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I was in the school again because Twilight had something planned and she wanted me here again for some reason. I didn't care. I don't know, but I just showed up anyway. She said "I've been planning this retreat for weeks and we're already ten minutes behind." Oh, so that's what it is. I wonder where it's at. "Where is that photographer?!" Why are you concerned about that? Suddenly, the door slammed open and some pony with a camera around her neck said "Oh no, oh no, oh no. I'm so sorry!" You seem suspicious. "I don't expect you to forgive me." You'd be surprised. "Forgive me?" Dang boi. You must really want it that bad. Twilight growled and Starlight said "Of course. I'll help you set up your-" before the pony walked away from her rudely which seemed even more sus. Something about this pony's pupils looks familiar. The pony said "Princess Twilight, thanks so much for this!" Your welcome, I guess? "The Canterlot Historical Society is thrilled to document the friendship work your teachers do." I have never heard of that, but that does sound interesting. "Let me just pretty you all up!" NOPE! You ain't touching my mane! She went through each of my friends' manes pulling a hair out, but left mine alone. I guess she realized that because I'm in my spirit form, she can't do anything to me since I'm not physically here. Rainbow gave a fuss about it, which I don't blame her for, but this pony could care less.

"Don't want a single hair out of place, do we?" I guess not. "This is for the history books!" But what is it about? What will be the title of this? I have so many questions right now. "Now…" She then turned on her camera and snapped pictures of each of the mane six and the flash was really bright. Even more than the sparkly things my spirit gives off. That really scared them and once again, I don't blame them. I cannot stand flash. "Well, that's that! Bye!" Before she could leave, Pinkie stopped her and said "Wait! You forgot Starlight and Zachary! They need a picture too!" I think I'm fine without one, thank you very much. The pony was annoyed and reluctantly said "Kay" and snapped both of our pictures. "Now I'll get out of your manes! I know how busy you are!" Wait. Something isn't adding up. The pupils, the facial expressions, and the magical aura. I think I may know who this is, but I need to check just to make sure. I went back to my lion form outside and watched like I was about to hunt her as prey with the glowing yellow eyes. I heard her say "Now I have everything I need." She charged up her magic and changed into something else. CHRYSALIS! I knew it was her! What is she up to this time? I haven't seen her in like 2 or 3 years. It's been a minute since I last saw her. I have to see what she is scheming this time. I went into my shadow form and followed her to the spot she had been hanging out in the Everfree Forest. Dang. Quite the eerily environment. I hid inside a tree and heard her say "Yes, I know. We have been planning this for quite some time." Yeah, 2 or 3 years. That's quite a long time if you ask me.

"Oh, thank you, Applejack." Why the hay are you thanking her? "My spell can create a copy of anypony I desire." You can't do that with me. My magic will block you from doing that. "All I need is an image and a piece of the pony." That would explain the picture taking and the taking out a strand of hair because DNA lies in there. I ain't no scientist, but I paid attention enough in biology class to know how DNA works. "Oh, and this." What? She blasted the tree and created Applejack's cutie mark stamped into the tree. Odd. "Why copies Rarity?" Gee, I don't know. "Because Princess Twilight and her friends control the Elements of Harmony." HOLD ON! What are planning to do with them? Because if you mess with them, you mess with me! I am the guardian of the Elements and the Tree and I won't let a disgusting bug like you take control of it and make Equestria fall down on it's knees and bow down to you like you're their god or something. "The most powerful weapon in all Equestria." That is true and I'm the one that wields most of that power and you can't take that away from me so easily. In fact, it's impossible because that magic cannot be stripped of by any creature including Tirek. Yeah, that's how powerful it is. "Which means you… Will. be, able, to, use, them, too!" That is just very cringey and you got some flawed logic. Just because you made copies doesn't mean they'll be able to use the Elements of Harmony. The Tree is never fooled whatsoever. You can try, but you'll fail miserably every time.

"And serve me." You think? I believe me and the Tree have something in store for that. "Together, we will destroy Twilight Sparkle and her meddlesome friends!" I DON'T THINK SO! If you even try to get to them, you have to get through me first. And I swear if you do anything to Twilight, I WILL kill you. No. I'm not kidding. I might be charged for murder, but she deserves it, so yeah. "Of course I haven't forgotten Starlight Glimmer and that pathetic excuse of a lion!" EXCUSE ME?! I'LL SHOW YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE! YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT ME THAT WAY! "They stole my hive. Turned my subjects against me. So I'll take their "friends" away while both of them watch! And then, I'll destroy BOTH of them!" I don't think so. You can't kill me so easily. I was able to defeat you without magic the first time, but now that I am the most powerful creature in all of Equestria, you stand no chance against me. "With the Elements under my control, I'll build a new hive of earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi." Good luck with that. "And I will rule as Queen once again!" Not while I'm around. I'll make sure you stay dethroned forever and never ascend the throne again. She really doesn't have anything better to do, does she? She stomped her hooves down and began her spell. Once she was done, the clones came out and they looked exactly how Discord did it back in Season 2. I guess maybe Chrysalis took a page out of his playbook.

