Magical Alien Summer EP 23: Ghoulies and Ghostfreaks Part 4: A Ghostly Finale
The 2 boy barged into the Master Quarters, both ready for a fight. "All right, whoever you are! Get ready for a double dose of alien pain sandwiches!" Only for the 2 to blink in surprise at seeing nothing but a luxurious bed, private book collection, a few portraits of temples, a dressing area, bathroom area and a desk. There were also some statues around as well, considering the room was pretty big. "Uhh….. Where is this 'Master'? We're suppose to confront him!" "Guess he must have gone somewhere else in this Mansion. But look on the bright side: When he gets back, we can ambush him!" Aaron grins out.
Dan put some thought about it and realizes as well. "Yeah…. He won't know what hit him! In the meantime, let's see if we can find that magic key we came here for." They both split up, searching high and low as they searched the room, top to bottom. As the 2 shape shifters continue searching, Dan can't help but think about his friends and wondering how are they holding up.
Meanwhile, with Sunset and the others, they were waiting in Criven's room as the butler was off. "Sure hope Dan and Aaron are okay. They have been gone for awhile." Sunset spoke with worry as Fluttershy assures. "Don't worry, Sunset. Dan and Aaron have superpowers on there side. I'm positive they'll be fine." "Yeah! If Camp Everfree and there fights taught us anything, is they can handle anything." Bon Bon adds in as Pinkie and Vinyl nods with smiles as well, making Sunset smile back. But she can't help but noticed Octavia was quiet as she looks off in thought.
"Hey, Octavia. You seem quiet. Is Something the matter?" "Huh? Oh! Sorry, i was just thinking about Aaron." This got the others' attention as they looked at her confusion. "Promise me to keep this a secret. But I talked to him, on our way back. I think he is fighting Dan and causing mischief and pranks on us is because he's lonely and doesn't have a family. I think he acts bad because he's really jealous at Dan for having us." Sunset looks down in thought and sadness. "I know the feeling." Just then, Pinkie start shaking as he sense was going off, making the others alert. "Someone is coming! My Pinkie sense is going bonkers!" Just then, in a sudden moment, the ropes, locks and chains disappeared off most of the girls like magic, freeing them as they were surprised, but took the time to stretch out and rub there arms and wrists. "How did that happen?" "Cause I did it."
The group turns to the door to see a human figure stepped out with a smirk and a calm look. He is a handsome, fit, grey skinned man that has icy blue eyes that can piece souls. He has slick back hair that is black and reaches his upper back while having a goatee and some side burns. He is dressed in a rich aristocrat outfit that consists of black jacket, red dress shirt, black pants and white ascot tie and raised collar. He has sliver dress shoes and sliver shoulder pads, where a red cape is attached to it. He has a few jeweled rings on his fingers and lastly a sliver amulet on his neck. It is a skull with fangs and bat wings that holds small purple crystals on it. It also has a crown decoration on the top part as well.
"Allow me to introduce myself, my dear children: I am Drakness Van Ghoul. At your service." He bows with a smirk as the girls can't help but noticed some strangeness off the man, but quickly curtesy back. "It's a pleasure, Mr. Van Ghoul. I'm Sunset and these are my friends, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody." The man smiles as he spoke. "Yes. You other friends told me about you. Come! Let me me help you all get together." He gestures them to follow as they walk after him.
They all made it back at the Lobby, only to find it all fancied up and better looking. The others reunites with there friends as they all hugged and shared words with each other. "Such a sight: Friends getting together to have a good time, it's nice, isn't it?" The man smiles out as Sunset spoke on behalf. "Thanks. I'm just glad we were able to get back together after what happened." Drakness walks up the steps as he spoke. "Ahhhh... yes. I've heard about your 'predicament. I had no idea what that Madman, Animo was planning to do that involves capturing a bunch of innocent girls." "Well, to be honest, he is a few screws loose." Rainbow points out.
