Spells and Louds
Chapter 98: Astonishing Quest
(Royal Woods, in front of the mayor's town hall)
Everyone (almost) are gathered there for one thing and one thing only. The Royal Woods Astonishing Quest.
Mayor Davis opens the doors to the town hall and looks around, she sees a lot of contestants who signed up, including some new faces.
She gets on stage and makes the announcement. "Hello everyone and welcome to this year's Royal Woods Astonishing Quest!"
Everyone cheers with excitement. Mayor Davis pushes a button on her keyboard making an epic sound. "Got this from my kids for Christmas." She then presses another key making a star shooting sound. "I like that one!"
"Now before I get this race to a start, I would like to thank FutureTech for sponsoring this year's astonishing quest and to all of the interdimensional contestants here as well!"
And she is not wrong! Let's take a look at the roster!
Lincoln and Jordan
Linka and Loni
Leon and Sergei
Sunset and Twilight
Leni and Lori
Dana and Becky
Zach and Rusty
Stella and Tabby
Lana and Lola
Lisa and Darcy
Luna and Sam
Pyrrha and Penny
Steven and Connie
Johnny and Mary
Tyler and Jennifer
Timmy and Chloe
Coach Pokawski and Nurse Patty
Lynn Sr and Rita
Albert and Myrtle
Mr. Grouse and Dr. Feinstein
Nigel Uno (Numbuh 1) and Rachel McKenzie (Numbuh 363)
Rainbow Dash and Applejack
Pinkie Pie and Trixie?
"That is one heck of a roster" said Neil from the sidelines along with Gwen, Lily, all their Pokémon, Courage, Peter and Victor, oh and a lot of other people from across the realms.
"Should we place bets?" asked Peter. "Maybe" replied Victor.
"Come on you guys, this is just a fun sport" said Gwen. Lily giggles and waves around a foam finger that says Spellman's rule!
Lincoln and the rest of the fam notice Pop-pop with someone.
"Hey there Pop-pop. Who's this?" asked Leni.
"Oh hi, my name is Myrtle. Me and your Pop-pop met at a bingo game yesterday" replied Myrtle.
"Me and her are going steady, we both have a lot in common" replied Pop-pop.
"Whoa!" so she's like our grandma?" asked Lana.
"You can say that, in fact you can all call me Gran-gran!" said Myrtle. "I know what happened to your family and I am deeply sorry for you all. I just hope things turn out swell in the end."
"Yeah, I don't think swell is the word I would put it" said Luna.
Then they all look back to the mayor. "So, here's how the quest works. Teams will get clues that will lead them to locations where they will have to complete challenges, the team that finishes the last challenge first will win ….. The Key to the city!" they all look towards the large golden key.
"Wait what?!" said Connie. "Is she for real?!" said Johnny. "Whoa! Yeah!" said Rainbow Dash.
She then covers the key to the city with a blue blanket. "Nah, just kidding, you get this trophy and I would like to thank FutureTech again for this generous offer." She shows them a child sized trophy with the words Champion Questers!
Some of them stay silent, but they just shrug it off and think it's still a win-win.
"Now before we actually begin, FutureTech has based multiple burst drones to watch over the whole thing and so that everyone here can watch how you're all doing. So there will be no cheating of any sort" said Mayor Davis.
"But first" Martin scans the crowd. "Good, Lynn Jr is not here" said Martin. "okay Mayor, all yours!"
"Okay teams, you have the first clue! On your marks! Get set! (Fart sound) whoops that's not it (Horn sound) Go!" said Mayor Davis.
"You're first challenge will be easy to master, if you're handy with a blaster" from the first clue.
Many of them race towards the Lazer Maze.
(Lazer Maze)
Inside the maze has turned to a freaking battlefield.
Lincoln and Jordan run for cover. "Dang! This place has turned brutal!" said Lincoln.
"I know and there are casualties out there" said Jordan. They both peek out and see Rusty dragging an unconscious Zach (Dude! It's not actual lasers! Wake up!)
They spot Steven and Connie tag teaming and taking down anything that moves.
Trixie is acting all dramatic after getting shot, which is a perfect diversion for Pinkie Pie to mow down enemies.
Pyrrha and Penny handle with ease, like killing Grimm.
Leon and Sergei cover fire for each other and strafe down enemies.
