Cinematic Adventures: Scooby Doo Wrestlemania Mystery

Chapters

Ready to Rumble
Meet the New Gang
An Epic Reward
Welcome to WWE City
A Fiendish Attack
Wrestlemania Challenge
Training Day
Bear Cave & the Multiverse
Wrestlemania Night 1
Wrestlemania Night 2
The Mane Event
The New Ministry

Ready to Rumble

High among the mountains of Equestria, a dark eeriness cast a shadow over the landscape and over what was once ‘Our Town’. The town which Starlight Glimmer once started so many years before, only now it had changed drastically since. Walls of spikes surrounded the entire area, watchtowers with machine guns scoured the landscape, and brainwashed cultists roamed the grounds of this prison like compound.

Ever since they were brought upon this world long ago, Joseph Seed and his cult have since converted this town into their ‘New Eden’. The Dark One offered them the town as a new have so they may continue their unholy quest and that it may serve as their new base of operation. Currently, the entire Dark Order gathered in the old town hall that had since become the new Church of Eden’s Gate.

Spearheading this meeting were the Dark One and the Benefactor.

“Those wretched abominations for ponies have been a thorn on the Dark Order’s side for far too long,” The Benefactor said.

“It is high time for darkness to envelop and subject them to the plains of damnation,” The Dark One added.

Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Chrysalis stood before their leaders alongside their newest members: The Dazzlings, Demittria, and Darth Andromedis They all listened to their leaders’ words intently, trying to determine the next plan of attack.

“What exactly is our next plan?” Cozy Glow asked. “It seems like every single time we think we’re getting some sort of advantage over them, they always find a way to weasel their way to victory.”

“What are you complaining about shrimp?” Aria scoffed. “It’s not like you’ve made a major contribution. All you’ve done is take over a town of animated fish and help a clumsy green creature steal a holiday. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t even think you’re a real villain.”

“Oh, and you three were any better?” Tirek chuckled. “If I recall correctly, Twilight Sparkle and her friends from the human dimension stripped you of all your power… by singing.”

“We managed to traverse through alternate universes and discovered the power of the dark side to get stronger!” Adagio shot back. “Who are you to criticize Tirek? What have you contributed to this mission? So far, all you’ve done is sit back while the rest of us handle the heavy work!”

Tirek grew increasingly angry the more he heard this teenager Siren speak to the point where he walked straight up to her and got right in the Siren’s face.

“You are unwise to disrespect me!” He growled. “I may not hit a girl, but I have no problem beating the scales off a smart-mouth Siren!”

“Now you wanna throw down you big red sissy?” Adagio taunted. “Go ahead, let’s get it on! You don’t have the—”

Tirek reeled back and hurled a huge punch, which Adagio expertly dodged and tackled him to the ground. They proceeded to scrape across the ground before Aria decided to interfere.

“Get your hands off my sister you mutant gremlin!” She yelled.

“Step back fish!” Chrysalis hissed, pulling Aria back. “Let them have it out!”

“Nobody… calls me… A FISH!” Aria screamed.

She punched Chrysalis square in the jaw and the moment the Changeling recovered, she hissed as she leapt onto Aria and sunk her fangs into her back. Sonata hated seeing her sisters in such conflict; naturally, she tried to be the voice of reason.

“Come on guys, we’re supposed to be working together!” Sonata encouraged. “Don’t you know there’s no ‘I’ in team?”

“Shut up you walking blueberry!” Cozy Glow mocked. “You sound more and more like a pony by the day. You really are just a stupid Siren!”

Hearing that made a switch flip on Sonata’s head. She was so tired of being called stupid, as if hearing that from her sisters was rough enough. She turned toward Cozy Glow, her eyes glowed red and her fangs began to show.

“I… AM… NOT… STUPID!!!” She screeched.

Sonata tackled Cozy gown and soon before the eyes of their leaders every member of the Legion of Doom and the Dazzlings fought like animals. Darth Andromedis and Demettira merely stood off to the side watching all the chaos, waiting to see who breaks first.

*BANG!!!*

A gunshot made everyone freeze in place as Joseph Seed and his family, along with their brainwashed cultists, entered the church. Joseph held a revolver in his right hand, the gun pointed to the ceiling with smoke emerging from the end. He, along with the others, stepped forward till they stood alongside the Benefactor and the Dark One.

“Brothers… sisters… now’s not the time for rash acts of violence and destruction,” Joseph preached. “God has joined us together so we may bring an end to the wicked ways of those meddlesome ponies once and for all. We must lay aside our envy and hate and…”

The Dark One held a single hand in front of Joseph and the cult leader bowed in respect, along with the cult itself. They still believed the Dark One to be the divine hand of God, if not God himself, after he came to them in their need. The Dark One turned toward the Legion and the Dazzlings, who one by one picked themselves off the ground. Though they couldn’t see it, they could feel a wicked smile forming under the mask.

“I believe you all need to channel your aggress with a little brute force,” The Dark One observed. “Fortunately, there is ‘another’ artifact we require in another world which will allow you the perfect opportunity to do so. Surely the Elements of Harmony will follow you and when that happens you will get your chance to brutalize them.”

The Legion and the Dazzlings all looked back and forth at each over as the prospect went through their heads. It had indeed been a while since they’ve taken matters into their own claws/hooves/hands with a little violence. Not to mention the prospect of pounding those pitiful ponies made the idea very… tantalizing.

Altogether, they smiled wickedly and turned back toward the Dark One.

“Name the place and we’re there,” Adagio chuckled darkly.

The sun shined brightly as another beautiful day in Ponyville took place. The denizens of this quiet little town came together to embrace the season of summer. All across town, ponies enjoyed all forms of summer activities: Swimming, camping, and even fishing. To say the least, the entire town was enjoying the sun and fun of this summer day.

In town square, Spike and Gabby sat outdoors at the little restaurant as they stared lovingly toward each other. After their previous adventure, Spike decided he was going to start taking risks he had never taken before just like Erik and Barnum had. So one day he decided to ask Gabby out on a date, to which she emphatically agreed to. Now it was almost one year later, and they were very much in love.

Spike and Gabby huh?

I know right? Don’t they make such a cute couple?

Out of all the possible shipping for Spike in this universe, Gabby was always my favorite.

What about Rarity?

Well, she’s kind of—you know… taken… plus it was hardly really going anywhere.

True…

Anyway…

Spike and Gabby sat at an outdoor table enjoying the sunshine, as they held each other’s claws.

“Whoever thought we’d find ourselves where we are now?” Spike smiled. “You and me ‘officially’ a couple.”

“I know, right?” Gabby giggled. “I mean all those times we hung out in the past, I always thought maybe there could be more between us. I just never knew you felt the same way.”

“To be honest, I always thought of us as more,” Spike confessed. “I just never really acted in those feelings because… well, I didn’t want to complicate things between us. But since our last adventure, seeing Barnum almost lose everything for not realizing what was already in front of him, I knew I didn’t want to make that same mistake.”

Gabby blushed over his kind words and they both leaned for a kiss. The moment, however, was ruined when a certain little colt popped out between them, and they both ended up kissing his cheeks.

“Thank you!” Lil’ Cheese squeaked cutely.

Both Gabby and Spike reeled back in shock as Lil’ Cheese bounced off the table just as Pinkie Pie walked up with a smile on her face and her son ran up to nuzzle her.

“God job my little cheesy-wheezy!” Pinkie said, nuzzling back. “You’re getting better at popping up by the day. Soon enough you’ll be sticking your head out of golf holes and saying, ‘Hole in on!’.”

Lil’ Cheese giggled over his mother’s compliment, as Pinkie turned and saw Spike looking at her with grimace.

“Oops, sorry to interrupt you guys,” She apologized. “I was teaching Lil’ Cheese about appearing randomly, and he just slipped away from me. But he’s getting better and better by the day. I couldn’t be more proud.”

“Yeah that’s great and all Pinkie,” Spike replied irritated. “But we were in the middle of something.”

“Oh… right,” Pinkie nodded knowingly. “Don’t mind us, you won’t even know we’re here.”

Pinkie and Lil’ Cheese backed away and turned around to offer a bit more privacy. Spike and Gabby faced each other once more and leaned for a kiss, only to be interrupted again by the sounds of a crying baby. Gabby and Spike shot their gaze toward Erik and Rarity, who walked by while pushing a baby carriage. Rarity turned over and noticed them under the gaze of her sunglasses.

“Hello Spike and Gabby!” Rarity waved.

“Hi Rarity!” Gabby waved back. “Lovely weather today, isn’t it?”

“It would’ve been lovelier if I could sneak one kiss…” Spike grumbled.

“Oh yes indeed darling!” Rarity nodded. “The weather is simply superb. Begging your pardon for the interruption, we’re just taking my Gemstone for a walk. You know how fussy she gets being cooped up inside all day.”

Spike and Gabby both got up from their seats and approached Rarity and Erik’s side for a quick peek in the carrier. Inside, all bundled up in a pink blanket, was a tiny little unicorn foal blissfully snoozing away. She was the spitting image of Rarity, even with the same marshmallow coat. However, her mane was a more light violet color with a grey blue streak which matched her eyes she got from her father.

This is her ‘future’ image, just picture her as a foal for now…

“Aww… isn’t she the cutest little thing?!” Gabby squealed.

“She really is Rarity,” Spike nodded. “Congratulations to you both.”

“Thank you my friend,” Erik thanked him. “To think some pony such as me could make something so pure… with what I’ve done in the past…”

“Darling please, stop saying such talk,” Rarity pleaded to her husband. “We’ve discussed this multiple times. You’ve long since put that man aside and redeemed yourself a hundred times over upon arriving here. You are a husband and father now; you deserve your happiness.”

Erik turned toward his wife, then toward his daughter as a smile crept onto his face. He then looked up toward Rarity’s gaze.

“Thank you mon ange…”

They both leaned forward and shared a quick kiss.

“Oh blech!”

The sound of another voice drew their attention to the side as Applejack and Rainbow walked up.

“If I wanted to see a bunch of lovey-dovey, mushy kissing stuff, I’d have stayed back at the farm with Big Mac and Sugar Belle,” Rainbow remarked.

“Ah hush up now sugar cube,” Applejack scolded. “Ya know they ain’t had much time tah spend together since Big Sugar was born.”

“I know… but can’t they at least keep that somewhere private?” Rainbow asked. “The kid’s almost a year old. How could they have not had time together?”

“Raisin’ a child takes up a lot of time,” Applejack responded.

“Yeah, and we’ve been the kid’s babysitter since he was born and took care of him at night so they could sleep.”

“Ah come on now, ya know ya love bein’ Auntie Rainbow!”

Rainbow smirked a bit, as she tilted her head to the side.

“Heh heh… yeah, I do,” She chuckled.

“GUYS!!!”

Everyone turned toward the panicked yelling of Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy, the alicorn and Pegasus racing toward them rather quickly. They skid to a halt just short of the others, to which Pinkie Pie held up the #10 sign and Lil’ Cheese held up an 8.

“Dang Twi, what’s the big rush?” Rainbow asked.

“You all have to come with me right away!” Twilight said urgently. “The Legion of Doom and the Dazzlings are at Discord’s Theatre!”

“What?!” Rarity asked, in shock. “However did they manage to break in?”

“I don’t know! But Discord and Storm are trying to hold them off. We have to go now!”

Twilight and Fluttershy both turned around and ran back towards the theatre with Rainbow and Applejack following right after them.

“Take Gemstone home and stay there until everything is clear,” Rarity told Erik.

“Be careful my love,” Erik replied.

“I always do.”

They both kissed quickly as Rarity ran off and Erik took the baby carriage away.

“Run on home to daddy, cupcake,” Pinkie told her son.

“Okay mommy!” Lil’ Cheese nodded. “Slap ‘em around with Boneless!”

Pinkie giggled as she hugged her son, who raced off back towards Sugar Cube corner and Pinkie ran off after her friends. Spike then turned to Gabby.

“Well… date’s over,” Spike sighed. “Sorry Gabby, but I promise I’ll make it up to you.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Gabby assured him. “Just go and do what you do best, tiger.”

She then quickly pecked him on the lips much to his surprise before taking off into the sky to someplace safe. Spike gingerly touched his lips, where he had been kissed, and gave a goofy smile before quickly refocusing. As he chased after his friends, only one thing was on his mind:

Those villains were going to pay for ruining what would’ve been the perfect date.

At Discord’s theatre, chaos ran amuck. Somehow, someway, the Dazzlings and the three core members of the Legion of Doom had entered the theatre spreading havoc within their wake. Only two individuals stood in their way at this time: Storm Shield and the owner of the theatre himself, Discord. A fierce battle took place as Storm faced the Dazzlings head on, while Discord took on two of the trio, Lord Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis.

The Sirens themselves were mostly on the offense while Storm, being the gentle colt, preferred the more ‘defensive’ approach. For every fist they throw, mostly Adagio and/or Aria (Both even), Storm merely swipes them away with a brush of his hoof. Adagio goes for a front kick, but Stom takes that momentum to push Adagio into the air knocking her flat on her back. Aria tries to swing a fist toward Storm from behind, only for Storm to catch and hurl the siren over her shoulder and on top of Adagio. He turns just as Sonata tries to tackle the prince only for him to twirl her around and toss her into one of the chairs, the young siren landing softly against the cushions.

“What’s the matter boy?” Adagio replied, shoving Aria off. “Too macho to hit a woman?”

“I would… but psychos who try to wreck my friend’s theatre are not really my type,” Storm replied.

“Oh, a wise guy! Take that!”

Adagio throws a fist toward Storm, who merely catches it with a hoof treating Adagio’s attack like she’s part of a sparring practice. After a series of blows, she reels for a heavy punch only for Storm to lean back and push her head over heels landing roughly against the floor. Storm just flips himself back on his hooves and barely block a vicious kick from Aria. Again Storm Shield assumes the defense, blocking wave upon wave of attacks Aria can dish out. With Storm distracted, Sonata recovers and pulls off the chairs with great strength aiming toward Storm. Getting the right aim, Sonata prepared to swing the chair behind Storm’s back…

*WHAM!!!*

Storm, sensing the incoming attack, flaps high in the air and the chair struck Aria square in the face knocking her unconscious. Sonata gasps as she stares at the unconscious Aria as Storm lands nimbly beside her. They gaze awkwardly toward one another when a groan made them turn around. Adagio is just on the verge of recovering as she slowly picked herself up. Sonata turns toward Storm, hurls the chair into his hooves, and fell back against the floor. And the moment Adagio fully recovered, she sees her unconscious cohorts then toward Storm who had the chair in his clutches.

“Oh, she is just not going to understand this…” Storm told himself.

“Why you bully!!!” Adagio growled.

With one punch, Adagio struck Storm with a fierce uppercut sending him flying over the chairs and straight into the projector booth. Adagio massaged her right hand as she helped Aria back to her feet, while Sonata quick reels up behind Adagio.

“Boy, we sure showed that jerk what us girls are made up!” Sonata smiled.

“You’re lucky I’m not in the mood to shift my focus on someone else to beat up…” Aria muttered.

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!”

The Sirens quickly turned back as Lord Tirek suddenly slid towards the trio, all four of his legs turned to soap. Before the girls could move, they were struck by the rear side of the tall centaur as he slipped straight toward the nearby wall.

*WHAM!!!*

The force of the crash reeled Tirek forward, as a Discord clone stood over the centaur while chewing some popcorn.

“Yeah… I’m going to have to give you a five for the landing,” Discord replied, holding up a sign.

As for the Sirens, the three girls groaned as they stuck against the damaged wall for a few seconds… slowly peeling off and falling face first onto the floor.

“I… am never… going to unsee that…” Adagio shivered.

A Discord clone in a maid outfit appeared and stood over the girls, while turning toward the damaged wall.

“Yeah… I do not get paid to fix walls,” Discord replied.

Instead Discord took out a can of air freshener and sprayed over the girls in a sheer form of mockery.

In the meantime, Chrysalis wasn’t faring too well on her own. More than a dozen Discord clones had the Changeling Queen completely surrounded and mocked her every step of the way. The Changeling got so frustrated that she tried using her magic to zap out all the clones. But even when one clone disappeared, not a single one of them were even the ‘real’ Discord. And for all of Chrysalis’ efforts, she caused more damage to the theatre than anything else.

“Um, could you ‘not’ like put holes in this theatre!” A clone spoke, valley-girl style. “I like just got this place fixed, I mean really!”

“Shut up!” Chrysalis growled, shooting a bolt.

Even as a clone was blown up, a bright light flashed right into Chrysalis’ eyes blinding her. And all at once a Discord clone appeared, holding a flashlight, and dressed like a security guard.

“Ma’am, if you can’t settle down, I’m going to have to ask you to leave the theatre,” The clone spoke gruffly.

Chrysalis merely swiped a clone aside like a rag doll as she looked around. Suddenly, she spotted Discord leaning casually by the wall taunting her with a rose in one hand. Enraged, Chrysalis charged toward what she assumed to be the real Discord with her horn aimed to pierce her adversary.

*WHAM!*

Chrysalis’ head crashed through a wall, as swarms of tiny Discords flew around her face laughing mockingly toward the frustrated Changeling. Suddenly, what appeared to be bits of snow started dropping on her face. But when she looked it she realized it wasn’t snow… instead it was a Discord, dressed like an Italian chef, shredding a block of parmesan cheese over her.

“Mama mia… cheesy orzo… monte bella… and it’s-a yours… so!!!” Discord sang.

It was then that Chrysalis only just realized something was off. As if getting a shower of cheese all over her face wasn’t enough, she noticed that her mane had been transformed into… spaghetti noodles. To say Chrysalis was horrified was an understatement.

“DISCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD!!!!” Chrysalis screamed.

Meanwhile, back in the theater, another Discord stood by watching the display and he was laughing his head off… ‘almost’.

“What an R.K. Maroon!” Discord snickered. “What a nincompoop—”

*BAM!!!*

Lord Tirek had just recovered behind Discord’s back and without a moment’s hesitation whammed him to the ground and knocked Discord unconscious. With the ‘real’ Discord taken out, all the clones immediately vanished. With Discord taken care of, Tirek proceeded to pull Chrysalis out of the wall and she immediately just broke free of her grip while scrubbing the shredding off her mane.

“You’re welcome!” Tirek muttered.

And while all of this chaos was taking place, a certain tiny Pegasus managed to sneak her way into the projector room (While Storm Shield was still unconscious) and proceeded to start up the machine to access the portal along the screen. It was during which moment our heroes, the Mane Six and Spike, burst in only to realize they were too late. As the crystal portal opened up, and all the villains regrouped to enter, they faced our heroes with wicked grins on their faces.

“So long suckers!!!” Cozy Glow called out.

Before our heroes could act, the portal closed the moment the villains stepped inside. Now with the villains gone, the Equestrians raced down to help Discord while Twilight rushed into the booth to find Storm Shield.

“Oh goodness Discord, are you alright?” Fluttershy asked worriedly.

“Better than they’re going to be when I get my claws on them again!” Discord replied, getting up. “Next time I’ll turn their cheese wheels and have the rats eat them before they can say ‘Willard’!”

“Oh please don’t do anything rash!” Fluttershy pleaded. “Remember you aren’t like that anymore.”

Discord looked down toward Fluttershy, noting her look of worry toward him. A sigh escaped his lips before he nodded his head.

“Fine… but they’re still going to get it somehow,” He grumbled. “No one breaks into my theater and wrecks it… again. I mean yeah, there was that one time, but I still don’t know who burned it down! Seriously, we need better security!”

Making it into the projector booth, Twilight helped Storm back to his hooves while the latter shook the cobwebs off his head.

“You all right, Storm?” Twilight asked.

“Boy… I haven’t been mobbed by this many girls since magic school…” Storm muttered.

Seeing Storm was ‘slightly’ okay, Twilight Sparkle approached the machine. From there, she could see the coordinates that were punched in still sitting on display. She looked out from the opening toward her friends.

“We have to go in after them!” Twilight said determined.

“Are you sure about that Twi?” Rainbow asked. “I mean dealing with these guys one-on-one is one thing, but now they’re teaming up!”

“It’ll be dangerous, but we must go after them and stop whatever it is they have planned.”

“Shouldn’t we at least inform Princess Celestia and Princess Luna about this?” Spike asked.

“There’s no time right now!” Twilight shook her head. “Every minute we waste is another moment they could be spreading untold chaos.

“And that’s my job!” Discord agreed.

Twilight quickly turned back toward the machine and flipped the switch once more. The crystal portal soon opened again, much to Discord’s glee.

“Finally… my chance to go on an adventure!” Discord said excitedly.

“Maybe it would be better if you stayed here,” Fluttershy told him. “Someone has to inform the princesses and keep every pony safe while we’re gone.”

“WHAT?! B-B-But—why can’t I…”

And Fluttershy proceeded to put on the biggest puppy-dog face that she could. Discord tried to turn away; however, he found himself sucked back by her adorable cuteness.

“Ooh… you win!” Discord groaned, reluctantly. “But I better get an adventure soon and it better be a doozy!”

It was then Storm approached the group, with Twilight following along.

“At least let me come along with you,” Storm offered.

“Oh come on!” Discord yelled. “You’ve already been in three movies straight and now you get another one?! Its favoritism with these stories, I’m telling you!”

“Don’t worry Discord!” Pinkie assured. “The writers have something big planned for you in the future. You just have to be patient a little while longer.”

Discord grumbled to himself, before leaving the theatre to contact everyone. Everyone just faced the two with confusion before getting back on track.

“Storm, you’ve barely recovered from that fight,” Twilight pointed out worriedly. “Maybe you should…”

“With all due respect Twilight, I’ve traversed more of these worlds before any pony else,” Storm replied. “I’ve personally seen ‘everything’ the Multiverse has to offer and you’ll need all the help you can get.”

“Ya know he does have a point Twi,” Applejack agreed.

Twilight scrunched her face a moment, pondering over it until she finally nodded with a smile.

“Alright Storm, you’re in!” She said.

“And if those coordinates are correct, I have a rough idea where they’re going,” Storm spoke. “C’mon every pony!”

Storm gathered every pony around the Crystal portal, the rest of the group wondering where exactly there’d be heading this time. Twilight felt some pony reach out and grab her hoof. She turned toward a smile Storm Shield. Twilight smiled back as she gripped his hoof in hers before every pony stepped forward and into the portal.

Meet the New Gang

A calm, cool breeze blew through the air on a quiet night in the town of Coolsville. The sun just set over the horizon, which brought forth the end to another day for the denizens of the town. At the local malt shot, in the midst of the town, many customers were leaving the establishment and returning home for the evening. Eventually, the parking lot of the malt shop was completely empty and dead silent.

That is… until a certain crystal portal opened up in the middle of the parking lot and from out of said portal was a group of colorful ponies and a teenage dragon.

The Mane Six, Spike, and Storm stepped out from the portal and onto the concrete parking lot as the crystal aura slowly closed behind them. As they’ve done on many adventures prior, they took a moment to look around their new surroundings. Clearly, they were once again in the human world. However, there was clearly something weird about this world.

“Okay… where the hay are we now?” Rainbow asked.

“I have no idea,” Twilight responded. “It’s the human world for sure, but it looks so… oh, what’s the right word…?”

“Animated?” Pinkie suggested.

“Yeah… let’s go with that,” Twilight nodded.

“Regardless, that gives us no further clue as to exactly ‘where’ we are,” Rarity pointed out.

“Well one thing’s for sure,” Spike smiled. “I hope I get to have my human form back. Love having the massive guns.”

Spike flexed his arms and showed off the muscles that his teenage dragon form possessed. Everyone chuckled over the dragon boy’s cheekiness.

“Oh Spike, don’t ever change,” Storm chuckled.

“Don’t plan to,” Spike grinned.

“Alright y’all seriously, we have tah figure out where the Sam Hill we are,” Applejack reminded everyone.

“Maybe someone at that diner may be able to tell us,” Fluttershy suggested, pointing at the malt shop.

“Good idea Flutters!” Rainbow praised. “C’mon guys!”

The group made their way towards the malt shop when suddenly the front door to the establishment opened. Before their very eyes, a group of familiar people emerged. The first guy had blonde hair and wore a white shirt with blue jeans. The girl beside him had red hair and wore a purple dress with matching pumps. The second girl had dark brown hair in a bob style, wore glasses, an orange sweater, red skirt and matching shoes. The second guy was a tall lanky gent with dirty blonde hair, wore a green t-shirt and brown pants. Then there was an unmistakable Great Dane with a collar that was initialed ‘S.D.’ walking alongside them. The Equestrians stopped in their tracks and gasped in shock when they realized ‘exactly’ who this group was.

“Is that… Mystery Inc.?” Fluttershy asked in shock.

“That’s unmistakably them,” Rarity nodded.

“Pretty hard to mistake that group of kids and Great Dane for anyone else,” Rainbow added.

“Ooh… come on every pony! Let’s go say hi!” Pinkie said excitedly.

The group raced toward the young mystery solvers, who halted in their walking when they saw a strange group rushing in front of them.

“SCOOBY! Guys!” Twilight exclaimed joyfully. “What are you doing here?”

The Mystery Inc. gang spoke no words. They just looked at the group of ponies and the teenage dragon in complete confusion. The first one to speak up was Shaggy.

“Whoa Man!” He said surprised. “Like, talking horses? That’s wild!”

“Reah! Rild!” Scooby Doo agreed.

This caused the Equestrian group to look confused. What was Shaggy talking about? If they didn’t know any better, he acted as though they’ve never even met.

“Wait… what are you talking about?” Spike asked confused. “It’s us!”

“Do we… know you?” Fred asked.

“C’mon Fredster, it’s us!” Rainbow responded. “The Mane Six… Spike… the Equestrian Heroes?! Any of this ringing any bells?”

Once more, the gang looked at each other and shrugged before turning back toward the equally confused Equestrians.

“We’ve never heard of you,” Daphne responded.

“You… don’t remember us?” Fluttershy asked somberly.

“Surely you all gest?” Rarity asked.

“Sorry, but I think we’d remember meeting a group of colorful talking ponies and a giant lizard.”

“Hey!” Spike spoke loudly. “I’m a dragon! Dragon! Not lizard. I don’t do that tongue thing.”

To emphasize, Spike stuck out his forked tongue which flickered a bit before huffing and crossing his arms. This made Pinkie Pie laugh.

“Don’t you just ‘love’ references?” Pinkie giggled.

“Y’all have to know us guys!” Applejack spoke up. “The Coolsonium Criminology Museum! Thrilling car and motorbike chases! Adventures in your hometown! Spooky Island!”

“A fake reporter ruining your reputation!” Pinkie added. “Swapping our bodies with our protoplasms! Running for our lives from Chrysalis and her monster hordes… twice! Pointing and laughing when Shaggy turned into a lady!”

“Like, say what now?” Shaggy asked.

“Ridiculous!” Velma shook her head. “All of it. Are you guys animatronics or something like—”

“Wait!” Daphne interrupted. “Is this one of those hidden camera shows? If it is, maybe I’ll finally get to meet Ashton Kutcher!”

“No, this is real life Daphne,” Twilight responded. “Though now that I look at you guys, something’s different about you guys.”

Twilight studied the group from the neck down, taking in their new appearances and then it hit her like a ton of bricks.

“A-Ha!” She realized. “I got it! You’re wearing your old outfits!”

“And y’all look like teenagers again!” Applejack realized.

“And this clearly is not the same Coolsville we remember,” Rarity added.

“And they look… off,” Storm observed.

Twilight continued to think about the situation, as she paced back and forth for a moment. Then suddenly, it dawned on her. She remembered reading something like this before when she was studying this precise theory some time back.

“I think I know what’s going on here,” She theorized. “We might be in another alternate dimension, which just so happens to have people who look like the same friends we already know but completely different all the same.”

“Like your Canterlot High friends?” Storm asked her.

“Exactly!” Twilight nodded. “This isn’t our Mystery Incorporated, every pony.

“Ah yes…”

“The Multiverse Theory!” Storm and Twilight realized.

“That explains why most of the other humans and the animals look similar to us,” Storm pondered. “We’re really sorry for the confusion folks.”

“Like none taken man,” Shaggy replied.

“This is all so really confusing and quite frankly far-fetched,” Velma spoke skeptically. “There isn’t even any real proof that what you say is true.”

Just then, an imaginary lightbulb went off in Pinkie’s head.

“Ooh, ooh! I have proof that we’ve met you guys in another universe.”

Reaching deep into her mane, she started scavenging around for the proof needed to show what they were saying is in fact true. Along the way, she also pulled out a number of miscellaneous items that had absolutely nothing to do with them whatsoever (Silver slippers, a paper mâché musical box with a monkey, a lightsaber, a wand, a Timmy the Tooth puppet, and a picture of Doc & Rain Shine on their honeymoon…).

What…?

Pinkie Pie smiled when she found exactly what she needed: A giant framed picture, straight from her mane, which she set down in front of Mystery Inc. The group studied the picture and their eyes widened in confusion and amazement. For in that picture was a group of ponies and Spike standing before a much different group of people resembling them perfectly.

“See, this is us!” Pinkie pointed out. “And that’s the Mystery Inc. we already know and love!”

“That just can’t be possible!” Velma said amazed. “The Multiverse theory is just a complicated hypothesis that has never ever been proven true.”

“True or not Velma, you have to admit these people look like us,” Fred replied.

“Except their style needs some serious work,” Daphne added.

“Rey! Rats me!” Scooby pointed to his other version.

“You bet it is Scooby Doo!” Fluttershy smiled, scratching the big dog’s head.

The Mystery Inc. gang looked at each other, as if trying to take in exactly what was being told to them. If what they’re saying was true, these little ponies and the teenage dragon met their other forms in some parallel universe where they were good friends. It all seemed too good to be true, like something out of a storybook. However, these creatures were most certainly alive and well. And standing before them was tangible proof they were telling the truth.

“Well if what you say is true, I say it’s nice to meet you guys,” Fred smiled.

“Or like, nice to see you guys ‘again’,” Shaggy chuckled.

Fred soon heard a beeping sound and looked down at his watch, which showcased how late it was getting.

“We should probably start getting home gang,” Fred told the others. “It’s getting late.”

Shaggy and Scooby turned toward the group of Equestrians.

“Like you guys need a place to crash?” He asked. “If so, you can bunk with Scoob and I. Like we got this awesome new wrestling video game that we’ve been dying to play.”

The Equestrians all looked at each other for a moment then back toward Shaggy and Scooby with a smile.

“Sure, we wouldn’t mind hanging with you guys,” Rainbow nodded.

She then flew right up to Shaggy with a cocky grin on her face.

“Though I feel I should warn you when it comes to games… I don’t lose.”

“Really?” Shaggy smirked back. “Like is that a challenge?”

“Oh no…” Rainbow shook her head. “It’s a warning that you’re going down.”

“Like you’re on!” Shaggy replied.

The tall lanky boy stuck out his hand and Rainbow stuck out her hoof. The moment they shook, it symbolized their challenge as official.

“Oh boy…” Applejack sighed. “Here we go again.”

Soon, the Equestrian group and Mystery Inc. started their way out of the parking lot towards their residence. Completely unbeknownst to the rest of them, a large dark creature watched from atop the malt shop. The creature unfurled it’s giant black wings and took off into the sky, but not before taking one last look at the departing groups with its two giant red eyes.

Meanwhile…

In another part of the world, the fireflies flew, and the thunder boomed along a dark road in the midst of a large forest. From over the edge of that road walked a tall, dark figure at a slow yet constant pace. A quick flash of lightning shined on the figure revealing the seven-foot tall Demon of Destruction, Kane. The legendary WWE superstar walked down the dark road with a specific destination in mind.

That destination soon came into view as the lights of a shining city caught the eyes of the Big Red Monster. Kane looked toward the side of the road seeing a gigantic sign depicting fellow WWE Superstar and Legend, Triple H (Hunter Hearst Helmsley), waving and welcoming visitors to the city.

“Welcome to WWE City!” The sign greeted, in Triple H’s voice. “Take the next exit because it’s just that good.”

Kane grumbled to himself as he continued down the road towards the city. At that moment, the sound of footsteps and a voice drew Kane’s attention to further down the road. Jogging up the road happened to be the ever cocky and arrogant WWE Superstar, the Miz. His music player played his entrance theme during his jog.

“I’m The Miz, and I’m awesome!” He said mid jog. “Who’s awesome? I’m awesome. Who’s awesome? I’m awesome. Who’s awesome? I’m awesome. Who’s awesome? I am—”

Miz found himself cut off as he bumped directly into Kane. When Miz looked up and saw who he bumped into, he gasped in surprise at seeing the giant monster of a man.

“Kane, you’re back!” Miz spoke surprised. “I thought we’d never see you again after you lost that last match.”

Kane growled lowly as he raised his giant hand high and brought it down, rapidly grabbing The Miz by the face.

“Not that I agreed with the decision,” Miz wheezed fearfully. “Not the face, not the face, not the face!”

Kane lifted the Miz high into the air, about to deal some damage to the arrogant superstar. Before Kane could chokeslam The Miz to hell, he turned toward the WWE Logo knowing his main goal: To reclaim what was one ‘his’ title.

“Welcome to WWE City!” The sign said again. “Take the next exit because it’s just that good.”

Kane growled to himself again as he dropped The Miz to the ground and started back down the road again, heading to WWE City. Miz got back to his feet as he looked around in fear for a moment but then got cocky once Kane was gone.

“Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about,” He spoke confidently. “You keep on going, Kane. You’re lucky! You got off easy this time.”

The Miz put his earbuds back in his ears and kept jogging down the road.

“Who’s awesome? I’m awesome,” He chanted once more. “Who’s awesome? I’m awesome. Who’s awesome…”

Once again, Miz stopped in his tracks once more as a growl greeted his ears and he took his earbuds out once more. Looking around, he tried to figure out exactly where the growling was coming from.

“Who’s out there?” He called out. “Is that you, Kane?”

The growling continued from a bush off the side and Miz raised a curious eyebrow. Just then, a massive demonic bear burst from the bush and charged toward Miz. The superstar in question was beyond confused as the Ghost Bear loomed over him and Miz held out his arms to hold the bear back. Slobber dripped onto his face, much to his disgust, before Miz sidestepped the bear and turned back with a cocky grin.

“That all you got, Yogi?” He insulted.

Insulted and angry, the Ghost Bear gave a mighty swipe of its claw and ended up shooting Miz back so hard, it knocked his clothes off and he was left in nothing but his boxers. When Miz got up, he felt his face and realized it was now scratched up.

“My… MY FACE!!!” He cried.

He did not have much time mourn for his money-making face as the Ghost Bear charged at him again. The Miz quickly turned heel and ran away. He started climbing up the sign for safety, as the Ghost Bear used his claws to swipe at the sign and tear it apart. From high above the sign, Miz looked down and saw the bear tearing away the sign.

“Really?” He sighed.

The Ghost Bear successfully forced the sign down with The Miz still on top of it.

“Ah! No! No!” Miz yelled, on the way down.

The sign crashed down with a massive thud and soon pieces of it scattered all over the ground. Miz laid motionless under a few planks of wood in pain.

“Unnecessary roughness…” He groaned to himself.

The last thing the Miz saw before blacking out cold was the Ghost Bear standing over him and unleashing a blood-curdling growl…

An Epic Reward

It had now been a day since the Equestrians landed in the ‘animated’ Coolsville, where they met the new Mystery Inc. gang. It still amazed the group they met the gang all over again in a completely different fashion. It honestly was a little too much to take in all at once, but fortunately, the gang seemed to accept them once more and that’s all that mattered. After their ‘re-meeting’, the group went back to Shaggy and Scooby’s humble abode in Coolsville, where they would be staying while in the new world. The group had a fun night: Laughing, eating, and playing wrestling games from sunset to sunrise… literally.

For this was the very position they currently found themselves in, as Shaggy and Scooby were playing the video game on the ‘hardest’ level possible. Shaggy was playing as his favorite wrestler, John Cena, and Scooby was playing ‘his’ favorite wrestler, Sin Cara. Shaggy and Scooby were massive fans of the World Wrestling Entertainment… or ‘WWE’ for short. These two goofballs practically idolized all the superstars who performed for the company (Even the superstars who ‘never’ get a push).

