Martha and Skits 2: The Cloned Emperorby Zenitram NadrojChaptersThe Imperial IntroductionAn Equine AnnouncementA Cloned CreationEscape to the DocksWhen Portals CollideThe Ruined KingdomRecruit and RegroupSearch for SurvivorsVoyage for SafetyJourney to the CavesThe Ayes Have ItGoon ConfrontationRemorse in the DungeonEscape to the ArmoryLearning the TruthThrone Room RumbleRelease of UnderstandingThree Worlds, One ConnectionRace Against DangerThe Imperial IntroductionAuthor's Note This took me almost a year to write, but it's finally done. Here is the first chapter of my first sequel story. The Imperial Introduction “I am Emperor Keretomatus.”, a monstrous voice says. “I am an all powerful being from the kingdom of Equestria. This is my story.” A unicorn squire stands by an alicorn queen. “I was once a humble unicorn squire named Vespyron. I served as the right hoof stallion to the original ruler of the kingdom, Queen Nebula.”, he says. “And was the most respected member of her castle.” The queen and king present their daughters. “Until one day, she and her new king, King Sulfur, presented their new daughters and declared them their new heir to the throne.” The squire is furious. “Which infuriated me, for I was supposed to take that position.”, the voice says. “Desperate, I headed out to seek help from the great Star Swirl the Bearded.” The unicorn wizard casts a spell on him. “Star Swirl then warned me about my new powers.” “Be very careful using that magic.”, the wizard says. “There will be dire consequences if you use that magic for your own desires.” The squire breaks into the princesses' bedroom. “But I didn't heed his warning.”, he says. “And as a result, I ended up stealing the princesses...” He then shoots his magic at the king. “But not before murdering the king.” He presents the queen her missing daughters. “I managed to use the princesses against the queen in order to give me the position she promised.”, the voice says. The unicorn sits on the throne. “For a good while I was then crowned the new ruler of Equestria. Until...” “Stop!!!”, Nebula shouts. “You don't have to do this! The princesses are safe!” She presents the princesses and everypony gasps in shock. The squire is in the dungeon. “Nebula exposed me and had me thrown into the dungeon. And just when my life couldn't be any more dreadful...” He then starts to feel pain and grows bigger. He starts growing black fur all over his body, have his bottom hooves turn into minotaur hooves, have his front hooves turn into dragon claws, lose his unicorn horn and grow minotaur horns on top of his head, have his tail turn into a lion's tail, he teeth grows into fangs, grows dragon wings on his back and his eyes turn red. “I was transformed into a hideous monster.”, Keretomatus says. He then roars. He then bursts into the throne room. “I managed to break free and returned to the throne room just as the coronation was about to conclude.” “Who are you?”, Nebula asks. “As if you don't remember me, Your Highness.” She then realizes who it is. “Vespyron?”, she says. “Is that you?” “There's no reverse spell.”, Star Swirl says. “Then that means...” “This is who you will be now.” Nebula and the monster have an intense battle. “Me and Nebula battled each other for who would take the throne.” The monster then charges to the queen. She then releases all of her magic and creates a massive explosion throughout the area. “The queen sacrificed herself as one final attempt to stop me.” The citizens cheer. The princesses then stop and look ahead. They are then horrified at what they see. “Oh, no!”, they both see. The smoke then clears to reveal the monster unscathed. “The queen's sacrifice was in vain. And by default, I was appointed the new ruler of Equestria.”, he says. “And furthermore, I officially changed my name to Emperor Keretomatus.” Keretomatus sits back on his throne and watches all of the citizens working. “I was enjoying the feeling of ruling over them until...” The slaves charge and attack him. “The slaves all decided to revolt against me.”, he says. “I figured the only way to escape these citizens was to use a memory spell and fly away to build another kingdom.” He casts his spell and flies away. The monster resides on a dark castle. “For centuries, I've shunned myself from those colorful brutes. And after watching them be happy for who they choose to be friends with, I became envious.” He looks in his viewing pool. “So much so, that I decided to turn the citizens into monsters like myself. That way, I could be worshiped once again.”, the emperor says. “But to coax them into coming to my lair, I would need to lure them with something they can never distrust, pets.” He then views a small yellow dog and a big brown dog. “I then found two peculiar dogs from another world and decided to use them as well as the other creatures for my army.” He arrives at a fundraiser and confronts the crowd. “Me and my three sons had then arrived in the other world to gather my new army.”, he says. “With the help of some low lives to get rid of the security.” The goons hold the guards hostage. The monster creates an obstacle course. “I then created an obstacle course to prove who is the superior being and pulled through.” The monster summons minions and captures all of the animals. “I managed to gather the creatures with ease, but then...” The monster confronts the two dogs. “You're mine.”, he says. He grabs them by their collars and drags them. “No!”, a girl shouts. The girl grabs her dogs and play tug-of-war with them until the princes pull her away as she pulls off their collars. “I managed to get a hold of those two dogs but was then attacked by a kitten.”, the emperor says. A kitten hops on his face and starts attacking him. “Get off of me!” He shoots magic until it strikes the dogs, making them disappear. “Bah. No matter. At least I have what I came here for.”, Keretomatus says. “We helped you by bounding the police, do we at least get a thank you?”, a green suited man asks. “Thank you all.” “What do we get in return?”, asks a burly man. “Nothing.”, the emperor says. “What?!”, the group shouts. “Your services will no longer be needed.” He uses magic to levitate the group and flings them away. “I bid you all farewell.”, he says as he enters the portal. The creatures are put into cages. The princes approach the emperor. “Just as I was about to prepare to turn the creatures into my army, my sons entered and told me about the dogs that disappeared.” He prepares a spell. “I prepared a spell to transport the princes to the dream world and to bring their spirit forms to me.”, he says. He sees two familiar alicorns in the viewing pool. “Until the two alicorn princesses interfered with my plan.” He controls the caged animals and releases them. “I decided to carry on with my original plan to control the creatures and sent them to the kingdom.” The citizens follow the controlled pets and follow them to the castle. “The citizens then fell for the bait and arrived to my lair where I managed to complete the next part of my plan.” The viewing pool reveals the dogs more sentient and sees that their sad. “I then saw how depressed the dogs we've being trying to get our claws on were, because they wanted to go back home, I came up with a plan to grant them their wish as a bonus to my plot.” The princes take the dogs and their friends to the castle. “The dogs and their friends followed the princes to my lair and gave them my offer.” The dogs sign the contract and they and the other animals are sucked into a portal. “They signed over their friends for their freedom and I granted them their request.”, the emperor says. The monstrous citizens imprison and enslave the normal citizens. The emperor watches as the kingdom is ruined. “Everything was going perfect. That is until...” “You can't be so impulsive and take over this kingdom.”, a pink mare says. “Just think very hard about what you are doing. None of them deserve to be under your control.” “Yes. I realize now. Why take over one world...when I can take over two worlds?” The emperor, the princes and his minions enter a portal. The group arrives in the other world. “The pink mare gave me an idea to rule over two worlds instead of just one.”, the monster says. “And thus, the second world tyranny had commenced.” The emperor had imprisoned the citizens and ruined the town. The pets return but with abilities. “The pets had returned but had some help from those colorful brutes that came from the same world I did. And thus, I've sent their monster forms against them and a massive war ensued.” The monsters and the animals fight as the two dogs battle the emperor. The emperor shoots his magic and the dogs are on the ground. “You've gotta stop right now!”, the girl shouts as she runs. The monster then shoots his magic. “Stoooooop!!!” She pushes the dogs out and is struck by the magic. “Once I've seen how much they cared for that monster, my eyes had finally opened. I've been so trapped in the past, that I had never thought to take a peek into the future. And for that I've seen the error of my ways and returned both worlds back to normal.” All of the citizens are released, the monsters are turned back to normal and the worlds have been revived. “Farewell, other worldly creatures.”, he says. He then casts a memory spell and disappears. “Once all of the creatures have lost their memories, I managed to gather myself, the princes and the minions and transported all of us back to our world and create a better kingdom where we would all live in peace and harmony. But there were a few who hasn't forgotten about me.” The goons gather in a building and make plans. “Because they were knocked out when I cast my spell, they continue planning to use me for my power to pay for using them as liabilities.”, he says. “Have you come up with any ideas?”, the green suited man asks. “I've got it!”, the man with the white lab coat says. The new kingdom is created, and all of the minions enjoy their new home. The emperor sits on his new throne and wearing a royal robe and holding a scepter with a glass ball. He's watching his kingdom, as well as the two worlds in his viewing pool. “I continue to watch over my minions and the creatures to keep them happy and make them accepting of who they take to be friends. Just being able to know who they can accept as their friends, it is no worry of what can be accepted for all creatures in any world. And what can be known as true acceptance, will be a perfect asset for all living beings who deserve to be who they are.”, he says. An Equine AnnouncementIn Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle and her friends are at the Friendship Castle looking over the Friendship Map. “Looks like we managed to solve more and more friendship problems all over the kingdom.”, Twilight Sparkle says. “I'm still wondering what will happen now that we've all solved friendship problems.” “Don't feel exhausted, Twilight.”, Spike says. “You haven't been feeling the same ever since your friendship students graduated.” Twilight sighs. “I know.” She then remembers something. “Wait a minute. What day is today?”, she asks. Pinkie pulls out a calendar and looks at a circled day. The sign reads, 'Sunburst Visits'. “It's today!”, she says as she hops on her throne. “What's today?”, asks Rainbow. “Sunburst is visiting today.” The group all gasp in surprise. “Oh, my goodness gracious.”, Rarity says. “I can't believe we forgot.” “Well in that case, we better make this place for their visit.”, Applejack says. “Oh, yes.”, Fluttershy says. “We don't want to disappoint him.” The group gets to work on making the castle spotless and decorative for the arrival of their unicorn friends. Twilight reorganized her bookshelves, Spike was preparing torches, Rarity made their welcoming garments, Rainbow opens the sun windows, Fluttershy brings in flower bouquets and Pinkie uses her party cannon to put up streamers and confetti. Soon the castle is ready as there is a knocking at the door. Twi flies to the door and opens the peephole. On the other side, Starlight and Sunburst are waiting by the door. “Hey, Twilight.”, Starlight says. “Long time, no see.” “Starlight, it's been so long.”, Twilight says. “And good to see you too, Sunburst.” “It's an honor to see you again, Your Highness.”, Sunburst says. “Please. No need for formalities. Come in.” Twilight opens the door and lets the unicorns in. They enter the room and are greeted by their other friends. “How have you been since you two started dating?”, Twilight asks. “Well, we've been closer since we started.”, she says. “And guess what?” “What is it?” “Should I say it, or should you?”, Sunburst asks. “I'll say it. They are my friends.” The group are watching them waiting for her answer. “We're engaged!”, the unicorn says with glee. Their friends are surprised by the announcement and smile for them. In Wagstaff City Helen, Carolina and their families gather in the town park for a massive family reunion. Whilst at the reunion, Helen, Carolina and the dogs approach their abuela and abuelo. “Helen, Carolina, como estas? How are you?”, their abuela asks. “Abuela Camila, Abuelo Santiago, it's been years since we've seen you.”, Helen says. “We've been doing great.” “Si. Me and Helen have gotten perfect attendance awards at school.”, Carolina says. “Hey, donde esta tu perras? Where are your dogs?”, their abuelo asks. A scream is heard, and they turn to it. They see Martha and Skits chasing after a family member carrying a plate of hot dogs. “Martha, Skits!”, Helen shouts. They stop and run towards their owner. “Martha, you remember Abuela Camila and Abuelo Santiago, right?” Martha nuzzles against them. "Martha, we haven't seen you since you were a puppy." "And this here is Skits. He's our newest member to our family." Skits then barks and nuzzles them as well. “Alright, Skits, easy with the nuzzling.”, Martha says. "Only I can nuzzle them like that." Their grandparents are surprised. “Oh, my gosh. Did Martha just talk?”, her abuelo asks. “Oops. I guess I forgot to tell you that my dog can speak.”, Helen says. “How is it possible?”, her abuela asks. “Oh, just some alphabet soup.”, the dog says. “Then why doesn't Skits talk?” “Oh, we tried having him eat alphabet soup, but nothing happened.” “Ah, I see.”, her abuela says. "Well we both still love you no matter what." Skits barks. “Gather around, everyone!”, Helen's dad shouts. “It's time for my sisters to perform a song.” Everyone gathers around, and the sisters perform a song to the family. The song then ends, and the audience applauds. “That was amazing.”, Helen's mom says. “Your sisters really outdone themselves.” “Thanks, honey.”, he says. “Those three belong with American All-Star.”, Carolina says. "I have to say, our friends don't know what they're missing." Elsewhere, the crooks still plan on how to capture the monster. "Come on, think. Maybe, we can invent a teleporter to take us to that world.", Kablooey suggests. "Even if we did do that, we don't know where this world is or how to get there.", Fildgemarker says. Pablum reveals his plan. “Hang on. Maybe we don't have to capture that monster.”, he says. “Huh? What are you talking about?”, Kablooey asks. “Maybe instead of capturing that monster, we clone him.” “Clone? You mean make another monster?”, Fildgemarker asks. “Of course.”, Weaselegraft says. “I mean, think about it. If we had our own monster, we can make it obey us and use it to make us become the most successful crooks ever.” “That does sound ingenious. But there's just one problem.”, Fildgemarker says. “And what's that?” “It needs a bit of DNA.” "DNA?", Bumblecrum asks. "DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid. A self replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes." "So where do you find this DNA?", Kablooey asks. "You can find it in any part of an organism's body. Hair, nails, saliva, mucus, skin, tears or dandruff.", Fildgemarker says. "Well we don't have any of that.", Stubble says. “Oh, no. That's right.”, Gimmie says. “Hold on, I just remembered.”, Pablum shouts. “What is it?”, Bumblecrum asks. “I do have a bit of his DNA.” He then reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a bag with a patch of fur. “I've been carrying this patch of fur with me. I caught a sample during the intense battle that happened in the city.” He then notices all of their eyes wide and jaws hanging open. “What?” “Pablum, are you meaning to tell us that you've been carrying that patch of fur for over a year and you never remembered you had it until now?”, Weaselegraft asks. “Yes.” “Why didn't you tell this sooner?!!”, he shouts. “It doesn't matter. We have our sample now.”, Fildgemarker says. 001 then takes the bag and gives it to his master. “A sample?”, Kablooey asks. “I thought it was a patch of fur.” “Yes. A 'sample' is a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like. This patch of fur is a sample.” Weaselegraft takes the bag and puts it into a machine. It activates and starts its process. Inside the fur starts getting bigger and grows limbs. "Wagstaff City, prepare to become corrupted.", Weaselegraft says. In the new kingdom, Keretomatus sits on his throne watching his kingdom and feeling sad. Two shadows enter and are in concern. One of them growls in query. “I just don't know.”, the emperor says. “Ever since I've set my sons free, I've been feeling empty.” The other one growls in reassurance. The emperor sighs and looks at the viewing pools. One shows the citizens in Equestria and the other shows the citizens in Wagstaff City. “I wouldn't have known the importance of acceptance if these creatures never showed how much they cared about others no matter their appearance.” The first monster growls again. “I agree.”, the emperor says. “Now if you'll excuse me, I must check on how the rest of my kingdom is doing.” The shadows bow and leave the room. The emperor then flies out and gives surveillance around his kingdom. He sees that all of the monsters and minions are enjoying their new lives and being accepting of each other. He then thinks about his sons. “Are you sure, father?”, Martarmus asks. “I'm sure.”, Keretomatus says. “After seeing those dogs cry tears of love for that monster, I've decided to see the error of my ways and release them from captivity.” “But, why do you want us to leave?”, Horlagamous asks. “I'm not telling you to leave. I'm setting all of you free.” “Setting us free?”, Scorjosemal asks. “I've realized that you won't gain any experience from being under my wing. So all of you need to live your own lives and form your own kingdoms. You'll all realize how much you all mean to me.” The princes all bow to their father. “We we'll never forget you, father.”, they all say in unison. The princes set off and leave the kingdom. The emperor returns to his throne room and sits back on his throne. "Something has to be changed. I just wish I knew what it was." A Cloned CreationBack in Ponyville, Starlight and Sunburst sit with their friends. The group are amazed and congratulate the two. “Oh, my gosh.”, Twilight says. “I never thought you two would take this to the next level.” “I agree. You two must have really missed each other since you've been separated.”, Spike says. "Yes.", Starlight says as they look at each other. "We sure have." “When are you planning the wedding?”, Rarity asks. “The wedding is in three days.”, Sunburst says. Pinkie gasps so much she puffs up like a balloon. “Oh, my gosh. We need to send invitations to the citizens of Ponyville, Canterlot and the Crystal Empire to their wedding. And we need to prepare the castle with all kinds of flowers, ribbons and glitter. Rarity needs to make the wedding dress, Dashie needs to create the sonic rainboom, AJ needs to make refreshments for the feast, Flutters needs to gather birds for the music and I need to prepare the wedding cake. I just don't know how we're going to be able to prepare all of this in just three da-”, she says before having her muzzle covered. “Calm down, Pinkie.”, Applejack says. “We've gotten Cadance and Shining's wedding together in just one day. How hard can it be to just prepare a wedding in three days?” “Oh, good point.”, she says muffled. “Well what are we waiting for? Let's gather everypony and get ready.”, Rainbow says. They all leave the castle and set off to gather the patrons and preparations. The group finally arrives in Canterlot to see the two princesses along with somepony they did not expect to be with them. “Queen Chrysalis?”, they all say. “Well hello, everypony. It's an honor to see all of you again.”, the queen says. “We weren't expecting to see you here.”, Starlight says. “Come on. Why wouldn't you expect to see your new friend?” “Uh, because we're still trying to get used to your reformation.”, Thorax says. “So, what brings you here?”, Trixie says. “I came to become more acquainted with the princesses. What brings all of you here?”, Chrysalis asks. “We came to tell the princesses a big announcement.”, Sandbar says. “Oh. And what's that?”, Celestia asks. “Me and Starlight are getting married.”, Sunburst says. “Oh, my goodness. Congratulations, you two.”, Luna says. “When's the wedding?” “In three days.”, Fluttershy says. “Perfect. That should give us enough time to spread the word.”, Celestia says. “Us?”, Chrysalis asks. “You mean I can help too?” “Of course. We wouldn't be fair friends if you didn't give us some help.”, Luna says. “Well what are we waiting for? Let's get going.” They all set off and announce the wedding of Starlight and Sunburst. Later, the group all gather back at the castle and prepare the plans. “So where exactly are we gonna have the wedding?”, Shining asks. “We're having it at the Crystal Empire.”, Sunburst says. “Really?”, Cadance asks. “Of course. What better place than Sunburst's current residence?”, Starlight asks. “Mommy, I think that's a great idea.”, Flurry says. “I mean this kingdom has everything a wedding needs.” Cadance thinks and takes her daughter's suggestion. “You're right, sweetheart.” “Alright. Let's get everything ready.”, Chrysalis says. Outside of the window is a mysterious hooded figure watching their plan. It suddenly runs out. It finds a good hiding place to take off its hood. It was Neighsay and he was very furious about their plan. “Now they're inviting non-pony creatures to a pony wedding? This world has gone completely insane.”, he says. “I will not allow this. I have to put a stop to it.” He then runs off to prepare his scheme. In the Wagstaff City zoo, the family arrive to go sightseeing. They first come across the lions den where they see the lion cubs playing with each other. The cubs run to the barrier and meet Martha and Skits. They all meow at the dogs. “Hi, Leonard, Hi, Phillip, Hi, Molly.”, Martha says. “How are you all doing?” They all meow in response. “Gosh. It's hard to believe that it's been a whole year since they arrived.”, Helen says. Skits barks. "Oh, good point, Skits.", Martha says. “What did Skits say?”, Helen asks. “Oh, Skits was asking if a year living in the zoo is enough time to take them back.” “Sorry, Skits. But they're not old enough to go back to their original home yet.”, Carolina says. “Well how old do they have to be for them to go back to their home?”. Martha asks. “On our last field trip. We learned that full grown lions can be ten to fourteen years old.”, Carolina says. “Fourteen?! That's ninety-eight dog years!” They then face the cubs again and look at them with sympathy. They walk off and continue. "Fourteen years until they're full grown. I know this place is more accommodated than in the Savannah, but still. They have to be more accustomed to their own environment." Skits then remembers something and barks quietly to Martha. “What is it, Skits?”, she quietly asks. Skits barks to her and she understands. “You're right. Jeffy said all of the animals are able to leave the zoo whenever they want. So maybe we can be able to take them back to their old home without waiting.” “What was that?”, Helen's mother asks them. “Oh. Nothing.”, she responds. They continue walking and the dogs look at each other and wink. They walk to the other animal exhibits and inform the animals their plan in secret. When their trip ends they exit the zoo and the dogs confront each other. “Alright, Skits, do you remember the plan?” He nods. “Let's just hope that none of the security guards notice us.” At the building, the patch of fur becomes fully grown. The machine then starts to break and become compressed. They all start to become nervous. "Uh, Pablum, did you ever think about how big that emperor was?", Weaselegraft asks. "Actually, Otis...no. No I did not." The machine then explodes flinging all of the men, woman and dog against the walls. They open their eyes and are in disbelief at what they see. The machine has successfully created another monster. “It... It worked. We've successfully created a clone.”, Pablum says. The monster groans as he opens his eyes. “Wha...Where am I?”, the monster says. “Welcome to Wagstaff City, Your Highness.”, Weaselegraft says. “Your Highness? Am I some sort of ruler?” “Wait, he doesn't know?”, Kablooey asks. “It seems that since he was created in this lab, he must have no memories from his real self.” “Science is very complex.”, Stubble says. “It's not complex.”, Bumblecrum says. “'Complex' means consisting of many different and connected parts. It's just a clone of a monster. Nothing more.” “Now listen carefully.”, Fildgemarker says. “You are Emperor Keretomatus. You have been lost for a year and we managed to save you.” “We brought you here for a reason.”, Weaselegraft says. “And what's that?”, the monster asks. “You see, we are in danger and lost all of our hopes and dreams and we need you to help us.”, Pablum says. “Here's what we need you to do...” Back in Equestria, Keretomatus stares out in a balcony with two shadows with him. Suddenly he starts get a massive headache. His shadows rush to him. A shadow growls in concern. “I feel some sort of powerful aura.”, the emperor says. He then checks the kingdom and realizes. “Wait. It's not coming from Equestria.”, he says. “It's coming from...the other world.” The shadow growls again. The emperor feels the other world and his eyes snap open in disbelief. “What? That's impossible.” The minion growls. “This aura. It feels...exactly like my aura.”, the emperor says. The minion is in disbelief and growls for an explanation. “I don't know how it's possible, but if we don't figure out what's emitting this aura, that world as well as this world will be in deep trouble. You, gather the citizens and tell them to meet in the throne room. We must prepare for what's to occur.” The minion bows and leaves the room. “Those creatures are in danger. What could possibly be possessing the same aura as myself?” Escape to the DocksBack in the Crystal Empire, all the citizens prepare the kingdom for Starlight and Sunburst's wedding. Pharynx approaches his brother. “Hey, Thorax, I've never been to an actual Crystal Empire wedding. How is it exactly?”, he asks. “It's a beautiful experience, Pharynx. It's a perfect way for all of these ponies to show all of the love they can give in this particular gathering.”, his brother answers. “Gosh, if we were still feeding off of their love, this place would have been sucked dry.” Thorax nods. The sun then starts to set. “Oh. It's getting late everypony. We better go to bed now.”, Celestia says. “We better get going.”, Twilight says. “Goodbye, Starlight. Goodbye, Sunburst.” “Goodbye, Twilight.”, Starlight says. “We'll see you at the wedding.” They all leave the castle and part ways. “Sunburst, I just realized something.”, Starlight says. “What is it?”, Sunburst asks. “After we get married, will I have to move out of Ponyville?” His eyes widen as it is a very good point. “Oh. I see.”, he says. “Well, we should consult the others first to know what the best choice is.” “What am I gonna tell Twilight?”, she asks. “We'll have to break it to her gently if we make our decision. She has a tendency to be overwhelmed a lot.”, he says. The unicorn nods and they both leave the castle. In Neighsay's tower, he paces in his room wondering how to stop the wedding. “How can I get the Equestrian High Counsel to agree to cease and desist that wedding if the princesses have already justified the EEA's rules about allowing non-pony students to attend that school?” He then has a thought. “Wait a minute. If I could try to convince the future bride and groom why it's a bad idea to invite non-pony creatures to attend their wedding, they'd be able to call it off and return to how it was before. But where do I go from here?” He turns his head and sees a burned picture of the consorts of the students. He then has another thought and takes out his spell book. He flips through pages until he finds the one he's looking for. He then gets a sinister grin. "I know exactly how to do it." The Wagstaff City Zoo closes the doors and the zookeepers lock the gate and leave. After they leave, Martha and Skits sneak to the gate and slip through the bars. “Alright, Skits. We need to be very quiet and be careful with security.”, Martha whispers. Skits nods. They both walk slowly and carefully passing the security office. They hear something and both take a peak. Inside are the guards watching a movie. They become exasperated at the sight. Skits then barks to her. “I don't know if their serious either.”, Martha says. “Let's just get going.” They walk until they reach the lions den. “Psst. Leonard, Phillip, Molly.”, she quietly shouts. The cubs exit the cave and see the dogs. They approach them and Leonard meows. “We're getting you out of here.”, Martha answers. They cubs meow confused. “Jeffy told me that all of the animals can leave this zoo whenever they want. We can be able to take you three back to your home.” Phillip meows. “We're doing this, because we don't want to wait fourteen years to release all of you back to your home.”, she whispers. Skits barks. “Oh. I didn't think about how we're were going to take them back.” She then gets an idea. "Wait a minute. The docks!" He raises an eyebrow. "You remember that food drive we did for the starving people in where the cubs came from?" He barks in agreement. "We can sneak the cubs into the boat that's taking all that food. That way they can sneak out and be free." Skits barks at Martha's plan. "I know stowaways are illegal, but there's no other way to get them back home. Skits can you just trust me on this?" He then sighs and takes the plan. They both back up. “Come on, cubs. Jump over the barrier.” Molly meows to her brothers. They all nod and run forward until they jump over the barrier. “Come on, let's go.”, Martha says. They all run out of the zoo and slip through the bars. The lemur walk on the tree for a midnight snack and take a look at the den, seeing that the cubs are gone. The lemur starts screeching. The screeching then wakes up all of the animals in the zoo and see that the cubs are gone. The security guards are startled by all the animal noises and look at the cameras. They look and see that the lion cubs are gone. “The cubs are gone! Quick, call the news station!”, a guard says. Another guard goes to the phone and dials the number. The dogs run away with the cubs to the city pier. They reach a boat that is already packed up. “Alright, guys. Let's get you all in the boat.”, Martha says. Before they get on the boat, two dragon claws catch the dogs. They both scream in fear and are brought to the source of the claws. It is a monster with minotaur horns, dragon claws, a lion's tail, hooves, dragon wings, red eyes, sharp fangs and covered in pitch black fur. “Are these the dogs?”, the monster asks. “That's them alright.”, a familiar voice says. They turn to the voice and see six men, an old woman and a rottweiler. “Hello again, talking dog.”, a man wearing a white lab coat says. “What are you guys doing here? And how did you all get together?”, Martha asks. “That doesn't matter." ,the green suited man says. "What does matter is this time we're having our new friend help us become the more successful people and most successful dog in all of Wagstaff City.” “What? You mean this monster is taking orders from you?” “That is true young dog.”, the monster says. “You will soon bow to my saviors.” “Saviors?”, Martha asks. “Aren't 'saviors' people who have done good deeds to help everyone?” “That is right on the nose.”, Pablum says. “And we're going to use-uh...I mean assist Emperor Keretomatus to enslave you evildoers.” The dogs eyes widen. The lion cubs enter and growl at the goons. Weaselegraft and Pablum scream in fear. “What's the matter with you two?”, Kablooey asks. “Baby lions. Nothing frightens us more than babies.”, Weaselegraft says. “You two are scared of babies?”, Bumblecrum asks. “You guys are wimps.” “Well these little miscreants won't be any bother anymore.”, the monster says then snaps his claws. The cubs are levitated and disappear. “Leonard! Phillip! Molly!”, Martha shouts. The cubs then reappear in a cage. “Take a good look dogs. We're about to turn this town into paradise.”, Gimmie says. "And it starts with you." The monster approaches them as Martha and Skits watch helplessly as their fates are sealed. In Keretomatus's kingdom, the emperor rallies his army and prepares to announce his plan. “Citizens of my kingdom. I have gathered all of you here to prepare for battle.”, the emperor says. “As you all know, I have sensed a powerful aura that is completely identical to my aura.” All of the minions and shadows all growl at once at the revelation. “We all have to brace ourselves for the danger that will occur. So all of you head to the armory and meet back here in two hours. The rest will be instructed.” The minions, shadows and monsters head to the armory and the emperor gathers his own armor. He then feels a presence near the aura. “Wait a minute. I sense aura near the being that has my aura.” He closes his eyes and opens his eyes. “It's those creatures who tried to use my power. What do they have do with the aura that's in the other world?” When Portals Collide“Leave Ponyville?”, Ocellus asks. “Are you serious?” “We haven't made that decision yet.”, Starlight says. “We thought we would consult all of you before talking to Twilight.” “Gosh. Twilight's gonna rambling for hours if you tell her.”, Smolder says. “Twi's gonna be sadder than a pregnant cow who's just lost their first born calf.”, Applejack says. “I'm not sure if my 'cheer up, Twi' party will be able to cheer her up.'”, Pinkie says. The princesses approach the mare and stallion. “Starlight, Sunburst, you two made the right choice to consult us before telling Twilight.”, Celestia says. “Well what are we going to do? Starlight lives in Ponyville and I live here in the Crystal Empire.”, Sunburst says. “We've been separated as foals and it took us years to be reunited.” “We understand.”, Luna says. “We all know how hard a decision like this is, but it's your choice. You two can stay in Ponyville or live in the Crystal Empire.” The unicorns look at each other and look back to the princesses. “Just give us some time, please.”, Sunburst requests. “You have until the wedding. Don't take too long.”, Celestia says. “Yeah, some of us can get impatient really quickly.”, Gallus says. The two unicorns leave the castle and explore the Crystal Empire. “Starlight, we're gonna have to tell Twilight eventually.”, Sunburst says. “I just don't know how we're gonna explain it to her.”, Starlight says. “I mean, Twilight has helped me find the true meaning of friendship and took me under her wing. And then I graduated with honor. Not to mention, helped her found the School of Friendship.” “That's true. And if it wasn't for her, we would have never seen each other again and I wouldn’t have been made the royal crystaller.” The stallion faces his fiancé. “The wedding's in two days. We've only been given a short amount of time to break it to her.”, the stallion says. Starlight sighs. “You're right. We better tell her today. She's at her castle right now. So we better get there right now.” Starlight closes her eyes and they disappear. Neighsay appears as soon as they vanish. “Drat. I missed them.”, he exclaims. He then notices their residue. He then senses the residue and finds out where they're going. “They’re heading to Sparkle’s castle. Perfect. That will be better.” He then turns his head. He faces the consorts who have been brainwashed with their eyes glowing white. "The princess herself will see that her quote, unquote 'new friends' aren't as friendly as she thought.", he says as he approaches the controlled group. “Come, my friends, we have got a wedding to stop. And the princess won’t know what will hit her.” He powers his horn and they vanish. In Wagstaff City, Helen wakes up and looks for her dogs. “Martha? Skits?”, she calls. “Helen, come down here, quick!”, her dad shouts. She gets out of her bed and heads down to the living room. There, she sees her parents in horror watching the television. She approaches her parents. “Mom, Dad, what is it?!” “Look. Wagstaff City is being demolished.”, her mother says. “Demolished?!”, Helen asks. “Yes. 'Demolished' is when something is being destroyed.” “And some monster is demolishing the city.”, her dad says. She looks at the tv and sees on the news that a monster is demolishing the city. “This is Linda Schwartzman, live from downtown Wagstaff City where a group of people and some sort of monster are destroying the city and enslaving the citizens.” Helen sees that her dogs and the lion cubs are in cages. “They got Martha and Skits!”, Helen says. The news reporter then sees the monster and runs off. “Back to you, Bob!” She then gets captured. The anchorman is petrified. “Oh, my goodness. Well in summation, we're all doomed. I'm Bob Dowelle and this is channel 8 news.”, he says before the news room is destroyed and he and the crew is captured. “Oh, no. We've gotta get Jake and get out of here.”, Helen says. They all run up and wake up her little brother. “Morning, Jake. There's no time to explain. We gotta go now.”, her dad says. They all head out and get in the car. They drive away and almost reach the end of town. But the monster grabs the car and tears the roof off. “I have you now!”, he says. The monster and the goons then go around the city and capture all of the citizens and destroy the town. The monster and the goons all laugh evilly. “Why are you doing this to us?!”, Truman asks. “You pathetic low lives have turned my saviors into pariahs. So, I'm returning the favor.”, the monster says. “Pariahs?”, Carolina asks. “Of course they are. 