Linka and Loni are trying, well Loni is terrible and Linka is doing all of the shooting.
Jordan gets an idea. "Lincoln, pretend we're on a "V"irus controlled plant."
Lincoln likes her idea and smiles. "Then let's lock and load darling!"
Lincoln and Jordan jump out of cover and walk across the battlefield and shoot anything they spot. All of the enemy shots are missing, it's like General Douglas MacArthur walking through the battlefields of WW1!
Leon and Sergei spot Lincoln and Linka and are about to fire, but then Sergei is hit and goes down.
Leon goes to him. "Oh no! Are you okay?!"
Sergei grabs his hand. "Avenge me! Brother!" then he closes his eyes and passes out. Leon suddenly gets angry and grabs Sergei's blaster.
Leon jumps out and slides on his knees and shoots everywhere as if he was John Rambo while yelling "LEROOOOOOOOOOY! JENKINS!"
Meanwhile everyone who is watching this is confused at what was happening. "This is an astonishing quest why did it turn into the Vietnam War?" asked Peter.
"What the heck is wrong with my brothers?" asked Neil.
"Well, there goes Lisa and Darcy" said Lynn Jr.
They all look at her. "What? If I can't be in the quest, might as well just watch it." replied Lynn Jr.
After a horrible war scene, many of them come out, the manager is confused as to why they are acting like soldiers who came back from the Ardennes Forest.
The man hands them their next clues. "Seriously people! It's just Lazer maze!" said the manager.
"Come on brother! We're gonna make it!" said Leon who is dragging Sergei. "Need, need … A Pepsi!" said Sergei.
"How now, brown cow, don't take a lakin', you'll win this round unless you're Chicken" from the next clue.
(Liam's family farm)
They all gather and get their quest from Liam, which is to gather a dozen eggs.
To some of them it was pretty easy. Though they had to be careful, Liam warned them of a hen that won't surrender her eggs.
Inside of the hen house a lot of them have gathered enough eggs to show to Liam, though for some reason the chickens went berserk and scared when Leon and Sergei came in, they even made the angry hen go mad.
The two of them come out covered in scratch marks and feathers. "What the hell was that about?!" said Sergei.
"I wish I knew brother, but they seem to be focused on me" said Leon. He turns around and sees all the chicken looking at him with rage.
They all get their next clue.
"Feeling restless? In a rut? Come over here and shake your butt"
(Werk it Dance Studio)
Everyone who made it were pretty good at following the beat, even Sam who at first thought she couldn't do it. But it turns out she can dance.
But then Steven and Connie dance with such fun and love they accidently fuse and become Stevonnie. The instructor is confused, but that still counts as two people, in one body.
Applejack and Rainbow dash accidently turn this dance into a dance off against each other.
"You're muscles ache, but don't you stop. You're challenge is to reach the top" from the next clue.
(Blue bells camp grounds)
They all make their way to the top of the rock climbing column.
Lincoln and Jordan scale it as if it was barely a challenge. Linka does her best, though Loni is not making it easy.
Luna and Sam are both cooperating and are almost there.
Mary calculates the right angles for her and Johnny to travel.
Rainbow dash and Applejack are teammates, so why are they both competing in climbing?
Leon is already scaling fast, but then he sees Sergei trying to catch up. "How are you faster than me?!" yelled Sergei.
Leon goes down a few steps and grabs Sergei by the back of his shirt. "Umm, what are you doing?" asked Sergei.
"I'm gonna toss you up there and you're gonna grab the clue. Got it?" said Leon. "Wait what?!" yelled Sergei.
"Now!" Leon tosses Sergei but he goes too far and goes sky high, everyone just looks in shock and Sergei screams "You Stupid piece of Shit!"
Leon looks up with a shocked look. "Umm, sorry."
Leon makes it to the top and grabs the next clue and so does everyone else.
Lincoln and Jordan go to Leon. "I didn't think you had the strength to do that" said Lincoln.
Leon didn't want to tell them the truth. Then he senses something and moves to the right.
Sergei comes down and lands smack dab near the right side of Leon making a Sergei shaped hole.
Sergei emerges from the hole and looks to his brother. "What in the hell?!"
Later they all take a bathroom break.
Neil calls the family to see how they were doing, but he was confused about Leon.
"Mail that burger back to sender, Try something healthy from our blender"
(The organic juice store)
They all get to try and figure out the ingredients to the juice. Though Luna and some of the others did not like the flavor.
