Author's Note: Greetings to all my loyal viewers & followers to see another chapter up the horizon. Ready to ENVISION another exciting story, I bet ye be thrilled? Now the "King Of VISIONS" has another chapter of a tale to tell here. This be another in which ye can VISUALIZE the feats of another adventure to come. Here there be a really big battle the likes one never thought they see which might 'perk' an interest. But what shall be a greater surprise will be from SparrowJack and of what special secret there is about him none knew about until we reach an ending. So just hang loose and get ready to enjoy some excellent fun now….


Chapter 08: South Serpent Key

Off By The Shore Side Of Spiral Mountain

The focus scene is mostly on what was now present of a tall, REALLY tall, extra tall mountain of a spiral shape going up into the clouds. So leaving the shores were those that exit out of their row boats. The Mane Six bunch along with Spike, were now traveling with SparrowJack, Mr. Stone Gibbs, Professor Righteous, and from a bunch of Pegasus Pirate Ponies; like Lightning Flash, Roxas & Khazim. For the next Serpent Key will be waiting at the tippy top of the mountain's peak, and this challenge will require much more then those with wings, it'll take some brain & muscle strength to overcome this by sheer will of determination.

"So, this is Spiral Mountain's base?" Twilight spoke off in staring at the very mountain where it's peak is unseen to all.

"My word, if one didn't have magic or wings, then scaling or climbing a mountain THIS tall, seem impossible?" Rarity gasped off to say from where she stood, it seem impossible for anyone to just 'WALK' up the mountain.

"Probable, if ye play ye cards right lass." Captain SparrowJack pointed out real easy-like of looking at the situation differently.

"So where's de darn path ta take us there ta where dat there key be at?" Applejack asked off in pondering where they go to start going to the mountain's peak.

"Oh, I can answer that one. Riiiight…There!" Pinkie Pie pops in with a smile and poitns towards….a wooden sign with a smoothed out path leading up the mountain. "It's easy when you read a sign to help narrow the choice." She then made a cheeky smile by the sign that said 'Spiral Mountain Path - Wary Ye Fate, Only Ye Determine Can Scale Thy Path A-hoof!' labeled on it.

"Ye pink friend be strange, ye know it be true, savvy?" StoneGibbs whispered this to Spike in seeing how that lass does the earnest things, is beyond his knowing.

"Right, savvy?" Spike shrug of his shoulders to agree about Pinkie Pie's strange behavioral patterns are indeed, a mystery to them all.

"So then, how do we proceed? Should we fly a bit?" Fluttershy asked off if they should try to fly up to the mountain peak, but…

"Where's the fun in that? Takin' this & venture forth on hooves is good workout." Lightning Flash smiled off to state that even if he didn't fly, he be fast enough to reach the top even on foot or hoof.

"I'll bet I can still beat you even on the ground!" Rainbow Dash made a sly smile to challenge the guy, as both were feeling competitive.

"Now, now, lets not be so hasty here." Roxas spoke to cut the two eager dare-devil pegasus ponies from doing something foolish.

"Aye, me thinks ye settle matter after we get wha we came fer." Khazim nods proudly in agreement, they settle the case when they are done.

Professor Righteous was studying the area while the group was walking a bit towards the mountain path to carefully go up. But the alicorn felt like there was something amiss here that didn't settle with him at all.

"PRRususvhmmm…." Suddenly, a crimson magic beam was shot from above that was coming down near the explorers.

"Hugh! Lookout!" Professor Righteous gasped before he yelled out the warning to where he saw that attack coming.

"KURBOOMFruvhmmm…." Soon when those that were either farther or were shoved away by the professor, a bright explosive light was seen before what was seen became a huge smoke cloud of fire.

"Wha-Wha…what was that?" Spike gasped out in not knowing what just happened; where did that beam come from?

"Frusvhhmmm…." Suddenly, something very big and very large was seen falling from above the sky. It looked like some human figure, but with something of….a beak? And that beak seem to have been opened up to reveal some sorta cannon in it's feature.

"Everypony, fan out of there!" SparrowJack issued the order, as his crew mates and friends were moving their tails to get away from what was coming at them.

"POWWWFruvhmmm…" Suddenly, something gigantic had impacted where those that go out, managed to escape from being squashed. Soon as this strange creature was slowly positioning it's self upwards, did everyone get a good look at it, and boy was it a sight of the most unbelievable display seen from the gang on this sea adventure, so far. It looked like like a humanoid creature with a bird-like face, the eyes don't have pupils, covered with fur, and seems to have wings on it's back, and appears muscularly built. But the most notice features were that from the gray-violet fur, it had on a gray metal face of a bird, two metal talons for feet, five metal fingers on it's metal hands, and showed yellow eyes that were for the whole thing without pupils, like it was some mask. It's hard saying if this thing was even natural, especially when it wore some chains around it's chest area, like some acting hunter.

"Wha…what is that dreaded creature?" A random pirate asked off in seeing this creature.

"Is it a sea devil?" A second random pirate questioned of what the thing was.

"Tis a monster!" A third random pirate boldly stated what the beast is.

"Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness?" Fluttershy was seen panicking in looking sacred, what is this strange creature that towers them.

"Wha in tarnations is dat thing?" Applejack asked off in them never seeing the like of such in their lives or at sea thus far.

"I can't believe such magical creations still exist, the G-Iron Crow?" Professor Righteous spoke off in mentioning the identity of this behemoth before them.

"G-Iron Crow?" Pinkie Pie spoke off in never hearing of such a name in her life. "What's that?" She like her friends, like to know the answer to the question.

"Whatever it is, it's HUuuuge!" Rarity exclaimed from gasping out in seeing just how big this thing was, it's way bigger

"Don't they teach you any warfare history?" Lightning Flash asked off surprise in hearing these ponies don't know what they are even seeing.

"You forget, they come from a peaceful village, and it's likely they aren't clued in." Roxas shrug off his shoulders in knowing that those from a nice place that doesn't get much problems, would even know about war and stuff.

"So some pony wanna tell us anything about this weird Iron Crow whatever?" Rainbow Dash asked off annoyed in not even knowing who or WHAT they got to deal with.

"Simply put, it's a magic golem made by a magic spell caster." SparrowJack spoke off in making the answer a bit brief for any to catch up on; at least those in the magic arts department. "Course, normal golem creations lack one thing besides personality matters with loyalty, having strong magic forces in their bodies to give them that edge." He pondered off to mention this, golems are just brute muscle works for combat, magical attacks were not their speciality; or so it seemed here.

"I heard there were some forces constructing such magic of creating golem classes of science and sorcery, to the extent of making them operable with a user's self by remote needs. They were mostly those used in times of great wars and feared as being powerful mobile weapons, hard to penetrate their outside titanium alloy shells , joints made of super high polymer special polyeththylene with reinforced aramid fiber body hair cover stand, and firing powerful magical attacks." Professor Righteous explained some of the basic terms of what a G-Iron Crow was, a golem so very advance, it's a dangerous case to be handled. "But I can't believe there's one this huge. I was certain such productions were stop under Celestia's rule? Heh, I must be falling behind the times in not seeing what strives are made even today." He ended up smiling on the half point of his discussion speech about this disastrous thing that showed means of being a force so terrible, even Celestia ban it's use.

"Aye, it must be one of them high-end units? Tis best be careful, they're said to be the dangerous lot! The can to best even giant foes?" Mr. StoneGibbs explained with a stern face in knowing they got a real troublemaker here alright.

Now the Mane Six & Spike seemed a bit worried now, it was hard handling two weirdos with magical forces of chaos magic, but now they are facing some mechanical golem creation that sounds too tough to beat. What can their hope be to best this?

"Geh-heheheheheeehhh…." Suddenly, the G-Iron Crow begins to let off a cackle laughter of some cocky operator from some radio frequency wave-link. "Now this is lucky. So many famous ponies gathered in one place." He spoke in registering the Mane Six that haves helped save Equestria from Nightmare Moon to even the Sparrow Pirates under their Pirate Overlord. "Taking all these guys down would get me more credit than if I got the Serpent Key, wouldn't it?" He spoke off in pondering how much credit he'll earn by taking down this lot to earn a big name for himself. "Geh-Hahahahahaaahhh…." He lets off an evil cackle in sounding like he's gonna enjoy this little event, very, very much to his heart's content.