"Listen, I know this a bit of a bother. But we're sort of lost, trying to get to Appleloosea and we came across this storm. We were just trying to find some help." Sunset spoke out as Drakness smiles out. "But of course! I'm more then willing to help anyone in need. Especially someone that are quite knowledgeable in Equestria Magic." The girls were stunned as Twilight spoke out. "Wait! How did you know about that?!" "I have my sources... Now! Let's see what is all the fuss about you lot, shall we, ladies?" He waves his fingers and sends out a black magic wave that forms into shadow tentacles, surprising the girls as they were captured as they struggles.
As Dan and Aaron walks forward, surprised on finding this room was bigger then it looks on the outside, they can't help but feel a air of creepiness. "Sheesh, wonder what kind of freak live in this dump?" Aaron spoke out. As they walked by some statues, Dan can't help but study as he got a bad feeling about them. He then noticed each one has a screaming face, as if something bad happened to them! That's when Dan put 2 and 2 together! "Uhh... Aaron? Every get the feeling that these aren't normal statues?" Just then, a Skeleton raise above them, only this skeleton has black eyes with red dots, a bigger built, 4 arms and sharp claws and fangs. "Smart kid!" The boys noticed that there surrounded by more powered-up Skeletons, Imps that are now bigger with more muscles and extra fangs, and some Vampires as well, now having bat wings, making the 2 boys glance around in surprise while back-to-back. "Oh, man..." "Ditto."
The girls struggles as Sunset cries out. "Hey! What are you doing?!" The tentacles brought them to the smirking man as he holds his left hand out. "Call it... an experiment." The girls' eyes widened that his finger split into 11 lashing tendrils of darkness. They then thrust into each teen's chest as they cry out in pain as they felt something drain out of them while Drakness smirks in amusement. "Not everyone's relationship to Magic is as... cooperative as yours. For example: My body is unstable. I need a fresh supply of Life Force energy! Yours are most nourishing." The girls then gazes at there hands and were stunned at becoming stone. Sunset, as she struggles, froze up as her telepathy magic kicks in, looking through the man's memories as she gasped out. "Your... King Sombra..." "Correct, my dear. it's nice to know that some Ponies, remember me after a long time."
The watch wielders were surrounded as Dan asked out. "Muscle? Speed? Or Firepower?" "Whichever one works." They both slap down on there watches and turns into Goop and Thornblade. "Oh, man!" "I just gave you a tune-up, last week! I thought this kind of thing is with Tennyson only!?" "Thanks for the comment." Goop deadpans as they both glanced to see the Vampires lunge at them.
The girls kept struggling as King Sombra kept draining them. "Now, Sunset. Girls... I expected more from you. Besides, all your struggling is pointless, making me thirst for more." "Well, if your thirsty, how about some.." Sombra glances away just a long, gooey fist knocks him away, separating from the girls as they recover. "Punch! Green Jell-O flavored!" Goop spoke out as he and Thornblade stood up top the flight of stairs. "About time, you guys showed up." Rainbow Dash weekly smile as the tendrils went down and released them as they recovered. "What is going on here?" "I'll tell what is going on.." They both glanced at Sombra as he stood up while his amulet glows an intense color. "I'm about to finally regain my true power..." A huge flash of Purple light emerges as they were all blinded.
The lights continued on as they all closed there eyes, trying to avoid the brightness. Just as the light died down, they were all stunned by the new Sombra! His hair now became smoky and wavy as it grew longer down his back. He is giving of a crimson aura as his fingers became claws. His clothes has become a Sliver spiked armor with black bodysuit underneath. His ears became pointed and were placed on top of his head while he grew fangs. He flashes open his eyes, that are now Crimson red dots in blackness and flashes his fangs in an evil grin while 2 large bat wings keep him suspended as he has a sliver, spiked crown on his head.
"And here I thought Chrysalis took the cake." Thornblade just silently nods in surprise as well as the girls were all terrified by the new form. "Ahh... Now this is more like! You girls were just as every bit as powerful enough I believed in" "Why do stuff like this always happens to us?" Fluttershy mumbles out. Dan then spoke out. "Ether way, we still got to stop him before he drains the others' energy and magic and gets back to Equestria! Or…" "Got it! We live in complete darkness and evil for thousands of years. I saw this in movies, kid." Goop went down to ground floor as Thornblade leaps down as well.