'Pariahs' are people who have been outcasted by other people because of who they are.” “They're the evildoers. Not us.”, Milo says. "They actually did things that warrant them to be pariahs." “Yes. We had a feeling you would all say that.”, Fildgemarker says. “Which is why we are going to turn all of you into slaves to pay for making us look pale in comparison.” They all laugh, but suddenly the monster senses something. “Halt!” The monster closes his eyes and feels a presence. “What is it, Your Majesty?”, Bumblecrum asks. “I feel some sort of presence. And... no... that’s impossible.”, the monster says. “What?”, Pablum asks. “There's an aura. And it feels...exactly like my aura.” “Huh?”, Weaselegraft asks. The monster keeps sensing around and opens his eyes. “It's in another world.” “Another world?”, the kids ask in unison. “Now, Your Majesty. We don't have time to be looking for strange things. We have a city to rule.”, Kablooey says. “No. This creature who possesses the same aura I do is planning to confront me. Well I'm not going to stand around and let them win. I'm putting this matter into my own claws.”, he says as he flies up. “What are you doing?! Get back here!”, Weaselegraft shouts. He then stops and looks around for the source. He feels and finds the exact spot. "There it is." In the monster kingdom, Keretomatus and his army are about to leave their world when the emperor senses something. “Wait a minute.” He closes his eyes and they snap open. “Oh, no. They're about to open a portal to our world. We need stop them right now.” He flies up and searches for the being. He then finds exactly where it is. "I found it." He prepares to open the portal. The other monster prepares to open the portal. They both raise their claws and snap simultaneously. The portals open but start devouring everything and everyone around it. "What's going on?!", T.D. shouts. "The city is being devoured, that's what's going on!", Carolina shouts. "Devour? But it doesn't even have a mouth." "T.D., 'devour' does mean eat. But it's one of those words that have more than one meaning. This kind of devouring means to be broken down and taken inside!", Truman shout. "Well too bad that was the last vocabulary lesson we'll ever take!", Milo shouts. They lose their grip and become sucked in. Helen holds onto her dogs. "Martha, Skits, I don't want to lose you two!", she shouts. They both try to keep a grip on their owner. She turns and sees her family holding on. "Helen, help us!", her dad shouts. "I'm coming!" She inches closer to her family. But she suddenly slips and loses her grip. Her dogs get sucked into the portal. "Martha! Skits!" Soon, she gets dragged until her mother catches her. "I got you, mi hija.", her mother says. "But, Martha and Skits are gone. I've gotta save them." Lets go of her mother's grip and gets sucked in. "Helen!", her family says. Her dad's finger slips and the rest of her family gets sucked in. As well as the other monster, the slaves, the goons and the animals. In Keretomatus's kingdom, It starts to devour his army as he tries to fly away from it. "No, I can't fly away. Those creatures are in danger." He then stops and flies directly into the portal. The Ruined KingdomTwilight is sitting in her study when she hears a knocking on her door. She gets up and teleports herself to the door. She opens the door and sees Starlight and Sunburst standing before her. “Starlight, Sunburst, what are you two doing here?”, she asks them. “Hey, Twilight.”, Starlight says. “Me and Sunburst came here because we wanted to ask you something really important.” “Really? What is it?” “What we wanted to ask you is...”, Sunburst says before the back door opens. Spike bursts into the room holding a letter. “Twilight! Twilight!”, Spike says as he approaches the alicorn. “Spike, what is it?” “We gotta get out of here now!” “Get out of here? Why?”, Sunburst asks. “I just got this letter from Celestia! The Crystal Empire was just devoured by a portal, followed by the Everfree Forest, Griffonstone, the Changeling Kingdom, Yakyakistan, Dragon County, Mt. Aries and now Canterlot. And Ponyville is next.”, Spike says. The castle starts to levitate, and they get out. They stand and watch the castle get devoured by a portal. “Run!”, Twilight shouts. The mares, stallion and dragon run away as they see the rest of Ponyville get devoured by the portal. They keep running away, but suddenly Spike begins to levitate. “Twilight!”, he shouts. She sees the dragon and uses her magic to pull him back down. “Starlight!”, Sunburst says as he starts to levitate. Starlight uses her magic to fly and catches her fiance. Suddenly she gets hit by piece of land and loses her concentration. She and Sunburst get devoured by the portal. “Starlight! Sunburst!”, Twilight and Spike shout in unison. She then flies up to save them. “Twilight, what the heck are you doing?!”, Spike asks. “I'm saving those unicorns.”, Twilight says. They get closer and the unicorns get devoured by the portal. She then stops dead in her tracks. “What was I thinking?!”, she says as she tries to fly away. Soon, she and Spike get devoured by the portal. Neighsay suddenly appears but finds nothing. "What?! I missed them again!", he shouts. He then hears moaning and looks back. The creatures her controlled are starting to compose themselves. "Oh, drat! The spell's worn off." "What happened?", Thorax asks. "How did we get here?" They then see the unicorn in front of them. "Neighsay!", Ember says. "Unicorn must've controlled us.", Rutherford says. Just before they can confront the chancellor, they suddenly get lifted. The chancellor looks around and sees the place being devoured. “What the...What's going on?! What's happening?!” He gets lifted himself and goes into the portal. He gets devoured and all of Ponyville is gone. “Wha....What happened?”, a voice says. “What? Who said that?”, another voice says The sources of the voices open their eyes and face each other one sees a strange two legged creature with red hair, a flannel sweater, a striped skirt and striped socks and red shoes and the other sees a lavender horse with a horn, wings and stars on her flanks. They both scream and fall back. “Get back you strange creature. I've got a magical horn and I'm not afraid to use it.”, the strange horse says. “Wait a minute. Did you just talk?”, the creature asks. “Hang on. You can understand me?”, the horse asks. “Whoa. I've never seen a talking horse before.” “Hey! I'm not a horse, I'm a pony.”, the pony says. “Well what are you supposed to be?” “I'm a human.”, the human says. “Wow. I haven't seen a 'human' since I was at the Canterlot High world.” “The what?” “Long story. Anyway, who are you?” “I'm Helen. Helen Lorraine.”, she says. “And you are?” “I'm Twilight Sparkle.”, the pony says. “I'm an alicorn to be exact.” “What is this place?”, Helen asks. “I don't know. I can't make heads or tails of it.” “Well, we can't stay here that's for sure. I better find my friends and my dogs.”, Helen says. “Yeah. I better find my friends, too. Hey, you don't mind if I tag along, do you?” “Not at all. Let's look for our friends.” Twilight and Helen then search around the ruined location together and look for their friends. Elsewhere, Martha and Skits wake up and compose themselves. “Skits, are you OK?”, Martha asks. Skits barks in response. He looks around and barks to her again. “I don't know where we are.” She then notices something. “Wait a minute. Where's Helen? Where are the cubs? Where is everyone?” She then begins to panic. “Oh, no! What are we gonna do?! We're lost, and we have no idea where everyone is! This is bad, this is bad, this is bad!” Skits barks urgently. “What do you think I'm doing? I'm panicking.” Skits barks. “'Panicking' is when you lose control of yourself when something bad is happening or will happen.”, Martha explains. He then calms the other dog. “Sorry. I just don't know what we're going to do.” Skits barks a plan. “Are you sure?”, she asks. He nods. “Well, I'm not sure myself. But, because I have no idea where to go from here, I'm willing to try anything.” They then hear small growling and search for the source. They come across a pile of rocks and start digging it. They uncover the lion cubs. “Leonard, Phillip, Molly, you're alive!” The cubs all growl in query. “We don't know what happened. All we know is we were held captive by those goons and a hideous monster. And then the monster snapped his claws and all of Wagstaff City was swallowed by a strange hole.” The cubs are nervous. “Hey, me and Skits were just about to start looking for Helen and the others. Wanna join us?” The cubs look at each other and take the invitations. They go with the dogs and search for the missing friends. In another part of the ruined location, the goons compose themselves and wake up. “What just happened?”, asked Weaselegraft. Pablum grabs a device and reads the results. “I don't know. My location tracker can't make heads or tails of it.”, he says. “Mine doesn't know either.”, Fildgemarker says. “Are you saying you have absolutely no idea where we are?”, Kablooey asks. “That's exactly what I'm saying.”, Pablum says. “Hey, where's our slave?”, Bumblecrum asks. 001 then starts barking. “What is it, 001?”, Fildgemarker asks. He then points up. The others look up and see the monster flying over them. “Your Majesty, what are you doing up there?”, Gimmie asks. “The being who shares my aura is here.”, the monster says. “What are you doing? We've gotta go back and take o...I mean, save Wagstaff City.”, Stubble says. “No. I'm not going back as long as that being exists.”, he says before he flies off. They all groan in frustration. 001 then starts barking. “What is it, 001?”, Fildgemarker asks. The rottweiler then runs off. “Looks like he found something.”, Bumblecrum says. “We better follow him.” “But what about our creation?”, Pablum asks. “We'll worry about him later. Besides, that dog and spy can't be away from each other for more than five seconds.” He raises an eyebrow. “Don't ask.” They then all follow the dog to the source of the scent. In another part of the location, Emperor Keretomatus and some of his minions, monsters and shadows wake up. The subjects help up their leader. “Thank you all. I don't know what just happened.”, Keretomatus says. He looks around and sees his kingdom is ruined. “What happened to my kingdom?” He then senses something. He closes his eyes and detects the source. “It's the being that possesses the same aura. It's here.”, he says. The minions, monsters and shadows growl. “My friends, we need to find the rest of our army and stop the source before it wreaks havoc.”, the emperor says. The four groups journey throughout the ruined land to their destinations. Twilight and Helen look for their friends and family, Martha, Skits and the cubs search for their friends, the goons follow the dog and Keretomatus and his minions search for the rest of his army. Recruit and RegroupSpike wakes up and composes himself. He looks around and sees he's in a ruined location. “What happened?”, he says. He then hears moaning and heads to a pile. He runs to the pile and removes the debris. He uncovers Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow, you're alright.” “Yeah. Barely.”, she responds. “I have no idea what just happened.” They hear more moaning. They head to another pile and remove the debris. Underneath it this time is, Applejack and Pinkie Pie. “AJ, Pinks.”, Rainbow says. “Hoo wee. That was more ruff than wrangling a herd of cattle after they drank three bags of coffee.”, Applejack says. “And they didn't add any sugar.”, Pinkie says. “What just happened?” “Girls, Spike, you all alive.”, Rarity shouts. They turn and see Fluttershy and Rarity approaching them. “Flutters, Rares, you're alright.”, Pinkie says. “Wait, where's Twilight?”, Flutters asks. “I thought she was with you two.”, Spike. “Well we better find out where she is.”, Rainbow says. “Because I can't tell where we are. And only she knows how to locate wherever we are.” “Uh, guys, how many of us were here?”, Pinkie asks. “There's six of us, Pinks.”, Spike says. “I think you might want to do a recount.” “Why?”, Rarity asks. She points behind them. They all look behind them and see the source. In front of them is an unfamiliar monster breathing heavily. “Who are you?”, the monster asks. The mares and dragons are completely petrified at the sight of the monster. Then out of nowhere, Rainbow bolts to him. She then punches the monster impulsively. “Rainbow, you just punched him! Are you insane?!”, Spike shouts. “Well sorry that I can't control my habit of attacking whatever monster comes across us.”, she says. The monster then composes himself and powers up his magic. “So you're with that being, aren't you?”, the monster asks. “What being? We have no idea what you're talking about.” “Very well. If you won't tell me what you know. I'll just have to force it out of you.” He then charges to the group with fury. Twilight and Helen stop and rest. “Any luck, Twilight.”, Helen asks. “Still nothing.”, Twilight says. She then senses something. “What is it?”, Helen asks. Twi powers up her horn. She sees her friends. “My friends. I sense them.”, Twi says. “You can sense them? How?” “Magic casters like myself can sense another creature’s aura from near and far places.” “Aura? Wait a minute. This 'aura' must be what that monster was talking about.” “A monster?”, Twilight asks. “In my world, we were being captured by some kind of monster.”, she answers. “He must have done something that sent us here.” “What would a magical monster be doing in your world?”, she asks. But before Helen can answer, she senses something else. She powers her horn again and sees her friends being attacked by a monster. “Oh, no!”, Twilight exclaims. “What is it?”, Helen asks. “My friends are about to be captured.” “Captured?” “Yes. 'Captured' is another word for caught or taken away.” “I know what captured means. What I mean is, what do you mean they're about to be captured?” “They're being attacked by some sort of monster.”, says the alicorn. “Wait a minute. My dogs were captured by a monster. I wonder if that monster who captured us is the same monster that's after your friends.”, Helen suggests. “It's possible.”, Twilight says. “We have to hurry and find them. They don't have a chance if I'm not with them.” They both run out. Somewhere else, the former friendship school students awaken and look around. “Is everyone alright?”, Silver Stream asks. “Yona think so.”, Yona answers. “What just happened?”, Gallus asks. “I'm not sure”, Ocellus answers. “Last I remember we were all being sucked into some kind of hole.” “Smolder, Ocellus, Silver, can you fly up and find out where we are?”, Sandbar requests. “If you say so.”, Smolder answers. The dragon, changeling and hippogriff fly up and look around. They see a ruined wasteland with seemingly no signs of survivors. “We don't see anything.” “You mean you don't know where we are?” “No. It means I just found us a little hotel for all of us to stay in. Of course, we don't know where we are!”, Smolder shouts. "No reason for dragon to be sarcastic.", Yona says. They hear barking and turn towards it. They then see a dog approaching them. "Is that a dog?", Gallus asks. "What's a dog doing here?", Sandbar asks. “Oh, hi there, little dog. Are you lost, too?”, Ocellus asks. “Do you know what's going on here?” “I believe I can answer that.”, an unfamiliar voice says. They turn to the source and are in confusion. “What's going on is that we found some interesting creatures.” Suddenly they all get electrocuted and lose consciousness. They get captured and are thrown into a cage. It was the crooks from Wagstaff City who captured them. “These creatures will be perfect for our takeover.”, Weaslegraft says. "After we do that, we'll sell them to the highest bidder and make billions." "People will be high cash to have talking exotic creatures as pets.", Bumblecrum says. “I just don't know how long we're going to locate that monster.”, Pablum says. “It's really focused on finding the same being who has his...what's it called?” “Aura.”, Kablooey says. “It's aura.” "Right. Aura." "Well maybe, they can tell us where to find it." They all leave. In another part of the wasteland, the children compose themselves. “Oh, man. Did anyone get the number of the truck that got us last night?”, T.D. says. “Wait. Where are we?”, Truman asks. “Beats me. More importantly, where is everyone?”, Carolina asks. “Are you all lost as well?”, an unfamiliar voice asks. “Actually, we are. Who wants to know?”, Milo answers as they turn to the voice. In front of them is a white unicorn, a pink unicorn with wings and a white little unicorn with wings. “We do.” The kids except for T.D. scream in fear. “Whoa. A talking unicorn.” “Honey, judging by their reactions, I don't think they're from our world.”, the female says. “How is this possible? We're talking to horses and they're talking back.” “Excuse me, we're not horses. We're ponies.”, the male says. “What's the difference?”, Ronald asks. “That's not important right now. We need to find my sister and her friends.” They are about to take off, but they get stopped. “Hold on. Do any of you know where you are or where you're going?”, Alice asks. “I'm afraid they've got us there, Daddy.”, the little pony says. “Well, maybe you all can come with us.”, the pink mare proposes. "Hold on. Guys, we just met these ponies.", Carolina says. "Do you really think we can trust them?" "What else can we do?", Alice asks. "We don't know where we are and we don't know where everyone else is." "She's got a point there, Carolina.", Ronald says. “I guess we don't have a choice.”, Truman says. “Alright. Let's get going.” “Thanks. My name is Shining Armor, by the way.”, the unicorn says. “This here is my wife, Cadance.” “Pleased to make your acquaintance.”, she says. “And this is my daughter, Flurry Heart.” “I'm Flurry Heart.”, the filly says. “I'm T.D.”, he says. “And this is Truman, Milo, Carolina, Alice and Ronald.” “Why don't you tell us about yourselves, while we're searching.”, Alice says. “Certainly. It all started when I was hired to foal sit Shining's little sister.”, Cadance says as they start traveling. Elsewhere, the monster and his army are looking for the remaining members when they come across familiar faces. "Huh?", he says. Below them are the dogs with three lion cubs. They land and take a closer look. “It's those dogs again. What are they doing here?” “Helen! Jake! Anyone!”, the yellow dog shouts. The brown dog howls. They then hear whimpering and run to the source. They uncover pieces of debris and find a black and brown puppy. “Lily, you're safe.”, the yellow dog says. One of the monsters takes a step but the emperor stop him. “No. Don't get any closer.” The monster growls in query. “Because they don't remember us. If we approach them, they'll run off in fear before we have a chance to help them. We just need to keep an eye on them while we search for the rest of my army.” They all nod in agreement. Search for SurvivorsIn another part of the wasteland, Helen's parents compose themselves. “My gosh. What just happened?”, Helen's dad asks. “Mariella, are you alright?” “I think so. Are you, Daniel?” “I am. Wait.” He looks around and back to his wife. “Where are the kids?” They hear moaning and recognize it. “Jake!”, the both say. They hurry to their son and take him out of debris. “Jake, are you alright?”, his mother asks. Her son nods. “Mariella!”, a voice says. They turn to it and see Carlolina's dad rising from debris. “Jorge! Are you alright, Hermano?” “I think so. Where's the rest of our family and the rest of Daniel's family?”, he asks. “I have no idea.” “Who are you?” They turn to the voice and they see a group of horses. “Oh. Hola, caballitos.”, Jorge says. “Um, what are 'ka ba yee toes'?”, the brown horse asks. “Oh, 'caballitos' is Spanish for 'little horses'” They then realize what happened. “Wait a minute. Did you just talk?” “Yes. And we're not horses. We're ponies.”, the gray pony says. “Mariella, Jorge, I'm not imagining this, am I?”, Helen’s dad asks. “Oh, nonsense. If thou wants to know how visualization commences, then explore the far reaches to the olden depths of the great quarray.”, the stallion says. “Excuse me.”, Helen's dad asks. “Sorry, our parents have a tendency to talk like they are in olden times.”, the shy mare says. “Wait. 'Tendency' means an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior.”, Carolina's dad says. “So that's normal for them?” “Yes. You've got a problem with that?”, the grouchy mare says. “Calm yourself. They were just clarifying our vocabulary.”, the dull mare says. “I'm sorry. We haven't been properly introduced yet. I'm Daniel. This is my wife, Mariella, her brother, Jorge and our son, Jake.” “Well salutations. I'm Igneous Rock. This is my wife, Cloudy Quartz, and our daughters, Marble Pie, Limestone Pie and Maud Pie.”, the stallion says. “Hey, wait a minute. They almost look like those other two legged creatures.”, Marble says. “Wait a minute, you've seen more of them?”, Jorge asks. “Yes. We're found all the other families and gathered in a cave.”, Limestone says. “Come on, follow us.” They all follow the family to where they say they found the other 'creatures'. “Mariella, Jorge, do you think they're telling the truth?”, Helen's dad asks. “What do you mean?”, Helen's mom asks. “We just met these ponies. Do you really think we can trust them already? I mean, what if they're luring us into a trap?” “Daniel, they said they've seen others like us. Why would they lie about that if they've never seen us before?”, Carolina's dad asks. “Maybe you're just thinking too hard.”, Helen's mom says. “Maybe your right. I mean thinking too hard is my tendency.” Elsewhere, Spike and the mares are still battling the monster. The mares and dragon become exhausted. The monster is about to finish them off when he gets a headache. “What am I doing? I don't have time for this.”, the monster says before flying off. The group lie there exhausted as a shadow covers them and they get levitated by magic. They then compose themselves and open their eyes. In front of them are Discord, Starlight and Sunburst. “Oh, thank goodness. They're all awake.”, Sunburst says. “Sunburst, Starlight, Discord. You're all OK.”, Spike says. “How did you find us?”, Rainbow asks. “Sunburst and I found ourselves lying on top of Discord. We were looking around when he heard bursts of magic and loud roaring. We all thought you would be dead meat.”, Starlight says. “Wait. Where's Twilight?” “We don't know. We were about to find her when we were approached by some kind of monster.”, Rarity says. “There's a monster here?”, Discord asks. “Well whatever that was, it said something about us working for that 'being'.”, Spike says. “But we have no idea what this 'being' he was talking about is.”, Pinkie says. “Well it's good that you're all fine.”, Sunburst says. “Yes. But even if that monster didn't show up, we still have no idea where to look.”, Applejack says. “I'll use my alicorn tracker to find her.”, Discord says before making an alicorn tracker appear. The tracker then picks up a signal and points in the direction of the source. “She's that way. Come on.” They all follow the draconequus in hopes that their friend is still alive. Elsewhere, the children and the family are still traveling as Cadance finishes their story. “We all got sucked into some strange portal and here we are.”, Cadance says. “Wow. That was some trip.”, T.D. says. “It sure was.”, Shining says. “Halt! Who goes there?!”, a voice shouts. “Who said that?”, Truman asks. Suddenly, five creatures come out and confront the group. One of them, a dragon, recognizes the three ponies. “Hold on, guys. It's only Shining, Cadance and Flurry.”, the dragon says. “Phew. That's a relief.”, the griffon says. “Whoa! More talking creatures?!”, Milo says. “What creatures are with ponies?”, the yak asks. “Oh, everyone, these are our new companions, T.D. Truman, Milo, Carolina, Alice and Ronald.”, Shining says. “Pleased to meet you.”, the dragon says. “I am Ember, Dragon Lord of Dragon County.” “I am Thorax, ruler of the Changeling Kingdom.”, Thorax says. “I am Gruff. Last remaining founder of Griffonstone.”, Gruff says. “Rutherford, prince of Yakyakistan.”, Rutherford says. “And I am Sea Spray. Captain of the Mount Aris and Seaquestria guards.”, Sea Spray says. “So, there are actually other creatures aside from just you guys?”, Carolina asks. “Yes, indeed.”, Flurry Heart says. “Anyway, what are you all doing here?”, Shining asks. “We were all looking for Twilight and the others when we heard you guys approaching.”, Thorax says. "We were also looking for that good for nothing chancellor.", Ember says. "Wait. Neighsay is here?", Cadance asks. "Yes. He controlled us and took us to Twilight's castle.", Sea Spray says. “Hey, why don't you all come with us?”, Alice proposes. “I'm not sure. I mean, how do we know we can trust you?”, “We already trust them. I think they can help us.”, Cadance suggests. “Alright. If you insist.”, Gruff says. “Let's get going.” They all then head out to find the rest of the group. In another part of the wasteland, Celestia and Luna compose themselves. “Luna, are you alright?”, Celestia asks. “I am, Celestia.”, Luna answers. They look around. “Where are we?” “I'm not sure. I better use my location spell.” Celestia closes her eyes and uses her magic. She then opens her eyes. “That's strange.” “What is it?”, Luna asks. “I'm sensing that we're in Equestria, but at the same time, we're not.” “What does this mean?” “Wait a minute.” She closes her eyes and uses her magic. “What's going on, sister?”, Luna asks. “Twilight and her friends are here. But there are some other life forms.” “Do you think they mean harm?” “Well, whoever and whatever they are, we have to tell them that they're not alone.” “Let's find them.” They both spread their wings and take off. Elsewhere, the goons searches for the monster. “Do you see him?”, Kablooey asks. “Still nothing.”, Weaselegraft answers. “I should have known.”, an unfamiliar voice says. They turn to the voice and see a unicorn wearing a red cloak. “More non-pony creatures. Is there no order anymore?” “Who are you?”, Pablum asks. “I am Chancellor Neighsay.”, he responds. “I am the head of the Equestrian Education Association. Are you opposed to my protest as well?” “What are you talking about?”, Bumblecrum asks. “Wait a minute.” He closes his eyes and his horn lights. His eyes then snap open. “I-I don't believe this. You're all not from the same world as myself.” “No, we aren't. And what protests are you talking about?”, Fildemarker asks. “Well, there's this alicorn named Twilight Sparkle who opened a friendship school. But non-pony students are enrolled in it. Which I am heavily against. I had the school shut down, but Princess Celestia authenticated the rules of the new school. And the seal was broken, and my protests have been rendered null and void. And now there's going to be a wedding with non-ponies attending it. I've tried to stop it with some of the consorts of her students, but my spell wore off. Then I was suddenly engulfed in a strange portal. And here I am.” “Hold on, when you say non-pony creatures, what are you referring to exactly?”, Pablum asks. “Referring?”, Neighsay asks. “Yes. 'Refer' means to mention or allude to something. So, what are you referring to?” “The students in that school are a griffon, a dragon, a yak, a changeling and a hippogriff.” “Wait a minute. Don't we have creatures like those in our hideout?”, Kablooey asks. His eyes widen. “Wait. You have them in captivity?” “Yes. We do.”, Weaslegraft says. “Guide me to them.” Voyage for SafetyMartha, Skits and the cubs continue searching for the rest of their family and friends. Along with them are Lilly, John, Pops and Carlo. Pops then barks. “Well I don’t know how much longer, Pops. This place is like a maze, except it has no walls.”, Martha says. Carlo then barks and the rest turn to him. “What is it, Carlo?” He then catches a sent and tracks it down. They follow the scent to a pile of rubble and they dig underneath it. They are surprised to find Martha’s mother buried underneath it. She then opens her eyes and sees her daughter. “Mom. You’re alive.” She then nuzzles her mother and her mother barks. “Of course I’m OK as well. You haven’t seen my brothers and sisters, have you?” Her mother barks. “Oh, I see.”, she says before she hears moaning. Her eyes then widen at the moaning. “Wait. I know those voices!” They follow the moaning until they find two dogs lying on the ground. It’s Martha’s sisters, Skipper and Trina. “Six, one, you’re both OK.”, she says. They both bark and hug their sister. “Do you know where two, seven, four, eight and five are?” They shake their heads. “Alright. Let’s just keep looking.”, she says. They continue traveling. In the air, Keretomatus and his minions are still watching the dogs. “Those dogs seem to be progressing in finding their friends and family, but I still fear for their safety.”, he says. A shadow growls in question. “I mean, they don't know about the being that possess the same aura as myself. They could be in danger. But how can we help them without revealing ourselves?” The imp growls. “We just have to keep our surveillance open. It could mean disaster if we take our eyes off them for even one second.” A monster approaches the emperor and growls. “You found more of my army?” It nods. “You two, keep watching the dogs, I'll rally them up.” They both salute and he flies off. The emperor and the rest of his monsters follow the other monster to the location of the other army members. "You made sure all of them are present and accounted for? That being is near. I can feel it." As soon as the rest of them leave, the clone emerges from a cloud and searches. "Drat. I thought for sure it was here.", he says. He then looks and sees a group of dogs with three little cats being followed by two shadows. "Why are those shadows following those creatures? Unless, they must know something about that creatures who possesses my aura. Maybe, they'll start talking instead." He then follows them making sure to stay far from sight. In another part of the wasteland, the Pies take the parents and baby into a cave. “We're here.”, Igneous says. They enter the cave come across the other parents of the ponies and their friends of all races. “Hello! We're back.”, Cloudy shouts. They turn to the voice. The elderly couples eyes widen at who they see. “Mom. Dad. You're both alive.”, Helen's dad says. “Son. We're glad you're alive.”, Helen's grandpa says. “We thought we lost you.”, Helen's grandma says. “Mama. Papa.”, Helen's mom says. "It's really you.", Carolina's dad says. “It's so good to see you two.”, Helen's abuelo says. “Mija, Mijo. Where have you been?”, Helen's abuela says. “So there really are more of these 'humans' you've all been saying.”, Big Macintosh says. “Well it's nice to get to know all of you.”, Bow Hothoof says. “Guys, we've gotten to know a lot about these ponies.”, Milo's dad says. “I have to say their lives seem to be more superior to our lives.” "Well we wouldn't call ourselves more superior.", Hondo Flanks says. "But I suppose from your perspective, we seem to be more advanced than all of you.", Cookie Crumbles says. "Well there's nothing left to do but sit here and wait for more survivors." Elsewhere, Twilight and Helen are still wandering around. “Do you know where we are?”, Helen asks. “I'm not sure.”, Twilight answers. “I've never faced something like this before.” She suddenly sees something up ahead. “Wait. What's that?” She goes off and Helen follows her. They both stop behind two rocks and look ahead. They see a group of strange creatures coming out of a cave. Helen recognizes the creatures. “Hey. It's those hooligans who captured us.”, Helen says. “Hooligans?” “'Hooligans' are people who like to cause trouble to others. And those hooligans captured us and sent us here.” “Well whoever they are, they're not alone. I sense another life form with them.” The group is then followed by a familiar unicorn stallion. “What's he doing with them?!” “Twilight, you know that guy?” “Yes. But in the worse possible way. That's Chancellor Neighsay. He's the head of the EEA.” “The EEA?” “The Equestrian Education Association. They're in charge of funding for schools to be opened in the kingdom.” “So why do you recognize him, but not fondly?” “By 'fondly', do you mean happily or joyful?” “Yes.” “He tried to shut down my school of friendship, because he thinks that non-pony students will result in the destruction of the kingdom. But Princess Celestia reinforced the seal of approval which resulted in his ban to be null and void. And yet he still insists that the non-pony students will still bring destruction.” “Non-ponies destroying your kingdom? That's sounds like complete prejudice.” “Prejudice?” “'Prejudice' means to give preconceived opinions that is not based on reason or actual experience. In other words, he judged those non-pony creatures before he got to know them.” “Well anyway, I still want to know what he's doing with them.” The stallion approaches the creatures. “I have to say, Weaslegraft, you certainly have done an amazing job. Without those creatures, there won't be an all creature wedding.”, Neighsay says. “And actually, maybe you can help us,”, Pablum proposes. “Help you? With what?” “You see, there's this monster around here causing havoc and he may be on the verge of destroying this land.” “A monster? Here?” “Yes. And we can really use your help with that. Because as you can see, we aren't magical creatures like you.”, Kablooey says. “I see. That is a problem. Well no need to stand around. Let's find this monster.” They all head out. Twilight and Helen come out of hiding as soon as they're gone. “So that's what he's planning.”, Twilight says. “What do you mean?”, Helen asks. “My friends, Starlight and Sunburst were planning to get married soon. And we invited my students and their consorts to attend the wedding. He thinks without the creatures to attend, it would be enough to call of the wedding.” “Wow. He must have been that desperate.” Twilight then feels something. “Hang on. I feel figures inside the cave.” “Why don't we look inside?” They both walk ahead and enter the cave. Elsewhere, Spike and the others are following Discord's alicorn tracker. Suddenly the tracker goes haywire. “It's found her.”, he says. They look ahead and see that it's not Twilight, but rather, Cadance, Shining and Flurry. The others gasp. “It's Shining, Cadance and Flurry.”, Spike says. “Oh, drat. It must've picked up the wrong alicorn. I hope I still have my warranty.” “Look, they're with the consorts of Twilight's students and some other weird creatures.”, Rarity says. “Let's surprise them.”, Rainbow says before bolting off. “RD, wait!”, Applejack shouts. “That pegasus can be really hasty.”, Trixie says. The ponies, kids, dragon, changeling, yak, griffon and hippogriff continue traveling when suddenly a pegasus approaches them. “Guys. You're all OK.”, the peagsus says. “Rainbow Dash!”, the family say in unison. “Wait up!”, a familiar voice says. They turn to it and see the rest of the group. “Spike, Rarity, Applejack.”, Cadance says. “Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Sunburst.”, Shining says. “Starlight, Trixie, Discord.”, Flurry says. “How did you find us?” “Discord's alicorn tracker thought it picked up Twilight, but it found you instead.”, Fluttershy says. “Ponies and draconequus have found us consorts.”, Rutherford says. “Um, I take it that you all know each other?”, one of the strange creatures asks. “Yes. But we've never seen you before.”, Pinkie says. “Who are you and what are you?” “Oh, everyone, we came across them and they're helping us look for the others.”, Cadance says. “This is T.D, Truman, Milo, Carolina, Alice and Ronald. They’re humans.” “Humans, eh?”, Discord says. “That's very unusual. And I should know.” “So, who are you all?”, Carolina asks. “Oh, well. I'm Spike and this is Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Sunburst, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie and Discord.” “Wow, we just encounter more and more creatures like no other.”, Alice says. “Meh. I've seen better.”, Ronald scoffs. She turns and glares at her brother. “What?” “Well any who, it's great to see that you're all still alive.”, Gruff says. “Indeed. We just have to find our students as well as your friend.”, Sea Spray says. “No problem. Let me just adjust this tracker so it finds the right alicorn.”, Discord says as he adjusts the tracker. Suddenly it picks up an alicorn. “Aha. It's found her. Come on.” They follow the draconequus to where the alicorn is. Journey to the CavesElsewhere, Celestia and Luna landed to where they found the source. “Luna, this is where we found the other life forms.”, Celestia says. “Yes. But where are they?” “My, oh, my.”, a voice says. They turn to it. They see seven strange creatures and a dog. “It seems we found more strange creatures.”, the burly creature says. “They'll be perfect for our collection.”, the well-dressed one says. “You collect alicorns?”, Luna asks. “Well I have no idea what alicorns are, but no. We've collected a variety of creatures.”, the green suited one says. “A variety?”, Celestia asks. “Yes. 