"Hugh, hey pal, who's gonna finish off whom here?" Khazim spoke off in feeling a bit ticked off by this guy looking down on the pirates. "Have some of this!" He brought out his cannons and prepared to fire. "POW-POW-POW-POWfruvhmmm…." And it let loose the dogs of war by blasting his cannons at the giant.

"BAM-BAM-BAM-BOOMFruvhmmm…" And every shot covered that giant foe all over until there was nothing but a cloud of smoke.

"Heh, piece of cake." Khazim smirked at his work, that takes care of the problem…or did it? "Whaaaaat?" But then he gasped when the smoked cleared, the enemy was shown completely undamaged without a scratch.

"No way? Those powerful cannons look like they didn't even broke the thing?" Spike yelped off in seeing that, how was it there was no damage at all.

"Cannons, magic beams from unicorns to alicorns, they won't breech my defense. For I am Gido, I was hired up to acquire the key here by my employer, but I'm sure she won't mind if I handle you all first?" The revealed G-Iron Crow revealed who he himself is, and that there was nothing this group can do to beat him.

"Say the word captain, and we'll fight this metallic nightmare!" Lightning Flash stated from bringing out his cutlass now.

"Right, he looks a bit harder then either Katastrophy or Dizchord?" Roxas stated in getting himself in position here to fight until….

"No, none of you or our new friends will fight. I will take care of this myself." Professor Righteous steps forth with a serious face to stop the others from going up, as he'll face Gido…alone!

"Professor Righteous…" Twilight gasped in shock, was the professor of the group actually being serious.

"Captain, get everyone to go up the mountain, get the Serpent Key as fast as possible." Professor Righteous instructed this with a stern face in what the others need do at this time. "You know as well as I do, if they get it first, it would be bad for any of us. And also…" He explained the situation of the case if even one key falls in the wrong clutches, and then looks to the group in ceasing his discussion.

The others yelp a bit when the professor looked to them, almost like he was staring at their appearance or capabilities to determine a logic of how well the pirates and the Mane Six can do against Gido's mechanical golem body.

"Many of you won't be capable of fighting this thing, it's a mechanical golem made to be unbreakable by the outside. But as a professor, I know more about it's structure, and knowing it's one flaw of a weakness. By destroying the core orb inside it, the body will be rendered useless." Professor Righteous explained that only he has the logic, the knowledge, and the right form of tactical planning to give him the edge against this.

"So no matter what I say, ye won't take no fer an answer?" SparrowJack spoke off in hearing this and knowing what it means. "Alright, more a reason not to let your bravo go to waste." He nods in understanding the alicorn professor's will and turns to his crew. "Men, lets hurry, our professor will handle this monster." He announced this to pump up their spirits to leave this fight to Professor Righteous

"AAAAAYEEE!" The crew responded in hearing this and shall obey.

"Keh!" Gido laughed of such rubbish remarks of bravo. "All of you are gonna die right here!" As he spoke this, he opened his metal beak up and down wards to reveal a mechanical cannon installment which was charging up a magical laser beam.

"Now…." Professor Righteous yelled out, as he took off into the air by his wings to suddenly charge forth against this giant adversary. Then as quick as Rainbow or Lightning Flash, he zipped between to knot back Gido's right leg.

"WOooaaahh!" Gido yelped from when something pushed pass him and looked about ready to lose balance. "THruspvhmm…BOOMPowfruvhmmm…" And without warning, his magic laser beam was fired too close to the ground that unleashed an explosion afterwards.

The bright light and the shockwave force made some of the pirates and the Mane Six along with Spike yelp from such a force even if it missed them.

"Now, all of you, go!" Professor Righteous signal the bunch to get going now, as he'll hold the fort here.

"Ye be a life saver, professor!" Lightning Flash replied off to say this to the guy as they were heading off/

"Quickly all of you, lets hurry!" Roxas instructed the others nearby that they must depart.

"But, can we really leave him all alone?" Fluttershy questioned in thinking one pony against a gigantic golem is way too much.

"Yes, I agree, we should fight together." Rarity nods in agreeing to such terms here.

"Trust us, he's tougher then he be looking'!" Khazim declared with a smile that they have nothing to fear.

"SparrowJack, can he…" Twilight was about to ask with doubt if one pony could defeat such a powerful creature of both mechanical and magic qualities.

"Trust him lass, I do, an so should ya." SparrowJack smiled off to say this in knowing Professor Righteous, he won't die that easily.

"Alright, lets go girls. Spike, hop on!" Twilight nods slowly in accepting this before instructing Spike to get on her back to hold on tight.

With that, the Mane Six begin to run with the pirates up the mountain's pathway to take them upwards. At the moment, Professor Righteous has his horn glowing while getting himself into a battle position, even if he's but the brains of the Sparrow Crew, he is not without his own 'fighting' style, as he held his spell book closely to him.

"You blasted stallion, don't you think I'll let you have a painless parting now." Gido spoke when he rose his giant golem body up after that accidental fire blast cease and the smoke clouds were clearing away.

"I be more concern about yourself? For having to face me as an opponent, will be your downfall?" Professor Righteous quoted out in mentioning this out of the blue now with a calm collected tone.

"What? For facing you?" Gido asked off in not getting that kinda talk there. "Are you high? How the heck can a mechanical golem have a downfall?" He asked off in what this guy's deal was, it made so little sense.

"No, it's for the operator." Professor Righteous calmly stated the manner of what he was stating.

"Heh?" Gido huff off in hearing such blabber, what's this guy on about now.

"Because of you relaying on that to deal with us, once it's gone, you probably aren't much a threat anymore. That's my scientific point of the situation." Professor Righteous declared off with a serious look on his face in how he'll attack.

"POWWfruvhhmmm…." Then without warning, Gido fired a magic beam from his Iron Crow at the professor. "KURBooomfruvhmmm…" The attack exploded on contact, but the professor managed to take to the skies to avoid a fatal injury.

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" Gido was taunting out to the flying alicorn genius guy while firing more beam shots from his metal beak mouth. "Geh-hahahahaaahhhh!" He let off his evil cackle to be heard while making his mechanical golem follow the target flying in the sky.

But as Professor Righteous was flying, he had to be careful where he was going, cause any of those random magic beam shots would hit the mountain where his crew and friends are. "I gotta fight off without any of those attacks getting my comrades." He issued with a stern face, he has to be careful, one wrong maneuver could be fatal to not him but his friends.


The Lower Section On Spiral Mountain

We see the pirates and the Ponyville resident gang scaling the mountain really quick. But as they were making their way to go further up, there were some that had concerns for the one they left behind to face that giant golem monstrosity.

"Hey guys, think that professor guy will be okay?" Spike asked off in hoping that what they did wasn't too selfish.

"Oh yes, I am a bit worried for him?" Fluttershy spoke in concerns in what they had just performed here.

"Well he said he handle things?" Rainbow Dash shrug off to say in what they did was from that alicorn's words of taking the responsible path.

"But fer how long against dat big old thing?" Applejack asked off that even Professor Righteous might not handle that big a threat even as an alicorn.

"Say mister captain SparrowJack, will your friend be okay?" Pinkie Pie asked off the big question that was on all of their minds.

"When I say he'll be fine, then he'll be fine." SparrowJack replied off to simply say what he knows without second guessing.

"Somehow, I can't tell if that's serious or just an excuse?" Twilight rolled her eyes in hearing the strange responses this captain of pirates makes off with. "Maybe we should try and…." She was about to say they should help until…

"Watch out for that there attack!" Mr. StoneGibbs shouted from seeing something coming at them from below.

"WAaaahhh!/POwwfruvhmm…" The Mane Six screamed out before the pirates tackle them down before a loose magical beam laser blasted across their area.

"Captain! Every one!" Professor Righteous called out in seeing what happened, as his smart brain was un-focus towards what disaster struck. "Gugh?" He yelped because of one thing….he felt a magical presence of an enemy.

It was Gido's G-Iron Crow body, as he leaped up to grasp his right open hand which showed a hidden conceal cannon. "You shouldn't be looking away at a time like this." Gido remarked this fact off from catching his target off guard now.

"PRUUFrsusuvhmmm…" Then without warning, that palm unleashed a jet of flames.

"Gaaugh!" Professor Righteous yelped in seeing this, but look like he couldn't act in time.

Soon the scene shows a giant flame wave from the G-Iron Crow that impacted the small alicorn, before it soar off against the sky as a smoking pile of a pony's body. Gido soon landed on the ground to stare up at his progress now.

