Inside of the Resistance Leader's trailer, standing in front of the human Mane 7, Spike, Helen and Malik, Rachel explained her idea to them.
Some looked displeased.
"So, you want to remove a statue of a school, using your magic to bring it here?" Cassandra asked, trying to register it.
Rachel nodded. "It'll be safer than transporting the refugees on vehicles and planes they have no business dealing with."
Malik sighed. "Yeah, it was a bitch getting them all here without them lashing out."
"Do you know how to do that?" Helen asked her Queen. "Have you been trained enough to even know how to teleport or even use the staff? "
The staff hummed in Rachel's mind again, holding it in her hands. The black streak widened and shrunk, looking among the group.
"Uh no, but I have to at least try." Rachel said as she raised the staff. "Not only do I have Queen Rùna's memories, but the Blue Celestial is showing me how. I'm sorry if it seems I'm learning on the spot, making it up as I go. There isn't really an instruction manual for this thing."
Spike rubbed his muzzle with his paw. "We don't have many value ideas at this point. Can't attract too much attention."
"Thank you," Rachel said, raising a hand to the dog. "Good boy." Spike's tail wagged when called good boy.
"Last time you used the staff, it zapped all of your strength." Serenity reminded her. "If you use too much again, you won't be able to go home while awake. It might zap the baby's strength too."
"She's right," Sunset said. "We don't really know how the staff works, what we see takes energy from the wielder. You haven't had it long or developed the endurance to get used to it yet."
Helen sighed, taking into consideration. "Anyone else has a bright idea? Any longer we stay in this camp with the refugees, chances of us getting spotted by the U.N increases."
"How would we know it'll work?" Dash asked.
"One way to find out." Rachel said before leading everyone out. "Sunset, just in case, alert the Princess, tell her for a moment to close the Mirror. Don't want any mishaps."
Sunset nodded before digging the book out of her bag and began writing.
"Want to inform the refugees of this?" Malik asked, walking next to Rachel.
"Not until I get the dang thing here." She responded as they came to a clearing of the camp.
"Just don't overwork yourself." Applejack eased her.
The staff hummed, giving Rachel instructions as she took a stance.
"Alright, everyone stand back." Rachel called out, everyone getting back, having Wendy and her medical team on standby for anything.
"Okay, imagine what I want in front of me, it shouldn't be that hard." Rachel muttered as the staff glowed.
Her nerves and neurons ignited like a spark of a flame.
She aims for a spot on the ground, focusing and concentrating on what she wants. The crystal glowed brighter and brighter before a burst of magic shot out, engulfed that one spot in blue flames.
It lasted a moment before it disappeared and Rachel stiffened up.
A beautiful but spooked white stallion with reddish brown spots and light hair stood in front of them.
"Oh sweetie!" Serenity gasped as she raced over to the nervous quadruped. Serenity hushed, having her hands up when greeting it.
The horse allows Serenity to touch him, feeling her hand on his muzzle. "Ooh I'm sorry, Mr. Horse, this must be frightening for you."
"That is a horse, not a horse statue." Malik pointed.
"No shit, Sherlock." Rachel grunted, glancing at the staff. It hummed again as she raised it up. "One more time, Serenity, move it now."
Serenity yelped before ushering the stallion out of the way.
Rachel shot it again. This time the burst of fire was tall, it swirled around like a firenado before it disappeared. Her jaw dropped to the ground. It was a statue but not the right one. She heard others snickering and laughed.
"Is that~" Cassandra started with a gawk.
"An Eastern Island Statue?!" Helen shouted. Baffled by it and frustrated.
Okay, this is harder than I thought. Rachel thought, already starting to feel the effects of her energy waning.
"Hey Dum Dum, you gimme gum gum." Malik teased before he crow-laughed.
Rachel's face was red from anger, glaring at the staff. "What the actual fuck?" The staff hummed while she snarled. "You can actually laugh, you fucking glow stick? This is serious shit we're doing!" She snapped as she shook it.
"Rachel, your highness, how about you stop fucking around and send these things back?" Helen growled. Rachel was starting to have her body smoking as she turned and gave the Leader a menacing look.
"It seems I have to do some bonding with the Blue Celestial, because right now it's making me look like an idiot." The staff hummed, confirming her words.