'Variety' means the quality or state of being different or diverse. So, we've captured creatures other than your kind.”, the lanky one says. “And now, it's time to see what you will be worth.”, the brown suited one says. “Well I'm afraid that won't be possible, you better back off or we will use force.”, Celestia says as she and Luna power their horns. “That won't be a problem, as long as I'm around.”, a familiar voice says. Their eyes widen at the voice. “Wait, is that...?” The creatures part as Neighsay walks to the front. “Neighsay!”, the princesses exclaim. “It's an honor to see you here, your majesties.”, he says as he bows his head. “Neighsay, what are you doing with them?!”, Celestia asks. “I'm helping them with their plan to get rid of a monster that's somewhere in this land.” “A monster.” “Yes. And once we find it, we're going to incarcerate it like the other monsters.”, the lab coat wearing one says. “'Incarcerate'? You mean imprison or confine?” “That's right.” “And what other monsters?”, Luna asks. “They've already captured those non-pony creatures.” “You mean you've imprisoned Twilight's students?” “Absolutely. And now we're going to find their consorts along with that monster. And abolish them all forever.”, Neighsays says cold heartedly. The princesses are in disbelief. “You abolished my protests. You were going to regret it eventually. And nothing is gonna stop me from bringing order back to the kingdom. Now stand aside.” “Neighsay, we will not.” “We command you to release the students at once.” “Make me.” “You will not heed your rulers?” “I won't.” “Very well then.” They power their horns, but they suddenly hear a roar. They turn to it. Up ahead they see a monster flying across the sky. “It's him. That's the monster.” The goons turn back to the princesses. “You two are spared for now. But after that monster is captured, I'll make sure those students will never set hoof in Ponyville again.” He creates a portal and he and the other creatures enter it. “Luna, we've gotta find Twilight and fast.” “She and her friends will be in terrible danger.” They bolt off to find the others. In the bunker cave, the adults, kids and elders are with the other survivors having lunch together. “I have to say, it's very nice to see that your world has the same sorts of foods as we do.”, Big Macintosh says. “Gosh, there will have to be a lot of exams for how your cultures work.”, Mrs. Klusky says. “I can't believe we're having lunch with talking animals. Is normal non-existent now?”, Mrs. Demson says. “Don't be such a whipper snapper, now.”, Granny Smith says. “Most of us don't even need to know what we can or can't accept anymore.”, Grand Pear says. “I just wish that our kids were with us.”, Milo's dad says. “Cheer up, Terrance. They've been on their own lots of times, what makes you sure this is any different? Well besides being in an unknown area, of course.”, Truman's dad says. “It's coming from here!”, an unfamiliar voice says. “Someone's coming! Everyone hide!”, Hondo Flanks shouts. They all hide. A figure enters and searches the area. “I thought for sure I heard voices.” “Well no one seems to be here. They must've gone off like a bunch of lame-os.” “Wait a minute. Gilda, is that you?”, Bow says. “Huh?” They turn to the voice and some ponies emerge. They see that it's Chrysalis along with, Pharynx, Gilda, Gabby, Garble, Rutherford's guards, Terramar, Sky Beak and Ocean Flow. “See, I told you I heard voices.”, Terramar says. “You're all still alive.”, Pharynx says. “It's OK, everyone. Come on out.”, Windy says. The others emerge and lower their fear. “It's good to see that you're all fine.”, Sky Beak says. They then see that there are strange creatures with them. “Um, who are they?”, Gilda asks. “Oh, these are humans. Come in, we'll introduce them to you.” They all enter the cave and get acquainted with all the humans. Afterward, they all sit and eat with them. “So how did you all get here?”, Twilight asks. “We've all found each other searching for our friends when Terramar heard voices in a nearby cave.”, Ocean Flow says. “We've also heard some strange roars all over the land. We think that there might be some strange monster nearby.”, Chrysalis says. “Wait a minute. A monster?”, Sweetie Belle asks. “Twilight and the others could still be out there.”, Scootaloo says. “You're right. Our kids could still be out there as well.”, T.D.'s mom says. “Chrysalis, do you think you can find their aura nearby?”, Sky Beak asks. “I'll try.”, she says. She closes her eyes and her horn glows. She then opens her eyes. “I found Twilight. And she's with another life form.” “Another life form?”, Zephyr asks. “Yes. It's like Daniel and Mariella only younger but slightly older than Jake.” “Oh, my gosh. That's our daughter.”, Helen's dad says. “Where are they?”, Helen's mom asks. “They're in another cave just five miles away.” “Well we gotta get there.”, Carolina's dad says. “No. We can't go altogether.”, Gabby says. “What? Why not?”, Alice and Ronald's father asks. “That monster could be more powerful than any creature we've ever encountered. If we all go out there, some of us might not come back...alive.”, Pharynx says. They all tremble at the thought. “You're right. It looks like only a handful of us will just have to go out there instead.”, Kazuo says. “Alright, I propose we'll need about six volunteers.”, Chrysalis proposes. “'Propose'? You mean put forward a plan or idea for consideration or discussion by others?”, Helen's abuelo asks “Yes. I'm one.” “I'm two.”, Night Light says. “I'm three.”, Twilight Velvet says. “I'm four.”, Helen's dad says. “I'm five.”, Helen's mom says. “Six”, Jake says. “No, Jake. You can't come with us.”, his dad says. “You're too young.” “I'm Six.”, Carolina's dad says. “Jorge, you're coming?” “Don't worry, hermana. We're all in this together. My niece is out there, and we've got to make sure she's safe.” “OK. I believe in you.” “Alright, we have our group. The rest of you stay hidden until we come back.” “Un momento.”, Helen's abuela shouts. “You all manage to find us easily. What if the monster finds us.” “Don't worry.”, Stellar says. “Me, Sunspot, Firelight and Candlelight will use a special sound proofing spell to keep us from being heard.” “Unfortunately, it isn't permanent. It will only last for about two hours.”, Firelight says. “After that, the spell will be broken.” “Two hours. That's all the time we need.”, Night says. “Hold on.”, Helen's dad says. He takes his son to his parents. “Mom, Dad, do you think...?” “Of course, son. We'll keep an eye on him.”, his dad says. “Alright, let's go.”, Chrysalis says. They all head out of the cave while the unicorns cast the spell. “Be careful.”, Igneous says. In the other cave, Twilight and Helen enter and hear voices. They travel deeper until they come across some sort of laboratory inside. “Whoa. There's a whole laboratory inside this cave?”, Helen asks. “How did they manage to make all this without any technology?”, Twilight asks. “One of life's greatest mysteries.” “Hello?”, a voice asks. They turn to the voice and are horrified at what they see. There was Twilight's students each in a cage. “Sandbar, Gallus, Smolder, Yona, Ocellus, Silver Stream.”, Twilight exclaims. “Twilight. Thank goodness, you're alive.”, Gallus says. “Uh, what creature is with Twilight?”, Yona asks. “Oh, everyone, this is Helen. She's a human.” “Hello.”, Helen says. “A human? That's peculiar.”, Ocellus states. “Well anyway, what are you all doing in these cages?” “Some strange goons caught us and took us in this strange lab.”, Silver Stream says. “And what's worse, they've teamed up with that discriminative chancellor.”, Sandbar says. “Well I've actually figured out what he's planning.”, Twilight says. “He overheard Starlight and Sunburst inviting you and the rest of your races to the wedding. So, he's planning on abducting all of you, so it would be enough to call it off.” “I don't understand. What does he have against creatures like us?”, Smolder asks. “I'm not sure. But we're going to get you out of here.”, Helen says. “Well tough luck, they took the key with them.”, Sandbar says. “Then I'll open the locks.”, Twilight says. She powers her horn, but nothing happens. “What?” “It's no use, Twilight. Neighsay put a spell on the locks so no one other than him can use magic to unlock them.”, Gallus says. “Looks like that chancellor has been taking notes.”, Helen says. “Helen, you're not helping.” “Sorry.” They then hear growling and look behind them. Behind them is a rottweiler. “Uh, did we forget to tell you that they left their dog here?”, Smolder asks. “Yes.”, Helen and Twilight say in unison. “They left their dog here.” It starts barking and they both run from it. Elsewhere, Martha, Skits and the Cubs manage to find all their friends and family. “Alright, everyone is here.”, Martha says. Skits barks. “What is it, Skits?” Skits barks in query. “Oh, rats. We've been so busy finding all of our friends and family that we forgot to look for Helen and her friends and family.” Nelson meows sarcastically. “Hey, you weren't thinking about Ronald and Alice either. So, who are you to meow so sarcastically?” Lily barks in query. “'Sarcastic' means marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt. So we was saying how I really thought ahead, but he was being sarcastic.” Pops barks. “Don't worry, Pops, we'll find our owners soon enough.” She then turns and gets worried. “I hope.” “I finally caught you.", a monstrous voice says. They turn to it and see the same monster who was attacking their city. "Oh, no. It's him!", Martha shouts. “Wait a minute. You're the same creatures I've helped my saviors incarcerate. What are you all doing here?” They all suddenly start making noises at once. “Enough. It's hard to understand all of you. I suppose I'll have to resort to this.” The monster waves his claws and casts a spell on all the animals. “What just happened?”, Skits asks. He suddenly gasps. “Whoa. Skits, did you just talk?”, Pops asks before he gasps. “Wait. Can we all talk?”, Slappy asks. “Oh, dear me.”, Martha's mom says. “This is unbelievable.”, Lilly says. “Well, maybe it's not a surprise for Polly.”, Nelson says. “I suppose you're right, Nelson.”, Polly says before gasping. “Wait. I can speak in complete sentences.” All the animals start to marvel at their new ability to talk. “Enough.”, the monster says. “I'll ask you again. What are you all doing here?” “We don't know.”, Leonard asks. “We were all sucked up by some strange wind and we ended up here.” “None of us can't make heads or tails of where we are.”, Bob says. “Well no matter. It's time to put an end to all of you.” He powers his magic and prepares to attack them. Suddenly, two shadows land in front of the monster. The shadows are baffled by the monster itself. “Oh, great. You shadows better get out of my way now.”, the monster says. They stand their ground as he animals run and hide. "Very well. Then die!" He then charges to the shadows at full force. The Ayes Have ItElsewhere, Celestia and Luna scour the skies looking for Twilight. “Any sign of her?”, Celestia asks. “Nothing.”, Luna says. They look around and sense a powerful aura. “Sister. The monster's aura is coming from that way.” They follow the aura and find a monster in front of imps, shadows and other monsters as they finish putting on their armor and wield their weapons. “My loyal subjects, we're all back together. But with no time to lose.”, the monster says. “Those all those creatures are in serious trouble. We have to find the being who possesses my aura and put a stop to it.” “Wait, another being with the same aura?”, Luna asks. “Well that explains why this aura didn't feel evil.”, Celestia says. “We are at war and this being will stop at nothing to track down those creatures. Right now, two of my minions are keeping an eye on those two dogs. As long as nothing happens to them there's still hope to save them as well as all the other creatures in this land.” They all head to the armory. Celestia and Luna look at each other. “Dogs and other creatures?”, Luna questions. “I guess they must be from the same world as those creatures we saw with Neighsay.”, Celestia says. “Oh, my goodness.” “What is it, Luna?” “If Neighsay and those creatures find that monster, the results will be catastrophic. Everyone in this land will be gone.” “You're right. We've gotta find the others and quick.” They both fly off. “Alright, my subjects. We’ve all suited up.”, he says. “Now we all have to face that being who…” Before he finishes, he senses the aura of the two minions who are with the creatures from the other world. “The minions, their aura is starting to fade.” He then faces his subjects. “Quickly, we must save them, but without being seen by the creatures. If they’re defeated, those creatures will be next.” They then bolt off to rescue the members. Elsewhere, Neighsay and the goons are running, looking for the monster. “Do you sense it, Neighsay?”, Stubble asks. “No. I just lost its aura.”, Neighsay says. “Drat.”, Kablooey says. Suddenly, Neighsay senses something else. “Wait a minute.” He follows the aura and the others follow him. They follow him until he reaches the source. In front of them are the rest of Twilight’s friends, her family, the consorts and more humans. “It’s those kids.”, Weaselegraft says. “What are they doing here?” “Well whoever they are, they’re with the consorts. Let’s get them.” He teleports. “Neighsay, wait!”, Pablum says. The group continues walking, until a unicorn appears before them. “I have you now.” “Neighsay!”, the dragon and mares say in unison. “What are you doing here?!”, Spike asks. “I was just about to ask you all the same thing.” “Well, you’re gonna have to skip the Q and A.”, Thorax says before he and the rest of the consorts confront him. “Unicorn has no reason to be here.”, Rutherford says. They suddenly get caught in a net. “What? Where did this net come from?”, Seaspray asks. “You have me to thank for that.”, a voice says. Seven unfamiliar creatures reach the chancellor. One of them is holding a big device. “Nice shot, Pablum.”, the one in the green suit says. “Thank you, Otis. I’ve been practicing.”, the one in the lab coat says. “You guys?!”, T.D. says. “You’re here too?” “T.D., you know them?”, Shining asks. “Unfortunately, yes.”, Truman answers. “They all used some sort of monster to imprison all of us and then sent us here.”, Carolina says. “A monster?”, Spike asks. “Do you think it’s the same monster that attacked us?”, Flutters asks. “It could be,”, Milo says. “Well in any case, now we have the consorts of those students.”, Neighsay says. “Hey, you better release them this instant.”, Spike proclaims. He then looks at Spike and realizes. “Oh, my goodness. Why didn’t I see this before?” “Looks like he’s getting it.”, Pinkie says. “I’ve completely forgot that you yourself are a dragon, so you must be deported as well.” “What?!”, the group says. “Or maybe not.” "Wait. What's deported?", T.D. asks. "'Deport' means to expel someone from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime.", Shining says. “You can’t abolish me. I was born in Canterlot. Which makes me an official Equestrian citizen.” “Well we can change that.” “What you talkin bout?”, Ronald asks. “Once all the non pony creatures are detained, I’ll be able to renounce this dragon’s citizenship and have him thrown out of the kingdom along with the other creatures.” “Celestia has the right to say who is tolerant of whoever they speak with.” “To Tartarus with Celestia!” The creatures gasp. “You better take that back, right now!”, Rainbow says. “No. But we can take all of you back to our hideout.”, Pablum says as he shoots nets to all of the members. Elsewhere, the group keep their guard up as they head to the cave. “Chrysalis, are we close to them yet?”, Helen’s dad asks. “Almost. They’re aura is right…. here.”, she says. They suddenly hear screaming and start panicking. “That sounds like Helen.”, Helen’s mom says. “And that sounds like Twilight.”, Twilight says. “They must be in trouble.”, Night says. “We’ve gotta get in there.”, Carolina’s dad says. They all run into the cave. Inside, Helen and Twilight are still running from the rottweiler. Twilight suddenly trips. The rottweiler’s almost got them, but Twilight uses her freeze spell and the dog is frozen. They both breath heavily. “That was close.”, Twilight says. “Way too close.”, Helen says. “Good thing I still remembered that freeze spell.” “Yeah. But we still don’t know how to get your students out of the cages.” “Wait a minute.”, Smolder says. “I’m a dragon. I could just melt the locks off.” Her friends stare at her in disbelief. “What?” “It took you an hour to realize that you’re a dragon and you can melt the locks off.”, Ocellus says. She then starts blushing. “Wow, do I have egg on my face.” She takes a deep breath and breathes fire on the locks of Sandbar and Gallus’s cages. And then Yona, Ocellus and Silver Stream’s. And finally, her own. They all open the cages and get out. “Alright. Let’s go. That spell isn’t gonna keep that dog frozen forever.”, Twilight says before they all head out. Elsewhere, Celestia and Luna are still looking for Twilight, when Luna sees something below. “Sister, look.”, she says as Celestia looks down as well. Below them are two minions fighting a monster that looked exactly like the monster they saw earlier. “Wait a minute. That looks like the same monster we saw earlier.” “How can there be two monsters in the same area?” “Well whatever the case is, we need to help those creatures.” They descend from the sky. The minions are becoming exhausted and the monster is about to finish them. The alicorns land in front of him and shine their light. The monster screams in agony. “My eyes!” “You’re free. Quick, go before he regains his vision.” The minions fly off. The monster regains his vision and looks around. “What? Where did they go?”, the monster asks. He looks to the strange equines. “Why you.” Before he attacks them, he senses the aura again. “You two are free to go. I have more important things to do right now.” It spreads its wings and takes off. “You saved us.”, a voice says. They look behind them and see animals emerging. “Oh, my gosh. What are these animals doing here?”, Celestia asks. “So, there’s more talking animals here?”, the yellow dog asks. “Wow. That’s unexpected.”, the brown dog says. “Oh, my gosh. Did you just talk?”, Luna asks. “Yes. We all can talk.”, a lion cub says. “What happened to the monster?”, another one asks. “He flew away. You’re all safe now.”, Celestia says. “Thank you very much. Do you think you can help us find our owners?”, a cat asks. “I’m sorry. But we have to find our friends. Hopefully you’ll be able to find them.” They then fly off. “Do they really expect us to find our owners by ourselves without any protection?”, an elderly dog asks. “Well everyone, it looks like we’re on our own now. So, let’s get going.”, an elephant says. They all start traveling. Back in the cave, the families and friends are still waiting for the group who left to find the missing daughters. “What’s taking them so long?”, Babs asks. “The spell’s about to wear off.” “I don’t know, Babs.”, Gabby says. Suddenly the spell then wears off. “Oh, great. The spell’s broken.”, Igneous says. “Where are they?” “Oh, forget this. We can’t stay in here forever.”, Limestone says. “Let’s go find them.” “Limestone, we can’t leave.”, AB says. “Chrysalis said if we all leave, some of us might not come back alive.” “She’s right.”, Big Mac says. “Are you really gonna risk your necks just to find the group?” She then growls and relents. “So how the heck are we supposed to find them if we can’t leave the cave?” “Shh. Someone’s coming.”, Pharynx says. They all hide. “Someone has to go out there and see who it is.”, Windy whispers. “I’ll check.”, Milo’s dad says. He tiptoes to the entrance and takes a peek. Outside are the group who imprisoned them in their world. “It’s those goons again.”, he whispers under his breath. He then notices they’re carrying nets with creatures inside. His eyes then widen as he sees that the kids are in the nets, including his son. He waits for the group to be gone and runs back inside. “Everyone, listen up!” “What’s going on, Terrance?”, Alice and Ronald’s dad asks. “It’s those guys who imprisoned us back in our world.” “Que? How is this possible?”, Helen’s abuelo asks. “And what’s more they have some other creatures in nets and they have the children as well.” The group all start panicking. "Wait, what creatures did crooks take?", a yak guard asks. "Aside from our children, they've also taken, a hippogriff, a yak, a changeling, a griffon, two dragons, a tall lanky animal with multiple limbs from different animals, and some ponies with them." "That griffon must have been General Sea Spray.", Terremar says. "He was our daughter's consort.", Sky Beak says. "That griffon must have been my grandfather, Grandpa Gruff.", Gilda says. "I hope he's alright.", Gabby says. "That changeling must've been my brother, Thorax. Those crooks will pay for this.", Pharynx exclaims. "Yak must be Prince Rutherford.", A yak guard says. "Must save prince now.", the other says. "The creature with many animals limbs must be Discord.", Zephyr says. "I'm surprised he didn't use his magic to break free." “They’ve captured the children?”, T.D.’s dad says. “How are we gonna save them?”, Truman’s mom asks. They all continue panicking until they're stopped by laughing. They turn to the source of the laughter. It was Garble laughing hysterically. "Oh, my gosh. Those two dragons seriously couldn't put up a fight.", he says as he wipe a tear from his eye. "Oh, that's just rich." They all glare at him. "What?" "How can you be so insensitive?", Truman's mom asks. "I'm not insensitive, I've never been so insensitive. Why don't we all become insensitive." "You have no idea what 'insensitive' means, do you?", Truman's dad asks. "Not a clue." "'Insensitive' means showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings. How can you be so thoughtless?" "That wimp really needs to learn how to stand up for himself." "Listen here, dragon.", Gilda says. "We can tolerate your quips, you taking our food or even breathing fire for pranking, but you are not allowed to talk down to our captive friends. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have known who we are and got along." "They're right.", L.C. says. "So you better shape up your image and at least act sympathetic to your friends. Otherwise, if they're gone, whatever is out there will come for us next." He looks at all the glaring faces and sighs in defeat. "Fine. I guess I'll be sympathetic at least for today.", he says. “Looks like we don’t have a choice.”, T.D.’s mom says. “We better go with Limestone’s idea.” They all look at each other, considering the idea. “They’re right.”, Grand Pear says. “The longer we stay here, the less hope there is that they’ll come back alive.” “All in favor of leaving this cave, say aye.”, Helen’s grandpa says. “Aye!” “The ayes have it. Let’s go.” They all leave the cave. Goon ConfrontationTwilight, Helen, their families, the students and Chrysalis all head out to search for the others. “Have you found them yet?”, Helen asks. “We’re still looking.”, Twilight says. The alicorn, unicorns and changeling queen then sense something nearby. “There are some creatures nearby.”, Chrysalis says. “Quick hide.” They all hide and listen hear voices. “How much longer are we doing this?”, a voice asks. “They’ve gotta be here somewhere.”, another voice says. “Who are they?”, Gallus whispers. “I’m not sure. I’ve never heard those voices before.”, Chrysalis says. “Hello! Can anyone hear us?!”, a familiar voice says. “Wait. That voice.”, Helen says. “It sounds like Martha.” “Helen. Carolina. Alice.” “That is Martha.”, her mom says. “Wait a minute. Your dog can talk?”, Sandbar asks. “It’s a long story.”, Helen says. “Let’s get out there.” They all emerge and go towards the voice. They then see animals altogether. “Martha! Skits!”, Helen shouts. They then hear the voice and turn to it. It was their owner. “Helen!”, Martha shouts. They both run to their owner. They reach her and lick all over her face. “Oh, Martha, Skits, I was so worried about you two. What are you all doing here?” “We’ve been traveling everywhere looking for you and everyone else.” “If we searched any longer, we would’ve given up all hope of looking for our owners.”, Skits says. “Well I’m so glad you found us.”, Helen says. She then realizes something. “Hang on. Skits, did you just talk?” “Uh, yes.” “Oh, my gosh. Skits can talk.”, Helen’s dad says. “How is this possible?”, Helen’s uncle asks. “We were all looking for you when we came across that monster that imprisoned us and took over our town.”, Matt says as he and the rest of Martha’s family approach them. “You saw the monster?” “Yes. He couldn’t understand us, so he cast a spell that made everyone talk.”, Caruso says. “After that, he tried to attack us.”, Cal says. “Attack you. Then how did you all survive?”, Helen’s mom asks. “We were actually saved twice.”, Skipper says. “First by some sort of shadows, then by two winged unicorns.” “Winged unicorns?”, a voice says. They turn to the voice and see more creatures approaching the group. “Did those winged unicorns happened to wearing crowns, breastplates and gilded shoes?”, the female unicorn asks. “Yes.”, Martha’s mom says. “It’s Celestia and Luna. They’re alive, too.”, Chrysalis say. “Do you have any idea where they are now?”, a unicorn asks. “No idea.”, Polly says. “We never saw them again after they saved us.” “Chrysalis, do you think you can track their aura?”, a dragon asks. “I think so. Give me a second.”, Chrysalis says. Her horn glows and finds it. “I’ve found them.” “Alright. Let’s go.” “Wait a minute. What about our friends and family?”, Martha asks. They look ahead and see the animals. “Alright. I may have something, but it’s going to be hard to use it.” “What is it?”, Helen asks. “I’m going to use a teleporting spell to transport all of us to Celestia and Luna.” “Can you really do that?”, Ocellus asks. “I won’t know until I try.”, Chrysalis says. “Alright. Hold still, everyone.” She powers up her horn and a few seconds later a burst of magic emits, and everyone vanishes. In the cave, the captors are trying to open the cages. Flurry uses her magic, and nothing happens. “Still nothing.”, Flurry says. “It’s hopeless. There’s really no way out of these cages.”, Ember says. “We all must help others.”, Rutherford says. “How are we gonna help them if we can’t break, burn, bend or blast these cages open?”, Rainbow asks. “There’s gotta be something we can do.”, Shining says. They start thinking and then Truman sees something ahead. “Hey, what’s that?”, he asks. “What’s what?”, Thorax asks. “That. The thing on top of that machine.” They all look in the direction of his finger and see a hard cover book on top of one of the machines. “It’s a book.”, Alice says. “You think it’s a spell book?”, Fluttershy asks. “I’ll get it down.”, Cadance says. She powers her horn and the book gets levitated. The book comes, and they take a closer look at it. “Well?”, Rarity asks. “It is a spell book.” “You think it’s Neighsay’s?”, Ronald asks. “Could be.”, Shining says. “Maybe it has the spell for these cages and how to break it.” Cadance opens the book and sees its contents. “Oh, no.” “What’s wrong?”, Milo asks. “The pages are blank.” “What?!”, they all shout. She shows the pages to show that they’re all blank. “They must’ve been written with invisible ink.”, Applejack says. “How are we gonna find that spell if all the pages are blank?”, Rarity asks. “Maybe I can use a spell that will allow us to see the invisible ink. But it will only last for ten seconds.”, Shining says. “I’m willing to do anything if it’ll get us out of these cages.”, Carolina says. “Alright. Here goes.” He powers his horns and the ink is now visible. It shows a contents table and page numbers for spells. “I found it.”, Cadance says. The spell then wears off. “Shining, we’re gonna need you to use that spell over and over again.”, Gruff says. “Alright. But we better make this quick. My magic isn’t endless.” He powers his horn the ink appears again. Cadance then searches the pages for the spell. Elsewhere, the emperor and some imps are surveilling the creatures. He then feels something. “What’s this?”, he says. He focuses his magic and feels some creatures in cages inside a cave. “Some of the creatures have been locked in cages. But where did these cages come from?” An imp growls to the emperor. “You’re right. There must have been some creatures who were smart enough to build cages in this land. I only know a few of those who would be smart enough. But it couldn’t possibly be them.” The other imps growl. “No matter. You two, find the cave these creatures are in and find out who trapped them.” They salute and fly off. “Every hour, there seems to be less and less hope that these creatures will be unharmed. We have to find the one who resembles me as soon as possible.” Elsewhere, the crooks and Neighsay are wandering around the land. Then Neighsay senses something. “What is it, Neighsay?”, Weaselegraft asks. “I sense non-pony creatures near this area.”, he says. “You think it’s the same ones who escaped?”, Kablooey asks. “No, their aura is different.” He traces the aura and the others follow him. They soon find a massive group of ponies, humans and a few non-ponies traveling with them. And in front of them are the princesses. “It’s the princesses again.” “Are you serious?”, Gimmie asks. “We got them now.”, Pablum says. They all charge. “How much longer? My feet are killing me.”, Mrs. Demson says. “They seem to be closer.”, Celestia says. “Stop right there.”, another voice says. They turn to it. They see Neighsay and the crooks stopping to them. “It’s those guys again.”, Tiffany says. “How did they find us?”, L.C. asks. Before they can answer a burst of magic comes and the humans, ponies and changeling queen appear with more creatures with them. “Twilight!”, the princesses exclaim. “And they found Sandbar, Gallus, Smolder, Yona, Ocellus and Silver Stream.”, Pharynx says. Gabby and Gilda approach Sandbar and Gallus. “How have you two been?”, Gabby asks. “Did some lame-os try to hurt you?”, Gilda asks. Pharynx, Terramar, Sky Beack and Ocean Flow approach Smolder, Yona Ocellus and Silver Stream. “Thank goodness you’re all safe.”, Terramar says. “Did you teach some baddies what for?”, Pharynx asks. Then all the owners are reunited with their pets. “Oh, how touching.”, Neighsay says sarcastically. “Now that the reunion is over, I can finally incarcerate all of you non-ponies.” “Not on your life.”, Twilight says as he gets in front of him. “Sparkle. Get out of my way.” “I will not. You are not laying a single hoof on my students or their friends and families.” “Tough luck, Sparkle. Because I’m not alone.” The goons and dog come from behind him. “Careful, those guys mean business.”, C.K. warns. “Wow. There’s another winged unicorn?”, Kablooey says. “Add the other winged unicorns we’ve caged with them and we’ve hit the magical jackpot.”, Wesealegraft says. “Other winged unicorns you’ve caged?”, Twilight asks. She then realizes who they’re referring to. “You’ve imprisoned my sister-in-law and my niece?!” “Not only that. They’ve also captured your friends, your brother, the consorts of your students and the children of our friends.”, Igneous says. “You monsters.” “Sparkle, it’s bad enough that you’ve created a school with non pony students enrolling in it and you’ve also had all kinds of non pony creatures visiting the kingdom. But inviting non pony creatures to a public all pony wedding is barbaric. The only thing worse than that is if a pony was marrying a non pony creature and had a hybrid offspring after that. That wedding of your former pupil will not happen. And every single non-pony creature will be deported permanently!” “Neighsay, you’ve officially lost your mind.”, Luna says. “I’m not losing my mind. I’m trying to restore order to the kingdom!” His horn starts to glow, and he makes a ground shaking earthquake. Remorse in the DungeonIn the cave, Cadance continues reading the book when the groups feel the earth shaking. "What's going on?!", Truman asks. "It's an earthquake.", Sunburst says. "You think it's more of your kind, Rutherford?", Ember asks. "No. Earthquake too powerful to be yaks stomping.", Rutherford says. "I'll locate the source.", Discord says. His eyes glow and finds the source of the earthquake. "It's that chancellor who imprisoned us." "Neighsay!", they all exclaim. "We've gotta find that spell right now.", Starlight says. "Shining, keep using your spell.", Cadance says. He nods and uses his spell again. The emperor and his monsters notice the earth shaking and look down. They see the crooks from the other world in front of the creatures. He then growls. "That's it. This has gone on long enough.", he says. The minions growl in query. "No more hiding. We have to save those creatures right now." They all descend. "You will surrender right now.", Fildgemarker says. They hear flapping and look up. A monster lands in front of the group and he opens his eyes. "Wait a minute. It's him.", Pablum says. "That's the monster we've been trying to get a hold of." "So, we finally meet again." "It's been a while, Your Majesty.", Weaselgraft says. "Your Majesty?!", the group exclaims. "That monster is royalty?", Twilight asks. "You all should fear me now that we've come face to face once more." "That won't be a problem.", Kablooey says. "Because now we have help." The chancellor approaches the monster. "You." "Oh, sweet Celestia. It's hideous.", he exclaims. "All this time, I thought all the prejudicial ponies have been gone for centuries. But apparently, one still exists." "I take it you've heard of me." "Yes. You've tried to shut down this alicorn's school all because the students were not ponies like yourself." "How does he know that?", Twilight asks. Helen shrugs. "Yes. I did. Until, the princesses reinforced the school's policy making my protests completely useless. And that that we've teamed up, I'll make sure the school stays closed, that unicorn wedding will not have any non-pony creatures attending and every non-pony creature will be deported from the kingdom." "I should've known that it was all of you who've created a mechanical prison in my kingdom." "Wait. This wasteland is your kingdom.", Fildgemarker asks. "It was. But somehow, it was ruined by some sort of being that shares my exact aura." He then senses a massive burst of energy. "It's here." "What's here?", Martha asks. He looks up and finds the source he was looking for. It was another monster that looked just like the emperor. He descends and confronts the other monster. "You're me." "No. You're me.", the other monster says. It looks behind him and sees its creators. "My saviors." "Saviors?" "I've done it. I found the one who possesses my aura. What should we do with them?" "We'll just detain him along with the rest of them.", Pablum says as they take out their net blasters. They capture the emperor and groups. Back in the cave, the group wait anxiously as Shining's spell wears off again. "Cadance, did you find the spell yet?", Spike asks. "I almost found it.", she says. "Can you please hurry up, honey. I'm starting to get a headache.", Shining says before his horn glows again. She continues reading until she finds the page she's looking for. "I found it." "Hurry, what does it say?", Sea Spray asks. She reads the page and then gets the spell. "Alright. Everypony, I'm gonna use it now." "I hope this works.", Ember says. "It has to.", Gruff says. She powers her horn and the locks glow. They all then begin to click open. "It worked.", Pinkie says. "Alright. Let's get out of here.", Rarity says. They all open their cages and bolt out. They keep going until they see the exit. "I see the exit.", Applejack says. "We're almost there.", Fluttershy says. Before they reach it, they are stopped by the crooks. "Leaving so soon?", Neighsay says. "Woah. Didn't see that coming.", Discord says. Later, all the creatures are taken to the emperor's dungeon. "Thank you for letting us use your dungeon, Your Majesty.", Weaselegraft says. "Just don't lay a single finger on those creatures.", the emperor says. "Don't worry. We're just keeping them safe until we've taken over this land.", Bumblecrum says. "And we'll deport these non-pony creatures forever.", Neighsay says. Fildgemarker peeks into the door. "Don't you magic wielders even thing about teleporting or removing those chains. Because we've put up magic sensors all over the room.", Fildgemarker says. "So if any of you even try escaping, we'll extract your life force leaving you completely weak and helpless.", Neighsay says. "Neighsay, doesn't that sound a bit extreme?", Pablum asks. "Absolutely not. I'm not resting until Equestria is back to the way it's supposed to be. Now if you'll excuse us, we have a land to rule." They all leave the room with the emperor following them. The groups sulk in the dungeon. "I can't believe we're all gonna be imprisoned in this dungeon.", Twilight says. "Now we'll never go back to our worlds.", Helen says. "What's gonna happen to us now?", Truman asks. "And how are we gonna get out of here without using magic?", Rarity asks. Everyone then starts panicking. "How could that monster do this to us?", Helen's dad asks. "First those crooks took of with the cubs and now they've got us trapped in here.", the zookeeper says. "Guys, they didn't take the...", Martha says before being interrupted. "I will not look good with grime stains on my shirt.", Tiffany says. They all continue arguing and bickering. "OK, that's enough!", a voice says. They suddenly stop as soon as they hear the voice. "Who said that?", Fluttershy asks. Skits stands up and speaks out. "I did." "Skits, you can talk?", T.D. asks. "Yes. In fact, all of us animals can talk now." "It's true.", Lilly says. "Uh huh.", Nelson says. "You heard him right.", Ruby says. "How is this possible?", Milo's dad asks. "We've been confronted by the other monster and he cast some sort of spell that made all of us talk.", Skipper says. "Yes. So we've all been understanding one another since we've been given this spell.", Trina says. "And it's about time one of us actually spoke up and let's everyone know what we're actually trying to say.", Skits says. "We have all been completely silent for far too long." "Now we've all had problems ourselves, me trying to be more obedient, Martha looking for her family, Lilly trying to find a better home, Pops wanting to be adopted, Kitten looking for a family, and Nelson, well do I even need to list his problems?" "Hey!" "Whatever the case, we've all had problems that needed to be solved eventually, so what's keeping us from solving this problem?" "Twilight, they're right.", Sunburst says. "What do you mean?", she asks. "We've all had problems of our own. And right now we have our own problem.". Starlight says. "We wanted to ask for your opinion." "Opinion for what?" "After me and Sunburst are married, where are we gonna live? Ponyville or the Crystal Empire?" "Oh, my gosh. That is a problem." She then thinks about it and gives her decision. "Starlight, Sunburst, you can live anywhere you want." "Huh?", they both ask. "It doesn't matter where exactly you two have to live once you both get married. Wherever you live, you'll both be happy that you're living with each other." They take the decision and smile. "She's right, Sunburst. We'll always be together no matter where we live." "That's very touching of you to say.", Tiffany says. "Only we still don't know how we're gonna get out of here!" They all start arguing and bickering again. "I guess sweet moments aren't always enough to raise other people's spirits.", Martha says. "At this point, I'm not sure what will.", Skits says. Author's Note Sorry that I haven't added more chapters, I've been out of town for a few days and my writing software expired. I just had to write all of this by myself. Thank you for being patient and I'll see you in the next chapter. Escape to the ArmoryIn the cave, everyone is still arguing and bickering as Martha and Skits are covering their ears. "Hold it!", Martha shouts. Everyone stops and turns to the dog. "This arguing isn't gonna solve anything." "Well what are we supposed to do?", Stanley asks. "We're stuck in here while those crooks are gonna use that monster to take over this land." "Sure. In plain sight, it does seem like we have no hopes of escaping and getting back home." "But that's beside the point.", Skits says. "We shouldn't be bickering about the bad future. What we should be focused on is how exactly we're going to take down those fiends and get all of us back to our worlds. Now look, we may all be of different races and/or species, but we're all the same in so many ways. We all have feelings for each other and have always helped each other in our time of need. We've all had to face problems of ourselves from time to time, but we've always managed to succeed in the end. So why should this be any different? Just because we're in a world that we don't know about, doesn't mean we should just give up. That monster actually tried to save us and he willingly gave himself to those goons just to keep us alive. That must mean he actually cares about us. So, we shouldn't just sit here and mope. We should all band together and fight! Help that monster as he helped us. So, who's with me?" They are in awe at what they just heard. "Wow. Skits, since when were you able to give speeches?", Martha asks. "I guess it must be one of the side effects of this spell." They all then cheer at Skits's speech. "That's such a good sentiment, Skits.", Helen says. "A sentiment?" "A 'sentiment' is a view of or attitude toward a situation or event. So that's a good sentiment." "Yes. Except we have no idea how to get out of this dungeon.", Rarity says. They hear growling and look around. They turn and find the source. Behind the door are two shadows. "Hey, it's the same shadows that gave us time to hide from the other monster.", Sarge says. "What are they doing here?", Nelson asks. The shadows seep into the lock and unlock the door. The door opens and the shadows form again. The rest of the shadows, imps, monsters and minions enter and break the shackles and chains. "They're helping us?", Carolina asks. "But why?" One monster approaches them and growls. "Oh, I see.", Martha says. "What did it say?", Helen asks. "They want us to help them save their emperor." "Do you really think we can trust them?", Truman asks. "Their emperor saved us from being experimented.", Martha's mom says. They all consider the circumstances and agree to comply with the minions. "Very well. We'll go with you.", Twilight says. One of the creatures pushes a brick and makes a secret entrance open. "There's a secret entrance in this dungeon?", T.D. says. "Wow does this land works differently from ours.", L.C. says. In the throne room, the crooks, Neighsay and the clone are confronting the emperor who is in a cage. "You've got a lot of nerve to be defending those humans and animals, Your Highness.", Weaselegraft says. "But you won't be for long, once we've trained you to become destructive.", Kablooey says. "And after that, we'll abolish you and the other non pony creatures forever.", Neighsay says. "Abolish?", Gimmie asks. "'Abolish' means to get rid of something permanently.", Bumblecrum says. "You are all despicable.", the emperor says. "Despicable?", 001 asks. "'Despicable' means deserving of hatred and contempt.", Fildgemarker says. "And especially you, Neighsay." "I'm not despicable. I'm just trying to clean this kingdom of pests." "They are not pests. You're just a discriminatory heathen." "A heathen?", Pablum asks. "A 'heathen' is an unenlightened person or a person regarded as lacking culture or moral principles.", Weaselegraft says. "Enough!", Neighsay shouts. "We are not here to take vocabulary lessons. We've got a kingdom to cleanse." They all leave the room as Keretomatus sulks in his cage. "I can't believe this is happening. I've let all of those creatures down. Star Swirl, I'm sorry I couldn't save them." "Don't be sorry, Keretomatus.", a voice says. "Who said that?" A glow emits in front of him and it clears to reveal Star Swirl and the Pillars of Old Equestria standing before him. The emperor stares in disbelief. In the secret room, the creatures all enter the armory and see all kinds of armor and weapons on the walls. "Whoa!", they all exclaim. "Look at all this armor.", Rainbow says. "And weapons too.", Applejack says. "The emperor must've been working tirelessly on this for any battle to come.", Starlight says. "What are we waiting for? Let's put them on.", T.D. says as he's about to run. "Wait, T.D.", Helen says. "What is it?" “We don’t fight anyone in our world. We’re lovers, not fighters.”, Truman says. “Wait a second. Are you saying that you all have baddies in your world and you don’t even fight them?”, Pinkie asks. “Yeah. We mostly just run and hide, and the police arrest them.”, Milo says. “Guys. You really need to learn how to defend yourselves and others.”, Sunburst says. “But we don’t know the first thing about battling.”, Helen’s dad says. “Well we can show humans.”, Rutherford says. “Let us show you.”, Thorax says. They all show the