The crowd cheered as a race occurred in the Monster Dome. Blaze and Crusher were taking the lead, both of them eager to stay there as the crowd cheered for Blaze while Pickle cheered for Crusher.

"Go, Crusher! Go go go!!"

Crusher cackled and kept zooming before releasing his cheat of the day; robots that spilled out oil on the race tracks.

"Blaze, look out!" AJ shouted.

"Woah!" Blaze attempted to zoom away from the oil and managed to get past the robot. "AJ, gimmie some speed!"

AJ stepped on the pedal, and they zoomed off. Crusher was about to cross the finish line when Blaze passed him and made it to the finish line first.

"BLAZE WINS!! BLAZE WINS!!"

"Yeah-heh!" Blaze cheered as Bump Bumperman handed the trophy to him.

"Congratulations, you two!" Phoenix cried out as she, Flame and Sparkle drove over to congratulate them.

"Thanks, Mom," Blaze said. "So, what do you guys wanna do to celebrate?"

"Let's go on an adventure!" Sparkle suggested.

"Ooh, I know where we can go," AJ grinned. "We can go visit the Rainbow Unicorns!"

"Unicorns?!" Sparkle squealed.

"That's a great idea!" Flame agreed.

"Excited to see the unicorns, Flame?" Phoenix raised an eyebrow as she smirked.

"What? I love unicorns too!"

"Then let's go!" Blaze and AJ led the way as they headed out of the Monster Dome.

But, they didn't see Crusher and Pickle watching from nearby, and Crusher was still upset with his losing, but he was still sort of bored.

"Come on, Pickle, let's follow them!"

"Right behind ya, Crush!"

X

"Wow!" Phoenix gasped as they entered the magical-looking Forest. "This place is amazing!"

"Where are the unicorns?!" Sparkle asked excitedly.

"They should be near the waterfall," Blaze said. "Follow me."

They led the family to the waterfall, and Sparkle squealed at the sight of all the seven unicorns playing by the waterfall.

"Wow! They're beautiful!"

"Blaze! AJ!" Violet dashed over to them. "Hey, guys! Blaze and AJ came to visit!"

The other unicorns immediately went over, neighing and laughing happily.

"Nice to see you guys, too," AJ giggled. "And we brought Blaze's mom, dad and sister, along to meet you."

"Hi there!" Sparkle greeted.

"Hello!" Phoenix waved at the unicorns.

"You're all so adorable!" Flame giggled.

"Aww, thanks!" Indigo said. "Wanna watch us work our magic?"

"YES!"

"Follow us!" Orange said, prancing ahead of his friends.

The Fam followed the unicorns to a field, and they released their rainbow magic out of their horns. They all gasped in amazement.

"Amazing!" Phoenix said.

They soon began to play with the unicorns. After a while, Violet began to chase a butterfly and was soon leaving the field without any of them noticing.

"Come here, you!"

She giggled as she chased the butterfly off. Just as she did, she accidentally bumped into Crusher and Pickle.

"Oh... sorry about that!"

"OMG!" Pickle gasped and squealed at the sight of her. "YOU'RE A UNICORN! Crusher, can you believe it?! We're meeting a real unicorn!"

"Uh, yeah, cool," Crusher said.

"Hi!" Violet greeted them with a smile. "My name is Violet!"

"I'm Pickle!" the green truck said. "That's Crusher."

"Hi," Crusher waved nonchalantly.

"Nice to meet you!" Violet beamed. "Wanna play?"

"Yeah! I wanna play!" Pickle nodded eagerly.

"Meh... I'll pass," Crusher shrugged. "I've got a book to read."

"Aw, come on, Crusher," Pickle begged. "Play with us!"

"Yeah! Yeah!" Violet agreed, jumping enthusiastically. "Play with us! Play with us!"

"Fine... I guess for a minute."

Crusher sighed. The two cheered before they started to play tag. The dark blue truck grumbled as he did so.

"Ugh…"

"Come on, Crusher!" Pickle giggled as he tapped the unicorn. "Violet, you're it!"

"I'm coming for ya, Crusher!"

Crusher chuckled and zoomed off to run. Violet laughed as she chased him.

"Get over here!" the unicorn giggled.