I knew she had to be stopped, but I need to be with my friends because they'll start to get worried about me, especially Twilight. I easily found them and I heard Twilight say "At least our retreat isn't too far behind schedule." What's the big deal? "I heard that, Zach. I know you're there." I sighed and came out of my shadow form. I said "I guess I was that obvious huh?" Twilight nodded and I grumbled in annoyance. This is embarrassing. I'm supposed to be all stealthy and everything, but if Twilight can hear and read my thoughts, that it kinda defeats the whole purpose of it and makes it pointless. "Get ready for fun!" Oh, I'm so excited I'm going to crap myself. I'm kidding people. It's called sarcasm. You should go learn about it. Rainbow asked "Are we talking about fun fun?" Maybe. It depends. "Or learning pretending to be fun?" Both, I guess? I don't know. "Both! We've all been so busy teaching, with the exception of Zach of course, we've hardly had a chance to hang out with each other." Well, that's life for ya. I had to deal with that for 18 years. Once I became an adult, I didn't have to deal with that crap anymore. I could just hang out with my friends whenever I wished because of my really flexible schedule. Those were good times.

"And I may have scheduled some friendship activities as well." Of course you did. What trip would it be without activities that relate to friendship? My gosh. It sounds like when you go on a road trip and your mom says you can't use electronics on the way there and you instead have to play "I must confess" with her and the rest of the family and it just drives you nuts. Okay, maybe that's only in Diary of A Wimpy Kid. I don't know. I never had to deal with it, thankfully, but I'm sure it's happened to others. Pinkie said, bouncing up and down "Count me in!" We'll count you in for everything. "We can do friendship trust falls and pony pyramids… oh! And hide and seek!" Uh, how about no? This is the Everfree Forest. This is not the best place to be doing hide and seek in. There are a lot of dangerous creatures out here, and a chimera, cockatrice, or timberwolf could come out and attack you at any second. I'm not scared or anything. I could easily take them down, but not everypony here is built with a military and survival mindset like I am and I wouldn't forgive myself if anything happened to them. "Quick find me!" Uh, no thank you. I do not want to get turned into stone today thank you very much. Fluttershy said "Well, I love the idea of some quiet time with my best friends." Oh, boi have you been living under a rock.

It ain't gonna get quiet here that's for sure. Wait until night time. That's where it really starts to get spooky. Also, I have a feeling this is going to be anything but quiet. Pinkie said, yelling in Fluttershy's ear "Ah! You found me!" Dang! You scared the poor mare half to death and my ears are going to bleed soon if you don't pipe down over there. Rainbow asked Rarity "Rarity, why is Applejack carrying all of your stuff?" Uh, that's survival tools, Rainbow, not expensive fashion crap. Don't tell Rarity that. Speaking of which, she replied "Oh, that's not mine. Yes, I used to overpack a tad." I remember quite well about that. "But now it's just the essentials for me." For a pony like you, you don't even know what "essential" even means. Don't tell Rarity that either. Actually no. I don't care. Go ahead and tell her. She can't do anything to me. "I'm a simple filly." HA! You're anything but simple. Do you know how fashion ponies like her act? They are so advanced and pushy and uptight and ugh! It drives me nuts. Applejack said "Normally I wouldn't lug so much gear, but did y'all know this is Starlight's first time campin'?" Yes, I did when I first watched the episode.

Starlight said "I just never really felt the need to… hang out in nature." I hear ya. Used to act the same way. "Home has books, tea, fewer bugs, a roof... " I said "I hear ya Starlight. You know, I used to act the exact same way. I HATED the outdoors during the summer. I always refused to go into the woods during the summer and I had a good reason to. Got stung by a yellow jacket bee on my 9th birthday and there were ticks everywhere which mind you always hang out in the trees and can drop on your head at any time. That's why you always wear a hat or hood or something to cover your head with so that doesn't happen because deer ticks can carry either Rocky Mountain or Lyme disease which can seriously injure or kill you. So basically, be careful out here." After I said that, that had scared the crap out of everybody and immediately started hustling almost leaving me behind. When I finally caught up, Applejack said "That attitude right there is why I brought the whole kit n' caboodle!" The what? I have never heard of that. "I'm giving Starlight the full Apple family camping experience!" Oh dear. I can only imagine what that's like. Poor Starlight. She acts like she don't want to be here and I totally understand. If I were a teenager right now, I would act the exact same way. I would be like "See ya!" and get the heck out of here. But since I have magic protecting me and I'm older now, it doesn't bother me as much.