"Geheheheheheheehhh…How's that?! It's a fire for roasting targets!" Gido laughed off evilly in stating a fact to his roasted prey. "Don't drop just yet, that was just the pre-heating!" He proclaimed in not having finished playing with this guy yet. "For now, I'm gonna slow-roast ya." He declared in wanting to slowly enjoy his time playing with his target.

"Pre-heating you say?" Professor Righteous voice was heard from within the cloud of smoke as he was soaring in the sky. "With that level of heat? That be quite inept for cooking." The guy replied off while sounding pretty much fine and dandy.

"Huh?" Gido looked up confused, the target doesn't sound hurt, why's that?

Soon as the smoke clouds cleared away, Professor Righteous was shown having cast a powerful aura glow shield over his body, protecting him from that attack earlier. "This Magic Aura Guard can protect my body, even against such harsh measures like fire." He explained "This time now, I'll be the one to cook you, it seems. Perhaps with some poison remedy I've concocted." He boldly spoke in what he'll do now from what Gido was gonna do to him.

"No problem…" Gido responded in feeling he wasn't afraid of what would happen, the body he's using is not organic after all.

Soon things begin to slowly heat up around the two preparing to fight.


That Gang Up On The Mountain

After surviving that attack did the pirates help up the mares and baby dragon. They all were unhurt, the damage on the rocks seem to have dug in, but they can still keep going up.

"That was too close?" Roxus signed in what they managed to get out of.

"Aye, tis swashbuckling that be brutal to thy extreme states." Khazim nods in agreement from dodging that attack that almost had them.

"We better get to higher levels, so any attacks missed fire won't get us." Lightning Flash suggested the best route to insure they are safe.

"Good on ye mates, come on lot, lets get moving! The professor isn't gonna be at this all day now?" SparrowJack responded off in agreeing with the lot, as they need to move along.

"Aye!" The crew responded in hearing the order to move out. But the Mane Six seem a little more slow on the update.

"And fer ye lasses, hold this." SparrowJack toss something to which Twilight caught…a strange object.

"What's this?" Spike asked in seeing the object was like a crystal mirror plate, what was it for?

"A view crystal, the professor made it so we could keep tabs on any of us if we be separated. So if ye worry, ye can check up on his progress." SparrowJack explained what that object was, something for those that worry about his matey can keep tabs on the guy.

"Well we…I….thanks?" Twilight was hesitant at first before she gave thanks, the captain seems compassionate enough for his crew mates.

The pirate captain smiled at the compliment before signaling his men that they must continue onwards. And the Mane Six nods to follow along with their own plans for the hour here.


Meanwhile, The Battle Going On?

The scene focuses back towards the Professor that was keeping himself flying above while staring below, the G-Iron Crow piloted by Gido. Then suddenly, Gido moved his arms in a cross pattern, as they were glowing a bright magical force. The professor saw this to yelp in knowing what was coming.

"Slice Shot!" As Gido spoke from opening the beak metal mouth, the cannon was showing a magical charge build up and then… "PRrushvm-Prusvhm…PRUFRrovhmmm…." Then from waving out his arms from the 'X' form, he cut across his magical beam that somehow split into crescent beams, all heading upwards at the target.

"Heh…Huuuagh!" Soon Professor Righteous was seen dodging the attacks left and right as quick as his wings could do.

"Crusfruvhm-Crusfruvhmm-Crusfruvhmm…" And each of the shots hit the side of the mountain to make cut marks, real sharp. "PRrususfrovhmmm…" Then Gido still had a bit of a charge from his main cannon in the mouth, as it fired up towards the pony.

"Huuuaagh!" Professor Righteous surpassingly did a backflip to avoid that last shot coming at him.

"This guy saw through my Slice Shot!" Gido responded off surprise in seeing some pony managed to predict that move, was it because he knows how G-Iron Crows fighting style & attack patterns work. "I'll give him this much, he's got some incredible dynamic visual acuity!" He regretfully complimented how this alicorn with the pirates may prove more harder then expected.

"Blind Alchemy!" As Professor Righteous got into position, his horn glowed a strong aura color and then… "POWwfruvhmmsisizizivhmm…." Soon he shot off what look like a double conjured summoning of two vials of purple liquid stuff going towards the target.

"CRashfruvhmmm…/Gah-Huuuaaghh?" The vials broke off on contact with Gido's golem mask feature, but he yelped cause now he couldn't see.

Professor Righteous kept himself within the air, as he managed to only temporally blind his foe since he was not an organic opponent. Then the guy was focusing his magic from studying his spell book, and was amazingly concocting something by mixing different potion ingredients. And then after a while, he let the liquid pour out while having his horn use magic to levitate and make the substance liquid take form.

"Geeeigh?" Finally, Gido managed to have more view on what was going on before him after getting the stuff off his eyes he was hit with. "What's that?" He asked off stump shock, what was it his target was creating during their battle while still unable to get a visual.

"I'm known as the Scholar of the Seas, by a strange mixture of potions & ingredients, by magic alchemy performance can I make a cutlass with strong elemental properties." Professor Righteous spoke forth this explanation while the liquid solidify into a cutlass by magic alchemy.

Soon the pony dives down to no be wielding a blade he just formed to attack Gido who's still suffering from being temporally blind still.

"Geeeh?" Gido yelps a bit from removing his hands to see who was coming at a fast rate.

"Huuuaaghhh!/PRUSCRruoossvhhmmm…" Suddenly from Professor righteous alchemy blade, he slash it across the G-Iron Crow's gut. "TRrieessfruvhmmm…" But as he flew off from pushing the giant foe, apparently, the sound of metal sounded like…there was no breech in such a defense.

"Heh, well what do you know? It's just as hard as I'd expected it be." Professor Righteous made a small smile in seeing that the G-Iron Crow's strong defensive body is living up to it's name; even a blade he made from magic alchemy won't be enough it seems.

As the pony was flying up into the air, his foe was registering that action. "Like Tartarus some half-hearted attack like that is gonna do anything to me, moron!" Gido taunted off in stating that such a weapon use won't even scratch the surface of his G-Iron Crow, nothing will, that's why it's hard to beat.

Now the professor flies off further while trying to calculate a plan of attack here.


Halfway Up Spiral Mountain

We soon see how those scaling, climbing or even flapping their wings are doing at this time. They were just barely having room to cross an edge that was so thin, ponies & Spike, had to lean their backs against the wall and stand on their high legs to move while not looking down. Only the pegasus ponies were flying with their wings around this, just in case anyone fell or it there was no path to lead for more a wider solid ground.

"Okay lads and lasses, just remember…don't look down." SparrowJack spoke off to instruct this important matter that everyone should keep note about.

"WAaahh!" Course Rarity almost yelped to look down and then whack herself against the wall with a look of terror. "Um, excuse me…I just looked down? And it's….VERY FAR!" Rarity exclaimed with a worried expression, she had no idea they climbed so far up, that, and she's feeling exhausted.

"Oh by Sailor's Wits!? Can't ye not be so much are mare if ye knew wha be getting in?" Mr. StoneGibbs rolled his eyes in watching this action and Rarity really should know this is how their adventures go.

"I most certainly did, and this is really exciting!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed from flying and feeling like a real buccaneer.

"Um, minus that if you aren't careful, then…gulp…it's a long way down?" Fluttershy swallowed hard to look down, it would be scary if she didn't have wings to fly.

"Right, and heaven only knows, wha goes up, gotta come down?" Applejack rolled her eyes in knowing what they gotta be careful about next.

"Lets just keep it focus and simple, every pony, and Spike, hold on to my tail." Twilight instructs her group that they are to do their best and wants Spike to not let go of her tail if he falls.

"Ah come on Twilight, I can handle my self pretty well." Spike was pretty much very confident to not worry until… "Crufruvhmmm…" He step on something that made him feel a little lost for balance. "WAAAaughh!" He screamed out to grasp something, a tail nearby he grabbed to pull himself up.

"Owww! Spike?" Twilight yelped from feeling her tail pulled too hard that she felt hurt.

"What, you said grab your tail, and I did?" Spike stated in recalling what his friend told him.

"Not that hard?" Twilight scolds her baby dragon about confusing her words.

Soon the group reached the spoke where the area got wider and many that were not on as being fliers, managed to have a break.

