Dark: Alright, all the chapters are fixed and formatted… I'm happy XD.


A triangular portal appeared near the grouped up villains that made up Atlantia's team of thugs and the demon Bill Cipher gave a small laugh.

"Told you she'd be on time," he said to Setne, the magician groaning and handing over a stack of dollar bills; apparently, they had a bet and Setne had lost it. Atlantia grinned as he turned to the portal. An Alicorn with dark red skin stepped out of the portal, her dark-colored eyes narrowed slightly. She had an extremely dark orange mane and tail that looked like flames for some reason, and her Cutie Mark was a flaming sword. She wore a chestplate of black metal, and she chuckled.

"Princess Infinite. It is good to have you here." Atlantia growled, before turning to the map. "Now, it is time to discuss how the next battle we fight shall occur."

"Agreed. So how do we play this one?" Facilier asked with an interested expression.

"I am glad you asked, my friend." Atlantia said, chuckling. He pointed to where Canterlot was located on the map. "Princess Infinite will attack Canterlot with the Fire Realms army. With the vast imbalance of the Fire Realms army to the Royal Guard, the Guardian of Order will head there, and my promise to her shall be completed."

The dragon then pointed at Ponyville. "Cipher, Apophis, and Setne, you all attack Ponyville. The sheer amount of Chaos magic that will be attacking his home will draw TD there, and then I can fulfill my promise to him." Atlantia glanced at Crystal. "Crystal, until I tell you otherwise, you can also receive orders from Cipher. Understood?"

The unicorn nodded, her expression blank. Atlantia then pointed to the Crystal Empire.

"I want Screwball and the Dalek attacking the Crystal Empire." He said. "Infinite will reinforce you with a column from her army. Joy Star will undoubtedly be drawn there. Plus, we will have his granddaughter imprisoned somewhere in that region, so he will go there anyways to try and save her, and then he shall face Screwball, therefore making my promise to him come true."

The dragon finally pointed to the Thunder Empire. "Mephilles, you are attacking the Thunder Empire. Infinite will provide as many troops from her army as you think you will need. I'm sending you because the only Guardian who can defeat you is Tempus. He will go there because of you. And then I will fulfill my promise to him."

He glanced at Celestia, Nightmare, and Starlight. "Celestia, Nightmare, Starlight. Mephilles is allowed to give you orders until I say otherwise. Understood?"

The three Alicorns all nodded in response to Atlantia and Facilier gave a small chuckle.

"This is going to be more enjoyable than I thought it'd be," he smirked.

"I've always wanted to stomp chaos with chaos," Apophis noted with a smile.

"They aren't even going to know what hit them," Bill Cipher agreed.

"You all... will regret... this..." Sweet Sunrise muttered in between her sniffles, looking at them from her cage, but trying to keep silent enough so as to not be heard by an one nearby as she was extremely scared right now.

"Facilier, Erebus, and Eternity." Atlantia growled, pointing at Manehatten. "You're to attack Manehatten. Draw all the other Guardians to your location so the other four are isolated. Eternity, if you want to get the Sirens from Tempus's world's human dimension, I'm fine with that."

The dragon glanced at Celestia, Nightmare, and Starlight, before looking at Cipher.

"I need you to mess with their minds." Atlantia said, pointing at the three Alicorns. "Block off any affection, love, and kindness they feel towards Tempus. I learned the hard way that if we don't do that, my plan for that annoying Guardian of Time won't work."

"About that... I'll need some backup for that one," Bill Cipher remarked. "I'll be practically helpless if it comes to that, and won't be able to fight. No offense, but the love they hold for someone is something I've never been able to meddle with precisely."

"He strikes a fair point," Facilier noted. "But I think I may have a solution. It's risky, for me at least, but it could work."

Atlantia grinned.

"I will back you up Facilier." He said, baring his teeth. "I have shared my magic with others before when they work spells."

"Good to hear," Facilier said. "My idea is to trap their souls inside of a new amulet. How much is up to you. If you do the full soul, they'll only be hollow shells he's fighting that cannot answer him and that he cannot reach. The only question is who wears the amulet?"

"You could keep it locked away, right?" a Weeping Angel suddenly remarked, having joined them some time ago.

"Actually... it has to stay within a certain distance from them. So inevitably, one of us is wearing it around them," Facilier explained. Atlantia frowned, before he pointed at Mephilles.

"You could wear it, as they will be with you, correct?" The dragon asked, his glowing eyes narrowing slightly.

"It wouldn't even be a bother for me," the Mobian spirit replied. "With Tempus completely occupied by his loved ones and no one else around capable of killing me, it would hardly be a problem for us."

"Good." Atlantia growled, before nodding at Facilier as he began to gather his power. "You may begin."

Facilier grinned wickedly and threw down some kind of magic sphere that turned into a large gaping mouth of teeth. Floating out of it was an amulet akin to the one he wore, but this time it seemed empty and devoid of any power. Atlantia grinned wickedly as well as his talons began to glow with fiery purple magic.

