Chapters WAT - The Many Adventures of Team Crafted in Equestria
Season 1 Premier: Into EQUESTRIAAAA
"OH MY GOOOOOOD!"
"WHAT IS HAPPENINGGGGGG"
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO DOWNLOAD THAT MOD, TY!"
"WHY DO YOU BLAME EVERYTHING ON ME?!"
"Because everything that goes wrong ever is your fault."
"No it's NOT!"
"Really. How about World War II?"
"HOW WAS THAT MY FAULT?! I WASN'T EVEN BORN YET!"
"I don't know. It just automatically is your fault."
Sky punched Deadlox. "STAHP IT SKY," Ty yelled. "We're being sucked into a portal and it's your fault. I ain't gonna stop anytime soon, bro," Sky said calmly, and punched him again. "I don't even know how this works," Jason commented. "How can you punch someone when you're traveling through a portal? Also, Sky, it's 'I'm not ', not 'I ain't.' Learn your grammar."
"Shut up, Jason," Sky growled. None of them had realized it yet, but they had landed in a field that was definitely not in Minecraft. And they'd become ponies. Seriously, HOW do you not notice that? COME ON PEOPLE.
Anyway, Bodil tapped Jason on the shoulder. "WHAT, CACTUS," Jason shouted, turning around abruptly. "Well, for one thing, we're cartoon ponies in a cartoon world and there are other cartoon ponies staring at us riiiiight over there. For another, MY NAME IS NOT CACTUS IT IS BODIL," Bodil said peacefully because diabolus ex machina. "In Bulgarian, 'bodil' means 'cactus.' Your name is Cactus40. I shall call you Cactus effective now," Jason said. "Oh wait we're ponies! OH MAH GAWD!" he continued, looking down to find hooves. "Cool," Kuledud3 said. Sky had stopped fighting with Ty long enough to see that he was also a pony now.
"NOT COOL," he said. "VERY NOT COOL." Jason was staring at the ponies at the top of the hill. There were six, all looking down at him with confused expressions--except for one. The one that was grinning all the time was light pink with a darker pink mane. "OhmygoshnewponiesIhavetogodownandmeetthemcanITwilightcanIcanIcanIcanIcanIcanIcanI...?" she said all in one breath. "Welp, someone's on a caffeine high," remarked Antvenom. "Ya think?" Bodil said. "Woah. Sky, you've got a tattoo on your butt," Ty said suddenly. Sky's eyes got wide and he looked at his flank. "What? Wait, why were you looking at my butt, you perv?!" he said. His cutie mark was a pixelated budder ingot with a pixelated pickaxe in the background. "SKYLOX," Ty said firmly. "Is that your name?"
Sky looked at who had just spoken. It was the purple pony, who appeared to have a horn on her head and a dark purplish blue mane with streaks of pink in it. She had wide, inquisitive purple eyes and was smiling. Sky instantly fell in love. "Uh--uh--uh--uh--uh--" he stammered. "NO," Ty said in the same firm voice. "MY NAME IS KING DEADLOX. NOW BOW DOWN TO ME PEASANT."
The purple one just looked at him in a confused way. "What?" she asked. "Uh--uh--what he meant to say was--uh--uh--BUDDER," Sky stuttered. He'd just said 'BUDDER' for no reason because that was what had popped into his head. He could've face palmed--hoofed--whatever. "Oh. So...your name is Budder?" she asked. "No--I--wish it--was," Sky said, stumbling over his words. "It's--Sky. My...name is--Sky. I think...?"
"Okay...well, my name is Twilight Sparkle. This is Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack," the pony said, pointing with a front hoof to each of the five pastel ponies that had walked up to her. Pinkie Pie seemed to be getting along just fine with Ty, and Sky recognized her as the caffeine-high pony. "Ready? Okay. Get the wrecking ball. NO PINKIE THAT'S TNT I SAID WRECKING BALL. Okay. 1...2...3...go!" Ty and Pinkie had gotten a wrecking ball out of nowhere and had seemingly attached it to the sky because there wasn't a roof anywhere and had sat on it.
"WE CAME IN LIKE A WREEEEECKING BALLLLLLLLLLLL," Ty screamed in his highest voice, swinging on the wrecking ball. Pinkie Pie was licking a hammer. "WHY ARE YOU INSANE PEOPLE LICKING A HAMMER AND SWINGING ON A WRECKING BALL?!" Jason cried. "Silly. It's not a hammer. That would just be weird. It's a hammer-shaped lollipop. Duh!" Pinkie Pie said cheerily.
"So where do you guys come from?" Rarity asked. "Minecraft," Bodil said. "SHUT UP CACTUS, GOD JUST DON'T SAY STUFF," Jason snapped. "We're from Minecraft," he continued in a normal voice. "Awesome intro, Jason," Sky complimented. Bodil just stared angrily at them.
"Minecraft. Okay. Never heard of it, but okay," Twilight said. "Anyway...WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA."
*****
"So...Equestria. If I remember life correctly, 'equine' means 'horse'. Thaaaaat makes sense," Ty said, walking alongside Rarity. Rarity was white, with a horn like Twilight's and a glistening purple mane. Her..."tattoo" was three blue diamonds, and she had slightly almond-shaped sapphire eyes. Rarity spoke with a bit of an accent. "It's absolutely dreadful , I know. If I had a say in the name, I would call it 'The Jewel of the Planet,' but nooooooo, it's Equestria," Rarity sighed. "'Jewel of the Planet'?" Ty hesitated. "I like it."
"What's the deal with your friend, King Deadlox? " Rainbow Dash did a loop in the air, then flew down by Ty and Rarity, slowly flying in between the two. "Which one? Cactus?" Ty asked. "No, Sky," Rainbow said. She was cyan, with a rainbow mane and magenta eyes. "What's wrong with him?" Ty asked. "Well...he says 'budder' all the time. Why?" Rainbow said.
Ty smirked. "Watch this." He trotted up to Sky and whispered something to him. Sky's face immediately became one of pure rage. "IT'S CALLED BUTTER, DEADLOX. IT. IS. CALLED. BUTTER!" he shouted. Ty laughed and began to run away. Sky followed, tackling Ty after catching up with him. The other ten ponies watched the two wrestle on the ground. Ty was still laughing, and eventually they both wound up in a giggling fit on the grass.
"They're weird ," Rainbow remarked, hovering. "But they're friends," Twilight pointed out. "And friendship is magic ." "Ah know, sugar cube, but where did they COME from?" Applejack hissed in Twilight's ear. "I don't know, Applejack, but I think I might have something in my library," Twilight replied. "Whatcha guys talkin' about?" Twilight and Applejack both jumped at Antvenom's voice. "Yeah! Whatcha talkin' about?" Pinkie Pie chimed in, popping up out of nowhere. "We're talkin' 'bout Twilight's library, because we don't know where y'all come from," Applejack explained. "'Specially you, Pinkie. We have NO IDEA where you come from."
Pinkie grinned. "Teeheehee!"
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WAT - The Many Adventures of Team Crafted in Equestria
Twilight's Library and What's Wrong With Mitch?
As the twelve ponies were making their way into Ponyville, they heard a loud noise behind the doors of a building and suddenly the doors swung open. Taken aback, the twelve all stared at the open doors. Out staggered a quite bewildered, light tannish colt wearing a white t-shirt and a plaid red and black unbuttoned shirt. He had a disheveled look and a short brown mane. After a few seconds of staring, the pony said, "Oh, hey, guys," and collapsed.
"Mitch?! " Sky exclaimed. "Oh my Celestia!" cried Fluttershy. "Is he okay?" Mitch groaned, lying face-down in the dirt. "He's okay," Jason said. "And don't come back!" shouted somepony inside the house. Mitch groaned again.
Twilight's horn began to glow an opaque sparkly purple, and Mitch's body also began to glow with the same purple. He was lifted up by it and set back down on his hooves. Ty gaped. "Wha--?" he asked. Twilight and Rarity gazed at him. "What? You're a Unicorn, too...haven't you used your magic before?" Rarity said. "No...?" Ty said. "Really, darlings? Two of you are Unicorns! You and Ant...venom..." Rarity said.
"Hold on, hold on, don't tell me that none of you Pegasi haven't flown , too," Rainbow Dash said. "What," Sky said. Then he looked around and found that Jason and Mitch had wings. "So...am I a Pegasus?" he asked. "Uh, yeah? You have wings," Rainbow said. Sky moved his shoulders and was startled by the light weight of wings. "Oh," he said, trying not to sound surprised. "Well, we're not from here, exactly, so...we don't know how to use our wings and magic," Jason said. Rainbow Dash and Rarity frowned. "Then we'll teach you," Twilight said kindly. Wow. They are weird , Twilight thought to herself.
Mitch groaned again, swaying on his hooves. "Oh, you poor thing," Fluttershy said. Twilight's magic was still holding Mitch up. Fluttershy trotted over to his side and let him lean on her shoulder. Applejack came over to help him too. "Heyyyyyy..." Mitch said in a slightly garbled tone. "Aw, sugar cube, don't talk," Applejack cooed softly. "Fluttershy, do you think you can help him?" Antvenom asked. Fluttershy nodded. "Yes...I think so..." she said in that quiet voice she had. "Even though I'm used to little creatures, not whole stallions..."
