Shadow in Greece

Silver the dragon was currently enjoying his date with Spitfire of the Wonderbolts, "As much as I love barking orders at the grunts, I do enjoy relaxing even more." Spitfire said.

"See what did I tell you?" Silver asked.

"Ok, I guess you were right."

"Yep so how are the grunts at the academy?"

"They're ok. Some still need work in their formation, but they're getting there." Spitfire explained.

"And what of Rainbow Dash? How has she been since getting promoted to lead pony?"

"She's been the best Pegasus we could ever get here. Especially after helping us realize pushing ourselves to be the best shouldn't come at the expense of our fellow flyers."

"Speaking of which what did you do about her former lead pony?"

"I revoked her status and gave her the boot."

"Good move. So what do you say we go visit Greece?" Silver suggested.

"Hmm. Sounds intriguing."

"Then let's go!" Silver suggested, and the two flew off.

In the Castle Terminal Hades was discussing the next plan of attack with Avarona and Emperor Mavro, "Ok, first off. Glad you could be here Emperor, big fan. Love the moxie." Hades began.

"Just say what it is that you want." Mavro said sounding annoyed.

"I got a new plan to defeat Hercules but I'm gonna need your help." The lord of the Underworld explained.

"With what?" Avarona asked.

"I need the strongest tribe of Shadowkhan to draw out Hercules and that annoying dragon Electra." Hades continued.

"The strongest you say? Well then." Mavro began, as they concentrated and summoned the Shadowkhan they needed.

On cue the Sumo Khan showed up and the Ninja Khan arrived bringing Gangrene with them, "Will these do?" Mavro asked.

"Yes. This'll do nicely." Hades confirmed.

"And if you're wondering why I'm here then I'm the only one the Sumo Khan will answer to but we will need Devina's help." Gangrene explained.

"Fine whatever." Hades replied. The forces of Darkness headed out.

Meanwhile Hercules was busy training while Huuro was watching, "Well done Hercules but I gotta ask. Were you always this strong?" Huuro asked.

"Of course," Hercules answered, "But back when I was younger I couldn't really control my strength and caused a lot of problems."

"Such as?"

"I kinda accidentally destroyed a whole market." he answered sheepishly.

"Did you have any friends?"

"One."

"Who was that?" Huuro asked.

"Her name was Tana. She said she grew up in a place with high altitude. We traveled together and when we went to the temple of Zeus we learned the truth."

"Which was?"

"That I was the son of Zeus and Tana was Nova's vessel and raised among the gods of Olympus."

"Wow." Huuro gasped.

"Yep and when I went to see Phil Tana joined me for the adventure." Hercules explained.

"Sounds like she was there to record history."

"Pretty much."

"So tell me about how you had to get your godhood back and why Tana was raised on Mount Olympus." Huuro inquired.

"I had to prove myself a true hero on earth. I thought that meant defeat every monster and enemy I face and become famous in Greece, but it was much more than that. I regained it when I was willing to sacrifice myself for someone very important to me. Dad told me a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." Hercules explained.

"Then why aren't you up on Olympus now and where is Tana?" Huuro wondered.

"I couldn't bear to live without Meg so I wanted to remain on earth with her. My father accepted my choice and allowed me to remain here."

"That doesn't answer my question on Tana." Huuro said.

"I think I can answer that." Came a new voice. The two looked over.

On cue Hercules and Huuro saw a girl that looked a lot like Margaret Nova Perkins only she looked older and wore clothes of ancient Greece and had a scroll and a quill pen, "And you are?" Huuro asked.

"I'm Tana. Vessel to Nova the Phoenix during the days of ancient Greece and newly promoted attendant to the gods of Olympus."

"You're an attendant to the Gods?" Huuro asked.

"Precisely." Tana confirmed.

"Does that mean you became a goddess or something?"

"Well, yes, considering only Gods are allowed on Mt. Olympus."

"So what are you the goddess of?" Huuro wondered.