"Tell me when you need me," The dragon growled. Facilier gave a grin.

"Hope you like montages," he said as music started kicking up.

Facilier: "Are you ready? (Are you ready?)

Are you ready?

Transformation center! (Transformation center)

Reformation central! (Reformation Central!)

Trans-modification Central!"

He brought the amulet closer to the Alicorns then pinched off a bit of blood from each of them, motioning to Atlantia to begin. Atlantia thrust out a talon and shot a stream of fiery purple magic into each Alicorn, before with a flick of his talon he redirected the end of the spell from his talon to the amulet, nodding once at Facilier when he finished. Facilier chuckled and finished off as the amulet started to glow and their souls were trapped in the amulet.

Facilier: "You're changing, you're changing, you're changing alright!

I hope you're satisfied!

But if you ain't, don't blame me.

You can blame my friends on the Other Side!

(You got what you wanted, but you lost what you had!)

Hush!"

Atlantia smirked as he lowered his talon, his magic dying off as he let it.

"It's done?" The dragon asked.

"Yes. It is," Facilier nodded. "Their souls are now locked away."

"And with that, our chances of victory are much closer than ever," Mephiles replied.

"Good," Atlantia growled, before he pointed at the map. "Remember your positions. We mobilize now."


Back at Guardian HQ, TD was sneaking along as if he was some kind of crook or assassin, looking about for his target in hopes of taking him or her down. The only thing telling that he was obviously playing around was the cheeky smile on his face as well as the occasional moment where he would not even bother to try and be "stealthy" whatsoever. He peeked into one of the rooms where he had a feeling the object of his play would be located and suppressed a laugh at how childish he was being. Jules stood with her back to TD, her attention focused on elsewhere as she stared into space. It was obvious she was trying to use her Guardian magic to sense what Atlantia was doing or attempting to do, so that they could respond quickly.

TD sneaked up behind her, then suddenly placed his hands over her eyes and said in a creepy voice, "Reveal thy name!"

Jules let out a shriek and her right elbow shot backwards, slamming into TD's stomach as she grabbed his wrist with her left hand and threw him over her shoulder, slamming him hard on his back on the ground in front of her.

"Ow..." TD groaned, then looked up at her and sheepishly chuckled. "You know... that played out better in my head."

"William!" Jules scolded, crouching next to his head. "Be glad I didn't go for your neck!"

"Eh. Twi's hit me there too many times to count," TD remarked with a shrug. "And in the unmentionables. Pony hooves are as hard as rock sometimes."

Jules rolled her eyes as she stood and held out a hand to him in order to help him up. TD took her hand and stood to his feet, giving a fake pout when he did.

"And me without my camera," he said. "That was a lovely view I had a second ago."

Jules blushed as she rolled her eyes, before giving TD a hug.

"I didn't hurt you to much, did I William?" she asked worriedly.

"Nah, I've been through worst," he replied reassuringly, then looked to her eyes and added with a smirk, "Though I must admit... that was a pretty awesome move you pulled right then."

Jules smiled back at him.

"I kind of got bored while I was in hiding and took my basic fighting training and created an entire subset of it with moves I created," she admitted. "You got one of the simpler ones."

"I figured," TD chuckled. "You know, this would be around the time where my author makes me take advantage of the alone time. But... ultimately, it's your call."

"I'm fine with that," Jules said, giggling softly as she smiled warmly at TD. TD smiled back, then gave her a kiss as he pulled her close to him in the process

"Wish granted then, my dear..." he said to her mentally. Jules sighed as she returned the kiss, hugging TD tightly.

"I love you William," she said mentally to him.

"William!" Joy suddenly shouted as he busted into the room, abruptly interrupting their moment.

"GAH!" TD screamed telepathically, while in reality he abruptly pulled away from Jules and landed on the floor again with a thud.

"Ow..." he said aloud. "Judging by how fast you entered and such... I assume this is more important?"

Jules let out a groan and turned to Joy, her eyes narrowed slightly and containing the slightest hint of annoyance.

"M-my granddaughter! Atlantia... that bucking Lizard, he kidnapped my granddaughter! We have to go to rescue her, NOW!" Joy blurted out to both of them, as his eyes gave a red glow of his rage and worry at the same time.

"Woah, woah, WOAH!" Jules said, holding up her hands. "Don't you remember the last time we ran off to rescue somebody and we had our behinds handed to us?!"

There was silence, then TD's voice said in a slight groan, "This may be a bit selfish... but I'm almost wishing I was knocked out when I hit the floor. Then I could at least be legitimately surprised."

"Libel told me what happened there!" Joy told them "Atlantia have mind controlled Alicorns Princesses from Tempus world!" Then he looked towards Jules. "You might be in charge here and all!" Joy shouted in anger. "But that's my granddaughter, so I will go there alone to rescue her, if I have to! Or tell me, what else plan you've other than going to rescue her?!"

