In the woods in the middle of the night, two teenaged boys and girls, were running. They splashed through a puddle as they ran. As they disappeared out of sight, a series of groaning and moans filled the air, then out of the shadows swarmed an army of zombies, and they were after the teens.
The terrified adolescents raced through the trees, until they came to a parked car and quickly piled in, slamming the doors.
"Start the car, start the car!" One of the boys, named Sam, shouted in a panic.
One of the girls, named Jenna, sat in the driver's seat and turned the key, but instead of starting, the car only cranked, "Oh, no, not now!" She cried.
"They're coming!" The other boy, named Bruce exclaimed, as all the zombies came out of the woods and slowly approached the car.
"Start the car!" The other girl, called Tracy cried.
"I'm trying!" Jenna yelled, frantically turning the key and pumping the gas pedal. Then she screamed as one of the zombies planted it's face against the car window.
Then all the teens screamed as all the zombies began surrounding the car and banging on it to try a break it open. And there was nothing they could do about it...
Spike clutched the couch pillow and shook with fright as he watched the zombies try to get the trapped teens on the living room TV. As it turned out, the horrific scene was really a scary movie that the little dog had been watching with the lights turned off.
Suddenly, as Spike continued to watch, his ears heard the sound of foot steps approaching. Then he turned around and saw a figure in the doorway. Spike screamed and the figure screamed back, as it flipped on the light switch. It was Twilight.
"Spike?" She said.
"Oh, it's just you, Twilight," Spike sighed in relief.
Twilight noticed the movie he was watching, "You know you'll give yourself nightmares watching that?" She said, pointing to the TV.
"I can't turn it off now," Spike protested, "The protagonists are about to escape."
On the tv, the car finally started. "Yes!" Jenna cried in triumph, before she floored the gas and the car burst out of the zombie horde, speeding away.
"Wait a second, is that Curse of the Undead!" Twilight asked, before taking a seat next to Spike, "That's one of my favorites!"
Soon they were both watching as the teens in the movie had found an old shed.
"You know," Jenna said to Tracy and Bruce, "If you two hadn't disturbed that burial crypt, we wouldn't be on the run from Zombies right now!"
"We were just curious!" Tracy shot back.
"We wanted to find out if the curse was real," Bruce added, "Which apparently it is."
"Don't worry about that right now," Sam reassured, motioning to the shed, "We can hide from the zombies in here." And he reached for the door.
"Don't open it, don't open it!" Twilight shook her head.
The boy opened the door only to find a huge zombie behind it!
"BRAINS!" it roared and the teens screamed.
At that moment, a loud buzzing sounded, "Aaahhh!" Twilight and Spike screamed, falling back and knocking over the couch, before Twilight saw it was just her phone.
"Oh, a text from Sunset Shimmer, heh heh," she said, sheepishly, "Time for band practice."
At the Apple Farm, the Rainbooms were rocking out one of their old songs, while Spike and the CMC watched. When the song ended, the four cheered.
"Whoo Hoo!" The CMC cried out.
"That was fantastic!" Spike said. "Right on!"
"Aw yeah, we rock!" Rainbow pumped her fist.
"Best way to kick off spring break," Sunset stated.
"And speaking of spring break, how shall we spend it?" Rarity inquired.
"We could go visit the Turtles?" Fluttershy suggested.
"I'd like that," Apple Bloom agreed.
"Or head to LA and see Tony and the crew?" Rainbow chimed in.
"I'd like that!” Scootaloo said, eagerly.
"That's cause you still think Tony Torreto is cute," Sweetie Belle teased.
Scootaloo blushed and scoffed. "No I don't."
"What about going to the beach again?" Pinkie said. "Or Equestria Land? Or someplace we've never ever been to before?!"
"I might have an idea?" A voice said. Everyone turned to see Half Note, of the Rock N Beats, standing in the driveway.
"Well, hey there, Half Note," Applejack greeted. "What brings you here?"
"Well, since it's the beginning of Spring Break," Half Note began. "I was wondering... If maybe we can gather all our friends together and go on a camping trip? If you all want to? My friends and already go permission from our parents."
That sounds like a good idea!” Rainbow cheered.
“Is the weather suitable for camping?” Fluttershy pondered.
“Hang on. I’ll check real quick,” Twilight took out a small device and pressed a couple buttons then held up her finger to check the wind, then smiled. “Weather’s perfect for camping!”
“Great! Let’s call the Turtles and see if they are interested while we pack.” Sunset suggested.
“Sounds like a plan. We haven’t been camping since Camp Everfree!” Applejack smiled.
“Yeah. We missed out on that. It’ll be great to go!” AppleBloom smiled.
“I’ll go tell the others that we’re ago for camping!” Smiled Half Note.
“Yay! We’re gonna go camping!” Pinkie cheered as everyone left to go pack.
Spike on the other hand, wasn't as excited. "So, when Half Note said camping, she meant in the actual woods?"
"I'm pretty sure," Twilight said, "Why? Your not afraid there are zombies, are you?"
"What?" Spike chuckled nervously. "No, of course not. I'm mean, what gave you that impression?"
Twilight could only roll her eyes and laugh.
In New York, down in the Turtles lair, the ninjas and their friends were watching a Crognard and Space Heroes crossover
In the show, Captain Ryan learned how to activate a door to a temple, resulting in he and Crognard slapping each other silly.
“Man! That was so simple a five year old could’ve done it.” Zach rolled his eyes.
“How’d you think they’ll get out of this one, Zach?” Carter asked.
“Don’t know. I ain’t a five year old.” Zach answer resulted in Casey and Raph laughing.
Caitlyn just sighed as she went back to her phone before asking April. “So, any luck on figuring out what we can do during Spring Break?”
“Well, Donnie and I are looking through all possible ideas.” April looked over Donnie's shoulder and at his laptop.
“Problem is they’re all too good.” The smart turtle acknowledged.
Just then, April's phone rang and she answered it. "Hello? Oh, hey Sunset. Hold on?" Then she spoke to the others, "Hey, guys, Sunset's calling to ask us something." After they shut off the TV, April put her phone on speaker.
"Hey, guys," Sunset's voice called out, "The girls and I are going camping. Do you guys wanna come?"
“Camping?” Mikey perked up. “We haven’t gone camping since Everfree!”
“Sounds like fun.” Angel smiled.