"The goddess of chronicling." Tana answered.

"Should've figured." Huuro said.

"Do you want to know my story or not?"

"Ok-ok."

"So after Hercules saved Meg I used my power as Nova's vessel to restore her life and free her from Hades. Of course that meant I couldn't do that again without giving up my own life. However Zeus noticed my courage and he and the other gods on Olympus all agreed to make me the goddess of chronicling when I passed away so here I am." Tana explained.

"Awesome." Huuro gasped.

Tana was about to speak before Shadowkhan Ninjas appeared and surrounded the group, "Anybody know these guys?" Tana asked.

"They're Shadowkhan." Huuro explained.

"Say what?" Tana wondered.

"Shadow ninjas who serve the dark forces."

"Like that jerk Hades." Tana suspected.

"I can handle them." Hercules said confidently.

"I'll help." Huuro offered.

"I'm all in." Tana added.

The Shadowkhan began to attack. All three took it to the ninjas, with Hercules overpowering the Sumo Khan. Tana used her fire powers to torch the Shadowkhan, "We got them now." Huuro said.

"Let's keep it up!" Tana called. Soon the Shadowkhan were defeated.

"That was easy." Huuro said.

"A little too easy. Something is not right." Tana said suspiciously.

"What do you think is up?" Hercules asked.

"I don't know but perhaps my old babysitters have a clue. Let's go see them." Tana suggested, and so Huuro and Hercules followed her.

Meanwhile Avarona was looking from a distance with Mavro on her back, "Seems the first attack was a failure." she said.

"So it seems." Mavro agreed.

"So what else do we do?"

"We'll see what Hades has to say." The two went to find Hades.

Meanwhile on Mount Olympus Tana was taking Huuro and Hercules to see the gods, "Are you sure your old care takers are gonna let me in?" Huuro asked, "I thought they don't let mere mortals on mount Olympus."

"They will because you're with us." Tana said.

"She's right." Hercules agreed.

"Then tell me where to go," Huuro said. They kept following Tana. They arrived at the gates to Olympus, "This is it. Must be nice to be home huh?"

"It is." Tana answered.

"I'll say." Hercules agreed. The three entered and found themselves in the home of the gods.

"Oh, yeah, this brings me back," Hercules said, "First time I set foot up here I had to save it."

"Yeah Electra told me that." Huuro said.

"And the first time I was up here was when I was a baby." Tana added.

They looked around, "I think I found someone." Huuro said.

"Who?" Hercules asked.

"Somebody with pinkish skin and orange hair. Sound like anyone?"

"That would be Aphrodite." Tana answered.

"And what is she like?"

"She's the Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty." Tana explained.

"Then let's talk to her." Huuro said. They approached Aphrodite.

"Hello Aphrodite. Remember me?" Tana asked.

Aphrodite looked her over, "Why, little Tana. It's been too long."

"Likewise, Aph."

"Wait you two know each other?" Huuro asked.

"Of course I know her. I've known her since she was a baby." Aph answered.

"Every God and Goddess here knows me." Tana added.

"Which reminds me what was it like when Hercules and Tana were born?" Huuro wondered.

Aph answered, "Everyone in Olympus was ecstatic."

"And you said all the gods had to attend right?" Huuro asked.

"Yes."

"If you had it your way who would you have kept from showing up and why?"

"Hades of course. No disrespect to him, but he's always been a hothead and full of himself."

"Sounds like somebody I don't want to run into." Huuro feared.

"Trust me you don't." Aph confirmed.

"So anyway we were attacked by shadow khan and we were hoping you'd have a clue on what is going on." Huuro hoped.

"Talk to Athena. She might have a clue." Aph suggested.

"We will. Thanks, Aphrodite." Tana said, as they left.

Meanwhile Hades was chatting with Emperor Mavro and Avarona about the failed attack, "And that's basically it. The ninjas got their butts kicked by Hercules." Avarona explained.

