"Well, I'm out of ideas..." Midnight said to Brendan after he told Midnight that only the opener of the original portal can send the foal back, "And before you say that I could work with Chrysalis, I will never work with them in a million years." "Well, I can say is hope to Celestia that it wasn't Chrsyalis that opened the portal" Brendan said to his son but they both knew that it was not going to be easy to get ANY of the admiral Changelings on their side just to figure out who opened the portal... then the spirits knew to step in, "Midnight, remember how it seemed like Marshmellow was missin', isn't it fair to say the she did it insteada Chrysalis?" The Spirital Apple Bloom said to the pitch black Copycat and Midnight felt stupid for not realizing sooner, "Brendan, did you teach Marshmellow timeline magic while you two were together?" Midnight asked the purple unicorn who immediately realized why Midnight asked that, "Did one of the spirits say that Marshmellow did it while Chrysalis was busy being returned to a statue?" Brendan asked as Midnight nodded, "Well, how are we going to get Marshmellow to help us? This WAS a part of their plan," Brendan added, with Dusk showing up upside-down, "Why doesn't Midnight just lie and say he will team with Marshmellow, then take her to maximum security prison, instead of the base," Dusk suggested which did cause Midnight to flinch but realized that the plan might work, "If it means removing one of our biggest thorns, then I will be okay with breaking my morals for a bit," Midnight said as Dusk nodded in agreement... he also stopped hanging upside-down as he was getting light-headed, it was also around this time that the Alternate Scootaloo got back with all of the items Midnight asked him to get, they seemed random, like who would need 50 shards of glass? "Ah, Scootaloo, you finally got back, it seems you do have everything, great!" Midnight exclaimed looking at the wonderbolt attire clad Scootaloo.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle(The real world native ones) went to get Scootaloo but found no sign of the orange and purple Pegasus, instead finding white hairs all across Ponyville, and things went even weirder when they saw a Pony, a white mare, with the pegasus they spent two hours searching for. "Listen you little shit! This is going to go according to plan!" She said while holding Scootaloo and tried flying away with the little Pegasus but a rope prevented the mare from flying away. "So, you decided to try and trick me, huh? I'll admit, you got me for a moment, but you forgot two major things... one is that I have a 'special' sense, and the other is that I have my own throne piece to enable me to bypass that awful plan. Oh yeah, bet you're glad I kept the leather whip from my original journey 4 years ago, trust me, I would be using my strongest whip if you weren't holding an innocent filly," Midnight said while pulling Marshmellow towards him, and all three fillies noticed him, as Midnight saved them 4 years prior, and when Midnight finished all three noticed the second Scootaloo, "What in tarnation? How is there two Scootaloos?" Apple Bloom asked and Midnight gave them an indirect answer, "Yeah, why is there a second Scootaloo Marshmellow? Maybe, you opened a portal to another world and pulled them from it, or maybe they're a robot, or maybe, just maybe, you made a clone..." Midnight said to the trapped Marshmellow who didn't appear to be listening, "Vis Fio!" Midnight shouted and several items appeared out of nowhere, a Muffin bag, a Pink bow(Now including curled Mane), a pair of Holy Glasses, a giant Sycth the looked like it belongs in somepony's Nightmare, and the Ailcorn Amulet. "Now, WE'LL give you two choices, either you return the little filly to where they belong, or we start to cut into your neck CHANGELING ADMIRAL!" Midnight(?) said to Marshmellow, removing the whip in favor of keeping the Pegasus trapped with Alura Une vines, they were struggling to move, "Awwww, are you having trouble moving? Now you know what it's like to have all semblence of free will removed from you until you either die, or give up what is wanted," Vis Fio boosted Midnight added because of Marshmellow's struggling, Vis Fio boosts strength and as a Earth Pony strength is a powerful stat, but Midnight is already stronger than most ponies, Vis Fio boosts his strength exponetally, making him stronger than even some Ailcorns. Vis Fio also allows the Spirits of the dead that haunt Midnight to assist, making Midnight a "Them" instead of a "He" but all the remains was getting the Alternate Scootaloo back home, "You will not win, all one pony has to do is disable all forms of Magic to reveal your true form, you still fight for the worthless creatures called ponies, why? And why do you rely on the stupid 'power of friendship' that is trapped in your Vis Fio?" Marshmellow asked the Vis Fio boosted Midnight as their eyes turned red, and they gave a smile that better suited a mad pony, "Oh my Celestia! Are you really that stupid? We are Midnight, we are Great and Powerful, We have magic that rivals even Ailcorns, WE have endured loss, WE have endured trauma, WE. ARE! THE PITCH BLACK! COPYCAT! And you can't change that, Changeling, we are Midnight, and we are his courage," the Vis Fio boosted Midnight answered while Marshmellow struggled, eventually Midnight threw a glass shard at Marshmellow and she screamed in pain, "Alright, I'll fix this." Marshmellow opened a portal showing the other members of the CMC, and the Alternate Scootaloo jumped through, "Hey, alternate Scoots?" Vis Fio boosted Midnight asked the little filly, "I feel like this won't be the last time we see each other, even if we are worlds apart... protect your friends with all you got, and wait for the day we end up meeting again... Midnight may have failed once, but you still even failed them... right?" Midnight(Sweetie Belle) added, and the alternate Scootaloo nodded and went back home, "I promise."
"Project Midnight is going swell, though, *********** did you have to activate the other projects, especially Darkness is Magic... just seemed like a dumb choice on your part. Almost as dumb as the Sweetie Bot idea, mind you." Said one guy, "Why yes, don't worry, all other projects are disabled until they are needed. Project Midnight will go much better than the Sweetie Bot project... and don't worry about any of their memories, the memories of Midnight and friends are stored seperately from the... intended... memories... so no conflict with any of the world order. I have this under control. =)" The other said.