Sombra smirks as he flew up and he made crimson energy surges in his hands as he raised them upward. "Raise, my minions! Destroy your master's enemies!" Suddenly, several arms burst out of the ground, Zombie style as the girls screeched in surprise and terror. while the aliens were surprised.
The arms pulled out all types of Ghoulies the boys have faced. "WHOA! Talk about a real Monster fest! Looks like I'm getting busy!" Thornblade start tossing, entangling, whipping, and fighting off the hordes of monsters with his abilities. "Don't you mean, we'll be busy?" Rainbow dash calls out as the Rainbooms pony-ed up while Lyra, Bon Bon, Octavia and Vinyl grabs some objects and used them as weapons to fend them off. Goop, on the other hand, was maneuvering through the crowed as he confronts the man behind everything. Goop throws some punches, but Sombra dodged and fires out magic blasts while flying, Making Goop bends around them coils around the man like a snake, trapping him, only for him to burst free. Sombra then made some crystal out of his magic and uses them to stab Goop, who merely reforms around them and smacked him down with a double hammer blow. Goop then sprays his acid at the man, who made a shield and and blasts a beam as Goop puddles down and lungs at him, but was backhanded into a wall by his projector. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP FLASH
Dan groans as he recovers, shaking his head free of cobwebs. "I'm not doing that again….." "YOU!" Dan was startled by an incredibly angry Sombra as he looms over as Dan was backed against a wall, blocked. The villain summons a scythe as he raises it. "You have interfered with my plans for long enough, boy! Time for you to join your ancestors, without a head!" Dan was scared as he kept slapping on the watch, hoping to charge again. Sunset and the others noticed what was happening and tried to help, but were cornered. "Aaron! Help Dan!" Twilight cries out at Aaron, as he was Quad Fist and being piled on and fighting off the Ghoulies. "I'm a little busy at the moment!"
But just then, Dan slapped on the watch, making it glowed a brighter green, much to his amazement as Sombra swings his weapon down. FLASH
A bunch of striped tentacles sprouts out of the Omnitrix and engulfs the child. His head pops out, now a skeleton as it rotates upside down and becomes deformed as his arm bones sprouts out, now sporting elbows spikes and long, sharp, knife-like claws. A grey and black skin covers all over him like blanket as a single purple eye open on the black line on the left side of the head, shrinking his pupil as he pose, finishing the transformation.
A cloud of dust engulfs the 2, making the girls watch in silence as they prey for hope that Dan dodged. As Sombra floats out with a smile, he was surprised by another figure flying by and hovering above for all to see. The being is a ghost-like-alien with a gaseous appearance and claw-like hands, and grey skin with black lines running all over him. He has a Purple eye on his head, peeking out from the lines and elbow spikes. He has a white-is green aura on him. He lastly has the Omnitrix symbol peeking out of his right chest lines.
"WHOA! I'm a ghost alien!? This is ironic and new!" Dan exclaims in surprise as he examines himself. Sombra growls and charges at him, making Dan flies away as he avoids the blade. "Oh, boy! Need to figure out some way to take tall, dark and ugly down!" "Tennyson!" Dan glances to see Lion Fury being pinned down as the Rainbooms were busy with others. "How about using that thing to get these freaks off before I really lose myself?!"
Dan was able to dodge Sombra and hover above. "Right! I wonder how….." Just then, a bunch of white and purplish-black striped tentacles burst out of his chest, with the Omnitrix on one of them, and grabs and tossed the Ghoulies off of Lion Fury, who roars loudly and uses his anger issues to beat the snot out of them. "Chest tendrils? Freaky, yet, effective!" But suddenly, Dan was tackled by Sombra as he holds his collar and glares at the alien kid. "Even with your new form boy! You still won't stop my return to Equestria!"
