Twilight looked at the cave, before a determined look came to her face. She turned to her friends. "Rainbow Dash, you'll use your wings to clear the smoke." The pegasus gave a single nod and shot into the smoke above them. "Rarity and Pinkie Pie, you'll create a diversion to distract the dragon if things get a little hairy in there." She watched as Pinkie took a rubber chicken in her mouth, and shook it around. The two unicorns exchanged a questioning glance.

Eventually Twilight shook her head and turned to the other earth pony. "Applejack, you're ready with the apples in case he decides to attack." In response, the farm pony tossed two apples simultaneously into the air, and kicked them at the tree behind her, splattering them on impact.

"Alright then," James turned to the guys. "Arthur, Atario, you guys help RD with the smoke." Arthur spun like a top while Atario flipped vertically like a wheel, both rising into the air and disappearing into the dark cloud. "Blue Star, Red X, Stario, you help with the diversion." Red X and Stario nodded, while Blue Star pulled out a piece of paper and pencil with a flourish.

James pulled out his black hammer and Violently threw it in behind him. Its afterimages blurred as it flipped at an alarming rate, and slammed into the tree trunk, which nearly cracked in half upon impact. He smiled Cheerfully at Frag Cat. "Frag Cat and I will be Ajax's back up."

"Arf arf!" the puppycat saluted.

Twilight went from there as she walked by everyone. "But it shouldn't come to that, because Fluttershy will do what she needs to do to wake him up, and between the two of us, we should be able to get him to understand why he needs to go. Is everypony ready?"

Everyone gave their affirmations, be it vocal or through action. Except Fluttershy, who was cowering on the ground.

"Alright. We're going in," Twilight walked into the cave.

"So, what is the best way to wake up a sleeping dragon without upsetting him? Fluttershy?" she looked around, but the yellow pegasus was absent. "Oh, come on." She turned around and exited the cave, and walked up to Fluttershy, whose head was buried in the ground.

"Come on! We have to do this!" she grunted as she tried to butt Fluttershy forward, but to no avail. "Now! Every-- ngh!" Rainbow pushed Twilight from behind to help move Fluttershy, but she wouldn't budge. "second longer that dragon-- ngh!" Rarity got behind Rainbow and pushed forward. "sleeps is another-- ngh!" Applejack joined in.

All the while, the guys present: Stario, Red X, Blue Star (who was drawing the leaf he found earlier), and James stood there and awkwardly watched in silence. Stario looked at them. "Um... shouldn't we help them?" But the other guys only blushed and looked away while murmuring some excuse for not helping.

Fluttershy looked down. "I... I... I can't go in the cave." All the girls groaned while Blue Star collapsed on his head like an anime character.

"Oh, great. She's scared of caves now, too," Rainbow grumbled.

"I'm not scared of caves, I'm scared of dragons...," Fluttershy mumbled the last word.

"What's that, sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

"I'm scared of dragons...," the pegasus repeated.

Twilight walked up to her. "What?"

"I'mscaredofdragons!" Fluttershy blurted out, as said creature snored again.

Twilight ran around an looked at Fluttershy, who was now hiding behind Applejack. "But Fluttershy. You have a wonderful talent dealing with all kinds of animals," she protested.

"Yes, because their not dragons," Fluttershy replied.

"Oh come on! We've seen you walk right up to a horrible manticore like it was nothing!" Rainbow argued.

"Are you seriously comparing a manticore to something easily fifty times its size?" James deadpanned at Rainbow.

"Spike is a dragon. You're not scared of him," Pinkie said.

"Yes, because he's not a huge, gigantic, terrifying, enormous, teeth-gnashing, sharp-scale having, horn-wearing, smoke-snoring, could-eat-a-pony-in-one-bite, totally all grown-up dragon," Fluttershy replied.

"But, if you're so afraid of dragons, why didn't you say something before we came all the way up here?" Twilight asked.

The yellow pegasus looked down. "I was afraid to."

"Ugh," Rainbow facepalmed.

"Meh. I thought you were just ignoring her," James shrugged.

"James?" Twilight asked incredulously, "You knew?"

"No, I just sort of picked it up. That she was afraid of something in particular, that is. I mean, come on. It didn't occur to at least one of you that she was specifically scared of something? Not when she kept trying to avoid going with us in the first place?"

"Huh?"

