigid and stands up even more. Even the colors on the Mane were stripped matching from deep and light purple, and even on the short tail was fashioned to look like crescent-shape features sticking out to even the backside. Even his Cutie Mark, the number 2 symbol on his rank was changed completely from being a simple black lonely number. Now the Cutie Mark was warped differently with a black circular peak cap badge of golden designs within the center red was white lines of the Roman number 'II' with a slash mark across the middle to look like an almost 'H' appearance, but it was still a distinct sign for ranking number two of one being in-charge.

The second one up of his own changes was of course Dum Dum and there were some there too. His eyes were bright orange; his coat was now a yellowish-white color than it was before. His Mane & tail are still long, but they now show a cyanish gray color now. Another change to him is that his mane is long to be near his knees and has bangs parted to either side of his face. Even his Cutie Mark, the one that looked like a dunce cap, was changed completely from being a simple cone with the spelling that stated his dense mind. Now the Cutie Mark was warped differently with a chromium color of a cone pouting upwards with spikes growing out of it, giving it some boggle brutal outlook that states he is no dummy, but a bouncing brute.

In short, these two minions were now changed to become something of never before powered up minions of all times. They appear entirely different that even some couldn't possibly know who the banished minions of Boris are from the time of the Demon Pony. One thing they each saw was that their looks were a killer, and that they did seem oddly muscular, the two were looking pretty darn good with the facial works to pass off as stallions of hard-battle labor. With these knew looks, they can score some mares that won't see them as real losers and on a plus side….they probably didn't get to be too much devil-likeness of their boss; Boris.

"Check it out; it's us with new digs!" Dum Dum spoke off surprised to seeing how the two look so…different, from before.

"Wow, we each have wings & horns!" Boxco responded off in noticing how the old unicorn and pegasus duo goons, have new features to themselves.

"We're ALICORNS! YEEEAH," Both minions cheered off for joy, now they too are ever living alicorn ponies, the ones with much magic & can fly with wings. "Prusvhmm…Breakfruvhmm…." Of course, they failed to watch their horns that glowed and fired off a powerful beam blast that broke the ceiling. "Cluvhmfruvhmm…" Which by then, the very ceiling had fallen right on the two's head noggins. "Oooohhh…" They both yelped from noticing that happened and were gonna rub them sore spots, except…

"Hay, I didn't even feel that!" Boxco spoke off surprised that what should have been painful, there was not much pain.

"I barely felt that heavy thing!" Dum Dum rubbed his noggin as he seemed to feel that nothing was hurting him, weird.

"And there you have it, stallion friends!" Warring spoke to gently pat these two on the back while continuing. "New looks, new enhanced strengths, more agility's speed and more magical powers at a new level! So, how do you feel?" From this mysterious mare's chat, she just helped turn these goons of laugh riots into super strong stallions of the toughest kind.

"We feel…GREEEEAT!" Both minions shouted for joy towards Warring with smiles, "Hahahaha-haaaah!" Now Boxco and Dum Dum used their wings to fly around to enjoy their flight in the air while laughing in happiness.

"The mares will love the new me!" Dum Dum proclaimed out in knowing how much he got it down good.

"But I'll bet'cha I get more!" Boxco proclaimed off in stating that he'll be more attractive to the ladies than his pal.

"Says who?" Dum Dum snapped off to ask while sounding somewhat insulted.

"Says me," Boxco boasted out to say that he'll be the one to get more mares than his pal.

"Grrrrr…" Both minions growled and started in front of the other, even to smack their faces to glare at the other in the face while trying to push the other by wing power.

"Huuugh, they've been infused with unbelievable powers…" Boris sighed in seeing this, his minions have now great powers no other pony has, however…

"Yet they're still as dumb as before." Trixie remotely finished that claim Boris was going with as it's true; Boxco & Dum Dum may have new things to make them an extra handful, their minds and personalities are still the same.

"Hey, I promised them new looks and powers, now for brains…that be a miracle!" Warring spoke off to casual say that she gave those two stallions strength to fight, but the power to make them smart, heck, she can't do everything, now can she? "In any case, now, besides Boris's skills of wielding powers of the devil, you now have some heavy muscle strength on your side." The mare of mysterious stated to pat Boxco and Dum Dum on the shoulder as the two continue to give the other the angry look even after they landed on the ground. "And it's always good to have those with much brute force in strength, along with the occasional brain power." Warring exclaimed to say that even with someone being the brains; they could always use some pony that's got plenty of muscle work to aid them. "Got it memorized?" And she again, tapped her right hoof on the forehead to remind this to her group.

"Ugh, that's getting old." Trixie shook her head in feeling that hearing that repeated phrase line was getting a bit old.

"And now that you've seen first glimpse of what we can do, I now can give you…" Warring spoke towards Trixie, as this mare of showmanship has seen what those in the group of hooded figures can give, it's time that Trixie also…received her own. "This!" From out of this mare's cloak was a new drink with a strange crimson blue and red swirly with white bubble mixture of the top.

"Wha-wha-what's that? That doesn't look like what you gave those two!" Trixie yelped in surprise, that drink portion Warring Malice has is nothing what Boxco and Dum Dum took, it looks more…strange and that's only the nice thing to say about it.

"Trixie is right, the color is off!" Boris stated off sternly as he used his horn, it's crimson color glowed around the potion in Warring's grip and felt 'something' off from it. "And even my own magical awareness senses something…more to this portion, what's in it?" The Red Devil pony asked off in demanding to know, something was added to this next batch, but what was it?

"Come on, have a heart, oops, devils might not have that!" Warring tried to warm into Boris's spot, but made a joke to which the guy didn't find too humorist. "But in short, the Superior wanted this portion to be taken by Trixie alone." The mare stated off before looking to Trixie who seemed a bit more…unsure about this. "He says it'll make you be on pairing with…your brother." Warring Malice smiled to state something of kin interest to Trixie's knowledge, which got her attention.

"What!" Trixie yelped out with more wide eye shock then before, did this mysterious mare just mention something relating to her; her brother.

"Brother?" Boris and his minions responded surprised to hear that Trixie actually has a family sibling.

"Wooh, who knew Trixie had a brother?" Dum Dum responded off surprised to hear this news all too sudden now.

"I sure didn't know that fact myself!" Boxco shook his head in never once guessing that someone of their group had any family members, let alone siblings.

"Is this true, you never mentioned about a sibling?" Boris asked Trixie with puzzled curiosity, besides the Flim-Flam Brothers, their old Brotherhood group never said if they had any outside family members…but then again, they never talked socially of their lives.

"Yes, but believe me, he's very strong and getting on his bad side is spelling doom to others." Trixie nods while expelling things about her 'brother' and his 'states' of reactions. "He's been someone I recall asking for aids when I was young…because he had half the great powers to match…" Trixie stopped to narrow her eyes away from the gout, almost as if…trailing off from saying this last part to them.

"Match who?" Boxco & Dum Dum asked in wondering just who Trixie was gonna say could be what her brother almost matched up to, but…

"It doesn't matter, why should I believe you in what you claim?" Trixie shook off the subject before asking something about Warring Malice's claim that if she takes this potion drink, she be just as strong…as her brother.

"Because, this potion was made to awaken the powers sleeping deep inside you," Warring spoke off to explain her own reasonings while leaving the mysterious potion drink…in front of Trixie. "The Superior knew you had the stuff, but while your big bro managed to awaken his even by half as much, you were still…not ready." The mare in the cloak stated out the fact, that even this unicorn of showmanship, was not ready for the next step…until now. "But, after your spectacular performance in the invasion under Lorcan's little raid, he thinks it's time for your awakening…to commence." Warring exclaimed to conclude as she steps away to leave Trixie to stare off at…the mysterious potion left before her.

"Trixie, if you don't want to do this, remember what I said, I'll…" Boris was about to try and comfort the unicorn from a promise, but…

"No, its fine, I believe in this mare's words." Trixie shook her head to let Boris know, she's good, and got herself back under focus here. "Besides, if Boxco and Dum Dum are still themselves with their change, what's the worst that can happen to me?" The girl shrug off her shoulders to think, if Boris's two minions got out of their new transformation okay, maybe hers won't be so bad, right?

"Oh something will happen but from what changed Boris here and his boys, your story is different." Warring stated with a calm and easy going attitude, saying what will happen to Trixie is something entirely different from Boris and his minions. "The Superior knows your taste so the dream you've dreamt of, can for real, can come true." Warring stated off in letting Trixie know, that what she wants will come true, and this order group is no liar like Lorcan had the mare & the others paged for fools. "Got it…" She was about to do her usual catch phrase slogan, but…

"I heard you already and I remember! Now just give it here!" Trixie rushed a bit and took the potion from Warring without the mare finishing her catchy liner.

"Gee, touchy, I see." Warring replied off with a skeptical look, someone is touchy here.

Now it was down to Trixie as she held the potion drink in her hooves and gazed at this strange fluid of liquid. This was it, if she took this and gobbled it up, she would no longer be weak…but then, what would she change into while giving up who she is today? But then again, she made mistakes, and this could be one of them, however, she wanted to be as great as any pony has ever seen. Better to be seen for the greatest that Celestia's eyes would see her, better than Twilight, for her gift in the magic arts she wanted so much. Fame, recognition, forgiveness, relief, all of these and more; from sighing one last time, she gazes at the potion with the look of determination on her expression.

"I suppose now, I'll see just what I can truly be….if I can truly becoming….Great and Powerful or not." Trixie spoke towards her own reflection off the glass, seeing that if she wants to become somepony big and get there….she'll take the gamble of fate. "Gulpvhm-gulpvhmm…Buaughh…" Soon, everyone in the room was quiet and silent as they saw Trixie drink with eyes shut until…the potion was drank all gone, and the mare sigh in relief that she finished.

For a moment, Trixie was just seen standing with the drink in her right hoof. Many were pondering, wondering, even losing track of being patient to ask off; what happens next? As of so far, Trixie was the same, the signs of what happened to Boxco and Dum Dum didn't show up, so could it be that…the potion failed?

"So what happens from here? Flaming encasement," Boxco asked off in guessing what's supposed to come, Boris turned into a devil-like pony from that experience.

"Or is it a shadowy fog like us?" Dum Dum suggested out another course of action from the minions' experience.

"Wrong on all accounts, just watch," Warring Malice smiled in pride as she sees the potion working fine…at its own pace.

"Breakisshhh," Just then, the group turned to see Trixie dropped the glass in a yelp state as she put her hooves around her neck, as the room seem to spin out of control for her while panting. "Haaaaahuu…Haaahugghhh…..Haaaughhh!" Something is happening: the mare is being affected, the potion itself is working. 

"What did you DO to her?" Boris came up and grip Warring, looking angry that something off here was happening to Trixie.

"Relax, I used your mane for your minions, her potion drink to help unleash her true sleeping powers came from a DNA sample of a powerful family member." Warring held up her hooves to gently remove Boris while saying that what was happening was of 'one' ingredient to take much more effect on Trixie than the others could understand.

"Which is?" Boris asked with a raised up left eye, wondering what this ingredient was at all.

"That is a secret." Warring tapped her cheek with a playful expression; Boris was this close to losing his temper when…

"Boss, you might wanna see this?" Boxco tapped his boss' shoulder from looking at something that should get their attention.

"She's totally affecting the whole cavern!" Dum Dum stated out a major fact that sounded very important, even if sounding silly.

What the minions spoke was true, they saw a strange force effecting around Trixie's body, cutting her off from view. Swirling in a green, red, yellow tornado vortex as Trixie gasps for air with her hooves on her throat. She soon collapses with colored bubbles of yellow, green and blue floating around in the delusional scene, "Brruuuaarrraaghhhh!" A sudden bolt of lightning flashes before it changes the scene again, "Wroooooffffuuuwwoooohhhh!" As Trixie held her throat while her mane waves off from the un-explaining wind, she gasped with open wide eyes as she feels her mane growing and changing from pale cornflower blue color. "Gaahhhh…Gaaahhh!" It's as if the spell's effects were taking on more effects than even Trixie had believed.

"Boss, should we bust her out of that thing on the double?" Boxco asked his boss if they should try to help Trixie out.

"Yeah, that don't look nearly natural from what happened to us." Dum Dum stated out in seeing that what's being done, ain't what took place for the minions.

"For once, I agree, get her…" Boris nods, as he and his minions were about to charge in, red crimson, gray-silver, and magenta-purple magical auras came from Boris, Boxco and Dum Dum that were gonna strike until… 

"Now wooh there, it's almost done, give the potion time." Warring Malice step up to stop these boys and spoke with a cool expression to say it's all good.

"Bruuuguuraaghhhh," Suddenly, another thunderbolt flashed before the scene shows us the mare's four hooves held before her.

"Ugh…I can't believe this…" Trixie says off in bewildered surprise as she sees that her hooves, her very coat is shifting a bit, and they seem to be…growing, "My hooves!" She turns them to see that her very hooves have changed in adapting before her as she clanks them to hear a strange sound from them.

"Burrrwwwffff," Another flash of the thunderbolt happened and even green goop covers the scene while a strange aqua-midnight wiggly substance moves within it before covering the whole scene.

"Bo-bo-bo-boss; I don't think she's making it out of there!" Boxco pointed out in fear that Trixie…may not be alright in that thing

"Ye-ye-ye-yeah; that just might have killed her!" Dum Dum nods in being fearful, that spell musta backfired on poor Trixie.

"If she has been killed, then it's going to be on your HEAD, Warring!" Boris gritted his teeth and flashed his white clear eyes to Warring with his Devil's Arua rising up, about to almost strangle this mare, except…

"Chill, didn't I say it's halfway done, and now, here's the after part of what I said." Warring exclaimed with even surprisingly, calm mood against Boris's scariest feature, like she has total confidence in the potion spell.

At this moment, the group saw the strange effects of the potion were fading away. And in their absence left a strange body with its appearance hidden by the shadows; Boris & his minions were wondering if that was Trixie and they were about to get their answer alright.

"Uuuuagh, what happened?" Spoke the voice that for some strange reason did not belong to Trixie. 

"Hugh?" Boris' group responded puzzled to drop everything to turn to see their ally friend.

"What's happened, I feel…strange." The strange female voice spoke that didn't sound like Trixie, but sounded very confused, "Waugh…my voice!" The being spoke from holding her throat, feeling that something was not right. "My voice sounds…strange." Even from the shadows, this was a pony that felt something happened to her voice? "Boris….Boxco…Dum Dum….what's wrong?" The pony's hidden from our view as we saw her shadowy concealed back looking to Boris' group, as if asking their puzzled faces…what's wrong?

"Tri-Tri-Trixie," Boris spoke off firstly in addressing the pony before them as…their friend Trixie. "Is that you? You're…" Boris would have spoken a bit more, but some reason he had a hard time speaking the words out.

"I'm what?" The voice responded, being known as Trixie, but she didn't sound like her.

Then Boxco and Dum Dum did something really shocking, they whistled a love sound; The kind that males do when they see something really beautiful in their sights.

"Bonk!" That's when Boris bonked his own minions on the head with an annoyed expression. "Behave yourselves, you twits!" He snapped at his minions for acting that way before this mare. "Trixie, you look…I ugh…how to say this…you’re…I can't describe." The Red Devil spoke truthfully as this seemed like it was Trixie, considering the only other pony that was out of that potion's effect, yet at the same time…this one, wasn't really her. Why?

"Perhaps 'I' should take over?" Warring spoke to come near the shadowy mare that is Trixie and offered her aid. "Trixie, if the mystery you want unraveled, just look to the mirror and get a clear view…of the new you." After Warring Malice said that, she lead and let Trixie go to head directly towards the mirror made in the room to get…a better look at one's self.

"What do you mean?" The mare in the shadows of our image spoke in response to her name as she walked towards the mirror spot, leaving Boris's group still…stumped.

And soon, once we are seen by the mirror, did we get to see who the new sounding voice belonging to the Trixie person was going to look like. And once the light was clear by the mirror did we get to see who was staring at their own reflection, a 'mare' of new dawning appeal. Yes, this was a mare alicorn pony, but the strangest bit was in how she looked at herself carefully. Her coat was strangely a luminous vivid cornflower blue color then there were the eyes, a sense of dark grayish magenta coloring works. Now was the mane & tail, they both were very pale cerulean coloring of white & dark of crimson stripe style, that it was matching that of the body's coat & eyes. The Cutie Mark on her flank seem to be like what many have seen on Trixie, which was a magic wand sprinkling pixie dust, but this new mark was a star twirling pixie dust all over. In some strange an un-explainable way, many could first think that it was Trixie, but this mare had a horn & wings and she appeared taller, slim, and even appearing beautiful to which some would at first think they saw someone almost look like Princess Cadance, that such beauty could be found. But as far as some could tell or even think of believing, this was…

"Is this…me?" The new mare spoke in denying reaction to her more, sweet, gentle, even lovely new voice that was much different from the bossy greatest that was…

"Trixie; that's actually….you yourself," Boris finally spoke off to say that without a doubt, this mare seeing herself in the mirror, is Trixie, Trixie Lulamoon herself.

