Chapter 13: Rise of the Spinjitzu Master
All was silent in Equestria City. The city was still in ruins from the Samu-Taurs first attack.
Suddenly Starlight, Trixie, Sunburst, Discord, and all of Fluttershy's animals appeared. "Well, at least we're away from Ponyville." Trixie said.
"Starlight!" they turned to see Cadance and Shining holding Flurry, running towards them. "Something horrible has happened! A giant missile fell from the sky and corrupted the entire Crystal Empire!" Cadance explained.
"We know. That same thing happened in Ponyville," Starlight told her.
"But where did it come from?" Sunburst wondered.
Shining then looked toward the Endless Sea. "Oh, Where's Twiley when you need her?" He said before Discord patted his head.
"Oh, don't worry, Shining Armor. Having battled against your baby sister, I know she won't go down without a fight against any baddie. In fact, I can confidently say that they're all on their way back right-" Discord tried to assure him but then the sky turned dark and interrupted him. "Um,… Okay, who turned off the sun?"
They all then looked up as a circular white light appeared in the center of the cloudy sky.
Both Kozu and Roodaka were tied up and tossed out of Dareth's dojo, as the dojo owner came out, along with the Pillars, Scrip and Bolt, Rose Boral, Steprush, and Daisy Tudabone. "Heh, I told you they'd do it," Dareth bragged about his students before he saw the sky changing. "Ooh."
"Ooh, is it the Ninja and the Council?" Scrip asked when she saw the clouds circling.
"It must be," Steprush commented.
"The Ninja and the council have won?" Rose asked with excitement.
"Ha-ha! We're saved!" Bolt shouted with glee.
"About time!" Daisy complained.
"Now to get this place up and running again!" Steprush declared.
Star Swirl looked up in the sky and could sense very dark magic approaching. "No… it's not them," he told them with concern as both Kozu and Roodaka began to laugh. "You both know what it is, don't you?!"
"Our master… has returned," Kozu answered as the light grew stronger.
Dareth was the first to realize something was wrong. "What the...?" he said before in a big flash the Garmatron rolled up onto the streets with the Samu-Taurs behind it. "What is that?"
Starswirl felt his blood run cold as he saw what or rather who was driving the Garmatron. "No, it can't be," he said before the Overlord looked at them as Spike and Aqua landed beside him.
The ponies ran away in fright as the Garmatron came to a stop. Dareth bravely walked in front of the tank and glared at the Overlord as the monstrous creature chuckled in amusement at him. "All right!" Dareth shouted. "You will have until the count of three to leave here before I unleash the power of one: HEE-YAH! The dragon," he waved his hooves in the air. "Two: Penguin," he got on his back hooves and waddled like a penguin as the Overlord pressed a button on the console and gun torrents and right at Dareth. "T-Two and a half-"
"Three." the Overlord finished as he pressed the big red button and the guns started to fire right at Dareth but he quickly jumped out of the way just in time as the Dark Matter splat on the ground. Dareth watched as the Dark Matter started to spread on the ground before he looked at the Overlord.
"Ha-ha! You missed!" Dareth bragged before the guns aimed at him again. "Oh, no." The guns started to fire more Dark Matter at him as he quickly got up and started to run for it. "Aah! Aah!" The Overlord laughed his head off as he watched Dareth frantically bobbing and weaving away from each blast from the guns as he felt his evil growing. Dareth quickly hid behind a corner from the blasts before he looked around the corner and shot a glare at him. "We shall meet again! This I swear!" A blast nearly hit him and he screamed in fear when it hit the corner. "Where are those Ninja?!" he screamed as he ran away.
Both Kozu and Roodaka freed themselves from the ropes as the Ultimate Weapon rolled down the street and continued to fire Dark Matter everywhere, with the Samu-Taurs following behind. As more and more of Equestria began to corrupt into darkness, the Overlord began to change as well.
The horns on his head began to grow bigger as another pair of wings started to grow on his back. The claws on his arms started to become sharper as his tail began to become more and more draconic, with a sharp end growing on it.
Back on the Dark Island, the heroes were sitting by the shore, feeling helpless as they saw dark clouds floating over their home.
Lloyd was currently being nursed by Hope and Fluttershy. Fluttershy was bandaging his leg while Hope used her magic to speed up his healing. "Ugh, Can I still fight?" Lloyd groaned.
Hope sighed and shook her head. "I'm sorry but I afraid even with my magic you won't be able to do much on that leg," she said.
"She's right, it could take days for you to heal," Fluttershy added.
Lloyd shook his head. "But we don't have days!" he said before he yelped in pain as they continued to treat his leg.
Wu and Celestia looked out towards the sea. "The final battle, between good and evil, will be settled this very day." Wu sighed, looking towards Equestria.
Rainbow growled in frustration. "And we can't even get to the finale!" she retorted as she picked up a rock. "All because we're stuck on this stupid island!" she chucked the stone out into the water and it splashed.
Thunder let out a sad sigh. "I wonder if I'll ever get to see Aqua again," he asked as Applejack pulled her sister in close.