"Be it the fact that we didn't know what to encounter in the Everfree Forest, or that she knew there wasn't a dragon in there, Fluttershy wasn't as hesitant about going on a perilous adventure when we had to find the Elements of Harmony," James shook his head.

"Look Fluttershy, you're not the only one afraid of dragons. At least, supposedly ginormous ones. We're all afraid."

"I'm not," Rainbow disagreed.

"Yeah yeah, whatever," James exasperatedly waved her off. "But we have to do this; not just for us, but for the whole of Equestria. You tamed a manticore, by yourself. We can't even do that! I bet if you just try, you can do it with a dragon too. Please?"

"I... I...," Fluttershy looked at the hopeful expressions on her friends' faces. Except Rainbow, who had her forelegs crossed with an annoyed look. "I just... can't." Her head hung as she sadly turned around and walked away, much to everyone's chagrin.

James sighed as he walked into the cave (he volunteered in case the dragon didn't react well to being disturbed). Of course he was afraid of the dragon, just not as much. Any other living creature a very small fraction of a dragon's size would be frightened out of their wits right now. When James thought of it that way, Fluttersh's reaction was all the more understandable. He really wasn't sure what made him pressure the pegasus to try such a thing in the first place. Maybe it was because he was sick of Rainbow complaining. Yeah, maybe that was--

He flinched in place suddenly when he realized he almost ran into a wall. Strange, this wall was red. Well, that was interesting. He stepped back a few feet and looked up.

"...Oh." The wall was not a wall. In fact, it was the maw of the very dragon that they were to confront. Two twin clouds of thick smoke trailed from its nostrils. And as expected, it was sleeping.... Welp, no time like the present!

"'Scuse me!" he called out. A moment passed as the dragon rolled onto his back (without moving anything above his neck). "Um..." James nearly jumped out of his skin as the dragon's eyes snapped open. He held his tongue before he snapped on the monumental reptilian creature for startling him. The thought almost made him break into a chuckling fit, but he caught himself. Instead, he feinted an exasperated deep breath. And he continued.

"Hello, sir," he nodded politely to the dragon. "I couldn't happen to notice you were napping here--" He was cut off as the dragon abruptly yawned in his face, a terrible smell hitting his nose. Well, that was f*cking rude! "Ugh. That's some really bad air...," he muttered as he held his hat over his face, save for his eyes.

"I'm not sure if you noticed this, but every time you snore, smoke tends to come from your nose. Considering that me and my friends here," James gestured to the girls, who were watching the whole ordeal (and Pinkie waving cheerfully), "live nearby, that is especially hazardous to us and those who live in the town not too far away from here. More so, the smoke travels fast, and if you keep this up, it will be everywhere. For a long, long, time. And well, we can't have that," he chuckled politely to play the last statement off as good-natured... instead of what he really meant.

"We'd really appreciate it if you could find another place to sleep. I think it would benefit both of us if you were to do so, don't ya think?" he smiled hopefully... but his eyes were red. Yeah, yawning in his face really had a toll on his patience...

The dragon stood up and stretched with another yawn, scratching his stomach again. James Signature Shrugged despite his temper. "Sorry for the inconvenience."

He was launched a couple feet in the air as the dragon collapsed back onto his stomach, his eyes closed. James gave him a look that was part-disbelieving, part-pissed off before the dragon exhaled out a quick breath of smoke. "F***, f***, F***!" he Flashed out of the cave.

"Why didn't I bring Metal Caps--?" he was interrupted again as another round of smoke burst from the entrance, engulfing him and the girls, sending the mares into a coughing fit. Although it did miss Frag Cat and the other guys, including Atario and Arthur, who came back down from the smoke cloud above. "What, in the f***ing f***!" he shouted.

"So much for persuading him," Rainbow said.

"Now what?" Applejack asked.

Rarity cleared her throat and bowed as if she was going to do a performance. "Obviously, this situation calls for a little, pony charm," she straightened her hair before walking into the cave. "Allow me, girls."

Meanwhile, James was as stiff as a statue, trembling in anger as he stared at the cave. This didn't go unnoticed by Frag Cat.

"Psst," Frag Cat whispered.

"Hmm?" Red X answered as he and the other guys listening looked at him.

"James isn't doing so well," the puppycat whispered and pointed at James.

This was nothing new to anyone. "So?" Stario asked.

"So, help me calm him down!" Frag Cat hissed.