“Sounds good to Casey Jones.” Casey boasted.
“Sounds like we found what to do during spring break.” April grinned.
“Looks that way.” Donnie agreed.
“I’m in!” Caitlyn approved.
“Me too!” Zach chimed in.
“Sweet!” Carter added.
Raph shrugged. “Why not? I could use a break from the city.”
“Then I think we’re in full agreement!” Gabby nodded.
“Yeah, Sunset. We’ll be happy to join you girls for camping.” Leo answered.
“Great. We’ll meet you guys there. We know a good spot where you won’t worry about exposing yourselves.” Sunset said through the phone.
Just then, Caitlyn got a video call from Buffy. "Hey, BFF," she greeted.
"Hey, bestie," Buffy waved, "Are you with the Turtles?"
"Yeah she is," Mikey butted in. "Yo, what's up, Buff?"
“Hi Mikey,” Buffy politely greeted as Caitlyn pushed him away in annoyance before the rich girl continued, “Well to be honest, I’m kinda bummed out. Here it is spring break and instead of finding a decent romantic film, all I find on the tube are movies about vampires, zombies, and giant marshmallow men! Trying to wrap my head around that last one.”
Hearing that had Raph and Casey look at each other in confusion as Raph lipped the marshmallow men part.
"Sounds like you've been watching some scary movies," Sunset said over April's phone.
"Wait, is that Sunset?" Buffy asked.
"Yep," Sunset answered. "Anyway, we're all going camping. Maybe you'd like to come too?"
"I would love to!" Buffy answered.
"Great, we'll see you there." Sunset said.
“Hey guys! Maybe we should invite some other friends to join us.” Carter recommended.
“Sounds great! Who should we bring?” Zach asked.
“Yeah Karai, Shinigami, and the Dazzlings are doing business for the foot in Japan.” Leo remembered.
“And Keno is spending the weekend with Indigo.” Raph added.
“And Team Shine are checking something out for a secret mission.” Sunset spoke in April’s phone.
Gabby took out her spy watch. "I think I know some friends we can invite..."
In the streets of Los Angeles, Tony Torreto and Layla Gray were racing each other in their cars through a waterway until they both crossed the finish line.
"Ha ha, I won!" Tony cheered, exiting his car.
Layla got out of her car and retorted, "Sorry, Torreto, but I won!"
"I crossed the finish line first!" Tony insisted
"Behind me!" Layla rebuffed.
Soon the two began to argue over who actually won, while their friends Echo, Cisco, and Frostee watched.
Echo asked Frostee, "So, you gonna tell them that they both tied?"
"I think if I do, they'll still keep arguing."Frostee stated.
"Yep," Cisco agreed.
Just then, the pair's arguing was interrupted when Tony's spy watch beeped. He pressed it and a small hologram of Gabby appeared.
"Hola, primo," she greeted Tony and then spoke to Layla, "Hola, amiga."
"Gabby, hey." Tony said.
"Hey, latina." Layla replied.
"What's up?" Tony asked his cousin.
"Well, Sunset just invited us to go camping with them for Spring Break," Gabby explained, "And I was wondering if you'd all like to come too?"
"Camping? That sounds awesome!" Frostee said, in excitement.
"Yeah it does." Echo agreed.
“Ah! Camping. Campfires. Hiking. S’mores. I say we go.” Cisco nodded.
“For sure,” Tony smiled, “I was hoping to see the Turtles again.”
“Then I think it’s unanimous!” Layla grinned before running past Tony, “And FYI, I still won that race!”
“Did not!” Tony cried before turning to Gabby, “We’ll call you when we all done packing. Adios!”
The next day, the Rainbooms, CMC, and Rock N Beats were riding to the Everfree Forest in the Rainbooms' bus.
“This is gonna be the best camp out EVER!” Pinkie cheered.
“Yeah!” The CMCs cried.
“This was a great idea, Half Note.” Sunset said.
“Thanks. I hope this is a camping trip we won’t forget.” Half Note smiled.
Lancer and Ace blinked after hearing that and looked at each other before shrugging it off, saying, “Nah.”
Soon they pulled up at the forest, where the Ninjas and Racers were waiting for them.
"Hey, guys," Sunset greeted, as they exited the bus.
“What up?” Mikey smiled as everyone came together to hug and greet.
“It’s so good to see you guys.” Twilight smiled as she hugged Leo.
“It’s great to see you girls too.” The lead turtle said.
“It has been too long.” Lancer added as he fist bumped Raph.
"Hey, primo!" Gabby hugged Tony.
"Good to see you, Gabby," Tony said.
“How’s it hanging, T?” Rainbow shook hands with Tony.
“Oh you know. Same old same old,” He smiled. He then turned to greet Scootaloo. “Hey Scoots.”
Scootaloo blushed, “H-hey, Tony.”
AppleBloom and Sweetie Belle couldn’t help but snicker at the sight.
"Hey, Cisco." Melody said.
"Hey, fellow green shirt." Cisco replied, as they double fist-bumped.
"Your shirts still aren't that similar." Sweetheart noted.
"Mmm hmm." Frostee nodded.
"So, we ready to do this thing?" Casey asked.
"Almost. We just need to wait for our guide." Twilight said.
"A guide?" Leo asked, in concern.
"Don't worry, Leo," Twilight reassured. "This is a guide we can trust."
"You sure can," came a familiar voice. Then stepping out of the bushes was non other than...
"Timber!" the ninjas said.
"Hey there, guys." Timber greeted.
“Hey, Timber. Long time no see.” Leo nodded.
“Yeah it has. When Twilight told me about you guys going camping, I thought of the perfect spot where you guys won’t have to worry about exposing yourselves.” Timber pointed to the turtles.
“Well then, let’s head up to it.” Carter said as he grabbed his bag.
“Okay. The first thing we need to do is grab a hiking buddy. Twilight is with me.” Timber winked at Twilight who giggled. Leo playfully rolled his eyes but found a partner with Lancer.
Soon, everyone had a travel buddy. Timber checked again, “ okay. Everyone have a partner?”
Everyone held their partners hand and showed The teen.
“Alright. Let’s move out!”
“Lead the way.” Leo smiled.
“Leo? Telling someone else to lead? That’s a first.” Raph whispered to Casey, who chuckled as they all began to move out.
