Yūkan sits up the smell smoke. He looks up to see the thick smoke above him slowly coming down.

"Wake up S.B!" He says shaking the little pony awake.

Sweets gives a small yawn before looking lazily at Yūkan with a sleepy look. It was almost as the look said let me sleep more pweeeese. Yūkan sighs and takes the pony into his arms, gets up, and makes his way down the tunnel away from where the smoke was coming from. He didn't know how fire started in a room of ice but for all he knew the rooms could have changed while they were asleep. He keeps his head low and pulls part of his shirt above his nose to keep the smoke out of his face and from breathing too much of it in. Sweet's face was buried into his shirt so he figured she was fine.

Running around a corner he ducks as a he catches a flash of something. He looks back to see an arrow int he wall behind him. He looks forward to see a woman holding a bow with another arrow notched. He turns back around the corner and is about to run back the other way when he sees the reason of the smoke.

"Damn!"

Looks like the cave has had enough of us living.

Placing Sweetie Belle down he making sure the gloves have a good grip on his hands. He presses the white one and prepares himself for a fight with the fire beast and most likely the woman when she comes around. The beast of fire roars and throws its spear like arm towards him. He holds out a hand and the fire seems to freeze before the ice bursts and the fire goes everywhere.

Okay. Not a good idea He thinks while patting down a small fire on his arm.

What can I use to be fire?

He looks down to see if Sweetie is okay behind him to see the woman reaching down for her. Out raged he turns around and runs with a fist ready. He takes a heavy step and swings forward using the full momentum of the run. The woman already heard running footstep and is already standing up with Sweetie. She swings her bow catching Yūkan's fist. The bow freezes at the middle but blocks the attack none the less. The woman jumps back quickly notching an arrow that turns the point into a frozen spear like arrow head.

Isn't this glove suppose to help!

He moves just in time to miss the arrow going through his shoulder. He presses the black gem right under the white one turning the whole room black.

Now if I can just!

He feels something hard hit the side of his head as well hear something like glass break in the process. He could feel a stinging sensation in his head but not really sure what it was. He looks down to see that a small light was a top him. He looks to his left in time to see the bow about to smack him again. He ducks and tackles the woman. They roll away from each other the woman closer to the source of light in the tunnel and him closer to the corner.

Okay so this isn't going to work.

He touches the blue crystal on his left glove and water seems to warp from the darkness to his gloves as they float around them. The cave goes back to its usual eerie light. He knew he could run away right now but he also knew that the woman and the beast would continue to chase them unless...

The monster walks forward to loom over the woman. The woman takes an arrow and presses the point into the beast setting the arrows on fire. She presses it against the bow and fires it aiming for Yūkan's head. The arrows misses and hits the wall setting the back way on fire.

Well fuck

He was truly hoping that the monster would kill the woman but looks like his hopes have been diminished. He readies himself as the woman takes another fire arrow and notches it. Yūkan takes the offensive and runs forward. The beast does so as well changing its fiery form into that of a wolf made of fire. It jumps at him as he throws a punch water forming around his fist. The two makes contact as the fire turns somewhat into steam. The fire morphs around him and pounces at his back. He turns around to find that to his disadvantage. An arrow lodges itself into his back and a burning sensation quickly spread through his body. He brings up both his arms which makes a shield in front of him that makes the fire creatures fall into it turning its entire being into steam.

The steam collects itself near the woman and turns into a wolf made of air.

Sure why not... Not like I've had any challenges yet...

He feels the burning sensation increasing realizing his back in on fire. He reaches behind him and yanks the arrows out of him and puts the fire out in process. He didn't know why but when he had a gem on he felt as if he knew what to do to use their power.

"Okay... Sweet Bell time to wake up!" Yūkan yells turning to face the now wind creature and woman holding three arrows on her bow.

Sweetie rolls over towards the wall. He sighs.

What do I expect her to do when she wakes up? Teleport us somewhere else?

He readies himself as the wind creature slashes at the air making three circles spinning with raped speed appear. He brings his arms up. The wind hits the water disrupting it a bit but the shield stays in contact. Unfortunately the air made a distraction for the three arrows to land directly on him. Two arrows went into his right and one into his left. He curses and bring down the shield in pain. He doesn't break his sight away from the pair as the wolf goes in. The woman notches three more arrows.

Yūkan presses the white gem swiping left arm out in front of him making a cold wind blowing the beast back. He sees the arrows fly and quickly moves to dodge them. From his movement the beast is already moving and catches him by biting deep into his arm. He grabs the steam beast and throws the now frozen creature making it turn into a million shard that reform into a wolf made of ice.

Oh great... how am I to beat... Kill the woman and kill the beast. He think remembering back to to the day of playing strategy games like Last Fantasy.