"Well, Flutters, he's in no shape to go out on his own. How about you and Applejack take...Mitch, right? Yes, you take him to your cottage and fix him up. Um...uh..." Twilight was looking at two scallions who hadn't said a word. One was brown all over and extremely fluffy, and wore a suit. Another looked sort of like a fish but wasn't a fish. "Quentin," said the fish-pony. "Jerome. Or Fluffy. Either one!" said the fluffy one. "Yes. Jerome, Quentin, you can go with them and make sure your friend is okay." Twilight turned to the rest of Team Crafted. Sky was scratching the ground with his hoof, Ty was having a staring contest with Pinkie, Jason was looking around absentmindedly, and the others were looking at Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash.
"The rest of you can come with me to my library. I don't know where you stallions are from or how you got here, but I intend to find out!" Twilight said. Sky moaned. "Awwww!" he whined. "But I don't wanna learn! Learning is boring!" Twilight glared at him and he shut up, hanging his head. "Just...follow me."
Twilight's library was a large oak tree with some round windows in it. Twilight pushed open a wooden door and led Crafted and her friends inside. Sky went to the circle of the room and crouched down, looking at the bookshelves like they were going to leap out and attack him like VICIOUS MURDER DEMONS. "Learning...so...much...learning... I don't like it...JASON!" he said. "Shut up, Sky," Jason scolded, following Twilight to a desk. It had a piece of parchment, a quill, and a small container of ink on it. Twilight wrote something down on the parchment, holding her quill with her magic, then walked over to a bookshelf, stepping around the cowering stallion that was Sky. Rolling her eyes, Twilight looked to her left, then to her right. "Spike!" she called. A small, lizard-like creature came rushing down the steps panting. He was light purple with a green underbelly, green spikes, and green eyes. "Yes...Twilight..." he panted. "OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT," Sky shrieked, looking wide-eyed at Spike. "IS IT GOING TO STALK ME LIKE SLENDERMAN?! I HATE SLENDERMAN OH MY GOD IT'S GONNA KILL ME ISN'T IT--ooh look a budderfly! Budderfly, come here, little budderfly, who's a little majestic budder creature of majestic budder-ness? You are! Yes, yes you are!"
Sky trotted off out the door following a yellow-winged butterfly. "Does he...do that often?" Twilight asked. "Pretty often, yeah. He has the attention span of a puppy in a roomful of distractions. So, yep," Ant said. "Oh...Kay...then...?" Twilight said. She shook her head. "Anyway, Spike, can you find me that one book I was reading ten years ago on the second?" she asked Spike. He nodded, and clambered up the bookshelf. Finally he pulled out a book and held it out. "The Complete and Thorough Guide to Other Dimensions and their Inhabitants?" he asked. "Yep, that's the one!" Twilight said. Spike climbed down again and handed Twilight the book, which she opened with her magic. "Screw the diamonds, I need to learn magic," Ty whispered to Ant. "Mm-hmm," Ant whispered back.
"Okay...'m'...'m'...here we go...Minecraft. Yeah." Twilight read the passage aloud. "'Minecraft is a dimension far different from our own. The inhabitants are blocky creatures that walk on two legs and appear pixelated. They are usually charmingly naive and often try to crack jokes, however, they can also be serious. Minecraft is a square world with different biomes and many unique, interesting beings, like the Creeper: a green creature that explodes when touched.'"
Twilight frowned. "Don't hug the Creeper, then."
Crafted nodded.
WAT - The Many Adventures of Team Crafted in Equestria
Mitch's Story and Sky Learns to Fly
Fluttershy pressed the damp washcloth against Mitch's forehead. "There, there. Now doesn't that feel better?" Fluttershy said. Mitch nodded, his eyes closed. "What happened to you, dude?" Quentin asked, walking up to stand by Mitch. "I don't know, fisheh," Mitch replied, more awake than he had been, thanks to Fluttershy. "I was walking around on our server and I found something that looked like a Nether portal, only made of like marshmallows or something. Obviously I had to jump in, but when I got here I didn't see a portal back and I was, well, a pony. So I wandered around, and I found, like, a restaurant or something. After about ten cups of cider I don't really remember anything, except for being thrown out because I was maybe drunk?"
Applejack frowned. "I only make that type of cider for very special occasions," she said. "Sweet Apple Acres hasn't made our alcoholic cider in over eight months! I don't know how that place had so much." Mitch smiled a bit. "Well, it was good, orange pony," he said, eyes still closed. "It was gooooood..."
Fluffy rolled his eyes. "Well, you're stuck here with us for the time being so you might as well enjoy it," he said. Mitch opened his eyes and looked over at Applejack. "Hey, as long as she's here, I don't care," he said. "Say that again," Applejack snarled. Mitch grinned slyly. "Love ya." "Ah warned you, Mitch..."
*****
Meanwhile, in Ponyville, Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash had gathered together Jason, Sky, Ty, and Ant to teach them how to use their magic and wings. "So. If you wanna fly, first you need wings. So MOVE IT, ANT AND TY!" Rainbow said, shoving the Unicorns aside. "Fiesty," Ty said jokingly. Ant punched Ty, and Ty punched him back. Soon they were punching each other. "BREAK IT UP," Sky shouted. The two stopped and glared at each other.
"Alright. Wings UP," Rainbow ordered. Sky and Jason unfolded their wings and held them up. Sky was grinning stupidly. "This is soooo majestic," he murmured to himself. "That doesn't make sense," Jason said, but he, too, was grinning. "And...DOWN!" Rainbow commanded.
Jason started to flap his wings, but Sky just folded them again. "No, I mean...ugh...FLAP, SKY," Rainbow said. "I don't know howwwwww," Sky whined. Jason was now hovering a few inches off the ground and grinning from ear to ear. "Really," he said to Sky. "Really." "Aaaaaaaughhhhh, JASON HELP ME," Sky said. "No." "Yeah." "No." "Yeah." "NO." "YEAH." "OMIGOD NO!" "BUDDER!" "What?"
Sky frowned and tried to flap his wings. After about five minutes of him squeezing his eyes shut and saying "FOR DA BUDDER" to himself, he managed to get a few inches above the ground. By this time, Jason was used to flying and was trying to clear some clouds under Rainbow Dash's watch. "HELP, SOMEBODY, HELP MEEEEEE," Sky exclaimed. He'd gotten a foot off the ground and suddenly fell back. Rainbow Dash turned back to look at Sky. Glancing back at Jason, she shouted, "A LITTLE TO THE LEFT, JASON! YOU'RE DOING GREAT!" Then she sighed and face hoofed. "We've go a long way to go, Sky. A looooooong way."
*****
Twilight's horn glowed purple, and Rarity's glowed blue. "You won't master magic immediately. It's an art of sorts, and you'll get better with practice. So for now, we'll work on a simple spell: picking up an object and setting it down again," Twilight said. Ty picked up a rock with a fore hoof. "I can pick up a rock!" he said proudly. Ant face hoofed. "Oh...Kay...well, yes, we're very proud of you for...picking up a rock with your hoof," Twilight said. "But I'm talking about magic ."
"Focus on an object. Block out all distractions. Just. The. Object," Rarity said. Ant focused on the rock in Ty's hoof. A yellow-orange aura glowed around his horn, and the rock was enveloped in the glow as well. "Woah," Ant and Ty breathed. "Great work, darling! Ooh!" Rarity said happily. "Excellent. Now, imagine the rock floating in the air. Picture it flying up and hovering," Twilight coached.
The rock moved, and rose into the air. "Great! Now picture it moving somewhere, and set it down." The rock moved over Ty's head, and the aura vanished, making the rock land on Ty's head. "OW, ANT," Ty said, rubbing his head with a hoof and taking the rock. Ant laughed. "Awesome!" Twilight said happily. "Now you try, Ty." Ty squeezed his eyes shut and tried to focus on something. A faint glow shone around his horn. It was green. As soon as it came, it sputtered out. "Cookies..." Ty murmured, licking his lips. The glow reappeared, brighter than before, and with a flash of green light, a cookie appeared in the air and hovered with the help of his magic. Ty opened his eyes. "Ooh, yay! I wished for a cookie and now I have a cookie!"
Ty ate the cookie, and once he'd finished he said in a deep and very funny voice, "BOW DOWN TO ME, PEASANTS. I AM KING DEADLOX, MASTER OF MAGIC AND COOKIES, AND I WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Suddenly, Pinkie Pie appeared out of nowhere looking very mad. "WHO STOLE MY COOKIE?!"
All the other ponies pointed a Ty, who shrunk back. "I only wanted a cookie..." he said meekly. "You will PAY for this..." Pinkie growled. Ty prepared to be destroyed by a cute, pink, fluffy pony, but the Pinkie smiled and said in her normal voice, "...that'll be 2 bits!" "Wat," Ty said, opening his eyes. "I don't know what bits are. Bits of pie? I don't have any pie, sorry, Pinkie." Twilight rolled her eyes and got out two circles from her saddlebag. "Here," she said, giving Pinkie the circles. "Thankies!" Pinkie said, and hopped away. "Wat," Ty said again. "Money," Ant said, shaking his head. "Always the money."
*****
"Sky, you don't--no, that's a building--seriously, dude, what--gahh!" Rainbow Dash said, dodging Sky. "HOW DO I STOOOOP?!" Sky exclaimed. "Careful--! Watch out for the Mayor! STOP!" Jason said, trying to catch up with his friend. "He's worse than Derpy," Rainbow muttered to herself, flying after light blue Jason and buttercup-yellow Sky. "Sky, just--land there! " she coached, putting on a burst of speed and landing on a tree in Sweet Apple Acres. "I CAN'T STOPP!" Sky yelled. He tried to stop but it was no use...he was coming in too fast...everything went black.
