One beautiful day, the heroes were walking in the forest just outside of The Crystal Empire. Most of the group was carrying picnic baskets. As they walked, Mikey was doing flips all around.

“Whoa. What’s got you all flipping around, Mikey?” Raph asked.

“Beats me. I guess ever since I gave my youth to Mistmane and back, I’ve never felt so energetic!” Mikey cheered as he did cartwheels.

“It was nice of your brother and his family to invite us for a picnic lunch, Twilight.” Yolei said.

“I was hoping to find time to introduce you all to them while you’re all visiting.” Twilight smiled. “I think they’ll like you all, including my niece Flurry Heart.”

“If we can get along with their counterparts back home, I think we will here too.” Shine Boy smiled.

“And you’ve heard that our Cadence and Shining Armor are having a baby soon?” Serenity asked Twilight.

“Of course, Sunset wrote to me about it after you got back from this Anaheim place. That’s great.”

“You think the baby might be Flurry Heart there like she is here?” Gamer pondered.

“Can’t see why, though I see your point.” Sunset nodded.

“Well, I hope we get to see the baby before we go back to the Digital World.” Kari hoped.

“Hopefully, she’s not poofing everywhere.” Joked Raph.

“Either way, as long as Cadence and Shining are happy.” Leo smiled as everyone agreed.

“I’ll be happy when we get to eat.” Everyone laughed at Armadillomon’s joke when things suddenly got dark.

“Uuuuh was it supposed to rain today?” Starlight looked up.

“Not that I’m aware of.” Rainbow raised a brow.

“Maybe it’s just a slight fog.” Ken figured.

The fog got thicker and darker as Gamer looked around. “If this is a slight fog, I’d hate to see a thick fog.”

“And scarier!” Fluttershy shivered behind Shinigami.

“Hey! I can’t see a thing!” Davis gasped.

“Have you tried taking off your goggles?” Yolei deadpanned.

“They ARE off!” Davis huffed before Mikey bumped into him.

“What in tarnation is going on here?” Applejack frowned.

“Does this usually happen in Equestria?” Shine Boy asked.

“This ain’t your average everyday fog. Something feels…off about it.” Rainbow stated.

“And you’re right, Rainbow.” Everyone looked to see Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, who was in his armor and levitating a lantern, walking up to the group.

“Cadence! Shining Armor!” Twilight gasped.

“This fog came out of nowhere and has covered everywhere. Ponyville, Canterlot, the Crystal Empire, even the land of the Hippogriffs and Yaks are covered.” Shining explained.

Just then, Leo's T-Phone rang. He answered it by video as Shine Boy walked up to him. "Hello?"

Applebloom appeared on the screen along with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. "Leo. Something is happening to Ponyville!"

"What's wrong, Girls?" asked Shine Boy.

"It's all covered in fog and I don't think the weather ponies in cloudsdale have something to do with this." Sweetie Belle answered.

Scootaloo spoke next. "There's something else you need to know. I could be wrong, but I think I saw some kind of creatures that is flying around in the fog that is neither pony or animals."

"The creatures?" Shine Boy repeated.

"And you didn't see anything that is almost native to Equestria?" Leo wondered.

"No. I don't think I've never seen anything like this before." Scootaloo shook her head.

"Leo? Shine boy? What should we do?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Leo cleared his throat. "Alright girls. We want you to get all the citizens in Ponyville to stay indoors in their homes and the students stay in the school until further notice."

"If you see any creatures in this fog, quickly go back to the school without them seeing you. And be careful." Shine Boy added.

"You got it!" Applebloom saluted.

"we'll do our best." Scootaloo smiled.

"we'll call you if there's anything bad happening to Ponyville." Sweetie Belle promised.

Leo Then turned to Applejack, Rainbow, and Rarity. "Any of you want to say something to your sisters?"

Applejack walked up and spoke to the T-Phone. "Be safe, Sugarcube."

"From all of us." Rarity added.

"And good luck." Rainbow winked.

"We promise." the three winked before hanging up.

“What are we gonna do?” Twilight worried.

“Well, Twily. The Pillars are gathering at Princess Celestia’s palace in Canterlot.” Shining added.

“Princess Celestia advises that you and the ninjas come to. We might need The Elements of Harmony to stop this fog.” Cadence pointed out.

“Well, what are we waiting for?” Davis started walking before getting stopped by Leo.

“No, Davis. While you guys have done well on fighting symmetrical with your Digimon, you might do more harm than good. Besides, We might need you should something happen to us.”

“Which means you all hafta stay here!” Raph finished.

“But-!” Davis was about to argue more when TK stopped him.

“Davis! Leo and Raph are right! We might do more harm than good. We better stay back because they can handle this.”

“Izzy and Mimi can come with since their Digimon can digivolve normally.” April offered.

“Right. There might be some way we can do to help with this fog.” Izzy agreed.

“What about Josh and Marie?” asked Love Shine.

“I’ll stay here just in case.” Josh figured.

“Same.” Marie nodded. “After all, I’m still getting used to Digivolving into Ultimate for Clawmon.”

“Yeah! Maybe I’ll reach Mega like you guys!” Clawmon hoped.

“Is there anything we can do to help?” Shine Boy asked.

“Actually, there is.” Shining levitated the lantern to Ken. “You guys can get this lantern to the lighthouse not far from here while a couple of you babysit Flurry Heart at the castle in the Crystal Empire.”

“We can do that, Shining Armor.” Ken promised.

“We know you will. Just make sure you don’t lose that Lantern. Without it, and should we fail, we will never find our way back.” Cadence warned.