Minutes later, everyone was trekking through the forest. As everyone hiked, Frostee, who was with Caitlyn, saw something fall out of Half Note's bag and land on the ground. They stopped as he picked it up. It was a walkie talkie.
"Hey, Half Note," he called, "This fell out of your bag."
Half Note gasped before she ran over and snatched it from his hand, "Uh, thank you, Frostee," she smiled nervously.
"Why do you have a walkie talkie?" Caitlyn asked.
"Well... I brought it in case we ever get lost." Half Note answered.
"Uh, don't you have two for that?" Frostee inquired.
"I do have two," Half Note said, "Oh no, where'd I put the other one?!" She started looking through her bag.
"Need help?" Caitlyn offered.
"No! I mean, no, I'm sure I'll find it." Half Note insisted, and ran ahead before the two could ask anymore questions.
"Suspicious." Frostee sing songed to Caitlyn.
"Yeah it is." Caitlyn nodded.
As they walked together, lancer asked Leo, “Hey, Leo? Could I ask you something?”
“Sure, Lancer. What’s up?”
“Does it bother you that Timber is with Twilight?”
Leo blushed red before he shook it off, “Timber and I agree that we both care about Twilight so we’re at understanding. For the most part. It’s complicated.”
“Just thought I’d ask.” Lancer shrugged before hiding a sigh that Leo noticed.
“You okay?”
“Yeah. I kinda wish Bright Eyes could join us.” Lancer confessed.
Leo patted him on the shoulder, “I understand completely.” He said, thinking about Princess Twilight, and the two continued to press forward.
"Hey, I think we can see the campsite from here." Tony said, as he, Casey, and Zach pushed through some bushes.
"Hey, guys," Timber called."I wouldn't go that way if I were you."
"Why-aaaaahhhh!" The three suddenly disappeared followed by a loud splash.
Everyone looked over the bushes and saw that the three had walked right off a ledge and landed into a pond.
"That's why." Timber said, as everyone laughed.
"You okay, guys?" Gabby asked, through chuckles.
"We're good." they sulked, as she, Leo, and Timber helped them out.
But not before Layla and Caitlyn took pictures of the three.
"Now that's a keeper." Layla smirked.
"Yep." Caitlyn said.
Later, the group had stopped by a clearing, as Buffy and Rarity were drying the soaked boys with their wireless blow dryers.
While that was happening, Lancer had a question for Half Note, "Say, Half Note, why'd you suggest going camping in the first place?"
"Hey yeah, I'm wondering that too, sis." Sweet Note added.
"Well, I've always wanted to go camping in the Everfree Forest," Half Note answered, "I mean it's so peaceful and majestic."
"I couldn't agree more," Fluttershy smiled, "Not to mention it has all the little birdies that land on your finger."
"Still think that only happens to you." Rainbow said.
"If you always wanted to go camping, why didn't you?" Echo asked Half Note.
"It's silly really but, I heard stories that it was... Haunted."
"Haunted?!" Cisco exclaimed.
"Did she say haunted?!" Scootaloo trembled.
"Nobody said anything about this woods being haunted!" Logan said, shaking.
"That's because it's not," Twilight said, "Right, Timber?"
"Well... there is this old legend." Timber explained.
"Leyenda?" Gabby inquired.
"About what?" Casey asked.
"About... The Phantom of Everfree!" Timber stated, dramatically.
"Phantom?!" Cisco and Mikey cried.
"As in, ghost!" Sweetheart trembled.
"Yep," Timber nodded, "A ghost that's said to haunt this very part of the Everfree. But I think I'll save that story for the campfire."
"You sure you're not making it up, like you did with that Gai Everfree story?" Applejack inquired.
"Oh no," Timber rebuffed, "This legend's legit."
Meanwhile, Ace grinned mischievously, deciding to have some fun. After making sure no one was looking, he snuck away from the group and into some bushes.
"Come on, there's no such thing as ghosts." Tony said.
"Actually, Tony, I'm afraid that isn't quite true," Donnie rebuked, "We've actually encountered real ghosts "
"Wait, what?" Tony said.
"It's true," April confirmed, "This one time, we fought a Chinese ghost called Ho Chan, who tried to steal my powers."
"And tried to crush me with his giant hands," Casey added, with a huff.
"And then we fought this demodragon dude who had a whole army of ghost!" Mikey recalled their final battle with Kavaxas.
"None of those stories are making me feel any less scared!" Cisco noted.
"Same here!" Sweetheart, Scootaloo, and Logan added, while holding onto each other in fear.
Back with Ace, he peeked through the bushes to make sure everyone still hadn't noticed he'd snuck away.
"Time for the Ace to pull a little prank," he chuckled. Then he cupped his hands over his mouth and let out a high-pitched wail that echoed all over the woods.
"What's that?!" Zach jumped at the noise.
"Phantom, it's the phantom!" Cisco exclaimed, grabbing hold of Frostee.
"Oh, no!" Scootaloo hid behind Rainbow.
Suddenly, Mikey screamed getting everyone’s attention.
“What is it? Is it the phantom?” Cisco cried as he hid behind Sweetie Belle, while still holding Frostee.
“I stepped on something sharp!” Mikey held his foot up to have thorn on the sole. Thankfully, Buffy grabbed some tweezers and pulled it off.
“Really?” Raph deadpanned.
“Still, what was that cry?” Applejack looked around.
"Whatever it is, it sounds like it's close." Apple Bloom said, fearfully.
Ace laughed to himself with his eyes shut. "What a bunch of scardy cats!" He guffawed and leaned against something. Then his eyes shot open in alert and he instantly stopped laughing. Whatever he was leaning on felt big and furry. Slowly Ace looked up, and into the face of a big brown bear. "Hey-oh," he said nervously, and the bear responded with a roar. Ace screamed and dashed out of the bushes, running past the others shouting, "BEAR!"
"Wow, he sure runs fast for a little dude," Cisco noted.
"Wait? Did Ace just say..." Leo began, before they all heard a growl and turned just in time to see the bear burst out out of the bushes, roaring.
"BEAR!" Everyone screamed and ran.
"The trees, climb into the trees!" Timber shouted.
"Way ahead of yah!" Ace was already high up in a tree.
As everyone else quickly climbed up the tree, Gabby, Layla, and Fluttershy were last ones, when the shy girl stopped and looked back at the bear with smile.
"Fluttershy, what are you doing?" Layla cried.
"That oso is gonna eat us alive!" Gabby exclaimed.