While Shaggy and Scooby played their video game, Rainbow Dash and Storm Shield were playing against one another in Shaggy’s WWE 2K14 video game. Storm had chosen to play as WWE Hall of Famer and ‘Real American’, Hulk Hogan. Rainbow Dash had chosen the ‘Best There Is’, the ‘Best There Was’, and the ‘Best Hall of Famer There Ever Will Be’, Bret Hart. The two were locked in a glorious battle of controllers as they fought it out on the silver screen. Rainbow was punching those buttons furiously, while Storm was cool as a cucumber staring blankly toward the screen without even looking where his hooves were tapping the buttons.

“Hey Storm, you better give up now!” Rainbow said confidently. “I’m this close to winning!”

“I wouldn’t be so sure of yourself, Rainbow Crash,” Storm smirked.

“Oh… it is ON!”

Over to the side, the rest of the Equestrian group cheered for their two friends as the game went on.

“Kick his flank Rainbow!” Pinkie cheered.

“Come on sugar cube!” Applejack coached. “Ya can’t let ‘im beat ya!”

“You’ve got this Storm!” Spike encouraged.

"Yay… games!" Fluttershy whisper cheered.

The only ones who didn’t seem to be enjoying it as much was Rarity.

“I cannot understand how you all can enjoy such barbarism!” Rarity spoke, disgusted. “Wrestling is just so uncouth!”

“It’s called having fun Rarity,” Rainbow replied, focused. “You should really try it sometime.”

“Rainbow does have a bit of a point Rarity,” Twilight nodded. “Besides, it’s not like we haven’t engaged in our own battles with powerful villains in the past.”

Rarity merely crossed her hooves and gave off a little huff. Storm and Rainbow, meanwhile, continued their own epic battle while Shaggy and Scooby played their own WWE game.

“Look out!” Shaggy said, mid-play. “John Cena is the doctor of thunder-nomics!”

Onscreen, the John Cena character tackled Sin Cara to the ground before picking him up to hit his signature ‘Attitude Adjustment’ maneuver. The screen zoomed in on Cena performing his famous ‘You Can’t See Me Taunt’ which Shaggy mimicked perfectly.

“You can’t see me!” Shaggy said. “You can’t see me at all. Like, no one can touch John Cena!”

“Rin Cara can!” Scooby replied.

Shaggy turned around and saw Scooby Doo standing on the back of the couch wearing a Sin Cara mask. He took a huge leap into the air.

“Scooby Dooby-Doo!” He chanted, as he flew.

He nailed Shaggy with a perfect flying cross body that mimicked Sin Cara on the screen. Scooby then rolled Shaggy up for a pinfall, just as the referee began the count.

“1… 2… 3! Sin Cara wins it!”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Rainbow Dash thought she finally had the edge over Storm Shield. On screen, Bret Hart had Hulk Hogan in position for his signature ‘Sharpshooter’ submission. Rainbow chuckled as she had it set for Bret to lock it in, to which a small smile formed on Storm’s face. He proceeded to perform a complicated series of button presses to which Hulk Hogan conquered Bret’s maneuver then lifted him up for a body slam. With Bret Hart down, Storm used Hulk Hogan to drop his famous leg drop on Bret Hart for the one… the two… and three for the win!

Storm stood right up, cheering as Rainbow Dash sat there with her jaw dropped in shock. Her controller fell right through her hooves as she sat there frozen as a statue.

“Oh yeah! That’s what I’m talking about!” Storm cheered loudly.

“Way to go buddy!” Spike congratulated with a high five.

“T-T-That’s not possible…” Rainbow muttered, shocked. “I… never… lose.”

“Ah come on sugar cube, ya done lost fair and square,” Applejack spoke to her marefriend. “Guess Storm’s got a little more video game experience than ya.”

Storm then turned back to Rainbow Dash, holding out his hoof as a gesture of sportsmanship.

“Good game Dash,” He smiled.

Rainbow rolled her eyes before sticking out her hoof to shake his with a smile.

“I’ll admit you put one over on me,” She smirked. “But don’t think for a second I won’t have a rematch against you.”

“Can’t wait!” Storm chuckled.

“Way to go, Scooby-Doo, old buddy!” Shaggy congratulated.

“Booyah Dooby-Doo!” Scooby responded.

“Wow… Sin Cara defeating John Cena!” Pinkie smiled. “You’d think with all the success this guy’s had in Mexico; you’d think he’d be winning championships in the WWE! Probably would have to team with a fellow luchador just for that to happen…”

Pinkie… you’re referring to the ‘other’ Sin Cara, not the original performer…

“Congratulations!” The game spoke. “You just beat the game on the hardest level ever, Double Triple beatdown extreme! But can you complete the victory dance?”

“Ooh… I love the victory dance!” Pinkie exclaimed excitedly. “How super-awesome spectacular amazing is that!”

“Not like any wrestling games I’ve played in other dimensions,” Storm replied.

“Roh reah!” Scooby nodded.

“It’s all yours, pal!” Shaggy said, patting his friend’s head. “You’ve earned it.”

Sin Cara soon appeared onscreen and began performing a series of extreme dance maneuvers which Scooby mimicked to sheer perfection. Everyone and every pony watched in amazement as the Great Dane twisted and flipped through the air as he performed the victory dance. Eventually, Scooby Doo was able to complete the victory dance with the perfect score to seal the deal.

“Perfect score!” The game announced.

“Whoo-hoo!” Scooby and Shaggy cheered.

“That was so… TOTALLY AWESOME!” Rainbow yelled.

“Ah gotta say Scooby, that’s some mighty impressive foot work right there!” Applejack praised.

“Yeah… even better than Twilight’s dancing,” Spike remarked.

To which he acknowledged Twilight breaking out her terrible dance maneuvers. Every pony watched with wide eyes until she eventually stopped and looked at them.

“What?” Twilight asked.

“Uh Twilight, like no offense or anything,” Shaggy spoke honestly. “But I think it’s safe to say Scooby’s dancing was far superior.”

Twilight turned toward her other friends, most of them nodded along while Storm gave a casual shrug with a smile. Twilight merely frowned in annoyance. Just then, the screen popped out the WWE Chairman himself, Mr. Vincent Kennedy McMahon.

“Hello there!” The image spoke. “I’m Vince McMahon, chairman and CEO of WWE.”

“Mr. McMahon!” Shaggy and Scooby gasped, bowing in respect. “We’re not worthy!”

The Equestrian group looked at the pair with raised eyebrows of confusion.

“Uh Twilight, are they okay or something?” Spike asked.

“Why are they bowing down at the T.V.?” Spike asked.

“I believe it’s because with them being big wrestling fans and seeing the owner of their favorite wrestling company onscreen, they just have so much respect for him,” Twilight responded.

“Like we do with the Princesses?” Pinkie asked.

“Exactly!” Twilight nodded.

“Eh… anyone with that kind of money gets put on a pedestal,” Storm replied. “Not like he’s running for President of the country or anything.”

He’s making this WAY too real right now.

As Shaggy and Scooby got back up, everyone looked toward the screen as Mr. McMahon continued his speech on screen.

“Because you beat the game on this level and executed a perfect score on the victory dance, you win a special prize.”

“We did?” Scooby and Shaggy asked confused.

“They did?” Storm asked. “I wonder what the special prize is.”

“You’ve won an all-expense paid trip to WWE City! Come revel in a place dedicated to ‘everything’ WWE! It’ll be a week of fun and excitement, culminated in ringside seats at WrestleMania…”

“WrestleMania?” The Equestrians asked, facing Storm.

“Ah come on, I don’t know ‘everything’…” Storm frowned in annoyance. “Except it’s supposed to be very ‘large’… and has been around since the 80s or something.”

“But wait, there’s more!” McMahon continued. “We also want to invite ‘any’ friends that you would like to bring to WWE City to enjoy the fun and excitement with extra free tickets to WrestleMania. Don’t miss it.

“Report to training camp in WWE City as soon as possible with the game disc as proof of your win to claim your prize.”

The group were rather stunned by this sudden announcement, but none more so than Rainbow Dash. So shocked, so surprised over what Mr. McMahon said she started to scream like a fangirl.

“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!” Rainbow screamed.

“Like, Wrestlemania?! Ha-ha-ha!” Shaggy laughed. “You gotta be kidding me, think of it! The fun, the fans, the food! We gotta go, old pal, like, we just gotta go!”

“We got to go!” Shaggy told the gang. “We just got to go! It’s the ultimate slam-tastic moment of a lifetime! It’s WrestleMania!”

“Reah! Reah! Reah! Reah!” Scooby nodded excitedly.

“I don’t know guys,” Fred spoke uncertainly. “It doesn’t really sound like something we’re into.”

“And I have a lot of reading to catchup on,” Velma added.

“Uh… no thanks,” Daphne replied, scrolling through her phone bored.

It was not even a lengthy period of time before the Equestrians and the rest told Mystery Inc. the news about receiving free tickets to WrestleMania. Yet now the Mane Six were surprised to see Shaggy & Scooby’s own friends turning down a chance of going on an adventure. Rainbow Dash was especially annoyed that nobody even suggested chaperoning the group because she was just as excited to visit WWE City. After all, the blue Pegasus lived for the action and excitement. This ‘WWE City’ joint seemed like a dream come true for her.

Even though she only ‘just’ heard about this place.

Just let her have this moment.

“Now what do we do?” Fluttershy asked nervously.

“This is so unfair!” Rainbow pouted slightly.

They turned toward Shaggy and Scooby wondering how they’d react to all this. Luckily, the food-obsessed teen had prepared for this.

“Like, don’t worry girls. I got this!” Shaggy said, facing his friends. “Come on guys, Scoob and I don’t really ask for anything!”

“Aside from Scooby Snacks?” Pinkie mentioned briefly.

“Aside from that,” Shaggy nodded. “I can’t even count how many times we were both used as bait to catch some crazy mask-wearing villain!”

“Reah!” Scooby Doo nodded in agreement.

“You two seem to do that quite a lot,” Twilight Sparkle pointed out.

“I got the photos to prove it!”

Shaggy proceeded to take out a huge stack of photos, much to the surprise of the girls, Spike, and Storm.

“Where the heck did all those come from?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Don’t ask hun,” Applejack shook her head. “Just… don’t…”

“Take a good look people!” Shaggy presented. “Exhibit A! Here’s the time you made us dress up as giant tools to catch the Monstrous Mechanic!”

“I don’t remember ‘that’ episode…” Pinkie pondered, taking a photo. “Ooh! Look at this one! Shaggy and Scooby had to dress as ducks to catch the Horrific Huntsman!”

Rainbow Dash merely chuckled to which Twilight Sparkle frowned in annoyance.

“Rainbow Dash, that’s not funny…” Twilight scolded.

“My! Here’s when the boys had to be the cow to catch a crazed cowgirl from beyond the grave!” Rarity observed, facing Applejack. “Now that would’ve made for quite the scary story at that slumber party we had?”

“Hardy-har…” Applejack frowned.

“What’s not funny was that Scooby almost got turned into a Scooby milkshake!” Shaggy replied.

“Rit ras humiliating!” Scooby frowned.

“But I’m the milk was vanilla flavored right?” Pinkie asked.

“Like that’s what we thought, and now what’s left of them came home in a Manilla envelope,” Shaggy replied. “From Manilla… ironically.”

“I have no idea what Manilla even is, but… that’s something!” Spike shrugged.

“And the piece de resistance!” Shaggy concluded, holding a photo. “The time we posed as Senor Pepe Jose and the dancing hairless Chihuahua Don Pere to catch the ghastly Gordito of Guadalajara!”

“Noo…” Fluttershy gasped.

“Yes…” Shaggy nodded. “Like I had to shave off Scooby’s fur myself and it didn’t even grow back in… certain places.”

The Equestrians cringed over the very thought of it, Spike especially crossed his legs while Storm merely coughed over his arm.

“Scooby was naked!” Shaggy emphasized. “Look at him! Just look at him!”

“No, no, okay! We get it…” Velma spoke.

“Yeah you win, guys!” Fred relented.

Daphne had to stop herself from doing a spit take and actually chocked on her drink before she recovered herself with a look of shock.

“Win? Wait, what?”

“I was actually thinking about taking a trip anyway to try out my new allodium Q-36 digital SLR camera and optical stabilizer zoom lens,” Fred said, pulling out his camera. “Maybe I can snap some action pack pictures.”

“And this will give me an opportunity to explore the parallels between the modern world of WWE vs. Ancient warrior customs,” Velma agreed. “Besides, it beats another weekend with Grandpa Dinkley and his mysterious odor problem.”

“TMI Velma!” Rainbow said disgusted. “Way TMI!!!”

Suffice to say, Daphne wasn’t sure about going to WWE City. But when she looked at Shaggy and Scooby, seeing the hopeful gaze in their eyes, she just couldn’t disappoint two of her closest friends. Eventually, with a deep sigh, she relented.

“Okay, we’ll go to WrestleMania!”

Both Scooby and Shaggy cheered in excitement before they turned their attention to their Equestrian friends.

“You guys are more than welcome to come along too,” He suggested.

“Yeah dude, I’m totally in!” Rainbow nodded with a hoof bump.

“Ah wut the hay, ah’m in too!” Applejack agreed.

“WWE City, here we come!” Shaggy cheered.

“Roh boy! Ree-hee, hee-hee!” Scooby giggled.

“As long as we don’t forget the real reason why we’re here in the first place,” Twilight reminded.

“Actually princess, maybe going to this WWE City won’t be such a bad idea,” Storm replied.

“Storm, did that fight mess with your head?”

“Think about it: Any place you guys go to, chances are the villains are likely to be there,” Storm explained. “And usually they happen to be right where we expected them, under our noses. So maybe… if we go to this WWE City, the more likely we’ll be at the one place the villains would most likely make their presence felt.”

“When you put it that way that does make the most sense,” Twilight nodded.

“Trust me. We’ll find those villains and hopefully get some answers. But in the meantime, nothing a little fun at this WWE joint won’t hurt. Even if it’s mostly scripted stuff anyway…”

“Like… you take that back!” Shaggy frowned.

The two group of friends merely chuckled, as Mystery Inc. and the Equestrian Gang piled together into the Mystery Machine. With a turn of the key and the engines roaring, they proceed to head off toward their next destination: WWE City.

Welcome to WWE City

The Mane Six, Spike, and Mystery Inc. were all settled in the mystery machine as they made their way to WWE City. It was there that patrons could get their daily dose of WWE wrestling at any time (At least according to the official WWE website). While most of Mystery Inc. were excited, especially Scooby and Shaggy, they were still understandably confused over the fact they have a bunch of ponies and a dragon for passengers. So during their drive along the road, they decided to strike up some conversation over how they all met before in a parallel universe.

“So like you met us before in some other universe when we broke up?” Shaggy asked, confused.

“Yes Shaggy,” Twilight replied. “I know it’s as confusing for you but trust me when I say we’re telling the truth.”

Fred Jones, meanwhile, looked toward the rear view mirror to catch a glimpse of the mysterious ponies all the while trying to understand this.

“But if we met you guys before, wouldn’t we remember that day?” Fred asked.

“Not necessarily Fred,” Velma spoke up. “I’ve done a little more research on anything from this Parallel Timeline theory, and if I’ve learned anything then it’s possible.”

“I still have no idea what that even is,” Rainbow Dash replied, shaking her head.

“The theory goes that every single choice we’ve made caused an opposite timeline,” Twilight explained, standing up. “According to the Parallel Timeline theory, sometimes similar actions lead to different events.”

“They can exist with other timelines so long as they don’t collide with each other,” Velma concluded.

“Oh great… double eggheads all over!” Rainbow groaned, rolling her eyes.

Needless to say, Velma and Twilight both frowned over that remark. While they drove along, Shaggy and Scooby were playing silly food games to pass the time. Shaggy grabbed a Scooby Snack from its box and prepared to toss it.

“Here comes the flying hurricanrana off the top rope!” He announced.

Tossing the little snack into the air, Scooby Doo performed a jumping twirl and caught the snack in his mouth before chomping it down.

“And it’s countered by Scooby’s patented corkscrew counter crunch!” Shaggy cheered.

Every pony and Spike all clapped at the impressive display while Daphne just sat up from huffing in disapproval.

“Um, exactly how many more play-by-play Scooby Snack attacks will we have to endure before WWE City?” She asked irritably.

“Like, we brought ‘everything’ we had,” Shaggy answered. “Scooby and I need to keep our energy up so we can cheer like crazy at the main event.”

“Trust me, if you think this is all they truly had then you’d be sorely mistaken,” Storm commented.

“There’s so many boxes I can’t even see the luggage,” Velma said amazed.

“Luggage?” Shaggy asked, confused.

“You didn’t bring the luggage?!” Daphne and Velma exclaimed surprised.

“How could you two forget to bring the luggage?!” Rarity asked loudly.

“Of all the food-induced insane things you two have done, this ‘really’ takes the cake!” Daphne spoke angrily.

“Mm… cake,” Shaggy and Scooby hummed hungrily.

Pinkie Pie reached into her mane and pulled out a big double chocolate fudge cake, which she proceeded to hand to the two hungry sleuths.

“Here you go!” She smiled.

“I mean it!!” Daphne yelled.

“Uh, beg yer pardon Daphne, but we don’t normally wear clothes,” Applejack pointed out.

“And besides, did you really expect these two of all people to pack stuff that ‘isn’t’ food based?” Rainbow asked seriously.

“Like what’s the big deal?” Shaggy asked. “We all wear the same outfits every single day anyway.”

Both Daphne and Velma blinked in surprise at his response, but Fred merely nodded his head.

“Well you have to admit it, he does have a point,” He agreed.

Velma looked at her clothes, while Daphne huffed in frustration. Rarity, on the other hoof, had one eye twitching rapidly.

“Every… single… day?”

Rarity proceeded to faint dramatically while the rest of the Mane Six, Spike, and Storm rolled their eyes and shook their heads.

“Oh Rarity,” Twilight chuckled.

“Hey, look!” Shaggy pointed out. “Like, WWE City, next exit.”

The van drove over the next pass and soon saw the lights of WWE City glowing in the distance. As they drove along, Twilight looked toward the side and noticed the big ‘Welcome’ sign had claw marks all around it. She rubbed her chin curiously wondering what could’ve happened.

“Hold the phone!” Fred exclaimed suddenly.

A that moment, a raccoon ran out into the street with a fish in its jaws and froze as the Mystery Machine came in hot. Fred quickly skid the van to avoid the raccoon and the Mystery Machine spun out before eventually landing in a ditch. Everyone quickly emerged from the van, checking themselves over.

“Every pony okay?” Twilight asked worriedly.

“I don’t think so!” Pinkie replied. “I can’t feel my toes!”

“Pinkie, we don’t have any toes,” Storm responded.

Pinkie looked down and wiggled her hooves before giggling.

“Oh yeah, I forgot.”

“Looks like we’re stuck,” Fred observed.

“Nice driving Evel Knievel,” Rainbow said sarcastically. “What are we supposed to do now?”

“There’s a car coming,” Daphne observed.

Sure enough, not far down the road, a red pickup truck came down the road with another person jogging alongside.

“Thank goodness!” Fluttershy sighed in relief. “Maybe they can help us.”

“Um, ah’m not so sure about that,” Applejack spoke uncertainly.

“How so darling?” Rarity asked.

“Well, just look at us.”

Every pony and Spike looked down at themselves, realizing just what she was talking about. They were all in their pony and dragon forms. Although Mystery Inc. were cool with them, that did not necessarily mean others would be.

“Everyone just hold on a second,” Twilight spoke.

Concentrating all her magic, Twilight quickly transformed herself and the rest of her friends into their human forms, much to Mystery Inc.’s amazement (Even Spike received his own human disguise). Thankfully, they had just assumed their new forms before the truck came up alongside the group. There were two African American men occupying the truck and the figure jogging alongside them wore a hoodie.

“Well now, this ain’t a good place for a breakdown,” The driver called out.

“Can we help you kids out?” The other figure asked.

The hooded figure pulled back his hoodie to reveal none other than the 16x WWE Champion himself, John Cena. Upon seeing his face, Shaggy, Scooby, and Rainbow formed huge smiles across their faces.

“Oh my gosh you guys, it’s John Cena!” Rainbow yelled excitedly. “The greatest WWE Champion of all time!”

“Whoa!” Scooby and Shaggy said amazed.

“Now there’s something you don’t see every day,” Storm added.

“Okay,” Cena spoke confused. “Looks like you kids ran into some trouble.”

“This ain’t safe, champ,” The driver spoke up. “We gotta keep moving.”

“Calm down, Cookie,” Cena assured.

“I’m just saying that it’s dangerous out here at night, what with the bear trouble and all.

“Oh my!” Fluttershy gasped.

“Bear trouble?” Spike added. “Gosh that just sounds awful.”

“I know!” Cookie nodded. “That’s why Ruben, my nephew here, and I have been following the superstars on their jogs.”

The other occupant of the truck stepped out after his uncle, revealing a tall and very muscular young man who waved at everyone.

“Hi!” He greeted.

“Well, these kids aren’t going anywhere while their van is stuck,” Cena said. “This shouldn’t take long.”

“Uh, what’s he gonna do?” Daphne scoffed. “Lift the van out of the ditch?”

The clouds soon parted, and the rays of the moonlight shined upon Cena, who removed his hoodie to reveal his rippling muscles and abs. Daphne stared after him in shock, but quickly smiled. Cena grabbed hold of the van’s bumper and expertly lifted it out of the ditch and back onto the road. Everyone looked at him in utter amazement and Fred took a moment to snap a picture.

“Cool…” Fred said impressed.

“Wow!” Twilight added, amazed.

“Now that’s wut ah call strong!” Applejack nodded approvingly.

“I didn’t know WWE superstars were so hot!” Daphne sighed.

“Excuse me darling?” Rarity asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Strong!” Daphne corrected quickly. “I mean ‘strong’.”

The sound of rustling drew Scooby’s attention back to the Mystery Machine and he noticed the raccoon from earlier coming from the back with a box of Scooby Snacks. Scooby growled at the little creature and chased it through the dark trees, with the gang chasing after him.

“Scooby, no!” Daphne yelled.

“Scooby, stop!” Shaggy yelled.

Meanwhile, Scooby pursued the raccoon through the trees but eventually lost sight of it. Scooby rounded a big tree, and the raccoon tripped the Great Dane as he came around. Scooby tumbled down the hill and crashed through bushes before finally crashing into a big mud puddle. It wasn’t long after that when Shaggy and Fluttershy came looking through that same area.

“Scooby Doo, where are you?!” Shaggy called out.

“Oh, I do hope he’s alright,” Fluttershy spoke worriedly. “Celestia only knows what’s out here in these scary woods.”

“Like don’t worry Fluttershy, we’ll find him,” Shaggy assured breathlessly. “Like zoinks, I’m out of shape!”

Shaggy stopped to lean against a tree to catch his breath. From behind him, out of the muck, a large menacing figure emerged and the moment she saw it Fluttershy squeaked with fear.

“S-S-Shaggy…” She trembled. “I t-think we s-s-should go n-now…”

Shaggy slowly turned around to see what she was looking at and his eyes widened in fear.

“A m-m-m… MONSTER!!!” He yelled.

Fluttershy jumped behind Shaggy in fear, but the ‘monster’ itself seemed just as freaked out as they were.

“Ronster? Rere? Rere?!”

The creature shook and looked around in fear, causing all the mud and leaves to fall off revealing none other than Scooby Doo. Seeing the familiar Great Dane made Shaggy and Fluttershy sigh with relief.

“Oh thank goodness…” Fluttershy sighed thankfully. “It’s just you Scooby Doo.”

“Yeah, you really had us worried buddy,” Shaggy nodded.

The two best friends ran up and hugged one another, thankful that there wasn’t really anything dangerous in the woods right now…

*BANG!!!*

Then the sound of a gunshot made all three jump and huddle against one another in fear. They all looked over to see a tall lanky man with a grey mullet and beard wielding a shotgun. The same raccoon from before scampered up and climbed onto his shoulders as he looked at the three with an angry look.

“What are you all doing in my woods?” He asked in a deep voice.

“Like, leaving!” Shaggy shook fearfully.

“We’re really sorry sir!” Fluttershy squeaked. “We’ll leave right now, and you’ll never see us again!”

Thankfully, the rest of the gang ran up just in time.

“Cool down a bit Bayard,” Cookie assured. “The dog and the pink haired gal didn’t mean to trespass. They’re just fans here for the WWE.”

“They always come for that!” Bayard responded. “And the more they come, the hungrier they make the beast.”

“The beast?” Shaggy shook again.

“The beast known as WWE City!” Bayard continued. “Everyday, it takes up more and more of our land. But not for long. Because there’s a storm coming and we’re gonna watch it blow you all out of here like dead leaves.”

Everyone looked at the old hillbilly in fear, as he once more raised his gun into the air and fired off one last warning shot.

“Now get off my property!” He growled.

Heeding the man’s warning, everyone quickly raced back to the main road.

“Sheesh! What a grouch!” Storm commented.

“Ah don’t let old Bayard spook ya,” Cookie assured. “He’s not what you call a people person.”

“I think we’ve noticed,” Spike responded.

“Still, it’s not right,” Cena commented.

“You’re telling me,” Rainbow nodded. “Thanks to him, I’m missing out on all the fun stuff I need to do at WWE City.”

“Wut in tarnation are ya in such a rush fer hun?” Applejack asked. “Ya didn’t even know what WWE was until a few days ago.”

“Well now that I know what it is, I realize just how much I actually like it!” Rainbow responded.

This caused John Cena to chuckle a tad over the rainbow haired girl’s enthusiasm.

“I like your spirit kid,” He commented. “What did you say your name was again?”

“Rainbow Dash.”

“Well Rainbow Dash, can I make it up to you by offering you some VIP seats at our live event tonight?”

“Would we ever!” Shaggy and Scooby spoke in unison.

“I guess they’ll take that as a yes,” Rainbow nodded.

Cena then procured them all some VIP tickets for tonight’s show. And with that settled, the group headed onwards toward WWE City in the distance.

The great land that was WWE City could be described as a bustling metropolis of wrestling and entertainment. There were numerous hotels, restaurants, stores, and all manner of businesses as far as the eyes could see. At the epicenter of it all was the WWE Arena itself, where everyone gathered for another night of exciting wrestling action. Inside the arena, fans filled the seats all the way up to the rafters excited for the show to begin.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to WWE!!!” The announcer spoke loudly.

Following that announcement, the night was jam-paced with action and fun for all the fans in the audience, the young and the old. They say all their favorite superstars sharing their moment under the spotlight. From Brodus Clay to Santino Marella, even Triple H and A.J. Lee. All of the competitors, both the men and the women, got to compete in the most amazing matches the fans have ever seen.

And now… it was time for the ‘main event’.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the main event of the evening!” The announcer said. “Before we begin, please welcome our commentators for this evening. First, the voice of the WWE: Michael Cole!”

Everyone cheered for the twenty-year veteran commentator for WWE, as he took his place at the announce table.

“And his broadcast partner, WWE Hall of Famer: Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler!”

Everyone cheered louder as the King of Wrestling himself made his way onto the stage and waved at the crowd as he made his way down the ramp. With his signature crown in hand, Jerry Lawler made his way to the commentary table and sat down alongside Michael Cole as the pyro exploded around the arena. Shaggy and Scooby looked on in utter amazement.

“Like pinch me I must be dreaming!” Shaggy spoke dazed.

Scooby, also in a daze, pinched Shaggy right on the hand.

“Ow!” Shaggy cried out, turning happy. “Ha-ha! I’m not dreaming!”

“Dudes, this show is totally awesome!” Rainbow said excitedly. “And there’s still the main event to go!”

Down at the commentary table, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler began to announce for tonight’s main event match.

“Boy, what an exciting tag team match we have here tonight,” He announced. “Wouldn’t you agree King?”

“You said it there Michael,” Jerry agreed. “Tonight has already had a series of great matches and we still have an exciting main event to go. If my heart rate goes any higher, I might just have another heart attack.”

“Well let’s just hope that doesn’t happen tonight King and we can get to the main event. The Big Show and Alberto Del Rio are going up against John Cena and Sin Cara.”

“This is so exciting!” Pinkie squealed.

“Took the words right out of my mouth Pinkster!” Rainbow nodded.

“You said it!” Spike agreed.

Down at ringside, the bell rang to start the match. John Cena raced forward and delivered a huge elbow shot that knocked the Big Show down.

“And Cena wastes no time delivering an elbow to Big Show!” Michael Cole commented.

Big Show, however, was quick to return to his feet and delivered a skillet-like chop to John Cena’s chest, causing him to stagger back into the ring ropes.

“Big Show with a massive chop on Cena!” Jerry pointed out.

As Cena reeled against the ropes, the Big Show had the referee distracted. That allowed Alberto Del Rio to deliver a stiff elbow to the back of Cena that knocked him flat on his face. By the time the referee regained his focus on the action, he approached Del Rio who just raised his hands innocently.

“And Del Rio blindsides Cena,” Michael observed. “That was a dirty move and I think the ref agrees.”

“Hey ref, are you blind or something?!” Rainbow yelled.

“Calm down Rainbow!” Twilight assured. “I’m sure the referee saw what he was doing.”

“Besides, this is getting good,” Rarity replied, focused on the match.

Everyone looked over toward the fashionista, confused over the fact she was really getting into the action. Rarity looked back at them and shrugged her shoulders.

“What? I can’t very well sleep with all this cheering and noise. Might as well enjoy the show.”

Everyone just turned back to the action, as Sin Cara noticed Del Rio’s dirty move and pulled back on the ropes to propel himself through the air. He soared like a bird and flipped through the air before catching Del Rio in a Sunset Powerbomb off the ring apron and onto the floor.

“Oh my goodness, Sin Cara’s up and he delivers high-flying justice to Del Rio!” Michael announced.

“That was quite the impressive move if I do say so myself Michael,” Jerry spoke amazed.

“Whoo-hoo!” Shaggy cheered.

“Awesome!” Scooby and Rainbow cheered together.

Then the Big Show hoisted Cena high over himself with a military press.

“And it looks like the end for Cena,” Michael commented.

However, before Big Show could finish it, John Cena reversed the move and suplexed Big Show onto the top rope. This caused the giant to fall directly towards the commentary table.

“He’s got Big Show up!” Michael commented, watching Big Show fall. “Oh no! Look out!”

Both Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler leapt out of the way just as Big Show crashed through the table and even through the floor. The entire Mystery Inc. gang watched in shock, while Twilight and her friends were just as surprised just the same.

“That was my favorite table!” Michael Cole commented.

“Could you stop worrying about the table Michael and call the match?!” Jerry scolded.

Back in the ring, Cena looked toward where Big Show had fallen. He turned back just as Del Rio got into the ring and charged toward him. Fortunately, Cena was able to catch him in a massive Sidewalk Slam.

“Del Rio is up, and he walks right into Cena’s Sidewalk Slam!” Jerry commentated.

“And the crowd goes wild!” Michael added.

Everyone cheered in excitement as Cena celebrated, completely unaware that Big Show had gotten back up and now had an actual picnic table in hand.

“Wait, Big Show is back? With a picnic table? Where did he get a picnic table?”

“I have no idea Michael, but Cena should get out of there and quick.”

Cena slowly turned around just in time to see Big Show smash the picnic table over his face and Cena fell onto the ropes.

“Oh the humanity!”

Up along the stands, Velma was doing research from her tablet over the rules of the matchup.

“I don’t see anything in the rules about the use of furniture,” She spoke confused.

“It’s a show Velma,” Fred told her.

“Well I can’t say I’m bored,” Velma shrugged.

Back in the ring, Sin Cara rushed in and delivered a huge Tilt-a-Whirl takedown slam on the Big Show.

“And Sin Cara delivered a massive Tilt-A-Whirl takedown on the Big Show,” Michael commented.

“And it looks like Cena’s about to come in and finish this off,” Jerry added.

John Cena got back in the ring and performed his signature ‘You Can’t See Me’ taunt before running off the ropes to deliver his vintage Five Knuckle Shuffle on Big Show. Off in the stands, Fred hoped to get an epic action shot of the maneuver, but Daphne started waving around green Pom-poms and cheering.

“Let’s go Cena!” She cheered. “Let’s go Cena! Woo-hoo! Yay!”

From behind her, Fred looked both upset for missing his action shot and jealous that Daphne was cheering for John Cena.

Back in the ring, Cena hoisted Big Show onto his shoulders as he stood along the second rope and delivered a massive Attitude Adjustment. He then went for the pinfall as the referee made the count.

1… 2… 3!

The bell rang as the crowd erupted once more for Cena and Sin Cara’s victory.

“Cena for the win!” Michael cheered. “Cena for the win!”

“What an epic main event Michael!” Jerry added. “Congratulations to Cena and Sin Cara.”

“Here are your winners of this tag team match: Sin Cara and John Cena!” The ring announcer said.

The referee raised Sin Cara and John Cena’s hands in victory as the crowd cheered. Up in the stands, the Mystery Inc. gang and the Equestrians also cheered for them.

“Woo-hoo!” Shaggy and Scooby cheered.

“You are so amazing!” Daphne cheered.

“Totally awesome!” Rainbow cheered.

“Now that there’s one hay of a hoedown!” Applejack cheered.

Everyone cheered once more as the ring was cleared for the arrival of the World Wrestling Entertainment chairman himself: Mr. Vincent Kennedy McMahon. The elderly visionary behind the genius of WWE walked onto the stage with a microphone in hand and began to address the crowd.

“Welcome fans!” He greeted loudly.

Once more everyone cheered in excitement.

“You should be excited because I’m about to lay on you something very heavy—our very own WWE championship belt!”

From above the ring, the WWE championship was lowered by two cable wires as everyone stared in awe and amazement.

“Yes, it’s solid gold, encrusted with priceless gems and jewels,” Mr. McMahon explained. “But any WWE superstar will tell you it’s not about the glitter. The championship belt represents honor, respect, hard work, dedication, the very soul of WWE.”

Once more, the fans all cheered and applauded in respect for the WWE championship.

“As you know, ever since Kane’s WWE championship match was overturned, this championship belt has been held vacant. And so it shall remain until a true champion rises up and proves themselves worthy this weekend in the main event at WrestleMania!”

The crowd cheered again as Mr. McMahon handed the championship belt to a security guard, who placed it into a secure plexiglass case which locked shut upon closure. Security proceeded to take the case away as everyone cheered and applauded. Meanwhile, up along the stands, Velma continued her research.

“Did you know that a golden ceremonial prize was customary at ancient games for thousands of years?” She asked.

“No, Velma,” Fred sighed. “Thank you.”

“Can you please just quite the egghead talk for a while and just enjoy the show?” Rainbow asked seriously.

“No need to be so rude, Rainbow,” Rarity scolded lightly.

“Well, I’m sorry but it would be nice to enjoy an awesome show without all the egghead mumbo jumbo.”

Just then, Daphne received a text message and giggled upon seeing who it was from.

“Oh, it’s a text from John Cena, thanking me personally for all the cheering!” She giggled. “That’s a keeper.”

“When did you give Cena your phone number?” Fred asked jealously.

“Oh, when I gave him my email, my home address, and my scarf size,” Daphne responded.

“Oh, is that all?” Spike chuckled.

Fred frowned in jealousy once more just as John Cena came alongside the barricade and looked toward Mystery Inc. and the Equestrian group.

“Hey, you kids wanna come in the ring and wave to the crowd?” He asked.

“Seriously?” Shaggy asked surprised.

“Yeah why not? I mean you guys are our contest winners and you have VIP tickets.”

“Now that would be totally awesome!” Rainbow said with glee. “What are we waiting for? Let’s do this!”

John Cena proceeded to help each of the gang members and the Equestrians over the barricade and into the ring. There they stood before the cheering crowd and waved to them all happily. John Cena grabbed a microphone as everyone in the crowd began to go silent.

“As you all may know, WWE had a recent video game contest in which a few lucky fans would get the opportunity to win an all-expense paid trip to WrestleMania,” Cena explained. “Well tonight, we decided to let those contest winners come into this very ring to address all of you, the WWE universe. So if you will please give them a big round of applause.”

The crowd erupted in cheers and applause as Cena handed the microphone to Shaggy, who waved toward the crowd.

“Like it’s totally cool to finally be here in WWE City and to get the opportunity to be here for WrestleMania!” Shaggy announced to everyone. “I’ve been a huge fan of WWE for a very long time, and I always hoped that I’d get to step in this ring one day. Now that I am, I don’t think there will ever be a moment that can compare to this. So thank you so much for this amazing opportunity.”