"Hey, just breathe, you got this," Spike assured her.
Rachel stared at the dog before letting out a deep inhale and exhaled slowly. Popping her neck before turning back to the statue and horse. "Let's… return to sender, please?" She quietly asked of the Blue Celestial as she got back into stance.
"Please don't hurt him." Serenity whimpered, petting the beauty.
"He has to go back, he won't get hurt… right?" Rachel eyed the staff. It assured her it wouldn't but didn't give her confidence.
Serenity nodded and guided the horse next to the Eastern Statue. Holding him in place.
Don't take Serenity, don't take Serenity. Rachel begged before blasting the two.
Serenity yelped and let go but wasn't harmed as the other two were engulfed in flames before disappearing.
Rachel looked on before looking at the staff. "Are they back in their place of origin?" It hummed in response. "Are you sure?" It assured her that they were back home.
"Okay everyone," Rachel announced. "Take three, move back." Serenity got as far as she could.
She envisioned the pony statue in front of the school. Mentally describing what the darn thing looked like, painstakingly detailing it so there was zero confusion.
With a count of three, Rachel shot at the space. Flames came and went, what came to them caused Rachel to toss the staff up in the air in defeat and walked off. The staff goes back to the pocket dimension.
Everyone but Spike, Helen, Cassandra, Serenity and Sunset were up in a roar laughing.
There on the spot was a man in a full on horse costume pretending to be a statue. He yelped when he saw he wasn't in the right place, taking the head off. "This isn't Las Vegas!"
Rachel stomped over to Wendy, allowing her to do a quick check up before handing her some water. Rachel took it before going over near a stack of crates and put her back against it, sliding her body down to sitting.
The staff hummed, making Rachel snarl. "You could've said that before I did all of that! Can't move anything magic that wasn't made by dragons, fuck off!"
Rachel felt emotions surfacing, feeling tears streaking her face as she chugged her bottle of water.
Since the pony statue was of Equestrian made, Rachel can't really use the dragon magic to bring it here.
Feeling it hummed again, Rachel rolled her eyes. "What else did you expect from me? I'm literally new to all of this, I never had the training. I barely fucking know how to be a dragon and it's what my mate has taught me."
"Hey," Rachel sniffled, rubbed her eyes with her sleeve as she looked up, seeing Spike walking up to her, tail tucked between his legs and head held low.
"Yo… " Rachel muttered.
Without saying anything, Spike walked up to her before curling up against her, head on her lap. She wrapped her arms around his head and began rubbing his fur and scratching his ears.
She tried to scratch his back and sides but he grunted. "Sorry, that's still a bit tender." The spots of his fur where he was stabbed and healed by fire.
"Sorry… " she said as she moved her hands back around his head and face.
"Rachel, you have the right idea, maybe you can try a different tactic with it." Spike suggested. "You know, instead of bringing the statue to us, you send the Mordi to it."
"There are kids, staff personnel, cameras, so many things could go wrong," Rachel sighed.
"Not if we time and plan it right. You can't give up now."
"Not giving up, just hormonal and frustrated." Rachel continued to pet him.
"You can do this." He said.
Rachel spent a few minutes petting Spike before giving him a kiss on the head. "Alright, let's do this."
"Doggo Therapy strikes again," Spike made happy whine sounds, tail wagging before moving so she could get up.
The two of them ventured back to the gathering, all eyes on the Queen.
"Uh, sorry about that, I'm better now, let's continue." Rachel said as she returned to her spot.
"You got this, Rach." The girls gave her encouragement.
"Let's try not to summon random things." Helen grunted.
"I'm not summoning the statue to us, there has been a slight change in plans." Rachel explained as she plucks the Blue Celestial out of its pocket dimension. "I need a volunteer," she calls out, looking at the girls and the New Mordi.
"What are you doing?" Helen asked.
"I'm going to send the Old Mordi to the statue instead of bringing the statue here." Rachel explained. "Apparently draconic magic and Equestrian magic don't really mix, that should've been apparent while I was changing by both pony and dragon magic. "
The newer ones looked apprehensive about this idea. Malik rolled his eyes at his comrades before approaching her. "I'll be your test rat. As your Second-in-Command, it's my pleasure." He volunteered.