"Joy, CALM DOWN," TD ordered, using a Command Spell in the process for extra effect. Jules looked at TD with a shocked look, before she grunted.

"We'll discuss that later William," She said as she turned back to Joy. "Listen Joy, calm down please. We'll figure out how to get your granddaughter back, I promise."

"Alright..." Joy then looked towards TD and passed him a glare, before telling him telepathically, "I don't like it when you use this command spell on me."

"Eh, it's the only thing I know that can calm you down," TD replied. Jules raised an eyebrow, before she spoke telepathically in both TD and Joy's mind.

"Just because it seems like I can't do something doesn't mean I can't." She scoffed. "Don't try excluding me."

"Wasn't trying to, Jules," TD stated. "And... apologies."

Joy blinked a few times before looking at Jules without saying anything and turning his head towards the door. "We should talk to the others, before Screwball's Chaos accidentally wrecks a portion of our HQ!"

"Unbelievable," TD remarked, marching out of the room. "I thought I'd be past this with Discord, but no!" He sighed. "Hang on, I'll fix it."

Joy rushed after him as he grew his wings and began to hover out of the room to reach Screwball as fast as he could. Jules sighed as she hurried after TD and Joy. Leaving the office, they entered the meeting room to find that Screwball's chaos was indeed getting a bit out of hand. A chocolate milk thunderstorm was occurring through cotton candy clouds, the ground had turned into some kind of slippery sudsy terrain, and some of the chairs around the table were pacing about. The culprit of it all was sitting in one of the corners of the room with an extremely worried expression on her face, muttering something that no doubt had to do with her kidnapped grandfoal. Twilight was trying to calm her down herself, but wasn't getting too much luck.

"Joy, talk to your wife for a bit, please," TD pleaded, then snapped his fingers and reversed everything that had occurred from her chaos. The only thing that remained was a small rain cloud above her head that showed her depressed state of mind. Joy quickly rushed over to his concerned wife, and sat beside her while gently pulling her in a hug, and began to stroke her mane gently.

"Calm down, my beloved Screwy," Joy cooed her softly, while pressing her head on his chest softly. "She'll be alright... we won't let something happen to her..."

Jules blinked before pinching her nose.

"I'm going to use the table," she muttered softly to TD. "I thought I felt something earlier... but I need to be certain."

Without waiting for his response, she walked over to the table, using her magic to bring up the holographic map of the Multiverse before starting to jump from planet to planet, an intense look of concentration on her face. Meanwhile, Screwball was finally managing to speak to her husband.

"What if we can't get to her in time?" she asked. "What if they do something terrible to her?"

"Screwball," TD intervened for a short moment. "I promise you, we'll get her back. And when we do, those creeps are going to pay for what they've done."

Jules let out a grunt of affirmation from her spot at the table, her attention still mostly focused on the holographic map as she continued jumping from planet to planet.

"Screwy, please don't cry..." Joy pleaded to her as he was keeping his fury contained as much as he could for the sake of his beloved Princess of Chaos. "I'm sure we'll find her in time... and they'll indeed pay for what they'd done!"

Joy could've sworn that he saw a familiar demonic face grinning at him for a moment as his eyes glowed red for a second again. He was a slightly startled to see that, but except for a little shudder he didn't give any reaction.

"O- okay..." Screwball managed. "Thanks Joy..."

Suddenly, a strange portal opened up nearby and a grey hedgehog figure leaped out of it, turning a red color as he landed. The majority of the Guardians started to turn on him, but Twilight and TD came to his rescue.

"Whoa whoa whoa! Easy fellas, he's on our side," TD told them.

"Well, technically that's not entirely true, but at the least I'm not gonna kill you," Red remarked.

"Red, what are you doing here?" Twilight demanded.

"I'm giving you a warning," Red stated bluntly. "Atlantia's planning something, and it's something big. He's gonna be using Sweet Sunrise for her power, and he's planning an attack on some key locations that are important to you guys!"

Wait, how does he know that? I never had him- You what? Screw it! Even as his author, I'm not entirely sure how he knows this, and I'm not even gonna bother!

Joy's anger gave a large growl within his mind, as he heard what Red told them just then. "Wh- what?!"

Joy stammered for the moment as his eyes began to shed the same red tears, which some of them clearly recognized to not to be a good sign. The only thing which was surprising was that he wasn't yelling in fury, but still kept silent and stroking Screwball's mane, as he looked towards a certain direction. It was clear from his expression that his anger had began to burn him from within. Jules suddenly let out a strangled yelp, and when she next spoke, her voice was soft and shaky.

"William, remember that thing I felt?" She asked, her eyes focused on a single planet that now took up the entire holographic map, a version of Equus familiar to the Guardian of Chaos. "I found it. But you aren't going to like it."

TD glanced at it, then his expression turned to anger.

"They didn't..." he growled. "Oh, those mother-"

"Hey hey! We're keeping this PG, folks!" Red cut him off.

