# Equestrian Knights Ch 11. The Evil King Returns

Author: BluebloodFan91
Tags: Adventure, Angel, Big Mac, Big Macintosh, Blueblood, Bunny, Character Development, Chrysalis, Clean, Death, Doctor Whooves, Equine, Fantasy, Flam, Flim, Friendship is magic, Griffin, Gryphon, Hoops, Horse, Humor, Iron Will, Jetset, King Sombra, Lightning Dust, MLP, Minotaur, My Little Pony, Pegasus, Plot Development, Pony, Queen chrysalis, Rabbit, Sombra, Starswirl, Starswirl the Bearded, Story Progression, Story Series, Suburban Knights, Trixie, Unicorn, Upper Crust, Zebra, Zecora, changeling, dumbbell, gilda, parody, score, surprise


 Ch 11. The Evil King Returns

It took them the entire rest of the day to get back
out of the forest, back to the field they had started at. The sun was
beginning to set by the time they arrived."I hate today," moaned Gilda."I need a stiff drink," groaned Jet Set.Iron Will looked around at the field they were in. "So where is the blasted thing?" he asked."It should be buried underneath that bolder," said Blueblood. He pointed over at a large bolder sitting in the field."Oh my gosh, a giant rock!" said Hoops.Blueblood
rolled his eyes and tried to lift the bolder with his magic. He quickly
discovered that it was far too heavy for him to move."Here,
let me!" Trixie suddenly pushed Blueblood out of the way. She gritted
her teeth and pumped magic into her horn as she attempted to move the
rock with her magic. Much to their joy, the bolder slowly lifted up off
the ground."You're doing it, Trixie!" shouted Blueblood. "Keep it up!"Straining
with all her might to keep the bolder in the air, Trixie managed to
move the bolder a few hooves away from the spot it was on, and then let
it fall to the ground with a thud. She cut off her magic and then
collapsed onto the ground, both physically and mentally exhausted."I did it!" she muttered as she took deep breaths."Alright!" everyone cheered."Way to go, Trixie!" said Blueblood.Trixie grinned. "Thanks. I think I'll just... rest here for a bit." She laid her head on the ground and just lay there.The rest of the group walked over to the spot where the bolder had been."I guess we start digging!" said Dumbbell."Did anyone bring any shovels?" asked Flam.They all shook their heads.Well
I'm not waiting," said Blueblood. He got down on the ground and began
digging with his hooves. Everyone was shocked by this, but at this
point, Blueblood didn't care about getting dirt on his hooves anymore.
Not when the object of his desires was so close to finally being in his
grasp.Everyone else quickly began digging in the ground with their hooves as well.After
digging down about a foot, Blueblood felt something hard against his
hoof. He began digging around it, soon exposing something goblet shaped
wrapped in a dirty cloth sheet."I think this is it!" he exclaimed. "I think we've found it!"They
pulled the object out of the ground. Blueblood hastily unwrapped the
cloth that was around it. They gasped as he pulled out a beautiful
golden goblet embedded with red gems, and held it up with his magic for
them all to see. The light from the setting sun reflected off its
surface.Blueblood grinned triumphantly and
looked at the others. "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... OUR SALVATION,
just like I promised you.""Wait," said Gilda. "How do we know for sure this is the real thing?"Blueblood glared at her. "What else could it be?!""We should test it, to see if it really works," said Flim. "Does anyone have any water?""I
do," said Trixie, now recovered from her exhaustion and on her hooves.
She levitated her canteen of water out of her backpack and gave it to
Blueblood. He poured it into the goblet.The water immediately glowed bright pink for a few seconds, then looked normal again.."Did you see that?" said Hoops. "It definitely did something!"Blueblood went to take a drink from the goblet, but Upper Crust put her hoof up to stop him."Wait! What if it's booby trapped?! What if it will actually poison you or something?!"Blueblood
immediately stopped. He supposed it was possible that Starswirl might
have put some sort of booby trap on it. "Good point," he said. "So how
do we make sure its not then?"Gilda, quick as
lightning, reached down into the grass and picked up a field mouse in
her claws. "Here, test it on this," she said. She made a cut in the
mouse's side with one of her talons. It squealed in pain and squirmed to
get away from her.Blueblood put the goblet over
the squirming mouse and poured a few drops of the water onto it.