"Waah," The mare now revealed as Trixie yelped, but also became surprise at her 'wings', yes, they opened up in shock to the girl's reaction. Yet, Trixie slowly studied herself, even her wings that moved accordingly to her will…amazing. "But, I look so, and sound so, and feel…" The mare of a new change of appearance feature didn't know how to even describe herself.

"Completely reborn," Warring beat Trixie to it as the mare of a new appearance looked to this cloaked mare of mystery. "I told you, our Superior wanted to help you out, and now…you got it!" Warring waved off her little left hoof to state what they were trying to do for Trixie this whole time. "You have looks, the voice, the very beauty to capture an audience, even some mares' attention." The cloaked mare came near Trixie and tries to fill her head with some new images to see in a brand new way. "You even have the power to be on par, maybe even beyond that, of the Royal Princess Ponies themselves." Warring swing herself away from Trixie, bringing up the highlife of things that the new Trixie can do that the old one never could do.

"I…do?" Trixie responded with much surprise, and could almost gasp, even Boris & his boys found this situation; mind boggling. "But how is this possible, I look so much like Princess Cadance?" The mare asked off from studying herself in the mirror, there was such a resemblance, yet at the same time, not really at all.

"And she has such fame, now…so do you," Warring came up behind to pat Trixie on her shoulders with a smile, after giving this words of encouragement tone. "Got it memorized?" Warring tapped her right hoof on her forehead to have Trixie keep in mind of that thought.

"Yes…yes I do." Trixie nods with her smile almost never fading, she can't get enough out of her 'new' look. Sure, she was envious about the change, but now seeing this, it's all worth it!

"And from your voice, changed appearance, even your Cutie Mark reshaped, nopony can tell that it's you?" Warring spoke in assuring the mare that from her appearance and outlook, one can ever truly figure out, that this was the 'New' Trixie. "You can be seen a new star to gain more fame than ever." As the mysterious cloaked mare continued to speak of thoughts to feed in Trixie's mind, what came next was… "You can even get your Brotherhood friends out of prison." That was the ticket to seal the deal, Trixie could now get back her Brotherhood member friends.

"I can! Really," Trixie responded off to look at Warring with a puzzled look, could she really do it? Ever since she and Boris hooked up with these mysterious cloaked figure folks, the promises were different from what Lorcan tried to give, but now…this one sounded the most assuring part of this group springing their allies out of prison.

"Well then what are we waiting for?" Boxco replied off with a cheery tone, time for them to get going, right.

"Yeah, let's go try out our new abilities!" Dum Dum nods with a smily face, with three out of the four, along with Boris, changed into powerful alicorns, the task should be a piece of cake, right?

"Sorry, but this job will be left for Trixie." Warring held up her left hove to sternly say, this job task, was Trixie's work…alone.

"Hugh?" Boris' minions responded off very puzzled and confused to hear this claim.

"I second agree, why are you saying that we can't go?" Boris responded in agreeing with his minions with a raised eyebrow, what was Warring getting at that they let Trixie alone do the deed?

"Cause they'll be expecting to be on the lookout for Boris, the Red Devil. Duh," Warring playfully wiggled her hoof in front of the mirror that showed Boris' Devil form, stating the facts in who folks be watching out for. "They see you, they're gonna know and be prepared! And even with these two by your side, their act will give away too soon of whom they are, and lead to question in how they gain to becoming alicorns." In short, Warring explained that if Boris goes, along with his minions, it'll spell a sign of knowing who the latter two are Boxco and Dum Dum transformed and that leads to questioning; how was it possible? "Which is why, Trixie here, with the most change, and her background in showmanship and performance acting, can pull this off." The mysterious mare gave Trixie the credit of her fine talents to pull of the job when no one else can.

"Well, when you put it that way, it does make sense." Trixie rubbed her head in slightly feeling a bit bashful, she did have all those things and most of that might even be true about her pulling this off.

"Got that memorized?" Warring tapped her right hoof on her forehead to remind the group to keep that fact in mind, "Your chance to try out your new stuff, as far as I can say, you may be in league with Boris in terms of magical power?" Warring Malice stated about Trixie's new found strength being on new pairings with even Boris and his legend, "Or maybe closer to your brother…and just a smig, closer to…the Superior in low level effect." The mysterious mare came up close to whisper this message out for Trixie to hear the most out of the others which left her wide-eye in surprise; could she truly be that far closer in terms of true magical power?

"Wooh, Trixie is already that strong!" Boxco responded off in acting really glad to hear this about Trixie.

"Then where do we stand, perhaps?" Dum Dum asked off in liking to know if they are as strong as their boss or something.

"You both serve under Boris, does that help let you know that you're nearly on par to him." Warring pointed to the two in explaining, 'simple' measures that the minions could be happy with.

"Oh yeah," Both minions responded off with smiling faces, they like the sounds of that.

"Oh brother," Boris sighed in regret, this was going to be something else entirely.

"Well, I guess I better get going." Trixie nods slowly in understanding this picture, time for her to leave now. "Wish me good luck in freeing our friends, boys?" The mare asked off with a slight smile before slowly walking off.

"Good luck!" Boxco & Dum Dum responded off very much quickly with their simple faces of goofy smiles.

"Trixie, I…" Boris was trying to say something to this mare about to leave.

"Yes…" Trixie stopped to look at Boris, was there something the Devil pony wanted to say to her?

"Well, I simply wish to say….that even though you are now…a 'new' mare, can we…still keep the promise?" Boris slowly narrowed his eyes from Trixie's new beauty, trying to keep this discussion on the down level. "The one where I said I help protect you cause if not…" In truth, Boris wondered if he would no longer be needed to help keep Trixie safe from the 'Superior' that at first, got her so 'wild-up', that she's this powerful and may not want any other protection…of him.

"Ssshh…" Trixie came up to gently tap Boris's mouth to have him be quiet for this brief moment. "It's fine, I'm not entirely sure about all of this myself, but right now….I'm not feeling like a weak little unicorn show-pony." She responded with a smile, saying that she's now, a pony not weak like before. "And for what it's worth, I still like that promise to be kept, kay?" She removes her hoof from Boris's mouth, saying that she like the promise to be kept, even from these changes.

"Yes, oh-of course," Boris slowly responded in trying to not show any weird signs about now from being assured of this message.

"One last thing, if you plan to bust your pals out, you'll need a showmen name." Warring spoke from stepping up to the two's discussion to tell Trixie this. "After all, people know about Trixie and only the fewest know the last name Lulamoon." What this mare of mystery spoke was true, if Trixie reveals her real name, then the new form will not matter one bit.

"I suppose your right, Warring." Trixie spoke from narrowing her eyes and hold her chin up with her left hoof to think for a deep moment. "Perhaps…Trix Lulamoon, Mistress Lulamoon even, could be my new allies' name to keep ponies guessing." The new Trixie exclaimed out in who she can take the name of for now until the time is right and her true identity is revealed.

"Now you're thinking ahead!" Warring tapped on her forehead to say that Trixie was thinking much more ahead here. "The ponies, even the Royal Sisters, will be guessing where this 'new' alicorn came from, leaving trouble of finding the other 'you' & Boris & his boys here as a last thought. Especially, when it looks like the Brotherhood that are freed, vanish under a new foe's hoof." Warring was explaining out the big picture, with the new Trixie showing her work, then many would not guess where she came from, leaving the searching of the Brotherhood of Tadaka to a miner work. "One last thing, ever heard of...the sirens?" The mysterious mare asked off a puzzling question to the group here.

"Um, I don't think so." Dum Dum responded off in being puzzled in hearing this question.

"What are they?" Boxco asked off in not knowing such a thing, these 'sirens', either.

"You dolts; Sirens are said to be the maidens of the sea, they sing a serenade song with their voices to delude ponies under their spell, becoming helpless!" Boris groaned to explain to his goons what sirens are to those that don't have much brain work.

"And Trixie here is going to not only pull off an act, but sing a serenade to boot." Warring Malice smiled to give a gentle pat on Trixie's left shoulder in how this mare, is gonna pull off a siren act.

"I am…I never tried it with this power, but…" Trixie was baffled, could she truly pull off such a feat, then again… "I suppose, it wouldn't hurt, I think I know just the performance to pull off a jail break and they'll know 'who' did it." Trixie made a sly smile in feeling the show of magical theater arts awakening in her, she has the 'perfect' idea in how to perform such a fantastic event that the prison will never see coming.

"That's great, better get a viewing crystal spell set up fellas, cause we're about to watch a show unlike any seen before." Warring turned to the group of Boris in stating that they're gonna get everything set to watch a special event about to happen while they stay put. "And the rest of Equestria will know her name…Mistress 'Trix' Lulamoon." Warring responded with a smiling mood on her face, knowing that she's done something by her orders, Trixie is now…a fully-fledged member of true power for their order group.

With that, Trixie activated her horn and then what happened next was mysterious. Her whole body transformed into a cloud of light-blue dust color with light violet sparkle stars glimmering. Then in a 'wosh' effect zipped out of the cavern like something of a comet or a shooting star in the night sky truly a marvelous feat.

"Hey boss, me and Dum Dum were thinking." Boxco spoke up first to get Boris's attention on something.

"Oh this should be grand, what is it?" Boris rolled his eyes in hearing this, what could his minions have thought up to earn some attention?

"Well since you go by, the Red Devil in title, can we have titles too?" Dum Dum asked off in thinking they like titles to sound good for them as well.

"You want titles, you two?" Boris asked a bit skeptical of what he's heard, these two can't be serious. It's one thing if he has a title for his greatest, but these two lunkheads?

"That's not a bad idea, but they may also need new names?" Warring Malice rubbed her chin in thinking this subject over for some other things to come into play. "Boxco & Dum Dum just not feeling 'real' foes of threatening feeling here." The mystery mare held her hooves in stating that no matter how one looks at it, those names of Boris's minions aren't gonna be taken seriously. "I got it," Warring suddenly wave off her left hoof to point to one of the two minions from an ideal thought. "Dum Dum, you can use the name 'Dumbledore'! Boxco, you can use the name 'Bocolix'!" The mare of mystery pointed and gave new names that can be the code-named to be easier to disguise Dum Dum and Boxco's identities.

"Ohhhh, fancy names," Both minions responded with smiles to liking them new code-base cover phrase names, they makes them sound so much cooler then Boxco and Dum Dum that were more laugh riots.

"And Boris, since they are your minions, what titles would you say fits them?" Warring spoke to smiles at the Red Devil, asking to give his boys something of a title for them to feel comfy on.

"Well they can be known best as the stooges, but I'm feeling aligned to give them something…" Boris said with as shrug. "How does the term name 'Enforcers' sound to you boys?"

"Ohhh, Dumbledore, the Enforcer, makes me sound not so dumb!" Dum Dum responded off in hearing his own new name with a title; that makes him sound so much like an intelligent pony.

"Hmmm, Bocolix, the Enforcer, sounds like I'm the second rank, nice." Boxco responded off in hearing his own new name and title brings this guy to being second in charge for his boss, Boris.

"Then it's settled, now let’s set things up quickly, I think Trix, AKA, Trixie, is about to begin a performance never before seen." Warring smiled to happily say, that everything is coming together, with Boris and gang have a big change in their lives, time to set up shop in this cavern. Not only for this spot to allow them viewing crystal set up for watching all of Equestria but to make this be a new hideout fro when the rest of the Brotherhood is freed to stay here.

With that, the group of Boris gang shrug off the feeling of the moment to get to setting a few things up in this cavern, no telling what will happen from here. But from their magical powers and feats of strength, times that by three, they'll be able to turn this lovely cavern crystal hidden into a new base of operation for the Brotherhood members that served under Lorcan. And hopefully, things won't go bad as they lost their old hangout at Nightmare Moon's Castle, so, they'll have to improvise to change this place, into a hidden sanctuary from the outside world.

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Now the scene is changed to where we find ourselves at a place of a heavily constructed fortification of solitude and impenetrable walls. The time of day was nighttime, the moon was out in its full view; the glittering stars are seen above this hollow place. The lights inside this building, apparently, were still on, and there were much Royal Guards marching along, each with a duty to patrol their sectors and were given much defensive battle armor and wielding mighty spears & circular shields designed by skilled blacksmiths to fight against mighty beast, such as Manticores or timberwolves. However, these guards were more suited up to keep themselves heavily armed and ready to keep their 'prisoners' in check here. The for place we are now at is the second prison hold that holds the inmates in question: Grimdark. Many well knowing ponies that have done their research knows that the Gates Of Tartarus are guarded by a mythical creature; Cerberus, to keep 'evil creatures' even 'ancient' ones imprisoned that if escaped would destroy Equestria. But this other prison is more of keeping the inmates that have done crimes to Equestria, and it even gives some rehabilitation courses to change those of their evil ways. In truth, this place was just to keep any bad guys and villains out that the Royal Princess Pony Sisters decree that they are sentenced to serve their time there, some for years or until they are fit to rejoin their society under new peaceful terms in coming to their hard lesson learn.

But for right now, we go to two Pegasus guards that were built to be tough, physical fighters and hard laboring stallions, left front hooves had circular shields attached while their spears were strapped to their backs, as they are on the marching patrol routine. One was an orange Pegasus with a black messy short mane and long tail, and blue eyes. The other one was a brown Pegasus with short, but straight pointed mane and a long tail, and had grayish eyes. At this very moment, they are chatting away about their career and of what they are doing.

"Gee Fred; this sure was a swell gig we got." The brown Pegasus spoke to his buddy next to him on a subject.

"Ain't it so Barns, ain't it so." The orange Pegasus named Fred spoke back to his revealed pal named Barn.

"We can just see it, Barney Rubblestone & Fred Flintstoneward." The revealed pony called Barney stated out to happily say in dreaming the moment for the two.

"Excuse me; I do believe you have that backwards." Fred spoke in a superior tone in correctly telling his friend this. "It's Fred Flintstoneward & Barney Rubblestone!" The stallion proclaimed out in knowing how they be introduced, him being first, his pal being second.

"Oh right, sorry Fred," Barney responded off in seeing that tactical error on his part, "Now ugh, oh yeah, as Commanders of our own block of prisoners." Then he got back to where he left off before stating how things are for the two as Commanders in rank of this prison hold up.

"He-heh, ya darn right' Barns and you said this would be a hard life." Fred spoke with a jolly laugh before stating something else in the matter. "Boy, will the girls back home be proud of us." The stallion stated about the two being married to two mares.

"Oh gee Fred, not that I'm complaining or nothing, but how we get here in the first place?" Barney spoke off a bit puzzled and wondered to his pal, just how they ever score this job in the first place.

"Oh just that the last two guys book it out, saying they couldn't handle the prisoners staring at them funny." Fred waved off in stating how two other guards with the jobs these two have left without saying much from what was going on here. "Gee, ye think they could have handled a little staring contest." Fred spoke off in feeling that the last stallions chickened out from not handling a few stares from their prisoners.

"Oh gee, are you sure it was that and that they didn't get scared from the prisoners?" Barney spoke with a hint of concern worry, feeling that the prisoners said 'get out or you die' messages that spook off the last commander stallions.

"Barney, don't be a chicken, we only got the minor bunch of criminals locked up here. Think positive, will you?" Fred spoke to give a little encouragement to his pal, knowing that this was something not to lose face over and besides, they don't have nobody deadly serious to watch out for, right?

"Well yeah, I know that the job in guarding majorly intensive prisoners by the Gates of Tartarus is done by that Cerberus, boy I sure feel sorry for him." Barney spoke a bit off before feeling a little of his positive feeling returning about the whole idea on who's got a big case and who's got a more serious case job. "But he's a faithful dog that watches like a hawk; don't find many others with those kinda determine will power." The stallion made a slight joke in how Cerberus did so well in guarding that there are none like him that others see often.

"That's right, and I just got word from our boss that he's the one that gave us the job with excellent pay and of watching the newest arrivals." Fred nods while stating how they also got this job and they are getting a task.

"Really, Slate gave us this job?" Barney asked off in finding this piece of news very hard to swallow and believe at the same time.

"Yeah, it's thanks to him, we got this gig! Plus with excellent salad pay that we couldn't imagine, Barn." Fred smiles to nod in stating that it's from their boss that he and Barney are in this commander guard duty task. "He still works at his own Slate's Stone Corps in getting the rocks and minerals to change them into product stuff, but he's got ties here as the old Warden even after retirement." The stallion explained a few pointers about his boss running his own company while being an old retired warden.

