Super Mario: An Equestrial Adventure

Chapter 11: Return of the PCC

Spike's Perspective:

It was unlike anything I've seen before. Rows of caged ponies along the walls. Queen Chrysalis has really been trying to rule Equestria. When she's done taking control, she might use us all as slaves. Or worse, we'll all be transformed into Changelings. I don't struggle against the cuffs holding me in the cage. My hands and feet literally slip out and I started looking for the others who were nabbed on the train.

"Hey Spike," a voice called. "Up here."

I followed the voice until I reached the cage they were in. I saw her. Pinkie Pie.

"Pinkie. Have you seen the others?"

I push the buttons on her cuffs, releasing her,

"Yeah. I think they're all around here. They must be close by."

I started climbing the cages more until I spotted Snails. I press the buttons on the cuffs holding Snails.

"Thanks Spike. Come on. We should free the others. Split up."

I took the higher path and freed the Cutie Mark Crusaders. I look down and see Pinkie release Applejack and Trixie in two lower cages. Snails with Big Mac and Rarity. Suddenly this sparks in my stomach. I should've gotten to her first. But I can't have a grudge against Snails. We're all trying to live. I look back at Pinkie Pie and she released Derp- I mean, Ditzy Doo. Snails' squeal in excitement almost made me slip and lose my grip on the platform when I hear him yell,

"Oh Snips. You're alright."

I help the others to climb downward when Trixie magically summons a series of staircases and bridges so we could all join up.

"Oh Great and Powerful Trixie. You never told me you could create stairs." Snips said.

"Um, weren't you there?"

"Oh yeah." Snips chuckled. "Forgot."

"Ditzy, do you see that control panel over there?" I pointed to a desk covered in buttons and screens.

"Yes."

"Fly down and find a release button for the cages."

"Oh in." Ditzy flew down to the control panel and started searching the buttons for a "Release."

I watched to see if all the cages opened, and sure enough, they did.

"Perfect," Rarity calls to all the pegasi, "Those with wings, help the other ponies down."

All the pegasi started flying rapidly to each cage, grabbing a pony, and getting them down. I looked at Rarity and smiled, "That was genius. Getting all the pegasi to help the others."

"Oh, Spikey-Wikey. I'm no genius. To fashion and beauty, yes,"

"Yeah. Beauty," I mumbled.

"You started breaking everypony free. You started this jailbreak. I'm being honest with you," she picked me up on her back, "You're the leader of this pack. We all have to sail the ship as its captain commands."

I realized that Rarity was right. I did cause all the ponies here to get loose. Suddenly, doors at the bottom of the chamber opened, Changelings charged in, and Rarity squealed,

"What next, Spike?"

I huffed up my chest, and let out a loud, "CHARGE!" and before I knew it, all the ponies did do what I said. They started charging at the Changelings. It was a massive brawl. I tried hard to see what was happening. All I saw was hooves citing each other hard. Applejack and Big Mac kicking them like they were trees. Cutie Mark Crusaders stomping on and ramming into other Changelings. When Applebloom hoofed one right in the jaw, it coughed out blood onto her flank. She turned to the others.

"I really hope this isn't how everypony gets their cutie marks."

"Uh sis, that ain't a cutie mark." Applejack chuckled, "That there Changeling done cough blood on you."

Applebloom's eyes widened. She looked at her flank, and let out a big, "Eeeewwwww!"

Applejack started laughing and punched a Changeling coming her way. When it fell, it crushed Sweetie Belle's tail. All she could do was scream a very shrill cry. Rarity immediately knew who was screaming. Her face turned red and her mane became flames.

"Which one of you putrid beasts touched my Sweetie Belle?"It was so loud, the Changelings started exploding. Surprisingly enough, when they exploded, one by one, there wasn't a bunch of internal organs. There was confetti everywhere. Pinkie Pie jumped in the air.

"Confetti!" She started rolling around in it. "It IS a party." She started laughing loudly, she blew up the last Changeling.

