Equestria Ninja Girls: Mutant N Sanity

by Ezio1-3

Rating: everyone
Tags: Crossover, Sonata Dusk, Human, Sunset Shimmer, Anthro, Main 6, Alternate Universe, Equestria Girls, Science Fiction, Comedy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Adventure
Length: 10437

Equestria Ninjas fic crossover with Crash Bandicoot first game.

It's Summer Vacation! And what better idea to spend it than on an all-expense paid trip to a tropical island? That was the plan Rarity had for the Rainbooms and Turtles after winning the trip to an Australian Archipelago called the N. Sanity ISlands. But little do they know that their destination isnt gonna be a peaceful or relaxing one. The nefarious Dr Neo Cortex has made the islands his headquarters for his plansd of world domination and the islands, indeed the entire world, is in danger. But our teenaged heroes will have help in te form of a kind-hearted bandicoot and several others. But the mission to save the world has just become a rescue mission to save Crash's sister Coco. Can they salvage this vacation and save the island? Time to get going and find out!

Based on a fanfiction story by SSL13, link here: https://m.fanfiction.net/u/1731788/

Published 2024-08-06 15:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2024-08-06 15:50:01 UTC

Chapter 1: Tropical Vacation Gone Wrong

In Canterlot High, the bell rings, declaring the end of the day, and the start of Summer Vacation. Everyone is excited, some more then others. Sunset, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie and Fluttershy saw Rarity jumping around in excitement while she was squealing about something.

Rarity had the largest sparkles in her eyes. Clearly she was excited. "Girls! You wont believe it! I just struck it big! I got a free pass to an all-expense-paid trip to a tropical paradise near Australia!"

Twilight raised her brow. She was the first to speak up. "Where exactly?"

Rarity opened the pass. "Soem place called Wumpa ISland. Part of an archipelago called the N. Sanity ISlands. Known for being very peaceful and welcoming, and full of delicious Wumpa Fruits! I hear the native aboriginals are very welcoming!"
Naturally, everyone had different reactions.
Applejack: "Fruit?"
Fluttershy: "Peaceful and welcoming?"
Twilight: "Archipelago?"
Sunset: "Odd name."
Rainbow Dash: "Islands?! Does that mean awesome waves?"
Pinkie: "And are there gonna be parties?!"

Rarity nodded. "And the pass says we can bring up to 16 people, so we can invite the Turtles, April, Karai, Casey and Shinigami! "

Sunset pondered. "That leaves one space open. I suppose maybe we can take Fugitoid with us too!"

Pinkie Excitedly jumped up and down. "Ooh! What about Sonata?"

Sunset paused. "I suppose that would be a better alternative than the PRofessor. I just remembered he did say he had some stuff to take care of."

Pinkie was so happy she did a backflip. "Yipee!"

Twlight beamed. "Then what are we waiting for? We sold get packing for our overseas trip! I will call the Turtles so they can tell the others!"

This got everyone cheering. Pinkie had already sped off to tell Sonata.

Pinkie immediately got on her phone, calling Sonata. "Hey, Nata! Nata! You there?"
Sonata is heard on the other line. "Pinkie! Nice to hear from you! Got any plans for Summer Vacation?"
Pinkie beamed. " Yeah! And you, one of my besties, is coming along!"
Sonata smiled."Sounds great! Too bad my sisters cant come. Karai got a call from the turtles about a trip somwhere and said she'd leave the place to Adagio and Aria. Wait... is the trip something I'm going to too!?"
"Definitely!"
Sonata is heard squealing in delight on the other end."I'll get ready!"
"Okie-dokie-lokie!"

Meanwhile, Fluttershy looks out the window to her animal habitats as she's packing at her own place. She's making sure all the animals have their food while she's away. But as she looks out the window, she cant help feeling a sense of unease. Angel takes note of this and nuzzles up to her side.
"Thanks, Angel. It's just, I don't know why, but I don't think New York's the only place with mutants anymore."

As she spoke, somehwere on the N. Sanity ISlands, deep iniside a large castle built by the shore, a man was brooding. He had yellow skin, black hair, and a large head. He was wearing a lab coat and had a large N o his forehead. This man's name was DR. Neo Cortex.

Dr Cortex turned to see a large assortment of Australian animals in cages, most of them scared and confused. . There are two kangaroos, a roadrunner, a dingo, a crocodile, a mountain goat, a Galapagos Turtle, a Tasmanian tiger, a potoroo, a sugar glider, two gorillas, an elephant, a koala, two komodo dragons, and two bandicoots. There were also a few tanks, each carrying a single bug or sea animal. A moth, a mosquito, a coral reef octopus, a vampire squid, and though he couldnt see it, one jar contained a single tardigrade, at least according to his lab assistants.

Dr Cortex looked to several empty cages in the corner. One was labeled "Cat", while another was labeled "Bat", and two more were labeled "Wombat". He shook his head. He had tried with those animals, but they escaped, so he was disapointed. Another failure. Even if he could mutate them, they still were of no use to him if he couldnt find them. No matter. This time he wouldn't fail.

Another man came into the room. He was a gangly man with a bald head, bushy eyebrows and a haggard look, wearing a green coat. Oddly, he had bolts on the side of his head. This man was Cortex's assistant, and arguably his only friend: Dr. Nitrus Brio. The man was looking very nervous. At his side were some of Cortex's LAb Assistants. They wear tall and lanky, with big noses and glasses. They bore expressionless faces and oddly enough looked similar. Even the female ones looked similar. Dr N. Brio fumbled before straightening himself. "Bring the Animals to the room. Dr Cortex is wanting to proceed." The lab assistants obeyed him. Cortex looked out the window at the full Moon. He can hear dingos howling from one of the islands from here. He then hears a door open and animal noises. He turned around to see the animals he captured in their cages.

"Which ones do you want to mutate first, Neo?" Brio asked by coming up to them.

"Something that could take the pain." Cortex replied. He went over to the Tasmanian tiger who growled at him, backing away from the doctor who smirked. "Hmm. This one looks a bit promising. This is the most rarest Australian animal I've found. A Thylacine. Aslo known as the Tasmanian Tiger. These creatures are almost extinct. They're so rare, it was a miracle we could snag this one. "The creature roared at him, making Cortex jump back in surprise, but he chuckled. "Brio, minions, bring him to the table! I will prepare the Evolvo-Ray!"