"That's a common misconception," Fluttershy stated, "Has anyone tried talking to the bear."
"That crazy!" Layla yelled, then she and Gabby screamed as the bear came closer and scrambled up the tree.
"She's done for." Frostee stated.
"I can't look!" Melody covered her eyes.
After a minute, Sweetheart tapped her shoulder, "Uh, Melody? Everyone?" She said, and pointed.
Everyone looked and were dumbfounded. The bear was hugging and nuzzling with Fluttershy.
"We're very sorry we wandered into your territory," Fluttershy apologized to the bear.
"How did she..." Buffy gawked.
"Whoa!" The CMC gasped.
"She's tougher than she looks." Echo said.
"That's Fluttershy for you." Sunset grinned.
“Oh, yeah! I keep forgetting you can talk to animals!” Caitlyn remembered as she and the others climbed down from the tree.
“Is everyone alright?” Timber checked as everyone showed they were okay.
Fluttershy explained, “The bear was just cranky. He said that a blonde haired boy woke him up from his nap with his howling.”
"Blonde haired boy..." Apple Bloom said, in suspicion, then everyone glared at Ace.
"Ace, you jerk!" Melody growled, "You were trying to scare us, weren't you?"
Ace laughed, "And it worked."
"That wasn't funny, Ace!" Sweetie Belle huffed.
"Oh yeah, it was." Ace retorted.
"I wasn't really scared."Tony said.
"That stain in your pants says otherwise, Torreto." Layla rebuked.
"What?!" Tony looked down.
"Made yah look!" Layla smirked.
“You should be careful doing stuff like that, Ace. Deception like that would only get you in serious trouble.” Advised Leo.
“How much farther is the campsite, Timber?” Sunset asked.
“Not too far away. But we better get a move on if we wanna set up camp before dark.”
“Then let’s keep moving. And when we get there, NO MORE PRANKS!” Raph gave a glare to Ace.
“C'mon.” Timber continued to lead the group while Zach backhanded Ace on the head.
Ace rubbed the back of his head, then the bear growled at him, "Wait for me!" He rushed after the group.
After some walking, Timber pushed past some bushes, “Here we are!”
Everyone looked around at the open area that was the campsite. Soon, everyone began to unpack as Pinkie stood on a stool and spoke.
“Okay everyone! We got a lot of ground to cover so let’s. Get. Cracking!”
Up Next
While setting up camp, fishing, berry picking, and gathering firewood, the campers each run into some shenanigans. Then Timber tells the tales about the Phantom of Everfree, The Windego King!
Author's Note
Here's my second fanfic. It's based on Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly.
The characters: Tony, Echo, Frostee, Cisco, and Layla are from Netflix Fast & Furious Spy Racers.
Which has a crossover fic with the Turtles and Rainbooms in Equestria Ninja Girls: Spy Racers by AmethystMajesty25 and Darth-Wrex
Equestria Ninja Girls by Wildcard25. who has also edited this chapter.
Everyone had split off into teams to set up camp, collect firewood, and go to the lake to get fish and berries.
Leo, Twilight, Spike, Timber, and Lancer were gathering sticks when something caught Spike's attention. A brown squirrel scurried down from a tree to get an acorn. Spike growled then chased after it.
"Spike!" Twilight cried, "Come back!" Then she and the boys ran after the dog.
Spike continued to chase the squirrel, until he came to an open field and stopped, "Whoa?!"
The others caught up to him as Twilight said, "Spike, what are you..." They looked ahead and stared.
In front of them, on a small hill, sat a large old fashioned house.
“What's that?” Lancer asked.
“It looks like an old rundown house.” Twilight guessed.
“That looks inviting.” Spike mumbled sarcastically.
Leo noticed the antennas and wires on the roof, “It looks like someone occupied it recently.”
"Do you know anything about it?" Lancer asked Timber.
"Fraid not," Timber replied, "I never even knew it was here?"
“Should we check it out?” Twilight pondered.
“I’m voting no.” Spike quickly answered before shuddering.
“Agreed. If we leave them alone, hopefully, whoever is in there won’t see me or my brothers.” Leo nodded.
“Sounds good. Let’s head back. C'mon Spike.” Twilight said.
“No need to tell me twice.” Spike trotted ahead, happy to get away from the house.
"Ditto." Lancer said, feeling creeped out by the house too.
As they all left, no one noticed a few lightning bolts crackling from the satellite.
Meanwhile, Mikey, Cisco, Melody, and Frostee were sitting in a boat on a lake, while Pinkie and Clover were on shore picking some berries.
"Ah," Cisco sighed, "This is the life."
"A boring life." Frostee stated, leaning his head in one hand.
"Yeah." Mikey agreed.
"We've been out her for half an hour and not one bite." Melody complained.
"Yah gotta be patient, dawgs," Cisco told them, "You can't rush these things."
"Actually," Frostee took out his phone, "You just gotta know how to rush these things." Then DJ Drone flew out of his bag.
"Whoa! You brought DJ Drone?!" Mikey asked, excited.
"When don't I bring DJ Drone?" Frostee asked rhetorically.
"Awesome!" Melody grinned, "Are we gonna listen to some tunes?"
"Even better, I've installed a long range scanner, that'll locate a fish." Frostee explained.
"That sounds amazing, Frostee!" Cisco admitted.
"Yep," Frostee cracked his fingers, "Now watch the magic happen," He maneuvered DJ Drone over the lake and soon his phone got a signal, "Bingo. Cast your line over there, Cisco."
Cisco threw his line over to where Frostee instructed and soon after, he felt a tug, "Hey, I got something!" He reeled in his fishing line and pulled up... An old boot.
Melody laughed, "Great catch!"
"Yeah." Cisco frowned at Frostee.
"I've still got some glitches to work out." Frostee admitted, sheepishly.
Just then, Melody felt a tug on her line, "Hey, I've got a bite-whoooaa!" Without warning, whatever she caught yanked back hard and almost pulled her out of the boat, until Mikey grabbed her legs.
"I gotcha, girl." he said. But then he was almost yanked out until Cisco grabbed hold of him and Frostee held onto Cisco.
"Hold on, guys!" Cisco said.
But the thing Melody caught was a lot stronger than they thought, as it soon began dragging their boat across the water at great speed.
"AAAAHHH!" They screamed, as they went for a wild ride.