Crusher kept zooming off until he ran out of breath. "Okay, okay, time!"

"D'aww, but I wanna keep playing!" Violet whined.

"Let me… Let me catch my breath first— OW!" Crusher hissed as his tire met Violet's horn.

"Oops! Sorry!"

"You okay, Crusher?" Pickle drove over.

"I'll be fiiiiine…" Suddenly, Crusher felt his mind spinning. "Woah…"

"You don't look okay..." Violet said.

"Just… dizzy…" Crusher's words were turning into slurs as his vision blurred, and his steps were wobbly.

He then glanced down at the tire that was just pricked before he passed out without warning.

"CRUSHER!!!" Pickle screamed.

"We need to go get help!" Violet told him. "You wait here with him! I'll get my friends!"

Pickle watched the unicorn take off before turning to Crusher. The dark blue truck was unconscious but didn't seem to be hurt.

What could have happened?

X

"Blaze! AJ! HELP!"

"Violet?" AJ stopped stroking Blue to see their closest unicorn pal skidding to a stop.

"Violet, what's wrong?" Blaze asked as the rest of his family turned to the panicking unicorn.

"Crusher... hurt! Needs... help!"

"Crusher?" Sparkle was confused. "What's he doing here?"

"I don't know, but we need to help him!" Flame said.

The Blaze Fam and the unicorns sped off to where Pickle and Crusher was. The green truck was holding his best friend worriedly in his tires before he managed to spot them approaching.

"Over here!"

"Pickle!" Blaze sped to him with AJ. "What happened to Crusher?!"

"His tire got pricked on Violet's horn by accident, and he... passed out!"

"Oh... this is all my fault..." Violet sighed, ears flattening against her head.

"Don't worry, Violet," Phoenix assured her. "I'm sure that this isn't your fault,"

"But I wonder how Crusher just passed out like that…" AJ mumbled.

Unbeknownst to them, a wicked witch was spying on everything that was happening. She smirked at the sight of the unconscious Crusher.

"Perfect... victory is now mine..." She waved her wand around and snickered. "Now, I need to make sure it STAYS mine!"

She flicked her wand towards them, and they all gasped as the ground began to shake.

"Earthquake!!" Sparkle screamed.

They all dashed to run off and take cover. Just as Pickle stood, however, thick, green vines emerged from the ground and grabbed Crusher, ripping him away from his tires.

"CRUSHER!!!"

From the ground, suddenly, stones started to build up into a tower, and the vines slid the dark blue truck inside before grabbing Pickle and tossing him off. The green truck screamed as he was thrown into a bush. The group heard his scream and zoomed over to him in alarm.

"Pickle, are you okay?" AJ asked.

"I am, but Crusher isn't!" Pickle pried himself from the bush and brushed away the leaves. "A vine grabbed him and placed him in that tower growing from the ground!"

"Weird..." Phoenix said. "It's like someone wants us to keep away."

"But who and why?" Sparkle questioned.

"Oh no!" Violet gasped.

"What's wrong, Violet?" Blaze asked.

"These hexes look like those from the Wicked Witch Silla!"

"Who's that?" Sparkle asked.

"She's an exiled witch that tried to kill the royal family and take our magic!" Blue explained. "She's cruel and loves to make everyone suffer!"

"Ohhh boy..." Flame shuddered.

"But what does she want with Crusher?!" Pickle asked in worry.

"Whatever she wants, we won't let her keep Crusher!" Blaze declared.

"Yeah!" AJ agreed. "We'll rescue him and take down that witch!"

"How?" Sparkle asked.

"By becoming the bravest protectors of the kingdom!" Blaze cried out, jumping to transform. "We'll be… knights!"

"Yes!" AJ jumped, and he too was wearing armor. "Sir Blaze and Sir AJ will be taking down that witch and rescuing Crusher from that tower!"

"Ooh! Ooh! I wanna be a knight too!" Pickle jumped up, raising his tire. "I wanna save Crusher too!"

"Me too!" Sparkle volunteered.

"Let's ALL be knights!" Phoenix exclaimed.

"Yeah-heh!" Blaze agreed as they all jumped, knight armor appearing on them.

"Wow!" Pickle squealed. "We're knights!"

"Now all we need is a plan," Blaze said.