It's hard to bring the tiger to the table and strap it down. It roars at the minions, struggling to get out of the straps. Everyone got out of the way when Cortex starts up the machine. Dr Brio winced at the machine. "Are you sure we can't just use that Mutagen stuff we heard about from your contact in the United States, what's his name, Stockman? It would maybe be easier if we purchased some from him. LAst time we used this, well, the animals got loose! MAybe we can control them better if-"

"No!" Cortex cut him off. "According to Stockman, not only is that stuff unstable and can warp your mind, but if you touch it, you could be affected too! This is much safer and more reliable than some ooze from another dimension! Besides, what good is something you didn't build yourself? The Evolvo-Ray is more than just mutation: it's rapid evolution! This....is the future of power and soldiers! We will not fail again. "

He pulls the lever. The ray shoots the Tasmanian tiger who roared in agony. The light is too bright to see what was happening. But the roars is heard through the lab and the whole castle of Cortex. The creature began to change. It started to grow big muscles, and its body grew large. And the roar changed. The tiger is fully mutated. He broke out of the straps.

"Tiny break things!" he spoke in a deep growling voice. Cortex and the others looked in awe. The thylacine, Tiny, stood up and looked around the lab with a growl. "Where is this place? This place no familiar!" He spoke. Cortex cautiously walked up to the tiger, holding his laser gun.

"Greetings, big fellow. I am Dr. Neo Cortex. You are in my island. This room here is my lab. And...you are my creation." He said. Tiny stares at him, narrowing his eyes at him like he wanted to attack. Brio looks nervous. Cortex continued to speak to Tiny. "You say your name is Tiny, correct? Did you come up with that name?"

"Tiny named himself!" The tiger said. "But Tiny don't remember anything about past. But Tiny wants to crush things!" He slammed the nearby table with potions. Brio let out a cry. That is his work. Cortex let out a laughter.

"Excellent! Tiny is perfect for brawling!" He said. "My Evolvo-Ray worked! I'm a genius!"

"My...potions..." Brio whimpered.

"Minions! Bring out the dingo and the crocodile! I have something in mind! We are trying the same thing we did with that cat and bat!" Cortex ordered, returning to the machine. "Brio, we are making a world even better!"

"Y-yes, Cortex." Brio said, cleaning up his work while the minions are getting the dingo and the crocodile out of their cages. The rest of the animals are very scared after Tiny's mutation. They are going to be next.

While N. Brio was cleaning, he saw other empty cages and tanks, those having skunk, vulture, armadillo, rhino, lion, orca, elephant, grizzly bear, boar, gorilla and scorpion, to name a few as he sighed, knowing the results of the mutations managed to escape as well.

Meanwhile, at the airport, the turtles were in their human disguises, thanks to Donnie's device.

Rarity was standing in front of a line to their plane that would take them to Australia. From there, they would get on a boat at Sydney Harbor to take them to the archipelago. Rarity looked really excited to go. And so did everyone else.

Rainbow had already put on sunglasses and summer shirt over her swimsuit for the beach. "Aw yeah! Ready to shred some waves when we get there!"

Mikey nodded. " Heh, I hear that, dudette!"

As they got on the plan, thoughts went through their heads on what they planned to do on the island. But the Fluttershy heard seagulls flying above while calling, making her concerned.

Meanwhile, back on the ISland, Cortex was looking at his creations with pride. He had a full legion of evolved animals at his command.

Pinstripe Potoroo was a potoroo with gangster attire and a tommy gun. Koala Kong was a muscular koala with amazing strength. The Komodo Bros. Komodo Moe and Komodo Joe were expert sword throwers. Heavy Squid was an octopus with a beefy body and an arsenal of heavy weaponry, though his love of sandwiches was questionable. Count Constrict was a vampire squid who was spooky and strong. Blitzi Moth was a moth who was good with missile launchers and covert ops, though she was a bit too timid for his liking. Hilda Mosquito was a mosquito and was the perfect femme fatale, both seductive and deadly. Astro Tardigrade was a tardigrade in a spacesuit, and was the most durable and resilient soldier he could ever hope to have! Dingodile was a combined Crocodile and Dingo, and was a great crackshot with a flamethrower. Rilla Roo was a combined Gorilla and Kangaroo and was both strong and loyal. Goaturtle was a combined goat and galapagos turtle that was always itching for a fight.

Still, some creatures werent all a success. Gorillaphant, a combined Gorilla and Elephant, although incredibly strong, was a complete coward, and had broken free from his restraints and smashed his way into the wild. Two others who escaped with him wereNosedive Sugar Glider, a Sugar Glider, and Lil' Beeper, a Roadrunner. A shame too, Lil' Beeper had incredible speed, and Nosedive got away with the experimental gauntlets and tail hook he developed. Another concern was Ripper Roo, the Kangaroo he'd evolved, who was currently laughing his head off in a corner. The minions put him in a straitjacket and put him to his cell and Cortex will try to put him to therapy. The blue kangaroo goes insane whenever he hears bombs go off.
"He needs work. But the rest of the creations will do for now." Cortex said with a sigh. "It's been a long night. Must put everyone to their cells. Some seem unstable."

"But Dr. Cortex!" Brio said, stopping him. "You have two creatures left! There are two bandicoots!" Cortex turned to the little cage and see two little eastern barred bandicoots in their cage, shaking in fear. "Are you going to mutate them as well?" Brio asked.

"In time, my old friend." Cortex said. "But for now, I need to study the others. The bandicoots will wait. Just feed them or something." He walked away from the cage, leaving Brio behind. Brio looks back at the bandicoots.

"Wonder what you two would look like when you mutate?" He wondered. The male bandicoot went up to him, sniffing the air. Then went back to the little bandicoot who is a female. Brio doesn't know for sure if they are siblings or a couple. He won't find out until Cortex mutates them.

Once the mutant creatures are in their cells, Cortex was the only one up. He is tinkering with the Evolvo-Ray and kept hearing sounds from the bandicoots. He knew they are frightened, and they refuse to eat the food that Brio gave them. But they do accept the water. Cortex went over to the cage and saw that the male bandicoot is the only one awake. The female is fast asleep. The bandicoot snarled at Cortex.

"You seem aggressive, little fella." Cortex told the male bandicoot. Then, this gave him the idea. "Wait. You could be perfect to be the commander of the army I've created so far! A bandicoot commander!" He chuckled and opened the cage. "I've had plans for a commander for my army since I first started mutating with the Evolvo-ray, and I wanted it to be one of the Wombats! But both escaped, a dysmal failure. But you! I feel I can learn from such a mistake and do much better with you!" The male bandicoot winced as Cortex grabbed him, causing the female bandicoot to wake up in alarm. Cortex closes the cage and place the little bandicoot on the table and strap him down. "This will hurt a little, my new friend." Cortex said, coming over to the Evolvo-Ray. He pulled the lever, and the ray activates. The beam shoots the bandicoot who lets out a cry of agony. Cortex couldn't see the change because of the light. The bandicoot starts to grow, and its color is turning orange, and it has brown hair on top of the head. The cries of agony had changed and it's a little high pitched. The evolution is complete. Cortex rushed over to the bandicoot and see that he is not moving.