“You got it!” Love Shine nodded.

“And I was looking forward to our picnic.” Yolei pouted.

“Don’t worry. If things work out, we’ll be back in time for lunch!” Pinkie bounced.

“Let’s teleport to the Tree of Harmony and get the Elements!” Twilight said as the Ninjas and Ponies, along with Mimi, Izzy, Sunset, and Starlight, gathered around.

“We’ll meet you at the palace.” Cadence said before she and Shining teleported.

“Good luck!” Kari waved.

“You too.” Leo nodded as the Ninjas teleported, leaving the Digidestined and Team Shine by themselves.

After a brief silence, Shine Girl broke the silence. “So… who’s going where?”

“Well, I was thinking-!”

Serenity suddenly popped up next to Shine Boy. “Shine Boy and I can babysit Flurry Heart.”

“Huh? O-Okay. Davis, you take everyone else and find the lighthouse and get the lantern there.” Shine Boy looked around. “Davis?”

Everyone looked around. “He’s gone!” Cried Cody.

“Veemon’s not here, too!” Gatomon pointed.

“You don’t think he-?” Gamer pondered.

Shine Boy just shook it off. “We’ll have to go without him. Come on, let’s go! Every second counts!”

Shine Boy and Serenity hurried to the castle while the others hurried to the lighthouse.

At Canterlot Castle, The Ninjas and Ponies teleported in the throne room as Twilight and her friends had the Elements of Harmony on them. They saw Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Cadence, Shining Armor, Starswirl and the remaining Pillars waiting for them.

“Thank you all for coming on short notice.” Celestia greeted.

“We are happy to help any way we can.” Leo bowed in respect.

“Before we get started.” Karai walked up to a pillar and yanked Davis out to the floor as Veemon walked out.

“DAVIS? VEEMON?” The group gasped.

“Davis! What’re you doing here?” Izzy asked.

“And what part of ‘Staying behind’ did you NOT understand?” Raph scolded.

“The ‘Staying’ part.” Veemon chimed in.

“Veemon!”

“That’s what I heard.” Veemon gulped.

Davis sighed. “I get that you told me to stay with the others, but we don’t need all of us to guard one lousy lantern. Besides, what if it is something like those creatures we’ve been fighting? I just can’t stand around and do nothing, not after the way you all welcomed us in your home! Please! Let me help!”

“Davis, How are you so noble and stupid at the same time?” Spike muttered.

“I don’t know.”

“Nevertheless, you are welcome to help us.” Starswirl assured. “Now then, let’s get started.”

“Seriously. Where is all that fog coming from?” Raph raised his brow.

“Hmm. Maybe it’s coming from a secret lab facility. How am I supposed to know!?” The Pillars look confused at Donnie’s sarcasm.

Twilight then turned to Rainbow. “Has the Pegasi checked the schedule for the fog weather?”

“No. They didn’t say anything about doing the fog weather.”

“We had gathered as per Starswirl’s instructions when everything got foggy all of the sudden.” Mage Meadowbrook spoke.

“Very puzzling.” Somnambula agreed.

“You don’t think that we’re at the other side of the world, that is filled with monsters and mismatched creatures, and that one guy who has a pyramid for helmet that carries a big long sword to hunt us down with it? Because I’m too scared to be in this world!” Everyone looked at Mikey in dumbfounded and confusion.

“Mikey, have you been playing that scary game I told you not to play?” Donnie deadpanned.

“I guess I kinda did. And it really scared the shell out of me.” Mikey admitted.

“I’m not gonna ask.” Mumbled Flash Magnus.

Using his magic, Starswirl projected a map of Equestria as he spoke. “The fog has covered almost all of Equestria in almost the entire morning. I also fear this fog is connected to this black magic that has been plaguing us these last couple of days. After much studying, and help of Stygian, we’ve pinpointed the source right here. In the mountain area.”

Starswirl used his cutie mark to point to the location, which was above a familiar site to the Ninjas and Ponies.

“Isn’t that where we fought Blade Swipe before freeing him from Dark Codex’s control?” Mikey pointed out.

“Foal Mountain.” April recalled. “Though it appears to be a little ways north from it.”

“Aye! Blade should consider himself fortunate he stayed at Foal Mountain.” Rockhoof walked up pointing to the map. “Because where the map is lies an abandoned mine. The mines of Terra Groundworks.”

“Terra Groundworks?” Keno raised a brow.

“Back in my mining days before we fought the Pony of Shadows, it used to be a story you’d hear around a campfire to scare ponies.” Rockhoof took a deep breath and began his tale. “Many ages ago, When King Sombra ruled the Crystal Empire, A group of ponies led by Terra Groundworks started mining that precise location. Days were ruthless and it didn’t help that Sombra berattled the workers. Then one day, the ponies noticed unusual activities. You could say… supernatural. Terra was fed up with his workers getting scared by what he thought was utter nonsense. He went to investigate and then…. There was an avalanche and the mine caved in! There were no survivors that day. No pony dared to enter that mine again. King Sombra tried to force some pony to investigate, but eventually gave up due to lack of volunteers and he soon forgot about it.”

“Creepy.” Shini blinked as Mikey cowered behind her.

“Freaky.” Rainbow jawdropped as Fluttershy shivered.

“Creepy or not, we have to stop this fog!” Leo stated.

“Leonardo is correct. We have to infiltarate the mines and take out the source of the fog.” Starswirl added.

“Though how are we getting there?” Stygian asked.

“Just have someone light my way and leave the rest to me.” Tentomon raised his talon.