Fluttershy asked Twilight "Um, where are we camping?" Now this I would like to know. Twilight responded "Right next to the Elements that brought us all together in the first place." Uh, I just showed up here in Equestria randomly. I haven't lived here my whole life. I wish, but I didn't. "I know about that Zach. I was saying that for the rest of our friends." Oh, I see how it is. "Don't think about it like that. You have a special place for all of us and for me in my heart." Thanks, Twilight. You always know what to say. "It's what I do." I know. I disappeared for a bit to check on Chrysalis and boy did it not look pretty. My plan is working. Chrysalis said, frustrated "Listen to your Queen!" Who says we have to obey you? I didn't vote for you last time I checked. "We must retrieve the Elements of Harmony!" Good luck with that. My plan is preventing that from happening. You see, me and the Tree put magic inside of Chrysalis' spell that would make them rebel against her and refuse to do anything she says which would make her steer clear of the Elements of Harmony and the Tree. Hmm. I need a name for these new clones of the mane six. Aha! I got it! Opposite Pinkie said annoyed "Hunting down some lame Elements? This is the worst day ever!" Sound like something Discord would do back when he was evil. Opposite Fluttershy picked up some dirt and threw it in Opposite Pinkie's face which rubbed salt into the wound. She said "No. Now it's the worst day ever." Yep sounds like the opposite of Fluttershy. Opposite Rarity said "Those Elements are mine!" You ain't touching any of those. They belong to none of you.

"Along with this rock." Really? It's just a boring rock for crying out loud. "Oh, and that twig." That is the lamest thing I've ever heard. Even the most greedy people wouldn't chase after a stick or rock. That's just dumb. Opposite Applejack said "I got all kinds of Elements right here under my hat." No, you don't. I can tell, because one you're the opposite of Applejack which is lying, and two the scepter knows when you are telling the truth or not. "I'll letcha see 'em for five bits." What are you a griffin now? Demanding bits just to get basic goods and services? Please. I don't need to be seeing all of that crap. Opposite Rainbow said "Losers." Dang, that's harsh. Yep. All of them have opposite personalities that come straight from Discord. We have misery Pinkie, unkind Fluttershy, greedy Rarity, lying Applejack, betraying Rainbow, and isolation Twilight. Speaking of which, Opposite Twilight said "Why didn't you just attack them?" Because that's ultimate stupidity and Chrysalis should know better than to do that on her own. Chrysalis didn't like that and said, offended "Excuse me?" That's basically a direct challenge to authority right there even though I would never respect her kind of authority. Never have, never will.

Opposite Twilight emphasized by saying "You were close enough to pull hairs from their manes. Why not just take your revenge then?" Because, like I said, that's absolute stupidity and I would have wiped Chrysalis from the face of the Earth within a matter of seconds for trespassing onto private property. Chrysalis said "They've defeated my army. I know better than to strike alone. And now because that STUPID lion has become a prince and has super powerful magic, I wouldn't even be considered a threat to him by myself. I need-" before getting cut off by Opposite Twilight saying "Friends?" That enraged Chrysalis and she said with anger in her voice "Servants. And the power of the Elements. If I can get those Elements under my total control, then that lion has no chance at standing against me!" I came prepared for that. I'll make it so difficult that you won't ever find it. I can do that. It will be the most miserable walk through the forest you have ever seen. Opposite Twilight said "Right. So, where are these Elements of Harmony?" You'll have to guess in order to figure that out. Chrysalis said "The location of the most powerful weapon in Equestria isn't something made known to just anypony." Well, yeah obviously. If everypony knew about that, they would try and take that power for themselves. Speaking of which, I need to put a barrier on the entrance to the Tree of Harmony so random ponies don't walk in. Only the bearers and the guardians of the Tree will be allowed in. No one else will be able to.

"I learned they were hidden somewhere in this forest." Well, this isn't that small. So it will take forever for you to try and find it. Opposite Twilight said "Yeah well, it is a big forest." She just walked away and Chrysalis let out an angry snarl while I just laughed in amusement as her plan was failing and mine was succeeding. Good luck trying to stop me now, Chrysalis! I went back with the rest of the group and Pinkie suddenly said "Everypony stop!" Um, why? "And smell these roses!" I said "Okay roaming gnome." That got confused glances from everyone and I said "It was a commercial on a device called a TV and I'm not in the mood to talk about that crap right now." If you've seen the Travelocity commercials before, you know what I'm talking about. Twilight said awkwardly, "All right! Roses! Fun! Now… let's try and stay on schedule!" Okay mom. Twilight looked at me with a deadpan stare and said "Was that really necessary?" I said "What? That's what my mom would always say. It's not that offensive. Honestly, Twilight. You need to lighten up sometimes and stop being so serious sometimes." Twilight smirked at me and said "I can say the same about you." I said "Touche." She really got me there on that one.

Rarity said "Applejack, darling? Anything in that wagon for mane maintenance?" Applejack went over to her wagon and said "Let's see here. Uh, look I got a bandana?" I doubt that would work. Rarity said "An entire wagon and no anti friz?" What does friz even mean? If someone knows, please tell me in the reviews section when this chapter is over. I would really like to know. "Darling, you're not even prepared!" You wouldn't do very well in Girl Scouts then because it's all about survival and not appearance. Sorry if that offended you Rarity. Actually, no I'm not. I regret nothing. Applejack said "I am. For campin'." See? She gets it. "How you doin', Starlight?" Yeah, let's see wh-OH MY GOSH! WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO HER APPLEJACK?! SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S ABOUT TO COLLAPSE IN EXHAUSTION BECAUSE OF ALL THAT CRAP YOU PUT ON HER BACK! Starlight said with sarcasm "Great." I feel so bad for her. Fluttershy had a talk with a bird for some reason and went off to find the bird's home. Sounds serious to me. Twilight said "Wah! Pinkie! If we keep stopping to have fun, we're never going to get to the fun things I have planned!" Hmm. I'm sensing a division here. Hopefully I'm wrong about that or else I'm screwed.

