The wasteland was dark and empty. The only sound that was alive was the wind, whispering and rearranging the dust all around. Near the wasteland was a high cliff. A flash of bright light appeared over the wasteland. Twilight, her friends and the knights emerged from the light as they stood over the empty battlefield.
"This is it." Knighton said. "This is where it all happened."
Applejack to a small whiff of the air. She scrunched her nose and stuck out her tongue. "Blech! What is that awful stench Ah'm smellin'?"
Rhayader sniffed the air as well. "It's death." he replied.
"D-death…? What do ya mean…?" she asked with her voice shaking.
"It's the same smell that was in the air after our battle against the dark army," he explained. "with the stench of bloody, rotting carcasses hovering in the air."
She gulped with worry. "Ah ain't likin' the sound of that…"
"Come on everypony!" Knighton called. "We have to get down there and look around!" He saw a way down and took the path. The others followed him down.
"So Rhayader," Pinkie Pie said, gliding by his side. "what are we in for…?"
"You ever faced anything that almost killed you?" he asked.
"We were almost eaten by a hydra."
"Well… It's gonna be like that but much worse…"
She whimpered.
"Just stay close to me. I'll protect you."
It took some effort to battle with gravity, but they eventually made it to the end of the mountain pass. All they could see was a flatland of jagged rocks and dirt. They stood there with their hearts beating fast altogether. They felt a strong wind blowing against them, carrying dust from the ground. There the stench of death was stronger.
The knights took the first steps onto the wasteland. Yorkshire looked behind, seeing the girls still standing at the exit of the mountain pass. "Come on girls!" he yelled. "There's no reason to stand around like that!"
"Sorry Yorkshire..." Twilight said, taking calm breaths. "It's just something about this place gives us the creeps…"
He walked over to them. "Conquer it. Do it for Fluttershy and Princess Luna."
She exhaled deeply and turned to her friends. "For Fluttershy." She slowly walked onto the ground of the wasteland first. The others followed, conquering their fear of the land. They managed to catch up with the knights and stayed close to them.
As they traveled further into the wasteland, the ground began to feel softer and bumpier against their hooves.
"Huh… that's weird..." Applejack said. "The ground feels a bit softer here. Why is that?"
Llanfair, without thinking twice looked down. He averted his eyes upwards, utterly horrified. "Girls! Whatever you do, don't look down directly at the ground!" he warned.
"Why?" Applejack asked raising a brow. "It ain't like there's anythin' beneath us that's gonna jump out and scare us, is there?"
Twilight glanced down. She brushed a bit of the dust away below her and let out a quiet squealed. "Girls… please don't look down…" she said with her voice shaking and tears running down her cheeks.
"What's down there…?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"You don't want to know…" she replied. "Just keep walking…"
The girls went with her advice. They walked on with their eyes straight forward. Though they were tempted to look down, they kept looking forward and beyond. A little while after walking through the flatland heading for the much rougher barren landscapes, they felt the ground hard and jagged underneath their hooves again.
"That's interesting…" Spike said. "Your hooves sounded too quiet before. Now they're pretty loud. What were we walking on back there?"
Twilight gulped and looked to Llanfair. "Llanfair…?"
He nodded. "We were just walking over the carcasses of those who died in the battle to stop evil." he replied. "The dust blown around covered them up so that no one could see them. But you could feel them underneath as you just walked over them…"
The other girls slowly turned back to where they were just walking on with blank stares looking across the carcass infested land. Horror struck their souls and turned away. They dashed passed the knights, desperate to get away.
Knighton saw tears in their eyes as they passed him. He could see their terrified reactions. "I know… awful isn't it?" he asked.
Twilight sniffled and cried. "How hard was it, seeing your other friends die in battle…?"
"Really hard…" he replied. "But it was war. Kill or be killed. They tried to kill, but they ended up getting killed."
Spike gently hugged her neck to comfort her. He felt her rub her head gently against him.
"Just try not to think about it." Knighton continued. "You weren't the one who fought in battle."