The group walked out of the palace as Izzy pointed his Digivice.

TENTOMON DIGIVOLVE TO…. KABUTERIMON!

“Amazing!” wowed Flash Magnus.

“Impressive!” Meadowbrook smiled.

“Wow!” Stygian commented.

“So that’s Digivolution.” Starswirl grinned.

Everyone hoped on Kabuterimon’s back as Twilight and Starlight lit up their horns on his head.

“Let’s move out!” Celestia declared as Kabuterimon flew into a fog.

Meanwhile, back at the Crystal Empire, Shine Boy and Serenity made their way to the castle and entered.

“I hope Flurry Heart didn’t sneak out while we were on our way here.” Shine Boy hoped.

“I’m sure she’s around here somewhere.” Serenity figured.

“I don’t know. Twilight warned me she can be a little mischievous. Bebop also mentioned she can be pretty quick.” Shine Boy looked around.

“Yep. But still shouldn’t be too much for a photographer and a superhero to handle.” Serenity batted her eyes at Shine Boy who blushed and smiled.

Just then, Shine Boy was tackled by a white flash. When the smoke cleared, it turned out to be little Flurry Heart who hugged him.

“Found her.” The hero groaned.

“Hey you!” Serenity cooed as she picked up Flurry Heart. “We’re gonna hang out while Mommy and Daddy save Equestria. You ready to have fun?”

Flurry Heart cheered as Serenity carried her to the other room as Shine Boy got up and followed. “I hope the others are doing okay.”

Outside the Crystal Empire, the rest of the Digidestined and Team Shine were nearing the lighthouse Shining Armor sent them to.

“I was really looking forward to that picnic earlier.” Armadillomon grumbled.

“Hopefully, Leo and the others can stop this mysterious fog soon so we can still have our picnic.” Cody promised.

“Yeah. I was looking forward to those Peanut butter and banana sandwiches I made.” Gamer walked by.

“Still, feel kinda guilty not helping with this fog.” Love Shine sighed.

“Well, they know Equestria better than any of us.” Willis pointed out.

“And maybe figure out who’s responsible for this whole thing.” Terriermon added.

“Who is no doubt responsible for the monsters we’ve fought since we came to Equestria.” Lopmon nodded.

“Look! There’s the lighthouse!” Everyone looked where Yolei pointed on top of the hill.

“Great! Let’s get the lantern in it like Shining Armor asked us to do.” TK smiled as they headed towards it.

“I hope Davis is okay.” Kari hoped. “You don’t think he snuck away with the others, do you?”

“Knowing him, he probably did.” Yolei rolled her eyes. “I bet Raph’s wringing his neck with lectures.”

“Tenacious, isn’t he?” Marie asked.

“My friend, I can tell you stories.” Ken walked by.

“I believe it after our time in the Digital World and the stories you guys told me and Keramon.” Josh nodded.

They all entered the lighthouse and began to hurry up the stairs.

“Cmon guys! We’re only half way there!” Shine Girl chimed as she headed further.

The only one griping was Yolei who was lacking behind. “Why couldn’t the pony who made this lighthouse make escalators!”

“Almost wonder how you’re capable to be a ninja if you can’t handle a few stairs.” Marie shrugged while Ken lifted her on his back.

“I bet Master Splinter didn’t have to go up this many stairs.” Yolei panted.

“Do you always have to gripe about every form of exercise, Yolei?” Gamer glared trotting by.

“At least I didn’t forget parachutes.” Yolei snapped.

“Again, with the parachutes!”

“Knock it off! Both of you!” Love Shine scolded. “We got a job to do.”

Soon, they arrived at the top of the lighthouse. Kari took the Lantern and set it in the lantern room. “There! That outta do it.”

“Seems simple enough.” Willis grinned.

Patamon was on TK’s head when his ears perked up. “You guys hear that?”

“Hear what?” Hawkmon asked.

“Sounds like… flapping?”

“I hear it too!” Gatomon perked up.

“Same here.” Terriermon lifted his ear as Lopmon nodded.

“Maybe there’s a bat in the belfry?” Keramon guessed.

“I hope not. I hate bats!” Yolei shuttered.

“They’re not so bad, as long as they’re not vampire bats.” Shine Girl assured.

“That sounds bigger than a bat.” Clawmon stated.

Kari then gasped. “I don’t think those are bats!”

Everyone gasped to shadows with bat wings flying in the lighthouse screeching at the heroes.

“What are they?” Ken asked.

“Did they come from the fog?” Wondered Marie.

Josh noticed the creatures crawled towards the lantern room. “I think they’re after the lantern!”

“Then we better stop them!” Love Shine extended his photon blades and began fighting the creatures with Shine Girl and Gamer helping.

“Should we digivolve?” Kari asked TK.

“Not yet.” He said as he grabbed his bo staff. “I think it’s time we put our ninja training to good use. We’ll use Digivolving as a backup plan.”

The Digidestined responded by drawing their weapons as Marie and Willis prepared to fight with their hooves as Josh cried. “Let’s take em down!”

“I hope the others are doing okay on their end.” Armadillomon sighed as they began fighting the bat creatures.

After flying in the fog, Kabuterimon found his way to the destination and landed at the mine entrance. After everyone jumped off him, he reverted to Tentomon while Starswirl looked around cautiously.

“Definitely dark magic here. I can feel it.” He said.

“Agreed.” April felt her head.

“So…. Do we split up and look around?” Davis asked.