"How are we even gonna do that?" Atario raised an eyebrow? "Trying to console him never works."

It was then that Frag Cat noticed Blue Star was absent. His expression turned thoughtful when he turned around and saw him, playing music and reciting the lyrics while dancing to it.

Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow, Pinkie, and a pissed off James were waiting in front of the cave when they heard music. The girls turned their heads to see what was going on. Twilight was visibly dumbfounded beyond words.

"What in tarnation?" Applejack narrowed her eyes in confusion. But James didn't notice and kept glaring inside the cave.

"Ooh! They're singing a song!" Pinkie chirped. But James still didn't hear. His hearing was impeded by the boiling blood rushing through his ears.

♪Tag Team, back again

Check it to wreck it, let's begin

Party on, party people, let me hear some noise

DC's in the house, jump jump rejoice

Says there's a party over here, a party over there

Wave your hands in the air, shake your derierre

These three words mean you're gettin' busy:

Whoomp, there it is, hit me♪

The guys were all dancing in a straight line, an oblivious Blue Star speaking in perfect sync with the actual song playing, completely unaware of his voice and the music's volume amplified by the miniature microphone that was attached to his overalls (courtesy of Atario). Rainbow bit her lip in mirth, as the others all joined in for the chorus.

♪Whoomp! there it is!

Whoomp! there it is!

Whoomp! there it is!

Whoomp! there it is!♪

That did it. Rainbow couldn't stand it anymore. She burst out laughing as she helplessly floated down to the ground, rolled onto her back and clutched at her sides.

James looked down as Rainbow doubled over in laughter at his feet, finally snapped out of his violent trance. "What the f*** are you laughin' at?" he muttered and turned his head. Almost instantly his expression went blank, his scowling mouth now a thin line. After a moment, he facepalmed and shook his head. "What the hell, guys."

Frag Cat noticed his face relaxing, despite his hand being in his face. "It's working!" he said to the others.

James removed his hand from his face and looked up when Rarity scurried out of the cave. Apparently, her attempt was unsuccessful. Although it didn't piss him off as much as he'd expect it to.

The white unicorn slumped against a large rock and pouted. "I was this close to getting that diamond." Okay, now he was really pissed, much to the guys' chagrin.

"It's not working," Arthur said.

"Keep going, don't stop 'til we finish the song!" Frag Cat replied. The others begrudgingly continued to dance.

"You mean, getting rid of that dragon?" Twilight glared at Rarity.

Rarity blinked and looked away. "Oh. Y-yeah... sure."

Their attention was pulled to the sound of a party blower. They looked behind them to see Pinkie Pie. She was dressed as a wrapped up gift with numerous balloons tied to her tail, as well as long balloon ears on her head. James also looked past the two unicorns to see what that exasperating noise was. Frag Cat followed his gaze, and stood still at the bizarre sight. The other guys (besides Blue Star, obviously) followed Frag Cat's gaze, and they stopped too.

"Pinkie," Red X said slowly, "...what the ____ are those?" he gestured to the swimming accessories she was wearing on each of her hooves (while Arthur, Stario, and Atario chuckled at his choice of words).

"Their flippers, silly!" Pinkie chirped.

"Darling, you look ridiculous," Rarity walked up to her with a flat look. Even Rainbow, who recovered from her laughing fit, looked at her in bemusement.

"Exactly! Sharing a laugh is a sure-fire way to get someone on your side!" she waddled into the cave. "Hi!" they heard her voice say, followed by a cacophony of noises, such as popping and deflating balloons. A moment later, the pink pony more or less limped out of the cave (due to missing two of her flippers), her costume disheveled. "Apparently, he doesn't like laughing, heh. Or sharing."

"He was taking a nap!" James threw his arms up, his temper still flaring. "Why would he want to do any of that?"

"All right, that's it!" Rainbow snapped. "We tried persuasion, charm... whatever it is Pinkie Pie does. It's time to stop wasting time! I'm going in!" she sped into the cave.

"Rainbow, no!" Twilight called after her, but her protest fell on deaf ears.

The dragon looked up as the blue pegasus flew right in front of his face. "Get, out!" His face rattled from the kick she delivered afterward, and caused him to sneeze. And then he growled angrily at her.

She smiled nervously. "Heh. Sorry." She barely finished before the dragon roared in her face, sending her barreling out of the cave and bowling the girls over.