"Bandicoot! Can you hear me?" Cortex asked, snapping his fingers. He rolled the bandicoot onto his back to feel the pulse and listen for the heartbeat. But he heard a groan. He looked up to see the bandicoot started to open his eyes. They are emerald green. "Can you speak?" Cortex asked. But the bandicoot is too dizzy and weak to move a muscle or try to talk. He groaned again and rests his head on the table. "He is out cold. Best to study him in the morning. I will deal with the female bandicoot later." Cortex said. The orange bandicoot doesn't seem to be a threatening type like the others, but he will be the commander of his new friends. A killing machine.

He looks out the window at the night sky. He ponders something his client Stockman had said. Something about his own experiences with troublemakers stopping his own evil plans. Cortex smiled devilishly. He was confident nobody could stand up to his army. After all, Stockman mostly uses machines, and hardly ever uses mutagen to create his own army, although he had created many mutants in the past. Cortex knew some tasks needed real tactics, not machines. Even if he were to fight an enemy using machines himself, he would be at the controls. A machine is only as good as those that use them. "Maybe I should find Stockman's location and show off my army someday once I've started my world conquest. He'd be so jealous."

Back on the boat, Fluttershy noticed her geode glowing, same with the rest of the Rainbooms, despite them not noticing before all seven of them fired small beams into the air and towards their destination, concerning her more. The beams headed towards Cortex's Castle and hit Crash, stirring him in his sleep, before the light then headed towards a temple in the jungle with a door with an image of a strange tribal mask with feathers on top. The the beam faded at the temple entrance, and from inside, faint drums could be heard before becoming silent.But then at the last moment, the unified beam shot into the air before splitting into seven once more, going into parts unknown.

The next morning, the plane landed at Sydney Airport. Everyone is already impressed at Australia even though they still have a ways to go before their final destination. So everyone takes some time to take in the sights at Sydney before going at the harbor.

Raph was the first to speak. "Huh, I wonder what’ll happen."

Some of the group are taking in the sights, some are admiring the beach. Mikey is already riding a wave like a pro surfer, impressing some of the locals. Shini giggles at this. "The boat will be here soon."

Everyone gazes at the scenery, as well as the boat they'll be taking. LEo steps on first. "Well, it’s here. Let’s get going."
As they boarded the boat, all of them felt excited for their destination. But Fluttershy however, still felt uneasy as well.

MEanwhile on the ISland, Cortex was looking down at the unconsious bandicoot as he was waking up. "Hello. Little bandicoot. Rise and shine." A voice said. The bandicoot opened his eyes and see Dr. Cortex looking down at him. "Did you sleep well?" He asked. The orange marsupial sat up and rubbed his eyes, letting out a yawn. Cortex smiled at him and handing him the shoes, jeans, and brown fingerless gloves. "Here you go. Get dressed. There are friends you would like to meet in their cells." He told the bandicoot. He then notices the bandicoot doesn't speak to him. "Hmm. Couldn't talk, huh? You will. But, I need to call you something. What should I call you?" While thinking of names, the bandicoot got dressed in his new clothing, feeling them. He walked around in his cell, but bumped into a wall.

"Ack!" The bandicoot cried out, rubbing his nose. Cortex turned to him.

"Watch where you're going, bandicoot. I know this all seems new to you, but don't crash into anything." Cortex told him. "Wait a minute..." He scratches his beard, and made a grin. "That's it! Your name will be Crash Bandicoot!" He said. The bandicoot turned to him with a confused look. "Your name is Crash. Remember that. It seems fitting, isn't it?" The bandicoot just scratched his head in silent. "Only you could talk back. But, do you like the name? Just nod if yes." The bandicoot, Crash, just stared at him, but he grinned at him. A wide grin. "I'll take that smile as a yes." Cortex said. "Okay, follow me. You must meet your recruits." He walked out of the cell. Crash followed him out and walked up the stairs. He starts to sniff the air. Nothing special.
As the two walked down the hallway, there is Brio with the two bottles. One is purple, the other is green. Two doctors greet each other, but Brio noticed Crash who smiled at him and waved.

"Uh, Dr. Cortex, who is that?" Brio asked, pointing at the orange marsupial.

"Oh. You haven't met Crash. Who will be the commander of the recruits. I mutated him last night while you and the rest of the minions are asleep." Cortex said. "Crash, this is my partner, Brio. Think of him as your...uncle or something." Crash went up to the clueless doctor, sniffing his head and touching his face. He took one of the potions from Brio's hands. He shook it. Good thing the purple potion had a cord.

"Oooh!" Crash cooed to see bubbles in the potion. Brio quickly took the bottle away from him before he could drop it by accident. Cortex chuckled.

"Fascinating, isn't he?" He asked.

"I don't know, doctor. He doesn't seem like the type who would be the commander. He's too friendly." Brio said by pulling away from Crash who studies him. "What about the other bandicoot? Is that one mutated too?"

"Not yet. She will be soon." Cortex told him. "Now, if you will excuse us, Crash must see his new friends." He drags Crash down the hall to get to the other cell room where the creatures are.

In a dim cell room, Tiny is lifting weights in his own cell. He growls every time when he lifts it. Pinstripe is holding his tommy gun, sitting on the chair with his feet on the table. Koala Kong is napping on his bed. Dingodile is playing the harmonica. Rilla Roo is sitting in the corner of his cell, covering his ears from hearing that annoying laughter from that Ripper Roo who is in his special cell. And the Komodo Brothers are napping as well. Blitzi Moth was standing in a corner, looking into a Mirror with Hilda Mosquito. While Hilda was satisfied with her appearance, Blitzi was not, dissatisfied with her chest size compared to Hilda's. Heavy Squid was eating a sandwich in front of Count Constrict, who was scowling while drinking tomato juice. Astro Tardigrade was reading a book on constellations, and Goaturtle was kicking a punching bag.

The door bursts open and Cortex comes in while Crash is behind him. Cortex clapped his hands to get his mutants' attention. They all stopped what they are doing and see their creator.

"Gentlemen! And ladies, Allow me to introduce you all your soon-to-be commander, Crash Bandicoot!" Cortex said. Crash looked at his recruits who stare back at him. Neither of them smiled. Tiny growled at him.

"Tiny squash bandicoots!" He said, cracking his knuckles. Crash's ears went back, whimpering a little.

"You call that our commander?" Pinstripe asked in a gangster accent.

"He doesn't look tough to me." Dingodile added.

"He looks like a fox." Rilla Roo said, studying the bandicoot's appearance.

Goaturtle blinked. IT was clear he was not impressed.

