"I'm sorry about Swirls, Peter," Lazuli said when the group returned to Raider's hideout.
"Discord set us up. You don't need to be sorry." Peter replied.
"Okay, how do we stop Discord from waking the Warrior?" The Writer asked.
"When I overheard the plan, he was reliant on someone opening it for him." White Hat said.
"I bet if we kill this person, Discord won't be able to continue his plan."
"But first, we need to know more about this Warrior," Unikitty said.
"Discord hinted it as the most powerful creature in Equestria, so that's where we're headed. Dane, Lazuli, Clem, Kim, Chris, Karin, Johnson, Writer, and White Hat will stay here and protect the area. The rest of us are heading to Equestria to find more about the Warrior." Peter stated.
"Got it." White Hat said.
Connor was stunned to see Newton, Peter, and Unikitty back.
"What are you doing here?" Leon said, walking into the scene.
"Leon, do you know anything about the Warrior?" Peter asked.
"Um, no?"
"You know that thing that attacked Sanctuary right?" Newton asked.
"Yeah. We didn't see him if you're asking."
"He's known as Discord. He wants to awaken the Warrior."
"But why would Discord do that? Furthermore, what does attacking Sanctuary have to do with this?"
"I think they want to keep us out of the way."
"Leon, is there a place where we can search for more information?" Peter asked.
"The Library?" Leon asked.
"Guys, I getting a message." White Hat said.
"From who?" Karin asked.
"From someone claiming to be with ELF."
"Don't open it. Could be a virus." Chris said.
"I have anti-virus software." White Hat said.
When White Hat opened the message, a video call came from a creature who resembled Discord, but younger.
"I need your help. Discord is using me to open the vault of the Warrior. If you find me, you can stop him."
"But... how?" Chris said. "And where do we find you?"
"You can find me at a place known as Thousand Cuts. But to get to me, you have three barricades to past. The first barricade is a laser grid that when someone trespasses will instantly fry the trespasser. The second barricade lies a defense bunker that has the most well-trained troops in ELF. Past that bunker, the final barricade is a door that will only open for Discord. Do what you will, but don't let that new kid into the door for Discord."
"Me?" The writer said.
"Yes, you. Don't go into past the third barricade."
The message ended.
"Sounds like a trap," Johnson said.
"Well I'm going, trap or not." The writer said.
"What even is Thousand Cuts?" Lazuli said.
White Hat brought up a map. Thousand Cuts was located 25 miles from their location.
"Anybody got a car?" White Hat asked.
The library looked abandoned when Peter's group arrived there.
"This used to belong to Dawn. She used to be a bookworm." Leon said.
Everyone looked through the shelves for anything about the Warrior.
"I found it!" Unikitty called out.
Everyone gathered around the Wenja tribe member as she showed an image of the Warrior. It resembled a flightless dragon made of lava plates as scales, long claws, long tail, sharp teeth, and fire breath.
"The Warrior is an Equestrian superweapon lying within Hero's Pass. It sealed away with 6 keys representing the elements, Sorcery, Beauty, Healing, Hope, Bravery, and Strength."
With each of the elements, an image of the pony who represents each of the elements is as follows. Dawn, Shiny, Shy Fly, Party, Dasher, and Horseshoe were these elements respectively. All except Dawn were wearing chest plates, with the latter wearing a crown.
"I knew they had something to do with the Warrior," Newton said.
"Each of the ponies is capable of charging one element each." Unikitty read further. "All six of the elements are required to be fully charged to unlock the Warrior."
"Whatever these keys are, we know how to stop Discord," Peter said.
"Yeah!" Unikitty and Newton stated at the same time.
"Jinx! You owe me a leather hide!" Unikitty said.
Johnson, Karin, Writer, and Chris arrived at Thousand Cuts. The laser grid was there as expected.
"Plant the bug I gave you. I'll see if I can shut it down." White Hat said over their communication device.
Karin threw the bug on the generator of the laser grid. It shut down.
"Uh oh, I'm detecting interference ahead of your location. I won't be able to contact you beyond the grid. But for the last grid, I'm detecting a door that will only open if you have Discord's voice."
"How do we get Discord's voice?" Johnson said.
"I'm able to get some audio recordings of Discord. I'll transfer them to your phones now."
The group got recordings of Discord's voice.