human and animals how to fight, defend and counter. The humans and animals take all the lessons taught by the friends and minions. Once they are all ready they all put on armor and pick their weapons. In another part of the castle, the crooks and Neighsay work on a mind control machine. “I have to say, Pablum, you’ve really outdone yourself with this.”, Neighsay says. “It’s a gift.”, Pablum responds. He then senses stronger aura. “Wait a minute.” “What is it, Neighsay?”, Kablooey asks. He closes his eyes and sees that the prisoners have escaped. “What?! Impossible!”, he shouts. “The creatures have escaped.” “There’s no need to worry, Neighsay.”, Weaslegraft says. “What?” “Me and Otis were actually expecting this, so we took extra precautions.”, Pablum says as he pushes a button. A door opens to reveal robot versions of the pets and animals. “Wow. You guys really have no lives.”, Stubble says. “Now, robots, find the escapees.”, Weaselegraft commands. The robots then bolt out of the room and search for the escapees. Learning the TruthIn another part of the castle, Keretomatus is bewildered by the Pillars in front of him. “Star Swirl, is it really you?”, the emperor asks. “Yes it is. We’re all here right before your eyes.”, Star Swirl says. “How did you all get here?” “It’s simple.”, Rockhoof says. “Star Swirl sensed a portal devouring the kingdom and called us together.” “But before we save the citizens, we ended up getting devoured as well.”, Flash says. “We then ended up in this wasteland, completely lost. But Star Swirl sensed that some of the citizens were in this place too. So we’ve been scouring everywhere to look for them.”, Mistmane says. “We’ve managed to track them down to this destroyed castle, and Star Swirl, recognized the aura that was surrounding it.”, Meadowbrook says. “We’ve entered this place tracking the main source of this aura and we then found you. And you haven’t changed a bit.”, Somnambula says. “I can’t believe you’re still alive.” He then sulks. “I’m sorry.” “Sorry? For what?”, Rockhoof says. “I let those creatures get incarcerated. You were right, Star Swirl. If I hadn’t used my newfound magic for personal use, none of this would be happening now. And now I’ll be used as a weapon to take over Equestria and the other world. I let you down.” “Keretomatus, you didn’t let us down.”, Star Swirl says. “There’s still hope for you.” “How is there still hope? I let my sons free and now I have no real family left. I’m completely powerless now.” “No, Keretomatus. You just need to believe in yourself, you need to find your inner monster and release it. And don’t worry, we’ll be there to help you.” The monster regains confidence and powers his magic. In the armory, the creatures have just finished their training. “Alright. We’re ready to take on those goons.”, Martha says. “Now to see what kind of armor fits us.”, Skits says. They all put on their armor and pick their weapons. Once they’ve all gotten their armor and weapons, they all prepare until Discord hears something in the distance. “Wait a second.”, he says. “What is it, Discord?”, Helen’s abuelo asks. “I hear something nearby. But it sounds like clanking metal.” “Clanking metal?”, Helen says. “Wait a minute. Whenever there’s clanking metal, that must mean…” The kids peek through the door. They then see the robot animals outside. “Robots.”, the kids all say. “Robots?”, the mares and dragon asks. “How advanced are those guys?”, Twilight asks. “Well now that we’re all in shape, let’s get to pummeling.”, Rainbow says. “Rainbow, wait.”, Applejack says. “What’s up?” “When was the last time we’ve gone against robots?” “Oh, well, never.” “We’ll just have to use brains over brawns for this.”, T.D. says. “T.D.’s right. We just have to think.”, Truman says. “Oh. I have a plan.”, Discord says. “You have a plan?”, Pinkie asks. “Well don’t keep us in suspense. Tell us.” “It was originally gonna be prank for Celestia and Luna on Nightmare Night” “A prank?”, the sisters say. “We’ll talk about that later.”, Celestia says. “Shining, how good is your singing?” “About moderately. Why?”, Shining says. “Alright. Here’s what we’re gonna do.” In another part of the castle, the goons enter the emperor’s throne room with the mind control machine. “Your Majesty, we’ve come to give you your…”, Pablum says before they see ahead. The cage is destroyed with the monster no longer inside it. “What happened?”, Neighsay exclaims. “I made sure that cage was completely magic proof.” “Did you wonder if I would reach my full potential?”, a voice asks. They look up and see the emperor is fully powered and emitting magic from his claws. “Well it looks like your potential won’t be there for long.”, Weaslegraft says. “Keretomatus, attack.” “Yes, saviors.”, the other monster says before bolting out. The monsters battle each other, while Neighsay uses a shielding spell on themselves and the machine. They blast magic, swipe their claws and throw punches. “How can you call those hooligans your saviors?”, the real monster asks. “Because they saved my life after I got lost.”, the fake one answers. “And how exactly were you lost?” The fake monster then realizes that they never explained how he got lost. “Oh, my goodness. You’re right. And I don’t sense any sincerity in their aura.” “Sincerity?”, 001 asks. “’Sincerity’ is the quality of being free from pretense, deceit or hypocrisy. In other words, honesty.”, Fildgemarker says. “You all better tell me the truth, right now.” “Very well. We didn’t save you from being lost.”, Kablooey says. “In fact, you aren’t even real.”, Bumblecrum says. “What?”, the monsters say. “You are just a clone that we created from that monster’s DNA.”, Pablum says. “We cloned you so we could use you to take over Wagstaff City. But with both you and the real emperor, we’ll be able to rule both worlds.” “I’m just a clone?” “Yes. So now, that you know the truth, bring that monster to us.” “I can’t believe I was just a creation of creatures that aren’t from the same world.” “Hey, are you deaf or something?”, Fildgemarker says. “Get to fighting.” “I will not. I have been used a nothing but a weapon and now you plan to use him as a weapon as well. I won’t allow it.” “Very well then. It looks like this gives us an opportunity to use the new machine.”, Neighsay says. “Weaselegraft, if you would.” He stops the shielding spell and the man activates the machine. The machine fires a beam to the clone and it convulses. Its face goes blank and expressionless. “Now, Keretomatus, bring the emperor to us.”, Weaselegraft says. “As you command.” The monsters continue fighting and Neighsay puts the shielding spell again. Outside the armory, the robots are getting closer to the door, when they suddenly hear music. They open the door and sees a pile of skeletons on the floor. They look at each other and are about to leave when they hear moaning. They look behind them and are horrified at what they see. They see the skeletons stand up and approach them. Suddenly, a draconequus appears as a zombie disco dancer. It starts singing and dancing to the robots. They are horrified and try to run away but are suddenly stopped by more skeletons. The robots start to panic and suddenly, the draconequus pulls a lever, opening a trap door. And the robots fall in. The groups then have their disguises removed. “Wow. Discord, I can’t believe your plan actually worked.”, Rainbow says. “I must say, I would’ve been petrified if you did use it on me and Luna.”, Celestia says. “I try.”, Discord says. “Now let’s get moving.” The creatures all follow the minions to their leader. Throne Room RumbleIn the throne room, the original emperor is being overpowered by the controlled clone. 001 then hears a stampede approaching. “Someone’s coming.”, he says. “What?”, the rest say. They turn to the sound and watch the door. The doors suddenly thrust open to reveal the minions, humans and other creatures with armor and weapons. “What?! How did they get past my robots?!”, Weaselegraft exclaims. A monster growls to them. They don’t understand what it just said. “What did it say?”, Kablooey asks. “It said, you better surrender Keretomatus and leave this land.”, Martha says. “What? How do you know my name?”, the emperor asks. “Your minions helped us escape.”, Sarge says. “We are not gonna give in to common and uncommon animals.”, Pablum says. “Very well, we’ll do this the hard way.”, Skits says. Before they can free the emperor, more robots approach them. “What the…?!”, Spike shouts. The goons laugh. “You didn’t think those were the only robots we had, did you?”, Pablum says. “No we came prepared.”, Weaselegraft says. “Wow. They really have been taking notes.”, Twilight says. “Attack!”, Neighsay says. They charge as the creatures battle them out. The goons watch as the robots keep tackling the heroes. “What are the odds. Two battles taking place in the same location.”, Kablooey says. They turn and see the monsters still battling. The group begin to tire out. “This is ridiculous.”, Rainbow says. “Those guys must have programmed these robots to be relentless.”, Helen says. “Relentless?”, Skits asks. “’Relentless’ means oppressively constant or incessant. In other words tireless.” “So how can we beat them if they’re relentless?”, Martha asks. “Hang on. How did we beat those other robots?”, Pinkie asks. “We sang a song.”, Garble says. “What about it?” “Maybe we can use a song to defeat these robots as well.” “Are you serious?!”, Ember says. “Sorry to say this, Pinkie, well not sorry actually, but you can just forget it. I don’t sing.”, Garble says. “Neither do I.”, Gilda says “Would you rather be creamed by these robotic beings?”, Twilight asks. “Now what song can we use?” “Yaks have one.”, Rutherford says. “Rutherford, you have a song?”, Thorax asks. “Of course. Ponies, changelings and hippogriffs not only creatures who can sing.” They all think as the goons watch. “What are they doing? Why are they just talking?”, Weselegraft asks. “I’m not sure.”, Neighsay says. “I’ll take off the shielding spell.” They then see the creatures standing defenseless. “Are they just gonna stand there and do nothing?” Suddenly, the yaks start harmonizing. They then start performing and sing. The robots get annoyed and try to attack them. The yaks then stomp to the rhythm on top of the robots, crushing them. The other creatures join in on the stomping. The goons send more robots and they all get destroyed by the singing group. The song ends and all the robots have been destroyed. They then turn to the goons. “Never send robots to do a monsters job.”, Pablum says. “Keretomatus, cease your attacking, go after the intruders instead.”, Neighsay says. The monster then goes after the creatures. The creatures the battle against the monster as the crooks watch. “Look at them”, Neighsay says. “Those fools have no idea what they’re in for.” “That monster has power far beyond their comprehension.”, Gimmie says. “Comprehension?”, Bumblecrum says. “’Comprehension’ means the action or capability of understanding something.”, Stubble says. “Well those creatures are gonna get creamed right now.”, Kablooey says. “Nonsense, Kablooey.”, Weaselegraft says. “The monster is only weakening them. The real trap is almost ready.” “Oh, yeah. I forgot about that.” The monster continues fighting the creatures. They soon get tired. “Guys. I think we’re tiring him out.”, T.D. says. Suddenly, a trap door opens, and they fall in. The winged creatures fly over the trap door. “What was that?”, Ralphie asks. A vacuum comes out and sucks the winged creatures inside. The creatures then come out inside a dome. “What? Are we inside a dome?”, Martha asks. “You sure are.”, Pablum says. “That was all just a ruse to activate our real trap.” “Real trap?”, Truman says. “Don’t worry.”, Rutherford says. “I’ll break dome.” He charges but hits his head on the dome. He then rubs his head and sees it’s still intact. “What? Not even a crack?”, Spike says. “Maybe, I can do this.” He takes a deep breath and breathes fire on it. He then sees that the dome still hasn’t been penetrated. “It hasn’t melted either.” “I’ve put a special spell on it, so nothing that causes damage can destroy it. It has to be something that no other specimen could think of.”, Neighsay says. “Aw, man. What could we possibly use that doesn’t create damage?”, Sunburst asks. “Oh, man. There has to be something that we can use.”, Gallus says. While they’re all consulting each other, the crooks are watching them ponder. “Well, we better activate the machine.”, Stubble says. They head to the machine, before they get stopped by a voice. “I got it.” They turn to the voice and sees it was Pinkie who has her hoof up. “Singing.”, she says. “Singing?”, the group asks. “It’s the one thing that doesn’t cause any damage.” “Pinkie, do you really think singing will get us out of this dome?”, Rainbow asks. “I mean we’ve already sang two numbers already.” “We’ve gotta try.” “It’s true, Rainbow.”, Helen says. “Singing has vibrations strong enough to break glass.” “Well it’s a stretch. But I guess we’ve got no other option.”, Twilight says. The crooks then laugh at the idea. “You honestly think singing songs will be enough to break that dome.?”, Weaselegraft asks. “I guess you really are that desperate.” Twilight and Helen start their turn with their own song with birds and some shadows. Their song creates music notes that shoot vibrations to the dome. The dome doesn’t break. “Oh, it didn’t work.”, Helen says. “We better try another song.”, Twilight says. “We’ll go next.”, Smolder says. Smolder, Yona, Ocellus and Silver Stream perform their own song with the kids. They pet and cuddle them as their note send vibrations to the dome. The second song also has no effect. “Just give up. None of those sissy songs will break that dome.”, Kablooey says. Skits, Martha’s brothers, Gallus and Sandbar go up next. “Our turn.”, Skits says. They perform their song and do a dance performance along with it. Their notes give out their own vibrations. The song doesn’t break it either. “Does anyone else have a song to perform?”, Persnickety asks. Pharynx, Terramar, Garble and the cats go up next. “We do.”, Pharynx says. “Pharynx, you can sing?”, Thorax asks. “Yes. But I don’t always sing willingly to anyone. I only do it when the time is right.” They perform their song with some imps floating with the notes as they give off vibrations. The dome takes them in and nothing. The crooks then start laughing. “Have you all run out of songs yet?”, Pablum asks. “It’s not working.”, Gabby says. “None of the songs are doing anything.”, Applejack says. “Come on, everyone, don’t give up.”, Martha says. “There’s gotta be a song that’s bold enough to destroy this dome.” “Who’s got a song they can give out?”, Skipper asks. “I can’t think of any other song.”, Mrs. Klusky says. “Guys, we can’t give up. There’s gotta be something we can do.”, Helen’s grandpa says. “Well what can we do?”, Helen’s abuelo asks. “Oh, well. We better start that machine already.”, Neighsay says. The groups then start panicking. “Come on, everyone. Think.”, Skits says. They all start yelling and screaming ideas. While this is happening, the emperor still lies unconscious. He then opens his eyes and sees he’s in an unknown realm. “Wh…Where am I?”, he asks. “Am I dead?” “No. You’re not dead.”, a familiar voice says. He turns to the voice and sees his sons, Martarmus, Horlagamous and Scorjosemal in front of him. “My sons. Is it really you?” “Yes, Father. It is us.”, Martarmus says. "Your beloved sons." “Where are we?” “This is limbo. We’ve sensed your aura was weakened, and we’ve used our astro projection to find you.”, Horlagamous says. “Well what can I do? All of those creatures are about to become enslaved, and I couldn’t protect them.” “Don’t lose hope, Father.”, Scorjosemal says. “Remember what Star Swirl says. You need to find your inner monster and release it. Only then will you save the creatures from both worlds.” "You can't give up. You are Emperor Keretomatus. The most powerful ruler in all of Equestria. Next to Celestia and Luna, of course.", Martarmus says. "Just look at what you did to save those creatures from being captured and controlled.", Horlagamous says. "You could never disappoint us. And that's why you need to awaken and reclaim your kingdom." His sons then start to fade. “My sons, where are you going?” “Don’t lose hope.”, they all say to him before they vanish. "Fight for what's right." Release of UnderstandingBack in the throne room, the monster opens his eyes and looks to the voices. He sees the creatures in a glass dome all panicking. He then looks next to it and sees the crooks powering his machine. He then looks at the dome and feels there’s aura around it. He senses the aura and sees how to break it. The crooks are about to power up their machine. “Say goodbye.”, Neighsay says. Before they fire the machine, they hear singing. They turn and sees the monster that they knocked out is singing. The emperor releases notes and sends powerful vibrations to the dome. The crooks start to panic and commands the clone to attack the real emperor. The clone then goes after him as he continues singing. Soon the trapped creatures join the emperor in the song and they release notes that give the same vibrations. The dome starts shaking and begins to crack. The goons quickly activate the machine and fire it. But the beam isn’t hitting them. They turn the power up to maximum, but nothing happens. The creatures finish off their song and the dome burst from the power and the song power destroys the machine. The clone is then freed from the control. “Wha…What happened.”, the clone asks. “No. It can’t be.”, Fildgemarker says. “They destroyed the machine with just their singing.”, Weaselegraft says. “Alright, guys. Now you admit that you stole the cubs and we can all go home.”, Helen says. “What cubs?”, Kablooey asks. The zookeeper brings the lion cubs to them. Weaselgraft and Pablum scream in fear. “Get those things away from us!”, Pablum exclaims. “Admit you took them.” “We did not!”, Gimmie says. “Enough of your shenanigans. Start talking.”, Carolina says. “Guys.”, Martha says. “What would we possibly do with a lion cub? Let alone three of them?”, Bumblecrumb asks. “You were probably gonna use them to pull off heists.”, Milo says. “Guys.”, Skits says. “Pull off heists with lion cubs. That preposterous.”, Stubble says. “If by ‘preposterous’, you mean impossible. The no, because Martha told me you used her back when she was still a puppy.”, Truman says. “Guys.”, Martha and Skits exclaim. “What is it?”, Ronald says. “They didn’t take the cubs.”, Skits says. “Wait, what?”, Helen asks. “It’s true.”, Molly says. “They weren’t even at the zoo that night.” “See. That proves it.”, Pablum says. “So, if they didn’t take cubs, who did?”, Alice asks. The dogs and walk to their owner and tell the truth. “It was us.”, the both say remorsefully. “You took the cubs?”, Helen asks. “They did, Helen.”, Phillip says. “They got us out of our pen and tried to take us on the next ship.”, Leonard says. “But why, Martha?” “Helen, have you seen their pen? It’s nothing like their original home.” “And you said that it would take them fourteen years before they can be released. That place is like a prison.”, Skits says. “Oh, Martha, Skits. You really care about the cubs, don’t you?”, Carolina asks. “Yes.”, they both say. “Well, that doesn’t matter anymore.”, Neighsay says. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have so many non pony creatures to deport.” “And we’ve got a city to take over.”, Weaselegraft says as he and Pablum pull out mind control ray guns. The creatures prepare for battle. But suddenly, a bright flash appears out of nowhere. The crooks then compose themselves. “What was that?”, Pablum says. They look ahead and see that the groups are gone. “What? Where did they go?”, Neighsay asks. The creatures then appear on another piece of land. They compose themselves and look around to see nothing but trees, plants, grass and spring ponds with waterfalls. “What is this place.”, Mrs. Demson asks. “I have brought all of you to a sacred garden island that I have found with some help.”, Keretomatus says. “Help from who?”, Twilight asks. “From us, of course.”, a voice says. They turn to it and see the Pillars of Old Equestria standing on a rock. The groups are in disbelief. “The Pillars of Old Equestria.”, Spike says. “It was us who found this sacred place for Keretomatus to create his new kingdom.”, Rockhoof. “There is a special spell on it that keeps this place hidden from plain sight.”, Flash says. “With this new place, my subjects will be protected and you all will live your lives as they were before.” “Wait until I call my aunt and tell her about this.”, T.D. says. “My Nana Pinkie will definitely flip for this.”, Pinkie says. “No. You will not tell a soul.” “Huh?” “Once you leave this place, you must also leave behind all of your memories of me and everything you have just witnessed.” “So, you’re just gonna make us forget?”, Gilda asks. “You can’t do that!”, a voice says. They turn and see Mrs. Demson walking forward. “Mrs. Demson, please don’t stick your nose into this.”, Mrs. Klusky says. “It’s got nothing to do with my nose. It’s what all these other creatures want.”, she says. “What you talkin’ bout?”, Spike asks. “Look, I may not be fond of many animals or pets for that matter, but that doesn’t mean that I should never care about them.” “She’s right. I mean, look around. All of us have loved ones that we care about with passion.”, Helen’s abuela says. “And we would’ve never known how we would all get along if we never met each other.”, Martha’s mom says. “I hate to admit it, but I’m actually starting to understand how this friendship works.”, Garble says. “I think we should all remember, too. Mrs. Demson is right.”, Twilight says. “Yeah. I mean, all the races in Equestria would’ve never gotten together if it wasn’t for love and friendship.”, Chrysalis says. “And just forgetting about it, doesn’t change the fact that they already happened.”, Celestia says. “Don’t you think every creature deserves to know what it’s like to have friends from far off distances?”, Helen asks. “Yes. You all deserve to remember.”, the emperor says. “If we are able to look to the future as all creatures do, we must also be able to look to the past. Every creature from, mammals, reptiles, birds, hybrids and humans all must live together in peace and harmony as myself and my own subjects.” “That is very bold of you to say, Keretomatus.”, Mistmane says. “But are you sure this is the right choice?”, Somnambula asks. “They already know who we are and where we come from and vice versa.”, Meadowbrook says. “I can assure that it is the right thing to do. As long as they keep this land and each other’s worlds a secret from anyone they don’t find completely trustworthy.” “Very well, Your Highness. If that is your commandment, then so be it.”, Star Swirl says. “Everyone, you have all convinced me that friends can always be there for each other no matter what world they come from. The shame of friendship does not belong to us. It belongs to those who tries to use the power of friendship to keep us apart and says that friendship should be erased from existence. I shall only erase the memories of those use friendship as a weapon for destruction and slavery.” Suddenly, the crooks are lifted and shoot through the ceiling they soar higher and higher until they disappear from the land. “Only they shall forget.” They are all sent back in time and go back to their physical forms with no memories of what happened. Neighsay is transported back to his tower. “Wha…What happened?”, he asks. “When did I get here? No matter, I better get to work.” Weasegraft, Pablum, Kablooey, Bumblecrumb, Stubble, Fildgemarker and 001 are transported back into prison. “What? What happened, Pablum?”, Weaselegraft asks. “I don’t know, Otis.”, he says. 001 barks. In the hidden kingdom, the emperor flies to the sky. “And now to repair both of your worlds.” He powers his magic and releases a burst of aura. All of Wagstaff City and Equestria are put back together and everything is back to normal. The emperor descends to the creatures and smiles. “You all have been such great friends.” “They sure have.”, a voice says. They turn to it and sees that it’s the clone from before. Everyone is in disbelief. “What? Why is he still here?”, Truman asks. “It’s because I don’t have any evil aura left.”, the clone says. “So that’s why I haven’t forgotten and wasn’t transported.” “Well now that your evil aura is now gone, what will you do now?”, Keretomatus asks. “I was never meant to exist. I believe it is best if I give up my aura and become one with the wind.” “You’re giving up all of your aura?”, Cadance asks. “Indeed. It was a pleasure to know what true happiness feels like.” He is about to leave but remembers something. “Oh, wait. Before I go…” He powers his magic and all the pets are covered in it. They get something extracted from their bodies and the clone absorbs it. They wonder what happened before Martha starts barking. Skits barks after her and all the other animals make their noises. “What happened?”, Carolina asks. “I removed the spell I cast on them that made them talk. They cannot have a single trace of Equestrian residue on them.” “Well, nothing some alphabet soup won’t fix.”, Helen says. “Farewell, my friends. I thank all of you for showing me the concept of right and wrong.” He then gives up all his magic and fades from existence. Three Worlds, One ConnectionThe emperor opens two portals. One for Equestria and one for Wagstaff City. They all enter the portals one by one exchanging goodbyes to each other. “Just so you know, you guys are incredible creatures.”, Milo says. “Well, we are the best consorts for Twilight’s students.”, Ember says. “It was nice knowing all of you.”, Truman says. “Humans will be in hearts forever.”, Rutherford says. They enter the portal. “I must say it was nice to see how other families interact with one another.”, Helen’s dad says. “Well our culture is far more complex than any culture of yours.”, Igneous says. “You all have a wonderful trip back home.” “Same to you.” They all enter the portal. “Twilight, you and your friends have been the best creatures, we’ve ever encountered.”, Helen says. “Thanks, Helen. You’ve been a wonderful friend.”, Twilight says. She then kneels to her dogs. “And you, Martha and Skits, have been the best dogs that I’ve ever known.” “Hey!”, Applejack says. “Aside from Winona, of course.” They both bark a thank you to the alicorn. They all enter the portals. Once all the creatures entered the portals, the emperor makes them vanish. "Farewell my friends.", he says. He then looks back and sees all of the open space on the island. "This place looks perfect for us. Well we better get to work." He then whistles and all of his subject approach him. "Alright, my friends. We have a new kingdom to create. So let's get to work." The monsters bolt out and create various bricks appear. They all spread out and build the castle. "We have gotten to know more about out new friends.", Keretomatus says. "And now they all have the chance to live their lives as if none of this had ever happened." "My friends in Wagstaff City have gotten to continue with their family reunion with other families to be invited." In Wagstaff City, the family reunion continues until midnight that celebrates with a party. Helen’s friends and their families celebrate alongside them. “Helen, this has been the best family reunion we’ve ever been to.”, T.D. says. “How do you think our friends back in Equestria are?”, Carolina asks. “Whatever they’re doing, I’m sure they’re having as much fun as we are.”, Helen says. “I sure they are.”, Martha says. Skits barks in agreement. "As long as no one who is untrustworthy knows." He then blushes. "T.D., why are you blushing?", Alice asks. "Um..." "T.D., did you tell a stranger about our journey?", Ronald asks. "Maybe I told a few.", he says. "T.D.!", the kids shout. "Uh, gotta go.", he says as he runs away. He then bumps into his sister. "Where are you going, little brother?", L.C. asks. "L.C.? I thought you were back in college." "Did you already forget that I already graduated?" "Oh, yeah. I did." "What do you do with your life?", Truman asks. "And back in Equestria, the creatures carried on with the wedding of the two unicorns.", the emperor says. In Canterlot, the wedding of Starlight and Sunburst comes to its conclusion. “Do you, Sunburst, take this mare to be your lawfully wedded wife?”, Celestia asks. “I do.”, Sunburst. “And do you, Starlight Glimmer, take this stallion to be your lawfully wedded husband?” “I do.”, Starlight says. “I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride.” They exchange their kiss, and everyone cheers for them. Starlight and Sunburst’s parents cry tears of joy for them. They exit the castle to the center. Their friends approach the new couple and congratulate them. “Starlight, you certainly have developed yourself since you helped me found my school of friendship.”, Twilight says. “Thank you, Twilight. We would’ve never gotten to where we are if it wasn’t for you.”, Starlight says. "And we made our decision." "You have? So where will you live?" "We'll live in both places.", Sunburst. "What? Wait, how are you going to live in Ponyville and the Crystal Empire at the same time?", Rainbow asks. "It's simple. Starlight's got it all figured out." "I'm going to clone ourselves that way we can be able to have the real is in one place and the clones in another place. It'll be like we're there, but we're actually not. Although, it may be hard to tell which is real and which is a clone." "So we'll be using some sort of mark to tell the difference.", Sunburst says. "We just want to thank you for helping us make our decision after we get married.", Starlight says. "You're both very welcome.", Twilight replies. “And your friends have been a big help as well.”, Sunburst says. “We certainly have.”, Applejack says. “And if it wasn’t for our friends from Wagstaff City. This day would’ve never happened. Don’t forget that.”, Spike says. “I agree.”, Discord says. “Especially those dogs, Martha and Skits.” “Those dogs sure were adventurous.”, Rainbow says. “We may never see them again, but they’ll always be the best friends we’ve ever made.”, Fluttershy says. “What are we waiting for? It’s time for the reception to start.”, Pinkie says. They all gather around and prepare to eat cake. In the unknown kingdom, the monsters are all enjoying their new home, while Keretomatus sits on his new throne. He watches both worlds as he smiles. “What does it mean to be friends with creatures from another world?”, Keretomatus says. “By knowing who they can trust and how they are, they are bound to always be connected no matter how impossible it seems. Now that everything has been stabilized thanks to Star Swirl and my sons, both the worlds will be able to live in peace and harmony. Knowing that they will now be friends with whoever they feel deserves to have connections to any creature of any race in any world whenever they need it the most. And with all creatures being loved by one another, my concerns for danger have now been scarce and now I’ll be able to watch both worlds and my kingdom to see all of the creatures be happy with who they accept for true friendship.” Race Against DangerTwilight, Helen and the students head to the exit of the cave when Twilight suddenly stops them. “Wait.”, she says. “What is it, Twilight?”, Helen asks. “We’re not alone. I sense lifeforms up ahead.” “You think it’s the goons who trapped us in those cages?”, Sandbar asks. “Maybe. We better be on our guard.” They all prepare themselves. As soon as they see the shadows, the charge. They then stop and see that it’s not the group, but three humans, Twilight’s parents and Chrysalis. “Helen!”, the humans say. “Mom. Dad. Tio Jorge.”, she says. She runs and hugs the other humans. “Wait a minute, those humans are her family?”, Gallus asks. “Yes. This is my mom, Mariella, my dad, Daniel and my uncle, Jorge.” “It’s a pleasure to meet all of you.”, her mother says. “Twilight!” Twilight looks ahead and sees two familiar faces. “Mom. Dad.” She runs and hugs her parents. “Oh, honey, we were so worried about you.”, her mother says. “Oh, Mom, Dad, this is my new friend, Helen.”, she introduces her parents to the girl. “Helen, these are my parents, Twilight Velvet and Night Light.” “Hello there.” “It’s nice to see another human in this area.”, Night says. “Twilight.”, Chrysalis asks as she approaches the alicorn. “Chrysalis. You’re here, too.” “Twilight, we heard you screaming in here. What happened?” “Me and Helen were being chased by a vicious dog.” “A dog?”, Helen’s uncle asks. “Yes. And it actually came from the same world as Helen and her family.” “Hold on. What breed of dog was it?”, Helen’s dad asks. “It was a rottweiler as Helen called it. Why?”, Smolder asks. “Oh, no. It must belong to those crooks that imprisoned us and sent us here.”, Carolina’s dad says. “We’ve gotta get back to the other cave and warn the others that they’re here.”, Chrysalis says. “Wait. Everyone else is alive?”, Helen asks. “Yes. We all took refuge in another cave when we heard a roar.”, her mom says. “So Chrysalis assembled this group to look for you and Twilight.” “Well we better hurry and get back. That freezing spell is gonna wear off any second.”, Twilight says. They all bolt out of the cave. “Your daughter knows how to use a freezing spell?”, Helen’s mom asks. “She has been trained under the authority of the princesses.”, Twilight says. In another part of the land, Keretomatus and his army are waiting for the minions they’ve sent. The minions come back with the members that helped the creatures. “Thank goodness, you’re all alive.”, he says with relief. A shadow growls. “What? You found the source of the aura? What is it?” The shadows growl their answer. “It was…myself? How is this possible?” The imps then growl. “You found a large group of the creatures from both worlds.” He then has a horrifying realization. “Oh, no. If that doppelganger of myself finds all those creatures huddled together, they’ll all be obliterated. We’ve got to find that monster immediately. Everyone spread out and leave no stone unturned. That monster has to be found.” The emperor and all the minions spread out in different directions. “It doesn’t make sense. How can there be two of me in the same location?” In another part of the land, the goons arrive at the cave with their captors. “Well here we are.”, Gimmie says. “Your new home.”, Bumblecrum says. “What exactly are you planning to do with us?”, Thorax asks. “It’s simple, we’re just collecting all of you so we can find that monster easily.”, Neighsay answers. “It’s a good thing I remembered you were friends with that draconequus or whatever he’s called and made those nets completely magic proof.” “My goodness. It seems he would have made a better villain than myself.”, Discord quips. “Now’s not the time for jokes, Discord.”, Cadance says. They all enter the cave and they all see that there is machinery inside. “Whoa!”, they all exclaim. “And I thought Twilight’s lab was more advanced.”, Spike says. Before they are about to put the creatures and kids in their cages, they see the six previous cages are open. “What?! Impossible!”, Weaselegraft says. “What is it, Otis?”, Pablum asks. “The creatures we imprisoned, they’re gone!” “What?!”, they all exclaim. “How is this possible?!”, Neighsay asks. “I put a spell on the locks that can only be broken by myself.” They look down and see that the locks are melted. “Wait a minute. Wasn’t one of those creatures a dragon?”, Kablooey asks. “Yes.” “And dragons breath fire, right?” “Absolutely.” He then realizes. “Oh, I guess I should have made the locks fire proof as well.” “You see what happens when you don’t know how non pony creatures work?”, Spike asks. They then hear barking and turn to the source. It was 001 approaching the group. “What is it, 001?”, Fildgemarker asks. “This is ridiculous. I’ll fix it.”, Neighsay says as he lights his horn. The dog is then covered with aura. “What was that?”, the dog asks. He then gasps. “Oh, my gosh. You made him talk?” “Yes. That way we can get some peace from that horrendous barking.” “Horrendous?”, Rainbow asks. “’Horrendous’ is when something is extremely unpleasant, horrifying or terrible.”, T.D. says. “Now what happened, 001?” “It was that little girl with some winged unicorn.” “Little girl?”, Truman asks. They all gasp in realization. “Helen!” “And that winged unicorn must have been Twilight.”, Shining says. “That alicorn was here?!”, Neighsay exclaims. “Oh, great. Just when I thought this day couldn’t be more horrendous.” Bumblecrum then gets an idea. “Wait a second.”, Bumblecrum says. “What is it?”, Wesealegraft asks. “Maybe we can use these kids and creatures as bait to lure them back in.” “You’re gonna use us as bait? You’re insane.”, Spike says. “No. We’re not insane. We’re creative.”, Pablum says. “There’s a difference.” They then put all the kids and creatures in cages. In another part of the land, Martha, Skits and the other animals are looking for their owners. “Any sign of them?”, Martha asks. “Still nothing.”, Ralphie says. “Oh, where can they be?”, Skits asks. “I’m really getting skittish right now.” “So you’re skittish. That’s funny and I’m Nelson-ish.”, Nelson quips. “No, Nelson.”, Lilly says. “’Skittish’ means unpredictable or easily scared. Right now, he’s skittish, because we’ve been wandering everywhere with no way to defend ourselves.” “Our owners must be worried sick about us.”, Pops says. Suddenly they hear massive flapping. “What was that?”, Martha’s mom asks. “Wait. I recognize that flap.”, Matt says. “It’s that monster again!”, Sarge shouts. “Everyone hide!” They all hide as the monster flies in midair. He then senses something and descends. He looks around and finds nothing “I could’ve sworn I sensed their auras.”, the monster says. “I have to find those creatures. Their lives will be in danger if the one who resembles myself finds them first.” The then takes off and the animals emerge. “Wait. Did he say, the one who resembles himself?”, Skipper asks. “So, he wasn’t conflicted then?”, Cal asks. “Conflicted?”, Persnickety asks. “’Conflicted’ means having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings.”, Caruso says. “So, it’s saying that there’s another monster identical to that one. Is it possible?”, Trina asks. “Well whatever is going on, we just found out that our owners will be in danger if it finds them. We’ve gotta hurry.”, Martha says. In another part of the land, Celestia and Luna search the skies for Twilight and the others. “Sister, wait.”, Luna says. “What is it, Luna?”, Celestia asks. “Down there.” She looks down and sees a group of ponies with creatures like the ones they saw earlier. “It’s the friends and families from Equestria. And they’re with more of those beings we saw earlier.” They descend quickly. The group is traveling when two winged unicorns land in front of them. “Whoa! Where did they come from?”, an elderly being asks. “It’s Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.”, Scootaloo says. “Ponies, we’ve come to free you from these beings.”, Luna says. “Free us? What are you talking about?”, Hondo asks. “We sense that these beings are from the same world as the group of naysayers we came across earlier today.”, Luna says. “Wait a minute. Did those beings happened to be with some unicorn wearing a red cloak?”, a mustached being asks. “Yes.” “Well I promise you they’re not with us.” “It’s true. We’re not imprisoned by them whatsoever.”, Grand Pear says. “You’re not? Then what are you all doing out here?” “We saw those crooks holding our children and their children captive. So we all went to find and rescue them.”, Bow says. “And I have to help too.”, Garble says reluctantly. “Twilight’s friends have been captured?”, Celestia asks. “Yes. We sent a small group to find Twilight, but they never came back.”, Sweetie says. “So we had to go out altogether.” “This is a disaster.”, Luna says. “Celestia, it’s only a matter of time before Twilight gets captured as well.” “Alright. Everyone will have to follow us.”, Celestia says. “We can track Twilight’s aura and follow it. But we all must stay together. Understood?” They all say their agreements. “Very well. Let’s go.” They all head out to find Twilight and the others.