"Yes, but now I have seen what war does." she spoke back. She continued to walk forward, ending their talk so suddenly.
As the girls walked ahead of the knights, they made a stop. The knights looked and saw that they were just standing and looking around them. They joined up.
"What's up girls?" Penarth asked. "Is something wrong?"
"Shh!" Rarity hushed. "We're trying to hear something…" she whispered.
The knights raised their ears.
"I don't hear anything…" Yorkshire whispered. He turned to his brother. "Do you?"
"Nothing at all…" Knighton replied.
"I hear something cracking, but it's all around us. We can't tell where it's coming from." Twilight said.
Rainbow Dash hovered above them. Looking down at the ground, she noticed little cracks forming around the others. "Uh… guys…?"
"Shh, be quiet Rainbow. We're tryin' to listen…" Applejack said to her.
She continued to watch the cracks forming around them without their notice and started to worry about their safety. "Guys, seriously…!"
"Could you please be quiet for at least a few minutes?" Rarity asked.
"But in those minutes, you're gonna-"
"Is she always like this…?" Tregaron whispered to Rarity.
"She can be sometimes… it can get a little annoying." Rarity replied.
"GUYS!" Rainbow Dash screamed.
"WHAT?!" they screamed back.
"Sinkhole."
Right underneath them, the ground collapsed. All but Rainbow Dash fell into a large chamber. Dust rose up from the large sinkhole.
Rainbow Dash flew downwards into the chamber to look for her friends filled with worry that they could be hurt. "Guys! Guys!" she cried. "Is anypony okay?!" She heard some coughing and groaning around her with the dust still coming up. The dust began to fade, clearing her surroundings. She saw the girls and the knights slowly getting up, groaning and coughing more. She sighed in relief and flew to them. "You guys alright?"
"Yeah…" Penarth replied, groaning still. "Boy, that was one rough fall…" He walked over to the other knights and helped them up.
"I tried to tell you guys that something like was going to happen, but you were too busy trying to listen to something so quiet and that you didn't have the thought to look down."
"Sorry there, Rainbow Dash." Applejack said with her ears hanging low.
Rainbow Dash looked around. "Where are we anyways?"
Spike looked up at the large hole and looked around. Everyone found themselves surrounded by fire against the carved walls. "What kind of place is this…?"
Knighton examined the room. A small smile appeared on his face. "I think this is it." he said. "I think this is where we'll find them."
"You sure about that?" Rarity asked.
"Yes. I can feel it. The feeling is warming up my body."
Twilight raised a brow and looked at the fire that surrounded them. "Um… I think it's the fire here that's warming you up…"
Everypony stayed silent for half a minute, just standing around.
Yorkshire sighed, breaking the silent. "Nevermind that. If this is really the place where we're going to find Fluttershy and Princess Luna, then let's get going!"
"Startin' where?" Applejack intervened. "There multiple tunnels in here and we might get lost if we choose one of 'em. How will we know which way to go?"
He looked to the girls and then looked to Twilight and Rarity. "Which of you girls have the best skill in magic?"
Rarity smiled, pointing to Twilight. "That would be her." she said.
He turned to Twilight. "Do you think you would be able to sense Luna?"
"I never tried that before." she replied. "But it's worth a try, right?" She closed her eyes and focused her magic into her horn. It let off a glow, dimming the fire that surrounded her and everypony else. She opened her eyes and looked to one of the tunnels. "I can… I can sense Princess Luna!"
Everypony smiled and sighed with relief.
"Her magic is very strong. It looks like we go that way!" she announced, pointing to the tunnel that was across from them.
"Lead the way Twilight!" Spike said, getting on her back again.
"Alright! Hang on tight Spike! We're off to find Fluttershy and Princess Luna!" She dashed off into the tunnel across the chamber.
The others followed her into the tunnel in hopes to find the distressed princess and the shy Pegasus.
. . .