"Maybe you girls stowing away on the Bounty was the right call," she told her sister. "Otherwise, you might end up being like Aqua and Spike if y'all stayed."
"Perhaps it's best to think of our friends as we remember them in our hearts, not as they are now," Frost suggested as Fluttershy and Hope helped Lloyd over to them.
"But I don't remember my father any other way," Lloyd told them.
"Your father loved you," Misako told him. "It was the evil of the Great Devourer that corrupted him."
"Sensei, I don't understand," Flash spoke up. "The prophesy said the Light Ninja would defeat the Dark Lord."
Rainbow Dash then threw another stone as it skipped a few times along the water.
Twilight turned to her teacher. "Celestia, please tell me, why didn't we win?" she asked.
Wu and Celestia just shook their heads sadly. "We… don't know," they said.
The others were shocked. "Don't know?!" Gallus repeated. "B-but you're Sensei Wu and Princess Celestia! You always know! You're both at least a thousand years old, and and have a long white beard and a big rainbow mane respectively!"
"There must be some message to learn," Trail said. "A lesson. A word of wisdom. Just a word? Something…" He looked to them.
"For once, I'm afraid there is nothing to learn," Wu said with a sad tone he looked upon their home being corrupted. "Only that evil has won."
"If Sensei or Celestia doesn't have a lesson, then I do," Lloyd spoke up. "I used to be nothing but trouble, but then I met you guys. You took me in. Showed me the importance of being brave, the importance of being strong. And most importantly, being good." He then took a step with his broken leg and winced in pain. "When this battle first began, when the First Spinjitzu Master fought the Overlord and his back was up against the wall and he knew it was all over, did he quit? No. He found a way to keep the fight going. He passed his Elemental Powers to us. Of all creatures, a bunch of kids. But there must have been a reason he chose us. I like to think it's because he knew we'd never back down, we'd never give up. We've learned the ancient ways of the Ninja. And Ninja never quit."
"He's right," Twilight said. "We can't give up Equestria to the Overlord."
"Yeah! If that means we gotta swim across the Endless Sea to get back, so be it!" Trail as walked into the water.
Capper looked shocked. "The entire ocean?! But I'm not a good swimmer," he admitted.
"And don't think we have enough flyers to carry us all back," Flash added as Trail groaned from the wet feeling.
Rarity shrugged. "Well, if anycreature has a better idea," she said.
"I don't," Frost shook his head before he smiled and looked up, "but he may." He pointed up to his Falcon as he flew away.
"The Falcon! He must've found something!" Dr. Gear said as they all ran after him from the ground.
The group soon followed the Falcon to the mountain of the Temple of Light, Trail and Gaia using their mechs to help carry up anyone who could not fly.
Once they reached the top however, they were confused. "He brought us back to the Temple?" Smolder asked. "I don't get it. We were already here."
Misako then took out a scroll and looked at the drawing. "This location, I've seen this before. I just never understood it," she said as they all walked in.
Flash used his Elemental Blade to clear away the cobwebs and saw a slot that looked like his blade could go in in one of the Pillars.
"I think I found something," Flash told the others. "It's just like the drawing on the scroll." He then walked up to the pillar and insert his blade into the slot as it glowed bright.
"There's another one over there," Luna told the others as she pointed to the pillar on the right.
"There's one on each of them," Scorpan said as each Ninja took out their Elemental Blade and walked to the Pillars. After they inserted their blades into the slots, they heard rumbling coming from underneath them.
"What is it?" Trail asked fearfully.
Suddenly, an opening began to form from out the floor, while a machine was being raised up from the center. It looked like a huge alicorn mech armor made of gold and silver.
"Cool…" Thunder said when they saw the mech.
"It is the golden fighting suit the First Spinjitzu Master used when he battled the Overlord," Misako explained what it was.
"You mean, the First Spinjitzu Master once sat here?" Landrush asked as he quickly climbed into the mech and sat in a seat on the top. "Ha-ha! Get out of here! How do you make it this thing work?"
Dr. Gear examined the mech and sighed. "Sadly, I think time's done her in," she said. "She's only a relic now."
Celestia then dusted the mech with her hoof. "If it worked for the First Spinjitzu Master, then perhaps it will work for the Second Spinjitzu Master?" she pondered as she smiled at Lloyd.
"It's worth a shot!" Lloyd said climbing up the mech as Landrush jumped out of the cockpit and Lloyd took his place.
"Hey, watch out!" Landrush warned as he hopped off.
Lloyd fiddled with the controls but the Mech did not move. "Hmm, nothing," he said before the Mech started moving around and glowing. "Whoa!" Lloyd exclaimed uneasily as the Mech bent its knees and flapped its wings.
"Whoa!" Tempest said.
"Looking good!" Sandbar cheered.
"Killer!" Pinkie added.
"Amazing!" Frost said.
"How's the leg feel now, kid?" Celaeno asked.
