Back with the mane seven, they all already reached the Badlands, and they also managed to reach all the way and arrive at the opening of Akeno's cave, but before they can enter, they all suddenly heard a familiar female voice who suddenly called for Starlight by calling her name, thus causing Starlight and the six other mares to turn around and see Trixie trotting and galloping fast towards them, and eventually she ended up stopping right in front of them and started to breath in and out heavily from running this so much fast to catch up with Starlight, Twilight and their friends.

When they all saw Trixie in front of them (since they all turned around to face her), Starlight said "Trixie! It's you!", but then she also asked "What are you doing out here in the Badlands?", and then Trixieis slowly recovered herself after she galloped so much fast like she just did and so she then said "I went to Ponyville to meet you, but then I found out that you have gone with Twilight and her friends so I went looking for you!", and when Stralight and the others all heard what she said, Starlight placed her hoof on Trixie's shoulder and said to her "I'm happy you came to meet me again, Trixie, though you didn't really had to go after us to the Badlands to meet me. You could've just simply waited until I return with my friends back to Ponyville and then we would've told you why did we went here in the first place.".

Then, Trixie said back to her "I know, but I was so worried that something bad might've happened to you while you're gone with Twilight and her friends!", but then Twilight interrupted and said "It's alright, Trixie. Starlight is fine and so were us too. You have nothing to worry about any of us.", and then Trixie said to her "Thanks, Twilight.", but then she asked "Anyway, what is this place in the middle of the Badlands? And why we're all this very close to a big cave?", and then Twilight explained "This is Akeno's cave, and we're all going inside there to save my friends' sisters and brother!", and when Trixie heard Twilight saying and mentioning Akeno's name, the magician Unicorn pony then asked "Akeno? Who's he?", and then Twilight explained "He's a mad okapi who hates both humans like Chloe and also us ponies because some from both of our kinds have killed his own brother and son at two different times before Chloe even arrived in Equestria!".

When Trixie heard what Twilight said about Akeno, she then asked her "Does he knows about Chloe?", but then Rainbow Dash said "He doesn't only knows Chloe, but he also know Aylene as well, and he truly hates both of them to the point he wishes them both to die for both being a human and a pony, though he's the one who started harassing them, and not them harassing him! To make matters worse, he continued abusing and tormenting them both and he showed no mercy at all! He's one of the worst animal villains we know who dares to bring and mean lots of harm to both Chloe and Aylene repeatedly, and I'm afraid he may never stop until he eventually collapses and dies when he gets too old to even stand up!".

When Trixie heard what the rainbow-maned Pegasus mare said, she and the mane seven all suddenly heard Akeno's voice roaring in anger from inside the cave "YOU ALL GET BACK HERE, YOU STRIPELESS LITTLE ZEBRAS! YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS YOU'RE ALL IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!", and then Trixie asked with a bit of fear in her voice "Is that Akeno?", and then Twilight said "Yes, it's him!", and then she said to her friends "Let's go girls!", and Starlight was about to come and help too, but then Twilight said to her "Trixie, you stay at the cave's entrance and wait for us all to come back with Randall and the fillies! We can handle things on our own without your help!", but then Trixie said "But I want to come and help too! After all, I'm the Great and Powerful Trixie!" and then she reared up onto her hinder legs and hooves and gave a smile.

However, Twilight said to her "Trixie, I know you want to come and help, but if you follow us into the cave, Akeno and his friends will rip you to shreds! You must stay here and wait for us all to return!", and Trixie knew that Twilight will not allow her to join and go into Akeno's cave so not to let her get herself killed, and so Trixie finally sighed and bowed her head in defeat and said "Fine, I will stay outside and wait for all of you to come back together.", and when Twilight heard what she said, the Alicorn said "Good, now I promise you it won't take us very long. We will be back with Randall and the fillies before you know it. I promise.", and so once Twilight was done talking to Trixie and giving her a fair warning about why she shouldn't go after her and her friends and enter Akeno's cave, Twilight turned tail and went inside the cave after her friends to save the CMC, the young animals and the now redeemed Opey's mother from Akeno and from his evil friends, thus leaving the disappointed Trixie to stay and wait at the entrance of the cave all alone.

Meanwhile, Opey, her mother, her friends and the CMC were all trying to escape and avoid being captured by Akeno and his friends all together, but Akeno had another trick up to his sleeve which can actually do - he's a shape-shifting okapi (after he got and received the same evil magic powers as Lysander, Sayla and even Terrence), and therefore he can transform to whatever he can to get exactly what he and his friends wants, which was in this case - Opey, her mother, her friends and the CMC. Then, Akeno used his evil magic to transform himself into Thorax so he can fly and catch up with the young prisoners and with the mother okapi and capture them all much quicker than expected, and so he then started to fly fast (in his Thorax form) towards Opey, her mother, her friends and the CMC, and he seemed to be able to catch up to them and seize them all in his grasp as with each passing moment, he got closer and closer to his targets and he almost got close enough to all of them at once.