Luna and Fluttershy watched him standing above his large pit of fire, speaking in the dark language while flames from the pit swirled around his arms and torso. Fluttershy felt the strong power in the lizard warlock and began to shiver more, almost chattering her teeth. Luna stayed calm and watched carefully.
Komodo felt a strong sense strike him. He became silent from his mouth and the flames around him died down. He turned around looking to the entrance of his lair. "I sense another kind of magic…" he spoke aloud. "Someone's here…"
Luna couldn't help but overhear his loud thought. She smiled. "I can sense it too." she told him. "It's them isn't it? Twilight Sparkle, her friends, and the knights?"
Fluttershy stopped shivering. "They're here?" she asked.
Luna looked to her and nodded. "It seems Twilight Sparkle is using her magic to find me since I too am gifted with magic. It's going to lead her and the others directly to this lair." She looked to Komodo who was still looking to the entrance and glared at him. "They're coming. And when they get here, they're going to end you and your nefarious plot."
Komodo slowly turned to the imprisoned ponies, giving them a sinister smile with his razor teeth showing and a vicious look in his eyes. "If… they get here…" he hissed. "Men!" he shouted. The five vicious lizard warriors entered the lair. They stood in an angled line in front of him. "They're here somewhere in the tunnels." he said. "Seek them out and kill them! Leave none of them alive!"
The warriors hissed and growled. They all dashed out of the lair entering the tunnels.
Fluttershy's fear grew, knowing that Yorkshire and her friends could be killed in the act of rescuing her and Luna. She place her front hooves on the interior of the prison dome, standing on her hind legs. "Please don't do this!" she cried as tears formed in her eyes. "I beg of you! Please don't hurt my friends!"
Komodo swiftly turned back to Luna and Fluttershy and swung his arm towards them.
Fluttershy suddenly felt a strong force smack her across the face, falling on her side in a loud thud.
"Silence mare!" he roared. "Begging and pleading won't get you anywhere!"
Luna gasped. "Fluttershy!" She came to her side. A large red mark was found her cheek. She looked down to her seeing her whimper and cry. She turned to Komodo and growled angrily.
He chuckled. "She's going to be hurt even more after my warriors kill your friends, but the pain will end her life and yours."
"You won't get away with this!" she snapped.
"Oh, I think I will." He walked up to his stone throne and sat in it, facing Luna who was still glaring. "There's nothing you will be able to do about this. After they're gone, you two will be the next, and then I will dominate this land and kill all of those who oppose me."
. . .
Twilight lead everyone through the tunnel of the underground chambers. Though the tunnel was pitch black, the glowing from her horn made it easier to see.
Knowing that their captured friends were somewhere underground, their spirits were lifted, thinking about the positive fact that they would save them.
Yards up ahead, Spike spotted a little light that would lead them out of the tunnel. "Look there!" he exclaimed. "I think it's a way into another chamber!"
"If it's another chamber, there's bound to be more passageways." Rarity implied.
"Possibly." Twilight agreed. She led them out of the tunnel into another large, fire surrounding chamber. She stopped close in the middle of the chamber. She looked around and saw four other passageways. "There are four other tunnels here." she said, pointing them out.
"Are you able to sense Luna's magic from one of them?" Penarth asked.
"I think so." She pointed her horn to the first tunnel on the left. Her horn's glow was dim and weak. She switched to the second, and her horn glowed a bit brighter. "I think I almost have it." she said. She moved to the third tunnel. Her horn suddenly grew much brighter towards it. "I'm getting a very strong sense here, guys!"
"Great!" Yorkshire said. "Let's go into that one then!"
"Hold on a sec there." she intervened. "I have to be sure that it's the right one by checking ALL of the tunnels." She shifted her horn, pointing to the final tunnel on the right. Her horn's glow simmered down into a little light. She moved back to the third one and her horn grew brightly again. "We're going this way!"
She dashed off to the tunnel where the sense was stronger. But something caught her eye and immediately stopped.
Everypony else caught up with her and saw that she was shaking.