Rachel smiled. "Thank you."
He marched over to the scorched spot and stood attentively. "If I end up in a volcano, I'm haunting you, Dorothy."
Rachel snorted before taking the staff and aimed it at him. "Call us if you see anything."
Malik nodded and got ready.
After a silent prayer, Rachel shot magic at it. The flames engulfed him for a few seconds before he disappeared.
There was a long pause as they waited. Anticipation was strong, not knowingly what and where Malik ended up.
After a moment, someone's phone began ringing.
Helen dug into her pockets and pulled it out, it was her's.
"It's Malik!" Helen announced before answering, putting it on speaker. "Malik, where are you, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Hey Rachel, is the statue you looking for in front of… blimey where is it… ah, Canterlot High? Has a pony on it? "
"Yes!" Rachel cheered. A lot of the Mordi and the girls celebrated at that.
"Right on, now can you bring me back?"
Rachel shot at the spot again, bringing him back to this side of the world. Being a little smoking from the flames but other than that, he was fine, still holding the phone.
"Warn a brother before setting me on fire," Malik coughed up a puff of soot, hanging the phone up.
Rachel walked up to him and hugged him sideways. "Will do."
Good, they have a plan, time to talk to the refugees properly.
"Sunset, scratch what I said about Twilight and close it, we need to get them ready." Rachel said to her.
"Uh yeah about that, Twilight hasn't been responding," Sunset admits. "Starlight has been responding."
"What happened to Twilight?" Rachel asked.
Sunset sighed, coming up to her with the book. "Here." She opens to the page she had written on.
Rachel recognized Twilight's and Starlight's penmanship, the two had shitty handwriting, nearly ineligible.
But when she saw the conversation, her eyes widened. "What? When did this happen?" Rachel asked Sunset.
"Couple of days ago. We have to get you home fast." Sunset said.
Rachel ran a hand through her hair. "Okay, I have to go, I'll talk to the refugees, go home and plan to get them to Equestria."
"You're leaving again? What kind of leader are you that does that? " Helen asked.
The staff glowed in Rachel's hands, reacting to the Queen's rising anger. "To prepare the other side for the refugees. Something happened that I need to address, so Helen, before I lose it, stop talking." She snarled before walking towards the quarantine tent.
She goes through the flaps, going inside the hallway before venturing inside.
The Mordi turned to see her, again they kneeled in greeting to her.
Don't freeze this time, Rachel thought before turning attention to them. "At ease," she spoke in Draconic.
They relaxed a little but some still sat on their knees.
I apologize for the other day, as you all can see, I am new to this. I am going to work on this." Rachel spoke, looking at them. "For centuries you were cursed. A curse that had you believing all of you had failed the Dragons. Failed to keep them safe as they fled to the new world. The staff was wrong to do so." The staff hummed in response but she ignored it. "The old Queen was wrong, all of you should have gone with them. And now is the chance to do so."
One of the Mordi closest near her, a female, spoke up. "Permission to speak, Cursebreaker?"
Rachel nodded. "Yes you may, but my name is Rachel, what is yours?" She should've ran with the name first but whatever.
"Lorna," Lorna responded. "Milady, the dragons, how do you know they are okay in the new world?"
Rachel smiled. "I had ventured to the new world. I have seen them, I saw how they lived, thrived," she then rubbed her stomach. "I fell in love with the Current Dragonlord and currently with his child. The dragons are safe," there were a lot of murmurs spreading among them.
Another Mordi, a male this time spoke up. "Is the new world safe?"
Rachel looked up to him. "Your name?"
"Gormir." Gormir responded.
Rachel sighed. "Mostly, right now, a dark entity threatens to destroy the peace. The humans once again threaten not only them but the other inhabitants. I know this is not an answer you all want to hear, but it is the truth. War is here. You have a chance of redeeming past wrongs, the dragons, Equis needs all of us to help her. I wished that I did not have to ask you all but the dragons need aid once more. You are all still fierce warriors… but I know you all have families, children, those who are not really fighters. After all you went through, first and foremost, is to be home. Before any war planning and training, I need to take you with me. It'll be an adjustment to us all, for many, many reasons. At the end of the day, this world does not belong to you anymore, where I'm taking you, yes it's in trouble, Equestria is a better world. That has been my home for years, and it'll be yours too."