Lloyd lifted the Mech's hoof and smirked. "Stronger!" he said before he slammed the hoof down and raised his sword.
"Well, I think it's obvious how he's getting back to Equestria," Gaia said before looking at the others, "but what of us?"
They then heard a familiar roar coming from outside.
"Did you hear that?" Fluttershy asked before they recognized the roar.
"We know that sound," Gaia said as she was excited to hear it. "It's Ultra Dragon!" They all ran outside as Ultra Dragon landed in front of the temple. "Orchy!" Gaia jumped and hugged the head of Orchy. "You're here and you're not corrupted!"
"Yeah, we just barely got away, thank the Great Mother," Orchy said in relief.
"But everycreature else? Not so much," Flame sighed.
"What about Cadance, Shining, and the rest of our families?" Twilight asked worriedly.
"Discord's keeping them safe, but even his powers will fall to the Overlord eventually," Rocky answered.
"Then there is no time to lose!" Luna declared. "It's time we get off this rock!"
With everyone on Ultra Dragon and Lloyd in the golden Mech, they flew towards Equestria only to find black clouds covering the land. "Oh no, it's gotten worse since we left," Nimbus told the others as the flew above the clouds.
"Let's take a closer look!" Lloyd said as he dove down and Ultra Dragon followed soon after. When they breached the cloud cover, they were horrified by what they saw.
"Oh, my goodness," Scorpan gasped.
"No," Ocellus said.
"This can't be Equestria," Rainbow breathed out.
"It is. Just not the one we remember," Flash said as the entire city was blacked and corrupted by Dark Matter and the only white around was the white snow from the Windigoes circling from above.
"The Windigoes again? But how-?" Sandbar asked when he saw them.
"Looks like with all the evil going around Equestria, there's not enough friendship or harmony to keep them away," Celestia theorized.
"All the more reason to stop the Overlord," Lloyd told them as they began to hover above Equestria City. There they saw a very tall tower with a dark light shining from the top.
"What is that thing?" Apple Bloom asked as she pointed towards the tower.
"Garmatron," Sensei Wu answered as they look down and saw the Samu-Taurs and Darklings with barricades in front of the tower.
"It's turned into a fortress?" Luna asked in surprise.
"Oh yeah, things have definitely gone worse since we left to get you guys," Whisp told them.
Cozy then noticed some strange pony-like beings down there too. "What are those things?" She asked.
"The Umbrum," Hope answered. "Sombra's birth race, and now the Overlord's servants."
"Speaking of the Overlord, where is he?" Boyle asked.
Shard looked up. "We believe somewhere up there."
"For now, let's find a safe place to lay low," Nimbus suggested as they flew down to the buildings. Once they were on the ground, they saw some ponies and other creatures who looked pale and as dark as Aqua and Spike did.
"He's turned everyone evil," Trail whispered to the others as they saw how miserable everycreature looked.
"Oh, just like Aqua and Spike," Thunder said with worry.
"And now they're helping his cause. We need to find Discord and the others." Twilight told the others. "With more on our side, we stand a better chance at facing the Overlord."
"Well, you don't have to look far," a voice said they all turned to see Discord, Starlight, Sunburst, Trixie, Cadance, Shining Armor, Flurry, Dareth and a few others, completely uncorrupted.
"Discord!" Fluttershy cried as she hugged him.
"I knew you'd be back." Dareth said as he walked up to the Ninja
"Glad to see you're okay." Flash said as Twilight hugged Starlight and her family.
"Barely. The Overlord's completely taken over," Starlight said. "And not just here, but also in Ponyville, the Crystal Empire, the Dragonlands. Every kingdom everywhere has been corrupted."
"Everywhere?" Twilight asked in dread.
Cadance nodded sadly. "Everywhere," she said before smiling. "But the one silver lining is that you've all returned safe and sound."
"Yeah, and now that we're here I can't wait to see the look on that dang Overlord's face when he gets a load of-" Applejack declared but was interrupted when they heard a powerful roar and they all looked up.
"Oh..." Fluttershy started.
"My..." Gaia added.
"Goodness," Thunder finished when they saw the biggest black Draco-taur with four sets of wings flying over to Garmatron and landing on top of it. It then let out a large breath of Dark Matter straight towards them.
"Oh, sweet mother may I!" Rarity gasp at the site before she noticed the cloud coming straight towards Applejack and Landrush. "Look out!" They quickly jumped out of the way just in time as the cloud hit the building behind them.
"Was that the look you were hoping for?" Frost asked.
Applejack gulped. "Eenope," she said.
Misako gazed up and her expression turned grim. "The metamorphosis is complete," she said as the Draco-taur roared. "The Overlord has changed into his original form."
"Oh great, like he wasn't tough enough already," Tempest commented.
"I think I liked the way he looked before that, when he was just an evil blob," Smolder commented.
"He's still an evil blob," Rainbow said. "He's just got bigger muscles."
"Looks like we're going to have to go up there and face him," Flash told them.
"But we can't fly up there," Landrush said. "The moment we do, we'll end up like everypony else."