WAT - The Many Adventures of Team Crafted in Equestria
Sky blinked opened his eyes and blinked against the sunlight. "Mmm...Jason..." he mumbled. "Sky? You okay, buddy?" Jason asked, poking Sky with a hoof. "Stop poking meeeeee..." Sky groaned. He was used to the light now and saw Jason standing over him, eyes clouded with worry. Only now did Sky really pay attention to what his friends looked like as ponies.
Jason was light blue, but not as light as Ant. He had his usual blue eyes and short brown hair, and his tattoo thingy was his helmet. "Where did your suit go, dude?" Sky asked, still sort of dazed. Jason lifted a hoof to his face and looked at it. "I dunno," he said. Sky tried to stand up. Surprisingly, he could stand perfectly well on the leaves, like they were just one big ball of leaves. Which they probably were. Stumbling and catching himself, he eventually was able to stand and looked around. Jason, Rainbow, and Mitch were standing by him. Wait, Mitch? "You're all better?" Sky asked. Mitch nodded. "Yep, thanks to Flutters," he said. Sky looked around. "So you're a Pegasus, too?" he asked, his gaze focusing on the tree only a few feet away. His voice sounded detached and far away.
"Yep," Mitch said, flexing his wings. Sky had begun to drool slightly, his mouth open, because he'd seen yellow apples on the tree. He'd unknowingly begun to hover, and was now flying towards to tree. "Mmmmm..." he mumbled. "Ye--wait, Sky, where are you going?" Jason said. "Budder apples..." Sky said to himself. He landed on the tree and sat back hard on his haunches. "Budder apples," he said happily. "Mai budder apples. All mine." Suddenly the tree began to shake, and was hit really hard. Sky swayed violently. "ERMAHGERD! JASON SAVE THE BUDDER APPLES! AND ME! BECAUSE I'M STARTLED!" he screamed. The tree stopped shaking and a bunch of apples fell from the tree into wicker baskets. Sky frowned angrily and dove down with surprising coordination and speed for, well, for him. He barreled into an orange and blonde mare wearing a Stetson.
"AH!" Applejack yelled out of surprise. "DON'T TOUCH MAH BUDDER APPLES, ORANGE PONY," Sky cried. "Budder apples?" Applejack said. She used her powerful hind legs and kicked Sky off of her, but it was actually a light kick compared to her apple tree kicks. Sky tumbled to the side. "Yeah. Budder apples. The budder colored ones you just kicked down?" Sky said, raising an eyebrow and laying flat on his back. Applejack laughed, getting to her hooves and helping Sky up. Dusting herself off, she said, "Ah, sugar cube, I grow all kinds of different apples, but budder apples I don't. Say, what is a budder apple, anywho?" Sky pointed with his hoof to a basket holding the ripe, yellow apples. "Budder apples," he said simply. "Nah, Sky, those there are golden delicious apples," Applejack chuckled.
Sky's eyes grew wide behind his shades. "DA BUDDER!" he yelled. "DONT SAY THE G-WORD IN MY PRESCENCE, PEASANT! G-WORD IS FORBIDDEN, EXCEPT FOR SQUIDS IN WHICH CASE I WILL KILL THEM." Fluttershy gasped audibly, flying in from seemingly nowhere. "Kill them?" she squeaked. "Yes, light budder colored pony, kill them. FOR DA BUDDER!" Sky replied. "Oh, please don't kill innocent creatures!" Fluttershy begged. "Citizen, squids are not innocent. They are CRUEL AND UNUSUAL, therefore, they must be exterminated," Sky said. "Sky, they don't know about our war, so don't get them involved. Okay?" Jason said, flying in from the top of the tree. Sky frowned again. "Meeeeeeehhhhhhhhh," he said. "Da budddderrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Jason. Da. Budder."
Sky looked around suddenly, looking confused. "Where's Ty?" he asked warily. The color drained from Jason's face. "Oh no. I lost track of him and Ant when you spiraled out of control!" he said. Sky slapped Jason then face hoofed. "Ty's on the loose. We're doomed."
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Ty trotted happily through town nomming on a cookie. "Hi! Flower?" said a pale pony with a red and pink mane. She handed Ty a rose, which he took with a levitation spell. "Thanks," Ty said, and kept going. A few Pegasi flew around clearing clouds, and Unicorns and Earth ponies milled about on the ground. Ty had never felt so happy before. Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and stared up in awe. A building that looked like a gingerbread house loomed above him. It even had fluffy white frosting and huge candies decorating it. It made Ty's mouth water, but he figured they were all fake...if they were REAL, though, he wouldn't exactly be surprised.
"All righty, Mr. and Mrs. Cake! I'll take good care of them!" Ty heard voices coming from inside the building. A few seconds later, two ponies came out. One was blue with a poofy pink mane that looked like frosting. The other was yellow with an orange mane, and looked like he was a stallion. He bumped into Ty on his way out. Ty backed up a couple hoofsteps, watching the two ponies with wide eyes. "Oop, sorry there fella," the stallion said, looking back over his shoulder at Ty. "Honey, the client...!" said the mare. The stallion looked back at her. "Coming, dear!" he shouted. Then, turning back to look at Ty, he said somewhat guiltily, "I apologize; we're running late for a catering job. Pinkie Pie is inside watching our foals but she'll be happy to help you out with anything. See you around!" He ran to catch up with the mare.
Ty watched them go, then looked back at the building. "Well, anything's better than fighting a Creeper," he mumbled to himself, and stepped inside.
He was instantly smacked square in the muzzle with the scents of sugar cookies, frosting, and the super-fake fruit smells of lollipops. His mouth started watering again; he had a favorite place already. "Hellooooooo," said a familiar voice. Ty looked around and saw Pinkie Pie standing by swingin doors that looked like the doors from old Western taverns. She had a baby-carrier thing around her back, and had two little foals in them. One was pale, like Mitch, and had a brown mane with brown eyes. He was a Pegasus. The other was yellow like Sky, with an orange mane and blue eyes. She was a Unicorn. "Oh, hi, Pinkie Pie," Ty said, looking around.
"Welcome to Sugarcube Corner," Pinkie continued. "And since we're bestest best friends, you can call me Pinkie. Or Pie. Ooh, pie! Do you want some pie, I want some pie!" Ty blinked, then shook his head to clear it. "Oh, um...I'm good. I was just looking around," he said. "Oh. Well, that's okay. I was just going to shop for supplies, but I have to look after the foals...say, how would you like to help me out?" Pinkie said suddenly. "I'm not so sure how I'd be able to handle two little squids--I mean, foals," Ty said. Pinkie psh-awed him, and said, "No, silly billy. I was going to have you get the supplies, not look after two little 'squids--I mean, foals'."
"Ohhhh, well, okay then. I can do that!" Ty said. "Thankie bankies! Here's the list," Pinkie said, flashing a grin. She vanished behind the counter, and Ty trotted up to the glass case. Cookies, cupcakes, candies...everything looked delicious. Pinkie reappeared a moment later clutching a scroll in her teeth. She put it on the counter and unrolled it. It stretched out the door into the street. "Here you go. Have fun, King Deadlox!" she said. Ty grimaced, using his magic to roll up the scroll once more. "I'll be back...sometime..." he said on his way out. So he set off.
*****
"Okay, so first on my list is...asparagus? What does a bakery need asparagus for?" Ty said to himself as he walked through town. There was a little wooden stand set up, so he walked to that. It had a big picture of a bunch of asparagus on the top. "Good day, sir," said the vendor, a mare that looked to be English. She wore a beret and a striped shirt, and her tattoo thingy was a coin of sorts. She had a hot pink bob manestyle and blue eyes. "Uh. Yeah. Hi. I need five bunches of asparagus," Ty said. "Certainly, sir," said the mare, and she disappeared behind the counter, reappearing a second later with a box of asparagus. Ty took it with a simple levitation spell and turned to leave.
"Wait, sir!" called the mare. "You forgot to pay."
Ty squeezed his eyes shut, frozen half-step. Then he opened them and turned around. "Right. Money," he said. "How much, exactly?" "Four bits," the mare said pleasantly. I'm broke. Noooo... Ty thought to himself. "I've got it," said a voice. Twilight was walking up to the vendor with a few coins. "Thank you," said the vendor, and took the coins.
"Thanks, Twilight. I owe you one," Ty said as he walked away. Twilight walked with him. "No problem, Deadlox. It was my pleasure," she said. "I'm broke," Ty commented. Twilight raised an eyebrow. "You're broke? Why?" she asked. "Really, Twilight? I don't live here, so I don't have a job, so I don't have any bucking money," Ty said. Then he crossed his eyes. "Why did I just say 'bucking'?" he asked, confused. Twilight laughed. "You swore," she said. "What? No I didn't, I was trying to say 'bucking.' OH MY GOD WHY DO I KEEP SAYING THAT?!" Ty said. Twilight was laughing very hard. "You're weird," she said. "I know," Ty said proudly.
Suddenly, Ty saw a yellow streak zip across the sky...no, wait, it was headed for him. "HOLY SH--" he started to say, but then it crashed into him. "SKY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Ty screamed. Sky grinned. "Found you," he said. Ty shoved him off and stood up. Ponies were staring at the two friends, giving them weird looks. "PONIES OF EQUESTRIA," Sky said. "I HAVE SAVED YOU ALL FROM THE HORRORS OF..."--he lifted up Ty's left hind hoof, making Ty fall. "...TY'S LEFT FOOT. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm adopted."