He readies himself for a hard pressed fight he has coming for him.

Walking through dark caves can really get boring. Truly once you see one stalagmite, or is it stalactite, you've seen them all haven't ya. Tsumetai shakes his head and looks to the tan filly walking behind him marveling at the sounds he can't hear. Perhaps it was better that way. As of the recent events apparently they might have a few stalkers behind them.

"What you hearin Scootaloo?"

"It a bit mixed with a bunch of different stuffs but I'm getting used to separating the sounds... so far there's nothing that sound abnormal."

"Alright! What you think?"

Hmmm... focus your energy around you....

Tsumetai nods his head and stops in his tracks. He thinks of the world around him trying to feel anything around him.

Good good...

The orb warms in his hand and turns to a white orb with wisps around it. His body feels cold and the wisps dig into the earth and press against Scootaloo. The sensation didn't feel bad but neither did it feel good. It just feels natural. The more the wisps linger the more natural it feels. He leaves his mind open pulling in information from the things around. He opens his eyes and breaks off the spells wheezing in air. The information felt like it was chocking him. As his eyes open he sees wisps disappear from in front of him as if they were going in his mouth. He feels a shift in his thoughts. Almost as if the person within was disappointed. in what just happened which really didn't help ease the unevenness within him now.

There are two up ahead. Strong but very stupid so we have nothing to worry about.

"Well that's good." At first he felt the need to ask him what happened with the spell but something willed him not to.

No, not willed but more like forced him not to ask.

"Alright Scootaloo... we have two up ahead that won't give us trouble as long as we play smart.

The tan filly nods her head and follows the foot steps of the now uncertain human. With every step that echoed in their hall sounded their fates.

Applebloom and Elza walk through the tunnels more determined than ever to find their friends and to get out. The tunnel hasn't branched off in a while and it made the two very tense. It seems weird and foreign to them just like the first time they came in. They fear nothing will change but are also glad of it. Cause when change does come.

Applebloom is the first to stop.

"Uhhhh Elza..."

Elza stops and looks at Applebloom who's shaking a bit. She walks over to the light filly and kneels to be face to face with her.

"What is it Applebloom?"

"Do do you not hear it?"

Elza shakes her head and looks over her shoulder. What was ever up ahead was giving Applebloom the creeps. If that wasn't any warning sign than what happens next is.

Giggling feels the Elza's ears. Not just some random happy giggling but a giggling that chills her very soul. That made her want to cover her ears to shut it out. It sounded like insane glee. Or is it gleefully insane?

Elza watches a purple light comes within her vision. It's dark purple glow gave the figure walking with the glow an eerie light. The shadows seems to move along with her despite the light that was being given off. As she got closer to the duo they can see the smile cracked upon her face and the wide black eyes that seem to stare right into their very being.

Applebloom wants to call out to the older mare she knows as Twilight but by the look on her face she can only assume that this place has gotten to her just like it has Rarity. She wants to run. She feels the need to run but the look on Twilight's face staring at them while giggling as the shadows dance around her was too hypnotizing. In fact she felt the need to get closer. Which only made her wonder what would happen.

"Well hey there girls!" Twilight says stopping her advance a few feet away from them.

He giggling has all but ceased. The air was quiet with noise. Twilight stood in front of them with a giant smile still cased on her face and waiting for a reply.

"T-T-Twilight?" Applebloom says being the first to respond.

Secretly she was hoping she was wrong. She was hoping that this Twilight wasn't the real Twilight. That this is just another trick being played on her by the cave. Just like she wishes everything to be fake.

"The one and only! Now where are the other girls? Shouldn't they be with you and your friend?" Twilight says looking Elza up and down.

"We-We had a fight and now..."

"Don't worry Applebloom we'll find them together!" Twilight says begginning her walk once again towards the two.

The shadows seem to creep along with her like a big cat stalking its prey. Elza looks to her sides and grabs a rock.

"Don't come closer!"

Twilight stops and frowns only for a second. Only a second that is replaced by a grin once again.

"Why? What's wrong?" She asks something dipping in her voice. Something that the two couldn't pick out.

"You! I don't know Applebloom knows someone like you but I can see no I can feel that you are evil! Nothing good ever comes from roaming these tunnels! Just like Rarity!" Elza says standing up clutching the rock in her right hand.

Twilight's smile grows even bigger.

"Oh!~ You've seen Rarity? I really need to thank her for leaving me behind. Though now that I think about it I wish she would've stuck around a little bit longer." Twilight says slowly walking forward eyes never leaving Elza.

"She's different..." Applebloom says backing up, "She never talked like this before. Her eyes aren't suppose to be so black... it like staring into a void that just wants to suck you in... pure darkness..."

Elza and Applebloom slowly back way from the Twilight that no one knows.

