
With four corrupted ponies, Tirac rides his Chariot of Darkness. Scorpan enters, attacks Tirac's guards, and runs outside with Megan and the ponies. Applejack is captured by Tirac, who turns her into a dragon.

Scorpan releases Spike and Ember from the dungeons. Meanwhile, Scorpan fails to get a fourth pony for Tirac, who threatens Spike again. He also gives them the Rainbow of Light, which can help defeat Tirac.Īrriving at Midnight Castle, Megan and the ponies cross the moat of raging water with help from the Sea Ponies. Megan and the ponies find the Moochick, who says that to defeat Tirac they must take away his Rainbow of Darkness, which gives him his power. On the way, Applejack falls off a bridge into the river and Megan jumps after her, from which they are rescued by the Sea Ponies, who tell them to call on them if they need help again. Megan, Firefly, and the ponies Applejack, Twilight, and Bow Tie go to see the Moochick, who has magic powers and might know how to defeat Tirac. He tells Scorpan to bring him a fourth pony by midnight, threatening to behead his friend, Spike, the baby dragon. Megan is at first reluctant to go but after being confronted by the monsters, she sets out with the ponies to rescue them.Īt Midnight Castle, Tirac has the smallest pony, Ember, taken to the dungeons, and uses the Rainbow of Darkness to turn the other three ponies Scorpan captured into dragons. On her way, she crashes into 12-year-old Megan's well and asks her for her help. Enraged, Firefly, a Pegasus pony, takes to the skies to try to find someone who can help them defeat Tirac, a centaur-like demon whose plan is to use these ponies to pull his Chariot of Darkness.


The story begins as the peaceful ponies of Dream Valley are attacked by monsters, led by Scorpan, who kidnap four ponies and take them away to Midnight Castle.

A second special was produced in 1985, Escape from Catrina. It was released as a pilot of the proposed television series, and featured the voices of Sandy Duncan and Tony Randall. Rescue at Midnight Castle, also known as My Little Pony, Escape from Midnight Castle, or Rescue from Midnight Castle, and released later as Firefly's Adventure, My Little Pony in Dreamland and My Little Pony: Rescue at Midnight Castle is a 1984 animated television special based on the Hasbro toy line, My Little Pony.