Meanwhile, Pinkie and Clover, oblivious to their friends predicament, even after the boat sped past them, had just filled up their baskets with berries.
"And done," Pinkie dusted off her hands.
“I guess the only thing left to do is to see if these berries are edible or not.” Clover suggested before she reached into her pocket. “Now where is that booklet Twilight….” She stopped to notice Pinkie was already munching on a couple berries. “Or the direct approach works.”
“Mmm. Delicious! Here try some!” Pinkie offered some berries to Clover who shrugged and accepted them.
Back with Mikey and the others, they were still rocking all over the lake, when Cisco asked, "What the heck did you catch, Melody?!"
"Yeah, I think the more accurate question would be, WHAT'S CAUGHT US?!" Frostee exclaimed.
He soon got his answer when suddenly a large blue snake-like head emerged from the water, with the other end of Melody's line in it's mouth.
Melody and the two racers stared before they screamed, as the rocker girl cried, "Lake monster!"
Mikey on the other hand, recognized it. "Not you again?"
“You know that that thing?” Cisco asked.
“Yeah, that's Sheldon. My bros and I ran into him twice when we had to deal with the Kraang underwater. He also fell in love with the Turtle Sub, thinking it was another creature like it. And he was heart broken when we made the sub reject him.” Mikey explained.
"Aww, poor guy." Cisco said, in sympathy.
"Poor us!" Frostee reminded him, "He's still dragging our boat!"
"How are we gonna get loose?" Melody asked.
Then right after she said it, her fishing line broke and Sheldon dove out of sight, but their boat kept on zooming. It skidded and bumped before it plowed onto the beach, making the four fall back into it.
"Is everyone alright?" Mikey asked, getting up.
"I'm good." Cisco gave a thumbs up.
"What a ride." Melody groaned.
"Yeah, but on the plus side, we got fish!" Frostee pointed to some fish that had gotten caught in their boat during the ride.
"Yeah!" Melody cheered.
"Booyah!" Cisco said.
"Booyahkasha!" Mikey exclaimed.
"Hey, guys!" Pinkie said, as she and Clover walked up, "We got berries!" They showed them their empty baskets.
"Uh, what berries?" Frostee asked. Then they noticed the two girls had berry juice all over their mouths.
"We had to make sure they were okay," Clover grinned, sheepishly.
Meanwhile, back at the camp, Raph, Tony, Echo, Layla, Casey, Applejack, Rainbow, Patch, and Ace were busy setting up their tents. Only Tony, Casey, Rainbow, Patch, and Ace being unsuccessful in setting their tents right.
"And done!" Rainbow said. But right after she said that, her tent came crumbling down, “Oh, come on!”
“You guys sure you don’t need any help?” Echo offered.
“We got this,” Tony began to bend a tent pole, “Sometimes these kind of…. Things…..take a couple….tries…. Before you. Get. It. RIGHT!” The pole sprung back, sending Tony flying a bit before landing on his back, “Ow. I'll take that help, now."
Raph laughed at him, "Oh yeah, your such an expert," he patted his tent, "Unlike me." Then his tent fell down.
"Yeah, unlike you." Layla quipped.
“You guys are doing it all wrong!" Casey said, "Just check out the tent worked by Casey Jones!” He revealed his tent that looked almost perfect before it fell completely apart. Casey sighed in defeat, “Yeah I’d like help too.”
“Don’t worry, Case. We gotcha covered.” Applejack assured as she helped Casey and Raph with their tents while Layla helped Tony and Echo helped Rainbow.
“Y'know. This was a lot easier at Camp Everfree.” Casey grumbled.
“I know right?” Rainbow agreed.
"Well, we certainly didn't need any help." Patch said, confidently.
"Yeah, check out our handy work," Ace motioned to their tents... that were both crooked. Then when two butterflies landed on them, they fell down.
“Those must’ve been the heaviest butterflies in the world!” Ace jaw dropped.
Everyone else just couldn’t help but laugh.
“I’ll come help after I finish with Rainbow's tent.” Echo promised as she was just about finished with the athletic Rainbooms tent.
“Please.” Patch sighed.
Donnie, April, Gabby, Zach, Caitlyn, Carter, Angel, Buffy, Rarity, Fluttershy, the CMC, Sweetheart, Logan, Half Note, and Sweet Note were also collecting firewood and stuff to make the tinder.
“Rarity, that's a beautiful bracelet you got.” Buffy pointed to Rarity’s accessory.
“Oh thank you, Buffy, dear. It was a souvenir I bought during our time in Gotham,” Rarity then noticed Buffys own bracelet, “And your bracelet is just as glamorous.”
“Thanks.” Buffy smiled.
“How is that useful for camping?” Angel joked before nudging Zach and Carter who chuckled.
Rarity scoffed, “Well, it never hurts to make a good impression wherever you go, Angel!”
Fluttershy then spoke, “Um it’s probably not a good idea to wave them around like that.”
“Oh please, there are no Purple Dragons or Nightmares anywhere for miles,” Buffy pointed out. “Why would we need to worry?”
Suddenly, two birds swooped by and snatched Buffy and Rarity's bracelets, right off their hands.
"Our bracelets!" They cried.
"That's why." Fluttershy finished.
"Get back here, you thieves!" Buffy yelled, as she and Rarity ran after the birds.
"There they go!" Rarity pointed to a tree.
The birds landed on the high branch of a tall tree and hung the bracelets on the tiny branches of one of the smaller limbs before they flew away, chirping in a tone that sounded like a 'nah nah, nah nah nah'.
"You rats with wings!" Buffy shook her fist at the birds.
"Come on then." Rarity said, as they both started to climb the tree.
The others ran up and Sunset called, "Hey, girls, I don't think you should climb up there."
Donnie agreed, "That branch doesn't look very sturdy."
“Donnie's right, Rarity. Maybe you should wait until…” Sweetie Belle tried to explain only for Buffy to interrupt.
“That bracelet is imported! It's irreplaceable!"
“And I didn't steal back mine from Catwoman, just to have a couple birds take it from me!” Rarity stated.
“Should we stop them?” Gabby asked Caitlyn and Angel.
“Nah. Let 'em be.” Angel answered.
“When it comes to jewelry, Buffy gets all stir crazy.” Caitlyn rolled her eyes.