The Imperial IntroductionAuthor's Note This took me almost a year to write, but it's finally done. Here is the first chapter of my first sequel story. The Imperial Introduction “I am Emperor Keretomatus.”, a monstrous voice says. “I am an all powerful being from the kingdom of Equestria. This is my story.” A unicorn squire stands by an alicorn queen. “I was once a humble unicorn squire named Vespyron. I served as the right hoof stallion to the original ruler of the kingdom, Queen Nebula.”, he says. “And was the most respected member of her castle.” The queen and king present their daughters. “Until one day, she and her new king, King Sulfur, presented their new daughters and declared them their new heir to the throne.” The squire is furious. “Which infuriated me, for I was supposed to take that position.”, the voice says. “Desperate, I headed out to seek help from the great Star Swirl the Bearded.” The unicorn wizard casts a spell on him. “Star Swirl then warned me about my new powers.” “Be very careful using that magic.”, the wizard says. “There will be dire consequences if you use that magic for your own desires.” The squire breaks into the princesses' bedroom. “But I didn't heed his warning.”, he says. “And as a result, I ended up stealing the princesses...” He then shoots his magic at the king. “But not before murdering the king.” He presents the queen her missing daughters. “I managed to use the princesses against the queen in order to give me the position she promised.”, the voice says. The unicorn sits on the throne. “For a good while I was then crowned the new ruler of Equestria. Until...” “Stop!!!”, Nebula shouts. “You don't have to do this! The princesses are safe!” She presents the princesses and everypony gasps in shock. The squire is in the dungeon. “Nebula exposed me and had me thrown into the dungeon. And just when my life couldn't be any more dreadful...” He then starts to feel pain and grows bigger. He starts growing black fur all over his body, have his bottom hooves turn into minotaur hooves, have his front hooves turn into dragon claws, lose his unicorn horn and grow minotaur horns on top of his head, have his tail turn into a lion's tail, he teeth grows into fangs, grows dragon wings on his back and his eyes turn red. “I was transformed into a hideous monster.”, Keretomatus says. He then roars. He then bursts into the throne room. “I managed to break free and returned to the throne room just as the coronation was about to conclude.” “Who are you?”, Nebula asks. “As if you don't remember me, Your Highness.” She then realizes who it is. “Vespyron?”, she says. “Is that you?” “There's no reverse spell.”, Star Swirl says. “Then that means...” “This is who you will be now.” Nebula and the monster have an intense battle. “Me and Nebula battled each other for who would take the throne.” The monster then charges to the queen. She then releases all of her magic and creates a massive explosion throughout the area. “The queen sacrificed herself as one final attempt to stop me.” The citizens cheer. The princesses then stop and look ahead. They are then horrified at what they see. “Oh, no!”, they both see. The smoke then clears to reveal the monster unscathed. “The queen's sacrifice was in vain. And by default, I was appointed the new ruler of Equestria.”, he says. “And furthermore, I officially changed my name to Emperor Keretomatus.” Keretomatus sits back on his throne and watches all of the citizens working. “I was enjoying the feeling of ruling over them until...” The slaves charge and attack him. “The slaves all decided to revolt against me.”, he says. “I figured the only way to escape these citizens was to use a memory spell and fly away to build another kingdom.” He casts his spell and flies away. The monster resides on a dark castle. “For centuries, I've shunned myself from those colorful brutes. And after watching them be happy for who they choose to be friends with, I became envious.” He looks in his viewing pool. “So much so, that I decided to turn the citizens into monsters like myself. That way, I could be worshiped once again.”, the emperor says. “But to coax them into coming to my lair, I would need to lure them with something they can never distrust, pets.” He then views a small yellow dog and a big brown dog. “I then found two peculiar dogs from another world and decided to use them as well as the other creatures for my army.” He arrives at a fundraiser and confronts the crowd. “Me and my three sons had then arrived in the other world to gather my new army.”, he says. “With the help of some low lives to get rid of the security.” The goons hold the guards hostage. The monster creates an obstacle course. “I then created an obstacle course to prove who is the superior being and pulled through.” The monster summons minions and captures all of the animals. “I managed to gather the creatures with ease, but then...” The monster confronts the two dogs. “You're mine.”, he says. He grabs them by their collars and drags them. “No!”, a girl shouts. The girl grabs her dogs and play tug-of-war with them until the princes pull her away as she pulls off their collars. “I managed to get a hold of those two dogs but was then attacked by a kitten.”, the emperor says. A kitten hops on his face and starts attacking him. “Get off of me!” He shoots magic until it strikes the dogs, making them disappear. “Bah. No matter. At least I have what I came here for.”, Keretomatus says. “We helped you by bounding the police, do we at least get a thank you?”, a green suited man asks. “Thank you all.” “What do we get in return?”, asks a burly man. “Nothing.”, the emperor says. “What?!”, the group shouts. “Your services will no longer be needed.” He uses magic to levitate the group and flings them away. “I bid you all farewell.”, he says as he enters the portal. The creatures are put into cages. The princes approach the emperor. “Just as I was about to prepare to turn the creatures into my army, my sons entered and told me about the dogs that disappeared.” He prepares a spell. “I prepared a spell to transport the princes to the dream world and to bring their spirit forms to me.”, he says. He sees two familiar alicorns in the viewing pool. “Until the two alicorn princesses interfered with my plan.” He controls the caged animals and releases them. “I decided to carry on with my original plan to control the creatures and sent them to the kingdom.” The citizens follow the controlled pets and follow them to the castle. “The citizens then fell for the bait and arrived to my lair where I managed to complete the next part of my plan.” The viewing pool reveals the dogs more sentient and sees that their sad. “I then saw how depressed the dogs we've being trying to get our claws on were, because they wanted to go back home, I came up with a plan to grant them their wish as a bonus to my plot.” The princes take the dogs and their friends to the castle. “The dogs and their friends followed the princes to my lair and gave them my offer.” The dogs sign the contract and they and the other animals are sucked into a portal. “They signed over their friends for their freedom and I granted them their request.”, the emperor says. The monstrous citizens imprison and enslave the normal citizens. The emperor watches as the kingdom is ruined. “Everything was going perfect. That is until...” “You can't be so impulsive and take over this kingdom.”, a pink mare says. “Just think very hard about what you are doing. None of them deserve to be under your control.” “Yes. I realize now. Why take over one world...when I can take over two worlds?” The emperor, the princes and his minions enter a portal. The group arrives in the other world. “The pink mare gave me an idea to rule over two worlds instead of just one.”, the monster says. “And thus, the second world tyranny had commenced.” The emperor had imprisoned the citizens and ruined the town. The pets return but with abilities. “The pets had returned but had some help from those colorful brutes that came from the same world I did. And thus, I've sent their monster forms against them and a massive war ensued.” The monsters and the animals fight as the two dogs battle the emperor. The emperor shoots his magic and the dogs are on the ground. “You've gotta stop right now!”, the girl shouts as she runs. The monster then shoots his magic. “Stoooooop!!!” She pushes the dogs out and is struck by the magic. “Once I've seen how much they cared for that monster, my eyes had finally opened. I've been so trapped in the past, that I had never thought to take a peek into the future. And for that I've seen the error of my ways and returned both worlds back to normal.” All of the citizens are released, the monsters are turned back to normal and the worlds have been revived. “Farewell, other worldly creatures.”, he says. He then casts a memory spell and disappears. “Once all of the creatures have lost their memories, I managed to gather myself, the princes and the minions and transported all of us back to our world and create a better kingdom where we would all live in peace and harmony. But there were a few who hasn't forgotten about me.” The goons gather in a building and make plans. “Because they were knocked out when I cast my spell, they continue planning to use me for my power to pay for using them as liabilities.”, he says. “Have you come up with any ideas?”, the green suited man asks. “I've got it!”, the man with the white lab coat says. The new kingdom is created, and all of the minions enjoy their new home. The emperor sits on his new throne and wearing a royal robe and holding a scepter with a glass ball. He's watching his kingdom, as well as the two worlds in his viewing pool. “I continue to watch over my minions and the creatures to keep them happy and make them accepting of who they take to be friends. Just being able to know who they can accept as their friends, it is no worry of what can be accepted for all creatures in any world. And what can be known as true acceptance, will be a perfect asset for all living beings who deserve to be who they are.”, he says.
An Equine AnnouncementIn Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle and her friends are at the Friendship Castle looking over the Friendship Map. “Looks like we managed to solve more and more friendship problems all over the kingdom.”, Twilight Sparkle says. “I'm still wondering what will happen now that we've all solved friendship problems.” “Don't feel exhausted, Twilight.”, Spike says. “You haven't been feeling the same ever since your friendship students graduated.” Twilight sighs. “I know.” She then remembers something. “Wait a minute. What day is today?”, she asks. Pinkie pulls out a calendar and looks at a circled day. The sign reads, 'Sunburst Visits'. “It's today!”, she says as she hops on her throne. “What's today?”, asks Rainbow. “Sunburst is visiting today.” The group all gasp in surprise. “Oh, my goodness gracious.”, Rarity says. “I can't believe we forgot.” “Well in that case, we better make this place for their visit.”, Applejack says. “Oh, yes.”, Fluttershy says. “We don't want to disappoint him.” The group gets to work on making the castle spotless and decorative for the arrival of their unicorn friends. Twilight reorganized her bookshelves, Spike was preparing torches, Rarity made their welcoming garments, Rainbow opens the sun windows, Fluttershy brings in flower bouquets and Pinkie uses her party cannon to put up streamers and confetti. Soon the castle is ready as there is a knocking at the door. Twi flies to the door and opens the peephole. On the other side, Starlight and Sunburst are waiting by the door. “Hey, Twilight.”, Starlight says. “Long time, no see.” “Starlight, it's been so long.”, Twilight says. “And good to see you too, Sunburst.” “It's an honor to see you again, Your Highness.”, Sunburst says. “Please. No need for formalities. Come in.” Twilight opens the door and lets the unicorns in. They enter the room and are greeted by their other friends. “How have you been since you two started dating?”, Twilight asks. “Well, we've been closer since we started.”, she says. “And guess what?” “What is it?” “Should I say it, or should you?”, Sunburst asks. “I'll say it. They are my friends.” The group are watching them waiting for her answer. “We're engaged!”, the unicorn says with glee. Their friends are surprised by the announcement and smile for them. In Wagstaff City Helen, Carolina and their families gather in the town park for a massive family reunion. Whilst at the reunion, Helen, Carolina and the dogs approach their abuela and abuelo. “Helen, Carolina, como estas? How are you?”, their abuela asks. “Abuela Camila, Abuelo Santiago, it's been years since we've seen you.”, Helen says. “We've been doing great.” “Si. Me and Helen have gotten perfect attendance awards at school.”, Carolina says. “Hey, donde esta tu perras? Where are your dogs?”, their abuelo asks. A scream is heard, and they turn to it. They see Martha and Skits chasing after a family member carrying a plate of hot dogs. “Martha, Skits!”, Helen shouts. They stop and run towards their owner. “Martha, you remember Abuela Camila and Abuelo Santiago, right?” Martha nuzzles against them. "Martha, we haven't seen you since you were a puppy." "And this here is Skits. He's our newest member to our family." Skits then barks and nuzzles them as well. “Alright, Skits, easy with the nuzzling.”, Martha says. "Only I can nuzzle them like that." Their grandparents are surprised. “Oh, my gosh. Did Martha just talk?”, her abuelo asks. “Oops. I guess I forgot to tell you that my dog can speak.”, Helen says. “How is it possible?”, her abuela asks. “Oh, just some alphabet soup.”, the dog says. “Then why doesn't Skits talk?” “Oh, we tried having him eat alphabet soup, but nothing happened.” “Ah, I see.”, her abuela says. "Well we both still love you no matter what." Skits barks. “Gather around, everyone!”, Helen's dad shouts. “It's time for my sisters to perform a song.” Everyone gathers around, and the sisters perform a song to the family. The song then ends, and the audience applauds. “That was amazing.”, Helen's mom says. “Your sisters really outdone themselves.” “Thanks, honey.”, he says. “Those three belong with American All-Star.”, Carolina says. "I have to say, our friends don't know what they're missing." Elsewhere, the crooks still plan on how to capture the monster. "Come on, think. Maybe, we can invent a teleporter to take us to that world.", Kablooey suggests. "Even if we did do that, we don't know where this world is or how to get there.", Fildgemarker says. Pablum reveals his plan. “Hang on. Maybe we don't have to capture that monster.”, he says. “Huh? What are you talking about?”, Kablooey asks. “Maybe instead of capturing that monster, we clone him.” “Clone? You mean make another monster?”, Fildgemarker asks. “Of course.”, Weaselegraft says. “I mean, think about it. If we had our own monster, we can make it obey us and use it to make us become the most successful crooks ever.” “That does sound ingenious. But there's just one problem.”, Fildgemarker says. “And what's that?” “It needs a bit of DNA.” "DNA?", Bumblecrum asks. "DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid. A self replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes." "So where do you find this DNA?", Kablooey asks. "You can find it in any part of an organism's body. Hair, nails, saliva, mucus, skin, tears or dandruff.", Fildgemarker says. "Well we don't have any of that.", Stubble says. “Oh, no. That's right.”, Gimmie says. “Hold on, I just remembered.”, Pablum shouts. “What is it?”, Bumblecrum asks. “I do have a bit of his DNA.” He then reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a bag with a patch of fur. “I've been carrying this patch of fur with me. I caught a sample during the intense battle that happened in the city.” He then notices all of their eyes wide and jaws hanging open. “What?” “Pablum, are you meaning to tell us that you've been carrying that patch of fur for over a year and you never remembered you had it until now?”, Weaselegraft asks. “Yes.” “Why didn't you tell this sooner?!!”, he shouts. “It doesn't matter. We have our sample now.”, Fildgemarker says. 001 then takes the bag and gives it to his master. “A sample?”, Kablooey asks. “I thought it was a patch of fur.” “Yes. A 'sample' is a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like. This patch of fur is a sample.” Weaselegraft takes the bag and puts it into a machine. It activates and starts its process. Inside the fur starts getting bigger and grows limbs. "Wagstaff City, prepare to become corrupted.", Weaselegraft says. In the new kingdom, Keretomatus sits on his throne watching his kingdom and feeling sad. Two shadows enter and are in concern. One of them growls in query. “I just don't know.”, the emperor says. “Ever since I've set my sons free, I've been feeling empty.” The other one growls in reassurance. The emperor sighs and looks at the viewing pools. One shows the citizens in Equestria and the other shows the citizens in Wagstaff City. “I wouldn't have known the importance of acceptance if these creatures never showed how much they cared about others no matter their appearance.” The first monster growls again. “I agree.”, the emperor says. “Now if you'll excuse me, I must check on how the rest of my kingdom is doing.” The shadows bow and leave the room. The emperor then flies out and gives surveillance around his kingdom. He sees that all of the monsters and minions are enjoying their new lives and being accepting of each other. He then thinks about his sons. “Are you sure, father?”, Martarmus asks. “I'm sure.”, Keretomatus says. “After seeing those dogs cry tears of love for that monster, I've decided to see the error of my ways and release them from captivity.” “But, why do you want us to leave?”, Horlagamous asks. “I'm not telling you to leave. I'm setting all of you free.” “Setting us free?”, Scorjosemal asks. “I've realized that you won't gain any experience from being under my wing. So all of you need to live your own lives and form your own kingdoms. You'll all realize how much you all mean to me.” The princes all bow to their father. “We we'll never forget you, father.”, they all say in unison. The princes set off and leave the kingdom. The emperor returns to his throne room and sits back on his throne. "Something has to be changed. I just wish I knew what it was."
A Cloned CreationBack in Ponyville, Starlight and Sunburst sit with their friends. The group are amazed and congratulate the two. “Oh, my gosh.”, Twilight says. “I never thought you two would take this to the next level.” “I agree. You two must have really missed each other since you've been separated.”, Spike says. "Yes.", Starlight says as they look at each other. "We sure have." “When are you planning the wedding?”, Rarity asks. “The wedding is in three days.”, Sunburst says. Pinkie gasps so much she puffs up like a balloon. “Oh, my gosh. We need to send invitations to the citizens of Ponyville, Canterlot and the Crystal Empire to their wedding. And we need to prepare the castle with all kinds of flowers, ribbons and glitter. Rarity needs to make the wedding dress, Dashie needs to create the sonic rainboom, AJ needs to make refreshments for the feast, Flutters needs to gather birds for the music and I need to prepare the wedding cake. I just don't know how we're going to be able to prepare all of this in just three da-”, she says before having her muzzle covered. “Calm down, Pinkie.”, Applejack says. “We've gotten Cadance and Shining's wedding together in just one day. How hard can it be to just prepare a wedding in three days?” “Oh, good point.”, she says muffled. “Well what are we waiting for? Let's gather everypony and get ready.”, Rainbow says. They all leave the castle and set off to gather the patrons and preparations. The group finally arrives in Canterlot to see the two princesses along with somepony they did not expect to be with them. “Queen Chrysalis?”, they all say. “Well hello, everypony. It's an honor to see all of you again.”, the queen says. “We weren't expecting to see you here.”, Starlight says. “Come on. Why wouldn't you expect to see your new friend?” “Uh, because we're still trying to get used to your reformation.”, Thorax says. “So, what brings you here?”, Trixie says. “I came to become more acquainted with the princesses. What brings all of you here?”, Chrysalis asks. “We came to tell the princesses a big announcement.”, Sandbar says. “Oh. And what's that?”, Celestia asks. “Me and Starlight are getting married.”, Sunburst says. “Oh, my goodness. Congratulations, you two.”, Luna says. “When's the wedding?” “In three days.”, Fluttershy says. “Perfect. That should give us enough time to spread the word.”, Celestia says. “Us?”, Chrysalis asks. “You mean I can help too?” “Of course. We wouldn't be fair friends if you didn't give us some help.”, Luna says. “Well what are we waiting for? Let's get going.” They all set off and announce the wedding of Starlight and Sunburst. Later, the group all gather back at the castle and prepare the plans. “So where exactly are we gonna have the wedding?”, Shining asks. “We're having it at the Crystal Empire.”, Sunburst says. “Really?”, Cadance asks. “Of course. What better place than Sunburst's current residence?”, Starlight asks. “Mommy, I think that's a great idea.”, Flurry says. “I mean this kingdom has everything a wedding needs.” Cadance thinks and takes her daughter's suggestion. “You're right, sweetheart.” “Alright. Let's get everything ready.”, Chrysalis says. Outside of the window is a mysterious hooded figure watching their plan. It suddenly runs out. It finds a good hiding place to take off its hood. It was Neighsay and he was very furious about their plan. “Now they're inviting non-pony creatures to a pony wedding? This world has gone completely insane.”, he says. “I will not allow this. I have to put a stop to it.” He then runs off to prepare his scheme. In the Wagstaff City zoo, the family arrive to go sightseeing. They first come across the lions den where they see the lion cubs playing with each other. The cubs run to the barrier and meet Martha and Skits. They all meow at the dogs. “Hi, Leonard, Hi, Phillip, Hi, Molly.”, Martha says. “How are you all doing?” They all meow in response. “Gosh. It's hard to believe that it's been a whole year since they arrived.”, Helen says. Skits barks. "Oh, good point, Skits.", Martha says. “What did Skits say?”, Helen asks. “Oh, Skits was asking if a year living in the zoo is enough time to take them back.” “Sorry, Skits. But they're not old enough to go back to their original home yet.”, Carolina says. “Well how old do they have to be for them to go back to their home?”. Martha asks. “On our last field trip. We learned that full grown lions can be ten to fourteen years old.”, Carolina says. “Fourteen?! That's ninety-eight dog years!” They then face the cubs again and look at them with sympathy. They walk off and continue. "Fourteen years until they're full grown. I know this place is more accommodated than in the Savannah, but still. They have to be more accustomed to their own environment." Skits then remembers something and barks quietly to Martha. “What is it, Skits?”, she quietly asks. Skits barks to her and she understands. “You're right. Jeffy said all of the animals are able to leave the zoo whenever they want. So maybe we can be able to take them back to their old home without waiting.” “What was that?”, Helen's mother asks them. “Oh. Nothing.”, she responds. They continue walking and the dogs look at each other and wink. They walk to the other animal exhibits and inform the animals their plan in secret. When their trip ends they exit the zoo and the dogs confront each other. “Alright, Skits, do you remember the plan?” He nods. “Let's just hope that none of the security guards notice us.” At the building, the patch of fur becomes fully grown. The machine then starts to break and become compressed. They all start to become nervous. "Uh, Pablum, did you ever think about how big that emperor was?", Weaselegraft asks. "Actually, Otis...no. No I did not." The machine then explodes flinging all of the men, woman and dog against the walls. They open their eyes and are in disbelief at what they see. The machine has successfully created another monster. “It... It worked. We've successfully created a clone.”, Pablum says. The monster groans as he opens his eyes. “Wha...Where am I?”, the monster says. “Welcome to Wagstaff City, Your Highness.”, Weaselegraft says. “Your Highness? Am I some sort of ruler?” “Wait, he doesn't know?”, Kablooey asks. “It seems that since he was created in this lab, he must have no memories from his real self.” “Science is very complex.”, Stubble says. “It's not complex.”, Bumblecrum says. “'Complex' means consisting of many different and connected parts. It's just a clone of a monster. Nothing more.” “Now listen carefully.”, Fildgemarker says. “You are Emperor Keretomatus. You have been lost for a year and we managed to save you.” “We brought you here for a reason.”, Weaselegraft says. “And what's that?”, the monster asks. “You see, we are in danger and lost all of our hopes and dreams and we need you to help us.”, Pablum says. “Here's what we need you to do...” Back in Equestria, Keretomatus stares out in a balcony with two shadows with him. Suddenly he starts get a massive headache. His shadows rush to him. A shadow growls in concern. “I feel some sort of powerful aura.”, the emperor says. He then checks the kingdom and realizes. “Wait. It's not coming from Equestria.”, he says. “It's coming from...the other world.” The shadow growls again. The emperor feels the other world and his eyes snap open in disbelief. “What? That's impossible.” The minion growls. “This aura. It feels...exactly like my aura.”, the emperor says. The minion is in disbelief and growls for an explanation. “I don't know how it's possible, but if we don't figure out what's emitting this aura, that world as well as this world will be in deep trouble. You, gather the citizens and tell them to meet in the throne room. We must prepare for what's to occur.” The minion bows and leaves the room. “Those creatures are in danger. What could possibly be possessing the same aura as myself?”
Escape to the DocksBack in the Crystal Empire, all the citizens prepare the kingdom for Starlight and Sunburst's wedding. Pharynx approaches his brother. “Hey, Thorax, I've never been to an actual Crystal Empire wedding. How is it exactly?”, he asks. “It's a beautiful experience, Pharynx. It's a perfect way for all of these ponies to show all of the love they can give in this particular gathering.”, his brother answers. “Gosh, if we were still feeding off of their love, this place would have been sucked dry.” Thorax nods. The sun then starts to set. “Oh. It's getting late everypony. We better go to bed now.”, Celestia says. “We better get going.”, Twilight says. “Goodbye, Starlight. Goodbye, Sunburst.” “Goodbye, Twilight.”, Starlight says. “We'll see you at the wedding.” They all leave the castle and part ways. “Sunburst, I just realized something.”, Starlight says. “What is it?”, Sunburst asks. “After we get married, will I have to move out of Ponyville?” His eyes widen as it is a very good point. “Oh. I see.”, he says. “Well, we should consult the others first to know what the best choice is.” “What am I gonna tell Twilight?”, she asks. “We'll have to break it to her gently if we make our decision. She has a tendency to be overwhelmed a lot.”, he says. The unicorn nods and they both leave the castle. In Neighsay's tower, he paces in his room wondering how to stop the wedding. “How can I get the Equestrian High Counsel to agree to cease and desist that wedding if the princesses have already justified the EEA's rules about allowing non-pony students to attend that school?” He then has a thought. “Wait a minute. If I could try to convince the future bride and groom why it's a bad idea to invite non-pony creatures to attend their wedding, they'd be able to call it off and return to how it was before. But where do I go from here?” He turns his head and sees a burned picture of the consorts of the students. He then has another thought and takes out his spell book. He flips through pages until he finds the one he's looking for. He then gets a sinister grin. "I know exactly how to do it." The Wagstaff City Zoo closes the doors and the zookeepers lock the gate and leave. After they leave, Martha and Skits sneak to the gate and slip through the bars. “Alright, Skits. We need to be very quiet and be careful with security.”, Martha whispers. Skits nods. They both walk slowly and carefully passing the security office. They hear something and both take a peak. Inside are the guards watching a movie. They become exasperated at the sight. Skits then barks to her. “I don't know if their serious either.”, Martha says. “Let's just get going.” They walk until they reach the lions den. “Psst. Leonard, Phillip, Molly.”, she quietly shouts. The cubs exit the cave and see the dogs. They approach them and Leonard meows. “We're getting you out of here.”, Martha answers. They cubs meow confused. “Jeffy told me that all of the animals can leave this zoo whenever they want. We can be able to take you three back to your home.” Phillip meows. “We're doing this, because we don't want to wait fourteen years to release all of you back to your home.”, she whispers. Skits barks. “Oh. I didn't think about how we're were going to take them back.” She then gets an idea. "Wait a minute. The docks!" He raises an eyebrow. "You remember that food drive we did for the starving people in where the cubs came from?" He barks in agreement. "We can sneak the cubs into the boat that's taking all that food. That way they can sneak out and be free." Skits barks at Martha's plan. "I know stowaways are illegal, but there's no other way to get them back home. Skits can you just trust me on this?" He then sighs and takes the plan. They both back up. “Come on, cubs. Jump over the barrier.” Molly meows to her brothers. They all nod and run forward until they jump over the barrier. “Come on, let's go.”, Martha says. They all run out of the zoo and slip through the bars. The lemur walk on the tree for a midnight snack and take a look at the den, seeing that the cubs are gone. The lemur starts screeching. The screeching then wakes up all of the animals in the zoo and see that the cubs are gone. The security guards are startled by all the animal noises and look at the cameras. They look and see that the lion cubs are gone. “The cubs are gone! Quick, call the news station!”, a guard says. Another guard goes to the phone and dials the number. The dogs run away with the cubs to the city pier. They reach a boat that is already packed up. “Alright, guys. Let's get you all in the boat.”, Martha says. Before they get on the boat, two dragon claws catch the dogs. They both scream in fear and are brought to the source of the claws. It is a monster with minotaur horns, dragon claws, a lion's tail, hooves, dragon wings, red eyes, sharp fangs and covered in pitch black fur. “Are these the dogs?”, the monster asks. “That's them alright.”, a familiar voice says. They turn to the voice and see six men, an old woman and a rottweiler. “Hello again, talking dog.”, a man wearing a white lab coat says. “What are you guys doing here? And how did you all get together?”, Martha asks. “That doesn't matter." ,the green suited man says. "What does matter is this time we're having our new friend help us become the more successful people and most successful dog in all of Wagstaff City.” “What? You mean this monster is taking orders from you?” “That is true young dog.”, the monster says. “You will soon bow to my saviors.” “Saviors?”, Martha asks. “Aren't 'saviors' people who have done good deeds to help everyone?” “That is right on the nose.”, Pablum says. “And we're going to use-uh...I mean assist Emperor Keretomatus to enslave you evildoers.” The dogs eyes widen. The lion cubs enter and growl at the goons. Weaselegraft and Pablum scream in fear. “What's the matter with you two?”, Kablooey asks. “Baby lions. Nothing frightens us more than babies.”, Weaselegraft says. “You two are scared of babies?”, Bumblecrum asks. “You guys are wimps.” “Well these little miscreants won't be any bother anymore.”, the monster says then snaps his claws. The cubs are levitated and disappear. “Leonard! Phillip! Molly!”, Martha shouts. The cubs then reappear in a cage. “Take a good look dogs. We're about to turn this town into paradise.”, Gimmie says. "And it starts with you." The monster approaches them as Martha and Skits watch helplessly as their fates are sealed. In Keretomatus's kingdom, the emperor rallies his army and prepares to announce his plan. “Citizens of my kingdom. I have gathered all of you here to prepare for battle.”, the emperor says. “As you all know, I have sensed a powerful aura that is completely identical to my aura.” All of the minions and shadows all growl at once at the revelation. “We all have to brace ourselves for the danger that will occur. So all of you head to the armory and meet back here in two hours. The rest will be instructed.” The minions, shadows and monsters head to the armory and the emperor gathers his own armor. He then feels a presence near the aura. “Wait a minute. I sense aura near the being that has my aura.” He closes his eyes and opens his eyes. “It's those creatures who tried to use my power. What do they have do with the aura that's in the other world?”
When Portals Collide“Leave Ponyville?”, Ocellus asks. “Are you serious?” “We haven't made that decision yet.”, Starlight says. “We thought we would consult all of you before talking to Twilight.” “Gosh. Twilight's gonna rambling for hours if you tell her.”, Smolder says. “Twi's gonna be sadder than a pregnant cow who's just lost their first born calf.”, Applejack says. “I'm not sure if my 'cheer up, Twi' party will be able to cheer her up.'”, Pinkie says. The princesses approach the mare and stallion. “Starlight, Sunburst, you two made the right choice to consult us before telling Twilight.”, Celestia says. “Well what are we going to do? Starlight lives in Ponyville and I live here in the Crystal Empire.”, Sunburst says. “We've been separated as foals and it took us years to be reunited.” “We understand.”, Luna says. “We all know how hard a decision like this is, but it's your choice. You two can stay in Ponyville or live in the Crystal Empire.” The unicorns look at each other and look back to the princesses. “Just give us some time, please.”, Sunburst requests. “You have until the wedding. Don't take too long.”, Celestia says. “Yeah, some of us can get impatient really quickly.”, Gallus says. The two unicorns leave the castle and explore the Crystal Empire. “Starlight, we're gonna have to tell Twilight eventually.”, Sunburst says. “I just don't know how we're gonna explain it to her.”, Starlight says. “I mean, Twilight has helped me find the true meaning of friendship and took me under her wing. And then I graduated with honor. Not to mention, helped her found the School of Friendship.” “That's true. And if it wasn't for her, we would have never seen each other again and I wouldn’t have been made the royal crystaller.” The stallion faces his fiancé. “The wedding's in two days. We've only been given a short amount of time to break it to her.”, the stallion says. Starlight sighs. “You're right. We better tell her today. She's at her castle right now. So we better get there right now.” Starlight closes her eyes and they disappear. Neighsay appears as soon as they vanish. “Drat. I missed them.”, he exclaims. He then notices their residue. He then senses the residue and finds out where they're going. “They’re heading to Sparkle’s castle. Perfect. That will be better.” He then turns his head. He faces the consorts who have been brainwashed with their eyes glowing white. "The princess herself will see that her quote, unquote 'new friends' aren't as friendly as she thought.", he says as he approaches the controlled group. “Come, my friends, we have got a wedding to stop. And the princess won’t know what will hit her.” He powers his horn and they vanish. In Wagstaff City, Helen wakes up and looks for her dogs. “Martha? Skits?”, she calls. “Helen, come down here, quick!”, her dad shouts. She gets out of her bed and heads down to the living room. There, she sees her parents in horror watching the television. She approaches her parents. “Mom, Dad, what is it?!” “Look. Wagstaff City is being demolished.”, her mother says. “Demolished?!”, Helen asks. “Yes. 'Demolished' is when something is being destroyed.” “And some monster is demolishing the city.”, her dad says. She looks at the tv and sees on the news that a monster is demolishing the city. “This is Linda Schwartzman, live from downtown Wagstaff City where a group of people and some sort of monster are destroying the city and enslaving the citizens.” Helen sees that her dogs and the lion cubs are in cages. “They got Martha and Skits!”, Helen says. The news reporter then sees the monster and runs off. “Back to you, Bob!” She then gets captured. The anchorman is petrified. “Oh, my goodness. Well in summation, we're all doomed. I'm Bob Dowelle and this is channel 8 news.”, he says before the news room is destroyed and he and the crew is captured. “Oh, no. We've gotta get Jake and get out of here.”, Helen says. They all run up and wake up her little brother. “Morning, Jake. There's no time to explain. We gotta go now.”, her dad says. They all head out and get in the car. They drive away and almost reach the end of town. But the monster grabs the car and tears the roof off. “I have you now!”, he says. The monster and the goons then go around the city and capture all of the citizens and destroy the town. The monster and the goons all laugh evilly. “Why are you doing this to us?!”, Truman asks. “You pathetic low lives have turned my saviors into pariahs. So, I'm returning the favor.”, the monster says. “Pariahs?”, Carolina asks. “Of course they are. 'Pariahs' are people who have been outcasted by other people because of who they are.” “They're the evildoers. Not us.”, Milo says. "They actually did things that warrant them to be pariahs." “Yes. We had a feeling you would all say that.”, Fildgemarker says. “Which is why we are going to turn all of you into slaves to pay for making us look pale in comparison.” They all laugh, but suddenly the monster senses something. “Halt!” The monster closes his eyes and feels a presence. “What is it, Your Majesty?”, Bumblecrum asks. “I feel some sort of presence. And... no... that’s impossible.”, the monster says. “What?”, Pablum asks. “There's an aura. And it feels...exactly like my aura.” “Huh?”, Weaselegraft asks. The monster keeps sensing around and opens his eyes. “It's in another world.” “Another world?”, the kids ask in unison. “Now, Your Majesty. We don't have time to be looking for strange things. We have a city to rule.”, Kablooey says. “No. This creature who possesses the same aura I do is planning to confront me. Well I'm not going to stand around and let them win. I'm putting this matter into my own claws.”, he says as he flies up. “What are you doing?! Get back here!”, Weaselegraft shouts. He then stops and looks around for the source. He feels and finds the exact spot. "There it is." In the monster kingdom, Keretomatus and his army are about to leave their world when the emperor senses something. “Wait a minute.” He closes his eyes and they snap open. “Oh, no. They're about to open a portal to our world. We need stop them right now.” He flies up and searches for the being. He then finds exactly where it is. "I found it." He prepares to open the portal. The other monster prepares to open the portal. They both raise their claws and snap simultaneously. The portals open but start devouring everything and everyone around it. "What's going on?!", T.D. shouts. "The city is being devoured, that's what's going on!", Carolina shouts. "Devour? But it doesn't even have a mouth." "T.D., 'devour' does mean eat. But it's one of those words that have more than one meaning. This kind of devouring means to be broken down and taken inside!", Truman shout. "Well too bad that was the last vocabulary lesson we'll ever take!", Milo shouts. They lose their grip and become sucked in. Helen holds onto her dogs. "Martha, Skits, I don't want to lose you two!", she shouts. They both try to keep a grip on their owner. She turns and sees her family holding on. "Helen, help us!", her dad shouts. "I'm coming!" She inches closer to her family. But she suddenly slips and loses her grip. Her dogs get sucked into the portal. "Martha! Skits!" Soon, she gets dragged until her mother catches her. "I got you, mi hija.", her mother says. "But, Martha and Skits are gone. I've gotta save them." Lets go of her mother's grip and gets sucked in. "Helen!", her family says. Her dad's finger slips and the rest of her family gets sucked in. As well as the other monster, the slaves, the goons and the animals. In Keretomatus's kingdom, It starts to devour his army as he tries to fly away from it. "No, I can't fly away. Those creatures are in danger." He then stops and flies directly into the portal.