"Oh, buck off," Twilight snapped, which was a bit startling to hear from her.

"That's it. He struck a nerve," TD stated. "If it's a right he wants, it's a fight he shall get."

Without another word, TD suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. Twilight rolled her eyes.

"And he didn't bother to have me tag along for the ride," she muttered.

"Screwball..." Joy said as he stood up, looking at her with literally blood-shedding eyes. "I'm going there... wish me luck..."

Jules turned the table into a holographic map of Equus, and red lights started to pop up indicating enemies. She frowned at the massive group advancing on Canterlot.

"I'm headed to Canterlot. They'll need some help evening the odds." she said, before she glanced towards the Crystal Empire, where another group was. "Joy, head to the Crystal Empire. I can feel it slightly, but I believe your granddaughter's there somewhere."

"And I'll take the one at the Thunder Empire," Tempus growled. "I can sense Mephiles. I'll deal with him."

Jules nodded, before pointing to Manehatten. "The rest of you protect Manehatten. If we need you, we'll let you know."

"Alright! Let's fry this fish!" Pizza Cipher remarked.

"I'm going with you," Twilight stated. "He may not want me to do this, but I'm not letting William fight this alone."

"Same goes for me, Joy," Screwball added. "They messed with the wrong pony's family."

Joy wanted to say something, but something told him that there was no use. He sighed and looked at Screwball. "Alright, but remember your promise..."

"My promise still stands," she told him firmly. "I'm not going anywhere."

Dark grinned as he cracked his knuckles, golden energy started to arc between his fingers. Percy smirked as he uncapped his ballpoint pen, his sword springing into existence.

"Remember, we don't know what to expect," Jules said. "So be on guard. Good luck everyone."

With that said, the Guardian of Order vanished in a bright flash of white light, followed shortly after by Tempus, who ignited his horn with his Chaos magic and vanished with a cracking sound akin to lightning striking.

"Let's get this over with," Sans said. "I want to return home to Papyrus in one piece."

Then he and the majority of the other Guardians disappeared in their own respective manner.

"You do realize it's a trap, right?" Red commented, then sighed. "Fine. Guess I'm just gonna be the 'be available' guy."

He concentrated, and then disappeared in the same fashion he had done earlier that day.

That was followed by Ayzen who created a portal and went through that.

"Oh well..." Evan said as he disappeared in a moment as well.


Outside of Canterlot, Infinite grinned as she hovered above her army, enjoying how the sheer numbers of her army dwarfed the Canterlot Royal Guard. The evil Alicorn cackled softly to herself, before she swooped down to land in front of her army, taking a few steps forwards to make it obvious she was in charge, as behind her she heard her soldiers lowering spears, unsheathing swords, as well as the commanders of her army yelling at the lower ranked troops to get into formation. In front of her, holding out defiantly, the Changeling monarch Sunshine stood beside her Royal Guard, desperately holding back the enemy army before her alongside her husband Aqua Blaze.

"Princess Sunshine!" a guard said to the eight-eyed Changeling. "Should we send in the reserves?"

"Bring them. It's no use keeping them hidden now," she replied with a nod. "I just hope they're enough."

"I hope so," Aqua replied with a nod, while he looked at the large army. "Let's do this... for Equestria!" He shouted before going into his pony disguise and then transformed into his fearsome beast form, almost three-times larger than his pony form. Infinite cackled to herself, before she raised a hoof, causing her army to fall silent.

"Archers, prepare to fire," She ordered, causing several earth ponies to climb up onto massive rolling crossbow assemblies. Each one had a bolt already loaded, the heads on them sharpened to a point. The assemblies creaked as the were aimed at an angle to where the bolts would smash into the Royal Guard.

"Fire," Infinite ordered, dropping her hoof, and as she did all of the massive crossbows fired, sending several giant bolts flying through the air.

Sunshine, seeing this, charged up the magic in her horn, then a massive beam of magic, looking very much like a meteor, fired into the sky and struck the crossbow bolts in midair, destroying them completely.

I can't keep this up forever, she thought to herself. Where's the reinforcements when you need them?

Aqua's eyes gave a fiery orange glow as his mane began to wave like flames and he opened his mouth, launching a powerful and large beam of energy towards the enemy army. He then stomped his claws on the ground and a sharp shock-wave went through the battle ground. Infinite threw up a fiery force field and deflected the shockwave, before retaliating with a blast of fiery magic. However, before it even got halfway to the Equestrian forces, a shimmering white forcefield blocked it, as Jules appeared right in front of the Royal Guard, her left hand raised and glowing with magic as she clenched her sword in her right hand.

Sunshine was absolutely stunned at what she saw, but she did recognize help when it came.

"Oh, thank goodness!" she breathed. "I was starting to think backup would never arrive."

"It's good to finally get some help!" Aqua in beast form shouted in a set of multiple voices. "By the way, what took you so long?"