"Argh, any sign of the top?" Khazim asked off in looking up, but saw nothing but clouds.

"I think we have to bypass those clouds, Spiral Mountain isn't noted for being the tallest and hardest place to scale for nothing?" Roxas stated the logic in what they can vaguely see ahead of them.

"Lets just hope this time, we get the key and it ain't swiped from us fer a third time!" Lightning Flash rolled his eyes in recalling the last two times, enemies stole the key.

"Come now lads, if ye yearn fer our treasure, ye yearn to venture straight & true!" SparrowJack spoke off to encourage the crew to not lose their sense of adventure.

"Aye, captain!" The crew cheered in hearing that with their spirits renewed.

"Then lets keep movin' then, Professor Righteous is doin' his part, we need ta move it!" Mr. StoneGibbs instructs the other members to move it to, and that includes the mares of the bunch.

"Cheer up Twilight, he's fine, and we got a way to watch how he's doing too." Pinkie Pie pats her friend's back while being careful not to fall or drop their View Crystal of what's happening below.

"Right…thanks Pinkie…?" Twilight slowly responded in seeing her friend's sense to help her was noble.

With that, everyone just keeps on moving along to go upwards. Hopefully they will find where the key lies and hopefully getting down will be the easy part then going up. But still, many thoughts are on their professor friend, hopefully, he is doing okay with facing that G-Iron Crow of Gido. One can only watch a little and climb some more to hope for the best.


Meanwhile, Back Below Spiral Mountain

At this moment, we see Professor Righteous was flying in the air while he was opening a canister to have a drink of fresh water. He's been keeping up this paste against his opponent of distance and range attacks for a while now.

"Stop flying around!" Gido was heard yelling as he was stomping to catch up to the speedy alicorn. During the moment, the professor dropped his canteen of water.

"Now then, the section responsible for such advance magic and science work, to allow even the user to taste what's transmuted?" Professor Righteous spoke this off while gazing down at the running G-IronCrow. "There, inside its head from what I once read on about, huh?" As he mentioned his thoughts of knowing such advance golem creating weaponry, the alicorn's senses detected a glowing mark within Gido's weapon body by the beak joint.

Just as Professor Righteous was getting ready to make his move, he was cut off suddenly. "Slicer Shot!" Gido was announcing the name of a familiar attack while he was in the same battle stance from before. "Cruvfruvhm-Crusvfruvhm-Crusvfruvhmm…" Soon he undid his crossed arms to unleash another crescent beam barrage of attacks heading upwards in the air at the target.

"Trusfruvhm-Frusvhm, Trusvhmm-Trusvhmm…" Luckily though, Professor Righteous used his new blade made of alchemy magic to counter or bounce the magic shots away from him. "Darn, it would seem this product of crafting a blade with alchemy magic wasn't hard enough? I'll make a mental note to improve this next time?" He issued from looking at his cutlass, it was chipped away from the blocking attacks, the professor will have to improve it a bit. "Trusvhmmm…/CLrufruvhmm…" Then a bright light came almost near him, and the professor reacted, only to end up losing hold of his weapon to fall downwards. "Darn it! I was careless?" He cursed in seeing he let his mind distract him from knowing he's still battling.

"Beam Shot!" Gido announced forth to unleash another wave of his barrage of crescent beams.

Professor Righteous saw this, and had to fly higher to avoid the attacks, but…

"You moron, take this!" Gido remarked off the pony's choice before his metal beak feature opened to expose his cannon inside while charging.

"Now's my chance!" Professor Righteous responded in seeing a perfect opening, as he took out a vial case to from his person. "Poison Vial!" As he spoke this, he threw the vial at the target when he was preparing a slow but powerful attack.

Time seem to be taking a slow course in where the pony that was near feet in front of a blast shot, had thrown forth a vial of some poison mixture. "Breaktrisshvmm…" Then at the moment, that vial broke on the G-Iron Crow's sensory spot of tasting, but…

"POWWFruvhhmmm…/GOOUUWWaaaughhh!" Professor Righteous braced himself from taking a risky gamble to get impacted by a close magic beam attack by the enemy.

"GEeeaaaagh?" Gido yelped to shut his metal beak from his golem body while the pony was dropping.

"Guuagh?" Professor Righteous yelped from his impact of the ground, he managed to make his attack make contact, but it seem reckless in doing so.

"Geeeeeh?" Gido groans from looking a bit annoyed at what was done to him. "HUURRAARRrughhh!" Then the G-Iron Crow was rushing and leaped upwards where his foe fell down.

"BASH-CRUSshfruvhmmm…." Just as Professor Righteous was about to get up and move, he was suddenly pin down but a giant metal talon foot from Gido's giant golem body. The pony groans from the impact he felt, but he had on his magic aura shield to take most of the blow, but that didn't mean he was completely safe as he was pin still.

"You did something strange to the inside of my mouth, didn't ya?" Gido asked off in demand in having known what this little pony tried to do. "But you forget about the G-Iron Crow capability of having taste transmission functions, we can cut them off, and component analysis it which had already begun." He held his left metal hand to his face in explaining that unless the user and this mechanical golem share everything, one can cut off from feeling pain or side-effects from where the real bodies are. "Poison, huh?!" He stated from getting the analysis of what this pony was giving him.

Then Professor Righteous yelped from feeling a sudden squeeze take effect from being pin, as he gritted his teeth.

"Cheeky stallion." Gido remarked off to the pony's sly and high thought of what he was trying to pull over him. "You think something like that obviously would work against a G-Iron Crow, not likely." Gido exclaimed that such method was not even gonna be enough to finish him off.

"Heh?" Professor Righteous suddenly made a strange cheeky chuckle in hearing that statement there. "I don't know about that." He responded in somehow having a different opinion in mind over that logic.

"Heh?" Gido replied off in not following what this pony was muttering about now.

"This here's a good place. This is just where I wanted to be at." Professor Righteous responded in stating a fact of where they are. "It's far enough away from Spiral Mountain base and my friends." He issued this even against his giant foe that has him pin, stating what he was trying to do. "I can finally go all-out about now." The guy exclaimed this factor about going off to fight a bit more seriously.

"Hmmm?" Gido tilted his head in not following such things, was the alicorn not getting serious until now.

"No one…" Professor Righteous spoke this off while from around his area…were smashed beaker cases that spilled off strange dark violet liquids.

And from those strange chemicals, they started to unleash a strange mist above what was a crater area that the professor lead him and Gido to.

"Urgh?" Gido yelped in feeling like he was seeing something strange going on, but what?

"No one will be close when I unleash this, too dangerous in a big crowd." Professor Righteous issued forth that he had to be careful, for one wrong move in what he would do if he went all out, might be dangerous.

"Grussfruvhmmm…" Suddenly, the mist from the spilt chemicals began to have a chain reaction to unleash now a cloud of steam. Whatever the smart guy from the Sparrow Crew was up to, it seem pretty strange and seem kinda spooky in what will happen next.


Above Nearly 75 Present Climb On Spiral Mountain

The Sparrow Crew along with the Mane Six, they were nearing what would almost be the clouded cloud portions. Here, they must watch their step or they'll fall from taking one wrong step. But just as they were making progress, Twilight saw the viewing crystal and saw…what happened just now.

"Oh no! We have to go back?" Twilight yelps to say from looking at the Viewing Crystal in worry.

"What's wrong?" Spike asked in feeling there was something wrong for Twilight to say so.

"The professor…he's in trouble!" Twilight stated in sounding very concern over the subject here.

The pirate bunch stop to mutter their worries in hearing this, this was enough to even earn the captain's attention in hearing such things.

"Really lass, lets see the problem?" SparrowJack replied off in being the calmer member of the group to request this.

Twilight showed her View Crystal in showing the images of what happened below, and everyone saw it; Professor Righteous is in peril. While some showed caution and concern, only those like some of the elite pirates that earn names for themselves showed more focus looks, like studying the battle feat and of what is…about to happen.

"Hmmm….ya right, he's in a pickle." SparrowJack spoke off with not much of a shock expression as some would expect.

"Captain…?" Mr. StoneGibbs raised an eyebrow in wondering what his captain would say about this.

"But don't threat, he's still good. He'll be fine." SparrowJack waved off in stating they have no worries, even when it seems like he doesn't care.

"FINE! He looks about ta be meeting' an end?" Applejack protest in not believing what the fella was saying.