The crowd cheered once more as Shaggy handed the microphone over to Rainbow Dash.

“Me personally, I never even heard about WWE until just yesterday,” She spoke honestly. “However, in the short time I’ve seen it, I can safely assure you all that this is perhaps the most awesome experience ever. Here’s hoping that…”

And just like that, the entire atmosphere in the arena changed as the entire gang turned towards the entrance. Out of it stepped one of the most sadistic, most evil managers in the entire sport of professional wrestling. That being the Sinister Minister himself: Father James Mitchell.

Father Mitchell stood on stage with a twisted, evil smile on his face. The entire arena started booing and jeering toward the evil man. He produced a microphone in his hand and then started to address them.

“Congratulations on your momentary success, but don’t get too comfortable,” He warned. “Terrible things tend to happen to those who have absolutely no business being somewhere they are never meant to be. So let me offer you all a fair warning: Be afraid… be very afraid. For soon enough, dark times will be upon us. And I have only two words for you all… click DOOMSDAY!”

Releasing a sinister cackle Father Mitchell made his way back through the entrance to the arena. The entire group in the ring looked after him in confusion while Shaggy, Scooby, and Fluttershy shook with fear.

“Like who was that creepy guy?” Shaggy asked fearfully.

“I don’t seem to recall that guy in the WWE!” Pinkie shivered.

“That’s James Mitchell,” John Cena responded. “He’s been coming around here lately talking about ‘dark days’ and ‘the end as we know it’. Honestly, it’s all just a bunch of nonsense.”

“So… a creepy guy walked around looking all evil and making eerie predictions of the future?” Rainbow questioned. “Yeah, that doesn’t mean anything at all.”

“Eh don’t worry about it,” Cena assured. “He’s just a crazy man with nothing better to do than to scare good people. Hey, why don’t you crazy kids join us at the training camp tonight? It’s something to see.”

“WWE training camp?!” Shaggy and Scooby asked in unison.

Then both men started giggling like mad men, much to the amusement of the rest of the gang.

“What I think they mean to say is, ‘Yes, we would love to join you’,” Twilight smiled.

John Cena nodded in agreement before leading the group out of the ring towards the backstage area. As they walked, they were unable to see the tall menacing figure watching from the shadows. It just stared silently with ill-intent toward the oblivious group, its eyes never leaving their direction. It kept its gaze upon them as it slowly walked off, seemingly disappearing into the depths of the darkness.

A Fiendish Attack

Later that evening, following a sold out ‘slamtastic’ show at the WWE Arena, Mystery inc. and the Equestrians were on their way to the WWE Training Camp on the outskirts of town. They all currently found themselves buckled to their seats in Sin Cara’s rather roomy and very awesome convertible that rolled through the streets of WWE City. Everyone looked at the many different sights as they passed by, and Cookie smiled from the front passenger seat.

“So, how do you all like Sin Cara’s convertible?” He asked them.

“It’s awesome!” Rainbow smiled. “I should ask him later where he got it because I’m in the market for a totally rad ride myself!”

“Like it’s a real muscle machine!” Shaggy cheered in delight.

“Eh, it’s pretty cool and all,” Storm shrugged. “But I’ve got this wicked speeder that can go from 0 to 150 in the blink of an eye.”

“A speeder that you just sold?” Rainbow reminded.

“… Yes.”

Soon enough, the car pulled up to a giant gate with the WWE logo suspended over it. The two big gate doors slid open allowing the group entry. Sin Cara drove forward through the gates, providing everyone a look at the WWE Training Center. Two large buildings stood at the front of the facility, with three large training rings off to the back, and dozens of cabins lined the walls of the rocky cliff side.

“Here we are guys,” Cookie told everyone. “WWE’s Rock Yard, where the pros train for greatness.”

As they passed the two large buildings, everyone looked inside to see a large number of great athletes training in the gyms. Many of them were either lifting weights, running, or practicing their moves in the training rings.

“Wow, this facility is rather impressive!” Twilight admired. “I should really speak with Celestia and Luna about creating something like this for future guard training.”

“The Wonderbolts would get suck a kick out of this place,” Rainbow added.

“Not to mention a ton of dragons would dig this as well,” Spike nodded.

“Eh, far too dirty and sweaty for my taste,” Rarity cringed in disgust.

“But y’all were just havin’ a ball with the rest ah us at that there wrestlin’ show,” Applejack countered.

Rarity huffed again and pouted in her seat as the car drove up alongside a group of trainees running behind WWE Hall of Famer, Sgt. Slaughter.

“Rook!” Scooby pointed to the legendary wrestler.

“It’s Sergeant Slaughter!” Shaggy gushed.

“Awesome!” Rainbow smiled.

“I thought you’d like it here,” John Cena smiled over Rainbow’s excitement.

“And there’s Jerry ‘the King’ Lawler!” Shaggy pointed out.

“Rand Jimmy Hart!” Scooby pointed to another Hall of Famer.

“Boy, you guys really know your wrestling stuff,” Pinkie smiled. “Just as I know every single flavor of cake frosting. There’s vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, butterscotch…”

“I think we get the point Pinkie,” Storm interrupted.

Shaggy and Scooby soon forgot all about the wrestlers the moment they saw the 24/7 All You Can Eat Grill.

“Here at camp, we even have our own 24/7 restaurant,” Cookie informed, with a smile. “It’s like home.”

“More like paradise!” Shaggy chuckled.

“With Shaggy and Scooby, the ‘All You Can Eat’ is paradise,” Fluttershy giggled.

Everyone looked toward the side to the giant face of the rocky cliffs with a large picture of the WWE championship carved into the mountainside.

“Is that the championship belt?” Daphne asked Cookie.

“It sure is!” Cookie nodded. “Carved into the mountain. A prize set in stone and the dream of every WWE superstar.”

“Talk about motivation,” Storm nodded in approval.

“Next thing you know there’ll me a Mount Rushmore style monument with four of WWE’s biggest icons of all time!” Pinkie giggled.

Fred continued taking a few shots of the facility and the carving in the mountain when his eyes landed upon the three training rings.

“Mr. Sin Cara, could we stop over there for a minute?” He asked.

Sin Cara pulled the car alongside the three rings, and everyone turned to see Cookie’s nephew, Reuben, training with the superstars. Currently, he was working with Triple H, who threw Reuben into the ropes and caused the man to fall to his knees. Triple H got him in position for his signature ‘Pedigree’ finisher, but Reuben used his strength to counter out and throw Triple H over him in a Back Body Drop. Triple H landed on his feet and smirked toward Reuben.

“Sweet!” He complimented.

From outside the ring, Santino Marella, A.J. Lee, and Brodus Clay showed their approval as well.

“Way to go Rubie!” Santino shouted approvingly. “That was a nice job!”

“Yeah, way to go Rubie!” A.J. cheered.

“Yo that was funk-tastic, baby!” Brodus smiled, taking a bit of his sandwich.

“Like wow!” Shaggy gaped in awe. “I didn’t know your nephew dude was a superstar!”

Cookie looked toward his nephew for a moment before turning away with a look of sorrow and envy.

“Yeah, that’s what he’d like to think,” Cookie scoffed. “I better get you kids settled into your cabins. Up ahead on the left, Sin Cara.”

Sin Cara pulled the car forward a little more and stopped right in front of a row of cabins. Cena and Cookie both emerged from the car first, helping everyone out one-by-one.

“Well here we are,” Cookie gestured. “We’ll get the girls settled in one cabin and the guys in another one. If I were you guys, I’d get a good night’s rest because tomorrow is another jam-packed day full of adventure.”

“Mr. Cookie, is it possible I might be able to get a few snapshots of the superstars during their training tomorrow?” Fred asked hopefully.

“Sure, just be sure you’re up bright and early in the morning,” Cookie nodded.

“AAAH-CHOO!”

Everyone jumped and turned toward the sound of a loud sneeze by a rustling bush in front of one of the cabins. Shaggy and Scooby both shook with fear as they held each other tightly and Fluttershy hid behind Rarity, fearing what could be in there. Cena walked over to the bush and peeked in.

“Whoever’s on there, come on out!” He spoke calmly.

From out of the bush popped none other than WWE superstar, R-Truth. The African American wrestler looked all about in panic while clutching something to his chest. Upon closer examination, everyone saw it was another championship belt with a green strap. This was the WWE 24/7 championship.

Upon locking eyes with John Cena, Truth almost seemed relieved.

“Oh hey, wassup John?” He asked.

“Still hiding out, R-Truth?” Cena chuckled.

“I gots to man!” Truth responded. “I only just done got my baby back and I ain’t lettin’ no one else take it from me.”

“Truth, everyone’s either training or gone to bed for the night,” Cena assured his friend. “I’m pretty sure you’re safe for the night.”

“Ain’t no place safe man. Remember that time they got Jinder on the plane? Or the time I rolled up Drake at his wedding? Uh-uh dog, I ain’t taking no chances!”

With that being said, Truth ran out of the bushes and down the street to find himself another place to hide. Everyone else looked after him in utter confusion before turning to Cena for an explanation.

“Okay, what’s the deal with ‘that’ guy?” Storm asked. “And why does he look like he’s running from the cops or something?”

“That’s R-Truth, the 24/7 champion,” Cena answered.

“24/7 champion?” Twilight asked confused.

“That means it’s always constantly on the line, every day and night,” Cena explained. “As long as there’s a referee around to count the pinfall or submission, that title can be won ‘anywhere’ at ‘any’ time.”

“Cool, so it’s like a PG version of the Hardcore Championship?” Pinkie asked.

“Yes, exactly. Way to sum it up.”

“Is that so?” Spike asked intrigued. “You know… maybe I could just pin him quickly and win that belt to add to my own personal horde.”

“Are you kidding?” Rainbow argued. “If any pony’s winning that belt, it’ll be me!”

“When a dragon has eyes on the gold, it’s suicide to step in his way.”

“Please… don’t think you can intimidate me little dude. I used to scare the day lights outta you when you were no bigger than a puppy dog.”

“Like how scared you were during the rainbow cookie incident?”

“WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THE COOKIES!!!”

Cena merely chuckled in amusement over the bickering.

“Good luck you two,” Cena chuckled. ‘Since Truth finally won the belt back recently, he’s been really hard to catch.”

“Let’s not worry about that for now,” Cookie interrupted. “We’ll have the girls take the cabin in the left and the guys will take the one on the right. Anyway, I’ve got to get back to the office. You kids all have a nice night now.”

“Bye Cookie!” Everyone waved.

Cookie soon walked off towards the Performance Center and Cena took off after him as well. Everyone made their way into their own personal cabins for the night, ready to catch a good night’s sleep after one heck of an action-packed day.

Later, in the girls’ cabin, Daphne and Velma sat on the two main beds while the Mane Six lounged on the couch alongside them. Currently, they were listening to Daphne complain about not having any other clothes to wear considering Shaggy and Scooby forgot to pack the luggage before coming here.

“I can’t believe Shaggy and Scooby left all of our luggage behind,” She complained. “Now all I have are these two scarves. Which one do you think John would like best?”

Velma and the girls all looked up and noticed Daphne holding two very identical scarves of the exact same color, length, and fabric. They all looked amongst each other as if wondering if she was completely nuts (Well, almost everyone).

“Are you serious?” Velma asked.

“Yep, seriously,” Daphne nodded. “Which is best?”

“Daphne they’re exactly the same,” Twilight pointed out.

“Maybe to the naked eye Twilight darling,” Rarity pointed out. “But to a fashionista, it’s all in the details.”

“Oh boy, here we go again,” Rainbow groaned. ‘What in pony feathers are you talking about now Rarity?”

“Well darling, while the two look very identical in color and length, in all reality they may both actually have completely different stitching,” Rarity explained. “Or one may contract light different which could alter the color. The devil is in the detail my dear.”

“Last time ah didn’t take Rarity’s advice on fashion, ah ended up makin’ a big ole mess outta everything,” Applejack informed her mare friend. “Believe me when ah tell ya hun, it’s best to listen tah Rarity.”

“Thank you Applejack,” Rarity thanked.

“Okay so you see my point,” Daphne concluded. “So which do you think is best?”

Velma just looked at her with a bored blank expression for a moment before turning back to her research pad.

“The one on the right,” She responded uninterested.

“My thoughts exactly,” Daphne smiled.

All of a sudden, an argument was happening outside the cabin alerting the girls’ attention. Together, they all crept toward the window to investigate the commotion. Peeking out the window, they saw Reuben arguing with his uncle.

“I don’t understand Uncle Cookie, it’s just not fair!” Reuben complained. “I know I’m good, youknow I’m good. Why won’t you help me get into WWE?”

“Somebody’s gotta talk some sense into you,” Cookie replied, gesturing to his knee brace. “Do you think I built this brace because it looks good? All it takes is one accident to put you out of contention.”

“Maybe I’ll be luckier,” Reuben argued.

“Maybe not,” Cookie retorted. “You need to be practical. You should keep going to your computer classes. Computers, that’s the ticket Rubie.”

And just like that, Cookie walked off and left Reuben looking after him. Reuben looked toward the championship carving in the mountain, as an upset sigh escaped his lips. If his uncle was unwilling to help him make it big, that carving would be as close as he’d get to the championship.

Inside the cabin, the girls looked sadly toward Reuben.

“Poor Reuben, I feel sorry for him,” Daphne spoke sadly.

“He reminds me of when Shining Armor started training to be in the Royal Guard,” Twilight recalled. “When he first joined, he was scrubbing dishes, cleaning armor and they had him do an assortment of other chores. He never really got to do any ‘real’ guard training… least not the ‘first’ period.”

“Believe me, I know ‘exactly’ how he feels,” Spike spoke up. “For the longest time, I always wanted to be bigger than what I already was. But being a little dragon at the time, I never really got the opportunity. That is until Twilight and I came to Ponyville.”

“Yep and when we all met and became friends, things really began tah take off fer all of us,” Applejack nodded.

“It’s understandable,” Velma said, looking at her pad. “Reuben represents the heroic male aspirating to stature of a great warrior. His journey is related and appealing to a wide audience.”

“Oh for the love of Celestia, enough with the egghead talk!” Rainbow groaned irritated.

She soared over and snatched the tablet from Velma’s hands.

“Hey, I need that!”

“Look Velma, not everything in life is about research and knowledge,” Rainbow spoke to her. “This is professional wrestling. It’s not something you just put under a microscope and come up with some nerdy science mumbo jumbo.”

“Rainbow Dash does have a point,” Daphne nodded. “Has it ever occurred to you that WWE is not something you can scientifically explain?”

“Don’t be silly Daphne, science and logic explains everything!” Velma retorted.

“How exactly do you explain us?” Rainbow asked.

Suddenly, Pinkie Pie popped out from under the bed with a cake and a party hat on her head as everyone faced her.

“Sorry to be a nosey-nelly and all, but can you guys keep it down a bit?” She asked. “I’m trying to throw a party down here!”

Pinkie quickly slipped back under the bed and all of a sudden, bright multicolored lights and upbeat music started emanating under the bed. Everyone just looked in confusion before turning back toward Velma.

“Can your science and logic explain Pinkie Pie?” Fluttershy asked.

“… No comment.”

Meanwhile, in the guys’ cabin, Shaggy was playing his handheld version of the WWE video game while Fred looked back at all the shots he captured. Storm thankfully was able to conjure a few beds for himself, so he and Spike wouldn’t have to sleep on the floor. Speaking of Spike…

“Sorry, I’m late,” Spike greeted, coming in. “Just had to check on the girls and make sure they were comfortable.”

“Mm, talk about an exciting day huh Spike?” Storm asked the dragon.

“You can say that again dude,” Spike nodded. “That was some pretty sweet action going on in the ring earlier. Wonder what it would be like to actually fight in it one day.”

“Slow your roll there pal,” Storm chuckled. “We’re just here to find the Legion and the Dazzlings. We can’t afford to get caught up in a Smackdown here… or Raw… or even those NXT shows, including the U.K. version.”

“I know, I know… but still wouldn’t it be awesome?”

“Sure Spike… I guess it would.”

“Like you know the best part about WWE?” Shaggy asked from his bed. “You get all the food you can eat!”

“Reah, all the food!” Scooby nodded.

“Big day tomorrow!” Fred spoke from the couch. “Cookie said we get to see the superstars training. I can’t wait to snap some epic action shots.”

Fred laid upon the couch, all set for bed while Storm and Spike did the same.

“Come on now, lights out you two!” Fred told Shaggy and Scooby.

“Like you got it Fred,” Shaggy replied, shutting off the light. “Sweet Dreams Scoob!”

“You too Raggy!” Scooby nodded, rolling over for bed.

Soon enough, everyone was out like a light and drifted off to a peaceful land of dreams.

Well… not quite everyone…

A pair of brilliant green eyes slowly opened as Storm Shield awoke. The young prince looked around in confusion, finding himself standing in a completely black abyss. He looked about and took a few steps forward into the darkness. There was absolutely no one around or any signs of life at all. No people, animals, or even sounds. Just a black empty void of nothingness.

“Storm?”

Storm instantly snapped his head in the direction of the voice and noticed Twilight, Spike, and the rest of the Mane Six standing off to the side.

“Oh thank goodness you’re all here!” He sighed in relief.

“Yeah that’s great and all, but where the hay are we?” Rainbow asked confused.

“I can’t make heads or tails out of it,” Twilight shrugged.

“Looks like an endless abyss of darkness,” Rarity spoke up.

“Oh dear me, it really is quite spooky here,” Fluttershy quaked in fear.

And just like that, the entire atmosphere changed as a blinding light engulfed Storm, Spike, and the Mane Six. When it finally passed, they looked around and noticed they were no longer standing in a black void of nothingness. Now they were in what resembled the set of a children’s television show.

“Okay seriously, what the hay’s goin’ on here?” Applejack asked confused.

“I don’t know, but this looks like a cheerful place to visit!” Pinkie smiled. “I mean it looks like Pee-Wee’s Playhouse here. Like the one I tried to make for all the foals back home.”

“You never told me you made a playhouse for Pee-Wee,” Spike pointed out.

“Not that Pee-Wee, Spike.”

Just then, the sound of a door opening drew all their attention and they all turned to see a very peculiar man poking his head through the door. The man in question happened to be WWE Superstar: Bray Wyatt.

The man in question fully entered the room and looked straight ahead as though looking at something, or rather ‘someone’, that wasn’t there.

“Oh hey there, my fireflies!” He waved happily. “Welcome back to the Firefly Fun House. I’ve really missed you all so much and I hope you missed me too. I know I’ve been gone for a long while, but don’t worry… I’m not going anywhere… ever again.”

The last he spoke, his face suddenly shifted from cheery do dead serious, as though menacing. Then, like flipping a switch, he instantly changed back to a cheery guy as he laughed. He then looked toward the Equestrian group and Spike who all looked confused… and also a slight scared.

“Yowie wowie, what have we here fireflies?!” Bray asked. “I don’t remember meeting all of you before. What brings you here to my funhouse?”

The group looked at each other before Twilight stepped up.

“Uh—we’re really sorry sir,” She apologized. “But we really don’t know what’s going on here.”

“Ah don’t worry about that!” Bray assured. “Knowing things is ‘overrated’ anyway. After all, knowing too much can certainly be a very dangerous thing. It can poison our minds like the evil that festers inside us all.”

“And we don’t want that do we?” Bray asked smiling.

“But you see…”

“Wait a minute!” Bray interrupted. “I know what you’re all doing here. You’re all new friends for the funhouse, right?”

“Look sir, we really haven’t the time for games,” Rarity spoke up. “We’d really just like to…”

“Oh, I just love making new friends,” Bray said excitedly. “Especially seeing as how all my ‘old’ friends have abandoned me. Left me to rot in the dust… like the carcasses for the buzzards…”

Again, the last part he spoke in a very menacing tone which really seemed to freak out the rest of the Equestrians.

“But that’s okay!” Bray replied cheerily, once more. “Because now I have all new friends! Friends with whom I can share my secrets with all day long. What do you say?”

The mood suddenly went from cheery and fun to eerie and disturbing as Bray Wyatt dawned a very serious look.

“Do you want to see my secret?”

“Um—no—no, that’s okay!” Twilight chuckled nervously. “I think we’re just going to find a way out of here. Thanks anyway!”

Wyatt didn’t seem to hear her as he just gave them a sadistic smirk before stepping back and opened the door once more. From out the door, a bright red light emerged and blanketed the entire room in blood red light. Everyone looked around in fear as the red light surrounded them.

It was then Storm Shield felt a very evil and dark presence standing directly behind him. Slowly he turned around and his eyes went wide with fear as he came face to face with the demonic alter ego of Bray Wyatt… the Fiend.

Not even having a moment to blink, the Fiend pounced toward Storm and caught him in the Mandible Claw. The demonic entity screamed demonically as he attacked the young prince.

“Storm!” Twilight screamed.

The girls and Spike all ran forward to stop this monster only to find themselves held back as a bunch of chains appeared out of nowhere and constricted their arms. They pulled the group toward a wall and held them there as the demonic Fiend forced Storm on the ground, choking as the Mandible Claw inched deeper. Eventually, the pain became too much, and Storm finally passed out. The fiend stood back up and held his arms out wide as he looked back toward the Mane Six and Spike.

“LET ME IN!!!”

Storm and Spike both instantly shot up in bed as they both gasped in shock. The effects of that dream, or rather a ‘nightmare’, hung heavily on their minds as they wiped the sweat forming on their brows and Storm clutched his jaw, feeling just how sore it was. Hearing the sounds of growling outside their cabin, they both jumped out of bed and went outside to investigate. Looking out, they were shocked by what they saw but none as shocked as Shaggy already outside.

A sleepwalking Scooby Doo, chewing on something… that shouldn’t be chewed on.

“Scooby Doo!” Shaggy said fearfully. “Like dude, what are you doing with that bear?”

Scooby, who had woken up by this point, looked confused by what Shaggy was talking about till he looked down and saw what he meant. For he was standing upon the shoulder of a very large, very ‘angry’ demonic ghost bear. The monster roared angrily, and Scooby screamed in fear before jumping off tis back and ran off with Shaggy.

“That’s no bear!” Storm shouted.

“Wet yourselves and run!!!” Spike screamed.

The boys proceeded to run down the hills of the grounds, as the Ghost Bear charged after them. Shaggy and Scooby ran across the roof of one cabin trying to ditch the bear, as Storm and Spike followed. But the moment the bear touched the roof inches from the boys, the roof collapsed beneath them, and they fell into the cabin. The bear burst through the wall as Storm and Spike picked themselves off the floor only to find themselves in the presence of ‘The Miz’, wrapped in bandages, his foot suspended in a cast, and a neck-brace. The boys stared awkwardly toward The Miz, who merely gave an annoyed look.

“We are so sorry,” Storm apologized.

“But since we’re here… can we have your autograph?” Spike asked, holding out a notebook.

“Really?” The Miz asked annoyed.

“Uh, maybe another time!” Storm replied quickly. “C’mon Spike, we must save our friends!”

In the meantime, Scooby and Shaggy kept running down the hill and bounced over bushes with the ghost bear in hot pursuit. Their commotion and the damage around the cabins caused all the lights to turn on. John Cena soon emerged and saw the bear after the kids and leapt into action. But he was not alone, for several WWE superstars also came to their rescue drawing Storm and Spike’s attention.

“Well would you look at that now?” Storm replied. “The calvary has arrived!”

Shaggy and Scooby ran till they ran straight toward Sin Cara’s car. They managed to duck all the way as the bear splashed on the vehicle, shattering it into pieces. The bear growled toward the group when John Cena stepped forward in defense.

“Back off ugly!” John called out.

“It’s clobbering time!” Spike called out.

Spike raced forward with Sin Cara racing beside him. Together, they dashed toward the beat, leapt into a somersault, and attempted to deliver a pair of kicks toward the bear. But the beast managed to catch the pair and sent them hurling back. John Cena managed to catch his colleague, swinging him around to safety, while Storm caught Spike in his arms and set him down.

“Okay that bear is tougher than I thought,” Spike concluded.

“You think?” Storm replied.

Soon the other superstars raced ahead to challenge the terrible beasty.

“Time to call your momma!” Brodus Clay shouted.

Brodus Clay leapt forward and attempted to deliver a hammer shot against the bear, who actually caught the big man with his mighty strength. Triple H gave a mighty roar and attempted to charge toward the monster who merely kicked him aside before hurling Brodus Clay toward the ground and onto Triple H.

“Not… funky…” Brodus groaned weakly.

“Okay… my turn!” Storm declared.

Storm Shield quickly raced forward to take his shot against the Ghost Bear. The bear swiped a mighty claw toward Storm, who ducked the blow and countered with an uppercut under the bear’s bony jaws. Storm proceeded to deliver a set of right knee shots against the sternum of the bear while delivering some elbow shows across his face. But then suddenly, the bear wrapped his arms around Storm and captured him in a bear hug. Storm tried to worm his way out of the hold, but the bear squeezed with all its might crushing Storm tightly in his grip. The human version of the Prince screamed in utter agony as he felt as though he were breaking in half.

“STORM!!!”

Suddenly, from the air Twilight was hurled forward and delivered a side kick to the left side of the bear’s face. The sudden blow weakened the bear’s hold and Storm fell out onto the ground coughing and groaning from the pain. As Twilight helped Storm to his feet to regroup with the others, the rest of the WWE roster and the Equestrians gathered together and surrounded the Ghost Bear. The bear merely roared and gripped the remainder of Sin Cara’s car in its claws before tossing it into a tower…

*BOOM!!!*

And just like that, a mighty explosion erupted over the training grounds flames igniting into the night air. The blast was so great and the heat so intense, they all had to shield their eyes to divert their gaze from the flames. By the time they were able to look, the Ghost Bear itself was gone. And soon enough, all that remained was a big fire. Sin Cara stared in despair as his car had just been destroyed. Fluttershy stood beside the luchador and placed a comforting hand over his shoulder.

“We’re sorry that the ghost bear did that to your car, Mr. Sin Cara,” Fluttershy said.

“Shaggy, Scooby, are you okay?” Daphne rushed over, with Fred and Velma.

“G-G-G-G-Ghost B-B-B-Bear!” Shaggy and Scooby whimpered fearfully.

“Don’t worry, I know what’ll calm them down,” Storm spoke up.

Recovering rather quickly, Storm quickly whipped up a box of Scooby Snacks. Shaggy and Scooby snapped their heads in the direction of the Prince of Peace and raced over with big smiles on their faces. Storm smirked at them and handed them the Scooby Snacks. The two of them soon ate their snacks as a way of calming down.

“Poor guys… that ghost bear really did a number on them,” Storm shook his head. “Sure did a number on ‘me’…”

“Storm, what’re you saying about this bear?” Twilight asked, as Cookie came with the others.

“Some local legend I heard from the few superstars earlier tonight,” Storm replied, stretching his back.

“Oh it’s no legend son,” Cookie said. “Vicious the Ghost Bear has risen from the grave. To challenge us all!”

“Well gang, sounds like we have another mystery in our hands,” Fred declared.

Unbeknownst to the entire gang, high upon the hilltop overlooking the training grounds, Kane watched from the darkness of the trees. Things were certainly heating up rather quickly.

Wrestlemania Challenge

The next morning came rather quickly for the Mane Six, Spike, and Storm Shield. Together, in their human guise, they walked back into the WWE Training Camp. After that experience from the night before, they knew things were growing more serious than originally expected. Dealing with this ghost bear and the Dark Order was ‘tough enough’ as it was, but now it had grown far worse. Now with the emerge of the Undertaker, his new Ministry, and their alliance with the Order, they just knew things would grow worse for them and all of WWE City.

“What the hay are we supposed to do now?” Rainbow asked concerned.

“Ah don’t know hun, but I reckon we need to tell the gang and Mr. McMahon about this,” Applejack stated.

“After what happened last night, it’s time to come clean and tell them exactly what’s been happening,” Twilight agreed. “The dream we’ve all had, the confrontation, it’s becoming too much.”

“I just hope they’ll have the resources capable of dealing with this situation,” Rarity spoke nervously.

“We do have to bare in mind they are still a sports entertainment company,” Storm pointed out. “It’s not like the WWE are training super soldiers.”

“Then again… our own guard could use the bigger muscle,” Spike shrugged.

As the group kept walking, they noticed something peculiar ahead. A couple WWE City police officers, with Ms. Richards included, stood right in front of Shaggy and Scooby’s cabin. Judging by their body language and facial expressions, they didn’t look happy at all.

“Oh dear, more trouble,” Fluttershy whimpered.

The group quickly ran forward until they skid to a halt, right beside Richards and the police.

“What’s going on, Ms. Richards?” Twilight asked the executive.

“I don’t believe that’s any of your business,” Richards shot back.

“You’re knocking on our friends’ door with a couple police officers,” Spike pointed out. “So yes, it most certainly is our business.”

In that moment, the door slowly opened and revealed Shaggy, who yelped in fear before the presence of Ms. Richards and the police.

“Like is something wrong Ms. Richards?” Shaggy asked nervously.

“Cut the chit-chat, the WWE Championship belt has been stolen,” Ms. Richards informed him.

“WHAT?!” Everyone yelled together.

At that moment, the rest of Mystery Inc. and the WWE superstars came over to see what all the commotion was about.

“And we know who ‘did’ it…” Ms. Richards narrowed her eyes.

“Who could possibly do something like that?” Pinkie asked. “I mean aside from a couple gold-crazed dragons and greedy griffins back home. Oh, and something about a greedy money-grubbing... duck with a lisp?”

Everyone turned toward Pinkie curiously, before quickly shaking their heads and returning to the matter at hand.

“The one who stole that championship was… yourdog,” Richards concluded.

Everyone around them gasped in shock, but Shaggy shook his head in denial and disbelief.

“Like that can’t be true!” Shaggy argued. “Scooby Doo has been in here with me all night! Weren’t you buddy?”

Shaggy pulled the door open further, showcasing Scooby Doo, who indeed was still in bed.

“Rats right!” Scooby nodded, sitting up.

However, while sitting up, some of his blanket fell down and everyone could faintly see a glimpse of glimmering gold. Scooby noticed as well, as a shocked expression formed on his face, and he quickly covered himself back up.

“I saw that!” Ms. Richards glared.

The security men barged into the room with everyone else following behind.

“Um rothing to ree here!” Scooby said nervously. “Rust re in bed.”

The security guard quickly yanked off the blanket and everyone gasped in shock at the sight before them. Scooby Doo, wearing the stolen WWE championship, around his waist.

“Scooby Doo!” Fluttershy gasped. “You didn’t—”

“You sir, uh dog, are a thief!” Ms. Richards glared at Scooby.

“But Ms. Richards, this doesn’t make any sense!” Twilight spoke up. “Scooby Doo couldn’t have taken the championship belt.”

“Were you with him all last night to prove it?” Richards shot back.

“Well… we actually had our own problems to deal with,” Rainbow responded.

“Then your opinion really doesn’t carry any weight in the matter.”

“But Scooby Doo has never stolen anything in his whole life,” Daphne argued.

“Except the hearts of all the children,” Pinkie smiled meekly. “Not literally, but—”

“I have proof… right here!” Ms. Richards showed her tablet. “Last night’s security footage, take a look!”

“Fine, show us!” Rarity said.

Ms. Richards presented the security video as everyone watched closely. The video showcased the championship belt in its security case surrounded by dozens of security lasers. Scooby soon appeared on the video performing certain dance moves over the laser security. Then somehow he broke the glass after activating the code and literally took the belt.

“R-R-Ri did steal it…” Scooby stuttered.

“No way…” Spike said in disbelief.

“This has to be a hoax!” Applejack added.

“Say it ain’t true, Scooby Doo,” John Cena frowned.

“Hold on a second!” Velma spoke, examining the screen. “Isn’t there something strange about Scooby?”

“You really want us to answer that?” Daphne deadpanned.

Scooby took the belt off himself and looked down in shame as he handed the belt to Cookie.

“Yeah, this is the championship belt alright,” Cookie confirmed. “I’d know it anywhere.”

“Look, you found the belt, how’s about you just take it back?” Storm suggested. “Scooby Doo can just say he was sorry, the belt goes back in its case, and we can all just pretend this never happened.”

“Yeah, no harm done,” Spike added.

“I’m afraid we’ll be taking the belt and the thief with us as well,” Ms. Richards glared.

On cue, she had the two guards approach to escort Scooby out of the cabin.

“Ron’t ret ‘em take me, Raggy!” Scooby cried out for his best friend. “NOOO!!!”

“I won’t pal! Hang on!”

Shaggy grabbed Scooby’s back hind legs, only to be dragged along.

“Ron’t let them rake re!” Scooby cried out. ‘Rime innocent!”

All the others could do was watch as Scooby and Shaggy were dragged off.

“Great, another problem to deal with!” Storm groaned. “In all the other adventures in the past, I don’t think we’ve ever had so many problems pile up at once!”

“What about the ‘Star Wars’ movies?” Pinkie piped in.

“Besides that…”

All of a sudden, Velma and Twilight both got an idea in their heads as they both turned to each other as though sharing the same thought.

“Jinkies, that’s it!” Velma beamed. “Come on, we’ve got to work fast if we’re gonna save Scooby.”

“What are you talking about?” Rarity asked.

“We’ll explain on the way,” Twilight replied. “Come on! We must hurry!”

Everyone looked at each other in confusion for a moment but quickly raced off after Velma and Twilight towards the WWE Arena.

Later that very same day, the entire group gathered at the WWE Arena down by the ring. They had also gathered up the WWE City police and Ms. Richards. Later on, Vince McMahon made his way out from under the entrance and down the ramp, as he looked toward the giant group gathered at the ring.

“All right, kids,” Vince said, walking over. “What’s going on here?”

“Thanks for coming, Mr. McMahon,” Twilight smiled. “Velma and I have asked you all here to show you that Scooby isn’t a thief. He’s just a pawn. Take it away Velma.”

Velma hit a button on the tablet to show the security footage on the big screen for everyone to see.

“And the video footage is important, why?” Rainbow asked.

“Well, look at this,” Velma replied. “We got it from the memory card of the video game. Here’s the security video of Scooby as he was taking the belt, and here’s the video footage of Scooby doing his winning victory dance from the memory card of Shaggy’s video game.”

Velma proceeded to add a video of Scooby performing the video game victory dance from back home, which as Velma pointed out resembled the moves of the security video.

“Yeah, that’s a funk-a-dactyle move!” Brodus Clay said.

“Is there a point to any of this?” Ms. Richards asked impatiently.

“Watch as we slow down the victory dance,” Twilight instructed.

Velma proceeded to slow down the footage so everyone could have a better look at the footage onscreen.

“It’s the same movement!” Daphne realized.

“Scooby was programmed with a post hypnotic suggestion to steal the championship belt,” Velma continued.

“Like that’s why he’s been sleepwalking since we got here!” Shaggy realized.

“Oh reah!” Scooby nodded.

“And just how did the boy and dog get this post technological programming?” Ms. Richards asked Velma.

“My guess is from the video game itself,” Reuben suggested. “May I?”

Velma handed him the tablet so he could examine it himself. He soon began to do something with the tablet.

“I’m connecting the saved file from Shaggy’s WWE video game to the tron-screen.”

Reuben accessed a file which showed Sin Cara’s dancing in the video game, as Scooby copied the moves on the very spot.

“Someone highlighted every move with light flashes,” Reuben pointed out. “Flashed which could have planted that post hypnotic suggestion in Scooby’s brain.”

“Oh great, eggheads everywhere!” Rainbow groaned. “I just can’t get away from them!”

“Nice hacks, Reuben,” Velma smiled.

“That’s my nephew!” Cookie smiled proudly. “He’s a computer genius!”

“Listen kids,” Vince spoke up. “As compelling as this theory might be, I’m still a guy who likes to look at the facts.”

“And the fact is: He stole it!” Ms. Richards sharply pointed toward Scooby. “And he’s going to jail for it!”

“No! There must be some way to clear their names!” Fluttershy frowned.

Then Richards walked right up and pointed her finger right in Shaggy’s face.

“And it was your video game, so you’re going with him as his accomplice!”

“Accomplice?” Shaggy asked confused. “I’m not an accomplice. I’m not even sure what that means.”

“It’s a person who helps another commit a crime,” Pinkie defined. “Like murder cases…”

“Pinkie, you’re not helping!” Spike muttered.

“Isn’t there a way we can prevent that from happening?” Fred asked hopefully.