"The password for the final door is I love you."
"Seriously?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, serious. I got into the server and found out the password. You should be able to receive an audio clip of that recording."
Karin played the message. "I love you" was heard.
"Got it." She said.
The group set past the barricade. White Hat was cut off.
However, White Hat knew he couldn't handle two objectives at once. While Johnson, Karin, Writer, and Chris headed to Thousand Cuts, he assisted the penguins' infiltration at an ELF peace rally at the football stadium.
"Ok, we're in position." Lazuli said.
Since Dane lost Swirls, he now was forced to communicate via text on a specialized phone and use video chat on said phone to read lips.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome our fair leader, Discord!" The announcer said.
Kim and Clem were among the 75,000 Equesticles, Pegasisters, creatures, and passive onlookers.
"I see him," Kim said.
Discord went up to the microphone.
"Thank you, thank you." He said as the crowd settled down. "As we continue to demonstrate the power that is friendship, we would let you know that our search for Newton, the voice of the resistance, is continuing. We will find him, and we will execute him. Let me introduce you to our latest weapon, the WARRIOR!"
Silence. No one knew about the Warrior. Even when its image that Unikitty found in the books appeared on the screen.
"What the heck? What is that thing?" A female unicorn with a brown mane with multi-colored streaks and a light pink coat with a heart insignia on her chest named Danna Brush said.
"It looks to me like a reject from a video game." A female alicorn with a light blue coat and dark blue mane named Luminescence said.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Please rise for our national anthem!" Discord called.
Cheers occurred once more as a band lead by a male griffon with bald eagle aesthetics named Lightning, also known as Silver. The band did their routine. In the center, a female pink alicorn with a pink mane with white streaks named Ashley stood still, which was part of the routine. Kim noticed high-ranking officers leaving the scene.
"Get into position, Dane," Kim said.
Dane arrived in position. Along the way, he bumped into a female blue donkey with a blue mane and a Scottish knit cap named Munchkin.
"Hey, watch it!" Munchkin said.
Ashley made her way to the microphone. She cleared her throat before singing the anthem.
My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the light
Neither army nor a bullet did it stop them at first sight
They have gifted us with harmony and the sweetest sleep at night
Their truth is marching on
Dane saw the high-ranking officers leaving the stadium. He made his move. He ran for them, intentionally bumping into them. Dane gave a pat on one of their backs.
"Okay, we better leave," Kim said.
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory
Hallelujah
Glory, glory
Hallelujah
Kim, Clem, and Dane met up with each other at the entrance. Lazuli was ready to pick everyone up. The group escaped the football stadium with no trouble.
"Okay White Hat, do it."
White Hat pressed the spacebar. He mouthed the word "boom".
The Writer's group came across the second obstacle. The defense bunker as it was said on the message. A female unicorn with a brown-purple coat and a light lavender mane with light blue streaks named Aura Shine spotted them.
"Beddy Bye, do your thing."
A white female unicorn with a light pink mane and droopy eyes cast a spell on Chris. The latter felt drowsy.
"What the?" Karin said.
"Look out!" The writer shouted.
The group carried Chris as they dodged magic blasts from Beddy. They finally came across the final door.
"Okay, play the message." The Writer said.
Karin played the message.
"I love you."
The door opened. As the group got in, Chris woke up.
"Huh? Where are we?"
The same creature appeared again as a voice for the group as they went down through the elevator.
"To truly stop Discord you must not only destroy his catalyst, you must also destroy..."
The creature appeared before the group.
"Me."
"Um, what the hell is that thing?" Johnson said.
"Discord's been using me, charging six keys needed to free the Warrior."
"Six Keys?"
"He's got five of them charged. It cannot just be charged with pegasus, earth pony, unicorn, or alicorn magic. It must be charged with a special kind of magic. One that I possess. Destroying the magic enhancing injectors will stop the keys from charging. And it will end a lifetime of servitude. Now-"
"YOU GET THE HELL AWAY FROM MY SON!" Discord screamed.
The creature was jerked back into a room. Three injectors were placed around him as life support. A force field prevented the group from reaching the creature.
"Angel, what the hell are you doing?" Discord said.
"Stopping you, you piece of-"
"Language!"
"The injectors! Destroy them!" Angel stated.
The writer climbed up a ladder leading to the injectors.
