After a crazy tumble in the digital hole, Indigo woke up while groaning and got to her feet. “Ugh… What in the world happened? At first, we were at home, but now where in the world are we?”

She moved around to see that she and the others ended up in a digital dimension where buildings are constructed with neon purple binary code resembling futuristic real world buildings, the sky is pink, the ground is a glowing green computer motherboard, similar to the grass and the clouds are dark blue with computer chip patterns on them.

Suddenly, Indigo noticed something glowing around her whole body. When she looks around, she looks down and sees that her body has changed into something digital: a navy blue bodysuit that fused with her skin with rings on the legs, arms and their thighs (making them resemble digital light-up leotards, gloves and boots), similar to that of TRON, Green Lantern & Miraculous Ladybug.

“What the heck is this outfit? And why can’t I take it off?” Indigo complained while looking in her new Cyber body, while trying to take it off, but to no avail.

She then sees the others still blacked out and notices that their bodies have changed, just like her new cyberspace body.

“Hey, girls! Wake up!” Indigo said, trying to wake them up into reality. Moments later, the Shadowbolts woke up to see that they’re in Cyberspace. “Where the heck are we?” Sunny Flare responded.

Their skins are completely fused with cyber jumpsuits that are patterned after their hair colors (except for their heads and necks), just like Indigo (those suits are basically their skin now). They were all impressed about how they looked in their new forms.

“These suits remind me of a game I play from VR, including Tecna’s fairy form from Winx Club.” Sunny said.

“Now that is really a ROCKING look!” Lemon said.

“I find that outfit very intelligent…” Sugarcoat said sarcastically.

“These outfits matched my color… although I barely like it…” Sour said.

“This… is Digi-tonia, Cyberspace. It’s a digital city. There are things you can do, but you have to pay with cyber credits.” said another voice.

“So right now we’re in Cyberspace?” Indigo said.

“Is it so hard to believe? When you’re in Cyberspace, your clothes are different, you have glowing rings on your outfit. Plus, your glasses (Sugarcoat) and goggles (Indigo) have gotten slight modifications in Cyberspace. We call them Cyber Futuristic Glasses and Cyber Futuristic Goggles, which are powered with the information, strategies alongside with an AI system and all the other things you need for your stay in Cyberspace.” the voice said. “Enjoy your stay in cyberspace.”

“Well, we’ll just have to get used to this place.” Indigo said. “And to try out my new goggles.”

“I agree. I want to try out those new glasses that I’m wearing.” Sugarcoat said.

Indigo and Sugarcoat activated their goggles and glasses and realized that the goggles have given them an Apple Vision vibe for Indigo and a Google Glass vibe for Sugarcoat. It showed them apps and other things, including notifications.

“Huh, looks like Cyberspace doesn’t look so bad.” Indigo said. “Say, why don’t we explore cyberspace for a while?”

The rest of the Shadowbolts agreed and decided to see what cyberspace will have for them. They decide to explore the world and look at the features it has.

• The Digital Library
• The Digital Art Museum
• Cyberworld Mall
• Gamestop
• The Cyberland Theme Park
• The Hideout

The rest of Shadowbolts were excited as they set their eyes for Cyberland theme park causing their rings glow yellow and thought of going there to see that the park has following activities are available:

• an outdoor video arcade that is set up like a VR system (no helmets necessary)
• a petting zoo
• a giant stage/magic show simulator.
• a movie theater
• a seaside beach with golden-yellow sand and an ocean of pink neon light water.
• a sports/exercise section with a jogging track and an interactive sports court that changes into whichever sport they’d want to play.
• a fashion studio
• a food truck driven by a digitally generated human boy that resembles Yoshi from Super Mario Bros!

“Man, I can’t wait for the giant stage!” Lemon said joyfully, with her rings turning violet, causing her to explode confetti out of her body.

“An exercise station? That fits me, alright. I wanna toughen up and look super strong.” Sour Sweet said kindly, while switching to her tough demeanor and running in place to warm up. Her rings turn turquoise, giving her super speed until the rings stop glowing.

“A movie theater? Not bad. This might suit me.” Sugarcoat said with her rings turning violet, just like Lemon.

“Outdoor VR arcade, huh? I’m in!” Indigo said, her rings turning yellow, tickling her to the ground. “How about you Sunny?” Indigo asked, recovering from her magic tickle attack.

“Well, I’m not into VR, but I could try, then we can have a bite to eat at the food truck, then, go to the beach and try out fashion at the fashion studio.” Sunny said, her rings glowing yellow as well, just like Indigo.

Suddenly, they could feel a glowing/tickling sensation in their bodies. They found a source of the glowing: their bodies also have rings that line up with their legs, their arms and their thighs. They realize that whenever they feel satisfied with whatever they’re doing, the rings light up like neon LED lights, making their bodies glow, similar to that of Tron.

“Hey, we’re glowing!” Lemon Zest said. “Maybe it had to do with our suits?”

“Yeah, we’re all glowing too!” The other Shadowbolts said, laughing along.
“Well then, let’s just have the best Summer ever in Cyberspace!” Indigo said in excitement, causing the rings to glow yellow.

Once the glowing fades, the girls have calmed down and have decided to go to the Cyberland Theme Park but are beginning to wonder how they’re going to get there.

“Okay, but how are we gonna get to the Cyberland theme park? We’re too far from this place.” Sunny said.

“Hey guys, look!” Lemon pointed out.

The girls looked at a building that looks like a transportation center, which is the place that could take them to the Cyberland Theme Park.

Once inside, the building has a series of vacuum tubes that light up and a receptionist desk. The visitor would approach the receptionist, Mr. Porter, who would check them in for a digital vacation. He also hands them 5 cyber passes, ID cards that take them somewhere they want to go with a swipe and have them pay for anything they want (as long as they have enough cyber-credits left).