Pinkie said "Good point! Last one to the Tree of Harmony is a parasprite!" You wanna go? I can beat you in 2 seconds. Twilight sighed and I went to check in on Chrysalis again just so I can see what's going on and what I need to do next in order to keep her away from that sacred place. Opposite Pinkie said "I'm so bored!" Good for you. I don't care. "Are we there yet?" Now, you sound like every 12 year old child on a road trip who asks their parents nonstop about if they had arrived yet until it drove them nuts. Opposite Twilight said "Where yet? We don't even know where we're going." You can thank me for that. I can duplicate trees to where it looks like you'll be going in the right direction one second, and the next, you're right back to where you were. Most of the time, you just go in circles. My plan is working. Chrysalis said "The quicker we search the forest, the quicker we find the Elements." Good luck with that. I have made this forest so big that you will get lost after 2 seconds of trying. Also, this will take you probably your entire lifetime to even try and find it. Opposite Applejack said "I know where the Elements are." No, you don't. "This uh, here boulder just told me. I swear." Yeah, I'm not believing that. Rocks don't talk. They are nonliving, so you clearly have flawed logic.

There were some tweeting noises and Opposite Fluttershy said "You tried to fly out of the nest, but you fell and got lost?" The bird chirped in confirmation and Opposite Fluttershy just gave an evil laugh and said "Hope you like walking!" That's just cruel man. I feel bad for the bird. She doesn't know that it's not really Fluttershy, and just an evil clone of her. I guess birds can be fooled by this because they don't have the minds of a human. Opposite Rainbow yawned and said "Come get me when I should care." That's a bad idea. Chrysalis got mad and said with anger "Where. Are. The others?!" Applejack looked around nervously and said "Uh, a uh bugbear in plaid socks flew down and uh grabbed 'em." No, they didn't. If that really happened, I would have saw it. Also, that sounds really weird. A bugbear in Christmas socks? That's quite odd. "Then disappeared." Bugbears are not that stealthily. Even Chrysalis would have heard the bugbear. "Craziest thing I ever did see." You are being the crazy one for lying. Chrysalis said gritting her teeth, clearly annoyed "Turn around. We're going back." This is quality content right here. This is what I call entertainment. I could easily sit in a recliner with my 3D glasses on with a bag of popcorn watching all of this go down and just laughing my arse off. Opposite Twilight said "No! Keep searching. I'll find the others. We can accomplish more if we split our resources." She does have a point.

Chrysalis narrowed her eyes and said "Very well. You have my permission." Opposite Twilight flew off and said to herself "Permission?" You need us way more than we need you, "Your Majesty." The others are fools." You are just as much a fool as the rest of them. "But with me to lead them, there's no reason we can't find the Elements and keep the power for ourselves." I don't think so! I'll blast you, the other clones, and Chrysalis with a one-way trip to oblivion once this whole trip is over. Don't you think you'll be getting away with this unpunished. I will punish you and the rest of those clones and Chrysalis. I followed Opposite Twilight and when she landed, there was some rustling in the bushes and she got mad and was ready to blast them into hyperspace when they came out. It was only Pinkie though that came out and she said "You're it!" Who? I don't see anyone else. Hey, how did you get ahead of me?" She didn't. She's a clone, you dimwit. "You're fast." I'm faster than her you know and how come you haven't realized the change in fur color yet? It's quite obvious yet, you ponies are so blind to this that you don't realize it's all part of a scheme by Chrysalis. Opposite Twilight made Pinkie get off of her and said "I'm looking for Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash!" I ain't telling you where they are. You can figure it out yourself. You're a grown mare.

Pinkie was confused by this and said "Aren't they back there?" That's the real Fluttershy and Rainbow. The ones she's looking for are the clones which Celestia knows where they could be. Opposite Twilight said "They are?" No. Pinkie said "Sure! Unless they're already at the Tree of Harmony." Opposite Twilight looked confused at this and asked "What is the Tree of Harmony?" Pinkie, still falling for the bait, said "Oh, ha ho! This is one of your "activities," right?" No. First of all, she's not actually Twilight, and second, she's actually confused on what that is because Chrysalis never told her, but she hasn't figured that out yet to be fair. Another W for me. "Like a friendship quiz?" I guess, but this is not the pony you want to tell that to. "It's the crystal tree that holds the Elements of Harmony!" PINKIE! DON'T TELL HER THAT! She'll tell Chrysalis and then she'll go looking for it and… oh dear. I need to make this forest bigger so that doesn't happen. Opposite Twilight gasped and asked "Where is it?" Pinkie said "Bzzzz! It's at the bottom of the stairs in the ravine by the Castle of the Two Sisters!" PINKIE! HOW DUMB ARE YOU?! NOW THEY ARE GONNA KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR! ARGH! Okay, I need to up the aney on this. I'll put portals from the portal game everywhere and when they walk through it, thinking it will lead them to the Tree, they'll be back in the same spot they were just at. That will definitely get them annoyed and drive them nuts.