"Oh no! Shields up!" Discord stated.
"No! I'll try and expose them!" Angel said.
The first injector was exposed, allowing the writer to shut it down. He then removed the connection between Angel and the injector.
"You're ruining the life of an innocent boy you hear me?" Discord said.
"You're trying to guilt us!" Karin said.
"No really! You're ending the life of an innocent boy!"
The sound came from three creatures. A female pegasus with a brass-colored coat and brass-colored mane named Vodka Saper attacked Chris. A male soldier earth pony with a light brown coat and brown mane named Kriss Vector pinned down Johnson. A male changeling with pink eyes, dark blue legs and head, light blue wings, and a white neck named Ecdysis wrestled with Karin. Meanwhile, the Writer exposed and destroyed the second injector.
"Just one more guys!"
As the group fought off the creatures, the Writer arrived at the last injector and exposed that one.
"Listen, kid, just please don't hurt my baby boy." Discord pleaded.
"In the words of Mary Povich, this is a lie." The writer said, destroying it.
The blast of the destroyed injectors knocked the creatures back.
"It's over, thank you, friend," Angel said.
"Angel, I'll still forgive you!" Discord said.
"Dad, I have to tell you something. You're an asshole," Angel said as his final words.
"Angel? No, Angel!" Discord wailed.
"What kind of being would do this to their son?" Karin said.
"The kind of guy who deserves to die." The writer said, getting down.
The keys laid next to Angel's body.
"Let's take the keys back." The writer said.
Suddenly, the Writer was being controlled into the hands of Discord who mysteriously teleported in.
Chris was not having it. "You bastard! I'm gonna-"
While charging for the chimera, the group was knocked back by Discord's shield.
"I'm gonna show you how much I lost. And with the author by my side, I can do whatever I want." Discord stated. "Time to wipe you off this planet."
The group was forced to flee before the Writer did anything.
Peter, Newton, and Unikitty returned to find the Writer, Karin, Chris, and Johnson missing.
"If you're wondering where your friends are, they should be heading back by now." White Hat said.
"White Hat, the New Kid's been kidnapped!" Karin said.
"What?!" Everyone gasped.
"Discord has him in his clutches!" Chris added.
"No..."
"I don't know what he's doing with him, but it has to be related to the Warrior!"
"Head back here right now!" White Hat said.
Everyone met up with each other a few minutes later.
"What could Discord be possibly doing with the Writer?" Peter asked.
"He has his phone right?" Karin said. "And the phone is some sort of almighty magic device?"
"Wait, Discord's using him in his place!" Peter realized.
The Writer found himself with a collar on his neck. Two creatures came to get him.
"Take your stinking hooves off me, you dang dirty equines!"
The equines didn't listen as they grabbed the Writer and brought him to Discord.
"Now, you will tell me how to use this thing." Discord said, showing his phone.
"Never!" The Writer said.
"I'm expecting you to say that. Beat him."
"At least we still have Rezzoch if we need to head to Newton's world," Peter said.
"But even if we have him, we still don't know where the Writer's being held," Newton said.
"My guess is that he's heading to where the Warrior's being kept. Do you still have that book, Uni?"
Unikitty took out the book as Peter read it.
"The final resting place for the Warrior is in Hero's Pass."
"That must be where Discord is," Karin said.
"Leon must know where Hero's Pass is," Newton said.
"Hey, before you go, just know that we're rooting for you out there." Lazuli said.
"I may not be strong with words, but kill Discord. He took me away from my home, he's gonna take away yours." White Hat added.
"Kill Discord. Kill Discord. Kill Discord. Kill Discord. Kill Discord. Kill Discord. Kill Discord. Kill Discord. A poem by me." Clem said.
Peter, Unikitty, and Newton left for Equestria.
More OC's! Some you may find very familiar.
Danna Hope Brush (unicorn) from S1NB0Y
Luminescence (alicorn) from Leaficun3
Ashley (alicorn) from Ashleyh
Lightning/Silver (griffon) from SilverQuill
Munchkin (donkey) from Mad Munchkin
Aura Shine (unicorn) from YukiHyo
Beddy Bye (unicorn) from Mochipup
Vodka Saper (pegasus) from SassySvcka
Kriss Vector (earth pony) from Helmie-D
Ecdysis (changeling) from bitw1se