But when Leon finished drinking his smoothie, Sergei identified all of it. But then Leon put a twenty bucks and ordered more. This was freaky for everyone, how is he loving this stuff?!
"Tie the knot and cast away, the winds at your back so don't delay"
(Tall timbers park lake)
They all board onto their sail boats and get ready. But before they pull off the rope that ties them to the ground, all of them look at each other with competing looks.
Everything remains silent, until. They hear an eagle caw and they all make their mark and sail race across the lake.
Back with the others, they see this as an international boat race and cheer on.
And then there's a commentator stable near the lake and guess who are the commentators.
"And it looks like Leon and Sergei are taking the lead" said Victor.
"And now they're cut off by Steven and Connie, ooh but here comes Luna and Sam" said Luan.
"But what's thi?! Luna and Sam are losing control! Luna and Sam are caught by the mast and are sent hurdling to the finish line!" said Victor.
"Well, I guess that's one way to make a fast win! Hahaha! Get it?!" said Luan.
Victor laughs. "I understood that one!" then they both get hit in the face by fish.
"Would you two just leave us alone!" yelled Stella as she holds a fish in her hands.
"One last challenge and then you can gloat, this astonishing quest ends on a sweet note"
(Larry Berry Bakery)
All contestants have arrived and are at their stations. Everyone who is watching is now thinking it just became a cook off.
Peter then realizes something. "Oh no!"
Neil looks at him. "What's wrong?"
"Sam is terrible at baking" replied Peter. Everyone looks to him in shock.
"You're fifteen year old daughter, is terrible at baking?!" asked Gwen.
"You should see her trying to make some cookies, just cookies!" replied Peter.
Mayor Davis tells them to bake an apple pie and they all get to bakin'!
Leon and Sergei work furiously as if they were in a master chef kitchen.
Lincoln and Jordan read the instructions correctly.
Steven and Connie go smooth and easy.
Mary reads and Johnny places the ingredients.
Lynn Sr. goes into chef mode, Rita is trying her best to help, if he'll let her.
Applejack bakes like pro and tells Rainbow dash to leave this to her and just pass what is needed.
But then they hear that they have a winner and in less than one minute!
"Ladies and Gentleman! Put down your spatulas! We have a winner! Pinkie Pie and Trixie!" said Mayor Davis.
"Are you kidding me?!" said Leon. "What?!" said Lynn Sr.
They all look at Pinkie Pie's station and see stacks and stacks of Apple Pies!
"And that's how it's done!" said Pinkie. "Great and Powerful!" said Trixie.
They all look shocked at the pies she just baked. "H-How?!" asked Tyler and Jennifer.
"Pinkie Pie works at a diner restaurant and is an ace when it comes to making sweets" said Appljack.
"She can be pretty unbelievable when she goes to cooking class" said Rainbow Dash.
"You should've seen the Mona Lisa image she put inside of one of her cakes! Truly divine!" said Trixie.
Mayor Davis presents them the trophy and they two girls cheer.
Pinkie notices all of the others. "Don't look so down guys! Free Pies for everyone!"
They all felt a bit happy and her Apple pies tasted amazing.
"Though you guys should try Apple jacks pies! They are even better than mine!" said Pinkie Pie.
"She's not wrong" said Sunset Shimmer.
Later they all return back to their homes and worlds. This was the best Astonishing quest ever,
Meanwhile Mayor Davis thanks Martin for all the support. "This was an amazing Astonishing quest! I hope you can sponsor it next time."
"I think we can arrange that. Also I was thinking for next year, let's make our astonishing quest go to some dimensions!" said Martin.
"Oooh now that sounds even better!" replied Mayor Davis.
Martin then takes his leave, but before he gets into his car. He is stopped by Gyro who is behind him.
"Well, it's good to see ya, Guardian. You missed the Royal Woods Astonishing Quest" said Martin.
"As much fun as that sounds, I'm not here to discuss that" said Gyro. "There's trouble in another world and we could use some back up."
Martin knew that when the guardian appears it's never a good sign. "So, whats the world?" asked Martin.
"Magix!"
To be continued …..
A heck of an Astonishing Quest, Leon acted very oddly and everyone got pies! But now the next journey is in the world of the Winx club. Leave a review.