However, just before he can snatch Opey first with his magic, Akeno was suddenly hit by two magic blasts, which came from Twilight and Starlight, who came with their friends in time to save the CMC, Opey, her mother and her friends, and thus causing Akeno to transform back to his true and normal okapi form and look at the mane seven with anger burning in his eyes, before he then said to them all in pure anger "How dare you all come here! This is my cave!", but then Twilight said to him "You're out of control, Akeno!", and then Starlight added "And we're all going to stop you and your friends from achieving your evil goals!", but then Akeno shock his head in disagreement and evilly asked "Is that what you really think?!", and then suddenly, Lysander, Sayla, Terrence and Ganda all came out of nowhere and they all started to surround the mane seven, the CMC, Opey, her mother and her friends, and then Lysander, Sayla and Terrence all transformed themselves into Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and King Pharynx, respectively, and then they used their magic to turn them all into stone statues, and it didn't took long before everyone started to feel their legs, hooves or even their toes (in Kyra, Albert, Milton and Georgie's cases) cannot move, and so when they looked down, they saw they're all slowly turning into stone statues, much to Akeno's enjoyment before he then transformed himself into King Thorax once again and then he used his own magic to help his friends make the petrifying process go even faster and get it done quicker than expected.

However, Akeno and his friends then decided to stop the petrifying process once the mane seven, the CMC, Opey, her mother and her friends were all petrified up to their necks, thus leaving all their heads unpetrified, but in the process, Akeno also managed to steal Twilight, Starlight and Rarity's magic and then he said particularly to the three of them "Now you and your friends surely cannot escape us anymore!", and then he and his friends burst into an evil laughter all together, before he, Lysander, Sayla and Terrence all transformed back to their normal animal forms, and then Ganda the rhinoceros pointed with a foreleg and foot and said evilly as she looked down at all the four foals and five young animals "There's no escape, stupid little ones!", and then she alone cackled evilly in their faces, thus causing Opey to start crying in fear because the female rhinoceros managed to scare her with her massive size, intimidating appearance, but most likely - her heartless nature, and even Kyra, Albert, Milton, Georgie and the CMC all had tears of fear forming in their eyes as Ganda's evil words clearly managed to both insult and threaten them all.

However, then, everyone suddenly heard a familiar voice calling and yelling "Leave my friends alone!", and when everyone heard what the voice said, and all turned to see Trixie coming towards them and then stopping in front of the five evil animals, and out of them all - right in front of Akeno himself. When they all saw Trixie facing Akeno, Starlight asked in shock "Trixie?! What are you doing?!", and the Trixie said back as she looked up at Akeno with determined eyes "I'm here to save all of you!", but then Twilight yelled "No! Don't do this, Trixie! Akeno will turn you into stone if you make him really angry!", but then Trixie said to her back "Don't worry, girls! I got a plan in mind! Let me handle this!", but just then, Akeno lowered his head down to look at her in the eyes and then he asked evilly "And who are you, horned stripeless zebra?!", and this made Trixie gasp in shock at first, but then she took a deep breath and said "Hi there.", and then she asked "Who are you?", and then Akeno yelled "I'm Akeno, Asha's nephew, but I ended up destroying her for not listening to my scarred mind!", and when Trixie heard what he said, she then said to him back as she gave the evil okapi a smile "So you must be that Akeno the okapi my friends told me about, don't you, Sir?".

However, when Akeno heard what the magician Unicorn mare just said to him, he gasped in shock as he kept looking down at her in the eyes, before she then said "I'm waiting.", but then Akeno quickly snapped out of his shocked state and then he said to her evilly "Yes! I'm Akeno! And soon enough, my friends and I will turn you into stone!", but then Trixie said and asked "Oh my! You wouldn't want to hurt a lady, would you?", but then Akeno said "I will hurt anyone who is not an okapi! Except for my four best friends - Lysander, Sayla, Terrence and Ganda! But two creatures, or in fact may I say species I hate so much were hairless apes like Chloe and stripeless zebras like you and most of your friends!". However, Trixie gasped in shock and then she said and asked "Akeno! I can't believe you just said that, Sir! You shouldn't pick on ladies! Neither on cute little innocent children! Where did you learned to become so disrespectful to almost everyone you see or meet for the first time?", and then she gave the okapi a smile as she asked "Were you once a father who lost his only son?".