"Boy, I'm still stumped that he gone from the hard rock life to just busting rocks." Barney smiled off to make another lightweight joke about the discussion they are having.

"Oh, hey Barn, keep it cool, I think this is our spot!" Fred stopped his pal from going on with the chatter from seeing they arrived…at a spot. "What do you think?" Fred asked his partner from the ten hallway tunnels leading to some directions within this prison.

"Well let me check our assignment, um…" Barney was searching for a check board; fold it and was looking at what he and Fred got. "Prison Hallway 7 down to Cell Block 42!" The stallion read the directions in where the two are to be heading towards.

Soon the guards took the hallway number seven and, as they walked, tried to keep their wits about themselves. For as they were going deeper and deeper pass a few cell doors made to keep those of very strong, sharp weaponized, even magic using creatures locked up. These were just some of the prisoners that were caught with crimes committed by Equestria's laws and even from the Royal Pony Sisters, even by Golden Heart's own. Some were not 'as' deadly as the ancient & evil creatures within the Gates of Tartarus, but these prison mates were about the minor leagues that had to be kept in check for all safety measures. And many of the prisoners were those that had kin-intelligence or were not as dumb as rogue animals.

"Boy Barn, look at all these prisoners, guess they were not-so-mister nice guy of the month." Fred spoke off to his pal in seeing all the prisoners trapped in their cells from left to right.

"I be careful Fred, some of these guys I've heard bad rumors about them." Barney stated off to tell Fred that some of the in mates were no way in doubt dangerous in their own way.

"Oh really, what rumors have you heard," Fred asked his pal with a puzzled, but serious face, wanting to know this to be on a safer side.

"Well uh, gee, give me a minute and I can tell ya." Barney spoke from rubbing his hoof on his noggin, unsure of an answer at this time.

"Oh boy," Fred rolled his eyes in hearing that, when it came to trying to think under pressure, Barney here was the expert.

"Okay, I admit. I got nothing."

"Figures!"

Finally, the two guards were leaving the hallway, and finally came around the cell block they were assigned to. They saw the number '42' on the ceiling center of the cell block as clear as day, or just easy to read it.

"Okay Fred, these be the crooks we got to tend to?" Barney spoke off to his best pal in seeing they've arrived at where they need to be.

"Let's have a look see at who we got today, Barn?" Fred tapped his pal in stating, they look into the cell and find out who they got the job of watching over.

Now both guards were curious to take a peek at the cell, and from the right lighting, they got a clear picture of them. Inside the cell were three dogs, two unicorns, and one griffin. Put these together and you get the picture of who they are. They were none other than the Diamond Dog trio Leaders; Rover, Fido, and Spot, the unicorn twins; the Flim-Flam Brothers, and the street credit-griffin of moxy cool with a snappy attitude; Gilda. These six were the know members of the Brotherhood of Tadaka, formally formed by Lorcan as his first advance troops to take over Equestria, all to unleash his father's trapped Dragon Army before planning to dispose of the members he used like tools until they no longer serve a purpose. Only these six were caught by Shining Armor and the Royal Guards, Trixie was able to escape while Boris's group remain at large along with the showmanship mare, and Discord remains unknown from his defeat at Lorcan left his body stone statue and his soul essence trapped in crystal is a missing case. But for now, we return to the group that are in the cell, the dogs playing cards, the unicorn brothers using chalks to draw up plans of new machinery ideas while Gilda leans against the walls.

"What do you losers want?" Gilda snapped at the two guards, finally being annoyed that the imprisoned mates of the Brotherhood have some watchers.

"Well gee; one of them sure seems friendly in the most opposite of means." Barney spoke off to remotely remark this griffin's attitude towards the guards.

"Yeah, I'll say, check their charts and see who they are, Barns." Fred replies off while asking his pal to see what they can learn about the prisoners here.

"You got it Fred!" Barney nods while holding out the clip board to flip a few pages. "Ugh, let's see." After a bit of time, he found the file with a picture of Gilda on it, "A Ms. Gilda Griffin, A.K.A. The Solo Coolsdale Griffin," The guard responded off to how Gilda was known for as he explained something about the data. "Says that she was a griffin that fits being cool, over being good, as the top of her priority. She's got a mean temper and an even meaner roar like a lion." Barney looked up to Fred in stating all these facts about their griffin prisoner.

"Roar like a lion, that little missy?" Fred asked off in a teasing remark; no way that was true.

"Okay pops; then hear this, guaaghh…" Gilda snapped to look at her guards while taking a deep breath and then… "ROOOOAARRUUUUGGHHH," Then without warning, she unleashed a loud roar that ended up shaking the place, disturbing her inmates and the guards' sense of hearing until she cease the action.

"Well Fred, she certainly told you." Barney responded off to plainly joke how his pal had that answering coming a mile away.

"Watch the wise cracks Barn, what else do we have on her?" Fred sternly told his friend to keep his mouth shut about that and to focus on Gilda here, not about what he did.

"Only that she was once friends with the coolest of cool, the Pegasus of speed and the Sonic Rainboom, Ms. Rainbow Dash herself!" Barney proclaimed out with a stylish hoof wave of a twirl in the air and smiled before going on. "And it's written that Gilda got so 'cheesed' that Rainbow picked ponies that she left and was eventually brought in to serve payback to her former friend within the forming of this here Brotherhood." The guard stated about the later events that lead Gilda to where she is today now.

"Would have gotten away with it too if our former founder didn't try to waste us." Gilda crossed her arms to look away and lean on her wall spot to not look at these guards' eyes.

"Okay Barn, move it along, who else is here?" Fred asked off his pal to quickly get this one moving before things happen here.

"Well gee; the next ones up are…um…" Barney was looking through the pages before coming across another image of two brothers, "The brothers; Flim & Flam, AKA the Flim-Flam Brothers." Barney stated in taking notice of Flim and Flim while reading their work on file. "They're first act was traveling apple cider salesmen but would have ruined a nice family's farm. And that be Sweet Apple Acres., and get this, they can sing and dance so well, they could fool saps into buying off their products." The guard remotely stated off with a half-made smile in what these unicorns can do to get mindless customers to fall for their plot.

"Of all the lousy stunts, how dangerous can salesmen ponies be?" Fred rolled his eyes in hearing this, there was no way salesmen ponies could be considered dangerous, other than being schemed out of money.

"Come now sir, let's be reasonable, if you let us off sooner than expect…" Flim approached the bars to try and give a friendly salesman greeting towards Fred with…a proposed offer.

"We'll give you life's worth of apple cider for 75 percent off deal!" Flam finished off to approach his brother in what the unicorns can give this stallion, something nopony else has and it's a real steal of a bargain too sweet to resist.

"Wow, that's some deal! Gee fellas, perhaps…" Fred was suddenly being taken in as the sucker of the unicorn twin brothers’ attempt if not for one thing stopping him.

"Hey-hey Fred, remember what you said when we took this job!" Barney spoke off to snap his pal back to his senses while looking a bit worried. "Criminals are not to be trusted, they can be so sneaky, we never even know it." The stallion recalled how such crooks never are as they are seen to be and that's a noted fact.

"Oh, oh right, thanks Barn." Fred suddenly snap back into the reality of almost being fooled there. "So what did these twins do?" The guard asked his pal on what the Flim-Flam Brothers do to get sent to the slammer.

"Says here they've been joined into a secret brotherhood to rule over Equestria," Barney spoke off to point in what else the brothers' file says about them as it goes on. "They build machines so dangerous that even magic might have hard times. And they also used their mechanical skills to get back at a couple of nice farmers for humiliating them. And they had the 'nerve' to attack a single mare in a tank." He made a frowny ace in stating that last part with disguise, what kinda salesmen goes off hurting pony folks, not only bad for business, but that's just plain wrong.

"Well aren't you fellas sounding like lowdown, dirty schemers?" Fred remotely stated with a stern expression, so far, these unicorn brothers were not too much in the good highlight of their business with this kinda job's display work.

"Well keep talking buster! The fact remains without our weaponized technology…" Flim snapped off at the guard for being rather rude without knowing of a certain fact to their achievement.

"All of Equestria would have been destroyed during the dragons' invasion!" Flam declared off in concluding this note; during the invasion, the heroes used their made product weapons to battle against Lorcan's Dragon Army.

"Well don't think that lets you fellas off the hook, just yet!" Fred sternly pointed to the brothers to say, even with a 'little' help on that part, doesn't mean it was intended by far. "Say Barns, who's last on the list?" Fred looked to his pal in wondering who was last for them to check up on the list.

"Well let me have another go here...um…" Barney was flipping more papers on the clip board, but soon found they gone from one to two and now three, "Rover, Fido and Spot, AKA, the Diamond Dog Leaders." Barney stated off from seeing a picture of the Diamond Dogs trio themselves as the ones spoken cease their card game to hear this out. "These guys were just dogs digging tunnels all over Equestria with an overly obsessive liking for gems. They even once kidnapped a fashion designer and a seamstress pony of both talents to help find gems." The guard explained off while looking a bit surprised to read off that last noted fact.

"Well I got just something to say to them." Fred sternly spoke when looking at Rover, Spot and Fido and was gonna say something about that bad act, "Bad dogs, very bad dogs!" Fred was waving his hoof at the dogs, saying that they did bad.

"Hey, Diamond Dogs only wanted a way to find more gems!" Rover snapped off in protest in hearing this guard say those things.

"Right, that pony was annoying!" Spot agreed while also recalling how Rarity was to them.

"And she wouldn't stop fussing!" Fido covered his ears from recalling the painful days Rarity whined a lot that it drove them crazy.

"Hugh; kinda reminds us of our own gals, Barn." Fred chuckled off to roll his eyes, these dogs with their obsession reminds him and Barney of their wives almost doing the same thing; the term here is, almost.

"Well get this one Fred." Barney spoke to his pal in stating there was more than just that. "It says here, these three are leaders of their Diamond Dog troops and that they were the prime army used to serve their Brotherhood's evil conquest of evil." The guard explained that other than these three dogs, they had an army at their disposal to try and take over all of Equestria.

"Oh boy, and they say that dogs are your best friend, apparently, they haven't met the dogs we got locked up in this here pound." Fred rolled his eyes to sarcastically state this fact about how dogs are known to be friendly, but these Diamond Dogs, not so much.

"Well Fred, this is all of the prisoners. The once notorious group called; The Brotherhood of Tadaka." Barney looked from the clip board to the prisoners, saying that all those behind the cell bars here and the real deal. "According to their file, they were all under servitude of Lorcan, the Scarred Ruler and wanted to bring an end to pony civilization." The guard stated with much worry, there hasn't been anyone who hasn't heard the tale of how Equestria almost fell to Lorcan when he was planning a takeover and pony wipe-out planning, the guy was nuts.

"Don't even bother bringing up that old detail to us and about Lorcan!" Flim firmly protest out in hearing the mere mentioned of the past.

"Right, as of now, we're just the former Brotherhood of Tadaka." Flam declared out in annoyance that after everything, they are but former members of that coining dragon.

"As of right now, its thanks that that loser dragon, we're in the mess to begin with; He wanted to get rid of us after all our helpful effort," Gilda remotely snarled off to say, not forgetting how Lorcan tricked them and saw how he killed them even by clone spell effect which will now haunt their memories of what could have been.

"Save your excuses in court miss, whether it was by choice or not," Fred held up a left hoof to sternly say that any sorry-excuses these guys have, they best save it for when they get judged whenever Celestia decides to put them on trial again.

"That's right, you did the crime, now you gotta do the time! Gehuhuhuhaaah!" Barney pointed out as well while making a funny joke pun that made him crack a smile with a laugh, that was a good one.

"Ugh, you two are as bad as that loser pink pony, Pinkie Pie!" Gilda sighed to remorse off the fact that these two guards are as bad as Pinkie Pie with the pink pony being just as annoyingly childish.

"Oh I don't know, I actually like having a pink pie with a hint of strawberry on top." Barney smiled off to make a nice little joke in how he loves pies, especially the pink flavor types with strawberries in them.

"No you dunce, she was insulting somepony else!" Fred sternly told his bud in not getting Gilda's words confused with another. "Now tell me, what threat class are they at?" The guard asked his bud in wanting to know just how dangerous these guys are.

"Well um, considering we've dealt with guarding Prisoner Class 1 through 5, then around 6 to about 7, their rating is…." Barney was looking over the file case carefully, and came to an answer, "A Class 9 Threat." The guard stated out in what threat these guys reign on.

"Really, a class…CLASS 9!" Fred at first calmly spoke, but then shouted the news out with wide eyes. "Barney, do you know what this means?" Fred looked to his pal in realizing what this could mean for them.

"Sure I do, we skipped a grade and are nows dealing with high-school dropouts? Gehuhuhuhaaah,” Barney smiled to make another humorist pun that they skipped the number 8 and now got those that be troublesome types in their high-school area.

"Noooo, you kooky-dope; It means we've been given the big time here!" Fred dryly explained the case more clearly to his partner in not getting the bigger picture here, "Equestria's most dangerous group, the Brotherhood, under our watch!" He smiled in liking how this would be, he and Barney are gonna be watching the biggest threat group that came to do harm, it's a big responsibility.

"Gee, you really think this is swell Fred, I mean, they don't seem all that threatening?" Barney asked off to his pal, from looking at these prisoners out of the rest, these Brotherhood guys barely register to him as…anything of wickedly evil threats.

"Barney, you gotta look at the big picture, they helped a crook that freed evil dragons and tried to wipe us out, what class level do you think they go in?" Fred sternly tried to get his pal to look at the picture more closely, they outer appearance may not seem as threatening to see, or got that true killer instincts, but they served under a major villain, that's good enough to put them in high treason for working with someone of great power.

"Oh um, maybe 10 perhaps," Barney responded off in how he thinks that if these prisoners are that bad, maybe they should be another class up.

"Don't think this is the end, we'll get out of here!" Flim grip the bars to proclaim that this is far from being over for them.

"That's right, one way or another!" Flam also joined his brother in agreeing with much thought on the matter.

"Don't bother, these cells cut off any magical use prisoners may use, and if you got out, you would come face to face with the prisons most highly trained experts around!" Fred spoke off to the brothers with a determine and cocky attitude in posing himself, stating that these prisoners can't use magic and escape means that they face trained guard experts.

"Really, could you bring them out and we can meet them?" Gilda asked with a sly expression in seeing where this might go.

"Oh sure, I'll just go get them…" Barney nods with a smile and was about to leave to get the 'trained guards' by request, except….

"Barney you short-minded oaf, I was stating US!" Fred snapped to his pal with an annoyance that his pal didn't see that he meant the two well-trained guards were themselves.

"Oh, ugh, right Fred! I forgot!" Barney yelped a bit puzzled and confused, not foreseeing Fred meant to boost about themselves.

"And another thing," Fred looked these crooks in the eye to say this with much force. "If you so much as try anything sneaky or cause any trouble, you will face judgment at the hands of the mightiest force we have at our disposal!" From that sheer serious and determination, Fred and Barney must have something to frighten the Brotherhood prisoners.

"Right, our wives; Duwahahaahah…" Barney responded off with a crack joke along with a chuckle, saying that they have their wives show these prisoners a thing or for.

"Barney, you're not helping with our image." Fred groanly spoke to his pal, everything Barney was saying was not giving their image much good reputation.

"These ponies are weird." Rover spoke off a bit puzzled in seeing the guards here act so weird.

"Weirder than weirder," Spot quoted off in seeing how strange the two are.

"Extremely weird," Fido nods in feeling these two are very much odd.

"What sorta mares would marry you two bobble-heads?" Gilda rhetorically claim out that anyone that married these guys didn't have the best of luck.

"Watch it missy, my William is a mare with fine taste!" Fred snapped to point his hoof at Gilda for her rude remark towards a mare that picked him.

"And so is my sweet Betty for falling head over hooves for me." Barney proclaimed out with a sheer seriousness in knowing a lovely mare picked him of her own choice.

"Boy, makes me think how their next generation will behave like them." Gilda rolled her eyes to remark how if these guards had foals, they be just as thick.

"Now just a darn minute here; it's one thing to taunt us, but keep our kids out of this!" Fred angrily pointed a hoof at Gilda for her rudeness in insulting the guards’ family. "I'll have you know, I happen to have the sweetest and most beautifully baby foal in all of Equestria, little baby Pebbles." Fred smiled in knowing that he's got a beautiful baby filly, one who's so sweet and cute, he feels that she was precious.

"Right, and if my son was here instead of being at home, you teach you crooks to stay in your place!" Barney also spoke in feeling confident in himself, saying that he has a male son that would teach these crooks to be in their place.

"Really, you have such faith in your son?" Flim asked with a slight interest in hearing such claims.