"What's the matter, Twilight?" Applejack asked.
"Wh-wh-wh-what's t-t-t-that…?!" she said in fear, pointed to the darkness.
They all looked at the dark tunnel and saw five glowing yellow serpent-like eyes appear. They heard quiet growling and hissing. They stepped back from the entrance of the tunnel, only to see five large armed lizard warriors emerge, walking towards them in loud stomps.
All of the girls were now shaking, now seeing what they were going up against. The viciousness and hideousness of the monsters have stricken them with fear and total discomfort.
"Applejack…" Rarity whispered. "I'm scared…"
Applejack gulped loudly. "Ah am too…"
The lizard warriors locked their eyes on all of the ponies. Their growls and hisses grew louder and louder as they crept closer and closer. They opened their mouths, showing their long razor teeth. They all unsheathed their weapons: some had long thick crooked swords, others had large spiked clubs, but all had round, rough looking shields.
The knights quickly moved in front of the girls. They pulled out their swords with their mouths, and prepared themselves for combat.
One of the lizards let out a loud screech, calling out to attack. They all charged at the ponies, raising their weapons high. The girls quickly got out of the way to let the knights fight. The knights swung their swords and clashed with the lizards' clubs, swords, and shields. The lizards had twice the strength of each individual knight. The knights attempted to strike their bodies, but the warriors were too swift and dodged or blocked every attack they made. Clashes and crashes of metal and wood rang in the chamber. Grunts and growls echoed.
The girls watched their fellow knights fight the malicious beasts, worried of the possibility that they would be killed in the process.
"We have to do something!" Rainbow Dash said to her mare friends.
"What can we do?" Rarity asked, denying Rainbow Dash's suggestion. "Those things look like they could tear us apart in a split of a second!"
"I don't care! I'm gonna do something!" She swiftly flew towards one of the lizards.
"Rainbow Dash! Wait!" Twilight cried.
She let out a loud battle cry and rammed hard into a lizard's back, making it fall to the ground roughly.
"Ha! Take that you scaly freak!"
She saw the warrior slowly get up. It turned its head towards her, growling ferociously with hatred in its eyes. She suddenly lost her courage and flew away. The lizard let out a roar and chased after her with its sword.
Penarth looked and saw one of the warriors chasing Rainbow Dash. With all of his strength, he threw his sword towards the lizard. The sword flew swiftly straight at it. The blade pierced through its chest, killing it instantly.
The lizard fell to the ground dead, a pool of black blood forming.
Rainbow Dash looked back and saw the lizard warrior on the ground still with a sword through its back. Penarth galloped up to the dead warrior, pulling his sword from its back. He returned to fight along with his knightly companions. "Whew! That was a close one!" she said.
The knights continued to fight the other warriors as hard as they could. Slowly they were gaining the advantage. Knighton slashed one in the back, causing it to screech in pain. Yorkshire quickly got the chance to finish it off. He leaped high in the air in front of the warrior and slashed its throat.
Soon after, Llanfair made the final blow on the last living lizard. He drove his sword deep into its chest. The lizard growled viciously as it died. All five warriors were finally dead. The knights panted heavily with exhaustion. They looked around at the lifeless warriors, seeing them lay still with their blood flowing out of their fatal wounds. They looked to the girls, seeing them smile with relief. They walked towards them with their swords stained.
"Are you guys alright?" Spike asked. "That was one gruesome fight there."
Knighton nodded and sheathed his sword. "We're fine… just a few scratches but fine."
"Thanks for saving me back there, Penarth." Rainbow Dash said to him. "I owe you one."
He shook his head and sheathed his sword as well. "It was no problem. You don't owe me anything. Just don't get reckless like that again, okay?"
She rolled her eyes and nodded. "Okay."
"Shall we continue where we left off?" Yorkshire asked.
"Yes we shall." Twilight replied. Her horn glowed again brightly towards the tunnel they were going to enter through before the lizards attacked. "Onward to Fluttershy and Princess Luna!" She dashed into the tunnel, vanquishing the darkness inwards with her glowing horn with the girls and knights galloping behind her.