“Hello? This feels right out of a horror flick!” Mikey chimed. “If we split up, some monster might hunt us down one by one, starting with the comic relief guy!”

“In that case, I hope you do go first, little bro.” Raph teased.

“Actually, I was talking about Davis.” Mikey pointed to Davis, who deadpanned at him.

Pinkie then popped up. “Wait! I’m a funny pony! Does that mean I could get caught first too?”

The pillars looked confused at the conversation before Flash Magnus spoke. “What are they talking about?”

“It’s something from our world.” Donnie explained.

“Does it have something to do with these televisions you told me and Luna about during our fight with the Baku?” Mistmane wondered.

“In a way, yes.” Izzy nodded.

Luna spoke up. “They’re like crystal balls that show these stories.”

“Ah.” The Pillars nodded.

“I see.” Starswirl stroked his beard. “Nonetheless, I agree with Michelangelo. We should stay together. We have no idea what we’re up against.”

“He’s right. We better get going.” Leo agreed before they all headed in.

The group headed in the mines as the unicorns and alicorns lit up their horns for light.

“I’m not getting a good feeling about this.” Sunset looked around.

“This emptiness and darkness remind me of when I was the Pony of Shadows.” Stygian shuttered.

“I feel the source is getting stronger the further we go in.” Celestia stated.

“Well I hope it’s not too far. I don’t like the looks of this place.” Rarity shivered.

“Helloooo!” Pinkie called resulting in an echo.

“Aye!” Rockhoof joined in resulting in another echo.

“Yo!” Casey cried.

But to everyone’s shock, a very scary voice called back. “CAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYY!”

“I’m outta here.” Mikey gulped as he began backing up. He turned to see pony skulls impaled on poles and began screaming. Everyone else screamed as they were surrounded by more impaled skulls. As fast they appeared, the impaled skulls suddenly disappeared.

“I think I just lost a couple years.” Palmon breathed.

“You and me both.” Mimi added.

“Goodness.” Celestia breathed.

“Something is trying to stop us. We must be getting close.” Starswirl guessed.

“Great. The sooner we leave, the better.” Raph looked around.

“Should we digivolve?” Tentomon asked Izzy.

“Not yet.” Izzy explained. “First we should find the source. Besides, these might just be illusions trying to trick us.”

“I think it’s safe to say it’s working.” Davis deadpanned.

“Everypony okay?” Leo asked everyone who confirmed they were okay before Sunset noticed something.

“Wait! Where’s Mikey?”

“Hello? Guys? Where’d you go?” Mikey was walking around in one of the tunnels separated from the group. He looked in what appeared to be some kind of room.

BOOM!

“Guys?” He pulled hard while knocking on the door loudly. “I'm trapped in this room with the door's locked! Hello?” Mikey tried pulling again, but to no avail and fell backwards.

"There's gotta be a way out of here.” Mikey whispered to himself while getting up and looking around to find a way out.
Then he heard something coming behind him. There was a small wheel rolling out of nowhere. This causes Mikey to be nervous. He pulls out his nunchucks to look around in caution. There was a figure rushing past him while his back was turned. He turns around with his eyes widen.

“uh, Leo, was that you?”

He spotted a lantern with a couple of matches on the ground. He picks up the lantern and nervously light it up. He was able to get the light on to search the environment.

“Hello? Is someone out there? Leo? A.J.? Pinkie? Anyone? Alright, if this is a prank you're trying to pull on me, this isn't funny.”

Then Mikey was startled by clanking noise coming from the dark room in the small wooden cabin. He cautiously approach the cabin before the fire in the lantern goes out. He notices that the oil has run out and was able to find the oil canister that is lying right next to the broken lantern by the cabin. He put the oil in the lantern before lighting it up again before he was startled by something in the dark room. Mikey compose himself as he light the room when he then held the lantern up to see the head of a younger pony. “Aw! Hey there, little one! C’mere! You want to get out of this creepy place?”

Then the baby came crawling out of the room and the smile on Mikey's face lowered on what he's seeing. The lower half of the body wasn't a baby at all. It has an stallion sized body that is made of mannequin and hasn't been washed in years, 4 razor sharp rusty blades attached to its hooves, a wire whip for it's tail, and the half of the baby's face is shown to be decaying. It turns its head to Mikey as he gasp in fear. The creature then stood up slowly as the face begins to crack and falls into pieces while Mikey stood shaking in fear. It reveals to have a black oozing eyes and teeth that are sharp like a bear trap. It gave an unusual growl that is nothing like any animal that Mikey has ever heard of.

Back at the group, everyone was looking for Mikey without any luck.

"Mikey?!" Pinkie shouted.

"Michaelangelo where are you?" Princess Luna shouted as well.

"He couldn't have gone far. He must be around somewhere." Mistmane said in concern.

"We'll find him. I hope." Donnie said in a bit of fright.

"Guys. I don't know about you, but this place is really starting to creep me out." Stygian said while getting creeped out.

"You may be right, Stygian. Even though I'm a pillar of bravery, this abandoned mine really has us all spooked." Flash Magnus said when suddenly heard screaming.

“It’s Mikey! This way!” Applejack cried as they hurried to him.

“In there!” Raph tried to open the door as Casey tried to help.

“GET ME OUTTA HERE!” Mikey shouted from the inside.

Tentomon flew up. “Step aside, please. SUPER SHOCKER!”

Tentomon zapped the door opened allowing Mikey to get out screaming as he clung to Raph as the mannequin chased him.

“What in Equestria is that thing!” Flash Magnus cried.

“It looks like a mannequin.” Rarity gulped while Fluttershy, Davis, and Veemon huddled together in fright.