"By the by, how 'old' is your son anyway?" Flam asked in wondering how old Barney's kid is.

"Oh Bam Bam, he's only about a foal's age, kinda like Pebbles' is, why?" Barney responded off with a smile while also being puzzled in why there was such a question to be asked, but….

"Barney, don't tell them he's a foal, they'll make fun of you for that." Fred sternly and annoyingly scolded his partner, nobody take him seriously if they learned his kid was no older or bigger than a baby colt.

"Hah, what kinda idiot sends a foal to do a stallion's job?" Gilda laugh off a bit to taunt how any fool gives a foal a job meant for grownups.

"Now I watch it Ms. Griffin, my boy happens to be the strongest foal in all of Equestria!" Barney sternly told Gilda this, saying his boy was no ordinary foal, cause he's super strong for his age.

"Say what now?" Fido yelped out to listen to this tale really close.

"A foal being strongest in Equestria," Spot repeated Barney's words utter surprise.

"Is this much true, is he strong?" Rover asked in being curious, could a foal really be so strong than a grown up stallion.

"Sure he is, would I lie! After all, I got him from wishing under a shooting star." Barney smiled off to say in how he not only wasn't lying, but how he got his boy.

"You must be pulling our hooves if we fall for that!" Flam snapped off a bit ticked off to hear such rubbish.

"We're not foolish to believe a foal alone is the strongest!" Flim also stated off the facts, nobody would believe that this was true.

"Well believe it, my pal Barney and his colt Bam Bam once solved a large herd of Ursa Majors when they almost tried to crush our homes." Fred bragged off with a smile in letting these crooks know something to really give them a shock.

"Yep, and by the time those good dragons of the council came to help, were they surprised to learn the news! Hah, a colt foal beat the bears up and they ran for the hills!" Barney smiled off to state a funny thing in mind, one foal of a colt stopped a bunch of big scary Ursa Majors that take an army of dragons without much difficulty.

"Heh-heh-heh, that day they claim Bam Bam was the strongest in all of Equestria, he's got a good future." Fred smiled to laugh off a bit in knowing how no Barns' boy is getting some recognition. "Why I'm remembering it like it was last year!" He smiled in picturing how the events once took place a while back.

"Well don't worry too much Fred; that was last year! Gwuhhuhuhhaaaahh," Barney exclaimed off to tell his friend while making a giggle of a laugh escape from him.

"Ooooooh," Pretty much, only the Diamond Dogs were getting suckered into this story.

"Say Barn; are these the only prisoners of the Brotherhood?" Fred asked from now returning to the bigger subject, the prisoners here, were they the only members that were caught?

"Well no. Other than Discord was said to have been sealed away by Lorcan and is unknown of where his soul is with his body, actually I think it may have returned there, returned to Canterlot, so he's ruled out." Barney shook his head 'no' in recalling that the mystery behind the chimera of Chaos is pretty much a doubt he may ever return. "But some say that Trixie the Great, Boris the Red Devil, & the stallions' stooges; Dum Dum & Boxco, are at large!" Barney stated out in looking over files of the only members not held in prison captivity. "Do you think that they could try to come break their pals out of this?" The stallion guard asked his pal if the freed members might try to break these six prisoners out?

"Not to worry, we're on guard duty here, aren't we? Nothing's gonna go wrong." Fred smiled off to say that they got nothing to fear of that thought. "Besides, we got a bunch more guards outside in case they spot any of them." The guard made a good point; their other buddies are watching out for any escape or break in attempts.

"Well it shouldn't be too hard, right? Just be on look out for a devil-like pony and the super magical defensives will shoot him down. Gwuhuhuhhahahah," Barney smiled off in agreeing to his best pal while laughing off that last part. If Boris comes here, they got a way to stop someone that is at least a higher threat.

"Heh-heh-heeeh, good one Barn, no way that a devil can sneak here to free his inmates," Fred laughed off a bit jolly while agreeing to his pal on the subject.

As Fred and Barney walked over to position themselves in front of the cell, the remaining Brotherhood members just were left with their thoughts.

"Uuuuagh, if I spend another moment at this place, I go crazy with guards with a Pinkie Pie personality!" Gilda groaned to stand up to wave her claws up in almost ready to lose her marbles here.

"Can't be helped to say the least, I'm afraid." Flim shrug off his shoulders to say this fact about themselves.

"We're stuck here until something happens." Flam also sighed to agree with his brother, they are gonna be here until something else happens for them.

"Maybe allies could come?" Fido spoke off with a positive look while he and his buds return to playing cards.

"What allies you dolt?" Gilda snapped off to this dog for being so blind to the truth.

"Hay, we not sure, we have friends." Spot shrug off to say that the dogs have allies they know, the rest of the Diamond Dogs.

"Yes, we can escape with help of other Diamond Dogs!" Rover nods with a smile of positive thinking, they get other Diamond Dogs a message and they can break out of jail.

"A lot good that does, the guards here will be expecting that anyway!" Gilda remote off with a mean attitude in seeing one rescue won't be happening. "Boris, if he's come too, can't get by, plus Boxco and Dum Dum sure won't help. And after Trixie split the scene, who's to say she'll come here after ditching us from the fuzz?" The griffin was having some serious trust issues, not seeing that they'll be getting out from any outside help, especially the last one that left them.

"Encase you forgotten, Trixie escaped when the rest of us were either frozen in surprise fear or lost the element to not get surrounded." Flim explained off something Gilda was clearly missing, they had no chance or plan to flee, but at least Trixie did.

"Not to mention you shouldn't blame Trixie too bad, especially when she saved our lives before, if it was the dragons, wouldn't you have fled the moment you had a chance?" Flam explained off that Trixie saved their lives from being taken by Lorcan, and, that if it was the reverse order, wouldn't any of them split the scene if they had the chance.

Hearing those claims got Gilda thinking differently a bit in how that could have been for any of them. "Yeah, I guess so. Guess I never did give that pony much credit for saving our butts." The griffin girl sighed in feeling sorrow before going on. "Well, guess the only way we're either seeing them again is when they're caught or some miracle shows up to break us out of the joint." Gilda rhetorically stated the only chances that they may be getting to see their pals again are if they get caught or something helps them escape.
Things were suddenly feeling a bit quiet around the room, and then something was starting to…happen. Much to some prisoners causing a few noises, a trail of some…mysterious cloud of light-blue dust color with light violet sparkle glimmering stars flown by? Much of the inmates were suddenly feeling something…strange, odd, yet powerful from the cloud of dust as it scattered around the hall and slip through the corners in almost an un-presented emotion. There was a hidden musical symphony of an orchestra silently beginning to fill the halls.

Back with Fred & Barns guarding the imprisoned Brotherhood, things were about to take a turn. While the inmates were busy, they suddenly sensed something; For the Diamond Dogs and Gilda, both being animals could pick up strange things from their listening ears & noises. And for Flim and Flam, they may not be able to use magic, but their magic sense can let them know, something…was near. And outside guarding the curious Brotherhood, while Fred was catching a few winks, Barney suddenly snapped to his senses wide awake to realize…something's off.

"Hey, hey Fred, wake up! I think we have a situation!" Barney shook his partner from where they lean against the wall to snap his pal awake.

"Hmm, what; what situation, Barney," Fred suddenly came to being awake, and wondering what the situation was.

"Well it's kinda getting to be notice, but it seems quiet." Barney spoke from feeling a bit uncertain about the situation as things felt awfully quiet.

"So, that's a good thing, you know how hard it is to sleep with nosy prisoners." Fred replied off in feeling that this just meant they can final catch some peace when sleeping, who could ever get a good night's sleep in a prison?

"No-no, I mean it's too quiet like something is happening!" Barney stated out that things should never be this quiet, even prisoners like rioting from dust to dawn.

"Hugh, now that you mention it, something about this doesn't sit right." Fred responded off in feeling that maybe his pal was right, things don't ever get this peacefully quiet…unless something is happening without their know how.

"Frsuovphm…" Then without noticing, the strange cloud of dust sprinkled it's sparkly dust onto the guards. The action caught the Brotherhood members behind the bars to see this and it wasn't long before the slow guards noticed this too.

"What the…dust, we just had this place cleaned?" Fred asked off from waving around some dust getting all over him.

"Hey-hey Fred; Up there; Over our heads," Barney pointed up to above their heads on the ceiling; the mysterious dust cloud was there.

"Postion yourself Barns," Fred sternly issued to his pal as they stood on their hind legs, raised up their shields on their left hoof and wielded their spears in the right hoof. Whatever they got here was something that they were told to watch out for anything strange and this count.

"Hugh?" The Diamond Dogs responded puzzled as they see something odd was going on, them and the Flim-Flam Brothers along with Gilda. The imprisoned Brotherhood would get to see something here.

Then without warning, the same symphony orchestra of strange mystical background theme was heard. And what's even more mysterious was that there was a voice, as if speaking with a siren tone of…lovely, beautiful, angelic, hypnotic melody. And what came with this, was that the siren voice was signing it's own vers of 'Come Little Children' (Hocus Pocus Version, sounding like Sarah Jessica Parker), and here's what was taking effect.

Unknown Female Singer: Come Little Children

The guards yelped to wield their spears against what was happening with the dust cloud.

I'll Take Thee Away

But then Fred & Barney were feeling something…strange.

Into A Land Of Enchantment

The dust cloud swoosh around the two guards, swirling around them with a gentle touch and feeling, giving them….a passionate feeling.

Come Little Children

Fred and Barney were suddenly feeling somewhat…woozy all of a sudden.

The Time's Come to Play

The Brotherhood watched from behind their prison cell as there was definitely something going on.

Here In My Garden…Of Shadows

The guards were suddenly looking different as they soon were acting…strange. As their was a brief pause of the singing with the dust cloud leaving the guards as instruments were still heard playing.

"Barns…I feel…sleepy." Fred spoke to his pal with eyes so narrow, they almost were blank.

"Yeah….you said it." Barney responded with the same expression, they both were in a hypnotic trace.

"Clupvhm…" Now both guards dropped to the floor, out cold and weapons scattered across. Now this was getting the Brotherhood's attention a lot more than before.

"Um, what happened?" Rover asked off puzzled as they didn't expect this.

"Guards go sleepy-bye." Spot spoke in pointing what happened to Fred & Barney.

"And look out cold." Fido stated how the guards look very much out of it.

"It's a spell, that's what it is, one that I've never seen." Flim stated out to the group that this was a spell, but how?

"Yet the siren voice took them out without a fight." Flam stated that this was mostly done with a siren voice, but who could use it so?

"Well then who could it be that they be here? Or 'who' come here at all?" Gilda asked off in being unsure what was going on; this doesn't look like it's any of their pals, Trixie's good with special effects…BUT NOT THIS GOOD!

"Spsisizizivhmm…" Then the dust cloud was sipping through the walls and its aura and sparkly dust were making the prison cells walls glow. "Break-Crushfruvhmm…" Then when it reached to the back of the outer wall, the Brotherhood suddenly got an open window view. "Bruvhmm…Vrusvhmm…" Suddenly, alarms were flaring, lights flashed up in noticing which area of the prison walls got destroyed, the one holding the Brotherhood of Tadaka.

"What's happening?" A stallion of business came around, tan-pale coat, gray-blackish mane and tail, wore glasses over his brown eyes, and his name tag read 'Slate'. No doubt he's someone who got Fred & Barney this job and was a retired warden, but seeing this sight caught his attention very much…a break out.

"We're not sure, something blew the wall!" Spoke a guard nearby Slate in knowing something happened that caught them off guard, especially since nothing was reported to have bypassed their guard.

"All weapons, aim at the prisoners to stop their escape!" A different guard over the weaponry issued to some troops to keep the Brotherhood members from escaping.

"Hay wait; what's that?" Another guard spoke up from noticing something was up there that looked…weird to them.

Then the same dust cloud swirl up into the air, rotating with majestic flare and style as the music continued the first lines by instrumental vers. Even more so, it wasn't long before some special effects of flashy works were lighting up the skies. The guards stared puzzled, not knowing what the dust cloud was doing, but it was creating something of flashy style of a majestic work. Somehow with the Brotherhood members, some of those effects seemed oddly 'familiar', but they only seen works of art like that from special effects. The next thing that happened was that the sparkle stars created a line pattern, having the pixie cloud take form and…shape. The form was that of a mare alicorn with a luminous vivid cornflower blue color, the eyes sparkled in showing a sense of dark grayish magenta coloring works. The mane and tail whirl around her body, showing pale cerulean coloring of white and dark crimson stripes style, it was like it matched the body & the eyes. The alicorn was taller than normal mare ponies, slimmer, graceful, elegant, even beautiful that some think she looked like Princess Cadance, but this was not Celestia's niece. Even stranger was her wearing a long light violet cape with a white-aqua gem stone buttoning the center as the cape shown off glittering pixie dust when it swooshed around; And the mare of mystery had worn an 'M' violet tiara type headpiece that fit her outfit that also glittered with pixie sparkle dust. And what came next that surprised many of the guards, even the prisoners watching this as the mare flew in the sky, lighting it up with her magic of majestic style…and singing to boot.

Mysterious Mare: Follow Sweet Children

The mysterious mare twirl in the air and lowered her front hooves towards…the Brotherhood, as if talking to them.

I'll Show Thee the Way

The mare waved her left hoof to the skies as if, by impossible means, made new glittering stars swirling downwards to her spot.

Through All the Pain and The Sorrows

As the guards watched the magic happen, their eyes were showing some blank response, and many were losing focus. Some even dropped their weapons while others tried to stay awake, but felt something…effecting them by the siren song.

Weep Not Poor Children

The alicorn mare tapped her chest with her hooves, as if praying for those she is speaking to not weep for her.

For Life Is This Way

Then the mare waved her hooves up as a sparkly pixie trail was raining magical lights of an misty road over the broken wall where the Brotherhood stood staring, watching, and being ever so puzzled.

Trix Lulamoon Is Here

Many had puzzled eyes as the mysterious mare in question was revealed; Trix Lulamoon.

"Frusvhm...Frusvhmm…" Suddenly, magical glowy pixie dust was spreading over the members' bodies at an alarming rate. Once more, something began to happen as they were being magically lifted off the ground.

"What! What's happening?" Spot yelped from wiggling his paws all over at this.

"Ugh, we're floating…" Fido spoke from sensing what's going on, without really sensing the moment.

"But we not have wings like Griffin girl!" Rover exclaimed out to his co-leaders in which they have no wings to fly, this should not be possible.

"Well you brothers can use magic, do something!" Gilda snapped to Flim & Flam, they use magic; they can fix this, right? Especially since the griffin girl can't fly out of this pixie dust stuff that's restricting her movements to leave the floating group.

"Oh my word brother, something isn't right here!" Flim yelped from when the brothers were using their horns power, but nothing was affecting this magic encasing them.

"Our magic isn't strong enough against this power!" Flam exclaimed out that both brothers can't outdo whatever forces have them bind in this spell.

"Frusvhmm…" Then the members were brought over Trix Lulamoon as if partaking in her dancing recital while the members twirl and drift a bit.

Trix Lulamoon: Hush Now Dear children

Trix held her left hoof to hush the worrying members that were over-reacting to this.

It Must Be This Way

As the mysterious mare proclaimed the reasoning, her pixie dust magic flared like a comet, zooming around the members.

To Weary of Life and Deceptions

As the song went on, the guards, those that were still watching, even in blind hypnotic effect, saw something the mare of mystery was doing to the Brotherhood group.

Rest Now My Children

Trix asked off with a sincere face in asking the members above her to relax themselves for her.

For Soon We'll Away

The mare twirled around with comets flaring and stars igniting around her before ceasing to gaze at the magic doing something to….her guest above.

Into The Calm And The Quiet

"Frusvhmm..Frusvhmm…" Suddenly, the Brotherhood members were seeing the glittering pixie dust magic suddenly making their bodies….fade along with it.

Instrumental: (Wooos)

"Um, what happening?" Rover asked off from noticing this and having concerns.

"We glowing more." Spot spoke off in seeing what was happening to him.

"Pretty glow," Fido responded off in 'awe' at what's happening to him and the rest.

"We're disappearing!" Gilda snapped out loud in panic, they were gonna vanish from this spell.

"This stuff, it's changing our forms!" Flim exclaimed off to say what was happening to their bodies.

"We'll be nothing but dust in the wind!" Flam expressed out the true context of this spell's function.

"No-no, get us out!" Gilda was panicking enough to see her wings fading, her tail, and talons, and tried to call out for help. "Waaaugh…" She only managed to make off a screaming face when only her face was left glowing.

"Aauughhh…/Arroooowwwhhhh,” The Flim-Flam Brothers screamed while the Diamond Dogs howled in agony of their final moments before their vanishing fates.