However, when Akeno heard Trixie mentioning his own son in his presence, this made him start shaking in anger as he looked down at the magician Unicorn mare with a scowl quickly forming on his evil face, before he then yelled at her "How dare you mention my late son in my presence, you filthy stripeless zebra!", but then Trixie pretended to be sad and she said "Oops, I didn't meant to hurt your feelings, Akeno. But I still have some point in my words - these two okapis standing right there who are both petrified up to their necks were a mother and her child.", and then she asked him "Wouldn't you show them mercy and set them free from your spell?", but then Akeno yelled at her "Why should I?! I don't want to set them free! They're both my enemies, and so were all these stripeless zebras and other stupid little animals right there!", but then Opey interrupted and then she said and asked "Yes, she does have a point - wouldn't you have any mercy in your heart and set me and my mommy free?", and then her mother added and asked "Yes, Akeno, what do you say?".

However, Akeno was stubborn and he was hard to break down, and so he yelled angrily "NO!", and then he added "I'M NOT GOING TO SET ANY OF YOU FREE! NEITHER ANY OF MY FRIENDS WILL DO THE SAME THING!", but then Trixie said to him "I think it's time for me to tell you who I am - I'm the Great and Powerful Trixie!", and then she blasted at Akeno with her magic and managed to set Opey free from the petrifying effects in the process, thus turning her back to normal and setting her free from Akeno and his friends' magic, much to the evil animals' shock to know that what Trixie actually did was enough to rescue Opey from their evil magic.

Then, when Akeno recovered and stood back up again, he then saw Opey was free from his and his friends' magic, and then he gasped in shock before he quickly turned to look back at Trixie with an angry face, and then yelled and cried evilly "That's it! I will destroy you now!", but before Akeno can attack Trixie, Opey quickly ran towards him and then she kicked and bucked him in the crotch with both of her hind legs, thus making him scream and also setting Georgie free from the evil animals' magic at the same time, and thus also returning him back to normal, thus destroying the petrifying effects on him and setting him free as well, before he then ran towards Akeno to join both Trixie and Opey and help them beat Akeno until all their friends were all set free from his and his friends' evil magic, as well as returning Twilight, Starlight and Rarity's stolen magic back to them before they can and will escape and leave Akeno's cave all together.

However, then, Akeno called and yelled to his four friends "Don't just stand here, guys! Get them! The more they beat me - the more they destroy the effects of our magic - and setting their friends free!", and when they all heard what their okapi friend said, Lysander, Sayla, Terrence and Ganda all started to run and charge towards Trixie, Opey and Georgie, but the three cleverly used their teamwork and also thought together of a quick plan to set all their friends free, and to do so - they must outsmart Akeno's friends to get to Akeno himself and then beat him repeatedly until his and his friends' evil magic loses all its effects on everyone else and will result in them all returning back to normal and getting set free.

Then, Lysander made the first move by jumping in front of Trixie and the two young animals and blocking their path to Akeno by using his jaws and tail to keep them away, but then Opey just turned tail and kicked and bucked him in the face and threw him back, thus allowing both Trixie and Georgie to run towards Akeno, but before they can get to him, Sayla stopped them and tried to chase them away, only to end up getting attacked and bitten by Georgie, thus allowing Trixie alone to continue to trot and gallop until she finally reached and got close enough to Akeno and then she jumped up and slapped him across the face, thus turning Milton back to normal and setting him free from Akeno and his friends' magic (and thus also allowing him to run back and join up with the others and help setting the rest of their friends free).

Trixie led everyone into a fight against Akeno and his friends and during the fight, Kyra, Albert, Opey's mother and even Starlight were all set free and Starlight got her magic back, thus allowing her to help Trixie and the others continue to attack and defeat Akeno (and also his friends). However, Akeno and his friends did everything they all can to outsmart Trixie (and also everyone else), and this is to prevent them all from setting Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy and the CMC from their magic effects.

However, after a long fight with the animal villains and after attacking Akeno so many times, Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy and the CMC were all turned back to normal and they were all set free from Akeno and from his friends' magic effects (with Twilight and Rarity getting their own magic back to themselves), and with all the five villainous animals were all now lying down and were all too weak to fight, this is the chance everyone waited to, and so they all started to run away and eventually got out and escaped from Akeno's cave, and after traveling all the way back to the Everfree Forest to give Kyra, Albert, Milton, Gerogie back to the herds, but also to show to all the young okapis that Opey's mother have redeemed herself from Akeno's influence and managed to escape from him, Twilight and her friends told the herds how Trixie actually dared to risk her life and helped leading an attack on Akeno and his friends to save everyone from them and escape their cave, and for Trixie, it was one of the most happiest days of her life, because she dared to stand up to and even took on one of the worst animal villains known in all of Equestria.