The mannequin began to walk towards the group as Princess Celestia pointed her horn at the mannequin creature along with Twilight and Luna.

"Stop right there!" She commanded, but the creature kept walking towards them like a zombie while twitching its head. "I said stop!" Celestia commanded again but to no avail.

"I don't think it's gonna stop and listen!" Mikey said while clinging on to Raph.

"Let me take care of this!" Casey said as he fly towards the mannequin. “Goongala!” Casey whacked the mannequin on the head with his bat, breaking it as it fell down. “That got it!”

“Uh I don’t think so!” April pointed to the mannequin which got up. The pieces of its head morphed into more mannequins. knives merged from their hooves preparing to fight.

“Everypony defend yourselves!” cried Starswirl as everybody prepared to fight.

“Take em down!” Leo ordered with his swords.

“I hope the Digidestined and Team Shine aren’t having any trouble at the lighthouse!” Raph glared.

“I hope the others are close to ridding this fog!” Yolei groaned avoiding a slash from a bat creature.

“Yeah. I don’t know how long we can keep this up!” TK panted after kicking a bat creature off.

“We can’t let these creatures get the lantern!” Cody glared as he stopped a couple creatures from reaching the door.

“STICKY NET!” Wormmon shot webbing which trapped some of the bat creatures enough for Ken and Josh to take down.

“Thanks, Buddy!” Ken thanked.

“I think it’s time to kick it up a notch!” Willis held up his digivice.

TERRIERMON DIGIVOLVE TO…. GARGOMON!

LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO…. TURUIEMON!

“I may not have a ninja weapon, but I can join in!” Marie followed Willis’ lead and pulled out her Digivice.

CLAWMON DIGIVOLVE TO…. PLAGUEMON!

“BUNNY PUMMEL!”

“NINJA BLADE!”

“VIAL THROW!”

Gargomon and Turuiemon slashed and bashed their way through the bat creatures as Plaguemon tossed vials of red stuff causing a lot of them to disintegrate. It was enough for the Digidestined and Team Shine to repel the creatures.

As the last of the creatures vanished, Keramon panted. “Now I really hope we still have that picnic.”

“You and me both.” Armadillomon agreed.

“You think it’s over?” Yolei panted.

“I don’t think so.” Everyone looked to where Love Shine was glaring at. There, merging from the darkness, was a large, buff parrot wearing a plaque doctor mask and carries a large axe for a weapon. It slammed its axe to the floor ready to fight.

“Okay.” Josh turned to his team. “All in favor of digivolving, say I.”

“AYE!” the others cried.

KERAMON DIGIVOLE TO…. CHRYSALIMON!

As they prepared their Digivices, TK whispered to Kari. “Next time we have a choice between babysitting and guarding the lamp, remind me to pick babysitting.”

“I sure hope Shine Boy and Serenity are keeping Flurry Heart safe.” Kari added.

Flurry Heart was crying as Serenity took her to table trying to calm her down.

“There, there, Flurry. It’s all right!” she then called. “Tony! Can you change her diaper while I get her a new bottle of milk?”

“Coming!” Shine Boy called before hurrying in and started changing her diaper.

“How’s cleaning her paint job on the wall going?” Serenity asked.

“Good news is it’s all acrylic. So it’s easy to wash.” Shine Boy sighed. “Bad news is I’m halfway done.”

“Well, I appreciate you changing her diaper.” Serenity smiled as she began to walk to the next room.

“I had practice from a friend of the family. Despite being tired from playing bears earlier, I’ve had worse.” Shine Boy then sniffed the air. “Is something burning?”

“My cookies!” Serenity gasped before hurrying to the next room.

Soon, Shine Boy finished changing Flurry Heart and took her to a placemat with her toys and set her down. “Now be a good pony and play with your toys. Serenity will have some cookies to go with your milk since you were nice to eat your mashed peas, and not make a big mess to clean. Speaking of mess, I gotta finish cleaning your paints.”

Flurry Heart licked her lips before pointing to the window with fog outside. Somehow, Shine Boy knew it meant she wanted to go outside. “Not right now. It’s scary outside. Once Mommy, Daddy, and Auntie Twilight make it not so scary anymore, we’ll meet up with them outside. Until then, we stay put. I’ll be back.”

Flurry Heart pouted as Shine Boy continued to clean the painting off the wall. Seeing her two babysitters were two busy at the moment, Flurry flew towards the doors.

Just then, Serenity walked in with a plate of cookies and a bottle of milk as Shine Boy finished cleaning the wall. “Flurry! I got yummy cookies ready! Tony, Where’s Flurry?”

“She should be by her- oh no.” Shine Boy pointed only to see the baby alicorn wasn’t where he left her. “Flurry? Flurry Heart! Come get the yummy cookies!”

“Tony!” Serenity gasped.

Shine Boy looked and gasped to see the front door creaked open. “Oh no! She wanted to go outside and I told her no. She must’ve snuck out.”

“We gotta go find her!”

“Quick! Grab her snail doll!” Shine Boy suggested.

“Her Wammy? Why?” Serenity asked but still got the doll.

“Spike told me it calms her down. Let’s go!” Shine Boy pointed out as the two ran out.

Serenity then spoke. “I hope Leo and the others are close to clearing up this fog!”

Back in the mines, the group managed to destroy the mannequins. Davis and Veemon had merged into Flamedramon during the fight and helped defeat the enemies.

“Looks like that’s all of them.” He looked around.

“That was tiring work.” Rarity breathed. “I need to sit down.”