Opposite Twilight asked "How do you know?" Because she's been there before. Duh. "You've seen it?" What kind of dumb question is that? Although, to be fair, she's just a clone created by Chrysalis, so she would have no idea where the Tree is. So I guess it's reasonable. Pinkie nodded her head and said "Honestly Twilight, these questions are super easy." That's because it was a set up. I'm going to get Pinkie for this later. I went back to the group and the first thing I heard was my friends calling out Fluttershy's name. Twilight groaned and said "Fantastic. First, Pinkie races ahead of us, and now Fluttershy is lost somewhere behind us. *says with sarcasm* My retreat is off to a great start." I said "She's not too far." Twilight said "Gah! Where have you been?! Don't be disappearing on us now too." I said "I wasn't. I had to make sure that there isn't any danger in the forest. You wouldn't want to get turned to stone would you?" They all got scared and moved quickly. Works every time. Rarity said "It's not like Fluttershy to disappear like this." I said "The only reason she disappeared is because one of the birds got separated and she went to go put it back in it's nest." Applejack said "How would you know that?" I said "Because one, the scepter knows where anyone is in Equestria and beyond, and two, as I was making my rounds in the first, I saw her at the bird's nest, so that's your reasons for you." Applejack didn't question me after that and said "We'll split up and search for her." I can find her in like two seconds.

"We can all meet back at the Tree." That's a great idea. KIDDING! You actually think I care about that? NO SIR! "Starlight, take the navigation gear and-" when Starlight cut her off and said "Go with Rarity? Great! Rainbow Dash, you can go with Applejack!" Dang, that was a quick sentence. Twilight said "I'll find Pinkie Pie. Come with me, Zach." Okay, Twilight. I went back to see how Chrysalis was doing and it was the same old thing as before. Opposite Pinkie said "Bored bored bored." Chrysalis was mad and said "This is ridiculous! Where are my other minions?!" Gee, I don't know. Doing their own thing? Opposite Rarity said "Probably plotting to steal my things. Grrr." Why would anyone do that? I could care less about the stuff you're hoarding over. Opposite Applejack said "They're at a secret party up in that there tree, run by a squirrel named Jerome." I've never heard anything more stupid in my life. "But uh, you need a password to get in." How do you do that? I can't speak animal. Sure I am one right now, but I can't speak animal language. It's just not possible. After not getting any answers from her clones, Chrysalis finally had enough. So, she picked up her clones that were present and slammed them into the ground with force and said "ENOUGH!" Dang. Someone's mad.

"You will go out there and find the others. You will bring them back here. And we will steal the Elements of Harmony, so I can destroy Starlight and that lion's life just like they destroyed mine!" I did not. You were ruling like a dictator and were a major threat to Equestria. Also, the Changelings could still live peacefully without having to feed on the feelings of love. One more thing: DON'T MAKE DEATH THREATS AGAINST ME OR ELSE I'LL WIPE YOU FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH! "Understand?" The clones nodded with fear and Opposite Applejack said "The party password is: Rutabaga." which only made Chrysalis' right eye twitch. Yeah, I'm getting out of here before she burns down the whole forest in anger. I quickly followed Twilight and she found Pinkie or rather Opposite Pinkie. She said "Pinkie! There you are!" That's not actually her Twilight. "What are you doing?" What does it look like she's doing? All Opposite Pinkie did was point and say "You call that a pop? Ugh!" Who cares about that? Twilight was confused about that and said "I thought you were racing to the retreat!" Wrong one, Twilight. It's all part of a scheme. Opposite Pinkie said "Please. Why would I waste my time on a boring, lame, no-fun retreat?" Twilight said with sadness in her voice "What?" And sat down on the branch. She saw Opposite Rainbow and said "Rainbow Dash! I think something's wrong with Pinkie." Something's wrong with you as well. You are falling so easily to the bait which is honestly pretty ridiculous. Opposite Rainbow said "Not my problem." Dang. That's harsh. But that's Opposite Rainbow for ya.