"Will the dragons accept us?" Someone from the back called out that she couldn't see. "After all this time?"
Rachel nodded. "Like I said, it'll be an adjustment. If the dragons have a problem, they'll have to get over it. None of you will get hurt by them… will you all join me? "
There was an uproar, hooting and cheers coming from them. Hearing that sound sends shivers down her spine and a boost of confidence and control.
They were ready to go.
"Just be patient, but I have to go and see the path is safe. Will you all bear with me just a moment more?" when she heard them say yes, she nodded. "Good, all of you rest, I will send word for when it's time."
The Mordi all approached her. At first Rachel didn't know what was going on. Was alarmed when all of them had their hands out, but they didn't come at her with violence. As many as they could, they placed a hand on her shoulders. This energy she felt coming from them was uplifting. Seeing all of them having full trust in her.
She can do this.
In Equestria
Starlight Glimmer paced around the office in front of the Mirror Portal inside the friendship castle. She looked worried and furious. Mane was in a mess, she had gauze wrapped around her neck and wrist braces on both hands, limping with each movement she made.
Once the Mirror activated, Starlight stood back. A moment later, Rachel stepped out of the portal. Her golden scales and fur returned, taloned hooves made a comeback as well. Her longer legs wobbled as she stumbled in but she caught herself. Her pastel streaks on her hair became deeply saturated.
In her claws was the Blue Celestial staff. Its black pupil moved rapidly, taking in its new surroundings.
"At least the trip home is better," she muttered, rubbing her belly before looking at Starlight and jumped. "Holy shit."
"I feel like it," Starlight said. "You heard?" She asked, rubbing her neck.
"Bits and pieces. Show me to her, fast.' Rachel said, wasting no time.
The staff lit up, something about being in the world was making it lively.
It felt the Blood Staff well in this world. After being separated for so long, it felt it in this world and was excited to be reunited once more.
Rachel mentally searches for Ember using the magic as she and Starlight get ready for teleporting. Ember, I'm back, do you hear me?
Holy fucking hell, you scared the shit out me! Hell yeah I hear ya, the Blood Staff was starting to act up all of the sudden.
Okay good, get your ass to Canterlot, we need to talk to those two cunts on the throne.
Coming, my Queen.
That term is not bothering her anymore. Rachel turned to Starlight. "Take me to see Twilight at once."
Starlight teleported them to Canterlot, taking her inside of Twilight's room.
What she saw made her blood freeze.
"What happened to her?" Rachel asked Starlight as they gazed at Twilight. Her jaw dropped once she saw that the Princess of Friendship was laying in bed, bandages on her arms, her horn wrapped up.
And the most noticeable injury, she was missing a wing. Her right wing. Her left wing was wrapped up and pinned closed. She had her back facing them.
Starlight grunted. "We were sent to intervene in a human convoy. We had just got them to stand down before they attacked. Or at least one of them was made into attacking." She explained. "It was a bloodbath, we all got injured but Twilight got shot. That human had guns with big bullets…. Destroyed her wing mid flight. Rachel, we were cannon fodder. The Sisters didn't want us to stop that convoy, they wanted to see why the peace talks with the human armies kept failing. The way Celestia acted when we brought Twilight in, she said "congratulations on gathering info" and left!"
Rachel tightens her hold around the staff. It hummed in her head, giving her a good idea.
"Twilight has been like this ever since. Her own mentor doesn't even care." Starlight snarled. "It was Sombra's doing. They fed us to Sombra!"
"Stay here, I'll be right back." Rachel said as she turned her hooves and began walking down the hallway.
As she stormed the halls, she walked past Ember talking to her entourage. Seeing the new Queen was on her way to the throne room, Ember and the other dragons followed.
The Blood Staff and The Blue Celestial both shimmered, the Blood Staff becoming a little more saturated and less gray.
"You gonna go toe to toe with Celestia and Luna?" Ember asked.
"Hell yes" Rachel grunted. "As much as Twilight has hurt Spike in her own way, she's my sister-in-law. My Family. And I'm sick and fucking tired of those two's bullshit against my family. Especially Celestia's. "
The Guardian and Queen both storm into the throne room.