. . .
Komodo was looking through his magical orb, seeing the knights and their friends enter the tunnel. His hate for them grew drastically after seeing them defeat his five warriors. He grabbed the orb and smashed it against the ground with a loud roar, making it vanish after impact. "CURSE THEM!" he screamed. "CURSE THEM ALL! HOW COULD THEY DEFEAT MY WARRIORS AGAIN?!"
Luna rolled her eyes. "Just face it, Komodo!" she said. "You can't beat these ponies no matter what you throw at them! They'll stop at nothing until they save us and destroy you!"
He formed a small ball of red light around his fingertip. He pointed it to Luna and shot it right at her. It struck her cheek as it swiftly flew past her as fast as lightning. It flew into the wall and created a large blast when it hit.
Luna was shaken from the shot that flew past her, only to feel it as a little cut but to see it as a powerful weapon. Her legs fell limp and fell on her hind knees. She felt her blood run down her cheek.
Fluttershy gasped quietly seeing her shook up and blood running from her cheek. "Luna, are you alright…?!" She heard no answer from Luna. She saw that she was still traumatized from the near-death experience.
He gave Luna an evil glare. "If I'm going to get what I desire the most, I'm going to have to do it myself!" He walked over them. "I'll take care of your friends myself. Their lives will end as soon and they enter in here."
Fluttershy looked to him. "No… their lives won't end…" she said. "You think you're so powerful with your evil magic. Even somepony who isn't magical can beat magic. Yorkshire and my friends will kick your bad heiny with or without magic."
He sneered at her. "I'd like to see them try." He paused as he heard a group of hoof steps from behind.
Fluttershy looked from Komodo's side and grew a big smile on her face. "Yorkshire!" she shouted in glee.
He chuckled loudly and turned. He saw that the knights and their friends had come. "At long last, you're finally here."
Luna looked and saw that they were there, especially Knighton. "Knighton!" she cried. "Be careful! He's dangerous!"
"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for my powers to return for this special occasion…" Komodo growled.
"So you're the one responsible for everything…" Yorkshire quietly said. Anger slowly filled him. "Why did you take Fluttershy?!"
"To draw you out of course." he replied. "I knew that the only way to bring you out here was to take something precious of yours. Your little loved ones to be exact."
"Oh yeah? Well you just made one mistake!" Knighton said loudly. "You mess with Princess Luna, you mess with me!"
"Aww, such a noble thing to say…" he spoke in a sarcastic tone. "Too bad you'll be dying along with them! You may have defeated my warriors, but you'll never be able to defeat me!" He levitated up high in the lair, hovering over them. "After all of you are out of the way, I shall create a much stronger army and will attempt take over Equestria once again!"
The knights quickly pulled out their swords for their last battle.
Komodo laughed loudly as his forearms started to glow brightly. "Prepare yourselves for your doom, knights!" he roared. He formed a large sphere of electricity as big as a beach ball above his head. He locked his eyes onto the knights and flung the sphere directly at them.
"Scatter!" Knighton shouted. He and everyone scattered quickly. The electric sphere crashed to the ground, causing a loud and enormous blast, leaving a deep hole as a result of its power.
Komodo threw smaller but powerful balls of electricity at any moving pony he could find in his view.
The knights and girls dodged as many as they could with quick reflexes. With every dodge, the impact of the electricity created massive blows to the ground, forming semi large craters. The girls weren't having a problem dodging them at all. Their panic increased with every attack thrown at them.
"I'm gonna charge at him!" Llanfair shouted to Knighton. He turned around and dashed to Komodo who was flinging electricity in random directions.
"Llanfair! No!" Knighton exclaimed.
Llanfair jumped after Komodo, about to swing his sword.
Komodo turned to him with a sinister grin. He raised his arm, charging up a ball of light in his hand.