"Oh don't leave girls! There's really no where to run to. Just turn around and look."

Elza doesn't look and keeps her eyes on Twilight. Applebloom just stops and shakes in her wake. Neither wanted to be tricked by this pony. Both of them have stopped as Twilight continues forward.

"Now come over here we have to keep going forward if we ever want to get out."

"I said stop!" Elza yells releasing the rock from her hand.

The rock goes sailing but stops way before getting close to Twilight. The rock turns to dust in a matter of seconds.

"Oh come on... did you really think a rock would do anything?" Twilight stops and sighs, "I was hoping you would come to me but I guess it doesn't matter now does it..."

Twilight raises her right hoof and the shadows around her shoot out. The spear the body of Elza through her chest and heart making a wet sicking crunch as they go through. Elza's eyes go wide as she sees the faces of Yūkan and Tsumetai smiling and at her. Elza reaches out with a smile before falling limp upon the spikes her soul frees and life fleets from her sea foam green eyes.

"Yūkan and Tsuemtai huh... I'll make sure you three get to be together again." Twilight says with a chuckle.

Applebloom stares at the limp body of Elza as the pillars flee from the body. Elza falls on her knees and stays up right as darkness replaces her eyes.

"But for now you will come with me."

Applebloom watches with horror filled eyes as Elza stands and walks towards Twilight blood leaking out of her many holes. The body is heartless now and a minion under Twilight. Applebloom turns to run away. To get away from all of this but fate has planned different as a black tendril wraps around her left foreleg dragging her towards Twilight.

"Oh Applebloom sweetie! You shouldn't leave your friend behind! Things can happen to them." Twilight says laughing at the memory of Rarity running away from danger.

Applebloom flails and tries to get the tendril to let her go but is soon dragged and hung upside down in front of Twilight. Applebloom stares into Twilight's soulless eyes.

"Don't worry Applebloom I'm not going to hurt you..." Twilight says as the tendril throws her on the ground with force.

Applebloom gets and turns around to run away again. As she starts she's soon caught around the neck by something familiar. A hand. She's lifted up and is turned around to stare at the face of Elza for one final time as she closes her eyes. The hand closes tighter and tighter digging into the tissue of Applebloom's neck.

"But I never said anything about her." Twilight says laughing watching the foal flail about trying to pry Elza's hand off of her.

Elza rips part of Applebloom's neck off and drops the body as it bleeds out. Twilight's shakes her head and looks at Elza.

"You could have at least tortured her a bit! Probably talked like Elza or... oh what am talking about your just a lifeless puppet now. Now come we have some experiments to hunt down." Twilight walks forward kicking the dead filly out of her way with Elza in tow.

Flying through the tunnels without out a care is great. It's the only thing that was really mattering in the world. To her the world was her oyster and nothing could harm her. Well until she flies smack dab into a web.

"What the? Hey who left this stupid net here!" She yells out, "You better get me out of here or else!"

A snickering fills the tunnel.

"Or else what my dear? You're stuck and in my control. I can do as I want to you without a worry of you retaliating." A voice says in many whispers.

"You think wrong! I'll show you what can do!"

The voice snickers again and says, "Alright. Show me what you can do."

Rainbowdash begins to struggle against the sticky web. She strains with herself trying her hardest to rip the web apart. She bites and kicks out on the web to no avail. Panting, sweating, and exhausted she settles down against the web as the snickering fills the air again.

Hey! Spirit of Adventure aren't you suppose to help me out here!?

She gets silence back from her mind. She can almost feel the empty void in her mind.

"Oh dear don't try to call on your little friend. Within my web I element all magic."

From the corner of Rainbow's vision she sees movement.

"Now lets make this easy on you. I don't want my pray to be too sweaty."

No no no no no no no I don't want to die!

Rainbowdash can feel tears forming in her eyes and feels her courage. She musters up her voice and screams hoping to be heard by an ally of all things. To her luck thus far her prayers are answered.

"Rainbowdash!" She hears a female child call out.

He voice is familiar and it brings back the memories that she had forgotten sense she first met the spirit. She remembers why she no they came into the cave. It was to save the fillies but she still can't recall their names or what they look like. The more she tries to remember the foggier her mind becomes.

"Who dares interrupt my dinner!" Yells the voice angrily

She couldn't see but she can tell that the creature somewhere around her is probably ready to launch itself at the other mare.

"That would be us unfortunate for you..." A male voice says.

The evil voice hisses and says, "Why do you have him!"

The voice says it with so much venom that Rainbowdash flinches a bit at it. What ever her saviors have she's glad they have it. Or at least she hopes they are her saviors.

"Oh you know we've just been getting to know one each other really... He tells me your name is Slavanis. Is that right?"