"Yeah, the big guy got him pin!" Pinkie Pie stated in what they see, Gido has the professor pin down.

"True, it looks bad, but in truth, ye need to see wha our chap is doing from his point of view and not ya own. It's not wha ya do, but rather, how ye proceed through things," SparrowJack stated out another puzzled sentence that lead to some puzzling confusion here.

The Mane Six stared in disbelief, what was this guy talking about. But from closure look at the crystal, they see the professor released some strange mist cloud stuff from his beakers, what were those things?

"He seems to have release something?" Rarity stated from noticing what was going on now.

"What is it?" Fluttershy asked in not having any idea what the stuff even was.

"Why tell, when in mere moments, ye will see." SparrowJack calmly and smiled off to say that in mere moments, they'll have an answer. "But trust me, if ye seen them chemicals he's unleashed and what they can truly do, ya may see it." He issued that the professor unleashed something that will help him out in his battle.

The Mane Six were questioning that logic, but what other choice did they have but to trust SparrowJack's choice as a pirate leader. With that, they held the View Crystal before continuing to go up further of the mountain.


Meanwhile, At The Bottom Of The Mountain Right Now

The scene focuses back to the battle of Gido visit Professor Righteous. Where the pony's smashed beakers all around were beginning to spread off and seem pretty thick.

"Deadly Mist!" Professor Righteous announced forth the name of this move that was beginning to spread a bit around.

"Heh?" Gido looked upwards in seeing that whatever the pony had smashed around, covered pretty much a lot of their open area as dark violet cloud mist with steaming yellow vapor trails. "You know, this is the newest line of a G-Iron Crow? Even if I can feel things, unless I decide to, this body has cleared even against poisons from far deadly deciding islands of waste and whatknot. So of course, poison won't do a thing!" He was explaining while bragging that even poison won't be enough to beat a golem weapon like what he's using.

"So you say, then…that's pretty much perfect." Professor Righteous responded from hearing this statement that got his interest. "Now I can compare some noted facts for research. To see which is more toxic!" He stated off with a cheeky smile in liking to have this be something for his research. And soon the alicorn used some bit of magic from his horn to help the Deadly Mist have a change in it's feature; turning it into something…MORE deadly perhaps.

"This is…?" Gido held up his right arm from starting to sense something. "Brizizizvhmm…" Suddenly within the G-Iron Crow, sparks were electrifying within the golem created weapon that wasn't suppose to be beat, but there seem a problem now… "A part of my vision & skin sensory signals got cut off!" Gido responded off in realizing there was a problem with his perfect golem body. "Gehh…Nrruagraaughh?" The groaned from feeling something was giving him a hard struggle now. "Brizizizivhmm…" Some more sparks are seen inside the mechanical golem's body, as if having a bad reaction to this event. "That's quite a strong irrupting odor, my sense of smell is almost completely cut off." Gido stated from where his G-Iron Crow body shook, almost a lot of it's sensory systems are cutting down so the guy doesn't suffer. "Don't tell me? Is this stuff volcanic gas?!" He asked off in realizing something of what this stuff could be, but…

"It's actually hydrogen sulfide." Professor Righteous issued off the correct term of the stuff he's unleashed.

"Geeh?" Gido groans a bit to stare down at his foe, was that the stuff he's unleashed to cause the G-Iron Crow to have problems.

"I created it by disassembling waste products I've collected on my journey and now that they are broken out of the beakers, releases the stuff as a spray." Professor Righteous explained the matter of the substance and how he managed to perform the task it's self to get this result.

"Hydrogen Sulfide?" Gido replied off in hearing the name right, was this pony mad or something. "Foir a normal pony, even a 0.1 percent concentration of that stuff would mean instant death." He knows his facts, the stuff this professor was using was something else entirely and almost hard to compensate. "You really are something else to be able to create all this lethal poison." As Gido spoke, he was pressing the pony down as he was seen struggling under the increase weight of the metal talon pining his magic aura shielding his body and this mist of poison. "But too bad. These G-Iron Crows were originally designed for the purpose of infiltrating places no average creature can get close to in flesh-and-blood bodies. The titanium alloy bodies won't even corrode from a high concentration of gas from a volcanic eruption." He explained forth the perfection of the specially made golem of science and magic by mechanical and sorcery efforts that bring such promising results. "Thus why they were made as perfect weaponries and unicorns that made such things feared them to stop production, only for some to continue perfecting it. So now, it looks like you are all out of tricks, Professor Righteous, former scholar friend of the Royal Sisters." Gido made this sly remark off towards the guy that was now out of his league, and this would be his end.

Soon the evil foe begins to make a mad cackle at this moment in having the advantage. But even so, the pony that was looking to be out of tricks…smiled.

"And what if I can create even stronger poison than this, what then?" Professor Righteous spoke this up that when heard, made the one laughing cease. "As a professor and one with knowledge over the years, magic alchemy and potion mixing is what I do best. I could develop poison strong enough to melt you into a puddle." He declared off saying those stuff as some bold claims of making something stronger then what he's using now.

"I figured out what you're trying to get me to do." Gido responded from lifting his head up to look above over this poison mist stuff. "This smoke is combustible gas." As he turn his head the other way, he stated what the truth was for this mist that had a 'hidden' addition to it. "You're just trying to make it catch on fire from my attack, now aren't you? Hugh?" Gido stared down at the pin, and yet still smirking professor in realizing what was gonna happen if the guy lit the fire on fire; he go KABOOM! "Then I think I'll deliver on your expectations." Gido declared off to wave off his right arm in stating he'll foresee to it what this pony was expecting him to do if he didn't realize the situation. "I'll show you that your plan won't have any effect on me at all, and at the same time, I'll get ride of this very annoying smoke…so I can get a good look at your face as you perish!" As Gido was stating what he'll do while sounding annoyed and cocky, Professor Righteous watched from his pin state of about to see if his plan truly comes into motion or not. "Crusvhhmmm-Frususvhhmm…" Soon the metal beak opened to reveal the cannon, as it was charging up to fire in this combustible gas filled area.

"Geh,….Enhance Aura Shield!" Professor Righteous yelped in seeing this action about to take place, as he quickly enhanced the aura covering his body like a protective coat, and enhanced it to the max.

"PRrususfrvhhmm…/Frususfropsvhmmm…" Soon Gido fired a beam from the mouth of the cannon, and then everything started to catch on fire here. "KURPOWWFRsuusvhmmm…." And from the darken flaky scene, vanished from being burn before a dome size explosion came from what happened; as the light of the exploded force was impacting both the G-Iron Crow and a struggling professor pony to withstand this. "BOOM-BAMFruvhmmm-KURBOOMFruvhhmmm…." Course the explosive works were so massive and huge, it was like seeing a nuclear bomb go off that covered the area.

Now at long last, we see what the results are as the smoke from the battle begins to clear away, and we see…how the enemy has handled himself.

"Sure is sturdy, ain't it now?!" Gido proclaimed out loudly from his smoking G-Iron Crow's body while not feeling anything wrong. "Even with all that gas lighting on fire and exploding, I barely took any damage!" He shut the metal beak for the cannon in seeing that even from such a powerful force, he's perfectly fine.

As for Professor Righteous, he was still pin down, and it looked like he used up much of his magic aura coating on himself to where it was completely gone.

"The one who took real damage is you. What a pitiful sight you are." Gido declared in seeing this professor was now just a shell of what his big high & mighty self was. "Trususfruvhmmm…" Then he opened his cannon from his mouth, as he's preparing to attack once more with his magical beam.

"I'm already out of vials & beakers for anything of use now." Professor Righteous spoke this stuff within his mind of realizing his currency. "Now all that's left for me, is to pray by Celestia's name that 'it' had enough effect." He spoke off to state something of his own hidden meaning of the situation.

"Looks like the one to perish was for you instead…" Gido was remarking this issued fact towards the weaken alicorn. "Once you're gone, your crew and pals are next, and all the Seprent Keys you got. Farewell!" Gido announced forth in having said what he wanted and gave his regards of a farewell.

"PRrususfruvhmmm…/Frususfruvhmmm.." Then Gido fired off his magic beam shot for a point blank range below him; straight at the pin pony. "Hugh-Haaah!" As that attack was gonna get the professor, he gasped at seeing this could be it for him. "KURPOWWFruvhmmm…." Then a field of whiteness blank out the white, as something was hit that made an explosive impact.