The Ruined KingdomTwilight is sitting in her study when she hears a knocking on her door. She gets up and teleports herself to the door. She opens the door and sees Starlight and Sunburst standing before her. “Starlight, Sunburst, what are you two doing here?”, she asks them. “Hey, Twilight.”, Starlight says. “Me and Sunburst came here because we wanted to ask you something really important.” “Really? What is it?” “What we wanted to ask you is...”, Sunburst says before the back door opens. Spike bursts into the room holding a letter. “Twilight! Twilight!”, Spike says as he approaches the alicorn. “Spike, what is it?” “We gotta get out of here now!” “Get out of here? Why?”, Sunburst asks. “I just got this letter from Celestia! The Crystal Empire was just devoured by a portal, followed by the Everfree Forest, Griffonstone, the Changeling Kingdom, Yakyakistan, Dragon County, Mt. Aries and now Canterlot. And Ponyville is next.”, Spike says. The castle starts to levitate, and they get out. They stand and watch the castle get devoured by a portal. “Run!”, Twilight shouts. The mares, stallion and dragon run away as they see the rest of Ponyville get devoured by the portal. They keep running away, but suddenly Spike begins to levitate. “Twilight!”, he shouts. She sees the dragon and uses her magic to pull him back down. “Starlight!”, Sunburst says as he starts to levitate. Starlight uses her magic to fly and catches her fiance. Suddenly she gets hit by piece of land and loses her concentration. She and Sunburst get devoured by the portal. “Starlight! Sunburst!”, Twilight and Spike shout in unison. She then flies up to save them. “Twilight, what the heck are you doing?!”, Spike asks. “I'm saving those unicorns.”, Twilight says. They get closer and the unicorns get devoured by the portal. She then stops dead in her tracks. “What was I thinking?!”, she says as she tries to fly away. Soon, she and Spike get devoured by the portal. Neighsay suddenly appears but finds nothing. "What?! I missed them again!", he shouts. He then hears moaning and looks back. The creatures her controlled are starting to compose themselves. "Oh, drat! The spell's worn off." "What happened?", Thorax asks. "How did we get here?" They then see the unicorn in front of them. "Neighsay!", Ember says. "Unicorn must've controlled us.", Rutherford says. Just before they can confront the chancellor, they suddenly get lifted. The chancellor looks around and sees the place being devoured. “What the...What's going on?! What's happening?!” He gets lifted himself and goes into the portal. He gets devoured and all of Ponyville is gone. “Wha....What happened?”, a voice says. “What? Who said that?”, another voice says The sources of the voices open their eyes and face each other one sees a strange two legged creature with red hair, a flannel sweater, a striped skirt and striped socks and red shoes and the other sees a lavender horse with a horn, wings and stars on her flanks. They both scream and fall back. “Get back you strange creature. I've got a magical horn and I'm not afraid to use it.”, the strange horse says. “Wait a minute. Did you just talk?”, the creature asks. “Hang on. You can understand me?”, the horse asks. “Whoa. I've never seen a talking horse before.” “Hey! I'm not a horse, I'm a pony.”, the pony says. “Well what are you supposed to be?” “I'm a human.”, the human says. “Wow. I haven't seen a 'human' since I was at the Canterlot High world.” “The what?” “Long story. Anyway, who are you?” “I'm Helen. Helen Lorraine.”, she says. “And you are?” “I'm Twilight Sparkle.”, the pony says. “I'm an alicorn to be exact.” “What is this place?”, Helen asks. “I don't know. I can't make heads or tails of it.” “Well, we can't stay here that's for sure. I better find my friends and my dogs.”, Helen says. “Yeah. I better find my friends, too. Hey, you don't mind if I tag along, do you?” “Not at all. Let's look for our friends.” Twilight and Helen then search around the ruined location together and look for their friends. Elsewhere, Martha and Skits wake up and compose themselves. “Skits, are you OK?”, Martha asks. Skits barks in response. He looks around and barks to her again. “I don't know where we are.” She then notices something. “Wait a minute. Where's Helen? Where are the cubs? Where is everyone?” She then begins to panic. “Oh, no! What are we gonna do?! We're lost, and we have no idea where everyone is! This is bad, this is bad, this is bad!” Skits barks urgently. “What do you think I'm doing? I'm panicking.” Skits barks. “'Panicking' is when you lose control of yourself when something bad is happening or will happen.”, Martha explains. He then calms the other dog. “Sorry. I just don't know what we're going to do.” Skits barks a plan. “Are you sure?”, she asks. He nods. “Well, I'm not sure myself. But, because I have no idea where to go from here, I'm willing to try anything.” They then hear small growling and search for the source. They come across a pile of rocks and start digging it. They uncover the lion cubs. “Leonard, Phillip, Molly, you're alive!” The cubs all growl in query. “We don't know what happened. All we know is we were held captive by those goons and a hideous monster. And then the monster snapped his claws and all of Wagstaff City was swallowed by a strange hole.” The cubs are nervous. “Hey, me and Skits were just about to start looking for Helen and the others. Wanna join us?” The cubs look at each other and take the invitations. They go with the dogs and search for the missing friends. In another part of the ruined location, the goons compose themselves and wake up. “What just happened?”, asked Weaselegraft. Pablum grabs a device and reads the results. “I don't know. My location tracker can't make heads or tails of it.”, he says. “Mine doesn't know either.”, Fildgemarker says. “Are you saying you have absolutely no idea where we are?”, Kablooey asks. “That's exactly what I'm saying.”, Pablum says. “Hey, where's our slave?”, Bumblecrum asks. 001 then starts barking. “What is it, 001?”, Fildgemarker asks. He then points up. The others look up and see the monster flying over them. “Your Majesty, what are you doing up there?”, Gimmie asks. “The being who shares my aura is here.”, the monster says. “What are you doing? We've gotta go back and take o...I mean, save Wagstaff City.”, Stubble says. “No. I'm not going back as long as that being exists.”, he says before he flies off. They all groan in frustration. 001 then starts barking. “What is it, 001?”, Fildgemarker asks. The rottweiler then runs off. “Looks like he found something.”, Bumblecrum says. “We better follow him.” “But what about our creation?”, Pablum asks. “We'll worry about him later. Besides, that dog and spy can't be away from each other for more than five seconds.” He raises an eyebrow. “Don't ask.” They then all follow the dog to the source of the scent. In another part of the location, Emperor Keretomatus and some of his minions, monsters and shadows wake up. The subjects help up their leader. “Thank you all. I don't know what just happened.”, Keretomatus says. He looks around and sees his kingdom is ruined. “What happened to my kingdom?” He then senses something. He closes his eyes and detects the source. “It's the being that possesses the same aura. It's here.”, he says. The minions, monsters and shadows growl. “My friends, we need to find the rest of our army and stop the source before it wreaks havoc.”, the emperor says. The four groups journey throughout the ruined land to their destinations. Twilight and Helen look for their friends and family, Martha, Skits and the cubs search for their friends, the goons follow the dog and Keretomatus and his minions search for the rest of his army.
Recruit and RegroupSpike wakes up and composes himself. He looks around and sees he's in a ruined location. “What happened?”, he says. He then hears moaning and heads to a pile. He runs to the pile and removes the debris. He uncovers Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow, you're alright.” “Yeah. Barely.”, she responds. “I have no idea what just happened.” They hear more moaning. They head to another pile and remove the debris. Underneath it this time is, Applejack and Pinkie Pie. “AJ, Pinks.”, Rainbow says. “Hoo wee. That was more ruff than wrangling a herd of cattle after they drank three bags of coffee.”, Applejack says. “And they didn't add any sugar.”, Pinkie says. “What just happened?” “Girls, Spike, you all alive.”, Rarity shouts. They turn and see Fluttershy and Rarity approaching them. “Flutters, Rares, you're alright.”, Pinkie says. “Wait, where's Twilight?”, Flutters asks. “I thought she was with you two.”, Spike. “Well we better find out where she is.”, Rainbow says. “Because I can't tell where we are. And only she knows how to locate wherever we are.” “Uh, guys, how many of us were here?”, Pinkie asks. “There's six of us, Pinks.”, Spike says. “I think you might want to do a recount.” “Why?”, Rarity asks. She points behind them. They all look behind them and see the source. In front of them is an unfamiliar monster breathing heavily. “Who are you?”, the monster asks. The mares and dragons are completely petrified at the sight of the monster. Then out of nowhere, Rainbow bolts to him. She then punches the monster impulsively. “Rainbow, you just punched him! Are you insane?!”, Spike shouts. “Well sorry that I can't control my habit of attacking whatever monster comes across us.”, she says. The monster then composes himself and powers up his magic. “So you're with that being, aren't you?”, the monster asks. “What being? We have no idea what you're talking about.” “Very well. If you won't tell me what you know. I'll just have to force it out of you.” He then charges to the group with fury. Twilight and Helen stop and rest. “Any luck, Twilight.”, Helen asks. “Still nothing.”, Twilight says. She then senses something. “What is it?”, Helen asks. Twi powers up her horn. She sees her friends. “My friends. I sense them.”, Twi says. “You can sense them? How?” “Magic casters like myself can sense another creature’s aura from near and far places.” “Aura? Wait a minute. This 'aura' must be what that monster was talking about.” “A monster?”, Twilight asks. “In my world, we were being captured by some kind of monster.”, she answers. “He must have done something that sent us here.” “What would a magical monster be doing in your world?”, she asks. But before Helen can answer, she senses something else. She powers her horn again and sees her friends being attacked by a monster. “Oh, no!”, Twilight exclaims. “What is it?”, Helen asks. “My friends are about to be captured.” “Captured?” “Yes. 'Captured' is another word for caught or taken away.” “I know what captured means. What I mean is, what do you mean they're about to be captured?” “They're being attacked by some sort of monster.”, says the alicorn. “Wait a minute. My dogs were captured by a monster. I wonder if that monster who captured us is the same monster that's after your friends.”, Helen suggests. “It's possible.”, Twilight says. “We have to hurry and find them. They don't have a chance if I'm not with them.” They both run out. Somewhere else, the former friendship school students awaken and look around. “Is everyone alright?”, Silver Stream asks. “Yona think so.”, Yona answers. “What just happened?”, Gallus asks. “I'm not sure”, Ocellus answers. “Last I remember we were all being sucked into some kind of hole.” “Smolder, Ocellus, Silver, can you fly up and find out where we are?”, Sandbar requests. “If you say so.”, Smolder answers. The dragon, changeling and hippogriff fly up and look around. They see a ruined wasteland with seemingly no signs of survivors. “We don't see anything.” “You mean you don't know where we are?” “No. It means I just found us a little hotel for all of us to stay in. Of course, we don't know where we are!”, Smolder shouts. "No reason for dragon to be sarcastic.", Yona says. They hear barking and turn towards it. They then see a dog approaching them. "Is that a dog?", Gallus asks. "What's a dog doing here?", Sandbar asks. “Oh, hi there, little dog. Are you lost, too?”, Ocellus asks. “Do you know what's going on here?” “I believe I can answer that.”, an unfamiliar voice says. They turn to the source and are in confusion. “What's going on is that we found some interesting creatures.” Suddenly they all get electrocuted and lose consciousness. They get captured and are thrown into a cage. It was the crooks from Wagstaff City who captured them. “These creatures will be perfect for our takeover.”, Weaslegraft says. "After we do that, we'll sell them to the highest bidder and make billions." "People will be high cash to have talking exotic creatures as pets.", Bumblecrum says. “I just don't know how long we're going to locate that monster.”, Pablum says. “It's really focused on finding the same being who has his...what's it called?” “Aura.”, Kablooey says. “It's aura.” "Right. Aura." "Well maybe, they can tell us where to find it." They all leave. In another part of the wasteland, the children compose themselves. “Oh, man. Did anyone get the number of the truck that got us last night?”, T.D. says. “Wait. Where are we?”, Truman asks. “Beats me. More importantly, where is everyone?”, Carolina asks. “Are you all lost as well?”, an unfamiliar voice asks. “Actually, we are. Who wants to know?”, Milo answers as they turn to the voice. In front of them is a white unicorn, a pink unicorn with wings and a white little unicorn with wings. “We do.” The kids except for T.D. scream in fear. “Whoa. A talking unicorn.” “Honey, judging by their reactions, I don't think they're from our world.”, the female says. “How is this possible? We're talking to horses and they're talking back.” “Excuse me, we're not horses. We're ponies.”, the male says. “What's the difference?”, Ronald asks. “That's not important right now. We need to find my sister and her friends.” They are about to take off, but they get stopped. “Hold on. Do any of you know where you are or where you're going?”, Alice asks. “I'm afraid they've got us there, Daddy.”, the little pony says. “Well, maybe you all can come with us.”, the pink mare proposes. "Hold on. Guys, we just met these ponies.", Carolina says. "Do you really think we can trust them?" "What else can we do?", Alice asks. "We don't know where we are and we don't know where everyone else is." "She's got a point there, Carolina.", Ronald says. “I guess we don't have a choice.”, Truman says. “Alright. Let's get going.” “Thanks. My name is Shining Armor, by the way.”, the unicorn says. “This here is my wife, Cadance.” “Pleased to make your acquaintance.”, she says. “And this is my daughter, Flurry Heart.” “I'm Flurry Heart.”, the filly says. “I'm T.D.”, he says. “And this is Truman, Milo, Carolina, Alice and Ronald.” “Why don't you tell us about yourselves, while we're searching.”, Alice says. “Certainly. It all started when I was hired to foal sit Shining's little sister.”, Cadance says as they start traveling. Elsewhere, the monster and his army are looking for the remaining members when they come across familiar faces. "Huh?", he says. Below them are the dogs with three lion cubs. They land and take a closer look. “It's those dogs again. What are they doing here?” “Helen! Jake! Anyone!”, the yellow dog shouts. The brown dog howls. They then hear whimpering and run to the source. They uncover pieces of debris and find a black and brown puppy. “Lily, you're safe.”, the yellow dog says. One of the monsters takes a step but the emperor stop him. “No. Don't get any closer.” The monster growls in query. “Because they don't remember us. If we approach them, they'll run off in fear before we have a chance to help them. We just need to keep an eye on them while we search for the rest of my army.” They all nod in agreement.
Search for SurvivorsIn another part of the wasteland, Helen's parents compose themselves. “My gosh. What just happened?”, Helen's dad asks. “Mariella, are you alright?” “I think so. Are you, Daniel?” “I am. Wait.” He looks around and back to his wife. “Where are the kids?” They hear moaning and recognize it. “Jake!”, the both say. They hurry to their son and take him out of debris. “Jake, are you alright?”, his mother asks. Her son nods. “Mariella!”, a voice says. They turn to it and see Carlolina's dad rising from debris. “Jorge! Are you alright, Hermano?” “I think so. Where's the rest of our family and the rest of Daniel's family?”, he asks. “I have no idea.” “Who are you?” They turn to the voice and they see a group of horses. “Oh. Hola, caballitos.”, Jorge says. “Um, what are 'ka ba yee toes'?”, the brown horse asks. “Oh, 'caballitos' is Spanish for 'little horses'” They then realize what happened. “Wait a minute. Did you just talk?” “Yes. And we're not horses. We're ponies.”, the gray pony says. “Mariella, Jorge, I'm not imagining this, am I?”, Helen’s dad asks. “Oh, nonsense. If thou wants to know how visualization commences, then explore the far reaches to the olden depths of the great quarray.”, the stallion says. “Excuse me.”, Helen's dad asks. “Sorry, our parents have a tendency to talk like they are in olden times.”, the shy mare says. “Wait. 'Tendency' means an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior.”, Carolina's dad says. “So that's normal for them?” “Yes. You've got a problem with that?”, the grouchy mare says. “Calm yourself. They were just clarifying our vocabulary.”, the dull mare says. “I'm sorry. We haven't been properly introduced yet. I'm Daniel. This is my wife, Mariella, her brother, Jorge and our son, Jake.” “Well salutations. I'm Igneous Rock. This is my wife, Cloudy Quartz, and our daughters, Marble Pie, Limestone Pie and Maud Pie.”, the stallion says. “Hey, wait a minute. They almost look like those other two legged creatures.”, Marble says. “Wait a minute, you've seen more of them?”, Jorge asks. “Yes. We're found all the other families and gathered in a cave.”, Limestone says. “Come on, follow us.” They all follow the family to where they say they found the other 'creatures'. “Mariella, Jorge, do you think they're telling the truth?”, Helen's dad asks. “What do you mean?”, Helen's mom asks. “We just met these ponies. Do you really think we can trust them already? I mean, what if they're luring us into a trap?” “Daniel, they said they've seen others like us. Why would they lie about that if they've never seen us before?”, Carolina's dad asks. “Maybe you're just thinking too hard.”, Helen's mom says. “Maybe your right. I mean thinking too hard is my tendency.” Elsewhere, Spike and the mares are still battling the monster. The mares and dragon become exhausted. The monster is about to finish them off when he gets a headache. “What am I doing? I don't have time for this.”, the monster says before flying off. The group lie there exhausted as a shadow covers them and they get levitated by magic. They then compose themselves and open their eyes. In front of them are Discord, Starlight and Sunburst. “Oh, thank goodness. They're all awake.”, Sunburst says. “Sunburst, Starlight, Discord. You're all OK.”, Spike says. “How did you find us?”, Rainbow asks. “Sunburst and I found ourselves lying on top of Discord. We were looking around when he heard bursts of magic and loud roaring. We all thought you would be dead meat.”, Starlight says. “Wait. Where's Twilight?” “We don't know. We were about to find her when we were approached by some kind of monster.”, Rarity says. “There's a monster here?”, Discord asks. “Well whatever that was, it said something about us working for that 'being'.”, Spike says. “But we have no idea what this 'being' he was talking about is.”, Pinkie says. “Well it's good that you're all fine.”, Sunburst says. “Yes. But even if that monster didn't show up, we still have no idea where to look.”, Applejack says. “I'll use my alicorn tracker to find her.”, Discord says before making an alicorn tracker appear. The tracker then picks up a signal and points in the direction of the source. “She's that way. Come on.” They all follow the draconequus in hopes that their friend is still alive. Elsewhere, the children and the family are still traveling as Cadance finishes their story. “We all got sucked into some strange portal and here we are.”, Cadance says. “Wow. That was some trip.”, T.D. says. “It sure was.”, Shining says. “Halt! Who goes there?!”, a voice shouts. “Who said that?”, Truman asks. Suddenly, five creatures come out and confront the group. One of them, a dragon, recognizes the three ponies. “Hold on, guys. It's only Shining, Cadance and Flurry.”, the dragon says. “Phew. That's a relief.”, the griffon says. “Whoa! More talking creatures?!”, Milo says. “What creatures are with ponies?”, the yak asks. “Oh, everyone, these are our new companions, T.D. Truman, Milo, Carolina, Alice and Ronald.”, Shining says. “Pleased to meet you.”, the dragon says. “I am Ember, Dragon Lord of Dragon County.” “I am Thorax, ruler of the Changeling Kingdom.”, Thorax says. “I am Gruff. Last remaining founder of Griffonstone.”, Gruff says. “Rutherford, prince of Yakyakistan.”, Rutherford says. “And I am Sea Spray. Captain of the Mount Aris and Seaquestria guards.”, Sea Spray says. “So, there are actually other creatures aside from just you guys?”, Carolina asks. “Yes, indeed.”, Flurry Heart says. “Anyway, what are you all doing here?”, Shining asks. “We were all looking for Twilight and the others when we heard you guys approaching.”, Thorax says. "We were also looking for that good for nothing chancellor.", Ember says. "Wait. Neighsay is here?", Cadance asks. "Yes. He controlled us and took us to Twilight's castle.", Sea Spray says. “Hey, why don't you all come with us?”, Alice proposes. “I'm not sure. I mean, how do we know we can trust you?”, “We already trust them. I think they can help us.”, Cadance suggests. “Alright. If you insist.”, Gruff says. “Let's get going.” They all then head out to find the rest of the group. In another part of the wasteland, Celestia and Luna compose themselves. “Luna, are you alright?”, Celestia asks. “I am, Celestia.”, Luna answers. They look around. “Where are we?” “I'm not sure. I better use my location spell.” Celestia closes her eyes and uses her magic. She then opens her eyes. “That's strange.” “What is it?”, Luna asks. “I'm sensing that we're in Equestria, but at the same time, we're not.” “What does this mean?” “Wait a minute.” She closes her eyes and uses her magic. “What's going on, sister?”, Luna asks. “Twilight and her friends are here. But there are some other life forms.” “Do you think they mean harm?” “Well, whoever and whatever they are, we have to tell them that they're not alone.” “Let's find them.” They both spread their wings and take off. Elsewhere, the goons searches for the monster. “Do you see him?”, Kablooey asks. “Still nothing.”, Weaselegraft answers. “I should have known.”, an unfamiliar voice says. They turn to the voice and see a unicorn wearing a red cloak. “More non-pony creatures. Is there no order anymore?” “Who are you?”, Pablum asks. “I am Chancellor Neighsay.”, he responds. “I am the head of the Equestrian Education Association. Are you opposed to my protest as well?” “What are you talking about?”, Bumblecrum asks. “Wait a minute.” He closes his eyes and his horn lights. His eyes then snap open. “I-I don't believe this. You're all not from the same world as myself.” “No, we aren't. And what protests are you talking about?”, Fildemarker asks. “Well, there's this alicorn named Twilight Sparkle who opened a friendship school. But non-pony students are enrolled in it. Which I am heavily against. I had the school shut down, but Princess Celestia authenticated the rules of the new school. And the seal was broken, and my protests have been rendered null and void. And now there's going to be a wedding with non-ponies attending it. I've tried to stop it with some of the consorts of her students, but my spell wore off. Then I was suddenly engulfed in a strange portal. And here I am.” “Hold on, when you say non-pony creatures, what are you referring to exactly?”, Pablum asks. “Referring?”, Neighsay asks. “Yes. 'Refer' means to mention or allude to something. So, what are you referring to?” “The students in that school are a griffon, a dragon, a yak, a changeling and a hippogriff.” “Wait a minute. Don't we have creatures like those in our hideout?”, Kablooey asks. His eyes widen. “Wait. You have them in captivity?” “Yes. We do.”, Weaslegraft says. “Guide me to them.”
Voyage for SafetyMartha, Skits and the cubs continue searching for the rest of their family and friends. Along with them are Lilly, John, Pops and Carlo. Pops then barks. “Well I don’t know how much longer, Pops. This place is like a maze, except it has no walls.”, Martha says. Carlo then barks and the rest turn to him. “What is it, Carlo?” He then catches a sent and tracks it down. They follow the scent to a pile of rubble and they dig underneath it. They are surprised to find Martha’s mother buried underneath it. She then opens her eyes and sees her daughter. “Mom. You’re alive.” She then nuzzles her mother and her mother barks. “Of course I’m OK as well. You haven’t seen my brothers and sisters, have you?” Her mother barks. “Oh, I see.”, she says before she hears moaning. Her eyes then widen at the moaning. “Wait. I know those voices!” They follow the moaning until they find two dogs lying on the ground. It’s Martha’s sisters, Skipper and Trina. “Six, one, you’re both OK.”, she says. They both bark and hug their sister. “Do you know where two, seven, four, eight and five are?” They shake their heads. “Alright. Let’s just keep looking.”, she says. They continue traveling. In the air, Keretomatus and his minions are still watching the dogs. “Those dogs seem to be progressing in finding their friends and family, but I still fear for their safety.”, he says. A shadow growls in question. “I mean, they don't know about the being that possess the same aura as myself. They could be in danger. But how can we help them without revealing ourselves?” The imp growls. “We just have to keep our surveillance open. It could mean disaster if we take our eyes off them for even one second.” A monster approaches the emperor and growls. “You found more of my army?” It nods. “You two, keep watching the dogs, I'll rally them up.” They both salute and he flies off. The emperor and the rest of his monsters follow the other monster to the location of the other army members. "You made sure all of them are present and accounted for? That being is near. I can feel it." As soon as the rest of them leave, the clone emerges from a cloud and searches. "Drat. I thought for sure it was here.", he says. He then looks and sees a group of dogs with three little cats being followed by two shadows. "Why are those shadows following those creatures? Unless, they must know something about that creatures who possesses my aura. Maybe, they'll start talking instead." He then follows them making sure to stay far from sight. In another part of the wasteland, the Pies take the parents and baby into a cave. “We're here.”, Igneous says. They enter the cave come across the other parents of the ponies and their friends of all races. “Hello! We're back.”, Cloudy shouts. They turn to the voice. The elderly couples eyes widen at who they see. “Mom. Dad. You're both alive.”, Helen's dad says. “Son. We're glad you're alive.”, Helen's grandpa says. “We thought we lost you.”, Helen's grandma says. “Mama. Papa.”, Helen's mom says. "It's really you.", Carolina's dad says. “It's so good to see you two.”, Helen's abuelo says. “Mija, Mijo. Where have you been?”, Helen's abuela says. “So there really are more of these 'humans' you've all been saying.”, Big Macintosh says. “Well it's nice to get to know all of you.”, Bow Hothoof says. “Guys, we've gotten to know a lot about these ponies.”, Milo's dad says. “I have to say their lives seem to be more superior to our lives.” "Well we wouldn't call ourselves more superior.", Hondo Flanks says. "But I suppose from your perspective, we seem to be more advanced than all of you.", Cookie Crumbles says. "Well there's nothing left to do but sit here and wait for more survivors." Elsewhere, Twilight and Helen are still wandering around. “Do you know where we are?”, Helen asks. “I'm not sure.”, Twilight answers. “I've never faced something like this before.” She suddenly sees something up ahead. “Wait. What's that?” She goes off and Helen follows her. They both stop behind two rocks and look ahead. They see a group of strange creatures coming out of a cave. Helen recognizes the creatures. “Hey. It's those hooligans who captured us.”, Helen says. “Hooligans?” “'Hooligans' are people who like to cause trouble to others. And those hooligans captured us and sent us here.” “Well whoever they are, they're not alone. I sense another life form with them.” The group is then followed by a familiar unicorn stallion. “What's he doing with them?!” “Twilight, you know that guy?” “Yes. But in the worse possible way. That's Chancellor Neighsay. He's the head of the EEA.” “The EEA?” “The Equestrian Education Association. They're in charge of funding for schools to be opened in the kingdom.” “So why do you recognize him, but not fondly?” “By 'fondly', do you mean happily or joyful?” “Yes.” “He tried to shut down my school of friendship, because he thinks that non-pony students will result in the destruction of the kingdom. But Princess Celestia reinforced the seal of approval which resulted in his ban to be null and void. And yet he still insists that the non-pony students will still bring destruction.” “Non-ponies destroying your kingdom? That's sounds like complete prejudice.” “Prejudice?” “'Prejudice' means to give preconceived opinions that is not based on reason or actual experience. In other words, he judged those non-pony creatures before he got to know them.” “Well anyway, I still want to know what he's doing with them.” The stallion approaches the creatures. “I have to say, Weaslegraft, you certainly have done an amazing job. Without those creatures, there won't be an all creature wedding.”, Neighsay says. “And actually, maybe you can help us,”, Pablum proposes. “Help you? With what?” “You see, there's this monster around here causing havoc and he may be on the verge of destroying this land.” “A monster? Here?” “Yes. And we can really use your help with that. Because as you can see, we aren't magical creatures like you.”, Kablooey says. “I see. That is a problem. Well no need to stand around. Let's find this monster.” They all head out. Twilight and Helen come out of hiding as soon as they're gone. “So that's what he's planning.”, Twilight says. “What do you mean?”, Helen asks. “My friends, Starlight and Sunburst were planning to get married soon. And we invited my students and their consorts to attend the wedding. He thinks without the creatures to attend, it would be enough to call of the wedding.” “Wow. He must have been that desperate.” Twilight then feels something. “Hang on. I feel figures inside the cave.” “Why don't we look inside?” They both walk ahead and enter the cave. Elsewhere, Spike and the others are following Discord's alicorn tracker. Suddenly the tracker goes haywire. “It's found her.”, he says. They look ahead and see that it's not Twilight, but rather, Cadance, Shining and Flurry. The others gasp. “It's Shining, Cadance and Flurry.”, Spike says. “Oh, drat. It must've picked up the wrong alicorn. I hope I still have my warranty.” “Look, they're with the consorts of Twilight's students and some other weird creatures.”, Rarity says. “Let's surprise them.”, Rainbow says before bolting off. “RD, wait!”, Applejack shouts. “That pegasus can be really hasty.”, Trixie says. The ponies, kids, dragon, changeling, yak, griffon and hippogriff continue traveling when suddenly a pegasus approaches them. “Guys. You're all OK.”, the peagsus says. “Rainbow Dash!”, the family say in unison. “Wait up!”, a familiar voice says. They turn to it and see the rest of the group. “Spike, Rarity, Applejack.”, Cadance says. “Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Sunburst.”, Shining says. “Starlight, Trixie, Discord.”, Flurry says. “How did you find us?” “Discord's alicorn tracker thought it picked up Twilight, but it found you instead.”, Fluttershy says. “Ponies and draconequus have found us consorts.”, Rutherford says. “Um, I take it that you all know each other?”, one of the strange creatures asks. “Yes. But we've never seen you before.”, Pinkie says. “Who are you and what are you?” “Oh, everyone, we came across them and they're helping us look for the others.”, Cadance says. “This is T.D, Truman, Milo, Carolina, Alice and Ronald. They’re humans.” “Humans, eh?”, Discord says. “That's very unusual. And I should know.” “So, who are you all?”, Carolina asks. “Oh, well. I'm Spike and this is Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Sunburst, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie and Discord.” “Wow, we just encounter more and more creatures like no other.”, Alice says. “Meh. I've seen better.”, Ronald scoffs. She turns and glares at her brother. “What?” “Well any who, it's great to see that you're all still alive.”, Gruff says. “Indeed. We just have to find our students as well as your friend.”, Sea Spray says. “No problem. Let me just adjust this tracker so it finds the right alicorn.”, Discord says as he adjusts the tracker. Suddenly it picks up an alicorn. “Aha. It's found her. Come on.” They follow the draconequus to where the alicorn is.
Journey to the CavesElsewhere, Celestia and Luna landed to where they found the source. “Luna, this is where we found the other life forms.”, Celestia says. “Yes. But where are they?” “My, oh, my.”, a voice says. They turn to it. They see seven strange creatures and a dog. “It seems we found more strange creatures.”, the burly creature says. “They'll be perfect for our collection.”, the well-dressed one says. “You collect alicorns?”, Luna asks. “Well I have no idea what alicorns are, but no. We've collected a variety of creatures.”, the green suited one says. “A variety?”, Celestia asks. “Yes. 'Variety' means the quality or state of being different or diverse. So, we've captured creatures other than your kind.”, the lanky one says. “And now, it's time to see what you will be worth.”, the brown suited one says. “Well I'm afraid that won't be possible, you better back off or we will use force.”, Celestia says as she and Luna power their horns. “That won't be a problem, as long as I'm around.”, a familiar voice says. Their eyes widen at the voice. “Wait, is that...?” The creatures part as Neighsay walks to the front. “Neighsay!”, the princesses exclaim. “It's an honor to see you here, your majesties.”, he says as he bows his head. “Neighsay, what are you doing with them?!”, Celestia asks. “I'm helping them with their plan to get rid of a monster that's somewhere in this land.” “A monster.” “Yes. And once we find it, we're going to incarcerate it like the other monsters.”, the lab coat wearing one says. “'Incarcerate'? You mean imprison or confine?” “That's right.” “And what other monsters?”, Luna asks. “They've already captured those non-pony creatures.” “You mean you've imprisoned Twilight's students?” “Absolutely. And now we're going to find their consorts along with that monster. And abolish them all forever.”, Neighsays says cold heartedly. The princesses are in disbelief. “You abolished my protests. You were going to regret it eventually. And nothing is gonna stop me from bringing order back to the kingdom. Now stand aside.” “Neighsay, we will not.” “We command you to release the students at once.” “Make me.” “You will not heed your rulers?” “I won't.” “Very well then.” They power their horns, but they suddenly hear a roar. They turn to it. Up ahead they see a monster flying across the sky. “It's him. That's the monster.” The goons turn back to the princesses. “You two are spared for now. But after that monster is captured, I'll make sure those students will never set hoof in Ponyville again.” He creates a portal and he and the other creatures enter it. “Luna, we've gotta find Twilight and fast.” “She and her friends will be in terrible danger.” They bolt off to find the others. In the bunker cave, the adults, kids and elders are with the other survivors having lunch together. “I have to say, it's very nice to see that your world has the same sorts of foods as we do.”, Big Macintosh says. “Gosh, there will have to be a lot of exams for how your cultures work.”, Mrs. Klusky says. “I can't believe we're having lunch with talking animals. Is normal non-existent now?”, Mrs. Demson says. “Don't be such a whipper snapper, now.”, Granny Smith says. “Most of us don't even need to know what we can or can't accept anymore.”, Grand Pear says. “I just wish that our kids were with us.”, Milo's dad says. “Cheer up, Terrance. They've been on their own lots of times, what makes you sure this is any different? Well besides being in an unknown area, of course.”, Truman's dad says. “It's coming from here!”, an unfamiliar voice says. “Someone's coming! Everyone hide!”, Hondo Flanks shouts. They all hide. A figure enters and searches the area. “I thought for sure I heard voices.” “Well no one seems to be here. They must've gone off like a bunch of lame-os.” “Wait a minute. Gilda, is that you?”, Bow says. “Huh?” They turn to the voice and some ponies emerge. They see that it's Chrysalis along with, Pharynx, Gilda, Gabby, Garble, Rutherford's guards, Terramar, Sky Beak and Ocean Flow. “See, I told you I heard voices.”, Terramar says. “You're all still alive.”, Pharynx says. “It's OK, everyone. Come on out.”, Windy says. The others emerge and lower their fear. “It's good to see that you're all fine.”, Sky Beak says. They then see that there are strange creatures with them. “Um, who are they?”, Gilda asks. “Oh, these are humans. Come in, we'll introduce them to you.” They all enter the cave and get acquainted with all the humans. Afterward, they all sit and eat with them. “So how did you all get here?”, Twilight asks. “We've all found each other searching for our friends when Terramar heard voices in a nearby cave.”, Ocean Flow says. “We've also heard some strange roars all over the land. We think that there might be some strange monster nearby.”, Chrysalis says. “Wait a minute. A monster?”, Sweetie Belle asks. “Twilight and the others could still be out there.”, Scootaloo says. “You're right. Our kids could still be out there as well.”, T.D.'s mom says. “Chrysalis, do you think you can find their aura nearby?”, Sky Beak asks. “I'll try.”, she says. She closes her eyes and her horn glows. She then opens her eyes. “I found Twilight. And she's with another life form.” “Another life form?”, Zephyr asks. “Yes. It's like Daniel and Mariella only younger but slightly older than Jake.” “Oh, my gosh. That's our daughter.”, Helen's dad says. “Where are they?”, Helen's mom asks. “They're in another cave just five miles away.” “Well we gotta get there.”, Carolina's dad says. “No. We can't go altogether.”, Gabby says. “What? Why not?”, Alice and Ronald's father asks. “That monster could be more powerful than any creature we've ever encountered. If we all go out there, some of us might not come back...alive.”, Pharynx says. They all tremble at the thought. “You're right. It looks like only a handful of us will just have to go out there instead.”, Kazuo says. “Alright, I propose we'll need about six volunteers.”, Chrysalis proposes. “'Propose'? You mean put forward a plan or idea for consideration or discussion by others?”, Helen's abuelo asks “Yes. I'm one.” “I'm two.”, Night Light says. “I'm three.”, Twilight Velvet says. “I'm four.”, Helen's dad says. “I'm five.”, Helen's mom says. “Six”, Jake says. “No, Jake. You can't come with us.”, his dad says. “You're too young.” “I'm Six.”, Carolina's dad says. “Jorge, you're coming?” “Don't worry, hermana. We're all in this together. My niece is out there, and we've got to make sure she's safe.” “OK. I believe in you.” “Alright, we have our group. The rest of you stay hidden until we come back.” “Un momento.”, Helen's abuela shouts. “You all manage to find us easily. What if the monster finds us.” “Don't worry.”, Stellar says. “Me, Sunspot, Firelight and Candlelight will use a special sound proofing spell to keep us from being heard.” “Unfortunately, it isn't permanent. It will only last for about two hours.”, Firelight says. “After that, the spell will be broken.” “Two hours. That's all the time we need.”, Night says. “Hold on.”, Helen's dad says. He takes his son to his parents. “Mom, Dad, do you think...?” “Of course, son. We'll keep an eye on him.”, his dad says. “Alright, let's go.”, Chrysalis says. They all head out of the cave while the unicorns cast the spell. “Be careful.”, Igneous says. In the other cave, Twilight and Helen enter and hear voices. They travel deeper until they come across some sort of laboratory inside. “Whoa. There's a whole laboratory inside this cave?”, Helen asks. “How did they manage to make all this without any technology?”, Twilight asks. “One of life's greatest mysteries.” “Hello?”, a voice asks. They turn to the voice and are horrified at what they see. There was Twilight's students each in a cage. “Sandbar, Gallus, Smolder, Yona, Ocellus, Silver Stream.”, Twilight exclaims. “Twilight. Thank goodness, you're alive.”, Gallus says. “Uh, what creature is with Twilight?”, Yona asks. “Oh, everyone, this is Helen. She's a human.” “Hello.”, Helen says. “A human? That's peculiar.”, Ocellus states. “Well anyway, what are you all doing in these cages?” “Some strange goons caught us and took us in this strange lab.”, Silver Stream says. “And what's worse, they've teamed up with that discriminative chancellor.”, Sandbar says. “Well I've actually figured out what he's planning.”, Twilight says. “He overheard Starlight and Sunburst inviting you and the rest of your races to the wedding. So, he's planning on abducting all of you, so it would be enough to call it off.” “I don't understand. What does he have against creatures like us?”, Smolder asks. “I'm not sure. But we're going to get you out of here.”, Helen says. “Well tough luck, they took the key with them.”, Sandbar says. “Then I'll open the locks.”, Twilight says. She powers her horn, but nothing happens. “What?” “It's no use, Twilight. Neighsay put a spell on the locks so no one other than him can use magic to unlock them.”, Gallus says. “Looks like that chancellor has been taking notes.”, Helen says. “Helen, you're not helping.” “Sorry.” They then hear growling and look behind them. Behind them is a rottweiler. “Uh, did we forget to tell you that they left their dog here?”, Smolder asks. “Yes.”, Helen and Twilight say in unison. “They left their dog here.” It starts barking and they both run from it. Elsewhere, Martha, Skits and the Cubs manage to find all their friends and family. “Alright, everyone is here.”, Martha says. Skits barks. “What is it, Skits?” Skits barks in query. “Oh, rats. We've been so busy finding all of our friends and family that we forgot to look for Helen and her friends and family.” Nelson meows sarcastically. “Hey, you weren't thinking about Ronald and Alice either. So, who are you to meow so sarcastically?” Lily barks in query. “'Sarcastic' means marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt. So we was saying how I really thought ahead, but he was being sarcastic.” Pops barks. “Don't worry, Pops, we'll find our owners soon enough.” She then turns and gets worried. “I hope.” “I finally caught you.", a monstrous voice says. They turn to it and see the same monster who was attacking their city. "Oh, no. It's him!", Martha shouts. “Wait a minute. You're the same creatures I've helped my saviors incarcerate. What are you all doing here?” They all suddenly start making noises at once. “Enough. It's hard to understand all of you. I suppose I'll have to resort to this.” The monster waves his claws and casts a spell on all the animals. “What just happened?”, Skits asks. He suddenly gasps. “Whoa. Skits, did you just talk?”, Pops asks before he gasps. “Wait. Can we all talk?”, Slappy asks. “Oh, dear me.”, Martha's mom says. “This is unbelievable.”, Lilly says. “Well, maybe it's not a surprise for Polly.”, Nelson says. “I suppose you're right, Nelson.”, Polly says before gasping. “Wait. I can speak in complete sentences.” All the animals start to marvel at their new ability to talk. “Enough.”, the monster says. “I'll ask you again. What are you all doing here?” “We don't know.”, Leonard asks. “We were all sucked up by some strange wind and we ended up here.” “None of us can't make heads or tails of where we are.”, Bob says. “Well no matter. It's time to put an end to all of you.” He powers his magic and prepares to attack them. Suddenly, two shadows land in front of the monster. The shadows are baffled by the monster itself. “Oh, great. You shadows better get out of my way now.”, the monster says. They stand their ground as he animals run and hide. "Very well. Then die!" He then charges to the shadows at full force.