Count Constrict merely hissed at Crash menacingly.

"Sssssuch a little weakling." Komodo Joe hissed with a chuckle, flicking his tongue while his brother, Moe, laughs with him.

Heavy Squid looked Crash up and down. "Vat a puny baby!" he scoffed.

Astro Tardigrade looked up from his book, then went back to reading. Clearly he believed Crash was not worth his attention.

Blitzi Moth just waved timidly at him. Hilda on the other hand, was eyeing Crash like a piece of meat with a lust-filled look in her eyes that made Crash back away.

Crash went behind Cortex, feeling frightened and insulted by everyone in this room. He turned to see Ripper Roo who laughs insanely. He doesn't know who's more threatening. The blue kangaroo or the recruits who insults him.

"Now, now, troops. Don't judge Crash here. He will be stronger than you all think. All of you, including Crash here, will be in training. You all must get along." Cortex told them. Crash's left ear twitched when he hears soft squeaky noises. He looked down to see a rat scurrying around the ground. He smiled and went after it, reaching for it. But whined when the rat ran away from him and went in the little hole on the wall. Cortex turned to the orange marsupial. "Crash, come with me. I have something to show you." He said. Once they left the room, Pinstripe let out a scoff.

"That bandicoot is a weirdo." He said. Dingodile nodded in agreement. Blitzi mumbled to herself "I thought he was nice...." though nobody heard her.

Crash took the book from the shelf and flip through the pages while Cortex picks out the books for Crash to read. But, the bandicoot isn't paying attention to his creator.

"Crash, come over here and-"

"Dr. Cortex! I've done it! I've done it!" Brio said coming in the small library.

"What do you mean? What did you do?" Cortex asked. "You didn't break my machine, did you?"

"No. I've mutated the female bandicoot for you, Dr. Cortex." Brio said. "And she has a smart brain! And I've done a DNA test on her and she is a little sister of Crash! They are siblings." Cortex sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Brio, I know we made that Evolvo-Ray together, but...don't just mutate an animal without my permission!" He said. Crash scratched his head with a concerned look on his face. Brio didn't say anything. "Where is that female bandicoot?" Cortex asked.

"Sh-she's in her new room I put her in." Brio replied.

"Might as well have her and Crash introduce. And...does she have a name?" Cortex asked.

"Yes. She does have a name. Coco." Brio replied. "She liked that name when I came up with it." Two doctors hear Crash gibber a little, like he is trying to tell them something. He points to himself, then out the door. "Uh, I think he wants to see her, Dr. Cortex. And...his jibber jabber is all he could do."

"Yes. But, Crash will talk in time." Cortex said. "Let us see that female bandicoot who is a sister of Crash."

A female bandicoot with long blonde hair in a ponytail, light orange fur, and green eyes is reading a book on her bed. She is wearing a white shirt with blue overalls, and pink shoes. Coco hears a knock on the door, and it opens and there is Brio coming in.

"Hello young lady. Sorry to keep you waiting." He said. "Here is Dr. Neo Cortex and your big brother, Crash Bandicoot." Cortex and Crash walked inside to see Coco looking at them in silent. Crash stares at her, but he smiled at her.

"Uh, hello." Coco spoke. She sounds shy.

"Greetings, young bandicoot. I am Dr. Neo Cortex. Brio here told me a little bit about you." He offers to shake hands with her. Coco took his hand and shake it. Crash walked over to her and shook her other hand, grinning ear to ear. "Oh, this is your big brother, Crash." Cortex said. Crash sniffs Coco's hair, lightly pinching her ears. Cortex sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Crash, that is not how you greet a lady." He told the orange male bandicoot. Crash stopped what he was doing, realizing his error. His ears went down in shame. Coco smiled a little at him. She held his hand.

"It's okay, doctor." She said. "Wow. We're siblings. Don't mean to sound harsh, but...we don't look related. But, Brio said that our DNA is the same. So, having a big brother is okay to me." Crash blinked at her, but shrugged. Brio leaned over to Cortex.

"Strange that our creations don't remember their past life as simple animals, but they are going to get along great." Brio said in a whisper.

"But don't get attached to them, Brio. Crash will be the commander and he will be our killing machine." Cortex said. "After his training is done, he will be ready for the Vortex."

"But, what about Coco?" Brio asked.

"You said she is smart, right? Well, she could be useful to me." Cortex said with a smirk. They are watching two bandicoot bond. Coco noticed that Crash doesn't talk back to her, only make gibbering noises or body language like he is trying to communicate. But, Coco doesn't seem to mind. Crash has grown attached to his little sister.

Later on, Crash was watching the creatures training in the room. Tiny can tear a metal board and break chains. Dingodile uses a flamethrower. The Komodo Brothers use their swords. Pinstripe uses his tommy gun to shoot the targets, hitting the bull's eye. Koala Kong is lifting weights. And Rilla Roo is eating bananas. Blitzi shoots rpgs at a target, while Hilda uses martail arts and her stinger nose on a dummy, piercing it. Goaturtle kicks a trainign dummy while Heavy Squid shoots his gatling gun at a target, filling it with holes. Count Constrict crushes a barrel to pieces with is spiky tentacles while Astro Tardigrade tosses meteor-shaped rocks at a target. As for Ripper Roo, after his training, his ability is to use TNTs and Nitro crates as weapons, but he is dangerous to be around others, even Cortex had to put him back to his cell.

Cortex orders his minions to bring in a mutant rat to be Crash's target to fight. Once the minions brought in the rat, the poor thing was scared to death. Crash watched in silent.

"No! I don't wanna die! Let me out of here! I didn't ask for this! Please!" A male rat cried out as he was being dragged inside the room and be in the center of the room. Crash stood across from him. Tiny and the rest are outside the circle of the floor, watching in delight, all excetp Blitzi, who is nervous, and Hilda who seems bored, and Astro, who is watching in intrique. Cortex stood behind Crash with a evil look. Coco stood by the doorway with a nervous look on her face. She didn't like the idea of Crash of hurting the poor mutant rat.

"This will be fun to watch." Pinstripe said with a chuckle.

"Let's see what this bandicoot can do." Dingodile said with a smirk. Crash turned back to his creator with a confused look on his face.

"Now, Crash. You saw your friends get strong and ready. So let us see what you got. Before you can begin to attack the rat I mutated for you, show us your attacks like how you show me and Brio." Cortex said. Crash took a few steps back from Cortex. He readied his muscles, and took a breath. He started to spin like a tornado. He then makes a slide attack and a body slam. He didn't look like he's in pain when he did the body slam move, but it could be a great use.

"Ta-da!" Crash exclaimed with a grin at his creator.

