Twilight is FREAKING THE FUCK OUT. If magic can't be used to fight this menace, then what hope do they have? Not even the rainbow power could do anything because it's MAGIC. Not to mention he would be unaffected by the elements! And what about the princesses? Their greatest weapon is their powerful magic! Needless to say, Twilight's been worried all night. Good news is, Rainbow's nearly recovered. Bad news is, Starlight passed on in her sleep that night. Twilight continues her researching regardless, trying to figure out how to best defeat this threat without magic. Cozy Glow was one thing, as she was a young filly incapable of doing any real physical harm. But this... this human, is far more dangerous. Even worse, the guard's lost him, meaning he could strike from anywhere, at any time, without warning.

"Twilight, you've been looking at those books all night. Don't you need some rest?" Spike asks, concerned once again.

"Nope." Twilight replies, still looking for something, anything that could help.

That's when something finally clicks in her head. She's seen his kind before, even BEEN one of them. She didn't recognize it at first due to the helmets, and different proportions. Twilight gets up, running over to a corner, and bringing out the mirror portal to the other, human filled world. Without warning, she leaps in, Spike following, leaving the library wing empty. If she's gonna find answers, she'll find them there.

^~-=-/\/\/-=-~^

Chad wakes up, unmorphed. Seems the cave he found was safe after all, minus the wild mythical creature that was in it the night before. Ah, it felt just like it was yesterday... which it was. Flashback time.

Chad limps along in his quest to fins shelter for the night, when he happened upon a cave surrounded by stone statues, some of which were quite large. He idly taps one of the statues, solid. Then, he hears the boking of a chicken. He looks around, spotting the head of the defenseless fowl.

"Bok bok ya little bitch. Tell me, who made these statues, and where can I find them?" Chad asks in his distorted voice, smirking from under his helmet.

The chicken looked... pissed? And that's when it fully reveals itself. A tiny chicken lizard, which proceeds to stare very hard at Chad. Meanwhile, Chad just looks at the creature, and starts laughing.

"Oh goodness me, not the angry gaze of a chicken lizard! Oh, what a world, what a world." Chad mocks, knowing full well what the creature really is, and silently questioning why he isn't being turned to stone.

The cockatrice lunges at Chad in anger, only for Chad to seemingly disappear. The cockatrice looks around in confusion, only to be hit from behind by something. Chad had launched Flame Serpent at it. The cockatrice stares intently at the top, only for that to prove fruitless as well. Suddenly, the top starts circling the cockatrice at incredible speeds, a small amount of fire starting to build up in the circle. The cockatrice attempts to step out, only to be singed. It spreads its wings for an attempt to fly out, with the same result. The cockatrice gazes up at Chad in utter fear, wondering what kind of monster he is.

"Doesn't feel so nice to be paralyzed, does it little pecker? At least you can take comfort in knowing you'll serve a higher purpose, as my dinner tonight." Chad says in a slow, menacing tone.

The cockatrice proceeds to crap itself, as it's helplessly, and slowly, being cooked alive. Once it's cooked, Chad notices the statues cracking, and bursting, reverting to their original forms. The various creatures look around, only to spot Chad eating the cooked carcass of the beast that stoned them in the first place. They idly ponder whether or not to attack the morsel before them, as it was able to kill a cockatrice. They silently agree to leave this being alone, and all wander back into the forest. Flashback over.

Still somewhat sore from the fall yesterday, Chad slowly gets up, looking fondly at the bones from last night's dinner. Luckily, he's still able to launch beys perfectly fine. He digs through his pockets, pulling out a pair of blue sunglasses and putting them on. He steps out of the cave, walking in a randomly appointed direction that wasn't towards Canterlot. He's not ready for that place yet, those horses beat the shit out of him. If he had been in any other ranger suit, he'd have been done for for sure. Damn horses that can actually fight, now he has to put in real EFFORT. Why couldn't they have just been helpless or something, how would they even get this advanced with hooves?

After a little while of walking, Chad comes to the forest he arrived in. He decides to hide out somewhere within, wandering deeper so he won't be as easy to find. Unbeknownst to him, something watches from the shadows. As Chad journeys on, he stumbles across a tree hut of sorts. Where there's a building, there's ponies. Chad proceeds to activate the blue solar morpher, becoming the jungle fury jaguar ranger. This piques the interest of the being in the shadows. Chad pulls out a top and launcher from his pocket dimension. Evil Befall. Without hesitation, he launches the bey at the building. Due to it being an older, hollowed out tree, the bey has no problem busting a hole in the wall. Nobody's home. Chad is disappointed, calling back the bey and putting it away. He powers down, shades still on his face as he continues on, as if nothing happened.

The stalker drops down from the shadowy treetops, making herself known to Chad. As if on instinct, he goes to reach into his pocket dimension.

"Stop! I'm not affiliated with the ponies!" The giant bug horse half yells.

Chad's already got the same bey from before pointed at her. "You sure do look like one of those abominations. Make your last words quick, I have towns to massacre."

"I hate those ponies too, they caused me to lose my hive to some pathetic traitor, who now rules them and made them act more like ponies. I was hoping to acquire your assistance in reclaiming my hive, and making those ponies pay." Chrysalis explains, Chad's grip somewhat loosened on his launcher.

"Holy shit, Gelorum? No, wait, Roodaka? How did you end up here, and like... that?" Chad asks.

Chrysalis stares at him for a moment, completely confused. "I don't know who you're talking about whatsoever. But I have an offer for you. If you help me reclaim my hive, we'll have an army to face those troublesome ponies."

Chad puts the bey and launcher back. "You make a good offer. Let's just hope your army won't be too soft. If they get in my way though, be prepared to lose some soldiers in the crossfire." Chad remarks, holding a hand out.

Chrysalis shakes with her hoof in agreement. "We have an agreement?"

"We do." Chad says, smirking. "So, where to?"

"Follow me, I will take you to the outskirts of my kingdom myself." Chrysalis replies, trotting in the general direction of the badlands, Chad in tow.

Zecora moves out from behind her hut, having heard the conversation. She looks at the gaping hole in her home in sorrow, before quietly heading off toward the remains of Ponyville.

^~-=-/\/\/-=-~^

Meanwhile at the castle, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rarity are all searching for Twilight in the castle. They all run around, looking through rooms in a Scooby Doo like manner in their frantic search. Meanwhile, a certain group of six aids in the search. That is, until they spot the strange looking contraption with a mirror on it deep in the library.

"What do you think this thing is?" Sandbar asks, idly poking at the mirror's surface.

"It's a mirror doofus." Smolder remarks, huffing slightly.

"But it's not a solid mirror at all, look at how it moves when Sandbar pokes at it." Ocellus retorts, looking at the mirror in wonder.

"Could just be a fancy mirror. Pony magic works like that, right?" Gallus asks, seeming indifferent to the situation.

"But why would it be in the back of the library? That's not a normal place to put it." Ocellus says, growing more curious about the mirror.

"Yona agrees with Ocellus. This really weird, even by pony standards." Yona chimes in.

Before the group can discuss anything further, Silverstream shoves an arm through the mirror. "Oh my gosh, maybe THIS is where Twilight went! We need to get her back!" She half yells out, full on jumping into the portal. The rest of the group follows suit, not wanting to leave Silverstream unsupervised. Just as the mirror settles back down, Applejack peeks her head in the library.

Author's Note

Welp, here it is, the fourth installment of the chaotic journey brought about by all this. For future reference, I tend to be more partial to the Disney era rangers than the rest. So you may see them more frequently than the others.