Jules glanced backwards, a small smirk on her face, yet she didn't answer. Infinite scowled as she ceased her magic attack, before raising a hoof and dropping it in Jules's direction, two of the crossbows firing massive bolts at the Guardian of Order. Jules frowned as she stabbed her sword into the ground, before crossing her arms at the wrists as her hands blazed with white magic. The bolts glowed white as they slowed down, stopping a foot away from her, before turning and shooting back at the weapons that had shot them. The ponies manning the crossbows just managed to leap out of the way as the bolts struck, causing two crossbows to explode in white flames and a blast of shrapnel.

"I don't think so," Jules said as she charged forwards, her sword flying into her hand as she suddenly shifted into her Equestrian form as Sunset Shimmer. Infinite growled as she unsheathed her own sword, shouting an order at her army before charging to meet her incoming opponent.

"ATTACK!" She screamed as she raced forwards, her sword intercepting Jules's with a loud clang, and as the two Alicorns began to exchange a flurry of blows, the Fire Realms army surged forwards, pegasi armed with spears launching into the air as the infantry troops charged past the solo combatants, their spears aimed at the Royal Guard as they closed the distance between them. The crossbows tried firing more shots, but each time they made it halfway through the air, each bolt would explode in a fiery white inferno, disintegrating to ash.

"You can't defeat me!" Infinite screamed as she slowly started forcing Jules back. "Nopony can!"

Jules didn't reply, her attention solely focused on blocking Infinite's strikes as well as retaliating, but it was clear from the look of extreme concentration on her face she was straining herself to stay on top of shielding the Equestrians from the crossbows bolts as well as fighting her opponent. Sunshine, while watching this, noticed the enemy army pushing forward and looked between them un-decisively. Just then, there was a loud sound of hooves tramping rapidly as a swarm of Changelings, all of her species and all of them Warrior Changelings, charged out of the palace and into the awaiting army, many of them changing forms into some more menacing creatures while they charged. Even so, it seemed somewhat hopeless. But much like her mother, Sunshine was not one to give up so quickly.

"FOR EQUESTRIA!" she shouted, then charged forward with her new Changeling army into the thick of the fighting. Aqua Blaze turned back to his pony disguise and then back to his original Changeling form (to save himself from exhaustion due to stamina he was using to stay in his beast form), as he charged towards the army of enemies along with his wife, his eyes scathing with his blaze while he looked towards Infinite.

"You're dead!"


High in the sky above the Thunder Empire, a deadly struggle had begun between the evil Mobian spirit and the male alicorn who's kingdom he was threatening. Below, what forces Infinite could spare were engaging the Thunder Ponies in a deadly melee/skirmish. Phantom Void was already breathing hard with the stress put upon his body from fighting, but he was determined to keep fighting for as long as he could, to keep the pressure off his wife and daughter below.

Sadly, that moment ended all too soon as Mephiles managed to land a successful blow on the alicorn in question and threw him down to earth. Nearby, the Thunder Ponies looked on with utter disbelief as Mephiles lowered himself down to the ground.

"Your fight is futile," he taunted. "I exist in all timelines and in all realities. You do not possess the power to kill me, and you shall not defeat me. All who will not bow to Atlantia's will shall be put in their place..."

He powered up a large magic beam, aiming for Phantom Void and for his family gathered around him, desperately trying to shield against an attack that they knew would kill them anyways.

There was a sudden cracking sound, before a figure materialized in front of them, a shield of magic suddenly appearing and deflecting Mephiles's attack as the figure stood to his full height, a pair of large brown wings extending fully as glowing silver eyes narrowed at the Mobian spirit.

"You aren't putting anyone anywhere," Tempus growled as he stepped forwards, his shield pushing Mephiles attack back towards him. "And unfortunately for you, I do possess the power to defeat you, for I control and guard the timelines."

The Guardian of Time closed his eyes, before opening them again and glaring at Mephiles.

"Let's see just how long it takes you to accept defeat." Tempus said as his shield vanished and he blasted his own magic beam, intercepting Mephiles attack, the pure force behind his magic slowly overwhelming the Mobian spirits beam. Mephiles growled at the effort, then in a strained voice he held the amulet around his neck in his hand and spoke into it.

"Now. Take your shot," he said. Three beams of energy suddenly collided into Tempus from different angles at once, all of them familiar to the alicorn. His concentration was broken as both his and Mephiles's beams stopped and three familiar alicorns stepped in front of the Mobian, their eyes devoid of any personality and glowing with a dark light. But their forms were still recognizable. Tempus's eyes widened as they faded from glowing silver back to their normal green color, and when he next spoke, his voice was shaky.

"Tia? Nightmare? Starlight?" He asked softly, before shouting at Mephiles. "What have you done to my family!?"

"Given them a new perspective," the spirit stated, then ordered, "Kill him."

The three alicorns nodded and started to advance, their horns glowing dangerously with the intent to kill.