Dan was able to shake off and recovered, glaring at the villain. "All right! It's Ghost versus Vampire! Alien style!" They charged and exchanged blows and claw slashes with each other. Dan float back and noticed an amulet in his hand, noticing it was glowing with magic as he realizes that it is a Magical Artifact. as Sombra noticed and tries to go after it while Dan flies away, getting an idea. "AARON!" "Yeah?" Lion Fury turns as Dan threw it at him. "Destroy that Amulet! It's the source!" The mutant grins in realization as he drops it and raised his fist. "NOOOOOOO!" SMASH With a single punch, the cursed object busted into pieces, making Crimson energy surges from it as the Ghoulies all turned into dust with screeches of pain. Sombra screams in pain as he felt himself being sucked into a dark hole that has appeared on where the amulet was as the alien quickly got the girls out of they way. "BEATEN!? BY CHILDREN!? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! I AM ALL POWERFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!" He screams as he was pulled in, never to be heard of as the place starts falling apart. "Uh oh! I think that's our cue to bail this dump, Tennyson!" Lion Fury said as he grabs 9 teens and hi-tail out of the doors, smashing through.
But as Dan grabs Sunset and Twilight, he was about to head out when Sunset got her gag off. "Wait! What about Crivens and the others?!' "Oh, right! We need to go back!" "That won't be necessary, sire." They glanced back to see the butler and the cook, groundskeeper and assistant, smiling at him, despite the destruction. "CRIVENS! GUYS! HANG ON! WE'LL HELP YOU!" "Thank you for the gesture, younglings." "Mr. Ribs say goodbye with smiles for strange boys and girls!" "But that won't be necessary as you already helped us." "Farewell, young master Daniel." They all became ghosts and faded away, much to their surprise and quickly left.
Dan, Sunset and Twilight made it out of the gate, just in time to see the place disappear into nothing in a flash of magic energy. Well.. that was a bit anti-climatic." Rainbow comments. "Well, I hope we don't have to go back there or see that horrible man again." Fluttershy spoke as Rarity adds out. "But you have to admit, he was quite the sharply dressed gentleman and handsome to boot. For an evil king." She chuckles, only to get looks from the others. "Whatttt?"
"Either way, Thanks for saving us, Dan. You really helped us." Sunset smiled as Dan waves it off. "No problem! It's what heroes do! Besides, I figured you guys would owe me just like—" But as expected, Aaron disappeared as they all glanced around. "Hey! Where's Aaron?" "HE'S GONE!" Pinkie exclaims, glancing around and sighs out. "Oh, right. He's not like Trixie." "I wonder why that fella always leaves, whenever we try to talk to him?" Applejack asked with crossed arms as Lyra and Bon-Bon shurgs in response.
"I'm sure he's fine. He's a lot tougher then look." Vinyl nods in agreement with Dash as Octavia merely watches as Aaron's words echoed in her head. "Because he has a real family that never lied to him and people don't think of him like a weirdo in human form." The girl sighs out as she hopes that her and her friends will figure out Aaron Shade someday.
"Still, I'm very impressed that this new alien is a very similar of a ghost!" Twilight spoke out as Dan eye smiles. "Yeah! I'm thinking of calling this guy…. Ghostfreak!" He then times out as they all got back on the bus as they all exchange talks with one another, after making sure Animo, who was found tied by vines with a note from Aaron, was secured in the back as they plan on dropping him at a local police station.
But Sunset, who was glancing at Dan's watch as they got in and starts driving away, was confused and concern, making Twilight noticed. "Is something wrong?" "I don't know…. It's just, when I was being held by Ghostfreak, I sensed something…. off about him. There… was something else in there with Dan. I don't know. Maybe I'm just shocked from recently." Twilight places a hand on her and smiles, assuring that it was probably nothing. But unbeknownst to all, Dan's Omnitrix briefly flashed purple as it shows Ghostfreaks' icon before frizzing out and showing something similar to it. It raises a very good question: Is there more to Ghostfreak then he looks?
As the bus left, a trail of sparking purple magic flew down towards the crater and implants itself into the ground. Just then, a skeleton raises up and slowly forms into a revived Sombra, minus his necklace. The man flashes open his eyes and smiles, making him walks off into the darkness of the woods.