Soon, they made it to the branch. Then they slowly began to crawl across the branch as it wobbled. Once they reached the small limbs where their bracelets hung, they both reached out, but were a little out of reach.
"Almost... Got it." Rarity said, struggling.
The branch wobbled again, making the two cling onto it in a start. After that, they reached out again and after struggling, the two girls finally grabbed their bracelets.
"Yes!" Buffy cheered, as they sat up.
"We got 'em!" Rarity exclaimed.
Suddenly, they felt the branch jerk and heard a cracking sound. They looked back to see that the branch was giving way.
"Oh no," was the last thing they said, before the branch snapped and they fell down, screaming and hitting a few branches, before they both landed with a splat, right in a pool of mud.
“Buffy! You okay?” Carter asked as he helped her.
“Are you two alright?” Logan asked.
“Yeah, we’re fine.” Buffy sighed as she started wiping off the mud.
“We got our bracelets back!” Rarity proclaimed as she held hers up.
“Well, at least you two made a soft landing.” Zach pointed as he and Angel chuckled with the Note sisters.
“Well, why didn’t April catch us with ESP?” Buffy huffed.
“Because I was helping Sweetheart carry the firewood.” April stated as she walked up with Sweetheart both holding firewood.
"Ay, hermano!" Gabby groaned, then whispered to Zach and Angel, “Am I glad I'm not into jewelry.”
“Still, a little jewelry can’t go wrong.” Angel whispered back, “For the most part.”
It was dusk by the time two of the groups returned to the campsite.
"We're back." Zach said.
"And we got the firewood and tinder." Donnie added.
"Great." Applejack said, then she and the others noticed how dirty Rarity and Buffy looked.
"Why are you two covered in mud?" Rainbow asked the two.
"Some birds stole our bracelets and put them in a tree!" Buffy huffed.
"And the branch broke while we were retrieving them," Rarity added, dryly, "And we landed in a pile of mud."
"Yeah, I don't wanna alarm you two, but... Some of that isn't mud." Echo pointed out.
Rarity and Buffy stared for a moment, before they sniffed at some mud on their arms. Then they gasped, dropping their sticks, and screamed. They rushed over to their bags and gathered some shampoo, body wash, brushes, towels, their blow dryers, and new clothes.
"Point us to the nearest lake!" Rarity ordered in a panic.
"Now!" Buffy yelled.
Everyone pointed to the right and the pair dashed off.
Apple Bloom looked at Echo. "How did you know that?"
"I was in Girl Scouts." Echo answered.
"For how long?" Scootaloo asked.
"I'm the cookie queen, girl."
"Neat!" Sweetie Belle grinned.
Meanwhile, Rarity and Buffy ran past, Mikey and the other group, pushing their boat of fish.
"Hi, Rarity, hi, Buffy!" Pinkie waved.
"No time to talk!" Buffy shouted, as they ran.
"We need an emergency bath!" Rarity exclaimed.
"Watch out for the lake monster!" Cisco called, but the two were already out of sight. Then they pushed the boat into the campsite.
"We're back, dudes." Mikey said.
"And we bring fish!" Cisco gestured to the boat full of fish.
"And berries." Clover added, as she and Pinkie showed them their baskets full of re-picked berries.
Then they tossed some toward their mouths, only for Frostee and Melody to snach them.
"I think you two have had enough." Frostee noted.
“Yeah. Save some for the rest of us!” Zach cried.
Everyone rolled their eyes in amusement as Raph noticed someone’s missing, “Where are Leo, Twilight, and the others?”
“They’re a little up north gathering more firewood. They took Spike with them.” Half Note answered.
Just then, the said group arrived, carrying some wood. Spike even carried a stick in his mouth.
"We got firewood." Timber announced.
"Nice! And as you can see, we've got camp all set up." Tony boasted.
"You mean, me, Echo, and Applejack have camp set up," Layla corrected, "Raph, Casey, Rainbow, Ace, and Patch's tents fell down, while you ended up catapulting yourself trying to set up yours."
"You catapulted yourself?" Gabby asked her cousin with a chuckle, while the CMC giggled.
"Don't ask." Tony muttered.
"Well, let's get the fire built so we can cook the fish and roast us some s'mores." Sunset said.
"Yippee, s'mores!" Pinkie popped up, with two bags of marshmallows.
"Yeah!" Clover, Mikey, and Cisco cheered.
That night, they sat around the fire as Rarity was telling a scary story. Or a story that was scary to her.
"And that's when she looked down and realized she was wearing purple socks with a burgundy dress!" Rarity screamed, until she noticed that no one was scared. Not even Buffy, "Purple and burgundy, darlings. The same color family!" She screamed again, but still no one was scared.
"Oh no, the same color family, so terrifying," Layla said, in sarcasm.
"You said it." Applejack agreed.
"I'm only terrified that she told it again." Rainbow snickered.
"She's not good at this, is she?" Echo asked April.
"Not at all." April replied.
“Okay,” Timber said unsure. “Anyone else wanna share a scary story?”
Mikey excitedly raised his hand before Raph looked unamused.
“Other than Pizza Face for the umpteenth time?”
Mikey then pouted as he put his hand down.
"In that case, I think now is the time I told you all about, the Phantom of Everfree!" Timber proclaimed.
"The phantom?!" Cisco asked in fright.
"Of course if you rather not hear about it, I'll be happy to tell something else?"
“Please! Casey Jones faces any horror like a man!” Casey boasted, while both Gabby and April rolled their eyes.
“I’m curious about this phantom of yours, Timber.” Echo added.
“Same.” Raph agreed.
Everyone else shared their agreement while Cisco, Mikey, Fluttershy, Sweetheart, and Scootaloo shivered in fear.
"Alright, I'll tell it," Timber gave in, "But be warned, you might as well hug a friend now. That's how scary it is!"
Spike jumped into Fluttershy's arms, "Oh boy!" The shy girl said, in worry.
Sweetheart held onto Melody. Scootaloo held onto both Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. Logan and Clover held onto each other before Cisco held onto them.