She then found a chair and headed over to sit on it as the others spoke.

"Mikey, are you alright? What happened?" Twilight asked Mikey.

"I don't know! After I ran off and went into the other room, the door shut closed on its own and looked around to find this foal in a cabin who is lost and suddenly this foal turned into some kind of a mannequin monster!" Mikey explained.

"A monster?" Donnie asked in confusion.

"Yeah. It just like one of the game that I played before when you told me not to. Can't believe those things are real in Equestria." Mikey said.

"Next time, just stick to Maryl Kart" Spike advised.

"At least we got to you just in time." Shini hugged Mikey.

“As am I, but that still did not stop the fog, so our mission isn’t over yet.” Starswirl reminded.

“Starswirl is right. This is far from over.” Twilight added.

"So how are we going to find the source of the fog while we're dealing with a bunch of horrifying monsters in this mine?" Flamedramon asked.

Suddenly, a scary voice boomed in the mines.

“WELCOME TO THE MINES OF TERRA GROUNDWORKS! THOSE WHO ENTER THESE MINES WILL MEET THEIR DOOM! YOUR LIVES WILL COME TO AN END!”

At that very moment, scary arms merged from Rarity’s chair and ensnared the screaming fashionist.

“Rarity!” everyone cried.

As the chair began to drag Rarity away, Karai and Shini acted quickly and managed to free Rarity while the chair vanished into darkness.

Twilight and Spike rushed over. “Rarity! Are you alright?”

“Okay. From now on, I stick to my couch!” Rarity panted.

April felt her head. “There’s a lot of evil here, but I can’t lock it down!”

“Alright, everypony. Stay alert.” Celestia stated as they stayed together.

“Let’s just find the source of the fog and leave. Don’t you agree, pyramid headed pony?” Mikey spoke.

“Who?” Mimi turned to Mikey before she changed her face to fear. “Uh Mikey?”

“Sup, guys?” Mikey noticed everyone else looked shocked.

“Um there’s some pony right behind you.” Fluttershy shivered.

Mikey turned before screaming. There, standing by him, was a big pony with a pyramid shaped helmet and a sword as big as Rockhoof’s shovel. He lifted his sword and was about to slash the party turtle when Pinkie tackled him out of the way.

“What the heck is that thing!” Shining cried.

“ALL WHO ENTER THESE CAVERNS WILL PERISH!” The Pyramid pony bellowed.

Flamedramon stood ready. “Not if I have something to say about it!”

“We gotta take him down, Ninjas!” Leo was then interrupted by a shriek by Raph. What made his scream were giant cockroaches similar to the Cockroach Terminator. Rarity and Mimi shrieked as they hid behind Izzy and Karai.

“Cockroaches! Why did it have to be cockroaches!?” Raph griped.

“I’ve had enough.” Luna blasted a couple roaches with her horn magic before glaring at the mysterious pony. “I know not who you are, mystery pony, but you have some nerve standing between us and saving Equestria! I DEMAND YOU STAND ASIDE!”

The pony stood unfazed. “NOT EVEN THE PRINCESSES OF EQUESTRIA CAN DEFEAT ME! BY ORDER OF MY MASTER, YOU ARE ALL DOOMED!”

“GET’EM!” Leo and Starswirl both cried. As everyone fought, Izzy and Mimi grabbed their Digivices.

PALMON DIGIVOLVE TO… TOGEMON!

TENTOMON DIGIVOLVE TO…. KABUTERIMON!

As they fought, Mikey avoided another swing from the mysterious pony. “Pyramid Pony is very strong! Reminds me of Shredder!”

Shini landed next to him. “Really. We’re calling him Pyramid Pony now?”

“Best I can think of while scared.” Mikey admitted.

“I hope we can beat this guy!” Starlight said as she launched a couple arrows.

“Otherwise, I hope the others made it to the lighthouse.” Shining added.

“STAR SHOWER!”

“DOUBLE STAR!”

“GOLD RUSH!”

“TALON ARROW!”

“CAT’S EYE BEAM!”

“NINJA CLAW!”

“GARGO PELLETS!”

“DISCONNECT BUSTER!”

“SCRATCH OF MALICE!”

The Digidestined Armor Digivolved and fought the masked parrot creature with Team Shine while dodging its giant axe.

“This guy’s tough!” Digmon pointed out.

“Well, we can’t let him get to the lantern!” Shurimon said while slashing at it.

“Think he’s responsible for this fog?” Pegasusmon asked Nefertimon.

“Kari doesn’t think so. But he must be stopped.”

As Love Shine blocked the axe with his photon blades, Gamer spoke to the group. “Everyone! Push him towards that ledge!”

“GOLDEN NOOSE!” Pegasusmon and Nefertimon wrapped around the parrot’s waist to bind it as the other Digimon hit at it with their attacks. Chrysalimon used one of his bladed tendrils to knock the axe out of its hand, leaving him defenseless.

“Now, guys!” Love Shine declared as Shine Girl and Gamer ran to him with their horns glowing like him.

“SHINE POWER!” The three fired their blasts at the parrot. Resisting at first, the creature got impaled by the beams and fell from the lighthouse. As it fell, the creature dissolved into dust and soon only its mask remained as it landed on the ground.

The Digidestined and Team Shine all collapsed to the floor in exhaust as Nefertimon panted. “I think we got’em all.”

“Good. I couldn’t fight a parking ticket.” Chrysalimon joked.

“But they might come back. So rest up while we can.” Love Shine advised.