"Do not fight it, embrace your calling…of freedom!" Trix Lulamoon spoke to open her hooves out to say that these six should embrace the feeling.

"Frisisprsisivhmm…" Soon the pixie dust of the Brotherhood scattered to tiny glowing bits to rain down on the mysterious mare. Now many of the guards, even the awaken Fred & Barney came near the busted wall to see something happening. It at first, looked to be a break out, but this mysterious Trix Lulamoon, had just gone and…erased the prisoners.

"Fred, did you see what I just saw?" Barney asked his pal if he saw that which had just gone and happened.

"I did, and I'm wishing I was dreaming!" Fred nods with a shock expression, this didn't look too good, for the Brotherhood that was.

"Frsisivhmfruvhmm…" Then the raining pixie dust of the Brotherhood, forged into six spheres. Three grays, two yellow, and one golden-brown, the mare smiled in holding the living lights….of the Brotherhood. Then they dance around her as she started to wrap up her siren song.

Trix Lulamoon: Come Little Children

She opened her hooves up, signaling the sparks of life from the spheres, as they dance to the mare's melody.

I'll Take Thee Away

Many of the guards still watched on in un-acting movement in seeing this mare perform so….majestically.

Into A Land Of Enchantment

Trix held her chest to speak so sweet, in saying this to the audience, in where she'll take the children, aka, the spirits of the Brotherhood.

Come Little Children

The mare held up her hooves for the six spheres to circle around her figure by her will.

The Time's Come To Play

"Whrissivuhmm…" Then a swirling of twirling sparkle star lights surrounded the mare and the spheres while something was beginning to happen.

Here In My Garden…Of Sha-dows…..

On that final note, Trix Lulamoon was vanished from sight, along with the spheres to become sparkling lights in the sky.

Instrumental: (Wooos)

The lights were raining across the skies, and after a few moments, the music had ended. And to which case, it ended up snapping most of the guards back to their senses while pondering this out loud; did that just really happen?

"Captain, she's gone!" Spoke the lieutenant in seeing that the mysterious Trix Lulamoon is now long gone, like the stars in the sky.

"I can see that!" The captain remotely remarked off to his lieutenant in seeing this for himself.

"Who was she? That mistress of such magical force," One of the other random guards asked off in not knowing who was breaking into their prison estate.

"Trix Lulamoon? A Mistress indeed, none like her are around!" The captain nods with a serious face, the mare that did this; she's no ordinary alicorn just simply wielding magic?

"She was so beautiful!" A random guard spoke from sighing a bit in nearly falling in love by how came to see them.

"So very majestic," Another random guard singed with a smile in stating how much the mare of mystery was.

"Her voice was like angels singing into my ear." A third random guard made a good comment about that Trix Lulamoon's voice, it was…so wonderful, he just lost his senses.

"Snap out of it, in case you forgot! She took the prisoners!" The captain snapped at his soldiers to get their focus back on the subject at hand here. "We need to report this to Celestia at once; a strange alicorn called Trix Lulamoon has snatched the Brotherhood of Tadaka against their will and bypass our defenses like they were nothing?" The captain knew that anyone that could do that is no ordinary opponent, the only ones that could do such impossible task would by the Royal Pony Sisters, or even greater enemies like the deceased Lorcan.

"Who was guarding the prisoners?" The lieutenant asked off in anypony recalled who was to stand watching the Brotherhood before this break out.

"I can have a pretty good guess who." Mr. Slate stated off with his eyes narrowing upwards to seeing Fred and Barney on the edge of the destroyed cell, and then… "Fred…FLINT-STONEWARD!" Yep, the stallion was shouting out loud the name of the employer that was on the job, and may have just bumble it up for them all.

"Oh um, I think they noticed we bumbled our first job, Fred." Barney stated to his pal in realizing, Mr. Slate was mad at them, but mostly at Fred he guesses.

"Oh boy, it couldn't get much worse than this." Fred groans to seeing this had to happen, this isn't good, it's really not good.

"How about that if our wives learn we snoozed during the guard by a mare's sweet melody," Barney pointed out another fact in which things could get worst for them if their wives learned in how this all happened.

"Barn, are you trying to give us a death sentence or just planning to die laughing?" Fred rolled his eyes to his pal that if Barney was trying to cheer him up, he was doing a terrible job.

Well without much doubt, things in the prison were not gonna be looking anytime swell for who knows how long? Right now, there may as well be something short of a riot going on after what happened here. Many of the guards are going around, looking for any chances that 'other' prisoners escaped during the madness of Trix Lulamoon's performance. And pretty much, when word gets out that what happened here gets to other ponies ears, who knows what chaos will be unleashed and it won't be of Discord's doing. And as for the two guards, well, Mr. Slate may have to take them to meet Celestia to explain how this all happened and it won't be pretty to see. 

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Suddenly, the scenery changes to a new location, as we see that we have return to a strange crystal cavern, but something was…different. It may have been a long time, but from over an edge sped cliff, we can stare down below were there was a newly made structure between the crystal caverns and rocks below. There were a few rocky road structures and the outer reaches were filled with many structures where battles could go either way. It was also a bit freaky how their were molten lavas passing through like rivers through any parts outside or near coursing bridge sectors. What was truly a vivid of imagine was that there were constructed buildings further away from the battle field zones, but some were fortresses to secure the outer reaches from getting to…the center. The center was a giant fortress palace that even giants from Ursa Majors to full-size Dragons could enter into. The formation was of blacken molten rock, pretty much like everything else that was a building. All the walls & outside buildings were decorated with tapestries of showing battle fields and of war, plus a symbol of the Brotherhood Renewed, being former from its old name from under Lorcan.

"Frisvhm-Frsuvhmm…." Soon the glowing pixie dust cloud swirls around, and unleashed the six lights it contacted inside. "Prsisifirvhmm…" And from their flashing glow, changed them from small spheres, back into the Brotherhood members of ponies, dogs, and griffin, "Gauagh…." Of course, they landed a bit hard on the ground from being unprepared at the time. The Diamond Dogs trio, the Flim-Flam Brothers and Gilda slowly moans and groans their aching selves to stand a bit up the edge.

"Ugh, where are we?" Rover struggled to his feet in rubbing his aching head.

"In a cave," Fido spoke off from noticing they were in a cave of some sort.

"In a crystal cove," Spot stated that the cave's walls were crystal, very reflective.

"More like a crystal cavern." Flim issued out their whereabouts are in a cavern made of several crystal structures.

"I say, what just happened?" Flam responded off in wondering, just what had happened to them all so sudden.

"Better question is look what 'else' is here!" Gilda exclaimed off to say while getting her member pals to take a gander over yonder from her sight.

The Brotherhood members looked down to gaze from the edge from a cavern tunnel, and down below…they saw a made civilization made. They did not know how or why it was there, but nobody else has had luck traveling the underground crystal caverns to ever find such a hidden sanctuary. There were even set up magical gem setters to respond to the time of day from above, orange glows for mornings, orange red glows for sun sets, red-orange glows for dawn, and dark aqua-blue glows for night.

"Who build all of that?" Gilda asked off in not knowing who was responsible for building such a hidden sanctuary right under Equestria's nose, even the Diamond Dogs that leave underground would have learned of such a place.

"I see that you are ever pushy in wanting to know answers, aren't you, Gilda?" Spoke a voice of arrogance that was very familiar to the members.

And soon coming to fly up before the group on the edge was none other than Boris and two muscular looking alicorns that seem strangely familiar to the others. This answered the question in who responded to Gilda, it was Boris, but why, how was he here? The moment Boris and his new group landed, answers would need to be found.

"Boris? You're here?" Gilda spoke off in seeing the Red Devil pony was here all of a sudden, the last any of the ex-Brotherhood of Tadaka recall, he was a Black Devil before his BIGGEST defeat and vanished from the scene.

"Of course, you expect that I not welcome you from your freedom to our own hidden sanctuary from Equestria!" Boris remotely exclaimed off in seeing that the group here was not expecting that he be here, and in the place that was sanctuary for the members.

"You built all of this?" Spot asked off puzzled, did the Red Devil himself actually built this place while they were in prison.

"That musta took long!" Fido rubbed his noggin in thinking how long such a task must have taken.

"Nope, we found the other Diamond Dogs to help out!" Spoke off the purple colorist pony in stating who they managed to get to help them out with the building work.

"Yeah, we provided the magical touch and they helped in their own way." Spoke the whitish pony in stating that from the other Diamond Dogs made thing a bit easier to construct a hidden sanctuary.

"Diamond Dog brethren here, at last!" Rover spoke out for joy in hearing this news, the leaders can command their soldiers, since they were lost without them and hid so Lorcan wouldn't get to them. "But who are you two?" The dog asked in not knowing who Boris' new pals were, but in truth, they were none other than…

"Surely you recall my minions; Boxco and Dum Dum." Boris rolled his eyes in reminding the group here that they hadn't forgotten the stooges he has under his employment as his minions.

"Now hold on a minute here. Are you saying that…" Flim spoke out in utter surprise and tried to see if what Boris is saying, was that…

"That these two alicorns are Boxco and Dum Dum themselves?" Flam finished his brother's sentence in disbelief; these two alicorns were those lunk-headed goofs from before?

"We go by different names like I'm now Dumbledore." Dum Dum proclaimed out in stating that he has a new name to go with himself and his look.

"Yeah, and I'm Bocolix. And we got a title name for us!" Boxco also proclaimed in stating how he also has a new name to fit his presence to the group.

"We're the Enforcers!" Bocolix and Dumbledore proclaimed out from their new names to who they are called by title name.

Now it was the freed members of the Brotherhood to stare in surprise shock. What the heck happened while they were imprisoned, that this place was built, and that the two stooges of Boris' team; Boxco and Dum Dum were so…so…completely changed, like their boss, but not devil-like? So many questions with so many unanswered answers, it was mind boggling if somebody didn't explain what was going on here.

"How did you two become alicorns?" Gilda questioned off the new minions of Boris, AKA the Enforcers as they like to be known as.

"The same way that we meant some pony you made them faster, stronger, more magical, even if they are still who they are on the inside." Boris sternly explained off about someone that aided him and his group, which helped make his minions be a lot better than they were before, and that's the understatement of it.

"Wait a moment, who is this pony you're referring about?" Flim asked off in know hearing Boris discuss a new pony in question that aided in changing Boxco and Dum Dum?

"And for that matter, if you're here, where's Trixie?" Flam also asked off in questioning that if these guys that were their member allies are here, where was their other member Trixie?

"Grupvhm-Fruspvhmm…" Suddenly, a corridor of darkness appeared behind the group, and to their surprise, saw Warring Malice exit out of there, but they do not know the Earth pony mare. "Frusipvhm-Frsuvhm…" Then the magical glowing pixie cloud came near the spot and reformed into the being known as Trix Lulamoon.

"Who are these ponies?" Rover rubbed his noggin in question, though he just doesn't know who one of the two ponies are.

"One is alicorn who freed us!" Spot pointed in recalling Trix Lulamoon helped in their escape.

"But other look, Earth pony!" Fido stated off in seeing the pony with a cloak, was an Earth type, no wings or a horn.

"Allow me to present myself, name's Warring Malice." Warring Malice humbly bow in presenting herself to this group before her with a positive expression. "Got it memorized?" She tapped her forehead with her left hoof in asking these guys to remember this.

"Ugh, maybe," The Diamond Dog trio leaders responded puzzled as they were not sure what that was about.

"You all have her to thank for it was this very….Earth Pony that we are here discussing right now." Boris remotely commented out in stating how it was Warring here, that things are as they appear to be.

"Wait a second; I think we just miss something here." Flim responded off a bit stumped in what he and everyone just heard from Boris as something was missing.

"Too true, Boris forgot to add in 'Filth' when he addressing Earth Ponies." Flam nods while stating a fact, Boris never cares for Earth Ponies and insults them, so why didn't he?

"What's the deal, you say that to all Earth Ponies, even Ben Mare." Gilda asked with a hint of suspicion, Boris would never miss a chance to insult any Earth Pony, not with a colt or filly, so why?

"Believe me, she…is no mere Earth Pony filth." Boris expressed himself with a stern look as he gazed back to Warring, seeing that unlike other Earth Ponies, this one…is not normal, and insulting such a being, is not wise even for him.

"And for the boss to say that, you know what that means!" Bocolix exclaimed out to the rest that if Boris doesn't wanna insult an Earth Pony, that can only mean one thing.

"Right, she can use magic, like Ben Mare can but different!" Dumbledore stated off in knowing, that Warring has weird powers, even if she has no horn to do it.

"And it was thanks to Warring that Trixie managed to pull an escape unforeseen." Boris stated off with a shrug off feeling about how the rest of the members, were able to escape their imprisonment.

"Trixie? You saying she had this alicorn rescue us," Gilda responded off stump to believe what she is hearing here. "So then, where is she?" She asked from not seeing the unicorn showmen pony anywhere.

"Do you want hint, or maybe, the answer…is staring you in the face." Warring spoke off in getting the attention, and waved her left hoof off towards…Trix's position with her expression ever clam and collective.

Finally, the six Brotherhood members realized it without being told by more than that riddle; that the one who saved them, was actually Trixie herself, but that would mean that this alicorn was truly…

"You're…Trixie?" Gilda slowly was going to say the shocking truth, that this Trix Lulamoon, is the braggy showmen pony; Trixie?

"Yes…I am, or was…the Great & Powerful Trixie." Trix nods with a very calm texture, being very much different from her other old self, from the new voice, to some maturity, perhaps.

"Was you?" Fido repeated that word 'was' like that meant Trixie was not the same no more.

"What do you mean?" Spot asked off in wondering what Trixie here was even getting to.

"What pony here trying to say?" Rover asked from not understanding Trixie's words, they were thrown off from trying to understand things about Trixie of the past to the new Trixie here.

"During our fleeing after Lorcan's defeat, I met Boriss' group, we were alone, wondering how to get you out when…" Trixie explained off with her eyes looking away from her friends towards Warring here. "Warring and her ally offered me a position." The new Trixie explained off the situation that explained how much of her and Boris' group met Warring in the first place.

"A position," Flim repeated the words used with a raised eyebrow to the quote question.

"For what," Flam asked off next in being puzzled, what was the position that this cloaked mare wanted to offer Trixie.

"To become much stronger by joining their order, that the Superior saw my talents bloom much from the invasion and knew it was time I came over." Trixie explained with a serious mood of her expression, recalling of her magical talents from the Brotherhood's serving of Lorcan which caught this Superior's attention. "And so, it was through him, that Warring not only help made those like Boxco and Dum Dum stronger, but changed myself to awaken the powers that slept inside." The mare explained forth the reason that has transcended her to become who she is now. "I go by a new name now…Trix Lulamoon, as I stand before you in this form just as Boris gains such powers." Trixie exclaimed that through her choice is new standing as a new being, an alicorn just as Boris gone through a stage to be who he is as well.

"So wait, after we left Lorcan, you sided over to a new open group?" Gilda spoke off in trying to follow all of this to where they stand now. "Why?" The griffin girl asked in not getting why Trixie got into a new gig group after their last experience under Lorcan's service?

"To rescue all of you, and that's what our order promised, Trixie to join as long as we helped her, she'll help us." Warring stated off in how the strange Earth mare stated how things work out from one side to the next. "Got it memorized?" She tapped her left hoof on her forehead to state that this was something the others needed to remember now.

"Ugh, that sounds like something already spoken for!" Gilda sighed in hearing Warring using that liner once more, it was almost annoying.

"Join the club, she says that catch line whenever she has the chance." Boris rolled his eyes to let Gilda know that he knows the same feeling.

"Well Boris, I need to take Trix here…to meet the other members of our order." Warring spoke towards the Red Devil pony in giving the news, that it's time to take leave with Trixie as well. "You can show our new supporters this hidden sanctuary, cause anything they wanna add, I'm sure you can do." The Earth mare stated off that with the tour for the new addition of the other Brotherhood members, they'll wanna set up shop, may it their new HQ, "An area for griffins, done; A place for the Diamond Dogs to rummage and train, done; A place to create some new machinery, also done. Like magic." She wiggled her hoof off in describing how the functions of such things can be done in such a manner.

"Yep, we got horns and we got enough magic to do that!" Dumbledore nods in agreement, as even the ones with horns and are alicorns, they got loads among loads of magic.

"I'll say, we even managed to create our own quarters." Bocolix nods with a smile in knowing how the Enforcers of Boris have got it made now.

"So, ready to meet the big shot players, Trixie?" Warring looked to Trixie while waiting near his corridor of darkness, as their mode of transportation.

Trixie didn't respond as she looked to her friends, the members of the Brotherhood of Tadaka that stared to her puzzled. Especially those that know what happened to the mare when they met these cloak groupies.