Hades was burning red, while growling, "Every single time! That Hercules always has to ruin everything!"

"And I'm afraid that He had help." Avarona added.

"Oh, terrific. From what?" he asked in sarcasm.

"From somebody named Tana and a Dragon named Huuro." Mavro explained.

"Wait? Tana?" Hades asked, and growled, "And yet another Olympus brat meddles in my business!"

"And she was a pain in the neck when she was still human." Avarona added.

"You two know her?" Mavro inquired.

"Oh, yeah. Long time ago. Next to Hercules, she was also one of the last born to Olympus." Hades explained.

"You make it sound like she and Hercules were born on the same day." Mavro said, as Avarona explained.

"They were and when I was in Greece I offered to help Hades with his plans provided he woke Nova up but that annoying family guardian Electra sent Tana to be raised by the gods on Olympus when she was a baby and that put her out of my reach. I of course tried to finish what Pain and Panic started but with Electra interfering I was unable to defeat Hercules before he grew up and learned the truth."

"And see where it's led up to." Hades finished.

"On the bright side I managed to terrorize all of Greece as consolation and turn Electra into an ice block for a year." Avarona said.

"Very good." Mavro said.

"This is after Hercules tossed Hades into the Styx. And Tana was not born on Olympus. She only ascended to being an Olympus deity after she passed away. And last I checked she is the goddess of Chronicling but she is also the one in charge of organization." Avarona continued.

"Still a pain in my flaming butt." Hades said.

"That explains Tana but I don't suppose you know a thing about Huuro?" Mavro asked.

"Nope. Never seen her in Greece till now. Care to fill me in on her?" Hades inquired.

"Huuro is one of the great dragons who works for the side of good alongside others." Avarona explained.

"Anything else?" Hades asked.

"And she is partnered to an Arkeyan Weapon Master of the Air Element."

"Just great."

"Sounds like you're afraid of the Arkeyans." Mavro noted.

"Believe me all the pantheons are afraid of the Arkeyans. They once destroyed an entire planet and every star planet and galaxy in said planet's dimension due to the locals pissing them off."

"Okay so back to the plan," Avarona continued, "I figure we set Discord loose on Olympus and let the Monkey King run wild in Greece and if all else fails we call a friend of mine from the Norse Pantheon."

"Perfect." Mavro answered.

"So let's go get them." Hades said.

"Way ahead of you. Shadowkhan." Avarona announced.

On cue some Ninja Shadowkhan brought the statue of Discord and one of them had the monkey kings puppet.

"One of you must pull the puppets leg." Mavro told the Shadowkhan.

One of the Shadowkhan did just that. Suddenly the puppet laughed as it and the Shadowkhan were consumed by smoke. Suddenly the Monkey King stood in flesh and blood, while the Shadowkhan turned into a puppet, "Yes! The Monkey King has returned!" he declared.

"Hello remember me?" Avarona asked.

The Monkey King got a good look, "Avarona!" he jumped into her arms and planted a sloppy kiss on her cheek, "Oh, how I missed you!"

"Same here. It's been what 900 years since we saw each other?"

"Nine Hundred and One, but who's counting?"

"Anyway we need your help. We need you to cause a big ruckus in all of Greece." Avarona explained.

"I can do that no problem."

"Then get going." Mavro ordered, as the Monkey king left in an explosion of confetti.

"And now for part 2." Avarona said. The Shadowkhan began to use Jack Spicer's invention to free Discord from his stone prison.

Discord broke out of his stone prison yawning before stretching out oddly, "Well, it's about time! I was getting a crick in my neck."

"Discord there is somebody Avarona and I want you to meet." Mavro explained.

"Ooh, I do love meeting new faces." Discord said excitedly.

On cue Hades stepped up, "Discord this is Hades." Avarona introduced him.

"Why the Lord of the Underworld, isn't this a treat?" Discord asked.

"Same to you. Anyway I need your help." Hades began.

"I'm all ears." Discord plucked his ears off his head.