"DON'T DO DIS," Ty said, and tried to hit Sky. He couldn't reach him, though, because Sky was holding up his hoof. Then he remembered he was a pony now, and couldn't ponies kick, like, really hard?
A few seconds later, Ty was running away from Sky. "YOU SON OF A SQUID!" Sky screamed. "I'M GOING TO GET YOU, AND WHEN I DO, YOU WILL BE SORRY YOU WERE EVER BORN! " "I'M ALREADY SORRY!" Ty yelled at him. "I'M SORRY YOU'RE SO UGLY!" Twilight rolled her eyes as Sky tackled Ty, calling him a squid. "Stallions..." she said to herself, and picked up the list and box of asparagus to finish the errands. "Never get anything done..."
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"Guys, guys, guys, guys!" Jason and Mitch burst into the library and tumbled on the floor. Sky walked over to them and looked down at the frantic stallions. "What?" Sky asked, smirking. "TherewasthisstatueanditwasreallyweirdandMitchandIstartedfightingandthenwhenwestoppedthestatuewasgone!" Jason said in one breath. "What?" Sky repeated, blinking. "I TOLD YOU IT WAS A WEEPING ANGEL, MITCH!" Jason said, and groaned, closing his eyes. "What are you guys talking about? What statue? Where WERE you?" Fluffy came up to look at the two stallions as well. "Hokay. So there was this statue, and it was really weird and it had a bunch of different animal features and Jason and I started arguing, then when we looked back the statue was gone!" Mitch explained, slowly standing up. "What the budder?" Quentin exclaimed. Kuledud3 was gaping at Mitch and Jason. "Did you say...it had a bunch of animal features?" he asked quietly. Mitch nodded vigorously and helped Jason up. "And...it was a statue?" Kuledud3 pressed. Mitch nodded again.
"YOU FREAKING IDIOTS!" Kuledud3 exclaimed. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!" "Nooooo," Mitch said innocently. "You dumb bacca, OBVIOUSLY we don't know what we've done." Kuledud3 facehoofed and said through clenched teeth, "You've woken up the Spirit of Chaos...Discord. He wreaked havoc on Equestria a thousand years ago, but was imprisoned in stone. Then he was woken up again by somepony arguing , and made Ponyville into the Chaos Capital of the World! Luckily, Twilight and the others defeated him and turned him back into a statue with the Elements of Harmony. And he would've STAYED that way if you two MOTHERBUCKING IDIOTS hadn't gone and fought in front of him! YOU COULD'VE JUST DESTROYED EQUESTRIA!!!!!"
Sky shrugged. "So...have Twily use the Elements of Budder or whatever and get Disquid to be a statue again. Easy," he said. Kuledud3 looked ready to punch somepony. HARD. "She...can't...she's...in...Canterlot...on...very...important...business...and...she...can't...come...back..." he growled. Sky blinked. "Oh. Welp, we're screwed. I'm just gonna go find a nice cloud to sleep on 'till this all blows over. Okay, bye!" he said, and turned to leave. "Ohhhh no you don't!" Fluffy said, and ran to the door, blocking Sky's exit. "SQUID," Sky said. "MOVE." "No," Fluffy said firmly. "Yes." "No." "Yes." "NO." "OMG YES." "OMG NO. SQUID." "*gasp*"
Sky sulked and moved back into his corner where he sat and frowned. "Mean Fluffy. I'm telling Ty on you!" he whined. "Shut up, Sky," Ant said. Then he turned to Kuledud3. "So...what do we do?" Ant asked. Kuledud3 shrugged. "I don't know. Hope for the best I guess, at least until Twi and her friends get back..." he said sadly.
"Hey, guys...what's wrong?" A new voice came from upstairs. Sky's ears twitched, letting them all know that he'd heard even though he was looking down at his hooves. A stallion came down the steps, wearing a purple and yellow robe. "Seto?" Jason exclaimed. Seto nodded. "Yup. I got sucked into Equestria too, just like you guys. At least I can still do magic," he said. He was a Unicorn, and his horn started to glow purple. In a flash of purple light, Seto was at the bottom of the steps. "How did you do that?" Mitch asked. "Teleportation spell. Pretty easy, actually." Seto blinked, looking around. "So...anybody seen Ty?" he asked.
"I saw him, but after we fought--er, talked, he left to go to the lake or something," Sky said. "Haven't seen him since." Kuledud3 glared at Sky-in-the-corner. "We should go get him, and then we can talk about what we're gonna do," he said. Sky nodded, looking up. "Good idea. UNTAMAB--" "Shut it." "Sorry."
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When they reached the lake, they couldn't see Ty anywhere. "Where did he go?!" Quentin cried. "Is that paper?" Jason asked, pointing with a hoof to a small scroll near the shore. They all trotted up to the shore. There were hoofprints on the sand, and a lizard print scattered around on the sand too. Ant used his magic and picked up the scroll, unraveling it. "I have your friend. If you want him back, you need to go to the maze in Canterlot. -Discord," he read. Kuledud3 shook his head. "Idiots..." he muttered under his breath.
*****
Canterlot was huge. It looked sort of like a really fancy New York...but nopony was outside. "Where did everypony go...?" Kuledud3 said to nopony in particular. They walked along the streets in silence. Suddenly, Sky heard a noise very similar to the Slender breathing/death drum/whatever noise. "OH MY GOD SLENDERMAN!" he screamed, and bolted into the air. Fluffy laughed. "Tricked ya," he said. "FLUFFY," Sky said. He was holding onto a cloud, but let go and hovered a foot off the ground. "YOU SUCK, FLUFFY." "Guys, stop. This is serious," Mitch scolded. "Sorry," Sky mumbled, his head and tail drooping. The rest of the walk was in silence.
Sky got to the maze first. It was huge and green. "Okay. We should stick together for now," Sky said. The others nodded, coming up to him. "FOR TY!" Sky said. "FOR TY!" chorused the others. Suddenly, a wall of green shot up from the ground, separating them all. "OH MY GOD!" yelled Quentin. "Nooooo!" Fluffy shouted. "Just...try to find Ty! We'll be alright, just find Ty!" Sky yelled. "I'm sorry, were you going somewhere?"
All of them looked up to see the creature that was the statue--Discord--floating above them. "Maybe we were," Sky said. Discord sighed and rolled his eyes. "Fine. I was hoping for Twilight Sparkle and her friends, but I suppose you'll have to do. If you're going to play, though, you'll need to follow these rules," he said. He snapped his fingers, and their wings and horns vanished. "No wings. No magic. Break those rules, and the game is over," he said. Sky sniffed. "Please. We're used to that," he said. "As humans, you are...but you don't have tools or hands," Discord pointed out. Sky's ears drooped. "Oh. Right."
Discord smirked and vanished in a bright flash of white light. "Begin!"
They were off.
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Jason trotted through the maze, fear gripping him. He'd never liked mazes, and being in a magical pony land didn't help that. Looking around, he saw something a few feet away. "What the..." he muttered to himself. Walking up to it, he saw it was...his helmet? "What are you doing here?" he asked. The helmet started to roll away on its own. "Well, that's not weird at all," Jason said, and followed it.
Jason rounded a corner and came upon a clearing. The helmet was gone. "Oh, hello, Jason." Jason blinked. "Discord?" he asked. Discord appeared in a flash of white light and hovered a little bit off the ground. "Yes, it's me," Discord said. "Why are you here?" Jason asked. Discord smirked. "The question is, Jason...why are you here?"
Jason backed away a step. "W-what do you mean?" he asked. Discord shrugged, flying on his back through the air. "Well..." he began. "You left your planet--your people--to join Sky's pathetic little so-called 'army'. I just can't imagine why. " Jason shook his head. "I left...Earth is my home now...Sky and Ty are my friends..." he said. "Oh, really, Jason, you don't actually think that they care about you, do you?" Discord said. "They do care about me!" Jason cried. Discord flew down and put his face right by Jason's. "No they don't. They only care about themselves, Jason, and you've known that the entire time. You don't need them...your home isn't Earth, it's up in space! And it's time you realized that," he said, and touched Jason's forehead with a finger.
*****
Sky ran through the maze, frantic to find Ty. He kept running into twists, turns, and dead ends. Finally, he stopped at a dead end and collapsed, panting. "Poor thing." Sky's eyes grew wide, and he bolted onto his hooves. "Ty?!" he cried. The dead end started to slide into the earth, revealing a path through the dead end. A silhouetted figure stood at the end where the hedge had been. "Ty...what a cute name," said the figure. "B...but...your name is Ty," Sky stammered, confused. "My name is not Ty. It is..." The figure trailed off, and suddenly, two dragon wings snapped out of his back. The figure darted into the air faster than anything Sky had ever seen, and landed in front of Sky just as fast.
Sky stepped back. The figure...had to be Ty. He looked almost identical, but had spots of gray all over his coat. His horn was still there, but the figure also had gray, Enderdragon-like wings and a matching tail instead of a pony-like one. The figure was grinning evilly, revealing sharp fangs, and his eyes were purple and slitted. "Ty...what happened to you...?!" Sky gasped. "My name is not Ty," the figure snarled. "My name is ENDERLOX."