"We have my father's golden Mech," Wu pointed out. "We have to draw their fire to help Lloyd use the Mech against the Overlord."
"We hear you loud and clear." Rainbow told Wu.
"Everycreature, hold on tight!" Nimbus told everyone riding on their backs.
In the Samu-Taurs' defensive line, they prepared their catapults. "Wait…" Kozu said.
The Ultra Dragon got closer. "Wait…" Roodaka commanded.
The Ultra Dragon was getting really close now but the army still did not fire. "Wait," Rabia said.
And once the six-headed dragon was in striking distance… "NOW, FIRE!" All three ordered as the army launched their ammunition.
"Incoming!" Rocky shouted as Ultra Dragon flew on its side and took evasive maneuvers to dodge the incoming fireballs being launched at them. The moment the cleared the fireballs, The Archers took hold of their crossbows and started to fire flaming arrows at them.
"Pull up! Quick, pull up!" Trail shouted as the arrows were coming close before Ultra Dragon nearly dodge them as they pulled up skyward.
"The Samu-Taurs, Darklings and Umbrum will protect their master," Luna said. "They will never let Lloyd get close."
"Then we'll just need to get close!" Flame declared as they kept drawing the army's fire.
Meanwhile Lloyd was charging towards the wall at full speed. "Time to bring out the big buttons!" he declared as he broke down the walls and then knocked away the dark armies. "NINJA-" From out of nowhere, two blast shots came down and blasted off the right arm of the Mech. Lloyd looked up and saw Aqua on a torrent on the steps of the tower and Spike crawling around on walls like a gecko. Aqua let out an evil laugh as she continued to fire down on Lloyd and Spike did the same until the Mech came down.
"He's been hit!" Shining called as Ultra Dragon circled around.
"We need to protect him!" Cadance told the others as the army of Samu-Taurs, Darklings, and Umbrum closed in on him.
As Lloyd climbs out one of the Umbrum raised its hooves at him. "Oh no!" Lloyd rolled away as the dark army prepared to finish him.
"NINJA, GO!" The Ninja, along with the Mane and Young Sixes, shouted as they landed in front of Lloyd and held off the army.
"Ugh, I'm okay," Lloyd said as he stood up.
Gaia turned to him. "Yes, but are we?" she asked as they were quickly surrounded. They then heard the Overlord roar as a cloud of Dark Matter was coming down at them.
"Ice!" Frost shouted as he used his Elemental blade to create a ice barricade.
"Allow me to assist!" Rarity said as she used her magic to add a protection barrier to the barricade as they blocked the Dark Matter from hitting them.
"Good job, you two!" Thunder shouted.
Spike crawled along the walls of the Tower before looking towards our heroes and letting out a fearsome dark breath of flames to melt down the ice block. Smolder then took in a deep breath before blowing into her shell and letting out a powerful earth breath back at him before he quickly dodged it by jumping higher up the wall.
Aqua then started blasting the barricade until eventually she bust through it. She then started firing at the heroes.
"Fire!" Trail called out as he used his blade to block the blasts. Aqua growled in annoyance as she moved up higher as Spike did the same. At the same time, the Dark Army was closing in on our heroes.
"I know we've always drawn a crowd, but this is ridiculous!" Thunder joked as they fend off the Dark Army.
"How can you be making jokes at a time like this?!" Trail complained as he dodged and counter-attack each one thrown at him.
"Hey, if we're going down, might as well go down laughing!" Pinkie told him as she brought out her party cannon and blasted a few back.
"Well, if this how friends go down, Yona happy Yona go down with good friends!" she said as she bashed another one away.
"Here, here," Rarity said.
Above the battle, Ultra Dragon, along with those riding on them, watched the heroes becoming slowly and steadily overwhelmed.
"They may be strong but even they won't last long against those numbers!" Mullet said, looking through a telescope.
"We need to go back and help them," Wu said.
"There are too many of them," Hope said before she looked up at the Overlord who was enjoying the battle like it was a spectacle, then she noticed something. "Wait, look," she pointed. "The Overlord's Keys must've fallen off during the Metamorphosis."
"What does that matter?" Dr. Gear asked.
"They who hold the Keys, controls the army." Misako said which confused them.
"Uh, what does that mean?" Capper asked.
"It was written in the scroll." Misako explained. "What if the Keys are more than just the Keys to the clock? What if the Keys are the reasons why Garmadon and his allies were able to control the Army in the first place?"
"If we could find those Keys, we could stop them!" Hope finished.
"But they could anywhere!" Trixie pointed out.
"Then time is of the essence! Let's fly!" Nimbus said as they flew to search for the Keys.
Back in the battle, even though they were completely surrounded, the heroes did not back down. "Just keep fighting!" Lloyd told them.
"Never give up!" Sandbar added.
"Ninja never quit!" Flash finished.
"And neither do friendship! NINJA, GO!" Twilight added as she did Spinjitzu.