"Now, attack that rodent, Crash!" Cortex demanded. Crash turned to the frightened rat. His legs are shaking as he is staring back at the orange bandicoot. But, Crash didn't move. If the rat isn't fighting, Crash won't fight him. Instead, the bandicoot smiled and walked up to him. The rat covered his head with his hands, shaking.

"Don't hit me! I'm innocent!" He cried out. But he felt Crash's hand on his shoulder. The bandicoot smiled at him and shake his head, telling him that he will not harm him at all. "Huh? You...don't want to hurt me? But, why?" The rat wondered. Crash only scratched his head, mumbling a bit. He notices the restrains on the rat's wrists. Crash's ears lower a little in pity. He turned to Cortex, shaking his head at him. Dingodile threw his arms out.

"What is that bandicoot doing?" He asked with a look.

"Psh. He ain't a killer." Pinstripe said, scoffing. "He's too good a heart."

"Crash!" Cortex yelled. "Attack him! Now! You are going to be a general of the mutants! You will be unstoppable! Attack!" Again, Crash shook his head at him. Coco smiled at her big brother, but she frowned when Cortex made a angry look. "You fool! Attack that rodent now!" He demanded. Before Crash could defend the innocent mutant rat, Koala Kong came over. He grabbed the rat by the neck and threw him across the room. The rat screamed and crashed through the window, causing him to fall down to the sea. Crash slowly walked over to Cortex, ears down. The doctor shook his head in disappointment at him. Coco walked over to Crash.

"It's okay, Crash." She whispered.

"Crash, Coco. Back to your cells." Cortex said, keeping his voice as calm as possible. "I have...much to do. Training is done for today. I have to speak with these creatures here." Coco took Crash's hand to drag him out. Cortex rubbed his head with a sigh. "Such a shame. That bandicoot has too much goodness in his heart." He said.

"Why do you choose him as a general anyway, doc?" Pinstripe asked. "I can be a better general than him."

"Tiny could've squash that rat for Crash." Tiny spoke. "But Kong threw that rat out!" Koala Kong snarled at the tiger before returning to lift weights.

"He's just confused, gentlemen." Cortex told them. "He's been spending time with Coco for the past two days since. Unless Coco shows him...good is worth it than evil. Oh, I should've known! No wonder Crash doesn't fight the innocent."

"What're you gonna do to that bandicoot?" Moe asked, slicing his weapons with his brother.

"I need to experiment him more. And...put him in the Vortex I made. After that, he will become a killing machine. He will be hungry for blood." Cortex said with an evil grin. Rilla Roo made a disgust face. Tiny made a chuckle.

"Bandicoots hungry for blood. Tiny likey." He said. Blitzi shook her head. She has a bad feeling about this.

LAter, Crash is looking out the window of Coco's room, staring at the sea and the other two islands. Coco was sitting on her bed, watching her brother looking out the window. They don't know if that mutant rat survived from the fall or not. Crash felt so sorry for the guy. He wanted to know why Cortex would want him to attack him. That rat was scared to death and doesn't want to get hurt. That is why Crash decides not to fight him. But Koala Kong had to throw him out the window. Coco walked up to Crash.

"Hey. You okay, big brother?" She asked, touching his shoulder. Crash shrugged, not looking away from the view. Coco sees the two islands away from them. "You wanna know something, Crash? I had my first dream. It's about going to one of those islands. I would like to see that one on the right far away. Wumpa Island. I found the name of that island on Brio's computer. I was sitting on the beach, listening to the waves of the ocean, surrounded by sand, and a jungle behind me. If we are allowed to leave the castle, we will go there and explore." Coco told her brother. Crash half smiled. "Do you have a dream, Crash?" Coco asked. Crash shrugged. Coco can take that as a no. He doesn't know what the outside world is like. Coco only researches about it on the computer.
The door opens and coming in was Brio. Crash and Coco stared at him in silent.

"Crash, you should be in your own cell." Brio told him. "Cortex expects you to."

"Do you mean his room?" Coco asked.

"C'mon, Crash. Out." Brio said, pointing out the door. Crash sighed a little and walked away from his sister. As Crash disappeared out the door, Brio turned to Coco. "Sorry, Coco. Cortex has plans for the bandicoot. Remain here." He said, closing the door. He lead Crash down the hallway to get down to his own room/cell.

The orange bandicoot is resting on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. He turned to the window of his to see the two islands, waiting to be discovered. Deep down inside, he does wonder what those islands are like. A shooting star is discovered in the night sky. Crash smiled a little. He remembered when Coco learned that when someone sees a shooting star, you get to make a wish. Crash closes his eyes, making his first wish. He opened them again. Whatever he wished for, it will come true. He rested his head on the pillow and close his eyes to get some sleep.

Crash finds himself in a strange void, and sees a man, injured and scared, with blood seeping from a deep scratch wound on his chest. Crash reaches out to help him, but his hand passes through him. He hears Cortex cackling and turns around to see him. But there's a creature in front of Cortex. It looks an awful lot like himself, but way different: red fur, sharp fangs and claws, and a bloodthirsty look in his eyes. Crash is very scared."Finish him!" Cortex demanded. The evil version of Crash gets down on all fours and leaps at the screaming man, and suddenly....

Crash let out a cry as he woke up from a nightmare. He let out a sigh of relief. It's just a bad dream. A really bad dream. How could he dream about something like that though? Crash is no killer. Maybe the dream was a warning? Cortex did say that he wanted Crash to be a killer. He doesn't know. But, Crash decides to let it go and went back to sleep. But a feeling of unease still lingers, and as Crash began to sleep again, he had a sneaking suspicion that something bad might happen if he stays around Cortex.

Back at the island, Fluttershy felt a chill shoot down her spine. This was noticed by Shinigami, who moved closer. "What's wrong, Fluttershy? You look like you've seen a ghost or something."
Fluttershy shook her head."Sorry, it’s just… I have a very bad feeling all of a sudden."
Shinigami frowns. "That doesnt sound good. And right as we're starting a vacation, no less. MAybe youre a bit too wound up."
" I hope so too."

But then Mikey, Pinkie and Sonata were swinging around, doing Tarzan yells.
Raph and Casey are seen trying to get them down. "Hey! Stop that! This is a tropical island, not a jungle gym!"

Donnie nodded. "Huh, quite a jungle out there."

Everyone looks around and is excited. The jungle is lush, and the beach is very beautiful, and the waves are perfect for both swimming and surfing. IT all seems perfect.

Except there seem to be a lot of crates eeverywhere. Applejack Opens a crate. " Fruit?"

Fluttershy sees a crab nearby. But it's really big: about as big as a dog. Everyone looks as the crab walks towards a green crate labeled "Nitro." but as soon as he touches it....

KABOOM!!!