“I guess all we can do is watch the lantern as we rest.” Shurimon figured.

“I hope we get lunch soon. I definitely worked up an appetite.” Digmon hoped.

“I hope Bro’s doing okay on his end.” Gamer breathed.

“I think he and Serenity are doing fine.” Bucchimon assured.

“Flurry! Flurry Heart!”

“Flurry! I got your Whammy! Come on back!”

Shine Boy and Serenity looked around in the fog, trying to find the baby alicorn.

“Oh Tony, we lost her!” Serenity groaned.

“It’s all my fault.” Shine Boy sighed. “I shouldn’t have taken my eyes off her.”

“I should never had volunteered us to babysit.” Serenity pouted.

“Which reminds me, why did you volunteer us?” Shine Boy asked.

“I-I guess I wanted to see if we could be good parents if…. You know. Cause one day, we both may want to settle down and I hope to spend my life with you.”

Shine Boy smiled as he took Serenity’s hoof. “Serenity, if I’m being completely honest, I do know one day I’ll have to give up being Shine Boy. And I would like to settle down, start a family, etc. But while I think about the future, I like to enjoy the here and now. But I hope to share my retirement with you.”

Just then, Serenity spotted something glowing through the fog. “Look! Over there!”

Shine Boy noticed that the glow was round like globe. “You don’t think?”

The two hurried to the glow to find it was Flurry Heart, trembling in fear inside a barrier she generated. She was surrounded by the flying creatures.

“FLURRY HEART!” The two gasped.

"Hey! Leave her alone!" Shine boy shouted before using his staff to whack the flying creatures away from Flurry Heart.

The creatures tried to attack Shine Boy, but he used his Shine Power to disintegrate them before they got too close.

Serenity calmly walked up to the foal. “Flurry. It’s okay. It’s us.”

Flurry peeked out from her wing and happily took down her barrier and hugged Serenity who gave her her snail doll. “It’s okay. You’re safe now.”

Shine Boy walked up and rubbed Flurry. “Fog’s not so scary now that you’re with us, now is it?”

Serenity looked around the fog a bit. “I think the lighthouse is this way.”

“Let’s go check on the others and maybe wait this fog out.” Shine Boy suggested. As they walked forward, he cooed to Flurry Heart. “And hopefully Mommy, Daddy, and Auntie Twilight are close to getting this fog to go bye bye.”

Back in the mines, the group was fighting the giant roaches and the Pyramid Pony. Kabuterimon and Togemon had to Digivolve into MegaKabuterimon and Lillymon to even the odds. The Pyramid Pony was very strong as he was fighting everyone at once.

Raph recoiled from a hit as he felt his gut. “This guy’s tough!”

“And these roaches are very persistent.” Somnambula added jumping away before Rockhoof tackled the roach.

“YOU ARE ONLY DELAYING THE INEVITABLE! YOU WILL ALL BE DESTROYED FOR MY MASTER'S COMMAND!” The Pyramid Pony declared as he blocked a blast from Starswirl with his sword.

Starswirl then turned to Twilight. “Twilight! You and your friends fire the Elements of Harmony on this Pyramid Pony while we take out the source of the fog!”

“Right! Girls! The Elements!” Twilight called as her friends ran up next to her and readied their Element of Harmony. They fired their rainbow at the Pyramid Pony, who was trying to resist.

“C’mon! They need help!” Leo cried to his brothers.

Donnie, Raph, and Mikey ran up with their brother and fired energy from their medallions to help Twilight and the girls. They were joined by Celestia and Luna firing from their horns with MegaKabuterimon and Lillymon who fired their attacks as well.

“HORN BUSTER!”

“FLOWER CANNON!”

“Now’s our chance! Stygian! Starlight! Karai! Flamedramon! Follow me!”

The said ponies followed Starswirl passed the Pyramid Pony who had black wisps of magic steaming from him. They turned the corner to see a big rectangular machine with fog clouds steaming from it.

“Is that the cause of the fog?” Starlight guessed.

“Not anymore!” Stygian was about to fire a blast of magic at the machine before Starswirl stopped him.

“Hold!” He shot a little magic only for a barrier to block it. “We need a blade to break through it to allow our attacks through!”

“On it!” Karai said as she threw a shruiken while Starlight launched an arrow hitting the machine as the barrier went around the weapons.

Starswirl nodded as he and Sygian used their magic to make whole bigger. “NOW! DESTROY IT!”

“FLAME FIST!” Flamedramon punched the machine destroying it.

“NOOOOOOOO!” The Pyramid Pony shouted as the Rainbow and attacks engulfed him. Everyone held off to the Pyramid Pony, all blackened, struggling to reach out as black magic seeped out of him. His armor then disintegrated off him, revealing he was a spirit pony. His coat color was gray, mane are black with a streak of silver, cutie mark of a minecart.

“Look!” Twilight gasped as Starswirl’s group hurried back.

“He really is a ghost!” Mikey shivered.

Rockhoof looked closer and recognized him. “It’s…. it’s him! Terra Groundwork!”

Terra then opened his eyes and smiled at the group before spotting Rockhoof. “Rockhoof? Is that you old friend?"

Rockhoof nodded. "Yes Terra. It's been so long since I have seen you." Terra smiled before turning to the group. “Thank you all for saving me from all that corruption. I apologize for the action that I have caused. I was not in control of them.”

“Terra, do you know who was responsible for corrupting you?” Celestia asked.

“All I know is that the one who corrupted me is not a pony or any other creature from Equestria.” Terra then began to sparkle. “And now that you freed me, I can rest in peace.”