"NINJA, GO!" The other shouted as they did Spinjitzu too as they knocked away the Samu-Taurs, Darklings, and Umbrum. But then Aqua blasted at them, forcing them together, and then Spike fire a massive fire ball at them, knocking them out of their Spinjitzu.
The dark army then closed in on them again as they tried to block them. "We're doomed, guys!" Fluttershy squeaked.
Ultra Dragon flew around the city until Trixie and Sunburst spotted two of the Keys, the Crystal Sword of Nightmares and the Glaive of Blackest Night. "Are those two of the Keys?!" Trixie called out as she pointed to where they are.
"Yes!" Scorpan answered. "They must be along the road! Find them!"
They spread out and found two more Keys.
"I got the Armor of Dominance!" Shining said.
"And we've got the Staff of Hurricanes!" Sweetie Belle shouted as she her friends brought over the Staff.
Misako nodded. "Good, now we just need the Amulet and the Helmet!" she then noticed them on the other side of the road. "There they are!"
"Ah, finally, a little protection for my noggin and a little extra bling," Dareth said as he picked up the Helmet and Amulet.
"Wait!" Misako called out as Dareth had put on the Keys.
"Eh, what?" he asked as the horns of Helmet of Darkness and the jewel within the Amulet of the Shadow Swarm started to glow right when he put it on.
Back with our heroes, they were utterly surrounded by the Dark Army and outnumbered as they were on the ground. They all brought their swords to end them before they suddenly stopped. They all let out a sigh as they did not die, but were a bit confused as to why they stopped suddenly. "What happened?" Trail asked as they stood up and the Ninja took off their hoods.
"They're frozen like statues," Ocellus said as Gallus poked one of them but they did not react.
"But how?" Applejack asked as she waved her hoof in front of one of their faces.
"All hail the Brown Ninja!" General Kozu declared as he pointed towards Ultra Dragon.
"What do you command?!" Roodaka asked as the heroes turned to Ultra Dragon in shock.
"Wait, did you say… Brown Ninja?" Silverstream asked with a raised eyebrow as they saw their friends with the Keys, and Dareth wearing the Amulet and Helmet.
"Heh-heh. What's up, fellas?" Dareth asked in a smug tone as Ultra Dragon landed and the Army backed up to make room. "Looks like we all know who's in command now."
"The Keys of Darkness controls the army!" Twilight said with realization. "Well done!"
"Oh, that means now we stand a fighting chance!" Thunder added.
Lloyd pointed to the top of Garmatron. "I need to get to the top of that tower!" he said before looking at his foot. "I might not be able to get there by myself, but with your help, I can face him!"
Frost, Fluttershy and Sandbar stepped forward. "For our friends," they said.
Landrush, Applejack, Yona, Gaia, and Ocellus stepped up next. "For our families," they added.
Thunder, Pinkie, Silverstream, Trail, Rainbow and Smolder then stepped up too. "For our home!" they continued.
Flash, Twilight, and Gallus were the last ones to complete the circle. "For Equestria!" they finished.
The Ninja then raised their blades above Lloyd's head as they all cried out. "NINJA, GO!"
"Where'd you get those? I want one," Dareth said, looking at the Blades.
Flash just smiled. "You too, Dareth. Today you proved you deserve to be part of our team… and our family," he said passing Dareth a sword. "Care to do the honors, just for old times' sake?"
Dareth grinned and raised the blade high. "NINJA, GO!" he declared as the Overlord and the Umbrum glared down at the heroes. "Army! About face!" he commanded with the blade as the Army turned to face the staircase going up. "Samu-Taurs and Darklings, go!" They all charged forward up the staircase roaring as they charged up to their former master. Aqua and Spike, however, were blasting the Samu-Taurs back with the blaster Aqua was on and with Spike's fire breath, while the Umbrum confronted the Darklings in the sky.
"You better get this back." Dareth said as he gave back Flash's Elemental Blade while the rest of the Ninja, along with the Mane and Young Six, started to run up the steps. Yona and Landrush were carrying Lloyd up the steps as they ran.
"Let's help them out!" Luna suggested as Ultra Dragon took off.
Ultra Dragon tried to fire at Aqua, but Spike sent a powerful blast of dark fire to their tail.
"AAGH! We're hit!" Rocky cried.
"We need to land! This is as far as we can go!" Nimbus said as they went in for a landing.
As our heroes went up the steps to where the Overlord is on the top, the Overlord himself breathe out Dark Matter straight towards our Lloyd. Thunder, Pinkie, and Silverstream saw it coming and pulled Lloyd back.
"Look out!" Thunder warned, but it was too late as the Dark Matter hit Landrush, Yona, and Applejack.
"Guys, come on! Get up!" Lloyd pleaded as the three of them were grunting in pain.
"Ugh! We're hit! Go!" Landrush told them as he felt the darkness take over.
"Hurry, before...we change...!" Applejack grunted.
"Friends...go without...Yona!" Yona moaned as Lloyd reached out to them.