"Listen, I'll be gone for a while but…I'm hoping that this makes up for…my leave." Trix spoke from looking away, looking a bit sad and sorrow in her voice, knowing that perhaps…the others are still holding grudges when the mare abandon them.

"Hey look, even I have to not admit, I wouldn't have done the same thing as you." Gilda shrug off to say something of the matter concerning Trixie and how with her, she might have done the flea the scene moment a bit differently. "But then again, I didn't think I probably break us out of jail like you did." The griffin smiled to make a light comment that helped cheer Trixie up to say that at least the new mare managed to come back for her friends.

"True, that show was your best." Flim nods with a smile in knowing that what Trixie pulled was truly her best work yet.

"Indeed, we barely even believed it." Flam nods to show such a skeptical face, nobody would ever believe that stunt act display was just for show.

"Diamond Dogs here glad we got out! Right," Rover smiles to nod in saying what Trixie did was truly a one of a million, even asked his buds for their response.

"Right," Spot and Fido responded with smiles too as they agreed wholly on the thought.

"You guys…" Trix spoke with a slight feeling of joy feeling in her chest, in truth, she thought they would hate her, but they seem…to be glad that she came back for them.

"Yo, any time now!" Warring waved out to Trixie to snap her back to reality about their timing to get going; after all, she's the one wasting a good corridor here.

"Right, coming," Trix nods back to Warring in understanding before looking back at her member allies with a smile. "We'll talk more after this." The mare stated that once she gets back, they'll have more to discuss other things later.

"Boys, help show our members around." Boris turned to Bocolix and Dumbledore, AKA the former Boxco and Dum Dum to give their member pals here a chance to see the sights of their sanctuary home.

"Got it boss," Boris's Enforcers responded while using their magic to lift up round disc platforms for the Flim-Flam and Diamond Dogs to ride on. Gilda looked back from seeing Boris, Trixie and the mysterious Warring Malice gonna be left alone, but she sighed a bit before taking flight.

"Trixie….be-careful when you meet them, especially…" Boris was approaching the mare with a concerning face, wanting to say for Trixie to be very careful, since where she's going will lead her directly to...

"The Superior, I know, I'll try." Trixie nods with a gloom expression on her face, understanding very much of what this will all mean for her once that happens. "Wish me luck, and strength, kay?" Trixie asked off before turning around, but looked back to ask that Boris prays that she can get by this.

"Hmmm…" Boris nods with his head being somehow, noble in wanting to keep that promise.

"Very touching, I wish I had an Oscar trophy for that scene." Warring Malice smiled off to say this about Trixie and Boris's performance, it was enough that it deserves a reward. "Don't sweat Trixie, things will go smooth." She exclaimed this to Trixie as she two mares got together for the corridor opened for them.

"Grupvhmfruvhmm…" Soon both Trix and Warring vanished into the corridor of darkness, leaving Boris alone. Now the Devil Pony was thinning lots of things, mostly about Trixie, wondering…if she would be alight, or…

"Yo Boris," The voice of Gilda was heard which when Boris turn over to the edge, saw the griffin land back with him.

"I thought you went with the others?" Boris asked with a raised eyebrow, why was Gilda here and not with his Enforcers showing their member pals around their sanctuary?

"First, tell me what's going on to see a devil like you act like…well, that. Gotta mean something is up?" Gilda asked off to remotely wanna know what the deal was that Boris was showing some weird signs from the Trixie leaving scene, totally unlike the guy.

"Let's just say, after Lorcan was dealt with, I understood Trixie a bit more?" Boris looked away with a very stern expression on his devil-like face. "And though she is strong now, she feels fear from whoever this Superior is supposed to be. Just seeing the terror on her expression before she became Trix Lulamoon, I could never forget." He closed his eyes to sigh in recalling how truly afraid and overly panicked Trixie was, when she learned who the Superior of this group they are with 'truly' was that she knows, and it's a question if Trixie, now a very powerful alicorn, can handle even this task.

"Really, is this Superior so bad that…" Gilda asked off with a blank expression, not seeing if this one guy was like, the end of the world kinda bad news.

"Let's just say that when I realized about how Lorcan tortured Trixie to becoming a mind-love sick puppet to serve him, this Superior person…might be worst…" Boris sternly turned his head to have his eyes stare at Gilda to tell her of how bad Trixie had it for Lorcan was nothing but small potatoes to the Superior in question. "He may somehow be even stronger than Lorcan, that's what I think!" The Devil pony exclaimed with a very deep mood of seriousness, just thinking about it, shakes even his devil-like blood to be boiling.

"Stronger than Lorcan; Okay, now I'm freaking out?" Gilda repeated off with a sudden new emotion of fear plastered on her face. "Is there anything else I should know?" The girl asked off in liking to be even more knowledgeable of what they have gotten themselves into here.

"Believe me, there is plenty." Boris nods his head in knowing that there is more to this then they even know. "But I'll tell you along with the rest of our Brotherhood of what we've learned and are now a part of. Especially to be on alert for the members of the group," Boris stated that he'll tell the other Brotherhood about the events of what they are in, including about the members of this new order being run by this Superior guy.

"Like that Warring Malice mare that says 'Got It Memorized?' a few bits?" Gilda asked off in recalling one cloak member of that new group they are working under, it's a wonder if any other member in that order is like Warring Malice at all.

"She is not something to worry too much." Boris stated off in feeling that so far, Warring Malice was more an open-minded person that likes to get around, not much for a trouble maker, but then again, that's the most friendly person they've seen so far, and that's a question of 'IF', that Earth mare is friendly. "It's that other member of hers we saw that reminded us of our near darkness eternal night." Boris looked to Gilda with a much serious expression in recalling who Warring Malice had with her that…truly terrorized him, his minions, even Trixie to believe it.

"Wait…what are you saying, who was the other member?" Gilda asked in believing a bit left in the dark, who was the other member Boris's group met besides Warring Malice?

"I don't know their numbers, that's why Trixie is going to let us know." Boris shook his head in not knowing how many of these Order cloak guys are, but if Trixie is counted, then at least she'll be given the chance to learn 'who' they really are? "Otherwise, one of them…was the former evil queen of Equestria." Boris made a 'dead-serious' expression on his face in telling Gilda, of who 'one' of the other members could be despite the impossibilities.

That message was enough to make Gilda cease asking questions; even she heard some stories relating to 'that' old tale. Soon she and Boris took flight to leave their edge watching over their new sanctuary which Boris stated it shall be call 'The Safe Haven'. The two flew around to see much Diamond Dogs Soldiers were hard at work finishing some nice touch ups, especially since they helped construct Nightmare Moon's Castle from stone to gem structures, so now this was another task that required their aid. And boy, would this new sanitary of evil be the hidden center that not a lot of ponies could think of going for or even know where it is…it's like trying to guide through a maze of caverns to locate this. But in such a case, Boris told Trixie, they have their own magical devices called 'Zone Gates', they operate for furtherest travels and can respond from the users magical aura to create a Gate Spell or using a device to call in for a return or send trip. Of course, such a powerful constructive spell device will need those to work near it, in case they get word to active the travel spell on emergency notice, etc. For now, it looks like things below ground shall be kept hidden from Equestria's world from above…for now, we believe.

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Twilight and her friends were hanging out...when Rainbow busts down the door of Sugarcube Corner, exclaiming, "Girls! I think we got a problem!"

"Hoo doggy, what is it now? Ah was about to bite into mah apple pie." Applejack said to Rainbow with a frown.

"Grimdark just got a breakout!"

"What," The other ponies gasp in shock. Rainbow shows a newspaper ad that explains it all. It's there, there's been a breakout at Grimdark.

"'Grimdark was known to be the most well advanced prison in Equestria, hard to break in and out...but today, that is no longer a case. A weird alicorn by the name of Trix Lulamoon has appeared, casting some sort of spell that kept the guards at bay while breaking out the members of the brotherhood owned ran by Lorcan'." Twilight said while reading the paper in concern. "Who is Trix Lulamoon??"

"Another alicorn; Oh my, this is terrible!" Fluttershy exclaims with a gulp.

"I say, this chocolate milk just expired. Ugh!" Pinkie groans as she tosses away the chocolate milk that the pink pony was drinking.

Spike yelps and breathe out fire, sending in a note and a U-Disk. The baby dragon take this time to read the note first, "'Twilight Sparkle, as you are aware by now, there is a breakout at Grimdark. The former members of Lorcan's Brotherhood had escaped by an unknown alicorn called Trix Lulamoon. We are currently asking residents to be on the lookout for them. I have sent a copy of a recording of what happened via U-Disk that the cameras caught of the action. If you have any information according Trix Lulamoon, inform me at once.'"

"Got my computer," Rainbow said as she got her computer out and turns it on before plugging in the U-Disk. All right, let's see...

Rainbow found the recording on the U-Disk and plays it, showing the record of outside the doors where the guards saw the pixie cloud change into Trix Lulamoon. After a while, after the clip is over, the gang are befuddled in what they saw.

"What was that supposed to be?" Ben asks puzzled.

"I don't know about that Mistress Lulamoon? Whoa, how beautiful and hot," Phobos exclaims with a mad laugh. "And her mesmerizing voice? Makes me wanna..."

"Phobos," The girls exclaims to Phobos in annoyance.

"Oops, my bad."

Twilight notices something else; some of the stallions in the room are in a daze. This makes her realize that the spell involved affect the stallions. The unicorn uses her magic to snap them out of it.

Mrs. Cake, noticing that her husband is also affected, hits him, snapping Mr. Cake out of it as he said sheepishly, "Oops. Sorry, Cup Cake. After hearing that strange song, I felt...woozy."

"Could that song be a spell?" Rarity asks thoughtfully.

"It must've affected 'de males like apple cider on Rainbow Dash." Applejack commented, earning a grunt from Rainbow Dash. "O' course, it doesn't work much on dragons."

"Wait, how come you weren't affected?" Pinkie asks Ben, noticing how the stallion is the only one unaffected by the spell.

"Must be my Triforce Element; I show the most resistance." Ben explains to Pinkie as to what happened. "I wonder how that Trix Lulamoon does it."

"Weird, that Trix Lulamoon almost reminds me of Trixie." Twilight said, recalling how Trix looks almost like Trixie who is still on the run from the law.

"That's lame. Trixie wouldn't be able to break folks out of jail." Rainbow remarks with a scoff.

"Or sing that good." Phobos remarks with a grin.

"Plus, Trixie has tricks, illusions and the whatnot." Fluttershy said with a nod. "So, how could she do this?"

"Yeah, but I was pondering...from the showy off effects was something of Trixie style, yet the mare was not an alicorn, but even I ponders that perhaps....the answer could be that the girl went through something, like what happened to Boris." Twilight said thoughtfully. But then she shakes it off. "Actually, I am still being unsure if that theory was it, but I will keep it in the back of her head... just in case.

Twilight's other friends look concerned by this theory. If what happened to Boris now happened to Trixie...this may spell trouble! 

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Boris sat in his own room in the new castle. The villain was wondering what's happening with Trixie...and if she would survive an encounter with the new group that she's in.

"Ah, welcome Red Devil." A voice spoke, startling Boris. He saw someone in a black cloak, his hood covering his face coming into the room.

"And who must you be?" Boris demands to Smaug in suspicion. Glancing at the cloak and hood, the Red Devil came to one conclusion. "Are you with Warring Malice and that...unicorn?"

"Yes...members of the group. I am their leader...the Superior. Though...sometimes I wonder if I should bother keeping you around or why Trixie brings you at all."

"And what does that supposed to be?"

"You are now a Red Devil, yes? I don't...approve of those abominations." The Superior said as he moves past Boris, making him, "And dear me, why must you pursue a pony? Can't you take the hint that she doesn't love you?"

"Hey! I refuse to rest until Twilight's mine!" Boris growls at the Superior furiously. "What gave you the right to treat me like this?! I promised Trixie to keep her safe."

"Yes, yes, I suppose you should...if only to guarantee her stay. Hmmm, maybe I was wrong about Twilight. Perhaps she does love you."

"Really; Wait, she doesn't...she loves that Earth filth..."

"Come now; have you even not realize the truth?" The Superior asks with a hidden smirk under his hood. "Think, the pony has the Triforce Element. What's to say that she isn't under a spell by Ben, which is why you lost her to begin with?"

"Are you saying..." Boris said as he looks down in a bit of rage. So...Twilight was under a spell! That...monster Ben! Unknown to him, the Superior smirks devilishly and in secret.

"I will leave you to think these things. I will let you stay around and hang with my daughter...as long as you don't do anything that will jeopardize her...association with us."

The Superior then disappears from sight, leaving Boris. After hearing what happened, the villain is more determined to kill Ben. And then, Twilight will be out of that 'spell' and she will be his at last...

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At this time, the entire scene at first, is as black as night, nothing to be seen. Then suddenly, we begin to see some light on the subject, or more to the question, a room of white. It was a circular room containing marble throne-like chairs ranging in height. There were a total of thirteen throne-like chairs that are mechanic. Judging by the space outside the circular room, it was all almost empty, it's a wonder where this place was. During the time, some background music was being played 'Organization XIII Extended Kingdom Hearts 2' to settle the mood of this place. "Gruspvhmm-Frsuvhm…." Then appearing from two corridors of darkness and sat in two of the throne-chairs were Warring Malice and Trix Lulamoon, AKA Trixie. "Grusvhmm…Frusvhmm…" Then in a twist, Trixie's seat was rising up, as were the other twelve which surprised her, but the mare soon yelped when it stopped. "Grufruvphm…." When Trixie gather her thoughts, she saw that now, each and every throne-chair was mechanical and that they raised up to the point, where they earache stopped with some being smaller or taller from lowest to highest.

"Wild ride, I know." Warring smiled with a friendly expression, from seeing how Trixie musta handled her first handling of a moving escalator chair type mechanic. "Welcome to a room, we like to call; Where Nothing Gathers." Warring waved out to the entire scenery for Trixie to get a feel for. "As of right now, you're about to be ranked on your performances thus far." The mare held her front hooves behind her head, feeling pretty relax about now.

"My…rank," Trixie slowly spoke off in hearing this as this was something new to her.

"Take a look see, as you can see, each of us members has a throne to sit in and each one ranks on their achievements." Warring pointed to the thrown chairs that are positioned differently from the other. "From those that are at the bottom of our list, to those from half low, middle, high, to finally…" The mare of mystery paused from a slow drama moment before going on, "The one that sits at the very top. You know who." Even Trixie would get that sly response about who's from bottom to top for the only one to get that position is...

"The…Superior…" Trixie slowly spoke the answer with some concerns in her voice, having a feeling that within this group, the Superior ranks supreme it seems.

"Right, you 'do' got that memorized very well." Warring smiled off to happily congrats Trixie in seeing the girl has that part down real nicely. "Oh and speaking of which, here comes our members right now, pay close attention and you'll see who ranks with the other." The mare stated out to have Trixie set herself ready, for now comes…the rest of their group.

"Gruspvhm-Fruspvhmm…" Just around then, about ten more corridors of darkness appeared around the thrown-chairs except for one…the being at the top. "Frsusivhmmm…" The corridors vanish from thin air, and now Trixie and Warring were looking around at the other members.

"Hey gang, nice to see you all made it on time but it looks like our Leader is running late." Warring Malice gave a little greetings to start up the place, but also noticed that the only one missing was their leader: the Superior. "So to pass the time, lets introduce a bit of ourselves, to our newest recruit…" The mare then did the next thing to wave down to where their newest member was. "Trixie Lulamoon!" Warring Malice proudly spoke to let the rest get familiar with…their new addition.

There was a quiet response in the air, each and every member within their throne-chairs and within their hooded cloaks looked to Trixie in silence. She for the first time was not comfy with the eyes staring at her, like the mare once was from being a showmen pony of showing her tricks. But she swallowed those odd feelings to get her head into the game of being an important person within this new group of members.

"Um, greetings to you all," Trixie tried to get herself together, and made a friendly meet-and-greet wave without bringing too much attention, being new and all that.

"Well well, hi there newbie!" Spoke a strange mare in a cloak whose throne chair seem to be ranked 12 out of the rest. "Say, wanna try this cupcake? Catch!" Then from this member's cloak was tossed a green cupcake with some darker emerald green frosting and black swirly gooey lines.

"Ohh," Trixie used her magic to elevate the cupcake and stared at it very puzzled. "Why thank you, it looks very…ugh…" The mare got a better look at the cupcake, and unlike the more colorful colors seen in Sugarcube Corner, this one seemed….less jolly and tasty. "I don't recall seeing this kind of cupcake, what's it made of?" Trixie asked in wondering, what kinda cupcake was this that one of the members wanted her to have it?