"Well, that was disgusting. Rarity looked at the cages, " There are still ponies that need help. Fly up to them. Unicorns, follow me." She began leading the unicorns to the entrances, they blocked up the hallways and when Changelings came, they used magic to blast them if they ever came close. I turned to see the rest of the chamber. All the ponies are free, few Changelings left in the halls.

I yelled, "Everyone get out of the building. Go! Go! Go!" Everypony fled the building immediately and eventually no one was in there. "Ditzy. I need you to find the self-destruct button on the panel. When you find it. Quickly fly out with us. When we see her fly back, we run as far away from here as we can." Ditzy Doo flew in, scanned the panel, pushed a button, flew out, and everpony started running. The building began exploding behind us, however nopony saw it. We only heard it. Cool guys don't look at explosions.

When we got a fair distance away, a random streak of green and light purple flew toward Ponyville . I couldn't tell if it was good or not, so we divided up the teams.

"Appkejack. Applebloom. Big Mac. Scootaloo. Ditzy Doo. Pinkie Pie. And you." I pointed to another unicorn, who I almost don't see around. She had a mint coat, a light grayish-cyan mane and tail, and a lyre as her cutie mark. "Who are you, exactly?"

She said, "My name is Lyra Heartstrings."

"Good. Lyra, you will go with those ponies to Ponyville." I pointed at Applejack and who's with her. " Examine the area. Find out what that green and purple streak in the sky was." Lyra nodded, and the group walked away.

So I was sending seven ponies into Ponyville to, who knows what awaits, while we are trying to fight Queen Chrysalis and her Changelings for Equestria. I heard the great leaders had to make sacrifices to prevail. I look at the ponies.

"We should head for the Crystal Empire. I don't know how long the journey will be, as we don't have a train, but if the Crystal Empire is safe from Queen Chrysalis, then we should head there. Any questions?" I stopped and looked. Not a good in the air. "Good." I turn back to the road to the Crystal Empire. "Then it's the Crystal-"

I look at a massive mess of dark purple sludge where the Crystal Castle was. It was a Changeling disaster. "New plan!" I turn back to the others. "We don't go to the Empire. It's the capitol of Changeling nation. We go to Ponyville. With the others."

Mario's Pespective:

The train had finally stopped at the Crystal Empire. We knew what a mess it had become. It had "Changeling Territory" written all over it.

"Now what?" Luigi asked.

"We're sneaking in. We got to stop Queen Chrysalis."

Rainbow Dash chuckled, "This is going to be awesome. Count me in."

Luigi shrugged, "I never do leave my brother to fight for our dimension back home. Who says I'll do it here. I'm in."

Everyone looked at Fluttershy. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I don't think we should be doing this. I don't want us to get in trouble."

Luigi walked toward her, "Don't worry so much. We're going to be just fine. Do you trust me?"

"Oh, Luigi. I- I-" Fluttershy stammered.

He said it more clearly to her, "We are going to be just fine. Do you trust me?"

She stopped for a moment, then answered, "Yes."

He smiled at her answer, and she looked at him and smiled.

Rainbow Dash cleared her throat. "We're going in now."

Luigi tried to comfort Fluttershy, "If you're going to be scared, just stand close to me. Okay?"

"Okay." Fluttershy blushed.

Rainbow Dash held my hooves, told me to hold on, and she flew to an open window high above the front doors. I looked down, and slowly, Fluttershy flew up with us.

"Wait. Where is Luigi?"

"Oh. He told me to go up. And that he will find a way up." I looked for him. He was scaling the walls of the Castle. I look at Dash.

"Can you help him please?"

She flew down to get Luigi and Fluttershy told me,

"I think your brother likes me." She blushed and giggled when she said it.

I looked at her, "I can tell. He does. I see that you like him."

"Yeah-" She stopped and turned away. "Well, maybe, a- a little."

"Sure. I know what love looks like."

She pushes me with her hoof, "You're funny, Mario."

Rainbow Dash came up with Luigi and set him down, in the room. He got up and looked at Fluttershy, chuckling, "I guess I needed some help."