Up On Spiral Mountain, The Nearing End Point

Soon the group was but a few more feet away from reaching the alter spot where the third key was surely placed. But when some heard the sound of a big explosion, got their attention. And when the Mane Six check the Viewing Crystal, what they saw soon made them yelp; as Gido attacked Professor Righteous when he had no defense left after his attempt with his Deadly Mist failed.

"Oh no! You said he be fine?" Spike yelps in seeing that Professor Righteous is now done for.

"Didn't I? Well Miss Sparkle, hav ya realized wha happened now?" SparrowJack spoke off to say with a cheeky expression in what he said wasn't a lie, rather, there was some hidden meaning.

Twilight was silent to study over what they have seen thus far, and slowly but surely…something click in her mind.

"It was….an unbelievable theory of planning I never thought scientifically possible?" Twilight spoke off to say in almost looking shock in having understood something she overlooked.

"Twilight…?" Rarity spoke to her friend in seeing this reaction.

"Ye okay girl?" AJ asked off in sensing something off now.

"Care to explain this to us that ain't eggheads?" Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in liking Twilight to clue them in about this.

"What happened?" Pinkie Pie asked off in what happened to the professor, what was going on.

"Oh please, tell us?" Fluttershy asked in feeling they need to know, as they don't know it.

"All I can say is….I'm surprise I never got lessons from him by in Canterlot?" Twilight spoke off to say such things about not having Professor Righteous as a teacher for her, much to the others surprise.

"Right, then ye keep watching that, the path ahead is more smoother. An wha we seek be there, lets move now." SparrowJack replied off in seeing this little debatable matter is settled, time they move along for what they came for.

As the rest of the pirates, the others from Twilight's group were a bit strange in thinking they missed something. But the gang will trust SparrowJack if Twilight feels their worries are over. And while they may still watch more, they shall continue to reach for the key.


The Battle Conclusion Below The Mountain?

Soon the smoke begins to clear away, as Gido's golem weapon stared down with a shut metal beak to withdraw the cannon, as he finished the job and took out the Sparrow pirate…

Or did he….?

The scene soon opens up to where in the strangest of reasons, the attack that should have finished off Professor Righteous was….meters away from him where a smoke rise up from the ground; Gido had missed?

"I missed? At this perfect range?" Gido responded off puzzled, shocked and confused, what was the meaning to his aim being so off when he's perfectly close to the target.

"Well now, what's wrong?" Professor Righteous questioned Gido's response of surprise, as if expecting this. "That's rare for something so high-end from using an advance creation of sincere & magic." He was making a ridicule joke of the enemy having such problems when that golem body should not have any.

"Geeehhh…" Gido groans in annoyance from hearing such a remark. "Just shut up, you!" Gido snapped off to say in having heard enough from the professor. "Trusgrusfruvhmm…" Then some shifting gear noises are heard, as he lifts up his free right foot to stomp on the pony when… "GWuuaaghhh?" He yelped from suddenly feeling an unbalanced shift in his movements. "Wh-what?!" Gido asked off from having a hard time balancing the body, there seem to be an unexpected problem, but what? "KLUPOOWWfruvhmmm…" Soon the G-Iron Crow had fallen completely on the ground, like an unbalanced giant.

Suddenly some catchy beat music is heard, as we soon see Professor Righteous now free of being pin down by the enemy, slowly make a stand.

"Looks like it actually made it…to the Core Crystal." Professor Righteous stated in sounding very much relief in knowing he managed to succeed in what he did just now.

"GEUuuuuhn?" Gido let off a confused groan in hearing more babble from his target while he was in a sitting position.

"I blocked part of your magical electric-magnetic waves to that golem." Professor Righteous responded off in mentioning the effect he's done that has effected the giant target. "In order to throw off your sense of balance, I coated the crystal core that emits those signals with my poison potion." As he spoke these words, an image was shown of the inner part of the G-Iron Crow with a crystal sphere core with a metallic attachment to connect it with the body to run functions. "A technique that blocks magic electro-magnetic waves using poison,…it's a rare new feet I'll dub as 'Poison Jamming', sounds about right." He explained the workings of such a new method that seem unknown to Equestria.

"Geh…GEAAAahhh…." Gido was seen trying to struggle in some movements on his sat position. " ….GWRRAaaugh…" As he tried to push himself up by the knee, he looked like a klutz to slip and soon fell on the ground again hard.

"I used my vials to throw at you in order to verify where the Crystal Core's magical electromagnetic waves were being activated from." Professor Righteous explained himself while flashback scenes of the two's fight is witness of the guy's explanation. "I, then, found where the magic electromagnetic waves for the sensation of blanche were being transmitted, and concentrated any of my potion poison there." He stated off towards the giant enemy without fear of being attacked about how he pulled off such a work. "Also, this area is a spot, this crater, is where sailors saw a giant meteor fell that impacted the ground and took it all long ago before Spiral Mountain became hidden and had cause the Sea Mirage effects from the temperatures." He explained off the basic history of the large crater they fell into, and of why he chose it to be their battle ground. "The ground is severely indented, and hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air. So the best place for the poison to be confined in would be this pit." He explained how he used such basic knowledge to make something work in wondrous ways for him before he told his friends he handle things; he knew about the area it's self.

"Even if…guagh…by some minute chance some gas got into a gap in my mighty golem weapon body, hhuuagh….there's no way this body so advance by science and magic should break down…" Gido was exhaling from having a hard time controlling his golem body, how could anything this pony used have stop such a weapon, he's not getting.

"Simple. The gas earlier was made up of highly concentrated hydrochloric acid and nitro acid, both deadly poisons that I made in my beakers which are kept separate." Professor Righteous explained the situation while a scene shows a yellow and clear liquid guild that were clearly the two different acids. "They were fried and the heat of the explosion made them evaporate." As he explained, the scene shows the explosion done earlier evaporated the two acids. "They penetrated to the insides of the G-Iron Crow body at the same time." As the pony professor explained, the vapor acid clouds slipped into the expose cannon from the mouth of the golem.

Then coursing through the wiring of advance mechanical works of science, were numbers & mathematical formulas of the acid vapors traveling deeper in the golem.

"Inside, the two acids returned from a vapor back to a liquid….and amalgamated at the Core Crystal." Professor Righteous' voice is heard explaining the key factors, as the scene shows the Crystal Core inside the G-Iron Crow.

Soon green highlight mathematical codes were seen coming in contact with the Crystal Core, they read 'Au+NOC1+C12+HC1' & 'H[AuC14]+N0' as to what were both hydrochloric & nitro acids now being mix together around the item. "Trussvfruvhmm…/POWFruspvhmm…" Suddenly, the liquid forms reappeared afterwards to cover the Crystal Core while inflammable moment happened.

"The radio of the acids is 3 to 1." Professor Righteous explained the issue of what the radio of the acids were.

"Frusuvhmmm…" Soon melting liquid was seen effecting the Crystal Core, as it the damage to it was really extensive.

"The overwhelming oxidizing and corrosive effect of that very mixture, can even melt gold as a proven scientific theory statement." Professor Righteous is seen still lecturing the effects of what his genius mind has managed to pull off here. "Which is appropriate for it's name; to be called 'Royal Water' by it's view." He looked up at the giant foe in finally finished his explanation of what he had done, he used such complex methods to where none could beat this golem weapon, by finding a way to attack the inside; pure genius.

"TRussugruvvfruvhmm…" Suddenly some gear shift nosies are heard, as a shadow begins to overlap the professor, as Gido was trying to get his giant golem body back up straight.

"Inconsidable? I can't believe the G-Iron Crows had such a weakness." Gido remotely complained in never knowing that such a weakness was exploited against the ultimate weapon of warfare, as he continued to struggle controlling the body to get up as best he could.

"The cause for your defeat was not your advance golem body, it was you yourself." Professor Righteous remarked off to point at who the fault lies in was not the weapon, but the person holding the weapon; as Gido was now finally able to stand up straight. "You simply got caught up in my provocations, and went out of your way to see the spectacle of the finishing blow. It's because you were conceited." The professor finished off in giving his final statement over the manner that the fault was from Gido being so conceited, that it brought his own downfall.

And soon the cool beat music for the moment ends with one pony being victorious even as Gido stood up again like the battle could go on. But…

"Hugh?" Gido made a huff noise before speaking off this to say. "You really tick me the Tartarus off." Gido cursed off to remotely say that such a smart wise guy really got to him in the end.