James, who was standing a small distance from them when they got knocked into a heap, was so pissed off by Rainbow's boldness, he almost didn't check if the girls were okay (first) before he angrily snapped at her (even though she was still dazed). The dragon slammed a fist right outside of the cave entrance. Everyone was instantly alerted when he stepped out and glared at the now huddling mares.

Blue Star, who finally turned around, noticed the dragon and shouted, "KILL IT WITH FIRE!" Arthur, Atario, Stario, and Red X facepalmed. "...What?" he shrugged in confusion. His mind caught up with his mouth, and he realized what he said. "...Oh."

Again the dragon let out a powerful roar, which brought forth another round of smoke. When the smoke dissipated, the girls were lying in a heap against a miniature mountain of rock. Nearly the entire thing suddenly crumbled to the ground, revealing a cowering Fluttershy.

Arthur looked around, and noticed Frag Cat backpedaling with a paw over his muzzle, as the smoke's fumes hit his exceptionally keen nose the hardest. But he didn't see where he was going, thus he didn't stop when he got close to the edge of the cliff.

"Whoa, hold on!" Arthur sprang forward.

"Hey!" Frag Cat protested as Arthur grabbed him under the base of his forelegs and hauled him over his head. He flew back and faceplanted as he slid right behind James. After a moment, the puppycat removed his face from the ground.

"Meh," he shrugged with a smile. Then he craned his neck around from his prone position almost a full half circle (which would look really painful to anyone watching) to see Arthur barely kept from falling off the edge, having lost most of his footing when he threw the puppycat behind him.

Arthur's voice wavered as he flailed his arms to maintain his remaining balance the best he could. "U-uh, guys...? A li-ittle help here?"

Blue Star turned his head, along with the others. "Dude, you've been on Super Smash Brothers, your balance isn't that bad." The other guys glared at him as Atario ran over to him. He proved a moment too late as Arthur fell over the edge, but that didn't stop him from diving forward. With much effort, fortunately, he managed to catch him by his feet. Unfortunately, Arthur's weight was winning over his own, and he was being gradually pulled over the edge with him.

"I got ya!" Red X jumped forward. Unlike Atario did to Arthur, he was able to catch Atario while standing up, therefore being able to hold his ground better. But with Atario and Arthur's combined weight, it wasn't enough.

"Come on, come on, come on!" Red X grit his teeth as he pulled harder. Alas, his heels reached the edge and he too fell over the edge.

James looked over and noticed Stario watching Red X shaking slightly from effort of doing... what, exactly?

"We're all in this together!" Stario exclaimed dramatically before swan diving and catching Red X by his forearms.

"What the f*** are you guys doing?" James called out.

Stario then realized something very important: he didn't plant himself at the edge of the cliff before catching Red X.

"Aw, come on!" he deadpanned as he and the other three guys descended toward the ground far below.

James Flashed over to the site, too little, too late. He stared silently after his four friends (of of them his brother). "I... I don't even-- ah!" he yelped when his other brother pushed him off the cliff from behind. He flipped vertically and uncontrollably as he joined after the other four guys.

"And that, is for smacking me so many times," Blue Star smirked with a nod. He turned around to walk back over to the girls... only to get Violently drop kicked by Frag Cat, and knocked over the edge.

"Jerk," the puppycat glared over the edge. After a moment, he sighed. "Well... I guess it's up to me--"

"How dare you." Frag Cat's ears perked up at the barely audible voice, and he turned around. Almost no one else would've heard it, but he did. That voice... sort of sounded like...

"HOW DARE YOU!" Fluttershy gave the dragon the fiercest glare the puppycat had ever seen from a supposedly shy creature.

Arthur, Ataro, Stario, and Red X had finally hit the actual ground from a long, long drop. They silently lay there unmoving.

After a long pause, Stario quipped, "Maybe, we should remember to bring a bungee cord next time." The other three only groaned in response.

A high pitch whistling noise later-- CRACK!

"Oooh!" they all flinched when James faceplanted on the ground. Shortly after, Blue Star's fall was broken by his stomach, knocking the air out of his lungs.

"...Ow," he croaked.

"How the ____ did you guys fall over? You weren't even behind us," Red X winced as he looked at Blue Star.

Blue Star was still winded from the fall. "I *pant* pushed James *pant* and then Frag Cat *pant* drop kicked me."

The guys all looked at James who was still lying face-down on the ground. He hadn't moved yet.