"You guys don't have to do this," Tempus said as he edged backwards, his own horn unlit. "Please, all of you are my family. I love you all. Celestia, Nightmare, you two are my sisters. And Starlight, you're my wife. Please, fight back! I..." his voice cracked, and he coughed before continuing. "I can't fight you all."

"Even families have their disputes," Nightmare Moon stated.

"Consider this... a little payback for your disobedience, brother," Celestia added, no kind emotions behind her tone. Starlight gazed at him for a moment, then said something that sent a psychological shockwave through all the ponies who watched.

"Atlantia is my master," she announced. "And your wife, Starlight Glimmer, is no more."

"No..." Tempus murmured, tears falling from his eyes, before with a howl of rage and grief he closed them, tears freely falling from them before he said in a cracked voice, "If you're going to kill me, go ahead and try. But know that it won't be easy. But if you do succeed, know that no matter what... I still love you three with all my heart."

"Hmm... how touching," Mephiles scoffed. "But then again, last words usually are. This is goodbye, Prince Tempus."

With a single flick of his hands, Mephiles and the three soulless alicorns all charged up their attacks at once and each fired a beam towards him...


In Manehatten, the streets had turned into a deadly warzone between the remaining Guardians, and the villains who faced them there. Among them were three Equestrian Sirens known simply as the Dazzlings. Now with more powerful amulets and therefore more power to their voices, they were making the battle increasingly difficult to win, especially since the locals in the area were becoming hypnotized and ended up turning on them as well. Needless to say, the Guardians were hard pressed. Sans was in a duel with Facilier, each of them exchanging spells and other attacks trying to outsmart one another; Percy and Ayzen were fighting the dark creature Erebus; and the rest of them, due to the power he was wielding, were fighting against Eternity- all except one, Pizza Cipher, who was trying to keep back the soundwaves given off by the Dazzlings from above.

"You can't win this one!" Eternity cackled as he exchanged spells with Dark, although it was evident by how fast the Anti-Tempus countered who was going to win. "We have you beat Guardians!"

Dark shouted as one of Eternity's spells made it past his defense, slamming into the ground at his feet and sending him flying, the Guardian of Loyalty landing hard and groaning as he slowly stood.

"Now's when I wished we had an army," He grumbled as he rushed back into the fight, throwing a spell at Eternity, who just casually deflected it with a blast of power as he pointed his staff at Zecora and a high-powered beam of energy fired towards her. Zecora managed to teleport out of the way, a glare on her features.

"You may have more power, that is true, but we will never submit to your master, nor you!" she yelled, firing a beam from one of her hooves. A blast from the sidelines showed that Sans had managed to gain some form of an upper hand on Facilier, but only on the offensive.

"You're... pretty tough..." Sans admitted, heaving from fatigue. "But I... don't go down... easily."

"Wasn't planning on it being easy," Facilier scoffed. "At least for you."

He fired a beam from his cane, which Sans still managed to dodge, but it was clear he couldn't keep it up for much longer. Eternity cackled as he thrust out his staff, the stone glowing brightly as Zecora's attack suddenly froze in the air.

"I think you'll find you will give up," He said darkly as with a twitch of his staff he sent her beam flying right back at her, before he laced the air with a seemingly endless barrage of spells, aiming at a different Guardian with each one and alternating between them. Percy grunted as he just managed to deflect one of his sword, the Guardian of Honor taking a few seconds rest from fighting Erebus.

"This feels like fighting Kronos in Manhattan all over again!" The demigod yelled as he leapt back into battle. "Except now every enemy is super powerful and it's a similar yet different city name!"

Ayzen tried to deflect the attacks using his scythes and deflected a few of Eternity's attacks before jumping out of the way.

Evan teleported out of the way of his attacks most of the time, before suddenly getting hit, but still was able to keep himself on his feet.

"Gosh, I don't like OP villains!" Evan complained, placing a hand on his chest where he had got hit. Eventually, Pizza Cipher made a grimace.

"Uh... guys? This thing's not holding much longer- AH!" the reformed demon screeched as the barrier he had placed up shattered and he fell to the ground, the Dazzlings flying over him.

"I think it's time we stopped fooling around, sisters," Adagio remarked. "Full power. Let's show them who's in charge now."

Gathering together, the three Sirens prepared their voices and began to sing...


The ponies of the Crystal Empire ran about in a panic as the alien creatures known as the Dalek surged forward, firing lasers at anything that moved which wasn't of their own kind. The robotic cries of "Exterminate! Exterminate!" could be heard throughout the whole city as the ponies retreated to the safety of the Crystal castle, where Princess Flurry Heart was desperately trying to keep the Crystal Heart shielded from any attacks sent their way. Already, she was showing some signs of fatigue and the Dalek were unrelenting in their attack.

"Surrender to the Dalek! Your fight is futile! The Dalek are supreme!" several voices commanded at once, threatening to launch another barrage at the shields and the castle itself.