"Ahhhh~ So the old fool remembers me! What a great pleasure!~ To bad I'm going to eat his carrier boy and his pet!"

The web reverberates as the voices war cry pierces her ears.

"Bad choice."

Wind fills the tunnel blowing hard past Rainbowdash. She really wishes she could see behind her until she hears the sound of fleshing ripping apart. She could hear bones snapping and the screams of the creature. The creature was screaming blood murder as the wind continued to rip past Rainbowdash. Eventually the web was cut by the wind and she falls forward. Rainbowdash quickly turns around to see what once was a spider and half of some creature that looked like the whole version of the creature standing next to a filly pegasus. The top half and bottom half had been ripped apart along with legs and what she assumes arms. Blood was all over the walls and floor of the cave as the pagasus has her ears covered. Weird enough her eyes are open but they seem to have a milk like color to them.

"Well glad to see that worked." The two legged creature says as the orb he hold in his right out scratched appendage changes colors, "A lot messier than I hoped but... Yes yes I know."

The two legged creature seemed to be talking to himself making motions every so often like one would in a conversation. The filly on the other hoof rises up and starts walking towards her.

"Rainbowdash?"

"Ye-Yea?" She stutters out.

The filly squeals and quickly runs over to the rainbowed mare. The filly embraces the older mare around the neck smiling with glee.

"I never thought I'd se..." The filly goes quiet and her squeezing hug stops again.

Something is wrong with the filly. Rainbowdash can sense it.

"What's wrong?"

"I... I can't see you... But I'm glad to hear you again." The filly says digging her head into the mare's chest.

Rainbowdash really doesn't know how to respond. To her she just met this filly. A blind filly at that.

A useless filly at that.

The cold thought was enough to make her shiver. She felt as if a void was filling herself again. Slowly but surely. She looks at the useless filly. She don't know why but she feels something towards the filly. She couldn't describe it but it feels like how one would feels towards a creature bit on evil. Something more than hatred but she couldn't put her hoof on it. He thoughts are interrupted by the two legged creature walking towards them.

"Scootaloo are you alright?"

"Yea! Rainbowdash is here! She's the most awsomest, coolest, fastest pony in the world! No, wait, the universe!"

Rainbowdash can feel a boost of confidence in herself but the feelings towards the filly never leave.

"Huh Rainbowdash... I can see where you get your name from..." The two legged creature looks somewhere else for a while before looking back saying, "Though I believe that this once isn't as stupid as she looks."

Rainbowdash quickly stands up and flies straight into his face, "Who are you calling stupid stupid!"

She couldn't let someone insult her like that. No matter what the creature.

Yea we can take him! her returned companion yells.

Though she can never remember him leaving now. Not like it mattered to her at the moment. All that mattered is the bad mouthing two legged creature with a crystal orb.

He seems to whisper something to himself before saying, "Look I don't mean any insult."

"You better! Cause I'll buck you up so hard!" Rainbowdash says coming back down to the ground, "So who the hay are you anyway!?"

"The name is Tsumetai and this is"

"Yea yea I know who she is! I only asked for your name bub!" She says poking a hoof at him.

Tsumetai raises an eyes and says, "Arlighty than. Well quick question. Have you seen some creature like me walking around?"

"Nope can't say I have. You're the first one for me."

"Damn... well we best keep moving. I don't want to wait in a spot for too long."

"I'm with you on that one!" She says taking to the air again flying beside Tsumetai, "You know I like the way you think! Me and you can really do things! I can tell!"

"Yea that's great. I guess we could use another seeker... besides having a bigger group should make this place easier to get through right?"

Tsumetai nods his head after a second and points forward, "So lets keep going!"

"Right!" Scootaloo yells coming in step with Tsumetai Rainbowdash flying behind with a frown towards the small pegasus.

Applejack didn't really know what to hate more. Being hung upside down by killer toys or watching Pinkie the Queen of all fun goof around while her life was in danger. Truthfully she hates the whole lot of it.

"Pinkie? I think its about time I get down now..."

Perhaps it was the blood flowing to her head but it seems the wooden floor was getting farther away from her. Than again it really could but than that only brings up the question why.

"Awwwww but we're getting into the real swing of things!" Pinkie says motioning towards the swinging ropes to the left of her.

I swear to sweet Celestia...

"But I'll see what I can do!" Pinkie says cheerily.

Applejack sighs and wonders why lately her life has been put into the hands of this Pinkie mare. Chosmic fate? Bad apples? Maybe this was the magical karma howe dowe that Twilight was talking about. Whatever it was she wished it would stop.

Author's Note

so thanks to the people that have stuck around so far! Also thanks for the advice Gamel!
Aslo sorry about short Applejack Pinkie part but it'll get better I promise