Twilight had leaned too far on the edge and fell into the water making a Minecraft water splash sound. I know Hasbro stole it from them. I don't care, but don't deny it because I've played enough Minecraft to know what that sound sounds like. Twilight groaned and I got her out with my magic and quickly removed the green stuff. She said "Thanks Zach." I said "No problem Twilight. I'm going see if I can find Fluttershy." I took off and found the actual Pinkie with Opposite Twilight. She didn't look pleased. I think Pinkie went on a tangent about something and it irritated her to death. Pinkie said "And then we all grew super long manes with ALL kinds of colors and your castle grew out of the ground and everypony was like "Whoa!" And then we sang this song about Rainbows and-" before stopping and seeing Fluttershy cry. Oh no. What happened? That Opposite Fluttershy will pay for that! "Fluttershy! What's wrong?" I think I know what happened. Fluttershy said, sobbing "Everycreature is mad at me!" That STUPID opposite Fluttershy made all the animals confused and they turned against the real one. Pinkie said in shock "What? That can't be right." Unfortunately, it is. Opposite Twilight groaned and said "Can we hurry this up? We're on a schedule here!" That's not very nice. Oh wait. You're a clone, so you could care less.

Pinkie said "Twilight, your schedule can wait! Fluttershy's upset!" That's not the real one, PINKIE! Opposite Twilight said "Well, tell her to get over it!" What? Okay, I'm going to blast you out of existence if you don't leave here in 5 seconds. "I'll go get the others." Sure, you will. "Stay. Here." We ain't your boss, so keep your stupid mouth shut. The real Twilight came and said "Great. You upset Fluttershy, too?" No, that was a fake. A clone! I'm starting to get really mad here. Pinkie got mad and said "You know what, Twilight? Maybe if you weren't so worried about schedules, you'd realize you're the one ruining the retreat for your friends!" Why does this seem like Deja vu? That was a punch to the gut right there. Twilight gasped and said "Well! If my friends don't care about the retreat I planned for them, maybe they should've stayed home!" This is getting ridiculous. Fluttershy said "Can't we all just get along?!" WILL YOU ALL CUT IT OUT?! I'm going to see what Chrysalis is up to. I saw Opposite Twilight walking around and she said "Keep it together. You can do this." What are you doing? "You need those imbeciles if your plan is going to come together." You aren't any better from the rest of them, you stubborn fool. Chrysalis obviously heard this and said "Your plan?"

This caught Opposite Twilight off guard and she looked around where Chrysalis finally revealed herself and Opposite Twilight said "Uh, the plan." Don't lie. I know what you are up to. "I'm just trying to do your bidding, Your Majesty." Yeah, right. You could care less about what Chrysalis' plans are. You have your own and will betray her in the end. Chrysalis was still very frustrated and said "Grubsitting you six is NOTHING like controlling my hive." Well, obviously. Did you expect that it would be the same as your time as Queen? How dumb are you? "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't DESTROY you all and start over!" That would be a good idea because you honestly need to reevaluate if you even think you can succeed with this plan and try and take over Equestria once more. Opposite Twilight said "Because I know where the Elements of Harmony are. You need me." Chrysalis went wide eyed and then laughed sinisterly in victory as she thought she had it all figured out. I'll let you go there, but I have a big plan in store for when you get there. I suddenly realized that the Chrysalis had managed to gather all of the clones and was planning to get to the Tree of Harmony.

I heard her say "Finally! There. That's all of you. Nopony leaves without my say so." Okay, whatever you bug dictator. Opposite Applejack said "Now wait a second. Weren't you just-" before Chrysalis blasted away her hat and both her and Opposite Rarity gulped in fear. Chrysalis said "The time for my revenge on Starlight Glimmer and that lion has come." Seriously. I have a name you know. "Let's see if you're telling the truth about this tree." She is, but it will be very difficult once you get there. I was still standing with Twilight, Pinkie, and Fluttershy growing more angry by the moment and I saw Starlight and Rarity fall. Ouch. That looked like it hurt. Twilight said "Of course I care about Fluttershy!" I believe you. Pinkie said "Then you got a super weird way of showing it!" That wasn't actually Twilight, Pinkie! ARGH! THESE PONIES SOMETIMES! Rarity came over and said "What in Equestria is going on here?" I have no idea at this point. Pinkie said annoyed "Twilight is so into her "retreat" that she doesn't even care if her friends are upset!" THAT'S NOT TRUE! YOU WERE FOOLED! ALL OF YOU WERE! "She just wants us to stay. On schedule!" How many times will I have to repeat myself? Twilight said, offended "Well, I'm sorry Pinkie! If I knew you thought this was a "boring lame no fun retreat," I wouldn't have invited you in the first place!" She didn't say that Twilight. Pinkie yelled "I never said that!" Seriously. She didn't.