"You really shouldn't've did that," Atario deadpanned.

"James?" Arthur called. "Come on, we should probably get back up to the top soon." There was no reply. Not a single movement that indicated that he had acknowledged his words. "...James?"

*BOOM!*

The guy flinched as James Violently clutched at the ground. He picked himself up only for his upper body to be suspended from the ground.

And he looked up and snapped open his flaming eyes, grit his teeth so hard that it could've made easy work of metal, and growled. It rose in volume, until he couldn't get any louder. And in a split second, he took off with an Explosive burst of speed to the swirling path up the mountain.

They watched his disappear around the first corner before Stario spoke. "I'd go after him, but I really would like to just stay here for a couple minutes." The other guys murmured in agreement. And with that, they continued to lie where they were.

"Listen here, mister." Frag cat and the girls, who recovered from their daze, looked in amazement as Fluttershy flew up to the tip of the dragon's nose and trotted closer to his face. "Just because you're big doesn't mean you get to be a bully! You may have huge teeth, and sharp scales, and snore smoke, and breathe fire. But you do not-- I repeat-- You do not! Hurt! My! Friends! You got that?" she hovered from her spot slightly.

The dragon could only shrink back slightly as the pegasus glared daggers directly into his eyes.

James hadn't stopped running since he started. And he hadn't calmed down in the slightest, thus his eyes were still ablaze with raging flames that showed no sign of dissipating anytime soon. Without anyone to wait for, he was already about a third of the way to the top.

"You are F***ING DEAD!" he shouted.

"Well?" Fluttershy pressed for an answer.

"...But that rainbow one kicked me," the dragon timidly pointed at Rainbow, who nodded with a smile.

James was a little over a half way way up when he pulled out two black twin hammers, and his arms hung almost limply behind him. He didn't slow down. If anything, he ran faster. Just thinking of what he was going to do when he got back to the top made him angrier. So angry that he began Exploding every few paces.

"And I am very sorry about that," Fluttershy said to the dragon with a sympathetic look. "But you're bigger than she is, and you should know better. You should also know better than to take a nap where your snoring can become a health hazard to other creatures."

"But I--"

"Don't you 'but I' me, mister. Now what do you have to say for yourself?" she cut him off with a stern look, her hooves on her hips (...somehow). "I said, what do you have to say for yourself?"

Frag Cat stared incredulously as the dragon burst into tears, while the mares were smiling.

"There, there," Fluttershy consoled. "No need to cry. You're not a bad dragon, you just made a bad decision. Now go pack your things. You just need to find a new place to sleep. That's all."

"I swear, I'm going to rip his f***ing heart out!" James shouted through his dangerously clenched teeth, his tone dark and venomous. "And then I'll f***ing cook it and share it with Frag Cat!!"

The guys eventually shifted to a sitting position, and were having a little snack, thanks to Atario.

"Orange?" Atario offered as he summoned said fruit into his hand.

"I'll have one," Arthur took the orange.

"Cherries?" Atario asked.

"I'll pop some," Stario waggled his eyebrows. Atario rolled his eyes and tossed him the fruit.

"Anyone want a strawberry?"

"No thanks," Red X said rather quickly.

Atario raised an eyebrow and conjured something else. "Um... okay...? How about a melon?"

"...Yeah, sure," Red X took the melon from his hand.

"Ice cream?"

"Mine," Blue Star snatched the cone out of his hand.

"And I'll have...," Atario trailed off as he summoned another snack he was eating earlier that day. "...Chocolate!"

Blue Star's eyes went wide as he came to a screeching halt, his mouth inches from the vanilla cone in his hand. The other guys looked up in confusion at the creaking noise his head made when he turned to Atario.

Red X already knew what was going to happen. "Atario... run." He barely finished before Blue Star lunged forward, the poor ice cream cone now-upside down on the grass.

The girls cheered and ran up to Fluttershy as she descended back to the mountain surface. Frag Cat soon followed as the dragon did a lap around the mountain peak (just out of James's sight) before flying away.

"You did it! I knew you could do it!" Twilight smiled.

"And it's not even close to nightfall!" Frag Cat chirped as he looked at the afternoon sun.

They all turned around when a still flame-eyed James literally stormed up to the top. He Flashed over to the cave and looked around. The dragon was nowhere to be seen.

He Violently whipped around to the others. "Where is he?" he asked, his breath ragged. "WHERE IS HE!?"