“No!” Richards snapped.

“Actually, yes there is!” Mr. McMahon interjected.

Hearing this instantly made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

“Thank you Mr. McMahon!” Twilight thanked him. “I promise you, no matter what it is that needs to be done Shaggy and Scooby can handle it. Isn’t that right guys?”

“Like totally!” Shaggy nodded. “Whatever it is.”

“We’ll ro it!” Scooby agreed.

“What do they have to do to earn their freedom?” Storm asked.

“WWE City law says that anyone accused of a crime can compete in the ring for a chance to win their freedom,” Vince responded.

And just like that, the good feeling was instantly snuffed out as Shaggy and Scooby’s faced both fell at the very idea. The two of them, competing in a match, just to earn their freedom? They may as well be placed in handcuffs right now.

“With WWE City officials declaring that WrestleMania will be held on not just one but two nights this year, I have the power to make that happen on the second night,” Vince continued. “But I have only one competitor left who’s looking for a match.”

Vince pointed toward the entrance ramp as everyone looked up in anticipation as to who was about to walk out from behind that curtain.

The room turned a hellish red as huge flames burst from the stage. From behind the curtain emerged none other than the seven-foot-tall Big Red Monster: Kane. The masked younger brother of the Undertaker himself appeared on the stage with a deadly glare plastered on his face.

“Kane!” Shaggy and Scooby shook fearfully.

“I want another shot at the title,” Kane glared at the cowardly duo. “Looks like I’ll have to go through you two to get it. I accept the challenge.”

Both Shaggy and Scooby shook with fright as they held each other closely.

“Like you know Scooby, I hear prison food isn’t that bad,” Shaggy said.

“No!” Velma spoke determined. “You want a chance to prove your innocence in the ring. They accept the challenge Mr. McMahon!”

“WHAT?!” The Equestrians yelled in unison.

“Velma, are ya outta yer mind?!” Applejack asked.

“Your sending those guys to their demise!” Rainbow added.

Valme gave no response other than a wink in their direction, which was none too reassuring.

“Ms. Richards, release these two so they can prepare for their match,” Vince ordered. “Unless they can prove their innocence, their match with Kane will main event WrestleMania on the second night.”

Kane snarled as he punched his fist into his open palm. If he didn’t look menacing enough, the flames made him look scarier. Shaggy and Scooby were still very frightened and nervous about this as they fainted from fright. Eventually, Kane walked off the stage and disappeared as Mystery Inc. tried to get Shaggy and Scooby to come around.

“Now then, if there’s nothing else, I have work that I have to get back to,” Vince informed, making his leave.

“Wait a minute, Mr. McMahon!” Twilight called out. “There actually is something else we have to tell you.”

Vince quickly turned back around toward the lavender-skinned teenager and her group of friends.

“Go on then,” He replied.

“Well you see sir,” Twilight began. “We believe your entire company and this entire city are in great danger.”

“Yes, we are aware of the bear attacks…”

“But it’s not just about the Ghost Bear!”

“What are you talking about?”

“Last night, we saw some old foes of ours and we followed them to this very arena.”

“Only when we got here, they weren’t alone,” Rarity added.

“There’s some evil group of wrestlers who have banned together with our enemies to form some sort of evil syndicate!” Spike said.

“We call them heels, young man,” Vince spoke seriously. “We pay them to act mean and perform dirty tactics, but we don’t call them evil…”

“That’s not the point, sir,” Storm spoke up. “If we don’t stop these guys, they’ll have more than enough power to take over not just this entire city but the very world as we know it! You’ve just got to believe us!”

Vince, despite hearing what the group had to say, scoffed as though he didn’t believe a single word they were saying.

“And you really expect me to believe all that?” He asked skeptically. “Me? Vincent Kennedy McMahon? You kids are just pulling my leg.”

From the sidelines, Pinkie noticed a folded piece of paper fall from Mr. McMahon’s pocket. She stealthily moved over to pick it up, while he was still talking to her friends. Unfolding it, she skimmed over the contents before her eyes, till they went wide, and she quickly folded up the paper which she hid in her mane.

“But we’re telling you the truth sir,” Fluttershy said. “We need to do something before…”

*Play twice, for a few seconds, for dramatic effect*

The ringing of the gone was heard, loud and clear through the arena, as the lights all went out till there was nothing but pitch-black darkness. After a moment, a second gong rang loudly, and all the lights came back on. Everyone looked around worriedly for a few moments, trying to see what was going on. It was then Twilight noticed something very wrong.

“Guys… where’s Fluttershy?”

Everyone turned their heads immediately toward where Fluttershy stood. They soon noticed she was no longer there, as if she just vanished into thin air.

“She was right there a second ago,” Rainbow spoke.

“Oh dear Faust, where could she be?” Rarity panicked.

Once again, the lights in the arena dimmed as a dark blue light enveloped the entire building. Upon the titantron over the entrance, the ghastly evil face of the Undertaker himself appeared.

“You weak, pathetic souls have no idea what you’re meddling in,” He spoke grimly. “No matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, there is nothing that can stop the rebirth of eternal darkness. Soon enough, evil will spread across all known worlds, and all forms of life will either serve us… or perish in the flames of hell!”

Everyone in the arena watched with wide eyes, fearful and shocked as the demonic ‘Deadman’ made his message clear. The only one who broke free from his gaze of fear was Storm Shield. A look of determination spread across his face, as he grabbed a microphone from the side.

“Easy to talk big while you hide like a coward!” Storm spoke. “I’ve faced more terrifying things than you all my life, and each and every time I’ve walked away the winner. How about you come down here right now and try you luck against me?”

Hearing the challenge laid before him, the Undertaker merely chuckled wickedly.

“You have no idea what you just asked for,” He spoke. “I was born with the devil whispering in my ear, boy. He gifted me with a great connection with the supernatural and the ability to hate without any reason whatsoever.”

“B-B-B-Boy… this guy is really committed to his character,” Pinkie shuddered.

“After all…” The Undertaker continued. “I don’t need to fight you… to beat you.”

From up on the stage, a ring of fire formed and out of it rose Kevin Thorn and Abyss. The two of them held a very scared, timid Fluttershy in their grips. The poor girl struggled heavily against them.

“FLUTTERSHY!” The group yelled.

“Let her go you big meanie!” Pinkie yelled.

“I swear I’ll go crazy on your evil butt if you touch her!” Rainbow threatened.

Another sadistic laugh broke loudly through the arena, though this one was clearly more feminine. Out of the backstage area emerged none other than the rest of the Ministry, with Chrysalis leading the charge.

“You just don’t get it, do you?” Chrysalis smiled. “We hold all the power around here now. Whatever we wish shall be done. That’s why we’ll be keeping your little friend with us until our plan comes to fruition.”

“Twilight Sparkle, we swore vengeance on you all those years ago and now the time has come!” Adagio spoke. “But this time, it won’t be enough blasting you to oblivion. We’ll beat you so badly, you’ll never set foot in Equestria ever again!”

At that moment, hearing enough, Rainbow Dash rushed into the ring and grabbed a microphone herself.

“Look here cheese whiz!” She called out. “We’re not scared of you or anything else! We’ve beaten you once before and we’ll do it again! How about this? You want to kick the feathers out of us, we want to do the same to you. Three stupid sirens, that big bug brain, and those ugly excuses for women. How’s about we have ourselves a twelve-person tag team match… at WrestleMania?!”

The Ministry looked amongst each other with wicked grins on their faces.

“We’ll see you there,” Adagio grinned.

Then Storm Shield himself had an idea of his own.

“You know what? A match at WrestleMania doesn’t sound like a bad idea,” He said. “How about it, Deadman? You say you want to bring eternal darkness forever, but you’ll have to go through me first!! At WrestleMania, you and I, one-on-one, inside the squared circle. WrestleMania may be your reign, you may have won your share of fights, but you've never faced the likes of me!”

The Undertaker once more released an evil laugh from his video on the titan-tron.

“If you truly have a death wish, I have no problem obliging,” He responded. “I will face you at WrestleMania… but first, you have another challenge to overcome.”

Storm raised a curious eyebrow in confusion, as the lights suddenly went off again in the arena.

And just like the nightmare from their first night in WWE City, a blood-red light engulfed the area. Storm quickly turned around just as the Fiend pounced on him and applied the Mandible Claw. Everyone quickly turned around as Storm once more struggled to pry the Fiend’s hand off his jaw, kicking his legs wildly trying to push him off. The group raced to Storm’s aid, making to climb the ring.

*BOOM!!!*

A huge explosion was heard as a massive ring of fire surrounded the ring and blew everyone back. Now blocked by a wall of flame, they could only watch helplessly as Storm eventually passed out from the Mandible Claw… again. The Fiend looked down upon his fallen prey, before breaking into a fit of insane laughter and demonic growls. He held his arms out wide before the lights went out again. When they came back up, he vanished once more along with the rest of the Ministry.

With the fire around the ring extinguished, the girls and Spike quickly raced to help Storm to his feet. They had no idea what they’ve truly gotten themselves into, only that they are soon about to enter the fight of their lives. A fight made even more personal with one of their best friends in the clutches of those sociopathic villains, and who knows what they’d do with her?

"Storm's supposed to fight that freak just to get a match with the Undertaker?!" Pinkie cried out.

"That guy is just too powerful, how're we going to help Storm prepare for this?" Rarity asked, glancing at the unconscious prince.

"And how are we going to save Fluttershy?" Spike added.

"One thing is absolutely certain everyone," Twilight informed. "It's going to take a miracle for us just to survive."

Training Day

After the events transpired in the WWE Arena, the entire group (Minus one) made their way back to the training grounds feeling rather nervous and concerned. Things certainly became more complicated since their initial arrival in this world. Shaggy and Scooby have been booked a match with Kane, the Mane Six must fight the Ministry, and Storm Shield must go through Kane just for a shot at the Undertaker. True, the identities of the Mane Six and their friends have been kept under wraps by everyone in the WWE. But needless to say, they were in for a whole heap of trouble and keeping their secrets was the least of their concerns.

“Like, Velma, are you crazy?!” Shaggy yelped.

“Reah, re can’t right Kane!” Scooby frowned.

“And now we’ve got to fight this evil Ministry just so they don’t take over this place,” Rainbow added. “I mean I’ve got no problem fighting some pony in hoof-to-hoof combat, but this is actual wrestling!”

“We don’t even know the first thing about wrestling in this world,” Twilight spoke up.

“Yeah, the only pony in our world who knows a thing of wrestling is Cheerilee’s sister!” Pinkie replied. “And she’s too expensive to book for this story!”

“That may be true girls, but that hasn’t stopped you all before,” Storm spoke encouragingly. “Besides, I’m the one with the huge challenge in front of me. I have to fight that freakish Fiend and somehow survive his arsenal. And even if I do, there’s the all-powerful Lord of Darkness I have to prepare for.”

“And poor Fluttershy is in their clutches as we speak,” Rarity pointed out. “I can’t bare to imagine what those horrid ruffians will do to such a sweet mare.”

“Pull yourselves together,” Velma told them all. “I need you guys to buy us some time if we’re gonna solve this mystery, and clear Scooby’s name.”

“I don’t know, Velma,” Fred told Velma. “We only have a few days before Shaggy and Scooby get slaughtered.”

“Thanks Fred,” Shaggy said sarcastically.

“Great show of confidence, Jones!” Rainbow shook her head.

“Just being honest,” Fred shrugged.

“They’re gonna need a lot longer than a few days to learn how to compete in the ring,” Cookie crossed his arms.

“It worked out for our counterparts in another story,” Pinkie smiled.

Everyone faced Pinkie with a great deal of confusion etched on their faces.

“Pinkie, what the hay are you talking about?” Rainbow asked.

“You know… we met Roman Reigns, got signed with NXT, and Rainbow fell in love with some guy named Jason,” Pinkie explained.

“I did what now?”

Pinkie thought for a moment before she finally shook her head.

“Never mind, wrong universe,” She squealed. “Anyways, back to the training!”

Everyone stared at Pinkie for a few moments, as though trying to understand what the crazy party pony was referring to. Ultimately, they just brushed it off and moved on.

“Anyway Cookie, can’t ‘you’ train Shaggy and Scooby for their match with Kane?” Spike asked Cookie.

“Ah… maybe I could train ‘em enough so they might survive,” Cookie shrugged.

“Thanks, Cookie!” Twilight thanked.

“For a few minutes…” Cookie muttered. “A.J.! You wanna help me here?”

“Sure, Cookie/Sure thing, Cookie!”

Applejack’s eyes widened with confusion, until she turned to her side. The rest of the gang looked over and saw none other than A.J. Lee skipping toward them already dressed in her wrestling attire. The spunky brunette smiled at Shaggy and Scooby with a wave.

“Oh…” Applejack realized.

“Hi boys!” Lee greeted. “I heard you could use some practice sessions. Wouldn’t want those itty-bitty whiskers to get bent.”

She smiled as she ran her hand across Shaggy’s scruffily chin. Shaggy smiled back before leaning next to Scooby.

“Like, Scooby Doo, this might not be so bad after all!” Shaggy smiled coyly.

A.J.’s smile suddenly turned into a heated glare, as she grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him close to her face.

“Never underestimate a diva!” She warned.

“Like, noted!” Shaggy replied fearfully.

“Let’s get to work then,” A.J. said, letting him go. “We’ve got a lot to cover before your match.”

She proceeded to lead Shaggy and Scooby away to begin their training, with the rest of Mystery Inc. following close behind. This left the Mane Six, Spike, and Storm standing there with Cookie.

“Now with that out of the way, we need to focus on you guys,” Cookie told them. “Shaggy and Scooby may have a big deal with Kane, but you have ‘really’ seemed to land yourselves in hot water.”

“What would you expect when dealing with guys who kidnapped our best friend?” Storm replied. “If anyone else here was in a similar situation, they’d do anything to get back by any means.”

“I understand, and I also respect you all for doing what you did,” Cookie nodded. “That’s why I want to do anything and everything I can to help you guys.”

“So, what’re we supposed tah do?” Applejack asked.

“Follow me to the rings and we’ll get started.”

Cookie proceeded to walk towards the three rings in the training camp and the rest of the group followed behind. One-by-one they stepped into the ring and Cookie turned around to face them.

“In order to face off against the threat that’s against you guys, you’ll need training by the best,” He told them. “Thankfully, Mr. McMahon has allowed for you all to have a manager that will help you get everything you need for this upcoming fight. He’s one of the greatest managers of all time and with his help, you might be able to pull this off.”

Cookie gestured to the stage entrance for the training yard, and everyone looked over to see who’d be managing them throughout this endeavor.

From out of the entrance emerged one of the greatest managers in WWE history: the ‘Mouth of the South’, Jimmy Hart…

No relation to the Hart Foundation of the same name, we’ve checked…

*Clears throat* With his signature white suit, decked out in red hearts, his stylish hair, and signature megaphone in hand, the legendary manager made his way into the ring. He quickly shook hands with Cookie before turning his attention to the six girls and two boys standing before him.

“What’s happening baby?” He said excitedly. “I’m the ‘Mouth of the South’ Jimmy Hart and let me tell you, I have managed some of the greatest wrestlers in the history of the WWE. Now I’ve been asked to help you young ones get in top physical conditioning for your matches at WrestleMania and that’s exactly what I intend to do.

“However, I can’t very well do it on my own. So I rounded up some old friends of mine who are going to help train all of you. That being said, let me introduce you to the rest of your training team.”

First amongst the training team, walking down the ramp, was one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time: the legendary ‘Hulkamania’ himself, Hulk Hogan. The man who helped launch WWE into the mega media giant that it is today. A winner of countless championships, standing toe-to-toe with dozens of legends, and a WWE Hall of Famer.

The Hulkster stepped into the ring and stood alongside Jimmy Hart, as they waited for the next trainer to enter.

Next emerged another WWE Hall of Famer and bonified icon in the wrestling industry, known as ‘the Best There Is, the Best There Was, and the Best There Ever Will Be’: Bret ‘the Hitman’ Hart. Bret stepped into the ring, shook hands with Hogan and Hart, and stood beside them waiting for the next trainer.

The next man had been known by many names in his illustrious WWE career. From ‘the Heartbreak Kid’ to ‘Mr. WrestleMania’, even ‘the Showstopper’. That being the legendary sexy boy: Shawn Michaels. The multiple time WWE champion, who revolutionized the Ladder match, and joined with Triple H to form the legendary D-Generation-X (But that’s another story).

Next was one of the greatest in-ring psychologists of all time. The iconic Hall of Famer known as Jake ‘the Snake’ Roberts. With his signature snake bag slung over his shoulder, the master of mind games entered the ring to stand alongside his fellow Hall of Famers.

Up next came a former Intercontinental Champion and one of the greatest highfliers to step foot in a wrestling ring, the legendary dragon himself: Ricky Steamboat. Steamboat, a man who held legendary battles against the likes of Rick Rude, his colleague Jake Roberts, Randy Savage, and other iconic names in the wrestling industry and often came out victorious (Mostly…)

Coming out next was the former United States military corrections officer turned WWE superstar: Sgt. Slaughter. The former WWE champion walked to the ring dresses in his camouflage attire, his canvas cover hat, and his swagger stick in hand ready to whip someone’s ass if need be.

Next came a man who always believed if you can’t win something fairly, all he’d have to do was buy it. Perhaps the richest man in the WWE (Next to Vince McMahon): ‘the Million Dollar Man’ Ted DiBiase. Of course, as always, over his shoulder he carried his most prized possession: the Million Dollar Championship belt.

The entire belt was made of solid gold and the three front plates were made of ‘hundreds’ of the purest diamonds money could buy…

Why couldn’t the bad guys have stolen ‘that’ belt?

Please Pinkie! No interruptions!

*Clears throat* If we can just continue…

Finally came perhaps the greatest in-ring performer to ever lace a pair of wrestling boots: the ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair. This man represented everything that one ever believed a professional wrestler should be. He had the style, the attitude, everything the most loyal wrestling fans could imagine. Hence why he was a 16-time World Champion, a record which most likely could ‘never’ be broken.

All the legends stood in the ring before the Mane Six, Spike, and Storm Shield. They all looked toward these great warriors of the past with utter amazement.

“Wow…” Twilight gaped, amazed.

“Couldn’t have said it better myself!” Spike nodded.

“Alright folks… let’s get to work!” Storm said determined.

For the rest of the day, the Equestrian group (In their human forms) trained vigorously with the WWE legends. Running the ropes, lifting weights, practicing a series of wrestling holds, absolutely ‘everything’ it took to become WWE wrestlers (Even for a short period of time). Needless to say, these legends weren’t going easy on these kids, working them harder than these kids have ever worked in their entire lives. At times, it almost felt too much too handle as the stress and toll could be seen as plain as the nose on their face. But they always remembered the one lesson these great men bestowed upon them at the start of their training:

No pain, no gain

Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby’s training with A.J. Lee wasn’t exactly going according to plan. They had originally started in the ring with A.J. teaching the fundamentals of combat… and ended up crashing into each other. They moved onto lifting weights… and sent nearly ‘all’ the rookies to the hospital following a ‘barbell’ incident…

So, these guys are hopeless?

Yeah… way to be specific.

Outside the wrestling ring, the rest of the gang watched the Equestria group train. While these kids were doing fine, it was tough to watch Shaggy and Scooby fail… miserably. Amongst everyone watching these kids train, Rueben stood on the sidelines watching with a glare. This did not go unnoticed.

“Everything okay, Reuben?” Daphne asked.

“No, everything’s not okay,” Reuben huffed. “I don’t understand why my uncle is willing to train Shaggy, Scooby, and those ‘other’ guys and not me! Just because he never won a championship doesn’t mean I can’t.”

Daphne merely blinked, not understanding ‘why’ either. Yet the more this frustrated man dumped on her, the more likely he’d slip up and reveal a potential clue.

“Sorry…” Reuben apologized. “You see, it’s just because all my life, I dreamed of being a WWE Superstar. I’ve even come up with my own name: ‘the Bone Bender’. I got an outfit all made of spandex and bones. ‘Real’ bones I got on the internet. Want to see?”

Though she could see he was clearly excited, Daphne… was not.

“Uh, maybe later,” She replied awkwardly.

Yeah, I wouldn’t call ‘Bone Bender’ a name… more like a nickname.

Clearly sounds more like a title for a ‘Create-A-Wrestler’ character…

“Raphne…”

Daphen and Reuben turned to the side, spotting Shaggy and Scooby peeking out from under the ring apron. The two were as scared as they could ever be.

“Rou gotta ride us!” Scooby said urgently.

“A.J.’s like Kane with lipstick!” Shaggy spoke fearfully.

Well, she dressed like Kane once, so…

At that moment, Fred and Velma raced alongside them. Velma held what appeared to be some form of map in her hands.

“Hey guys, we found maps of the whole area!” Fred informed them.

“And I found a perfect place to start looking for clues about the ghost bear,” Velma added.

Back in the ring, A.J. was looking for Shaggy and Scooby.

“Shaggy! Scooby!” She called. “Where are you guys hiding?”

Out of fear, the two quickly scurried out from under the ring and hid behind the rest of the gang.

“Like what are we waiting for?” Shaggy asked.

“Ret’s go! Ret’s go! Ret’s go!” Scooby said urgently.

“Maybe we should get the others so they can help us out,” Fred suggested.

Nodding, the gang made their way toward the other training ring where the Mane Six and Storm stood outside with the other legends. The only one in the ring was Spike, who currently received some one-on-one training with Ric Flair.

“Hey guys, want to come look for clues about the ghost bear?” Velma asked them/

“Just a moment Velma,” Twilight replied. “We’re just waiting on Spike to finish up here.

“How’s he doing?”

They addressed Velma to Spike in the ring, who was currently speaking with Ric.

“Remember, to be the man you must ‘beat’ the man,” Ric told Spike. “To ‘beat’ the man, you’ve gotta ‘outthink’ him. Know his every move before he does it. Now I want you to run those ropes again and take a bump. But this time, imagine your opponent is in there with you and how you can avoid him.”

Spike nodded in understanding as Flair stepped out of the ring. Spike ran the ropes just as ordered and took a bump (fall) in the ring. It hurt his back upon impact, but the more times he performed it the less pain he felt. While doing so, Spike imagined every opponent of different sizes. And each time, he thought of ways to avoid them… all the while his daydreams had him surrounded by a swarm of adoring fans, among them a beautiful Griffin carrying a sign with his name, asking him to…

“SPIKE!!!”

Spike snapped from his thoughts by Twilight’s voice and turned to the others, only to trip over his own feet and fall flat on his face.

“Ooh…” The Equestrians cringed.

Ric Flair merely shook his head, along with the other legends as Spike took his hand, grabbed the back of his head, and peeled his face off the ring to face Twilight.

“We’re heading out to look for clues on the ghost bear,” She told him. “Want to come?”

“Alright, in a minute…” Spike groaned, picking himself up. “Just let me do one more…”

*BOOM!!!*

A huge explosion sent the group flying back as another giant ring of fire surrounded the ring. Spike found himself stranded in the ring, as the flames shot high into the air. He turned toward the stage and spotted Kevin Thorn and Abyss making their way down towards him. Spike stood tall and defiant, prepared for a fight. The moment Thorn and Abyss reached ringside, they looked at each other with a sick smirk before leaping onto the ring apron. Stepping through the ropes, they stared at the teenage dragon like he was a piece of meat they were ready to devour.

“I’m not scared of you creeps!” Spike challenged. “Get in here and fight like… like… whatever you’re supposed to be!”

Then, much to his confusion… they stopped.

They both looked towards Spike and actually took a few steps back when they saw who appeared out of nowhere beside him. Eyes widened, Spike slowly turned his head to the side and was surprised by the sight of a man standing next to him, the most twisted and disturbed wrestler in the business: Malakai Black.

The ‘Dutch Destroyer’ stood side-by-side with Spike, staring venomously at the diabolical duo standing before them. Spike had no idea what was going on or why this man came out of nowhere. But he seemed ready to fight alongside Spike. The dragon-turned-teen took a fighting stance and Black did the same as they both stared intently at Thorn and Abyss.

“Ooh… you evil jerks are in for it right now!” Spike smirked. “You’re going to pay for kidnapping Fluttershy…”

*WHAM!!!*

Malakai spin-kicked Spike on the head and he fell to the ground, nearly unconscious from the heavy hit he received. Black stood over the fallen teen, as Thorn and Abyss came over, picked him up, and held his arms back. The rest of the Equestrians, regaining consciousness, watched in shock as Spike struggled in their grasp, as Black stood before him with murderous intent.

“SPIKE!!!” The girls cried out.

The dastardly trio turned back toward the stage as John Cena raced down the ramp and skid into the ring to aid his little friend. Cena made a mad dash and laid the offense on Malaki, but Thorn and Abyss pounced on him. Seeing Cena outnumbered, Spike jumped into the fray and attacked the three cohorts. But even with Spike’s help, the pair found themselves at a severe disadvantage.

Everyone faced the stage again in absolute shock, seeing the emergence of the 11-time WWE champion: the ‘Rated R Superstar’ Edge. Edge ran down the ring, as fast as he could, slipping into the ring. Thorn went for a clothesline, but Edge ducked underneath, ran off the ropes, and struck Thorn with a massive Spear. Thorn rolled on the ground, clutching his sternum in pain as he landed outside the ring.

Finally having the fair, even playing field, Spike and Cena followed up on the momentum with Cena lifting the huge monster Abyss over his shoulders and delivered the Attitude Adjustment. Spike proceeded to deliver a huge punch to Malakai Black’s face, sending him reeling against the ropes yet still standing. With a mighty cry, Spike charged and delivered a huge clothesline sending him over the top rope and onto the floor.

The terrible trio quickly retreated up the ramp and stood on stage facing the ring. Cena, Edge, and Spike stared toward them as Cena grabbed a nearby microphone.

“You all think you’re pretty brave, huh?” He asked. “Coming in here and beating up a rookie in training? Not to mention your cowardly three-on-one attack! Well, judging by the looks of it, I’d say things are a bit more even!”

Edge then grabbed the microphone out of Cena’s grasp.

“From what ‘I’ see, clearly you guys are itching for a fight,” He observed. “And if that’s the case, we’re more than happy to oblige. How about it? The three of you against the three of us… at WrestleMania?!”

Malakai Black stood before the two monsters and procured a microphone seemingly from nowhere.

“You three cannot begin to fathom the powers the Undertaker possesses,” He said. “He came to me and offered the opportunity to surpass him and lead his forces of darkness into the future. It seems in order to prove myself worthy, I will ensure you fade entirely to black. We shall see you at WrestleMania.”

And in the ring our heroes stood, the challenge laid out before their enemies and now another match was booked. The rest of the Equestrians stood upon their feet turning toward the scene before them, seeing that their friend has just added himself into another match. Spike, in question, massaged his sore knuckles after that fierce blow as he stared out toward his enemies. With one of their friends still under their custody, Spike felt obligated more than ever to step up and prove himself. The only hope for Spike now would be that the combined efforts of John Cena & Edge would be enough to face three of the Ministry’s dangerous foes.

Bear Cave & the Multiverse

If someone were to say things couldn’t get any worse for both Mystery Inc. and the Equestrians, they’d have laughed in their face seeing as how things only ever seemed to get worse. Literally every day now, some new evil entered the fray with a desire to destroy them. First it was just a ghost bear, then it quickly morphed into something more with the addition of the Undertaker and his new Ministry. Now suddenly, Malakai Black entered the picture just as it seemed they have an ally. One thing they knew for absolute certainty was if they couldn’t come up with a solution, they’d not be able to stop this dark force at all.

This went through their heads while tending to Spike, who earlier was on the receiving end of the Ministry’s attack. Mystery Inc. asked them if they wanted to help find clues of the ghost bear, but they decided instead to stay behind and help Spike. So while Mystery Inc. went off earlier that night, the Equestrians were applying some fresh bandages around Spike’s head.

“Dang feels like my jaw is two inches to the left,” He groaned, massaging his jaw.

“That was a pretty powerful kick to the face little buddy,” Storm commented. “You’re lucky. Most wouldn’t get back up after that.”

“And all because I lost my focus,” Spike responded. “Actually thought I was getting help from that guy. Boy, was I ever wrong… again.”

“It’s not your fault, Spike,” Twilight assured. “If anyone’s at fault here, it’s me.”

“Wut do ya mean Twi?” Applejack asked.

“It was under my watch that Fluttershy got taken by the Ministry in the first place!” Twilight responded. “I wasn’t able to protect her, or Spike, or anyone else! It’s Sunset Shimmer all over again; some princess I turned out to be. Here I am preaching friendship and harmony, yet I can’t seem to protect my friends or even bring that harmony.”

“Aww come on Twi, you can’t honestly blame yourself for everything going on,” Rainbow spoke up. “You didn’t ask for any of this.”

“But it’s my duty as princess, and a friend, to prevent this from happening!”

“You cannot expect to handle ‘everything’ by yourself darling,” Rarity told her. “The whole point of being the Guardians of Harmony is so we can handle all of this ‘together’.”

“She’s absolutely right,” Storm agreed. “I swear on my mother’s good name we’ll get Fluttershy back, save this world, and all the others from utter destruction.”

“You know something I don’t understand?” Pinkie questioned. “How did Mr. Enigma even got this chapter out seeing as he’s under the control of Count Olaf and Dr. Orwell?”

Everyone faced Pinkie Pie with utter confusion.

“What the hay you talking about Pinkie?” Rainbow asked.

“Oopsie, sorry about that!” Pinkie apologized, smiling. “Author issues, nothing to worry about right now.”

Every pony merely rolled their eyes and shrugged as they always do whenever Pinkie Pie starts talking nonsense.

“But seriously, wut in tarnation are we supposed tah do now?” Applejack asked.

"Yehehehehehehehehehehehes…"

The entire group turned quickly to the side, spotting a very strange man making his way towards them. The man in question happened to be a member of one of the greatest WWE tag teams in history, perhaps one of the greatest characters in wrestling period: ‘Broken’ Matt Hardy.

There was no question this man was a rather odd sight. A wild-haired, crazed man with a few white streaks in his hair and wearing some weird-looking coat. He strolled towards them with eyes widen with craze.

“If it is answers you see, perhaps you should consider venturing with me into the Multiverse!” He spoke.

Everyone faced the deranged man as though he just said the most ludicrous thing in the world. The only one who didn’t look at him as though he were crazy was Twilight Sparkle herself. She rose from her seated position and looked him dead in the eyes.

“How do you know about the Multiverse?” She asked.

Matt merely looked back at her with a smile of crazed amusement.

“My soul has ventured across the Multiverse for a millennium,” He responded. “Due to my condeeetion, I have laid dormant in this vessel known as ‘Matthew Hardy’ for far too long. The presence of the man who is dead has woken me from my sleep and it is I that must protect the Multiverse from total deleeeeeeeetion.”

“You have actually been to the Multiverse?”

“All beings ventured through the Multiverse,” Matt responded, gleefully. “If you follow me, I will help you uncover the secrets you seek in vanquishing the consumer of terrestrial entities and the man who’s dead.”

Matt waved his hand and a bright blue light flashed before eventually turning into a swirling vortex as he stared with wide eyes and that same crazed smile. While he did that, the Equestrians gathered into a group huddle to discuss the matter further.

“What do you all think?” Twilight asked.

“I think the guy’s a few hay fries short of a combo,” Rainbow replied seriously. “Does he honestly expect us to just follow him into the unknown?”

“Well, we could always sing about it…” Pinkie smiled widely.

“Nooo!” The group answered, in unison.

“Besides, after everything that’s happened so far, I cannot say for certain whether or not we can truly trust him,” Rarity added.

“What other choice do we have?” Storm asked. “If he even has the ‘tiniest’ shred of an idea to stop all this and get Fluttershy back, we ought to at least take the chance for her.”

“How do we even know this isn’t another trap by the Undertaker to lead us to our doom?” Spike asked.

“We don’t.”

“Ah think Twilight and Storm got a point,” Applejack spoke. “If’n there’s a chance to fix this here mess, we oughta at least try.”

“It’s like Twilight said, what do we really have to lose?” Pinkie asked. “Except for that fact if something does go wrong, this could very well be the last Cinematic Adventure ever and that’ll leave a whole bunch of fans super-duper sad. Even the guys who keep downvoting the author’s friends, when they didn’t do anything wrong, and yet its clear they are still interested in our story ‘anyway’. Even then, I couldn’t bear the thought of upsetting the fans who are anxious enough waiting for ‘one’ story in another group to be finished.”

Everyone once more faced Pinkie, who just smiled and gave a tiny wave at them.

“I guess the only way to stop all this is take a chance at the unknown,” Rainbow shrugged. “Guess I’m in.”

“Me too!” Rarity nodded.

“Ah’m with y’all no matter what,” Applejack added.

Twilight and Storm looked at each other for a moment. Both nodded their heads before the group broke apart and faced Matt Hardy.

“We’ll follow you into the Multiverse,” Twilight told him.

"Wonderfullllahahahahahah" Matt laughed. "Then follow me my friends, for the Multiverse awaits!"

Matt Hardy turned heel and walked through the vortex. Everyone looked at each other before slowly stepping forward and followed Matt Hardy into the unknown that was… the Multiverse.

Meanwhile…

Deep in the woods, along the outskirts of WWE City, Mystery Inc. trudged through the forest in search of the Ghost Bear’s lair. Fred led the group with Daphne and Velma following close behind, while as usual Shaggy and Scooby slumped at the end.

“Like, wouldn’t it be better to clear our names then go, ya know, bear hunting?” Shaggy complained.

“That’s just it, Shaggy,” Velma responded. “I can’t help thinking whoever framed Scooby is somehow connected to the Ghost Bear.”

“Keep it down!” Fred whispered, scoldingly. “We don’t want to attract Bayard.”

“Like you mean the hillbilly with the gun and the thieving raccoon?” Shaggy shook.

“According to this, the bear cave is right on their property,” Velma studied the map.

Hearing that made Shaggy and Scooby freeze in fear before an owl’s cry made them shake and quickly run to catch up with the gang. Unbeknownst to them, Bayard stood high upon a rocky cliffside watching the gang strolling through the woods.

“Can’t say I didn’t warn ‘em,” He spoke, cocking his gun.

He pointed the gun toward the rocky cliffside and fired off a shot that sent rocks sliding down the cliff.

“Zoinks!” Shaggy yelped.

They soon looked toward the rocks approaching them.

“RUUUUN!!!” Fred cried out.

Everyone ran, for even if they could handle the rocks, they wouldn’t last against ‘all’ of them. Scooby whimpered as he rolled atop one rock as he was closing toward the edge. Scooby was relieved he was saved, course it wasn’t over as a huge boulder rolled toward them.They quickly took off running again as the giant boulder chased after them like an ‘Indiana Jones’ movie. They ran until they stopped upon another ledge. They looked back, panicking as the boulder came upon them.

Thankfully, from out of nowhere, John Cena leapt out in front of them and lunged for the rolling boulder. John grunted as he pushed the boulder out of the way and over the ledge. The gang smiled to each other and shook hands with Cena, congratulating him.

“Like, that was amazing!” Shaggy beamed.

“Cena-mazing!” Scooby nodded.

“How did you know where we were?” Velma asked curiously.

“Daphne texted me,” John replied.

Daphne, meanwhile, eyed John in a dreamy state while Fred rolled his eyes and lured jealously.

“Naturally,” Fred grumbled.

“What’s going on?” John asked the group.

“Hillbilly hospitality,” Velma scoffed. “We should keep moving.

“I’ll explain on the way,” Daphne said, holding John’s arm.

The group continued on their way towards Bear Cave. They had no idea what to expect once they went in there, but if there was any evidence to prove that Shaggy and Scooby were innocent the entire time… they were willing to put themselves at risk to find the answers they seek.

Stepping through the other side of the vortex, the Equestrians looked around and noticed nothing but complete, utter darkness surrounding them. And in place of their human forms, the trip had adjusted them back to their Equestrian forms. The landscape itself frightened them a bit, reminding them of where they were in their nightmares. The place where they first encountered the Fiend. What really freaked them out more was the moment they emerged to the other side and no sign of Matt Hardy in sight.

“Where did Matt go?” Spike asked worriedly.

“I don’t see him anywhere,” Storm added.

“I knew we couldn’t trust that guy!” Rainbow said.