Applejack came over and said "Sorry, y'all. We woulda been here sooner, but we had to take the long way after Rarity ran off with all my stuff!" Oh my gosh. HERE WE GO AGAIN! I'm really fed up at this point and it will boil over pretty soon if they don't stop arguing amongst themselves and blaming each other. Rarity was offended and said "What? I most certainly did not!" She's right. That was the clone that did that. Applejack was offended and said "What? You know I ain't no liar!" Of course you aren't. That was the clone that did that. It wasn't actually her. I'm serious! "Where's all your gear?" Starlight became offended and said "Why? So you can laugh at me some more?" That was the CLONE, NOT THE REAL ONE! Rainbow said trying to diffuse the situation "Hey hey! We're all friends here!" That failed miserably because obviously Fluttershy didn't think that way and said "Friends?! You left me alone in the woods!" Then, they all started arguing and I had just about enough of it. I said "ENOUGH!" and slammed them all into the wall with the black shadow surrounding them. I said with my Royal Canterlot Voice "EACH OF YOU FAILED TO REALIZE THAT THIS WAS ALL PART OF A SCHEME! WHAT YOU SAW WASN'T ACTUALLY THE OTHERS! THEY WERE CLONES THAT LOOKED SIMILAR TO DISCORD BACK WHEN HE WAS EVIL! THOSE CLONES WERE CREATED BY QUEEN CHRYSALIS! AND FOR THE LAST TIME, STOP TRYING TO CAUSE THE NEXT CIVIL WAR! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"

They looked at me with fear in their eyes and nervously nodded. I let go of them and I said "I need to go put a stop to Chrysalis. I'll see you later. Sorry if I scared you. It made me so aggravated that you were blaming each other for things you didn't commit. So I reacted. If you don't want to be friends anymore, I understand." Before any of them could say anything, I was already gone. It was night time and I saw the clones and Chrysalis marching down the stairs to retrieve the elements. Opposite Pinkie said "Ugh! What's this garbage?" It's not garbage, you arrogant fool! Opposite Applejack said "Badger installation art." What's that even supposed to mean? "Ya see…" Chrysalis finally couldn't take it anymore and said with rage in her voice "Just retrieve the Elements!" They destroyed the campsite and Opposite Twilight gathered them up and said "Once we get the power of the Elements, no creature, not even "Her Majesty" can tell us what to do. Just follow my lead, got it?" They all laughed evilly and Chrysalis was suspicious of them. Opposite Rarity said "Oooooh! That one's mine!" She stepped forward, but Opposite Fluttershy stuck out her hoof and tripped Opposite Rarity. She said "Oops. I'd say sorry, but I'm not." Dang. That's very much cruel. Next thing I know, they're fighting like Simba and Nala did when they were young in the Lion King but you know more aggressively and with anger and hate instead of just playing around.

Opposite Twilight became annoyed and said "Stop it, fools!" You are all fools. I noticed the Elements started to turn black because it had a plan in mind as well. "We need the Elements to take out Chrysalis!" I wouldn't have said that. As if on cue, Chrysalis came up and was enraged on what she heard. She said "How dare you! I created you!" She charged up her horn and blasted magic at Opposite Twilight who in response put up a shield and Opposite Applejack and Pinkie started banging on the Tree to get the Elements to come off but it was to no avail. Opposite Twilight grunted a bit more, but she got the edge over Chrysalis. Her magic was being pushed back by Opposite Twilight's. But just as she looked like she would win, The Tree wrapped right around them and decomposed them to colored log branches. Opposite Twilight said "Imbeciles! You ruined everything!" and all of them disappeared never to be seen again. Chrysalis said walking up to the Tree "Servants always fail you in the end. Just wait, Starlight and that lion. I will have my revenge!" I said "Why not have it right now?" Chrysalis turned around and said with anger "YOU! I will have my revenge against you and will defeat you!" I said "Ha! Good luck with that. So, you dare make clones of my friends and use them to attack the very Tree that I guard and protect just so you can have Equestria fall to it's knees and bow down to you as it's god? It is so on."

"You mess with the Tree of Harmony, that's a direct challenge to my face. Since the clones are already gone, I'll send you on a one way trip to OBLIVION!" I flew up and started blasting magic at Chrysalis. She tried firing back at me, but I used my shadow form to dodge her attacks and whenever I could, I would bite her to draw out blood like I did when she was still Queen and it would make me stronger. Chrysalis said "I will defeat you!" I said "I don't think so!" She blasted her magic at me, but I blasted her with the scepter's magic which was already overpowering her. It was basically like how Nightmare Moon tried to fight off the Elements with her own alicorn magic but the Elements were too powerful for her which would blast her to the moon. Once it overpowered her, it sent her flying into the wall and I wrapped a black shadow around her, gripping her to the ground so she couldn't move and put a curse on her horn so she couldn't cast magic. I stood in front of her saying "I have defeated you once without magic, I can defeat you again with magic! As Prince of Equestria, I hereby banish you to the Badlands! Goodbye Chrysalis." I wrapped the whole black shadow around her and she disappeared being sent off to the badlands. I hope Grogar or excuse me Discord doesn't find her there in the Season 9 premiere.