Everyone's eyes lit up as they saw the mouse's wound immediately heal
up, not even leaving a scar."It works!" exclaimed Gilda in astonishment, flinging the now immortal mouse away behind her. "It actually works!""WE'RE RICH!" shouted Flam.Everyone let out a cheer.Suddenly
there was a flash of light behind Blueblood, and Starswirl the bearded
appeared, a furious look on his face. Blueblood turned around and cried
out in surprise as he saw the aged unicorn standing behind him.They all immediately started backing away from Starswirl."Hand over the goblet, now!" said Starswirl, holding out his hoof."No!" said Blueblood, putting the goblet behind himself.Starswirl didn't back down. "Give it to me, or else I shall take it from you by force.""Oh yeah? You and what army?" said Dumbbell.Starswirl
stepped to the side, revealing the rest of the guardians all standing
behind him. The six cloaked guardians, Angel the bunny, Zecora the
zebra, and Big Macintosh, still dressed as Pyramid Head.The group shouted out in shock when they saw Starswirl's backup."Does that answer your question?" said Starswirl."You're all going down!" Angel shouted at them, pounding his little paws together threateningly.Score pointed at Angel. "Hey, I just figured out the bunny's voice!" he exclaimed. "It's John DiMaggio!""Not the time, Score," said Gilda.The group continued to back away from Starswirl and the Guardians."Any ideas?" asked Trixie."Yeah," said Blueblood. "RUUUUUUUUN!"They took off running away from the guardians, Blueblood clutching the goblet tightly too his chest with his magic as he ran."After them!" Starswirl shouted. "Retrieve the Goblet!"Starswirl and his guardians began chasing after our anti-heroes. They began hurling magic blasts at them.The
group ducked their heads down to try to avoid the magic blasts. "BACK
INTO THE FOREST!" shouted Lightning Dust as they ran. "WE'LL LOOSE THEM
IN THERE!"They darted back into the Everfree Forest.Trixie stopped just before entering the forest, and idea suddenly crossing her mind, and turned around to face their pursuers."YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" she shouted at them at the top of her lungs, stomping her hoof down against the ground.Just
then, a magic blast from one of the guardians shot her hat off her
head. Trixie screamed and turned tail and ran, picking her hat up off
the ground with her magic as she hurried to catch up with her
compatriots. The Guardians continued after them into the forest.Blueblood,
Trixie, Flim, Flam, and Jet Set began shooting magic blasts back at the
guardians from their horns a they ran through the forest. They kept
ducking behind trees as they ran, trying to avoid being hit by their
pursuers' own magical attacks. Those of them without horns couldn't
really do much to fight back, so they just did their best to not get
hit.Trixie looked over in annoyance at the only
other unicorn in their group who wasn't helping. "Hey, Upper Crust,
could you maybe help us shoot at them!" Trixie shouted at her as they
ran.Upper Crust shook her head, tears in her eyes. "I'M NOT FIGHTING! I HATE VIOLENCE!" she shouted back. "I WANNA GO HOME!"Trixie rolled her eyes and continued firing back at the guardians.Suddenly
Upper Crust's tail got hit by an enemy's magic blast, slicing off most
of her tail in an instant, leaving what remained of her tail blackened
and singed. Upper Crust let out a blood-curdling scream as she looked
back and saw what was left of her tail."MY TAIL! THEY RUINED MY BEAUTIFUL TAIL!" she screamed. Then her face became red with rage. "SONS OF BITCHES!"In
that instant, she became so angry she literally burst into flames, her
eyes glowing bright white! She turned to face their attackers and
pointed her horn at them all. She screamed a wild battle cry as she
began shooting rapid continuous magical blasts at the guardians.They
saw Big Macintosh get hit and he instantly went down, then one of the
cloaked guardians met the same fate a second later. The rest of the
guardians began panicking when they saw the crazy flaming mare firing at
them like nothing they had ever seen before!One
by one, Upper Crust's magic blasts hit each of the guardians, and they
all got knocked out. Finally, she blasted Starswirl with her magic, and
even he was over powered by her none stop continuous blasts. After a few
hits, was knocked to the ground on his side, unconscious.The
flames covering Upper Crust dissipated and she returned to her normal
self, staggering around on her hooves, apparently completely exhausted.The entire group stared wide-eyed at her in utter disbelief. "HOLLY SHIT!" they all shouted.Trixie
walked up to her and grabbed her by her shoulder, spinning her to face
her. "HOW THE HECK DID YOU DO THAT!?!" she demanded."I have... no idea," Upper Crust said woozily. "I was just... so angry." The mare then collapsed, falling to the ground.Jet Set hurried to her side."Are you alright, dear?" he asked, grabbing her hoof in his."I... think so," she responded. "But my beautiful tail is ruined.""Don't
worry, dear. It will grow back in time," said Jet Set, trying to
comfort her. "And I have to admit, I've never been more turned on than I
was after I saw what you just did to them!"Upper
Crust grinned up at her husband. The two then brought their lips
together and started making out right there on the ground.The others all looked at each other uncomfortably as the two unicorns were getting down right in front of them."Okay,