"How do you feel about causing chaos up on Mount Olympus?"

Discord gasped in joy, "I've always wanted to mess with the minds of those stiffs upstairs!"

"First we need to wait till the time to attack is right." Avarona said.

"I hate waiting." Discord grumbled, as he sat on a stool.

Back up on Mount Olympus Tana, Huuro, and Hercules finished talking to the other gods before they spoke to Zeus, "So that's all there is, father." Hercules said.

"We were kinda hoping you could tell us who was behind the Shadowkhan attack." Tana added.

"Well, based off all the timing as well as targeting you two, I can only suspect it was Hades." Zeus explained.

"I was there too so what would Hades want with me?" Huuro asked.

"Dragons are very powerful creatures. Hades always did have an eye for creatures of power."

"Okay but why target Hercules and Tana? What did they ever do to him?" Huuro asked.

"I defeated Hades when he tried to use the Titans to take over Olympus." Hercules explained.

"The what?" Huuro asked.

"The Titans were a group of monsters that ran amok on earth, until I trapped them in a prison.' Zeus explained.

"I can guess where this is going but how does Tana fit into all of this?"

Tana decided to answer for him, "As you know I was born on the same day Hercules was but while he was kidnapped and turned mortal and had to grow up on earth Electra brought me to Olympus thinking I'd be safer up here while she protected Hercules from Avarona till I was old enough to join him on his quest to be a true hero and you know how that went."

"Okay but with the Titans gone what could Hades possibly do." Huuro asked.

As if on cue Hermes arrived, "Oh, it's terrible! Absolutely terrible!"

"Calm down, Hermes, what is it?" Zeus asked.

"Oh, your highness. We got problems. There's an intruder on Olympus, and it's him, Zeus. The master of Chaos himself; Discord!"

"As bad as that is I'm afraid that I've been heard the mortals praying for salvation from somebody called the Monkey King." Tana added.

"A double attack." Huuro said.

"What're your orders, sir?" Hermes asked Zeus.

"Yeah Zeus what's the plan?" Tana asked.

"Bring in Loki, only he can truly outmatch Discord's chaos." Zeus ordered.

"You got it." Hermes saluted.

"You sure you want to go get him?" Tana asked in concern.

"It takes a god of mischief to face another one." Zeus explained.

"He has a point." Huuro agreed.

"Very well." Tana replied, as Hermes went off.

"But what about the Monkey King?" Hercules asked.

"I want you three to handle this." Zeus answered.

"Consider it done." Huuro answered. The three went to work at once as the gods tried to deal with Discord.

Discord was currently stretching out of the way of the Gods attacks, "You guys really have poor aim," The Gods continued to attack Discord but each and every attack failed before they wound up trapped in barrels, "I grow bored with this."

Discord was about to leave and call Hades before he was hit with Norse magic, "Hey! Who dares blast me?!"

"That would be me." came a voice. Discord got a good look at who had spoken. It was Loki, the Norse god of mischief.

"Loki." Discord growled.

"Discord." Loki answered.

"You two know each other?" Aphrodite asked.

"Of course. All matter of creatures identified with chaos know each other." Discord explained.

"Thanks for the tip." Athena said.

"This mountain ain't big enough for the two of us, Discord." Loki warned him.

"I agree. So one of us has to go."

Loki and Discord stared each other down as a tumbleweed came out of nowhere, "Draw!" they shouted, and began attacking each other. The fight was evenly matched. The two weren't backing down to each other.

"Zeus we need back up." Hermes said.

"I know. But who to summon?" Zeus pondered.

"Somebody who knows how to beat Discord." Athena said.

Hermes gasped, "Your excellency's I know just who to call."

"Well go get them!" Zeus ordered. Hermes nodded and flew off.

Meanwhile Hercules Tana and Huuro were having a tougher time with the Monkey King, "This monkey is such an annoyance." Hercules said.

"Tell me about it. It's too bad the Asian Deities aren't here to deal with him." Huuro said.