Everyone looks in horror as it's raining bits of crab everywhere. Rarity screams in horror as a leg falls on her and gets stuck in her hair. Rainbow Dash ponders." That was less messy then I thought it was gonna be." Donnie sees that there are crates everywhere, and losts of them are also the Nitro Crates, as well as red ones labeled "TNT". "Who would scatter these dangerous things everywhere?!"

Pinkie, Mikey and Sonata approached a TNT crate before touching one by jumping on it before the “TNT” on it turned into a 3 with a beep.

Donnie panicked. "RUN!!!!" Mikey, Pinkie and Sonata only backed away a few meters as the 3 became a 2 with another beep.
As it counted down to 1 a bird laanded on it, then:

BOOM!!!!

The explosion left nothing behind but charred feathers and the bird's talons.

Pinkie backed away. " Yikes, better not get close to it when that bomb goes off."

Leo pondered. "Where did these dangerous crates come from? And who put them here?"

He hears tribal drums in the distance. Sunset points. "Huh, we should check THAT out."

They delve into the jungle, then come upon a tribal village with large gates. A hunting party is returning with a large boar they caught. Some villagers see them and begin talking to each other in aboriginal language. Some warriors with spears march up to them. One begins speaking in English. "Who are you, and what are you doing here?" He sees the turtles. Upon seeing them, they point their spears at them. "Look out! Cortex Commandos!"

Naturally everyone is confused. Mikey is the first to speak up. "Say what?!"

Twilight tries to calm them down. "No, wait! These guys are with us! They are heroes!"

The warriors stop and begin talking to each other in aboriginal. They then turn to Twilight. "Did you come from the mainland?" Everyone nodded. "I see. This is a problem. You must speak with our chief. He will explain our situation. Honestly, you should not have come. I'm sorry to say this to you, but....you are all in danger as long as you're on this archipelago."

Rarity speaks out. "Excuse me?!"

The warriors sighed. "The chief and his daughter will explain."
He leads them to the village to a large hut with a throne. Sitting upon it is an large overweight man with a large headdress and carrying a staff. Next to him was a teenaged girl with puffy hair and a staff of her own. The chief spoke to the guards in aboriginal. After a brief exchange, he sighed. "Papu apologize. No intentions to put you in danger. My name Papu PApu, chief of village. Next to Papu is daughter, Tai'ka. Sorry for rough reception. Our island in danger, so no entry from outside permitted. Papu should have made sure passes to islands were revoked, too dangerous for civilians."

Tai'ka sighed. "My father is right. We never meant to wrap you up in our problems."

Applejack puts her hand on her hips, clearly annoyed. "Seriously though, what's goin' on?"

Papu PApu sighed and pointed to the next island in the distance where Castle Cortex stood. "Island next over base of operations of big time villain. Mad scientist named Dr Neo Cortex. Plunge our islands into ruin."

Tai'ka nodded. "My father his right. That mad man is bent on world domination. He is using a machine to mutate animals and create an army to conquer the world. His factory is causing toxic spills on that island, and worse yet, he has scattered TNT and Nitro crates on all the islands of the archipelago that is disturbing and harming the environment and wildlife. Food is getting scarce due to wildlife dying from the crates. When our guards saw your mutant friends, they believed they were some of his creations come to attack us. My father decreed that any mutant animals Cortex made that we find be killed and cooked."

Papu PApu nodded. "Anything related to that madman too dangerous to keep alive."

Raph stood up. "Hold on a second! Mutants?! If the Kraang is back, then-"
This caused PApu Papu and Tai'ka to tilt their heads in confusion. "Kraang?"
Raph comically face-faulted at that.

Tai'ka shook her head. "Perhaps you are confused. Even we have heard of this mutegen stuff. We have heard of it through a man who visited our island searching for it years ago. A man by the name of Jack Kurtzman."

Thai surprised everyone. "Kurtzman?!"

Tai'ka nodded. " But the mutants made by Cortex are entirely man-made. We heard he has created a machine that mutates animals by inducing rapid evolution, evolving them into a human-like state. He calls it the Evolvo-ray."

Twilight and Donnie's jaws dropped at that.

April sighed. "Uh... I think you broke 'em."
Papu PApu lightly bonked them on the heads with his staff."Snap out of it! You scaring kids in my tribe!"

Tai'ka Notices Pinkie, Mikey and Sonata gone."Where are your three friends?"
Everyone notices the goofballs in a hut on the other side of the village, treating themselves to a large feast.
Casey frowned. " Dude, they're gonna turn into boulders if they eat like that."
Papu PApu shakes his head. "Papu not agree. Bigger body means greater strength. Eat lots. Exercise. Get strong."

Tai'ka gets Bead of sweat. " Oh geez..."

Fluttershy suddenly ponied up and flew off after hearing something.
She flies over the island and hears a sound.

"Beep Beep!"

She sees a red blurr speeding Across the beach. As it zooms by some trees, the wumpa fruit on them disappear, as though they were picked. Fluttershy flies off towards it.

Meanwhile at the same time at Castle Cortex, Cortex is finishing his invention, the Cortex Vortex. He has plans for it tonight. He knows who will be inside this machine. He chose Crash Bandicoot. Because of what happened the night before, Cortex must put Crash under his control.

"But, Dr. Cortex! The Vortex is not ready! We don't know what it could do!" Brio exclaimed nervously.

"The bandicoot will be the general!" Cortex said. "Now, wake up that bandicoot and bring him here!" The minions left the lab to get Crash out of his room. "Crash's abilities are perfect, and he is strong enough to be the leader of my creations. He will be the most evil bandicoot that the world will ever see!" Cortex said. Grunting is heard. The minions are struggling to hold the male bandicoot. Crash tries to get out of their grasps, but they kept holding on his arms. Cortex walked up to Crash with a gentle smile. "Now, now. No need to fight, Crash. We are just gonna run a little...'check up'." He said. The minions placed Crash on the chair to strap him. Cortex went over to the lever where Brio is standing.

"Are you sure about this?" Brio asked nervously. "The Vortex isn't-"

"It's ready! I've run some tests! It will make Crash more intelligent!" Cortex says. He pulled the lever. Crash is lifted up to the machine. He continues to struggle, trying to break out the straps. As he reached inside the machine, he feels bolts hitting his entire body. He let out a scream of agony. His heart stopped pounding as bolts run through his body.
Cortex and Brio watched and listened as the machine experiments on the poor bandicoot. But, they heard a voice behind them. Brio turned to see Coco with a shocked expression.

"What're you doing to him?" She asked.

"Coco, what're you doing here?" Brio asked. "Go back to your room, now!" But Coco didn't listen. She rushed over to the controls, wanting to shut down the Vortex, but Cortex grabbed her arm and yank her away from the controls.