"Wh...what?" Sky said. The figure--Enderlox--took a step back from Sky. Sky's eyes glistened, and he blinked. A tear rolled down his cheek. "Discord is very happy you are all here," Enderlox said nonchalantly. "He always loves guests, you know, and he feels he owes you all one for waking him up." "H...how would you know that? Ty, snap out of it!" Sky said. He slapped Enderlox, who just stared at him for a second. Sky thought he saw a flash of recognition in his purple eyes, but it was gone as fast as it had been there. Then Enderlox started to laugh. His horn started to glow purple, and a ball of light was building up at the tip. Enderlox looked down his muzzle at Sky--he was very tall, for a stallion. "But," he said after he was done laughing, "Discord feels you are getting in the way."
Just before the light from his horn shot at Sky, Enderlox shook his head violently and the cruelty was gone from his face. "Sky, RUN!" he yelled, and Sky knew it was Ty. Enderlox's eyes flashed the same red they had been before, but then they were purple again. The hardness returned to his face, and Ty was gone. Sky felt more tears, and backed away, ears back. The ball of light shot at Sky, and Sky leaped out of the way in time. The light blasted into the ground, leaving a scorch mark. "OH MY GOD!" Sky shouted, and ran away quickly. Enderlox watched him go. "You're interfering with Discord's plans, Deadlox," he growled. Don't touch my friends! cried a voice in his head--Ty's voice. Enderlox chuckled darkly. "You can't control me," he said. "You'll be gone forever soon, as will your friends. And Discord will rule the world."
*****
Sky, in his blind state of fear, confusion, and sadness, eventually ran straight into something which knocked him on his haunches. Dazed, Sky blinked away his tears and looked up. Jason was standing there, scowling down at him. "Jason! Oh my God, you are NOT gonna believe what just happened to me--" Sky began. Jason snorted. "As if I'd care," he growled. Sky raised an eyebrow. "What--Jason, what's wrong with you? I found Ty!" he said. He realized that Jason looked slightly...grader than usual. His colors weren't as vivid as they normally were. Jason rolled his eyes and looked ahead. "Nothing's wrong with me," he said sourly. "I just know where I belong, and I don't need you guys anymore." With another snort, Jason turned his head up and walked away. Sky just watched him go, disbelief on his face. What's happening to my friends? he wondered. Can I get them back?
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"You let him get away?!" Discord cried. Enderlox scraped the ground with a hoof, looking down. "Y...yes..." he mumbled. Discord pinched the bridge of his nose, squeezing his eyes shut. "But he was right there . HOW did you let him get away?" he said. Enderlox spread his wings, scowling. "It's DEADLOX'S fault!" he said. "How is it his fault? I put him in the back of your head," Discord said.
"But he can still TALK to me!" Enderlox cried. 99 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL, 99 BOTTLES OF BEER! TAKE ONE DOWN, PASS IT AROUND YOU GOT 98 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL... Deadlox chanted in Enderlox's head. Enderlox grabbed his head with his hooves. "Make it stop... " he moaned. Discord smirked. "Keep going, Deadlox, it serves Enderlox right," he said, looking away casually. You can hear me? Deadlox asked Discord. Discord nodded. "Of course I can, Deadlox, I'm practically a god. Now keep singing, I LOVE this song. It's so...annoying ," he said. OK then. 98 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL, 98 BOTTLES OF BEER! TAKE ONE DOWN, PASS IT AROUND YOU GOT 97 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL... "Ughhhhhh, make it STOP! Please, Discord, have MERCY," Enderlox pleaded. "97 bottles of beer on the wall, 97 bottles of beer..." Discord started to sing along with Deadlox. "Nooooooooooo..." Enderlox moaned. "Not you, too!"
Discord stopped singing, and snapped his fingers. Deadlox instantly stopped. "Thank you..." Enderlox sighed. "Don't thank me yet, it's only temporary," Discord said. "Anyway, Enderlox, I need you to bring all the members of that group of theirs to me after I...Dicord-ize them. Don't hurt them, though." Enderlox hesitated, then dipped his head. "Very well, Discord. I'll...go find Jason," he said. "There's a good boy. I'm glad that dragon soul gem didn't go to waste," Discord said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have some chaos to wreak. Goodbye!" Discord vanished in a flash of white light. Enderlox sighed, looking down at the ground. "Sometimes I think you're my only friend, Deadlox," he said sadly. Aw, you flatter me, but we're not friends. Now, where did I leave off...oh right! 97 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL... "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
*****
Sky trotted a little bit behind Jason. Jason looked over his shoulder at Sky. "Why the heck are you following me? Go away! I told you I don't need you anymore!" he snapped. Sky frowned. "Jason, this isn't you. Snap out of it!" he said. "It's me, Sky, you just can't see past your massive ego to how your "friends" REALLY feel," Jason said, and started walking a little faster. Sky sighed, following Jason relentlessly. This is going to be harder than I thought.
*****
Mitch walked slowly, more to look around than out of fright. "This isn't so bad," he said to himself. "It's pretty fun." Suddenly, he saw a diamond axe lying in the middle of the road. "Betty!" he cried happily. The axe started to levitate like a Unicorn was using their magic, and started to fly away down a road. Mitch followed Betty. "Where are you going?" he asked, rounding a corner. He came upon a...cave? Mitch didn't see Betty anywhere, so he assumed it was in the cave.
Mitch walked into the cave. "Bettyyyyy, where are youuuuuuu..." he sang. Suddenly, a small fire illuminated the cave right by Mitch's face. "Boo." Mitch just looked at the match and the draconiquus holding it. "Boo yourself," he said. Discord rolled his eyes. "Aren't you a little bit scared?" he asked. "No," Mitch replied calmly. The light lit up the entire cave now. "You should be. You don't have any weapons, your friends are gone, and you're all alone, " Discord said. "My friends are okay, I know that, and I'm never alone, really. I don't even need tools," Mitch said. Discord frowned. "Well, yes, but you kow your friends call you a coward behind your back, right?" he said. "No they don't," Mitch said. Discord growled softly. "Well you've been brave for far too long, Mitch. Time you knew what bein afraid feels like," he said, and touched Mitch on the nose with his finger before storming off.
*****
Sky and Jason rounded a corner and came across a cowering stallion wearing a black and red plaid jacket. "Mitch?" Sky asked hopefully. "Wh-who's th-there?" Mitch asked. "It's me, Sky," Sky said, puzzled. Mitch turned to face them and peered at them. "S-Sky? B-b-but, what about h-him?" he said, pointing a quaking hoof at Jason. Jason rolled his eyes and snorted, turning around and stalking away. Sky watched him go, then looked back at Mitch. "Jason's been kind of...off...lately," Sky said. He walked over to Mitch and helped him up. Mitch was shivering, and Sky thought hat he, too, looked slightly gray. "I don't l-l-like mazes..." he squeaked. "It's okay, Mitch. I'm here for you," Sky reassured him. "W-well, as long as y-you're here I g-g-guess..." Mitch stuttered. Sky walked with Mitch out of the clearing where Jason was waiting. "Seriously, if you guys would just let me go I'd be happy," Jason said. "G-g-go? Where?" Mitch stammered. Jason smirked. "Into...THE NETHER." "AH!"
*****
Sky, Jason, and Mitch walked around kind of aimlessly for a while. Eventually, they came across two bickering stallions. One looked like a fish, and one looked kind of like Chewbacca. "Quentin? Jerome?" Sky asked. Once more, they looked gray. The two turned to look at Sky briefly. "Oh look, it's SquidDoesMinecraft ," sneered Jerome. "You mean Pie DoesMinecraft. Ha-ha!" Quentin joked. All of them looked at him. "Was that supposed to be a joke?" Jerome asked. "Yeah," Quentin said, offended. "Guys, guys, please! Don't start arguing," Sky said, sensing that they were about to fight.
"O-oh no...d-don't fight because I-I h-h-hate fighting...it's so scary..." Mitch said. Jerome came up to Mitch and put his face right by him. "BOO!" he shouted. "AH!" Mitch cried, and hid behind Sky, shaking. "JEROME!" Sky snapped. Jerome stuck out his tongue and laughed, trotting around in circles. "You're all soooo lame," Jerome said, tapping Jason on the nose repeatedly. Jason scowled at him and tried to bite him. Jerome laughed and drew his hoof back from he growling Jason. "Down, boy," Jerome snickered, and began to pet Jason on the head. "Easy!" Jason snapped at him again and tackled Jerome. "I don't need any of you! If I had my wings, I would've flown away hours ago!" Jason said angrily. Sky just stood and watched as his friends were being the total opposites of themselves. What am I gonna do? he thought worriedly.
*****
Enderlox watched them from the cover of a hedge, laughing quietly to himself. ...TAKE ONE DOWN, PASS IT AROUND YOU'VE GOT ZERO...BOTTLES OF...BEER ON THE WALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! Deadlox sang. "Are you done yet?" Enderlox growled quietly. With that song, yeah, Dealox said. Manamana, doo doo dodo doo. Manamana, doo dodo doo...
"Rrrrrrrrghhh!"