"Oh, the usual of my ingredients," The first hooded member shrug off her shoulders to simply state the manner of what ingredients she used, "Frog guts for the mixing of the dough, swamp fugues topping and a hint of venom toppings from pluck cobras!" And from there, everything almost went really downhill of a disgusting manner of thought.

"What!" Trixie nearly yelped in shock at what this member said sounded crazy, and what's even crazier is….that it might not have been a lie, "Ick!" The mare replied in disgust to know what this cupcake was really made from and tossed it aside from her view, "Splsvhmm..sisivhmm…" However, when Trixie threw her cupcake, it was actually sizzling the outside of nothingness, like an acid burning through solid objects.

"What; don't have a taste for some crazy food? I'm doing a little experiment before using my REAL ingredient source…PONIES! Heehehh-hahahahah," The first hooded member asked off before making a crazy little statement on what she'll cook next time, something more alive, and in the pony category.

"Take it easy Psycho, no reason to freak her out." Warring waved her hoof up to the one that was stating what the revealed member would do. "You'll have to forgive her, she's known as the Stabbing Psycho." The mare explained to Trixie that the one called Psycho is a bit of the group's nut job.

"I can see why from her crazy mind." Trixie stated from feeling very uncomfortable that one of the members is a real psychopath and why did someone like that become a part of this group. Just then, she spotted a member lifting up a strange emerald crystal necklace of unknown origin, "Oh, what an unusual necklace." The mare spoke from never before seeing such a pretty necklace in all her life.

The other member with the gem necklace within the cloak that sat in a high rank of 9 soon heard Trixie's comment. "Indeed, rare gem it is. It's made from a special 'Crystal Gem', and if sold, three mountains could be bought with the profits of this beauty." The member with the jewel stated in how much value this one piece of rock has.

"Thre-THREE MOUNTAINS," Trixie exclaimed out pretty loud in not believing what she heard just now, that one item is that expensive. "My, that is a rare item; may I have a closer look?" Trixie responded in being curious as she wants to see the very expensive jewel in question, however…

"NOOO; IT'S MINE!" The member snapped off in protest as she held the thing close to her. "This little beauty, and many more of all the treasures, shall be mine!" The cloaked being in question exclaimed a greedy remark. "When I find them, all the world’s valuables shall be MINE AND I'LL NEVER SHARE!" Definitly, this particular member was sounding all too greedy, even more than the Diamond Dogs that love gems.

"O…kay," Trixie slowly responded with a raised eyebrow in finding such a behavior over having things to be a bit….eccentric.

"Crarity is somepony we know her as she's known as the Greedy Unicorn." Warring explained out to Trixie about the other member by name that was revealed. "Doesn't take much to figure out how she got it." The mare of mystery waved off in knowing like any other, Crarity is a big greedy mare under her hooded cloak, wanting to be so greedy to have so many things and never share, that's her.

"Well, who else is here I should know?" Trixie asked from slowly gazing her eyes around the place "Someone more…friendly?" The mare at least wants another person who could be seen as someone who's…possibly friendly, maybe like Warring is to her.

"Sure we got some friendly folks tied down here, missy." Spoke a different hooded cloak member in a rank thrown-chair of 11 in the group.

"Oh really, you sure," Trixie responded a bit surprise to hear that within this group of strangers and of weird personalities.

"Positively, Ah'm a dear friend o' yers!" The other member that spoke before exclaimed out her honest opinion on the matter.

"You are, wait, are you a friend I should know and not from my stage show life?" Trixie responded off, but then asked a question in who this unknowing member speaking to her says they are friends.

"Shoot, Ah've been thinking o' yew being mah friend fro' seeing yer show in Neighway!" The member proclaimed out in where she and Trixie came in the same place and the former wanted to be her friend.

"Well in that case, I'm glad…" Trixie was almost about to say, but then did a double look at this cloak person. "Wait! I never went to such a place!" The mare protest out in never being in Neighway during her showmen life.

"Oh, well it musta been during 'de winter." The cloaked member spoke off to correctly say where else she and Trixie might have meant.

"I don't perform in the winter time either, it's freezing then." Trixie stated out in feeling somewhat annoyed in hearing such useless lies. "Who are you?" The mare asked off in demanding to know who this other hidden member really was, Trixie would know someone for sure if that person was even being true about their claims.

"That would be Liarjack." Warring broke the discussion between the two while letting Trixie know, who this other member was. "She's known as the Lying Southern Fury. She'll lie to you and won't be truthful, watch." From that statement, the mare knew that this Liarjack would be more liar than any of the rest and she's gonna show everyone a little something too. "Say, who lifts the sun being the older sister and who's the younger sister that brings up the moon? What gender are you and are you a young adult pony?" Warring Malice asked off with a sly smile as she crossed her hooves to watch what happens, much to Trixie's puzzlement in why this mare asked such easy answers.

"Well don't be silly, ye all know mah answers!" The revealed Liarjack exclaimed out as she soon spoke out the answers. "First, its Luna, then Celestia, as fer mah gender, Ah'm male, an' Ah ain't no young pony adult, Ah'm a 700 year old troll." And those answers were by fair, the most rubbish bunch anyone has ever heard to be lies, even Trixie could see those were practically fibs.

"But you have the voice of a mare." Trixie stated off a bit puzzled and confused that this Liarjack say that she is not a female.

"Ah got a cold!" Liarjack spoke off from behind her hood in making an excuse for her voice.

"But you’re not sounding sick!" Trixie stated off with a confused expression in how this other member was not actually sick.

"There's a snake in mah boot an' it's trying 'ta eat 'de frog caught in mah neck." Liarjack spoke off another lie about a reason of her claim, which goes to show that she really told such tall tale fibs.

"Hihihihiheeeeh, I love it when she lies!" Psycho laughed off with a creepy sounding of her voice. "We had such fun when she made lies from my own questions of madness!" The crazed psycho member exclaimed out in having some 'fun' with Liarjack's lies, whatever a question, instead of the honest answer, came out opposite and she found it senselessly amusing.

"Do us a favor, don't mention it, our newbie here might lose her lunch." Warring held up her hoof to kindly ask that Psycho not disgust Trixie on something that was done that let's say shall remain anonymous.

"Well, I can see you all must get along nicely." Trixie spoke with a sweat-drop off her forehead and sheepish face, these members so far are really quote weird.

"Nah, we're in this for our own needs!" Spoke another cloaked member in a rank thrown-chair of 10 of the rest. "I could turn coat these fellas at the drop of a hat." The member spoke off in a boastful and arrogant tone in how she would not be here or care what happens to the rest.

"Wait! What?" Trixie yelped out to stare at the one who said all those things and was deeply shocked and surprised to hear such things. "Then why are you here?" The mare asked of why a member who sounded so 'disloyal' was a part of this group at all.

"Cause I like doing things that are awesome while a bit of chaos is added to spice up the mix." The spoken member with the major attitude bragged off her own claims of even being here. "If this gig loses its interest for me, then I'm blowing this taco stand!" The mare slouched herself in her throne, not being very respective at the moment, even with a new member like Trixie here.

"Yeah R. Chaos, we hear yeah." Warring spoke off casual in revealing the other member of the order in what she was saying before saying this to Trixie. "My advice, don't get stuck with our known Disloyal Traitor, she has no loyalty to anyone but herself." The mare of mystery pointed out to Trixie that she shouldn't be with someone as disloyal as this member, for her own sake.

"And I'm wondering how you brought in such characters." Trixie rolled her eyes to dryly remark the fact, that from the last group she was in at least 'some' were more trusting then others. "Maybe things can't get much stranger." The mare sighed in almost feeling that the situation can't get any more weirder then it already is.

"Maybes are for babies! Ms. Falsy!" Spoke another cloaked member in a rank thrown chair of 8 out of the rest while being very mean.

"What!" Trixie yelped out a bit surprised when she looked to the one who spoke to her in such a way. "I'm no false of anything!" The mare protest out in her own opinion of not being something of a phony if that's what the discussion is about.

"Too bad you couldn't be that tough before you left town!" The same member spoke off in insulting Trixie by bringing up the pass and being very mean about it.

"You wanna go with me, you little…" Trixie was starting to flare up with anger and was about to use her magic when…

"Hey-hey, better not start a fight, especially against Fluttercruel there," Warring waved off a hoof warning to have Trixie not start a fight with the revealed member that was being mean. "She's known as the Cruel Lancer and with her tough-street attitude and mad skills, fighting her is something of a must avoid if all possible." The mare of mystery stated that fighting this member is not a wise choice, since that one cloak being can be on the terms 'cruel' to others as stated by her name.

"Well, judging by this pony's appearance, she took my drink potion to become better." Spoke another cloaked member in a ranked thrown-chair of 6 from the rest of the group and sounded very much, a smart being.

"Yeah Wilco, thanks to you and our great Superior, she managed to unlock her powers." Warring rolled her eyes to give a little credit to the revealed member that was trying to boost his genius work habit in aiding Trixie with the Superior's touch to bring the mare to becoming a powerful alicorn.

"All the more reason why we should have enhanced the other two test subjects, but you wanted me to hold back on making progressive discoveries!" The one called Wilco spoke off in recalling how he wanted to test those that took the potion he made. He was clearly stating Warring Malice when he gave Boxco and Dum Dum the first potions that evolved them to transform into alicorns too, but Wilco wanted to further test such things.

"I said I wanted Trixie to see we could make her better, not show how turning her two pals into freaks!" Warring waved off her left hoof in stating she wanted Trixie to see progress that was an alright step, not try pushing luck and creating errors. "Sorry, mister Robotic Schemer here, wanted to do something that would have not lead to a pretty picture for your two Enforcer guys." The mare spoke with a smile in letting Trixie know, that if not for her, then Boxco and Dum Dum might have turned into more freakish creatures than just alicorns.

"You mean he was scheming to turn me and Boxco and Dum Dum into…something horrid?" Trixie asked off with wide eyes in learning about this Wilco character and how if not for limited warnings on what to give the subjects, she and her other associates would have been….made into monsters.

"More or less, so we restricted the enhancements." Warring shrug off her hooves to plainly state this fact about the 'good' doctor, "He's always been a schemer, he worked with some shady bunch." The mare of mystery stated with a curious expression in stating, how Wilco had some connection to work from his brilliant mind with others from the shadows.

"Bah, I worked as an assistant to Dr. Lizardo and then became a Nightmare Moon Cult member." Wilco snapped off to exclaim what he was a long while back. "But my body was blown to bits by the Nightmare Moon, now reformed as Nyx, all cause I tortured Twilight against her orders. I simply followed the orders of Spell Nexus, and look what it's done to me!" The cloaked member pointed to himself in stating that he's somewhat a victim and he blames those that made him like what he is now after what happened to his body.

"Wha…happen to him, if he says he got blown to…" Trixie slowly spoke a bit off from feeling nervous to know….if Wilco's body was blown up, how is the character here now and alive even.

"Trust me, it's not pretty, they say his brain kept him alive by that evil essence of the evil part of Nightmare Moon still inside him." Warring shook her head to point to her noggin in stating a scary thought about the doc here, and every bit of it sounded creeper than the next.

"And speaking of Nightmare Moon's evil essence, what about…" Trixie slowly spoke with her expression changing to a more…serious mood for a change, "Her story?" She pointed from seeing one member from within the hidden hood showed some 'familiar' eyes.

Warring saw where Trixie pointed to a cloaked member whose ranked thrown-chair was 7 from the others. And behind this member's hood showed turquoise eyes that stared at Trixie a bit for the time, almost creeping the new mare out.

"Oh, Ms. Moon here, well she's not too bad for most parts." Warring spoke off in realizing who Trixie was referring to and smiled off for a bit. "Right now, she's known as the Corrupted Ex-Student and you might be able to put the pieces to together in why she's called that." Warring shrug off on that last mentioned stuff for the title name says it all, even simple-brains can almost see how there was some connection.

"But how is 'she' even present?" Trixie asked off to Warring in demand about this Ms. Moon being that was here, when from her knowledge, this member can't be really here.

"That is another thing to learn later on in life. The mystery of how some impossible things become possible." Warring Malice smiled off to state something about learning some mysterious that can't be answered right away. "Now here are the last three members I like to introduce to you." The mare pointed to the last three besides the Superior himself that needed some introduction.

"Heh-heh, where'd you pick this newbie from Warring, a beauty mark?" Spoke one member in a thrown-chair that was ranked 2 from the others while sounding a bit laid-back and cocky.

"Wooh settle down Suffocater Jill, don't tell me you forgot how she became this way from Wilco and the Superior's handy work." Warring held up her hooves to have this one member revealed to known about what Trixie already went through.

"Maybe if she likes, she can take over my job." Spoke another member who was ranked 4 on her throne-chair's position who spoke a bit comically. "After all, most of them are not quote right for me." The member casually stated to admit about one's self.

"Always trying to get yourself outta the job, aren't you Starven Fran?" Warring slyly stated towards this revealed member who seems to not like working as much.

"What interesedt me is her connection to our Superior." Spoke another member in a thrown-chair that was ranked 5 from the others at seeing Trixie and how she is here now. "Judging by the effort shown, to now her transformation, her powers must be great indeed." This member spoke from being somewhat interested in Trixie's background with some mysterious connections.

"There you go again, finding an interest in those of us that can suit our efforts, Deadly Rager?" Warring shrug off to say towards this last revealed member in what the being was saying about Trixie.

"Like any rose…even beauty has its sharp thorns of threatening defense." Deadly Rager spoke off from waving the cloak of the arm up and out came some cherry blossoms of energy that dazzled close to Trixie, much to her bewildered surprise on this being's great pride.

"Ho-ho-hooooo, that's some nice lines you got there!" Suffocater Jill laughs a bit in finding what was said by Deadly Rager was a real 'hoot' to believe.

"Okay Trixie, over there, is Suffocator Jill, or we like to call her Jill for short, this one is our own Pony Of Pestilence kinda player." Warring smiled to point to the members and who they are, starting with Jill. "Then we have Deadly Rager, our own Death Assassin." The mare pointed to the one that made the little cherry blossom display show. "And lastly, there's Starven Fran, the known Famine Nocturne." Warring pointed to the last being that was…different, from the last two.

"Um, greetings to meet you, all of you," Trixie slowly spoke to the last three that were here, and boy were they something different from the others.

"And Trixie, you already know me, Warring Malice." Warring Malice pointed to herself, to which case, Trixie saw that this mare's throne-chair was in the rank 3 out of the rest. "Got it Memorized?" Warring tap her forehead with her left hoof to have this be remembered by the new member.

"Yes…I do." Trixie nods a bit slowly in hearing that same line once again by this mare of mystery.

"Good, cause here's another surprise, from us, only Suffocator Jill, Starven Fran, and Deadly Ranger, along with myself….We're known, as the Four Horses of The Apocalypse." Warring Malice soon explained forth some big and important news about the matter of who he, and three others, are known to be in this gathered group. "We serve under the Superior as his high ranking officers, to say the least." The mare proclaimed out how she and the other three are like the big important four.

"You are?" Trixie asked off a bit surprised, she never knew Warring had become a part of some important pony within the gathered members and name felt….frightful at best.

"Yeah, can't say that I was the right person for the job?" Starven Fran shrugs off the arms of the cloak in stating a fact on those that got such a big position.

"Heck, I'm surprised I'm not a part of that." R. Chaos remarked off to state how she was never put into such a four-man team.

"Hehehehihihi, cause you back stab them to gain the top position." Pyscho giggled with a wicked sense of humor in knowing what this one member would do.

"Shot, not like Ah wanted 'dat position mahself." Liarjack crossed her front cloak arms against her chest, not sounding the least bit interested which was clearly a lie.

"They should have put ME in the league, I'm no softy!" Fluttercruel snapped off to pound on her thrown's armchair in protesting what she should be.

"Unless there come riches for my own selfish needs, I'm not interested in more work." Crarity spoke off from being to focus on her special necklace and concerns of treasure.

"Hmm…" Ms. Moon just hums a bit annoyed to have this discussion be brought out.

"Well there you have it, we've let you know who we are." Warring waved off her front hooves in stating this to Trixie. "Feel a bit better now?" The mare asked Trixie if now the newest member was gonna be alright now.

"Well….everyone seems much more different than from my last group?" Trixie spoke from narrowing her eyes away from the others with a deep thought. In truth, everyone here is far different from the Brotherhood of Tadaka, now former on the latter part in which it's too much connected to Lorcan and his evil.

"Hahahaaaaa, yeah, those Brotherhood of Tadaka, what a joke," Jill laughed up a storm in finding that the group Trixie was in was something funny. "The only bigger catches of power you had then were that Boris guy, Discord and Lorcan himself." The cloaked member stated out in knowing who the strongest powers the Brotherhood held were only those three, the rest were not too special.

"Don't EVER say that name in front of me!" Trixie snapped out loud with fury in her eyes in when she heard that member say a familiar name at the end.