Thinking fast, Llanfair moved himself away from the attack. A huge ray of light was fired from Kmodo's hand, only striking Llanfair's left hind leg. He loudly grunted in pain, falling to the ground.
"Llanfair!" Pinkie Pie cried. She rushed over to his side. She whimpered as the attack left a massive burn on his leg. "Are you alright?!"
He got up, groaning and grunting quietly. "I think I'll be okay…" he replied. "How bad does it look…?"
She looked again and bit her lip. "Really bad…" she replied. She looked up and gasped as her eyes widened.
He turned and saw Komodo ready to throw a ball of red light right at them. "I'll finish you off first!" he shouted. His head jerked forward as something struck him from behind. "Aah!" he screamed. He turned around and saw Rarity using her magic to pick up large rocks to fling at him.
"You leave my friends alone, you incompetent fiend!" she yelled. She flung more stones at him, but he dodged every one of them.
He formed another ball of red light and threw it at her.
She yelped in panic and ducked, covering her head. Unintentionally using her magic, she formed a barrier in front of her as a shield. The red light hit the wall and bounced off flying right at him.
He quickly moved out of the way to avoid being hit by his own attack. The ball hit the wall followed by a large explosion.
In the meantime, Twilight snuck away without being seen and headed for Princess Luna and Fluttershy who were still trapped in the prison dome and witnessing the fight. "Are you two alright?" she asked.
"We're alright." Luna replied. "We need to get out of here! Defeating him is the only way!"
"How?!" she asked in panic. "He's too powerful! I don't think my magic is strong enough to hurt him severely!"
"My magic's not strong enough as well! And I doubt our magic combined would destroy this monster! If only we had his kind of magic!"
Twilight paused. "Wait! That's it!" she exclaimed. "That gives me an idea!"
Meanwhile, the knights continued to try to dodge most of Komodo's attacks. Some struck them and left burn marks and large scratches on their bodies.
Seeing them avoid his attacks, the lizard warlock rage grew and grew. He then couldn't take it anymore. It was time for him to finish the job. "THAT'S IT!" he screamed viciously. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE SILLY GAMES OF DODGE! I'LL WIPE YOU ANNOYING KNIGHTS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH!" He swiftly spread his arms apart. Speaking the dark incantations in a dark and terrifying voice, the fires that surrounded his lair simmered down. Above him, strips of darkness flew in a circular motion, forming into a shadow sphere. The knights and mares watched the sphere grow bigger and bigger. Soon it became a large sphere of darkness with waves of electrical pulses flowing around it.
"What do we do now?!" Tregaron asked Knighton, grunting a bit from his minor wounds.
As he watched the shadow sphere gathering energy, many thoughts ran through Knighton's head. The thoughts made him go deaf. Panic and fear froze and filled him up as he watched Komodo's charge up his final attack. Will it be the end? Will he and knights actually fail the journey? Other questions filled his head. He slowly closed his eyes and began to hear a voice calling his name in echoes. A familiar one called him. The voice grew louder and louder. He opened his eyes and looked around. He turned and saw Twilight with her eyes looking directly into his with her mouth moving. He regained his hearing, now knowing that she was calling for him.
"KNIGHTON FOR GOODNESS SAKE, CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" she screamed.
He shook his head, escaping from his thoughts. "Yes, I can hear you!"
"Finally! Listen to me! Use his powers against him! We think it's the only way to take him down permanently!"
"You THINK?!"
"It's the best chance we have!"
He thought about for a moment and nodded. "Men!" he called to his knights. "Surround him in a circle!" He and the knights all circled around Komodo who was still charging his attack. "When I give the word, swing your swords as hard as you can!"
"How's that going to beat him?!" Yorkshire asked.
"Trust me little brother! Get ready!" They all stood in their fighting positions, rotating their swords around from one side and keeping it there. "Girls! Go and duck for cover!"
"Hurry girls!" Twilight said. She and her friends all backed away from the fight and tried to find places to protect themselves.