"Well, we have to make do." Tana said.

"Come on, kids. I got a whole list of tricks to pull." Monkey King mocked.

"Not gonna happen." Huuro tried a wind attack.

The Monkey King was struggling to walk forward to fight the breeze, "Auntie Em! It's a twister!" he laughed.

Tana tried a Fire Spell to roast the monkey king. The monkey held something up to reveal it was marshmallows on a stick, "Mm. Tasty."

"Are you serious?" Hercules asked in disbelief.

"This is getting us nowhere." Huuro sighed.

"We need help." Tana said.

"Did somebody say they needed help?" Spitfire and Silver flew in to help.

"You can count on us Spitfire and Silver!" Spitfire declared.

"Let's get this monkey!" Silver ordered.

"Ooh, two more spectators." Monkey King said.

Silver responded with a fire attack. The Monkey flipped back avoiding the attack, "Guys, I got a plan." Tana said, as they listened in. Tana explained the plan on how to defeat the Monkey King. The team broke and was ready to put it into action.

The group distracted the Monkey King while giving Tana the time she needed to cast the spell she planned to cast, "Now!" Tana shouted, before activating the spell. The Monkey King was unable to dodge the Spell as it returned him to wood.

"Yes!" Hercules cheered.

"We won!" Huuro cheered.

"All right!" Silver cheered.

"Wait a minute. We gotta check on the gods." Tana realized.

"I hope they're ok." Hercules said in concern. The group raced off to Olympus.

Back on Olympus, Loki and Discord continued to engage in their fight, "Is that all you got?" Discord mocked.

"I'm just getting warmed up." Loki answered.

Hercules and company arrived and saw the showdown, "Loki needs help." Tana gasped.

"Then let's give it to him." Hercules suggested.

"We need Twilight Sparkle and her friends." Huuro answered.

"We need who?" Hercules asked.

"Let's just say that they have experience against Discord." Huuro explained.

Hermes flew in, "What's up, everyone? I brought in the backup I promised."

Right on cue The Mane Six arrived, "Looks like we arrived just in time." Twilight said.

"Reminds me of Cloudsdale." Rainbow looked around.

"Absolutely beautiful." Rarity marveled.

"You can admire later. We need your help." Tana said.

"Hermes told us everything." Applejack said.

"Then you can help us defeat Discord right?" Huuro asked.

"We have plenty of experience with handling Discord." Pinkie said.

"Except he knows we can't turn him to stone without the Sun Chi Lantern." Fluttershy noted.

A mini Discord popped in, "That's right. Therefore you have no means of defeating me."

"That doesn't mean we won't try." Rainbow replied.

The girls used their moves on Discord who either dodged or fought back, "There must be something we can do to stop him." Hercules said.

"Any suggestions?" Fluttershy asked.

"If we had the Sun Chi Lantern I might be able to stop Discord." Tana said.

"And how can we get that?" Hercules asked.

"Like so." Pinkie Pie presented the Sun Chi Lantern.

"How does she do that?" Huuro asked.

"Don't ask." Twilight answered.

"Let's finish this." Tana ordered.

"Sun Chi Lantern!" The girls called.

On cue the Wu activated with Tana ready to cast the spell as pinkie pie's jukebox began to play Power of Mega Force Extended version. Discord tried to resist but the girls combined powers defeated him.

"Now that's a mega win." Tana said.

"That's what Troy says after each Megazord victory." Pinkie noted.

Zeus approached, "Thank you everyone for defending Mt. Olympus."

"You're welcome Zeus but what are we gonna do about Discord?" Huuro asked.

"We'll keep him here until we figure out what to do with him." Zeus answered.

"Thanks, Zeus." Twilight thanked him.

"Man, are we awesome or what?" Rainbow asked.

"I hear that still I bet my partner would love it up here." Huuro added.

"Let's celebrate!" Pinkie cheered.

"I like this one." Hermes said.