"What? Boris…Discord…or maybe you mean…" Jill was about to get closer to what Trixie meant, but someone beat her to it.

"She means Lorcan, not that it's surprising." Deadly Rager spoke from a silent tone in processing the facts of why Trixie felt upset. "He was a loose end that had to be dealt with eventually, and it just so happens….that was done by his own family." He spoke coolly in knowing that Lorcan meant his end by the hands of a family member, his own brother; Spike.

"Man, I feel empty in the pit of my stomach to picture that end." Starven Fran spoke off from rubbing the belly of this member's cloak when imaging such a thing.

"Hey-hey guys, I think we're getting a little ahead of ourselves." Warring spoke in trying to change the mood of this picture here.

"Oh like you care." Fluttercruel remotely remarked off to Warring about being so caring.

"Nag-nag-nag, hehehehe, that's all I hear besides the 'blah-blah', etc.-etc." Psycho playfully exclaims off in feeling that she wasn't listening, just hearing a lot of talk that she's not following.

Things with the discussion of these twelve were about to go nowhere fast. Trixie was feeling like she was caught in a big council's border meetings and didn't know what to do or to say in the matter. Things would have gone on if not for…a sudden interruption.

"Gruspvhm---Fruspvhmm…" Soon something appeared in the last throne-chair that was ranked at the top, number 1 of the group by a corridor of darkness. The portal vanished and in that seat sat a cloaked member that held a dignified position out of the rest, which from his appearance, made the others feel silent. Trixie, despite being more powerful as an alicorn then of her unicorn state, stared up at the one dubbed; The Superior. His appearance alone set order to this gathered members without delay, there was no questions to be asked, he held them together by his will alone. 

"It would appear I have kept you all waiting long enough." The Superior spoke in a superior tone in addressing the following members here. "For now, let us welcome our newest member of group. Number Thirteen - Trixie Lulamoon!" The member that ranks the highest waved motion to Trixie who has now become the thirteenth member of their group.

"Pleasure 'ta meet ya an' welcome." Liarjack responded off to say, of course, that might have been an obvious lie.

"Oh don't worry, we started that one already." Psycho waved off to let the Superior know the rest of the group did the meet and greet.

"Hey, don't interrupt him." Starven Fran spoke with caution that some of them were trying to start something here now.

"It has been a long time…since I last laid eyes upon you…Trixie." The Superior spoke with a strange motion in his voice especially as he addressed the newest member to the group.

"Yes….it really has been all but too long." Trixie spoke from looking away from her eyes facing the Superior, knowing who he really is.

"What happened in the past shall stay in the past, so we can move on…to better things for the future." The Superior spoke in waving his hooded arm in stating, that things can left in the past of whatever happened, so one can move forward to…the future.

"So you like to say." Trixie muttered under her breath from hearing such claims.

"You must have questions, but first, let me explain…who we are." The Superior stated to Trixie about her questioning mind about the situation they are now in. "We…are known as the Apocalypse Ponies." The Superior waved out his hooded arms in proclaiming who the group members are.

"The…Apocalypse…Ponies?" Trixie spoke from suddenly becoming interested in what this group is known to be. And with the name like, 'the Apocalyse' in it, that'll spell the end for almost anything.

"That's right, welcome to our humble-oboe." Warring spoke off with a causal smile in letting Trixie know of the name of their group.

"Our intention is the takeover…of all of Equestria." The Superior spoke in getting the gathering of this meeting under way with one discussion in particular. "Each of us, an outcast…a creation unforeseen by time, space, even reality itself." The leader spoke in waving around to the other members gathered in their throne-chairs. "What you see, there are those who's mysterious are kept in shadow and through the power I went through to gain…has aided me to bring forth…gathered members here before you." The Superior decreed out in that he's brought forth these members, through the works of magic itself.

"Heheeheh, surprise aren't ya, you might say you would know us….but in a more TWISTED side!" Psycho laughed off from where she was, as if making a crazy riddle statement on who some really are.

"In accordance, the Superior here and I discovered something when we first met." Wilco nods in taking over the discussion, as there was something to be heard. "That every place, there exist a magical realm that is similar to our own land. The only other that discovered this secret was Lorcan apparently." The member nodded his head in explaining the term subject of such a matter, and that there was another that also was aware of it.

"Lorcan discovered something…but what?" Trixie responded a bit surprised and actually wanted to know more.

"A realm where time, space, even reality of this land, works in a multitude of events that shape their own dimensions; A Parallel Realm of another Equestria or so forth," Spoke, to much of Trixie's surprise, Ms. Moon as she was sounding very smart, but mostly empty in her hollow words.

"In a way, those of us here are of not from this Equestria, but some from other Equestrias of different magical dimensions from parallel lands." Deadly Rager waved off a left hooded arm in stating what the discussed matter is all about.

"Yeah, you might almost wonder, am I myself of this Equestria or of another?" Jill spoke off to make another laid-back joke of the manner, making it harder for Trixie to think of what was what now.

"In truth, Lorcan went into a magical realm to find his other self in planning to gain his own further needs." The Superior explained out in recalling the known Scarred Ruler's objective. "But sadly, the Lorcan of that paralleled dimension, perished and the fate was just as similar as of this Equestria we are aiming to gain." The being pauses for a moment for all of this to sink in for the other members. "However, Lorcan's act caused a magical link disturbance and someone caught a glimpse of another realm of a magical dimension and how things played out. That being…was Twilight Sparkle." The Superior spoke that from unforeseen acts, a single pony was given access to see another realm to a parallel dimension, show the events that played out differently?

"Wooh for real, how it happen," Starven Fran asked off in becoming very surprised to learn this piece of news.

"The mare was only briefly connected to the parallel realm by the threads of it being a dream. But what Twilight Sparkle foreseen was anything but a dream, but of a reality of what may have played out." The Superior spoke with much seriousness by his tone as when Twilight woke up to feel that she had a dream where things happened differently, it was in fact, the play out of another paralleled realm's story.

"Aww, I could care less if some pony got a chance to see another magical realm's dimension, even for one that foreseen the chaos I can really mix in." R. Chaos shrugs off to act out like she couldn't care the least bit as she has her own things to consider.

"Ah could care less in how mah place make me into who Ah am today." Liarjack spoke off to state this matter which was a lie, no doubt.

"The only thing about this Equestria I hate is seeing them ponies not running in terror when someone gives The Stare to them!" Fluttercruel snapped off while in a little flash, her eyes shimmered to a 'glare' mode, to which made Trixie almost have herself frozen in terror. That technique was almost familiar to Trixie, but this one had more of a predator all over it.

"Tell us Superior, when will we take over Equestria through any means necessary? I had my eyes on some fine and precious items to put in my collection." Crarity spoke with now being interested if they would be acting soon, so that she can gain some fine additions of valuables.

"All will be revealed, but first…" The Superior held up a cloak arm to have the others wait a moment before about to do something else here. "I want to bring forth someone to associate our matter of means." The leader being spoke in having someone else to enter this room to aid them, "Merluck?" The Superior spoke the name of someone to appear before the rest now.

"Grusvphm-Frushvmm…" Soon another corridor of darkness appeared out of nowhere, and out came another being that stuck his appearance out in the middle center of the room. It was a dark blue unicorn stallion, with blood red mane and tail color, and even blood red left eye. The noted things about this character, was he wore an eye patch on his left eye, wears a star-like cape and wears black shoes on each hoof. The Cutie Mark was hidden under the cape, but from a small glimpse under it from a breeze of wind…it appeared to be a serene snake that's going through a skull, a seriously twisted Cutie Mark of evil when one thinks about it.

"Haaaugh..." Trixie gasped in seeing within the center of this meeting room stood the one pony she never expected to see. The one who calls himself Merluck!

"Hey there sis, I see you've changed much from last I saw you." Merluck looked around, and smiled to seeing Trixie as they were no doubt brother and sister with him being the oldest. "I guess now that kid filly I knew has become more than a unicorn…but an alicorn. Now I'm feeling a bit jealous." The unicorn spoke in making a casual comment in seeing that Trixie has had a new makeover done on her, now the mare is not unicorn, but a powerful alicorn.

"Brother…" Trixie whispered under her breath, to think she really see the next to last pony here was of her own family.

"Aww, is this a sibling quarrel? Well take it elsewhere!" Fluttercruel spoke in pretending to feel some love in the air, only to cruelly tell the two ponies to take the act somewhere else.

"I watch what you say Fluttercruel? Merluck here has a bad reputation and there's one thing you gotta watch out for." Warring spoke to warn her fellow member about this particular unicorn in question. "The guy will give payback to anyone that bullies his sister." The Earth pony mare stated off in seeing that Merluck will go through much extent, including to kills those that face him or makes any harm to Trixie.

"So tell me, what is my assuagement?" Merluck spoke a bit casual towards the Superior in liking to know something. "I came because the offer was of my interest to gain power like you." The stallion unicorn looked up with his one good eye in knowing he wants to be powerful, like the Superior is.

"You will have it as well as the Element of Magic." The Superior nods to the unicorn sorcerer below in the work this one seeks.

"Yes, with that, I'll be closer to your level of power." Merluck smiled off with pride as he wants to be just as strong at the Superior as he's only about close to be 'second-best' in the eyes of the others.

"For now, you shall help train Trixie's three associates that we see fit to become among our ranks." The Superior pointed to give Merluck the job to help train Boris, Dum Dum and Boxco, so they can serve the Apocalypse Ponies group.

"Boris the Devil & his goons, well I suppose they can associate with my own needs, well if they are friends with Trixie, then I'll be a bit nice…a bit." Merluck made a sly smile in seeing that if they are those that have trusted Trixie this much to this point, he can use some help and he'll be nice…but just a little, not much.

"Why would you want Boris & his minions Dum Dum and Boxco?" Trixie asked the Superior in why he's interested in Boris's group now suddenly.

"Correction, what would we want with Boris & his Enforcers: Dumbledore and Bocolix?" Warring pointed out to correct the spoken manner addressing over to Boris's group. "After all, some of us don't go by our true names anymore, just as you have your own allies name…Trix Lulamoon." The Earth mare of mystery made a little wink in letting Trixie know, that for most of the members here, they have different names over their real ones.

"Yes…I suppose so." Trixie slowly nodded with a look of cautious mood as she's not sure what will happen from here.

"Until the time is right, you can all go about your business while I have some alone with our newest member." The Superior waved off his cloak arm to signal the rest of the other members can go, except for Trixie as he wants to discuss something with her.

"Gruspvhm-Frusvphmm…" Soon the other members were vanishing by their corridors of darkness, having their seats emptied on their leave. Now only the Superior, Trix and Merlock were left alone in this place.

"Been a long time…since we were all together, huh?" Merluck spoke off from having a serious face, seeing himself, Trixie, and the Superior as they all have some connection to another.

"Yes…and with….only him looking to us," Trixie spoke with a narrow expression in not wanting to look directly at the one known as the Superior.

"I can see that you carry such a burden, but know that what was done…was for the best." The Superior spoke towards looking down on Trixie, who sit still, not trying to make any eye contact. "Raising you both under my limp was out of my reach…after your mother passed away." The Superior spoke on behalf of both Trixie and Merluck, especially with concerns for the two's late mother.

Both children were quiet and seem to hold a bit of sadden burdens in their souls. Being reminded of their mother only brought back the emotions of stress and pain they wish to keep in the back of their minds.

"But as of now, I have struggled to gain power to be on near rise to that of Nightmare Moon & of Discord's level." The Superior spoke from waving off his right arm to simply state on what he tried so hard to be on such strength. "And as it stands forth, I have gain so much to be almost there….To be as our ancestor once was before his falling." He held up that right arm in declaring how much closer he is to gaining such power as it was for another that was connected to him, long ago.

"Hmph, as in Smaug the Great, you mean?" Merluck spoke with a sly expression on his face, recalling the name of the ancestor the three shares strangely.

"Correct, time will soon come…our plan to retake Equestria for us and only those who deserve the blessings of true power." The Superior held up his right hooded right cloak in declaring, that those that stand beside them shall earn true power, and those that oppose shall fall.

"True power…" Trixie spoke with a sadden burden from looking at her left hoof as if trying to hold something in that grip. "I've always struggled to become like that…but Celestia…" The mare closed her eyes and held her hoof to her chest, once trying to gain such power, but of course, such matters were not seen…by Celestia's hand in the matter.

"Sis, as far as I know it, Celestia made a mistake and she'll soon lose it all." Merluck spoke off with a sly expression to cheer his shyster up to not let one thing drag her down.

"As for those you are assigned to help Merluck, they shall work up the ladder…" The Superior stated in reminding Merluck of his work with Boris's group. "To someday soon…reach membership of the Apocalypse Ponies." The leader declared out as he sees plans to add Boris and his goons into their group.

"You want Boris and his group in this too?" Trixie asked off in being surprised, sure Warring Malice said Boris & the rest can join, but she thought the mare said they serve under her…but the Superior wants them to work hard to become full-fledged members?

"I have seen some display of them and they'll be useful in our cause." The Superior nods his head in stating how well Boris's group shows some form, of promise, with due time. "After all, they are outcasts, just as the rest of us." He stated in knowing that like the other members, they are outcasts being in Equestria.

"Don't feel so blue sis, as of right now, you're on par with that Devil-pony, and about near my own." Merluck spoke off towards his sister Trixie to not worry how the mare is as she's just as strong now. "I may not be an alicorn, but I can be as tough as one." He pointed to brag about himself, that he alone, being a unicorn, he has just enough power to rival even alicorn type beings.

"Yes, I know that." Trixie slowly nods with a blank expression as she knows her brother here was right, he is stronger than any alicorn and so is the Superior for that matter.

"Well if it's time to leave, I'll probably think of showing my new 'associates' my dark castle on a wasted island near the land of Ponytion. Between there and the crystal cavern place, I'll be moving a lot of distance with my studies of the dark arts." Merluck looked to the Superior in letting him know of what he'll be doing from here to later on and with Boris's group aiding him.

"You may leave, my children." The Superior waved off his front hooded arms to let the last two ponies here leave now. "As for you Trixie, I am pleased to see that you've learned to accept fate to move forward." The being spoke from noticing that he know that Trixie Lulamoon has taken the liberty to return even after what has happened in the past.

"How so I wish it were." Trixie shook her head with a dry blank face, feeling that such things matter so little to her.

"In due time, my Reluctant Anti-Hero, Trix Lulamoon; in due time…" The Superior waved off his left cloak arm to state things the mare stated will come eventually; the leader even gave Trix a title name for herself.

"Gruspvhmm…" Soon, the last three summoned their own corridors of darkness, allowing themselves to fade away for now. But as Trixie watched this, she spoke something within her mind. "I wonder that myself….father…" The mare exclaimed the principle thoughts on what the Superior stated, who in truth…was supposed to be her & Merluck's father. "Whruspvhmm…." Soon the last beings in the place vanished into their own corridors of darkness. The room was now empty and the light was fading as the scene disappears without any knowledge of what's to happen? But one thing for certain, these members, the Apocalypse Ponies are going to spell big trouble for Equestria…maybe more than the Brotherhood of Tadaka, Tadaka's Dragon Army and Lorcan himself, as now another new evil…rises from the ashes....


The End


Cast list
Tim Curry: The Superior
Meredith McCoy: Suffocator Jill
Monica Rial: Warring Malice
Cree Summer: Starven Fran
Deadly Rager: Tom Hiddleston
Eric Stuart: Wilco
Tara Strong: Ms. Moon, Twilight Sparkle
Andrea Libman: Fluttercruel, Psycho, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy
Tabitha St. Germain: Crarity, Rarity, Princess Luna
Ashleigh Ball: R. Chaos, Liarjack, Rainbow Dash, Applejack
Kathleen Barr: Trixie Lulamoon/Trix Lulamoon
Crispin Freeman: Boris the Red Devil
James Arnold Taylor: Boxco/Bocolix the Enforcer, Fred Flintstoneward
Richard Steven Horvitz: Dum-Dum/Dumbledore the Enforcer
Maryke Hendrikse: Gilda the Griffin
Samuel Vincent: Flim
Scott McNeil: Flam, Rover
Lee Tockbar: Spot
Richard Ian Cox: Fido
Nicole Oliver: Princess Celestia
Jeff Bergman: Barney Rubblestone
John Stephenson: Mr. Slate
Jayson Thiessen: Royal Guards
Jason Marsden: Ben Mare
Cathy Weseluck: Spike the Dragon
Chris Sanders: Phobos
Brian Drummond: Mr. Cake

With special guest appearances by
Mark Hamill: Lorcan
John de Lancie: Discord
Sarah Jessica Parker: Trix Lulamoon (singing voice)
Brian Cox: Merluck