Twilight would never leave a friend behind but they had to hurry. "We need to move now!" Twilight told him as they rushed up the stairs while Landrush, Applejack and Yona's eyes turned purple as their corruption was complete.
The further up our heroes go, the more difficult it has become as the Wendigo were blowing a tough breeze towards them. The Overlord then Unleashed another cloud of Dark Matter towards them as Pinkie, Thunder, and Silverstream saw it coming before they pushed Lloyd out of the way and they got it by it. "Pinkie, Silverstream, Thunder!" Lloyd shouted when he saw them get hit.
"Get out of the way!" Thunder warned them as they felt themselves changing.
"Don't worry about us!" Pinkie moaned.
"Just keep going!" Silverstream told them.
Flash and Gaia rushed over to Lloyd. "Don't look, just keep climbing!" Flash said as ran up even faster.
"From my calculations, with the distance remaining to the top, the odds are only one of us is going to make it!" Frost said.
"And it doesn't help that we've already lost a fraction of our team!" Rarity added.
"Well, let's see if we can beat those odds!" Lloyd challenged before they heard growling coming from behind and saw their friends all corrupted and ready to attack them.
"That's not good!" Smolder commented when they saw their corrupted friends.
"Go on! We'll hold them back!" Frost told the others as he, Fluttershy, Sandbar, Gaia, Rarity, and Ocellus stayed behind to keep their corrupted friends occupied while the others continued up.
Gaia looked up and gasped. "Watch out!" she yelled as a ball of Dark Matter crashed on top of them.
Back with the remaining seven, they almost reached the top but were halted by their corrupted friends. "Aqua!" Trail said.
"Spike!" Twilight yelled.
Gallus then turned to Lloyd. "Okay, we'll draw their fire and you run for to the top and kick the Overlord's butt!" he said. Aqua then unleashed a fury of blast at them while Spike breathed out heavy flames before Flash and Trail draw out their blades and block both attacks.
"No, don't!" Lloyd pleaded with them. "We can do this together!" Smolder then placed a claw on his shoulder.
"No. There's only one Light Ninja and that's you," she said with sincerity. "You're the only one with the power to do it." She then looked towards Spike before she tackled him to the steps. "Now go!"
Lloyd rushed up the stairs but Aqua took the chance to taunt him. "You're hurt and alone! You hardly stand a chance!" she said.
"Oh, shut up already!" Rainbow said as she struck the blaster.
"Go Lloyd! Now!" Flash ordered. Lloyd nodded and hopped up the stairs.
Once he reached the top, the Overlord turned to him, seemingly amused that this little colt managed to reach the top, on three hooves no less.
Lloyd bravely flips up his hood and faces the dark lord. "I have come here to fight you, Overlord!" he declared.
"You're in no shape to fight," the Overlord spoke in a deep voice that rattled the ground. "It's over. Evil wins!"
"A Ninja never quits!" Lloyd declared causing the Overlord to cackle a little.
"You don't even have a sword," he taunted Lloyd.
Lloyd then powers up his magic. "I don't need a sword," he said as he created a golden energy shield.
The Overlord stared at him. "Then all I have to say is..," he started before giving a grin. "...goodbye."
The Overlord took a deep breath in and the released a storm of purple fire at Lloyd. Lloyd held his shield strong as he was pushed to the edge. He panicked and the charged up his power even more. The Overlord kept spewing flames before Lloyd's shield pushed him back in an explosion of golden energy.
Those on the ground saw the golden explosion of energy coming from the top and knew what it was. "He has become the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master," Misako said in awe.
"This is the final battle," Sensei Wu declared as the energy orb around Lloyd vanished and his silver Ninja Gi had turned to gold with silver outlines. The symbol on him had changed to the ancient equestrian symbol for "destiny". His gray coat had turned into a golden coat as wings on his back had formed as well, turning him into an Alicorn.
"I am the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master!" Lloyd declared as he felt the power of the Golden Dragon course through him.
Lloyd gestured to the Overlord to come at him. The Overlord growled. "NO!" He roared as swiped his claw at Lloyd, blocked his attacks and then kicked him off the tower. "NO!"
Down below Dareth watched as Lloyd focused his power and then transformed into a golden Dragon and roared. "Awesome!" he said in awe.
"You can't defeat me!" the Overlord roared at Lloyd as he flew in the air. "Where ever the light may shine, there will always be a shadow to cast over it!"
"Unless the light is bright enough to illuminate that shadow!" Lloyd shouted before he shot towards the Overlord in a stream of golden flames and the Overlord was falling. Twlight, Flash and Gallus were wrestling Spike and Trail, Rainbow and Smolder were fighting Aqua before they saw the Overlord and Lloyd falling past them.
Dareth saw the Overlord falling and duck his head down when he thought he was about to come down on him before the Overlord flapped his wings and flew back up to where Lloyd is. His roars was heard when he flew up into the dark clouds that even the corrupted others could hear them from the steps. "This ends now," Lloyd growled as he glared at the Overlord.