But when all seemed lost, hope came in the form of a dark red energy impact, along with a loud beastly growl, which threw the aliens several yards away from the Crystal Heart and Flurry. As the bright red light died down, it was revealed that the magical impact was the doing of a dark red demonic creature, with sharp claws, almost black wings, bloody red eyes with tear-like marks beneath his eyes, and a phoenix tail made of aura at his spines end. As he looked towards the Daleks and gave another growl, launching a powerful energy beam at them, destroying many of them instantly in the process. Flurry Heart was utterly surprised, but also thankful for the reinforcements.

"Uncle Joy!" she cheered.

"The Guardian of Hope reveals himself!" the Dalek called. "Destroy him! Exterminate!"

At first, it seemed as if they would all do just that, until a loud dark voice shouted, "LEAVE HIM!"

The Dalek parted as the Evil Screwball marched forward, her fiery eyes focused on Joy with a murderous intent.

"He's mine to kill," she snarled. "Go terrorize the others."

Joy didn't take long to recognize that this figure looked just like his beloved Screwball, with a few differences. A shocking reality came to him as he realized that she didn't just look like her; as far as he could guess, she was a parallel version of his beloved. Seeing her in such conditions, even if she wasn't exactly the one who was his wife, still hurt for him to look. Suddenly, his eyes turned to normal as he spoke, not in a beastly growl but in his normal voice.

"Screwball?" Joy asked, looking saddened at her state. "What... happened to you?"

"What I should have done since the day Daddy was locked into stone!" E. Screwball retaliated. "I was far too nice to ponies, and even to you and your family in my universe! But now, I can do whatever I want! And I'll start by taking your life as payment for the pain your family caused me!"

Joy's eyes changed their color once again, as his beast side began to get dominant over his own being for the moment. Joy's fists started to glow as he looked towards her with an expression which could only be described as something akin to a mixture of anger and plead. "My... family caused you pain?"

"Oh don't look so surprised," she scoffed. "It's true the most they did was assume ill of me, but after so many years of built up pain and anger, it was all I needed to come to the realization that your kind and ponykind would never accept me for who I was. So I gave them a lesson they never forgot... by destroying everything you ever loved. And now, you and your universe are next!"

Without warning, a large darkened beam of magic fired from her and towards Joy, looking significantly more powerful than any would have guessed it to be. Joy charged his fists with the chaos magic that resided within him, and began to create a shield to push the attack away, confused and baffled at how someone as hopeful and happy as her could cause such destruction. It was then when he noticed that his shield was cracking against the attack of E. Screwball, and he was only able to teleport away just in time, but still getting slightly slashed by the energy beam on his arm, as blood starts to ooze from this.

"Get yourself together Joy!" a voice scolded him. "She's not the Screwball you know!"

He was pulled out of his thoughts as E. Screwball let out a dark roar and attacked once more with more fury than before, as the Dalek, meanwhile, prepared for another counterattack...


Screwball knew immediately something was wrong when she found herself looking about the frozen landscape that could only be outside the Crystal Empire's protective field. Not only was that not where she wanted to go, but Joy was nowhere to be seen.

"Joy? Joy!" she cried out, frantically looking for any sign of him. However, the answer she received was not from her husband, but from a hiss of an unknown origin behind her. Spinning around, she found herself face to face with a disfigured humanoid creature, about twice her size, wearing a kind of armor that possessed some form of wings and a hideous monster jaw full of sharp teeth. She couldn't even see the eyes of the creature. She didn't get time to study it further (not like she wanted to) before it gave a cry in a language she couldn't exactly translate at the moment.

"Dod Rarkseif!" it screamed, and then it lunged at her. The pony teleported out of the way, only to get hit by a second attack that had been thrown at a speed matching her own if amplified by her magic. The creature was much stronger than its physic should have allowed, and had Screwball not been a being of Chaos on top of Equestrians having great durability, she would have died from the impact of its fist alone. Still, she managed to shake herself back to reality and looked back at the creature, who was charging forward again. Thinking fast, Screwball worked her magic and the ground in front of the creature turned into slippery soap suds, making it fall flat on its face. She then attempted to fire a beam of golden energy from her eyes into it, but it recovered quickly and used the wings in its armor to fly up into the sky, before charging back down at her. Screwball grimaced as she was forced to dodge his attacks.

I have to take this thing down, she thought to herself as she turned her body into mist just as the creature landed a blow, reforming a distance away and firing more golden energy at him. Hang on, Joy! I'll be there as soon as I'm done with this thing...


In Ponyville, a desperate struggle was occurring between the Changeling hive ruled by Pinkie Pie and the three villains sent to take down the place: Apophis, Setne, and Bill Cipher. Buildings were on fire, and all who had been spared were hiding inside the Queen's hive as her own warriors and other members flew out to battle the villainous trio. It was, sadly, a losing fight for the Changelings. Apophis alone was too powerful for them to take on, but nevertheless they were determined to fight to the bitter end. At one point, the villains found themselves facing down the Changeling Queen, ready to strike even as she stood her ground.