"Not a moment too soon and not a moment too late!" he yelled. "Steady…! Steady…!" They all kept their eyes locked on Komodo.
Komodo looked around, seeing the knights surrounding him in place with their swords raised high. He laughed. "Preparing yourselves for defeat?! Very well then! FEEL THE WRATH OF THE NEW LORD OF EQUESTIRA!" He closed his arms together. With a loud roar, he swung his arms open, making the shadow ball split into six large blasts of darkness, each aiming for one of the knights. The knights continued to hold their ground, seeing the blasts heading straight for them.
Please work…! Knighton thought. "NOW!" he screamed.
At the very same moment, the knights swung their swords as hard as they could. The blades clashed against the shadow blasts with brute force. Their bodies strained from the power of the blasts, but they were able to swing all the way. The blasts were knocked back to where they were shot from.
From the blink of an eye, Komodo saw the blasts coming back towards him. "WHAT THE HE-!" The blasts all struck him at the same time. He let out an agonizing scream as the blasts took take effect and electrocuted his entire body. A massive explosion erupted from electrocution, blinding the lair with dust and smoke
The knights leaped away from the explosion, ducking and shutting their eyes.
The darkness and electricity faded from the warlock's body as he hovered down to the ground completely limp. The smoke and dust moved away, revealing him to have received major burns and cuts all over. He fell on his knees and began to breathe and grunt heavily with his hand around his throat.
The knights got up and saw him off his guard and weakened. They readied their swords and approached with caution. But Komodo nothing but continued to grunt and breathe loudly.
"This cannot be…." he moaned. "How could I be beaten by a bunch of ponies… again…?" He suddenly coughed up some black blood and collapsed onto his chest.
The girls lifted themselves up from cover, looking over to where Komodo laid still.
"I-is he dead…?" Applejack asked.
Penarth slowly watched up to the motionless warlock and gently tapped his hoof against him. "I think so…" he replied.
Yorkshire looked towards Luna and Fluttershy. His eyes widened and smiled. "Knighton, look!"
Knighton turned and saw the prison dome that trapped them vanish in bright sparkles.
Immediately after the dome was gone, Fluttershy quickly ran up to Yorkshire, leaping at him into a hug, desiring much comfort from him. "Thank you so much!" she cried.
Yorkshire smiled and held her close. "It's alright now." he said. "I'm here."
Knighton and Luna ran up to each other and embraced. "Thank goodness you're safe!" Knighton said.
"I was so worried about you!" she said with her voice shaken up. "I thought that attack was going to kill you!"
"Be glad that it didn't." He leaned in and gave her a deep kiss.
Suddenly the lair rumbled violently. Much larger stones from the ceiling started to crumble down and crash to the ground. Everypony looked around, trying to avoid getting crushed.
"What's happening?!" Spike exclaimed.
"The explosion from that last attacked must've caused a strong tremor inside the lair!" Luna said. "We have to get out of here!"
"Right!" Knighton agreed. "Twilight! Can you find a way out of here?!" he asked her.
"I'm not sure! It's like a maze down here!" she replied. "We'll just have to get out the way we came in! Let's go!" She dashed out of the lair with Spike clinging onto her neck tightly.
"Stay close everypony!" Yorkshire yelled, following Twilight out.
The girls and other knights followed, sticking close together through the tunnels and into the other chambers. The stones and boulders continued to fall down from above. The knights and ponies all avoided them.
"I think I can find our tracks with my magic!" She made her horn glow. From the ground, hoof prints pointing to the opposite direction lit up in bright colors. "Found them! Hurry guys! Follow me!" She galloped faster to escape from the possibly fatal situation. She continued to lead everypony else through more tunnels and chambers following the hoof prints. She made it back to the chamber where she and the others fell from above. The boulders from the collapse built up to the opening of the sinkhole like a large set of stairs. "Look, a way out!"
They all climbed up to the opening before the whole place would collapse again in hopes to get to safety from the blazing maze of the defeated Komodo.