Then without another moment, Professor Righteous walks away without any fear or worry of being attacked. "Brizizizvhmm…POwwfruvhmm…" Suddenly, electrical surges came around the waist body of the G-Iron Crow and blew of steam. "Brizizivhmm…POWwwfruvhmm…" Then it happened near the beak and eye location before it blew off steam and the mouth crack open for the stuff to escape from. "Grugurfruvhmm…/KLUPOWWfruvhmmm…" Soon the unstoppable G-Iron Crow body began to fall backwards and made a heavy impact to the ground in being motionless and in defeat. Professor Righteous cease his moment when a smoke cloud pass by him, as he knew without looking back what happened.

"That's the match." Professor Righteous responded off to say in such a cool manner of speaking. "Why don't you hurry and tell that to your superior." He issued to have Gido give this a message to whoever is sending off those coming after the Serpent Keys.

At last, seeing the G-Iron Crow topple down in defeat and with the core now destroyed, it's operator Gido won't reach it. But then at that moment, Professor Righteous soon fell to his knees and lie down on the ground, completely worn out it seems.

"Oh bother, it seem I used up too much of my magic and strength." Professor Righteous "I need to replenish my strength, swallow some healing medicine for myself, and then I'll need to rest a bit for the full recovery." He was lecturing himself in what he needs to do from here, help get his body healed up so he'll be able to move right. "Geez, and then I need to go off to help my crew, my captain…and of course…my new friends. As fast as possible…ugh…?" As he looked away to speak this claim, he slowly fell into a deep unconscious state, being completely exhausted to the point where now…rest was his medicine.

And now with that, the professor was soon resting in the weirdest of places, but for now, it's nothing dangerous at this moment. And he deserves some rest after what he went through.


Finally Back At The Near Peak Of Spiral Mountain

Our focus returns to the Sparrow Crew and the Mane Six bunch, as they near a spot up to what looked like a peak point of Spiral Mountain. There, the same structured alter with a familiar Seprent shaped key was station there. Lightn ing Flash felt almost too impatient and zipped across whatever many scales to climb up and snatched the key and brought it back.

"Alright crew, we got our third key!" Lightning Flash proclaimed in holding the third key they seek in his hooves.

"Argh-Harrrgh!" The pirate crew cheered loudly for joy, victory was theres now.

"And from the latest view, Professor Righteous managed to defeat that Gido foe." Roxas smiled off to say in how they saw that battle come to an end.

"I can't believe it? An egghead beating a powerful foe with brains over brawn?" Rainbow Dash asked off in finding that hard to believe.

"Believe it lassie, times fer muscles are handy, but brains work too. But I stick with wha I's does best!" Khazim stated off that in times, two types of forces are useful in areas, depending on where and who are needed then.

"Well dat's one way ta look on one's positive outlook?" Applejack raised an eyebrow from hearing that claim, at least someone likes being honest without worry of faults.

"Yep, sure is!" Pinkie Pie nods off happily in agreeing to that.

"Still, I'm glad he's okay." Twilight signed from what she saw on the View Crystal sphere, to see Professor Righteous not perish is a relief.

"Yes, darling, but it seems like we worried over for nothing?" Rarity nods in agreement while thinking they were getting upset over nothing here.

"She be right, ye know? If ya known the guy as long as I have, ye know he's had plenty of experience in our field as much as his studies." SparrowJack spoke off in complimenting the situation that their professor has grown over time to learn how to fight as well as being smart.

Suddenly, the mountain area began to start shaking, as it made everyone soon feel uneasy now.

"Oh dear? What's happening? An Earthquake" Fluttershy yelped from feeling this shaking motion, what was it.

"How? We're on a mountain?" Spike asked off that this was a mountain, how can there be a quake up here.

"Oh, maybe it's a Mountain-Quake?" Pinkie Pie responded off with a lightheaded idea, much to anyone's surprise.

"By Star-Swirl's Beard, Lightning Flash, was there any warning 'bout takin' the key?" Mr. StoneGibbs yelps from the rumbling while asking his matey of something suspicious the lad saw when he took the Serpent Key.

"Oh yeah, said 'Thou that makes it here & gets thy riches, will undo thy test so none may take?', or something?" Lightning Flash shrug off to say this while not completely understanding such a riddle.

"Tis be bad! This mountain must have been magically created, so whoever reach here & get the treasure, it come apart?" Mr. StoneGibbs spoke with worry and concern, the entire mountain is coming undone, and with THEM on it from passing a simple endurance test.

"Whaaaat!" The Mane Six & Twilight replied off in what they heard, an entire mountain will fall apart. That doesn't sound to good at all.

"Avast Me Sailing Mates! Time we pick up the paste, we're leaving before this whole mountain comes down…an on us, no less." SparrowJack issued out in giving the order to his crew, time they started to get out of here before they end up having problems being buried under a crumbling mountain.

"All pegasus fliers take to the skies, grab any that can't fly!" Roxas gave out the quick order of what needs to be done, any that are here that can't fly, are to be given aid first.

Soon at that moment, only the pegasus ponies, even Rainbow Dash & Fluttershy took to the skies while the ground members of the Mane Six, Spike, StoneGibbs and even SparrowJack were still on the ground. But then without warning, the ground beneath them gave out and many yelped from falling off from a disabling mountain structure. And if that wasn't enough, much large rock forms fell that if anyone survive the fall, they get buried alive.

"Quick! After them!" Lightning Flash ordered to the other fliers that they gotta rescue those falling.

With many that were in agreement, all fliers make a dive down to save the ones falling. And at the moment, it's become a race to outrun even more falling rocks coming up from behind or being flatten like plan cakes. Boy, things just never get easy around here.


Near The Bottom Of The Mountain

We find many who were still falling from high above, many were screaming, others looked terrified, and some seem almost like….they kinda weren't scared and kinda not bothered? But in the end, the rescuers came as they swoop down to grab hold of all the non-flying ponies, and baby dragon to slow their descend and avoid any other falling rocks from above.

"Few, thanks for the save." Spike signs in relief for that quick save there.

"Heheh, if that wasn't the most terrifying drop experience I ever handle through, I think it was almost fun?" Pinkie Pie giggled out from feeling like that was kinda fun, much to her friends staring at her weirdly.

"Pinkie Pie, sometimes, ye might be harder ta figure out at times?" Applejack spoke off remotely in stating about her pink pal.

"Are we all here?" Fluttershy asked off in looking around, are they all safe.

"AJ, Rarity, Pinkie, Twilight, Spike, and…StoneGibbs is here? So…" Rainbow Dash was counting to observe who are here with them, but then… "Wait, where's SparrowJack?" She asked off in noticing they are missing the captain of the crew.

"Don't worry, the captain got off fine." Roxas smiled off in stating this fair fact of info to the rest.

"Argh, time we scurry back to the Pearl!" Khazim stated off that it's time they get back to their ship, the crumbling mountain might have busted their rowboats.

"Alright, we have the key, now lets…" Lightning Flash responded in seeing they have what they came for, now to pack it in and…

"Oh no!? Down there! Professor Righteous is still down there!" Twilight cried out in pointing below the giant crater, where Gido's golem body and the unmoving Professor Righteous still stood. "He'll be crushed under the landslide?" She spoke worried that rubble from a mountain will surely end up crushing their friend who can't even be awake to protect himself.

"Argh, we can't risk it lass, many of our fliers managed to evade them rocks and can't pick up speed. And our faster fliers are keeping' ya air board." Mr. StoneGibbs regretfully stated that they can't take the risk, some are wounded and others are holding up those that can't fly; they can't make it through the obstacle with such a handicap issue.

"But then who will save the professor?" Rarity asked off with much worry, there must be some pony to make the quick save.

"Well I said he be fine, but looks like in the end, he'll need a 'little' help." Spoke SparrowJack's voice from above that earn many others attention.

Just then, SparrowJack was seen zipping pass the others by ACTUALLY teleporting and skipping across the falling debris. Now some would find that almost too crazy to pull off, and they be right.

"Is he gone insane?" Applejack asked off in shock in seeing some non-flier pol off such reckless stunts.

"What does he think he's doing?" Rarity asked off in not figuring out SparrowJack's movements here.

"He looks to be diving and teleporting to avoid hitting the falling rocks?" Spike stated in what he can figure out what was going on.

