Chapter XXII: The Sun, The Moon, and The Technogeek

Sam

"Something is coming," Fluttershy said as I placed an ear to the door. It was couple of those bugs. They were talking about Vlad becoming mad that the others is getting back their magic and having to be careful now.

"We need to distract them so we can get out," Shining looks around and says he has an idea. He motioned for us to hide in the corner. "Pinkie can I borrow your party canon?" the pink pony nods and rolls it over to him. "When I say 'now' we rush out got it?"

I pick up a stone and throw it on the ground. "Hey what was that?" one the bugs said as they came near the door. "I think I hear something," the begin to open the door when Armor gave the signal.

"Surprise!" Pinkie shouted as Shining blasted the changelings with confetti and streamers. "I love surprise parties." Shining looks around and says we better get going before..."What's wrong?" she asks as the unicorn's horn glow.

"It's from Twilight. She wants us to meet up with her," he tells Pinkie and I to get to Twilight while he and Fluttershy free more guards.

"You got it," Pinkie salutes him and tell me to follow her.

Princess Celestia

"Sleep tight officer," Tucker says as Luna casts a sleep spell on him. He takes the keys from the ghost cop. "I've got the key to Walker's office let's go," he says as more ghost cops come towards us. "Luna, why don't send these goons to dreamland."

My sister nods and knocks them out. "How far away is the office?" she asks as Tucker points down the hall. "Then let us be off." I close my eyes and teleport us to the office.

"He's not here," I look around trying to look for a trap. I was about to suggest we go look for him when I heard someone laughing. The chair spun around revealing the ghoulish warden.

"I must applaud your little attempt but nothing gets past me," I fire a magic bolt at him but blocks it with some strange device on his wrist. "You think yours is the only realm with magic?" he fires the bolt back at me.

"TIA!" Luna cries out as she gets in front of me. "Thou should not have done that," She fires a spell at Walker but he blocks it again. He laughs and goes to attack but something hits him and glues him to the wall.

"Thanks for loaning us this toy warden," Tucker said as he as he helped me up. "This game is over," Tucker tells us to get to the specter speeder outside the prison.

"You got it,"

Skulker

"Blast it! Where did they go," I said scanning the area with the Skullbot. "They couldn't have..." I began to say as I heard Plasmius' voice. "Boss?" I ask confused as an image of the halfa appeared before me. He says needs me back back in the castle. "But I was looking for...,"

"NOW," he yells as a portal opens up before me and I step through it.

"What is it n...," he grabs me by the collar and throws me across the room. He tells me that the ghost children and the horses got their powers back and needs me to take care of them. I slowly get up as Vlad summons a group of liches.

"Make sure they never leave here," he orders as I smile at the chance to get revenge on those stupid horses. Vlad opens another portal and points to it. I nod and assure him that he will never hear from them again.

"Okay listen up," I told the skeletons as we arrived on the other side. "The horses are mine," they look at each other and then at me. "Go, I got this," the teleport away as I begin to scan for the equines. The white and purple unicorns were nearby. "I always loved a challenge."

"Don't you think we should keep moving. It won't be long for the changelings and those icky skeletons find us?" The purple one argued that they need to stay here until the others come. "We should at least make us ourselves less visible."

Her friend looks around and pushes on the wall. It retracts revealing a hidden entrance. "Come on," they disappear behind the wall as it returns to normal."

"Hide all you want you won't escape me."

Fluttershy

"How many guards do we need," I asked Armor as I walk up a pod and remove it from the ceiling. The unicorn said just enough to take care of the changelings and any other tricks this Vlad has up his sleeve. "Oh good that shouldn't be...," I heard something coming. I look around for a place to hide until this over.

Shining gently opens the door so he could see out it. "They're skeletons," he said confused. I tell them they are Vlad's foot soldiers. "Whatever they are we can deal with them." his horn begins to glow. "I need you to have my back."

"Mmm...e?" he nods saying he can't handle all of them by himself. "If you say so," I peek out of my hiding place. He says when gives the signal he wants me...before he can finish those things walk through the door. They are dressed in armor similar to a palace guard.

Shining blasts the monsters with his horn while kicking them into the wall. "Fluttershy I..." one of the demons plunge a glowing spear into his flank. He screams in pain still fighting the skeletons but I knew he couldn't last long.

"Leave him alone!" I shout charging out and bucking two of them into the wall. The bones begin to move and reassemble. I try to remember what Danny said about these things. "There is a spot that can take them out...," One of them sneaks over to Shining but I grab a rock and throw it at him. It hits the center of the spine and collapses into a pile of bones.

I pick up a spear laying on the floor and throw it at the last two dispatching them, "I guess Iron Will was right. There is a powerhouse inside every pony." I race over to my friend and examine him. He looks up at with cloudy pale eyes. "Don't worry I'll take care of you."

I grab the spear and as gently as I can remove it. He winces but I assure him it's for the best. "We have to...," I calm him down and take out some medicine and bandages from my saddlebag. I warn him it is going to sting as I disinfect the wound and bandage it.

I take out a small phial, "now this is going to taste nasty but it will help you." I hold it to his mouth and pour it in. He starts to cough but I tell him it's all right. He tries to stand but is still weak. "Not yet, you need to rest," I take out a blanket and wrap around him as I stand guard.

Walker

"Those punks will pay!" I said as phased out of my jacket. "Defacing an officer's uniform - Death!" I walk over to my desk and try to contact Bullet. "Come in Bullet do you hear me? What the Hell is going on?" I bring up a map of the prison and see my men sound asleep. "Horses!"

"This is Gamma squad does anyone hear me?" I grabbed the mic and told him it was the warden. "Sir our forces have been ambushed. The ghost boy's sister and the brown horse are heading towards the yard. What are you orders?" So they think they can ruin my plan. They are dead wrong. I order them to send their best snipers to the tower and have some of them follow the boy and the magic horses.

"Yes sir," the reply came and as I studied the map.

Twilight Sparkle

"What is this place?" Rarity asked as we lit our horns. Names were inscribed in the wall along with dates. "Whatever it seems it hasn't been cleaned since Celestia was a...," she starts to scream but I quickly cover her mouth. "Twilight...," she said as quiet as I can. "There are bones on the walls." She points to skull fixed on the wall.

"We must be in the catacombs," I said examining the wall. Celestia had told me about this place but we were always forbidden from coming down here. Rarity asked if there really are dead ponies in here. "Yes, probably thousands. These are the remains of famous ponies. Some even think there might be remains here from before the castle was built."

"Oh how wonderful, please tell me you have a plan for getting out of here," I conjure a map of the area. I say the best place to launch an attack would be from the emergency throne room. "Emergency throne room?" From what I could tell if the castle was ever attacked the princess would be escorted...," something hits me in chest.

"Two little ponies all alone," a voice said as strange device hovered in the room. "The sooner I get rid of you the sooner...," Rarity blasted before to attack.

"It looks like some kind of tracker," I turned it over and noticed an engraving on it. "Made at DALV labs?" What in the world was DLAV. I looked at it again and realized it's anagram. "I love anagrams," I looked at the letters trying to piece it together. "Reverse DALV and you get VLAD"

"We better make it to the emergency throne room before he sends more." I nodded and took off.