Then a sound resembling water drew everyone’s attention and they turned to see Matt Hardy guiding a long black gondola along the darkness, much to everyone’s confusion. He pulled the boat beside the group and looked at them with those crazy eyes.

“In order to venture deep into the Multiverse, we’ll need the assistance of Skarsgard,” He gestured to the boat.

Everyone once again faced each other with uncertainty. Then, one by one, they stepped onto the boat and Matt Hardy began to row them along the black landscape.

“This seems more and more like a bad idea by the second,” Rainbow pointed out.

As Hardy rowed them along the black void between time and space, the group decided there were certain questions to ask over what lies before them.

“Where exactly are you taking us?” Twilight asked.

“To combat the man who is dead, you must first venture to the realm of death to procure the sacred urn,” Matt responded.

“Oookay… wasn’t expecting that for an answer,” Twilight replied nervously. “What exactly does this urn have to do with the Undertaker?”

“It’s the source of all his dark magic,” Matt responded. “It is also where he has trapped the souls of great warriors, including his true form.”

This seemed to draw every pony’s attention as they eyed Matt curiously.

“What do you mean his ‘true form’?” Spike asked. “Are you telling me the Undertaker we’ve met isn’t the ‘real’ one?”

“The man who is dead has assumed many forms across the Multiverse,” Matt answered. “The one you’ve had the displeasure to meet is not his true form. It has escaped the Multiverse and captured the soul of his true form in the confines of the urn. To combat this great evil, you must procure the sacred urn and release the spirit contained within.”

“So, in order to vanquish the Undertaker, we must release ‘another’ Undertaker?” Storm asked.

“Yeeeeeeehehehehehehes…” Matt Hardy laughed insanely.

The group looked amongst each other, now entirely uncertain of this entire plan. Celestia knows it is a tough enough task dealing with oneUndertaker. Now they must summon another one? This seemed to get worse and worse by the minute.

Eventually, the group noticed what seemed to be an opening at the end of a dark passageway, which grew closer and closer each passing moment. Finally, when they passed through the pathway, they looked in utter amazement at the sight before them. For they seemed to be floating through an endless galaxy of stars with an endless number of dark planets.

“Welcome to the Muliverse!” matt exclaimed loudly. “It’s glorious, isn’t it?”

The first to break out of their trance, speaking in utter amazement, was Storm Shield himself.

“You can say that again,” He nodded.

“It’s… amazing!” Twilight spoke bewildered.

“Why do all the planets look so dark and freaky-deaky?” Pinkie asked.

“In the Multiverse, there is no ‘one’ true form,” Matt responded. “All matter is obsolete to the viewing eye, but there is even more to see if you open your mind and gaze into the cosmos.”

Sailing through the Multiverse for a good while, Matt eventually sailed the boat in the direction of another swirling vortex in the distance. This one was much different compared to the one they entered to access this endless plain of existence. This vortex was much larger and darker, like a black hole.

“This is where you must embark on your own,” Matt told them. “You need only enter the Realm of Death and claim the sacred urn yourself. Once you do, it’s power will return you to your usual plain of existence.”

“How’re we supposed to find it?” Rarity asked. “We don’t even know what it looks like.”

“And even if we do, ain’t like it’ll be easy tah find,” Applejack agreed.

“You will face many perils along the way,” Matt responded. “But fear now, you need only call upon the spirits of legends long past. They shall help you uncover it. Good luck my fellow vessels.”

The group stood in the boat and looked over the edge into the swirling darkness of the vortex. They were both frightened of falling into the dark, yet all the same they were determined to find what was needed to help their friend and end this horrid evil.

“Thank you for your help Matt,” Twilight thanked. “Alright every pony… let’s do this.”

With their best leap forward, the entire group screamed as they plummeted through the void and were sucked into the endless sea of darkness.

The Mystery Inc. gang and John Cena walked through the forest until they eventually reached an opening in the rocky cliff walls near a flowing river. Velma studied her map before looking back up.

“This is it, guys,” She told the others. “Bear Cave.”

“Come on, follow me,” Fred gestured.

Fred began to walk across a fallen tree across the river. From the bushes off the side, Bayard watched as the gang crossed the river and entered the light. A grin appeared upon his bearded face.

“Now that’s just rich,” He chuckled. “Those dummies just walked into a trap that’s better than any I could ever make.”

The gang walked through the cold dark tunnels of the cave, moving very carefully. The only sounds were the water droplets and the screeching of bats. As they walked along, something caught their eyes and they looked over toward the skeletal remains of a bear. Shaggy and Scooby gulped in fear.

“I’ll bet you that was the original bear,” Fred pointed out.

“He doesn’t look so vicious now,” Velma scoffed.

“How long do you think he’s been there?” Daphne wondered.

“Who cares as long as he stays there,” Shaggy replied.

“Reah!” Scooby agreed.

The gang continued onward for a little while, maneuvering through the twists and turns of the cave. Eventually, they reached a point where it looked as though there was a light up ahead in a cavern. Walking towards it, they stumbled upon a tiny cavern filled with books, tools, and all assortment of oddities. A lone table sat in the middle with a lantern lit brightly on top. What was more interesting were the deep scratches on the cave floor.

“Like what is this crazy place?” Shaggy asked.

“My guess… the lair of the Ghost Bear,” Velma said, studying the markings.

“Like he has a lot of junk for a ghost… or a bear.”

“Not junk, clues,” Daphne said, studying the books.

“What kind of books are those?” John asked.

“Books on hypnotism,” Daphne replied. “Hypnotic Techniques and Subliminal Hypnosis.”

“Jackpot!” Fred grinned, snapping a picture. “I think we just found our first bit of evidence to get you guys off the hook with Kane.”

Hearing that alone made Shaggy and Scooby very happy as they ran forth and grabbed the books hugging them tightly.

“Evidence!” Shaggy yelled joyfully.

“Re rove evidence!” Scooby barked happily.

“Hey gang!” Cena called out. “Check this out!”

He pulled some form of blueprints off the cave walls, laying them out flat upon the table for all eyes to see.

“Schematics for an EMP,” Cena noted.

“Rhat’s an EMP?” Scooby asked.

“What’s a schematic?” Shaggy added.

“An EMP is an electromagnetic pulse,” John replied. “It’s a device that can destroy electronics within its range.”

Fred took another picture with his camera for additional evidence.

“Look what I found!” Velma called, showing a calendar. “This calendar has the date for WrestleMania circled in red. R.I.P. WWE?”

To which Fred took another picture, much to the gang’s growing annoyance.

“Fred!” Velma yelled.

“Evidence photos, Velma,” Fred told her. “Can’t have an investigation without evidence photos.”

“So someone thinks they’re gonna knock the lights out on WrestleMania?” John growled. “Not on my watch!”

It was then there was growling and before anyone could react, the Ghost Bear came upon him and knocked the wrestler hard into the cave’s stone wall knocking him out cold.

“John!” Daphne cried out for the fallen wrestler.

“G-G-Ghost bear!” Shaggy yelled fearfully.

The monstrous beast gave a loud roar, eyeing its prey and ready to attack.

The first thing any of the Equestrians noticed was an insanely bright light meeting their eyes. It was so bright they had to shield their eyes with their arms or risking going blind from how bright it was. Eventually, the light faded until it was manageable to un-shield their eyes. The moment they uncovered their eyes, they immediately wished they’d kept them covered.

Their eyes widened with fear when they noticed exactly where they were. There they stood at the entrance of what appeared to be an arena, but certainly not like any they’d ever seen. It looked as though they were in the center of some colosseum, the ramp ahead made entirely of cobblestone leading to a wrestling ring, the remainder of the ground nothing but molten hot magma, and the arena entrance shaped in the form of a gigantic skull. It was perhaps the most terrifying place ever.

“Where… the hay… are we?” Rainbow asked, genuinely scared.

“If I was to make a guess, only one word comes to mind,” Storm replied.

“I’m afraid to ask, but… what word?” Spike asked.

“Hell…” Storm answered. “We are officially in ‘hell’.”

“I think you might be right Storm,” Twilight shook.

“I reckon we find this here urn and get the hay outta here!” Applejack spoke up.

“I second the motion darling,” Rarity nodded urgently.

“But where’d we even begin?” Spike asked. “This place is so huge; could take forever to find it.”

“Ooh, ooh! I know, I know, I know!” Pinkie said quickly, waving her hoof.

“Yes Pinkie,” Storm answered patiently.

“It’s right there in the ring!” Pinkie pointed.

Every pony faced the direction where Pinkie was pointing and sure enough, just as she said, a brass urn sat just in the middle of the ring. Everyone looked at each other confused for a moment.

“This feels too easy,” Storm said suspiciously. “Like some pony’s baiting us.”

“Definitely a trap,” Twilight agreed. “Every pony, be on high alert. Leave no corner unturned.”

The group slowly made their way forward, down across the cobblestone rampway towards the ring. When they got there, they leapt into the ring and made to grab the urn. However, just as Storm touched the urn…

*BOOM!!!*

A lightning bolt from nowhere struck the middle of the ring sending Storm back. Every pony gave a startled cry and leapt out of the ring to avoid getting struck, with Twilight and Spike pulling Storm out. When they turned back toward the center of the ring, the urn was no longer there as if it disappeared into thin air. Everyone got back to shaky legs and looked toward the spot the lightning bolt struck.

“I’m guessing this is about to get really, really bad now?” Rainbow asked nervously.

“Most definitely,” Twilight nodded.

Strange chanting filled the air within the colosseum and the entire group turned back to the entrance as a group of dark-cloaked individuals slowly entered. Not a single feature on them could be seen what with their cloaks literally covering every portion of their body. The figures all held giant lit torches within their grasp as they walked down the ramp and encircled the ring, all while the group huddled together in the middle. A wicked laugh echoed throughout the arena and when they turned back again, the group saw Tirek and Cozy Glow emerge. They stared toward the heroes menacingly.

“You pathetic ponies really thought you could just come down here and steal away the source of the Undertaker’s power?” Tirek laughed. “Seems you have even less brains than I originally thought.”

“As tempting as it is to end your miserable existence here and now, we promised the Ministry and Chrysalis that ‘they’ kick the snot out of you at WrestleMania,” Cozy added.

The two dastardly villains looked at each other, sharing an evil grin as they turned back.

“But… we never said we wouldn’t beat you down before showtime.”

The pair made their way down the ramp, joining the masked druids as they surrounded the Equestrian heroes. The group held each other as they found themselves completely surrounded and outnumbered.

“What’ll we do?” Spike asked. “We can’t fight them all with just us. We need help!”

Twilight recalled what Matty Hardy said about the legends of the past and an idea came to her head.

“Every pony close your eyes and think about help!” She ordered.

“Why?!” Rainbow asked.

“Just do it!” Twilight yelled.

Everyone quickly closed their eyes, thinking of nothing but someone coming to help them in their hour of need.

Every pony shot their heads toward the colosseum entrance, as a car engine rumbled. From the entrance, a hydraulic lowrider was driven by one of the greatest WWE Superstars ever. A former WWE champion with Latin blood hotter than a spicy pepper. That being ‘Latino Heat’ himself: Eddie Guerrero.

Eddie pulled the lever of the car, and the car’s hydraulics bounced the car every which way before he finally stopped and stood up in the car with a microphone in hand.

“Odelé homes!” He said. “Someone calls for help and who better to show up than Latino Heat esé? Now I know what you’re thinking bro, one man alone can’t do much to help. But no worries, I brought some amigos along with me homes!”

Out of the entrance emerged a former corrections officer from Cobb County, Georgia turned WWE Superstar. With nightstick in one hand, a ball and chain in the other, one could not deny the unmistakable presence of the WWE Hall of Famer: the Big Boss Man.

The big man stood side by side with Eddie Guerrero, ready to serve some justice and make sure someone’s serving hard time.

Up next came perhaps the greatest tag team in WWE history. Dressed in their signature spiked shoulder pads and wearing their traditional face paint came forth the two baddest dudes on the fact of the planet. The legendary tag team known by many names, such as the Legion of Doom and the Road Warriors: Animal and Hawk.

Next came a man full of machismo and style that any man could ever hope to muster. One of the greatest intercontinental champions of all time, an innovator of the Ladder Match with Shawn Michaels, and a founding member of the renegade N.W.O. The big man known far and wide as the ‘Bad Guy’: Razor Ramon

Next emerge one of the most legendary, most beloved figures ever to compete for WWE. The man, the myth, the legend, and a former WWE champion fighting many legendary battles with the likes of Hulk Hogan, Ricky Steamboat, Jake Roberts, and much more. Dressed in one of his flashy flowing robes and signature sunglasses came forth the ‘Macho Man’ himself: Randy Savage.

Finally came the most energetic and wildest superstar ever to walk God’s green earth. Wearing his trademark war paint on his face, this man oozed charisma and energy with the indomitable spirit of a true warrior. Which only made sense since his name represented exactly what he was: the Ultimate Warrior.

Not even bothering to stop alongside his fellow legends, Warrior ran down the ramp so fast it actually blew Cozy Glow, Tirek, and the druids aside. He ran around the ring several times just to slow himself down and then jumped upon the apron and shook the ropes so violently, it seemed like they’d snap.

With the arrival of new partners and a renewed sense of adrenaline, the Equestrians jumped into battle alongside their new allies who raced down to join the fight. Twilight and Storm used their magic to keep Tirek back, who fired back with a barrage of his own flare. Pinkie Pie and Rarity fought against Cozy Glow, who kept her distance from her slightly more powerful opponents. And Rainbow Dash and Applejack applied their strength with the legends to do battle against the huge number of druids who came by the dozen as each figure fell. Even with their increased numbers, however, the druids were endless and with Tirek and Cozy Glow our heroes were still outnumbered.

“It’s no use!” Rarity yelled. “There’s too many!”

“We need more help!” Applejack cried.

Much to everyone’s shock and awe, out from the entrance stepped not only the ‘biggest’ legend in WWE, but a true national treasure around the world. Standing seven feet and five inches tall, weighing in at 520 pounds, came a man so well known he actually been deemed the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’: Andre the Giant.

The giant walked his way down the cobblestone ramp and with every step he took, the ground shook beneath him. A few druids ran forth to stop him, but Andre easily swatted them aside with his huge hands. He stepped up into the ring and manhandled the druids in his wake, one by one. Now with Andre added to the picture, the druids fell one-by-one until eventually they started to retreat to the depths of which they came.

“Cowards!” Tirek yelled after them. “Come back and fight!”

“Uh, Tirek… b-b-buddy…” Cozy shook.

Tirek turned back catching the Equestrian Heroes and WWE legends staring directly at him with sour looks. Cozy Glow tried to fly away only to get caught in the giant grasp of Andre, completely unable to move an inch. Seeing such a large ensemble of strength and power, Tirek would be lying if he wasn’t the slightest bit scared.

“Uh-heh-heh… about the whole beat you down thing…”

But Tirek didn’t even get an opportunity to finish the sentence. One punch to the face, courtesy of Andre with his free hand, knocked him so hard that a few teeth burst from his mouth. Not wanting to be outdone, the other legends piled on top of Tirek.

First, the Big Boss Man lifted Tirek up and threw him against the ropes. The centaur bounced off and came back, only to get caught in the Boss Man’s signature Spinning Sidewalk Slam. Razor Ramon picked Tirek back up and lifted him high over his head before driving him down to the mat with his signature Razor’s Edge crucifix powerbomb.

The Road Warriors lifted him up onto Animal’s shoulders, as Hawk climbed the top rope and soared off with the Doomsday Device clothesline sending Tirek spinning head-over-heels to the ground. Then, the high-flying Eddie Guerrero took to the top rope before giving a slight mocking taunt and flew off the top rope nailing his famous Frog-splash.

After him, Randy Savage climbed the top rope as well and stood tall while pointing to the heavens. Then he leapt off, bringing his elbow down right on Tirek’s giant chest with his famous Elbow Drop. Then, the Ultimate Warrior unleashed an almighty growl before running off both sets of ropes several times before leaping high into the air before crashing fully down on Tirek with his Ultimate Splash.

Finally, with Cozy Glow still in his grasp, Andre the Giant walked over the severely beaten and battered Tirek. He stood tall over the centaur, who struggled to pick himself up. Andre merely lifted his elbow and dropped all his weight upon Tirek with an elbow drop that could have caved him in, right then and there.

When it was finally over, Tirek groaned in immense pain and rolled out of the ring before collapsing upon the floor outside the ring. Cozy Glow gulped in fear, thinking she would be next. But instead, Andre lowered her down so she could look straight into the eyes of the Equestrians.

“Tell Undertaker and his Ministry we’re ready for them,” Twilight spoke confidently. “And we’re bringing Fluttershy home.”

Cozy Glow merely nodded her head rapidly before Andre finally let the little filly go. She flew away in fear while Tirek limped after her clutching his chest. Soon as they were gone, another bolt of lightning struck the heart of the ring and the sacred urn once more sat there. Twilight cautiously walked over and picked it up, holding it closely. She turned back toward her friends with a smile before acknowledging all the legends.

“Thank you all,” She spoke appreciatively. “There’s no way we would ever have stopped them all by ourselves.

“Hey-yo, no problem chica,” Razor chuckled.

“As long as Big Boss Man’s around, I’ll be enforcing the law and make sure if you don’t abide you’ll be serving hard time,” Boss Man added.

“No one, living or dead, can touch the Road Warriors,” Animal said, with Hawk nodding in agreement.

“Glad to help lay some macho madness down on those chumps, oooooooooh yeeeeeeah!!!” Randy said, striking a pose.

“No matter the odds, the spirit of the Ultimate Warrior will run forever!” Warrior smiled.

That being said, the legends waved to the Equestrian heroes who all waved back as they slowly faded away into the bright white light one by one. The last to leave was Andre himself, who smiled upon the Equestrians.

“Tell everyone… we miss them…” Andre spoke, fading away.

Soon, the Mane Six, Spike, and Storm looked upon the urn in Twilight’s grasp. They all looked at each other with smiles on their faces. For they knew, that so long as they held the urn in their possession, the game was about to change.

“Now… let’s go back and end this,” Storm declared.

Then, a bright white light engulfed them as well till eventually they all faded into nothingness.

Mystery Inc. stood cornered in the caverns, as the Ghost Bear slowly stalked toward them with murderous intent. John Cena was still knocked out on the floor, leaving the kids alone to fend for themselves against the monster. The beast stood tall, growling menacingly, but Fred quickly leapt into action and took pictures. The flash from the camera blinding the beast momentarily.

“RUN!!!” Fred yelled.

Not bother to waste another second, the gang ran rough shot down the cavern as fast as they could. The Ghost Bear stayed right on their heels the entire time. They all ran around the cave, but still neither the kids nor the dog could shake the bear loose. Eventually, they ended up back in the same cavern where John Cena still laid unconscious.

“We’re back where we started!” Daphne exclaimed, shocked.

The loud growling drew their attention, and the team spotted the Ghost Bear running towards them.

“Jinkies!” Velma yelled. “And so’s the bear!”

Having run all around the cave, unable to shake the beast, the gang found themselves in a position where they needed a new plan and fast. Fred looked down toward one of the oxygen tanks laid on the cave floor and an idea came to mind. He flipped the table over on its side and the edge clipped the tank, busting it open. The tank soared through the air towards the bear’s direction, but it merely swatted it away with its massive claws. The tank exploded against the cave wall and the bear growled in anger.

That is… until the sound of rushing water was heard.

Everyone, including the Ghost Bear, looked back and saw the cave wall collapse. A torrent of rushing water proceeded to flood through the tunnel. The water quickly washed the Ghost Bear and the gang away, sending them down the cavern along with ‘all’ the evidence needed to clear Shaggy and Scooby’s names.

“The evidence!” Shaggy yelled.

Eventually, the whole gang was pulled under the rushing water. Thankfully, Fred, Daphne, and Velma were able to pull themselves onto the table using it as a makeshift raft. They coughed up water and looked about, only to notice two individuals were missing.

“Where are the boys?!” Daphne asked, panicked.

The gang looked amongst the water, hoping to find Shaggy and Scooby. All of a sudden, they burst through the surface and used the unconscious John Cena as their own raft. Being a big muscular guy, though still out cold, he floated pretty well.

“We got to get the evidence!” Shaggy yelled.

“Don’t worry, Shaggy,” Fred assured. “I still have the photos.”

At that moment, the Ghost Bear burst from the water and chomped the camera in half. Shaggy and Scooby yelled out in panic both at the emergence of the monster… and the fact it destroyed the evidence they needed. Meanwhile, the Ghost Bear swiped its claws at the gang on the table and Velma looked ahead as her eyes widened in fear.

“Guys, hold onto something!” She warned.

Everyone looked toward where she was looking, and they all panicked in fear as the water started going over a huge drop at the end of the tunnel. Eventually, they fell over the edge and screamed mid-fall. The Ghost Bear kept swiping, this time toward Shaggy and Scooby, who screamed with panic. Thankfully, at that moment, John Cena finally regained consciousness, snatched the Ghost Bear’s claw, hurled the monster across the air, and it landed toward a nearby cliff. Shaggy and Scooby both cheered with joy while Daphne snapped a picture of Cena with her cell phone.

“Epic!” She smiled.

“Ah, enough already!” Fred yelled irritated.

Finally, the entire gang splashed down in the water at the bottom of the cliff. The table holding Fred, Daphne, and Velma eventually washed up on the show while John Cena carried Shaggy and Scooby out of the water. They all coughed up water, taking deep breaths following their near-death experience with the bear and the cave flooding. When they finally regained some composure, Fred turned to the side and noticed something.

“Hey! Over there!” He pointed.

Everyone looked over and noticed what appeared to be a storm drain leading to ‘who knows where’. However, at the moment, it seemed to be their only way out of the cavern, so they began walking through the drain. Eventually, they reached a point where they spotted a grate above them, and Fred reached up to lift it out of the way. When it was clear, the gang pulled themselves out and were shocked to see they stumbled right back into the WWE training grounds.

“Hey! What do you know?” Shaggy spoke bewildered.

“The caves are connected directly to the storm-drains under WWE city,” Velma pointed out.

“Giving that ghost bear full access at any time!” Daphne realized.

At that moment, a flash of light nearly blinded them for a moment. Eventually, the blinding light faded revealing the Equestrian heroes (Assuming their human forms) standing together. By the looks of them, the group looked as though they just had been through a huge fight. Their clothes were disheveled, their hair were a mess, not to mention the scrapes and bruises along their skin.

“Like, where’d you guys come from?” Shaggy asked confused.

“Buddy… you wouldn’t believe us if we told you,” Rainbow responded.

“Ry re…” Scooby spoke.

Author's Note

Rest In Peace to all of the deceased legends that have made an appearance in this story.

Eddie Guerrero: October 9, 1967–November 13, 2005

Big Boss Man: May 2, 1963–September 22, 2004

Animal: September 12, 1960–September 22, 2020

Hawke: January 26, 1957–October 19, 2003

Razor Ramon: October 20, 1958–March 14, 2022

Randy Savage: November 15, 1952–May 20, 2011

Ultimate Warrior: June 16, 1959–April 8, 2014

Andre the Giant: May 19, 1946–January 27, 1993

Wrestlemania Night 1

The very next day, the sun shined down upon the WWE arena. The Equestrian heroes, Mystery Inc., and John Cena walked through the corridors with Ms. Richards. As they walked, they explained everything to the lady executive of all they found at Bear Cave. Of course Storm Shield, Spike, and the girls intentionally left out the parts where they ventured through the multiverse and battles against dark forces alongside WWE legends in the plains of damnation. It already wasn’t believable to them, and only they experienced the multiverse themselves. They were certain nobody else would believe it and they decided to keep that to themselves.

“So you see Richards,” Cena explained, mid-walk. “That’s how the Ghost bear gets in and out of places so quickly.”

“And we have reason to believe that whoever is behind these bear attacks has planted an EMP device somewhere in the stadium.”

“He could shut down the entire show right in the middle of WrestleMania,” Velma finished.

“You see Ms. Richards?” Twilight pointed out. “This proves Shaggy and Scooby are completely innocent. From what they’ve said, it seems whoever is behind this has been planning this for quite some time, while Shaggy and Scooby only just got here a few days ago.”

“And were you able to find ‘any’ solid evidence that the dog and his friend didn’t steal the championship belt, of which we have tangible footage?” Richard shot back.

“Not exactly, but…”

“Then as far as I’m concerned, their WrestleMania match tomorrow is still underway.”

Both Shaggy and Scooby gulped loudly, starting to quiver with fear over the very prospect of having to face Kane.

“I don’t know Richards,” Reuben butted in. “We shouldn’t take any risks; we’ll have to cancel the show.”

“You can’t cancel WrestleMania!” Richards retorted. “That’d be like cancelling Christmas, not to mention my career! Besides, what could anybody gain by shutting off the lights?”

“Not just the lights, but the T.V. cameras as well,” Daphne pointed out. “There’d be no show.”

“People would panic in the pitch black,” Velma pointed out. “They’d get hurt.”

It was during this moment Sin Cara ‘flipped’ into the conversation and began striking a few poses.

“Does this guy really have to flip around so much?” Rainbow deadpanned. “I mean I know I can be a showoff myself, but seriously.”

Even if this movie ‘did’ give Sin Cara any ‘lines’, it would all be in ‘Spanish’ or something.

You ‘really’ need to do more research on these guys.

“Don’t worry about that right now Dash,” Cena spoke up. “Besides, Sin Cara’s right. It would tarnish the entire reputation of WWE.”

“Look, I’ll have my men guard the stadium’s generators 24/7,” Richards told them. “They’ll check ‘every’ square inch of the building right before the show. No one’s going to get away with anything under my watch. One way or the other… WrestleMania goes on.”

That being said, Richards walked away to sort everything into the place leaving the rest of the group behind.

“If the object of the EMP is to create chaos, you know the Ghost Bear won’t be far away when it happens,” Velma pointed out.

“Or Discord for that matter,” Storm muttered, under his breath.

“Well, I think it’s pretty obvious what we need to do now,” Fred said.

“Run away?” Scooby asked fearfully.

“Scooby Doo, must you always think that’s the answer to ‘everything’?” Rarity pointed out.

“Like it hasn’t failed us yet!” Shaggy replied.

“No, we need to turn WrestleMania into a trap,” Fred said determined.

“A big bear trap,” Cena nodded. “Whatever you’ve got planned Fred, count me in.”

Cena stuck out his hand and everyone looked toward Fred with smiles, letting him know that they were down with whatever he had planned. Fred, smiling as well, shook Cena’s hand.

“Come on then, we don’t have much time,” He said.

“But don’t forget, John and I still need to train for our match tonight against the Ministry!” Spike pointed out.

Cena turned back toward the teenage dragon-turned-human with a rather regretful look upon his face.

“Yeah… about that…” Cena spoke slowly.

“What?” Spike asked worriedly.

“I’m really sorry to do this Spike, but I won’t be able to team with you and Edge tonight.”

“WHAT?!?!” Spike gasped in shock. “You mean to tell me it’ll just be me and Edge out there tonight? You realize we’d be at a severe disadvantage!”

“I know, and I wish I could help you out, except…” John explained. “After getting smashed into that cave wall by the Ghost Bear, the head trainers told me I had a concussion. I won’t be able to wrestle tonight!”

“So wait, you’ll help the gang with the ‘trap’, but you can’t even wrestle?” Spike asked.

“Never said I had to do the physical part.”

“Well that’s just great!” Rainbow spoke sarcastically. “Now where are Spike and Edge supposed to find another partner on such short notice? Nearly every other wrestler on this roster are either already scheduled for WrestleMania or on the injured list.”

“You could always ask Michael Cole to put on his wrestling gear,” Pinkie suggested.

“NOOOOOO!!!” Everyone shouted.

“I believe that’s something I can help you with baby.”

The entire group turned to see none other than the Equestrian heroes’ new manager, Jimmy Hart, approaching them.

“Wut are ya talkin’ about?” Applejack asked confused.

“You see, John came to me earlier after his trip to the trainers and told me he wasn’t able to compete tonight,” Jimmy explained. “I knew I couldn’t leave my new client without a tag team partner tonight… aside from Edge. I went out and found you Spike a replacement scheduled to meet you out in the ring for your match tonight.”

Spike merely ran his hand through his green hair, sweating slightly over the news.

“Then why don’t I feel any better?” Spike asked nervously.

Later that night, the thunder crashed as the rain poured from the heavens while the first night of WrestleMania was in full effect. Fans walked through the arena doors, tickets in hand, ready for a night of amazing action. Out in the arena, the seats were jam-packed to the rafters with screaming, cheering crowds. Spike, in his wrestling garbs, peeked from the curtain to the backstage area, his nerves skyrocketing as he contemplated the night head. Here he was with little to almost ‘no’ training whatsoever and now he has to go out before the crowd and put his body on the line in a grueling match just to prove himself.

His thoughts were interrupted by footsteps behind him, drawing his attention to Edge walking beside him.

“Ready to go out and tear the house down tonight?” Edge asked.

“Yeah… I guess,” Spike responded unsurely.

Spike proceeded to take a seat on a nearby equipment crate, slumping down and taking deep breaths. Edge could tell just by looking at the young man that he was clearly upset. He slowly walked over to sit alongside the kid.

“Nervous?” He asked.

To which Spike merely gave a slight nod.

“I understand how you feel,” Edge spoke, patting his shoulder. “I felt the same way before my first match.”

“It’s not so much about the match,” Spike responded. “I’ve had my share of fights before coming here. It’s more of ‘what’s’ at stake. And if I lose this one… I’m afraid I’ll let everyone down and I’ll never hear the end of it.”

“Yeah… John told me everything that’s been going on lately with this whole New Ministry thing. I get it… I used to be a member of the old Ministry; I know what it’s like when the Darkness creeps in.”

Edge looked down toward Spike, placing an arm around his shoulder.

“When I was told of this, I knew I had to help you guys anyway I could,” He continued. “Now we’re going out there tonight, we’re going to beat them down, and we’ll get your friend back one way or another.”

Spike turned back toward Edge, now with an actual smile on his face.

“Thanks for the pep talk Edge,” Spike spoke gratefully.

“No problem kid,” Edge smiled back.

It was during that moment Jimmy Hard approached the pair.

“Alright baby, let’s get this going!”

Spike and Edge both jumped from the create and made for the stage entrance, ready to tackle the task at hand.

Back out in the arena, the cheering and adoration of the fans continued to escalate and grow as the first night of WrestleMania was underway. The ring announcer stepped into the ring with a microphone in hand, ready to address the erupting audience.

“Ladies and gentlemen… Welcome to WrestleMania!”

The crowd cheered even louder in response.

“The following contest is a Six Man Tornado Tag Team Match set for one fall…”

“ONE FALL!!!”

“… with a sixty minute time limit!”

The audience cheered with adulation once more, as Edge and Spike raced out upon the stage with adrenaline. Jimmy Hart followed them out as the pair ran to each side of the stage, rallying the crowd. Finally, they started their way down the ramp only to stop in the middle with Spike standing in front of Edge. They both threw their arms in the air and a big blast of colorful pyro exploded behind them.

“Making their way to the ring, accompanied by the ‘Mouth of the South’ Jimmy Hart, at a combined weight of 404 pounds: the team of Spike and the ‘Rated R Superstar’ Edge!!!”

Everyone cheered again and the announcers sat down upon their table to speak.

“Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first night of WrestleMania!” Michael Cole announced. “As always I am Michael Cole accompanied by my broadcast partner, Jerry ‘the King’ Lawler!”

“Boy Michael, I am so excited for the first night of what is sure to be one of the greatest WrestleMania’s ever!” Jerry said excitedly. “And what a way to kick off the show tonight than a six-man matchup!”

“How true that is King, but there is one thing that myself and everyone else is widening tonight. Who is going to replace John Cena in the match here tonight.”

“I’m not sure Michael. After Cena wasn’t cleared to compete tonight, Jimmy Hart said he found a tag team partner, but we have no idea who it is. I can’t wait to find out!”

Spike and Edge stepped into the ring, waiting to find out who their mystery tag team partner could possibly be. They waited… and waited… and waited…

And then the lights went out…

…

The roof nearly blew off the arena as the crowds’ cheering was deafening. From out of the floor rose a man who hadn’t competed in WWE for six whole years, but one everyone knew well. The man who built WWE’s rival company AEW, a multiple time champion, and son of the legendary Dusty Rhodes: the ‘American Nightmare’ Cody Rhodes.

“And their tag team partner, from Atlanta, Georgia, weighing in at 220 pounds: THE AMERICAN NIIIIIIIIIGHTMARE, COOOOODYYY RRRRRHOOOOOODES!!!”

“This entire arena just exploded!” Michael Cole said amazed. “You could hear that reaction all the way in the woods on the outskirts of the city!”

“You’re telling me Michael, this is amazing!” Jerry agreed. “We haven’t seen Cody Rhodes in a WWE ring in years, but what a reaction when he returns.”

Cody rolled into the ring, staring right at a very surprised Edge and Spike who looked toward the American Nightmare with awe. Cody stuck his hand out and they both stared for a moment longer before shaking it one by one. Cody stood alongside them in anticipation for what’s about to come next as the lights went out again.

A long silence ensued from the audience out of fear as the New Ministry made their way out the backstage area. Leading the charge was Malakai Black, who Cody Rhodes had quite a history with. Black stood garbed in a macabre-looking headpiece that was skeletal and spooky. Behind him came Kevin Thorn, followed by Abyss and Father James Mitchell. They were perhaps the most terrifying, powerful force ever to walk the Earth.

“And their opponents: ‘the Monster’ Abyss, Kevin Thorn, and Malakai Black!!!”

“They are perhaps the most sadistic, horrifying group ever assembled in the WWE,” Michael Cole announced.

“You hit the nail on the head there Michael,” Jerry agreed. “These three individuals have literally sold their souls to the devil himself, the Undertaker. In my opinion, it’s only made them even more powerful than anyone could possibly imagine.”

The three demonic entities entered the ring and stood directly across from their opposition. Both teams stared daggers toward one another. The referee stepped into the ring, ready to signal for the bell, until James Mitchell stepped before him with a microphone in hand.

“I hope the three of you are prepared to enter a world of pain and eternal damnation at the hands of the Ministry,” He spoke. “You see, this is not going to be a regular match by any means. This is the match that my monster Abyss made famous. This is going to be… ‘Monster’s Ball’!!!”

With that said, Mitchell dropped the microphone and departed the ring with a sadistic cackle. He knew a Monster’s Ball match was dangerous, destructive even. It was more likely that someone wouldn’t be walking out on their own two feet. That’s just exactly what he wanted out of this night. Spike, wide-eyed, turned to walk out of the ring only for Edge and Cody to grab both his shoulders and forced him to turn around.

“Alright ladies and gentlemen, it looks like this matchup tonight at WrestleMania will now be a Monster’s Ball match!” Michael announced.

“Oh let me tell you Michael just how happy I am ‘not’ to be part of this match,” Jerry added. “There have only been a handful of Monster’s Ball matches in wrestling history, and they all usually end with someone in the hospital… or worse.”

“I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS!!!” Spike called out.

*DING! DING! DING!*

At the sound of the bell, the match-up was officially underway. Right off the bat, an all-out slug fest ignited as both teams raced toward each other and started laying out fists against one another. Cody and Malakai went after each other, Edge took it to Abyss, and Spike and Thorn threw down.

“Here we go, matchup is underway!” Michael announced. “These men are already taking it to one another!”

“What do you expect Michael?” Jerry asked. “For days now, these men couldn’t wait to get at one another.”

Thorn seemed to have the upper hand at first, dragging Spike to a corner. After a moment, Thorn finally backed up and in a possible sign of defiance, Spike slapped Thorn right across the face. The Vampire lord slowly turned his face back, clearly enraged, and a bead of sweat dropped from Spike’s head as he chuckled nervously. Immediately, the vampire went to work on Spike, pounding him with fists which Spike desperately tried to block.

“This Spike kid better watch out because he’s not just in the ring with anybody,” Michael warned. “He’s going face-to-face with Kevin Thorn, one of the most extreme individuals in the industry.”

As Thorn pummeled Spike in the corner, Edge stepped in and pulled Thorn off of Spike. Edge threw a massive punch on Thorn, stunning the vampire a tad, and just as he turned around he was met with a dropkick courtesy of Spike himself.

“An impressive drop kick from Spike on Thorn,” Michael observed.

“I’ll admit, this kid actually has some impressive moves!” Jerry agreed.