"This is for Crash's own good, Coco!" He said.

"You're hurting him!" Coco yelled, hearing her brother's cries in the machine. He sounds like he is in terrible pain. "Get him out of that thing!" The lights started to flicker, and everyone stopped what they are doing. Crash's screams stopped. He was now lowered down. He is out cold. Brio held Coco back while Cortex rushed over to Crash, placing his hand over the chest, feeling a faint heartbeat. Crash's fingers twitch a little.

"Crash? Crash, can you hear me?" Cortex asked, snapping his fingers. Crash groaned a bit. His eyes are still closed.

"D-did it work?" Brio asked. Before Cortex could say something, he hears sounds coming from his computer. A warning light flashed red. Bold red letters flashed on the screen.

"Error?" Cortex wondered. "But, how could that-"

"Cortex, watch out!" Brio screamed. Cortex turned to see Crash was freed from the straps, running after him. Cortex screamed and moved out of the way. Crash turned to him with a look in his eyes. He looks angry.

"Crash, easy now." Cortex says, holding his hands out, defending himself. "Easy..."

"Dr. Cortex, the machine rejected Crash." Brio said, looking up the computer results. "It seems that his brain is immune to mind control!"

"Immune?" Cortex asked in shock. "But, how is that possible?!" Crash rushed over to Coco to get her from the grasp of Brio who backed away nervously. "After him!" Cortex said, pointing at Crash. The minions started to come towards the bandicoots. Crash snarled at them.

"Crash, run!" Coco said, running towards the exit, but blocked by Pinstripe who grabbed her by the ponytail, making her cry out. Crash tried to go after her, but the minions blocked his way. Cortex got his laser gun out, pointing at Crash.

"Come quietly, bandicoot." He demanded. "No one will get hurt." But Crash didn't listen. He ran away from the doctor and the minion scientists. Coco watched her brother running around the lab to get away. But, there is no escape. Crash ran towards the window. He shuts his eyes and crash towards the window. He looked down to see the ocean below.

"Uh-oh." Crash spoke before he fell. Glass falls down with him. Cortex went over to the window to look down to see a splash below. But it's too dark to see Crash in the water. Cortex slammed his fist on the wall by the broken window.

"Curses! He got away! Such an idiot to do a stunt like that!" He growled.

"What do we do now, doctor?" Brio asked. "Without Crash, no one will have a leader of your army." Cortex then formed an evil smile. He turned to Coco who was held by Pinstripe.

"No. But, we do have a female bandicoot here." He said, coming over to Coco who glared at him. "Since Crash is immune to mind control, maybe Coco could be the general."

"No way!" Coco said. "I won't be anybody's evil leader! I will get out of here and find my brother myself!" Cortex chuckled at her.

"I'm afraid that is quite impossible, my dear." He told her, placing his fingers under her chin to look at her green eyes. "You won't be going anywhere."

"But, Dr. Cortex, the Vortex needs to recharge after it rejected Crash. It needs time." Brio said. Cortex sighed a bit. He looked at Coco again.

"Enjoy your last two days of being an innocent little girl. Soon, you will be the general. Crash is now gone." Cortex said. "If you try to escape, my minions and creations will always find you." Coco hears Pinstripe chuckling behind her. He took her back to the room and lock her up while Cortex went over to the broken window. "Run while you can, Crash Bandicoot. If you come back for your dear sister, you won't see her the same way again. But one day, you will be mine."

Coco was thrown to her room, and Pinstripe closes the door and locked her in. Coco got up from the floor. She started to pace around the room. She is hoping that Crash will be okay out there. Since he is very close to her, he will come for her. But, Coco wants to get out of this place herself for her brother's safety. She went over to the window.

"You better be alive, Crash." She said to herself. "If you are, I will get out of here and join you out there. We have to be away from Cortex."

Back with Fluttershy, she heard a crash. She flies to the sound, and sees that the sound was an anthropomorphic roadrunner had crashed into a wall, leaving a perfect hole in his shape. He is now inside a hut on the beach. Next to him is an anthropomorphic sugar glider wearing high tech gauntlets and a hook on his tail. He sighs to the roadrunner. "You could have used the door,, dude. We are trying to lay low."

Fluttershy looked at the two in intrigue. "Oh my, who are you?"
The Sugar Glider and Roadrunner looked surprised at FLuttershy. They immediatley put their guard up, ready to defend themselves, clearly ignorant that they weren't in danger.
Fluttershy put up her hands. "Wait! I'm not here to hurt anyone!"

The Sugar Glider looks at her suspiciously. "Who are you? "
Fluttershy smiled sweetly. "I'm Fluttershy."
The Sugar Glider eased up "I'm Nosedive. "
The roadrunner nodded "Beep Beep! I'm Lil' Beeper."
"You look and sound like a character from one of Pinkie's favorite cartoons." Fluttershy giggled.
Lil Beeper cocked his head."What do you mean?" Fluttershy noticed he was speaking incredibly fast, too. She could hardly keep up with his conversation She smiled. " Something tells me Rainbow Dash and Pinkie would be able to keep up with you."

Nosedive shakes his head."We've been laying low for a while ever since we escaped Castle Cortex. But we can't go the the villagers either. They'll eat us!"
Fluttershy pondered. " Hmm… Then I’ll get the others and see what we can do to help."
Lil Beeper shook his head. "We were created by Dr Cortex. That's all the villagers need to know to condemn us to death. Unless you could get a word if from somebody they trust, they'll never listen to outsiders if they say we're not dangerous."
"It wouldn't hurt to try." Fluttershy says. She then flies off. Nosedive looks to Lil Beeper."We'd better start looking for a new hiding place, just in case. "

Meanwhile, back at the village, the group was rather surprised at what happened to Mikey, Pinkie and Sonata as Tai'ka was outside with said group.

Tai'ka smiled nervously." Sorry about that. I probably should've mentioned how big the feasts can be around here."
Leo nodded. "Likewise. We're sorry our friends got so caught up in the feast. They can be quite enthusiastic."

Mikey, Pinkie and Sonata looked like they each weighed about 1,000 pounds.

Mikey: "*Urp!* "Dude, what a meal."

Pinkie: "*Burp!* Yeah, I'm definitely full."

Sonata: "*Belch!* Reminds me of a friend me and my sisters know."

Fluttershy had made her way back to the camp. "Guys, we need to speak in private."
Shinigami paused. "Hmm?"

Mikey, Pinkie and Sonata stood up like totally healthy beings, despite their current form.
Fluttershy whispered to them."And it's best if the villagers don't get involved. "

Leo nodded. " Well, if you're sure."