"She and Bacchus would get along well." Tana said.

"Who may I ask is Bacchus?" Rarity inquired.

"The Greek god of Parties. Trust me I know everyone up here."

"Then what does that make you?" Twilight asked.

"The Greek Goddess of Chronicling and Organization."

"Wow, you might be better than Twilight in that field." Rainbow said.

"Speaking of whom, where is Twilight?" Applejack asked.

They looked around. They found her chatting with a deity with lavender skin and blue hair. The deity wore a blue dress, blue chest plate, a navy cape and cuffs, and a navy Ancient Greek helmet, "Who is that?" Fluttershy asked.

"Athena. The Greek goddess of Wisdom." Tana explained.

"Ugh, we could be here for a while." Rainbow groaned.

"Just be thankful she hasn't asked about her Library yet." Tana said.

"Is it that big?" Applejack asked.

Tana decided to show the ponies, "Does that answer your question?" Rainbow asked.

Twilight looked around the library looking ready to have a heart attack, "Oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh! So many books all unread! Ancient historical artifacts! I just... I thought...! I can't...!"

Tana decided to take the simplest approach and smack Twilight upside the head, "Better?"

"Thanks, I needed that." Twilight answered in sarcasm.

"Be thankful Hercules didn't snack you upside the head." Huuro warned her.

"Just imagine so much history and knowledge here." Twilight marveled.

"I wonder if they have anything on flight?" Huuro wondered.

Athena pulled a book out, "Right here."

Huuro eagerly looked into it. Rarity spoke up, "Well, I'd like to see more of Olympus, it's so wonderful."

"Hoping to run into a god of fashion or something?" Applejack teased.

"Maybe."

"Tana know any gods that deal in fashion?" Applejack asked.

"No but I do know a goddess that is in charge of Plants. Her name is Demeter. She is Bacchus's husband." Tana answered.

"Ooh, sounds interesting." Rarity said feeling intrigued.

"Let's go meet her." Applejack said. Tana nodded, as the ponies extended their stay.

Meanwhile on the surface Avarona Mavro and Hades were watching as Shadowkhan and X Borgs were terrorizing all of Greece, "So my plan may not have worked but at least we have some consolation and I did manage to get Discord to drag a Goddess from Olympus down to the Underworld." Avarona began.

"Which?" Mavro asked.

"Some goddess called Persephone. Why?" Avarona asked.

"Persephone?" Hades asked, before cheering. Oh, yes! Now you're talking!"

"What's so special about her?" Mavro asked.

"She's queen of the underworld, but chose to live up top with the others." Hades explained.

"How did that happen?" Mavro asked.

"Apparently she refuses to rule with me."

"Okay but how did she end up becoming queen of the underworld in the first place?" Mavro asked.

"Let's say I had something to do with that." Avarona admitted.

"Do tell." Mavro listened.

"I dragged her to the Underworld after Jerkules defeated the titans the first time Hades freed them using some magic Hades gave me."

"All true." Hades confirmed.

"And what exactly is Persephone like?"

Avarona answered, "She's light red in terms of looks in terms of personality she is strong willed and spent some time in Asia with various deities of war. I had to nurse a few broken bones and bruises the first time I abducted her."

"And now she's back again." Hades smirked.

"How did she escape the first time?" Mavro answered.

Avarona answered, "Tana helped her escape. As Nova's vessel she could break Persephone out of the underworld but she'd be unable to use her abilities for at least a year."

"Good to know." Mavro answered.

"On the Bright Side let's go see her." Avarona suggested, Mavro nodded, as they went to see her.

In the underworld throne room they found Persephone, "Hello, Sephy, remember me?" Avarona asked.

"Avarona. You black hearted wretch of the foulest lineage!"

"That hurt. What did I ever do to you to warrant such insults?"

"You captured me and brought me to the Underworld! Twice now!" she snapped.

"Well you're supposed to be queen of the Underworld. What did you expect?"

"I chose not to rule from down here."