However, the momentum was short lived as Malakai Black snuck up and rolled up Spike in a schoolboy pin-fall attempt.

1… 2…

Thankfully, Cody leapt in and broke up the pin. The American Nightmare pressed the attack upon Malakai. The latter wasted little time getting up, kicked Cody in the midsection, and went for the DDT. However, Cody countered and tried going for a DDT of his own. Malakai had the move scouted and turned it into a suplex.

Meanwhile, thinking quickly, Spike climbed the top rope. It was unclear what intentions he had because Thorn met him at the top rope and landed a few clubbing blows. For a moment, the vampire had the advantage, till one swift kick to the skull sent him crashing down to the mat. Spike repositioned himself, then hit a picture perfect 450 degree splash before going for the cover.

1… 2…

Then Abyss jumped in and broke the pin. Spike, having no time to refocus, felt lifted off the ground as Abyss wrapped his hand around Spike’s neck. Lifting the boy up, Abyss nailed a massive chokeslam on the young dragon teen. Spike quickly rolled out of the ring, clutching his back in pain.

Abyss quickly followed the young dragon teen out the ring, reaching under the ring apron before pulling out a steel chair. Spike leaned against the ring post, turning his back toward Abyss, having no idea what was coming. Abyss reeled the chair back just as Spike turned around. But luckily, Spike ducked out of the way and the chair instead connected with the ring post, the force causing Abyss to drop it. Spike quickly scrambled over, picked the chair up himself, and smacked it across Abyss’s back. The monster stumbled forward in pain as Spike brought the chair across his back once more, each blow leading to resounding cheers from the fans.

While this went on, Cody and Malakai continued their in-ring battle. The match was firmly in Cody’s control now. He stalked Black on the top turnbuckle, waiting for him to get to his feet, and then connected with a moonsault. Both men were down on the ring. As Cody got back to his feet, he grabbed Black and hurled him outside the ring. All the while, Thorn and Edge were wrestling in the crowd and Spike smacked Abyss upside the head with the chair. Cody slipped out and dragged Malakai to the announce table, where he bounced his head off the table. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler looked on in confusion, as the challenger ran his hands through his hair, thinking up ways to wear Black down.

Another idea came to mind as Cody positioned Malakai on the table and climbed up himself. He then positioned Black in a vertical suplex position, which usually is the set-up for the Brainbuster. However, Black countered it into his own suplex, sending Cody and himself crashing through the table.

“And Malakai Black and Cody Rhodes just crashed through our table!” King announced in shock.

“And another table bites the dust,” Michael mumbled to himself.

Edge and Kevin Thorn kept fighting through the crowd, throwing haymakers at one another. Kevin Thorn quickly took advantage and threw Edge toward the ringside barricade. Thorn looked over and noticed a garbage can off the side with a few weapons inside. Dastardly sickening things swept through his head, as he quickly ran and kicked Edge right over the barricade. He then went back, grabbed for the garbage can, and threw it over casting all the weapons over the barricade and onto the floor.

Kevin Thorn quickly hopped over the barricade to go back on the attack. However, Edge grabbed for a kendo stick in the process and whacked Thorn’s side with a sickening smack.

Back with Abyss and Spike, the Monster rolled the young dragon back into the ring and climbed back in after him. Abyss turned back as James Mitchell hopped upon the apron and handed his monster a black bag, which Abyss quickly grabbed. Dumping the bag out, thousands of thumbtacks spilled onto the mat. James Mitchelle laughed sickly before he was pulled off the apron by Jimmy Hart. Hart grabbed his megaphone and smashed it over James Mitchell’s head, sending the Sinister Minister falling to the ground.

Abyss picked Spike up and placed him on the top rope. He climbed himself up and positioned Spike for the super-plex. Thankfully, Spike threw more punches toward Abyss’ head and stopped the monster in his tracks. Spike then flipped Abyss over and powerbombed him off the top rope and onto the thumbtacks. The thumbtacks stuck onto his skin and Abyss rolled out of the ring in pain just as Kevin Thorn pushed a ladder into the ring as Edge now laid unconscious upon the floor… a broken kendo stick laid onto his back.

Thorn set the ladder right in the middle of the ring and started climbing up, as Spike was laid upon the ground. Just as Thorn prepared to jump off, Cody climbed the apron, spring-boarded off the ropes, and caught Thorn with a Cody Cutter off the top of the ladder. Both men rolled out of the ring in pain as Abyss slowly got to his feet against the barricade. Then, in a solute second, Edge ran around the barricade and speared Abyss right through the barricade.

“Edge speared the Monster right through the barricade!” Michael announced loudly.

“Good lord Michael, this matchup is barbaric!” Jerry added.

Back in the ring, the only ones inside were Malakai Black and Spike. Malakai picked Spike up and positioned him for a suplex. However, when he picked Spike up, the young dragon was able to reverse and landed on his feet before nailing Black with a neck breaker into a pin attempt.

1… 2…

Malakai kicked out just as the referee’s hand came down for three. Spike got up and climbed the top rope, posing for the crowd. As Black made his way back to his feet, Spike leapt off the top rope. Black stepped out of the way and Spike landed on his feet. He turned back around for another attack, only to receive the Black Mist right in his eyes. The mist blinded Spike and made him so disoriented he didn’t see Malakai deliver his Black Mass spin kick right to the side of his face and he fell flat on his back for the pin.

1… 2… 3!!!

The crowd booed loudly as Black slowly got to his feet after securing the victory.

“Here are your winners: Kevin Thorn, ‘the Monster’ Abyss, and Malakai Black!”

“Ladies and gentlemen, in all my years as a broadcast commentator, that was one of the greatest matchups I have ever called!” Michael announced.

“I couldn’t possibly agree with you more Michael,” Jerry nodded. “That match had a little bit of everything. I only wish the outcome could have been different.”

Malakai Black sat cross-legged next to a still unconscious Spike for a few moments before a sinister idea came to his head. He quickly rolled out of the ring and grabbed two chairs from under the ring before rolling back inside. He quickly placed one chair under Spike’s head and stood back up at full height with the other one in hand.

“Oh come on Malakai, you’ve done enough already!” Michael said.

“Someone get in there and stop him!” Jerry said urgently.

Where’s the part where Twilight and friends rush off to save Spike!

No one’s allowed to interfere during these WrestleMania matches!

*Pause* THAT doesn’t make any sense!

Black raised the chair over his head, ready to bring it down at full force. That is… until Storm Shield raced in and tackled Malakai Black to the ground. He started laying in a set of punches until Black pushed him off, rolled out of the ring, and stood alongside his demonic disciples.

*Slowly turns toward writing partner with a slight glare*

It’ll ALL make sense in the next chapter… I promise!

Storm Shield helped Spike back to his feet, while Edge and Cody rolled in to help out the little guy. Spike groaned and cried out trying to scrub the mist out of his eyes, while the two WWE stars pulled him out of the ring and helped him up the ramp toward the backstage area. Storm stayed in the ring as he paced back and forth in frustration before grabbing a microphone.

“Okay… I’ve had enough of this Ministry garbage!” He yelled angrily. “It’s one thing to come after me and my friends, but nearly putting one of my best buddies in the hospital! Heck no! I’m ending this thing right here, right now!

“FIEND!!! Get out here so I can you straight to Hell, like I’ll do to the Undertaker tomorrow! In fact, I’ll step it up a notch and challenge you Fiend… to a HELL IN A CELL MATCH!!!”

He hurled the mic down and stood in the ring waiting for his opposition to come to the ring to face him.

The arena lights went out once more as a blood red light enveloped the area and the Fiend emerged from the backstage area. Holding his lantern, which resembled the head of his former persona ‘Bray Wyatt’, the demonic Fiend walked slowly and methodically down the ring. When both combatants were in the ring, the red light stayed lit all around the arena as the gigantic Hell in the Cell structure was lowered around the ring.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it looks like this match will now be a Hell in a Cell match!” Michael Cole announced. “Personally, if I were that Storm kid, I’d not want to be in there right now.”

“No kidding Michael,” Jerry agreed. “I have sat at this commentary table for twenty years and I have commentated almost ‘every’ Hell in a Cell match in history. Believe me when I tell you: These matches are not for the faint at heart.”

The referee quickly rang the bell (DING!), and the matchup was underway. The Fiend immediately started punching Storm’s gut and tossed him into the cell like he was nothing. The Fiend then put one boot on Storm’s throat and while the kid was choking painfully the Fiend put another boot onto his stomach. The ref asked if Storm wanted to give up, but he could barely choke out a ‘No’. Storm then crawled to a corner, trying to pull himself back to his feet.

“Already at the start of this match, and the Fiend is dominating Storm Shield!” Michael announced.

Somewhere in Discord’s theater…

“We’re going to lose…”

Storm rolled out the ring, trying to escape the Fiend’s wrath, but the demonic entity quickly followed him out. As the Fiend advanced toward Storm, the young prince quickly grabbed a kendo stick under the ring and ran back into the ring with the Fiend on his tail. Just as the Fiend rolled back in, Storm whacked him on the gut with the Kendo Stick. Unfortunately, it had little to no effect on the Fiend. Storm kept on the attack with the weapon until the Fiend finally fell on his back.

Storm quickly started dropping his knee on the Fiend’s head. Then he raised the Kendo Stick high above his head and brought it down hard on the Fiend’s head before going for the pin.

1…

The Fiend quickly kicked out at one and got back to his feet like nothing happened. The Fiend Irish-whipped him out of the ring then speared him through the cell. The Fiend grabbed Storm and rolled him back in the ring for a pin attempt of his own.

1… 2…

Storm kicked out at two-and-a-half and the Fiend locked him in the colossal clutch in an attempt to make Storm tap out. The Fiend grabbed his head in both hands and twisted it to the side like he could snap it off like a bottle of cheap wine. The Fiend grabbed Storm and threw him out the ring again. Following him out, he grabbed Storm by the back of the neck and dragged him outside the cell where they broke the wall down. The Fiend Irish-whipped Storm towards the barricade but Storm jumped on top and spun back around in a diving crossbody.

Storm grabbed a chair from behind the barricade and started smacking it repeatedly over the back of the Fiend. He went for the cover but once more the Fiend kicked out at only one. Now Storm was growing more frustrated, seeing as nothing he did could hurt the Fiend. Storm looked up toward the top of the cell as an idea came to his head. Storm started climbing up the side of the cell and soon the Fiend started after him. The two of them were about half-way up the cell and they both started ramming each other’s heads into the wall. Eventually, they were so disoriented that they both fell sixteen feet off the cell to the floor.

“Good lord almighty!” Michael yelled. “They could very well both be broken in half.”

“Those two are going to need some serious medical attention after tonight,” Jerry added.

Storm laid upon the floor in excruciating pain, but the Fiend quickly jumped back up to his feet like the indestructible monster he was. The Fiend started climbing the cell again and Storm crawled his way up after the Fiend. Finally, the two warriors made their way to the top and the Fiend positioned Storm for the Sister Abigail, but Storm pushed the Fiend off and ran him with a massive spear which sent them crashing through the roof of the cell and down through the floor of the ring.

“MY GOD!!!” Michael yelled.

“Someone get out and help these guys quick!” Jerry yelled.

Both Storm and the Fiend laid in that giant hole they left in the ring, barely moving and without a sign of life in them. The referee went to check on the two and noticed Storm’s arm was positioned over the Fiend causing him to count the pinfall.

1… 2… 3!!!

DING! DING! DING!

“Here is your winner: STORM SHIELD!!!”

“My God ladies and gentlemen, in all my years I have never seen anything so barbaric as what we’ve all just witnessed!” Michael declared.

“Michael, I’ve watched Mankind get thrown off this cell by the Undertaker many years ago,” Jerry replied. “I thought I’d never see anything as dangerous as that, but these two have certainly topped that tonight!”

The referee helped Storm out of the hole and the young man collapsed on the mat in absolute pain. Storm Shield laid completely still, in deep pain upon that wrestling ring floor. He had just gone through a tremendous physical battle with the Fiend, which ‘thankfully’ he won. Only now every single inch of his body was racked with pain. It hurt to move, yet he slowly crawled his way to the ropes and dragged himself back to his feet.

“Wow!” Michael Cole exclaimed. “What an all-out war we just witnessed tonight King!”

“You can say that again Michael,” Jerry Lawler responded. “Coming from someone who has felt the Fiend’s wrath, I am truly surprised this young man was even able to keep conscious right now.”

“He went to war with the Fiend tonight, but he emerged victorious here at WrestleMania.”

“I wouldn’t be too excited for him Michael. He may have gotten past the Fiend tonight, but in doing so he also might have sealed his own fate. Tomorrow night, he now goes one-on-one with the Undertaker.”

Finally, Storm was able to return to his feet and leaned back against the turnbuckles. Clutching his sore arm in the air, the crowd cheered for the young prince. However, the victory was not to last as the sound of a bell toll made the entire atmosphere change. The lights went out before a bluish purple light enveloped the arena and all in it. The image of the Lord of Darkness himself, the Undertaker, appeared on the giant titan-tron as he seemingly stared directly at Storm.

“Poor unfortunate soul,” Undertaker stated sinisterly. “You’ve been nothing but a thorn in my side since the beginning. I had hoped you might save yourself a world of pain and torture falling before the Fiend tonight. Though it seems you’re far too stubborn and persistent to quit. If I were you, I’d enjoy this small victory while it lasts, because come tomorrow night, you will experience nothing less than pure, utter hell. Tomorrow night, I will do two things.

“The first… I’m going to take my fist, shove it right in the middle of your chest, and rip your heart out and eat it. The second, I will drag your lifeless carcass from that ring, dump it into a six-foot deep grave, and shovel the dirt upon it. For tomorrow night, you and I will face each other, one-on-one… ‘Buried Alive’.”

The crowd cheered over the announcement while Storm stood there, a frozen look upon his face. He was lucky just to survive tonight. Now he must compete tomorrow against perhaps the most evil entity in the entire WWE in a Buried Alive match. Just then, the lights went out again. When they returned, the Undertaker himself now stood directly before him with a look to kill.

“My god, it’s the Undertaker!” Michael Cole exclaimed loudly.

“Where did he come from?” Jerry asked shocked.

“Crud—“ Storm muttered.

Before he could say more, Undertaker wrapped his hand around Storm’s throat and pulled him right to the center of the ring, where he flipped him upside down and nailed him with a massive Tombstone Piledriver.

“Tombstone Piledriver!!!”

“That might’ve just killed him!”

And just like that, Storm Shield laid completely lifeless as Undertaker looked upon his motionless form with a sick smirk upon his face.

We’re doomed…

Wrestlemania Night 2

The next night, following WrestleMania’s first epic night,, there was now more on the line than ever before. For tonight, this was the night the Mane Six, or in this case ‘five’, were supposed to take on the New Ministry in a 12 person tag team match. Meanwhile, Storm Shield was scheduled to fight the Undertaker in a Buried Alive match… provided of course, he was in tip-top form to compete at all.

Currently, Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the girls sat backstage tending to Spike and Storm. They did the best they could to ease the two boys of the soreness coursing through their bodies from the night before. Of course, that was easier said than done. Rarity even tried to carefully clean the mist off Spike’s face, his cheeks red from crying due to the stinging pain when the vapor hit directly into his eyes. It was a miracle that it didn’t blind him.

“Feels like a raging bull ran over me,” Storm groaned in pain.

“No kidding,” Spike nodded grimacing. “Haven’t been this sore since the time I got caught between Iron Will and Bulk Biceps during their arm wrestling match… ended up turning into a real fight. Who’s got two thumbs and got sucked right in the middle? This guy… ow…”

“I’m so sorry you guys,” Twilight apologized. “We meant to come down and help. But we just couldn’t.”

“I’m going to regret asking, but…” Storm spoke curiously. “Why not?”

“It wasn’t pretty, let me tell ya,” Rainbow responded, shivering slightly. “But we’ll never forget it—”

The Night Before…

*Twilight Sparkle and the rest of her friends sat backstage watching as WrestleMania progressed. They watched as Spike and his team took the fight to the Ministry, and the whole time they cheered for him. The more that Twilight watched, her not-so-little dragon assistant handling things on his own, the prouder she became. For so long, all she ever saw of him was that same little baby dragon that hatched from his shell, sucking his tail during his first moments of life. Now, she saw a grown dragon warrior, even a ‘human’ warrior, fighting for his life and she was immensely overjoyed over how far her little Spike had come.*

“Come on Spike!” Twilight cheered. “You can do it!”

“Kick their butts little dude!” Rainbow yelled at the screen.

“He’s truly remarkable, isn’t he?” Rarity asked.

“Y’all can certainly say that again sugar-cube,” Applejack nodded. “That there’s one hay of a brave dragon.”

“Yeah he is!” Pinkie agreed, pulling popcorn from her hair. “Any pony want any? Nice and buttery!”

“Um… no thanks Pinkie,” Twilight shook her head. “I’m good.”

The girls kept watch as Spike and his team fought in their match, anticipating for them to pull off the win. All of a sudden, their excitement dropped the moment the match turned in favor of the Ministry. Their joy turned to horror the moment they saw Spike misted in the eyes, courtesy of Malakai Black, and it was then Twilight was the first to jump up.

“We need to go down there and help Spike!” She said urgently.

“What are we waiting for?” Rainbow asked. “Let’s go!”

The girls quickly raced out the locker room, making their way down the halls toward the stage. Just as the rounded the corner, approaching the stage, they suddenly heard a loud cry calling out for them.

“GIRLS! HELP!”

The girls stopped in their tracks, snapping their heads toward the direction the screaming came from. What really made them stop was the fact it was very familiar.

“Fluttershy?!” Pinkie gasped.

“She’s here!” Rarity spoke. “We need to go rescue her!”

“What about Spike?” Twilight responded.

“Spike’s more than capable of handling them varmints himself,” Applejack told her. “We need tah save Fluttershy from those hoodlums b’fore it’s too late!”

The girls started racing down the hall toward the direction of the screams. Twilight stayed behind for a moment, looking out the curtain where Spike fought in the ring.

“Good luck Spike,” She whispered.

And without another moment to waste, she raced down the hall after the others.

The girls ran around the backstage area searching for their lost friend. Despite their best efforts, however, it seemed like they were never able to locate her. They followed the screaming closely, yet it seemed to lead them on some never-ending wild goose chase. Soon enough, they stopped for a moment to catch their breath.

“I don’t understand,” Twilight gasped breathlessly. “We’ve ran all over this place and haven’t found her anywhere.”

“What’d you expect?” Rainbow asked. “The Ministry sure as hay weren’t making it easy for us.”

Suddenly, the screaming picked up again. This time it was much closer than before. The girls listened intently, trying to pinpoint exactly where it was coming from. They followed the screaming toward a nearby door in the hallway. Leaning against the door, they could hear the screaming from the other side. Twilight tried to open the door, but it was locked tight.

“Dear Celestia, she’s locked in there!” Rarity gasped.

“We gotta get her out somehow,” Applejack said.

“Every pony, get behind me!” Pinkie told them.

The girls jumped behind Pinkie, who reached into her hair and pulled out her party cannon. Pinkie proceeded to load herself into the cannon and placed a helmet on her head for safety.

“When I give the word, fire me into the room!” She ordered.

“Pinkie, are you insane?!” Rainbow questioned seriously.

“Is that a trick question?” Pinkie asked. “Doesn’t matter. It’s the only way to save Fluttershy.”

“Or… we could just find a janitor and have them unlock the door,” Rainbow suggested.

“No time, just do it!” Pinkie yelled.

The girls looked at each other, uncertain for a moment, but then decided not to argue on this. Fluttershy’s life depended on this one decision, and thus they decided to get it over with. They grabbed for the rope to fire the cannon and Pinkie sunk further inside. Finally, they pulled the rope and the cannon blasted Pinkie toward the door. The force of the blast successfully blew the door right off its hinges and the girls quickly raced to help Pinkie.

“Pinkie, are you okay?” Twilight asked worriedly.

They pulled Pinkie up off the floor and the pink party girl was beyond dizzy. Miniature cupcakes floated around her head, as her eyes swirled round and round.

“Neve better…” She slurred. “Hey, did that talking turkey always used to be there? How’d that guy swallow the lawnmower?”

A sudden scream quickly snapped their attention to reality. They all turned and gasped in horror at the terrible sight before them: Fluttershy, strapped to a giant Undertaker symbol on the ground. She opened her eyes and instantly sighed in relief at the sight of her friends.

“Thank Celestia…” She cried in relief. “You finally found me!”

“Hang on Flutters, we’re getting you outta here!” Rainbow assured.

The girls quickly ran toward their friend, but just as they were about to untie her, that’s when everything changed. The image of Fluttershy quickly faded away into nothing and soon a new landscape appeared around them.

“What’s going on?” Rarity asked frightened.

Soon, the area around them looked much scarier. They appeared to be standing in the midst of an old rundown barn in the woods. It was dark, cold, and just had this feeling of complete emptiness.

“Where did Fluttershy go?” Pinkie asked.

“And where the hay are we now?” Applejack asked.

“WAAAH! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!”

The sound of sick, wicked cackling made them jump and turn toward a menacing figure standing behind them. The figure wore an odd-looking black-and-white mask, a dark robe-like coat, and carried a black-and-white checkered umbrella.

The girls stared at the figure in fear, which just looked at them with eyes as white as fresh fallen snow. No pupils of any sort could be seen.

“We love, we hate, we die, forever late in Willow’s way!” The figure said menacingly.

It started to cackle once more, very loudly, and the girls started running in the opposite direction. They ran out of the barn, through the woods as fast as their legs could possibly carry them. Yet somehow the figure kept up with their exact pace. No matter how fast they ran, no matter where they went, the figure was always a few steps behind them.

Eventually, the girls noticed a large fallen tree and immediately raced to hide behind it. They remained as silent as the dead, silently praying that whatever that thing was wouldn’t find them. They stayed silent and still for a few moments more before Twilight slowly lifted her head to peek out of the tree. Only when she looked out, she noticed that the figure was no longer there.

“Okay, I think it’s gone,” She whispered.

“What the hay was that?” Rainbow asked.

“I don’t know,” Twilight shrugged.

All of a sudden, Rarity could feel a tickling sensation across her neck and immediately swatted Pinkie Pie.

“Pinkie, this is no time for games!” She muttered. “Stop tickling me!”

“I’m not even near you!” Pinkie responded.

Rarity froze as soon as she heard those words. Slowly, she turned her head to look at what was causing this sensation. It was then she noticed a few slimy worms wriggling around her neck. She then released a shriek of absolute panic.

“EWWWWWW!!!” She shrieked. “Get them off! Get them off!”

All of a sudden, more worms dropped from out of the sky. Before too long, it was essentially raining worms. A low laugh caused them all to face their side as another figure crouched right next to them. The figure itself was rather muscular, his face painted red with large black dots, and it carried a clock in one hand and a large stick-like staff in the other.

“Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine,” The figure sang sinisterly. “As the time draws near, the future becomes more clear.”

The figure grabbed a few worms crawling on the ground, picked them up, and very grossly… ate them. Everyone looked in disgust as the monster just sucked them down before laughing once more.

“I’m the boogeyman, and I’m coming to get ya!” He yelled.

He soon smashed the clock over his head, laughing once more while the girls screamed and ran for their lives. It all seemed like a never-ending nightmare, no matter how much they ran from it these haunting figures were never far away. That is until Twilight noticed a door in the middle of the woods and they all ran full speed towards it. The girls ran and ran and finally exploded through the other side of the door.

By the time they got to their feet, looking around in terror, they noticed they were right back in the backstage area of WrestleMania. Looking back behind them, they noticed the room they just walked out of was nothing more than a small broom closet. How much time had passed since they horrendous experience? Neither one of the girls could tell or that they were simply too scared to think. But they wouldn’t know that answer… until much later that night.

“Wow, that sounds traumatic,” Spike stated bluntly.

“You don’t even know the half of it Spike,” Rarity nodded. “I can still feel those disgusting things crawling all over me.”

“And we still weren’t able to get Fluttershy back,” Rainbow sighed disappointed.

“We don’t even know if that was really her or not,” Twilight added. “For all we know, it could’ve been just a huge ruse by the Undertaker to throw us off our game.”

“Well, mission complete,” Applejack grumbled.

At that moment, Jimmy Hart walked toward the girls and two boys ready for another night of WrestleMania.

“Alright ladies, time to get on out there and show ‘em whose boss!” He declared motivated.

“But we’re down one woman with Fluttershy gone,” Pinkie pointed out. “Where’re we going to find another partner to fill up our team on such short notice?”

It just so happened Santino Marella was walking by when he leaned in on the conversation.

“You say you need a new partner?” He asked. “Why didn’t you just say so? I have the perfect partner in mind for you. I go give her a call now.”

Before anyone could say anything, Santino raced down the hall much to everyone’s confusion. All the girls, and boys, could do was stare blankly after him (Occasionally blinking).

“What is he talking about?” Spike asked.

“No idea little buddy,” Storm replied. “Whatever it is, it can’t be good.”

“Don’t you worry about nothing, I’ve already found another partner,” Jimmy assured. “Now y’all just go on out there and I promise you, everything will be alright.”

Despite being bummed out over not rescuing Fluttershy, the girls got to their feet and made for the stage entrance. And while they were still nowhere close to reuniting with their best friend, they were sure as hay the Ministry would pay for taking her away from them.

Out in the arena, the air was electric. The second night of WrestleMania was going off without a hitch. After the first jam-packed action-filled night, people were more than ready to see what’s going on for Night Two. At the commentary booth, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler were calling all the action.

“Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the second night of the greatest sporting event in the entire world: WrestleMania!” Michael Cole announced. “As always my name is Michael Cole joined by Jerry ‘the King’ Lawler at ringside and I cannot even begin to express how excited I am about tonight.”

“Oh you said it Michael because tonight we have Storm Shield facing off against the Undertaker in a Buried Alive match!” Jerry added. “But before we even get to that, we have a 12 women tag team match to kick off tonight. Boy, I can’t wait!”

“Neither can I King, so let’s get right to the action.”

“Our opening contest for the evening is a 12 women tag team match set for one fall-“

“ONE FALL!”

The crowd booed emphatically as the first to make their way onto the stage were the Dazzlings, flanked by Kharma and Rosemary. The sinister sirens slowly made their way down the ramp with the two monster women behind them. The New Ministry climbed into the ring and established their dark presence to all the WWE Universe in attendance.

Next came the one and only ‘Changeling Queen’ herself, Chrysalis. Except now she took a more ‘different’ form in contrast to her usual quadruped presentation. Now she assumed a human form, complete with biker-like attire. She certainly didn’t look like her usual self, but still she retained that very same sinister feeling about her.

The Changeling Queen quickly made her way to the ring and stood alongside her fellow vile vixens. All six women waited for the arrival of their opponents/victims for the evening.

‘Right There in Front of Me’ played throughout the arena, and the crowd erupted in cheers as Twilight Sparkle strolled onto the stage. Twilight gave out a few high fives as she passed the younger fans along the gate, as she marched toward the ring before jumping onto the ring apron. Soon as she stepped over the ropes, she stood at her corner waiting for her other friends to emerge.

‘Shake Your Tail’ came on next as Pinkie Pie raced onto the stage, waving excitedly toward the crowd. She proceeded to literally draw her confetti cannon from her hair and fired toward the crowd. However, instead of confetti, the cannon shot out cupcakes to the crowd, many of which caught the cupcakes from the air. She started skipping toward the ring and gave many high fives along the way. Climbing the top rope, she waved excitedly to the crowd once more as the fans gave their support to the energetic young lady.

‘Hardcore Country’ played as Applejack walked onto the stage with her signature lasso, which she proceeded to swing around and perform several tricks. The crowd was loving it, cheering for her as she walked toward the ring. She quickly hopped onto the second rope and gave the lasso a nice twirl before the cheering crowd.

Rarity walked onto the stage, striking a pose like a fashion model on the walkway. She proceeded to walk down the ramp like strutting on a catwalk, climbing onto the apron and laid across the second rope. She looked toward the crowd, striking a pose reassembling her about to faint. She smiled toward the crowd in attendance, blowing them a tiny kiss before joining her friends.

‘Awesome As I Wanna Be’ boomed throughout the arena and the crowd went nuts. Rainbow Dash raced down the stage, pointing toward the crowd. As she walked down the ramp, at the very last inch of it, she did a little power slide for the finish. Hoping into the ring, climbing up the second rope, she pointed toward the crowd again. She then performed a backflip off the second rope and landed perfectly on her feet, as the crowd erupted in loud cheering.

All the girls stood in anticipation inside the ring, wondering exactly who was supposed to be their sixth partner for this match.

Everyone in the audience cheered (Though they were also very confused) by the arrival of Santino Marella’s ‘twin sister’: Santina Marella. None perhaps more shocked than Twilight and the girls, all standing in the ring looking toward each other with confusion (More disgust from Rainbow Dash). It was clearly just Santino wearing a wig and fishnets, anyone could see that. Santina climbed into the ring, waving toward the other girls excitedly. They all just looked at each other for a few more moments silently…

Then, out of nowhere, Applejack struck a massive super kick that sent Santina over the top rope and to the floor outside. They all just looked toward Santina, who laid on the floor out cold, though Rainbow couldn’t help but chuckle in slight amusement. Thankfully, Jimmy Hart walked out on stage with a microphone.

“Hold on a minute baby!” He spoke. “Now I know what you girls are thinking and don’t worry, Santina is not your partner tonight. Your partner tonight is the baddest woman on the planet.”

The roof nearly blew off the arena for a second time in twenty four hours, as the fans erupted in cheers again. Out of the back, in her plaid kilt skirt and black leather jacket, emerged ‘the Baddest Woman on the Planet’ herself: Rowdy Ronda Rousey. The members of the New Ministry actually looked scared for the first time (Even the women who never fought this woman), while the Equestrian Heroes looked pleased beyond belief. The top ranked fighter in the UFC and WWE made their way into the ring, standing alongside her fellow warriors.

The teams talked it over with one another, agreeing that Adagio and Twilight would start off the match. The Ministry stood in their corner, while the Equestrians and Ronda Rousey were in theirs. Both Adagio and Twilight were in the ring as their partners stood on the apron in their respective corners. The referee called for the bell (DING!) and Adagio took off after Twilight. Fortunately, the princess was ready for it, and they looked up in a test of strength.

The two of them pushed with all of their might against one another for about a few minutes before Twilight pushed Adagio off and gave a smirk.

“What’s wrong, Adagio?” Twilight smirked. “Thought my head wouldn’t be in the game?!”

Adagio merely smirked back as she walked toward her corner and tagged Kharma in.

“Tag!” The referee shouted.

Kharma slowly got into the ring, staring directly toward the frightened Twilight Sparkle. Yet thought Kharma was clearly larger than Twilight, she did her best not to be intimidated.

“Come on, Kharma!” She shouted. “Hit me with your best shot!”

Kharma quickly moved toward Twilight, but the princess was ready. The two superstars went at it, back and forth with a flurry of punches. Control of the match itself went back and forth between the two for a few minutes until Kharma took control. She picked Twilight up in a bear-hug submission and started squeezing the life out of her.

“Come on, Twi!” Rainbow shouted at her. “Come on!”

Rainbow started clapping, getting the crowd going. With the crowd behind her, cheering her on, Twilight broke out of the hold and landed an enziguri on Kharma, stunning the big woman.

“Come on, Twi!” Rainbow shouted again. “Come on! Tag me in!”

Twilight moved toward the corner of the ring where her friends stood and quickly tagged Rainbow in.

“Tag!” The referee shouted.

Rainbow quickly got into the ring and pressed on the attack. She ran at Kharma with a huge drop kick, then ran off the ropes, and hit it again. On the final one, Kharma caught Rainbow with a massive clothesline. She then picked Rainbow up and threw her right into her corner tagging in Aria Blaze. The purple siren quickly came in, stomping Rainbow deeply into the corner. She tagged in Adagio, who applied the same tactic, and hen tagged in Sonata who proceeded to do the same.

Sonata pulled Rainbow back to the center of the ring, blowing a kiss to her opponents on the other side. She proceeded to pick up Rainbow and body-slammed her onto the mat. She then walked over to her corner and climbed the top rope. Standing high atop the turnbuckle, she leapt off for an Elbow Drop. Thankfully, Rainbow managed to roll out of the way at the last moment and Sonata crashed down in pain. Rainbow started crawling toward her corner, while Sonata laid in the ring in pain. Not wanting to let Rainbow tag one of her partners, the remainder of the New Ministry chose now to interfere.

Kharma ran first, giving Rainbow a huge body splash to keep her down. Wanting to help her marefriend, Applejack jump in and hit the super kick to Kharma’s face, stunning the woman before she fell over the ropes. Rosemary soon jumped in, lifting Applejack upon her shoulders before driving her down with her Red Wedding spinning face-buster. Rarity climbed the top rope while Rosemary was distracted, and when she turned around, Rarity flew off and hit a beautiful hurricanrana that sent her out of the ring.

The remaining Dazzlings attacked Rarity together, beating her down till Twilight and Pinkie jumped in to aid Rarity. Soon everyone got involved in the fight, beating each other up until all the chaos spilled directly out of the ring.

Meanwhile, back in the ring, Sonata finally got back to her feet just as Rainbow crawled to her corner and tagged in Ronda Rousey. The mixed martial artist slipped into the ring as Sonata turned around and saw Ronda smirking at her. The siren hadn’t the time to cover up as Ronda quickly laid off some stiff punches to the face and gut. She grabbed Sonata’s arm and started Judo flipping her like a rag doll.

Ronda could feel the energy of the crowd as she lifted Sonata back up and onto her shoulders. She hyped the crowd as she fully turned and nailed her famous Piper’s Pit swinging Samoan Drop. Sonata laid there, cringing in pain and wondering how this could ‘possibly’ get any worse. Ronda knelt down beside her, trapping her arm under her own. Sonata looked up toward Ronda, her eyes begging for mercy.

“Please… please don’t!” She pleaded. “I never did anything to you!”

Rona merely laughed and synched her famous Armbar submission hold. Sonata could actually feel her shoulder separate, as she screamed in utter agony and tapped out ever so quickly.

*DING! DING!*

The crowd erupted in heavy cheers as Ronda’s music kicked in. The Equestrians soon made their way back into the ring, their enemies fallen and grimacing in the agony of defeat. They heard the announcer calling out, ‘Here are your winners! Ronda Rousay… and the Rainbooms!’. The girls were ecstatic as they rushed in and held their arms up together before the cheering crowd. And when that was done, they raced toward Ronda and a few fist-bumped the UFC fighter, while Pinkie rushed into a hug to which Ronda merely chuckled.

Rainbow Dash basked in the glory of victory, raising her arms out as she stood on the turnbuckle posing for the erupting crowd. Just then, she felt something pull her back and she turned around till she was face-to-face with Applejack. Before a word can be thrown out, Applejack pulled Rainbow in for a kiss much to the ecstatic nature of the fans watching. Pinkie Pie really got into it, dancing in the center of the ring before the fans.

“We’re 2-to-1!!!” Pinkie cried out. “We’re 2 and 1!!!! WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP!”

While all the girls were cheering, Sonata had rolled back outside the ring as the new Ministry were recovering from their loss. As the Ministry members turned to walk up the ramp to the backstage area, Sonata pleadingly looked up toward her fellow Sirens as they stood over her. They did not say a word though, but the disappointed looks in their eyes said more than enough. Silently shaking their heads, they turned and walked away to rejoin their fellow Ministry members as Sonata feebly hobbled behind them clutching her still-sore shoulder.

Along the way, a dazed ‘Santina’ Marella limped toward the Dazzlings and nudged into Aria’s side. Disgusted, Aria reared back and delivered an uppercut so hard she sent the man flying through the arena leaving his lady disguise floating for a moment before plopping to the floor. He hollered and screamed in comical fashion, rolling around in the air, until his form faded into the sky, and he disappeared with a blinking light.

Later…

The fans were still insanely pumped over the first match of the evening and now it was time for another stellar match. A wall of dirt was set up right next to the stage entrance, complete with a six-foot grave dug into it and a tombstone at the head. Now it was time to determine who’d be walking out of the arena and ‘who’ would be buried alive.

“The following contest is the Buried Alive match. The rules are simple… the only way to win is to throw your opponent into the grave, and cover him with dirt until he is declared buried alive.”

The crowd cheered in adulation as Storm Shield burst through the backstage curtain like a house of fire, all riled up for this match. Not just another fight, but an opportunity to finally put an end to this evil ministry at the source.