"For once, I agree!" The Overlord shouted as the golden flames had turned into a dark cloud as he stared down Lloyd. Lloyd then noticed that the dark clouds around them started to wrap around as Overlord began to fly around him.
"WHOA!" Lloyd cried as he spun around in the darkness. The darkness started getting bigger, like it was trying to swallow all of Equestria.
Lloyd finally stopped spinning until out of the blackness he saw two purple eyes and loud haunting laugh and the fading into his vision was the Overlord's giant head laughing loudly as Lloyd stared him down. The Overlord then snapped his jaws over Lloyd and got him in one bite.
But just when he thought he had won, the Overlord felt something in his mouth powering up as in between his teeth beams of light were seen trying to pry his mouth open. "No, NO!" the Overlord cried as he realized what was happening, and tried to keep his mouth closed. "NO! NNNNOOOO!" he screamed as Lloyd burst forth from his mouth.
Then just as the entire city was swallowed into the darkness, a golden light pierced through it, eradicating it and destroying the Garmatron tower and spreading it's light everywhere in Equestria. All around the city, creatures woke up, feeling quite dazed and confused by what happened as the new light shone down on them. From the crater that once was Garmatron, Trail, Flash, and Twilight opens their eyes to a clear sky with no Windigoes or Umbrum.
"What happened?" Flash asked as he and the other two sat up. They heard Thunder groan as he and Pinkie Pie was back to their old selves.
"I..I think Lloyd did it," Twilight said as she looked around. "He defeated the Overlord."
They then looked forward and saw two creatures who had also returned to normal.
"Aqua!" Trail and Thunder shouted as they ran up to her up.
"Spike!" Twilight cheered as she hugged the restored baby dragon to her chest and Flash joined in. "Ooh, it's so good to see you back to your old self again!"
"My sister," Trail said as he and Aqua nuzzled each other.
"Aqua, you're back!" Thunder said as he hugged her too.
"Yeah, but what happened?" Spike asked as he rubbed the back of his neck. "The last thing I remembered was being captured with Aqua and getting taken to Garmadon in the other villains. I can't remember anything else after that."
"Don't worry about that," Flash told Spike as he gave him a noogie. "Everything's going to be all right, cuz we just won."
Each of the Young Six got up from the ground and found one another as Yona tackled the other five to the ground with a big hug.
"Yona so happy friends okay!" she shouted with joy as her friends were getting suffocated by her hug.
"That's…great…Yona!" Smolder grunted out as she was tapping Yona's hoof. "But can you…let us…breathe?" She quickly let them go and they all took in a deep breath.
The rest of the Ninja and Mane Six woke up as well and cheered for their victory.
"Come here, you tincan!" Landrush said as he helped Frost to his hooves.
"Brother," Frost said as they hugged.
Gaia then hugged Landrush. "Haha! Well done, everyone, well done indeed!" she cheered as Landrush hugged her back.
Ultra Dragon then landed beside them. "Well done all of you!" Shard congratulated.
"Is this really happening?" Dr. Gear asked as she was helped down by Celestia and Luna. "We did it?"
"We did it! You did it! I did it!" Dareth shouted with excitement. "Heck, who didn't do it?!"
"Yeah, but where's Lloyd?" Cozy asked as they looked around for him before they saw him in his Golden Dragon form as he was flying down towards them.
"Lloyd!" They all called out when they saw him as he transformed back into his pony form and used his newly formed wings to fly down towards his mother.
"You were brilliant, son," Misako told Lloyd.
"Because of you, Equestria is safe," Celestia said. "Because of you, there will be a tomorrow."
"So please tell me that means that the Overlord is finally gone for good," Applebloom hoped.
"He'd be pretty stupid to come back," Starlight answered.
"But if he ever tries showing his face around here again, we'll be ready for him!" Trail promised.
"And next time, we'll be a little more humble," Landrush said.
"And a little more wise," Frost added.
"And a little more prepared," Gaia continued.
"And with better catchphrases!" Thunder finished as they all laughed. Lloyd however looked down sadly as he knew he did not save every creature.
"We will all miss your father." Misako told his son, unbeknownst to any of them that four figures rose up from the rubble and walked towards them.
"Hey, who are they?" Rainbow asked when she saw them. A young alicorn filly with a pitch black coat, purple mane and tail, and has dragon like light blue eyes. A unicorn stallion with red eyes, darkest gray coat, and black mane and tail. A female changeling that looked reformed and looked as tall as Chrysalis, only her body was pure white and the parts that were once green were now sky blue. The final creature was an old unicorn stallion as tall as Luna with black and silver robes, his coat was medium grey and gray mane similar to Lloyd's.
"Lloyd…" the stallion said in familiar voice as he shook his head. "What? What happened?" He asked.
"Where are we?" The alicorn filly asked as she is scared.
"Ocellus, are you alright?" The changeling asked her in a familiar voice.
"Hope, Luna, what happened here?" The second unicorn asked in another familiar voice.
"Mom?" Ocellus asked when she recognized the voice of Chrysalis from the changeling.
"Sombra?" Hope and Luna asked.