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Sky trudged along, dragging his friends with him. Mitch was the only one not driving him insane, because the others were making fun of Jason for acting a bit like a dog and were also making Quentin feel bad because his jokes were bad. "S-S-S-Sky?" Mitch stammered meekly. "Yeah, Mitch?" Sky replied gently. "W-W-Who are th-th-they?" Mitch asked, pointing to two more gray stallions. "Seto! Kule! Hey guys!" Sky said happily. The two looked at him angrily. "What do you want?" they asked in unison. "Nothing...I was just saying 'hi'..." Sky said. Kule rolled his eyes,
Seto snorted. "He keeps babbling on about how nothing matters on this bucking planet," he said. "I didn't say that; I said I didn't care about anything here," Kule corrected. "Same diff," Seto scoffed. Sky couldn't really tell if anything was wrong with Seto, but Kule not caring about Equestria? Yep, he'd been Discorded. "Alrighty, then. What do we do now?" Sky asked. "Meh," everyone said in unison. "And you don't care," Sky said. "No," everyone said in unison.
Suddenly, there was a flash of purple light and Enderlox was hovering above them, a smug look on his face. "Oh, hi, Deadlox," Sky said, looking up. "Nice of you to join us; did you bring cake?" Enderlox rolled his eyes and landed in front of Sky, folding his dragon wings neatly on his back. "Nope, sorry, no cake," he said. Everypony had grown completely still and silent except for Sky and Enderlox. Enderlox flicked his dragon-like tail and snorted, acting a lot like a dragon. His ears were longer and pointier, and he was about the height of Celestia, maybe a little shorter. He was intimidating.
So...whatcha doin'? Deadlox asked Enderlox. "Shut up, Ty, and let me do this," Enderlox hissed under his breath. Hey, I've taken my body back once and I can do it again, Deadlox said. "Psh. I'd like to see you try," Enderlox scoffed. Okay, Deadlox said.
Sky watched in attentive fascination as Enderlox started to shake his head violently, kicking the air a bit. Finally, he stopped, shook his head once more, and blinked. His eyes were red again, and his pupils were round. "Either you've shrunken, or I'm taller," he said. He swayed a bit on his hooves, then steadied himself. He spread his wings and looked at them wide-eyed. "That's new," he remarked. Then he moved his tail. "So's that. What exactly happened?" he asked, looking down at Sky. "I have no idea," Sky said, "but our friends aren't exactly the same as they were before."
"It's--Discord's fault--" Ty began, cringing a bit. "Ty, are you--are you okay?" Sky asked, worried. "No, he's--coming back..." Ty said. He squeezed his eyes shut, grimacing, and when he opened them again they were purple and slitted once more. "No..." Sky whispered, feeling tears prick the corners of his eyes again. Sky... Deadlox said. Enderlox laughed evilly. Sky backed away, his ears back, eyes wide and filling with tears. I'm here, Sky...
Enderlox spread his wings and looked down at the six stallions, five of which were Discorded. They weren't doing anything except looking up at him, fear in their eyes. Sky was looking up at him, indeed, but his face read anger. "Oh, settle down, Sky, Discord won't hurt you! He's not like that," Enderlox said. He flashed a sharp-toothed grin. "But I can't say the same for me. I am, after all, half dragon."
*****
"Oh, good. You ARE capable of doing things right," Discord said as Enderlox literally dragged the last of Team Crafted to him. "Rrgh...yeah..." Enderlox grunted. Sky walked in angrily, casting a furious glance at Discord. "Oh, goody! I've been wanting to meet you all for so long," Discord said happily. The others were starting to snap out of their trances. Jason was the first to realize what was going on. "Heyyyyyy, where are we?" he asked. He was still Discorded, though. "Hello again, Jason!" Discord said. "So good of you all to come."
Sky snorted. "So, why did you want us here?" he asked. Enderlox hovered a bit then landed next to Discord. "Simple. I wanted you all to be the first to witness my rise to power," Discord said. "Making your friend into Enderlox was the first step," he explained. Enderlox swished his tail and smiled proudly. "Then getting you all to come after him was next. I knew your friendship was too strong to resist finding Ty."
Enderlox let his intense purple gaze sweep across the stallions, who all cringed except Sky. Sky glared at him with such ferociousness it almost made him cringe.
"But what do you need us for?" Jason asked sourly. "Well, I really just want you for aesthetic pleasure. And hilarity. And moving this story along," Discord said. "Whatever you're for, I'm going to rule the world in chaos and there is nothing you can do to stop me!" "You're wrong. I'm still here, and I can tell Twilight and her friends what you've done before it's too late--" Sky began. "Ah-ah-ah, nope, nada, no no no no no!" Discord interrupted. "I can make you just like your friends...with a tap of my claw." Before any of them could do anything, Discord touched Sky's forehead with his claw.
None of them knew it, but Deadlox had regained a little control. He didn't have enough control to move, but he watched in silent agony as the color from his best friend drained away. Tears pricked his eyes, and he couldn't do anything to stop it. It seemed like Discord would win this time.
And what could they do but watch?
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Sky just stood there, open-mouthed, as his bright yellow coat turned a dull grayish color. His eyes became gray as well, and his amulet lost its brilliant purple sheen. Discord laughed maniacally. "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" Sky demanded, stamping his hoof on the ground. All of them, Enderlox and Discord included, looked at Sky. DISCORD!!!!! Deadlox screamed. Discord had one eyebrow raised and was just looking at him. "Ow...?!" Enderlox said. "That was LOUD, Deadlox!"
Exactly. DISCORD!! Deadlox said. "You don't have to yell , Ty, I'm right here," Discord said without looking away from Sky. Sky was continuing to demand attention. "Anyway, what's the problem?" Discord continued. "Pay ATTENTION TO ME," Sky yelled. Jason facehoofed. "Now he's acting like the opposite of himself," he sighed. "Sky DoesMinecraft turned into..." "Squid DoesMinecraft!" Quentin cried. "And I wasn't even trying to be funny that time..." You are all IDIOTS! Deadlox yelled. "For once, I AGREE WITH YOU," Enderlox said.
"Omigosh, why aren't you PAYING ATTENTION TO ME?!" Sky yelled. "I DEMAND ATTENTION." Jerome slapped Sky upside the head then laughed. "WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT, STUPID HUMAN," Sky said. Discord laughed with Jerome. "Bwahahahahahaha! Chaos rules!" he said. "Hey, anybody seen Dragon-boy?" Quentin asked suddenly. "Oh. Stupid dragon pony flew off toward city now PAY ATTENTION TO ME, FISH!" Sky said. "For the last time, I am an AMPHIBIAN!" Quentin cried. "And I am going to find Ty so we can all go home! Because he's my friend, I am NOT going to let him escape like that! Enough is enough! GOODBYE!" The color reappeared to Quentin's body, and with a grin he ran through the maze to find Enderlox and get Ty back.
*****
Deadlox flew faster than he ever thought possible, desperate to warn Twilight of Discord's return before Enderlox took over. "Nononononononononononononono..." he chanted to himself. Eventually, he got to the castle and, seeing no guards, entered quickly. He ran through the halls, trying to keep Enderlox at bay. He burst through a set of doors, panting. "What the--" Twilight started. There was a tall mare at the end of the large throne room. She was light pink, almost white, with a sun tattoo thingy, wings, a Unicorn horn, and a flowing multicolored mane. Deadlox was about one inch shorter than her, and Twilight was just staring open-mouthed at the dragon-pony's dramatic entrance. "No time--Discord--SquidSky--Rule the world--!" Deadlox gasped, and fell down. When he opened his eyes, Enderlox had taken control again. "Ohhhhhh no," Twilight said.
Enderlox got to his hooves slowly and approached the mare and Twilight, laughing darkly. His horn began to glow purple, the same light that had been shot at Sky starting to build at the tip. NO! Deadlox screamed. The tall mare's horn started to glow yellow. "Who are you?" she demanded. "Ty!" Twilight said. Enderlox's gaze snapped to attention, looking at Twilight. He flashed his grin. "I am Enderlox," he said. "And you must be Twilight Sparkle...and Princess Celestia. Pleasure to meet you both."
"What are you here for?" Celestia demanded. "Did you not hear what...my other side said? Discord has come back, but you're too late. Sky and his friends are already gone, and there is nothing--NOTHING--you can do to stop him."
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"Ty! Ty! " Quentin cried, getting hoarse. Heh, 'hoarse.' And I'm a horse, he thought, then shook his head as he ran faster than he ever could as a human. Focus, Quentin. This is serious. You could never see your friend again.
Suddenly, a hedge shot up from the ground in front of him, blocking his path. Quentin skidded to a halt just before crashing into it and looked around quickly, chest burning with every breath. "Where are you going to run now, little fish?" Discord asked, his voice echoey. He wasn't there, but talking from somewhere else. Quentin was suddenly hit with a tidal wave of determination, anger, and desperation to find Ty and bring him back. "I...am...not...a...FISH!" he screamed, and bolted straight through the hedge. Every time one popped up, which was about every five feet or so, Quentin would just crash straight through and keep running.
Finally, he reached the outside and closed his eyes, smiling. He was finally out of that Notchforsaken maze! But then he remembered it wasn't over yet...Quentin looked around and found the castle not too far from the maze. He sighed, made sure he was ready, and began running.
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Celestia backed up with every step Enderlox took closer. Twilight's horn began to glow as well, and her eyes were filling with tears. She hadn't known Deadlox and his friends for long at all, and personally she thought they were rude, crude, and uncouth, but beneath that she knew they were goodhearted and honorable. To see somepony like them be like this , though, made her cry. "Ty!" she said. "This isn't you. I know you're in there somewhere. Fight it, Ty!"