“Making his way to the ring, weighing in at 153 pounds: Storm Shield!!!”

“Well ladies and gentlemen, it’s finally time for the Buried Alive match!” Michael Cole announced. “You can see how Storm Shield makes his way down to the ring with full confidence. But I don’t think he really knows what he’s getting himself into tonight.”

“You’re right Michael, and that is a very dangerous thing if you ask me,” Jerry added. “This isn’t just a normal match that can be won by pin or submission. Someone is going to be dumped in that grave and have their lifeless body buried under that cold wet dirt.”

Storm made his way into the ring, pacing back and forth as he psyched himself up for this match (Or at least trying to). Course, it was difficult for the fans to tell how anxious Storm may be as he seemed to be brimming with confidence. All of a sudden, the lights went out as a loud gong signified the arrival of the Phenom himself. Storm braced himself for anything that could happen prior to his entrance.

A large wall of fire erupted from the stage and straight from the depths of Hell itself rose the nefarious Deadman himself: the Undertaker. The Lord of Darkness was garbed all in black, wearing a cloak with a shoulder line that looked like a pair of bat wings. He truly embodied the personification of evil at this moment.

“And his opponent, from Death Valley, weighing in at 328 pounds, THE UNDERRRRRRRTAKER!!!”

“In all my years as a broadcast journalist, there has never been a more dangerous and vicious superstar ever to step into a WWE ring like the Undertaker.”

“Michael, I’ve watched this guy for years, even competed against him,” Jerry added. “A lot of the time, no matter how hard you try, nothing you do hurts this guy. It’s like he feels no pain, and even if he does he sure enjoys it.”

The Undertaker slowly and methodically climbed the ringside steps, standing right before the ring post for a good few moments in a frozen state. He then shot his arms into the air and with a loud *CRACK!*, all the lights in the arena lit up bright. He soon stepped between the ropes, removing his cloak before dropping it just outside the ring. The deadman and the prince both approached each other, looking into one another’s eyes with sheer hatred.

*DING! DING! DING!*

Soon as the bell rang, the match was underway with both men hammering away in a vicious brawl. Undertaker then hurled Storm with an Irish whip into the ropes before he nailed a Hip Toss. This sent Storm to one of the corners, where Undertaker nailed him with a Corner High Knee. He started laying rapid punches to the head and ribs till he finally backed off, leaving Storm groaning in pain from the force of the blows. Undertaker then ran to the corner, aiming to nail a Big Boot, but storm ducked out of the way and Undertaker got hung up on the top rope.

“And Storm Shield moves out of the way just in time,” Michael announced.

“That could very well be the opportunity this kid needs against the Phenom!” Jerry added.

Storm started going on the offense, attacking the leg hung up on the top rope. This was how he figured would cut the Undertaker down to size. Storm grabbed the leg and wrenched it back across the rope, causing Undertaker to yell out in pain. Finally, Undertaker fell off the rope and by the time he got back to his feet, he was limping on the left leg. Storm ran off the ropes to continue the assault, only to run directly into a Big Boot.

“And Undertaker nails a Big Boot!” Michael announced.

Undertaker picked Storm back up and wrapped his hand around his throat before he nailed a massive choke slam. He grabbed Storm and chucked him right out of the ring. He flipped over the top rope, grabbed Storm, and dragged him toward the burial mound. He brought Storm right up to the gravesite and dropped him right in. He grabbed for the shovel and began putting dirt in the hole, but Storm quickly rose up and climbed out of the hole.

Storm got out of the hole and began nailing the Undertaker with rapid punches before he grabbed the shovel and struck him in the back which sent him rolling down the hill.

“What a shot by Storm!” Jerry said.

Undertaker eventually made his way back into the ring with Storm hot on his trails. Storm threw off more punches which drove Undertaker into the corner. Storm put him up to the top turnbuckle and climbed up to position for a Superplex. Storm mustered all the power that he could, hurling himself against the Undertaker with such force that they both hit the mat with a sickening thud.

Both men struggled to their feet as the pain coursed through their bodies. Undertaker was the first to get back to his feet, charging full speed, and took himself and Storm over the top rope with a massive clothesline.

“Both men sailed right over the top rope!”

Storm started to crawl away, but the Undertaker was right on his tail. The prince tried crawling under the ring apron, but Undertaker grabbed his ankle and pulled him back out. What he didn’t know was that Storm grabbed a lead pipe and smashed it into the Undertaker’s bad leg. Undertaker howled in pain the moment the pipe struck his knee. Storm proceeded to hit the same leg a few more times for extra measure. Undertaker leaned against the barricade on one leg, as Storm ran at him and nailed him hard in the head with the pipe, sending him over the barricade.

Storm followed the Undertaker over the barricade and through the WWE universe. The shot from the pipe left a huge gash on the Undertaker’s head, and now it was bleeding. By the time Storm caught up with the Undertaker, he was leaning against the arena wall. He moved to advance on the attack when Undertaker countered it and drove him right into the wall. Dazed after smacking his head against the wall, Storm turned right into the Undertaker’s uppercut and stumbled backward toward the crowd and over the barricade with Undertaker following closely.

The two made their way back towards the gravesite and climbed up the dirt pile as Storm leaned against the gravestone. Undertaker ran and tried smashing Storm’s head into the gravestone, but the prince ducked out of the way and Undertaker’s foot kicked the gravestone off sending it falling to the ground. Storm kicked for Undertaker’s bad leg and the Deadman fell to one knee over the tombstone. Thinking quick, Storm got back up and curb-stomped the Undertaker’s face into the stone.

Undertaker laid completely unconscious on the ground, while Storm Shield used the rest of his energy to roll the Phenom into the grave. He slowly got back to his feet and started shoveling the dirt on him. Just as he was about to win, something happened that stopped the man in his tracks.

From backstage came the rest of the New Ministry carrying a giant Undertaker symbol, which a frightened Fluttershy was strapped to. Storm gasped upon seeing his kidnapped friend and raced forward to help her. However, Rosemary drew out a wicked-looking dagger from her boot and held it dangerously close to Fluttershy’s neck, as the girl whimpered with fright. Storm had no choice but to back off when he bumped into something and turned directly toward a fully awake Undertaker.

“Not again—” Storm uttered.

Undertaker quickly turned Storm upside down and nailed his Tombstone Piledriver directly on the steel floor of the stage.

“Tombstone Piledriver on the steel stage!” Michael yelled.

“That’s it, he’s dead,” Jerry declared.

Undertaker lifted Storm onto his shoulders and carried him back to the grave where he dumped his limp form. Just as he started to pile the dirt, the rest of the Equestrians, including Spike, Edge, and Cody Rhodes raced onto the stage and ambushed the Ministry. The Undertaker kept shoveling the dirt until he felt something smack against his back. Unphased, he slowly turned around and saw a trembling Twilight Sparkle holding a shovel in her hands.

The Deadman swat the shovel away and snatched her by the throat much to her horror.

“You truly think you can defeat me?” He asked menacingly.

“Maybe not…” Twilight choked out. “But I know someone who can…”

She reached behind her, quickly pulled out the urn, and uncorked the top. All at once, a strong gust of wind flew out and a light emerged from the urn along with a purple haze. The lights in the arena went out and a cold draft blew through.

“All the lights have gone out,” Michael announced confused. “Man, do you feel that King? It’s like the temperature just dropped to freezing in here.”

“Not only that Michael, but it also feels like it’s raining!”

The lights in the arena came back on and the entire crowd cheered out of respect and joy. The Undertaker couldn’t understand ‘why’ until he turned around and came face-to-face with the very soul he trapped inside the urn for so long. He stared directly toward the face of the true form of… himself.

The ‘true’ Undertaker snatched his other half by the throat and choke slammed him directly into the grave. The rest of the cult ran forward to help their fallen leader when Malakai Black quickly stopped them. He looked toward the ‘true’ Undertaker and smirked wickedly before turning back to the Ministry.

“There’s no sense falling in the name of a false god!” He spoke. “Let the imposter rot in the ground. We are already far more powerful than any known force. The Dark Order sent me here to lead should the false Deadman fall, and fall he has. This is no longer a Ministry, from now on… this is the ‘House of Black’. Let us retreat to regain our strength, for soon we shall deliver our vengeance upon the Multiverse.”

The rest of the group looked amongst each other, as if contemplating whether or not this was a good idea. However, seeing the false Undertaker thrown into his own grave made them realize perhaps he was never meant to lead them. Staring toward the King of the Black Throne, they bowed their heads in respect before turning to leave.

While doing so, the rest of the Mane Six quickly raced forward and untied Fluttershy from the Undertaker’s symbol. Soon as the timid girl was finally free, she threw her arms around her friends, and they in turn did the same.

During this, the Undertaker lifted Storm from the grave and handed him the shovel. Storm gladly took the offered tool and began piling dirt on the unconscious ‘false’ Deadman. Twilight took the shovel she had and began piling dirt alongside the prince. The rest of the Mane Six and Spike soon came by to help out. Before too long, the grave was entirely full of dirt and the referee rang the bell signaling the victory and the crowd cheered.

“Here is your winner: STOOORRRRRM SHIEEEEELD!!!”

“Well, there you have it ladies and gentlemen, Storm Shield survived the Buried Alive match!” Michael announced happily.

“A well deserved victory Michael,” Jerry nodded. “He took the ‘false’ Undertaker to Hell and back, but in the end he emerged the victor.”

The Mane Six and Spike threw their arms around Storm Shield, who did the same as they all hugged.

“You did it storm!” Twilight yelled happily. “You defeated the Undertaker!”

“Nah…” Storm shook his head. “We did it… all of us! We’re some team.”

“Thank Celestia we got ya back, Fluttershy,” Applejack sighed in relief.

“I was so worried you guys,” Fluttershy shook. “I thought I’d be trapped with those horrible people forever.”

“Yeah, who knows what could’ve happen?!” Pinkie rambled. “Why that black mist could’ve made you into a grumpypants, you’d suddenly start wearing black, listening to punk rock music, and you’d turn so evil that—”

“I don’t think we need to worry of that now, darling,” Rarity assured her. “It’s all over now… finally.”

“Not just yet…” Storm replied. “We still have one more thing to do first… in the meantime…”

The prince pulled away from the group till he was face-to-face with the ‘real’ Undertaker. He knelt down, picked up the urn off the ground, and handed it over to him. The Undertaker slowly reached out and took the urn back. Then he did something that showed greater respect, something any sports entertainer longed for. The Undertaker himself extended his hand to shake.

Storm looked upon the offered hand for a moment before graciously reaching out and shook it. Undertaker then back up, knelt upon one knee, and bowed in respect toward Storm Shield.

Undertaker then stood to his full height before looking out toward the audience he had entertained for years. He slowly removed his gloves, his trench coat, and even his hat, all of which he placed upon the ground. After all this, he realized it was finally time to step away.

Undertaker climbed down from the dirt mound and made his way up the ramp. Stopping right at the entrance, he slowly looked back one last time before turning back, looked down, and thew his right arm into the air as the thunder rolled. Everyone in the arena cheered as the Phenom proceeded backstage for the last time with the Mane Six, Spike, and Storm following after him.

Little did any of them know, upon the gravesite, a bolt of lightning struck the grave… and a hand popped from out of the dirt.

The Mane Event

The second night of WrestleMania continue after an already action-packed night. The Equestrian Heroes prevailed in their ongoing battle against the Undertaker and his New Ministry. Additionally, they finally rescued Fluttershy and released the ‘true’ Undertaker from his urn imprisonment, ergo burying the ‘false’ pretender under six feet of dirt. However, the night was far from over and the main event was still to come.

Unable to prove their innocence to the WWE executives, Shaggy and Scooby Doo had to go and compete against Kane. Which is why the two sat backstage, wearing red and yellow spandex respectively. To say they looked more than nervous about what’s coming their way in a few short moments was a ‘major’ understatement. The rest of Mystery Inc. were currently setting up the trap for the Ghost Bear, which left Shaggy and Scooby backstage with Cookie.

“Like, do you think maybe the gang’s solved the mystery yet?” Shaggy asked hopefully. “Because there’s no mysteries to where we’re going.”

“Reah! To the rospital!” Scooby replied nervously.

“No, the morgue!” Shaggy whimpered.

“Come on guys, you gotta have confidence!” Cookie encouraged, his hands on his hips. “You have to get out there and give it your all! If you don’t hold back, you battle with your heart and soul, if you give everything you got, then you’ll not only survive this… you could win!”

Though the pep talk was inspiring, it was quickly dashed when the Big Red Monster himself walked behind Cookie. He stared intently toward Shaggy and Scooby, who froze upon seeing him. All it took for Kane was ‘one’ death stare, as vile and vicious as the Devil’s, along with one gesture of a throat-slit motion. Shaggy and Scooby both screamed in fear, as Kane walked off into the darkness with Cookie watching him go.

“Nice knowing ya!” Cookie told them, walking away.

Shaggy and Scooby sat there, shaking and whimpering in fear, which felt like an eternity. It was then the Mane Six, Spike, Storm, and Reuben approached them. Storm had to walk with crutches following some brutal beatdowns he received in the past twenty hours. Yet somehow, he still managed to get around just fine.

“Hey uh… break a leg, you guys,” Reuben spoke nervously.

“If we’re rucky…” Scooby whimpered.

“You guys ready?” Twilight asked them.

“To go home?” Shaggy quaked in fear. “More then ever, but not to die!”

“Come on guys, you can do it!” Storm spoke confidently. “Look at us: We’ve been out there the last two nights, with little-to-n-training. And somehow we defeated probably one of our biggest threats to date!”

“But you guys have liked faced even worse in the past,” Shaggy replied.

“That may be true Shaggy darling,” Rarity replied. “But we had little-to-no idea on how to handle it than you two.”

“If it makes y’all feel better, the gang wants us out there with y’all tonight,” Applejack informed. “Jus’ in case that there Ghost Bear done show up!”

“We’ll be by your side every step of the way dudes!” Rainbow nodded.

“I guess that makes it a little better,” Shaggy whimpered.

“Roy ry ruch…” Scooby shook.

“Alrighty guys, let’s get on out there!” Storm spoke determined.

Soon, the Equestrians accompanied Shaggy and Scooby through the backstage area towards the arena entrance. To say Shaggy and Scooby were scared beyond belief had to be perhaps the biggest understatement of all time.

Out in the arena, the crowd was electrified more than they’ve been all throughout WrestleMania’s two nights thus far. The matches making up these nights have already been so amazing, there was no doubt this would be the ‘greatest’ WrestleMania of all time. Now it was time for the main event to close out the event and hopefully bring an end to this wild mystery once and for all.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event of WrestleMania!”

The crowd erupted in cheers and applause as pyro exploded across the arena and upon the stage. The thousands of fans attending weren’t the only ones getting to experience the amazing spectacle; millions of fans all around the world were currently watching the event on television. Meanwhile, Fred stood high in the scaffolding right above the ring as he looked down amongst the crowd, waiting for his plan to fall into play. He grabbed a walkie-talking from his side, to address the rest of the gang.

“Everybody in position?” He asked.

“Check!” Velma confirmed, from the sky box.

“Check!” Daphne confirmed, atop the titan-tron.

Daphne peered through her binoculars, spotting John Cena and Sin Cara standing on opposite ends of the arena, ready for action.

“Sin Cara’s ready,” Cena confirmed. “And so am I.”

“Triple H?” Fred spoke through the walkie.

Outside the arena, Triple H stood in the pouring rain as the thunder rolled and the lightning cracked around the area. While this would make many quake in fear, the Cerebral Assassin was not moved. He stood looking over the WWE Arena, waiting for his part of the plan.

“Ready out here,” He confirmed.

The crowd cheered in adulation as Mr. Vince McMahon walked onto the stage with a microphone in hand. Vince waved toward the crowd that jam-packed this arena, all the people coming to witness his grandest creation of all.

“Welcome to the main event of WrestleMania!” He announced.

And once more the crowd erupted in cheers and applause.

“Allow me to show and remind you all of why we’re here!” Vince informed the crowd. “The WWE Championship Belt!”

Soon, Ms. Richards emerged with her security guards. The guards themselves carted the championship down to the ring in its protective case. The majority of the fans bowed at the presence of the WWE Championship belt.

“The superstar who wins tonight’s main event will be the new WWE Champion!” Vince told the audience.

The crowd cheered as Velma looked down from the skybox, eyeing the WWE championship through her binoculars. One look and she instantly knew something was not right.

“Jinkies, that’s it!” She exclaimed, grabbing her walkie-talkig. “Fred, I know where the EMP device is!”

Meanwhile…

Back down at ringside, Michael Cole sat at his commentary table as he prepared to address the crowd.

“Well ladies and gentlemen, we have made it to the main event of WrestleMania after two nights of amazing action at last,” He announced. Unfortunately, my broadcast partner, Jerry Lawler, is not here to call the action with me for this main event match. Instead, I will be joined at the commentary table tonight by an accomplice to our newest superstars here tonight. Please welcome to the commentary table, Discord!”

From out of nowhere, the familiar Lord of Chaos popped right into the picture at the commentary table. He picked up one of the headsets and placed them on his head.

“Welcome to the commentary table Discord,” Michael greeted kindly. “Pleasure to have you here with us.”

“Oh, you have no idea how much of a pleasure it is,” Discord smirked. “After being shunned to the sidelines of this fanfic series, ole’ Uncle Discord finally found his way into the picture! Take that Enigma and Drama! You can’t keep this Draconequus down!”

One of the authors was repeatedly beating his head on a desk, while the other tried to calm his nerves.

“I will be the bigger author… I will be the bigger author… I will be the bigger author…”

“I know! I know! But we talked about this! Don’t let him get to you!”

“Urgh… I ‘really’ need a vacation!”

“Who’re you talking to?” Michael asked confused.

“Oh—uh—never mind for now,” Discord responded. “Let’s get the action underway!”

“I couldn’t have said it better myself!” Michael nodded. “Tonight’s main event is sure to be a good one. We have the newcomers… Skinny Man and Dead Meat.”

Some of the crowd booed and hissed as the Mane Six, Storm, and Spike came out easily, while Shaggy and Scooby were pushed out by Cookie. The two goofs felt miserable doing this, slowly trudging toward the wrestling ring. As the Equestrian Heroes made their way down the ramp, along with Shaggy and Scooby, they took notice of Discord at the commentary table waving at them (Namely Fluttershy in particular). Fluttershy merely gave a small wave of her own, but some ponies could detect a slight ‘hint’ of sorts on her face.

“What is he even doing here?” Rainbow asked confused.

“I don’t know,” Fluttershy shrugged. “But it’s very sweet of him to come.”

“It’s because you’re happy to see him?” Pinkie asked coyly. “Maybe… you love him? Hmm???”

Fluttershy blushed heavily upon hearing that, hiding herself in her hair as they continued down the ring. Shaggy and Scooby shook with fear the whole day down the ring.

“Boy, those two are shaking more than leaves on a tree,” Discord commented.

“They’ll be facing the meanest competitor in and out of the ring!” Michael announced. “Back for revenge… determined to destroy anyone between him and the title! I give you, the Big Red Monster… KANE!!!”

*Deploy Kane Theme here*

Soon enough, Kane emerged from behind the curtain in a mad dash towards his opponents. Shaggy and Scooby yelped in fear, as they started fleeing for their lives. Kane proceeded to pursue the two individuals around the ring with murderous intent in his eyes.

“This is a last man standing match,” Michael informed the crowd. “The superstar who is unable to get back to their feet before a ten count after being knocked down is declared the loser.”

“Guess that leaves Scooby out…” Discord remarked.

Eventually, Scooby and Shaggy finally raced into the ring with Kane hot on their trail. They backed into the ropes, staring toward the Big Red Monster in absolute fear and panic.

“Come on, Scoob,” Shaggy stammered. “We got—we got to k-keep it together!”

“O-O-k-kay!” Scooby whimpered.

“Come on guys!” Spike cheered at ringside. “You can do this!”

“Chop him down to size boys!!!” Rainbow raised a fist.

“After Kane is finished with Skinny Man and Dead Meat, we’ll be scraping them off the mat with a spatula!” Michael commented, holding a spatula.

“I’m offended good sir!” Discord feigned disgust.

It was then he snapped his fingers and magically changed his appearance into that of a mine worker carrying a shovel.

“Why waste a good spatula over a shovel’s job?” Discord replied, with a southern tone.

At ringside, Kane growled at Shaggy and Scooby, the pair gulping loudly. The referee cued for the bell and the moment it rang, Kane charged across the ring towards the pair. Poor Shaggy and Scooby tried so hard to find a way out of this.

“And there’s the bell!” Michael announced. “Kane explodes across the ring.”

In the process of chasing the two, Kane knocked right into the referee sending him straight out of the ring and the man was completely out cold.

“There goes any chance for a fair match,” Discord commented. “Maybe I can jump in and get in on the action!”

“NOOOOOOOO!!!” The Mane Six and Spike shouted.

As Scooby and Shaggy tried to escape, Kane grabbed them both by the ankles. And with his strength, he hurled them clear across the ring like they were nothing. They bounced off the ring ropes along the other side and slammed right into Kane, actually causing him to stagger back.

“Skinny Man and Dead Meat slam into the big red monster!” Michael commented. “Certainly that blow can only increase Kane’s fury.”

Sure to his word, Kane snapped his head back at Shaggy and Scooby. All the rage was as clear as the fire burning in his eyes. The boys yelped in fear, proceeding to run around like frightened chickens with Kane chasing them throughout the ring once more.

Meanwhile, Velma and John Cena raced through the crowd toward Ms. Richards and the WWE security. Seeing their friend run up, the Equestrian Heros came alongside them.

“What’s going on Velma?” Twilight asked curiously.

“Miss Richards, you have to open the safe and check the championship belt!” Velma spoke urgently.

“Are you crazy?!” Richards responded. “Look, I checked the entire stadium for your electro-whatumacali! It’s not here!”

“It’s right there!” Velma pointed at the title.

“Impossible!” Richards scoffed.

“Velma may be onto something; we can prove it this time!” Twilight spoke. “If I only had a magnet—”

“I might have one!” Pinkie spoke up.

Pinkie reached into her hair trying to find a magnet. In the process she whipped out a ton of random objects: An ice sculpture of David Hasselhoff, a treasure chest, a suit of armor, and a whole bunch of miscellaneous items having nothing to do with the plot at all. In doing so, Sin Cara flipped in the area, landed beside the group, and handed Velma a magnet.

“Wow!” Velma exclaimed in amazement. “Where did you get that?”

“Luchadores—always ready for anything,” Cena answered.

“Hmph! I was about to find one you know!” Pinkie pouted, folding her arms.

“Just let it go Pinkie,” Applejack told her.

“Okay Miss Richards, this magnet will prove that your championship belt isn’t gold,” Velma explained. “Because if it sticks…”

Velma pressed the magnet to the side of the protective case, which pulled the championship belt upon it.

“Then it’s made of iron and it’s a fake.”

“But if that’s the ‘fake’ belt, where’s the ‘real’ one?” Spike asked.

While this went on, back in the ring, things were not going in Shaggy and Scooby’s favor. Kane had both hands around their throats and lifted them high into the air.

“Caught in the clenches of Kane,” Michael announced. “The newcomers are done for.”

To the side, Discord busily chiseled their names on some gravestones.

“Does Shaggy’s name have two G’s in it or just one?” He asked seriously.

Kane delivered a massive Double Chokeslam, and the force of the impact bounced Shaggy and Scooby over the top rope sending them crashing onto the ringside floor. The two screamed in fear as they quickly scurried under the ring with Kane following right behind them.

“The bounce out of the ring offers Skinny Man and Dead Meat a chance for escape but look at this!” Michael announced. “Kane has just taken the match under the ring. It’s bedlam down below!”

As the scuffle continued under the ring, a massive cloud of dust seeped from under the ring. Eventually, the entire ringside area was completely shrouded in dust. Michael Cole and Discord brushed away the dust to clear their vision to see the match. That’s when Shaggy and Scooby ran out in front of them, with Kane in hot pursuit. They managed to dodge as Kane brought down a massive Axe Handle upon the table, smashing it to pieces before chasing after them once more.

“Not again!” Michael groaned, eyeing the destroyed desk. “Somebody get me another desk out here, please!”

“No need to worry about that buddy!” Discord told him.

With a snap of his fingers, Discord produced another announce table out of thin air. It was equipped with state of the art monitors and new headsets.

“Can you show me how to do that?” Michael asked seriously. “The number of desks I lose out here is insane.”

“Sorry mi amigo, that power belongs to yours truly,” Discord smirked smugly. “Besides, you’ve just got to know your sources.”

In a random location, one of the authors was pulling along a suitcase filled with supplies for a trip. Preparing himself for a trip soon as this project came to an end. As he passed one room, he stopped and slowly stepped backward noticing something off. One of the offices, his own, had a real empty space in the corner and the author investigated. He looked around the spot, his eyes widened, and soon it dawned on him.

“WHERE’S MY DESK?!?!”

Back with the rest of the gang, WWE security opened the championship box. Velma reached in and pulled out the belt itself. Flipping it over, she noticed a timer strapped to the back and in the midst of counting down.

“Jinkies!” Velma exclaimed. “The EMP is about to go off!”

“The whole place will go dark if we don’t do something!” Twilight said worriedly.

“We need to get it out of here right away!” Rarity added.

“We’ll never get it far enough away,” Richards told them. “The arena power generator is right below us; I’ve got to warn everyone.”

John Cena turned back toward the ring, spotting Shaggy tied up in the ropes by Kane, who went back to chasing Scooby.

“I have an idea!” He said determined.

Cena quickly grabbed the EMP device and raced to ringside. He hopped upon the apron and handed it to the tied-up Shaggy.

“Hold this and let go when I say,” He instructed.

“Right… okay…” Shaggy said unsurely.

Cena proceeded to pull back tightly along the ring ropes, while Shaggy clutched the device. Cena aimed for the windows at the top of the arena and was now ready to let it fly.

“NOW!”

Cena released the ropes and Shaggy was flung into the air. However, be he able to actually get off the ground, Scooby Doo dodged Kane’s attack and collided against Shaggy… hard. The device flew from his hands and into the air, as the Equestrians and Velma gasped in shock.

“That wasn’t supposed to happen,” Cena spoke.

“Ooh… I can’t look!” Fluttershy covered her eyes.

The device fell down to the ring floor and upon impact, the device went off and emitted a shockwave through the floor to the basement. The main arena generator sparked and exploded, causing every single arena light to turn off and stop the cameras. WrestleMania soon went off the air on every television set, leaving many viewers at home disappointed. At the main arena entrance, more security guards noticed the lack of power in the building.

“Who turned out the lights?” One security guard asked.

It was then that the Ghost Bear burst through the front entrance, tearing through everything in its path. It destroyed the glass displays of WWE history, scaring away any and all unfortunate enough to be in the area at the time. It released a monstrous roar, which bellowed throughout the entire arena, and most definitely heard by the Equestrians and Mystery Inc.

“Okay guys, it’s here!” Fred spoke through the walkie-talkie.

“Well it’s definitely not an Ursa Major!” Spike remarked.

“The fans are starting to panic!” Velma said worriedly.

“I-I-I-I’ve been panicking all night!” Fluttershy shook. “What’ll we do now?”

“Plan B!” Cena declared. “Here we go!”

“We’ll help too!” Storm added. “C’mon guys!”

With a nod of their heads, the Equestrians (And Spike) raced to help John Cena, who lit a green flare. Storm, Twilight, and Rarity channeled their magic to produce a giant ball of light which floated high above the ring. While they did so, Santino Marella, Brodus Clay, and A.J. Lee lit their own flares around different corners of the arena.

Even the very injured Miz lit a flare to help with the plan. However, he was having difficult lighting the fuse due to his many injuries. Thankfully, the Miz tripped over, and his flare miraculously flew into the air somehow igniting the fuse which caused a gigantic green flare to ignite on the arena corner (Don’t ask). On the other four sides, flares lit up the entire arena in a blazing light. The fans instantly began to calm down, relaxing upon seeing there was light in the arena, and at the very least they could see.

Meanwhile, back down in the ring, Kane looked upon the fallen EMP device and examined it. During the distraction, Shaggy took the opportunity to motivate his buddy.

“Scooby! You can do it!” He encouraged. “You know all the right moves.”

“Ri do?” Scooby asked confused.

“Yeah! From the video game! I trust the massive power of your superstar-tastic dance moves! Just pretend you’re playing the video game.”

Scooby looked up at Kane, his perspective noticing him turning into pixelated graphics with health-bars for Kane and himself. Seeing this actually gave Scooby a bit more motivation.

“Ri can do ris!” He told himself. “Ri can do ris!”

Kane quickly dropped the EMP device and once again charged at Scooby Doo. With his newfound confidence, Scooby expertly jumped over Kane, causing the Demon to go sailing out of the ring.

“That a boy, Scoob!” Shaggy cheered from the ropes.

Kane reared back in anger, charging right back into the ring. Every time he tried to go on for an attack, Scooby dodged every one of his maneuvers. One in particular actually caused Kane to collide with the top turnbuckle that burst upon impact and Kane fell flat on his back. His eyes quickly snapped open as he spit out the stuffing and went back on the attack. While this went on, Daphne looked down from the titan-tron and noticed the Ghost Bear edging near the stage entrance.

“Ghost Bear sighted!” Daphne spoke through the walkie-talkie.

“Good,” Fred smiled. “He’s here! Just like we thought he’d be.”

“The lights are starting to go,” Velma observed, as the flares started fading.

“And we can’t keep this up forever!” Rarity groaned.

Indeed they couldn’t. Rarity, Twilight, and Storm were truly straining just keep the ball of light up. It was only a matter of time.

“Don’t worry—Fred’s on it!” Cena assured them.

“Triple H!” Fred called in the walkie.

Back outside, Triple H got the heads up from Fred. Now it was time to officially get the power back in the arena.

“Okay guys, hit the generators!” He ordered.

With the aid of Sgt. Slaughter and Jerry Lawler, they managed to connect the main power grid to giant two generators just outside the building. Triple H grabbed the main lever and pulled hard, routing the power back into the arena.

Inside the arena, all the lights and cameras started to work again. WrestleMania was officially back on air, much to the viewers’ delight.

“After a mysterious blackout, we’re somehow back on the air!” Michael Cole announced gladly.

Beside him, Discord hovered in mid-air dressed in pajamas while snoozing away on a pillow. When the lights came back on, he winced at the brightness and woke up.

“Can’t a chaotic entity get any shut eye around this dimension?” He groaned.

Behind the entrance, the Ghost Bear noticed the lights had once again come on in the arena. Growling in anger, it raced off backstage. This didn’t go unnoticed by Daphne, who quickly radioed to Fred.

“Freddy, go!” She exclaimed.

“Plan C!” Fred responded. “Twilight, I am activating the blast doors backstage so the Ghost Bear can’t escape. You guys head back there and keep him at bay!”

“You got it Fred!” Twilight responded.

“Time for a little bear hunting!” Rainbow declared, cracking her knuckles.

The Equestrian Heroes raced up the ramp and into the backstage region after the Ghost Bear. They ran around the backstage until they finally found the beast and Reuben stood before the bear in his Bone Bender attire.

“Hey Smokey!” Rueben yelled. “Where’s the fire? Prepare to face the wrath of the Bone Bender!”

“Well, I’m sure glad you didn’t start the party without us!” Pinkie smiled. “You know what I always like at my parties? A little bit of hard punch!”

The Equestrians and Rueben went on the attack upon the Ghost Bear. Reuben jumped upon the monster’s back as Twilight, Storm, and Rarity blast it with their magic. Rainbow, Applejack, and Spike threw haymakers upon the bear, and it stumbled backwards. From the sidelines, Fluttershy looked as though she wanted to hide as she usually does. And yet, after being held hostage by the Ministry for days, she finally decided she had enough.

No longer the scared, helpless Pegasus in that moment, she dug deep within herself and raced toward the Ghost Bear with a mighty cry. Leaping into the air, she delivered a powerful spinning kick which sent the Ghost Bear and Reuben through the backstage entrance onto the ramp. The fans and everyone else were immensely shocked and surprised upon seeing the giant Ghost Bear.

“Is that a bear?!” Michael asked shocked.

“What else could it possibly be?” Discord asked. “A parakeet?”

“Like, zoinks!” Shaggy shivered in the ropes.

“Is that… Reuben?” Velma asked.

Soon as the shock eventually faded, Rueben looked back and noticed the Equestrians still fighting the Ghost Bear. Rueben quickly raced in trying to help.

“Reuben, no!” Velma yelled.

The moment Reuben jumped toward the Ghost Bear, the next phase of the trap sprung. A catapult sprang toward the Equestrians, Reuben, and the Ghost Bear right into the ring. Naturally, Reuben and the Equestrians landed safely to the side. The Ghost Bear, however, landed right on Kane nearly flattening the Big Red Monster.

“I don’t believe it, folks!” Michael said amazed. “Kane has been flattened, and a new competitor has entered the ring.”

Deciding to act fast and keep the bear in the middle of the ring, Fred pushed a button in his control panel that activated the steel cage of the Hell in a Cell. John Cena and Sin Cara quickly jumped into the ring before the cage walls encircled the ring and no one was getting out.

“But wait! Someone has activated the cage! Sin Cara and John Cena are leaping into the ring.”

“Looks like we’re having an impromptu cage match!” Discord said excitedly.

“Like, we’re all doomed!” Shaggy whimpered.

“Ron’t worry, Raggy,” Scooby assured. “Ri’ll protect you.”

The superstars and Equestrians quickly pressed on the attack, as Rueben jumped along the Ghost Bear’s back and Cena raced toward the monster.

“The mysterious new competitor attacks the bear from behind,” Michael Cole commented. “Creating a distraction for Cena to make a move.”

However, the bear proved too powerful as it hurled Rueben off his back and threw him toward Cena. The two superstars collided with one another and flew back into the cage wall.

“But this powerful creature turns the tables on them both!” Discord remarked. “Ooh-hoo! What’s this? Sin Cara standing alone? I’m going to need more popcorn!”

Sin Cara stood defiant against the ghostly giant bear his grandfather before him fought many years ago. The luchador ran right toward the monsters, then began flipping and gliding around it like a piece of paper in the wind. No matter how much the bear swiped at him, it was unable to hit the luchadore. What the Ghost Bear did not know was all the activity off to the side. Twilight Sparkle, along with Rarity and Storm Shield proceeded to work their magic thereby making it near impossible to hit Sin Cara.

“The fearless luchador attacks,” Michael commented. “He glides around the bear like lightning. The bear can’t even touch Sin Cara. Ladies and gentlemen, I haven’t seen moves like this in the ring before.”

As he glided around the ferocious monster, Sin Cara came off the top of the bear and slammed both feet atop its heard, stunning the beast backwards. Thankfully, at that moment, John Cena recovered on the ground and worked his way back to his feet.

“Sin Cara delivers a stunning blow to the bear while John Cena recovers on the mat!” Michael commented.

“He’s really poking the bear now!” Discord added.

Cena snuck behind the bear, lifted it up, and slammed it upon the mat with a Lifting Side Slam.

“Cena is lifting the bear over his head… and the bear is down!”

When the bear was laid flat out on its back, Cena popped back up and threw his hand high in the air. All in the arena, all around the world for the matter, seemed to know ‘exactly’ what that meant as they all lifted their own hands high in the air.

“What’s that bear, what’s that?” Cena asked with the iconic taunt. “You can’t see me!”

Cena ran off the ring ropes and came back before dropping his fist right on the bear’s big face with the Five Knuckle Shuffle.

“Ladies and gentlemen, here it is. Cena’s vintage Five Knuckle Shuffle. It’s lights out for this big, bad bear. This match is over.”

“Aww, that’s a shame!” Discord pouted. “I was hoping this might go another twenty minutes or more.”

Cena and Sin Cara both gave a massive high five before they leapt into the air, ready to finish the bear once and for all.

“Cena and Sin Cara going for a tandem pin.”

At that moment, the Ghost Bear snapped back to life and smacked the two superstars away with one swipe of its massive claws. The two flew across the ring and collided with the wall of the steel cage, slumping beside Shaggy.

“Impossible!” Michael Cole gasped.

Turning to the sides, seeing Cena and Sin Cara knocked out beside him, Shaggy felt all hope of victory slowly fading.