Mikey spoke up. " Whoa, dudes. Check this out!" He Withdraws into his shell, with it becoming a giant shelled orb. " I'm a shell boulder!" Everyone laughs at that.

Fluttershy leads them to Nosedive and Lil Beeper's but, where they can be seen getting their things together to leave.

Casey tilts his head. " Uh, dudes? Why are you leaving?"

Nosedive shook his head."We need a new hiding place. If the villagers find out where we are, they'll cook us and eat us. They hate anything to do with Cortex. And they won't listen to you if you support us since you're outsiders."

Raph Cracks his knuckles. "Then we’ll get ‘em to listen."

Applejack Facepalms at his attitude. "That’s only gonna make things worse, Raph. Yer as stubborn as a mule."
Nosedive nodded. "If you want them to listen, you'll need the words of someone they trust."

Meanwhile, on the same island....
Sounds of waves are ringing in his ears. Seagulls can be heard around him. He felt the beaks poking his body, picking on his fur. Crash groaned and opened his eyes, making the seagulls fly away from him. Crash rolled on his back, holding his head with one hand, blocking the bright sun with the other, sitting up. He can see the ocean in front of him. He touches the sand with his hand, feeling the warmth and softness of it. He began to stand up, shaking the sand off of his fur, looking around himself to see he is no longer in Cortex's castle. He is on a different island. Behind him is a jungle. But he looked ahead of the ocean to see the island with a castle. That's Cortex's castle. He just remembered something. Coco is still out there. Crash must get her out of there, but...how? Crash couldn't swim all the way to get to the castle. After jumping out the window last night, he couldn't swim. He blacked out when the ocean took him away to a different island.

"Mmm." Crash mumbled. He is scratching his head in wonder. He had to get to that island to get his little sister out of there. He turned to face the jungle. Is this the island that Coco she dreamed about? Crash took a deep breath, and head in the jungle. He passed by a few crabs that are picking up scraps. And Crash noticed a few pieces of temple are laying around. He touched the stone and sniffed it. But he is not interested in it and kept walking through the quiet jungle. He hears birds chirping in the trees, and wildlife around him. He learns about some animals from Coco's books she read him, and about nature. Now Crash is experiencing it. If only Coco is here with him, she would love this.
He stopped to see temple stairs that lead up the rest of the island. He walked up the stairs. As he reached the top, he turned back to see the view of the beach and the ocean. He smiled at the beautiful sight.

"Whoa..." He said. This island is wonderful. It would make a good home for Crash and Coco one day. Then, his stomach started to growl. He touched his stomach, feeling it vibrate. He needs to find something to eat. He walked off to the jungle to find food for him to move on. He started to sniff the air. He hears a bird flying by him to get to the ground and uses its beak to dig the ground and got a worm. The bird flew away with a worm in its mouth. Crash raises a brow after he watched. He kneels down and dig for worms. He picked one from the dirt and put it in his mouth, but he spit it out in disgust. "Ack!" He spits out the dirt and wiped his mouth and walked away from the spot. Worms aren't a good meal. Crash must find something else.
After ten minutes of walking, Crash found a tree that is filled with fruit. He smiled at the sight of them. He remembered what they are called. Wumpa Fruit. Crash started to climb on the tree and started to reach for the fruit. But the tree branch started to snap, making the bandicoot fall to the grass. The fruits fell from the tree. Crash grabbed the Wumpa Fruit and took a big bite out of it.

"Mmm!" Crash moaned happily. The fruit is unbelievably delicious. The juice is falling from his mouth, but he licked it up with his tongue. He is in heaven now. As he was eating, two monkeys are on the tree, watching him. They see the fruit next to the bandicoot. They jumped down and took the fruit from him. Crash turned to see the monkeys stealing his food. He let out a cry of anger and started to chase after the monkeys through the jungle. The monkeys screeched as they hop tree to tree, holding the Wumpa Fruits. Crash continued to chase them to get his food back. But the monkeys are too fast for him, they climbed the trees to lose him. Crash is panting from running. Then, something caught his eye. There is a temple ruin ahead of him. The entrance is covered by vines. Crash doesn't know why, but something tells him to go inside. So Crash pulled the vines out of the way and went inside the old temple.

The torches by the bandicoot started to light, catching him by surprise. Crash took one of the wall and head down the dark temple. There are cobwebs everywhere, bugs scurrying here and there. Crash uses the torch to see the ground. There are old broken objects around. Is someone living here? Crash kept walking with a torch in one hand. Once he took a step, a brick lowered. Crash looked up to see arrows shooting from the walls, making him run across in panic. There are traps here. Crash let out a sigh of relief, seeing he is not shot by a arrow. He turned and there is something inside a dim room, and there is an object sitting on the stone. Crash came close to it and sees it's an ancient mask. It's brown with eyebrows, a nose, a mouth, and hollow eyes, and colorful feathers on top, and a green goatee below.

"Hmm." Crash wondered, studying the mask. He uses his free hand to grab the mask off of the stone. But, the temple started to shake. Crash triggered a trap. He whimpered and ran for his life. The place starts to crumble. Crash threw the torch down, and held the mask close to him and ran out of the old temple. He rolled on the grass and see the temple still standing, but the doorway has dust coming out of it. The inside is crumbling. "Whew!" Crash sighed, wiping his forehead. He looked down at the ancient mask with both hands. He turned it around to see the back, and place it over his face. Nothing. Crash scratched his head. Suddenly, he hears hissing sounds behind him. He turned, and there is a snake. It's black, and it has a red belly. Crash doesn't know if it's friendly or not. As he reached for it, the snake hissed louder and almost bit Crash's hand. The bandicoot jumped back in fright. The snake slithered towards him, getting ready to strike him. Crash started to whimper, backing away slowly.
Suddenly, the ancient mask started to glow. It flew up and went over Crash's face, and his body started to glow. The music was heard. Sounds of drums and a chant coming out of nowhere. Then, the bandicoot started to spin attack the snake, sending it away. The mask floats off of Crash's face and turned to him. Crash looked up at the ancient mask in awe. It's alive. And it's eyes are no longer hollow, they are gold.

"Are you alright, young one?" The mask asked. The voice is definitely male. Sounds gentle. Crash nodded at him, still in awe. "Good. I awaken just in time to save you from a venom snake. Be careful next time. This island may be peaceful, but it can be filled with danger." The mask said. "Now, I must ask. What is your name? You are the one who has awaken me."

CRash had no idea how to respond since h cnat talk. But he had a feeling his life was about to change Big Time.

Author's Note

The start of my new Equestria Ninjas adventure! I thank https://www.fimfiction.net/user/412753/RainbowRaptorDash1 for helping me write it. All characters beng to their original owners, including the OCs that are mine. Stay tuned for the second chapter!