that's enough, you two!" said Gilda, pulling Jet Set up off of Upper
Crust. "Save it for the bedroom, for crying out loud!""Really," said everyone else in agreement.Blueblood
looked back down at their prize he was holding. The Goblet was safe in
their possession, at last! "Well, we've made it out alive, and we've got
the Goblet!" said Blueblood triumphantly, holding the goblet up over
his head like a trophy.The group all cheered in their success.As
they stopped cheering for themselves, they suddenly heard the sound of
slow clapping coming from nearby. They all looked where the sound was
coming from, and suddenly saw Surprise standing a few yards away,
clapping her hooves slowly. She was looking at them with a sly smile on
her face."Well done, everyone," she said, her voice no longer perky and bubbly, but instead cold and callous. "Well done.""Surprise? What are you doing here?" asked Blueblood."You've
all been a very big help to me," Surprise continued, completely
ignoring Blueblood's question. "I must admit, I had my doubts from time
to time that you'd actually be able to succeed, but you pulled through
in the end."They all stared at Surprise in
concern. She wasn't acting like herself at all. This usually annoyingly
happy pony was suddenly acting very... dark."Surprise are you okay," asked Blueblood. "You're acting very... unusual.""Am
I?" Surprise let out a cold chuckle. She was really starting to scare
Blueblood and most of the others now. "Well, I have a little surprise
for you all?" she said, her eyes suddenly flashing with a green glow.
Green flames suddenly erupted around Surprise."SURPRISE!" they all shouted in terror.The
green flames rose up her body, and as they did, the group noticed her
body was changing. White fur turned to pitch black shell, legs
lengthened and there were holes through them, poofy blond tail turned to
dull green strands, eyes turned green with slits, feathers became bug
wings, and a long crooked horn sprouted from her forehead.The green flames faded, and where Surprise had just been, there now stood a grinning Changeling Queen."Surprise!" the pitch-black creature said menacingly.The group all jumped back at the sudden appearance of the Changeling."Queen Chrysalis!" shouted Blueblood, recognizing her instantly.Chrysalis laughed. "That's right! It's me.""Whoa! Super special awesome plot twist!" exclaimed Hoops."What have you done with Surprise?" demanded a fearful, yet angry Prince Blueblood.Chrysalis laughed. "You fool. I've been Surprise this whole time!""What?!"
Blueblood couldn't believe it. He'd known Surprise for years. She
couldn't be Chrysalis. "That's impossible! What happened to the real
Surprise then?""Oh, my Changelings took her back
to the hive for safe keeping. Couldn't have her showing up while I was
impersonating her, after all. And I think you'll also recognize..."
Chrysalis then transformed again, taking the form of an elderly mare.Blueblood pointed an accusing hoof at her. "That's the old beggar mare who gave me the map! THAT WAS YOU TOO?!"Chrysalis
changed back to her Changeling Queen form. "Correct! I gave you the
map, I set you up on this entire quest, and then I became Surprise to
keep an eye on your progress.""But why?" asked Blueblood."I
needed someone greedy and desperate and dumb enough to follow the map
and find the Goblet for me, and you fit the bill perfectly, Blueblood.""I
don't understand," said Trixie suddenly. "Why would YOU want the Goblet
of Life? You're already immortal, as long as you keep feeding on
others' love."Chrysalis laughed. "Oh, I don't want it for myself. I need it for... someone else."Suddenly, a cold hissing whisper spoke from out of nowhere. "Enough talk, Chrysalis. Get the Goblet!" it said."Who said that?" asked Upper Crust, looking around her for the source of the voice.Chrysalis's
horn glowed green as she used her magic and snatched the goblet of life
right out of Blueblood's hooves. She levitated it over to herself."HEY!" Blueblood shouted, his own horn glowing as he prepared to cast a counter spell.Chrysalis's
horn glowed again and she fired a blast of magic at all of them,
sending the whole group flying backwards through the forest. They all
landed on their backs a dozen meters away.Chrysalis
used her magic to make water appear in the goblet, which glowed pink
again for a few seconds as it enchanted the water. Smiling, she then
levitated something out from behind her. The group looked and saw that
it was a dark, curved unicorn's horn. The group became horrified as they
recognized it as King Sombra's horn."STOP!" shouted Blueblood, now realizing what she was about to do."Do it NOW!" said the mysterious unknown voice again.Chrysalis
put the goblet over the horn. "The Dark Lord shall rise again!" she
said as she was about to pour the water in the goblet onto the horn.Realizing
this couldn't be allowed, Lightning Dust flared her wings and leaped at
Queen Chrysalis, flying at her at lightning speed. Chrysalis barely
managed to look up before Lightning Dust crashed into the Changeling
Queen, knocking both the goblet and the horn out of her reach."NO!" Chrysalis shouted.The group sighed with relief that Lightning Dust had stopped the Changeling.As
the goblet and the horn fell through the air, however, the water in the
goblet splashed out and, unbeknownst to any of them, a single drop of
it made contact with the horn.The horn and the goblet fell to the ground with a clatter."HA!'
