Applejack lay unconscious on the ground while Discord once again summoned the stretcher.
"THAT IS IT," Twilight shouted, "I'm stopping this once and for all!"
Next Twilight started performing some powerful magic on her friends. To protect them from any kind of magic stealing powers.
"I'm sorry I didn't do this soon enough but I don't even know if this will work," apologized Twilight.
"It's okay Darling," Rarity assured Twilight.
"We don't even know what the spell is," Fluttershy pointed out.
"Or even what the next test will be," Pinkie Pie added.
"Or how many of the test there are," Discord stated.
"Do we even have a plan to defeat this guy," Joy fretted.
"We're gonna kick his flank is what we're gonna do," Rainbow Dash declared.
"Rainbow, that's not a plan. It's more of the start of an idea," argued Rarity.
"Well I don't see you coming up with anything," the blue pegasus growled.
"Ladies quit it. This isn't helping," interrupted Joy.
The unicorn and pegasus pouted.
"What do we know about Prince Blood Blades," Twilight pondered aloud.
"Well. He has an intense hatred for the people outside his boarders," noted Fluttershy.
"He loves his people," Rarity added.
"He maybe has a depression problem from that massacre," Joy stated.
"He's also a powerful chaos alicorn," concluded Pinkie Pie.
"So we know nothing that can be useful to us," groaned Rainbow.
"What about you, Discord," questioned Twilight.
"Hey. Its' been hundreds of years since I was last here. I was only 700 years old last time I was here," one of the Discord duplicates answered.
"Well we could go down that road of kidnapping one of his subjects. To be honest though I doubt who ever is writing this is going to do that," contemplated Joy.
"Yah, we're not going to do that," Pinkie Pie confirmed.
The group stared at the two ponies.
"Don't worry about it," Pinkie Pie replied nonchalant.
"I suppose all we can do is just keep moving forward," stated Rarity.
With a tired sigh the group agreed and moved on down the strange road with the castle finally in sight. With in an hour of their traveling Applejack had woken up from her faint. As the group kept moving on Joy looked on the four who the spell infected. They were still them but weren't at the same time. Rarity without her magic. Fluttershy without her feelings. Pinkie Pie without her happy go lucky parting attitude and Applejack seemed more withdrawn.
"I know."
Joy turned to Twilight, "Huh?'
"I'm scared too and I'm worried we won't be able to turn into our rainbow forms," Twilight confide to Joy.
"Well… maybe you won't have to worry about that," hesitated Joy.
"What do you mean by that," Twilight asked.
"Well, you see I-"
"Guys I think I see the next roadblock," interrupted Discord.
Right smack dab in the middle of the road was a plain looking full body mirror.
"A mirror," scoffed Applejack.
"What's a mirror going to do to us," mocked Fluttershy, "reflect light into our eyes?"
"Who knows what it'll do to us," Rarity stated in a serious tone.
"It's giving off a lot of magical energy," commented Discord.
"Yah. I feel it too," agreed Twilight.
"But I don't see anything around it though," Pinkie Pie stated.
" I don't think we should get close to it until we figure out how to get around this thing," suggested Joy.
"You know what? No. We are getting through this barrier. Twilight's magic will protect us from that spell. AND we are going to kick that chaos prince's flank," Rainbow fumed, "I will not let a stupid mirror stand in our way."
Then Rainbow Dash sprang into action towards the mirror. Intending to break the mirror with a flying kick. Before Rainbow got close enough to do so she saw her reflection.
Rainbow Dash was back in Ponyvile. Confetti and balloons filled the air as the citizens of Ponyvile chanted Rainbows name. Rainbow Dash looked around in confusion as she stood center stage.
"Where? How? What's going on?"
Out of the side of her vision Rainbow saw Princess Celestia walk on to the stage and stand beside her.
"Citizens of Ponyvile! It brings me pleasure to award Miss Dash the Queen of Freedom award," announced Celestia.
"What!"
The crowd of ponies chanted louder.
"It is because of your many acts of bravery that Equestria is safe." Celestia stated to the crowd as she put a medal around Rainbows neck.
"Ah jeez. Your welcome," accepted Rainbow Dash, "You guys want to see me make a rainboom!"
The crowed cheered even harder so Rainbow preformed. Once the sky was alight with rainbow sparkles Celestia addressed Rainbow Dash.
"It was you who helped bring back my sister and defeated Discord. You defended us from Chrysalis and stopped Lord Tirek. For these things I here now make you captain of the Wonderbolts."
"Oh wow! This is so awesome! I – Wait. Where are my friends?"
"We're over here Rainbow," Twilight called over the crowd.
Rainbow turned to see her friends on stage beside her.
"There you guys are. I couldn't have don't any of that stuff without you guys," Rainbow told them.
"What are you talking about Rainbow," asked Pinkie Pie.
"We did nothing," Fluttershy stated.
"It was all you Darling," Rarity replied.
"Th't's right," Applejack agreed.
"We couldn't have do it without you Rainbow," concluded Twilight.
"But guys. You guys were there. At lest I think you were there? I mean I know I'm awesome but I'm not THAT awesome," questioned Rainbow Dash.
"Of course you are Rainbow. You don't even need us to be awesome," Twilight soothed.
The chanting of the crowd was growing thunderous.
"No," stated Rainbow.
"What," exclaimed Celestia.
"I can't accept this. Or the title of Captain of the Wonderbolts," Rainbow shouted over the crowd.
She took off the medal and threw it to the ground.
"I may be awesome by myself but I know that I am even more awesome when I am with my friends. We are a team! I couldn't have done all those things by myself!"
All a sudden the screams of the crowd became the screams of her friends. Vines from the forest tried to tether them into place. Rainbow was back in the Zombie forest standing only inches from the mirror.
"Look! Rainbow's back," cried Pinkie Pie.
The people that weren't covered in vines completely greeted Rainbow back with warm welcomes. Then it finally came back to Rainbow Dash about why she was in front of the mirror. With a quick flick of her hind legs she shattered the plain looking mirror. The vines went limp and Twilight and Discord were able to cut it away to release everyone.
"Is every one okay? What happened," Rainbow wanted to know.
"We're not sure," replied Joy.
"As soon as ya got near th't thing ya sort of froze," Applejack stated.
"Then all a sudden these vines came out from behind the mirror," explained Pinkie Pie.
"And wouldn't let us near you," Rarity added.
"The real question here is, what happened to you Dashy? You don't seem the type to freeze like that," inquired Discord.
"I'm not sure. I don't remember. I think I became the captain of the Wonderbolts," Rainbow answered.
"Well we're glad you're back Rainbow," replied Twilight.
The group agreed.
As they walked past the broken mirror the light came for Rainbow Dash. The light was still there as the girls and Discord turned to Rainbow. The blue pegasus staggered, her breathing was shallow but she was still conscious. The white light was pressing hard against her.
"Don't worry guys. I got this," labored Rainbow.
The group wasn't convinced.
Twilight was about to do something. Then with a scream the spells around Rainbow crumbled and the white light was gone. On the ground laid an unconscious Rainbow Dash.