I heard my friends' voices and I hid inside the walls inside the crystal cave where the Tree was and remained there. I heard Twilight gasp and she said "Are you kidding me?" Oh right. The campsite. Yeah, talk about a serious case of vandalism. Pinkie just laughed and said "This was. The worst. Day. Ever!" All the rest of them laughed and Starlight said "Come on Everypony. We can fix this campsite in no time." I guess. Applejack said "Spoken like a true camper." I guess maybe. Starlight said "Eh, don't push it." Fair enough. Twilight said "You know, if we can survive a day like this, I think our friendship is strong enough to handle anything the world can throw at us." That is quite true. It takes a lot to break our friendship. Suddenly, Twilight's tone of voice changed and she said "Oh my gosh! I forgot about Zach! I need to find him!" Oh dear. Hopefully she doesn't come looking in here. "I think he's in here." Oh great. Now I've been exposed. Dang it. She looked up at the top part of the ceiling and stared at it. "Zach. I know you're up there. I don't know where you are in here, but I just wanted to say *starts sniffling a little bit* I-I'm so-sorry if I made you angry. I-I nev-never meant to! Please… Please come back." She started crying some more and that got me to break. I came out of my shadow form and wrapped my limbs around Twilight.

She saw me and cried in my chest. I said, sighing "You have nothing to apologize for. It's completely my fault like always. I'm nothing but a monster." Twilight said "W-what? NO! You're not a monster! You're anything but that! Me and our friends needed that reminder. We should have realized that it was all part of a plan and not just by coincidence. I'm sorry that we argued amongst ourselves and blamed each other for it." I said "It's not your fault. It was quite obvious, but it doesn't matter now. Chrysalis and her clones have been defeated." Twilight said with suspicion "What do you mean?" I said "Well, the Tree turned the clones into colored log branches and I banished Chrysalis to the Badlands." Twilight said "You did what?!" I said "You heard me. It was such an easy victory though. I wasn't even trying and I still won. Anyways, she won't be a threat anymore." Twilight looked at me in shock before saying "Wow. That's the first time any sort of royalty has banished somepony to the Badlands. Usually that's where they put ponies who mess with time travel into exile." I said "Yeah, well, I felt it was the perfect place to be and not the Everfree Forest." Twilight said "She was hiding there?!" I said "Mm hm. Anyways, goodnight Twilight. I'll see ya in the morning."

I walked over to the Tree and Twilight teleported in front of me. She said "Where do you think you're going?" I said "Uh, going to bed?" Twilight said "In here? By yourself?" I said "Yep. Since I overreacted the way I did, this is how I'll punish myself by sleeping alone in a cave next to a magical tree. I'm sure it won't mind." Twilight said "No Zach. I can't let you sleep here alone. You didn't overreact and you shouldn't punish yourself." I said "Why won't you let me sleep here alone?" Twilight kissed me and then said "Because I don't want you sleeping here alone in a crystal cave. I want you out there next to me so I can have you close to me." Oh, she forgot what I did that quickly? "We all make mistakes, but we can't dwell on them." That's easier said than done. "That doesn't mean you can't try." Fair point. "Come on, you're sleeping with me." Uh, isn't that a little weird? "Of course not, silly. We've done it before, so this shouldn't be any different." Yeah, but that was when we were alone. We have company this time. "They're our friends. They all know we are together." Yeah, but Rainbow might be grossed out at that and Rarity could spy on us during the night to see if there are any makeout sessions going on. "Who cares?" Um, uh… *sighs* I have no answer for that. "That's what I thought. Besides, do you care about me?" YES! What kind of question is that? "Okay then, come with me then."

I was reluctant at first, but Twilight insisted things would be fine. When I walked over, all of them except Twilight still had fear in their eyes and it just made me sad. Twilight obviously took notice of this and explained what was going on. Thankfully, they understood and they forgave me for being um violent. Once that was over, Twilight pulled me in with her inside her tent and wrapped her forehooves around me just so she couldn't let me out of her sight. I have a feeling she's going to bring a lot of comfort to me in some way or form. "Of course I would, because I care very much about you. I don't know what I'd do with myself if something happened to you." Aww, that's sweet. I'm being serious this time. I swear. I said "I can say the same thing about you." Twilight smiled once more and kissed me again which I gladly returned because I can. Once we pulled away, Twilight said "Goodnight, my handsome prince." I said "Goodnight, my beautiful princess." Both of us fell asleep and Twilight got even closer to me sleeping soundly next to me and I smiled in contentment as things would probably be alright. Things may have been bumpy, but the friendship remains.

AN: This was definitely an interesting chapter of sorts. I'll let you in a little secret, but don't tell Zachary this or else he'll freak out. The thing is that whenever he gets really mad and uses magic, it's actually part of dark magic that was obtained from King Sombra back in the second part of Repercussions when he said he "suddenly felt power he never had felt before." Yeah, even after he changed back to good, that part of the dark power still remains in him and won't be revealed and removed until the end of Season 9. I'm not going to spoil it now, but it will be something epic. If you're curious, you'll have to wait and see. Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.

Next Chapter: Principal Chaos! When the map "calls" the mane six away for a friendship mission, Twilight leaves Starlight in charge of the school and tells Zachary to keep an eye on things while protecting the school property as well. However, this does not sit well with Discord, since he hasn't been to the school yet and when he tries to help, Starlight ignores him. Eventually, it will boil over and cause division between Starlight and Discord. Will Zachary be able to figure out this issue and have them make amends, or will Starlight have to explain to Twilight why she ignored a fellow friend trying to help?

Until then, my fellow readers