AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry this took so long to get up. But things happened. I was going to wait until I was done re-writing another story, but then I decided to just scrap said other story and continue with this, mostly because I was losing interest in making rewrites in the other one, and then I got going on my Hanna-Barbera fandom. So sorry for the delay, and the rest of this one should be up soon.
The sorceress cackled madly as she waited until the show was over. First up was the Bushwoolie Marching Band. Next on the program was the Baby Pony Dancers. Luckily, that went smoother than it did last year! After the Baby Ponies came Megan, Franky, and Anne dancing to a pop song from the radio back on Earth. Once they were done with that, everyone went back to the Estate to relax.
"Finally we've got a Spring Festival with no flaws," Magic Star said, stretching.
"I know," Truly replied. "And let me tell you, it feels good!"
"I hope your cousin enjoyed it, Lofty," Galaxy said.
"I think he enjoys Medley more," Anne laughed.
The others murmured in agreement and giggled. Lofty looked out the window and saw Airedale doing flips in the air and Medley was giggling at him. She just gave a little nod to her head and turned to the others.
"He's such a show off," she said. The others laughed.
The sorceress looked at the scene through her crystal ball and cackled under her breath.
"Isn't this a pretty picture?" she said. "It almost makes me feel bad to set their home on fire. Almost."
The sorceress pointed her finger at the crystal and a beam of magic blasted it. That was what she wanted to do for power. She just pointed a finger and whatever she wanted to do was done. The minute she pointed her finger, the roof over the kitchen burst into flames. Fizzy sniffed the air. She thought she smelled something burning.
"Cupcake," she said." I think your cake is burning."
"But . . ." Cupcake said, "I'm not even baking a cake!"
"You're not?"
"No."
"Then, what's that burning smell?"
Franky stood up and walked over to the kitchen. Then he gasped.
"Oh Mylanta!" he shouted. He started running back to the others. "Paradise Estate's on fire!"
"Everybody get out!" Galaxy ordered. "Quickly!"
Every single pony darted out of the Estate as fast as they could. The fire was spreading quickly. Even the trees behind it were burning!
"I'll blow it out!" Gusty shouted.
"Gusty no!" Megan yelled.
However, Gusty didn't listen. She used her wind powers to blow the fire out. But the wind only caused the fire to spread. It made it's way to the nursery.
"Oh no!" Ribbon shouted. "The Baby Ponies!"
"We've got to get them out of the nursery before the fire reaches it!" Bubbles shouted.
Megan, Danny, Julie, Franky, Anne, and all the mother ponies ran into the nursery and led all the baby ponies out of the nursery.
"Where we going?" Baby Glory asked.
"Just follow us," Glory replied.
"Don't ask any questions," Anne said. "Just move!"
"Hurry!" Julie shouted.
The Baby Ponies moved out of the nursery, just as the fire reached it. It was spreading fast.
"Everybody up to the hill!" Firefly shouted. "We'll be safe there!"
"Lead the way, Firefly!" Magic Star shouted.
Firefly led everyone to the top of the hill, far away from the fire. They made it there just in time to see the fire burn itself out. Paradise Estate and the Lullaby Nursery were destroyed. Sweet Stuff started to cry.
"Our home," she said. "Our beautiful home!"
"What are we gonna do now?" Shady asked.
"Sorry, guys," Gusty said, sheepishly. "I didn't mean to . . ."
"It's not your fault, Gusty," Magic Star said. "You didn't know you'd spread the fire."
"But the problem is figuring out where the ponies are gonna go," Anne said.
The sorceress laughed. She loved to cause misery among people.
"I have you now, ponies," she said, pointing her finger to the ball. "Just try to get out of this one!"
The sorceress laughed. She had something deliciously wicked up her sleeve. She sent a little magic beam into her magic ball, and waited. She laughed as she watched what was going on in her crystal. Now it was time to plunge the world in eternal darkness. Then she looked up the spell in her spell book. She wasn't pleased after she did.
"Drat," she said. "I'm going to need the Rainbow of Darkness. But that was destroyed when those meddlesome ponies destroyed Tirac. No matter. I can always bring him back."
The sorceress walked over to her crystal and waved her hands around it. There, she got a vision of Tirac, the evil Minotaur who needed four ponies to pull his chariot of darkness. The Rainbow of Light had destroyed him, but the sorceress knew how to bring him back. She raised her hands and there was a sudden clap of thunder and a flash of lightning. In the blink of an eye, in the sorceress' throne room was Tirac, with his Rainbow of Darkness.
"Ah, Tirac, my old friend," she said.
"It has been awhile, my dear Enchantra," Tirac said. "It's good to be back at Midnight Castle."
"The place certainly went to seed since you left. No matter. I've fixed it up. Anyway, I brought you back for a purpose."
"And what purpose is that?"
"I want to plunge the world in eternal darkness. And I need your Rainbow of Darkness to do it. This will put an end to those Little Ponies' fun forever. However, I'll handle everything. You don't need your chariot."
"That was destroyed anyway. No matter. I'll gladly plunge the world into darkness."
"Good. We have to use certain procedures, or else the spell won't work right."
Enchantra stepped into the light, to reveal herself as a very beautiful young sorceress (even though she was nearly three thousand years old), with long black hair and dark eyes, and a star shaped mark on her forehead. She wore a long dark dress, but no jewelry that supplied her power. It didn't matter. She had plenty to spare. And with Tirac's Rainbow of Darkness, she couldn't go wrong. The first step of Eternal Darkness was to unleash the Rainbow of Darkness onto the crystal ball.
"This will only cause the sun to go out temporarily," Enchantra said. "We'll worry about the rest later."
"Excellent," Tirac replied. He opened his pouch and the Rainbow of Darkness flew out into the crystal, blocking the sun over Ponyland.
"The first step is complete," Enchantra laughed. "Let's see them try to overcome this!"