Enderlox stopped advancing, but the light at the tip of his horn continued to get brighter. He started to laugh again, and Twilight backed up again, but there wasn't any more room to go backwards and she found herself pressed up against the marble wall. "Ty--!" she said. Enderlox suddenly stopped laughing abruptly, his dark laughter replaced by cries of pain. He squeezed his eyes shut, grimacing, and Twilight watched in terror as the dragon-pony doubled over coughing. Celestia stared, mouth open, eyes wide.
Enderlox had laid on his side, and had grown absolutely still. "...Ty...?" Twilight asked softly. Enderlox's eyes flickered open, and they were deep crimson with round pupils. He coughed a bit, and shakily stood on his hooves. "I...I..." he said. His voice was much gentler than before, and there was no hostility in it. "I can't...you have to go, Twilight," he said suddenly. His red gaze was locked on Twilight's purple eyes. "Why?" Twilight asked, worried. "I--he's coming back--" Ty said. "Just--go--"
"But what were you going to say?" Twilight asked, barely audible. "D-Discord's back--all of the others are--Discorded--you have to save them--GO!" Before Twilight could do anything else, Ty cringed once more and the dragon eyes were back. "Hello again," Enderlox said. "Where were we...oh yes. I was just about to kill you all."
Celestia's horn was glowing brighter. "Twilight, you need to take care of Discord. The fate of Equestria hangs in the balance, and only the Elements of Harmony can stop Discord," she said. "But Princess, what about--" Twilight began. "I'll take care of this, just go!" Celestia said. Twilight hesitated for one second, then darted out if the room. Enderlox let her go, but really it was just Deadlox taking control a little bit. Enderlox growled, looking at Celestia with narrow eyes. "If you hurt me, you will also hurt the innocent soul that...shares this body," he said. "What do you mean?" Celestia asked. "Did you not hear him warn you? That was not me...I would never warn anypony. Anyway, Deadlox and I share bodies. We are separate, yet we are one. You are almost draconic in your knowledge, Celestia, I thought you would have picked up on this," Enderlox said. Celestia's horn was growing ever brighter, but...if what this creature was saying was true, she couldn't harm him for fear of killing the innocent soul within. What was she to do?
*****
Twilight was running fast. How can Discord be back? she wondered frantically. She wasn't looking where she was going, and suddenly she bumped into something--or somepony!
"Quentin?" Twilight asked, slightly confused. The fish--amphibian--human--pony--whatever had been knocked on his haunches and was shaking his head. "Twi?" he asked, blinking and looking to his right. Then he looked at Twilight, and quickly got back up onto his hooves. "I can't talk right now, Twi, I have to get to Ty," he said. Twilight stood up as well and shook her head, holding a hoof to Quentin's chest. "No...no, Quentin. Ty's not the same...I saw him, and he's with Princess Celestia. He warned me of Discord before he...I'm so sorry, Quentin. He's gone," she said.
Quentin staggered back, eyes shining. He shook his head a few times. "No...no. No, he can't be gone...Ty...he can't...no..." he said. "I'm sorry, Quentin, I really am. There was nothing we could've done," Twilight said.
Suddenly, a shadow fell across them both. Quentin looked up abruptly, eyes wide. "What--" he began. Enderlox landed in front of him. But his eyes weren't purple. "I knew you'd be crying. I KNEW it," he said. Quentin broke into a wide smile. "How did--" he started. Celestia landed beside them. Twilight was just staring open-mouthed at the scene unfolding before her. "I...I...what?" she said. "I managed to cast a spell putting Ty's dragon side at bay for now. It is not permanent, but you do not have to worry about Enderlox for at least another day or so," Celestia said. Ty nodded, looking down at Quentin, the looked ahead and squinted. "So...the others are Discorded," he said.
"Yeah," Quentin said. "Sky's being SquidDoesMinecraft. So...yeah." Ty frowned, still looking ahead. "We gotta fix that, then."
So Quentin, Ty, and Twilight began the epic journey back to the maze to find and defeat the draconiquus Discord.
WAT - The Many Adventures of Team Crafted in Equestria
"Pay attention to me pay attention to me pay attention to me pay attention to me why aren't you paying attention to me pay attention to me PAY ATTENTION TO ME PAY ATTENTION TO ME YOU IDIOTS," Sky said, poking Jason repeatedly. Jason just sat, scowling, as Sky annoyed the heck out of him.
The others were standing a little ways away, arguing about something pointless that nobody really cared about. Discord was floating next to Jason, mimicking his expression. "I just wanna go home... " Jason moaned. Discord smirked. "Well, why didn't you say so?" he said. He knew that Quentin had been un-Discorded, and he knew that Quentin had gone after Twilight, but they wouldn't be able to fix everything 100% if one of them was missing...
A few seconds later, Jason was flying away from the maze. Mitch cowered behind Sky. "S-S-S-Sky?" he stammered meekly. "NO COWARDLY HUMAN NO GO AWAY AND PAY ATTENTION TO ME FROM FIFTEEN THOUSAND FEET AWAY," Sky said. Mitch yelped softly and crept away, going to sit in another corner of the maze. He lay down and buried his face in his hooves, weeping silently.
"DISCORD!" Discord looked up, one eyebrow raised. "Oh, hello, Enderlox," he said, somewhat surprised. "No. Not Enderlox," Ty said, hovering a little bit above the ground. "Not anymore. My name is Ty." Discord frowned and snapped his fingers. Ty blinked and landed, folding his wings neatly onto his back. He cocked his head slightly, eyes still dark crimson and round-pupiled. "What, why didn't that work...?" Discord murmured to himself, snapping his fingers again. Ty glanced around a bit, then looked back at Discord. Discord kept snapping, until he finally gave up and started looking a little afraid.
Quentin and Twilight stepped out from behind a wall. Mitch looked up slightly, and his eyes widened when he saw Ty and his dragon features. He squeaked and ducked behind his hooves, shivering. Ty noticed Mitch, looking over Discord's shoulder, and his gaze instantly softened. "Mitch?" he asked gently. Mitch cried out and pressed himself even deeper into the safety of his hooves. Ty walked slowly over to Mitch's side and put a hoof on his shoulder. Ty felt Mitch's muscles tense up as he froze, perfectly still, not daring to breathe. "Mitch, buddy? Biggums?" Ty said. Mitch peered up from his hooves ever so slightly, then flinched and went back to hiding.
"Mitch, it's me, Ty," Ty said, crouching down to get on eye level with his friend. It pained him to see Mitch cowering from him. He would get Discord for this, he would make the draconiquus pay for what he had done. "T-T-Ty? N-no, T-Ty's not...a dr-dr-dr-dragon..." Mitch whimpered. Ty still had a hoof on Mitch's shoulder. He patted Mitch gently, calming him down like he always had back in Minecraft if Betty had broken or something like that.
Mitch seemed to relax a little, not as tense as before. He glanced up at Ty again, and held his gaze for longer. "H-how would you kn-know to d-d-do that? O-only my friends would know..." His eyes widened, and color started to seep back into Mitch's gray coat. "Ty?" he said, voice stronger than before. "Yes, Mitch?" Ty asked hopefully. Mitch was now nearly entirely colored. "Is it really you?" he whispered. Ty nodded slightly. Now the last spot of gray had vanished. Mitch bolted onto his hooves, spreading his wings proudly. He reared up on his hind legs, and neighed, going back on all fours. "Whooo, yeah, baby, I am BACK!" he cried. Then he folded his wings and looked at Ty, who was smiling. "Ty? How are you...I thought...what?" Mitch stammered. Ty shook his head, then looked at Quentin and Twi. Twilight was gaping, looking from Ty to Mitch an back again. "I...I...I...you didn't even use MAGIC...how did...HUH?!" she said.
Ty raised an eyebrow, looking at Twilight. "What are you talking about?" he asked. "Last time Discord was here, he Discorded my friends and I had to use a memory spell to bring them back," Twilight explained. Ty shrugged. Twilight wished he would just stop looking at her; his eyes were unnaturally red and it was kind of creeping her out. "So just do that spell and we can move on," Ty said. Discord was just watching them, frozen. Enderlox had just un-Discorded one of the stallions--without magic, even! Twilight looked around at the remaining Discorded stallions: Sky, Bodil, Jerome, Seto, and Kule. Her horn began to glow purple, and she moved her head to indicate to Ty that she wanted to try it on Sky first. Ty nodded and darted forward, a blur. He barreled into Sky and pinned him down. Sky squirmed and tried to wriggle free, but Ty was holding him down firmly. "Lemme go!" Sky said.
Twilight stepped forward and concentrated. The magic aura by her horn intensified, and Sky's eyes widened. There was a burst of purple light, and all of them squeezed their eyes shut because it was so bright.
Ty opened his eyes slowly, and looked down. Sky was still gray as ever, looking up at Ty with a confused and very, very annoyed expression. "Get off me before I kick you off," he said evenly. Ty stepped off of Sky and Sky got up quickly, shaking himself off. Sky shot Ty a glare of pure venom and turned back to the others. Jerome had Bodil pinned down and was trying to shove dirt into his mouth. "EAT THE DIRT, CACTUS," he said. "EAT IT!!!!!" Sky leaped on top of Jerome, pinning him down on top of Bodil. "YOU AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO ME," he shouted. "BOATDILL FORT TREE, EAT THE FRIGGIN' DIRT!" Sky shoved Jerome's hoof into Bodil's mouth, and Bodil stood up, throwing the two others off. He was spitting the dirt out, shaking his head. "EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW," he cried, wiping his tongue. "GET IT OFF!"