"He already left. Fluttershy took care of it," Frag Cat pointed to the shrinking silhouette in the sky.

James started to tremble again and he turned around. He reared his fist back and punched the cave wall, the girls recoiling when some of it crumbled to the ground. He took several deep breaths and after a minute he turned around with a sigh, his eyes blue again.

"Well, that's good then. Nice job, Fluttershy," he nodded.

After a rather long silence, Frag Cat spoke up. "So, Rainbow Dash. Seeing you flying really fast into that cave had me thinking..."

"What?" Rainbow asked.

"Have you ever crashed into anything?"

Rainbow raised an eyebrow. Where did that come from? "Well, yeah, it happens sometime when I'm practicing a new trick. Why?"

"Just curious," Frag Cat smirked.

James, Frag Cat, and the girls finally made it to the bottom of the mountain... and stared blankly at the strange sight in front of them. Red X and Arthur were holding a struggling Blue Star's arms down, while Stario had him in a leg lock (because Atario helped him do it correctly). Speaking of Atario, he was standing a distance away, finishing a chocolate bar.

With that, Arthur and the others let go of Blue Star, who stopped resisting. He dropped to his knees, and a single tear ran down his face. He raised his fists to the sky. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

All the other guys just crossed their arms and rolled their eyes. Atario then noticed the rest of the gang, walked over to James, and summoned a carton of milk.

"Need a drink?"

"You read my mind," James smiled for once in a long time and took the carton and downing it in seconds.

Atario then turned to Frag Cat and the girls, and conjured up a can of pop. "Anyone thirsty? I got beverages."

[Later in Ponyville...]

While all the pegasi in the air used their wings to clear away the last of the smoke looming over the town, Spike was inside the library. And so was a certain white bunny.

"I said come back here!" Spike dived for Angel, but the bunny jumped to a higher shelf at the last second. Unfortunately, his size prevented him from reaching higher ground, thus the dragon grabbed his foot and pulled him down. "How does Fluttershy put up with you furry little things?"

"Spike?" The dragon looked down to see James, Frag Cat, and Twilight-- the one who spoke-- walking into the library. "Take a letter."

"With pleasure," Spike sighed in relief as he let go of the rabbit, pulling out a quill and parchment.

Dearest Princess Celestia,

I am happy to report that the dragon has departed our fair country, and that it was my good friend, Fluttershy, who convinced him to go. This adventure has taught me to never lose faith in your friends. They can be an amazing source of strength, and can help you overcome even your greatest fears.

Always your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle

"Twilight! You gotta come see this! " a voice with a southern accent called from outside. Twilight looked outside. James looked from behind. "She's just five away from a new pony record!" Applejack said. She as well as all the other girls watched as Rainbow bounced a ball along her head.

The pegasus counted on every bounce. "Three hundred forty-seven, three hundred forty-eight--

"Rrraaaaawwr!"

"DRAGON!" Rainbow shrieked and fell on her back. The girls all burst into a fit of laughter. "Why are you laughing? That awful dragon is back!" she exclaimed. Then roar sounded right next to her ear. She recoiled from... Pinkie. "Pinkie Pie, you scared me!" she paused. "I mean... uh... you... broke my concentration."

Fluttershy hovered behind her. "It's okay, Rainbow Dash. Not everypony can be as brave as me." She suddenly yelped and fell on her back when a leaf landed on her back. This only caused the girls to laugh again.

James, who had a flat look on his face, proceeded to ask for his PSS pistol. But when he turned around, Frag Cat was holding on his back, a tray with a glass of milk on it. The puppycat gave a hopeful smile. The sight was just plain adorable. After a short pause, James returned the smile.

"Thanks. I needed that," he picked up the glass as he petted Frag Cat, who wagged his tail.

[Meanwhile, in our universe...]

Red X, Stario, Atario, Blue Star, and Red X all trudged down the sidewalk, when a sudden thought hit Arthur.

"Wait... Blue Star, where's your motorcycle?"

Blue Star froze as he realized that he left Shooter on top of the mountain. "Aw, come on!" he groaned loudly.

[Ending Song]

Author's Note

And, we are done! No more new OCs to add to the series (at least for a LONG while). I'm sure that was off-putting for a lot of you-- and for that, I apologize.

If you have time, please let me know why you (dis)liked the story.

*shoots self in the head*