The Ayes Have ItElsewhere, Celestia and Luna scour the skies looking for Twilight. “Any sign of her?”, Celestia asks. “Nothing.”, Luna says. They look around and sense a powerful aura. “Sister. The monster's aura is coming from that way.” They follow the aura and find a monster in front of imps, shadows and other monsters as they finish putting on their armor and wield their weapons. “My loyal subjects, we're all back together. But with no time to lose.”, the monster says. “Those all those creatures are in serious trouble. We have to find the being who possesses my aura and put a stop to it.” “Wait, another being with the same aura?”, Luna asks. “Well that explains why this aura didn't feel evil.”, Celestia says. “We are at war and this being will stop at nothing to track down those creatures. Right now, two of my minions are keeping an eye on those two dogs. As long as nothing happens to them there's still hope to save them as well as all the other creatures in this land.” They all head to the armory. Celestia and Luna look at each other. “Dogs and other creatures?”, Luna questions. “I guess they must be from the same world as those creatures we saw with Neighsay.”, Celestia says. “Oh, my goodness.” “What is it, Luna?” “If Neighsay and those creatures find that monster, the results will be catastrophic. Everyone in this land will be gone.” “You're right. We've gotta find the others and quick.” They both fly off. “Alright, my subjects. We’ve all suited up.”, he says. “Now we all have to face that being who…” Before he finishes, he senses the aura of the two minions who are with the creatures from the other world. “The minions, their aura is starting to fade.” He then faces his subjects. “Quickly, we must save them, but without being seen by the creatures. If they’re defeated, those creatures will be next.” They then bolt off to rescue the members. Elsewhere, Neighsay and the goons are running, looking for the monster. “Do you sense it, Neighsay?”, Stubble asks. “No. I just lost its aura.”, Neighsay says. “Drat.”, Kablooey says. Suddenly, Neighsay senses something else. “Wait a minute.” He follows the aura and the others follow him. They follow him until he reaches the source. In front of them are the rest of Twilight’s friends, her family, the consorts and more humans. “It’s those kids.”, Weaselegraft says. “What are they doing here?” “Well whoever they are, they’re with the consorts. Let’s get them.” He teleports. “Neighsay, wait!”, Pablum says. The group continues walking, until a unicorn appears before them. “I have you now.” “Neighsay!”, the dragon and mares say in unison. “What are you doing here?!”, Spike asks. “I was just about to ask you all the same thing.” “Well, you’re gonna have to skip the Q and A.”, Thorax says before he and the rest of the consorts confront him. “Unicorn has no reason to be here.”, Rutherford says. They suddenly get caught in a net. “What? Where did this net come from?”, Seaspray asks. “You have me to thank for that.”, a voice says. Seven unfamiliar creatures reach the chancellor. One of them is holding a big device. “Nice shot, Pablum.”, the one in the green suit says. “Thank you, Otis. I’ve been practicing.”, the one in the lab coat says. “You guys?!”, T.D. says. “You’re here too?” “T.D., you know them?”, Shining asks. “Unfortunately, yes.”, Truman answers. “They all used some sort of monster to imprison all of us and then sent us here.”, Carolina says. “A monster?”, Spike asks. “Do you think it’s the same monster that attacked us?”, Flutters asks. “It could be,”, Milo says. “Well in any case, now we have the consorts of those students.”, Neighsay says. “Hey, you better release them this instant.”, Spike proclaims. He then looks at Spike and realizes. “Oh, my goodness. Why didn’t I see this before?” “Looks like he’s getting it.”, Pinkie says. “I’ve completely forgot that you yourself are a dragon, so you must be deported as well.” “What?!”, the group says. “Or maybe not.” "Wait. What's deported?", T.D. asks. "'Deport' means to expel someone from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime.", Shining says. “You can’t abolish me. I was born in Canterlot. Which makes me an official Equestrian citizen.” “Well we can change that.” “What you talkin bout?”, Ronald asks. “Once all the non pony creatures are detained, I’ll be able to renounce this dragon’s citizenship and have him thrown out of the kingdom along with the other creatures.” “Celestia has the right to say who is tolerant of whoever they speak with.” “To Tartarus with Celestia!” The creatures gasp. “You better take that back, right now!”, Rainbow says. “No. But we can take all of you back to our hideout.”, Pablum says as he shoots nets to all of the members. Elsewhere, the group keep their guard up as they head to the cave. “Chrysalis, are we close to them yet?”, Helen’s dad asks. “Almost. They’re aura is right…. here.”, she says. They suddenly hear screaming and start panicking. “That sounds like Helen.”, Helen’s mom says. “And that sounds like Twilight.”, Twilight says. “They must be in trouble.”, Night says. “We’ve gotta get in there.”, Carolina’s dad says. They all run into the cave. Inside, Helen and Twilight are still running from the rottweiler. Twilight suddenly trips. The rottweiler’s almost got them, but Twilight uses her freeze spell and the dog is frozen. They both breath heavily. “That was close.”, Twilight says. “Way too close.”, Helen says. “Good thing I still remembered that freeze spell.” “Yeah. But we still don’t know how to get your students out of the cages.” “Wait a minute.”, Smolder says. “I’m a dragon. I could just melt the locks off.” Her friends stare at her in disbelief. “What?” “It took you an hour to realize that you’re a dragon and you can melt the locks off.”, Ocellus says. She then starts blushing. “Wow, do I have egg on my face.” She takes a deep breath and breathes fire on the locks of Sandbar and Gallus’s cages. And then Yona, Ocellus and Silver Stream’s. And finally, her own. They all open the cages and get out. “Alright. Let’s go. That spell isn’t gonna keep that dog frozen forever.”, Twilight says before they all head out. Elsewhere, Celestia and Luna are still looking for Twilight, when Luna sees something below. “Sister, look.”, she says as Celestia looks down as well. Below them are two minions fighting a monster that looked exactly like the monster they saw earlier. “Wait a minute. That looks like the same monster we saw earlier.” “How can there be two monsters in the same area?” “Well whatever the case is, we need to help those creatures.” They descend from the sky. The minions are becoming exhausted and the monster is about to finish them. The alicorns land in front of him and shine their light. The monster screams in agony. “My eyes!” “You’re free. Quick, go before he regains his vision.” The minions fly off. The monster regains his vision and looks around. “What? Where did they go?”, the monster asks. He looks to the strange equines. “Why you.” Before he attacks them, he senses the aura again. “You two are free to go. I have more important things to do right now.” It spreads its wings and takes off. “You saved us.”, a voice says. They look behind them and see animals emerging. “Oh, my gosh. What are these animals doing here?”, Celestia asks. “So, there’s more talking animals here?”, the yellow dog asks. “Wow. That’s unexpected.”, the brown dog says. “Oh, my gosh. Did you just talk?”, Luna asks. “Yes. We all can talk.”, a lion cub says. “What happened to the monster?”, another one asks. “He flew away. You’re all safe now.”, Celestia says. “Thank you very much. Do you think you can help us find our owners?”, a cat asks. “I’m sorry. But we have to find our friends. Hopefully you’ll be able to find them.” They then fly off. “Do they really expect us to find our owners by ourselves without any protection?”, an elderly dog asks. “Well everyone, it looks like we’re on our own now. So, let’s get going.”, an elephant says. They all start traveling. Back in the cave, the families and friends are still waiting for the group who left to find the missing daughters. “What’s taking them so long?”, Babs asks. “The spell’s about to wear off.” “I don’t know, Babs.”, Gabby says. Suddenly the spell then wears off. “Oh, great. The spell’s broken.”, Igneous says. “Where are they?” “Oh, forget this. We can’t stay in here forever.”, Limestone says. “Let’s go find them.” “Limestone, we can’t leave.”, AB says. “Chrysalis said if we all leave, some of us might not come back alive.” “She’s right.”, Big Mac says. “Are you really gonna risk your necks just to find the group?” She then growls and relents. “So how the heck are we supposed to find them if we can’t leave the cave?” “Shh. Someone’s coming.”, Pharynx says. They all hide. “Someone has to go out there and see who it is.”, Windy whispers. “I’ll check.”, Milo’s dad says. He tiptoes to the entrance and takes a peek. Outside are the group who imprisoned them in their world. “It’s those goons again.”, he whispers under his breath. He then notices they’re carrying nets with creatures inside. His eyes then widen as he sees that the kids are in the nets, including his son. He waits for the group to be gone and runs back inside. “Everyone, listen up!” “What’s going on, Terrance?”, Alice and Ronald’s dad asks. “It’s those guys who imprisoned us back in our world.” “Que? How is this possible?”, Helen’s abuelo asks. “And what’s more they have some other creatures in nets and they have the children as well.” The group all start panicking. "Wait, what creatures did crooks take?", a yak guard asks. "Aside from our children, they've also taken, a hippogriff, a yak, a changeling, a griffon, two dragons, a tall lanky animal with multiple limbs from different animals, and some ponies with them." "That griffon must have been General Sea Spray.", Terremar says. "He was our daughter's consort.", Sky Beak says. "That griffon must have been my grandfather, Grandpa Gruff.", Gilda says. "I hope he's alright.", Gabby says. "That changeling must've been my brother, Thorax. Those crooks will pay for this.", Pharynx exclaims. "Yak must be Prince Rutherford.", A yak guard says. "Must save prince now.", the other says. "The creature with many animals limbs must be Discord.", Zephyr says. "I'm surprised he didn't use his magic to break free." “They’ve captured the children?”, T.D.’s dad says. “How are we gonna save them?”, Truman’s mom asks. They all continue panicking until they're stopped by laughing. They turn to the source of the laughter. It was Garble laughing hysterically. "Oh, my gosh. Those two dragons seriously couldn't put up a fight.", he says as he wipe a tear from his eye. "Oh, that's just rich." They all glare at him. "What?" "How can you be so insensitive?", Truman's mom asks. "I'm not insensitive, I've never been so insensitive. Why don't we all become insensitive." "You have no idea what 'insensitive' means, do you?", Truman's dad asks. "Not a clue." "'Insensitive' means showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings. How can you be so thoughtless?" "That wimp really needs to learn how to stand up for himself." "Listen here, dragon.", Gilda says. "We can tolerate your quips, you taking our food or even breathing fire for pranking, but you are not allowed to talk down to our captive friends. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have known who we are and got along." "They're right.", L.C. says. "So you better shape up your image and at least act sympathetic to your friends. Otherwise, if they're gone, whatever is out there will come for us next." He looks at all the glaring faces and sighs in defeat. "Fine. I guess I'll be sympathetic at least for today.", he says. “Looks like we don’t have a choice.”, T.D.’s mom says. “We better go with Limestone’s idea.” They all look at each other, considering the idea. “They’re right.”, Grand Pear says. “The longer we stay here, the less hope there is that they’ll come back alive.” “All in favor of leaving this cave, say aye.”, Helen’s grandpa says. “Aye!” “The ayes have it. Let’s go.” They all leave the cave.
Goon ConfrontationTwilight, Helen, their families, the students and Chrysalis all head out to search for the others. “Have you found them yet?”, Helen asks. “We’re still looking.”, Twilight says. The alicorn, unicorns and changeling queen then sense something nearby. “There are some creatures nearby.”, Chrysalis says. “Quick hide.” They all hide and listen hear voices. “How much longer are we doing this?”, a voice asks. “They’ve gotta be here somewhere.”, another voice says. “Who are they?”, Gallus whispers. “I’m not sure. I’ve never heard those voices before.”, Chrysalis says. “Hello! Can anyone hear us?!”, a familiar voice says. “Wait. That voice.”, Helen says. “It sounds like Martha.” “Helen. Carolina. Alice.” “That is Martha.”, her mom says. “Wait a minute. Your dog can talk?”, Sandbar asks. “It’s a long story.”, Helen says. “Let’s get out there.” They all emerge and go towards the voice. They then see animals altogether. “Martha! Skits!”, Helen shouts. They then hear the voice and turn to it. It was their owner. “Helen!”, Martha shouts. They both run to their owner. They reach her and lick all over her face. “Oh, Martha, Skits, I was so worried about you two. What are you all doing here?” “We’ve been traveling everywhere looking for you and everyone else.” “If we searched any longer, we would’ve given up all hope of looking for our owners.”, Skits says. “Well I’m so glad you found us.”, Helen says. She then realizes something. “Hang on. Skits, did you just talk?” “Uh, yes.” “Oh, my gosh. Skits can talk.”, Helen’s dad says. “How is this possible?”, Helen’s uncle asks. “We were all looking for you when we came across that monster that imprisoned us and took over our town.”, Matt says as he and the rest of Martha’s family approach them. “You saw the monster?” “Yes. He couldn’t understand us, so he cast a spell that made everyone talk.”, Caruso says. “After that, he tried to attack us.”, Cal says. “Attack you. Then how did you all survive?”, Helen’s mom asks. “We were actually saved twice.”, Skipper says. “First by some sort of shadows, then by two winged unicorns.” “Winged unicorns?”, a voice says. They turn to the voice and see more creatures approaching the group. “Did those winged unicorns happened to wearing crowns, breastplates and gilded shoes?”, the female unicorn asks. “Yes.”, Martha’s mom says. “It’s Celestia and Luna. They’re alive, too.”, Chrysalis say. “Do you have any idea where they are now?”, a unicorn asks. “No idea.”, Polly says. “We never saw them again after they saved us.” “Chrysalis, do you think you can track their aura?”, a dragon asks. “I think so. Give me a second.”, Chrysalis says. Her horn glows and finds it. “I’ve found them.” “Alright. Let’s go.” “Wait a minute. What about our friends and family?”, Martha asks. They look ahead and see the animals. “Alright. I may have something, but it’s going to be hard to use it.” “What is it?”, Helen asks. “I’m going to use a teleporting spell to transport all of us to Celestia and Luna.” “Can you really do that?”, Ocellus asks. “I won’t know until I try.”, Chrysalis says. “Alright. Hold still, everyone.” She powers up her horn and a few seconds later a burst of magic emits, and everyone vanishes. In the cave, the captors are trying to open the cages. Flurry uses her magic, and nothing happens. “Still nothing.”, Flurry says. “It’s hopeless. There’s really no way out of these cages.”, Ember says. “We all must help others.”, Rutherford says. “How are we gonna help them if we can’t break, burn, bend or blast these cages open?”, Rainbow asks. “There’s gotta be something we can do.”, Shining says. They start thinking and then Truman sees something ahead. “Hey, what’s that?”, he asks. “What’s what?”, Thorax asks. “That. The thing on top of that machine.” They all look in the direction of his finger and see a hard cover book on top of one of the machines. “It’s a book.”, Alice says. “You think it’s a spell book?”, Fluttershy asks. “I’ll get it down.”, Cadance says. She powers her horn and the book gets levitated. The book comes, and they take a closer look at it. “Well?”, Rarity asks. “It is a spell book.” “You think it’s Neighsay’s?”, Ronald asks. “Could be.”, Shining says. “Maybe it has the spell for these cages and how to break it.” Cadance opens the book and sees its contents. “Oh, no.” “What’s wrong?”, Milo asks. “The pages are blank.” “What?!”, they all shout. She shows the pages to show that they’re all blank. “They must’ve been written with invisible ink.”, Applejack says. “How are we gonna find that spell if all the pages are blank?”, Rarity asks. “Maybe I can use a spell that will allow us to see the invisible ink. But it will only last for ten seconds.”, Shining says. “I’m willing to do anything if it’ll get us out of these cages.”, Carolina says. “Alright. Here goes.” He powers his horns and the ink is now visible. It shows a contents table and page numbers for spells. “I found it.”, Cadance says. The spell then wears off. “Shining, we’re gonna need you to use that spell over and over again.”, Gruff says. “Alright. But we better make this quick. My magic isn’t endless.” He powers his horn the ink appears again. Cadance then searches the pages for the spell. Elsewhere, the emperor and some imps are surveilling the creatures. He then feels something. “What’s this?”, he says. He focuses his magic and feels some creatures in cages inside a cave. “Some of the creatures have been locked in cages. But where did these cages come from?” An imp growls to the emperor. “You’re right. There must have been some creatures who were smart enough to build cages in this land. I only know a few of those who would be smart enough. But it couldn’t possibly be them.” The other imps growl. “No matter. You two, find the cave these creatures are in and find out who trapped them.” They salute and fly off. “Every hour, there seems to be less and less hope that these creatures will be unharmed. We have to find the one who resembles me as soon as possible.” Elsewhere, the crooks and Neighsay are wandering around the land. Then Neighsay senses something. “What is it, Neighsay?”, Weaselegraft asks. “I sense non-pony creatures near this area.”, he says. “You think it’s the same ones who escaped?”, Kablooey asks. “No, their aura is different.” He traces the aura and the others follow him. They soon find a massive group of ponies, humans and a few non-ponies traveling with them. And in front of them are the princesses. “It’s the princesses again.” “Are you serious?”, Gimmie asks. “We got them now.”, Pablum says. They all charge. “How much longer? My feet are killing me.”, Mrs. Demson says. “They seem to be closer.”, Celestia says. “Stop right there.”, another voice says. They turn to it. They see Neighsay and the crooks stopping to them. “It’s those guys again.”, Tiffany says. “How did they find us?”, L.C. asks. Before they can answer a burst of magic comes and the humans, ponies and changeling queen appear with more creatures with them. “Twilight!”, the princesses exclaim. “And they found Sandbar, Gallus, Smolder, Yona, Ocellus and Silver Stream.”, Pharynx says. Gabby and Gilda approach Sandbar and Gallus. “How have you two been?”, Gabby asks. “Did some lame-os try to hurt you?”, Gilda asks. Pharynx, Terramar, Sky Beack and Ocean Flow approach Smolder, Yona Ocellus and Silver Stream. “Thank goodness you’re all safe.”, Terramar says. “Did you teach some baddies what for?”, Pharynx asks. Then all the owners are reunited with their pets. “Oh, how touching.”, Neighsay says sarcastically. “Now that the reunion is over, I can finally incarcerate all of you non-ponies.” “Not on your life.”, Twilight says as he gets in front of him. “Sparkle. Get out of my way.” “I will not. You are not laying a single hoof on my students or their friends and families.” “Tough luck, Sparkle. Because I’m not alone.” The goons and dog come from behind him. “Careful, those guys mean business.”, C.K. warns. “Wow. There’s another winged unicorn?”, Kablooey says. “Add the other winged unicorns we’ve caged with them and we’ve hit the magical jackpot.”, Wesealegraft says. “Other winged unicorns you’ve caged?”, Twilight asks. She then realizes who they’re referring to. “You’ve imprisoned my sister-in-law and my niece?!” “Not only that. They’ve also captured your friends, your brother, the consorts of your students and the children of our friends.”, Igneous says. “You monsters.” “Sparkle, it’s bad enough that you’ve created a school with non pony students enrolling in it and you’ve also had all kinds of non pony creatures visiting the kingdom. But inviting non pony creatures to a public all pony wedding is barbaric. The only thing worse than that is if a pony was marrying a non pony creature and had a hybrid offspring after that. That wedding of your former pupil will not happen. And every single non-pony creature will be deported permanently!” “Neighsay, you’ve officially lost your mind.”, Luna says. “I’m not losing my mind. I’m trying to restore order to the kingdom!” His horn starts to glow, and he makes a ground shaking earthquake.
Remorse in the DungeonIn the cave, Cadance continues reading the book when the groups feel the earth shaking. "What's going on?!", Truman asks. "It's an earthquake.", Sunburst says. "You think it's more of your kind, Rutherford?", Ember asks. "No. Earthquake too powerful to be yaks stomping.", Rutherford says. "I'll locate the source.", Discord says. His eyes glow and finds the source of the earthquake. "It's that chancellor who imprisoned us." "Neighsay!", they all exclaim. "We've gotta find that spell right now.", Starlight says. "Shining, keep using your spell.", Cadance says. He nods and uses his spell again. The emperor and his monsters notice the earth shaking and look down. They see the crooks from the other world in front of the creatures. He then growls. "That's it. This has gone on long enough.", he says. The minions growl in query. "No more hiding. We have to save those creatures right now." They all descend. "You will surrender right now.", Fildgemarker says. They hear flapping and look up. A monster lands in front of the group and he opens his eyes. "Wait a minute. It's him.", Pablum says. "That's the monster we've been trying to get a hold of." "So, we finally meet again." "It's been a while, Your Majesty.", Weaselgraft says. "Your Majesty?!", the group exclaims. "That monster is royalty?", Twilight asks. "You all should fear me now that we've come face to face once more." "That won't be a problem.", Kablooey says. "Because now we have help." The chancellor approaches the monster. "You." "Oh, sweet Celestia. It's hideous.", he exclaims. "All this time, I thought all the prejudicial ponies have been gone for centuries. But apparently, one still exists." "I take it you've heard of me." "Yes. You've tried to shut down this alicorn's school all because the students were not ponies like yourself." "How does he know that?", Twilight asks. Helen shrugs. "Yes. I did. Until, the princesses reinforced the school's policy making my protests completely useless. And that that we've teamed up, I'll make sure the school stays closed, that unicorn wedding will not have any non-pony creatures attending and every non-pony creature will be deported from the kingdom." "I should've known that it was all of you who've created a mechanical prison in my kingdom." "Wait. This wasteland is your kingdom.", Fildgemarker asks. "It was. But somehow, it was ruined by some sort of being that shares my exact aura." He then senses a massive burst of energy. "It's here." "What's here?", Martha asks. He looks up and finds the source he was looking for. It was another monster that looked just like the emperor. He descends and confronts the other monster. "You're me." "No. You're me.", the other monster says. It looks behind him and sees its creators. "My saviors." "Saviors?" "I've done it. I found the one who possesses my aura. What should we do with them?" "We'll just detain him along with the rest of them.", Pablum says as they take out their net blasters. They capture the emperor and groups. Back in the cave, the group wait anxiously as Shining's spell wears off again. "Cadance, did you find the spell yet?", Spike asks. "I almost found it.", she says. "Can you please hurry up, honey. I'm starting to get a headache.", Shining says before his horn glows again. She continues reading until she finds the page she's looking for. "I found it." "Hurry, what does it say?", Sea Spray asks. She reads the page and then gets the spell. "Alright. Everypony, I'm gonna use it now." "I hope this works.", Ember says. "It has to.", Gruff says. She powers her horn and the locks glow. They all then begin to click open. "It worked.", Pinkie says. "Alright. Let's get out of here.", Rarity says. They all open their cages and bolt out. They keep going until they see the exit. "I see the exit.", Applejack says. "We're almost there.", Fluttershy says. Before they reach it, they are stopped by the crooks. "Leaving so soon?", Neighsay says. "Woah. Didn't see that coming.", Discord says. Later, all the creatures are taken to the emperor's dungeon. "Thank you for letting us use your dungeon, Your Majesty.", Weaselegraft says. "Just don't lay a single finger on those creatures.", the emperor says. "Don't worry. We're just keeping them safe until we've taken over this land.", Bumblecrum says. "And we'll deport these non-pony creatures forever.", Neighsay says. Fildgemarker peeks into the door. "Don't you magic wielders even thing about teleporting or removing those chains. Because we've put up magic sensors all over the room.", Fildgemarker says. "So if any of you even try escaping, we'll extract your life force leaving you completely weak and helpless.", Neighsay says. "Neighsay, doesn't that sound a bit extreme?", Pablum asks. "Absolutely not. I'm not resting until Equestria is back to the way it's supposed to be. Now if you'll excuse us, we have a land to rule." They all leave the room with the emperor following them. The groups sulk in the dungeon. "I can't believe we're all gonna be imprisoned in this dungeon.", Twilight says. "Now we'll never go back to our worlds.", Helen says. "What's gonna happen to us now?", Truman asks. "And how are we gonna get out of here without using magic?", Rarity asks. Everyone then starts panicking. "How could that monster do this to us?", Helen's dad asks. "First those crooks took of with the cubs and now they've got us trapped in here.", the zookeeper says. "Guys, they didn't take the...", Martha says before being interrupted. "I will not look good with grime stains on my shirt.", Tiffany says. They all continue arguing and bickering. "OK, that's enough!", a voice says. They suddenly stop as soon as they hear the voice. "Who said that?", Fluttershy asks. Skits stands up and speaks out. "I did." "Skits, you can talk?", T.D. asks. "Yes. In fact, all of us animals can talk now." "It's true.", Lilly says. "Uh huh.", Nelson says. "You heard him right.", Ruby says. "How is this possible?", Milo's dad asks. "We've been confronted by the other monster and he cast some sort of spell that made all of us talk.", Skipper says. "Yes. So we've all been understanding one another since we've been given this spell.", Trina says. "And it's about time one of us actually spoke up and let's everyone know what we're actually trying to say.", Skits says. "We have all been completely silent for far too long." "Now we've all had problems ourselves, me trying to be more obedient, Martha looking for her family, Lilly trying to find a better home, Pops wanting to be adopted, Kitten looking for a family, and Nelson, well do I even need to list his problems?" "Hey!" "Whatever the case, we've all had problems that needed to be solved eventually, so what's keeping us from solving this problem?" "Twilight, they're right.", Sunburst says. "What do you mean?", she asks. "We've all had problems of our own. And right now we have our own problem.". Starlight says. "We wanted to ask for your opinion." "Opinion for what?" "After me and Sunburst are married, where are we gonna live? Ponyville or the Crystal Empire?" "Oh, my gosh. That is a problem." She then thinks about it and gives her decision. "Starlight, Sunburst, you can live anywhere you want." "Huh?", they both ask. "It doesn't matter where exactly you two have to live once you both get married. Wherever you live, you'll both be happy that you're living with each other." They take the decision and smile. "She's right, Sunburst. We'll always be together no matter where we live." "That's very touching of you to say.", Tiffany says. "Only we still don't know how we're gonna get out of here!" They all start arguing and bickering again. "I guess sweet moments aren't always enough to raise other people's spirits.", Martha says. "At this point, I'm not sure what will.", Skits says. Author's Note Sorry that I haven't added more chapters, I've been out of town for a few days and my writing software expired. I just had to write all of this by myself. Thank you for being patient and I'll see you in the next chapter.
Escape to the ArmoryIn the cave, everyone is still arguing and bickering as Martha and Skits are covering their ears. "Hold it!", Martha shouts. Everyone stops and turns to the dog. "This arguing isn't gonna solve anything." "Well what are we supposed to do?", Stanley asks. "We're stuck in here while those crooks are gonna use that monster to take over this land." "Sure. In plain sight, it does seem like we have no hopes of escaping and getting back home." "But that's beside the point.", Skits says. "We shouldn't be bickering about the bad future. What we should be focused on is how exactly we're going to take down those fiends and get all of us back to our worlds. Now look, we may all be of different races and/or species, but we're all the same in so many ways. We all have feelings for each other and have always helped each other in our time of need. We've all had to face problems of ourselves from time to time, but we've always managed to succeed in the end. So why should this be any different? Just because we're in a world that we don't know about, doesn't mean we should just give up. That monster actually tried to save us and he willingly gave himself to those goons just to keep us alive. That must mean he actually cares about us. So, we shouldn't just sit here and mope. We should all band together and fight! Help that monster as he helped us. So, who's with me?" They are in awe at what they just heard. "Wow. Skits, since when were you able to give speeches?", Martha asks. "I guess it must be one of the side effects of this spell." They all then cheer at Skits's speech. "That's such a good sentiment, Skits.", Helen says. "A sentiment?" "A 'sentiment' is a view of or attitude toward a situation or event. So that's a good sentiment." "Yes. Except we have no idea how to get out of this dungeon.", Rarity says. They hear growling and look around. They turn and find the source. Behind the door are two shadows. "Hey, it's the same shadows that gave us time to hide from the other monster.", Sarge says. "What are they doing here?", Nelson asks. The shadows seep into the lock and unlock the door. The door opens and the shadows form again. The rest of the shadows, imps, monsters and minions enter and break the shackles and chains. "They're helping us?", Carolina asks. "But why?" One monster approaches them and growls. "Oh, I see.", Martha says. "What did it say?", Helen asks. "They want us to help them save their emperor." "Do you really think we can trust them?", Truman asks. "Their emperor saved us from being experimented.", Martha's mom says. They all consider the circumstances and agree to comply with the minions. "Very well. We'll go with you.", Twilight says. One of the creatures pushes a brick and makes a secret entrance open. "There's a secret entrance in this dungeon?", T.D. says. "Wow does this land works differently from ours.", L.C. says. In the throne room, the crooks, Neighsay and the clone are confronting the emperor who is in a cage. "You've got a lot of nerve to be defending those humans and animals, Your Highness.", Weaselegraft says. "But you won't be for long, once we've trained you to become destructive.", Kablooey says. "And after that, we'll abolish you and the other non pony creatures forever.", Neighsay says. "Abolish?", Gimmie asks. "'Abolish' means to get rid of something permanently.", Bumblecrum says. "You are all despicable.", the emperor says. "Despicable?", 001 asks. "'Despicable' means deserving of hatred and contempt.", Fildgemarker says. "And especially you, Neighsay." "I'm not despicable. I'm just trying to clean this kingdom of pests." "They are not pests. You're just a discriminatory heathen." "A heathen?", Pablum asks. "A 'heathen' is an unenlightened person or a person regarded as lacking culture or moral principles.", Weaselegraft says. "Enough!", Neighsay shouts. "We are not here to take vocabulary lessons. We've got a kingdom to cleanse." They all leave the room as Keretomatus sulks in his cage. "I can't believe this is happening. I've let all of those creatures down. Star Swirl, I'm sorry I couldn't save them." "Don't be sorry, Keretomatus.", a voice says. "Who said that?" A glow emits in front of him and it clears to reveal Star Swirl and the Pillars of Old Equestria standing before him. The emperor stares in disbelief. In the secret room, the creatures all enter the armory and see all kinds of armor and weapons on the walls. "Whoa!", they all exclaim. "Look at all this armor.", Rainbow says. "And weapons too.", Applejack says. "The emperor must've been working tirelessly on this for any battle to come.", Starlight says. "What are we waiting for? Let's put them on.", T.D. says as he's about to run. "Wait, T.D.", Helen says. "What is it?" “We don’t fight anyone in our world. We’re lovers, not fighters.”, Truman says. “Wait a second. Are you saying that you all have baddies in your world and you don’t even fight them?”, Pinkie asks. “Yeah. We mostly just run and hide, and the police arrest them.”, Milo says. “Guys. You really need to learn how to defend yourselves and others.”, Sunburst says. “But we don’t know the first thing about battling.”, Helen’s dad says. “Well we can show humans.”, Rutherford says. “Let us show you.”, Thorax says. They all show the human and animals how to fight, defend and counter. The humans and animals take all the lessons taught by the friends and minions. Once they are all ready they all put on armor and pick their weapons. In another part of the castle, the crooks and Neighsay work on a mind control machine. “I have to say, Pablum, you’ve really outdone yourself with this.”, Neighsay says. “It’s a gift.”, Pablum responds. He then senses stronger aura. “Wait a minute.” “What is it, Neighsay?”, Kablooey asks. He closes his eyes and sees that the prisoners have escaped. “What?! Impossible!”, he shouts. “The creatures have escaped.” “There’s no need to worry, Neighsay.”, Weaslegraft says. “What?” “Me and Otis were actually expecting this, so we took extra precautions.”, Pablum says as he pushes a button. A door opens to reveal robot versions of the pets and animals. “Wow. You guys really have no lives.”, Stubble says. “Now, robots, find the escapees.”, Weaselegraft commands. The robots then bolt out of the room and search for the escapees.