Lightning Dust shouted at Chrysalis as she flew up off of the
Changeling Queen and hovered in the air. "Stopped your evil plan,
bitch!"After a few seconds, they heard a
cracking sound coming from Sombra's horn. They all looked over in time
to see the little dark horn suddenly burst into a cloud of black smoke.Chrysalis grinned and looked up at Lightning Dust. "You were saying?"Everyone
watched in terror as the black smoke slowly took the shape of a pony.
After a few moments, the black smoke cleared, revealing a large gray
unicorn stallion with a black mane and tail, and a curved horn.He stood there, taking deep breaths for a few seconds, then he looked up at all of them, an evil grin appearing on his face."All hail King Sombra!" he said triumphantly.They all stared at him, to terrified to do anything else.He
brought his hoof up over the goblet of life that was lying on the
ground in front of him and brought it down on it. The goblet shattered
into tiny pieces."Now only I can live forever," he said.Prince
Blueblood was too terrified by Sombra to even really notice that the
object of which his entire quest had been for had just been destroyed.
With Sombra back, the entire world was in danger again!Sombra's horn glowed, and his personal crown, armor, and cape magically appeared upon his body."That's more like it," he said to himself.Chrysalis approached him. "Alright, Sombra. I held up my end of the bargain, now you hold up yours."Sombra
looked at her. "That's KING Sombra to you!" he snapped. He then pointed
his horn at her. Before she could do anything, Sombra shot a blast of
dark magic at her from his horn, sending the Changeling Queen flying
through the air and slamming against a tree. She fell to the ground in a
heap."And I no longer have any need of you, insect," Sombra said coldly. He then turned to face the group. "As for all of you-""SOMBRA!"The
evil King looked up into the air, just as Starswirl appeared out of
nowhere, apparently having woken up from being knocked out, and tackled
him. The two unicorn stallions went rolling across the ground before
coming to a stop. Starswirl quickly got to his hooves and glared down at
Sombra, an angry look on his face."Starswirl!"
Sombra smiled evilly at the old unicorn as he got up off the ground as
well. "The years have not been kind to you, I see.""Your reign of evil ends here, my young student," growled Starswirl."I am no longer your student!" shouted Sombra angrily. "When you kicked me out, I was but the learner. Now I am the master!""Only a master of evil, Sombra," said Starswirl.With
that, the two unicorns attacked each other, each of them firing a
powerful magic blast from their horns at each other. The beams from
their horns collided with each other, sending bright sparks flying
everywhere as the two beams of magical energy pushed against each other.
Both unicorns began pumping as much magic into their horns as they
could, trying to beat the other's magic."STARSWIRL!"
came a shout nearby. Starswirl's guardians had all woken up as well and
were approaching the battle to aid their leader.Starswirl glanced over at them. "STAY BACK!" he shouted at them. "You're no match for Sombra!"The guardians all stopped where they were."Your powers are weak, old timer!" Sombra mocked Starswirl. "You should have stayed in your urn where you belong!""You can't win, Sombra!" growled Starswirl. "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful then you can possibly imagine!"As
they watched the battle from the sidelines, Gilda leaned in next to
Lightning Dust and whispered to her, "What's with all the Star Wars
references on this show?"Lightning Dust shrugged."THERE IS NO POWER IN DEATH, YOU FOOL!" Sombra shouted at Starswirl."You still don't understand!" said Starswirl. "I do not fear death like you do!"Sombra smirked. "THEN YOU SHOULD BE EAGER TO MEET IT!"Slowly,
Sombra's magic began overpowering Starswirl's. Starswirl's eyes widened
in shock as his magic was pushed back by Sombra's. Sombra's magic soon
forced Starswirl's back all the way and struck Starswirl right in his
head, sending the old unicorn flying backwards through the air and
landing flat on his back on the ground with a thud, his horn badly burnt
and letting off black smoke.Starswirl groaned
as he lay there. Sombra walked over to where he lay and levitated him up
in the air in front of him with his magic."Time
to do something I should have done centuries ago!" Sombra said. He then
moved forward and stabbed Starswirl through his heart with his horn.