She giggled and covered her mouth.

Rainbow Dash walked to the canter of the room. "I think this is yours, Mario."

And it was. I knew something was up. In the center of the room was a Launch Star. Aiming out the window toward Ponyville. Only Yoshi could have been here. He's the only one from the Mushroom Kingdom who's, apparently, been here before. And he escaped to Ponyville.

"It's a Launch Star. From the Mushroom Kingdom. My friend Yoshi was here."

"How can you tell if it really was him?" Fluttershy asked.

"He dropped something valuable." I picked up one of his mandarin shoes with the yellow soles. "This is his."

"What do we do?" Luigi asked me, taking the shoe from me.

"Split up. Me and Dash will stay here and look around. You and Fluttershy will take this to Ponyville."

"Alright." Luigi stood in the center of the Launch Star, spun in a circle, and blasted off to Ponyville. Fluttershy went in the Launch Star after him. Must be faster than flying.

Dash walked to the door to check if the coast was clear. Sure enough, the hall was empty. I went after her and found a dark room. I walked in, turned the lights on, and there were massive screens, all off. I went to check what was wrong. I plugged the screens in, turned the control panel on, and a bunch of security cameras turned on. All of Equestria was under surveillance. We checked a few Ponyville cameras until I laid eyes on two figures. It was on the one static camera that flickers on and off. A light purple alicorn next to a green and white dinosaur.

"Is that Yoshi?" Rainbow Dash asked, pointing at the figure.

"Yes. That's him."

Suddenly the camera turned off entirely and footsteps entered the room. Me and Dash took cover, hiding behind surveillance machines or under a counter. Then I heard voices.

"Yoshi and Twilight have escaped to Ponyville. Morton, send Changelings after them."

"Yes, Queen Chrysalis." answered, followed by footsteps.

"Go with him, Claudius. To Ponyville. Find them, bring them to me. I want to kill them personally. And in front of my old rival, King Bowser."

The footsteps disappeared and I stayed hiding. Thinking about Yoshi. I don't want to see him die in front of everyone. I looked at Dash, and she started worrying too.

She whispered, "We have to save Yoshi and Twilight."

A lot voice entered the room, "I KNEW SOMEBODY WAS HERE!"

The desk hiding Dash flew into the wall, then the screen I was behind hit the wall. We were spotted by a hideous figure.

"Rainbow Dash. Mario. Welcome to the Crystal Empire. I am your ruler. Queen Chrysalis. I'm sorry to tell you but you have trespassed into the castle. And the penalty for trespassing is death." With a magic force field, she locked me and Dash in the room, except she can leave the room. We were trapped in the security room. Suddenly Rainbow Dash was starting to tear up.

I don't to die, Mario. Not like this." She moved closer to me and laid down next to me. She looked at me. "I never thought it would end like thus. Now we wait for death to get us."

All I could do was look at her, laying beside me. She looked back at me, wiped tears off her face, and smiled.

"I know you feel something for me. I can see it."

I stopped, and looked at her confused, "What are you talking about?"

She giggled and then kissed me on the cheek. Once she pulled away, her cheeks turned red.

I chuckled and said, "I know you feel something for me. I can see it."

She turned away, laid her head on the floor, and mumbled, "Yeah. Okay. So what if I do? We're going to die. I had to tell you at some point."

"Yeah. I know. I'm sorry Dash. I got us into this."

"Yeah. It's okay." She laid back at me. "As long as I'm with you - Err- I mean-"

I laughed. "Really?"

She groaned, as if she had no choice, and kissed me, this time not on the cheek. On the mouth. She stopped after a moment, and told me.

"I had to do that." She walks away and sits on the other side of the room. Then she looked back at me. "At least once."

And I just sat there. In a room with Dash. Thinking about multiple things at once. Yoshi and Twilight escaped in Ponyville. Luigi and Fluttershy gone after them. Two Changelings named Morton and Claudius going to retrieve the other four. This may be the end. I can do nothing but lay here, putting my faith in my brother.