"Here's the legend of the phantom of Everfree," Timber began, "Or as it's truly known as, The legend of the Windigo King... Years ago, this forest was once home to a woodsman known as Trail Blazer. And he loved the forest. A bit too much, you might say. For some reason, he felt that the forest was his property, and refused to share it with anyone. Whenever campers or hikers would camp out in the the forest, he would angrily order them to leave and never come back, or they would be sorry. But they would only laugh at his threats. Until they would leave their campsites and return to find he had wrecked them up. But one group of campers told him that the forest belonged to everyone and that he had no right to tell them to leave. But Trail Blazer was stubborn and wouldn't take no for an answer. So that night, as the campers were asleep, he set their camp on fire! They managed to get away and put out the fire while Trail Blazer left, feeling sure they would leave. But later as he laid down to bed, he suddenly felt a chill in the air. Then the lights went out and his door was blown off its hinges. Trail Blazer sat up, just in time to see a ghostly creature float in. He had glowing piercing blue eyes and his body transparent. And everywhere he went, wind and flurries swirled around. Terrified, Trail Blazer asked who he was. In a haunting voice, he said that he was the Windigo King, an ancient spirit that inhabited the forest, and that he had come to punish Trail Blazer for every camper he had ever mistreated. And for selfishly proclaiming the forest as his own. Trail Blazer's scream was drowned out by the howl of the wind. The next morning, the campers arrived at his cabin to tell him off for burning their campsite, when they discovered the open door and went inside to find Trail Blazer frozen solid! ...So if you mistreat others, then you might get a visit from non other than... The Windigo King!"
Everyone was either startled or screamed at Timber’s dramatics. Mikey jumped in Raph's arms clinging his brother in fear.
“Mikey! Get off!” Raph shouted before the two fell off the log.
“I wasn’t scared.” Tony bragged before screaming after a hand grabbed his shoulder. He turned to see it was Layla.
“Sure you weren’t.” She smirked.
"What about you, Casey?" Gabby asked, "You still not espantado?"
"Nah, I-I'm not scared," Casey said, nervously, then stood up and proclaimed, "Like I told yah, Casey Jones faces horror like a man!"
"Uh, Casey," Spike said, trembling, and pointing up, "You might wanna tell that to him!"
Everyone looked up. Floating right above Casey was a glowing skeleton in a torn up cloak! Then it let out a high-pitched wail.
Casey screamed and hollered, "Phantom!"
Everyone else screamed and ran with the phantom chasing after them.
Meanwhile, Half Note hid behind a tree and took out the walkie talkie, "Okay, I think now's the time to put the plan into action, over," she spoke into it. Then she listened to whoever was on the other line say something that made her shoot back, "No way! I'm not letting you beat me that easily! Over and out!" And she hung up.
As the campsite echoed with the phantom's howling, Leo stopped and pondered as he eyed the phantom. Twilight and Timber hurried to him.
“Leo! What’s wrong?” Twilight asked.
“I think I know who the phantom is.”
“Need any help?” Timber offered as Leo headed towards the spook.
“Nah. I got this.” The lead turtle smirked.
Soon the phantom had everyone cornered. Applejack, Rainbow, and Rarity held Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo close, while Layla held onto Tony.
The phantom wailed again, before Leo suddenly appeared from behind it and grabbed hold, pulling it to the ground.
"Here's your phantom." Leo held up the skeleton and they could all see that it was made of plastic and had a string attached to it with a drone at the other end. A drone that the Spy Racers recognized.
"Wait, DJ Drone?" Cisco said, in surprise.
"But that would mean..." Echo began.
"Gotcha!" Ace and Frostee burst out of some bushes, laughing.
"Ace!" The Rock N Beats yelled.
"Frostee!" The Spy Racers exclaimed.
"How did you know, Leo?" Fluttershy asked.
"I recognized Ace's howling from before." Leo explained.
"Not again, Ace!" Patch grumbled.
"I thought I said NO MORE PRANKS!" Raph snapped at the two.
"You told Ace not to prank, you never said I couldn't." Frostee retorted.
Ace laughed, "You should have see the look on yahs faces!"
"DJ Drone got pictures," Frostee showed some photos on his phone of everyone screaming, "Even Layla was scared!" He zoomed in to one of Layla clinging to Tony and burying her face in his shoulder.
Everyone looked at Layla, who was still holding on to Tony. Right before she roughly shoved him off her.
"Ah wasn't scared!" She huffed.
"Sure you weren't," Tony smirked. And Layla punched him in the arm, "Ow!" Then he noticed someone missing from the group. "Hey, where's Half Note?"
"Half Note?" Sweet Note noticed her sister was missing too.
"Oh, no!" Pinkie cried, "What if the real phantom got her?!"
"The what got who now?" Half Note stepped out from behind a tree.
"Half Note!" Sweet Note ran over and hugged her sister.
"Donde irias, Half Note? Where'd you go?" Gabby asked.
"I was um... Hiding from the phantom." Half Note answered, sounding embarrassed.
"Well, you don't need worry about that no more," Applejack motioned her thumb toward Ace and Frostee, "It was just these two jokers pulling a fast one."
Suddenly a flash of lightning caused everyone to jump.
"Alright, guys, knock it off!" April ordered Ace and Frostee.
"Uh, that wasn't us?" Frostee said, in confusion.
"For real." Ace added.
"I think they're telling the truth." Sweetie Belle pointed up.
Some dark clouds were forming overheard as more lightning flashed.
"I thought you said it wasn't gonna rain?" Rainbow turned to Twilight.
"It's not supposed to?" Twilight insisted.
"Maybe it's just heat lightning?" Donnie suggested, right before lightning flashed again and rain began to pour down.
"Yeah, it's not heat lightning." Spike stated dryly.
Sweetheart saw the rain put out the fire, "Oh no, there goes the fire!"
"Never mind the fire, DJ Drone can't get wet!" Frostee said, trying to shield the drone from the rain.
"And none of us brought any rain gear!" Caitlyn face palmed.
Rarity cleared her throat, "Not all of us..." She held up a bunch of umbrellas.
"Alright, Rarity!" Rainbow cheered.
Soon everyone had an umbrella. As they all stood under their umbrellas, Carter asked the obvious question, “So what do we do now?”
“Yeah! How long is the rain going to last?” Apple Bloom asked.
Echo was looking at her GPS device and grumbled, “Hard to say. Something’s blocking the GPS!”
“Same with the T Phones.” Donnie was having the same trouble as he checked his T Phone.
“But we can’t just stand out here! Not after having to take a bath earlier!” Buffy whined.
Leo looked at Twilight who nodded in agreement and told the group. “Twilight, Lancer, Timber, Spike, and I saw a house not far from here.”
“Is it habitable?” Raph asked.