"Hades, what were you thinking when you married Persephone?" Mavro asked.

"Hey, I'm blessed with good taste." he answered.

"I'll take it. Besides this should be amusing to watch."

Sure enough Hades and Mavro returned their attention to Avarona and Persephone glaring at each other, "I made it out of here once, I can escape again." Persephone warned her.

"Don't count on it." Avarona warned her.

"Just you wait."

"In the meantime why don't you spend some time with your husband?" Avarona suggested.

Persephone looked over at Hades who was giving her a flirtatious look. All she could do was roll her eyes and sigh.

Back on Olympus the gods and their mortal friends were enjoying the Party that Pinkie Pie set up, "I am so loving this party!" Hermes cheered.

"That's pinkie Pie for you." Rainbow replied.

"We haven't had such a good time since Hercules was born." Zeus said.

"And what am I chopped liver?" Tana asked in outrage.

"Oh, come on, Tana, you know I mean both of you." Zeus told her.

"I know but I was originally human."

"And see yourself now."

"I know. Hercules made history and I helped record it. Either way lets party."

"Are the parties up here always like this?" Huuro asked.

"You should see the ones held by the Norse gods. They're like a Nordic mead hall or a dwarf feast." Tana explained.

And so they continued to enjoy the festivities. Applejack was chatting with Demeter, "It's nice to hear how much you care about the land." Demeter said.

"Well, I am a farmer from a family of apple farmers."

"I see. And how well is your produce?"

"It's okay so by the way do you have kids?"

Demeter sighed, "My daughter Persephone who is Queen of the underworld."

"And what is she the goddess of?" A.J asked.

"She's goddess of the underworld, springtime, flowers and vegetation."

"Don't forget rebirth." Tana put in.

"Amazing." Applejack gasped.

"Yeah aside from the Underworld title." Demeter said.

"How did she end up there in the first place?" A.J asked.

"It's because of a villain named Avarona. She took her there using magic from Hades."

"We faced Avarona before but was she really that bad?"

"Worse. If not for Nova she would've been there forever."

"Then where is Persephone now?" Applejack wondered.

Demeter looked around and didn't see Persephone anywhere, "I don't see her anywhere."

"Perhaps she's hiding." Applejack suggested.

"Has anyone here seen my daughter?" Demeter called out.

"What does your daughter look like?" Huuro asked, as Demeter showed her image of Persephone.

"Well I haven't seen her." Huuro answered.

"Oh, Persephone, where are you?" Demeter asked.

"You don't think she ended up in the underworld again did you?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, no." Demeter gasped.

"How bad could it be?" Rainbow asked.

"More than you can imagine."

"How the heck could she have just vanished?" Twilight asked.

"Probably when we defeated Discord." Pinkie answered.

"My daughter."

"You're a goddess surely you can just go in and get her." Rainbow said.

"It's not as simple as that."

"Why not?"

Zeus answered, "The Underworld is a dangerous place even to us Gods."

"And whose idea was it to toss Hades down there?" Huuro asked.

"That was my decision, because the Underworld needs someone to look after it and monitor the dead. Hades fit the bill." Zeus explained.

"Anyway we better go find Persephone." Twilight said.

"Hold it. You won't survive down there." Zeus warned them.

"Why not?" Rarity asked.

"You want to tell them, Zeus, or should I?" Tana asked.

"Enlighten them."

"Very well."

"So why won't we survive down there?" Twilight asked.

"The Underworld has a habit of messing with others energy draining them. You go and you won't be at full strength. However there is something that can counter that affect. The Olympus Stone."

"So where is the stone?" Rarity asked.

"In the vault up here." Zeus answered. The Ponies found the vault and got the stone before heading to the Underworld.

They entered and came down a flight of stairs before arriving at the River Styx, "Well this is it. So where is Hades?"

"I know. Follow me." Pinkie said, as she bounced to a boat where a skeleton stood by it.