“Wait! Don’t go!” Raph cried.

“I’m sorry, but I cannot stay any longer. ”all I can tell you is that you need to prepare yourselves for an attack that she will bring into your home. And Rockhoof. I'll see you again in the afterlife." Terra then faded away.

"And I'll see you again, old friend." Rockhoof said.

The group walked out of the mines to see the fog starting to disperse.

“We did it.” Starswirl smiled. “Well done. All of you.”

“So what do we do about the mines now?” Asked Fluttershy.

Twilight looked back at the mine entrance. “Now we seal these mines so they never haunt any pony ever again!”

“Allow me!” Lillymon flew up. “FLOWER CANNON!”

She fired at the entrance, causing the mines to be caved in.

“Alright!” Mimi cheered as she high fived Lillymon.

“Let’s get back to Shine Boy and the others.” Leo suggested.

“Maybe we can still have our picnic!” Pinkie bounced.

“Yeah, I was so scared I forgot I was hungry.” Mikey smiled.

“No argument there, little bro.” Raph nodded.

Back at the lighthouse, The Digidestined and Team Shine were still watching the lighthouse, with the Digimon back to their rookie forms, when they heard a voice call them.

“Guys! You up here?”

“We’re here, Bro!” Gamer called.

Sure enough, it was Shine Boy and Serenity with Flurry Heart walking up the stairs.

“What brings you two love birds up here?” Willis teased as TK walked up and gestured to Flurry Heart.

“Let’s just say keeping an eye on Flurry here kept us on the go.” Serenity smiled. “Everything okay with you guys?”

“It is now.” Yolei waved.

“Let’s just say things were very eventful while protecting the lantern.” Love Shine explained.

“Wouldn’t surprise me.” Shine Boy nodded.

“Look!” Kari pointed. “The fog’s clearing up!”

The group hurried down out of the lighthouse to see the fog was dispersing indeed.

“They did it!” Ken smiled. “They must’ve found the source of the fog!”

“You hear that? Mommy and Daddy and Auntie Twilight made the bad fog go away!” Serenity cooed to Flurry who cheered.

“Up there!” Josh noticed. “I see MegaKabuterimon!”

Sure enough, it was MegaKabuterimon flying in the sky with the Ninjas, Ponies, Pillars, Princesses, Shining Armor, Izzy, Mimi, and Davis riding on him. He landed next to the lighthouse next to the others.

Later, after MegaKabuterimon reverted to Tentomon, they all had a big picnic celebration next to the lighthouse. As they ate, the groups shared their experiences from their time in the fog.

“So it sounds like that Terra Groundwork as this Pyramid Pony was the center of even those bat creatures and that parrot guy.” Yolei hypothesized.

“Especially, since they disappeared in the fog, so that theory sounds logical, Yolei.” Stygian agreed.

“Still, I’m glad your ninja training and Digivolutions saw you guys through to protecting the lighthouse.” Leo smiled at the Digidestined.

Shine Boy smiled at Love Shine who was munching on his sandwich. “And thank you for taking charge, Brandon.”

“No problem. Happy to help.” Nodded Love Shine.

“And I hope Flurry Heart wasn’t too much trouble for you and Shine Boy, Serenity.” Cadence said to Serenity.

Serenity looked to see Flurry Heart playing with Keramon. “She’s not so bad. She’s a good pony when you get passed her baby habits.”

“Maybe you both will be parents yourselves someday.” Mikey teased causing the two to blushed.

“One step at a time, Michelangelo.” The two sneered at him.

“I just wished we learned more about who’s been behind these attacks lately.” Twilight pondered.

“At least we now know it’s not a creature from Equestria.” Starswirl recalled. “So with every victory we’re one step closer to finding this assailant.”

“Well, I dare them to come here and face us!” Raph drew his sai.

“Yeah! Then we can mop the floor with them for attacking Equestria!” Davis stated.

“I just hope we’re ready.” Leo whispered.

They were unaware that they were being watched through a crystal ball as an old female voiced sneered.

“So you think you’ve won now that you’ve defeated my monsters, do you?” A blue hand smashed the crystal ball as red glowing eyes in the shadows looked.

“It’s time to take matters into my own hands!” She sneered followed by an evil cackle.

Meanwhile, on top of a peaceful hill, General Yaotl of the Kiican Generals sat down in deep meditation. He then began sweating hard as flashes of the red eyes and a cloaked figure flashed through his mind when suddenly he woke up gasping. He panted as he got up worried.

“Yaotl.” He turned to see his brother Aguila walking up to him. “You felt that too, didn’t you?”

“I’m afraid so, Aguila.” Yaotl frowned as he put his sword back into its holtster. “Gather the others! We must warn Princess Celestia immediately!”

Aguila was equally worried. “I was hoping this day would never come.”

“Same here, my brother.” Yaotl sighed. “Tempestra has returned.”

His eyes squinted as the everything turned black and white.

To Be Continued.

Author's Note

Who is Tempestra and why is Yaotl worried of her return? Find out Next time!

Fun Facts-

• This chapter was based on both Silent Hill and an episode of the Nelvana Care Bears series. And yes, the Pyramid Pony is based on Pyramid Head from Silent Hill.

• the mannequin scene as well as the arm chair are inspired by scenes from Toy Story and Ghostbusters.

• the bat creatures are based on the ones from The Empire Strikes Back.

-Thanks to an anonymous user who helped me with the dialogue in this chapter and his knowledge of Silent Hill. (I don't play Silent Hill)

Next Time: Digi-Modify!!