Jerome was lying on his back laughing, and Sky was just complaining that none of them were paying attention to him. Ty stepped back and hung his head, sitting down sadly. "The spell didn't work," he said. "They're stuck that way, aren't they, Twilight?" Twilight walked over to him and put a hoof on his shoulder. She had to reach up a bit since he was so tall. "I think...I think it didn't work because I don't have any memories," she said. Ty looked at her. "W...what do you mean?" he asked. Twilight noticed that Ty was crying and desperately wished she could do something. "I mean, I don't have any memories of being with your friends. It's a memory spell, Ty, not a cure-all spell. I need memories, good memories, of them, and I don't have any...well, enough, at least. But you do. You have lots of good memories of being with your friends!"
Twilight was getting excited. "And you're a Unicorn. You can cast the spell!" she said. Ty looked pale, if that was even possible with his white coat. He backed away a few steps, shaking his head. "No, no, no, no, no, I can't--I couldn't --" he said. "Why not?" Twilight asked. "You know what I am. I'm not a Unicorn, not really...I'm a human, and I don't know magic that well, and I can't--I can't... " Ty's eyes were filling with tears and his voice was breaking. The sheer hopelessness of the situation was overwhelming him, and he just couldn't take it anymore.
Twilight frowned delicately and patted Ty's shoulder reassuringly. "I just...I just feel so...useless. I feel useless. I can't do anything," Ty said softly. "What do you mean?" Twilight asked. Quentin and Mitch watched silently from a little ways away, looking at the others now and then. Discord watched all of them from high up on a cloud, feeling dread, anger, and...fear?...burn through him. He would let Ty speak, for the sake of the story, then he would take action. And then it clicked: Twilight didn't have her friends with her at the moment, but she could get them. The Elements of Harmony would follow suit, and he'd be banished to his stone prison once more. No, no, that couldn't happen. Discord would hide the Elements again, and he would not give them hints, nor would he hide them so they could be easily found. He silently vanished, going on his personal quest.
Back on the ground, Ty was crying quietly. He sat, hunched over a little, shoulders drawn up to his jawline, shaking slightly with his rasping breaths and sobs. He sniffed, wiping his nose with a hoof, then heaved a shaky breath and spoke. "I...I was only a kid when I saw Sky for the first time..." he began. Twilight sat next to him, head cocked slightly, listening. "He...he was just in my village for a while, because he had heard of a new map Bodil made...he came from my village, you know, and he was very good friends with Sky. Sky was famous, anyway, ever since he was, like, ten. And...I looked up to him. I still do." Ty looked over at Discorded Sky, who was pawing the ground with a hoof and looked like a bull ready to charge, looking at Jerome. "FIGHT ME, SQUID BOY!" Jerome yelled. "SHUT UP, JERKOME," Sky cried.
Twilight frowned again, then Ty looked down at his hooves, still crying. "Even now, I know that he's in there, somewhere. But...anyway..." Ty said, then paused to take another shaky breath and continued. "Anyway, he came to my village. And I couldn't believe it...he was here. SkyDoesMinecraft was at my village , and he was...he was walking by my house! I couldn't believe it...couldn't believe..." Ty trailed off a little. Twilight remembered that was how she'd felt about Princess Celestia when she was just a little filly in Canterlot. She'd thought Celestia was the most wonderful, amazing, spectacular, fantastic pony ever. In the world. Celestia had inspired her to learn magic, hard magic, and had inspired her to do so many things. Without her, Twilight would never have met her friends, and her life would be so different than it was now. She related to Ty, and she pitied him.
"So...I introduced myself to him, and...he...he, he, um..." Ty sniffed again, having started talking once more. "He...sort of...though that I had a lot of potential. I was young, but I was an orphan, and I...well...Sky pretty much adopted me as his brother. He just...I don't know what he saw in me, but whatever it was changed my life," he said. Twilight was still listening. Mitch and Quentin had sat down. They'd never heard this before...
"I...I always felt sort of useless, actually," Ty said slowly. "I always felt like I was in Sky's shadow, but I...don't think he meant for that to be the case...he always treated me like I was made of budder or something." Ty allowed for a soft, sad chuckle, then continued his tale. "And...I just felt like I had to do something to prove myself to him. To all of my friends, actually. I mean...Seto is magical. He's a sorcerer. Quentin is a freaking fish"--"Amphibian," Quentin corrected--"Jason is from somewhere....I don't even know, he's just from another planet, WHICH IS AMAZING, all of my friends are just so special in their own ways, and I'm just...not. I'm just a guy with headphones who's got a bunch of famous people for friends." Ty hung his head and closed his eyes. "I'm the normal one. I'm not special at all, I'm just plain. I'm pathetic."
Twilight shook her head slowly and took Ty's chin in her hoof, turning his head to look at her. He opened his eyes, his expression one of utter defeat and sorrow. It ripped Twilight's heart in half, then gave it to a puppy as a chew toy, threw it in some gravel and ran it over with a semi-truck. She sighed, and put her hoof down. Ty was still gazing at her sadly. "You're not pathetic, and you're not plain," Twilight said. "You're anything but that. I haven't known you for long, but...I know you're not ordinary. You're special, in every respect. You're funny, you're caring, you're kind (most of the time), you're incredibly loyal and determined, and you're...you're just...you're so, so unique and special. You're not ordinary at all, Ty. Don't forget that, ever," she said. Twilight smiled, and Ty smiled a little, too. "Now are you ready to learn that spell?" Twilight asked.
Ty hesitated, then nodded slowly. "Yeah," he said. "I think I am."
*****
Ty made sure his footing was secure. He bit his lip, then closed his eyes. His long, thin horn began to glow purple, gaining brightness gradually until it was so bright it looked white. Sky and the others had stopped everything and were looking at the light emanating from Ty's horn with wide eyes. "Uh..." Sky said slowly. Then there was a bright flash and a crack! A beam of light shot at Sky. He started to yell, but was cut off as the light hit him. It didn't hurt him at all and didn't even make him move. It just...went into him.
Sky looked down at his chest where the light had hit. He had one eyebrow raised. Ty's heart skidded in his chest. He prayed to Notch; heck, he prayed to Celestia ; that it worked. "Sky," Ty whispered. Sky's coat had regained it's bright, sunburst-yellow color. He spread his wings and shook his head, still wide-eyed. "I just had the weirdest dream, I was acting like a squid and...oh," he said, glancing around and blinking a few times. Then he facehoofed and grimaced. "I was acting like a squid, wasn't I?" he asked. "Yup," Ty said. He was grinning like a madman. Sky was back! The spell worked!
Now to cure the others.
WAT - The Many Adventures of Team Crafted in Equestria
Jason walked around slowly, Mitch by his side. "Dude. Where ARE we?" Mitch asked, looking around. Jason moved his shoulders a bit, and opened his wings. "I dunno. But these statues are kinda creeping me out," he said. Mitch looked at Jason. "Okay, two things: Why are they creeping you out? They're cute. Also, why did you open your wings? It makes you look like a weird, ponified blooper egg," Mitch said, annoyed. "I don't look like an ink sac, you jerk! And haven't you seen Doctor Who?" Jason said. He shuddered. "Don't blink."
Mitch rolled his eyes and blinked. Jason put his wings over his face. "Noooooo," he said. Mitch playfully punched Jason and trotted ahead. "Wooooooooaaaah."
"What?" Jason asked, his eyes still covered. "You have GOT to see this," Mitch said. Jason cautiously folded his wings and stared, wide-eyed, at the sight before them. It was a giant statue, at least six or seven feet tall, and it looked weird . It had a pony-like head, but much longer. It had one antler and one normal horn. It had a mane, and wings: one feathered wing, like Jason's, and one dragon wing. It had a lion paw and an eagle claw, and a lizard leg and an equine leg. It also had a dragon tail.
"What the squid?" Jason asked, gazing up at it. "I have no idea, but if I had Betty right now I'd chop that thing into a million pieces," Mitch said. "Stop calling it Betty. It's a sword," Jason said. "I'll stop calling her Betty if you stop calling gold budder," Mitch said. "It's not gold!" Jason snapped. Mitch stuck out his tongue. "Gold, gold, gold, gold, goooooooooolld, goldity golden gold gold," he sang. "Shut up!" Jason said. "No," Mitch said. "Seriously, Mitch, just shut the buck up!" Jason growled. Mitch laughed. "Seriously, buck? That the best you can do?" he said. Jason scowled at Mitch. "At least I don't call boots 'booties'!" he said. Mitch stopped laughing instantly and tackled Jason. "Gold," he said, stepping on Jason's wings. "Owowowowowowoowow, that hurts, Mitch! Get off!" Jason cried. "NEVER," Mitch said.
After a few minutes, Jason and Mitch stopped fighting and laid down on the ground. "Sorry, man," Jason panted, out of breath from trying unsuccessfully to shove Mitch off (he was weak). "S'okay, dude," Mitch said. Jason glanced back up at the statue which had been on a stone pedestal.
"Um, Mitch?" he said, getting to his hooves. "Yeah, biggums?" Mitch said. "Where did that statue go?" Jason asked warily. "Uh, what?" Mitch said, standing up instantly. The statue was gone. "Sky's gonna kill us," Jason whispered. "Forget Sky, we gotta find that statue," Mitch said.