The ponies followed Pinkie Pie's lead. As they entered the boat, the skeleton pushed them off and used a stick to steer them down the river.

"This place could use a serious make over." Rarity said.

"Uh, is it just me or does it look like there's people swimming in this river?" Applejack asked, while looking down.

Suddenly several souls tried climbing into the boat scaring them. Fluttershy passed out on cue. Twilight blasted at them with her magic forcing them to let go and be swept away into the river. They ended up reaching the shore.

"Come on, we should start looking." Twilight ordered, and suddenly they heard growling.

"Did anybody else hear that?' Rainbow Dash asked nervously.

They saw approaching was the three headed guard dog itself, "Is that Cerberus? He looks a lot different here." Twilight said in shock.

"Meaner." Fluttershy noticed.

"And a lot more of a brute." Rarity put in.

Cerberus' three heads growled at the girls, "Perhaps we should run." Pinkie suggested. The girls agreed and made a run for it, with the giant canine in pursuit. They ran as fast as they could trying to escape Cerberus.

"Anyone here got a plan?" Applejack asked.

"Find Persephone and run." Fluttershy answered.

"Yeah, but we don't know where she could be." Rainbow reminded her.

"What about a palace?" Rarity asked.

"Like that one?" Pinkie motioned to a palace up ahead.

The group headed to the palace on that note. They escaped Cerberus and continued on, "That was too close." Fluttershy said in relief.

"We better keep moving." Twilight said.

They finally arrived in a throne room. Rarity gave her comments about the décor, "Even worse than the outside."

"Let's just focus." Twilight ordered. They looked around hoping to find some sign of Persephone.

"We could try the bedroom." Applejack suggested.

So they started checking room after room finding them empty, before coming upon the last one.

"Well this is it." Pinkie said. They carefully opened the door and peeked inside. They found the goddess in question sitting by the window.

They entered, and Twilight spoke up, "Persephone?"

Persephone looked up, as Applejack spoke, "It's ok, we're here to help you."

"Your mother sent us." Rarity explained.

"Mother?" she asked.

"Uh-huh." Pinkie confirmed.

"Then let's get out of here." Persephone said.

"Way ahead of you." Rainbow agreed.

The Ponies began to lead Persephone out of the Underworld, "Once we cross the river again we'll be home free." Twilight explained.

"And out of this place." Fluttershy added.

They were about to leave, until Hades appeared, "Hello, ladies. Going somewhere?"

"Yeah away from you." Rainbow Dash attempted to kick Hades in the groin.

Hades disappeared and reappeared behind her, "Feisty, pegasus, aren't ya?"

"Get back here!" Rainbow kept trying to fight, but the god kept teleporting.

The girls decided to use this as a diversion to escape. They got on the boat as the skeleton gondolier began ferrying them away.

"What about Rainbow Dash?" Pinkie asked.

"Leave that to me. My powers work here just as well than on Mt. Olympus." she snapped her fingers and Rainbow Dash appeared in a cloud of smoke.

"But I thought you'd be powerless down here without the Olympus Stone." Twilight wondered.

"Hades made it so I'm an exception down here."

"Then let's get out of here." Rainbow said, as the group managed to escape the Underworld and returned to Olympus.

Demeter was reunited with Persephone, "Thank you all for bringing my daughter back."

"You're welcome." Rarity replied.

"You've all done a great deal of service for Mt. Olympus," Zeus began, "You're all welcomed here anytime."

"Well Silver, Spitfire, and I didn't do much." Huuro reminded them.

"Nevertheless, you are a noble dragon. And nobility is what we love up here."

"Thank you very much. Mind if we spend the night?"

"Of course." Zeus answered.

"Great but before we do that let's party till we're tired." Huuro said.

"Already on it!" Pinkie cheered, and once again another celebration was held.

"This time the gods were partying more than usual Thanks to Pinkie and Bacchus throwing the party, "Best party ever!" Pinkie cheered. The party continued till everyone got tired out.