"You big meanies!" she shouted. "Why don't you go back to wherever you came from?!"

"Meanies?" Setne scoffed. "We are simply the inquisitors of the mighty Atlantia."

"And it would seem some of his subjects have angered him greatly," Apophis added.

"We're not his subjects!" Pinkie yelled.

"I beg to differ," Bill Cipher chuckled, then snapped his fingers and Pinkie was suddenly lifted into the air unable to move. "Let's fry this bug..."

He lifted a hand, but then suddenly a wave of power struck him and the other two villains sharply, throwing them far from the hive and releasing Pinkie Pie, who landed in the arms of a familiar human. TD gave her a small nod before setting her down and glaring at the villains as they recovered.

"Never send infants to do a man's job, I say," the chaotic human remarked. There was a dark chuckle as with an air-jarring thud Atlantia dropped from the sky, having been flying high up and watching the battle.

"It's over Guardian," The dragon scoffed. "Your precious allies and yourself have fallen right into play as I wished they would. This is the last day for the Guardians. You've lost, yet you refuse to admit it. It's a real pity."
Atlantia glanced over his shoulder at Cipher and snarled, "Bring her forwards. It's time The Terror of Dimensions finally realized that I've beaten him." The dragon turned back to TD. "Any last words before my chosen pawn destroys you?"

"How about this?" TD stated. "I know it looks hopeless and I know that all seems lost. But as long as I have breath in my body, I will never submit." He looked Atlantia in the eye. "And neither will anyone else who stands by my side. You try to make one fear you Atlantia, and sometimes it works for we all have something to fear. But I don't fear you; I defy you. And I know that I wasn't the first. Fear resides in you, I can sense it. So tell me, Atlantia, what is it that you fear? Death? A rival? Perhaps the humiliation of defeat?"

"Enough of this," Atlantia growled, although not before a flicker of nervousness appeared in his eyes as he studied the chaotic human, before yelling. "Cipher! Bring her forwards now!"

"I... I can't!" Cipher yelped, sounding fearful. "Why isn't it working?"

"I'm sorry, but traffic will be delayed for a bit," TD stated, then suddenly magical chains ensnared the three villains, the snake not being pleased to be imprisoned in such a way again. "If you want to fight me, then these people and these creatures stay out of it! They are not part of the quarrel we have, Atlantia!"

Atlantia growled, before fiery purple magic enveloped his talons as his eyes suddenly lit up fiery purple, and an enormous amount of magical energy started pouring off his scales.

"Why must I always do it myself?" Atlantia grumbled, before hissing. "One last chance boy. I'm not afraid to fight you, but you have one last chance before I bring in my pawn using my own magic."

"Oh, but you do fear me, Atlantia," TD told him. "And you'd have your pawn come anyways. " He smirked. "Do you know how I know you're scared of me? Because I am the only one among my friends who has had the reputation of technically killing the one whom you feared before. My arch-nemesis, the Nameless One. After he fell and we were called back, I did some research and I found out much about his future plans for you. He says he held a key to your demise, a key he never did finish because of my involvement in his plans. He's gone now, but even if I had help who was it that technically landed the finishing blow?"

Atlantia hissed, before he thrust out a talon and a blast of orange flames erupted between them, and before it even died down he screamed, "KILL HIM!"

A blast of ice shot out of the slowly dying flames, slamming into TD and sending him flying as Crystal emerged from the fire, her eyes focused on the Guardian of Chaos as her horn smoked with icy magic. TD groaned as he rose to his feet.

"Typical. Can't even face me now; you had to let a friend of mine fight for you," he grumbled. "Well then, sorry to do this to you Crystal, but I hope you can forgive me later on."

He blinked once and several bursts of magic fired into her from all sides at once, knocking her down to the ground. He winced at what he had done, but was at least relieved that he hadn't killed her. Still, he didn't think foolishly enough to believe the fight was over so soon and stayed on guard.

"When this is over... Atlantia is next," he said aloud, mostly to himself. Crystal slowly stood back up, before she turned her attention back on TD as her horn began to glow again, before a familiar icy mist-like aura surrounded her, forming into a Windago-shaped shell around her. Yet, the magical signature was different than the one that TD was familiar with, and the reason for that was soon revealed as an endless barrage of icicles, ice blasts, and freezing cold wind blasts suddenly was hurtled at TD, as the air around them started to drop viciously in temperature. TD mentally cursed as he caused flames to encompass his body and intensified their heat to as high as he needed them to be.

"Someone's been busy," he muttered, then stood at the ready once more.

"I am going to die now. I am going to freaking die now…"


TD: We didn't forget Twilight; she'll be around in the next chapter with backup. Also, in case you didn't know, that creature's "language" was Admirer ciphering a simple phrase. If you can translate it, then congrats! You have uncovered a spoiler to future conflicts.

Dark: I should take over uploading chapters...