"Um John," Phil shivered, "Are you sure about this?"

John sighed and looked at his friend.

"I'm afraid so," He replied.

When the group arrived at Ponyville, Twilight announced what Yetson meant back in Canterlot. She explained that in order to find Discord and the Elements of Harmony, they would have to enter the Everfree Forest and into the old castle where they were located. Twilight also explained that John and his guy friends must go there while everyone else had to stay behind. As much of the risk of getting themselves friends in danger, they agreed to get them. So, the guys headed towards the entrance of the Everfree Forest with their knives from Earth and supplies that the ponies gave them.

"I have a bad feelin’ that somethin’ is goin to happen," said Aaron.

"Aaron's right," Ryan agreed, "Who knows what may happen to us?"

"Oh come you guys," Peter stepped forward, "It'll be like that camping trip we had a couple years ago."

"Peter," Richard crossed his arms, "That trip was the most awful camping experience I ever had."

"That's because you grabbed a poison ivy when we arrived and accidently knocked over a beehive while we played football," Tyler coughed.

Richard shot his friend a deadly glare, as his right eye twitched.

"But how exactly are we going to get there?" asked Phil.

"Easy," John pulled out a scrolled paper from his bag with his magic, "Twilight drew out the map out and it's only a mile and a half from where we are."

"Really?" Ryan raised his eyebrow, "Looks like we'll finish this before sunset then."

"Exactly," Tyler looked at the map, "And we'll be able to board the next train to Manehattan since the party was postponed after the invasion of the Changelings."

"Yep," Aaron looked back at Ponyville, "Good thing Applebloom sent that letter to her cousin about it and received her response in the next day. Mail service must be good here in Equestria."

John gave the map to Tyler, as the guys assembled in a formation.

"Alright, we have no time to lose," He spoke like a commander, "To the castle!"

"To the castle!" the guys exclaimed as they all marched into the forest.

****

Meanwhile, Twilight and the rest of her friends were at SugarCube Corner, worried out of their minds for John and his friends. She circled around a rug while the ponies sat down on the ground, wondered if they’ll make it back alive. Jessica and Walden stood by the doorway, both wondered the same. Though each individual were concerned, John’s brother was the one who worried the most.

“This is outrage!” said Twilight, “We could’ve went with them! I don’t give a hoof what Yetson said, John and the rest don’t know the Everfree Forest as much as we do.”

“Twilight dear,” Rarity looked at her friend, “I know how you feel, but if we interfere, he’ll do unfortunate things to us, especially what he did to Discord.”

“I know Rarity, but I just want to teach him that he messed with the wrong pony.”

“Don’t worry sugarcube,” Applejack got up and walked towards Twilight, “John and his friends will get the elements safely and we’ll stop Yetson.”

The purple unicorn stopped and sighed.

“I sure hope so.”

****

After walking for an hour and a half, John and the gang reached an old bridge, which led up to their destination.

“Finally!” Tyler put his arms in the air, like a referee calling a touchdown, “We’re here.”

“Yeah,” Ryan rolled his eyes, “After being chased by timberwolves, convinced a gay purple dragon that we’re not monsters, and watched Phil play with manticores, it was all good.”

“Hey!” his friend snapped, “If it wasn’t for Fluttershy giving me yarn balls, we would’ve been forced to kill them, and you know how I feel about hurting animals.”

“Maybe you should marry her,” said Peter jokingly, “So that way, you can take care of her. After all, she is an animal.”

“Maybe I should.”

Just by saying that, the guys started to laugh. Phil realized what he said and covered his face with his hands. So much for him.

“Dude,” Aaron fell to the ground as he laughed, “What’s wrong with you?”

“Dammit you guys,” John looked at them as he was annoyed, “We don’t have time to joke around, when Equestria and the whole world is at stake.”

“Sorry pal,” Ryan chuckled, “I just don’t know what went wrong.”

“Anyway, the castle is right there,” John pointed at the torn out building, “Which looks less appealing than I thought.”

“Alright,” Tyler began to head towards the bridge, “Lets go.”

They all crossed the bridge and entered the main hall of the castle. From the expression on their faces, they were amazed by how the place was in ruin. Like, there were in an Indiana Jones movie, searching for hidden treasures. In their case, Discord and the Elements of Harmony.

“Discord!” John shouted. "You here?"

"I'm over here," His voice echoed from the staircase.

The guys went up the stairs and into a room where they saw him chained up and the Elements of Harmony that were inside a glass ball. The guys were extremely surprised that they never saw what Discord looked like. Even John, who lived in Equestria longer than they had, was also stunned at the appearance of the god of chaos. Just imagine if the humans met the destruction god himself.

"It's about somepony rescues..." Discord paused himself as he stared at the humans, "Who are you? What are you? And why you six have the same hair color as Fluttershy, and her friends?"

-One minute of explanation later-

"Ahh," He raised both of his eyebrows, "You're that John fella that everypony is talking about."

"Eeyup," John replied.

"Excellent! I wish I can give you something, but you know. Powers are taken away." He tilted to the side as he chuckled from his pun.

Aaron and Ryan unchained the draconequus as Tyler grabbed the glass ball.

"Anyway," Richard spoke, "Lets break this so we can set the elements free."

"I wouldn't do that if I were-"

Crash!

"-you."

Tyler picked up elements and placed them inside his bag.

"Why not?" Tyler asked.

Before Discord could respond, there was a roar that came from main hall, but it was loud enough to rock the building they were at.

"What was that?" Ryan asked.

Then, they heard footsteps from the stairs as they saw a shadow of the monster getting bigger by the moment. Their eyes grew wide while their hearts were pounding like crazy. They wondered what the monster looked like. Was it a dragon? A demon? Bowser? They would find once the monster enters the room.

"Guys," Phil whimpered, "I don't like this adventure."

The creature revealed itself from the shadows to the startled group and by its appearance, their mind was blown.

"Its that what I think it is?" Tyler asked everybody.

The creature breathed so heavily that they saw puffs coming out of the nose.

"Precisely," Discord crossed his arms, "Meet Gilda, the hypnotized gryphon that's going to end you."

Author's Note

I know it's short, but I saved the good part for the next chapter. And (Spoiler Alert) Gilda isn't the only thing the guys would worry about.

Edit by Narlepoax III

Theblacksmithbrony is gone for the next few weeks so the editing process would be faster for the time being.