"Garmadon, is it really you?" Misako asked as tears started to form.
"Dad?" Lloyd asked as tears ran down his face. "Oh, Dad!" He then ran over to the old stallion and gave him a hug as Misako walked over.
"Mom!" Ocellus cried as she flew toward her mother's waiting forelegs.
Twilight carefully walked up to the little filly and recognize the eyes. "Nightmare Moon?" she asked, though the filly looked as though she had no clue as to who she was talking about.
Meanwhile, Hope and Luna went over to Sombra and gave him a hug. "I can't believe you're still here!" Hope told Sombra while she was crying.
"And I don't sense a single ounce of darkness inside of you," Luna said. "You don't think...?"
"Every ounce of evil and venom is gone." Misako said as she joined her son and husband in the hug while Twilight gave a warm smile to the once known Nightmare Moon a hug of comfort. Sensei Wu had a smile on his face as he was happy that his brother had returned.
"I-I, I feel good," Garmadon said as he embraced his family.
"Ha, it's been so long!" Chrysalis said as she hugged her daughter.
"Hope, will you ever forgive for what I did?" Sombra asked.
Hope gave him a smile. "Of course, I can," she said.
"Good to have you back, brother," Sensei Wu said as he and Celestia walked up to Garmadon.
"Wu, Celestia. Good to be back," Garmadon said with a smile.
Scorpan looked around with a confused look. "Wait, what about my brother and what happened to the Storm King?" He asked.
The others looked around too and realized that Tirek and the Storm King were nowhere to be seen. Then Cozy saw something. "Look, their footprints," she said, as two trails of prints lead away from the crater.
"Looks like they got away," Trail said.
"Perhaps, but something tells me that they won't be bothering us for a long while," Garmadon said as he held his family. "Right now, I prefer to enjoy life with my family."
"Aw, would you look at that?" Thunder spoke up as Garmadon and his family walked away. "Who would have thought we'd ever see the day? You think we should dogpile on them?"
"Let's give them their moment," Flash told him. "They earned it."
"It's been quite a ride, fellas," Gaia spoke up with a smile.
"You think there will be others?" Frost asked.
"I hope so. I liked being a Ninja." Landrush said. "It's not like we have many other skills."
"Ha! Speak for yourself, I'm looking forward to doing a little inventing, maybe some model building, dabble in poetry-" Thunder started to blab on before Tempest covered his mouth with her hoof.
"Thank you," Gaia told her.
"Still, Thunder's right," Flash said as he turned to everycreature gathered. "We've all come a long way, and there's no reason why we can't use what we've learned in our everyday lives." As Flash spoke, Wu looked down, wondering if they had truly won or not, before the pegasus came over to him and placed a hoof around his shoulder. "And who knows? We may have gotten the balance right today, but there's always tomorrow. There's no way of knowing what's around the corner. But as long as there's something worth fighting for, there's always a need for a Ninja, and we'll be ready."
"But right now, I think these calls for a celebration." Twilight declared as they all decided it was time they left.
In Canterlot, creatures from all over Equestria gathered for Twilight's speech after the victory over the Overlord. Twilight stepped up to the podium and looked out towards the crowd with her friends behind her, all wearing formal outfits.
"Creatures of Equestria, tonight is an important celebration. For the prophecy of the Light Ninja has been fulfilled, and the Ultimate Evil known as the Overlord has been vanquished!" she declared as the creatures roared in applause. "But that is not the only reason we celebrate. Tonight, we congratulate the Light Ninja, now as the Golden Ninja and the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master, for saving and redeeming four former foes from the darkness!" Twilight spoke up as she looked towards the reformed Lord Garmadon, Chrysalis, Sombra, and the little black filly alicorn. "I give you… Master Garmadon, Lady Chrysalis, Sir Sombra, and my newly adopted daughter, Nyx! We thank the Golden Ninja, Lloyd Garmadon, for saving us all from the darkness the Overlord had brought upon us!"
Everycreature from across the land gave an applause as Lloyd and the Ninja approached Twilight took a bow down to her. Spike then presented her a ceremonial sword.
"By the power vested in me, as Ruler of Equestria," Twilight started as she raised her ceremonial sword. "For your courage, honor and strength for protecting our magical land of Equestria, I, Princess Twilight Sparkle, hereby dub you Masters Trail Blaze, Landrush, Gaia Boral, Thunder Crack, Frost Gear, Flash Sentry and Lloyd Garmadon, all heroes of Equestria," she finished tapping her sword against each of their shoulders.
The crowd cheered and applauded the heroes as the Ninja turned to them, smiled, and waved to them.
The heroes and creatures danced the night away to the song while couples like Flash and Twilight, Sandbar and Yona, Thunder and Aqua had fun with each other.
However little did our heroes realize that from high above them and from the shadows a familiar and very unfriendly Anacondrai watches their celebration. "Enjoy yourself while you can, Ninja," Pythor said quietly, "because peace can only last so long…" he then chuckled as all he had to was wait for his chance to strike.