"That's crazy, you need wings to maneuver through that?" Rainbow Dash stated from being a flier and knows what one would do here.

"Twilight, can't he cast a barrier or stop the falling rocks?" Fluttershy asked her smart friend of what their friend should be doing.

"It's not that simple, he's focusing with time he doesn't have?" Twilight explained that since the falling debris is unpredictable, the pirate captain is just rushing through on pure instincts.

At the moment, SparrowJack reached where Professor Righteous lay near the fallen G-Iron Crow. The guy grabs his wounded friend while watching out for some falling rubble.

"Ugh, SparrowJack, you…came?" Professor Righteous slowly spoke in getting his bearings of knowing who was here with him.

"Right, now hang on, I'll teleport us out! Hugh…?" SparrowJack was stating with a smile at first, but when he was gonna get moving…something came unexpected.

Just then, many more falling rocks larger then before came down, and…The debris began to fill up the large crater to the point that even the G-RIron Crow body was apparently being buried underneath it. And there seem not a sign of anyone that managed to make it out.

"CAPTAAAAAIN!" The pirate crew shouted out from seeing their beloved captain in peril.

"SparrowJack!" The Mane Six & Spike cried out in fearing for the one they come to know.

When the event was over, much of the large crater was filled up from the now decimated Spiral Mountain that looked much smaller and the large crater filled to the brim with a mountain of rubble on it. It was hard to estimate if anyone would even be able to get out of that one unharmed.

"Argh, them be too many rocks fer us to either blast through or move?" Khazim cursed in seeing the obstacle was gonna be a hard one to perform.

"We need to return to the ship and get the rest of the crew out here!" Roxas instructed the group in what they now truly must do here.

"Right! At the very least, our captain must have surely cast a shield spell or barrier." Lightning Flash spoke in thinking of the only thing their captain could do to keep himself alive and unharmed.

"Wait, let us stay and start helping?" Twilight protest in wanting to be of some assistance, but…

"No time lass, besides, to many of us are hurt from escaping a crumbling mountain. We need medical aid." Mr. StoneGibbs protest the argument that they need to get back, end of discussion.

Many hate to agree, but they will need to treat any injuries or so forth, and the Mane Six saw some of their rescuers besides Rainbow Dash & Fluttershy, had to rush or tackle or cut rocks while getting hit by others. So from seeing that those they believed are buried under the rubble, many of the ones that are flying decided to fly back towards the Black Pearl to request some helpful assistance. It was tough, but they will need more help to get their friends out. But when nobody was watching, some magic pushed some rubble off to the point where…a wing that wasn't the professor's was seen…what could this mean?


Aboard The Black Pearl

Curently aboard the Sparrow Pirate's Ship, many that were staying behind soon saw the return of their fellow mateys by the air. They assumed that what they saw of Spiral Mountain beginning to crumble, that something majorly happened along with some explosive light show that signal there was a battle. But the real issue will be from noticing a few short members that went off.

"Say, where be de captain?" Sharky asked off in noticing that they were missing their captain.

"Aye, and the professor to?" Bones stated from seeing they were missing another matey.

"They're trapped under a lot of rubble, we have to go there before SparrowJack's magic gives out!" Twilight explained the situation as best she could, they have two trapped friends that need rescuing.

"Well now, its nice ta be miss, miss?" SparrowJack's voice was heard from above everyone, much to any that are confused.

Then seen above, there was some shadowy figure from the bright sunlight, there was one with wings flying above with Professor Righteous in his hold. But the flier was someone the gang knew, and it was none other then….SparrowJack!?

"Ahoy! It be the captain!" CrisisCross smiled off to say in recognizing who was here.

"Ha-Ha-Ha! Blow me down!" Victor Krieg laughed off in seeing this spectacular sight.

"He most certainly took his sweet time?" Wilson Ramon huffed off to say in seeing how long it took the captain to get back.

"Alright, ye okay there Professor?" SparrowJack spoke in looking to his hurt friend he was holding over his shoulder by his hoof.

"I will be….once I've reach my medical bay, and get some magic healing herbs ready." Professor Righteous slowly spoke to struggle to say his words in stating his condition here.

"Allow me, I ain't as bang up, be glad ta help ye out!" Khazim spoke off to volunteer to help get their hurt professor to be treated.

While StoneGibbs along with Roxas & Lightning Flash helped take Professor Righteous off and many of the pirate crew mates were celebrating their captain's safe return; there were some that had questions here.

"No way…are those….those are…?" Spike gasped out in looking to the Pirate Overlord, he has actual pegasus wings.

"Wings! He has Pegasus Wings!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed in not believing it, SparrowJack has wings for flying.

"But I thought he was a unicorn?" Fluttershy spoke puzzled in recalling what SparrowJack was, not an Earth pony, but a Unicorn; but with this, he can't be a Pegasus either.

"But wait a second, a horn, an then wings, is he…?" Applejack thought for a moment to suddenly look wide in realizing what the guy maybe.

"Why…your an alicorn stallion!?" Rarity gasped off in a dramatical moment in seeing…SparrowJack, captain of the Sparrow Pirates, is an alicorn; who knew.

"Very true my dear. These wee things can come in handy, when ye least expect it?" SparrowJack smiled off proudly to state this while withdrawing his wings within his garments.

"You mean….Professor Righteous wasn't the only alicorn, your the same as Princess Luna & Celestia?" Twilight asked of in finding that the pirate she couldn't handle was an alicorn instead.

"Part of the same species, yes, same beings, well lass….even I me self can tell ya, where we stand separately." SparrowJack pointed off that while he's an alicorn, he and the Royal Sisters are entirely different.

"Blast it SparrowJack, ye trying' to give an old sea dog a heart attack with them actions?" StoneGibbs walked up to his captain in feeling like he's too old to be dealing with such stressful means.

"What can I say, I live through danger like none other?" The pirate captain shrug off his shoulders to easily state this. "But now lets have a merry toast, fer here we got….the South Serpent Key!" He showed the Serpent Key Of The South with the 'S' mark on it.

"YEAaahhhh!" The crew cheered in seeing they have achieved a 3rd quarter of their adventure now.

"And with three keys of achieving them from West, East, & South, our next heading is North, so lets pick up the paste lads!" SparrowJack smiled off to say in knowing it's time to get the last key on their sea adventure.

"Aye-Aye captain!" The crew responded in scattering about to get their ship ready to sail off.

"Now I wasn't expecting to learn about another alicorn was here, and for that fact, one who's a pirate? It's mysterious?" Twilight spoke off in seeing this was the weirdest twist to their adventure yet. "Well girls, looks like on a bright side…it'll be almost over." She spoke to let off a little smile; one more key to go and they'll be able to go home.

"Right, one more key, and we're off for the trident!" Spike responded in knowing it's one more key before they search Neptune's Trident.

"Right!" The CMC responded off with a cheer in knowing their adventure ain't done yet.

"Lets just hope we won't ruin into anymore problems?" Twilight rolled her eyes to say this, after that fight against Gido, anymore be too exhausting.

Soon the Black Pearl sails off from the ruin view of what was once Spiral Mountain. Truly this adventure was gonna be likely known as a rocky start for many of them. But in the end, at least they acquired the third Serpent Key, one more and all four will be in their collection, the heroes just gotta keep them away from whoever is also after them. And with that, the ship sails off for where the next adventure shall be taking place…over the horizon of the setting sun.


VISION NOTE: The battle of Professor Righteous VS. Gido is somewhat a reference towards Coco VS. Gido from Toriko Anime.

It's now revealed that SparrowJack is an alicorn, cause he managed to hid his horn & wings within his pirate garments to leave others in the dust.

Well now this was a VISION I felt proud to have completed. Now coming up next, the VISION-KING shall now be preparing for another adventure of what the gang will face. The next to final key destination, will be a ruin fortress connected to a VOLCANO! And it will be here, where things go from good to difficulty. You'll IN-VISION the events when a shifty character that's a bounty hunter, lays a trap to capture the pirates, causes distractions around and somehow swipes their three keys. And what's worse, is that when the CMC arrive on the moment to help be the only ones to free SparrowJack's crew from a magic prison, a sacrifice of a precious gift will be required by the Demi-Sea Goddess herself who know will play a role in this. What will happen and can the pirates manage to escape before the volcano that's set to blow takes them out, well….we'll have to wait for what will happen then? So till then, hope many are looking forward to it, enjoy this…