The girls walk towards Mr. Porter’s desk. “Hello, fellow humans. I see you're all getting used to the environment in this world,” he said, feeling very welcoming. “It’s been a while since we’ve had guests like these, since those 9 heroes have saved Cyberspace from an evil virus that wants to destroy the place.”

“Nice to meet you too,” They greet back, shaking the guy’s hand.

“Welcome to Cyberspace!” Mr. Porter asked, just in time for a robot to fly in and take a pic of each of the girls. It then prints out cyber-passes for each of them (a picture of the girl for each card). They realized that they could use them to make their time in cyberspace more luxurious and more interactive.

“Enjoy your stay! And be safe!” Mr. Porter said, kindly.

“Thanks!” The Shadowbolts replied kindly in unison.

The girls then walk into the tubes (1 girl per tube). Once inside, they see a wheel outside with a card slot in the center with the following options:

• The Digital Art Museum
• The Digital Library
• Gamestop
• Cyber Mall
• The Cyberland Theme Park
• The Hideout

Each of the Shadowbolts picked the “The Cyberland Theme Park” option and one swipe of their cyber-passes has their tubes lights up and whoosh,they fly them through like a vacuum and off they went, to Cyberland Theme Park to have the best summer ever.

Meanwhile…

Somewhere in the sky in the clouds is an airship that is occupied by 2 sentient evil sentient computer viruses (one resembling Midnight Sparkle and the other one resembling Gloriosa’s Gaia Everfree form) that is looking over the Shadowbolts as they are doing what they are doing, while petting their pitbulls.

“These 9 girls and their new friends, they’ll pay for what they did to our older sister!” The Midnight virus said. “Besides, how’d they get to our world?! And who the heck are those 5 girls?!”

“It’s a mystery… similar to the last time those 9 girls went to our world.” the Gloriosa Gaia virus said. “But it doesn’t matter! We should carry out our older sister’s mission and avenge her by taking over cyberspace again, so that we will make ourselves rulers!”

Later that evening, after a day at the digital theme park, the rings/lines on the girls start glowing indigo. Instantly they start to lose their appetite for fun and feel bored.

“Whew, now that was a fun day here in the Cyberland theme park.” Indigo said. “I’m feeling kind of exhausted.”

“Sure thing." Sunny said. “You know, that food truck and that VR outdoor arcade really is awesome!”

“Sour’s favorite is the sports/exercise section and for me, the virtual concert in the virtual stage!” Lemon Zest said. “I never knew I would be a star in this virtual concert! Reminds me of the Dance Magic thing we did with Canterlot High.”

“Yeah, look at me! I feel like I've been working out and for my muscles, I look stronger than ever!” Sour said, showing off her new physique, resembling a female bodybuilder and She-Hulk.

“For me, I like the beach, because it’s a perfect day of relaxing.” Sugarcoat said.

“Yeah, we should get some sleep and hit the hay.” Indigo said. “We need to find our vacation home.”

They go to the tubes that they used to go to the Cyberland Theme Park. Once they enter their own tubes, they set the wheels to the hideout section, swiped their cards and the tubes sucked them through until they landed in their destination.

Once they land in their vacation home, they see that there’s 5 sections (each customized to fit their needs, including their personalities, favorite things and hobbies).

Indigo Zap: A room that is filled with her favorite things; Motocross, Archery and Academic. She has a motocross VR game (with a stationary motorbike and headsets), a holographic TV with a selection of sports and action films, a pod that's going to digitally change her cyber body into any holographic sports uniforms and a bed that resembles that of a motorcycle seat that tilts all the way down and enlarges itself until she feels comfortable (like a magic mattress).

Sugarcoat: her room has a punching bag, a TV customized with action movies/crime dramas and a diary which she can use for writing down her thoughts (since she has a blunt, cynical personality), a bed that resembles a boxing ring, but the ring being way softer to sleep on.

Sour Sweet: Her room has a more interactive feel, since she has a bipolar personality (switching from rude to kind and vice versa at random moments).

• Whenever she gets rude/mean, her room changes to that of an fiery-red underworld with spikes, a bed resembling that of torn-up dolls and stuffings and her TV is customized with horror movies.
• Whenever Sour Sweet turns nice, her room changes into that of heaven; her bed resembles that of an angel's wings, her TV having some family films and cartoons, a dresser with halos and dresses.

Lemon Zest: A room that has posters of her favorite bands, boombox with all kinds of CDs, a holographic TV outfitted with musicals and reality TV, a bed that resembles that of a DJ desk and her own stage with a microphone and a machine that can create any instrument she wants.

Sunny Flare: A room that has a dresser/portal that pulls her in (there is a magic dreamscape inside the dresser she can go to whenever she needs some shuteye). Whenever she wakes up, she flies right out. She also has a holographic TV outfitted with fashion reality TV & drama films and an isolation pod for whenever she needs anything to study and work to focus on.

Once they arrived in their sections, the girls were all immediately so impressed with what they each had. In fact, Indigo started jumping with joy. Of course, yellow lights instantly started shining and she ended up enduring another tickling.

“Stop!” Indigo said, falling to the ground, laughing her mouth off and kicking her legs in the air.

Once the lights died out a few moments later, they decided to just settle down and sleep, waiting patiently for a new day of digital excitement.

“Okay girls, goodnight!” Indigo said.

“Goodnight!” The girls said.

It was later that night when there were more people keeping themselves hidden somewhere in the girls' hideout.

To Be Continued...

Author's Note

For this chapter, I added some references and lines from "The Matrix", like the suits, and the glasses and goggles that Sugarcoat and Indigo are wearing.