Learning the TruthIn another part of the castle, Keretomatus is bewildered by the Pillars in front of him. “Star Swirl, is it really you?”, the emperor asks. “Yes it is. We’re all here right before your eyes.”, Star Swirl says. “How did you all get here?” “It’s simple.”, Rockhoof says. “Star Swirl sensed a portal devouring the kingdom and called us together.” “But before we save the citizens, we ended up getting devoured as well.”, Flash says. “We then ended up in this wasteland, completely lost. But Star Swirl sensed that some of the citizens were in this place too. So we’ve been scouring everywhere to look for them.”, Mistmane says. “We’ve managed to track them down to this destroyed castle, and Star Swirl, recognized the aura that was surrounding it.”, Meadowbrook says. “We’ve entered this place tracking the main source of this aura and we then found you. And you haven’t changed a bit.”, Somnambula says. “I can’t believe you’re still alive.” He then sulks. “I’m sorry.” “Sorry? For what?”, Rockhoof says. “I let those creatures get incarcerated. You were right, Star Swirl. If I hadn’t used my newfound magic for personal use, none of this would be happening now. And now I’ll be used as a weapon to take over Equestria and the other world. I let you down.” “Keretomatus, you didn’t let us down.”, Star Swirl says. “There’s still hope for you.” “How is there still hope? I let my sons free and now I have no real family left. I’m completely powerless now.” “No, Keretomatus. You just need to believe in yourself, you need to find your inner monster and release it. And don’t worry, we’ll be there to help you.” The monster regains confidence and powers his magic. In the armory, the creatures have just finished their training. “Alright. We’re ready to take on those goons.”, Martha says. “Now to see what kind of armor fits us.”, Skits says. They all put on their armor and pick their weapons. Once they’ve all gotten their armor and weapons, they all prepare until Discord hears something in the distance. “Wait a second.”, he says. “What is it, Discord?”, Helen’s abuelo asks. “I hear something nearby. But it sounds like clanking metal.” “Clanking metal?”, Helen says. “Wait a minute. Whenever there’s clanking metal, that must mean…” The kids peek through the door. They then see the robot animals outside. “Robots.”, the kids all say. “Robots?”, the mares and dragon asks. “How advanced are those guys?”, Twilight asks. “Well now that we’re all in shape, let’s get to pummeling.”, Rainbow says. “Rainbow, wait.”, Applejack says. “What’s up?” “When was the last time we’ve gone against robots?” “Oh, well, never.” “We’ll just have to use brains over brawns for this.”, T.D. says. “T.D.’s right. We just have to think.”, Truman says. “Oh. I have a plan.”, Discord says. “You have a plan?”, Pinkie asks. “Well don’t keep us in suspense. Tell us.” “It was originally gonna be prank for Celestia and Luna on Nightmare Night” “A prank?”, the sisters say. “We’ll talk about that later.”, Celestia says. “Shining, how good is your singing?” “About moderately. Why?”, Shining says. “Alright. Here’s what we’re gonna do.” In another part of the castle, the goons enter the emperor’s throne room with the mind control machine. “Your Majesty, we’ve come to give you your…”, Pablum says before they see ahead. The cage is destroyed with the monster no longer inside it. “What happened?”, Neighsay exclaims. “I made sure that cage was completely magic proof.” “Did you wonder if I would reach my full potential?”, a voice asks. They look up and see the emperor is fully powered and emitting magic from his claws. “Well it looks like your potential won’t be there for long.”, Weaslegraft says. “Keretomatus, attack.” “Yes, saviors.”, the other monster says before bolting out. The monsters battle each other, while Neighsay uses a shielding spell on themselves and the machine. They blast magic, swipe their claws and throw punches. “How can you call those hooligans your saviors?”, the real monster asks. “Because they saved my life after I got lost.”, the fake one answers. “And how exactly were you lost?” The fake monster then realizes that they never explained how he got lost. “Oh, my goodness. You’re right. And I don’t sense any sincerity in their aura.” “Sincerity?”, 001 asks. “’Sincerity’ is the quality of being free from pretense, deceit or hypocrisy. In other words, honesty.”, Fildgemarker says. “You all better tell me the truth, right now.” “Very well. We didn’t save you from being lost.”, Kablooey says. “In fact, you aren’t even real.”, Bumblecrum says. “What?”, the monsters say. “You are just a clone that we created from that monster’s DNA.”, Pablum says. “We cloned you so we could use you to take over Wagstaff City. But with both you and the real emperor, we’ll be able to rule both worlds.” “I’m just a clone?” “Yes. So now, that you know the truth, bring that monster to us.” “I can’t believe I was just a creation of creatures that aren’t from the same world.” “Hey, are you deaf or something?”, Fildgemarker says. “Get to fighting.” “I will not. I have been used a nothing but a weapon and now you plan to use him as a weapon as well. I won’t allow it.” “Very well then. It looks like this gives us an opportunity to use the new machine.”, Neighsay says. “Weaselegraft, if you would.” He stops the shielding spell and the man activates the machine. The machine fires a beam to the clone and it convulses. Its face goes blank and expressionless. “Now, Keretomatus, bring the emperor to us.”, Weaselegraft says. “As you command.” The monsters continue fighting and Neighsay puts the shielding spell again. Outside the armory, the robots are getting closer to the door, when they suddenly hear music. They open the door and sees a pile of skeletons on the floor. They look at each other and are about to leave when they hear moaning. They look behind them and are horrified at what they see. They see the skeletons stand up and approach them. Suddenly, a draconequus appears as a zombie disco dancer. It starts singing and dancing to the robots. They are horrified and try to run away but are suddenly stopped by more skeletons. The robots start to panic and suddenly, the draconequus pulls a lever, opening a trap door. And the robots fall in. The groups then have their disguises removed. “Wow. Discord, I can’t believe your plan actually worked.”, Rainbow says. “I must say, I would’ve been petrified if you did use it on me and Luna.”, Celestia says. “I try.”, Discord says. “Now let’s get moving.” The creatures all follow the minions to their leader.
Throne Room RumbleIn the throne room, the original emperor is being overpowered by the controlled clone. 001 then hears a stampede approaching. “Someone’s coming.”, he says. “What?”, the rest say. They turn to the sound and watch the door. The doors suddenly thrust open to reveal the minions, humans and other creatures with armor and weapons. “What?! How did they get past my robots?!”, Weaselegraft exclaims. A monster growls to them. They don’t understand what it just said. “What did it say?”, Kablooey asks. “It said, you better surrender Keretomatus and leave this land.”, Martha says. “What? How do you know my name?”, the emperor asks. “Your minions helped us escape.”, Sarge says. “We are not gonna give in to common and uncommon animals.”, Pablum says. “Very well, we’ll do this the hard way.”, Skits says. Before they can free the emperor, more robots approach them. “What the…?!”, Spike shouts. The goons laugh. “You didn’t think those were the only robots we had, did you?”, Pablum says. “No we came prepared.”, Weaselegraft says. “Wow. They really have been taking notes.”, Twilight says. “Attack!”, Neighsay says. They charge as the creatures battle them out. The goons watch as the robots keep tackling the heroes. “What are the odds. Two battles taking place in the same location.”, Kablooey says. They turn and see the monsters still battling. The group begin to tire out. “This is ridiculous.”, Rainbow says. “Those guys must have programmed these robots to be relentless.”, Helen says. “Relentless?”, Skits asks. “’Relentless’ means oppressively constant or incessant. In other words tireless.” “So how can we beat them if they’re relentless?”, Martha asks. “Hang on. How did we beat those other robots?”, Pinkie asks. “We sang a song.”, Garble says. “What about it?” “Maybe we can use a song to defeat these robots as well.” “Are you serious?!”, Ember says. “Sorry to say this, Pinkie, well not sorry actually, but you can just forget it. I don’t sing.”, Garble says. “Neither do I.”, Gilda says “Would you rather be creamed by these robotic beings?”, Twilight asks. “Now what song can we use?” “Yaks have one.”, Rutherford says. “Rutherford, you have a song?”, Thorax asks. “Of course. Ponies, changelings and hippogriffs not only creatures who can sing.” They all think as the goons watch. “What are they doing? Why are they just talking?”, Weselegraft asks. “I’m not sure.”, Neighsay says. “I’ll take off the shielding spell.” They then see the creatures standing defenseless. “Are they just gonna stand there and do nothing?” Suddenly, the yaks start harmonizing. They then start performing and sing. The robots get annoyed and try to attack them. The yaks then stomp to the rhythm on top of the robots, crushing them. The other creatures join in on the stomping. The goons send more robots and they all get destroyed by the singing group. The song ends and all the robots have been destroyed. They then turn to the goons. “Never send robots to do a monsters job.”, Pablum says. “Keretomatus, cease your attacking, go after the intruders instead.”, Neighsay says. The monster then goes after the creatures. The creatures the battle against the monster as the crooks watch. “Look at them”, Neighsay says. “Those fools have no idea what they’re in for.” “That monster has power far beyond their comprehension.”, Gimmie says. “Comprehension?”, Bumblecrum says. “’Comprehension’ means the action or capability of understanding something.”, Stubble says. “Well those creatures are gonna get creamed right now.”, Kablooey says. “Nonsense, Kablooey.”, Weaselegraft says. “The monster is only weakening them. The real trap is almost ready.” “Oh, yeah. I forgot about that.” The monster continues fighting the creatures. They soon get tired. “Guys. I think we’re tiring him out.”, T.D. says. Suddenly, a trap door opens, and they fall in. The winged creatures fly over the trap door. “What was that?”, Ralphie asks. A vacuum comes out and sucks the winged creatures inside. The creatures then come out inside a dome. “What? Are we inside a dome?”, Martha asks. “You sure are.”, Pablum says. “That was all just a ruse to activate our real trap.” “Real trap?”, Truman says. “Don’t worry.”, Rutherford says. “I’ll break dome.” He charges but hits his head on the dome. He then rubs his head and sees it’s still intact. “What? Not even a crack?”, Spike says. “Maybe, I can do this.” He takes a deep breath and breathes fire on it. He then sees that the dome still hasn’t been penetrated. “It hasn’t melted either.” “I’ve put a special spell on it, so nothing that causes damage can destroy it. It has to be something that no other specimen could think of.”, Neighsay says. “Aw, man. What could we possibly use that doesn’t create damage?”, Sunburst asks. “Oh, man. There has to be something that we can use.”, Gallus says. While they’re all consulting each other, the crooks are watching them ponder. “Well, we better activate the machine.”, Stubble says. They head to the machine, before they get stopped by a voice. “I got it.” They turn to the voice and sees it was Pinkie who has her hoof up. “Singing.”, she says. “Singing?”, the group asks. “It’s the one thing that doesn’t cause any damage.” “Pinkie, do you really think singing will get us out of this dome?”, Rainbow asks. “I mean we’ve already sang two numbers already.” “We’ve gotta try.” “It’s true, Rainbow.”, Helen says. “Singing has vibrations strong enough to break glass.” “Well it’s a stretch. But I guess we’ve got no other option.”, Twilight says. The crooks then laugh at the idea. “You honestly think singing songs will be enough to break that dome.?”, Weaselegraft asks. “I guess you really are that desperate.” Twilight and Helen start their turn with their own song with birds and some shadows. Their song creates music notes that shoot vibrations to the dome. The dome doesn’t break. “Oh, it didn’t work.”, Helen says. “We better try another song.”, Twilight says. “We’ll go next.”, Smolder says. Smolder, Yona, Ocellus and Silver Stream perform their own song with the kids. They pet and cuddle them as their note send vibrations to the dome. The second song also has no effect. “Just give up. None of those sissy songs will break that dome.”, Kablooey says. Skits, Martha’s brothers, Gallus and Sandbar go up next. “Our turn.”, Skits says. They perform their song and do a dance performance along with it. Their notes give out their own vibrations. The song doesn’t break it either. “Does anyone else have a song to perform?”, Persnickety asks. Pharynx, Terramar, Garble and the cats go up next. “We do.”, Pharynx says. “Pharynx, you can sing?”, Thorax asks. “Yes. But I don’t always sing willingly to anyone. I only do it when the time is right.” They perform their song with some imps floating with the notes as they give off vibrations. The dome takes them in and nothing. The crooks then start laughing. “Have you all run out of songs yet?”, Pablum asks. “It’s not working.”, Gabby says. “None of the songs are doing anything.”, Applejack says. “Come on, everyone, don’t give up.”, Martha says. “There’s gotta be a song that’s bold enough to destroy this dome.” “Who’s got a song they can give out?”, Skipper asks. “I can’t think of any other song.”, Mrs. Klusky says. “Guys, we can’t give up. There’s gotta be something we can do.”, Helen’s grandpa says. “Well what can we do?”, Helen’s abuelo asks. “Oh, well. We better start that machine already.”, Neighsay says. The groups then start panicking. “Come on, everyone. Think.”, Skits says. They all start yelling and screaming ideas. While this is happening, the emperor still lies unconscious. He then opens his eyes and sees he’s in an unknown realm. “Wh…Where am I?”, he asks. “Am I dead?” “No. You’re not dead.”, a familiar voice says. He turns to the voice and sees his sons, Martarmus, Horlagamous and Scorjosemal in front of him. “My sons. Is it really you?” “Yes, Father. It is us.”, Martarmus says. "Your beloved sons." “Where are we?” “This is limbo. We’ve sensed your aura was weakened, and we’ve used our astro projection to find you.”, Horlagamous says. “Well what can I do? All of those creatures are about to become enslaved, and I couldn’t protect them.” “Don’t lose hope, Father.”, Scorjosemal says. “Remember what Star Swirl says. You need to find your inner monster and release it. Only then will you save the creatures from both worlds.” "You can't give up. You are Emperor Keretomatus. The most powerful ruler in all of Equestria. Next to Celestia and Luna, of course.", Martarmus says. "Just look at what you did to save those creatures from being captured and controlled.", Horlagamous says. "You could never disappoint us. And that's why you need to awaken and reclaim your kingdom." His sons then start to fade. “My sons, where are you going?” “Don’t lose hope.”, they all say to him before they vanish. "Fight for what's right."
Release of UnderstandingBack in the throne room, the monster opens his eyes and looks to the voices. He sees the creatures in a glass dome all panicking. He then looks next to it and sees the crooks powering his machine. He then looks at the dome and feels there’s aura around it. He senses the aura and sees how to break it. The crooks are about to power up their machine. “Say goodbye.”, Neighsay says. Before they fire the machine, they hear singing. They turn and sees the monster that they knocked out is singing. The emperor releases notes and sends powerful vibrations to the dome. The crooks start to panic and commands the clone to attack the real emperor. The clone then goes after him as he continues singing. Soon the trapped creatures join the emperor in the song and they release notes that give the same vibrations. The dome starts shaking and begins to crack. The goons quickly activate the machine and fire it. But the beam isn’t hitting them. They turn the power up to maximum, but nothing happens. The creatures finish off their song and the dome burst from the power and the song power destroys the machine. The clone is then freed from the control. “Wha…What happened.”, the clone asks. “No. It can’t be.”, Fildgemarker says. “They destroyed the machine with just their singing.”, Weaselegraft says. “Alright, guys. Now you admit that you stole the cubs and we can all go home.”, Helen says. “What cubs?”, Kablooey asks. The zookeeper brings the lion cubs to them. Weaselgraft and Pablum scream in fear. “Get those things away from us!”, Pablum exclaims. “Admit you took them.” “We did not!”, Gimmie says. “Enough of your shenanigans. Start talking.”, Carolina says. “Guys.”, Martha says. “What would we possibly do with a lion cub? Let alone three of them?”, Bumblecrumb asks. “You were probably gonna use them to pull off heists.”, Milo says. “Guys.”, Skits says. “Pull off heists with lion cubs. That preposterous.”, Stubble says. “If by ‘preposterous’, you mean impossible. The no, because Martha told me you used her back when she was still a puppy.”, Truman says. “Guys.”, Martha and Skits exclaim. “What is it?”, Ronald says. “They didn’t take the cubs.”, Skits says. “Wait, what?”, Helen asks. “It’s true.”, Molly says. “They weren’t even at the zoo that night.” “See. That proves it.”, Pablum says. “So, if they didn’t take cubs, who did?”, Alice asks. The dogs and walk to their owner and tell the truth. “It was us.”, the both say remorsefully. “You took the cubs?”, Helen asks. “They did, Helen.”, Phillip says. “They got us out of our pen and tried to take us on the next ship.”, Leonard says. “But why, Martha?” “Helen, have you seen their pen? It’s nothing like their original home.” “And you said that it would take them fourteen years before they can be released. That place is like a prison.”, Skits says. “Oh, Martha, Skits. You really care about the cubs, don’t you?”, Carolina asks. “Yes.”, they both say. “Well, that doesn’t matter anymore.”, Neighsay says. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have so many non pony creatures to deport.” “And we’ve got a city to take over.”, Weaselegraft says as he and Pablum pull out mind control ray guns. The creatures prepare for battle. But suddenly, a bright flash appears out of nowhere. The crooks then compose themselves. “What was that?”, Pablum says. They look ahead and see that the groups are gone. “What? Where did they go?”, Neighsay asks. The creatures then appear on another piece of land. They compose themselves and look around to see nothing but trees, plants, grass and spring ponds with waterfalls. “What is this place.”, Mrs. Demson asks. “I have brought all of you to a sacred garden island that I have found with some help.”, Keretomatus says. “Help from who?”, Twilight asks. “From us, of course.”, a voice says. They turn to it and see the Pillars of Old Equestria standing on a rock. The groups are in disbelief. “The Pillars of Old Equestria.”, Spike says. “It was us who found this sacred place for Keretomatus to create his new kingdom.”, Rockhoof. “There is a special spell on it that keeps this place hidden from plain sight.”, Flash says. “With this new place, my subjects will be protected and you all will live your lives as they were before.” “Wait until I call my aunt and tell her about this.”, T.D. says. “My Nana Pinkie will definitely flip for this.”, Pinkie says. “No. You will not tell a soul.” “Huh?” “Once you leave this place, you must also leave behind all of your memories of me and everything you have just witnessed.” “So, you’re just gonna make us forget?”, Gilda asks. “You can’t do that!”, a voice says. They turn and see Mrs. Demson walking forward. “Mrs. Demson, please don’t stick your nose into this.”, Mrs. Klusky says. “It’s got nothing to do with my nose. It’s what all these other creatures want.”, she says. “What you talkin’ bout?”, Spike asks. “Look, I may not be fond of many animals or pets for that matter, but that doesn’t mean that I should never care about them.” “She’s right. I mean, look around. All of us have loved ones that we care about with passion.”, Helen’s abuela says. “And we would’ve never known how we would all get along if we never met each other.”, Martha’s mom says. “I hate to admit it, but I’m actually starting to understand how this friendship works.”, Garble says. “I think we should all remember, too. Mrs. Demson is right.”, Twilight says. “Yeah. I mean, all the races in Equestria would’ve never gotten together if it wasn’t for love and friendship.”, Chrysalis says. “And just forgetting about it, doesn’t change the fact that they already happened.”, Celestia says. “Don’t you think every creature deserves to know what it’s like to have friends from far off distances?”, Helen asks. “Yes. You all deserve to remember.”, the emperor says. “If we are able to look to the future as all creatures do, we must also be able to look to the past. Every creature from, mammals, reptiles, birds, hybrids and humans all must live together in peace and harmony as myself and my own subjects.” “That is very bold of you to say, Keretomatus.”, Mistmane says. “But are you sure this is the right choice?”, Somnambula asks. “They already know who we are and where we come from and vice versa.”, Meadowbrook says. “I can assure that it is the right thing to do. As long as they keep this land and each other’s worlds a secret from anyone they don’t find completely trustworthy.” “Very well, Your Highness. If that is your commandment, then so be it.”, Star Swirl says. “Everyone, you have all convinced me that friends can always be there for each other no matter what world they come from. The shame of friendship does not belong to us. It belongs to those who tries to use the power of friendship to keep us apart and says that friendship should be erased from existence. I shall only erase the memories of those use friendship as a weapon for destruction and slavery.” Suddenly, the crooks are lifted and shoot through the ceiling they soar higher and higher until they disappear from the land. “Only they shall forget.” They are all sent back in time and go back to their physical forms with no memories of what happened. Neighsay is transported back to his tower. “Wha…What happened?”, he asks. “When did I get here? No matter, I better get to work.” Weasegraft, Pablum, Kablooey, Bumblecrumb, Stubble, Fildgemarker and 001 are transported back into prison. “What? What happened, Pablum?”, Weaselegraft asks. “I don’t know, Otis.”, he says. 001 barks. In the hidden kingdom, the emperor flies to the sky. “And now to repair both of your worlds.” He powers his magic and releases a burst of aura. All of Wagstaff City and Equestria are put back together and everything is back to normal. The emperor descends to the creatures and smiles. “You all have been such great friends.” “They sure have.”, a voice says. They turn to it and sees that it’s the clone from before. Everyone is in disbelief. “What? Why is he still here?”, Truman asks. “It’s because I don’t have any evil aura left.”, the clone says. “So that’s why I haven’t forgotten and wasn’t transported.” “Well now that your evil aura is now gone, what will you do now?”, Keretomatus asks. “I was never meant to exist. I believe it is best if I give up my aura and become one with the wind.” “You’re giving up all of your aura?”, Cadance asks. “Indeed. It was a pleasure to know what true happiness feels like.” He is about to leave but remembers something. “Oh, wait. Before I go…” He powers his magic and all the pets are covered in it. They get something extracted from their bodies and the clone absorbs it. They wonder what happened before Martha starts barking. Skits barks after her and all the other animals make their noises. “What happened?”, Carolina asks. “I removed the spell I cast on them that made them talk. They cannot have a single trace of Equestrian residue on them.” “Well, nothing some alphabet soup won’t fix.”, Helen says. “Farewell, my friends. I thank all of you for showing me the concept of right and wrong.” He then gives up all his magic and fades from existence.
Three Worlds, One ConnectionThe emperor opens two portals. One for Equestria and one for Wagstaff City. They all enter the portals one by one exchanging goodbyes to each other. “Just so you know, you guys are incredible creatures.”, Milo says. “Well, we are the best consorts for Twilight’s students.”, Ember says. “It was nice knowing all of you.”, Truman says. “Humans will be in hearts forever.”, Rutherford says. They enter the portal. “I must say it was nice to see how other families interact with one another.”, Helen’s dad says. “Well our culture is far more complex than any culture of yours.”, Igneous says. “You all have a wonderful trip back home.” “Same to you.” They all enter the portal. “Twilight, you and your friends have been the best creatures, we’ve ever encountered.”, Helen says. “Thanks, Helen. You’ve been a wonderful friend.”, Twilight says. She then kneels to her dogs. “And you, Martha and Skits, have been the best dogs that I’ve ever known.” “Hey!”, Applejack says. “Aside from Winona, of course.” They both bark a thank you to the alicorn. They all enter the portals. Once all the creatures entered the portals, the emperor makes them vanish. "Farewell my friends.", he says. He then looks back and sees all of the open space on the island. "This place looks perfect for us. Well we better get to work." He then whistles and all of his subject approach him. "Alright, my friends. We have a new kingdom to create. So let's get to work." The monsters bolt out and create various bricks appear. They all spread out and build the castle. "We have gotten to know more about out new friends.", Keretomatus says. "And now they all have the chance to live their lives as if none of this had ever happened." "My friends in Wagstaff City have gotten to continue with their family reunion with other families to be invited." In Wagstaff City, the family reunion continues until midnight that celebrates with a party. Helen’s friends and their families celebrate alongside them. “Helen, this has been the best family reunion we’ve ever been to.”, T.D. says. “How do you think our friends back in Equestria are?”, Carolina asks. “Whatever they’re doing, I’m sure they’re having as much fun as we are.”, Helen says. “I sure they are.”, Martha says. Skits barks in agreement. "As long as no one who is untrustworthy knows." He then blushes. "T.D., why are you blushing?", Alice asks. "Um..." "T.D., did you tell a stranger about our journey?", Ronald asks. "Maybe I told a few.", he says. "T.D.!", the kids shout. "Uh, gotta go.", he says as he runs away. He then bumps into his sister. "Where are you going, little brother?", L.C. asks. "L.C.? I thought you were back in college." "Did you already forget that I already graduated?" "Oh, yeah. I did." "What do you do with your life?", Truman asks. "And back in Equestria, the creatures carried on with the wedding of the two unicorns.", the emperor says. In Canterlot, the wedding of Starlight and Sunburst comes to its conclusion. “Do you, Sunburst, take this mare to be your lawfully wedded wife?”, Celestia asks. “I do.”, Sunburst. “And do you, Starlight Glimmer, take this stallion to be your lawfully wedded husband?” “I do.”, Starlight says. “I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride.” They exchange their kiss, and everyone cheers for them. Starlight and Sunburst’s parents cry tears of joy for them. They exit the castle to the center. Their friends approach the new couple and congratulate them. “Starlight, you certainly have developed yourself since you helped me found my school of friendship.”, Twilight says. “Thank you, Twilight. We would’ve never gotten to where we are if it wasn’t for you.”, Starlight says. "And we made our decision." "You have? So where will you live?" "We'll live in both places.", Sunburst. "What? Wait, how are you going to live in Ponyville and the Crystal Empire at the same time?", Rainbow asks. "It's simple. Starlight's got it all figured out." "I'm going to clone ourselves that way we can be able to have the real is in one place and the clones in another place. It'll be like we're there, but we're actually not. Although, it may be hard to tell which is real and which is a clone." "So we'll be using some sort of mark to tell the difference.", Sunburst says. "We just want to thank you for helping us make our decision after we get married.", Starlight says. "You're both very welcome.", Twilight replies. “And your friends have been a big help as well.”, Sunburst says. “We certainly have.”, Applejack says. “And if it wasn’t for our friends from Wagstaff City. This day would’ve never happened. Don’t forget that.”, Spike says. “I agree.”, Discord says. “Especially those dogs, Martha and Skits.” “Those dogs sure were adventurous.”, Rainbow says. “We may never see them again, but they’ll always be the best friends we’ve ever made.”, Fluttershy says. “What are we waiting for? It’s time for the reception to start.”, Pinkie says. They all gather around and prepare to eat cake. In the unknown kingdom, the monsters are all enjoying their new home, while Keretomatus sits on his new throne. He watches both worlds as he smiles. “What does it mean to be friends with creatures from another world?”, Keretomatus says. “By knowing who they can trust and how they are, they are bound to always be connected no matter how impossible it seems. Now that everything has been stabilized thanks to Star Swirl and my sons, both the worlds will be able to live in peace and harmony. Knowing that they will now be friends with whoever they feel deserves to have connections to any creature of any race in any world whenever they need it the most. And with all creatures being loved by one another, my concerns for danger have now been scarce and now I’ll be able to watch both worlds and my kingdom to see all of the creatures be happy with who they accept for true friendship.”
Race Against DangerTwilight, Helen and the students head to the exit of the cave when Twilight suddenly stops them. “Wait.”, she says. “What is it, Twilight?”, Helen asks. “We’re not alone. I sense lifeforms up ahead.” “You think it’s the goons who trapped us in those cages?”, Sandbar asks. “Maybe. We better be on our guard.” They all prepare themselves. As soon as they see the shadows, the charge. They then stop and see that it’s not the group, but three humans, Twilight’s parents and Chrysalis. “Helen!”, the humans say. “Mom. Dad. Tio Jorge.”, she says. She runs and hugs the other humans. “Wait a minute, those humans are her family?”, Gallus asks. “Yes. This is my mom, Mariella, my dad, Daniel and my uncle, Jorge.” “It’s a pleasure to meet all of you.”, her mother says. “Twilight!” Twilight looks ahead and sees two familiar faces. “Mom. Dad.” She runs and hugs her parents. “Oh, honey, we were so worried about you.”, her mother says. “Oh, Mom, Dad, this is my new friend, Helen.”, she introduces her parents to the girl. “Helen, these are my parents, Twilight Velvet and Night Light.” “Hello there.” “It’s nice to see another human in this area.”, Night says. “Twilight.”, Chrysalis asks as she approaches the alicorn. “Chrysalis. You’re here, too.” “Twilight, we heard you screaming in here. What happened?” “Me and Helen were being chased by a vicious dog.” “A dog?”, Helen’s uncle asks. “Yes. And it actually came from the same world as Helen and her family.” “Hold on. What breed of dog was it?”, Helen’s dad asks. “It was a rottweiler as Helen called it. Why?”, Smolder asks. “Oh, no. It must belong to those crooks that imprisoned us and sent us here.”, Carolina’s dad says. “We’ve gotta get back to the other cave and warn the others that they’re here.”, Chrysalis says. “Wait. Everyone else is alive?”, Helen asks. “Yes. We all took refuge in another cave when we heard a roar.”, her mom says. “So Chrysalis assembled this group to look for you and Twilight.” “Well we better hurry and get back. That freezing spell is gonna wear off any second.”, Twilight says. They all bolt out of the cave. “Your daughter knows how to use a freezing spell?”, Helen’s mom asks. “She has been trained under the authority of the princesses.”, Twilight says. In another part of the land, Keretomatus and his army are waiting for the minions they’ve sent. The minions come back with the members that helped the creatures. “Thank goodness, you’re all alive.”, he says with relief. A shadow growls. “What? You found the source of the aura? What is it?” The shadows growl their answer. “It was…myself? How is this possible?” The imps then growl. “You found a large group of the creatures from both worlds.” He then has a horrifying realization. “Oh, no. If that doppelganger of myself finds all those creatures huddled together, they’ll all be obliterated. We’ve got to find that monster immediately. Everyone spread out and leave no stone unturned. That monster has to be found.” The emperor and all the minions spread out in different directions. “It doesn’t make sense. How can there be two of me in the same location?” In another part of the land, the goons arrive at the cave with their captors. “Well here we are.”, Gimmie says. “Your new home.”, Bumblecrum says. “What exactly are you planning to do with us?”, Thorax asks. “It’s simple, we’re just collecting all of you so we can find that monster easily.”, Neighsay answers. “It’s a good thing I remembered you were friends with that draconequus or whatever he’s called and made those nets completely magic proof.” “My goodness. It seems he would have made a better villain than myself.”, Discord quips. “Now’s not the time for jokes, Discord.”, Cadance says. They all enter the cave and they all see that there is machinery inside. “Whoa!”, they all exclaim. “And I thought Twilight’s lab was more advanced.”, Spike says. Before they are about to put the creatures and kids in their cages, they see the six previous cages are open. “What?! Impossible!”, Weaselegraft says. “What is it, Otis?”, Pablum asks. “The creatures we imprisoned, they’re gone!” “What?!”, they all exclaim. “How is this possible?!”, Neighsay asks. “I put a spell on the locks that can only be broken by myself.” They look down and see that the locks are melted. “Wait a minute. Wasn’t one of those creatures a dragon?”, Kablooey asks. “Yes.” “And dragons breath fire, right?” “Absolutely.” He then realizes. “Oh, I guess I should have made the locks fire proof as well.” “You see what happens when you don’t know how non pony creatures work?”, Spike asks. They then hear barking and turn to the source. It was 001 approaching the group. “What is it, 001?”, Fildgemarker asks. “This is ridiculous. I’ll fix it.”, Neighsay says as he lights his horn. The dog is then covered with aura. “What was that?”, the dog asks. He then gasps. “Oh, my gosh. You made him talk?” “Yes. That way we can get some peace from that horrendous barking.” “Horrendous?”, Rainbow asks. “’Horrendous’ is when something is extremely unpleasant, horrifying or terrible.”, T.D. says. “Now what happened, 001?” “It was that little girl with some winged unicorn.” “Little girl?”, Truman asks. They all gasp in realization. “Helen!” “And that winged unicorn must have been Twilight.”, Shining says. “That alicorn was here?!”, Neighsay exclaims. “Oh, great. Just when I thought this day couldn’t be more horrendous.” Bumblecrum then gets an idea. “Wait a second.”, Bumblecrum says. “What is it?”, Wesealegraft asks. “Maybe we can use these kids and creatures as bait to lure them back in.” “You’re gonna use us as bait? You’re insane.”, Spike says. “No. We’re not insane. We’re creative.”, Pablum says. “There’s a difference.” They then put all the kids and creatures in cages. In another part of the land, Martha, Skits and the other animals are looking for their owners. “Any sign of them?”, Martha asks. “Still nothing.”, Ralphie says. “Oh, where can they be?”, Skits asks. “I’m really getting skittish right now.” “So you’re skittish. That’s funny and I’m Nelson-ish.”, Nelson quips. “No, Nelson.”, Lilly says. “’Skittish’ means unpredictable or easily scared. Right now, he’s skittish, because we’ve been wandering everywhere with no way to defend ourselves.” “Our owners must be worried sick about us.”, Pops says. Suddenly they hear massive flapping. “What was that?”, Martha’s mom asks. “Wait. I recognize that flap.”, Matt says. “It’s that monster again!”, Sarge shouts. “Everyone hide!” They all hide as the monster flies in midair. He then senses something and descends. He looks around and finds nothing “I could’ve sworn I sensed their auras.”, the monster says. “I have to find those creatures. Their lives will be in danger if the one who resembles myself finds them first.” The then takes off and the animals emerge. “Wait. Did he say, the one who resembles himself?”, Skipper asks. “So, he wasn’t conflicted then?”, Cal asks. “Conflicted?”, Persnickety asks. “’Conflicted’ means having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings.”, Caruso says. “So, it’s saying that there’s another monster identical to that one. Is it possible?”, Trina asks. “Well whatever is going on, we just found out that our owners will be in danger if it finds them. We’ve gotta hurry.”, Martha says. In another part of the land, Celestia and Luna search the skies for Twilight and the others. “Sister, wait.”, Luna says. “What is it, Luna?”, Celestia asks. “Down there.” She looks down and sees a group of ponies with creatures like the ones they saw earlier. “It’s the friends and families from Equestria. And they’re with more of those beings we saw earlier.” They descend quickly. The group is traveling when two winged unicorns land in front of them. “Whoa! Where did they come from?”, an elderly being asks. “It’s Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.”, Scootaloo says. “Ponies, we’ve come to free you from these beings.”, Luna says. “Free us? What are you talking about?”, Hondo asks. “We sense that these beings are from the same world as the group of naysayers we came across earlier today.”, Luna says. “Wait a minute. Did those beings happened to be with some unicorn wearing a red cloak?”, a mustached being asks. “Yes.” “Well I promise you they’re not with us.” “It’s true. We’re not imprisoned by them whatsoever.”, Grand Pear says. “You’re not? Then what are you all doing out here?” “We saw those crooks holding our children and their children captive. So we all went to find and rescue them.”, Bow says. “And I have to help too.”, Garble says reluctantly. “Twilight’s friends have been captured?”, Celestia asks. “Yes. We sent a small group to find Twilight, but they never came back.”, Sweetie says. “So we had to go out altogether.” “This is a disaster.”, Luna says. “Celestia, it’s only a matter of time before Twilight gets captured as well.” “Alright. Everyone will have to follow us.”, Celestia says. “We can track Twilight’s aura and follow it. But we all must stay together. Understood?” They all say their agreements. “Very well. Let’s go.” They all head out to find Twilight and the others.