Upper Crust and Trixie both screamed, and everyone else gasped in horror
at the sight.Sombra let Starswirl's body slip off of his horn and fall to the ground."So weak!" Sombra spat as he looked down at the dying unicorn at his hooves.Starswirl
turned his head towards the group, who had all been watching the
incident, to terrified to do anything else. "It's up to you now," he
managed to say to them before his eyes went dark, and he died."HE'S DEAD!?!?" shouted Score in shock. "I thought this was supposed to be a kids' story!"Sombra turned his head to look at Starswirl's Guardians, who had all gotten to their hooves during the battle.One
of the cloaked guardians then ripped his hood and mask off, revealing
Doctor Whooves underneath. He looked at his fellow guardians. "I don't
know about the rest of you, but buck this! I'm getting the heck out of
here!" He turned tail and galloped away from the scene. He let out a
whistle, and suddenly there was a mechanical moaning sound, and a large
blue box that had the words Police Box printed on it appeared in the
forest out of thin air. The Doctor opened its door and hurried inside of
it. The rest of the guardians all looked at each other, and then
hurried after him, running into the blue box with him. The door on the
box closed and then the same mechanical moaning sound could be heard as
the blue box vanished the same way it had appeared."What
the heck?" asked Flim. He turned to his brother. "Did a blue box just
appear, all of those guys clime inside it, and then disappear?""Yes," said Flam."Good. I'm not crazy then," said Flim.Sombra turned to the group again. They all stood terrified under his gaze."As
for all of you..." he sneered, his horn beginning to glow with dark
magic. But he never finished his sentence because just then, Queen
Chrysalis suddenly popped up behind Sombra without him noticing her. She
then stabbed him in his rump with a syringe filled with a violet
liquid. Sombra cried out in surprise and pain."GAAAAAAAHHHHH!" The dark glow around his horn faded due to this distraction."No
one has apparently ever taught you that Hell hath no fury like a female
scorned," Chrysalis whispered into Sombra's ear. She then yanked the
syringe out of his rump, it now empty.Sombra fell to the ground. "What have you done to me?" he asked, still in pain from whatever Chrysalis had injected him with."I'm
not an idiot, Sombra," Chrysalis sneered. "I suspected you might betray
me, so I whipped up a little insurance policy just in case.""What did you inject me with?" demanded Sombra."Nothing much," said Chrysalis. "Just a harmless little love potion."Sombra's eyes widened. "Love potion?!"Chrysalis
suddenly grabbed Sombra's head in her hooves and forced him to look
into her eyes. "Tell me, Sombra," she said. "Who do you love more than
anything in the whole world?" Her horn glowed green, and then Sombra's
eyes flashed with the same green glow."Why, you, my love," he said after a few seconds.Chrysalis grinned. "And would you do anything for me?""Of course I would, my love," he responded."Would you conquer the entire world for me?""Anything for you, my love," he responded, kissing her hoof.Chrysalis
giggled. She could feel the great power she had lost before finally
returning to her as her body fed off of Sombra's new love for her.The group all watched the scene with a mix of horror and disgust."This is just wrong," said Hoops, making a gagging sound."SILENCE!"
Sombra shouted at Hoops, firing a blast of magic at him with his horn.
Hoops leaped out of the way as the blast hit a tree behind him, which
exploded into splinters.Chrysalis turned Sombra's head back to her with her hoof. "Forget them," she said. "We have a world to conquer together."Sombra
grinned back at her. "You're right, my dear," he said. His horn began
to glow again, and then the two of them disappeared in a flash of light
as Sombra teleported them both away.The group was left standing there, dumbfounded at all they had just witnessed."Well, this is bad!" said Hoops."That's an understatement!" said Gilda."We should do something!" said Jet Set. "Shouldn't we?"After a few silent seconds, Iron Will said, "We should at least go to Canterlot and warn the Princesses about this!""Right!"
said Blueblood. "They can get the Element Bearers to use the Elements
of Harmony to stop all this before it's too late! Come on! We have to
hurry!"Trixie then became depressed as what Blueblood had just said sunk in. "Y-yeah," she said. 'And then they will get all the glory and fame again for saving the day,' she thought to herself enviously, letting out a sad sigh as she ran off with the others towards Ponyville.

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