“Scooby Doo, where are you?!” Shaggy cried out.

“This looks bad for skinny man. But wait, what is dead meat up to?”

Behind the Ghost Bear, Scooby snuck beside the still-unconscious Kane with a bucket of water in his teeth. Scooby took the bucket and dumped the water right into his face. The Demon’s eyes snapped open, and the Big Red Monster slowly got back to his feet.

“Dead Meat has revived Kane!” Michael Cole commented. “The Big Red Monster has risen.”

The Ghost Bear turned to see the newly arisen seven-foot monster standing across the ring from him and growled in anger. Kane hurled his arms up and brought them down with a force that triggered gigantic flames to burst from atop the four ring posts.

“Never before have we seen a stand-off like this. It’s Monster vs. Monster inside the cage at WrestleMania. Who will survive this supernatural match-up? Who will be victorious in this paranormal pandemonium?”

Both demons ran at one another, but Kane caught a swipe from the Ghost Bear and delivered a powerful punch that knocked the bear flying down to the mat.

“Kane drives the bear back with a stunning blow. The bear hits the mat.”

Knowing they needed to keep the big beast down, Kane jumped on one of the monster’s limbs and kept it pinned down. At that moment, Rueben, Sin Cara, and John Cena jumped along the other limbs and together they had the beast trapped.

“Kane pins down its leg. The new competitor, John Cena, and Sin Cara pile only the powerful creature, but they can barely hold it down.”

The Mane Six could see the other superstars struggling to keep the big monster on its back. They knew that soon enough it would pry itself free. Flutershy looked over and noticed Scooby Doo was the only legit ‘competitor’ in the match still standing.

“Scooby Doo, it’s up to you!” She yelled.

“Really?!” Scooby asked, shocked.

“Get up to the top rope and finish this thing Scooby!” Rainbow called out.

Looking up toward the top rope, Scooby Doo quickly ascended to the top rope and looked down toward the pinned bear, and the entire audience in attendance.

“Only Dead Meat can tip the balance now,” Michael announced. “Can he do it? Can Dead Meat save the day?”

Feeling the adrenaline flowing through him, knowing the severity of the situation, Scooby Doo smiled before leaping into the air.

“Scooby Dooby Doo!”

Scooby soared high into the air and performed a huge 450 spin before falling straight down, slamming into the bear. The force of the impact actually caused the ring to collapse and the whole cage fell apart.

“Dead Meat just delivered a gut-wrenching belly bomb that flattened the ring and exploded the cage!”

“BAH GAWD ALMIGHTY!” Discord shouted, in a country accent.

When the dust finally cleared, immediately after the huge impact, Scooby Doo stood victorious as the Ghost Bear was finally knocked out entirely by its feet.

“The dust is clearing now… the bear is out cold… Dead Meat wins it!”

*DING! DING! DING!*

The crowd went wild as they cheered for Shaggy, Scooby, and everyone else involved. The Mane Six finally managed to get Shaggy untangled from the ring ropes, ran right toward his best friend, and hugged him close. From the outside, the rest of the Mystery Inc. watched proudly, even Velma was having a hard time controlling her excitement.

“You okay, Velm?” Fred asked her.

“This… is… AWESOME!” Velma cheered. “Whoo-hoo!”

Soon enough, the rest of the superstars, including Mystery Inc. and the WWE executives entered the destroyed ring. WWE security grabbed the Ghost Bear and hoisted it up.

“Now let’s see who this ghost bear really is!” Fred declared.

He walked right up, yanked the fake head off the Ghost Bear, and everyone was beyond shocked to see it was in fact none other than… ‘Cookie’ controlling it.

“Cookie?!” Cena exclaimed in shock.

“Cookie?!” Vince McMahon exclaimed.

“Cookie?!” Everyone else exclaimed.

It was most certainly a shocker seeing Cookie as the mastermind behind the whole ordeal. But none more surprised than his own nephew, Reuben.

“Uncle Cookie! Why?! WWE is your life!”

“Even I’m still confused!” Spike remarked, scratching his head.

“WWE was his life,” Velma explained, facing Reuben. “But sadly, your Uncle Cookie never got the glory…”

“And his injury put him out of the spotlight,” Daphne finished.

“Permanently!” Fred added.

“A superstar bearing that much pain grew to truly resent the WWE and all it stood for,” Storm spoke up. “A man who could never be the champion he always dreamed of and all that resentment and envy over the years eventually grew into ‘hatred’. And training all those other superstars to be what he could not only made it ‘worse’.”

“It was then he developed his plan for revenge,” Twilight added. “But he knew that wouldn’t be enough. He needed a ‘pawn’ to steal the championship belt.”

“And that’s when he devised the idea of hacking into a video game and place those post-hypnotic suggestions into it. That game would become part of a contest Cookie set up with fake emails he sent throughout the WWE. That’s why he used the bear to attack the video game studio, to cover his tracks.”

“The contest itself would assure only the most skilled pawn would arrive at WWE city to aid in the theft,” Twilight added. “Cookie used flashing lights to activate Scooby’s post-hypnotic programming.”

“And so when Cookie identified the belt in Scooby’s bed as the championship belt, turned out he was lying,” Storm continued. “He’d already switched the belts but with Scooby taking the blame, Cookie would be free to carry out his ultimate plan: To turn off the lights, and with the help of the bear, generate so much panic and injury that WrestleMania would be ruined, and WWE would never recover.”

“And you guys only just figured that out, ‘when’ exactly…?” Rainbow asked, raising a brow.

“We didn’t initially,” Twilight admitted. “We needed all the clues to come together to support our theory.”

“But thanks to Fred here, we got the lights back on pretty quick,” Cena complimented Fred, with a stiff back slap. “Good work!”

“Ah, um, thanks!” Fred grunted in response.

“And the real championship belt, where is it now?” Mr. McMahon asked.

“Elementary, my dear Mr. McMahon,” Velma responded. “Cookie’s wearing it.”

Cena walked toward Cookie and opened the front exterior of the bear to reveal that Cookie was indeed wearing the championship belt. He quickly snatched it back.

“Sorry Cookie, but the championship belt isn’t for cheaters, it’s for champions.”

Cena held the championship gouge for all to see and the entire crowd cheered for its safe return.

“Good call, hiring these kids, sir,” Ms. Richards told Mr. McMahon. “I thought they might come in handy.”

“Hmm… sure you did…” Spike rolled his eyes.

“Just get Cookie out of here!” Vince ordered loudly.

“Yes sir! Will do, sir! You bet!” Richards responded nervously.

“The championship belt was the icing on the cake, Mr. McMahon,” Velma said. “Cookie could live off its golden jewels for the rest of his life.”

“And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids and your game-crazy dog!” Cookie yelled, dragged away.

“Hold on a minute!” Mr. McMahon yelled.

Security skid to a halt the moment they heard their boss.

“Bring Cookie back here a second!” He ordered. “I just had a thought.”

Doing as they were told, security dragged Cookie back to the ring. Vince looked right at Cookie with a smile on his face.

“I don’t think prison is enough a lesson for you, Cookie,” Vince smirked. “Someone needs to be taught a lesson, a lesson taken to the… extreme!”

*Deploy Dudley Boyz theme here*

The entire arena cheered with joy, while a look of fear spread across Cookie’s face as two men emerged from the backstage area. The personification of ‘extreme’ themselves, those two men were the backbone behind Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW for short). They held multiple tag team championships from around the world, both men WWE Hall of Famers. These two were known as the Dudley Boys: Bubba Ray and Devon Dudley.

The Dudley’s made their way into the ring, looking toward Cookie, who panicked upon seeing the two men. Both men faced each other before turning toward the crowd knowing exactly what they wanted.

“DEVON!” Bubba yelled to his partner.

The entire crowd got really riled up as they knew what came next. Bubby Ray and Devon counted down from three-to-one before they all yelled out:

“GET THE TABLES!!!”

Devon quickly slid from the ring, lifted the ring apron, and pulled out a table which he pushed into the ring. Both Dudley’s quickly proceeded set the table up and looked above Cookie. Vince looked at the security and gave them a nod. Security pushed Cookie forward and the Dudley Boys nailed their signature 3-D tag team finish through the table. The crowd erupted once more as the Dudley’s jumped back up and taunted with the crowd as security dragged a knocked-out Cookie from the ring carting him off to jail. Reuben watched as his uncle was taken away, looking toward everyone in shame.

“I guess after what my Uncle’s done, you won’t be wanting me around anymore,” He spoke sorrowfully.

“Not so, Ruby,” Santino assured him.

“You’re one of us now,” A.J. added.

“You got the funk, son!” Brodus complimented.

“That’s right, Reuben!” Mr. McMahon nodded. “You’ve shown a superstar spirit in the ring, and at the computer. You’ve earned a place with us in whatever you want to do. The choice is yours.”

Reuben’s eyes lit up as a smile spread across his face.

“Thanks, Mr. McMahon,” He thanked.

Vince grabbed a microphone once more and looked back at the crowd.

“Well thank you ladies and gentlemen for coming out tonight and we hope you enjoyed…”

“Not so fast, Mr. McMahon!”

Everyone turned as Pinkie Pie held a microphone and a piece of paper in her hoof.

“Don’t think you’re getting away with what you did in all this!” She said.

“What are you talking about Pinkie?” Twilight asked.

“Mr. McMahon dropped this a few days back, which I took the liberty to examine,” Pinkie replied, holding the piece of paper. “A written letter to Mr. McMahon… from the Undertaker!”

Everyone gasped in shock as they all looked back toward Mr. McMahon.

“That’s ridiculous!” Vince scoffed.

“That letter states that Mr. McMahon ‘knew’ about the New Ministry and their plans for us,” Pinkie explained. “Which explains why Mr. McMahon was so chill with us becoming involved with the Ghost Bear’s investigation. He already planned on putting us in matches at WrestleMania just to soften us up so the Undertaker could end us all for good!”

“But Mr. McMahon had been helping us through all this,” Rainbow countered.

“He was never helping us at all!” Pinkie responded. “He only wanted to make it as difficult as possible. Putting us all in the ring, with minimum training and no prior knowledge on our opponents, he ‘knew’ we wouldn’t stand a chance. What he ‘didn’t’ expect was us actually ‘winning’.”

“But what would getting rid of us accomplish?” Rarity asked. “He’s a man of business.”

“The note states that if Undertaker were to beat us all, allowing the darkness to run amuck in the world, this would allow Mr. McMahon to lead in his stead. It would be his own personal power play.”

“This is all ridiculous!” Vince spoke angrily. “I have no idea what you’re even talking about.”

“Actually… it’s true,” Fluttershy spoke up. “When the Ministry abducted me, I had been locked in a dark room for days on end. At first, I couldn’t understand what was going on being so disoriented. But I heard the talk about the Ministry’s plans and one of those voices sounded eerily similar to Mr. McMahon.”

“Sir, is that true?” Richards asked her boss.

Vince McMahon looked amongst his superstars, the Mystery Inc. gang, and even the Equestrians. But there was no way out for him.

“Fine… it’s true,” He nodded. “And I’d do it all over again if it meant the ongoing future of the WWE. I regret nothing; besides, what would it prove anyway? Exposing doesn’t change a thing. I ‘own’ the entire company, I own ‘every’ man and woman who signs with me, and not one police force in the entire world can have me jailed.”

To which Pinkie Pie merely gave a smirk of her own.

“Oh, I wouldn’t worry about ‘jail’ Mr. McMahon,” She smiled. “I just happened to find a more ‘appropriate’ punishment especially for you.”

The roof exploded off the arena as the WWE fans cheered so loudly it was deafening. A look came over Vince McMahon, of genuine fear and shock, knowing the arrival of this one man. From the back stepped the greatest superstars perhaps in ‘all’ of WWE history. A multiple time WWE champion, a Hall of Famer, and the toughest S.O.B. to roam the earth: Stone Cold Steve Austin.

The Texas Rattlesnake wasted absolutely no time as he walked down the ramp, stepped into the ring, and quickly (and precisely) nailed Vince McMahon with a ‘Stone Cold’ Stunner!”

The crowd erupted once more as Vince rolled out of the ring, feeling the effects of the Stunner. Stone Cold climbed the turnbuckles and raised his arms in victory for the cheering crowd. Then, in typical ‘Stone Cold’ fashion, Austin walked out of the ring and grabbed a case full of cold beer. Rolling back into the ring, he handed one to every superstar, even the Equestrians. Everyone popped them open, and Austin grabbed two of his own before smashing them together in the biggest ‘beer bash’ ever. Austin guzzled down his own beers before sliding out the ring once more and headed backstage while everyone else cheered.

Ms. Richards stepped into the ring with a microphone of her own.

“Now that we have the real championship belt, it needs to be awarded to ‘true’ champions,” She announced. “And after what I’ve seen tonight, they’re right here. Skinny Man and Dead Meat!”

The crowd cheered once more as Shaggy and Scooby looked immensely confused. Ms. Richards walked over and handed the belt to two of them. Their confusion quickly turned to joy as both smiled at one another. The only one who didn’t seem happy was Kane, who walked toward the two and raised his gloved hand. Shaggy and Scooby both whimpered and tried to shield themselves from the pain coming their way. But to their surprise, they made one quick peek and saw Kane extending his hand out toward them.

“Well done,” He congratulated deeply.

Scooby and Shaggy both shook hands before John Cena and Sin Cara lifted them onto their shoulders. The entire crowd, even the rest of the superstars in the ring (Minus Kane), started chanting ‘Scooby Doo’ over and over again. Shaggy and Scooby both felt so happy within this moment, a bolt of lightning would’ve struck, and they’d hardly notice it at all.

“Scooby Dooby DOOOO!!!” Scooby cheered.

Eventually, the two were let down as they continued their victory celebration. However, everyone noticed a strong wind started to pick up and everyone turned to see the portal once again open. The Equestrians all smiled upon seeing the familiar gateway.

“Well every pony, I guess it’s time to head back home,” Twilight observed.

The group took a step forward towards the magical force that would take them back home. The WWE superstars stepped forward to say their goodbyes.

“So… this is goodbye I guess,” Cena smiled at them.

“I’m afraid it is John,” Rainbow nodded.

“That’s a shame,” Triple H smiled. “You all have real potential to be amazing WWE superstars.”

“Perhaps, but we also have family and friends waiting for us back home,” Rarity informed them. “No doubt they all missed us dearly, and it’s high time we get back to them.”

The WWE superstars smiled at one another as they understood exactly what that was like. Being on the road as often as they are, going long period of time without seeing their friends and family, if any group could understand the desire to get back to their family and friends, it was them. One by one, they all shook hands with the Equestrians.

“Well, it was fun getting to thrown down with all of you,” A.J. Lee smiled.

“It was ‘funktastic’ man!” Brodus agreed.

“If at any time you guys want to come back and step in the ring with us again, you’re always welcome!” Reuben smiled.

“We’ll fer sure keep that in mind” Applejack smiled back. “But fer now… this is ‘yer’ moment, Reuben. Make it count while you can.”

Soon Mystery Inc. approached the girls, looking down toward their friends.

“Are you guys sure you gotta split?” Shaggy asked. “Like it’s been an awesome time hanging out with all of you.”

“Reah! Really fun!” Scooby nodded.

“And it’s been so much fun meeting you guys all over again,” Fluttershy responded. “But I’m sorry to say it’s time to go.”

“Don’t worry though dudes,” Rainbow said confidently. “I’m positive this won’t be the last time we meet each other.”

“Absolutely!” Pinkie nodded. “After all, the writers still have what ‘five’ move Scooby Doo stories in the wings? A few of them even include Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrapy. Speaking of which, I’m surprised we didn’t see him in this story… huh.”

Once more, everyone eyed Pinkie Pie quizzically. But they soon decided right away it was likely best not to question her and just go with it.

“Well, if this is goodbye for now, I suppose all we can say is that we can’t wait to see you all again,” Fred smiled.

“We’ll miss you all,” Daphne added, holding Fred’s hand.

The Mystery Inc. gang and the Equestrians shared a big group hug in farewell before the Equestrians finally drew back. They all turned back toward the portal, ready to step through and head back home. As they got closer, the magic emanating from the portal shifted the group back into their pony and dragon forms. Initially, those bearing witness would be surprised… but after tonight, and all they just witnessed, they weren’t going to question anything.

Just as they were about to step through, they noticed someone running toward their direction. They all jumped out of the way as R-Truth ran down the ramp, the 24/7 title clutched in his grasp. As he ran, he suddenly tripped on a loose grate along the ramp and ended up smacking his head hard rolling the rest of the way down the ramp before the Equestrians.

The ponies and Spike looked at him concerned, wondering if he was alright or may require some help. Then, an idea came to Spike as he turned toward the side and noticed the referee from Shaggy and Scooby’s match finally getting back up. He smiled quickly before looking back toward the others.

“I’ll be back!” He said quickly.

“What are you doing Spike?” Twilight asked.

Spike raced toward the referee and quickly pulled him toward where R-Truth was laid out. Quickly assuming the pinning position, and despite the referee’s confusion, Spike pressed down on R-Truth with all his weight as the official made the count.

1… 2… 3!!!

Spike quickly got up and cheered for himself, running around with the 24/7 belt he ‘just’ won.

“YEAH BABY!” He yelled. “My name is Spike and I’M THE NEW 24/7 CHAMPION!!!”

But his moment of celebration was quickly extinguished as he looked toward the ramp and noticed the entire locker room, both men and women alike, racing toward his direction.

“And that’s our cue to get the hay out of here!” He yelled quickly.

Spike raced through the crystal portal, jumping through while the rest followed behind him. The portal closed before any of the other superstars could get through and they all groaned in frustration. Meanwhile, the rest of the superstars and Mystery Inc. all laughed at the display. There was no doubt on any of their minds that this certainly has been a very fun, and even entertaining adventure for them all.

The New Ministry

Following a rather sleepless and rather strange night, the Mane Six, Spike, Storm, and Mystery Inc. found themselves at WWE Headquarters the very next day. Having done battle with the Ghost Bear the night before, needless to say management should know. Storm, Spike, and the girls were also very scary after that nightmare the previous night and could not for the life of them figure out what it meant. For the moment, they decided to keep it to themselves until they could determine how to handle it.

Right now, they had other things on their minds as they all stood in the office of WWE executive, Ms. Richards. Right now she was looking through a file, and the group could tell by the look on her face that she was ‘not’ happy. By the time she was done, she slammed the file shut.

“Assault… battery… property damage… ghost bear?!” Richard read, glaring. “What the heck is going on? And what are you kids doing in WWE City anyway?”

“We won a contest!” Scooby and Shaggy responded.

“Did she forget about the contest?” Twilight whispered to John Cena.

“She shouldn’t have,” John Cena replied. “She sent out the memo.”

Richards looked toward Cookie in confusion, the man merely shrugged.

“Don’t look at me Richards,” He replied. “You’re the one who sent out the memo, ‘The Victory Dance Challenge’.”

“Oh right…” The woman groaned. “That wasn’t my idea. Boys in marketing or video game design, one of those. Who can keep anything straight with all these bear attacks?”

“There have been others?” Velma asked concerned.

“Indeed, several,” Richards replied.

One click from the remote and all the screens showcased several key locations all over the city.

“Many of them inside our buildings. The creature trashed the kitchen, and totally obliterated our video game studio, and as quickly as it appears, it disappears.”

“Oh my!” Fluttershy squeaked in fear.

“I’m telling you, it’s the ghost!” Cookie told the visitors. “The evil from beyond the grave…”

The door creaked open, which made Scooby leap into Shaggy’s arms and Fluttershy ducking behind her friends as they faced the open door terrified again. That instantly dropped soon as they saw Vince McMahon himself stroll into the room.

“Now let’s all remain calm here,” He told the others. “We don’t wanna cause too much ruckus.”

“Mr. McMahon!” Rainbow, Shaggy, and Scooby beamed.

Scooby, Shaggy, and Rainbow at this point were gushing like total fan girls.

“In the flesh!” Shaggy cried giddily. “I can’t believe I’m face-to-face with Vinny Mac!”

“The Boss!” Scooby continued.

“The Higher Power!”

“The Mac Attack!”

“The Mac Daddy!”

“Daddy Mac!”

Vince looked at them both with clear confusion written on his face. It didn’t last very long before Rainbow got in his face with a whole bunch of questions.

“Oh my gosh Mr. McMahon, it’s nice to finally meet you!” Rainbow said, shaking his head wildly. “I must ask: What was it like feuding with Stone Cold Steve Austin? Did it hurt when he hit you in the head with that bedpan? What about when he filled your car with cement?”

Vince quickly pulled his hand back and Rainbow slowly backed up till she stood next to Shaggy and Scooby.

“Yes well… thank you for that trip down memory lane,” Vince said awkwardly.

“Hmph! You’ll never see ‘me’ act like that,” Rarity huffed.

“Oh ah’m sure we will at some point,” Applejack whispered to Fluttershy.

Fluttershy giggled over that, as did Applejack, before they both stopped the moment Rarity turned and sent them a heated glare.

“Let me cut to the chase,” Vince McMahon said. “We’ve been doing research on you kids, you’re some kind of ‘mystery solvers’. We could really use your help here.”

Mystery Inc. all looked at each other for a moment before turning back with smiles, as did the Equestrians.

“Thank you, Mr. McMahon,” Twilight smiled. “We’d be honored to.”

“My main concern is the Championship Belt,” Vince replied. “Not only is it worth a fortune, but WrestleMania wouldn’t be the same without it.”

“So true!” Rainbow nodded.

“I’m too loyal to rules for stealing,” Spike spoke, crossing his arms. “Even if I’d want that belt to add to my collection.”

A thought bubble formed above Spike’s head, picturing himself in his old teenage Dragon self. Only he made the thought bigger, giving off a ‘Tough Enough’ vibe just like a professional WWE wrestler.

“Excuse me sir, but we don’t need kids meddling in security matters,” Ms. Richards told McMahon. “I promise the Championship belt is well-guarded 24/7 with state of the art laser and wire electric alarm system. There’s no way the bear could get to it without tripping the beam and setting off an alarm that would have my security men within seconds.”

“Too bad WWE Security has a bad rep for getting beaten up so easily,” Storm muttered to Pinkie Pie.

“I understand Richards,” Vince replied to the blonde woman. “But it couldn’t hurt to let these kids lend a hand.”

“It’s what we do!” Fred added with a smile.

“So true!” Pinkie agreed. “No group solves more mysteries than these meddling kids right here. Dating all the way back to 1969!”

Ms. Richards merely responded by narrowing her eyes toward Mystery Inc and their group of friends.

“What’s with her?” Storm thought to himself.

“You mind if I help?” John Cena asked.

“Oh no, not at all!” Storm spoke aloud, smiling.

“Great idea, John!” Daphne added, latching onto his arm.

“Awesome!” John Cena smiled back. “Because I think there’s someone you should talk to.”

“And who might that be?” Fluttershy asked.

“Follow me and you’ll see,” Cena responded.

John proceeded to lead Mystery Inc. and the Equestrians from the office and down the hall towards the entrance to the roof. What neither group saw were two figures entirely hidden in the dark. Father James Mitchell stood with a much taller, cloaked individual and they kept a close watch on the group walking down the hall.

“It seems they were foolish enough not to heed my warning,” Mitchell smirked wickedly. “What would you have me do now?”

The dark figure, watching after the group for a moment, walked further back into the shadows.

“Summon the others,” The figure ordered deeply. “Tonight… we make our presence known.”

The group continued to follow John Cena onto the roof of WWE headquarters. Walking out into the roof, they saw a very familiar masked luchador staring out at the sunrise.

“Sin Cara?” Twilight and Velma asked together.

“He knows the legend of the bear, better than anyone,” John replied.

Sin Cara flipped through the air before landing right in front of the entire group. Shaggy, Scooby, Rainbow, and Fluttershy all clapped impressed by the masked man’s display.

“Does anybody by chance speak Spanish?” Storm asked.

“Desafortunadamente, no creo que yo ni nadie aquí sepa español,” Pinkie shrugged.

Everyone faced the pink party pony in surprise and confusion.

“That basically means ‘no’,” Pinkie explained. “If only the ‘Three Mascaritas’ were around, they’d make this easier.”

“Don’t worry about that, I speak masked luchador,” John Cena replied. “I’ll translate as best I can.”

Once more, Sin Cara broke into a series of flips and spins as though trying to explain the story through pantomime and his motions. Thankfully, Twilight was able to use her magic to help pain a picture in everyone’s minds as Cena explained the story to them.

“The Legend of the Ghost Bear goes back 100 years ago,” John Cena translated. “A monstrous bear part of a traveling show, they named him Vicious, and for good reasons too. The creature had a mean streak a mile wide and twice as ugly. He’d had never been beaten… ‘ever’… though there was one man who stepped up to the challenge. That man being Sin Cara Grande, Sin Cara’s great-great-great-grandfather.”

“Ooh…” Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie exclaimed in surprise.

“He challenged the bear on this very spot,” John continued. “Long before there was ever a WWE City. The battle between man and bear was epic.”

“Sure sounds like it,” Spike whispered to Applejack.

“Hush now sugar cube,” Applejack whispered back.

“The bear was a horrible, unstoppable beast,” John continued. “But when the match was over, it was the men standing victorious. The bear could not contain its anger, the beast enraged its attack through the town.”

“Dear Faust!” Rarity gasped.

“Many lives would have been lost that day,” John continued. “Had it not been for the brave luchador Sin Cara Grande. While saving those innocent town folk, he was injured.”

“Oh my…” Fluttershy shook. “W-What about the bear?”

“The bear? It escaped into the woods into a cave downward, never to be seen again,” John replied. “Until now… Sin Cara feels the soul is disturbed by WrestleMania itself, which is why the monster has risen from the grave. To have its revenge.”

Everyone gasped in shock, also slightly in fear, upon hearing all this.

“But fear not,” John continued. “It is Sin Cara’s honor and duty to continue his great-great-grandfather’s legacy and protect WWE City, at any cost!”

With the story finally over, the others clapped as they felt amazed. Sin Cara bowed to them following his performance.

“Well that’s quite the story,” Storm told Cena. “It would certainly serve as a good excuse for someone to use the legend of the bear to stir chaos.”

“So, you think the ghost bear is a big fake?” Cena asked him.

“Absolutely!” Storm nodded. “All we need to do is compile a list of potential suspects, to determine who could possibly have a grudge against WWE.”

“And by my count, that sounds like a very big list…” Pinkie agreed.

Later that very same night, the Mystery Inc. crew and the Equestrians followed John Cena back to the WWE Training Camp. Now they had knowledge about the ghost bear itself, but they still required more in order to figure out the mystery as a whole. First and foremost, two questions rang in their minds: Who would use the legend to destroy WWE and why? Not only that, but they also required the location of both the Legion of Doom and the Dazzlings.

Right now, however, they followed alongside Shaggy and Scooby, who both carried large towers of pizza boxes while accompanying John Cena. While walking, they noticed a bunch of wrestlers sitting together and eating. All of them were talking about the ghost bear itself.

“I have half a mind to go out in the woods, find that bear, and rip it’s head off!” Triple H said angrily.

“I don’t know Triple H,” Brodus Clay spoke uncertainly. “He’s awfully tough.”

“I think we should stick together,” Santino added.

“What do you think Miz?” A.J. asked.

She turned toward the heavily banged up superstar, who was currently sitting in a wheelchair.

“Stick together,” Miz groaned in pain.

“I can’t believe you two are still hungry after the meal we just had,” John chuckled.

“This is just a late-night snack, right Scoob?” Shaggy smiled.

“Right… relps rus sleep,” Scooby nodded.

“Believe me John,” Twilight giggled. “When it comes to eating, Shaggy and Scooby may as well be the undisputed champions of the world.”

“Every professional eater in the world couldn’t stand up to Shaggy and Scooby,” Applejack agreed.

“Joey Chestnut, Furious Pete, Takeru Kobayashi, Theeta Rappai, Matt Stone, Bob Shoudt, Sonya Thomas…” Pinkie listed, taking a deep breath. “Choji, Fuu, Toriko, Monkey D. Luffy… oh, and Son Goku!”

“I don’t know who half those people are… but it’s true!” Spike nodded.

“Yep, if those two were as strong as they are at eating, they’d be superstars,” Rainbow chuckled.

John chuckled along with the rainbow-haired girl as they all walked. The entire group were completely unaware of Kane watching from around the corner with a deep scowl. As they walked, Twilight turned her side towards the cabins and noticed a familiar trio standing by their cabin. Sure enough, it was the familiar sight of Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk. The three Sirens stood smirking wickedly at the group, while Adagio maliciously waved her fingers. Twilight Sparkle shot back with a fierce glare.

“The Dazzlings!” She yelled toward the others.

The Mane Six, Spike, and Storm looked over and saw the familiar sirens as well. The whole team were ready to spring into action.

“Let’s get ‘em!” Rainbow yelled.

“John, get Scooby and Shaggy to their cabin!” Applejack ordered. “Keep ‘em there till we get back!”

Cena, while having no idea what was going on, noticed the seriousness in their eyes and knew there was a good reason. With a quick nod, he quickly hurried Shaggy and Scooby back to their cabin, much to their confusion. The Equestrian group stayed behind to face the Dazzlings head-on.

“I’ve been waiting to get my hooves on those fish-faced witches for a long time!” Rainbow said, cracking her knuckles.

“Looks like we ain’t gonna wait no more hun!” Applejack spoke determined.

“Come on, after them!” Storm shouted loudly.

The Mane Six, Spike, and Storm quickly raced off towards the Dazzlings, who quickly ran away from the training grounds and into the city.

The Equestrians continued their pursuit for the Dazzlings through the streets of WWE City. Until at last, they finally ended up back in the WWE Arena. The Dazzlings had quickly entered through the back door and the heroes followed them right inside. Once in the backstage area, they found not a trace of the Dazzlings or anyone else. All that greeted them was eerie silence and a dimly lit hallway. To say the least, they found the atmosphere very spooky… yet private.

With no one looking, the group reverted from their human guise and back into their Equestrian forms.

“G-G-Guys, I-I-I t-think we s-should g-go back n-now,” Fluttershy shook.

“We can’t just leave Fluttershy,” Rarity told her. “If the Dazzlings are here, surely the Legion of Doom are not very far behind.”

“Rarity’s absolutely right,” Twilight agreed. “If they’re all here, we can take them all down right here and now together.”

“I don’t know guys,” Storm spoke uncertainly. “I have a bad feeling about this. Like this whole thing’s a trap.”

“Fer sure it’s a trap,” Applejack responded. “But it don’t matter none cuz there ain’ nothin’ them varmints can throw at us that we can’t throw back harder.”

“Abstively-posilutely!” Pinkie nodded excitedly. “Besides, it’s not like when we walk in here that some scary man in a hockey mask will hack us all to pieces with a machete. Or a burned-up ghost man with a clawed glove tearing our innards and dragging us across the roof.”

Every pony slowly turned toward Pinkie Pie with a heated glare, which caused the pink party pony to smile nervously.

“I did say it’s unlikely,” She said.

“Can some-pony please explain why we can’t just leave her back while we handle these things?” Rainbow groaned.

“Forget about that now,” Twilight brushed it off. “Right now, we must focus. Let’s move.”

The group proceeded down the corridor, slowly and carefully despite not knowing what’s lurking in the shadows. The group made certain to look carefully, behind every piece of equipment to make sure no one was hiding away. The more they weren’t able to find anything, the more uneasy they started to feel. They knew for certain the Dazzlings had run in here, but still they nor anyone else were to be found.

Eventually, the group emerged from the backstage area and found themselves standing on the stage overlooking the ring and the empty arena. Walking down slowly, stepping into the ring together, they looked around and noticed one thing in particular.

“It’s quiet in here,” Storm pointed out. “Too quiet.”

At that moment, every single door in the area slammed shut, one-by-one, much to the entire group’s surprise. A single light snapped on, shining upon them all. A wicked laugh drew their attention back to the stage where they saw Father James Mitchell once more, standing beside the Dazzlings… and the Legion of Doom. The Sinister Minister held a microphone in one hand, proceeding to address the group.

“You should have heeded my advice when you had the chance,” He spoke sinisterly. “Now from the deepest recesses of Hell, I’ve brought together an unholy alliance that will not only conquer this world but shall spread our darkness across the Multiverse!”

From inside the ring, the Mane Six, Spike, and Storm stood their ground.

“Please!” Rainbow scoffed. “All I see are a bunch of punks we’ve kicked the feathers out of in the past and a crazy old man. I like our chances.”

“Are you kidding? We’re not even British!” Sonata whined.

Aria turned toward Sonata and slapped her upside the head.

“Why don’t you be quiet?!” Aria groaned.

Tirek merely smirked as he grabbed the microphone from James Mitchell.

“You have absolutely no idea of the powers we now possess, little pony,” He spoke. “You may have defeated us once before, but now ‘we’ have the numbers. ‘We’ have the powerful artifacts to make us more powerful than all your precious elements and princesses combined.”

Then it was Adagio’s turn, as she produced her own microphone.

“Not to mention, we’ve met a few new allies here to help us put you stupid ponies and your dragon friend in the ground… once and for all…” She spoke aggressively.

From the entrance ramp of the arena emerged one of the most dangerous, most terrifying entities in WWE history: Kevin Thorn, the vampire lord himself. Standing side by side with the rest of the sinister group, the vampire gave a wicked smile which showcased his two elongated and dangerously sharp fangs. He wiped the smirk from his face and sent a look of hatred towards the group in the ring.

Next came a dangerously violent, disturbed individual whom Father Mitchell knew all too well. The seven-foot-tall monster of mayhem himself: Abyss. The twisted, vile masked monster carried his favorite toy: A devastating 2x4 plank with sharp nails sticking from it which he dubbed ‘Janice’. His arms were marked with scars from violent encounters he engaged with other combatants, where he emerged the victory.

With these two huge, menacing men standing alongside the evil syndicate, the Equestrians in the ring looked immensely nervous. Then Father Mitchell, facing the girls in the ring, smiled as an evil idea came to him.

“Oh, don’t worry girls,” He assured. “My two big monsters here won’t cause any of you harm. However… I know a few who will…”

The girls gazed in horror as a giant leviathan-like woman walked out from the backstage area and stared straight at them with an icy stare that was almost hypnotizing. This monster of a woman was known as Kharma. Perhaps the most terrifying women’s wrestler of all time, having squared off with both women and men in the past. Double tough, double ferocious, she was cut above ‘any’ competitor who stood in the ring.

Almost straight from the pits of hell itself came forth the demon assassin: Rosemary. The she-devil walked from the backstage area like a zombie freshly risen from the grave. Alongside her was her brother in Decay, the mentally unstable and demonic clown man: Crazzy Steve. The two Decay members laughed insanely upon sight of the group in the ring, slowly making their way beside Abyss, a fellow member of Decay.

Seeing the diabolical group standing on the stage before them, the Equestrian group thought this was another bad dream. They closed their eyes, trying to wake themselves up. But when they opened their eyes again, they realized they were indeed ‘completely’ awake. What happened next was perhaps the most horrifying thing of all. The group bent on one knee as they faced the entrance once more.

The lights in the arena all went out as a dark blue light engulfed the entire arena. The air became deathly cold, almost like it was actually raining inside. A tall, dark cloaked figure soon emerged from backstage. From the depths of hell, through fire and brimstone, emerged the most evil, terrifying entity of them all. That of course being the Demon of Death Valley, the Lord of Darkness, the Phenom himself: The Undertaker.

The entire group on stage bowed in his dark presence as the group in the ring looked on in fear toward the gigantic demonic man. The Undertaker stood straight at them with a death stare, as the rest of the group rose up and stood alongside the Phenom. Father James Mitchell handed a microphone to the demon himself and slowly he rose it to his lips.

“Welcome… to Hell!” He spoke menacingly. “And your eternal damnation. For too long, the demons have been confined to the deepest depth of darkness, unable to bring our unholy wrath upon the world. But now, with my new Ministry at my side, the days of darkness and despair are upon us yet again.

“The days of bright lights and scary music are over. It is time for pure unadulterated hatred and evil. From this day forward, we will hurt who we want, take what we want, and destroy what we want. Until the day of Armageddon is upon us, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

“That being said, I will leave you with one final thought: Be afraid… be very afraid.”

And just like that, the lights went out once more. When they came back in a second later, the Undertaker and his Ministry had vanished.

“How many villains are we going to fight in this crossover again?” Pinkie asked sheepishly.