"Go to pieces, I would imagine." It was a Nightmare, after all, and Rarity very much doubted they'd want it around in preserved form. She didn't have much else to say, as the magic split and hit the shield. That was a close call - entirely too close. "Thank you," she told Setsuna, hurrying towards the edge of the clearing. She wouldn't be much use in this fight as it was, she didn't think - she wasn't fool enough to get in the way of everypony's magical attacks in order to try to kick the Nightmare in the face. No, she needed to figure out how they could use the Elements with four new bearers.

She knew what it felt like to use hers - calm, peaceful, aware of and assured by her friends around her. When they'd first found the Elements, Twilight had been the only new pony in their circle; could four new ponies share that same bond with two who already knew it?

Well, Pinkie was her oldest friend from Ponyville here; Kanji had been by the boutique more than once; she'd earned her element by helping Amaterasu, and she knew that Pinkie was friends with the wolf as well; Chell was a close friend; she wished she knew Aqua a little better-

She gasped and threw herself to the ground as the Nightmare's latest attack approached her. Hopefully she'd be quick enough.