“We can’t risk exposing you guys.” Fluttershy feared.
“I’m afraid it’s our only choice,” Timber stated. “Everyone take what you need for the night and let’s head over there!”
Everyone hurried to their tents, grabbed whatever they needed, and followed Leo and Twilight to the old house.
They hurried through the rain and trees until they came to the old house.
"This the place?" Zach asked.
"Yep," Twilight replied, "This is it."
"Looks as inviting as it did before." Spike stated, trembling.
"Sure does." Lancer agreed.
"What if it's haunted?" Logan asked, in worry.
"I don't think so," Donnie said, pointing, "Those satellites dishes and antennas look new."
"Who would wanna live in a old house like that?" Scootaloo wondered aloud.
"I don't know?" Caitlyn shrugged.
“What if- what if this house belonged to Trail Blazer?” Cisco shivered, “And if we go in, we’ll end up frozen solid too!”
Just hearing that made Mikey shiver in fear as he huddled behind Pinkie.
“Please,” Echo rolled her eyes, “Calm down, you two! It’s just a story.”
“Echo’s right, Cisco,” Timber confirmed, “It’s just a legend.”
“We heard that before.” Raph sighed, remembering Gai Everfree.
"I don't mean to interrupt, darlings," Rarity spoke up, "But perhaps we should head over there before it gets-windy!"
Right as she said that, a strong gust of wind blew their umbrellas out of their hands. Then they all ran over to the house and Timber knocked at the door. But no one answered. Instead, the door mysteriously opened by itself.
"Creepy deepy!" Pinkie said.
Another flash of lightning made them all rush inside. It was dark and the floor creaked underneath them. On their right was the entrance to a living room. On the left was to a den with a fireplace. Straight ahead was an staircase that disappeared around a corner.
"Guys, ever get the feeling that you were being watched?" Mikey asked, feeling uneasy.
"Actually, I do, Mikey." Gabby said.
"Hello?" Sunset called, "Anyone home?" But there was no reply.
"Yo, Red, can't you sense anyone here?" Casey asked April.
April closed her eyes and felt around, "It's so weird. I'm not sensing anyone here but us."
Cisco was the last one in when suddenly the door slammed shut. The big guy whipped around and pulled at it, but it wouldn't budge.
"We're locked in!" He exclaimed.
"Oh, no!" Fluttershy cried.
"I'm sure it was just the wind." Half Note said.
"Then how did it lock by itself?" Sweet Note asked.
“Well, if it helps, it's possible, given how old this house is, the lock could be so rusty that-“ Donnie began to theorize before interrupted by Raph and Tony.
“Doesn’t help!”
“Maybe I could break the lock?” Casey offered as he pulled out his hockey stick.
“Probably not a good idea while it’s still raining out there.” Sunset pondered.
“Then what do we do now?” Lancer asked.
“Only one thing to do,” Half Note declared, “We get tough and get going! Let’s see where this place leads.”
Leo held his arm out, “Hold on. I’ll go first.”
As Leo led everyone through the house, Cisco was still worried.
"I'm tellin you, dawgs," he said, "This house looks pretty haunted."
"I'd say it's more, kinda sorta haunted." Pinkie stated.
Then they heard a creek, then Mikey began to sing and was soon followed by the others...
[Mikey]
I just heard something crazy
Like the squeak from a roller skating mouse
[Pinkie Pie]
Or a blackbird scratching a blackboard
[Both]
You can't tell in a kinda sorta haunted house?
[Sweetie Belle]
I guess there ain't no reason to worry
Cause it just might be Santa Claus
"Seriously?" Angel asked dryly.
[Apple Bloom]
Showing up too early
[Scootaloo]
Bet he's never seen a kinda sorta haunted house
[Rainbooms, CMC, Rock N Beats, Timber, and Mikey]
Why are we shaking?
[Sunset Shimmer]
We've never been worried before
[Rainbooms, CMC, Rock N Beats, Timber, and Mikey]
But my knees are quaking
So you check the windows and I'll check the doors
As they moved further into the house, Cisco heard something.
[Cisco]
I just heard some footsteps
Are they coming from inside or out?
Both he and Carter looked out the window, only to find a cat.
[Carter]
It's just a cat at the doorstep
You get jumpy in a kinda shorta haunted house
Soon, everyone began to feel uneasy as they continued to explore the house. The more they looked, the creepier it got.
[Patch, Sweet Note, and Clover]
Oh yeaaahhhhhh
[Rainbooms, CMC, Rock N Beats, Timber, Mikey, and Cisco]
Why are we shaking?
[Rainbow Dash]
We've never been worried before
[Rainbooms, CMC, Rock N Beats, Timber, Mikey, and Cisco]
My knees are quaking
So you check the windows and I'll check the doors
[Twilight Sparkle]
I know there's nothing here to be scared of
So what's all this fretting about?
[Sweetheart]
I just can't help but thinking
That we're living in a kinda sorta haunted house
[Mikey]
I said, I just can't help but thinking
That we're living in a kinda
[Melody]
Sorta
[Rarity]
Nearly
[Timber]
Almost
[Half Note]
Haunted House
Unsettled by all the lightning and the shadows in the house, the group backed up, looking everywhere, and bumped into each other, letting out screams of startle.
“Seriously? What is going on here?” Rainbow looked around.
“This place is really spooky.” Scootaloo agreed holding Rainbows arm.
“It makes fighting mutants and demodragons look like a piece of cake!” Pinkie added before salivating, “Mmm. Cake.” The sound of thunder then snapped her out of it as she jumped on Cisco’s shoulders.
“This almost feels like one of those spooky houses at theme parks.” Carter looked around.
Then, an ominous glow got everyone’s attention.
“What the-?” Raph gasped.
“What is that about?” Donnie added.
“Hey guys! Look!”
Everyone walked up to the wall Mikey pointed at. On it were glowing words carved on them. April read them out loud.
“If it’s answers that you seek, then to the hallway you must sneak.”
“Guess we have no choice.” Leo shrugged.
Everyone else agreed as they all made their way down the hallway. Unaware that a shadowy figure was watching them with it's piercing glowing blue eyes.
Author's Note
Song "Kinda Sorta Haunted House" from Curious George Halloween Boo-fest.
Quotes by me and WarriorofFaith18.
Chapter edited and Equestria Ninja Girls by Wildcard25.
